Morning Oregonian., October 18, 1906, Image 1

VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,309
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FISH VICTORIOUS
ffl HfiRRIlfJ
Names Man for Illinois
Central Board.
HOT FIGHT WITH CROMWELL
Harriman's Man Claims Ma
jority of Directors.
EACH CRIES BROKEN FAITH
deciding Vote on Board Becomes
Bone of Contention in Struggle
Between Financial" Giants
for Control of Road.
tLiI-OIS fESTR.il SYSTEM.
Thu Illinois Central has a mileag-
of 4"4. running from Chicago to w
Orleans, and op.rares M.73A freight
car. This is an Indication of the. im
mune traffic of the Mlissippl Val
ley, which it handles.
Ande. from ita earning capacity as an
Independent line, it is valuable to Har
rlman because it offers a direct con
nection between the Union Pacific and
the Sunset transcontinental routes,
making practically a belt line of the
country west of the Mississippi.
Another Important factor in closing
up a gap In Harriman's dream of rail
road domination in the "West4 is the
possession of terminals and a line into
Chicago. Although relations with the
Northwestern by a traffic agreement
are close and the Interchange -between
the Union Pacific and the St. Paul Is
large. Harriman has no line into Chi
cago that he owns for himself. The
holdings of the Alton, which he is saJd
to control, are insignificant compared
with those of the Illinois Central.
With the completion of the. Panama
Canal, the Importance of the North and
South line, bringing down freight to
the Gulf from the -vhole Mississippi
Valley for shipment to the Pacific
Coast, will be increased and Its value
consequently ra.ised to a monster sys
tem like that dominated by Harrlman.
CHICAGO. Oct. 17. The fight for the
control of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company waxed hot today. StuyveFa.it
rish. president, of the road, and William
Nelson Cromwell, representing E. H Har
riman. president of the Southern Pacific,
clashed openly before 250 stockholders,
who had come from various parts of the
country to attend the meeting. On the
face of the record. Mr. Fish appears to
have been the victor, but that the victory
is not final is insinuated bv Mr. Crom
well. The representative of Mr. Harri
man said to the Associated Press:
"Of a directory of IS people, there are
Mill seven members who have placed
themselves on record in opposition to Mr.
Fish In this contest. There will be a
meeting of the board, probably in Novem
ber. This board will elect the officers of
the railroad. You can draw your 'own
conclusions."
Clash Oyer Agreement.
The clash between Messrs. Hirirman
and Fish was wat;ed over an agreement
dated July 27. and signed by Stuv-
vesant Fish. Charles A. Peabody and E.
H Harriman. In June Mr. Fish had be
frun the collection of proxies for use at
the meeting today. He states that an
effort was also made hv Mr. Harriman
to get proxies through Kunn. Loeb & Co.
On July 1 Mr. Peabody introduced a
resolution at a meeting of the board of
directors that a committee of the direc
tory be appointed to collect proxies. How
ever, on July 27. Messrs. Fish. Peabody
and Harriman entered Into an agreement
as follows:
"Three outgoing directors to be re
elected. Mr. Grinnell's successor to be
selected by a majority of the several di
rectors acting: Mr. Peabody's resolution
of July IS to be withdrawn and not to be
revived this year: Mr. Harriman will
ssk that the Harriman-Kuhn-Loeb prox
ies be given to Mr. Fish."
Will Fever Vote for De Forest.
C. W. Morton Grinnell. a member of
the board of directors, died during the
year. Mr. Fish claims that the Harri
man faction agreed that Mr. Grinnell's
successor should be. a man whose pres
ence in the directory would not be inimi
cal to the Independence of the Illinois
Central and would be acceptable to Mr.
Fish. Henry Pe Forest, a director of the
Southern Pacific, of which Mr. Harriman
is president, and one of counsel for Mr.
Harriman. was named in a petition signed
bv Mr. Harriman and six other directors
to succeed Mr. Grinnell. By reason of
his Southern Pacific affiliations. Mr. De
Forest was not acceptable to Mr. Fish.
Mr. Cromwell declares that under the
agreement Mr. Fish was bound to accept
Mr. Pe Forest and to cast both his own
and the Harriman proxies for him.
At today's meeting Mr Fish, after
formally being called upon by Mr Crom
well to cast the proxies in favor of Mr.
Pe Forest, arose and declared with great
emphasis:
"I will never under any circumstances
vote for Mr. Pe Forest."
Fish Elects Cutting.
Mr. Fish thereupon placed James Pe
wltt Cutting, of New York, in nomina
tion. He then cast a total of 6:3.703
shares for Mr. Cutting Mr. Cromwell
as a matter of record voted ?loo shares
acainst Cutting and later cast them for
tdr Ie Forest, whom he had placed in
nomination. Mr. Cutting: was there
upon declared formally elected to fill out
the unexpired term of Mr. Grinnell,
which is two 3-ears. Charles M. Beach,
J. T. Hanrahan and Cornelius Vander
bilt, whose terms had expired, were re
elected without opposition. Mr. Fish
gave his proxies to Mr. Hanrahan de
spite the fact that the latter had signed
the Harriman petition in favor of Mr. De
Forest Just before the meeting.
Of the stockholders. 708.613 shares of
stock were represented, and of these Mr.
Fish held, after receiving the Harriman
stock. 690.SS7 shares. Sixteen thousand
and sixty-five shares .were voted per
sonally by the owners.
Fish's Story of Struggle.
At 1ft o'clock this morning a perfunctory
meeting of the board of directors was
held, at which it was stated only rou
tine business was transacted. At noon
the stockholders' meeting was called to
order by Mr. Fish amid expectant silence
Mr. Fish stated his side of the contro-
MuyrMuit Fish, President of IlU
DOiit On t raj Railroad, Who De
feated E. H. Harriman's Effort to
Obtain Control.
versy in a prepared statement, which
was in part as follows:
For the first tlm I im called upon in be
half of stockholders to withstand a forcible
and organized effort to change the policy of
the company and in the Intareet of 10 1-5 of
the stock to turn it over to thoe who control
another railroad system. For a year or more
past it has been a matter of public notoriety
that those connected with the management of
the Union Pacific system of ra:lroads have been
purchasing Fharee of the Illinois Central Com
pany In large amounts. During the month of
June laet. I eent out, as has been my custom
for many years paet, notices to each and
e-rery stockholder of record of the time ajid
place of 'he -7.r.nua! meeting1, with a request for
a proxy: frorxi which form of proxy I this year.
for the "esons ab3ve stated, omitted the name
of E- H Harriman. president of tne Union
Pacific Railroad Company.
Ir. Fi?h went on to tell of the- direct
ors' meeting of July IS. at which Mr.
Peabody offered his resolution that a
committee consisting of Messrs. Astor,
Auchinrloss. Goelet. Luttigen and Van
derbilt b appointed to collect proxies
for the next annual meeting and that
the committee have discretion to consult
counsel on any legal questions that might
arise. Mr. Fish continued:
He Sees Through Scheme.
This forced me to lay before the directors
then present, in plain terms, that Mr. Pea
bodv'a motion appeared to be an attempt by
such of the directors as were also directors of
the Union Pacific to turn the control of the
Illinois Central over to those controlling the
former company. As is well known, the di
rector of the Illinois Central who are also di
rectors of the Union Pacific Company are E.
H. Harriman. Charles A. Peabody and Robert
W. Goelet, each of whom was present at said
meeting, the total attendance at which con
sisted of seven directors, including- myself. In
view of the lack of notice and the smallnese
of the attendance. I then stated to the board
that I saw through the proposition as plainly
as through a pane of -glass and. being unwill
ing to be a party to it, would leave The meet
ing and break the quorum, which I did.
Mr. Fish then outlined to his auditors
the meeting of July ft. at which he was
assured by Messrs. Harriman and Pea
body that there was no intention to turn
over the control of the Illinois Central
to any other corporation and that a suc
cessor tn Mr. Grinnell would be chosen
In one who would be a man of character,
represent all . the . stockholders . and be
personally satisfactory to Mr. Ftsh. Re
lying upon these representations, Mr.
Fish on the next day, after a further
conference, signed the agreement before
mentioned. Mr. Fish continued:
Says Agreement Was Broken.
At the regular meetings held in August and
September there was a bare quorum present,
seven members. On October 1 1906. a special
meeting of the board having been, called, at
which there were present eight directors,
realizing that this would be the last occasion
on which it would be possible to get any con
siderable number of them together for the
purpose of carrying out tte understanding
reached on July 2ft and 27, I asked the di
rector prwnt to remain in the room after
ihe adlournment of the board, which all of
them did. There were then present Messrs.
Welling. Hanrahan. Harriman, Luttigen.
Beach. Astor, Vanderbtlt and myself. I. then
took up with them the question of a successor
V Mr Grinnell. Before any discussion was
had by the direi-tors on thl matter. I was
surprised at being presented by Mr. Harriman
with written commitment prev1-u?Iy procured
by him from certain directors, without notice
to me an-1 others, of the selection of Henry
tv. De Forest, a director of the Southern Pa
cific Company, a subsidiary corporation of the
Union Fa rifle. This being in contravention and
utter v.oiarjon of the understanding and agree
ment that an independent man not affiliated
w ith Union Pacific interest should be
brought into the boa.rd. I prompt lv seated that
this was not in accordance with the agree
ment, that it was in violation of the aseur
?nces given me and that I would not cast any
proxies that I held for Mr. De Forest, reported
to be one of Mr. HarTlman's private counsel.
Inasmuch as th:s would be doing the very
thing which the agreement was intended to
prevent
Opposes Harriman Scheme.
Mr. Fish, continuing, said:
The issue thus presented is whether I sha'l
vote as proxy for the stockholders- of the 1
Illinois Central Company in favor of turning
aver their property in effect to the control of
another company, when such proxies have been
entrusted to me with the full knowledge that
I would oppose any sur-h action. I notified
Mr. Harrtrrmn and his associates that I would,
not vote any of their proxie in oppoeition to
their expreje.l wish, but at the same time
I would not become a party to Vnlr itj
iConcluded on Pajpe 3.1
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SPLIT OK ROCK
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Exporters and Strikers
Cannot Agree.
SMALL HOPE FOR ARBITRATION
Employers Will Not Take Men
Back to Work as Body.
CONTEND FOR OPEN SHOP
VTliile Both Sides Have Agreed to
Arbitrate, They Are Still Far
Apart on the Most Vital
Issue Involved.
CONDITIONS ODER WHICH
EACH SIDE IS WILLING
TO ARBITRATE.
GRAINHANDL.ERS Immediate dis
continuance of police protection at
grain docks: re-employment of all
union men worklns prior to Septem
ber 1 at old scale, pending settlement
of strike: arbitration board to consist
of five members.
EXPORTERS Continuance of police
protection at the docks: refuse to era
ploy all old bands for the reason that
they have many good men now at work
who have taken positions voluntarily
relinquished by strikers: Teady to ac
cept five men instead of three on arbi
tration board: limit agreement to arbi
trate to waee Question.
VITAL QUESTION LEFT OPECC
Recognition of Grainhandlers' Union
and permanent re-employment of all
men now out on strike.
The question of union recognition
threatens to bririg to grief Mayor Lane's
effort to settle the -waterfront strike.
Although both sides have agree'a to arbi
trate, they are still far apart on the
moft vital issue involved and there is
abundant reason to fear that arbitration
will fail as a rult of the inability of
the arbitrators to unite on the questions
to be arbitrated.
In their reply to the Mayor's letter
asking for an arbitration the exporters
specifically limit their agreement to
arbitrate to the wage question. The reply
of the grainhandlers is less specific, but
plainly indicates an intention to demand
consideration of ail matters involved in
the controversy and is tantamount to a
declaration that recognition of the union
must also be arbitrated. '
The four arbitrators appointed by the
strikers and their former employers prob
ably will meet at the City Hall this
afternoon to select a fifth man and at
this time, no cViubt. the question of union
recognition will be injected into the con
troversy. The indications are that the
Mayor's plan .to end the strike will meet
its supreme test before an arbitration
board is organized. '
Demand Is Stumbling Block.
By the Exporters' Association, the stip
ulation of the Grainhandlera' Union that
all its members who declined to sign
the 35-cent scale on September 1 and re
fused to return to work on the morning
of Monday. September 2, shall be taken
back under the old scale pending an
arbitration of the controversy, is regarded
as equivalent to a demand for recogni
THERE'S
tion of the union and will not be agreed
to for that reason. ,
Prior to the walkout of September 2 the
exporters had for years recognized the
Grainhandlers' Union and the exporters
see a "nigger in the woodpile" in the re
quest , of the grainhandlers that the
strikers be taken back- "in accordance
with our last written agreement."
For this reason they frankly declare
that they will not consent to this stipu
lation. Neither will they agree that the
police shall be withdrawn from the docks
pending the arbitration. And last, but
not least, they intimate that they do not
see tneir way clear to discharge 'many
of the non-union men who are now filling
the places of the strikers.
On the other hand, the grainhandlers
manifest a determination to adhere
strictly to the letter of their reply to
Mayor Lane which is appended, and
which, as has been stated, may easily be
construed to mean that the union de
mands recognition and will insist that all
non-union men who are at work'on the
docks become members of the union in
case the matter of wage3 is adjusted
satisfactorily to all parties.
Ample Precedents In History.
It is on this rock that the arbitration
ship seems likely to be wrecked. Strike
history furnishes ample precedents. The
problem of dealing with the strikebreak
ers invariably comes up for settlement at
the close of every great strike, and in
variably' the position taken by the em
ployer is: "These men have been loyal
to me in my trouble. I cannot in justice
to them or to myself discbarge them. I
am willing to take back every old em
ploye for whom I can find a place, but I
cannot agree to make a place by dis
charging a good man who is now work
ing for me. I harbor no grudge against
any union man merely because he is a
union man, but I cannot favor on that
account. I must treat all alike."
"Then." asks the union, "will you not
require these men who are now working
for you to join our union?" And the em
ployer has the same answer in every
case. "No. That is a matter for the
man himself to decide. If he is willing
to join your union I have no objection,
but if he prefers to remain independent,
I shall not interfere."
This means the "open shop," and the
open shop, unless all signs fail, will be
the final issue to be decided in the set
tlement of the Grainhandlers' strike.
Proof of this fact is contained in
the following interview given out by
W. J. Burns, publicity agent for the
Exporters' Asociation last night:
Proof In Burns Interview.
"We cannot in justice to our pres
ent employes accede to the request of
the Grainhandlers' Union that all our
former employes now on strike be
taken back under the old scale pending
an arbitration. The men now at work
came here at our request when our for
mer employes voluntarily relinquished
their positions, and many of them "have
given every satisfaction.
"Another clause in tteir acceptance
of the Mayor's proposal is the demand
that police protection be withdrawn
from the docks. This we shall also re
fuse to consider, for only this afTer
noon two wagons laden with provisions
for our men on the steamer Bailey
Gatzert were held up .and prevented by
threats of violence from delivering the
supplies. This is only one of a number
of such instances in the past few days
and we are of the opinion that police
are needed there jn even larger num
bers than at present."
Oscar Melby, business agent of the
Grainhandlers" Union, yesterday after
noon made the following statement:
"We have agreed to the proposition
of arbitration and have sent a letter
to Mayor Lane to that effect. We shall
adhere to specifications set forth in
that letter. I am not at liberty to
state what our action will be in the
event that our requests are denied
We will have a meeting tomorrow
morning, when we will select our ar
bitrators, who will have full power to
act."
The grainhandlers request the with
drawal of the police on the ground
that the presence of the officers is an
affront to them. They are firm in
their declaration that they ave en-
(Concluded on Page 14.)
NO " AFTER-YOU-ALPH0NSE " ABOUT THIS
JURY HOLDS FATE
OF STANDARD OIL
Lawyers Have Final
Bout at Oratory.
JURY STILL OUT AT 2:30 A. M.
Sale of Manhattan to Stand
ard Causes Sensation.
KLINE'S GREAT PANEGYRIC
Finds AH Virtues Embodied in
Saintly Octopus and Envy,
Hatred and Malice in En
emies and Persecutors.
ITNDLAT, Ohio. Oct. 18 At 2 o'clock
Thursday morning the jury in the Stan
dard Oil suit was still deliberating.
FINDLAY, O., Oct. 17. After a trial of
seven ejays. the fate of the Standard Oil
Company of Ohio, charged with conspir
acy against trade, was placed in the hands
of the Jury at 8:30 o'clock tonight The
day's proceedings were the most stren
uous of the trial. Heavy speeches on
both sides were made. Virgil P. Kline
concluded for the defense and Attorney
General Ellis for the prosecution. The
defense submitted 14 points of law for in
corporation in the charge to the jury, all
but two of which were rejectedr Judge
Banker then read his elaborate charge and
the jury retired to deliberate.
Hot Words Between Lawyers.
The tension between counsel on either
side, which has been on the increase as
the case progressed, reached the breaking
point today, and hot words of criticism
passed, the crowded courtroom became
demonstrative for the first time and the
court sternly rebuked all concerned. The
collision resulted from the receipt of a
telegram by the Attorney-General stating
that the Manhattan Oil Company had to
day sold out to the Standard for $2,000,000:
JJhis was declared by the defense a trick
to influence the jury. The prosecution
retorted that the matter would never have
reached the jury had not Mr. Kline, who
made the charge, mentioned the matter in
open court. The incident closed with a
severe admonition from the court. The
Jury was also told not to regard the mat
Cares Xot for Slanderers. ,
"I am glad to have the opportunity to
face a jury in Hancock County," Mr.
Kline began, "and discuss before you the
facts and fancies of this case. The
Standard Oil Company stands here
charged with an offense against the laws
of the State of Ohio. - It has not replied
to its enemies. Its slanderers, its foes
have been allowed to pass unanswered.
Those slanderers from the pulpit, per
haps at times from the press, and from
the streets, it would have been well for
it. perhaps, to have answered. But all
the time it has attended to its business
faithfully and diligently. I have no apol
ogy to make for the Standard Oil Com
pany. "With prosperity there comes envy,
with envy there comes hatred, and with
hatred misrepresentation and all man
ner of prejudice which is to be found
in the pathway of every man who suc
ceeds and every corporation that suc
ceeds."
Mr. Kline expressed his contempt for
the faultfinders in the midst of the great
est prosperity the country ever knew.
Mr. Kline described the beginning of
the oil industry, its founders being "poor
young men. starting in life as poor as
anybody whoever worked their way from
poverty to affluence."
Right to Organize Trust.
Mr. Kline made the point that the five
men, owning all the stock in a dozen cor
porations, have a right to manage the
property to the benefit of the general in
terests. If they have acquired the prop
erty, it is their- right to manage it as
they see fit. provided they observe the
rights of others. There is nothing in
the Valentine law that prohibits such
management by owners.
Mr. Kline made a defense of corporate
enterprise and justified the development
of the Standard Oil Company. He dwelt
particularly on the decision of the Su
preme Court of the State of 1S9S. declar
ing the trust dissolved and said the
Standard Oil Company of Ohio since No-
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. H. Harriman, President of Fnlon
Pacific and Southern Pacific Rail
roads, Who Contested With Stuy
vesant Fish for Control of Illi
nois Central Railroad.
vember, 1S92. had not been a party to the
trust agreement, conclusive proof of
which he said was the decision of the
Supreme Court referred to.
How Law Was Obeyed.
Mr. Kline described the manner of
complying with the order of the court
commanding the termination of the
original trust. Certificates of owner
ship in the 35.000 shares of trust stock
were issued. 'The certificates were
given to the owners of the trust stock
in exchange for that stock. These cer
tificates represent a proportional own
ership in all of the companies in the
trust. Mr. Kline maintained that the
certificate of ownership of the trust
stock was the only way in which the
order of the court, to dissolve the trust
could be obeyed. The Supreme Court
did not undertake to confiscate any
property; it simply ordered the trust
agreement to be abandoned. This had
been complied with.
LEOPOLD SITTING ON LID
Moves All Powers to Prevent Expo
sure ol Congo.
ROME, Oct. 17. It has been learned
here that King Leopold of Belgium is
using his personal influence to prevent
the proposed international conference
regarding the existing conditions in the
Congo Independent State. He has even
asked the assitance of the Vatican to
this end, but his request has not yet
been granted.
Italy is in favor of such a conference,
but she has not yet officially acqui
esced in the proposal-
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weathers
YES TERD AT S M a ilmum
tmprature.
ft
negre; minimum, 4.
TODAY'S Showers and slightly warmr; wet
erly winds.
Foreign.
Itttle hop that crew of sunken French sub
marine survive, rage
French Premier will resign. Page 8.
Japan plots rebellion In India. Page -3.
Cyclone BtrlkeB Havana. Page 3.
National.
Taft returns from Cuba and denies he will be
next President. Page 8.
Troope may ' drive Utes from Wyoming.
Page a
Politics.
John Mitchell speaks for labor candidate.
Page 2. . m
Bryan in Wisconsin. Page 2.
Cannon speak in New York campaign.
Page 2.
Domestic.
Fish and Harriman have battle for contrel
of Illinois Central Railroad; Fish wins
first round. Page 1.
Bankers will have warm debate on currency
reform. Page 4.
New York' Central convicted of rebating.
Page 3.
Tr. Brouwer acquitted of murder. Page 3.
Carnegie Hero Commission makes awards.
Page 1.
Mining Congress1 favors law against frauds
Page 4.
Jury out in Standard Oil case. Page 1.
Eouth will pay public honors to Mra Davis
Page 4.
Railroad surgeons oppose retiring old engi
neers. Page 4.
Sport.
Corbett and Mc Govern fight bloody six rounds
Page 5.
Hoppe wins billiard match. Page 5.
k Pacific Coast.
Forest reserves are established In Southern
and Eastern Oregon. Page 6
Oregon Baptists are urged to come to the sup
port of McMinnvlUe College. Page 14.
Washington Commission says it holds the whip
hana on the railroads. Page 6.
Pine Vailey saloonkeeper la arrested for the
murder of Wilks Moody, wealthy Eakr
County rancher. Page 6.
Burbank produces an apple half sweet and
haif sour. Page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Plan for arbitration of grainhandl-rs' errike
likely to fail because of exporters' rfueal
to arbitrate question of union recognition.
Page 1.
Spokane detective arrives to search fT elw
to murderer of Reno Hutchinson. Page 2.
East Side Business Men's Club e'ects officers
and outlines work. Page 11.
Oregon Masons to lay cornerstone of new
temple in Portland next Saturday. Page 9.
A- C. Jackson, of fan Francisco, appointed
advertising agnt of Harriman lines in the
Northwest. Page 10.
Midnight burglar beats Mrs. Tibbetts. of
Woodstock, with butt of revolver. Page 9.
Servant problem worries Portland housewives.
Page lo.
Jury to try Allie Cramer for arson is secured.
Page 10.
Council turns down McCueker gas franchise:
promoter will invoke referendum. Page 11.
Council postpones vote on revoking licenses of
Chinese gin joints. Page 10. J
MEDALS ID GASH
" FOB 'MANY HEROES
Sixteen Awards by
Carnegie Board.
MANY SAVEO FROM DROWNING
College Students and School
boys and Girls Honored.
BRAVE RESCUE IN TUNNEL
Young Men and Women Decorated
and Given Cash to Help Educa
tion Politician Saves His
Deadly Enemy From Death.
PITTSBURG. Oct. 17. (Special.)
The Carnegie hero fund commission at
its meeting here today made 16 awards.
Medals were given in aJl cases and in
addition $13,000 in cash was given.
The cases of William J. A. Darst,
of the Chicago Beach Hotel, and a
student at the University of Indiana,
and C. W. Snyder, whose home is at
South Haven. Mich., and who is a stu
dent at the Lewis Institute at Chica
go, are among the most interesting.
Save Drowning In Storm.
On May 17, 1904. at Chicago, George
H. Grosvenor. aged 17 years, of Chi
cago, a student, and Robert Bell, aged
17 years, of Chicago, a student, were
thrown into Lake Michigan from a
16-foot sailing canoe, which capsized
about a quarter of a mile from, shore.
A brisk wind was blowing from the
north, the surface of the lake was
running with white caps, and Darst
and Snyder In a 15-foot flat-bottomed '
boat went to the rescue. They were
compelled to make a long detour to
avoid a breakwater, against which the
water was being dasned SO feet high.
Grosvenor and Bejl were reached with
great difnculty and pulled into the
boat. The rescued men collapsed and
were unable to give any assistance in
rowing bark to shore. The life-saving
crew shortly after arrived on the
scene from its station about a mile
away, and the captain and crew were
loud in their praise of the rescuers
for venturing on the lake in such
rough weather in a small boat. Each
boy was awarded a bronze medal and
$1000, with which to complete his ed
ucation. Girl and Boy Joint Heroes.
On January 30. 1905. at Appleton, Wis.,
Miss Beulah E. Hubbs, Miss Blanche H.
Dennieon and Xorman Brokaw were car
ried on a toboggan over a low retain
ing wall along the Fox River onto the ice
on the river. The toboggan broke through
the ice. None of them could swim, but
they kep their heads above the water by
catching hold of the edge of the ice.
Elsie C. Plantz, aged 15 years, of Ap
pleton, a student, ran down a steep hill
65 feet high, walked out on the ice and
pulled out Brokaw. She then attempted
to pull out Miss Hubbs. who was hold
ing to the hands of Miss Dennison. and
succeeded in getting her on the ice. but
their combined weight broke it and let
the three girls into the water, where they
struggled until rescued shortly afterward.
Miss Plantz is a daughter of the presi
dent of Lawrence University at Appleton.
She was awarded a silver medal.
At the same time and place and in
the same rescue, Irving Church, aged 30
years, of Menominee Falls, Wis., a
stuiient. rescued the three unfortunates.
He walked out on the ice and success
fully pulled the three out, going about 13
feet from the shore and crawling where
the ice was quite thin. Church suf
fered from nervous shock and exposure
and was confined in bed for four daya
after the rescue. He was awarded a
bronze medal.
Rescue From Leaking Tunnel.
On April 30, 1306, at Milwaukee, while
Jacob Flyter. aged 30 years, a labor fore
man, and four laborers were endeavoring
to stop a leak In a tunnel being con
structed under the Milwaukee River, the
laborers became frightened and deserted
the foreman. In their hurry they inter
fered with the proper operation of a
system of air-locks, which Imprisoned the
foreman without any hope of escape,
back of an airtight door. The water in
the section of the tunnel back of the door
where the man was imprisoned rapidly
rose above his hips. Harris G. Giddings.
aged 45 years. Milwaukee, captain of a
fireboat, learning what had happened, de
scend the shaft and made an unsuc
cessful effort to open the door. He was
soon joined by Laurence A. Hanlon and
Peter Lancaster. Although told that it
would be certain death to force the door,
they determined to do this if possible.
After working two and one half hours in
water o-er four feet deep, they succeeded
in forcing the door with a bar far enough
to pull the man through and all escaped.
Each was awarded a gold medal and
$1500.
Family of Hero Provided For.
On July 25, 1904. at Warsaw. Ind., Wil
liam H. Funk, aged 36 years, city mar
shal, for the purpose of inspecting some
pumping machinery descended a lift
well of the sewerage system of the city
and was overcome by gas. James V.
Godman, aged 30 years, city engineer of
Warsaw, ran to the manhole and im
mediately descended. He made three ef
forts to lift Funk's body, but was over-
(Concluded on Face 3.)