The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-17

Rees objected. suggesting that
. would be unfair To probe into the con
duct of the state militia when that or
, SANITATION is not represented. Couasc
Hilton for the federation declared tha
his object was To show the committee
that outragcs had been pcrprctated h'
the militia and commanding officers
Hilton added that he understood a..
governor ana the attorney genera
were invited to be present at the in,
Iquiry. Chairman Taylor concluded T.,
adopt Mr. Rees' suggestion and in.
formed the committee and counsel tna'
he will telegraph the governor To come
before the committee or TO send som
representative OF the state.
Baltic Woman Accuses Deputies.
Mrs. Margaret Cibaceca of Baltic
testified through Thos. Strizich. a
Western Federation organizer as in
trepeter She told disconnected
story of having been taken from her
house in December and brought TO the
pay office and locked within for five
hours Later she said she was taken 10
Houghton in an automobile and while
enroute deputies struck her with
clubs. She said that she was accom-
panied by a child few months old
and that il contracted a cold due to
the forced exposure, from which II
died.
In the REORGANIZATION it devel-
oped that she was arrested for some
petty offense and taken before judge
Little at Houghton. She did not know
the date nor the nature of the offense
and apparently did not know why she
was being taken to Houghton. Con-
gresham Switzer asked her if she
ever sought the arrest of the deputies
She said she spoke To the prosecuting
attorney about it, but heard no more
of the matter
out of respect To the memory of the
late Senator Bacon of Georgia. the
committee took a recess
until o'clock, the inquiry proceed
ing an hour later than has been the |
custom.
There were no developments at the |
afternoon session Of the congressional |
inquiry which started at o'clock. |
Waino Tikkonen was the first witness |
summoned and testified relative To his /
being arrested at the time of the South |
Range raid" on December II. He as
serted he did not know what he was
lrrested for.
There was read into the record at
he request of Attorney Rees for the
mining companies. a copy of a hand
'ill circulated some time ago, i'm which
I was advertised that President
doyer' Victor Berger and Seymour
'tedman the two last named being
were to speak TO the strik-
rs. Berger did not speak. it was
ecorded.
Democrats Rule Committee.
The sharp division Of the congress
lonal strike investigating committee.
ne equal division of the committee rs
| present constituted, was shown yes
'fday afternoon when the four mem
ers spit on the question of admitting
the record the pseudo report of
u AA 20 IA'g VI itfllblN, VINO
Investigated the strike in it's early {
tagcs as the personal representative
Governor Ferris.
This apparent deadlock was shown
} be no deadlock at all when Chair
IAN Taylor explained congressional ;
ale to the members of the press. # ]
'emed to all present that the commit {
re was hopelessly stalled on the ques- {
on because at exactly > o'clock I
hartman Taylor ordered an adjourn {
tent in order To give the Hancock !
avail reserve a chance to decorate thcI
al for their annual ball. No ruling ON ]
lie question had been made and the ]
'airman was besieged by reporters al 1
est as soon as the gavel fell. f
congressman Casey ana ! represent /
lie majority of the committee and we v
IN rule on the question as though G
r other Democratic members we're $
re. our right to do so is apparent =
Len ! say that should there be an !
'tual deadlock we could break it Iy [
hdlng Tor one more Democratic s
ember. This is a congressional ruiz
I'd thus the impression that there is
deadlock in this subcommittee is a
llacy." Il
The chairman announced at the u
me time that Congressman Taylor If d
kansas, who is substituted on the IS
b-committee FOR Congressman Hdt.- lt
of Missouri, would start from d
ashington last night and get to +
lncock Wednesday. 90
Admits Murphy's Findings. ct
The question Of admitting to the =
cord statement given to the press a
Judge Murphy i'm lieu of a report W
Is raised by the Federation attorneysI
day or so ago and on the objection
the companies attorneys Chairman
Nlor ruled ii out. He announced It III
E same time he would wire Judge III
irphy for u copy Of his actual re- Il
ri. He received from the judge yes W
day letter, which he read before III
hearing 1t stated that the judge -
q made no report to Governor Fer n,
/. other than daily letters ana tclc- IN
ans during his investigation and an III
Al report at it's close. of
The judge further stated in his letter st