Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-06-10
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(From The Public.)

Seattle started on May %23 to operate
. municipality owned street railway.
The street railway has cost 100000.
Council man oliver +. Erickson. the
leader OF the municipal ownership
was the first passenger.
The platform adopted by the Pro-
gressive party convention of York
Nebraska, on May 2, declared
for municipal home rule in taxation
and for shifting of the burden Of land
taxation upon the unearncd rise in tho
value of the land itself rather than up
on tho improvements" -
At an expense of more than $50. ,O00,-
900 the Italian government is tunneling
the Apennines to divert the River Sele,
which enters the sea below the Gulf of
Naples, and turn it upon the arid lands
in the southeastern part Of the country.
The total length of conduits will ex-
coed 900 miles, and the number Of peo-
pie benefited will be over two and a
half millions.
A new complication arose from the
protest of General Carranza against
the action of the Mediators in attempt
ing to arrive at settlement of the
Mexican problem without consulting
him. The Mediators replied that they
had extended to him the same terms as
to the others and that the Constitution
alists had declined to enter the confer
ence.
BY vote Of % to the Columbia
Senate approved, on the 9th, the Sec
ond reading of the treaty recently ne
gotiated between this country, and Co.
lumbia. The treaty, which has not yet
been acted upon by the United States
Senate, gives to Columbia free passage
through the Panama Canal of it's
troops, warships and materials Of war.
1t also awards to Columbia the sum
Of $25,00O.OO0.
"The freest city on the North Ameri-
can continent" is the title applied to
the new charter that has been present
ed to the city council of Edmonton,
Alberta. The charter provides for an
elective commission, including the In
itiative, Referendum and the Recall, the
preferential ballot and adult suffrage
1t must be submitted for popular ap-
prevail. and afterwards to the Provin-
cial legislature; and it is hoped that a
board of five commissioners may be
elected early in December.
Glenn Curtis, the aviator, made a
flight on May % at Hammondsport
New York, in the old machine con-
structed by Professor Samuel P. Lang
ley in 1906. He thus demonstrated that
Langley was, so far as is known, the
first inventor of heavier-than-air fly
ing machine that would fly. Professor
Langley's error was shown to be not
in construction but in the method OF
attempting flight. He had tried to
start the machine by catapulting it in.
to the air, which only wrecked it. Cur.
tiss showed that had Langley run il
along the ground he would have been
the first to make successful flight.
preliminary agreement was arrived
at by the American and the Mexican
delegates to the conference at Niagara
Falls, Ontario, on the 9th, and reports
were made to their respective govern.
ments for approval. 1t was given out
by the press that the tentative agree.
ment embraced provisional commits.
sion government of five members who
to conform to the Mexican constitution
are to hold the post Of cabinet officers
the secretary of state succeeding tc
the presidency on the resignation OF
General Huerta. A majority Of the five
men is to determine the course of &C.
ton. The United States is to with
draw from Vera Cruz, recognize thu
new government, and give it's mora
support toward establishing peace ant
order. Provision also is made for
Presidential election.
A semi official statement from Gen
eral Carranza's headquarters at Dur
angO on the list to the American pres:
enters more into detail regarding tn,
Generals position. 1t is contende(
that the military achievements of tn,
COnstitutionalists entitle them to die
tate terms in the settlement of Mex
ico's affairs. They propose to adher'
to their original plan, according t.
which the Commander-in-Chief Of tn,
Constituencies army will be the pro
visional president of the Mexican Re
public while constitutional order is be
ing restored, and regular elections ar
held. They will, if let alone, settle tn,
Mexican problem in a few months
They declare the Mediators have beer
unable to settle the agrarian question
in their own countries, and should no
attempt to do so in a foreign country.
With the avowed purpose of exempt
ing labor and farmers organization
from prosecution un-er the anti-trus
law the House, on June 1, adopted tn
following amendment to the Clayton
bill:
That nothing contained in the anti
trust laws shall be construed to forbi,
the existence and operation of frater
nal, labor, consumers, agricultural, O.
horticultural organizations, orders, o.
associations, instituted for the purpos'
Of mutual help, and not having capita
stock or conducted for profit, or to for
bid or restrain individual members o.
such organizations, orders. or associa
tions from carrying out the Legitimate
objects thereof
Nor shall such organizations, orders
associations, or the members thereof be
held or construed to be illegal combina.
tions or conspiracies in restraint OF
trade under the antitrust law.
Upton Sinclair addressed an open let.
ter to John D. Rockefeller Jr, in regard
to his attitude on the Colorado strike
He said in part: IF you step forward
and say that you are ashamed of what
has happened and that you will use