Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 11, 1913, Page 2

PAGE TWO WILSON CHARGES TO BE SUSTAINED Lobby Committee Expected to Endorse President. HOPES FOR GOOD RESULTS Chief Executive Declares Benefits Wil! Through Publicity Given Conditions Surrounding the Making of the Tariff Bill. Foliow Probe Washington, June 10.—When the senator special committee hunting for “the lobby it was predicted at the Cap- ito! that the report of the investiga- would substantially uphold nt Wilson’s declaration that ences have attempted ongress on the tariff bill, it will be shown that “in- methods have been used, or re influences have been ex d upon senators, will depend was admitted on all hands that the investigation already had out- grown its original bounds. It original- ty was intended to develop evidence concerning the influences President Wilson charged were being brought against the tariff bill, but the testi- money of senators has broadened the scope of the inquiry to touch many subjects. President Wilson told callers he ex- pected the lobby investigation to have beneficial results through the publicity given to the conditions sur- rounding the making of the tariff bill. When asked his opinion of the charge made by Senator Townsend as to his wn influence with reference to legis- dation the president replied it needed mo comment. No Interest in Wool. Senator Sutherland, first witness, told the committee he owned 200 shares in the Utah-Idaho Sugar com- pany, worth $7.85 a share, and fifty shares in the Amalgamated Sugar «ompany, worth $100 a share. He had Bo interest in wool, but declared he had voted and would vote for a rea- gonable duty on sugar and wool. Senator Reed did not know any lob- byist, but was certain that a new system of attempting to influence leg- aslation had arisen. Senator Bankhead said he had serv- ed twenty-six years in congress and Bad heard of lobbies, but never saw ene. He didn’t agree that running headquarters here to influence legis- lation was to be condemned. Senator Walsh said Montana was vitally interested in the tariff on su- gar and wool. “We expected a great reduction,” he said, “a very substantial one on ‘wool and sugar, but we did confident- ty expect them to carry a revenue @uty.” PLEASURE RESORD BURNED Fire Causes Panic Among Inmates of Home for Aged. New York, June 10.—All Upper Man- hattan was illuminated and its resi- d@ents excited by fire which swept Paradise park at Fort George. The Blaze started from causes unknown mear the Ferris wheel and before the apparatus had reached the scene sev- eral large amusement halls and a score of small buildings were doomed. The flames leaped ‘oss the street, threatening the Isabella Haimagh Home for Aged Hebr Women. This had testified before the | the evidence of the next few GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WHDNESD\Y, JUNE 31, 1913. i | building was saved, but its infirm in- | mates were panic stricken while the jfrenien were playing water upon it. | i The loss was estimated at upwards | | of $100,000. - ' i | | SHOT TO DEATH BY REBELS | eaeehN The | Mexican Federal Officer Tried to | } Bribe Insurgent Commander. | | Brownsville, Tex., June 10.—Cap- | }tain Bruno Trevino, officer in the | | Mexican federal army, was shot to | | death by Mexican rebel guards at Matamoras prison because he tried to | bribe General Luis Blanco, comman- {der of the rebel forces near Browns- | ville. He offered Blanco’s army 300,- | 000 pesos if they would go over to the Huerta forces and offered to make Blanco a Huerta general, with provision for all his staff officers. | Former Secretary of Ireland Dies. London, June 10.—George Wynd- | ham, who was chief secretary for Ireland from 1900 to 1905 in Arthur J. Balfour’s conservative cabinet, is dead in Paris, according to dispatches received here. his fiftieth year. He was in | Burning Ship in Convoy. Charleston, S. C., June 10.—Advices | received here state that the steamship | Olinda, with fire in her hold, was in | convoy of the United States ship Nash- ville and the steamer Curiyaba. They will make Charleston harbor ay morning. Youth Admits Double Murder. | Ironton, O., June 10.—According to ‘local authorities, Berkeley Flemming, ‘aged twenty, a farmer, confessed to the murder of his mother and brother. | ODDITIES IN THE NEWS. Locking all doors behind them and | imprisoning their jailers, Louis Trei der and Donald Houshang, both “trus- | ties,” escaped from the naval prison | at Portsmouth, N. H. They were re-| captured. a Arthur T. Brooks, pastor of Tarry- town (N. Y.,) Baptist church, an- nounced from the pulpit the arrival of Arthur, Jr., the first child born to a | minister of that church in sixty years. +e t Wives of many wealthy New York- ers who have homes in South Orange or East Orange carry large baskets to the public markets in the effort to lower the cost of living. ++ + The smell of moth balls persisted over Washington Monday when a tem- perature drop of thirty degrees in a little over twelve hours made citizens | unpack winter clothes. et + A man may be religious on an in- come of $1,000 a day, ‘but he is not} | likely to, according to Rev. J. M. Ma- jor of Chicago, who preached a sermon on the subject. Prices of Staples Fall. | Washington, June 10.—Producers in the United States were receiving for their staple crops 28 per cent less on June 1 than at the same time last | year. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES | Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, June 9.—Wheat—On track | and to arrive, No. 1 hard, 9144c; No. 1; | Northern, 9014c; No. 2 Northern, 88@ | | 88%c; July, 90%4c; Sept., 913% c. Flax —On track and to arrive, $1.29%; | July, $1.293¢; Sept., $1.314%4; Oct., $1.- | 30%. | South St. Paul Live Stock. Paul, June 9.—Cattle— | | Steers, $6.30@8.00; cows and heifers, | $4.50@ calves, $6.00@9.75; feed- i | ers, $4307.50. | Hogs—$7.95@8.25. | | Sheep—Shorn lambs, $4.50@7.00; | shorn wethers, $5.00@5.25; shorn | ewes, $2.00@5.00. | | PIONEER STORE DUCHESS TROUSERS Just What You've Been Looking For. 106 srvtonx 50c $1 for a rip in Waist Band fora rip in seat. JOHN BECKFELT Grand Rapids | 72 per cent of the business in the Unit- | fectually destroy the alleged monopoly | and restore full and free competition. | PLAN LARGER SUBMARINES | SUIT AGAINST KODAK “TRUST” Violation of Sherman Law) Is Alleged. TERMS OF SALE ATTACKED Government Charges That Eastman) Goods Must Be Handled Exclusive: | ly by Eastman Dealers and That Competition Is Destroyed. j Buffalo, N. Y., June 10.—Dissolution | of the so called stman kodak trust | was asked in a civil anti-trust suit filed | here by order of Attorney General Me-| Reynolds. The federal government} seeks the dissolution by receivership, | if necessary, of the Eastman Kodak | company of New Jersey and the East-| man Kodak company of New York,) charged with monopolizing trade in| photographic supplies in violation | of the Sherman law. It is the aim of the government to) obtain a divisor of the assets and b ness of the two companies controlling | 3i-| ed States into such parts as will ef- | | The petition in equity asks for an} njunction forbidding the fixing of re- sale prices of cameras, films and other | patented photographic supplies. This’ marks the first application of the re- ent decision of the United States su- preme court denying patentees the right to fix resale prices of retailers. Six Defendants Named. The following are named as defend- ants: Eastman Kodak company of New Jersey, Eastman Kodak company of New York, George Eastman, Henry A. Strong, Walter S. Hubbell and Frank S. Noble, all of Rochester, N. Y. Restraints, the government declares, have been imposed upon the business of competing manufacturers and deal- ers by the combination’s “terms of sale’ under which Eastman made goods were handled exclusively by so called Eastman dealers. The “terms of sale” also fix resale prices. Injunc- tions are asked against those prac- tices. The Eastman Kodak company of New Jersey, a holding company, has an authorized capital of $35,000,000, of which $26,000,000 has been issued. The Eastman Kodak company of New York, the operating company of the combination, is a $5,000,000 corpora- tion, manufacturing and marketing photographic supplies. Designers Prophesy Development of Disappearing Dreadnought. | Washington, June 10.—While the navy department consistently has been reticent concerning its submarines it became known that the plans for the | three vessels for this type authorized by the last session of congress con- templates vessels much larger than any now in commission. | Navy department designers now are | planning much larger and more for- midable vessels of this type and some’ of them prophesy the development of the submarine into a giant battleship that will replace the dreadnoughts in the first line of defense. They even contend these vessels would be able’ to disappear beneath the surface of the sea to escape a return fire ater | discharging their twelve-inch rifles at an enemy. { SPECTACULAR TRAIN WRECK Fast Freight Rolls Down Embank- ment and Demolishes House. | Bluefield, W. Va., June 10.—A wo- man and her daughter and two train- men were killed in a spectacular wreck of a fast Norfolk and Western railroad freight train at Cleveland. Va. Several trainmen were injured. The train left the rails and rolled down an embankment, crushing the home of Mrs. Sarah Owens. Mrs. Owens and her seventeen-year-old daughter, asleep in their beds, were killed. | Engineer Gillespie and Fireman Stewart were crushed to death. COLDEST JUNE ON RECORD Only Gulf States Escape Unseason- able Drop. Washington, June 10.—The coldest weather ever recorded during June in the Middle Atlantic and New Ens- land states, the Ohio valley and the Great Lakes region was reported to; the weather bureau. The Gulf states form the only ter- ritory east of the Rockies that es- caped an unseasonable drop. “A high barometric pressure of great magni- tude” is the official reason. Frosts are reported from Vermont, Central | New York, New England, Pennsylva- nia, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. Taft Confers on Memorial. Washington, June 10.—Former Presi- dent Taft spent several hours with other members of the Lincoln memo- rial commission going over plans for the new $2,000,000 memorial to be erected in Washington. ‘ JUDGE W. C. NOYES. Resigned When He Found $7,000 Salary Too Little to Support His Family. The resignation of Judge Walter C. Noyes of the United States district court for the Second federal district, compris- ing New York, Connecticut and Vermont, has been accepted by the president. Judge Noyes in resigning. wrote the pres- ident that the salary of $7,000 a year was too small for him properly to support his family. STATEWIDE STRIKE ASKED Lumber Mill Workers at Duluth Plan to Extend Walkout. Duluth, June 10.—Walkouts in every lumber mill in the state for higher wages may result from the present mill workers’ strike in this city, it plans made by the strike committee of the newly organized Duluth mill workers’ union do not go amiss. A resolution unanimously was adopted looking to that end. A resolution suggesting violence was turned down. ‘INCREASE IN EXPORTS TO THE PHILIPPINES United States Supplies Nearly Half Total Imports. Washington, June 10.—During the nine months ending with March the value of the imports from the United States into the Philippine Islands was $19,468,592, or 44 per cent of the total importations, which amounted to $43,- 817,234. The increase of 6 per cent in im- ports over the previous corresponding period was due almost wholly to in- creased importations from the United States. Official statistics of the commerce of the Philippines, compiled by the bureau of insular affairs, show also that this country figured in the Philip- pine export trade to the amount of $16,837,116, or 39 per cent of the total value as against $15,616,867 for the same period of the previous year. 5d Hike is i a i al a i sc ie i 2 + “+ ROBBERS PLASTER VIC- % TIMS MOUTH. oo a + Chicago, June 10—An ad- + hesive plaster placed over the ‘+ mouth of an intended victim ‘+’ was used as an aid to robbery ‘+ by three automobile bandits. + They entered the saloon of ~ Arthur R. Schmidt, bound Isa- + dore Gross, the bartender, + stopped his cries with the plas- ‘+ ter, locked him in a small + storeroom and escaped with + $61.50 cash and $100 worth of ‘+ cigars and liquors. BA I I a i i I Se a a + So gM a a he el le a 8 TRAIN HITS HERD OF HORSES One Man Killed and Fifty injured in Our Great Annual ME NDonteeseategectonteegert Sesceeteteazeezeete 05 aes Below we list a few Seateste a oe eee =X $26.50, sale price---..--. te < eerrers eeteetenete of econte Hes PS etd . . eee eee ses k ° soeioetonton GEO. F. OPPOSI 1914 FAIR OPENS SEPT. 7 Minnesota Board of Directors De- cides on Date. Minnesota’s state fair in 1914 will be held from Sept. 7 to 12, inclusive, This was decided by the board of di- rectors on hearing the report of Sec- retary Simpson on the results of the date conference held at St. Paul May 26 and 27. While these dates will bring the state fair a week later next year than it is to be held in 1913 there is no change in the custom of opening the exposition on the first Monday in September. The proposition suggest- ed at the date conference was to per- manently fix the fair dates a week later than has been the custom in the past. To this, however, the nine other fair associations represented could not agree. Resolutions were adopted declaring no change in dates could be made without being detri- mental to all the fair associatious rep- resented at the conference. ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE St. Paul Auto Driver Grand Jury. Ralph H. Babcock of St Paul was indicted by the Goodhue county grand jury at Red Wing on a charge of manslaughter in the second degree for having run down and killed Mra. Alfred Anderson with his automobile. Babcock later was arraigned before Judge Albert Johnson. He entered a plea of not guilty, with the privilege of withdrawing it and filing a demur- rer to the indictment. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Babcock of Minneapolis, furnished $15,000 bonds for him and he was released. No indictments were returned against Andrew Berkey and S. N. Claussen, who were in the car with Babcock when the tragedy occurred. GRAND JURY TAKEN TO TASK BY COURT Scored for Not Indicting Rail- road Officials. Indicted by Wreck. McAlester, Okla., June 10.—One person was killed and fifty passen- gers injured when the southbound Missouri, Kansas and Texas passen- | ger train No. 9 was wrecked at Hailey Switch, south of here. The train struck a herd of horses, throwing one of the animals against the switch stand with such force as to spring the switch. The engine and six coaches left the rails, four of the cars being entirely demolished. Mill City Detective Dead. Minneapolis, June 10.—James How- ard, one of the best known detectives in the West, fell dead on the street. Howard was retired from the Min- neapolis detective service on a pen- sion last January, after thirty years, during which time he was connected with every big case handled by the police. He was one of the detectives who wove the evidence that hanged Harry Hayward in 1893. Failure of the Goodhue county grand jury, sitting at Red Wing, to carry out the instructions of the dis- trict court relative to returning in- dictments against the railroads oper- ating in Goodhue county, resulted tn that body being severely censured by Judge Johnson. The court refused to discharge the jury, but excused it until Monday, June 23, when he or- dered it to return and resume consid- eration of the case. Addressing. the jury, Judge John- son declared that it had not followed j his instructions. “It cannot be that you have not un- derstood my instructions,” he said. “You were told to investigate matters relative to railroad rates, and if you found that the law was being vio- lated to indict the offenders. That alone was the question submitted to you in my charge. “This grand jury was not asked to determine the legal phase of the case. You may have been under the impression that the county attorney Begins Thursday, June 12 Continues until Saturday, the 24th _ gains offered at jhis sale: 9xi2 Axminster Rugs, regular price $23.50, sale a ee 8.75 9x12 Axminster Rugs, regular price 9x\2 Axminster Rugs, reguler price $30.00, sale ee ee 9x\2 Tapestay Brussels Rug, regular price, $18.00, sale price-.--.....- 9x32 Tapestry Brussels Rug, regular price $15.00, sale brice--.-----.---.- 11.75 All other Rugs at a discount of from 10 to 25 per cent. Be sure to take advantage of this op- portunity to get a new rug at a low price. Sale FHSS 60068 666086048505 90 86. of the Choice Bar- “= 14.50 KREMER had been enjoined from acting in the / matter of railroad prosecution. One thing I do know, and that is that nei- ther this court nor the grand jury has been enjoined in the matter.” MAN AND HORSES KILLED Fall Sixty Feet When Curbing Gives Way. Seven children were made orphans when Cyrus Kimball met death in a fad with his team down a sixty-foot bluff into the Omaha yards at St. Paul. He was a driver for the Crescent Creamery company. Both horses were killed. Failure of the street curbing to Stand the strain when the wagon backed against it was the cause of the fatality. Nineteen feet of the curb fell with the wagon. John Bower, assistant manager of the company, narrowly escaped deati when he leaped from the rear end of the wagon as it was tottering on the brink of the cliff. ATTACK ON LA FOLLETTE Medill McCormick Creates Stir at Wis- consin Progressive Banquet. Milwaukee, June 8.—A savage at- tack on Senator La Follette by Medill McCormick of Chicago was the sensa- tion of the banquet of the Wisconsin Progressive party. That La Follette wanted Roosevelt’s support, but would not give the colo- nel his own assistance when he him- self was hopelessly out of the race, was one of the features of the MeCor- mick charges. WRONG TURN FATAL TO ONE Companion May Die From Injuries Received When Auto Upsets. Lemars, Ia., June 9.—Alberta Mouw, twenty years old, living near Orange City, is dead and John Vanderwarf of Chicago, twenty-five years old, is ly- ing in a hospital here in a precarious condition as the result of an automo- bile accident. Mouw, who was driving, made a wrong turn, going into a lane at such a speed that the machine skidded and upset. CAUSES LOSS OF $800,000 Fire Destroys Fifteen Buildings at Springfield, Mo. Springfield, Mo. June 10.—Fire which started in the basement of a department store here within two hours destroyed a row of buildings on the public square, causing damas: estimated at $800,000. > Fifteen buildings, practically a quar- ter of the business houses on the pub- lic square, were destroyed and the entire northwest section of the square was in ruins. It was the worst fire in the city’s history. It was believed to have started from defective elec- tric wiring. FINAL PEACE SESSION ENDS No Arrangement Made for Exchange of Prisoners. London, June 10.—The final session of the peace conference between the delegates of the Balkan allies and those of Turkey was held at St. James palace and ended without anything be- ing decided as to the exchange of prisoners or other matters. The dele- gates agreed to leave all outstanding questions to their respective govern- mente saiomaper