Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 1

I'fty-Jifth Year. A'o. G'J. Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1921 Pubiis ladserlnneawrtia Thiuna Barvir. Universal News Sarvlca.

Price Two Cents in Minneapolis, i -w ar rr Vmn nrnirpr i The Sales Tax vTwo Stores Wrecked Bij Explosion tmsmmmesrv" mmmmumummimammmmmmmkmsmmmmmmmti vmmmmmmmmmmmmmmzsmmma I TTJBfflB 45 Minutes onfj Electric WireiHv Directs Rescuers on Aerial Ladder Among High 4. Voltage Conductors. Mrs. Harrison Pictures Life in Russ Jails American Captive Not as. Badly Treated as Sometimes Reported.

She Predicts Release of All Yank Prisoners Within Few Days. i Auto Crashes I Into Tonka Car, 11 Are Injured Motor Car Collides Head-on With Interurban Near Radisson Inn. four of Family of F. M. i oj.

-vi-e nnsienson, di. uiai rru-fessor, Among (Gasoline Tank Explodes When Machine Turns Over After Collision. Eleven persona were injund. several fceriously, late yesterday afternoon when the large touring car In which they were riding crashed head-on into a I Tonka Bay trolk-y car at the Gli Mor ris crossing near IladUson Inn at Christians Lake, Lake Minnetonka. Uoot of Iht.

Injuries were burns. The uto turned over, pinned its occupants underneath and the gasoline nk exploded, spraying ftamr over hem and shooting fire Into open win- ws of the car, cauaing pandemonium or a lew moment. Street car passengers and panning utotsts risked their lives pulling the off its victims. The injured are: Mrs. F.

M. Chrlist'fiKon, North- field, wife of Professor Chris- tenson of St, Olat college, burned from head to foot. Condition criti cal. Carl ChrisU-nson, 10-yearld son, eriouoly burned. I'aul Christenson, C-year-old son, burned on face and hands.

Ela Christenson, 1-year-old daugbt'f, buried on face, but mot aeiiously, R. Barentson, 5114 Thirty-eighth avenue south, seriously burned on (ace and body. Miss Rebecca' Barentson, Thirty-eighth avenue south, sister of Mr. Uarentonn, minor burns on face, bands arid legs. Lenora Itarentson, yir-old daughter of Mr.

Barentson, minor burns on body. Olga Barentson, 3 year -old daughter of Mr. Barentson, slight burns. Rogna Barentson, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. Barentson, minor bums.

Clarence Barentson, 2 years old, burned on hands and face, C. J. Linden, Ei Itton, 8. minor bums. A dozen pasatfigers on the streetcar vers scorched by the flying oil, but r.one seriously hurt.

All were taken Into IladisNon Inn where the lobby was converted into an emergency hospital. Later the burri'd auto occupants were (taken to St, Barnabas hoepttal. Three Found in Wreckage. The Minnetonka crash was one of lat-veral serious auto accidents of the hiy. IFJerrfcktrs on their way to I'arkers fLakfe early yesterday morning discov.

k-ed an automobile at the foot of an bmbankment on Nineteenth avenue north near the city limits. fJThree men (Conlliiurd on I'age 5, Col. 1.) IE. Carlson Drowned at Lake Minnetonka Edwin Carlson, 4122 Thirty -first avc-tiue south, was drowned late Saturday night In Ike Mlnnlwanka, while on a jftshlng trip with his brother, Alfred, land his eight-year-old nephew. Deputy sheriffs, headed by George Strand, drag-red the lake all day yes'erday for the fcody, but did riot find It.

Carlson was In a rowbnat some distance from Red Cedar point when he lost his balance and fell. He was tin-bio to swim and sank quickly. Carl-feon is 20 years old and is unmarried. Milwaiikecan Is Held for Robbery in Paris Milwaukee, July St. Milwaukee police hsve been asked by the prefecture of the Paris police department to search for the family of a man held In the French capital, who gave the authorities there the name of "Joseph Phillips," an, who asserted that he had family in this city.

Phillips, who is jheld at tho French capital wtth another Bum Field, Brooklyn, on charges of robbing a cafe. Is aald to have a wife and two children in Milwaukee, Bine Law Issue Barred I sit 1 rt 'niiii)iiiin ut v. uumau(u; San Francisco. Jtly 31. Tho Knights bf Columbus convention here this week jrannot consider an appeal received to-(day from thi International Reform bureau in Washington, D.

asking (co-operation in reviving Sunday blue laws, it was, announced by Supreme knight James A. Flaherty. Dan Boone's Grandson Dies at Western Home July 31. John E. ones, said to be a grandson of Daniel iROOne, IS tieim Ml HID iiuiiid iiv.c.

Mr. Jones was born In Kentucky In He had lived In Ellensburg 43 ears, coming here from California. Weather Forecast. MINNESOTA Unsettled weather with showcra tomorrow and In west nnd outh portion today; not much change In temperature. Additional weather on page 9.

Exposition of the Theory and Practice of This Form of Taxation By Hazen J. Burton. Frrallnt Tax Leagno of Amtrim, Mr. Mellon says that the government will require In the neighborhood of W.000,000,000 within the next flueiil year. The present system of tsxatioa i not calculated to produce this revenue without at the same time robbing industry of Its earnings to such an extent an to street it unfavorably and delay the restoration of normal conditions, so necessary to the general welfare.

With the realization that some new system must be devised to yield the neceinary revenues for the government, there, has been much study of taxs-tlon method, and a large group of the students of taxstlon have proponed what is known ss the sales, or turnover, tax. The 5x League of Ameries Is one of the staunehent advocates of this form of taxation. The president of this league is Mr. Bszen J. Burton of Minneapolis He baa consented to aminer questions regarding the sales tax, and all thone who deaire information tre Invited to ask questions of Mr.

Hurt on through The Tribune. Any Inquiry made with regard to this form of taxation Mr. Burton will undertake to answer la order to in-Htrurt people with regard to It. Kueh queitlous should be sdrtreaaed to the Taxation Editor of The Tribune. As a a-eesMry introduction to dla-cuaaloa of the whole subject, Mr.

Burton ha a herewith framed sod snawered elementary questions concerning the sI-s tax. Other questions sura as nay oceur to Interested read-era will be answered from time to time. This dlseusaloo of the sales tax question will sppeai hereafter st regular Intervals, namely, on 'Monday, Wednes. day and Frldsy, in Tba Minneapolis Tribune, Inasmuch ss the elementary questions snd answers may not be repeated, bees use of lack of apace, readers are advised. If they wish to preserve these questions and answers, to eut them out sad keep tbem for reference.

The first of the series of questions and answers Is as follows. The Editor. Chapter I. What Is a sales tax? A A sales tax is a tax on the sales of all goods, wares and merchandise levied at the time of the transfer of the property from the seller to the buyer. What Is the specific form of a sates tax now being advocated? A A tax on all gross sales of not exceeding 1 per cent with no exemptions except to an amount not exceeding of annual sales.

How would a tax this kind, be collected? i A It would be easily collectible. No stamps or receipts would be used. It would be collected and remitted lo the government 4 by th merchant on monthly or quarterly statement! from the merchant's baokav-- Hovr much revenue would a sales tag produce? A Experts have determined that a moderate sales tax of 1 per cent would raise In the neighborhood of at least tj.00fi.00rt.000. How Is the United States government now raising its revenues? A It has a patchwork system of taxation. There 'is Income tax, the excess rroflts tax.

Inheritance taxes, several excise' taxes, which are In reality sales taxes, and customs duties. Would a sales tax take the place of all these? A It would Advocates of the sales tax believe that the graduated personal Income tax, with certain modifications, should remain -as an equalizer. They believe that certain longstanding excise taxe might be continued. They would not disturb the Inheritance taxes except perhaps to revise them. The excess profits tax would bo abandoned.

What Is the matter with the excess profits tax? A Originally devised as an emergency measure during the war. It has hod the effect of stifling American Industry. It Is now counted a failure both by government officials and business men generally. Calculated to tax capital. It has only served to retard trade and contribute to prolonged business depression.

Is there any general demand that the excess profits tag be retained? A There is not. The sentiment as expressed before Congressional committees is all against its retention. From the Mlaassaolla Iribuaa. The next article In this series will appear in The Tribune Wednesday Auloists Trudge Four Miles When Bandits Two bandits who halted an automobile on Excelsior bpulevard late last night robin Its two' occupants of $156 In cash, a watch valued at $85, and then Jumped into the machine and drove away. Nathan Meshbeshcr, 687 Eighth avenue north, nnd David Frlsch, 95, Highland avenue, the victims, watched tho tall light of the machlno disappear Into the darkness and trudged four miles to a telephone to notify tho police.

Tlio, pair were riding towards Minneapolis and. were about 18. miles from the city when two armed men stepped in front of the car and forced them to luill. Meshbesher 'contributed $1J0, tfie watch and the automobile to the bandits, while Frlsch handed over $6. Motorcycle policemen were dispatched to the scene, but found no trace of the car and Its most recent occupants.

58m Voters Ask' North Dakota Recall Fargo, N. July 31. Headquarters of the Independent Voters association announced lass night that signers for the recall petitions filed at the headquarters office here yesterday numbered signatures were received last week at the rate of from to 1,500 a day. A total of about 30,000 signatures la required for the re fall petitions. Bears Pain of Flames Un flinchingly While Firemen Come to Aid.

'Gotta He Asks Bearers Who Place Him in Ambulance. Four hundred persons stood around an electric wire pole at Fifth avenue south and Grant street yesterday afternoon watching blue flames curl around the body of a telephone lineman as he was slowly being electrocuted. Three quarters of an hour later fireman carried him gently down an aerial ladder still conscious and his clothing almost burned off. "Gotta cigaret?" smiled Ora Titus, the lineman, although his face was racked with the torture he had endured. He is not expected to live.

Vicitim Aids in Own Rescue. Through all the agony, Titus had re- mained calm, directed his rescuers where not to touch wires and feebly helped them as they swung his body from the pole onto the top rungs of the ladder. Once the ladder swayed as It was drawn away from the pole and Titus and a fireman clung to the top rung as the end dipped ten feet and swung back, much lika. the raised end of a teeter. Several times it dipped with their weight, but finally was steadied and the crane at the other end lowered it slowly to the ground.

Titus, who is a lineman for the Minnr. apolis General Electric lives at 313 East Fifteenth street. He was sent with other linemen to repair tho tgelephone wires about 6:30 p. m. Falls Onto live Wire.

While working on the top of the pole, Titus lost bis balance, fell several feet onto the electric wires, and came In contact with a live wire carrying a current of 2,500 volts. The powerful current held him helpless, Just beyond reach of his fellows. He lay across several wires, hands nd feet hung down, with his face turned toward tba ground. Before the other linemen could reach the ground, the blue flames of the electric current began to play around him. Crowds Gather.

Large crowds of people from the Cur-tis hotel, attracted by the shouts of Titus' fellow-workers, gathered underneath the pole. The other linemen, eager to help Titus, were unable to reach him without almost certain death to themselves. While the spectators stood dumfound-ed, watching with fascinated eyes the blue flames steadily playing, a call was sent in to Fire Truck Companies No. i and No. 11.

Cries of encouragement were sent to the lineman and his feeble gestures revealed that he had heard. Send Up Aerial Truck. The companies responded quickly to the call. At once they began the work of sending up an aerial truck In such a way that the current would not pass from Titus into the bodies of his rescuers. Because every move had to be made with greatest caution, the firemen worked methodically, and it seemed an Interminable period to tho nerve-strung spectators before the rescuers came near the tortured man.

Their hands encased in rubber gloves, the firffnen finally tilted the ladder within reach of Titus. With a mighty effort, he managed to pull himself across part 'of the distance between them. Then, slowly, carefully, he bellied the firemen to gt hlra on the ladder. He then dropped back, limp for a moment, In the fireman's arras. Lowered by Crane.

Once on the top rung, the cran swung the ladder back from the wires and pivoted it to the side. It dipped low and became springy under the weight of the men. On the rebound the fireman held to the rungs witli great effort. Then slowly the crane lowered the ladder to tho street level, Titus roused himself when he reached thfi ground and asked for a cigaret. He couldn't put it in his mouth but ready hands lighted it and put it between his teeth.

He inhaled and smiled grimly again. The largo crowd, which had been amazed by his stoical calm, burst Into a spontaneous cheer. Little Hope for Recovery. Titus collapsed on the way to the General hospital, and bad not recovered consciousness early today. Physicians said there is little hope for his recovery.

Two other electricians narrowly es-enpfd a similar fate at Excelsior, Lake Minnetonka, early yestcrduy, when they were caught by a live wire while stringing lights for tho American Legion pageant to be given In Excelsior four days, beginning tomorrow. Frank Burnett and onr ot bis helpers, were caught fast by the wire. Burnett was thrown off by the shock, and escaped sviiuus injury. His companion, however, was unable to break loose from the wire. He hung suspend-rtl for three minutes while his fellow-workers hurried to the power action, two blocks distant, and turned off the current.

Ho had recovered completely last night. Mayor Ends His Life lo Quiet Criticism Cincinnati, Ohio, July 81. -Sensitiveness of criticism by townspeople over his alleged failure to curb automobile speeding Is declared by his friends and family to have been the cause of John Knox, (19, mayor of Mount Healthy, a suburb, eotmlvt.r suicide yesterday by shooting. in Nicollet Over $50,000 Legion 40-8 Special Makes 'Record' Time Veterans' Train Spends 11 Hours Ambling Along Way to Winona. By stmttt Neale, iBBMPftllS Trilona SUif Cfcrrespoidtnt, Winona, July 31.

Box car voyageurs from the Twin Cities and South Paul late today ended an 11-hour, ride to attend the third annua convention of the Minnesota department of the American Legion and the first state initiation of Le Soclete Des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, the Legion's social Traveling In freight cars, similar to that mode bf transportation which, won the war, claims of M. P's notwithstanding, and making worse time than any fighting unit ever made in France, the forty-eighters blazed a new trail down through southern Minnesota over the Great Western's line. i Journey Memorable One. It was a memorable Journey in every respect, A new candidate for governor made a barnstorming trip. He is Jack Byrnes of St.

Paul, a vocational education director, Mlstah Byrnes, as he announced himself, told the residents of a dozen towns and villages that he was undoubtedly the best man he knew for Jake Preus' Job. In his mood, there were none who disagreed with him. The train left Minneapolis at 8 a. and arrived In Winona and paraded through' the streets at 730. Eleven hours and a half for a four hours ride.

Eut time flew faster than the train. Little Dorothy Caroline Sutherland, 9- years-old, met Leo Kelly, secretary of the Hennepin County Legion at Ran dolph, and handed him a bouquet of nasturtiums. Dorothy, was somewhat puzzled at the manner which the former soldiers "carried on," but she was not in the minority In any respect as tho special rolled along. Parade at Randolph. A parade was given In Randolph, headed by the forty-elghters demon band, consisting of an accordion, a bass drum, a snaro drum, a cornet and a saxophone, much to the disgust of three fair maidens about whom tho 200 men paraded.

This march was such a success that it was repeated in Red Wing, at Rochester, at St. Charles, Al- tura and elsewhere along the line. Every garage was Inspected by the para-ders, It being said they were looking for gasoline. In Red Wing, the favorite ditty dispensed by the well known band was entitled, "Oh, the Moonshines To night on Little Red Wing." There (Continued on Fage 5, Col. 2.) (By Associated Press.) Riga, July 31.

The release of all Americans in prison In Russia may be expected within a few days, according to Mrs. Marguerite E. Harrison of Baltimore, who herself spent many months kas a captive in Moscow. She was released and came here under the protection of United States Senator France of Maryland. She was Informed before leaving Moscow that all would be out soon.

No formal notification of the release of the Americans has yet been received at Riga and the American officials have not been advised as to whether tie prisoners will be freed one at a time or in a group. Pictures Prison Life. Mrs. Harrison related her story today and pictured her life In prison a differing materially from sketches of her Bufferings drawn from time to time by travelers. Although under close confinement for a considerable time, Mrs.

Harrison gave an unemotional statement of her experiences. She was thin and frail, and her recital was interrupted occasion ally by a deep cough as she unresent- fully told of events from the day of her arrest to her release. "I was first arrested April 4, 1920, (Continued on Page 5, Col. 1.) Minnows, Cattle Join Forces to Wipe Out MalarialMosquitoes (By Associated Press.) Ntvw Tork, July 31. The cow and the top minnow as victorious against the malaria spreading mosquito known as anopheles are described In the third Installment of the annual re view of the Rockefeller Foundation's work, made public today.

The tjperimenta were made in the bayou region of Louisiana, where the mosquito, unmolested, multiplies at a tremendous rate in the still, warm water. Top minnows, it was found, devour the mosquito eggs as fast as they were deposited, save In the zones nter the shore where growing' vegetation afforded protection. Here the cow played their part. The banks were turned into pasture and the cows devoured the grasses along the water edge, leaving the mosquito eggs to the mercy ot the minnows. Mother Dies in Arms of-Returning Son Livingston, July 31.

Excitement at meeting her son who was returning home for a visit this afternoon caused Mrs. A. A. Billings of Oconomo-woc, to faint In his embrace, and resulted In her death from heart trouble an hour later. Man Slays Self, His Baby With Razor Streator, 111., July 31.

Ray Detmer-Ing, TO years old, killed his two-year-old baby and himself In his home today with a razor. He had Just returned from an automobile trip to St. Paul, taken with his wife and child, when he became 111. His wife left the house to summon a doctor and discovered the tragedy on her return. He Had Caught Two Huge Orangoutangs Alive diaries Mayer, famous animal col-.

lector, describes their rapture and what followed In his "Recruiting fin-the Menagerie," the sixth Installment of which will appear in next Sunday's Tribune. "While I was standing near the nets, superintending the work of making them fast," he says, "a huge paw shot out and grabbed my ankle. "I was jerked off the ground, and as I fell my hands caught the limb of a tree. "I clung In It wild all my might, feeling my Angers weaken and slip while the brute pulled. "The Joints at my hips and knee pained me for an Instant "Then My Leg Became Numb" "Tho, men stood twlfled, and I could not jell at them.

I felt my self growing dizzy, and I simply wondered why some one did not do something. "Then Omar grabbed a club and pounded the orang's arm. The pull Ing stopped, and I realized that I was being dragged away from the nets" How's that for thrills? There'll be a whole page of 'cm In next Sunday's Tribune. Read "itmruiling for the Mcnag. The second and most damaging of the explosions which occurred on Nicollet avenue Saturday was that coming out of the oblong manhole in the sidewalk near the United Cigar store on the northwest corner of Sixth and Nicollet.

Crowds were massed on the sidewalk at the time watching the flames coming from the two manholes across the street, which already had exploded. Spectators were knocked right and 'eft by the explosion, which hurt at least 50 persons. Two stores were wrecked the blast, those of the United Cigar company and James E. Lee optical store. All of the injured persons were removed before the flames began issuing from the manhole.

Englishman Dubbed 'Kaisers Pet Is Barred From Legacy PuWio Ieflaer-Muinatixii: Tribune Barvioe, SMCial Cable Disoatch. Copmriit. 121. by Fuolic safer Co. London, July 31.

Described by' the British press as tho "most notorious of British renegades" and as the "kaiser's pet Englishman," Houston Stewart Chamberlain has been excluded by the chancery division from partaking in a large legacy left by his uncle, General Sir Crawford Trotter Chamberlain. Chamberlain, who is a son of the late Rear Admiral W. C. Chamberlain, went to Germany 20 years ago. He first married a German school teacher, whom he divorced.

Then he married a daughter of Richard Wagner. Since then he has lived at Wahnfried, Bavaria, with his mother-in-law. In 1916, during the war, he voluntarily became a German citizen. His book, called "Foundations of a Century," glorifying pre-war Prussia, and for which he received the Iron Cross, ia a book of which the kaiser bought 1,000 copies, giving them out on all possible occasions. During the war he wrote continuously books and pamphlets vilifying Britain, one of his favorite phrases being, "Britain, a nation of dissemblers, forgers, liars and cheats." $7,000 Damage Caused by Fire In Restaurant Damage of $7,000 was caused by a fire which started in the basement of the Twin City Lunch room, 313 Marquette avenue, early today, Tho place is across the al Icy from the Federal building.

Charles Rosso, proprietor of the lunch room, estimated his loss at $6,000. damage was caused by smoke to the offices of the Dollenmeyr Advertising com-, pany, hich occupies the two floors abovo. As when you kneel at my feet? Loving me, telling nie you are mine? Is there a vlcrtory more divine Than I am loved snd loved so well? Dearest, the alms of those who dwell compared With our hnpe of loving, of having shared This life together snd then to be One la a timeless eternity!" The bridegroom, too is something of a poet. Here Is Ills passionate tribute to Hymen, widely published years ago: "Love is the mlHtborne breath that bides awhile The golden fume of an ambrosial dream. Dellirht eludes us as the dear lips of one We love and long to kiss but have not won.

Love, love, so a rapture that It reeks of pain!" Property Loss Mystery Blast Experts Advance Various Theories as to Cause of Explosion. All But Two of 30 Victims faken to Hospital Are Discharged. i i Property damage well in excess of $50,000 resulted from the eight "mystery" explosions in electric cable conduits on Nicollet avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets Saturday night and early yesterday morning, according to a partial check made yesterday. Damage to buildings near- the four manholes from which the explosion issued was estimated at The Estimated Losses Minneapolis General Electric company. Probable heavy losses undetermined.

United Cigar store, Sixth and Nicollet $12,500 James E. Lee, optician, 628 Nicollet avenue and 52 South Sixth street 15,000 Joseph II. Green, Jeweler, 624 Nicollet 6,000 Daly's barber shop, 528 Nicollet 2,500 Weld Sons, Jewelers, 620 Nicollet avenue 1,000 Eastern Dentists, 528 Nicollet, second floor 1,000 Eagle shining perlors, '60 Sixth street south 1,000 Donaldson's store 1,000 Loss from broken panes of glass: L. S. Plnck, manufacturing Jeweler, 622 Nicollet, J.

H. Boglo, tailor, 626 Nicollet. H. Sieger, furrier, 45 Sixth street soirth. Dr.

R. H. ArmagoBt, chiropodist, 620 Nicollet. Minneapolis General Electric company is expected to suffer losses of more than $10,000. Curious crowds, which pushed their way through downtown streets yesterday, viewing 'the wreckage, and peering into the manholes, were all asking one question, "What caused the explo sion?" Officials Perplexed Officials of the electric company and city officials were equally perplexed.

"The actual cause of the may never be known," said R. F. Pack, vice president of the Minneapolis General Electric company. "Similar explosions In New Tork and Chicago have never been explained. It is possible that heat generated by the recent long hot spell broke down Insulation In the cables, resulting In the short circuit, which seems to have started the explosions." Police and lire officials were of the however, that some form "of gas must have gotten into the con duits, either by the breaking down of insulation or by leakage of Illuminat ing gas from some nearby main.

Fire Reported Thursday. 1 Records In the lire department revealed last night that the trouble in the manhoto near Liggett' Drug store at Sixth and Nicollet had been brewing for at least 48 hours before the explosion came. On Thursday night at 6:19 o'clock, the squad wagon ot No. 10 station was called to the corner by citizens who reported that the manhole was "on fire." The cover was removed, and the Are men examined tho' cables." Aside from a little smoke, could discover no trouble. They reported the matter to the electric company, Again, on Friday afternoon, a proprl etor of a store' in tho vicinity called the fire department and said the man hole was still smoking.

Robert Wad dick, lineman for the fire department, wai detailed to look the cables over, and an employe of the Minneapolis (Continued on Page Col. tJ Bride Ardent Love Poetry, Recited By Preacher, Features Smart Set Wedding Valvaraal Ksws Berries, New Tork, July 31. The "poetical wedding" of Mrs. Blancho Shoemaker Wagstaff, prominent in the shiart sot, and Donald Carr, New Tork real estate broker, which was celebrated here attracted wide interest In literary and social circles. Ardent love poetry, written by the brldo and recited by the preacher as a part of the marriage service, was the unique feature of the wedding, which was celebrated by the Rev.

Sidney R. Perkins of Manchester. The wedding of the society poet, formerly the wlfo of Alfred WagstatT, whom she divorced last Doreiober, came as a great surprise to alt but relatives and a few friend. Here is tho poem which was lneplred by the bridegroom: "What Is the world compared to you To havtng you, holding you, knowing you true? la there a heart gain half to sweet.