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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
SENSE OF HEARING IN FISH
Angler Tests Theory That They Are
Frightened by Sounds on Banks
of Stream.

have long thought that fish under
water cannot hear sounds which take
place above it. l have been fishing
with gentleman who did not like to
speak for fear the trout would hear
him. l ridiculed the idea and said:
Let us fish away and talk as loudly
as we can for a while, then let us fish
and hold our tongues for another
while and see If there is any differ.
ence in the rising of the trout to the
dy." There was not the slightest diff
terence.
Among all the anglers of my ac-
quaintance I can only call to mind
this one who held the idea that sound
above water frightened fish under it.
The firing of big guns from forts has
been alluded to, but generally in these
cases a ball goes hopping along or a
shell bursts and causes a movement in
the water. From the fort at Kisale
they fire toward the harbor's mouth,
as l have seen many times when in
our yacht at anchor in the harbor.
We were told that the locality where
the balls strike was quite deserted by
the fish, but in other parts of the har-
Dor the fishing was not affected.
Small narrow streams in Ireland
often hold trout, and one day upper.
ceived I got close to a trout in one
and shouted as loudly as if tallying a
fox from cover. The trout took no no.
tice and did not move, but the mo-
ment l made a movement and showed
myself off he went like an arrow.
In the same stream I saw a trout
lying close to the bank, and getting
above him l tore a few bits of white
paper from an envelope and let them
float over him. He at once rose and
took a piece. This was repeated three
times when the paper floated directly
over him, but when they passed him
on either side he took no notice. If
a hook had been in one it would ap-
parentIy have been as good as the
best fly.
In the BandOn river I saw trout ris-
ing outside the reach Of a man with a
12-foot rod. When he was gone, hav-
ing caught nothing, 1 took his stand,
and covering the trout with my 49,
fOOter pulled out six. l never thought
of any effect from stamping on the
bank and never tried it.-Thomas
Poole in the Shooting Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
cRIPPEN AND TYPIST
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
Dentist Charged With Murder of
Actress Wife and Girl Accused
AS Accessory.

London. At the close of the
police court proceedings DR.. Haw-
ley H. Crippen and Ethel Clare
Leneve were committed for trial
charged with the murder of the doc
tors wife, Belle Elmore. Solicitor
Newton reserved his decision for the
trial proper.
Ethel Clare Leneve was hooted and
jeered at by a crowd of men and
women that awaited her arrival at
the Bow Street police court.
A group of women followed the cab
occupied by the accused woman
through the streets to the police court,
yelling their opinions of the typist as
they ran. When the vehicle stopped
in front of the court a crowd that
filled the thoroughfare hooted deri-
sively. The woman held an open UNI
brella before her face and was fairly
successful in escaping observation as
the police made way for her.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
SEEKS AID OF TAFT.
Roosevelt Holds Conference With
President at New Haven.


New Haven. Conn. = Prior to
President Taft's departure for Gin
cinnati he and Col Theodore Roose-
welt had a long conference here over
the New York political situation.
Colonel Roosevelt sought the confer
ence with the president. 1t was plain
from all that transpired before and
after the meeting that the colonel and
his close political advisers were not a
little worried over the situation in
New York state and came to the presi-
dent for further evidence of his moral
support
This the president was glad to give.
He declared his position in the New
York state fight has been clear from
the first He said he sympathized
heartily with the fight against boss
ISM being waged by the people of the
state.
Mr. Taft reiterated the statements
he made in his letter to Lloyd G. Girls
com, president of the New York coun-
ty Republican committee, at the time
of the Sherman-Roosevelt controversy
over the temporary craftsmanship. This
letter, he added, stated his position
fully and accurately, and he was stand
ing on it absolutely.
Mr.. Taft announced to his callers
anew what he had said in the Griscom
letter: that he favored direct primaries
for the nomination of congressman and
state legislators. He understands this
to be the purport of the Cobb bill, as
amended by the Seth Low and Joseph
Choate memorial He said he hoped
that a declaration for such a primary
law would be written into the Republi-
can state platform and that a candi-
date for governor in sympathy with
this movement would be nominated.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
GOES THROUGH THE RAPIDS.
Captain Larsen Makes PeriIous Trip
at Niagara in Motor Boat.

Captain Larsen Makes Perilous Trip
at Niagara in Motor Boat.
Niagara Falls, N. Z. - Captain
Klaus Larsen in his little motor
boat, the Ferro, made a successful
trip from the foot of the cataract
through the whirlpool rapids to with
in a mile of Lewiston, distance OF
four and one-half miles.
Despite the battering of the whirl-
pool rapids, Larsen went through
safely, but his boat was leaking badly
at the finish and through the trip.
Larsen had intended to start at $3.50
o'clock, but was delayed by engine
trouble. Besides, the authorities
threatened to interfere on the ground
of attempted suicide.
IN the trip through the rapids the
little boat was lost to sight most OF
the time, but at Great Wave it was
shot twenty feet out of water. The
boat landed right and continued to
the pool.
Because the engine was put out OF
order near the whirlpool, he did not
go to Lewiston in the boat which,
after leaving the pool, drifted into
Dead Mans eddy near Niagara univer'
sity, where it was swung to shore.
Larsen was picked up by an cleo
trio car and taken to Lewiston, three
miles further down stream, where ar
injured leg was treated.
Larsen wanted to continue the trip.
but having accomplished the worst
part Of the journey, he was persuaded
to board trolley to Lewiston, set
ting the boat adrift
The trip was worse than I thought
it would be-" said Larsen, but I am
not hurt and I will do il again some
time with another boat"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
A nrawinn From Memory.

Everybody knows of the extraor.
binary talent of several of the Emmett
girls for painting and drawing. Jane
Erin Emmett, who married Vohn Glenn,
the London painter, can do a speaking
crayon drawing of anybody in less
time than it takes to tell it. Once in
London she met a young man in the
street and never saw him again. Some
years afterward his mother came to
her in grief and despair The young
man had died suddenly, and there was
no portrait, photograph or other like
mes of him to console the family. Jane
Emmett did a crayon of him from the
memory of that chance meeting in the
street and it is priced by his family be-
yond all their other possessions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
When They Go Out to Dine.

Did you ever notice the difference
between a mans dinner and a WON.
an's?" asked the observer. "a man
takes you out to dinner. He orders
a steak or roast beef, spaghetti, pota-
toes in some style, sliced tomatoes and
pie or pudding. A woman gets sweet
breads, artichokes. trufles, mush-
rooms or some other expensive deli
cacy, lettuce or apple salad ana the
fanciest kind of ice cream dessert.
A man never thinks of having any.
thing but good solid food, while a
woman must have something different,
and it usually takes the form of high
priced, non-nutritious dishes. If they
are out of season, so much the better,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
Standardization.

Religion should be native. 1t
should be concrete and applicable.
Religion is the natural expression of
living, not a set Of actions or of hab-
Its, or a posture of the mind added to
the daily life. The type of religion,
therefore, is conditioned on the kind
of living, and the kind of living is
conditioned, in its turn, very large
ly on the physical and economic eff
fectiveness of Hge. The religion Of
the open country should run deep into
the indigenous affairs of the open
country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
RECORD CHEESE IS COMPLETED,
Worlds Greatest, 1929 Pounds, Will
Be Exhibited at Chicago.

Appleton, Wis. = The biggest
cheese the world has ever known
was completed here. The cheese.
weighs 4,o29 pounds net, contains the
Fridays milk from 500 COWS, amount
ing to 40,280 pounds, and required the
services of seven cheese makers two,
days to build. The cheese will be on
display at the National Dairy show
in Chicago next month. 1t has already
been sold to Chicago retail house.
for $1,40980. 1t was built on a fat
car and is now en- route to Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
REFUSES TO USE THE FRANK
Secretary Wilson Insists on Paying
Postage on Speech.

Washington. - Declining to make
use of the government frank UNI
der which the department of agricul-
ture sends out mail matter, Secretary
Wilson sent to the post office depart
ment his personal check to pay for
mailing to newspapers throughout the
country advance copies of a speech
which he delivered at Kenton, o. This
had been sent out under government
frank, but when Mr.. Wilson learned CT
it, he said that being a purely politi-
cal speech, it could hardly be consiA-
cred departmental matter; and furth-
ermore that it was not setting a prop
er example in an administration that
was aiming at retrenchment and re-
form.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
DEFEAT FOR TAWNEY.
Minnesota Congressman Loses Out In
Primary.

st. Paul, MINI. Primaries were
held throughout this state for the
nomination of candidates for con-
gress, state legislature and county Of
fees.
Interest centers in the First district
and the scattering returns indicate
the defeat of Congressman ]. A. Taw-
hey by small margin by Sydney
Anderson, a young attorney of Lanes
boro This will probably be the only
change in the delegation to congress-.
although there is a possibility of de-
feat of c. F. Stevens in the Fourth
district by Hugh Halbert.
The fight on Tawney has been the
warmest in the state. Anderson was
brought out by the progressive league.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
PLOT TO AssAssINATE MikADo.
First Time Attempt Ever Been Made
on Japanese Sovereign.

Tokyo, Japan. - A sensation was
caused by the publication of the
alleged details of plot among his
own subjects to assassinate Emperor
Mutsuhito. The startling story ap-
peared in the Hochi Shimbun, which
says that the plotters, who are under
arrest, certainly will be sentenced to
death after trials before special Sc
cret court.
This is the first time in the history
of the country that the life of the SOW
ereign has been plotted against by his
own people and the fact has become
known. 1t is understood that a rigor-
Gus censorship prevented the publica-
ton of as much as hint of the con-
spiracy until this evening, when the
Hochi Shimbun assumed responsible
ity for the alarming announcement.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
Hot Time Comino.

Hewitt-What sort of a fellow is
he?
Jewett-WeII, if he gets all that's
coming to him in the next world he
won't feel like sending out any at
home" cards.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
FIND BODIES IN MAINE CABIN,
Divers Begin Work in Raising of the
BattIeship.

Havana. Forty-fve divers I'M
der Chief Herdone McDurham have
begun work on the Maine. Several
bodies have been found in the cabin,
but remain untouched following Cap
tain Ferguson's orders. The hull lies
in mud six feet deep at the bow and
six and a half feet at the stern. The
government commissioners maintain a
strict secrecy about all matters re
lating to the Maine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
sleep Walker Is Banished.

Anderson William Wigner was
taken into custody by the po-
lice when he walked through the sec
ond-story window of his boarding
house and fell to the sidewalk. Wig
ner, who asserts that he is SOM
nambulist, was taken to the police
station when his landlord would not
allow him to return to his room. He
was not injured.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
SONG Writer Dies a Pauper,

Detroit, Mich.-Solomon Mazurette,
a quarter of a century ago one of the
best-known song composers in the
United States, died Tuesday on a cot
in st. Mary's hospital in absolute pow
erty. His aged wife applied to the
poor commission to bury him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
ODD FELLOWS IN BIG PARADE
Line of Marchers at Atlanta Is TWO
Miles Long.

Atlanta, Ga. = The parade of the
Odd Fellows was the browning fea-
ture of the eighty-sixth annual ses-
sion OF the sovereign grand lodge. The
parade was two miles in length. Every
state in the Union, Canada and Au-
stralia were represented. With the
exception of executive sessions OF the
sovereign grand lodge, the conven-
ton closed last night
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
Three Held for Poison Pact.

Pontiac. Mich.-Fred Kinney, TWEEN
ty-six; Roy Whitney, twenty-five, and
Mrs. Charles Watson, were arrested
Wednesday charged with having at
tempted to poison the woman's hus-
band in order that Kinney and Mrs.
Watson might marry.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
REPORT CHOLERA is sUBsiDlNG

Epidemic Pronounced Less Wide
spread in Russia, Italy and Germany
Washington. = Reports from Rus
STA, Italy and Germany to the pub
lie health and marine hospital serv-
ice indicate that the epidemic of
cholera is abating.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
FAMOUS RACE HORSE is KILLED.
Peg Woffington Breaks Neck WheK
Frightened by Severe Storm.

Lexington, KY. - Becoming fright
ened in a storm which ragged
throughout this section, Peg Voting
ton, one of the most famous race,
horses and brood mares of the coun-
try, ran into tree and broke her
neck at the Ashland farm of Major T.
c. Mcdowell.
A strange coincidence in the death
of the horse was that the statue of
Henry Clay, recently erected in the
Lexington cemetery, was struck by
lightning and damaged. Henry Clay
was the founder of Ashland farm.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
Shoots Kin for a Deer.

Syracuse, N. Y.-CHfford Judd, we'll
known in ST. Lawrence county,
Wednesday shot and killed his broth
er-in-law, Theron Plumb, mistaking
him for a deer Judd is in a serious
condition as result of the shock.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28

and few thought he had any show.
But he made better campaign than
anticipated and unless later returns
are different, he wins by small mar
gin. The winner will be opposed by
H. i. Buck of Winona, who had a
clear field for the Democratic nomina~
ton.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
Twenty Per Cent. Law Valid.

Madison, Wis.-Attorney General
Frank L. Gilbert Wednesday handed
down an opinion holding that the 20
per cent. clause in the primary cleo
ton law is constitutional.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
Use Auto In Robbery

San Antonio, Tex.-After robbing
w. K. Ewing, a well-known business
man of San Antonio, and his com
panions, two prominent society wom-
en-, of money and jewels valued at
$1,400, two masked highwaymen Tues
day seized their automobile and es.
capped.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
GENERAL LOUIS BoTHA BEATEN
Defeated for Election to Federal AS
sembIY in South Africa.

Cape Town, Cape Colony.-The
general elections for the first fed
eral assembly were held and the
most dramatic result recorded was
the defeat of General Louis Botha.
the premier and minister of agricul-
ture of United South Africa in the
eastern division of Pretoria, at the
hands of the unionist, Sir Percy Fitz-
patrick
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28

Washington.-Gen Leonard Wood
chief of staff, has recommended to
President Taft that the four military
posts in Hawaii be consolidated IN
der one command.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
Lail 400 Llinhmavmen-

Chicago.-More than 400 highway
men have been convicted in Cook
county since States Attorney Way
man began his term, according to fig
ures made public Wednesday by the
prosecutor.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
Marital COMPARISONS.

My wife can throw such soft Ian.
gushing glances that I'd defy any one
to get away from them"
My wife can throw a fat iron With
such precision that I'd defy any man
to dodge It"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
Conserve Common Sense.

as not the present, as we have
seen, exceptionally secure? What,
then, of preparations for the future?
Patriotism is the basis of our insti-
tutions. And patriotism in the minds
of our youth is no longer linked solely
with fireworks and deeds of daring. 1t
is taught in our schools. A new
course has been added-a course i'll
loyalty. Methodically, our children
learn how to vote, how to conduct
primaries, conventions and elections,
how to discriminate between qualifica-
lions of candidates and, finally, how
to govern as we'll as serve. They are
taught to despise bribery and all
forms Of corruption and fraud as
treason. Their creed, which they are
made to know by heart, is not COM
pick. 1t is simple, but comprehen-
sive. no less beautiful in diction than
lofty in aspiration. These are the
pledges which are craven upon their
memories:
"As it is cowardly for a soldier to
run away from battle, so it is coward
ly for any citizen not to contribute
his share to the well-being of his
country. America is my own dear
land; she nourishes me, and 1 will
love her and do my duty to her,
whose child, servant and civil soldier
l am.
LAS the health and happiness Of
my body depend upon each muscle
and nerve and drop of blood doing
it's work in it's place, so the health
and happiness of my country depend
upon each citizen doing his work in
his place.
These young citizens are our
hostages to fortune. Can we not
safely assume that the principles ami
mating their lives augur well for the
permanency of the Republic? When
before have the foundation stones
of continuance been laid with such
care and promise Of durability?
THE future, then, is bright. And
the present? But one thing is need
full. No present movement is more
laudable than that which looks to
conservation Of natural resources.
But let us never forget that the great
est inherent resource Of the Amer
lean people is Common Sense. Let
that be conserved and applied with
out cessation, and soon it will be
found that all the ills of which we
complain but know not of are only
such as attend upon the growing
pains of a great and blessed country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
carneuie Trust Has New Head

New York.-Joseph T. Howell,
president of the National Bank of
Nashville, Tenn, was Tuesday chosen
as the head of the Carnegie Trust Co.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-28
COUNTRY ALL RIGHT
A STRIKINGLY STRONG ARTICLE
BY COL. HARVEY.
The WRITER SEES NO CLOUD
"A Plea for the Conservation OF
Common Sense" That Is Meeting
With Cordial Approval.

A strikingly strong article by Colo
mel George Harvey in the North
American Review, for September, ID
written in a view of such hopeful
ness for the American future that 1t
has attracted wide attention. The
article is entitled, "a Plea for the
Conservation Of Common Sense" and
it is meeting with the cordial aD-
prevail of business men of all shades
of political opinion throughout the en-
tire country. In part Colonel Harvey
says:
"Unquestionably a spirit Of unrest
dominates the land. But, II 1t be
true that fundamentally the condition
Of the country is sound, must we
necessarily succumb to dependency,
abandon effort looking to retrieval
and cringe like cravens before clouds
that only threaten? Rather ought
we not to analyze conditions, search
for causes, find the root Of the dis
tress, which even now exists only in
mems minds, and then, after the
American fashion, apply such rem
edies as seems most likely to produce
benefcent results?
Capital and Labor Not Antagonistic.
THE Link that connects labor with
capital is not broken but we may not
deny that it is less cohesive than 1t
should be or than conditions war
rant. Financially, the country IS
stronger than ever before in it's his
tory. Recovery from panic so
severe as that of three years ago was
never before so prompt and compare
lively complete. The masses are
practically free from debt. Money is
| held by the banks in abundance and
rates are low.
why, then, does capital pause
upon the threshold of investment?
! The answer, we believe, to be plain.
| 1t awaits adjustment of the relations
Of government to business. The
sole problem consists of determining
| how government can maintain an
even balance between aggregations
of interests, on the one hand, and the
whole people, on the other, protect
| ing the latter against extortion and
| saving the former from mad assaults.
1.-The solution is not easy to find
| for the simple reason that the stu
alton is without precedent. But is
not progress being made along sane
4 - Il
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
Taxes on New York's Water
shed Now Basis of
Legal Contention.

The plan of Francis A Stratton, or
Mount Vernon to have a bill introduced
in the Legislature transforming West
chester County into city appears TO De
meeting with general approval, because IL
is believed this proposition will estap the
re representatives of Tammany Hall from
carving out their schemes of annexing the
lower section of the county to Manhattan.
1t is we'll known that the Tammany poll
ticians have been planning to make a sep
arate borough of Yonkers, New Rocheile
and Mount Vernon and that bill Will be
introduced in the Senate and Assembly
with that end in view. The taxable prop
ertv in Westchester County is between
sl0o, oOO.o 900 and $5OO,OOo,OOO, and this
would give New York lAeway for new
bend issue.
In Yonkers a committee has been ap-
pointed for the purpose OF investigating
the question of annexation, and at the next
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce OF
Westchester County the scheme OF MT
Stratton as well as the annexation ldea'
will, be thoroughly discussed.
AS practically a large part OF New YORK
City's watershed is now in Westchester
County ii is contended that the formation
of Westchester City will solve the water
problem, as the taxes which the city OF