Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 18, 1914, Page 1

NEXT SATURDAYS SPECIAL ELECTION Citizens Will Vote on Proposition to Refund Water Works Bonds Amounting to $19,000. INTEREST PAID EXCEEDS PRINCIPAL Intention is to Borrow Money From State at the Greatly Reduced Rate of Four And One Half Per Cent. A special election in which every citizen of Grand Rapids sheuld take more than ordinary interest will be held here next Saturday. It is for the purpose of authorizing the issuing of bonds in the sum of $19,000 to take up the balance due on a $20,000 issue | ll the old settlers of Itasca county | whose preesnt whereabouts are knowr bearing date of 1894, which will be due this spring. This indebtedness | 4Sking them to come to the ninth | was incurred at the time the village | annual dance of the association to be water works were put in and but | Siven at Village hall on the evening ; of February Responses thus far $1,000 of the principal has been paid on the issue thus far. These bonds have been drawing in- terest at the rate of seven per cent and during the twenty years that the) have run there will have been paid out, when this year’s payment has been made, practically $28,000 in in- terest, or $8,000 more than the total amount received for the bonds at the time of their sale. The liquidation will have to be made with funds raised through the sale of another issue, but the largest in- terest rate on the proposed new loan will be but four and one-half per cent or a total of $17,100 if the entire sum were to run for twenty years. The interest payments will be reduced every five years, however, as it stipulated that $5,000 is to be re- tired at the end of every five year period during the term of the bonds. Two other bond issues against the village are outstanding at this time. One is the $25,000 issue of electric light bonds, drawing five per cent interest, and the other a $17,000 fund- ing bend issue drawing five and a half per cent. Both these are due in 1921, and a sinking fund has al- ready been created that will be able to take care of one of these at ma- turity while provision will doubtless be made for meeting the other with- out resorting to further loans. During the past three years the village has taken up an average of | $9000 a year of its outstanding in- debtedness and would in all probabilit; retire the two bond issues above re- ferred to before maturity if the hold- ers could be induced to release them without exacting too great a prem- ium. All negotiations on the part of the council looking to this end have failed, however, the hold- ers evidently considering the securi- ties decidedly good property. With the reduction of the interest rate on these water works bonds and the fact that they will gradually dis- appear, together with the certainty that the electric light bonds will be taken care of without trouble when they fall due, the village will be in better shape financially than | at any time in its history. To those who view with alarm the high tax assurances can be given that the extraordinary conditions rseponsible for the tax will disap, “r with this year's levy and that hereafter normal cond tions will prevail with a steady reduction in the rate and with money in the treasury for needed improve- ments. DEBATING TEAM WILL MEET \94 TRIO HERE Popular Recall of Judges to Be “Subject at Meeting Between District Champions. The debating club of the Grand Rapids High school, champions of the Eighth district, will meet the team of the Ada high school, cham- pions of the Ninth district, at the High school auditorium here on Sat- urday, Feb. 28th. The work of the Grand Rapids debaters has met with the highest praise from the people and papers of communities where they | have appeared outside of their home town and the people here should cer- tainly show their appreciation of this fact by filling the hall on the even- ing of this date for the inter-dis- trict championship. The Grand Rap- ids team is composed of Helen Weit- zel, Harold Brown and Eug-ae Cas- 2: “Resolved, that Judges Should) be Made Subject to Popular Recall.” Most people claim that the maintain- ing of the affirmative of this ques- tion is rather the unpopular side to 3assume as well as a difficult argu- ment to carry to a successful con-| clusion against such seasoned and ca-| pable debaters as those put forward by the schools of Coleraine, Duluth and Two Harbors, but the Grand Rap- ids representatives have thus far car- ried off the decisions against all com- ers, with the judges selected at the places in which the debates were conducted. This speaks well for the fair and impartial treatment accord- ed the team at every point thus far visited, and we hope that our peo- ple will put forth special efforts to make the visit of the Ada team one long to be remembered with pleasure by its members. | BIG PREPARATIONS FOR OLD SETTLERS DANGE | Ninth Annual Event Promises to! | Eclipse All Previous | Efforts. | Seeretary McEwan has this week The subject of the debate will! SENATOR GORE CHARGES PLOT Denies Alleged Attack on Mrs. Minnie E. Bond. CALLS AFFAIR A FRAMEUP Declares He Believes the Accusations Were Made ‘to Injure Him in His Campaign for Renomination as Democratic Candidate for United States Senator. Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 17.—Po- litical opposition was held responsi- ble by Thomas P. Gore, United States senator from Oklahoma, for the dam- age suit for $50,000 filed against him by Mrs. Minnie E. Bond, who alleges that the senator attacked her in a Washington hotel. Senator Gore, on the witness stand, denied making an attack on Mrs. Bond been busy sending out invitations to received from these within the county | indicate that there will be a large | attendance of old timers present and | the committee in charge is making | preparations accordingly. Anyone a resident of the county previous to | 1895 is eligible to membership and ; should send their name in to Secre- ; tary McEwen with one dollar for their year’s dues and become enrolled | on the register of the association. HUGHES APPOINTED ON UTILITIES BOARD Popular Selection Made to Fill Vacancy Caused by Resigna- tion of Mr. Dickinson. | | At the last meeting of the village conncil the resignation of C. H. Dick- inson as a member of the water and light comrai lu was accepted and | Henry Hugh was appointed to fill | the vacaucy. ‘he resignation of Mr. | Dickinson from the board is a mat- | ter deeply regretted by the members of the council and the citizens gen- erally as during the years that he nas | been a member of the body he has given freely of his time and efforts ‘toward making this very important | board one of the greatest value to the | taxpayers. He will leave in a short j time to take up his future residence in the West and this will deprive | Grand Rapids not only of his serv- | ices on this board but of his influence | and council in the many undertakings for the betterment of the community }in which he has alway taken a | lively interest. In appointing Mr. Hughes to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- tion of Mr. Dickinson the council made the best selection possible. Mr. | Hughes is a prominent business man | of long residence here who thorough- ‘ly understands the needs of the com- | munity and apprceiates both its fu- ' ture possibilities and present limita- tions. His business judgment is of the best and as the water and light commission is a strictly business pro- position this should prove of the | highest value to the village. It its could have been selected to assist Mr. Powers and Mr. Finnegan, the other ! members of the board, in making the utilities commission one of exceptional value. New Postoffice Rul'ngs. The local postoffice has been noti- fied that after July 1, the letter cov- ering known as the““window envelope,’ that is, the kind with a transparent material on the front side through which the address is to be read, will no longer be accepted for mailing. This is a gocd rule as they were a ‘nuisance to the clerks in the postof- fice handling them and the cause of much annoyance to recipients. An- otner ruling of interest is that an- nouncing that letters and postal cards will be dispatched whether the post- age on them has been prepaid or not, but other articles shall not be dispatched unless the postage has been prepaid at least in part. In the latter case double the amount of the deficiency shall be collected at the designation of the matter. The op- tion of no prepayment or part pre- payment does not apply, however, to , either letters or other articles mailed | With the apparent intention of avoid- | ing prepayment. { | | | { Only seven more days before Ash Wednesday will usher in the forty days of quiet and fasting. | impossible to see where a better man} rate in the village the present year} and said he believed the charge to have been made to injure him in his campaign for renomination as the Democratic candidate for the senate. | Many witnesses for the defense j have given evidence intended to show that the senator had been made the | victim of a conspiracy. |. Threats to “get” the senator be- | cause of a failure to secure federal patronage were credited to several witnesses for the plaintiff, while oth- ers were quoted as admitting that the whole affair was a “frameup.” Several of the witnesses summoned for Mrs. Bond have been reserved to testify in rebuttal, among them James R. Jacobs, in whose room in a Wash- ington hotel the alleged attack is said to have occurred. Jacobs has been prominently iden- tified with political affairs in Oklaho- ma for a number of years. WOMEN PROPOSE TO FIGHT Say They Will Defeat n- Three Democrats. ‘ Philadelphia, Feb. won't give women the ballot until they. make them do it. The Demo- crats are in control with a slim ma- jority in the senate. We are going to defeat Senators Smith of Arizona, Chamberlain of Oregon and Thomas of Colorado for re-election to point the moral that women have power.” This was the declaration of Mrs. Rheta Childs Dorr, editor of the Suf- fragist, which recently criticised the policy of the National Association of Woman Suffrage. The three senators named are the only Democrats who will come up for re-election this year in the ten suffrage states where there will be elections. | SIXTEEN THOUSAND AT WORK Army of Men Removing Snow From New York’s Streets. New York, Feb. 17.—With 16,000 shovelers and drivers working con- stantly since Saturday morning scarcely a dent has been made in the mass of snow under which New York is buried. There are 300 miles of streets cov- ered by the snow removal schedule and with every available man and team engaged in the work only about an inch a day can be removed. Ac- cording to the weather bureau 9.7 inches of snow fell. With continued cold weather the total cost of the snow storm will reach half a million dollars. Snow continues to fall. MOTHER JONES MAY TESTIFY Council for Miners Would Place Aged Woman on Stand. Trinidad, Colo., Feb, 17.—“Mother” Mary Jones, now held a military pris- oner at San Rafael hospital, will be called as a witness before the con- gressional coal strike probe commit- tee if counsel for the miners have their way. Attorney E. P. Costigan, chief at- torney for the strikers, indicated that she would be requested to tell why she was arrested by the troops. The Trinidad part of the strike in- quiry will require ten days, it is be- lieved. SAID HE SPENT $1,000 A DAY Man Arrested at Knoxville on Charge of Robbing Express Company. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 17.—After confessing spending $1,000 a day since 17.—“Congress |» FLAYS ATTORNEY FROM THE BENCH Caustic Comment by St, Paul firaft Case Judge. “JGNORANT OF THE LAW” Declares He Will Try to Proceed With Trial Without the Advice of the Hennepin County Prosecutor—De- | fendant Turner Denies Receiving Protection Money From Women of the Underworld. St. Paul. Feb. 17.—Severe criticism was made by Judge Morrison of a Statement published: in a Minneapolis Newspaper last week and attributed to County Attorney Robertson of Min- neapolis to the effect that the second graft case will end in a mistrial be- cause a juror not qualified to serve under the law has been accepted and | sworn as a juror in this case. “If the remarks attributed to him | in a Minneapolis paper are correct | then he is ignorant of the law in- volved in this case,” said the court, “and we will try to proceed without the remarks or wisdom of the county attorney of Hennepin county.” The Minneapolis newspaper quoted Mr. Robertson as follows: “The law is specific concerning the | disqualifications of convicted persons for jury service and I do not see how a verdict in the case could stand. The constitution provides that only citi- zens shall sit as jurors. In this case there are but eleven. Buschman’s cit- izenship was forfeited when he was convicted and it has not been re- stored.” Fred Turner, one of the defendants, took the stand in his own defense, af- ter Ray and John Flanagan, two sons of Martin J. Flanagan, the other de- fendant, had given evidence as to their father shaving off his mustache d time of the alleged visit to place, where one wit- ied-he wore no mustache. Turner entered a general denial to any connection with the underworld deals and entered specific negations as to receiving money from Willie Wolff, May Burke or Nina Clifford in the specific deals brought out in evi- dence submitted by the state. MAIL TRAIN IS DERAILED Escapes Serious Damage but Ties Up Traffic. La Crosse Wis., Feb. 17.—The de- | railing of mail train No. 57 of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail- road at Grand Crossing, in the north- ern limits of this city, completely tied up all traffic for hours on the Chica- go, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Chi- cago, Burlington and Quincy, the Chi- cago and Northwestern and the Green Bay and Western railroads. The wreck occurred at an inter- locking switch used by all the roads. No part of the train overturned. The train was a solid mail train carrying no passengers and was bound for the Twin Cities. Nobody was injured. BACON’S DESK IS DRAPED Committee of Senators Named to At- tend Funeral. Washington, Feb. 17.—The desk of the late Senator Bacon of Georgia was draped in mourning. Vice President Marshall named the following committee of senators to accompany the body cf Senator Bacon to Georgia and attend the funeral in Macon: Smith of Georgia, Tillman, Chilton, Overman, Fletcher, Pomerene, Thom- as, O’Gorman, Vardaman, Gallinger, Root, Nelson, Brandegee and Page. AGAIN SUSPENDS INCREASE Interstate Delays Eastern Roads Rate Raise. Washington, Feb. 17.—The proposed , 5 per cent freight advances by East- ern railroads, suspended by the inter- state commerce commission until March 15, pending investigation, were again suspended by the commission until Sept. 12. The commission has resumed formal hearings. Death of Little Margaret Sheldon. The sudden death of Margaret, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs .A. L. Sheldon, last Sunday morn ing, filled the hearts of many Grand Rapids friends of the family with sor- Tow. The little one died on the early morning train to Duluth, whither her Jan. 29, when, it is charged, he robbed | parents ‘were taking her for treatment an express company at Syracuse, N. Y., of $15,200, Benjamin Round, the police said, turned over to them more than $17,000 in negotiable vouchers by a specialist. Margaret had been ailing for several days, but the seri- ousness of her condition was not real- child’s abdomen while giving her a bath. The parents at once decided to take her to a Duluth hospital for | treatment. The vital spark of life went out of the little body an hour before the train reached its destina- ; tion. The bereaved parents contin- ued their sad journey to Minneapolis, where funeral services were held, and | interment made in the family lot. To Improve Waterways. Minnesota items in the river and harbor bill, which were made public ‘this week at Washington, are as fol- | lows: Agate bay harbor, $5,000. Warroad river and harbor, $2000. Zippel bay, $1,000. Beaudette river and harbor, $1,7.50. Mississippi river between Brain- erd and Grand Rapids, $8,000. Mississippi river between Winnibi- | goshish and Pokegama dams, includ- | ing Leach driver, $30,000. Completion of lock and dam at Min | neapolis. NEXT LYCEUM FEATURE “THE GHALK TALKER” J. Franklin Caveny Will Give One | of His Unique Entertainments at The Gem Theatre. | Next Monday night at the Gem theatre Grand Rapids will have the | opportunity. to see and hear the great ,ets “chalk talker” on the American stage. J. Franklin Caveny. Mr. Ca- veny not | evolves scenes. With a few strokes of the chalk he will produce a clas- sic brow or a human countenance on- ly to transform them with a few more curves into “the moonlight on the Hudson” or something similar. As far back as 1900 he was classed equal to the great Thos. Nast, who destroyed Boss Tweed with his lash- ing drawings. Many of us have seen the pencil on the moving picture canvass that draws “‘Mutt and Jeff,” This would , give some idea of the kind of work ; Caveny does. But he gose so much farther. He not only. makes carica- When he starts out you will) never ! | into another with strokes of the pen! best brought out where he actually | illustrates songs on the blackboard jas Miss Caveny sings them. This will be the fifth number of the ture show first beginning at 7:30 and the Lyceum number will begin at 8:3( Admission will be the uusal 50c. | Pe the Parents’-Teachers’ club will | Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The first meeting of this club held a month ago proved os successful that a large attendance is sure to be pres- ;ent on this occasion. The follow- ing program has been arranged Folk Dances and Games . . Kindergarten Dramatization ee Miss Grendall’s Pupils, Miss Knud- son’s Pupils. Discussion. General, Tope. . oc. is joe a sins, oe “The Child’s Home-Directed Acti- vities.” Music .. .. .. .. .. ..Mrs. McOuat “Making Playtime Profitable” .. .. Children under twelve..Mrs. Wilcox Children over twelve..Mrs. Whitte- more. “Nature Study” .. .. ..Miss Ashton “The Child's Home Reading.”...... s+ ose se ss ..Mr. C. C. McCarthy General Dicsussion..Members of Club The Committee has been fortunate on the subject, Youth.” “Quo Vadis” created a sensation, will bé seem here at the Gem theatre on Saturday Sunday, March 7 and 8. There will | be two evening performances begin- ning at 7-15 o’clock and a matinee each day at 2 o'clock. This is with- out question one of the greatest pic- tures ever attempted in motion pho- tion wherever seen. story. Two weeks from those dates the feature will be Laura Sawyer in “The Hour Before Dawn.” only draws pictures, he; tures, pictures, scenes.and:landscapes.' ang fired upon by a party know what he will end- up with 88‘ though he is continuously evoiving one thing! his ae ee —— fire, | and different colored chalk. This is‘ er; Rosa. Lyceum course and will be at the! H Gem theatre next Monday night, Feb.! ; 28rd. There will be one moving pic-' | Parents’-Teachers’ Meeting Friday. | The regular February meeting ot! in securing Mrs. Peter Olson of Clo-! Matter, with few exceptions, tion picture films quet to speak at the March meeting: “Conservation of,” the parcel post mailing and ' cludes printed stationery, tography and has created a sensa- *dvertising car sent through Nebras- | ! | PATROLMAN KOKO'S: ASOAILANTS JAILED Men Accused of Killing Nashwauk Policeman Are Awaiting Pre- ‘SX MONTENEGRENS IMPLIGATED Injured Assailant at Hibbing Hos- pital And Said to Be Out of Danger From Bul- let Wound. Six Montenegrens, implicated in the shooting of Village Policeman August Kokko at Nashwauk last Tuesday night, of which a short account was given in last week’s Herald-Review, are in jail here awaiting a prelimin- ary hearing, charged with having —— the death of the officer. They are: Marco Barich, Steve Stanich, Steve Hallor, Mike Yaher, Mike Ser- ,tich, and Eli Karacus. Kokko died ‘from the effect of his wounds on | Thursday morning and the charge doubtless be murder. Louis Borish, a brother of one of the men in jail here, was shot by Kokko after the lat ter had been mortally wounded by one of the men in custody, and killed practically outright, and- another of the assailants, Rosa Borich, is still in a Hibbing hospital suffering from a bullet wound inflicted by the offi- cer, As near as can be learned the facts leading up to the shooting are about as follows: Kokko was 3 Louis Borich for raising a disturbs in a boarding house conducted Marco Barich when he was foll Louis Borich and wounding his breth- The men under arrest are unabble — to speak English and although ques- , tioned through interpreters, have re- fused to tell which of them fired the fatal shots. Before his death, Kok- ;Men as his assailants. | The preliminary hearing was set ,for Tuesday morning before Justica McGaffnay at Nashwauk, but owing to the absence from town of County Attorney McOuat it has been Ppostpon- ed until tomorrow morning. Kokko was about 45 years of age, be Married, and had lived at Nashwauk held at the High school building on, about seven years. Are After the Money. County Treasurer John E. McMahon and County Attorney R. A. McOuat, left the first of the week for Chi- cago where they will make all the |final arrangements for turning over to them the $300,000 recently paid by parties located there for the road 5 bridge bonds of Itasca nasmuch as no bank in the county is under a surety bond insuffici amount to permit of this money be- ing transferred to them it is likely that it will bbe left with Chicago ‘banking institutions until wanted. It is to look after the legality of the that County Attorney McOuat is mak- ing the trip with the treasurer. They are expected home tonight. Parcel Post List Increased. Books and miscellaneous printed have been placed by postal authorities at Washington, cording to notices received urday. Beginning March 16 the laneous printed matter, which in- and blank books, is now mailable if it weighs over four pounds. Coming To Minnesota. Frank M. Eddy, in charge of the ka and other states in the south-~ The next production by the Fa-| West, says there is going to be a mous Players will be on a week from ‘tremendous emigration from that state next Monday and Tuesday evenings, in the spring, the larger portion of when Henry BE. Dixie will present, those leaving for other “Chelsea 3750,” a thrilling detective to Minnesota. According dy some farmers state com | against the men held, or those found — to have been driectly responsible, will is under a surety bond in sufficient 4 P ko positively identified three of the ————