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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Condemns Busi-
J, ness Methods Of Railroad
DECLARES DIVIDEND
SHOULD BE SHOWN
Contended That Agreements With
Other Lines are violative of Laws
Regulating Competition-Want the
Merger Agreement Abandoned.

Washington, July s.-Financial op-
erations Of the New York. New Haven
& Hartford Railway. its ownership of
trolley lines and control of the allied
New England railroads. is condemned
by the interstate commerce commits
sion in a report Of It's investigation
made public today.
financial management has been
'''wasteful in the extreme" and IL the
road confined itself to actual railroad
activities under the same conditions
prevailing In other respects it, could
have paid dividend Of eight per cent
for the fiscal year 1919 and carried
to the surplus account $1.794.000 in
stead of showing a deficit Of $780,
006"
Agreement Illegal.
The report also declares the New
Haven's agreement with the Boston
b Albany is violative Of the spirit OF
the statute against the restraint OF
competition and should be cancelled;
that the New Haven should free It.
self of trolley lines because the pres
ent ownership might prevent the
building Of competing lines in the fu-
ture; that the Boston & Names mer-
ger with the New Haven, IL permitted
to stand, would result in almost ex-
elusive monopoly in New England,
and that the roads concerned should
have steel cars.
No order was issued by the COM
mission but a number Of SUGGESTIONS
are made. The inquiry resulting in
today's report was begun about a year
ago by the commission on it's own in
itiative as a consequence Of numerous
complaints concerning rates, regula-
tions and service in New England.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
Robber Finds Spring E
Cold Place to Hide:
Driven From Cover

Portland, Ora. July "a lone
robber who entered the First STATE
bank Of Milwaukee. q suburb Of
Portland. and with . revolver In
duced Cashier A. u. Bolstead to
permit him to scoop up all the
gold within reach of the latter's
wicket, was captured in the
woods some miles distant.
After fleeing from the hank,
with citizens In pursuit, the rob.
ber on gaining the wood, hid him.
self by standing submerged to the
neck in an incased spring. He re-
mAined there for two hours until
the chill Of the water drove him
from the hiding place into tho
hands of. sheriffs posse.
The robbers loot, about 44OO in
gold. was found in his pockets,
with the exception of $40 he
dropped In his flight.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
Strike of Trainrnen
Threatened Unless
Wages Are Increased

New York, July s.-Psace overtures
have ceased between. the IS eastern
railroads and the 100000 members Of
the order Of Railway conductors and
men after the employees. representa-
tives in q conferences with the railroad
managers announced - per cent of
the men voted to strike tor incroased
wages. Final action ON the rropoae6
tie-tp remains with the GenSTai COM
mittee Of 1000 and. Q. meetinx has
been called for Saturday. Il o the
unanimous opinion In operating cir.
lees the compAniAs meanwhile caRS9s q.
pay htghar wl1eb ~ asroo to 60bssat
the dispute q attitrati06. - u !
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
NOT IN FAVOR
Of DEN MEASURE: :
Contends That Bond Feature
Would Give Politicians
y Possible Control.
(Ry Frank p Mora.

Washington. July s.-"As tho -.
publican leader, I do not wish - IN =
oulge In cautious criticisms Of tn.
sa,;ency .a,;.sy Dill: l am willing to forrei
pohtics at all times in the Interest ~
the country. The tariff bill 20 s,,u. ~.
TO bring great strain upon the nsne .
uIacturlng and commercial Interest.
ano the president is wise in insistin.
upon banking and currency Ieeisia, !,
uon at this tine. The republicans ar.
wiling to. aid. They are Willing to
put aside partisan politics. We asS
Ine democrats to do the same thnr
Let US all forget our partisan Mat.
.orms ana make wise bill which will
resPona to the needs Of the country
manship." Jul 'ls'eS-
This plea for immediate curr.r.,
reform was made today by Rsnrssan,y my
ative James r. Mann Of Chicaro nj
nority leader Of the house Of repre-
sentattves. Mr.. Mann calls the meas.
ure now before congress a grave dis.
appointment to those who desire a
genuine reform in our banking ana
currency systems" He assails WITH
great vehemence the political charac-
ter OF the proposed board to confro,
the regional banks.
Think" he said to the writer.
tnink OF having Mr.. Bryan regulat.
the volume OF the currency Of the
country as political measured"
The republican members Of th.
banking and currency, COMMITTEES are
willing to help amend and frame a Bill
wholly apart from partisan motives. .
continued Mr.. Mann. IT hope they
VIII be called into conference, but i
fear they will not Mr.. BRYAN mas
control OF the situation. ana he. be-
lteves in making the banks the serv-
ants OF the government On our side
We believe in making the banks the
servants OF business needs and de-
mands.
Governmental control OF bank.
should ipsist upon honestly conducted
banks. but governmental control
should not attempt to prevent the or
dinary ebb and flow Of business needs.
q commercial paper. of rediscounts.
o. currency or bank notes. II the
banks are to accept the financiai
measure which 10 passed, the banks.
ana through them the business inter-
ests OF the country, should have q,
voice in the selection Of tho mon who
are to have control Of the system.
Both the government. through the
president. and the business interests.
through the banks. should Be consult
ed In the selection Of the general
MANAGERS by whatever name they may
b1 called" 80 q I.
DO you believe there will be 1 re-,
volt of banking interests against the
law if passed In Its present form?s
NY prediction, Waa the dAltberatA
answer, Is that II the bill be3 enacted
into law most Of the present natlonal
banks viii take out atate charters.
The mandatory feature Of the biIl,
c0mpelling national banks :to nh.
scribe to- III stock isIan admission 81
the part ofS the admintg tgtraAior that the
bill swtll not b generally apprpvsd ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
EXPERTS Will
INSPECT MEAT
Houston Has Selected Well
Known Professors to
Look at Houses. i

Washington. July s.-The meat
packing establishments throushout
the country will be subjected to
searching inspections by we'll known
experts selected by the secretary OF
agriculture from outside the govern
ment service. This step follows a
criticism of the federal meat inspec-
tion from various SOURCES and Secre-
tary Houston announced its object
was to increase the efficiency of the
service and foster public confidence.
The secretary made public the
names of three college professors who
have been chosen to report to him
personally upon the codition existing
in packing plants in New York. Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois and
Missouri
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09

woman's clothes and tho nature
of her wounds. brought on the
husbands arrest. The coroner's
jury said she was killed with a
hatchet. and the state Is In pos
session OF the weapon alleged to
have been employed. II had been
freshly washed. Additional. evil
dence against Holum Is a blood
stained shirt.
Other evidence against Holum in.
cludes. the stories Of neighbors
that the couple had quarrelod.
and that she had herself de-
clared that she was fearful OF her
life. ~
States Attorney Crimson IL prose-
cutting and 3. r. sinklsr viii de-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
ALLEGED WIFE MURDERER WAVES
EXAMINATION; HELD WITHOUT BAIL


Langdon. N. D., July o.
Charged with wife murder. Matt
was bound over to the district
court without bail His trial will
take place at the term which Will
be convened in December.
Holum was arrested q week ago
following an investigation into his
story that his wife had been
kicked to death by a, horse. Evi-
dence Of Q struggle In the barn
whore her. body was found. this
evidence including spots Of blood
- .s1 :s: a:s = kn. e,%inss eoapisa
with. the general condition Of the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
HAAS MAID is ARRESTED.
Mary Kruger Accused OF Being a Fac
tor in Jcwe1 Theft.

tor in Jewel Theft.
Long Branch. n. j., July s.-Mary
Kruger, II years old, who was en-
ploySd as maid in the homo Of Har-
~ Il Haas and was implicated by
James Mcintyre in the theft of $780,
900 worth of Jewels from the Haas
home, was arrested here by Detective
Captain Walling. At first she denied
she knew Mcintyre or knew anything
about the missing jewels. She ad-
mitted afterward that she might have
something to say when she should see
Mcintyre.
The girl was visiting a sister in the
Glazfer cottage when the news Of Nc
1ntyre's arrest was received from
Greenwich. She was taken to tho
Haas cottage and questioned by Wall
ling: The police believe she was seen
on Tuesday night, the day before the
robbery. talking to Mcintyre in Nor
wood avenue. Flushing. When an at
tempt was made to obtain finger prints
on Jewel case. the girl protested.
John Tfak, Greek butler in the
Haas home. told the police the girls
story Of what happened on Wednes-
day night was impossible.
Mcintyre, 1t was said. had been
employed as a butler at the Have
meyer estate. The police say a rob-
berry occurred there a short time after
he departed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
FIRE WAS m ms OWN HOME

Morristown, N. J., July s.-Four
night while fighting blaze in the but
ler's pantry Of the home Of Charles H.
Prescott at 76 Western avenue. They
were carried out of the building by
other firemen.
), Mrs. Prescott 10 away from home
and Mr.. Prescott was at Are head
quarters chatting with the men when
the alarm came in. Out of curiosity
he went with them to the fre, not
knowing that It was In his own house.
Prescott told the authorities that two
men had been lettering around his
premises for several days.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
FRANCIS WONT
TAKE POSITION
velva Editor Declines Ap-
pointrnent to Wardenship
as Hart's Successor.
!, (Ti[mnIe,Ds,' nI,D,' sp,e1cial seryice. u

Velva, N. D.. July 9.-W. H.
Francis, appointed chief game warden
Of the north district to succeed Geo.
r. Hart, removed, will not accept the
appointment. He announced today
that private business interests would
make II impossible for him to take up
the game warden work.
Francis was appointed last week
whom Hart was removed. the latter's
with a recent scandal At
Ryder, out Of which grew the suicide
Of Mrs. J. H. Griffin being responsible
for the boards action.
It 10 expected that the game board
will call another meeting Immediately
to I'LL the vacancy. i
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
CLEAR OF MEXICAN DANGER.

Young South Dakotau and Mother
Will Soon be Reunited.
Brookings. s. D.. July S.-A postal
card with only a few words written
upon It brought relief to Mrs. Lydia
]. Bolles Of this city. The card was
from her son and told of his escape
from Mexico where he was in danger
Of his life. He stated he was return
ing to the United States. It is not
known how young Bolles finally es-
capped and made his way to the coast.
He was smuggled aboard a steamer
at Monterey. Mexico, and is returning
to South Dakota by way Of New York
city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
CHILD, Annoying
B0ARDERS, KILLED
Murderer Will Hang. Being
Found Guilty in Winnipeg
Assizes This Morning.
Times Special Service.

4 Winnipeg, July s.-victor People, a
former resident Of International Fails.
Minn., where he was engaged as a
locomotive fireman. was found guilty
of murder at the assizes this morning
and sentenced to hang September Is.
He smothered to death the young son
OF Eva Lewis in rowboat on the
bank OF the Red river last April. The
woman, with her child. had left her
husband to live with Lewis in Winni-
peg. and the child was annoying
hoarders in their rooming house so
they decided. to put It ont Of the way.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
Imperial Elevator Company.
Representative. at Peters
burg Gets Year on Plea.
PERJURY CHARGED
MICHIGAN MAN
ooatended That He event Back on
Witness Stand in Blindpigging Case
After Giving Prosecuting Attorney
Another version-Assaalant Guilty.
trtme. 'spec,a, service, i,


Lekota, N. D.. July s.-Thoush q
e3,7oo shortage which was unearthed
while he was agent Of the Imperial
Elevator company at Petersburg has
been made good by the payment Of
cash and deposit Of notes, sivert Hag-
stad must serve q year in the state
penitentiary-the minimum punish
ment for the crime charged against
him.
Judge Cooley yesterday agreed to
accept the plea Of the accused man
Of guilty. and the minimum punish
mt was meted to him.
When Hegstad was arrested last
March, the accounts were $2,700
short. The bonding company settled
with the Imperial Elevator company,
and recently Hegstad made q settle
ment with the bonding company in
full. The bonding company and the
elevator concern wanted the prosecu-
ton dismissed. but States ATTORNEY g.
q. Skulason refused to sanction such
action.
Hegstad was last night taken to
Grand Forks where he will he held in
the county jail several days, the Nell
son officials removing him to the PEN
Nentiary as soon as other criminal
cases have been disposed Of.
Charged With Stabbing.
Ole M. Olson was placed on trial
today charged with assaultinR Carl
Nordhaugen with intent to do great
bodily harm. A jury was secured and
most Of the prosecutions evidence
was introduced by noon. -.
Nordhaugen and Olson, the evidence
discloses. had been on bad terms.
Meeting in Aneta recently they con.
tinued their quarrel and a fight re-
suited. Mordhaugen claiming that Oh
inrv crn .ist. n ~ : VIII I'm kniIe. Ine IN
the hand srT nIa.a S.ap wound tnIougn
the ininrsd m.n,ha. ~, .aa as usen aispiayeo
morninr. 90 ah eAhiDi1 TINS
OVENS Assaalant Guilty.
Fred Andrus, charged with assault
ing sherman Owens, was permitted to
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
REPUBLICAN LEADER, Will
NOT Delay CURRENCY LEGISLATION
- SS,l1S y dr- = = 7~8.lS ~ =
USES SCENT LAMP
CHIMNEY ~ YEARS

Powers. Mich, July "a lamp
chimney that has been in con-
slant service every night for
twenty-seven years, Sundays ex-
cepted. is a possession of Michael
Benedict, proprietor Of a barber
shop here. Benedict paid 8 cents
for It. !, :.
On another lamp in the shop
Mr.. Benedict has a chimney he
has used constantly for sixteen
years.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
CONSCIENCE FUND.-. SLUMP. :

-"CON6ClENCE FUND" SLUMP.
Washington, July 9.-Uncle Sans
conscience fund" received in the
twelve months ended June 80. last only
$2,814.44,s /, the lowest amount for any
one year since 1901, and comparable
with q hundred-year average of $4,-
800.
In the last 100 years the govern
ment has received conscience contri-
buttons aggregating 3434.615.69. The
fund was established In President
Maidstone administration in 1911,
when the first contribution Of IS was
received. The largest amount ever re-
ceived in one year was 336, 1858 in 1909,
ana the greatest Individual contribu-
ton, 18,669.60. was made to the coll
lector of customs in New York more
than decade ago by an unknown.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
Edward Leach of
New York is Elk
Grand Exalted Ruler

Rochester, n. Y, July s.-Grand
treasurer Edward Leach of New
York was elected Grand Exalted
Ruler of the Benevolent Protective
order OF Elks to succeed Thomas
B. Mills. of Superior. Wis. Grand
Secretary Fred C. Robinson of
Dubuque. Iowa, was elected in q
three cornered fight The election
was the feature Of today's session
OF the Grand Lodge.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
sEEK woRKsiAN's SCALP
Editor Postmaster at Bowman, N. d.
Said to BE Pernicioualy Active

Bowman. N. D.. July s.--Reports
from Warrington are that demand
has been made for the resignation Of
Postmaster Workman. the editor Of
the Pioneer here who II charged with
psrnicious activity In politics. It 10
pI0 TO whom, as poStrnaAter, he hand
cd out mall. workman makes .
strenuous denial Of political parti-
tanship and It is understood, he will
decline to resign. SIS, .s9'.ss
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
PROPOSE BIRD CONVENTION

Washington. July S.-The president
would be authorized by a bill passed
by the senate yesterday to invite for
elgn nations to hold a convention on
the protection Of birds.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
rRI-ooJJNY. MEDICs MEEy

Goodrich. N. D.. July s.-The men,
bers Of the Tri-County Medical asso-
citation held a business meeting in
Goodrich. Several questions relating
kota were discussed and other busi-
ness was transacted
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09

II ID hard for man to- hot In the
booze business long without looking
the pArt ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09

Members OF the senate lobby in
vestfgating committee have been vain
" trying to find some law under
which they may punish David Lamar.
the New York stock broker who tes-
tilted before the committee that he
impersonated congressman Riordan
Of New York. and Palmer Of Pennsyl-
vania In telephone conversations.
In Wall street Lamar is known az
the wolf" He gets on the nerves
Of captains Of finance who would like
to remove him from New Yorks
financial district. :: f
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09

Continued u oh Pass ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
Extra!
NORTHERN LEAGUE GAMES TODAY

INNINGS
VIRGINIA.
At GRAND FORKS.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09

INNINGS
W1NONA.
At SUPERIOR.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-06
Jonah Is Fully indicated;
Story of the Whale Verified
Prof. Luther T. Townsend, in Magazine Article,
Declares the Tale Must Be Accepted or
Others in the Bible Discredited

| to the strengthening Of belief In all the
disputed stories Of the Old Testament,
made its appearance. In this number,
Prof. Luther 7. Townsend, LII D., de-
fends the story OF Jonah. and In 1850
crisp. wen chosen words. has spoken
volumes going 20 show that Jonah really
existed, that he was really jettisoned
was towed ashore by a hsh. 'elther q
whale, q shark, sea serpent, a sea lion
OF any other large mouster az the deep"
In his article. Prof. Townsend accepts
the whole story; Jonah, line and sinker,
and declares that IL the abstract of
Jonah's log is not accepted, other stories
against which there has newer been q
breath OF suspicion, must be stricken
from the records. Indeed" he says
lone can present just as strong reasons
in support OF the statement that Virgil,
Dante, and Shakespeare were unhistorical
as that Jonah, the son OF Amittal, was
such"
Art Not So Well Developed.
After citing contemporary authors and
records OF the time to show that Jonah
actually existed. Prof. Townsend sets
forth that in those days the art Of fiction
writing was not so well developed as It
has been since the price Of magazines
was reduced 10 Is cents. and that Jonah
probably told Q clear. straightforward
story, which could not be shaken by
cross-eXamination.
The literary remains Of that age, as
every scholar knows," he says, ARE his
toric, not mythical Even Grecian fiction
was a development from five TO eight
hundred years later. And unless the
whole Bible is fiction. then this stoIy OF
Jonah stands out conspicuously as an
exception in the entire range OF ancient
Jewish rhetorical composition"
The author cites the results OF recent
exploration to show that Nineveh, long
believed to be fabulous. really existed.
and gives bits OF natural history which
make it plain that the Mediterranean II
infested by cetaceans easily capable of
swallowing first cabin passenger. Hav-
ing demonstrated the historical existence
of the first official jinx and his nemesis,
the author goes on TO show that tho
storm, the casting of Jonah overheard.
and the presence OF the fisn were rather
supernormal than supernatural, and that
a thing need not be incredible simply be-
cause it is supernormaL
The Washington herald., 1913-09-06
Animal Prophets.

One Of the mysteries still unsolved is
that Of the sense by which the lower
animals become aware Of the approach
of earthquakes. For three or four days
before the recent sever" y--thquakes at
Guadalajara, Mexico, the many parrots
OF the city showed great and Unusual
restlessness, and during the period of
disturbance the increased cries of the
birds gave warning 10 the nearness of
the worst shocks. Rats also became
alarmed. fleeing from the city before
the earthquakes came. Supersensitive-
ness TO faint shocks hardly gives salts
factory explanation. for modern seismo-
graphs are very sensitive, and it is quite
unlikely that tremors too slight to be
recorded would be felt so strongly as to
give alarm, 49,. .-------
The Washington herald., 1913-09-06
Shifting the Tax Burden
From the Ohio State Journal


Human nature has a way OF shutting It's
eyes upon indirect taxation and paying
the bills without a murmur. while IL is
in constant state of protest against
direct taxation. which really Is the form
best suited to the taxpayers interests,
because then he knows Just what he is
paying, and is likely TO have q care as
to how and by whom his money is spent.
Under an unJustly high tarin. many a
consumer will go on year after year un-
complainingly paying tribute to the un-
duly protected interests which sell the
things he needs: but the same man will
cry out aloud over the injustice of IL
when they talk of making him liable un-
der an income tax law.
Some people seem to think that. IL the
principal part OF the burden of taxation
can be laid upon the corporations, It will
make things just that much easier for
the individual. 1t isn't so at all When
some new tax Is laid upon . corporation
it is almost always able in one way or
another to shift the added load TO the
shoulders Of its patrons or the public at
large.
Taxing the rich for the benefit OF the
poor is a false doctrine which does not
work out in practice. Every man, rich
or poor. ought to be made to pay his
proportionate share toward the support
Of government and to pay it directly.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-06

It's all right about Jonah; that little
FISH story he brought to Port as climax
to the summer season of So B. c. has
been confirmed after careful investigG-
ton. and the heirs of the author are en-
titled TO collect back royalties on the
various infringements published in the
last three thousand years.
Jonah's vindication was made known
to the world when the secJnd number of
the Bible Champion, magazine devoted
The Washington herald., 1913-09-06
THE MOST REV. DIR. JOHN BoNzANo

Apostolic delegate. who has been
named by Pope Plus Y as the pontiff' S
special representative at the second
Missionary Congress, which will con-
vene on October 19 at Boston. More
than a hundred archbishops and bish-
ops from all parts of the United
States, Canada. Mexico, and the West
Indies will attend the congress. Cardi-
nails Gibbons, Farley and O'Connen will
take prominent parts in the congress.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-06

That whooping cough Is caused by a
bacillus has been discovered by two
European physicians