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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-28

MEDIA-Beautiful suburban home; Stone
house. II rooms. hot.water heat batb
garage and about acre Of land: beautifulIv
loca ted in best section abundance Of fne Ola
shade; near station and trolley; cannot be
duplicated for the money. quick possession
BENZ. r LEWIS
81 South ave. Media Pa
SUBURBAN lots for SAL Chestnut Hill
washington. Oaklyn. n. j Advances made 10
build, Kennedy. 1901 Chestnut Room 8Os
Suburban Lots
ACRES in the Bon Air. tract on the
WestChester pike; $1,000 for both Don
AID A. WINTER. $40 Christian St
ARLINGTON
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-28
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
RENTAL LISTS
FACTORIES

165. 900 SO. TT. modern mfg bldgs, PRR
siding; light on all sides: l. . 3-sty bldgsE
also 30, 900 so. #, mod. construct'n n through
out. X. r DIETERICH. 737 Wnnut ct.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-28
MAINE

DESIRABLE SUMMER HOME. on Kennebeo
river Maine, near Richmond. above Bath.
Me; I-rOom house and barn all good condt.
tion; acres good land. fruit: beautiful out
look; constant well water; good fishing;
partly furnished: cheap for immediate saiei
a, J. n. FRANK. II S 9th st, Philadeii
phia. /
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-28
DARBY
HIGHLAND PARR
MELROsE PARK

STUCCO and frame bungalow. 8 rooms hot
water heat gas, elec light; lot 5Ox13O;
$500 ca sh; s55 monthly. GEO. l.. BARNES
1901 Chestnut st. or Highland Park
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-28
TIOGA

GIE. 124l e. Chelten ave 3 sty rms |;
lhxlE0; good condition and location
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
SENATORIAL sQUAWKING.

The senate committee, after
having squawked like an old hen
for over a year, has dismissed the
charges against Senator La Fol
lette. At the same time we dis
cover that he and not the 100
per cent PATRIOTS is with the
little group demanding fair taxes
on big business. From all of which
the progressive voter should draw
two important lessons: The folly
Of DESERVING a tried leader when
the kept press pretends to have
something on him and the fact
that the more faithful he is, the
louder the press and privilege will
suuawk.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
HOW AN N. p. r. LOCOMOTIVE
WAS SPARED.

Sunday afternoon, November 6,
1892, near Brule station, on the N.
P. R., a work train pulled into sid
ing at the summit short way from
that Wisconsin point. A careless
brakeman pulled a link pin and for
got to put it back. The switch also
was open below the train and, when
the engine "slacked back" the rear
car, carrying steel rails, was started
out from the siding and down the
tracks. Momentum was rapidly gained
as the car rolled down the three-mile
grade.
An east-bound freight train was at
the foot of the grade. The engineer
saw the flying car of steel up the
track. He also saw that it would be
impossible to back his train to safe
ty. He sounded the signal for all
hands to get out of the way of the
fugitive freight car.
When the car of steel rails bumped
the engine, it's front was completely
demolished. Several rails were forced
clear through the boiler and into the
top part of the fire box. The dis
abled locomotive looked like a porcu-
pine as a result of being "stuck full
of rails" The battered engine was
taken to the Brainerd shops.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
X. SHAW's DISAPPEARANCE.

John K. Shaw once was a promi-
nent and popular citizen of Duluth.
He was, in November, 1892, North
western agent for the Provident Saw
ings Co. as we'll as a brigadier gen.
eral of the knights of Pythias. The
Shaw family resided in Duluth but he
maintained a business office in St.
Paul.
Early in November, 1892, Shaw's
many friends in Duluth were startled
to learn that he had disappeared and
that no one had seen him for ten
days. His family had not heard from
him and either foul play or insanity
were considered responsible for his
mysterious disappearance.
Shaw was last seen one Sunday eve
ming in St. Paul, when he parted with
F. E. Austin, after which he called
on DR.. Keam at that physicians office.
After leaving there, all trace of the
man was lost.
Detectives were set to work but it
was months before the man was
turned up. Business worries, a ner-
vous breakdown and other reasons
were ascribed as the cause of the dis
appearance. Mr.. Shaw came back
to Duluth in the course of time. He
passed to his reward many years ago,
out in California, if memory is cor
rect.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
COL. CULLYFORD'S INJUNCTION
AGAINST TORREY BUILDING.

The Torrey building was one of the
first, If not the very first, steel skele-
ton buildings erected in Duluth. The
framework was erected during the
winter Of 1928 and the brickwork
was added when and where desired,
whether at top, bottom or middle.
At that time, Col. Thomas Gully
ford owned the Brighton hotel, now
the St. Louis, which adjoined the pro-
posed Torrey building on the west.
Col. Cullyford was convinced that the
Torrey building, which promised to
be the tallest structure in the city,
would shut off the light and air sup
ply Of the Brighton, therefore he ap-
piled to Judge Stearns for an injunc-
ton, restraining the owners, archi-
tects and contractors from going
ahead with the construction work.
The suit was brought in the name
of the Cullyford Realty Co. and came
up for hearing on Nov. 10, 1892.
Messrs. Ripley, Burnham & Booth
represented the plaintiff while w. w.
Billson took care of the interests Of
the defendant. An elaborate front
elevation of the new Torrey building,
made in colors, attracted much atten-
ton at the hearing.
Judge Stearns denied the plaintiff s
motion, therefore the Torrey building
was pushed to completion, greatly to
the pride Of Duluth's boomy citizens.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
THE EVIL DAYS.

The Jews who have returned to
Jerusalem have long maintained
what is known as a wailing
place. near the old temple. This
institution is rather hard for
Americans to understand, but we
can get a fair idea of what wall
ing place would be by looking at
tho editorial pages Of the gang
sheets in North Dakota and the
Twin Cities these days. The North
Dakota legislature is carrying out
the will of the people; the glory
of the gang politician has de-
parted; there is wailing and
crashing of teeth.
We might quote the Scripture
also as follows: "Tell it not in
the West. Publish it not in the
streets of the great cities. Lest
the toilers> everywhere rejoice and
the plain people everywhere turn
on the politicians"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
ELIJAH HAD TO HIKE.

The existence of a censorship
Of news, of espionage laws which
take one lick at pro-Germans and
knock the spots out of all rad
icals, Burleson's autocratic power
over newspapers, and the denial
Of passports to those who might
not be regular-all these things
remind us a good deal of"those
800 prophets who ate at Jezebel's
table. They had monopoly on
prophesying, and Elijah who had
a big message had to run for his
life. The very fact that possible
Elijah wouldn't dare to talk if he
valued his freedom, makes us sus-
picious of all that is talked.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
HALLS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

At one time in the dim, distant
past, Elmer S. Hall was cashier at
the Union depot. Later, he served as
ticket agent. Back in November,
1892, agent Hall wrestled so hard
with Old John Barleycorn that he
became frenzied and mentally ire
sponsible. When in that condition,
he took two heavy revolvers that he
possessed and undertook to blow out
his own brains. The Hall apartments
were in the Bartlett block and. after
the poor fellow had fred three shots
without effect, Mrs. Hall, a plucky
little woman, wrested the weapons
from her husband and cried for help,
which promptly came, after which
Hall was put under restraint.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
SALARIES IN SAFETY
DEPARTMENT.

At the council meeting last
Monday, all the firemen, save the
three chiefs and a very few others,
were given a raise of SIS a month
in their salaries.
Commissioner Silberstein also
planned to get a similar raise for
the members of. the police depart
ment but, since he also proposed
a raise of something like SIG q
month in the salary Of captain
Of police, the matter went over
a week because of mayor Mag
ney's objection that the captain
very recently had been given a
substantial raise.
We must commend the commits
sioners for recognizing the needs
Of the rank and file in the fire
department. The same considera-
ton is even more imperative and
warranted in the police depart
ment. When it comes to the salary
Of captain, we will let him and
the commissioners thresh it out
as best they can. But, when it
comes to the other members of
the department, especially the
patrolmen, wages are entirely too
low and they should be increased
as rapidly as possible until they
are ample for decent living and
to retain highly desirable men on
the force.
Superior puts it all over Du-
luth when it comes to police SAL
aries. Duluth's police force, too,
has suffered greatly from the ex-
tremely low salaries paid the pa
trolmen and even the officers. A
city cannot have competent,
reputable and efficient policemen
On a starvation wage. We ever
have contended for justice to
members of the police department
in the matter Of salaries and ever
shall. .-.~--
During the war, with it's high
cost of living and better wages
in many other lines, entirely too
many old, experienced and COM
petent men were lost from the
police department. They could NOT
and would not live on the pit
tances paid them. Although we
do not wish to disparage any Of
the new members Of the force, it is
not to be expected that they can
$50
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
WHEN STREET CAR FRONTS
WE'RE NOT ENCLOSED.

Shortly after the Duluth street car
system was electrified and when G..
G.. Hartley and Luther Mendenhall
were the managing magnates, motor
men were compelled to handle the
juice on unprotected ends Of the troll
ley cars.
When motorman stood exposed
to the elements, unable to lift his
hand from the lever or to move from
where he stood, he had no soft job,
no sinecure, as Thomas S. Wood
might say, especially if his run ex-
tended from Woodland to West Du-
luth.
In the winter of 1928, there
was much clamor and agitation to
the effect that Messrs. Mendenhall &
Hartley should enclose the front ends
of their street cars for the protection
Of the overworked and badly exposed
motormen.
The late John M. Martin, of West
Duluth, ever ready and willing to
plead for those who toiled, wrote eff
fective letters to the daily papers. In
November, 1892, the Duluth Evening
Herald printed an editorial in favor
of the proposition. Mr.. Martin even
threatened to take action through the
local humane society.
Agitation and public sentiment won
the day and, in due course, the front
ends of the cars were enclosed and
that feature in their construction has
been maintained ever since.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
A CLOTHING EXPERT

A quarter of a century ago,
when the present editor Of the
Rip-saw was a night school in
structor at the Central high
school building, he was teaching
English words to young for
eigners by means Of objects.
That evening a boy was being
used. Such words as boy, head,
hair, nose, chin, arms, chest and
legs were named and explained.
Finally the instructor took up
the names of the boys garments.
The word "coat" was developed
and then was asked the ques-
ton, "Of what is the coat
made?" it being expected that
some one would say, "The coat
is made Of wool.'
A bright and enthusiastic
young Hebrew had his hand
raised nearly to the ceiling.
"You may tell US Of what the
coat is made" the instructor in
formed him.
Cotton was the unexpected,
but quite correct reply.
"You certainly were intended
for the clothing business" the
young fellow was informed.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1919.

take it's course through the courts,
of course. The government may
have a bit of the advantage in
possessing the better lawyers but
time must tell as to that.
One astonishing, unexpected
and pleasing thing is that the tele-
phone rate between Duluth and
Superior has been reduced to five
cents. However, if you get the
connection, the fee must be paid,
whether or not the desired party
is secured.
It is possible, of course, that
time will show the fairness and
desirability of the governmental
rates. 1t is to be hoped that this
Duluth-Superior rate is a fair in
dication Of "a general improve
ment.
There never was any fair, rea-
sonable, legitimate excuse to
charge ten cents for a short talk
between Duluth and Superior.
Burleson's regime decides that
five cents is ample and all local
patrons Of the telephone will
agree.
If Burleson will do something
to wipe out the expense and ex-
travagance Of dual telephone
systems in Duluth, he will make a
hit where, heretofore, he has been
regarded with suspicion, if not
marked disfavor.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
WERE DRINKING BAIT

Deputy game warden Cardle
was crossing lake near Brainerd
and stopped at a fish house to ask
if the occupants, evidently engag-
ed in fishing through the ice, had
licenses.
"Have you fellows fishing Ii
censes?" he asked.
"No, was the unanimous reply.
"Why not?" was asked.
"We're not fishing,'' was the
answer.
1t was too true. The four occu-
pant Of the little house were not
fishing but, instead, were licking
up a quantity of liquid fish bait,
commonly called bourbon"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
FEDERAL TELEPHONE
RATES.

Burleson, the big bugaboo Of
Wilson's cabinet, is undertaking
to turn upside down the tele-
phone business of the country.
He has greatly increased long dis
lance rates, in many cases at least,
in interstate business. There is a
wide difference in price, however,
between day business, evening
business and business done after
midnight.
In many of the states, injunc.
tons or other legal measures have
been secured, preventing Burle-
sonian interference with intra-
tate business. This litigation will
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
ROASTED THE HERALD.

A quarter of a century and more
ago, Page Morris was sort of stormy
petrol on the political waters of
northern Minnesota. Being defeated
for the municipal bench some time
before, Mr.. Morris was practicing law
in 1892 and ready for anything worth
while that politics might provide.
During the presidential campaign
Of 1892, Major M. r. Baldwin was
elected congressman on the democrat
ic ticket over. Judge Searle of st.
Cloud. This district was a huge one
in those days.
Major Baldwin was president OF
Duluth's Chamber of Commerce in
those days, body corresponding to
the present commercial club. A story
came from the southern part of the
district that Mr.. Norris made a speech
in which he said:
major Baldwin, the democratic
nominee, Is the president of the
Chamber of Commerce, therefore he
is the man who makes wheat go up
and down."
The Duluth Evening Herald printed
that report and Page Morris waxed
extremely wroth. At a republican
campaign meeting, held in the How
ard block, Saturday evening, Nov. S,
1892, Dave Clough, r. G. Evans and
Page Morris were the speakers. Law
yer Morris was angry clear through
on that occasion. He denied the re-
mort concerninp his alIeped statene ant
as printed in the evening paper, and
declared that the dear old Herald
had lied.
II do not know who owns the Her.
ald," exclaimed Mr.. Norris with all
the fervor and eloquence Of Patrick
Henry, "but God help them, whoever
they may be-"
The vitriolic excoriation lasted for
some minutes.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
WE'RE CLOSE TO NATURE.

DR.. s. P. Mccormick recently hand
ed the Rip-saw a partial copy of The
Duluth Minnesotian-Herald, dated Oc-
tober 5, 1877, edited and published
by e. H. and e. c. Foster. An item
in that number says:
''Some half dozen Scotchmen
passed through here this week on
their way from Mckenzie River,
which is 1900 miles northwest from
Duluth and which runs into the Arc
tic ocean. These men went to that
barren country from the islands to
the north of Scotland some ten years
ago, directly via Hudson's Bay. I'm
til they reached Fishers Landing, on
the st. Paul & Pacific R. R., on their
present trip, they never had seen a
railroad. They knew nothing about
the Franco-Prussian war
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
A VERY APT PUPIL.

"Do you think you could learn
to love me?" asked the young
man.
"Well-I-don 't-know," re-
piled the sweet young thing,
thoughtfully.
81 have five thousand dollars
in Liberty Bonds, ten thousand
dollars invested in good paying
stock"
eco on; I'm learning"
"And fifty thousand dollars in
we'll paying real estate.
Cali right, dear; I've learned.
Believe me you're some teacher
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
THE PROVIDENT WILSON'S

"What did you have for
Thanksgivingf" asked a teacher
|, in one Of Duluth's public
schools.
A forest of hands waved in
the air. Being interrogated in
turn, one told Of a big turkey,
another of roast dez1. another Of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
EARLY OWNERS OF WESTERN
MESABA IRON MINES.

In the early days of the Western
Mesaba iron range, former Gov.
Campbell of Ohio headed a bunch of
capitalists that owned the Buckeye,
Cuyohaga, Columbia, Itasca, Barrett
and Hooking. The Minnesota offices
of the companies owning those prop
critics had been maintained in ST..
Paul but, in November, 1892, they
were moved to No. 800 Chamber Of
Commerce building, now the Manhat-
tan building, in Duluth. Former
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25

We believe most fully and
firmly in the commission form of
government. If the people make
wise and proper use Of it, maxi
mum results can be secured. II
the people misuse it or fail to
take full advantage of all it's fea-
lures, it will be no better than the
Anticipated ward system, with
failures and shortcomings stand
ing out even more distinctly than
in the older system.
The city Of Duluth is huge
business corporation. Economy
and efficiency are as desirable as
in any private corporation. Waste
and incompetency are as mex
cusable in the city's business as
in that Of any large bank, whole
sale house, steel plant, iron mine
or blast furnace.
The commissioners are the
city's board of directors. They
are the executives of and for the
city. They should be men Of the
highest character, largest capac-
ity, broadest experience and
greatest efficiency. All else
being equal, they should be men
who have made successes of their
own businesss,u
No loyal, patriotic, honest citi-
zen should permit himself to do
anything to hamper the city, dis.
credit it's government or impair
the efficiency of the municipal
machinery. Any man who as
pires to hold office either should
be drafted by his fellow citizens
or able to offer ample proof that
he is the very best man for the
office for which he stands.
Tom, Dick and Harry should
be ashamed to run for a city COM
missionership merely because the
salary of office is badly needed
or because participation in the
campaign will bring profitable
publicity and cheap advertising.
In the approaching municipal
campaign, men who can expect
to be nothing more than also
rams should have the good sense
and good citizenship not to get
in the way Of men much more
competent and much more &C.
ceptable to majority Of the
voters.
1t is the duty of all classes to
wake up and unite on men pos
sessing the very highest qualifica-
lions. Those who seek an office
to avoid going back to their
wife's folks or to get more
money than their private bust
ness will pay, should have enough
of a sense of propriety to keep
off the track and out of the way.
Let the people speak wisely
and we'll and let their voice be
heard.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25

have the same skill and efficiency
as men who have been trained,
seasoned and tested by years of
service and discipline.
The commissioners will make a
hit with the police department
and every fair-minded citizen by
voting the proposed advance in
salaries at the very next melting
Commissioner Silberstein is more
than willing to do so and his col
leagues should fall into step will
him.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25

An investigation was recently
made in Arkansas City, Ark, in
regard to profiteering and a
Chinese merchant was the only
one found not guilty Of illegal
profiteering. Surely that China
mems business ought to boom ii
people are as resentful as they
pretend when talking about the
other fellow.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25
THEY GAMBLED AND LOST-NOW THEY
: 49, ARE TRYING TO WEIGH.

and being importned by trolley companies to
that the Of fare that existed prior the
ing the companies with bankruptcy fares many places
have been plea increased COSTS
due the war, have made increased fares necessary.
Now along Mr. De1os Wilcox, fractions for
story. He says the difficulty of the electric railway companies
Municipal league Rochester, NJ Mr. Wilcox made these,
statements:
he application the gamblers manp
railways resued almost universal
ton inflated claims of vaue and reckless financing. The railway
business the rocks The speculative has proved
dismal and deadly failure.
ow that e exists for speculation street railway
prises, the public service corporations seeking:
~. Definite abrogation Of their contracts with respect
rates and fare limits.
@2 Definite public recognition Of their capitalization and
earnings prior to the not excessive.
~3. Definite shifting Of responsibility for increases
public agencies with the cofoary that the bill passed
on to the taxpayers
"The gamblers who have lost unwilling and the
ers who have unwilling The pobl being asked
make good losses we'll to tuure risks The losers
Usher specuave regime which shall be dated back for
la generation two, bot with respect to losses only
"The winners also noneculatve regime bot they do
dated back far enough to make them dgorge past profits to-
make up for impending deficits"
Traction companies Wilcox attacked for initiating property val
e while public service commissions he scored for their ineffective
troll capitalization.
or pas he sd he companies have sought by every
possible read values the properties IN effort to Justify
and existing instead of reducing capa
cation to fit the va1es that really exist
$50 long overcapazaon exists every street railway
has to be doub1eaced pub he make professions of
To his financial masters he t that his aim
IN life is to make the common stock pay dividends"
Mr. Wilcox urged that the street railway problem be solved by tax
ing the following actions:
!. The speculative element IN street railway investments
and the public get the benefit and bear
the burden of service at cost.
The only possible salvation of the street railway business
as business lies in the cutting down of capital investments to
bedrock vaue
Bond discounts rejecting nsopnd financial arrangements,
promoters profits for securing Improbable consultations, and
many another wrath the corporation conrers hired to find
va1u where they do exist will have to be moioned
when the capital account Is being fixed.
Perpetual rentals, based franchise vaues will have to be
cot off.
2. Street railway service n,ust be rendered at cost.
g. Power fix wages and working conditions will have to
the public bodies vested with to fix
rates. Strikes railways will have to be ouawed
Mr. Wilcox the vested interests who have often
invoked provisions the federal constitution enforce the
sions and whou Apology asking that the provisions of their
municipal contracts be set aside becaoe they they need more money