Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 2, 1913, Page 3

| | } PAGE TWO ABOUT THE STATE. Hews of Especial Interest to Minnesota Readers. SENT TO PRISON FOR LIFE Siinton Smith Convicted in Minneapo- | fis of the Murder of Mrs Tamar Collins Hanscom. Following conviction in the Henne- gin county district court at Minneap- | @lis of Clinton Harold Smith of mur- @er in the second degree and sentence ; ef life imprisonment, District Judg Charles S. Jelley expressed deep re get that any of the jurors who re-/ tmmed the verdict against Smith | @hould have thought for a moment @hat they had anything to do with the | gentence that followed. Life impris- | enment at hard labor in state prison | ‘was imposed, the only s ence possi- | Ble under the state law. The recom-} mendation of leniency made by the} trial jur. effective at all, will be} @or purposes of obtain pardon. The | gtate law permits commutation of sentence of life term prisoners who have served twenty-five years, in the discretion of the bi d of pardons. BOUNDARY FOLLOWS RIVER Wisconsin Gets Land That Minnesota | Has Claimed. 1 Real and personal property worth | millions, which been considered as located in Minnesota and which has been taxed in this state, is placed in Wisconsin and becomes subject to! laws of that state, if the construction placed on a decision just handed {| @own by the United States circuit | ‘court of appeals at St. Louis is sus-| tained by detailed findings to be em- braced in an opinion. The decision is a reversal of the decision of Judge Page Morris in the wnited States circuit court at Du- Juth, Feb. 19, 1912, and involves points | at issue in the bounc dispute be- tween the two states as to the line in the St. Louis river at the Twin Ports. Judge Morris ruled in the case of the George W. Norton estate against | R. B. Whiteside and others that the government, because of its paramount jurisdiction over navigable waters, had the right to change the channel of the river by dredging a new one some distance from the original or natural ‘hannel and that the boundary fol- owed the channel, the center of -which was the dividing line of proper- ties of the two parties in the action. BILL FOR MINIMUM WAGE Minnesota House Passes Measure Af- fecting Women. ‘The Wilson minimum wage bill passed the lower house of the legislature by a vote of 61 to 10, without debate. Apparently unaware that the vote was being taken before it was well wmder way the opposition waited for! @he result and then began a fight for weconsideration. After a heated de- Ihate the reconsideration attempt was Gefeated. The proposed minimum wage com- mission wiil have the authority to probe workeng conditions of women amd fix a living wage. A separate wesolution for a vice commission like he one in Biinois is pending in the house. MAKES TERMS FOUR YEARS Mouse U Passes Bill Affecting Minne- sota County Officers. A number of bills passed and one @ailed of passage in the lower house of the legislature. The chief bill of im-| portance which passed was the R. C. Dunn bill providing four-year terms ers, $4.50@7.35. GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1913 1 for county officers. The bill which failed to receive enough votes for pas- sage was the Swanson-Wilson senate bill restoring citizenship rights to per- sons convicted of civil law violations on payments of fines and —e with other minor provisions. Senator James Handlan’s bill re- pealing the retraction feature of the libel law received only ten votes when it came up for passage in the senate and thirty-five votes were recorded against the measure. By a vote of 50 to 10 the house de- feated W. M. Williams’ resolution calling for an investigation of ex- penditures made by the board of con- trol at the state hospital for inebri- ates at Willmar. HAVE MOVING PICTURE EYE Recruiting Officer Says 80 Per Cent of Applicants Are Afflicted. “The moving picture eye,” a new thing in opthalmia, has been discov- ered at Duluth by Quartermaster Ja- cob Erickson, re ting officer for the United States navy. “Eighty per cent of the recent ap- plicants to the recruiting offic said Quartermaster Erickson, “di close eye defects similar to those en-| countered by men who have been af- flicted with the opthalmia of the des- ert, or of the snow ring of the ex treme north. I attribute this defect | of the eyesight insomany young men to the action of motion pictures on} the iris of the eye. I find that those | applicants who are suffering with the | “film eye’ are habitual frequenters of | the picture theaters. They cannot} | pass.” Minneapolis Case Going to Federal) Supreme Court. Washington, March 31.—Attacks on} the “stringent pure milk” regulations | of several large cities are to be made before the supreme court of the | United States. An attempt will be made, shortly after the court reconvenes on April 7, to show that the Minneapolis ordi-| nance requiring the “tuberculine test” of cows supplying the milk brought into the city is unconstitutional. On} the same day the court is expected to announce whether it will review a case in the local courts, wherein it) was held that milk containing more than a certain number of bacteria was forbidden the channels of inter- state commerce by the federal pure food law. The Minneapolis ordinance was up- held in the supreme court of Minne-| | | sota. There an attack was made upon the validity of the test for tubercu- losis in cows as being arbitrary and not supported by medical science. DISCUSSES PANAMA CANAL' Norwegian Minister Thinks It Boon) to Shippers. St. Paul, March 29.—The Panama | canal will be of inestimable commer- cial value to the Pacific coast of the United States, in the opinion of H. H. Bryan, minister to the United States from Norway, who is making a trip of inspection through this country. Mr. Bryn is visiting E. H. Hobe,} Norwegian consul in St. Paul. Hae was the guest at a luncheon at the| Minnesota club, which was attended by Mr. Hobe, Governor Eberhart and twenty other St. Paul and Minneap- | olis business and professional men. Mr. Bryn said he thought the canal would be a boon to the shippers of} Europe in shortening the route by water to the Pacific coast, from where so many products are transported. He thought Norway would be one of the greatest beneficiaries of the shortened | route. South St. Paul Live Stock. South St. Paul, March 10.—Cattle— Steers, $5.75@8.75; cows and heifers, $4.50@7.00; calves, $4.25@9.50; feed- Hogs—$8.50@8.57%. Sheep—Lambs, $4.50@8.50; wethers, —o 3 “Mother was a beauty in ber younger days.”’ Mother may smile deprecatingly— but—Watch her go drawer and take out the precious photograph married.” to mother—and to of yours. Che Byam ©“, “taken before I was Chances are she will also tell you of her admirers, and we can believe they were many. What a priceless record of her younger charms that [photograph is Modern photography can do in- finitely more to preserve the record in Your Town. £450@6.25: ewes. $2.25@6.75. } | to the little top you. Photographer Minnesota Legislature oe' eee Proceedings at the Minnesota State Capitol for the Past Week. SOSSSCOCSSSSSONOOSOOSOCO*E” -. > St. Paul, March 27.—After a long struggle Representative Lennon has secured the adoption by the house of his bill relating to the equipment and regulation of hotels and restaurants by a bare majority. Licensing of Hotels. The bill provides for licensing ho- les and restaurants. The annual li- tense fee is $2. It requires that ho- tels shall be properly protected against fire and have necessary fire escapes. They must also be kept ina sanitary condition, have individual towels, etc. Hotels and restaurants are made subject to state inspection. The in- spectoral force consists of an in- spector at a salary of $2,400, a deputy at $1,800, two traveling inspectors at | $100 a month and a stenographer at $900 a year. The bill carries an ap- propriation of $16,000. For Constitutional Amendment. The committee on dairy products and livestock has introduced a bill providing for a constitutional amend- ment to the effect that “laws may be enacted providing for the taxation of dogs on a basis other than the value of the dog, and authorizing the pay- ment from the fund derived from such tax of damages sustained by the own- | ers of other domestic animals by rea- | MAY TEST MILK MILK ORDINANCE! son of injuries caused by dogs.” A bill for a minimum wage commis- sion has passed the house. It pro- | vides for a commission to investigate | the wages paid women in the various occupations and to designate a sum as the minimum wage that should be paid them. The commission consists of the labor commissioner and two members to be appointed by the gov- | ernor. The Dunn good roads bill faces, in the senate committee, bitter opposi- tion and an extended fight is in pros- pect. Objection is made to the pro- posed distribution of funds, some sen- ators being of the opinion that some | counties should not get as much as the minimum sum of one per cent of the fund allotted them. Other objec- tions are made to the maximum tax levy proposed and to the dragging fund feature. It is probable that the bill will not be reported to the sen- ate for some time. Creamery Bill Approved. Mr. Porter's bill for the rehabilita- tion of the Creamery Package com- pany which is similar to a bill intro- duced by Senator Works for the same purpose has, after a fight, been ap- proved by the house. This company was some years ago declared by the courts to be a com- | bination in restraint of trade and en-| | joined from doing business in this state. The bill provides that upon the pay- ment of a fine of $10,000 the company may purge itself of its offense and be permitted to re-engage in business. An amendment by Mr. Virtue provid- ing that before doing so the corpora- tion pay all verdicts entered against it was defeated. The company has a tub factory at Mankato and a plea was made for the passage of the bill on the ground that the operation of the factory would be of great local benefit. St. Paul, March 26.—Two commit- tee bills were introduced in the house yesterday and passed under suspen- sion of the rules, amending the re- apportionment law which, a few days ago, received the signature of the gov- ernor. By the first of these the 44th legis- lative district stall comprise the coun- ties of Anoka, Sherburne and Isanti, and be represented by one senator and two representatives; the 55th district shall comprise the counties of Mille Lacs and Kanabec, and have one sen- ator and one representative. The un- derstanding is that there was an agreement between the house and senate to pass this bill. The second committee bill changes | three districts so that they shall be made up and represented as follows: 26th Disrict—Meeker and Kandi- yohi; one senator and two representa- tives. 25th District—Swift and Big Stone; one senator and two representatives; one to be elected by each county. 48th District—Grant, Stevens and Traverse; one senator and three rep- resentatives; one to be elected by each county. Caring for Capitol. The committee on public accounts and expenditures proposes a reform, in a bill introduced, in the method of caring for the capitol buildings. In- stead of leaving these in care of “cus- todians,” it is proposed that their care shall be entrusted to the state board of control. The board is authorized to appoint a superintendent of the new capitol at a salary of $1,800, and \@ superintendent of the old capitol at \ Ice Dealers Meet in Peoria. Peoria, Ill, March 24.—About 150 tee dealers from all parts of Illinois met today in the Jefferson hotel for the annual convention of their state association. President Sam N. Wat son of Dixon was in the chair. For two days the members will devote themselves to a combination of bus gess and pleasure, and tomorrow ever ing the eee closes with a ban quet. New officers will be elected tomorrow. a salary of $1,200. The committee bill for the organi- zation of the state’s legal department, provides that the attorney general shall have five assistants, the first of. whom is called a deputy. The salar- ies are as follows: Attorney general, $6,000; deputy, $5,000; first assistant. $4,500; other assistants, $4,000, $3,500 and $3,000. There is also a senior law clerk at a salary of $1,800, two stenographers at $1,200, and one at $900, and a file clerk at $900. Kill Warner Bill. The house killed, after an animated debate, Representative C. H. War- ner’s bill which provided for the pub- lication of the statement of treasur- ers of school districts. The argument in favor of the bill made by Mr. War- ner, Mr. Bjornson, Mr. Finke, Mr. Larson, and others, was that the pub- licity was desirable in the interest of the honest administration of school district affairs. It was pointed out that while the treasurers of munici- palities were required to make de- tailed statements annually, treasurers of school districts which expended five times as much, need publish no report at all. “I believe,” said Mr. Bjornson, “that the people have a right to know fully what every public official does with their money. “Aft- er the defeat of the bill, a motion to reconsider failed of, passage by one vote. A bill to which some objection was made in behalf of country merchants, regulating the control of the manu- facture and sale of cotton, duck, can- vas, etc., was passed by the house yesterday. Mr. Nolan is the author of the bill, and it has the support of all Minnesota manufacturers, he | said. canvas offered for sale, used, it must be so stated. It is made unlawful, with regard to awnings, paulins, wagon covers, tents, | grain and hay covers, stable or tent tops, to misstate or misrepresent their correct dimensions; or to mutilate or conceal marks showing.kind and qual- ity of goods with intent to deceive St. Paul, March 25.—Ninety-seven bills have been passed by both branch- es of the legislature, and the last three of them were, on Saturday, signed by the governor and thus became law. Large Number Passed. The house has passed 280 bills, in- cluding the above, and the senate 360. There have been introduced in the house 1,158 bills, and in the senate 861. It will thus be seen that a great mass of legislation remains to be acted upon in the last 30 days of the ses- sion. Because of this, there seems small prospect that the legislature will adjourn before the full ninety days, to which the session is limited, have passed. Fee Officers on Salary. It is proposed to put several fee of- ficers on a salary basis. The most important of these are the governor’s private secretary and the clerk of the supreme court. It is said that the committee having the matter in charge has decided to fixe the salary of the governor's private secretary at $5,000, and that of the clerk of the supreme court at $3,500. This is considerably less in both cases than the emolument received as salary and fees heretofore. A Dill has been introduced which proposes to abolish the office of oil inspector and merge the duties of that office in the dairy and food commis- sion. The entire force of oil inspec- tors, if this law passes, will be dis- charged, and their duties will be per- formed by the inspectors of the dairy and food department. This will involve an addition to the force in the dairy and food depart- ment, but, considering the number of officials displaced—nearly a hundred— not a large one. A chemist and four inspectors, at a salary of $1,800 a year each, and two office assistants at $1,- 200 are all that are proposed. Wholesale Dealers’ License. All wholesale dealers in illuminat- ing oils are required by the bill, .o take out a license, the fee for which is to be one dollar. Whenever a con- signment of oil is received, they are required to forward a sample to the dairy and food department for an- alysis. Inspectors may enter places where oil is sold and make tests at any time Penalties are imposed where oil is sold which does not com- ply with the requirements of the de- partment. The fee for testing oil under the bill is 10 cents for each barrel of 55 gallons. Provisions are made for the proper labeling of oils and regulating the characters of the containers in which they are sold. It is estimated that a large saving will be effected in the expense of oil inspection if the pil! becomes law. 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