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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-24
MACARTHUR Defends
THE SAILORS UNION
Testihes Before Referee in
the Injunction Pro
ceedings
NOT ONE-MAN STRIKE
Action Could Not Be Taken
Without Order of the
Unions, He Says

Referee Clement Bennett held a ses-
sion IN the United States District Court
yesterday morning TO take further tes-
t,monv in the proceedings against
Walter Macarthur. Andrew Furuseth,
the Sailors Union and others, charged
with contempt OF the restraining order
issued last summer by United States
Circuit Judge Morrow.
Walter Macarthur. a member Of the
executive committee OF the Sailors
Union. testified in reply TO questions
bv n ". Hutton for the union and J.
". dorsey for the Hammond Lumber
Company. He began by saying that
no individual could be said 10 have
charge OF the strike. The executive
committee carried out the instructions
of the unions. and did not act on Its
own Initiative He denied all knOwl-
edge as 10 the hire or purchase OF the
picket launches. or Of their reported
attacks upOn nonunion vessels. He at
tended nearly al the meetings Of the
executive committee and had heard
Fliruseth tell the union men about the
injunction.
Macarthur added that the Injunction
was necessary to emphasize the union
rules against violence, and that IL the
courts did not punish a union man for
using violence the union would. Union
men would be guided always by what
they considered legal and rightful, re-
-ardless Of the terms of the injunction.
The rule Of the union was. he added,
that the laws must be ObeYed. Violence
only injured the cause of unionism.
They believed only in persuasive legal
tactics.
NO complaints Of violence during the
strike. he said. had been made to the
committee. lie would not say that in
j 1,n Fo-
duty. because no inducements were
authorized TO be offered nOnunion men
merely TO state the truth about the
situation II was not so much the per-
suasive power OF the picket that was
needed as moral perception on the part
of nonunion men. In that they ap-
peared 10 be somewhat deficient.
The witness admitted that there was
violence on the water front during the
strike. but not any more than existed
before or after. There were always
men there looking for trouble and
finding it, often a disturbance was
created by misdirected sympathy Of
friends; sometimes enemies Of the or
ganization started the trouble and In
duced violence. A nonunion man on
the water front was as safe during a
strike as at any other time-as safe
ss any other citizen. He was not
.ooked upon with favor by union men,
but with compassion and hope. The
union never delegated its power with
out specific instructions. Even Furu-
seth could not do anything without in
structiOns.
II. G. Lundberg. a union patroiman.
was the only other witness. He said
that pickets boarded union vessels for
the purpose OF taking ashore sailors
who might want TO leave the ship. He
admitted that III was the aim Of the
union TO unionize all sailors so that
nOnunion vessels would be obliged 10
accede 10 the unions demands or go
out of business.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Items of General Interest Re.
ceiyed From all Over
the State.
MERRY DANCERS DEFY PRIEST
Trip the Light Fantastic Until 3
O'Clock in the Morning.
All Dutch Customs in the Town of Lit
tie Chute, on the Fox River,
Broken by First Night Par
ty in Its History.

Appleton, Wis, April 22.-Flaunting
acts of defiance upon the edict of
Father KnegteI, of Little Chute, 1872
couples assembled at a dance hall, and
tripped the light fantastic until 3
O'Clock in the morning. This was the
first night dance ever held in the vii
lage Of Little Chute. the place being
one of the oldest settlements in the
Fox river valley.
The agitation for night dances came
into prominence among the young HOl-
landers of the village Il few weeks ago.
The matter was referred to Rev.
Father Knegtel. the young people de-
string to secure his approval before
deviating from the custom OF their
fOrefatherS. who for fifty years have
danced only in the daytime. Immedi
ately the divine objected to this prOce-
effect that any of his parshiOnerS
caught dancing after darkness will be
summarily expelled from the church.
and also declaring that if the move
meGt became general among his peO
pie he would resign from his position
The young people took exception to
this peremptOry order. Several meet
lngs ensued, and it was finally de
cided among many to transgress the
order of the priest.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
GOES TO PRISON
TO SHIELD WOMAN
Woo st Dck, Wis, Cheirmaster Pleads
Guilty to Prevent Introduction
of Evidence.

Kenosha, Wis, April 20.-The
Woodstock church choir scandal came
to an end in the circuit court here.
Edward Conklin. charged with being
intimate with Mrs. Clara ID. Murphy,
the former wife OF Parry w. Murphy,
of Woodstock. pleaded guilty and was
sent to the state prison for a year and
a half.
More than a score of prominent peO-
pie of Woodstock. all members Of the
First Baptist church there. in which
Conklin was choirmaster and where
Mrs. Murphy sang, came TO Kenosha
to testify, but Conklin was unwilling:
to have evidence introduced and
pleaded guilty.
Mrs. Murphy was tried before a
church council and is now awaiting
sentence. The woman. who is famous
throughout northern Illinois for her
personal beauty, was formerly the
wife of John G. Policy, Il son of the
late Judge John c. Policy. of Chica-
go. 1t is claimed that she left her
home in Woodstock to live in Il barn
Of Twin Lakes with Conklin. Con
kiln has wife and daughter living
Mt Woodstock.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Why ! SWELLING Follows a Blow,

The swelling which follows from a
blow is natures effort to protect the
part from further injury and to keep it
at rest while repair is going on. What
actually takes place at the seat of in
jury is not even now quite understood.
The injury to the smaller blood vessels
interferes with the flow of blood
through them, and the white corpus
cles, with part of the serum, the wa
tering part of the blood, escape into
the surrounding tissues. At the same
time the blood vessels in the neighbor-
hood dilate, and the increased flow Of
blood with the thoroughfare INSTRUCTED
increases the swelling. 1t is probable
that the white corpuscles of the blood
pass into the tissues to assist in the re-
pair, as bees or ants assemble at an in
jury to their storehOuse, but with this
difference-that the substance of the
corpuscles is probably converted into
the tissue of repair From one point of
view the human body is only one gi-
gantic colony of individuals and The
swelling that follows injury but the
rush Of these to repair the breach.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
A Quaint Scotch Wedding Custom.

A quaint wedding custom still pre-
walls in many of the little country
towns and mining villages in Scotland
When a wedding is held the contract
ing parties make their guests pay in
full for the eating, drinking and dane
ing facilities which are usually pro-
v1ded on such occasions. The practice
still seems to survive even in Glasgow
A correspondent observed notice
posted up in the Cowcaddens. low
class Glasgow thoroughfare, informing
the public that soldier would shortly
enter into the bonds of wedlOck and
that twopence would be charged for
admission to the ceremony and an adj
ditiona sixpence imposed for attend
ance at the wedding feast. The prac
tice seems to be peculiarly Scotch. but
sixpence certainly seems moderate
enough for Il marriage Supper.-West-
Minister Gazette
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
PRESIDENT FINLEY's REMARK:
Railway Income Will Not Suffice for
Betterments and Extensions.

Memphis. Tenn, April %. = w. w.
Finley. president of the Southern Rail
way company, made notable address
at banquet given in honor Of himself
and other prominent railroad men at
the Hotel Gayoso by John IL. Watkins.
the newly elected president of the
Memphis Railroad Terminal associa-
ton. Watkins invited 100 representa-
tive business men TO meet his guests.
After a plea for fair treatment cf
the railways Finley pointed out the
utter inadequacy of railway income to
provide funds for betterments and
extensions, showing that if every dol
lar of the net income of the Souther;,
railway from its organization had been
used for this purpose it would have
amounted to only about $1,000
per mile. whereas the road has actual
~ spent, or contracted to spend, for
capitalized betterments and improve
ments more than $96,OO0OOO. or within
a fraction of $4,000 per mile on its
present mileage ..ss-.,.s.
He showed that adequate funds:
could be obtained only by borrowing.
and that every attack on the earning
power of railway through legisla-
ton reducing arbitrarily it's charges Or
imposing onerOuS and restrictive con-
ditions ON It's operation is an attack on
it's ability to maintain and improve it's
service and reacts on those it is intend
ed to benefit
Referring to the proposition to re,
luce passenger fares in the southern
states as an illustration of the charac-
ter of legislation that cripples the abili-
~ of a railway to perform service and
improve its facilities Finley pointed
out that passenger rates that might be
profitable in states with dense popu-
lation and heavy passenger traffic. like
Massachusetts. New York or Ohio.
would be impossible in states like Ten
nesSee and Mississippi.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
III. G.. ANDERSON.
K. F. D. No. 3. Cambridge, Wis.
First publication April 10, 1907.
Notice OF Hearing.
CTATE OF WISCONSIN,

CTATE OF WISCONSIN,
~ County Court for Rock County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at special
term of the County Court to be held in
aud for said County at the Court House, in the
City OF GAINESVILLE. in said County, on the third
Tuesday, being the 21st day of May 1907.
at O'Clock a. M. the following matter will
be heard and considered:
The application of Emergene Stillman. TO
admit to Probate the last will and testament
of Henry w. Stillman, late of the city OF Ed
gerton in said county, deceased.
Dated April 10Th. 1907.
BY the Court,
j. w. SALE. County Judge.
T. p. TOwNE Attorney.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Men, Car aud Garage i'm Crash.

Oshkosh, Wis, April 23.-Three men
hurt. two seriously. large automobile
was wrecked, and the front of the
Kruger automobile garage was blown
out by the explosion of an acetylane
gas tank. The injured are: Frank
Blum, of Milwaukee, a chauffeur en-
plOyed by the Kruger Automobile
company; Bart Homan, formerly of
Ripon, a machinist in the employ of
the same concern; Frederick Stretch.
d young manufacturer and horseman
of this city Blum had his right hand
crushed and his arm broken just above
the wrist
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Minnesota Leads in Finding Our
How Much Her Railways
Are Worth.
FIGURES ON A PRICE PER MILE
Then Compares It with the Amount
Of Their capitalization.
Finds Very Wide Difference and
Wants More International. b.
Stickney Is Given q Hot
Roast.

st. Paul April 23.-Railroad proper
ty in Minnesota is valued at $215.OOO.
600 by the Sundberg Investigating
committee, which has made it's report
to the Minnesota state senate This
is approximately sd, 0O0 mile. Thu
property is capitalized to the extent of
about $400.O00,OOO. or $4,000 a mile,
on an average. The net earnings, ac-
cording to the committees findings.
averaged over $1,000 mile last year,
or Is per cent. on the committees val.
uati0n.
Would Do Some More Probing.
The committee. which consists OF
Senators Sundberg. eastman, Cane
storp. Nelson and Sageng, recommends
that a committee or commission Of
three be empowered to investigate gen-
orally into the capitalization of the
railroads OF Minnesota and the rela-
ton the stocks and bonds bear to the
value thereof. and the enactment Of
such appropriate legislation as the con-
ditions disclosed demand" The text
of the report was prepared by James
Manahan.
How the Committee Figured.
The report says that to arrive at
the cost of reproducing and equipping
the different lines in their present con
dition the committee considered: First.
the original cost of construction; sec
ond. the cost of improvements, better.
ments and equipment added since;
third the cost and character of the
lines recently built:fourth the expense
Of operating and the earnings under
existing rates: fifth the stocks and
bonds and the value and water there
of: sixth. the geography of the line
and the judgment displayed in it's 10
cation
Roast for A. B. Stickney.
A large section of the report is de
voted to drastic review of the Chica-
go Great Western. This road it says,
was built by A. 3. Stickney, who
raised the funds by acquiring, organic,
inc. reoreanizing and "HarrimaniZing
divers and sundry corporations of Min
nesota. Iowa and Illinois, The capital
stock and funded debt of the road is
S143.6GS per mile. and the committee
figures it valued at about one-fifth
that or $4,000 mile.
Put i'm Too Much Water.
In it's last report the company certi-
ties that line and equipment costs $685.,
OIL per mile. and in the detail of it's
statement there is an item. purchase
of constructed road. $66,994.63 per
mile" This would mean S5O,0OO,OO0
for the whole line. In 1891 there was
reported for purchase Of constructed
roads. $6.313, 1912" 1t was then S15
miles long "Fifteen years later" says
the committee. this elastic item had
been stretched to $5O,594, 344.2 but
the whole line had shrunk sixty miles
in length. IT had been watered too
much"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
THE PERFECT WAY.
Scores of Edgerton Citizens Have
Learned 1t.

dOo1 ACo
If you suffer from backache,
There is only one way to cure it.
The perfect way is to cure the kidneys.
A bad back means sick kidneys.
Neglect it, urinary troubles follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills are made for kid
neys only.
Mrs. r. M. Wilson, OF 2O2 Mineral
Point ave-, GAINESVILLE, Wis. says: II
had been suffering with my back for a
number of years [ had constant pain
in the loins and | felt so generally weak
and run down that | often felt that
could not keep up. | used liniments
and other remedies that did not help
me, and finally, seeing Doans Kidney
Pills highly recommended in our papers,
[ sent to drug store and got box and
began using them. A few doses were
sufficient to rid me of the pain and
continued taking the remedy until en-
tirely cured. My son found the same
satisfaction in using them for bladder
trouble as he has been entirely free
from it since using Doan's Kidney
Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co.,. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's and
take no other. 19
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Street Car President Arrested.

Milwaukee, April 22.-John I. Beggs.
president Of the Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Lighting company. was
arrested on warrants charging him
with obstructing the streets at night
with cars in violation. of the ordi-
nance on that subject The warrants
were sworn out by Police Sergeant
Komerak. and result from the quarrel
between Mayor Becker and Chief OF
Police JanSSen
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Due to Error in Bookkeeping.

Madison, Wis. April 2O.-Rumors
that discrepancy of 100000 had
been found in the accounts of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin startled the city.
but were emphatically denied by Pres
ident Van Hise and Regents Magnus
Swenson of Madison. and Pliny Nor
cross. of GAINESVILLE. No shortage Or
discrepancy of any kind exists. the.s
say. the only thing wrong being an
error in bookkeeping.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
"Czar OF Erin" Dead.

New Richmond. Wis, April 23.-
Thomas Walsh. pioneer of western
Wisconsin and known in Wisconsin
politics as 1.-The cZar of Erin" is dead
at his home in this county. Mr..
Walsh served nineteen terms as chair
man of his town and always took an
active part in state politics as we'll
His political foes gave him the title
Of "cZar"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Mrs. Mclean Wins Election

Washington, April 2O.-Mrs. Don
aid Mclean. of New York. has been
elected president of the Daughters Ct
the American Revolution. The re-
mainder of the administration ticket
also was successful.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Had Been Struck by a Train.

GAINESVILLE. Wis, April %. The body
Of man found in the river six miles
south of the city was identified ia
George LEOPOLD. of Bradford. Pa. Lie,
pold who was about 80 years Of age
had evidently been struck by train
while OH the bridge and knocked into
the river.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
WISCONSIN Deadlock Holds.

Madison, Wis. April %. = The sen
atorial deadlock remains unbrOken
Stephenson gained one vote on the
twentieth ballot. the result being as
follows: Cooper. II: Esch. is: Hat
ten. Is: Lenroot. IS: Stephenson. 90:
Baensch. 4: Winkler. ,: Hudnall i:
Owen l.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
To Make Barber Shops Pure.

Manitowoc, Wis, April 20.-Too
long has the barber shop been the
dumping ground for bad stories and
low sentiment. say local BARRIERS, and
with the view of graduating the evil
local shops will have signs printed and
posted asking their patrons to refrain
from the practices of yore. The bar
bers state that the talk is not so much
a desire Oh the part of the customers
whatever the cause, they propose to
have no more of it. A general adj
vance in price from ten cents for a
shave to fifteen cents is also change
made
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Prominent Musician Dead.

Milwaukee. Wis. April 23.-Julius
Klauser, aged 53 years. for many
years one of the most prominent men
In musical circles of the city and
state, is dead at Lakeside hospital aft
er brief illness.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Case of Murder SUSPECTED.

Chippewa Falls. Wis. April OLA
cob Roethslisberger,t a wealthy farmer.
was found in a burning haystack with
a bullet hole in his side. 1t is believed
that some one shot him and tried to
cover up the crime by setting the stack
on fire. Officers found number of let
tiers threatening his life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
FIRE DESTROYS
TWO CHURCHES
Many Hurt at Menomonie.
Wis. Blaze.

MenOmonie. Wis. April 23.-The
city was totally destroyed by fire in
the morning A high wind spread the
flames to the Baptist church, partly
destroying it. and the residence of DR..
Phillips, three blocks away. caught
fire from flying cinders. causing con
siderable loss.
The Marinette fire department was
called to assist the local department.
The falling steeple injured two men
Fireman ConnOrs was severely hurt
Sam Cearfoss was carried from the
burning mass to- the hospital, prob
ably fatally injured. A flying cinder
set fire to the garments of young
woman spectator. severely burning her
about the hands and face. The loss
is partially covered by insurance. The
origin of the fire is unknown
Chief Asks His Own Suspension.
Milwaukee, April 2O.-The troubles
between Mayor Becker and Chief Of
Police Jansen came to q head when
the chief made public a letter he sent
to the mayor two days ago demand
ing that the mayor suspend him and
file charges against him before the po
lice and fire board. The letter was
handed to the mayors secretary by
Secretary Haukohl. OF the police de,
partment. After wa ing two days
and hearing nothing from the mayor,
Chief Jansen made the matter public.
Deserted Spouse Kills Himself.
Chippewa Falls. Wis. April o.
Because his wife eloped with q neigh
Dor Jacob ROsenberger. a farmer. shot
and killed himself in the woods near
his home. Rosenberger had started 4
divorce suit in which he named Will
lam Laire. a neighbor. as correspondent.
The elopement, he alleged. took place
several days ago. Without waiting to
put on his clothes ROsenberger left his
bed at ; o'clock in the morning and
went to the woods, where he shot him
self
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
LABORED UNDER A MISTAKE
Jury That Finds Man Guilty Thinks
His Offense Is Only d Fin
able Ono.

KenOsha, Wis, April pa remark
able state of affairs has beeen brought
to light in connection with the sen
tence Of Edward Collier, who recently
was convicted of manslaughter in the
killing of William Dreyer by running
him down with an automobile. 1t has
become known that members of the
jury which tried Collier have held a
meeting which may save Collier from
a prison term. 1t is stated on authori-
ty that members of the jury are ready
to go before the district attorney and
Judge Belden and plead for leniency
for the convicted man.
One Of tie jurors in an interview
said: I'm all our consideration. of the
guilt of Collier not once did we consid-
or it possible that Collier would be
sent to prison. The understanding
among the jurors was that should we
vote to find Collier guilty he would
pay a fine" The distrit attorney de-
manded a prison sentence
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Deserted Spouse Kills Himself.
MeIIen. CRATER Sentenced.

Ashland. Wis. April Merit n.
Vought, an alleged CRATER of Mellen
was sentenced to one year in the pen
itentiary by Judge Ninje. Two other
defendants in the Mellen graft cases
Collins and Mcdonald. We're acquitted
A month ago all three of the de-
PENDANTS were convicted. but were
given new trial. The charges re-
main against Collins. This is the
first conviction following the grand
Jury indictments here 4 year ago
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-04-26
Steamer Mataafa Ready for Service

Superior, Wis. April 22.The steam
er Mataafa. which was wrecked in
the big storm of Nov. 2S, 1908, at the
Duluth canal entrance, when eleven of
her crew We're lost. and which has
just been repaired at the shipyardS
here, went out on her trial trip into
the lake She was found ready for
service and will shortly load for the
lower lakes. The Mataafa was the
biggest repair job ever attempted on
the great lakes.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-01-26
Taxpayers Pay Money to Maintain
City Government" Alderman Palmer

spend any of the peoples money out
side the legitimate expenses of con-
Quoting the city's business. There is
already a subscription fund of
some $500, and when the time comes
for raising the silver service fund,
I pledge myself to contribute 800
toward It, l am never in favor of us
ing money collected from taxes for
what consider outside the legiti-
mate affairs of city government.
The money comes from the property
owners of Paducah. They pay 1t to
maintain the city government. II
they by vote or some other man
ner, could instruct me, I should do
as they bid, but l do not feel author
lied to use their money in this way.
The library is public institution for
the benefit of the people of the city
and it is not right to reduce its APP
preparation.