Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 13, 1911, Page 5

| CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS ON State Executives Meet at Spring Lake, N. J. NORRIS OF MONTANA TALKS Addresses Assemblage In Favor of In- creasing the Power of Governors by Giving Them the Right to Remove Inefficient State Officials and Right to Present Bills for Legislative Con- sideration. Spring Lake, N. J., Sept. 13—Two methods in which the powers of state executives throughout the Union ought to be strengthened, in the opinion of Governor Edwin L. Norris of Mon- tana, were discussed by him before the conference of governors here. The first vital step to be taken, Governor Norris believes, is to be- stow upon governors the power to re- move inefficient state officers charged with the enforcement of the criminal and remedial laws. The second is to grant the governor the right to initi- ate and refer legislation to the voters for their approval or rejection. Governor Norris addressed himself to “Strengthening the Power of the Executive.” In part he said: “The bestowal of supervisory con- trol and power to remove from office for dereliction of duty certain officers charged with the enforcement of the criminal and remedial laws of state will insure more efficient service and cure some of the ills that are of grave Public concern. “In many states the voters have in large measure lost confidence in the efficiency of legislative assemblies and the initiative and referendum methods of legislation have been in- voked as a means to laws that the legislature would not enact and to veto legislation that in the public mind was not wise nor beneficial. “At best, however, initiating legisla- tion by and referring laws to the peo- ple is cumbersome and not easy of use. As companion to and supplement of these methods the power of the executive should be strengthened by giving to him the right to present bills for the consideration of the leg- islative assembly. “Tf the bills were not passed in form substantially as represented, he should have the right to submit those bills direct to the voters at the next general election for their approval] or rejection. The conference was called to order by Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and Governor F. E. McGovern was made temporary chairman. DENIES THAT HE CONFESSED Dr. Cook Says He Never Admitted Failing to Reach Pole. New York, Sept. 13.—Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Arctic explorer, after a silence of nearly two years, will short- ly make public the proofs upon which he based his polar claims and will make sensational accusations of bribery and fraud in the rival cam- paign to discredit him. Dr. Cook denies emphatically that he ever made a “confession” of any sort, or admitted doubt about having reached the North pole. Declaring that he left America at the height of the polar controversy because of nervous and physical break- down, Dr. Cook says that it always was his intention to wait until his enemies had exhausted their charges against him, and until he had secured evidence exposing the conspiracy on the part of Mr. Peary and his friends to discredit him before making his re- ply. MANY FLEE FROM DANGER Eruptions of Mount Etna Becoming More Serious. Catania, Sept. 13—Refugees from farms and villages on the slope of Mount Etna are pouring into Catania in crowds. The eruptions from the main crater, the three lesser craters, which have opened, and the fourteen fresh fissures which now gape in the mountain side are steadily increasing in violence and the air, even in Catania, is almost unbreathable from the clouds of ashes with which it is filled. From some of the fissures lava is flowing in immense streams and un- fess their direction is speedily turned several villages will shortly be en- gulfed. May Oust City Officials. Gary, Ind., Sept. 13.—Gary faces the possibility of being without a city government as a result of the present anti-graft crusade. Following a state- ment by Prosecuting Attorney Charles E. Greenwald that still other indict- ments had been issued for bribery in connection with the Dean lighting franchise, it is known that plans are being made to oust the entire city council, mayor and other officers. Woman Dies at Age of 110. San Diego, Cal., Sept. 18.—Reputed to be the oldest woman in California, Mrs. Anne Murphy, a pioneer of Tu- lare county, is dead at the old folks’ home here, aged 110. CHINESE REVOLT GROWS SERIOUS Soldiers ia Rebellion in Dis- trict of Chengtu. MISSIONARIES ARE SAFE Have Concentrated at Chengkiang. Where Four Foreign Warships Pro vide Protection — Communicatior. With Disturbed District Interruptec Much as It Was During the Boxer Uprising. Chengkiang, Western China, Sept. 13.—A serious rebellion has occurred in the district of Chengtu. The sol- diers refuse to obey orders and are trying to bring force against the gov- ernment control of the railway. Busi- ness has been suspended and unless the uprising is stopped it may lead to general rebellion. Conditions are precarious. The missionaries are concentrating here. Four foreign gunboats provide protection. Chengtu is quiet. The uprising is not at present directed against foreigners. This is the first direct cable di:- patch from Chengkiang, in the hear: of Western China, since the recent alarming reports of a native uprising and the danger to a large number of American missionaries located in that remote section of the empire. For many days all communication has been cut off from the disturbed district, much as it was at the time of the Boxer uprising. The American government has sent three warships, under Admiral Murdock, up the Yang- ADMIRAL MURDOCK. teekiang to the vicinity of the dis- turbance. Widespread alarm has been caused among the friends of mission- ary organizations having large repre- sentations in Chengtu, Chengkiang and other central points in the prov- ince of Szechuen. The cablegram is responsive to ca- ble inquiries sent on Saturday aud gives reassurance that the mission aries who have sought refuge at Chengkiang are not in immediate dan- ger, although their situation contin ues to be serious as a result of the rebellion now in progress. BY DISEASE AND STARVATION Hundreds of Deaths Among Chinese Flood Refugees. Washington, Sept. 13—Detailed re- ports received at the state depart- ment add to the horrors of the situa- tion in the Yangtse river flood situa- tion already known. Hundreds of thousands of natives are reported to be starving on ac- count of the floods and disease stalks through what in normal times is the most fertile valley of the Chinese kingdom. Twenty-seven counties in Anhwei and Kianssu are inundated. The gov- ernment has appropriated 600,000 taels to aid the stricken people. Deer Jumps Through Window. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 13.—Run. ning through Main street with a crowd of several hundred persons streaming after, a frightened buck deer burst through a plate glass window into a department store, where he caused much havoc before he made his es- cape by jumping from the window and Scattering the crowd with his hoofs and antlers. Eight Wounded in Strike Riots. Bilbao, Spain, Sept. 13.—There was a clash between the strikers and th< elvil guards, during which the latte fired into the crowd and wounde eight persons, two of whom were fa tally injured, it is thought. All trade unions have proclaimed a gener? strike here. GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW AGREE TO CUT JOINT RATES Offer Mace by Express Companies in Minnesota. In offering before the state railroad and warehouse commission to put joint express rates into effect on in- trastate business the express compa- nies voluntarily reduced express rates on joint business more than 20 per cent and took the members of the eommission by surprise. While the bulk of the express busi- ness in Minnesota does not move on a joint rate, a good part of it does, and this offer, if accepted by the commis- sion, will reduce rates materially on through business between Southern and Northern and Eastern and West- ern Minnesota, where more than one express company is used. The rule regarding joint rates will not apply to the local charges, but where more than one express company partici- pates in the rate it will be more than 20 per cent lower than the local rate offered by any one company for an equal distance. FRUIT IS GOING TO WASTE Unusually Heavy Crop in Southern Part of Minnesota. From reports reaching Winona from all sections of Southern Min- nesota crops of fruits of all kinds are so abundant that the problem of what shall be done with them has become serious. A Winonan, who made a trip through Winona county the past week, says there are so many apples this year that branches of trees are break- ing with their weight. Farmers are making every effort to dispose of the oversupply before it is too late, but it seems that they are unable to do this in all instances. Scores are making cider by the barrel. In many cases apples are fed to hogs. There is also a great plenty of crabapples through- out the district. It is reported there are so many wild grapes that it is an impossibility to see the vines. VICTIM OF TWO HOLDUP MEN St. Cloud (Minn.) Merchant Is Mor tally Wounded. Adolph Lindenberg, a prominent business man of St. Cloud, was fatally shot by two holdup men near his home in that city. Lindenberg was returning from his place of business and, as he stepped to open the door of his house, tw> | men, who were in hiding, jumped in front of him and at the point of their guns relieved him of $8. After the robbers started to walk away Lindenberg called for help and | one of the thugs turned around and shot him through the stomach, mortal- ly wounding him. Lindenberg’s fam- ily is away from the city, but he man- aged to drag himself to the home of his son-in-law nearby. An ambulance was at once summoned and the in- | Jured man was rushed to the hospital, | but there is no hope of his recovery. STOP UNNECESSARY LOSSES Governor Eberhart Names Nov. 8 as Fire Prevention Day. Governor Eberhart has issued a proclamation calling attention to the immense losses by fire, much of it due to carelessness, and he has set aside Noy. 8 as Minnesota Fire Prevention day, to be observed in all departments of the state, in all public and private institutions of learning, and by all or- ganizations and persons interested in | the social and economic uplift of the people. He further proclaims the hold- ing of a Minnesota Fire Prevention congress at the Saint Paul hotel at St. Paul on Nov. 8 and earnestly in- vites the entire citizenship of the state | to participate and co-operate in carry- ing out the plans of this gathering, that its purposes may be fully realized. TWOSUSPECTS UNDER ARREST Bulgarian Laborer Stabbed Thirty- four Times and Shot. Two Bulgarians were arrested at Prior Lake charged with the murder | of Ivan Vanovitch, a Bulgarian sec- tion hand. The evidence against the men is said to be conclusive. Vanovitch, a Bulgarian section hand, living alone in a boarding car on the Milwaukee road near that place, was found dead in the car by other labor- ers. Thirty-four stiletto wounds were on his body and he had been shot through the head from behind. It was known that Vanovitch had money on his person and in the bank and it was decided at once that robbery was the motive. SHOOTS AT BEAR; HITS MAN Minnesotan Accidentally Causes Death of Employe. Michael M. Gerhan, a laborer for ; William Hill, a homesteader on Pi- mush lake, near Cass Lake, was jkilled by Hill while the latter was | Shooting at a big bear. Hill missed the bear and the shot carried 100 rods, striking Gerhan squarely in the heart. Hill found Gerhan dead. The coroner was called and pronounced a verdict ef accidental death. Stolen Painting Recovered. A mysterious woman stole “Die Frau,” a $1,000 painting, from its frame in the woman’s parlor of the Radisson hotel at Minneapolis, only to abandon the painting later. A few hours after the theft a woman left a package at the drug store of C. A. Corey, which, when opened, proved to be the stolen art treasure. ‘ _. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1911 ABOUT THE STATE News of Especial Interest to Minnesota Readers. PROGRESSIVES HOLD BANQUET Senator La Follette Endorsed for the Presidency at a Big Gathering at Minneapolis. United States Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin was endorsed unhesitatingly as the leader of the Progressive movement in the United States and the logical nominee of the Republican party for president at its next national convention at the ban- \quet under the auspices of the Pro- gressive Republican league at Min- neapolis. Four hundred or more Lrogressives from all parts of Minne- sota were there and only a scattered few remained seated when the rising | vote on the endorsement of the Wis- consin senator was taken. Proclaimed by all the speakers, and by the banqueters in the resolution adopted, as the one man who can lead the Republicans to freedom, was this “loneliest man of the senate.” For it was a gospel of rejuvenation, of the |reawakening of the party along the jlines of its first principles, that was | preached and not the formation of a rew party. Throughout this first mass meeting in the United States to carry forward |the La Follette banner sat smiling and | jubilant the secretary of the National Progressive league, Walter L. Houser jot Washington, D. C., press agent for jthe Wisconsin senator. Not a word jdid he say—he saw it was not neces- | sary. /ORGANIZE FARMERS’ LEAGUE Culmination of Agitation in Minne- sota Against Reciprocity. The Farmers’ league of Minnesota was launched at the state fair grounds last week, the culmination of agitation in this state during the past summer against reciprocity. A constitution was officially adopted and | steps were taken to organize branches jin every county. The officers chosen are: President, |R. A. Wilkinson, Lake Elmo; vice president, J. Y. Winings, Eden Val- |ley; secretary, P. V. Collins, Minne- |apolis; treasurer, Charles Kenning, | Bird Island. | Red hot speeches, in which the president of the United States was “handled without gloves,” and in jwhich such words as “sold out” and |“betrayed” were frequent, were used jduring the day’s session. | The league, as its constitution de- |clares, is organized for the purpose of procuring co-operation among the farmers for “benefits—social, material and political,” but it was made plain in the discussions that while the league will be nonpartisan its chief object is politics. STATE FAIR LOSES $60,000 Rainy Weather Results in Big Deficit for Association. The Minnesota State Fair associa- tion is behind between $50,000 and $60,000 as the result of last week’s inclement weather. It will be some days before the exact figures can be | given. The cost of promoting the 1911 ex- position is about $215,000. The re- Teipts from all ticket sales, including those at the gates, grandstand and live stock pavilion, approximately will |amount to $105,000, while those from privilege holders and other sources will amount to between $50,000 and $60,000. Of the fair’s cost $56,000 was for premiums. Of the receipts several thousand dollars was en- trance money deposited by owners of jrace horses, which will be refunded. |PLANNED TO WRECK TRAIN Attempt Is Frustrated by Anoka Physicians. A deliberate attempt to wreck the Great Northern’s Duluth flyer was dis- covered near Andover by Dr. A. T. Caine and Dr. H. H. Carlson of Anoka. Dr. Caine, accompanied by Dr. Carl- son, a dentist, went in an auto to Lin- wood to see a patient. On the way they crossed the Great Northern tracks near Andover and apparently the track had not in anyway been dis- turbed. However, on their return, the auto jumped as it struck the crossing, and aroused the doctors’ suspicion. They returned immediately to investi- gate. At the crossing every spike had been removed from the rails and the fishplates were gone. ATTACKS STATE LAND POLICY Collier’s Sharply Criticises Minnesota Officials and Laws. The last number of Collfer’s Weekly, dated Sept. 9, indulges in sharp editorial criticism of the policy of Minnesota in respect to her public Jands, which, it asserts, have become the prey of hungry speculators and trusts by reason of the repeal by the \last legislature of a law passed in 1905. The New York magazine also | indulges in a covert assault on the in- tegrity of state officials in their re- lation to the public lands. 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