Escanaba Morning Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 1

ESCANABA MORNING PRESS VOL. III. NO. 39. A Single 3 Cenia OUATIONS CLONED TESTER- IY EOH ESTABLISHMENT OF FURNACE AT WELLS.

rORK STARTS AT ONCE T. StepheMon Promoted Brought to Sacceflsfol lMDe By negotiations that were closed a charcoal iron furnace Is to be constructed at Wells. Actual work on the plant is to be started within two weeks and the furnace will be completed and ready to be placed in blast by January 1. The Stephenson Charcoal Iron Company has been organized to construct and operate the plant with a capital stock of $200,000. The principal stockholders In the company are: C.

of Marquette; U. S. Senator Stephenson of Marinette; H. A pham of Milwaukee, and G. T.

C. W. Kates and R. E. iftfacLcan of Wells.

The organization meeting of the company will be held within a short time when the officers and management will be definitely agreed upon. The bringing of the big factory to is directly due to the work of G. Ty Stephenson, who has been en- in promoting the company for over a year. Mr. Stephenson, who is gem pal superintendent of the Masbek Chemical Iron Company, recognized the possibilities for such a plant soon a88Uined charge of the cheml- mint at Wells.

jBeing close to the Iroi. fields and a large supply of charcoal from the chemical plant avail able, Mr. Stephenson began the work months ago to promote the company that is now to be organized to bring an entirely Tiew industry to this city. Mr. Stephenson is to have a prominent part in the management of the new company and associated with him will be practical furnace men who fotf years have been engaged in the of charcoal Iron.

The heaviest stockholder in the company Is C. H. Schaffer of Marquette I one of the veteran charcoal Iron furnace men of the upper peninsula. Mr Fchaffer has been connected with of furnaces in different cities DFLTA DANCING CLUB PLANS FOB PARTY Members of the Delta Dancing club are making arrangements for a dancing party to be given at hall on Monday evening of next week. The musical program for the party Is to be given by orchestra and the success of that portion of the arangements is thus assured All of the parties given by the club In the past have been enjoyable affairs and every effort is being exerted by the members to allow the coming event measure up the standard of former functions.

ESCANABA, THURSDAY, MAY 4. 1911 12 per Week EIGHT PACES 15 RALPH ANILIN (HOHEN TO AT. TEND CAMP SESSION OF MODERN WOODMEN. NEARLY ALL TREES SOLD Nearly one-hulf of the 426 elm ordered by President E. Byrns of the Escanaba Business Association to be sold to Escanaba residents at cost, having been disposed of.

A large number of orders were received by Sec. S. M. Matthews yesterday and indications are that the entire supply will be exhausted before the close of thiB week. The trees are of the best obtainable stock and are being sold to the people of the city at 55 cents each.

The entire stock has been moved to the central delivery station of the Escanaba Credit Delivery Association and orders placed with Mr. Matthews will be promptly delivered to the home of the purchaser. Through the action of President Byrns in purchasing a large number of trees outright, he was enabled to get the lot at a particularly low cost and they are being sold to purchasers here at actual cost to encourage the beautifying of the grounds surrounding residences of the city. i BORNS IS 10 OCCUPY THE Ralph Cantlin, clerk of Sandy Camp of the order of Modern Woodmen of America and one of the delegates from Delta county to the state convention of the order at Sault Ste. Marie, was signally honored at the Soo meeting yesterday when he was chosen as one of the state delegates to attend the head camp meeting at Buffalo, N.

on June 20. The upper peninsula delegates chosen to attend the head camp session are Edward Butker of Ish- pemlng, Patrick of Iron River and Edward C. Krellevitz of Hough ton. The State of Michigan is entitled to 34 delegates In the head camp session and four of that number are chosen from the upper peninsula. The coming meeting of the head camp is of particular importance to Michigan members of the order because of the fact that a successor is to be chosen at that time to C.

J. Byrns of Ishpeming as a member of the national board of directors. The board of directors is made up of four members and for years Mr, Byrns held one of the directorships, resigning last winter to accept the position of collector of customs for this district. The Michigan delegates will go to the head camp Besson at Buffalo determined to allow Michigan to retain its membership on the na tional directorate and the best possible delegation was selected to undertake that work, a fact that is an eloquent compliment to Mr. Cantlin of this city.

Mr. Cantlin and David Harwood, representatives of Delta county in the state convention at Sault Ste. Marie, returned to the city last night loud In their praise of the entertainment that had been provided for them at the Soo. All camps of the order In the state were represented at the convention and the people of the Soo exertd a strong effort to make the stay of the visitors enjoyable. Grand Rapids was selected as the next place of meeting for the state convention of the order to be held In 1914.

CBAN6E MEETING NIGBTS EOR KNIGBTS To better arrange the meetings of the organization to suit the convenience of the members the meeting nights of the Escanaba council Knights of Columbus have been changed from the second Friday and fourth Sunday of each month to the first and third Thursdays of each month. The first meeting of the society under the new arrangement will be held at St. hall tonight ARMINGEMENTS WILL BE MADE TO CONSTRI CT HOLDING AT FAIR GROUNDS. 15 Washington, D. May Taft today announced the appoint ment of W.

Frank Knox, chairman of the Michigan Republican State Central Committee, as a member of the national board of Indian Commissioners The position Is one of considerable importance and comes in recognition of the excellent services rendered the Republican party In Michigan since becoming chairman of the state central committee. BAVE PREPARED SOIL MAP OF DISTRICT Lansing, May R. C. Allen, state geologist, and members of his staff have just completed a very exhaustive soil survey of the upper peninsula and have graphically portrayed the results of their years of la- A special meeting of the directors of the Delta County Agricultural Society will be held at the office of T. E.

Strom on Monday evening of next week to consider the advisability of issuing bonds to allow the construction of the necessary buildings at the new fair grounds here. The society desires to arrange all of the for holding a real county fair this fall and funds must be made available for the construction of the necessary building and It is possible that a bond issue will be authorized at the coming meeting of the directors. MINING COLLEGE STOOENTS GAVE DELIGHTFUL PLAT Although "In was scheduled as an amateur performance presented by students of the Michigan College of Mines of Houghton, that delightful play was given a professional presentation before a large and enthusiastic audience at the Peterson last night. Every member of the cast was a student of the mining school and although some of the characters In the cast were supposed to be of the feminine gender, all of those parts were taken by young men in a most acceptable manner. The play was not burlesqued, but was given a.straight­ forward presentation that elicited re- FAIR WEATHER TO RULE TOUAY Fair weather with slowly rising temperatures covers the central portion of the country and with heavy to killing frost In the Lake Region, Minnesota and the Dakotan.

A moderate storm Is moving In from the North Pacific coast and has caused rainfall as far east as Montana, accompanied by mild temperatures Fair weather will continue In this section Thursday and temperatures will continue to rise slowly with light to moderate westerly winds WILL OPEN Ray Connahan of Depere, WIs butter maker for the Grooa Creamery Company, arrived in the city yesterday and the company's creamery at Flat Rock will be opened on Monday. Mr. Counnahan is an butter maker having been engaged at that work at different factories in Wisconsin for several years. The announcement that the cream ery is to be opened immediately will be received with great satisfaction by the farmers throughout the Flat Rock district. Last season the creamery was open ed after being idle for several years and a good run was recorded In spite of the fact that many of the farmers were then milking but a few cows Since that time several of the farmers In the district have added to their dairy herds and better resultB are expected this year both for the creamery owners and the farmers CREDIT DIE SEPT.

KOEMER, HIS ASSISTANTS AND BOARD OF P1BLIC WORKS FOR FINE SHOW I NO. Probably one of the most pleasing reports submitted to the council on Tuesday evening was that of Auditor A. II. Rolpli showing that the municipal lighting plant had been conducted during the past year with a net profit of $26,038 41. Members of the board of public works deserve great praise for the showing made by the plant in the past year, but to Supt, John Roemer and his assistants, in actual charge of the work of the Institution, must be awarded the full share of credit for this most pleasing condition that has been brought about through their efforts with an institution which for some years before Mr.

Roemer took charge was a losing proposition. The service of the city lighting plant under the tioti of Mr. Roemer, the board of pul.lit works and the men at work at the plant, has now been brought up to a higher state of efficiency than ever before and that this condition has been brought about with the plant making more money than ever before should be a most pleasing A modern plant is to be added to the circumstance to all people of the city, municipal lighting equipment this summer to take the place of the antiquated gas plant now In use and with the electrical plant already on a handsome paying basis and a ai gas plant provided, Supt. Roemer and the local board of public works will be able to continue to return favorable reports as to the conduct of the city's lighting business. The store of M.

A Burns, now at 811 Ludington street, is to be moved to the peninsula and but recently dis- 813 Ludington street occupying the quarters formerly held by the Continental Clothing company. The Burns store to be moved about May 10. The Continental Clothing Company is not to re-engage in the retail clothing business at the present time, T. A Cleary and J. P.

Cleary having decided to devote all of their time to the manufacture of a trousers cabinet, a patent for which was recently sotured by T. A. Cleary. The cabinet has been endorsed by retail clothing store owners In all parts of the country and a large number of orders have already been received for delivery as soon as they can be turned out. aed of all of his interests intending to retire from business permanently.

The proposition that was offered here so alluring that he became the -lading stockholder and the directing spirit in the new enterprise. The furnace to be constructed here will be of 70 ton per day capacity and when In operation will give employment to approximately GO men. The plant is to be constructed adjacent to the main building of the chemical plant, the capacity of the latter being increased considerably to be able to provide all of the charcoal that will be required for use at the new furnace. To make room new plant it will be necessary to move the chemi- boarding house and many of reBcnt now on the loca- tiotrand that work is to be started immediately. It the intention of the company with the Mashek Chemical Iron Company to establish a definite townsite of its own at the chemical plant location and with the new houses that will be constructed will provide homes for all workmen at the mills there who desire to reside at that place.

lerday the formal contract for 1 to the new iron company vas formally signed, being the last official act insuring the construction of the big iron plant. RETUBN FRSM TUNERAL OF THEIR SISTER Mr. and Mrs. George King and Albert King, returned yesterday morning from Rhinelander after attending the funeral of Mrs. Ida J.

sister of George and Albert King. Mrs. dgath followed a short illness and the announcement on Friday of lutft week came as a severe shock to Wfi two brothers living here. FuneraWiervtces were conducted ver the body at Rhinelander on Mony. FIRST HEARING '1 LET KAZOO ELECT POSTMASTER May M.

Smith, sometimes known as the genial Pocahontas Smith, new member of congress from the third district of Michigan is getting his first taste of how a postofflce row goes. The scene Is at Kalamazoo, where Postmaster Coleman, friend of ex-Senator Bur rowes and Washington Gardner, is approaching the end of his term. The Kalamazoo Telegraph has advocated a populad election to decide Coleman's successor. To this Congressman Smith says He does not believe this would give Kalamazoo as good a postmaster as he could pick out personally. Consequently he is going to pick him out.

In this connection Mr. Smith also says he will select all postmasters on the ground of medit, not because of political activity or services. Also while he will not hunt up Washington Gardner men to give offices to, he will not hesitate to appoint a Gardner man if such man is best equipped for the duties of postmaster. Regarding Kalamazoo, he says there are about a dozen candidates, and he is going to take his time in picking them out. One of them, a man named Wesley, has a petition signed by 1,900 people.

MILLER. IS HELD HERE The flrit hearing in the bankruptcy proceedings of Alfred Nelson, who formerly conducted a grocery store on Ludington street was conducted here yesterday before Referee In Bankruptcy R. T. Looney of Houghton. Mr.

Nelson filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy after he had been made the defendant In a criminal action by one of his creditors in which it was charged that he was a fraudulent debtor. Atty. T. E. Strom and Atty.

H. J. Rushton appear in the proceedings for Mr. Nelson while the creditors are represented by Atty. A.

H. Ryall. bor on a big survey mnp of eJ encorea ullJ o( district. In the preparation of this soil survey, members of the state staff have tramped every square mile of the upper area. As a result of this exhaustive and scientific exploration, the state geologist makes the startling declaration that, In proportion to Its size, the upper peninsula has more tillable agricultural land than the lower peninsula This startling declaration, the state geollglst Is prepared to prove by Indisputable data.

This scientific verification of the claims being made by the leading men of the peninsula In Its agricultural possibilities Is very gratifying and will be most useful 111 the campaign being conducted by the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau. The latter has already undertaken negotiations through the state geologist for the publication of a soil survey map, which will show the fertility of the various areas in the upper peninsula, and the character of the soil. This map will be one of the most cal- uable features of the publicity mater ial used to promote the district north of the straits. WILL EXCHANGE STATE LANDS from the audience. Several solo and chorus numbers were introduced by young men posess- ing most pleasing voices and all of the dances and choruB were carried out with the same precision that would have attracted notice in a professional company.

NEW THEATEB OWNER IN GITY TO OPEN BOUSE JURY MAN NOT GUILTY A jury in Judge O. V. court yesterday decided that Joseph Zegles of Woodlawn was not guilty of pois oning a dog belonging to Thomas Alek suuos of the same village. The case was fought out before a jury with Pros. Atty.

T. E. Strom conducting the case for the state and Atty. H. R.

Dotsch appearing for the defendant. $25,000 FELLOWSHIP IS RAISED TO HELP WOMEN SCIENTISTS STAR GAZE Boston, May assist women scientists in studying the stars, a $25,000 fellowship for the observatory at Nantucket island is announced. An Income of $1,000 a year, six months on Nantucket, a term at one of the larger observatories of this country and a year at a research observatory in Europe are the provisions of the fellowship, to which Andrew Carnegie contributed $10,000. Any woman astronomer in America is eligible. An Important measure signed by Gov.

Osborn recently is the Clark bill which permits the state public domain commission to exchange state lands The purpose of this measure is to enable the state to transfer certain lands situated In the northern part of the lowe rpenlnsula and In the upper peninsula to the United States government for lands held in this state by the federal government. At the present time there are hundreds of acres of state and federal land Intermingled, and it for the purpose of making trades bo as to get the state lands Into a more compact body that the bill was Introduced. In making this change it will give to the state, as well as to the United States government, an opportunity of better protecting their lands from the ravages of fire and from timber thieves. An act passed the national congress some time ago, permitting the United States to make an exchange of lands with the State of Michigan. DUYS FIXTURES FOR BIS STORE RECEIVE C.

S. Sullivan, who recently purchased the Lincoln theater here and now has a big crew of men engaged in remodeling the exterior and interior of what will be known as The Royal theatre, arrived in the city last night from Hancock. Mr. Sullivan is now to remuin in Escanaba until the work on the theatre is finished and the playhouse is opened to the public. A new entrance is being constructed and the Interior Is being rearanged and redec orated to greatly improve Its appear ance.

Excellent progress is being made on the work and it is believed that it will be possible to throw the amusement place open to the public again within a week or ten days. Johu E. Jackson has purchased the fixtures fonnerly used at the Continental Clothing Company's store and will Install them at his place of business In the Masonic block. The interior of Mr. tailoring and furnishing store is being refinished by Prof.

A C. Sart, a scenic artist of ability who has painted a number of theatre curtains and undertaken other work in this city. With the redecorated interior and the addition of the new fixtures Mr store will be one of the most attractive in this district. A class of 125 children will receive first communion at St. church on Sunday morning The children of St.

parish who are to receive first communion this spring hive been divided by Father Barth Into three classes and the first class, made up of the older children of the parish wilt be received on Sunday morning. OLD MAID REGLOSE OSBOBN VETOES DILL TO BEMOVE New York, May of the state lunacy commission will apply to the courts this week foi the appointment of representatives to care for the estate of Miss Jane Per kins-Wllllains, an aged Brooklyn spinster whose wealth was revealed only through her committment to an asylum. Miss Williams has been living the life of a recluse for many years in a one-story, dilapidated frame shack on an undeveloped avenue in Brooklyn Los Angeles, May the I Several days ago neighbors com- trlal of the men charged with compll- plained that Miss Williams, who Is city in the destruction with dynamite 1 5 years old, needed attention. She of the Los Angeles Times will cost ap- was removed to the Long Island state proximately $2,000,000, is the estimate hospital for the insane, and yester- by attaches of the district day special agents went to her hovel office. to find out something about her, as Each side, it was pointed out, stands she had resolutely refused to talk ready to spend unlimited sums in the about herself.

What the agents DYNAMITE TBIAL TO One of the bills vetoed by Gov. Osborn was that introduced by Rep. Knight of Norway, removing the closed season in the state for bear. The measure was passed by the senate and house but when It reached Gov. Osborn on Monday he affixed Ills veto and the measure will not become operative.

Under the veto the protection of bear during certain seasons of the year Is In force and will remain in force until other legislative action is taken. WOULD DEPORT WBOLE FAMILY Patrick O'Brien, publisher of the Iron River Stambaugh Reporter was in the city last night on his way from the Soo, where he attended the convention, to his home. A. J. Trevarthen of Quinnesec visited in Escanaba last nlglit.

prosecution and defense of the two McNamaras and McManigal. The court costs will run up in the thousands of dollars expended In bringing witnesses and evidence here and in other necessary expenses. Already detectives hired by the unions have been set to work to watch the detectives of the Burns agency and of the city. It Is understood that this will be continued until the trial begins, and longer if found expedient. With the arrival of M.

Rappaport, attorney for the Bridge and Structural Iron union, definite plans for the defense will be begun. found In the hovel gave them the surprise of their lives. Burried beneath thousands of old newspapers and heaps of trash they found stocks, bonds, mortgages and other papers representing $500,000, together with evidence that, the recluse has at least $500,000 more, In safety deposit vaults in New York, Brooklyn and Albany. Stocks aiul'bonds worth thousands of dollars were tucked away In old china, in an ancient mattress, In holes in the walls and under the floor. Bundles of letters which had never been Washington, May Loeb, who Is in Washington for a conference with Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh, said today that he had asked the department of commerce and labor to decide if David R.

Jacobs, a secondhand dealer, in New York, his wife, Kate, and their daughter, Bessie, can be deported as undesirable aliens. Mrs. Jacobs and the girl on Sunday were taken from a liner and searched, for what purpose the customs officials decline to say. It is Intimated that they were on the lookout, for loot of English thieves. Jacobs has never become a citizen here.

As the custom officials have dence with which to opened contained for family of crime, their which the old woman had never col-1 the hands lected. I at Verhaps.