The L'Anse sentinel., 1914-06-27
KNIGHTS OF THE
GRIP IN meeting
TRAVELLING MEN or MICHIGAN
OPEN THEIR CONVENTION
IN SAGINAW.
nEARLY 1000 ARE PRESENT

Addrsss Of Welcome 10 Delivered BY
w. 8. LInton--Mark 9. Brown 10
Elected Grand Counselor
at Session.
Lansing.-The United Commercial
Travellers OF Michigan opened their
twenty-frst annual convention In Sag
inaw.
The registration shows nearly two
thousand. Real business Of the con-
vention opened when w. 8. Linton.
president of the Saginaw board OF
trade. gave the address Of welcome
Grand Counselor e. A. Welch made
his annual report. showing the fra
ternity to be In the best condition In
its history. There are nearly three
thousand members. gain of IL per
cent. Cadillac council of Detroit, No.
143, is the largest In the state. with q
membership OF 4S3. and No. l31 OF
Grand Rapids, with ats, IL second.
The election OF officers resulted as
follows: Grand counselor. Mark 8.
Brown. Saginaw; Junior grand coun-
selor, Walter 8. Lawton. Grand Rap
Ids; past grand counselor. q. A. Welch.
Kalamazoo: grand secretary. Fred @.
Richter, Traverse City; grand treas
urer. w. J. Devereaux, Port Huron;
grand conductor, Fred J. Moultier. De-
troit; grand page. John A. Hatch. Jr.
Coldwater; grand sentinel. W. Scott
Hendricks. Flint: grand executive, =.
A. Dibble. Hillsdale; Angus @. Nc
Eachran, Detroit.
Delegates to the supreme council at
Columbus, June 22-25, are =. A. Welch,
M. s. Brown, John A. Honmen. M. @.
Howard, Detroit; John @. Adams. Bat
tie Greek. and J. c. within. Detroit
Resolutions were adopted asking
that the next legislature pass law
which allows travelling men to vote by
mail instead Of returning home to
cast their ballots.
With Detroit. Grand Rapids. Flint.
Marquette. Traverse City and Lansing
in the field for the 1915 council. Lam
sing was the choice of the delegates.
Delegates are anxiously awaiting
the possibility OF fare refund In the
upper peninsula.
Ball games were on the program.
Grand Rapids defeated Bay City. 20 to
16; Kalamazoo beat Cadillac council.
Detroit, 9 to 8. jackson was awarded
the decision for Muskegon's failure
TO appear.
Important Telephone Ruling.
An order was signed by the state
railroad commission requiring the
Michigan State Telephone company
to establish physical connection be-
tween the two exchanges at Traverse
City, The action of the railroad COM
mission Is of considerable importance
because OF the fact that this IL the
flrst time that the telephone COM
panies have been arbitrarily forced to
act in the matter Of establishing phys
ical connections.
: Under the terms Of the Bayliss bill
passed at the last session Of the leg
1slature the railroad commission is
authorized to issue orders requiring
panies where such connections can
reasonably be made between the lines
Of two or more persons, and the new
bill also makes it the duty of the rail-
road commission to find that such
connections when made will subserve
public convenience and necessity.
In his decision Chairman Hemans
of the railroad commission says that
It was the plain intent of the law to
eliminate the economic waste incident
to the duplication of facilities and at
the same time give the widest pos
sible use Of telephone facilities
through the physical connection of
separately owned companies.
THE statute would come very far
from serving IT'S purpose II 1t became
the means of protecting the property
rights OF competing telephone com
panies by denying the public the Wild
est use possible OF the facility pro
tected." said Chairman Hemans. "The
facility Is protected against competi-
tion because one utility can be made
to serve the purpose Of two or more.
Physical connection between the lines
Of separate telephone companies ID
absolutely essential to eficient regu-
lation."
Promotion FOR Postmasters.
Post ofnces at Holland and Trav-
erse City have been raised from the
second to the first class a. result Of