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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
RIOTS IN DRIVERS STRIKE
Walkout Of Express Employees Spreads
to New York City-vioience Fol-
IoWs-Business at StandstiIi.

New York-The strike of drivers
and helpers employed by all the lar.
ger express companies that for sew.
eral days has been in progress at the
railroad terminals on the Jersey City
side of the North river, spread to
New York Friday, and as result the
entire business of receipt and deliy.
cry of all goods in transit was ma.
terially affected.
The situation is in veritable state
OF chaos with an outlook for evea
worse conditions unless the express
matter piling up at the railroad de.
pots can be moved The police seem
powerless to render sufficient protec.
ton and the men ready to hire out
as strike-breakers ere very diffident
about applying for the positions.
Scenes of violence were enacted all
over the city, wagons being stoned
and drivers beaten.
In Jersey City and Hoboken, where
the large stables are located, the strike
has completely tied up the companies
and perishable goods, as a conse.
quence, are accommodating in huge
piles
The express companies have made
tentative application to Governor Fort
for the calling out of the militia to
guard their wagons and buildings, but.
the Jersey City police authorities are
confident that they can handle tho
situation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
CUP WON BY BR|TQl'
GRAHAME-Wsiifs LIFTS BEN
NETT TROPHY-MAKEs e2
MILES IN 81 MINUTES.
LIZ BLANC AND BRooKIns FALL
Neither Are Seriously Hurt, but Their
Aeroplanes Are Observation-Disclosures
Flies a Spectacular Race Around
Statue of Liberty.

New York.--In the fastest time ever
recorded for the full distance of 6214
miles around FIVE kilometer course.
Claude GrahameWhite, flying for the
Royal Aero club OF the United King
dom, Saturday won the Gordon-Ben-
nett international speed cup from his
American and French competitors.
His average speed was a fraction
better than 81 miles an hour and his
fastest lap was 2:55:77, but Alfred lie
Blanc, in a similar machine, a leo
horsepower Bleriot monoplane, wa.
making each lap on az average of 20
seconds faster than CIahame-White
and would have won the cup IL he had
not met with disastrous accident in
his last lap, when he had the race
seemingly well in hand.
lie Blanc was running with the wind
under full power at an estimated
speed of so miles an hour when the
feed pipe from his gasoline tank to
his motor loosaned under the inces-
SAINT Earring of the engine and he sud
denly found himself with nothing but
momentum to carry him. When a
puff OF wind caught him he drifted
sideways. still driving at tremendous
speed, and crashed head foremost in
to telegraph pole.
The pole was ii inches thick, but
he broke it in three pieces as If it
had been a toothpick.
IN
the program was marred by serious
mishap 70 Walter Brookins of the
Wright team. who had taken up the
new baby" Wright racer for the first
time.
Brookins was just coming around
the turn into the homestretch for a
trial circle preparatory to entering
into the Gordon Bennett race when
four of his eight cylinders ceased
firing.
Driven by the wind and his engine,
he came hurting through the air at
such tremendous speed that when he
touched the earth his front wheels
and forward frame collapsed and he
was buried under It's debris. Neither
~of the men were badly hurt
John B. Moisant, the American who
few from Paris to London, was the
victor in most perilous and spec
tacular race
Dashing at more than mile min
ute speed from Belmont park to the
Statue of Liberty in New York har-
Dor and back again to Belmont park,
a distance of 33 miles as the crow
flies, he won over Count de Lesseps,
the French aviator, and Claude Ora
hame-White. the English champion.
by a margin of As seconds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
NEW HIGHT RECORD
TOMBSTONE FLIES IN WRIGHT
BiPLANE TO e.7i4 FEET AT
BELMONT PARK.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Smarting Under Defeat in Statue of
Liberty Contest He Would Take to
AR With Ch.cagoan for $1,000
Purse.

New York-Soaring In the tiny
Wright biplane, craft he had never
before driven. Ralph tombstone brought
the international aviation meet at Bel
mont park TO a close with a blaze of
glory by breaking the worlds altitude
record with a fight to the height of s.
TIA feet.
For his daring spectacular feat he
received a prize of $1,000. If he had
been able to soar just 2S7 feet higher.
he would have won an additional prize
of 5000 offered on the condition that
the altitude record be over 10000 feet
He was prevented from reaching this
height because his machine would not
climb any more on account of lack of
fuel
1t took tombstone about ! hour and
20 minutes to reach his highest point in
the sky. For an hour he was utterly
beyond the sight of the naked eye. lie
made his descent from the perilous
height of almost two miles in the air In
less than 6 minutes.
Race me any time yeu like. over
any NOhlSN tOu ilNCs Ayl r1OfcNFV.
Smarting under his defeat by John
b. Moissant in the Statue of Liberty
flight at the international aviation meet.
Claude Graham White, the English
aviator who won the international cup,
hurled this challenge ut Moissant.
Moissant said he would accept the
challenge of Graham-White, and would
put up real money" The prospect
greatly excited the airship experts of
the world gathered here.
Moissant, who won the $4,000 prize
for circling the Statue of Liberty in the
quickest time, declared he would race
across the Atlantic ocean in an aero
plane He insisted airships soon would
be built to travel 100 miles an hour.
Now he said, las to my reasons
for this belief: First of all, we are
getting more powerful engines every
day. Last year we had twenty-five and
thirty horse power. Our aeroplanes
Travelled about forty-five miles an hour"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
VICTORY MEANS KlGH RATES
RAILROAD HEADS ADMIT INTENT
TO ADD TO INCREASE.
Burlington Vice-President ard Coun
sci Qualify Statement With High
err Cost Argument.

Chicago.-The hope that a victory
in their fight for increased freight
rates will give them an oppor-
tunity to make still further advances
is the reason given by the western
railroads for the tenacity displayed in
the battle they are waging before the
interstate commerce commission.
This was admitted by C. G. Burn
ham, vice-president of the Burlington
railroad. in charge of traffic. and by
Attorney Dawes, counsel of the road,
at the hearing
The admission was qualified, how
ever, by statements that the increase
asked for in the present hearing
would only Offset reductions that had
been made by the commission in re-
cent cases and that the further ad-
vances would furnish the roads the
money declared necessary to meet
ever-mounting expenses and the cost
of needed improvements and equip
ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
|. c. LOSES TAX CASE
STATE OF ILLINOIS is VICTOR
OVER RAILROAD UNDER DEcI-
SION RY HIGH COURT.
0VE7RULES LINE DEMURRER
Case Goes to La Sale County Court
to Be Heard on Merits-Action
Based on Findings of Accountants
That Reports Had Been Changed.

Springfield, Ill-A decision of the
supreme court of Illinois was handed
down Friday in the, tax case of the
state against the Illinois Central Rail-
road company.
The state won every important con-
tention with the exception that the
opinion holds the accounts prior to
1905 have been accepted by the state
and payment made thereon, and that
therefore they are not subject to fur
ther inquiry.
But for the future settlements and
for the settlement of all accounts
since Governor Deneen came into Of
fee, the court lays down hard and
fast rules for accounting by which
the state will reap reward of ST.
100000 year more In taxes than it
has been receiving from the Illinois
Central Railroad company.
When the Illinois Central rendered
its first payment under Governor De-
mems administration he accepted the
money with the understanding the ac-
counting upon which the money was
rendered was subject to revision. This
act on the part of the governor, the
court holds, makes all transactions
with the road during his administra-
ton subject to further accounting.
The court remands the case to the
circuit court of La Sale county, with
instructions to proceed in accordance
with the views in it's opinion. Unless
the railroad accepts the courts de-
cision as final, the circuit court IF
La Sale county will no doubt appoint
a master to go into all the details of
the accounting since 1905, and the
case may be prolonged Indefinitely.
At present the railroad is paying ap-
proximately s1,000,000 to the state
every year
The suit against the Illinois Central
was filed early in December, 1907, by
the attorney general, following mes
sage from Governor Deneen to the
legislator, declaring that the road
had been so manipulating its accounts
as to credit millions of its earnings
to the non-charter lines, not subject
to the tax OF 7 per cent. Later &C
counting swelled the amount which
Governor Deneen declared the road
owed to the state from s5.000,0 600 to
s15,000,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
Premier BRAND.

history of the French parliament, but
rivaled in disorder and turbulence
the sessions of the national conven
ton during the French revolution,
Premier BRAND, smarting under the
repeated attacks Of M. Jaures, the
leader of the Socialists, and others,
leaped to his feet and, defending the
cabinets suppression of the strike as
a revolutionary outbreak, exclaimed:
IF the actual laws had been insCf-
ficient we would not have hesitated
to resort even to Illegally for the pE-
pose of preserving the fatherland."
An uproar followed these words.
The Socialists jumped up and were
joir cd by number of radicals. With
shouts of anger they moved towards
the tribune, crying Resign Dictator,
resign!"
Finally, NJ Brisson, president Of
the chamber, amid cries from the So
cialists, adjourned the debate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08

in Kansas for s25 600 a mile and to
give a bond of 100000 for perform
ance. Such figure, he said. would
yield him 10 per cent profit at least.
Much of the stocks of the railroads.
according to Governor Stubs testi-
mony. consist of water and profits. and
are juggled through the placing in
permanent improvements of surpluses
and then the capitalizing of the inn
provements
The governor proved a tartar for
the railroad attorneys when cross-ex-
amined. and his sallies kept the Of
ficials and others at the hearing in
gales of laughter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
HAITlEN GUNBoAT BLOWN UP
Seventy Die When the LIberte Is
Wrecked at Sea-Twenty Per-
sons Are Saved.

Port au Prince, Haiti-The Haitien
gunboat Liberte has been lost at sea
off Port de Paix. following an explo-
sion on board. t is estimated 20
persons were killed or drowned. Tween
ty others we're rescued. News Of the
accident was received here Wednes-
day.
The Liberte sailed from this port
last Monday. having on board 80 per-
sons, Among the 20 who were lost
were ten Haitien generals.
Details are lacking, the only definite
information being as to the loss of
life and the fact that an explosion oc.
Cured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
MCCARTHY MAY AID TAFT
Head of S ate Leg slater Reference
Bureau Sought for Similar
Work at Washington.

Madison.-Dr. Charles Mccarthy,
head of the legislative reference bureau,
has returned from Washington, where
he was called by President Taft to dis
cuss the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing a
national reference bureau.
DR.. Mccarthy will not state definitely
whether or not he will accept the head
of this bureau, offered him by the presi-
dent, until he again confers with Mr..
Taft in two weeks.
The field and salary in the new bu-
reau will be much larger than in DR..
McCarthy's present place, and although
he will make no statement, it is thought
that he will accept the place. His loss,
should he go, will be keenly felt at the
capital and by the university students,
for he has for several years been ma
terial help in the coaching of the foot
ball team.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
HIRED BOYS "SELL" CLIENTS
Hold places for Original Occupants
Only Until Someone Else
Offers Higher Price.

MISUNDERSTANDING every avail
able foot of space in the corridors OF
the federal building. packed under
desks and piled on top of them. more
than 100 persons are waiting to enter
the land office and select claims on the
Standing Rock Indian reservation on
Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock.
Some have hired boys TO occupy their
places. This has proved expensive TO
a few. as some of the boys have sold
out to others who offered them more
pay.
There are 5000 claims of 160 acres
each to be filed on the drawing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
MIs.rIal in Rrlbe hearina.

Springfield. Ill.-After a fruitiess
elaboration of forty-three hours, the
jury which considered the evidence
against Senator Stanton c. Pember-
ton and Representative Joseph S.
Clark, charged with conspiracy to-
commit bribery in connection with
state furr iture contract, was unable
to agree upon verdict and was dis
missed by Judge Owen p. Thompson
Saturday The final ballot stood eight
to four for conviction. Following the
discharge of the jury, States Attorney
Burke announced that an immediate
hearing of the case will be had
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
WILSON MAKES MILK RULING
Bars From Agricultural Department
All Lacteal Fluid Not Subjected
to Turbercuiln Test.

Washington. = An order issued
by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
bars from the department and all
its branches milk which has not been
subjected to the tuberculin test. THIS
is so important a ruling that all the
departments are expecting to have
similar orders issued. This will be
severe blow to the dealers in milk
who are opposing pasteur and tuber-
cu'in tests and many of these dealers
have undertaken to attack pasteuriza-
ton before the department of JUS
fipl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
HOOP TRACKS HIS NEMESIS
Illinois Man Arrested on Murder
Charge as Result of Use of
Old Horseshoe.

Danville.-Fred c. Garner, Is years
old, son of the late Addison c. Garner,
a wealthy and prominent citizen, was
arrested and held without bail. charged
with the murder of Mrs Elsie Cochran.
whose body was found in a lonely wood
three miles from her home.
horse owned by Garner wore pc
culiav shoe, fitting the tracks of the
ground at the scene of the murder,
while a break In one of the rubber
tires of his buggy fitted exactly in the
tracks leading to the place where the
body was found.
Garner had denied knowing the
woman, but ut the jail he was identified
by her children as the man who had
frequently called OH her. -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
STUBS FlAYs HIGH RATES
GOVERNOR STAR WITNESS BE-
FORE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
Declares Railroads Faisify and Arc
Guilty Of Stock and Profit Jug
giine-Proves Tartar.

Chicago - Declaring the western
railroads were guilty of stock and
profit juggling, w. r. Stubs. govern
or of Kansas, held that the assertions
OF the roads that an increase in
freight rates was necessary were not
justified by facts.
Governor Stubs was testifying b>
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion at its session here in the rate
hearing.
He made one OF the strongest wit.
nesses that the shippers had placed
on the stand. He insisted that the
valuation the roads had put on their
property was altogether excessive and
he offered to reproduce all the lines
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
HOSPITALITY or THE WEST
Host Always at Home, and Help
Yourselves, Whether the Folks
Are There or Not.

We were la the sand hill country
and lost. says Ella w. Peattie In the
Youths Companion. Noon found Us
wandering hungry and tired among
those pale yellow hillocks and chased
by fiocks OF tumbleweed, which. dried.
giobular shaped and of the least pos.
sible weight, scurried up and down
the draws"
One Of our number. although not a
resi- ant in that county and ignorant
of tlie roads. was perfectly familiar
with the customs OF the people. WEI:
be coming across house somewhere
In here" he told us. Wen find folks
ali right enough II we keep on"
But they may not be willing to
serve three hungry travellers" one Of
JUS said. He turned look OF simple
wonder upon the speaker and made
no reply.
Presently habitation lifted its low
roof in the wilderness. Our leader
WAS soon hallooing 10 the inmates, but
he had no response.
THE folks are out" said he with no
diminution of cheerfulness. although
the rest Of US were feeling afresh the
pangs CT hunger.
The western man drove to the barn,
unhitched the team and put the horses
in the stalls. giving them feed from
the bag which we had carried with US.
and then went to the house and calmly
walked in. We followed with some
timidity.
What are you going to dor We
asked.
Dor" said he with Ill concealed irri-
tation. What should do but get din
ner?"
I'm another mans house-and he
absent"
Well said the western man with
heat, 81 guess he'd think we were
about as near fools as they make 'em
if we didn't feed ourselves If we were
hungry. And what's more he wouldn't
thank us for going by his place under
the circumstances. We're compliment
ing him, that's what we are"
We said nothing more but helped
get the dinner. There were prune
sauce. stewed. and great loaf Of gin.
gerbread. We ate heartily. and SO far
as two OF US were concerned with
sense of excitement something like
that which burglar must feel.
The excellent meal finished. our
leader gave it as his opinion that we
had better wash the dishes and not
leave them for the women folks to do
We agreed, and with some awkward
ness but excellent results put the
dishes. clean and dry. back In their
right places.
Our leader took a fifty cent piece
from his pocket and laid it on the ia
bic.
They'd De mighty mad II they
knew who was leaving that" he re-
marked. "but as they're not likely &c
find out II can't do no hurt"
A curious country we thought where
the offense lies in paying for what one
has taken and not in the taking of a
thing unlimited.
We learned afterward that our lead
er had not overstated the case. 1t was
the custom for the hungry to feed
themselves at any mans board and for
the weary to rest on any mans bed.
Not to have done so would have been
to give affrSnt to those who had the
food and the bed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
FARM PRODUCTS CO. FAILS
Concern Goes Into Receiver's Hands
Schedules Show Liabilities of $1r
552,516; Assets, S427, 346.

Trenton, N. J.-Schedules showing
liabilities of $685. were fled
in the United States district court
setting forth the condition of the
American Farm Products company.
which is in the receivers hands.
The assets aggregate $427, 346, stock
in trade to the amount of s210,26S be-
ing the largest item. The receivers
are Hartman B. Baruch of New York
and Frank P. McDermott of Elizabeth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
LAWYER IN HoBBLE SKIRT
Woman Attorney in New Style of
Dress Causes Stir in U. S,
Supreme Court.

Washington. Miss Adelina H.
Burd. a lawyer of New York, threw
CONSERVATION into the attaches of the
Supreme court by appearing in a hob
biz skirt. At first there was an at
tempt to prevent Miss Burd from seat
ing herself at the lawyers table, but
she explained her employment in a
Kentucky land case and she was per-
mitted to pass.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
aletz 70 Have His Liberty.

Hayward, Wis. Judge James
Wickham decided that John F. Dietz.
the famous defender of Cameron
dam, was entitled to his liberty,
pending his trial for the murder OF Os-
ear Harp, if he could secure bends
men that could qualify in the sum of
$40. 900 Efforts are being made to
get the bonds. The bail of Leslie
Deitz was fixed at $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
Young suedes Organize.

Stociholm.-T first congress of the
young peoples liberal party of Sweden
began its sessions here, with Maj. Pat
terson Nodertelje as chairman. The
object of the organization is TO spread
democratic ideas and to advocate the
right of free speech, the proper eduea-
ton OF both sexes. equal rights of the
sexes, restriction of the liquor traffic
education of the masses. local option,
international peace. old age pensions
and improved living conditions for
workers. so as to make ii easier for
them to own their homes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
Iishon Leers Ex.Prem er.

LisbOn-A crowd jeered former Pre-
mier Franco. who was arrested. as he
left the court. having been admitted to
bail in the sum of 100000. Foreign
Minister Machado protested against the
admission of Franco TO bail, but asked
his enemies to be calm.
Franco is charged, among other
things. with having issued during his
tenure of office seventy illegal DEGREES
and with having liquidated the debts
of King Carlos. amounting to SJo0000
with crown funds on the pretext of aug
menting the civil list.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08

The New England swain who started
20 foreclose a mortgage which he held
on che home of the father of the girl
Who refused his attention ought to
have his attention called to the fact
that even medodrama long ago
dropped this once popular form of
loves cruel revenge,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
Refugees At G bralta...

Gibraltar. Portuguese Jesuit
clergy arrived here from Lisbon. They
will be she guests of the local Catholic
community until their departure for the
continent. They complained bitterly of
unjust treatment and abuse by mobs in
Lisbon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
h.nro SAVINGS eank Shut.

Richmond. Va.-The savings bank
of the Grand Fountain. the largest ne
gro industrial and social organization
in the country, was placed in the
hands of a receiver Wednesday. Bank
examiners say they cannot tell what
are its ass Is or liabilities
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08

Pacific coast artillerymen made
nine hits ont of ten shots at a dis
lance of three miles with five-inch
guns in a fog. How wound YOU like
10 play cannon ball pool with those
fellows?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
Former Illinois JUDGE pics.

Eenosha, Wis.-Hon. Rufus c. Bal
ley, aged seveDty-one, for many years
Judge of the probate court in Rockford.
H.. and widely known among lawyers
in Illinois, died at the Pennoyer sani-
tarium here Sunday from senile debil-
ity. The remains were shipped to
Rockford
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08

One of Chicago's health rules for
pupils is don't run to school" Even
III Shakespeare's time they knew bet
tor than that-"creeping like snail
unwilling to school" And boys
haven't changed much in that re-
spect-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
Boy Bites Cartridge: pies.

Nyack, n. Y.-Joseph De Bonu. an
eight-year-old schoolboy of Haverstraw.
Thursday put cartridge in his mouth
and began biting on it. The cartridge
exploded and the boy fell dead, the
bullet having gone upward through
the brain
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
DEPUTIES STIR UP TUMULT
Disorder in French Chamber During
Strike Debate Rivals Turbulence
of Revolution.

Paris.-The debate on the railway
strike in which the government has
been bitterly attacked in the cham
Der of deputies by the Socialists, has
taken a new and dramatic turn.
During Saturdays session, which
was not only the most violent in the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08

Fighting Rob" Evans says the air
ship is mere plaything and would
amount to nothing as a weapon OF
war. Fighting Bob" NAV be par
sloned for clinsing to an old-fashioned
faith in the efficacy OF the battleship
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-08
Well peveIoned.

Phrenologist examining subject)-
This bump indicates caution. should
say you are a very cautious man.
Subject--You're right there. I'm
very cautious now. / got that bump
falling downstairs.-Woman Home
Companion.