Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 23, 1913, Page 3

| | Nene cane mE PAGE TWO GRAND RAPLDS HEKALD-REV LEW WEDNESDAY, JULY 238, 1913. IMPRISONED MEN FINALLY RESCUED. Taken From Shaft After Thirty-' one Hours in Water. The five men entombed in the Bpruce mine at Eveleth by the rush of water after a cloudburst were brought to the surface after hav-; 4ng stood shoulder deep in water for thirty-one hours. Wild excitement pre- vailed about the mine as they were taken out. None was the worse for the experi- ence, apparently, except for the en- forced fast. The men are Joseph Puloze, Bap- tista Serosini, Gins Donenici, John Soep, Nick Carenich. All are foreign- ers and unable to speak English. The only demonstration on their part was by John Soep, who clapped his hands on realizing he was safe. The five, with the ten who were rescued previously, retreated up the level, and when the water became knee high they separated. When the rescue crew had blasted to within forty feet of them they could hear faint sounds of the opera- tions. This gave them renewed cour- age. Several times in the night they fear- ed that Joseph Puloze would be unable to stand the strain, as he was seized with cramps. His companions held him until the attack passed. All suffered from the cold water. DEMUR TO RATE CHARGES Railroads’ Counsel Appear in Court at Red Wing. Attorneys for the Great Western, the St. Paul road and the Chicago and Northwestern, which were indicted by the Goodhue county grand jury for failure to. obey the railroad rate laws, demurred to the indictments brought against them when the case came up for trial before Judge Albert Johnson at Red Wing. The railroads’ counsel asserted that the court had no jurisdiction, that the facts stated did not constitute a pub- lic offense, and that there were irregu- larities in the procedure. The attorneys criticised the court because special attorneys had been mamed to advise the grand jury, in- stead of leaving the matter to the county attorney. Killed When Auto Overturns. William Lehmann, twenty-six years of agé, died at St. Joseph’s hospital at St. Paul shortly after being in- jured when an automobile overturn- ed. Four companions escaped injury. Lehmann was thrown against an iron fence and his skull fractured. Edward Johnson, a cigar dealer eof St. Paul, killed himself in his store by taking carbolic acid and then turning on the gas. His motive was to avoid arrest on a warrant charging arson, sworn out by the state fire | marshal. BIG BUTTER INCREASE SHOWN | Minnesota Output in 1912 17,067,089 | Pounds More Than in 1911, There were 17,067,089 pounds more of creamery butter made in Minnesota in 1912 than in 1911, according to fig- ures just compiled by J. G. Winkjer, state dairy and food commissioner. The average price increased 3 cents per pound and the total amount received by the creameries was $29,- 040,975 in 1912. The total output last year was 116,051,878 pounds as against 93,984,789 in 1911. | resulted “in ABOUT THE STATE LAWMAKERS NOT News of Especial Interest to Minnesota Readers, BAD STORM IN TWIN CITIES ‘One Killed and Many Injured by Light- ning and Considerable Damage Done to Property. One woman killed, another person injured, many others shocked or stunned, two churches and a num- ber of dwellings struck and set on fire by lightning and great damage by the flooding of streets, sewers and basements, was the toll of a severe electrical and rain storm which pass- ed over St. Paul. For nearly a half hour the rain fell in torrents, accompanied by one of the worst electrical discharges in years. Street car traffic was delayed and on many lines tied up for some time by washouts and by sand wash- ing upon the tracks. In the down- town district the streets were run- ning like miniature rivers. Sewers which have seldom before been taxed to their full capacity were overflowed by the deluge and the sur- ylus water filled many basements in the downtown districts, causing con- siderable damage. In Minneapolis the damage to prop- erty was even greater than in St. Paul, much more rain falling. Three- quarters of an inch of rain was regis- tered as falling in St. Paul, while the total rainfall in the other city was 1.13 inches. DULUTH WINS RATE CASE Present Charges Are Held to Be Discriminatory. Duluth won a substantial portion of its freight rate fight before the inter- state commerce commission when a reduction of class rates to the Head of the Lakes from Eastern points was ordered and the present rates were held to be discriminatory. Duluth’s contention that rates on lake and rail traffic from the East ovght to break at its wharves, how- ever, was not sustained. In brief, the commission held that the present rail and lake class rates to Duluth from points east of the Indi- ana-Illinois state lines were unreason- able, and that the existing scale of through rail and lake class rates to Duluth was unduly discriminatory as compared with rates to Chicago. It was ordered that the first class rate from the East to Duluth shou!d not exceed 62 cents a 100 pounds, and that the rates from trunk line terri- tory to Duluth, rail and lake, should not exceed those to Chicago. The commission also held that the present joint through rail and lake rates from the East to Duluth depriv- ed Duluth of the “advantage of its lo- cation at the Head of the Lakes,” and undue discrimination against Duluth, which will be relieved in some measure by the reduction here required.” WOMAN GETS BAR LICENSE Council Grants Application of Widow of Saloon Keeper. Mrs. Antonio Trempush has been granted a license to conduct a sa- loon in Virginia by the city council of that place. This is the first time in the history of Virginia that a li- cense has been granted to a woman. Mrs. Trempush is the widow of Frank Trempush, wno formerly con: ducted the saloon. The Pioneer Store Grocery toetontoateeteateaRoeteatontonteeteeteatoettonteeteetietretenteete et the Pudding is Department... Seeing is Believing. Proof of in Eating it. Our Home Brand and Hia- watha Brand Groceries——for ; First Grade can’t be beat. Try them. Price, of course, is a little higher on First Grade goods than on Standards—— We also have Standards. John Beckfelt Grand Rapids, Minn. j WITH GOVERNOR | House and Senate Committees Oppose His Utilities Plan, CONDEMN OCTOBER SESSION Members of the Upper Branch Also of the Opinion That Proposed Leg- islation Is Not Demanded. St. Paul.—(Special.)\—It was ex- pected that the house committee named by Speaker Rines to investigate | the question of state control of public utilities would be antagonistic to the scheme as advocated by Governor Eberhart and its first meeting having to do with the issue was taken on the basis of “I told you so.” It came out as expected. Last week the senate committee, headed by Senator Hack- ney, named for the same purpose, with the additional command that it draft a public utilities control bill, held its initial meeting at the state capitol and while it never figured in the “! told you so” class it had to be said that its deliberations, which were of the disconnected kind, were anything but in line with Governor Eberhart’s way of thinking. The meeting, which lasted nearly an entire day, showed conclusively that the senate commit- tee, named by Lieutenant Governor Burnquist, is not in sympathy with the issue. It differs with his excel- lency in that a majority believes that state control of utilities at this time is not demanded, that a special ses- sion of the legislature is not backed by the public and that if the governor insists on a special session it should be held next January instead of in October, as suggested by the governor. October, it was unanimously agreed by the committee, would work a hardshiy on all country members. a Getting back to the original propo- sition, the senate committee, which is composed of Senators J. M. Hackney, St. Paul; H. W. Cheadle, Duluth; J. A. Coller, Shakopee; Ole O. Sageng, Dal- ton; W. S. Dwinnell, Minneapolis; F. E. Putnam, Blue Earth, and G. H. Sul- livan, Stillwater, met in anything but an agreeable state of mind. Right here, though, I might digress. Sen- ator Sullivan, who is heart and soul with his excellency, was not present, and Senators Putnam and Coller showed signs that they were open to conviction. The majority of the com- mittee, however, led by Senators Hackney of St. Paul and Dwinnell of Minneapolis, indicated that they were opposed and had it not been for the good offices of Senators Coller and Putnam there would now be on the records a resolution declaring that a public utilities commission was not wanted, that there was no demand for the act and that the business and farming interests of the state were op- posed to a special session of the leg- islature. It was pointed out though by Messrs. Putnam and Coller that any action of this kind would redound to the credit of the governor and in- fluence a lot of people who do not know a public utility from a hole in the ground. The latter comparison, it was agreed, about fitted the proposi- tion at the present time, in so far as the governor’s advocacy of state con- | trol and the knowledge of the general public as to what is a public utility and how it should be properly con- trolled, is concerned. The committee finally came to the conclusion that it | had only one duty and that was the drafting of a bill, and it reluctantly . agreed to accept the task. To this end it agreed to adjourn to Aug. 18, when experts on both sides of the question will be invited to be present and air their views. ++ + With all due respect to Governor Eberhart and his opinion that the pub- lic utilities should be assembled un- der one central head, the senate com- mittee comes pretty near being right in its conclusion that the general pub- lic is not clamoring for the new order of things and that with some people the word public utilities is unknown. As to the date of the special session, if his excellency insists on calling it, that is a matter between the governor and the members of the legislature. The idea in the mind of the governor, as interpreted by some of the mem- bers of the committee, is to call it in October, so as to catch the members at their busiest time and compel quick action. Senator Hackney insists that the question of state control is of such magnitude that haste in the com- piling of a bill should not be per- mitted. Senator Dwinnell says Wis- | Lake. Governor Johnson, it was said, | goes. The bonds mentioned are for in the contest for the location of the new sixth state normal schcol author- ized by the last legislature. It landed on the first ballot. Senator Sageng was the lone negative, he voting for Thief River Falls. Inasmuch as a majority of the commission were picked to favor the latter city, the hunch growing out of charges made in a number of Northern Minnesota papers to the effect that the commit- tee was packed, the victory for Be- midji was a real one. Bemidji, I am told, went wild when’ the news was re- ceived. + + + There is as much need for a sixth norma] school as there is for a second state university, but that need not de- tract from Bemidji’s victory. Ever since 1907 Bemidji has been after an institution of this kind, but was forestalled by Representative Pat Mc- Garry of Cass Lake, who, after a spirited fight in 1902 landed the cov- eted plum for his home town, Cass at the bequest of Tams Bixby, then a political power and the owner of the Remidji townsite, vetoed the bill. Every session of the legislature fol- lowing has seen a bill introduced call- ing for a new normal school, but it was not until last session that the ambitions of its promoters were real- ized. Half a dozen towns, however, were competitors and the legislature, anxious to be relieved of the selec- tion, provided for a commission to leok. over the field. It was this com- mission that selected Bemidji last week. Money for the construction of the necessary buildings will have to be provided by the next legislature The site is furnished by Bemidji. co Figuring on a decision in the rate cases against the state the last legis- lature passed what is known as the Bendixen law. This law made manda- tory a 2-cent passenger rate for roads earning more than a stipulated sum per mile. The amount I cannot call to mind now, though it was in tha neighborhood of $8,000. Many think that this law is not the proper thing, now that the state has won, and I am told that an effort will be made to re- peal it at the extra session of the leg- islature which Governor Eberhart will call. The Bendixen law does not be- | come operative until January next. tt + You might as well try to divorce the Capitol City from the political game as to cook eggs at the foot of the North pole. The latter is easier. For fifty years the head of naviga- tion, St. Paul, has been associated with the game and it just refuses to let go. The other day the St. Paul chamber of commerce met to select a press agent. Larry Hodgson, better known as “Larry Ho,” and one Ralph Brown, recently a resident of Omaha and a brother-in-law of Mayor Keller, were the candidates. One fac- tion accused Larry of being the ad- vance agent of the Dick O’Connor forces in St. Paul. Of course there was no getting away from the fact that Brown was favorable to Mayor Keller. And so the fight continued, with the finish in favor of neither, and a telegram being sent to an out- sider asking if he would accept. Pol- itics in St. Paul has become so com- mon that no one does anything with- out first inquiring where the other stands in the matter of political al- legiance. ++ + The state board of control will in a few days put about $500,000 of state obligations on the market. They rep- resent educational improvement cer- tificates authorized by the last leg- islature. The certificates carry a nice line of interest and for anyone desir- ing a safe investment they will prove most acceptable. So far the state board of control, which is trying to sell the bonds, has been unable to find a bidder for the entire lot. Money is regarded as rather tight at this time and nothing better than 8 per cent less than 8 per cent. ++ + Minnesota produced .over 116,000,- 000 pounds of butter last year. To those who produced the butter fat nearly $30,000,000 was paid. And what is better the increase in production over the previous year was nearly 18,000,000 pounds of butter. Some times we are prone to criticise the legislature for the passage of laws designed to protect the industry and which are against what is called the poor man’s butter, but it has to be said that what benefits one helps all. The payment of over $30,000,000 to Minnesota farmers last year for one article must have helped more than the farmer. ++ The state board of pardons broke the record last week when it issued four pardons and ten commutations of sentence in the case of convicts at the Stillwater prison and the St. Cloud reformatory. To some this may seem an abuse of justice, but just the consin is paying $600,000 a year in or- der to maintain the new order of things and that Minnesota should do some careful thinking before it sad- dles itself with a debt of this amount. Then, too, it is pointed out that state control does not mean these utilities in the cities alone, but everywhere, and that when the smal] towns awake and find they are included that they wil! rebel. It is a big question, fellows, and I look for some strenuous times before the end is reached. ++ + The chronicling of things political this week would not ‘be complete if J did not mention the victory of Bemidji same little clemency is granted in the case of pardon applications un- less they are justified. - Good press work is always in or- der and tha spectacular efforts at- tending the release of Alois Lermer, @ young German detained at Bilis Island, by Governor Eberhart cannot be criticised. Getting down to cold facts, Alois cwes his American resi- dence to George Authier, the gov- ernor’s secretary, who saw in his de- tention some good publicity, and for your benefit he worked it for all it was worth. ——are essentially of our brass and pared with them. ——Like all Our them to you. Soin GEO. F. BEAUTY |and CLEANLINESS summer use there is none to be com- beds have been built right in every detail. We can recommend them be- cause we know their good qualities. And the price ought to recommend that you can furnish every bedroom in your house without feeling yourself extravagant. Furniture, Rugs, Linoleum and Undertaking OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE the characteristics metal beds. For Furniture, these expensive are they KREMER J. ADAM BEDE. Flatly Denies Charges Made by Colonel Mulhall. BEDE DENIES ALL CHARGES Minnesotan Was Named in Mulhall’s Statement. “I stand ready to give $1,000 to any charitable organization if it is shown that a dollar has been paid to any con- gressman for his vote on the tariff bill or any schedule of the tariff bill,” declared J. Adam Bede, former Minnesota congressman, in his first public statement pertaining to the sensational lobby charges of Colonel Martin M. Mulhall. Mr. Bede, who is in Indiana filling Chautauqua engagements, and who has just returned from an eight weeks’ tour of the South, was un- aware that his name had been men- tioned by Mulhall and expressed sur- prise when shown Mulhall’s state- ment, in which his name was near the head of the list of accused con- gressmen. He dictated a lengthy statement, in which he flatly denied all the charges that referred to him. Left Handed Stone Slingers, The right hand doubtless owes some- thing of its prominence to the Bible. The Hebrews singled it out for special honor, and the Scriptures contain quite a hundred references in which “the right hand” is made the type and sym- bol of everything noble. praiseworthy and desirable. It is worth noting, how- ever, that the tribe of Benjamin once boasted 700 left handed slingers who “could sling stones to a hair’s breadth and not miss” and that among the “mighty men and helpers” of King David were many who “could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows with the bow.”—London Standard. Plain and Painful Talk. During a senatorial investigation one time Senator Clapp experienced great difficulty in getting some information from a nervous witness. “Now,” said the senator somewhat pharply, “out with it, my man; out with it!” "FIGURES OF SPEECH. Just Suppose For a Moment That They All Turned to Facts. No situation 1s more difficult to deal with than that in which a figure of speech becomes a fact. | mean that when we have been using a phrase truly, but in its general and metaphor- ical sense, we are rather embarrassed than otherwise if we find that it is true, even in its strict and literal sense. There does not seem to be anything more to say. Suppose you beard a family remark casually, “It's madness in papa to go to Norway!” And sup- pose the next instant papa sprang into the room through a smashed window, with straws in his hair and a carving knife and howled aloud: “Ubbubboo! I’m going to Norway!” The incident would be disconcerting. It would not be easy to pursue the subject. Or suppose we said to some stately, silver haired woman who was an- noyed, “I think it childish of you to take offense so easily.” And suppose she sat down suddenly on the floor and began to scream for her doll and her skipping rope. We would be at a loss. Words suited to the situation would not easily suggest themselves. Of if a wife said to her husband, apropos of a luxurious friend to whom he gave expensive dinners, “He’s sim- ply robbing you,” her remarks would be cut short rather than further en- couraged by the sight of the friend climbing out of the window with the silver teapot under his arm. The wife would have the extremely unpleasant sensation of having said the worst thing she could and having nothing more to say. Cases, of course, could be multiplied indefinitely. as the case of one who, entering a lodging house, should say “Rats!” in disparagement of its praises and find himself instantly surrounded by those animals, or one who should remark, “Uncle Joseph has lost his head over this,” and should find him decapitated in the garden.—Illustrated London News. Nice For the Lady. Quite regularly a certain London school teacher invited two miserable little girls to spend Saturday afternoon at her house. Knowing how overbur- dened. with work the mother was and bow much the children’s moral educa- tion was neglected at home, a settle ment worker ventured to congratulate the parent. “What a great advantage for them!” she said. “How exceedingly kind of her!” “No doubt she’s glad of comp’ny,” complacently returned the mother.— London Telegraph. The Use of English. Of the 80,000 English words avail- Strict Economy, “Nothing is lost here but the squeal,” declared the pork packer. “Are you as in conducting your busi-