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8 Paul.—(SpeclaD—CJorernor Bb
•rhart opened his campaign for state
Wide control of public utilities In a
'speech before a crowded meeting of
jthe St. Paul Office Men's association
at the St Paul hotel. The governor
•aid, in part:
Never before in the history of our
illation have greater problems confront
bd us for solution. Enormous agricul
tural and mineral resources and un
surpassed facilities for transportation,
coupled with a most wonderful genius
for invention, organization, and de
velopment, have enabled the Ameri
can people to produce untold millions
of wealth and to* form the most gigan
tic commercial and industrial organ
isation ever known to the civilized
world.
The effective control of these busi
ness organizations by nation, state,
•nd municipality has long been the
Object of legislative and executive
authority, but not until the last two
decades has such control become gen
erally effective. This applies special
ly to public utilities organizations.
Prior to the last two decades the con
trol of public utilities was attempted
only by the various municipalities.
That such regulation, with very few
exceptions, has been a failure is now
quite generally conceded. It has been
found utterly impossible to keep the
public utilities out of politics and the
constantly changing municipal authori
ses, dominated largely by ward pol
iticians, have made their campaigns on
some issues Involving such public util
ities organizations with the result
generally that the public utilities have
either dominated the administration
or have been made a political football
for the benefit of unscrupulous politi
cians. Only the favored few have
benefited by such administration and
the vast majority of consumers have
been compelled to pay high and dis
criminatory rates for inadequate and
inferior service.
EBERHART URGES
PUBLIC UTILITY LA
W
Perhaps the strongest evidence of
unsuccessful municipal regulation of
public utilities is the rapid growth of
municipal ownership. That municipal
ownership of public utilities as com
pared with municipal regulation has
been generally successful will not be
questioned. Municipal ownership of
public utilities when properly direct
ed, has been a blessing to many mu
nicipalities of this state, and in most
Instances has proven itself infinitely
superior to the former local regula
tion.
As a general rule it can be safely
stated that the state or the municipal
ity should not engage in any business
enterprise which can be conducted as
efficiently and economically for the
benefit of all concerned by the pri
vate individual or association. But
human nature is always more or less
selfish, and in the case of public utili
ties, which by their very nature often
constitute monopolies of public neces
sities, these must not under any cir
cumstances be left a prey to selfish
and unscrupulous private enterprise.
It is therefore essential in order to
properly protect the interests of the
public that these utilities should be
either operated or regulated by pub
lic authority.
Within the state the regulating au
thority must be exercised by the state
or municipality or both. During re
cent years the tendency has been to
ward state regulation and there is
scarcely a state in the nation which
has not either adopted state regula
tion in some form or made prepara
tions therefor. While the superiority
of state regulation is quite generally
conceded, there are still many who do
not' understand its principles, and I
•hall brieft" discuss the question of
State control from the standpoints of:
I. EFFICIENCY,
II. ECONOMY, and
III. UNIFORMITY.
I I. EFFICIENCY.
1. Jurisc ction.—In order that the
regulation uf a public utility shall be
effective, it is absolutely essential
that such ndlity in all its constituent
elements shall be located within and
under the jurisdiction of the regulat
ing power. The question in nearly
{every case is what shall constitute,
good service at a fair and reasonable
rate. In the determination thereof,
the regulating authority must be able
to make a full and complete physical
valuation of all properties belonging to
such utility and prevent the issuing of
watered stocks and bonds on whicli to
base fictitious returns and dividends.
The municipality cannot control the
issue of stocks and bonds. This is a
right granted by the state and must
be regulated by it. But in order to
determine the merits of a stock or
bond issue and properly regulate it,
the regulating authority must have
full and complete jurisdiction of all
property involved for the purpose of
valuation and be able to enforce its
decrees. Very few, if any, of the utili
ties are entirely within and subject to
the jurisdiction of any one municipal
ity. They are either inter-municipa.)
or have their sources of supply anr*
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power outside the limits of the mu
nicipality. *as companies are extend
ing their mains far beyond the city
limits. Street cars are reaching out
into the adjoining country. Electric
light and power concerns transmit the
currents from power plants located at
some waterfall many miles away.
Telephones, telegraphs, electric and
steam railroads are all inter-municipal
and cannot possibly, for lack of juris
diction, be regulated by the municipali
ties.
The Consumers' Power company of
St. Paul furnishes light and power to
dozens of Southern Minnesota cities
and villages. In this case its most
Important and valuable property a1
the water power plants at Cannon
Falls and Rapldan. How in the name
of common sense can any city or V,
lage dependent for light and power
upon this utility corporation deter
mine the fairness of a rate by making
a physical valuation of properties and
enforcing rules and regulations out
side the limits of its jurisdiction?
Granting, however, for the sake of
argument, that this were possible,
how can such city or village determine
the fairness of a rate dependent upon
the rates and service in every other
city or village served by the same
corporation? The same is true as to
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, an*
many other cities in Northern Minne
sota, to which currents for light and
power are transmitted from power
plants located outside of their juris
diction. In the enforcement of every
local regulation the municipal officers
cannot proceed beyond their jurisdic
tion and the suburban and country
residents have absolutely no means of
securing adequate service or reason
able rates if the utilities corporation
is not willing to grant the same. These
are facts of common knowledge which
should convince anyone that the regu
lation of these public utilities is not a
municipal roblem but a state pro
lem.
2. Defir'-i Fixing of Responsibility
—The efficient regulation of public
utilities require the definite fixing of
responsibility in the hands of as few
persons as possible. Under the old
system of ward government it has
been fouir1 almost impossible to fix
the responsibility for mismanagement
of city affairs. Whenever the advo
cates of more efficient government
started a movement for a change from
the ward svstem to the city wide,com
mission form, the ward politicians,
certain special interests and favored
consumers joining with them, woulr'
immediately, under the guise of "home
rule" proceed to defeat the movement.
In spite of such efforts, however, quite
a number of Minnesota cities have
adopted the commission form of gov
ernment and the remaining cities will
unquestionably do so in the near fu
ture. The all important advantage of
the commission form of government
is its definite fixing of responsibility
for the operation of each city depart
ment in one person elected at large
and held responsible to the people
through the initiative, referendum and
recall. In the regulation of a state
wide utility, which is always a public
necessity and often a monopoly, it is,
therefore, of still greater importance
that such regulation should be fixed in
the hands of a few commissioners, so
that every department of such regula
tion may have one commissioner at
its head, who should be held respon
sible to the governor and he to the
people of the state directly through
the initiative, referendum and recall.
The governor should have authority
to remove such commissioners for
proper cause shown, but upon public
hearing so as to prevent, the exercise
of undue influence or dictation by
executive authority.
3. Segregation From Political In
fluence.—It is recognized as a primary
principle in the settlement of every
controversy, that the acting judges
should be free from bias and prejudir
and personally disinterested in th
results. Let up apply this to the con
troversy between the public utility
corporation and the municipal official.
In most cases he has been elected up
on an issue involving the public util
ity in question. He has often made
his campaign either for or against
certain contentions of the utility cor
poration, is dependent for his renomi
nation and re-election upon the set
tlement of a controversy in a certain
way, and is, therefore, personally in
terested in the controversy. Should
he be permitted to sit as judge in a
contest involving his own personal
and politieal interests? Every sense
of fairness and justice will rebel
against such a conclusion. The ad
judication should be made after thor
ough investigation and report of ex
perts by a competent commission
which has no personal interest in the
controversy and is wholly independent
of local conditions, politically or other
wise.
4. Expert Service and Equipment.
—Effective regulation involves albothe
best possible expert service and
equipment. In testing the quality as
well as quantity of light, heat, power,
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The large can of lasts longer
than 25 cents worth of other baking
powders but no matter how Ions it
takes to get to the bottom the last
spoonful is just as good as the first.
raises the nicest, lightest biscuits,
cakes and pastry you ever ate, and it
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Twrter, telephone, telegraph, and trans
»srtation service, in making physical
valuations of such ^propeWe%ts!tf
checking, examining,, and auditing
books, accounts and^securities, and In
collating, classifying and analyzing all
facts in connection therewith, the em
ployment of skilled experts and valu
able equipment is absolutely essential,
and the average municipality cannot
afford the expense connected there
with. With such expert service and
equipment, as Veil as the necessary
authority vested in the state, all mu
nicipalities and rural communities
would have at their disposal the
means of solving on a just basis any
problem connected with their public
utilities, no matter how intricate and
difficult
5. Public Health.—Public health
affords another important phase in the
consideration of efficiency. The test
ing of water in the interest of public
health is in the firot instance a muni
cipal problem, but where disputes
arise or where the municipalities re
fuse to act, the state must step in
and enforce the observance of sanitary
laws and regulations. This is a func
tion for the state board of health, but
In making its tests and investigations
the experts of the public service com
mission should be employed so as to
prevent the duplication of state equip
ment. Our supreme court has held
that municipalities are responsible tor
damages to persons and property
caused by neglect to properly guard
public health, and no city should be
permitted to allow unsanitary condi
tions within its borders, because the
breeding of disease in one city af
fects every other community by inter
communication.
6. Continuity of Service and Civil
Service Promotions.—Lastly, efficiency
is dependent largely upon continuity
of service and promotions under the
merit system. The public servi
commissioners should be appoint*
without regard to political affiliations
and for a sufficient number of years,
so that the term of only one commis
sioner may expire every, or preferably
every othe*, year. Through this meth
od a majority of the commissioners
will alway- be experienced in service
and as far as possible made inde
pendent of political changes in the
state administration. All employes
should be under strict civil service
and promoted for merit only. Under
a constantly changing city administr
tion, the regulating authority is
sufficiently permanent and the ..ap
pointments are too apt to be bar
gained away under the spoils system.
That this is not the case under state
control is demonstrated by the expe
rience of public utilities commissions
in other states, as well as by the rec
ord of our tax commission, board of
control of state institutions, and other
similar state commissions. A study
of state control, as tested in actual
operation, should convince the most
skeptical that when the state service
is made more permanent, removed
from politics and the appointing chief
executive held subject to the will of
the people under the initiative, refer
endum and recall, the commission will
not develop into a political organiza
tion.
II. ECONOMY.
1. Control of Securities.—One of
the most important features of state
regulation is the complete control af
forded over the issuing of certificates.
This is necessarily a state function,
because these securities are issued un
der state authority and the municipali
ties have absolutely no power to con
trol them. The old theory that cor
porations should be permitted to
float as many stock and bond issues
as the "traffic would bear" irrespec
tive of actual investment has Ion
since been exploded. Returns a
dividends cannot be based on capital
ization, but on the actual value of
the utility properties. Whenev.
stocks and bonds are issued and sold
without corresponding value, such
watered securities are sharing in re
turns and dividends to which they
are not entitled and the result is a
great economic waste. Excessive
rates are charged on the basis of such
watered capitalization, and the con
sumers pay the bills. It is important
that the commission, after thorough
investigation, should have the right to
grant, refuse or modify any and all
applications for the issuing of stocks
and bonds. Such provision is not only
beneficial to the taxpayer and con
sumer but to the- purchaser of securi
ties as well as the utility corporation
itself.
2. Unnecessary Duplication.—An
other important economic result of
state regulation is the elimination of
waste by preventing the unnecesary
duplication of utility plants ana. equip
ment. I.am a firm believer in compe
tition, but when such competition re
sults in the construction of utility
plants and equipment far beyond the
possible needs of the community
served, such competition compels the
public to support institutions that are
not necessary. An unwarranted tax is
imposed upon the public at large and
the enterprise usually brings finan
cial ruin to the investors. The com
mission should have authority upon
investigation to order increased facili
ties and equipment, whenever neces
sary, and to authorize other utility
corporations to enter the field in order
that the people may have adequate
service without paying excessive
rates, but where the community can
not support another plant the com
mission must have authority to refuse
its installation. If in the interest of
economy and good service, it should
be of advantage to the municipality
to own and operate any particular
utility, such municipality should have
the right to acquire the same, payir^
therefor its actual value and no mor*
3. Municipal Regulation Too Ex
pensive.—Intelligent regulation of pub
lic utilities requires a very high order
of engineering, accounting and sta
tistical sk 1. Every one engaged in
expert service must have scientific
knowledge of utility organization,
management and operation in all its
departments. The commission must
have a lin of trusty and capable
perts to hom the most technic 1
and scientific problems can be re
ferred for investigation and report.
Such experts must have a wide range
of experience, be familiar with utili
ties problems in every section of the
state, and have a thorough under
standing of industrial and commercial
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Gov. Sulzer of New
York Impeached
SENSATION NEAR END
Statement Is Made That Mrs.
Sulzer Assumed Responsi
bility for Stock Deals
Albany, N. Y„ Aug. 14.—With three
votes more than the required ma
jority Governor William Sulzer was
Impeached by the assembly for al
leged "high crimes and misdemean
ors" in connection with the cam*
paign fund.
After an all night sesion, spent by
the majority in filibustering until
Tammany absentees could arrive, the
vote was taken at 5:16 a. m., result
ing in 7? for impeachment to 45 against.
The first impeachment of a gov
ernor of New York state came close
on the heels of the most sensational
feature in the Sulzer-Murphy war
when Mrs. Sulzer told certain sena
tors that she was responsible for the
Sulzer stock market deals and that
the governor knew nothing about it.
She offered to shoulder all blame.
Throughout the long night, while
tired assemblymen nodded in their
seats,' the Tammany men, knowing
that' they still lacked a few votes
of the 76 necesary to put through the
Levy impeachment resolution, kept
up a constant fire of speechmaking
and debate to prevent a.recess.
Real Sensation Sprung.
It was 2:30 a. m., after Aaron J.
Levy and other Tammany men had
talked for hours, ostensibly defending
the resolution, but in reality filibus
tering to await the arrival of ab
sentees, that Minority Leader Hinman
Sprang the real sensation.
He told the assembly that Mrs. Sul
zer had assumed the responsibility of
the financial transactions and stock
market speculations charged against
Sulzer in the Frawley committee's re
port and was at that moment prepar
ing a formal statement for submission
to the legislature.
Hinman said he was not certain
Just what Mrs. Sulzer's statement
would be, explaining he had the facts
second hand from Senator A.". J. ^Pal
mer of Kingston to whom '?the gov
ernor's lady" made her alleged con
fession. y:j Ji.'
Hinman's announcement threw the
assembly into an uproar, instantly a
dozen men were on their feet. The
sleepy ones woke up and those who
had gone to corridors and committee
rooms,' hurried in, thinking that the
crucial vote had been precipitated.
Palmer Confirms Story.
Meantime Senator Palmer corrobor
ated Hinman's story and several
other senators admitted they had
heard such a report. In the midst of
the excitement Hinman moved that
the assembly adjourn until it could
hear the statement of Mrs. Sulzer.
The motion was voted down, 73 to 49,
but the vote was a close call for
Tammany, showing that the organiza
tion still lacked three votes of the
number necessary to impeach.
After Hinman's motion for an ad
journment was voted down Levy
spoke for three solid hours, killing
time until an absentee could arrive
from Brooklyn. When finally the man
appeared there was a hasty arousing
cf sleepers and counting of noses and
when the Tammany leaders were »sat
isfied that they had the required [ma
jority on hand there was a rush to
take the vote. -V.
Over the feeble protests of I the
minority the roll.call began at 5:06
a. m.. At 5:16 it was complete and
William Sulzer stod impeached,
LOSS PLACED AT $10,000,000
Four Dead as Result of the Storm
That Swept, Western Canada.»
Winnipeg, Aug. 17.—Grain exchange
members estimated the loss to farm
ers of Western Canada from the re
cent storm at $10,000,000.
Many farms with acreages running
from 200 to 600 have been wiped out
in Rapid City, the Manitoba district,
South of Brandon and around Souris.
Several farmers will not have suffi
cient grain for seed.
If the weather clears up much of
the lodged grain may be saved, but
hundreds of reports received only
add to the list of losses from hail,
heavy rain and the cyclonic gale.
Seventy-five towns and villages had
buildings damaged.
The death list of two has been
added to. The dead bodies of Mr.
and Mrs. M. Kostuk, a dairyman of
Poplar Park, twenty-five miles north
east of Winnipeg, were found in a
shed that had been struck by light
ning.
REFERENDUM FOR ORDINANCE
Duluth Calls a Special
Commission
•C .- .. Election.
The voters of Duluth wftf declda
the fate of the Hicken liquor ordi
nance at a special election on Satur
day, Sept. 16.
City Commissioners Hicken,'Merritt,
Murchison and Mayor Prince- voted«
In favor of submitting the .ordinance4
to a referendum vote. Comm$fefi3ner
Voss opposed it on the ground Jhat
the "city cannot afford such actietit
The code specifically is aimed at
brewery'control of saloons. ...
Assumes Responsibility'for Stock
Deals but Pails to 8av« Husband.
1913, by American Press Association
VOTE ON TARIFF BLOCKED
Republican Leader Gallinger Foils
Plans of Senator Simmons.
Washington, Aug. 15.—An attempt
by Senator Simmons, leader of tho
Democratic tariff forces ,to arrange
for a vote on the tariff bill in the sen
ate Aug. 25 was blocked by Senator
Gallinger, Republican leader.
Democrats refused to say whether
they would insist upon taking up the
currency bill after tariff was complet
ed and Republicans refused to say
whether they would filibuster against
the tariff until assured that the cur
rency bill would not be pressed.
ACCUSES SOLON
OF CORRUPTION
Former Chief Page ot House
Before Lobby Probers.
Washington, Aug. 16.—In a dramatic
statement I. H. McMichael, dismissed
chief page of the house of represen
tatives, presented to the house lobby
investigating committee a sweeping
charge of corruption against Repre
sentative James E. McDermott of Illi
nois, for years his sponsor.
With intense earnestness McMi
chael, in picturesque language, cor
roborated the allegations of M. M.
Mulhall against McDermott and made
additional charges, at times shocking
the committee and spectators with
outbursts of profanity and slang.
The witness protested that for years
he had exerted every effort to support
McDermott, had loaned him money,
had helped him in his campaign. Now,
he said, McDermott had thrown him
down and he felt that he must tell
the truth.
In addition to the charges already
made McMichael swore that the Chi
cago representative told him that he
received $7,500 out of a fund of $10,
000 raised by the pawnbrokers of
Washington to oppose a bill passed
in the last congress regulating inter
est rates' in the District of Columbia.
STRIKING MINER IS KILLED
Two Deputy Sheriffs Wounded in Cop
per Region.
Calumet, Mich., Aug. 15.—One strik
ing miner was killed and two deputy
sheriffs were wounded in the first fa
tal outbreak of the copper miners'
strike. The fight occurred at See
berville, an Italian miners' settle
ment. The miner was killed while
resisting arrest.
The deputies went to Seeberville
to get two strikers who had forced
the line of .guards at the Champion
mine of the Copper Range Consolidat
ed company. The two strikers,
though without passes, refused to be
halted by the guards.
When the deputies tried to arrest
the men the strikers gathered and
attacked the officers with revolvers.
Many shots were exchanged.
CONSPIRACY AND COERCION
Charges May Be Made Against Boss
Murphy of Tammany.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 16.—Men advis
ing Governor Sulzer are responsible
for the report that an attempt will be
made in Albany county to indict Tam
many Leader Murphy, Assembly
Speaker Smith and Assembly Leader
Levy for high treason.
Counsel for Governor Sulzer assert
they will show that* these three con
spired in coercing certain members of
the assembly to vote an immediate
impeachment of the governor. They
claim it can be shown that Murphy
issued orders to his legislative lead
ers over the telephone to obtain
votes against the governor at all has*
ards.
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get fresh air, sunshine and
above alt the cell-buildlng,
energy-producing properties
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EMULSION.
Its prompt use often thwarts
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sational Getaway.
DASHES THROUGH OPEN GATE
Slips Past Guard When Milkman En
tera Enclosure and Jumps into
Auto Waiting Outside.
Matteawan, N. Y., Aug. 18.—Harry
K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White,
escaped from the hospital for the
criminal insane here.
A dart for liberty through an opes
gate, a dash into the open door of a
powerful automobile that stood on the
curbing outside and flight like a rock
et for the Connecticut state line,
thirty miles away, accomplished his
escape.
He is still at large and the hospital
authorities feel certain he is outside
the state. Once beyond its bounda
ries Thaw is free. Osly years of liti
gation can bring him back and then
only in one event—that he be ad
judged insane in the state to which
he has fled.-
Five confederates manned the car
in which Thaw escaped and a big
black limousine which trailed it past
the asylum gate. The police have
their license and the names under
which they registered at a local hotel
Friday night and are seeking them.
The hospital authorities believe
Thaw has fled to the shore of Long
Island sound and boarded a yacht
waiting with steam up to rush him to
Europe.
A reward of $500 for Thaw's appre
hension has been offered by Dr. R.
V. Keib, superintendent of the
asylum.
HoWard H. Barnum, the attendant
at the gate past whom Thaw flashed
in his break for freedom, is under ar-
1912. by Ata&rlcaja lEress Association.
HARR¥^k
UTHAW.
rest. Other arrests are expected to
follow in the rigid investigation begun
by Dr. Keib.
The shades were drawn in the dor
mitories and the inmates were asleep
when Thaw left his room. He was
fully dressed. The milkman's cart
was rumbling on the road outside as
he walked through the storeroom and
into the outer courtyard of the
grounds.
Barnum, sole attendant at the road
gate, was pacing back and forth when
Thaw closed the storeroom door be
hind him and apparently did not
grasp the significance of Thaw's early
rising.
A six-cylinder touring car of sixty
horse power, followed by a limousine,
also black, loafed lazily along the road
as the milkman drew near the gate.
Thaw standing a few feet away, ap
parently unconcerned, waited till Bar
num unlocked the gate and swung
it wide to let the milkman enter.
At the same moment the two cars
drew up on the further side of the
road, opposite the gate and stood
still, their engines throbbing.
As Barnum stepped aside for the
milkman *to drive inside the grounds
he heard the gravel crunch beneath
Thaw's feet and,, looking up, saw the
madman flash past him for one of the
waiting cars.
With a Shout Barnum started in
pursuit, but a flying leap landed Thaw
Bafe within the car. The wheels were
turning before the keeper had fairly
reached the roadway. They were
throwing up a cloud of dust before he
had gone twenty-five feet.
TWO ORE CARS RUN AWAY
Nine Miners Dashed to Death Down
Steep Incline.
Clifton, Ariz., Aug. 15.—Nine men
were killed and one probably fatally
injured when a cable pin snapped at
the Coronado mine and two ore cars,
carrying twelve tons of ore and thir
teen miners, dashed down a thirty
eight-degree grade for a distance of
3,300 feet
The cars and their passengers had
just been lowered over the brink of
the grade, which is one of the longest
and steepest in the world, when the
pin holding the cable attached to the
cars snapped, the safety chains broke
and the cars started downward like
a shot
Docks Have Labor Surplus.
The manager of the Missabe ore
docks at Duluth has enough men
and of the 400 workers who left their
jobs at the instigation of the Indus*
trial Workers of the World, 250 wil!
have to seek employment elsewhere.
At the AHovez docks in Superior load
ing was going ahead at full capacitv.
Mistake Made by 8ome/"^
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A I N
MINNESOTA
?Ssi-
Some seem to think opportunity ought
to cross the street' and walk on the
shady side with them.-Toledo Blade.
Mr. McAlpiae had always had a hor
ror of burglars, it is said. He has
for years jumped out of bed at the
-slightest sound in the house at night.
Mr. McAipine was about fifty-eight
years old and had been a resident
of Duluth fifteen years. He went there
from Eau Claire, Wis., where he had
operated extensive lumbering inter
ests.
Since residing at Duluth he had op
erated exensively in Wisconsin, Min
nesota, California and in the Puget
sound country and was reputed to be
very wealthy. He came to the United
States from McAipine, Ont, where
brothers and sisters now reside.
Ninety thousand dollars in accident
insurance is involved in the death of
Mr. McAipine.
STATE PAPER IS IN DEMAND
Sale of Bonds "Over the Counter"
Proves Big Success.
The state of Minnesota, through
State Treasurer Smith, sold $192,800
of its educational building certificates
to 147 investors in six hours, or at
the rate of $32,133 an hour or $535 a
minute.
The sale of these securities was the
most successful of its kind ever at
tempted in America, according to State
Treasurer Smith and the members of
the board of control, who supervised
the issuance of certificates. The aver
age purchase was $1,300, the certifi
cates being issued in denominations of
$100 and more.
When the sale was advertised $100,
000 of the certificates were offered, al
though the legislature had authorized
the issuance of $700,000. The board
of control, under whose supervision
the money is to be spent, believed,
however, that the experiment of dis
posing- of $100,000 worth should be
tried. The affair was so successful
that two hours after the sale began
the board held a hurried meeting and,
in order not to disappoint the crowd
still in line at the .treasurer's office,
increased the, amount to be sold to
$200,000. y^CkL^:'S^\''
-vV Tramp and Palmist. ~K^ -aV
"A palmist is like a tramp." "How
BO?" "He's usually iooking for a
'band out'"—Boston Transcript, "^r^-:
Y/z-^Jsy
Horses That Work Like Machines
Machines That Do The Work Of Horses
Ii you are a lover of hordes, if vou like the exhilaration of
a rea! horse race, ii you teel a thriil as you watch
champions through the stretch to
an eyelash tinibh in record break
ing time, then you owe it
to yourself to go to the
Minnesota State Fair Exposition
SEPTEMBER 1-6, 1913
$ 2 7 5 0 0 in purses has attracted the fastest and the best.
They will race for five afiernoons and you can't afford to
miss the best race meet e^er £iven in the northwest.
And when vou aren't watching the- races you can have
your choice of a hundred features from machinery hill to
the live stock exhibits You can lea^n from valuable ob
ject lfssons or you can he- entertained by concert bands,
vaudeville, moving pictures, the world's most famous
frontier days show, gorgeous hreworks. great society horse
show, bench show and many other equally attractive
features.
"Something Doin Every Minute For 6,120 M'nutes
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
WEALTHY LUMBERMAN KILLED
Mystery Surrounds Shooting of John
McAipine, Found Dead With Bul
let Through the Head.
The body of John McAipine, pioneer
Duluth millionaire lumberman, was
found in the basement of his home in
that city with a bullet through the
head.
Members of the family and friends
of the dead man advance the theory
that the shooting occurred accidental
ly while Mr. McAipine was repelling a
burglar who had attempted to break
into the house through a basement
window. Mr. McAipine was in excellent
health and spirits, they.say.
Don't Miss The World's Greatest State Fair
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/SEPT
1-6 13
HAMLET
MINNESOTA'
COMMITS SUICIDE
TO A SCANDAL
Accused Woman Takes Her Life
With Carbolic Acid.
After being arrested on a statutory
charge by a deputy sheriff from Du
luth Mrs. Charles L. Blair, a resi
dent of Crosby, stepped into an ad
joining room, drained the contents of
a two-ounce phial of carbolic acid and
died before assistance could be given.
William A. Guith, charged with the
same offense, was arrested and taken
to Duluth. The warrant for their ar
rest was sworn out on complaint of
Mrs. Guith, who alleged that they had
visited Duluth hotels together. Guith
is a diamond drill contractor. Both
families live at Crosby.
Deputy Sheriff Schubisky served
the warrant on the pair. He informed
Mrs. Blair she was under arrest and
requested her to get ready to leave
for Duluth. She agreed to go and,
after kissing her two children, each
less than four years old, she request
ed permission to go to her bedroom
and dress.
Schubisky waited about ten min
utes and, hearing no noise, entered
the room. He found Mrs. Blair lying
on. the floor, with the empty phial in
her hand. She was dead.
Mrs. Blair was thirty-four years old.
OUTLINES TERMS OF BILL
Minnesota Governor Urges Control of
Public Utilities.
In his "keynote" speech on state
control of public utilities before the
Association of St. Paul Office Men at
the St Paul hotel Governor Eber
hart outlined for the first time the
terms of the public utilities bill which
he will urge the legislature to pass at
the coming extra session. His plan,,
briefly, is as follows:
Increase the present railroad com-,
mission from three to five members/
make it appointive by the governor
for long terms and give it control of
railroads and all other public utilities.
Adopt the Wisconsin law into the
Minnesota statutes, with some modifi
cations.
Give the five commissioners largo/ v^st
salaries and provide for a staff of ex-'f
perts and other employes, under civil "-j^****
service. VSIfM
Retain a certain measure of local ¥£!J£*
control" for the municipalities. ,-Vi--^^^
MANY HAVE NARROW ESCAPE^-,
Cask of Alcohol Explodes in St Paul^S^
Liquor House. ., -.' -g™**^?
Sixty persons fled in a rain~of ex-c^SIL,
ploding alcohol and flying glass from%*|g^
the wholesale liquor house of GeorgeJg~ig|^
Benz & Sons at St. Paul after a forty^^^S"
gallon cask of alcohol had set the^*g]
building roaring with flame. J^J0|
Four persons were hurt, none
riously.l Almost miraculous was
escape of Herman Barfuss and Arthur^^^
Augustine, who were burned
first explosion. Augustine was 'filliiigjlp^
bottles from the- cask when it
ploded, throwing him several teetf'^^llt
The damage is estimated at 7 5 0 0 0