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o THE L'ANSE SENTINEL. 'STATUTE PLEASES L Michigan compensation law declared to be second to none in country. GATHER FACTS AT LANSING Co Over Details of Work of industrial Accident Board for Laat Twelve Month Johp Mitchell at Conference. Lansing. After going over the de tails of the work or the industrial ac cident board for the last twelve months Cyrus W, Phillips of Roch ester. N. Y., chairman of tho National Civic Federation of Labor, expressed the opinion that the workingmen's compensation and employer's liabil ity law of Michigan was second to none In the country. The easterners will visit Ohio and Wisconsin and personally inspect the merits of the compensation lawB in operation in those states. . "A number of the states have workingmen's compensation laws in force. All bavo had a certain amount of experience. Each knows its own business, but practically nothing about the operation of the laws in other states," said Phillips. "What this committee expects to accomplish Is the gathering of all this miscellaneous information togeth er, eo that the experiences of all the states may be studied and made of benefit to the states that have no compensation laws, but expect before long to enact them." Among the men at the conference were: John Mitchell. J. Walter Lord, chairman of the Maryland com mission of employers liability and workingraens' compensation; Louis I). Schram. chairman of the labor committee of the United States Brew ers' association, all members of the Civic Federation committee; Joseph Smith, I'.ay City, president of the coal miners' union of Michigan; . J. M. Eaton, Olln K. Underwood and F. N. Dull of Detroit, insurance men; and Claude O. Taylor and Homer F. Waterman, officers of the Michigan Federation of Labor. City Itself Must Decide. o After reading the decision of Judge Murphy of Detroit, In the moving pic ture theater cases, State Fire Marshal Winship gave out the following state ment: "With regard to the press dis patch from Detroit. Indicating that Judge Murphy has denied the de murrer of the state authorities to the restraining ordr preventing us from closing certain movlug pic ture theaters in that city, operating on the tecond floor, I have only this to fay: "The decision, as reudered by the Drtrcit judge takes up only one phase of the law, and teems to indi cate that tho state law is annulling tho lc-eal ordinance. 'He does not go into the merits of the case, as to whether these thea ters are dangerous to life and we are pleased to note that the newspapers of Detroit stand wiih the state author ities absolutely, in condemning these theaters as dangerous If this deci sion of Judge Murphy's-srands as the law, and the people of Detroit are sat isfied with maintaining such danger ous places of amusement it is more their concern than ours. We are at tempting to do our duty, as state of ficials, in enforcing a law designed for the protection of life and limb." . Has Fight for Life. Clinging desperately with one hand to a slender steel' rod, and battling with the others, against a swarm of yellow JacketB, Deforest N. TIckner of this city narrowly escaped with his life, when he disturbed their nest in the capitol dome, 275 feet in the air. TIckner was engaged by the board of state auditors to paint the capitol dome. Lofty places hold no terrors for him, and after climbing the spiral ladder to the top rung, he stepped through the little window far up in the dome, and started to scale the outside of the steel shell. Near the top of the ball, and as TIckner proceeded upward, he heard a faint buzzing sound, but never realizing that he was approaching the "hangout" of a hornet colony, he continued his ascent. Suddenly, out of a crevice in the ball section of the dome, came a big yellow jacket. An other followed and then another. Soon there was hundreds of them. TIckner began to retreat. The hornets followed. One alight ed on Tickner's bare arm, and stung him. , Although Buffering intensely, he fought them off with the other hand as he quickly worked his way down the outside of the dome, until he reached the window. LABOR Bread Under Weight. A campaign to enforce the city charter requirement that all bread sold In Lansing shall be either in. 16 or 32-ounce loaves, was Inaugurated Monday when the city sealer of weights and measures, Arthur P. Rogers, made an inspection of bread weights. With three exceptions all loaves were found to be under weight. Ten different makes of bread were in spected by tho ) city official. The large Blzed loaves ran from two (Dunces to half t) pound short ( Analyze Soil for Farmer. "Mismanagement of soils has as much to do with the increased cost of living as any other one thing," said F. B. Ransford, superintendent of the agricultural department of the Michigan state fair, in speaking of the educational value of the land show at this year's fair. "On the surface this may sound like a rather broad statement but it is nevertheless the - cold truth," continued Mr. Ransford. "Why, soil and the possibility of increasing its yield is the very basis of the na tion's prosperity. Soil exhaustion is altogether unlikely, but the very possibility should be given grave consideration. ''Scientists agree that only as the means of keeping the yield apace with the ever-increasing population will piere be any decrease In the cost of living. The soil and Its management, then, form the bul wark for the campaign for de creased cost of living. That wrong usage of soil has been general in America is properly demonstrated by the fact that the older soils of Europe produce double the amount per acre that land on this continent does. The intensive methods of farm ing In Germany and France are ex amples of what better management means in the matter of Increased crops. ''Tho systems the European farm ers employ are merely the judicious use of fertilizers ami wise rotation of crops. The failure of many American farmers Is caused by their attempting to produce certain crops on soils which are not all adapted to their cultivation. This runs the land down, instead of building it up. "This year at the state fair ' we will analyze soils free of charge. We will point out to the producer the results of soil surveys all over the country. Show him how it means money in his pocket to grow crops which are adapted to his par ticular soil. In other words show him that any failures he has made are personal ones and not the in fertility of his land." "Blue Sky" Warning Out State Treasurer John Haarer, who Is a member of . the se curities commission of the last legislature, calls attention to the fact that companies offering stocks and bonds for sale will not be under same supervision as a bank and a certain concern In this state which is using this sort of literature may encounter some trouble when the new law goes into effect, August 15. Haarer says that the following pros pectus Issued by one company In Michigan Is misleading and without much foundation: "The law creating the securities commission goes Into effect August 15. In offering this Is sue of stock we have furnished com plete information in detail of our financial condition, and placed our proposition before you In a manner that will in every respect comply with the provisions of this act. "On August 15 when the Michigan securities commission convenes the company will formally comply with the law. Under the law the company will be under the general supervision of the securities commission in ex actly the f amo manner that a state bank is um'.er tho supervision of the banking department. Therefore every Investor in the stock of the company ts protected by law in the same man ner as the depositors and stockholders of the state banks am fronted." State Treasurer Haarer, who Is one of tho-members of the commission, ays that neither the blue-sky law nor the securities commission afford the Investor the eame protection as a tate bank. Deaf School Dedicated. With Impressive ceremonies, the cornerstone of the new adminlstra tlcn building of the Michigan School for the Deaf, was laid at Flint by Grand Master Dr. Francis D. D. Clarke of tho Grand lodge, F. & A M., under whose auspices the event was conducted. Doctor Clarke is ajso head of the school, thus bringing about a co-In cidence that has probably never oo curred in the history of the lodge. Prior to the exercises at the school there was a parade from the Masonic temple. It was headed by the Salva tlon Army band of 30 pieces. Follow Ing the band was Genesee Valley com mandery, No. 15, Knights Templar, acting as escort of honor to the mem bers of tho Grand lodge. Then camo members of Genessee and Flint lodges, F. & A. M., and members of visiting lodges. The last division consisted of the members of the Michigan Grand lodge, and the members of the school board of control in automobiles. George Dumphy Named. George Dumphy of Rochester has been appointed state veterinarian by Governor Ferris. The appointment is for Ave years, beginning September 2. O. J. Howard of Coloma, Berrien county, is the Incumbent. Gets Into Wrong Pew. George Lewis, colored, of Louisville, Ky., called at the executive office in the Btato capitol for a marrlsge li cense. ' "This Is the limit." announced Clark Austin, executive clerk. "The governor has been singled out as a chemist and chiropodist, but we draw the line at hit being mistaken for a locksmith." ' "Ah thinks youso fool In' me," said Lewis, "Ah wants to get married, man." A capitol policeman finally sat him right GOVERNOR SOLZER MOST FACE TRIAL Chief Executive of New York Is Impeached by the State Assembly. RESULT OF TAMMANY'S FIGHT Charges Include Perjury, Larceny of ' Campaign Funds for Stock Specu lation and Other "High Crimes and Misdemeanors." Albany, N. Y. Accused of larceny f campaign fundB, perjury and various other "high crimes and misdemean ors, ' Governor William Sulzer . has been impeached by the state assembly The senate has' received the articles of impeachment and has summoned Sulzer to stand trial before that body and the circuit court of appeals sitting together as a court of impeachment. The articles were adopted by a vote of 79 to 45. An important part of the charge is that Mr. Sulzer diverted campaign contributions to his private use and invested them In stocks. Just before, the Impeachment Mrs. Sulzer mado a statement to the effect that she had taken part of the campaign money and bought stocks with it In Wall street. She will probably take the witness stand at the trial to tell this story. Charges Against Sulzer .' Stripped of their legal verbiage, the articles of impeachment against Gov ernor Sulzer are as follows: 1 That Governor Sulzer, In filing his statement of campaign expenses, set forth that his entire receipts were 15,460 and his expenditures 17,724; that this statement "was false and was intended by blra to be false;" that his list of receipts failed to Include 11 specific contributions, ranging in amount from $100 to $2,500. 2 That Governor Sulzer attached to bis statement of campaign expenses an affidavit declaring that the state ment was "a full and detailed state ment of all moneys received or con tributed or expended by him directly or indirectly." That this affidavit "was false and was corruptly made by him," and that he was "guilty of willful and corrupt perjury." 3 That Governor Sulzer "was guilty of mal and corrupt conduct in his of fice as governor and was guilty of bribing witnesses." The specific charge is that while the Frawley committee was investigating the governor's cam paign accounts he "fraudulently In duced" three witnesses (his campaign manager, a personal friend, and a stock broker) "to withhold their testi mony from said committee." 4 That the governor was guilty of "suppressing evidence" in violation of the state penal law. The specific charge Is that he "practiced deceit and fraud and used threats and menaces with intent to prevent tbq Frawley commit tee from procuring tho attendance and testimony of certain witnesses." 5 That tho governor was guilty of "preventing and dissuading a witness from attending under a subpoena" the sessions of the Frawley committee The witness referred to is Fred Colweil, alleged to have acted zer's ngent In certain stock transac tions. r" 6 ThaiA'rtor to his election the govrnor appropriated campaign con tributions to his own use, "and used tho same, or a large part thereof, in speculating In stocks . . . and thereby stole such checks and was guilty of larceny." 7 That Governor Sulzer promised and threatened to use the authority and Influence of his office for the pur pose, of affecting the vote or political action of certain public officers, includ ing two assemblymen. 8 That he "corruptly used his authority as governor to affect the prices of securities on the New York stock exchange, in some of which ho was speculating." How It All Started. When Governor Sulzer, the "peo ple's governor," and the "poor man's friend," refused to do the bidding of Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall, the most remarkable political drama New York state had ever seen was begun. From that very moment Tammany Hall carried out a steady and con sistent program of warfare against Sulzer and all things Sulzer. The gov ernor replied in kind, as well as he could. A Tammanylzed legislature In stituted an "Investigation" of Sulzer, and Sulzer reciprocated with an "in vestigation" of s6me Tammany-con trolled state department. What was it all about? Direct pri maries, mainly. Also about appoint ments. Hobs Murphy Bought to have certain organization men appointed to office. Sulzer declined to appoint them, although he had been something of an organization man himself for a great many years, and immediately after his election to the governorship had been intimate with Murphy, so intimate that I Parochial Creatures. Women who lived merely womanish lives without knowledge of and com radeship with men, stvmcd to her lim ited and parochial creatures. She was Impatient of her sex, and the narrow ness of her sex's sphere. She dream ed of a broadly human, practical, dis interested relation between men and women, based on the actual work of the world; its social, artistic, intellec tual work; all that has made civiliza tion. Mrs Humphrey Ward in "The .Wti'. of Lydla." G'"' . ' Mr. and Mrs. Murphy were welcome at the "People's House," as Governor Svl zer asserted himself in &n interview. Sulzer may have told the truth when he said his life was in dancer. He declared, after his break with Tam many Hall, that he had employea guards to protect him against possible assassination. Attack after attack, mostly traceable to political enemies, was made on Sulzer. He was accused of perjury, the alleged offense having been committed, according to his ac cuser. In 1890. That accusation didn't seem to have' much effect in the way of ruining Sulzer, bo suit was filed in Philadelphia by a young woman of the name of Mignon (Polly) Hopkins, charging Sulzer with breach of promise. This action, Sulzer said also, was a move on the part of his political enemies. Miss Hopkins asked $80,000 damages for her wounded heart. Sulzer admitted hav ing known Miss Hopkins some years ago, but denied that he had ever pro posed marriage to her. " Row Over Direct Primaries. When Sulzer promised real direct primaries to the people of New York, he evidently meant what be Bald. When he went into office he made it his -business to start legislation for' di rect primaries on Its way. . He dls-' covered, however, that ho and his pv Utical associates had very different ideas of the kind of direct primaries New Yorft wanted. A bill was Intro duced at the instigation of Sulzer, but before it was voted upon another di rect primary bill, which Sulzer char acterized a "fraud upon the people," was introduced in both branches of the legislature and passed. Governor Sul ze vetoed It, and then called upon the legislators to pass bis bill. The assembly and then the senate killed the Sulzor bill, amid scenes such as the senate and assembly chambers had never before seen. There were shouts of rage and shakings of fists in the di rection of the capitol. There were cheers and shouts when It was. an nounced that the bills had been killed. Sulzer then started a campaign to obtain direct primaries. He enlisted many well known men in his cause, and called the legislature in extraor dlnary session. It had then become a case of open warfare. His Campaign Fund Investigated. The governor Instigated investiga tions of several state departments, and then Tammany retaliated In kind with an investigation of Sulzer's campaign fund by a legislative committee. Sen ator Frawley, a Tammany chieftain, was the chairman of the committee and it commenced Its sittings In Al bany. It was intimated that Sulzer bad received checks for his campaign fund which he had not listed in his sworn statement, a misdemeanor un der the laws of New York state. Two checks were introduced into the evi dence. One was for $2,500 from Kuhni Loeb & Co., the bankers, and endorsed "Mr. Sehilt's contribution to the Sul zer campaign." The other check was for $500 and was signed by Abram I. Elkus, a prominent New York city law yer. It was alleged by the Frawley committee that neither of these checks appeared In Sulzer's campaign list. At a later session of the Frawley committee, held in New York, it do- voloped that Sulzer had owed the stock brokerage firm of Harris & Fuller $4S.- 5D9.3S on January.!, 1912, when Sul zer was In congress. According to testimony and evidence offered, Sulzer ritnlttee. ' as Ll(iarkpt'J e broker 4y" loser in the stock rs to whom he owed money aunnea mm for payment, ac cording to the testimony, and Sut2ec -Ma uitniiy imuiu uy nis uusiliepif partner, ox-Governor A. E. Spriggsrbf Montana, who paid $5,000, and Louis M. Josephthal of New York, Who. on July 19 last, paid $26,749.21. It alto developed before the com mittee that Sulzer had traded with lioycr, Grlswold & Co. Charles H. Reynolds, formerly cashier for the firm, testified that on October 16 last, Frederick L. Colweil, whom he under stood to be an agent for Sulzer, had Lought 200 shares of Ulg Four for $12,- 025. The stock wns paid for the same day with eight checks and $7,125 In cash. One check given in payment for the stock was a campaign contribution. The Frawley committee alleged that the seven other checks were also cam paign contributions, and asserted that this would be proved. Other Governors Impeached. Seven other governors in the United States have faced impeachment pro ceedings. These men and the results Jthat followed were: Charles Robinson. Kansas, 1862, ac quitted. Harrison Reed. Florida, 1868, charges dropped. William W. Holden, North Carolina, 1870, removed. Powell Clayton, Arkansas, 1871, chacges dropped. David Butler, Nebraska, 1871, re moved. Henry C. Warmoth, Louisiana, 1872, term expired and proceedings dropped. Adtlbert Ames, Mississippi, 1876, re signed. Watch Well the Tongue. The tongue is boneless, yet It can strike harder than the fist. Boston Transcript. Prisoner Attached to Pet Mice. A great cruelty has been perpetrat ed on a prisoner by the British gov ernment. He was removed from one prison to another, and at his second abode was not allowed to keep his pet mice. When he parted with them strong men turned away their heads, so 'affecting was the scene. And the prison commissioner who witnessed it promised him that he would ke that the mice were taken care of, and is said to have been as gocd as his word. DEVELOPMENT OF inn urged Badger State Editorial Associ ation Hears Presentation of Important Subject. . Milwaukee. A feature of the Wis consin Press association meeting In this city was the attention given to the subject of the development of the Btate. The leading address oa this topic was prepared by A. D. Campbell, manager of the WlsconslnAdvance ment association and delivered by Ira D. Bush, the assistant manager, Mr. Campbell being prevented from at tending on account of the illness of Liu daughter. Mr. Bush said in part: What does the development of the land and other resources of Wisconsin mean to the people of the state? The unoccupied and undeveloped areas combined constitute at least 10,000,000 acres of gpod agricultural lands. The undeveloped water powers of the northern portion of the state, that in the natural order of things will not be generally developed except concur rently with agricultural development, constitute 600,000 to 750,000 horse power. A UCDv V KUtUh auu umuiviw. lands are good lands. How good 1e shown to some extent by tho follow. Ing table of production, which is taken from the latest United States census, being a comparison of the yields of the twenty-five most northern coun ties, the state as a whole and the United States: 25 I'pperV Conn I leu. Corn 31.3 Onts S2.0 Whfit 18.0 Karley 28.6 .ve 17.7 1'otatote 114.6 Wis- con Kin S3. 7 33.0 IK. 8 27.1 14.1 110.2 Inlffd Statpfl. 25.9 28.6 15.4 22.5 13.4 106.1 211.9 3G.3 An acre of each ... 240.2 Average per acre. . 40.0 236.9 39.5 When we take into consideration on the one hand that in many states there !b an enormous expense for commer cial fertilizer and in others a terrific cost for irrigation, while in still others distance to the market destroys all profits in crops, and on the other hand there are many special crops common to upper Wisconsin, and not included In the above, that yield handsome re turns, when these facts are taken un der consideration, we begin to realize what we have in the undeveloped land of Wisconsin. A few years ago Uie undeveloped lands of upper Wisconsin were gener ally deemed worthless. They were so treated by the eastern press, espe cially the magazines that then were looking for the material upon which to base their lurid articles. Nowhere in the Federal agricultural department could there be found a man who would Bay a good word for this great region. I am glad to have had u part In chang ing this condition. Today we are get tmg good words from the eastern pub lications. A recent publication under the authorship of a member of the Federal agricultural department gives a description of the opportunities in all the states and Wisconsin leads all the rest. Everywhere people are look ing to Wisconsin as the place for agri cultural extension. But this Is a time of commercialism, and land settlement is no' exception. Concerns In all parts of the country are appealing for patronage. Great railroads are making their greatest en deavor to settle the vacant lands along their lines in the west and south. Many states are making large appropriations many times larger than Wisconsin-i so that many homeseekers go to other regions who would have done much Detter to nave come to Wisconsin. If we are to get the people we should have for the more complete develop ment o: the state, we must enter the competition aggressively. As the Wisconsin Advancement as sociation is engaged in a campaign for development rather than for the mere Bale of land, it is essential that set tlers shall not be disappointed when they come to the Btate, My conception (and in this I am supported by my su perior officers) is that we must con vince, not merely influence, the people who are to be the farmers, of upper Wisconsin. We must provoke inquiry on the substantial phases of the situ ation, and to do so, we put forth the following questions: Why does Wisconsin grow larger crops on the average than other states? Why does Wisconsin sell more high priced seed grains than all other states combined? Why has Wisconsin more dairy cows than any other state? Why 1 the dairy Industry increas ing In Wisconsin faster than in any other state? ; Why does Wisconsin capture more prizes in national contest than any other state? Care of Broken China. When mending broken china al ways place It to set in a large box filled with sawdust, By this means It is easy to stand the article In any de sired position, so that Its own weight holds the pieces in place, while the cement Is hardening. 8lopplng Over. New Minister "How did you like my sermon this morning?" Enthus iastic Parishioner MIt was simply trandiloquent" Baltimore American, Why did upper Wisconsin take the world's championship award in alfalfa at the last world-wide contest? Why are the pea canning concerns placing nearly all the new factories la upper Wisconsin? Why are the beet sugar factories looking to upper Wisconsin for in creased product? Why does the best clover seed come from upper Wisconsin? Why arb the pastures good in upper Wisconsin when dried out elsewhere? Why are several of the world's larg est manufacturing creameries in the upper Wisconsin counties? Why are so many pickle factories and salting works being located la the upper Wisconsin counties? These are but a few of the salient points In which the vacant lands of Wisconsin have advantages over other regions of cheap lands, but they are enough to be convincing when fully digested. They open the way to a more complete consideration of the situation. In this more complete con sideration, we make full use of the United States census, the record made by Wisconsin in the'National Corn show, which is the only recog nized International contest; the weather records and other unques tionable data. It. is thus seen that there is no buncombe in our cam paigns for development likewise why we get scores of letters compli menting us upon our methods. The state is to be congratulated that it Is unnecessary to do otherwise than, give the actual, unquestioned and uiW . , HH questionable facts. I have spoken of everyone's Inter est In development. I believe that we have too long looked only to' the people who sell land for farms or sites for factories, assuming that they were the only ones receiving benefits from the transactions. For Illustra tion, we will take an ordinary Wis consin town. A factory is located by some enterprising real estato man. Is that the end, or Is it only the begin ning of the benefits resulting from the sale of the site? Or, taking the farm land situation, we find that the man who sells a tract or wild land for a farm merely starts a chain of transactions that end, or rather never end, with the merchant, banker, printer, doctor, lawyer, and all oth ers in profits, and to tho community, county and stato In taxes. The land man spent most of his profits getting his customer and Is through In the single transaction, while the others had no initial expense and are never through. Who, then, as a matter of fact, Is the most interested In the matter? It is 8o with new factories and in practically every move calcu lated to bring about more complete development of any section. To car ry the matter a little farther, what would be the effect upon the fac tories, jobbers, banks and other In stitutions of Milwaukee and other Wisconsin cities, If 25C.000 new far mers were located in upper Wiscon sin, If scores of water powers were harnessed, If hundreds of cities and towns wero founded, if tho popula tion of tho state wero doubled (for this matter of development Is a state wide proposition) In tho ultimate It Is a proposition of millions of people and billions of wealth. I believe that ninny. If not most, of the cities and towns of this state should enter the publicity field. Wo are In an advertising cr-N Every where publicity Is shr.pinJargely the destinies of'peoplo nnd communities. The posslmlstlc will harangue against It as a useless expense, tho lethargic will Ignore it, but the fact remains that the successful aro awake to tho dynamic effect of publifty. Once this nation was' termed tho "world's bread basket." Today we are close to the border of an im porter of foodstuffs. Sooh, at tho present rate of progress, wo will find our lightly mentioned "high cost of living" a permanent ooclal and eco nomic problem, and attention must be given to greater yields from tho lands now under cultivation. It Is easy to say that we aro mak ing marvelous strides In Increased yields, and figures can be found up on which to base the assertion but tho fact remains that we are mere ly maintaining the level of produc tion. It Is equally easy to point to the much larger yields of certain European countries, and discourse upon the fact that those lands nave been farmed for centuries, but the fact remains that they were once de pleted and it has taken decades and tremendous expense to bring them back to their present productiveness. If we are to bank upon the progress of these European people we should appreciate the pressuro and distress that drove them to It and the tlmo it required. I am sure that.no one here wishes sfrch experiences in America. We are In position to con tribute largely and profitably to the food necessities of the future, and la doing so strengthen our position as a manufacturing stato, for in the fu ture distribution In industrial activi ties the cost of living will be a ma. terlal element. Let Him Cultivate Patience. The members of a church In the southwest have given their pastor as) automobile. It Is hoped that no mem ber of his congregation may be pres ent the first time the crank handle hits him on the elbow. Pay Big Price for Water. Water Is sold by the ton at Per nambuco, Brazil. . It is piped from springs eight miles out from the city, and is furnlfched to ships at eighty one cent a ton within the harbor. i. I id" Jans-. rl.Tg.-., u- Gihs