Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 31, 1913, Page 1

Se a GEO. WOOD 13 HELD TD GRAND JURY St. Louis County Deputy Sheriff is Bound Over for Forceably En- tering Settler’s House. WARDEN CUMMINGS 1S DISCHARGED Justice Pratt Holds That Law Does Not Warrant Officer in Re- moving Doors to Gain Entrance. Deputy Sheriff George E. Wood of St. Louis county, was yesterday | afternoon bound over to the grand | jury at the March term of the dis- trict court to answer to a charge of burglary. Joseph Cummings, a state game warden, arrested with Wood and charged with the same’ offense, was discharged. The case came ou before Justice Cc. L. Pratt, both defendants being present and represented by Attor- ney F. F. Price, County Attorney McOuat handling the state’s case. The first witness called) was John Langhousen. This young man and John Cameron, son of the com- plaining witness, David A, Camer- on, were out on Small lake in Car- penter township near the home of the Camerons on the | day upon which the alleged burg- lary took place; and testiflied that they saw the defendants, Wood and Cummings, get out of a rig, re move the door of a lean-to or shed, wo into the building.and.remove sundpy hides, among these being skins of mink and muskrat: They testified that the door of the building had been secured by them ‘before leaving it by driving two. nails through the door and into the jamb, and for further security | placing a pole against it "vas removed by the office the door torn from its fastenings, according to this testimony. No denial of the charge that the furs |s were found was made by complain- ants, but they claimed that they considered themselves within the law because the excerpts of the game laws scattered broadcast throughout the state by the game and fish commission states that mink and muskrat may be trapped hetween Nov. 145 and April 15, whereas the law reads that the season does not open until Dec. 1. David A. Cameron, the complain- ant, testified that he was not at home at the time the officers were there, but said he-knew of the skins and thought they were legal- ly secured. He also told of finding a note left for him, signed by Warden Cummings, but admitted to have been written by Wood, saying that the skins had been confiscated and tobe on hand at Hibbing the following Saturday to answer to the charges brought against him. Instead of doing so, Mr. Cameron came to Grand Rap~- ids to lay the case before County Attorney R. A. McOuat. The latter 4was out of town at the time and the matter was taken up by At- torney Price, who, according to the testimony of Cameron, had the complaint made out before Justice Pratt and handed the complainant the pen with which to sign the document. Proceeding on the sup- position that Price was to prose- eute the case, Mr. McOuat devoted but passing attention to the matter and »was surprised: when the case came up to find the attorney who had started the action appearing for the defendants. He therefore made no argument in the matter, simply resting his case when the testimony was in In summing up, the defense laid particular stress upon the fact that the law empowered game wardens ‘to examine receptacles, boats, boxes camps, etc., for contraband goods -when they suspect these to be pre- sent, and argued. that the entering of the complainant’s house ‘was strictly within this provision. The our, pointed out, ‘however, that the word “dvbelling” or “ho had been carefully omitted from the list of places that might be so} searched without warrant of law, and intimated that in his opinion they had been left out with the very purpose in view of prevent- ing over-zealous or officions war- dens from doing just what they were charged with in this case. In view of the fact that Warden Cummings had apparently had no- thing to do with the actual remov- ing of the door to the premises, the case against him was dismiss- ‘ed, while Wood was held in $300 bail to answer to the grand jury on a charge of burglary in the third degree. PEAT BEDS MEAN MUCH TO NORTH Experts Say Value of These De- posits May Prove Next in Value to Iron Ore. Northern Minnesota, and par- ticularly Itasca, Koochiching and St. Louis counties may have another industry, the import- ance of which will only be exceed- ed by iron ore and agriculture. It hag been announced by experts selected by the government to in- vestigate the matter, that the eat beds of the section are of great value for fuel and fertilizer. and it is altogether likely that an attempt to uilize the thousands of otherwise valueless acres hy min- ing the substance. may soon be made. C. A. Davis of the nation- al bureau of mines, and W. H. Em- mons, head of the geology depart- ment of the university of Minneso- ta, have co-operated in investigat- ing the matter and their report wil] soon be forthcoming. ‘“tAmericans _ have never fully realized the value of their enor- mous peat fields,” said Mr. Davis, who had his headquarters im Du- luth while making tests last fall, “and if this survey shows that the? bogs are extensive enough it would’ sive thig par; of the country an industry second only to that of ore ; | production The development is not a matter of months. There are | the usands of acres of bog in Nor- | the: rn Minnesota and just across }the Canadian line and we feel sure, that the result of our test will be , surprising to the average business man. We plan to follow European methods ag closely as posible, as ! fected system of production.” The climate in Northerm Minne- sotja is ideal for peat growth, ac- cording to mineralogists, being very similar to that of Ireland, ¢vhere there are nearly 3,000,000 acres of bog. The | Writing ; on the Wall EBUCHADNEZZAR in an- cient Biblical times saw the shining mural message. but could not read it. And there are many who are like bim today. They see the letters blazoned on the guideposts that point the road up the broad highway of Opportunity, yet fail to decipher their meaning. How many business men, for example, have yet read the mes- sage in “Parcel Post?” The parcel post enables the small merchant to deliver goods to customers within his zone more cheaply and much more quickly than any outsider can. It brings every buyer within a fifty mile radius of his place of business almost to his door. It opens up facilities for trade that he never had before. ARENT THESE FAOTS SOMETHING FOR THE WISE MAN TO THINK ABOUT? shortly | they have developed a highly: per-' | skipping a yacht made by himself sca Lane § Seeks With drawal of Tracts. ASKS CONGRESS TO ACT Urges Resolution Empowering the President to Hold Lanas in Public Domain Suspected of Containing De- posits of This Precious Metal. Washington, Dec. 30.—Secretary Lane proposes to withdraw all lands of the public domain suspected of containing radium that their precious deposits may be secured for the pub- | lic good and not become the subject of private speculation. Mr. Lane outlined his plan in a let- ter to Chairman Foster of the house mines committee, urging immediate passage of a joint congressional reso- lution to empower President Wilson to make the withdrawals. By the terms of the proposed reso- lution the secretary of the interior would be authorized “to conduct ex- plorations and researches with a view to determining the practicability of developing from such ores a supply i of radium and to provide a supply of! radium for the use of the government and the hospitals of this country.” Secretary Lane points out that there are only two grams of radium at present in the United States. It} is valued at $120,000 a gram. All has: been procured from Europe. Preserve Metal for People. “Three-fourths of the radium pro- duced in the world during the yea 1912,” said Seeretary Lane, “came from American ores, yet we have, up to this time, taken no steps whatever } to preserve for our own yeople this. invaluable metal.” a w of the ku the difficulty now experiencd in ; Obtaining a supply of it, ‘Seeretary , Lane says, ‘that as one person in j every ten in this country more than fifty years of age suffers from can- {cer “it is difficult to over estimate the necessity for securing immediate. | lay as large a supply as possible of. | this mysterious remedy. “Radium is found in ores carrying | uranium and vanadium, which are ‘used extensively in the arts and pro- | ‘cesses by which it is extracted are | secret. A process has been invented | , bY the chemists in our bureau of mines which promises from the lab- | oratory experiments thus far made to! be successful.” sich aeRO | ROCKEFELLER REVIEWS 1913, Growth of International Peace Most Important Attainment. Cleveland, Dec. 30.—John D. Rocke- feller says 1913 will prove one of the most important in modern world his- | tory. The growth of the international | Peace movement this year has been. the most important attainment, Mr. Rockefeller declares: “I am thankful to know that a spirit has been awakened among men and ! mations to make the world better,” he said. “and I am thankful I’m alive to note this progress. “We should be happy to feel that i} | the church has kept singular pace ! with the world, industrially and so- cially, particularly in our own coun- ” ! Mr. Rockefeller said the generous ‘aid by. civilized nations of their poor | was another notable 1913 omen. $20,000 FOR FAKE SERUM Estimated Loss to North Dakota Farmers. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 30.—North Da- kota farmers have paid more than $20,000 for fake serums advertised as preventatives of hog cholera, accord- ing to Professor E. F. Ladd of the North Dakota Agricultural college, state food commissioner. 2 ‘Analysis of one of the serums proves that it consists of water, | with a very small percentage of po- tassium iodide. The cost is less than 5 cents, while it sold at $1 an ounce. Professor Ladd estimates the loss to farmers through the loss of ani- mals from hog cholera in the last four months at more than $500,000. _ Ice Boating on Trout Lake. - The first ice boating in years on Trout lake near Coleraine is now being enjoyed. Arthur Blair is and friends. Three common skates were used for the runners and steering gear. Hay wire was used ‘opening. of the new year interest | for guys, The ice | condition. j miners, is still at large. night. : the bullet shortly, having located it AY DECEMBER 31, 1933 OF HALL ASTER OPENS or Taking Evidence ‘i ’ Calomet, Mich. : imony of Witnesses Contradicts Generally Circulated Story That Id Who Yelled “Fire” Wore an | lem of the Citizens’ Alliance. lumet, Mich., Dec. 30.—The .in- a into the cause of the Italian ‘panic in Calumet on Christmas eye, which cost the lives of seventy- two men, women and children, held center of interest in the copper try strike district. When Coro- William Fisher called the inquest in, town hall the room was bi dee ed| to capacity. . half dozen witnesses testified, in- ch Mrs. Annie Clemens, leader of|'the Women’s Auxiliary of the WStern Federation of Miners, the or $8 ization which was distributing C mas gifts to the children when anic in the hall broke out. he testimony of the witnesses con- licted the generally circulated ru- that a man wearing a Citizens’ in button had rushed up the »and shouted “Fire!” and that T the “hall. All testified to the effect they had not seen any one wear- Citizens’ alliance button come stairs, nor any person wearing iance button in the hall. Woman Repudiates Story. to be one of those who persist- ap Alliance button, but on the Citizens’: alliance, an organiza posed to the strike, come into. A ve Congressman MacDonald of C: oe met has reached here from Washing- ;ton to look into the strike situation Densmore, ‘solicitor of the ment of labor, is expected shortly. Gathering of evidence ‘a8 to the | identity. of the men who, escorted | i President. Moyer out ‘of Hancock Fri- day night was continued’ by strike ‘leaders. The man who snouted the false alarm of “fire,” thereby causing the panic at the Christmas tree cele- bration for the children of striking Union men intimated, however, that they have a clue to his identity and that a war- rant ae! be sascha soon. MOYER IN CHICAGO HOSPITAL Head of Western ArPedsration of Miners Improving. Chicago, Dec. 30.—President Charles H. Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners is believed to. be out of danger, but Dr. William M. Marshall, attending surgeon at St. Luke’s hos- pital, declares that the bullet that fur- rowed the labor leader’s back may have caused partial paralysis. Boyer passed a fairly comfortable Surgeons expect to remove by means of an X-ray examination in the muscles of the left side of the back. Copies of a resclution adopted at ‘@ meeting of Chicago labor men call- ing for a congressional investigation of the alleged assault on Moyer at Hancock, Mich., were forwarded to President Wilson and members of congress. MINERS BURY TI THEIR DEAD | Caskets of Little one Ones Carried on Shoulders of Men. * Walumet, Mich., Dec. 30.—Twenty d persons participated in a demonstration that accompanied the burial of fifty-nine of the victims of the Christmas disaster here. On the shoulders of striking miners little white caskets containing the bodies of forty-one child victims of the dis- aster were borne five miles to Lake- view cemetery on the shores of Lake Superior and laid side by side in long trenches, which the miners had HUSTLERS AGAIN Indications are/ that with) the a ITHING NEW i Stet . Ci€mens has been generally | circulated the report that the | who gave the false alarm. of. fire - | Dry Goods company will receive fan added’ impetus. The top liners are playing tag. with one another ‘even at this early date and when, the let-up incident to the holiday: is at an end, ,we look for a spirit- ed rivalry: between the leaders at Jeasby: ‘and many of these lower down on the list will no doubt put forth greater exertions. (No. 17, who last week led 6ff in the contest, has at this report been|- passed Hy; Nos. 32, 40 and 46. The «eader has a total of 1,385,000, a gain for the week of 185,000. No. ‘40 is second on the list with 1{338,000, having gained 150,425 during the week. No. 46 increased her standing by over a quarter of ~ million since. the last report, having a total of 1,335,490 at this writing. No. 17, who was first on the list last week and fourth’ this )veek, gained 92,525-votes during, the period, bringing her total up, bo! “1,307,020. The extra prize of a ladies’ Wal- tham Wrist Watch offered for the largest number of subscribers to the Herald-Review secured up, to the time of the close of the piano contest, has stimulated interest in this’ mode of boosting the count of @ number of ladies. This premium ‘hag nothing to \do with the piano contest and may be won by the) lady having the smallest number of votes in that contest providing she has secured the iargest number of subscribers to the paper The piano votes are given the same as heretofore with each’ subcsription secured, and in addition 5,000 votes are given on the watch. Thus the chances for the watch are even, no matter where you stand in the main event. Thiis part of the con- jilest promises ta become fully, ‘as interesting as the piano race, as th swatch is truly a beauty and worth anyone's time and effort to secure. . 881,415 69. +s 319,100 629,595 70. 118,380 © 71. - $85,120 777,800 891,410 720,000 1,856,565 832,000 860,700 16,120. 81. 903,461 10,600 82. 710,200 34,000 83. 29,900 ¢ 30,300 84. 130,100 1 1,307,020 85. 969,000 = 14,000 86. 970,000 2 991,000 13,800 41,000 216,200 891,130 22. 32,000 28, 5 330,000 25. 249,000 92. 960,500 24. 447,735 98. 983,700 26. 244,500 94. ~ 921,900 at. 390,200 95. 21,300 28. 400,100 96. 1,087,665 29. 399,800 97 - 970,000 30. 360,900 98. 1,020,300 31. 452,000 99. « 1,074,365. 32. - 1,385,000 100. 908,885 33. 459,006 101. « 1,075,000 34. 460,200 102. 14,900 35. 499,800 103. . 1,013,100 36. + 420,000 104. « 1,066,000 37. 501,000 105. « 1,092,300 38: 1,029,850 106. - 1,019,400 39. 4 572,000 107. - 1,070,100 0. 1,888,575 108. - 1,070,100 41. 500000 109. - 1,052,000 42. 11,000 110. « 1,008,500 43. 478,300 111. 129,100 44. 010,000 112. + 1,119,800 45. 511,000 113. 1,017,000 46. 1,335,490 114. « 1,000,600 47. 1,079,690 115 = 1,079,000 48. 49. 50, 5 6 1,000,470 127. + 1,159,900. : 740,300 128, 1,105,000 * 117,100 129. 1,159,200 62. 1,008,635 130. + 308,300 63. 682,315 131. 1,070,200 64. 819,000 132. 950,500 65. 820,000 133. 1,067,300 66. 506,000 134. 1,100,500 67. 550,600 135. 1,100,000 68. 849,050 1316. - 1,160,948 New Telephone Company, The farmers living; northwest of the village of Deer River have or- ganized the Northern Minnesota Telephone company. Frank Russell hag been‘ chosen president of the, new concern; Alvin Hill, secretary, and James Coffee, treasurer. The poles are already erected for a dis- jance.of seven miles out of Deer jRiver and the equipment for the exchange will arrive in a few days. | pan: Sinton I be hauled to. "TING AML - Narovich at Keewatin on Christmas Eve. THE MURDERER IS STILL AT LARGE. Victim Goes to Neighbor's House is Struck With Bludgeon. Inquest is Held. John Narovich was fatally: as- saulled by Mat Rabovich at the Old Mesaba mine near Keewatin on Christmas eve by being struck over the head with'a maul used fon splitting wood. The injured man was taken to a hospital at Hibbing, and was alive at last accounts, but where he died on Monday after- noon, According to Mrs. Narovich, the wife of the injured man, her hus- band had been imbibing quite free- ly on the day of the assault, and decided that he would like: to visit the home of Rabovich in order that they might sing some Christ- mas carols together. She attempt- ed to disuade him from making the trip, gyidently being doubtful ae to the kind of reception that awaited him, but Narovich laughed at her and insisted on going. Ar- viving at the home of Rabovich, jhis summons at the door at first brought no response. He continued knocking, when suddenly the door flew open and he was met in the doorway by Rabovich; armed with a buge club used “for striking wedges in splitting cordwood. The club weighs about ten pounds and tapers from about four inches in diameter at one end to am ordinary hand-hold size at the other, It seems that the blow landed fairly and caved in the side of Narovich" head at the first strdxe. Rabo- -vich dropped his weapon, closed the door behind him, calmly. stepped over his victim and walk- ed into the woods. He has not since been seen although the authorities are bending every effor to locate him. Narovich has a wife nad family of three children. Rabovich is a single man about 27 years of age, five feet ten inches tall and weighs in the neighborhood of 180 pounds. He is very dark of complexion and has black, shifty eyes. The assault was not learned of. here until near midnight on Christmas eve, nad Sheriff Riley, Deputies Carson and Gunderson ‘and County Attorney McOuat left, at once for the scene of the crime. «very avenue of escape was watched and eyery precaution tak- en to prevent the assailant, getting far but it is quite certain that he fos friends im the section who are concealing him or have aided him to escape. — An inquest was held over the re- moon .at Keewatin, the coroner's fcome to’his ceath through being struck on the head with a club in the hands of Mat Rabovich. It had ‘been intimated that an attempt ‘would be made to: show that Ra- bovich acted in self defense. Four witnesess, however, testified that, they had seen the accused stri<e his victim with the club after hav- ing felled him to the ground: This, according to the jury, indi- cated deliberate. intention, and ‘Rabovich will have to answer to gree. Will Log Near Town. Spang & Hoolihan have opened a logging camp near the new town- site of Fayton and will put in the Jogs on the Lofberg place recently sold to the Inter-State Iron com- mains of Narovich yesterday. after-" a charge of murder in the firs: «. ~ a