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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
ARMED MAN AT WHITE HOUSE
James StrickIin Held Pending IN
quiry Into Sanity-It Is His
Second Visit.

Washington. A muscular man
over six feet tall, with black hair and
heavy black mustache, called at the
executive offices of the White House
and asked to see the president. He
was recognized Immediately as the
man who visited the executive man
sion June IL of last year, and when
arrested at that time had two big
pistols in his possession. He was
found again to be armed with a A
caliber pistol.
The man gave his name as James
Stricklin and said he was from Cum
berland, Md. When arrested a year
ago Stricklin said he hailed from Ar
kansas. The man is being held for
observation as to his sanity. He as
serts that various persons are perse-
cutting him and wishes the president
to put stop to it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
~ M N kN 4 advice FREE. Estab shed 1880.
n M HmnW Z Hzgerald&Co box X, Washington, d.
Didn't Know the Purpose.

Mark Twain, as an example of un-
conscious humor, used to quote a
Hartford woman who said one day in
the late spring:
my husband is the dearest fellow.
'Jim,' said to him this morning, are
you very hard up just now?
81 certainly am hard up he re-
piled soberly. This high cost of liv.
Ing is terrible. don't know what I'm
going to do
"Then, Jim,' said l, I'll give up all
thought of going to the country for
July and August this year.
But the dear fellows face changed,
and he said:
Indeed, then, you won't, darling.
thought you wanted to buy hat with
an aigrette or some such foolishnesh
No, no, my darling-Jim can always
find the money to let his dear little
wife go to the country"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
JULIA WARD HOWE INJURED
Americas "Grand Old Woman" Nine
ty-One Years Old Suffers From a
Fall But Will Recover.

Boston-Julia Ward Howe, Amer
ica's grand old woman" is suf-
fering from bruises caused by fall
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
John Elliott. Her physician says she
will be fully recovered in ten days, de-
spite her age. She is ninety-one years
old. While going about the house Mrs.
Howe tripped and fell against piece
of furniture.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
BIG DEAL is UNDER FIRE
Officials of United Wireless Telegraph
Company Arrested Charged With
Misuse of Mails.

New York.-President Wilson and
Vice-President Bogart of the United
Wireless Telegraph company were ia
ken into custody by United States
Marshal Henkel at the company's Of
flee on Broadway Wednesday and ar
raigned before United States Com
missioner Shields to answer charge
of misuse of the mails.
Chief Post Office Inspector Mayer
charges the officials with gigantic
stock-manipulation plan, declaring
that the capital of the company,
whose assets were about 100000, had
been increased by an interchange Of
securities and that the price of these
shares had been raised arbitrarily to
such large amounts that the company
at this time had an apparent stock
market value of $1,O00,000,000.
Mr.. Mayer states that one of the
officers has cleaned up $5,000000. He
says there are $4,000 stockholders
throughout the country who have
placed their money with the company
on the representation of it's officers
that it had a surplus of nearly ST.
100000, when as a matter of fact the
company was failing to make it's OPP
Grating expenses.
Mr.. Mayer further states that the
inside officers of the company were
privileged to sell their stock while
outsiders were required to accept
stock certificates stamped mot trans
ferable until February II, 1911"
Inspector O'Brien seized the books
and papers of the company as evil
dence in the case. The complainant
named in the charge on which the ar
rests were made is Michael G. O'Brien
Of Waterbury, Conn.
Wilson was released on $4,000 bond
and Bogart's bond was $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
PEARY RETURNS FROM EUROPE
Commander Declares He Will Never
Again Head An Arctic or
Antarctic Expedition.

New York. -Commander Robert e.
Peary was a passenger on the Maure-
tania. He said that ne had not heard
any news of Doctor Cook and had not
the slightest idea of his present
whereabouts.
81 shall never again head either an
Arctic or Antarctic expedition" said
the commander. Captain Bartlett
will probably lead an expedition to
the South Pole next year. 1t should
be much easier to reach the South
Pole because there is no shifting ice
and the route has been plotted to
within a hundred miles"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
PARR GETS 100000 REWARD
New York Custom Man Who I'm.
earthed Sugar Frauds Handsomely
Recompensed by Government.

ashington-Richard A. Parr, dep
upty surveyor of the port of New
York, will receive 100000 re-
ward from the government for his dis
coyery of the trick in the sugar scales
in New York by which the govern
ment was robbed of millions of dol
lars in customs duties.
This reward for Mr.. Parr was de-
ciced upon by Secretary Macveagh
following a discussion of the claim at
the cabinet meeting. 1t is understood
that President Taft favored the $780,
600, while Secretary MacVeagh would
have cut the amount in two In fact
the president was not averse to giving
Parr the limit allowed which would
have approached million.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Standard Reduces OIL Prices.

New York.-The wholesale prices
for refined oil have been reduced from
one and one-half cents to one cent a
gallon by the Standard Oil company,
making the prevailing price through
out the country now seven and one
half cents a gallon. The standard
controls more than seventy per cent
of the refined output of the country
and it can readily be seen what such
q reduction in price means to the
great corporation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Why He Whitewashed.

A country doctor tells story Of .
man who moved into dilapidated old
cottage, and was found by the doctor
busily embarrassing it inside and out
I'm glad to see you making this old
place so nice and neat" said the physt
clan, "it's been an eyesore in the
neighborhood for years." "Taint
nothing to me about eyesores," was
the reply. "The last couple what lived
here had twins three times, and hope
whitewash is good disinfectant. We
see we've got ten children"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
New Corporations.

Articles of Incorporation were filed
in the office of Secretary of State
Frear as follows:
Western Contracting Company, Mil
waukee; capital, $4,000; incorporators.
John Kruppel, w. G. Hoffner, Anthony
J. Kurr.
American Supply and Commission
Company, Milwaukee; capital, $10,-
900; incorporators, Beatrice T. West,
Harold S. Tyler, Lawrence H. West.
Laoma Land CompanS. La Crosse:
capital, $4,000; incorporators, Y.
Lyons, G. F. Hauser, G.. F. Egan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23

other women to avail themselves OF
this valuable medicine."-Mrs. L. M.
FREDERICK, Bloomdale, Ohio.
Backache is a symptom of female
weakness or arrangement. If you
have backache don't neglect it. To
get permanent relief you must reach
The root of the trouble. Nothing we
know of will do this so safely and surely
as Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound. Cure the cause of these dis.
PRESSING aches and pains and you will
become well and strong.
The great volume of unsolicited tes.
timony constantly pouring in proves
conclusiv by that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has restored health to thou.
sands of women.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia IL. Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound will help You,
write to Mrs. Pinlxham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice free.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Parer Firm Head Indicted.

Washington.-The federal grand
jury Thursday returned an indict-
ment against Peter G. Thompson, pres
ident of the Champion Coated Paper
company of Hamilton. o., charging at
tempted bribery in connection with
the furnishing to the government of
paper for postal cards.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Spain Is Shaken.

Observation-Disclosures shocks vary
ing in duration from four to ten Sec
onds were felt here Thursday and
simultaneously at Cordova and Al
meria. in Andalusia. No casualties are
reported, but in Almeria some houses
were damaged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Walks in Sleep to Death.

New York.-Walking in his sleep,
P T. Brudder, retired business
man, aged seventy-nine, fell through
an open window in his sixth floor
apartment. Friday and was instantly
killed. Relatives said that he had
been a somnambulist since childhood.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Not Prenared TO See.

Marjorie-Didn't you see the mouse!
Madge-Why, dear, | just couldn't
see it. / had my old stockings on.
Grief is the agony of an instant.
The indulgence of grief is the blunder
of a life-Dunegan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
To Mcfarland in the Third.

London.-Packey Mcfarland of Chi
cago knocked out Jack Goldswain of
London, the English welterweight.
champion, in. the third round at the
Blackfriars ring Saturday. The men
fought for a purse of $500.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Find kellner Murder susnect.

Louisville, Ky.-The police Satur-
day received information which indi-
Gates that Joseph Vending, wanted
on the charge of numbering Alma Kell-
ner, is under surveillance, but refuse
to say where the suspect is.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Ambassador Talks to Graduates.

Count Johaan Heinrich Won Berns-
tori, ambassador from Germany to
the United States. delivered the bac-
Icalaureate address at the opening of
the exercises of commencement week
lat the University of Wisconsin.
''The ambition of the masses of the
gGerman nation" said the count, lis
mot so much for economic ameliora-
;tion and material advantage as for
education. The masses see in educa-
!tion an endless perspective, and their
thirst for knowledge impels them to
seek an education"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
TO ACCEPT TESTS
OF OTHER STATES
Attorney General Says Commits
Sioner May Do SO.
SOLVES A BIG PROBLEM
Reciprocal Arrangements With Insur-
ance Commissioners of other
States Are Permitted by Law
-BeedIe Asks Opinion.

Madison.-Attorney General Gilbert
holds that there is no law which will
prohibit Insurance Commissioner G. E.
Beedle from appointing commissioners
of insurance of other states, their dep
uties or assistants, to conduct exam
nations of insurance corporations in
their respective states, applying to do
business in Wisconsin, if such exam
nations may be made without expense
to this state.
The occasion for the opinion arose
out Of requests by the insurance COM
missioners of New York and Ohio, sug-
costing to Commissioner Beedle that
such an arrangement would be in the
interest of fairness to companies in
those states DESTROYS of entering Wis
consin.
Commissioner w. II. Hotchgiss of
New York, in letter to Commissioner
Beedle in which he offers to make the
examinations required, says: "Our de-
partment hesitates to make a sugges-
ton of this character for the reason
that we do not wish to be placed in
the apparent position of interfering
with privileges of the Wisconsin de-
partment Our justification, however,
is that under the provisions of our re-
ciprocal law it is a serious question
whether we will not have to hold that
a Wisconsin corporation DESTROYS ito
be admitted to transact business in
this state cannot be admitted without
an examination made by this depart
ment. We do not wish to take this
position. We prefer to accept the GER
tificate of examination made by your
state for Wisconsin corporation"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Found New FeIIowships.

The regents of the University of
Wisconsin have established a number
of teaching fellowships to be awarded
each year to the members of the grad
uating elias.
The graduates elected to these fell
lowships will devote half of the year
to teaching under the supervision of
the principal and teachers in one of
the city high schools of the state, and
devote the other half of the year to
advanced work
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Ixneh = Murderous Nearo.

Durant, Miss.-After he had run
amuck with a shotgun and attempted
to kill three white men, Ohio Mitchell,
a drunken negro. was lynched by citi-
zens here Thursday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Had a Reason.

"Why don't you call your newspaper
the Appendix" asked the enemy Of
the political boss.
amy special reason for wanting ma
to do SOP"
"Well, it's a useless organ"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Hungry Hoos XIII and MutiIa,e Man.

Sterling, Ill.-A drove of hogs mu-
tilated and killed Charles Anderson.
farmer, Thursday. His body was
found Friday. Both arms had been
! eaten by the animals.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
To Have Student Court.

The faculty of the University of
Wisconsin, subject to the approval of
the regents, has granted the request OF
the young women of the institution for
a student court to be composed of the
members chosen by the Girls Self
Government association, to have en-
tire charge of disciplining women
students for infractions of the rules of
the university and of the association.
This gives the students of the uni
versity complete self-government in
all matters of conduct, as the men al
read to have a students court.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Billiard Appointed Judge.

Attorney Silas Billiard of Menasha
was appointed by Governor Davidson
as judge of Winnebago county to fill
the vacancy caused by the recent
death of Judge G. d. Cleveland.
The appointee will serve until a
person is elected to the Office next
April and has qualified, the election
being for the remainder of Judge
Cleveland's term, which will end De-
cember 81, 1914.
Mr. Billiard was born in Maine
about sixty-nine years ago. He was
admitted to the bar in 1867.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Moody to Be Retired.

Washington.-The bill to retire JUS
eice Moody with full pay was favor
ably reported to the senate Thursday
! from the judiciary committee
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Wisconsin civic Council Formed.

Wisconsin Civic Council Formed.
At meeting of state officers, state
employees, university professors and
others interested in the cause OF civic
progress at the capitol, steps were ia
ken for organizing Wisconsin coun-
Gil of the National Civic federation.
A motion by Dr. Charles McCar-
thy, director of the legislative bureau,
was adopted empowering Governor
Davidson, who presided, to appoint a
committee of five to select one hum
dred or more representative business,
professional and educational men of
Wisconsin to become members. These
members will hold a meeting to organ
iZe the council.
Governor Davidson, Ralph NJ. Easiey
of New York city, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the national fed
Grafton; John Mitchell, secretary Of
the American Federation of Labor;
President Charles r. Van Hise of the
state university, Prof Thomas S. Ad-
ans of the state university, DR..
Charles Mccarthy of the legislative
reference bureau, and Robert Spencer
of Milwaukee made addresses in favor
of organizing state council in Wis
consin. Governor Davidson gave the
movement his approval.
DR.. Charles Mccarthy spoke on the
necessity of uniform legislation among
the different states. He said in part
as follows:
Coming from Germany, my mind
was full of impressions of that coun-
try and it's prosperity. l was i'm
pressed with the fact that the Ger
mans have not hesitated to spend
money for the betterment of the in
dustrial man-of the average man.
'They have said to the average
man: we recognize that you are diff
ferent from machine; that when
you are well and happy and healthy
and intelligent all these qualities will
show in our product
There is, then, in Germany, despite
the outward evidence of discomfort, a
splendid cooperation between the
government, the business people and
the employees.
1--WE want to have that conscious CO
operation between the people, govern
ment, employers and employees that
one sees in Germany for the uplifting
of the average man, in order that his
intelligence may go into the product,
and the product, because of his intel
ligence, will win out over all the
products of the world"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23

and right side, and
was tired all the
time and nervous.
/ could not sleep,
and every month !
could hardly stand
the pain. Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
stored me to health
again and made me
feel like a new wo.
man. L hope this
letter will induCa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
New Map Shows How State Is Made.

New Map Shows How State Is Made.
A new model map of the state Of
Wisconsin, showing the topography,
the geology, drainage, railroads, cities
and counties, has been made in relief
by the state geological and natural
history survey, with the assistance of
the geology department of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, for the use of
schools, libraries and other public in
situations of the state. The map,
which is 40 by IS inches, on scale of
seven miles to the inch, is made of a
mixture of plaster of paris and papier-
mache reinforced with steel netting,
and is fastened in a strong, deep wood
en- frame
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Badgers Receive Degrees.

At the seventy-fifth convocation of
the University of Chicago, the follow
ing Wisconsin students received de-
grees: Arthur James McCarey IS. b. !,
Amigo; Frank Walter Hannum CAS-
sociate in Science), Bayfield,; Benja-
min Wilk associate in arts), Beaver
Dam; Harold Bridges Graves (Asso-
ciate in Philosophy, Milwaukee; Alice
Gertrude draper (Ph. b., Milwaukee;
Jessie Althea Peterson (Ph. b., Mil
waukee; William Abbott Owens (Asso-
ciate in Science), Oshkosh; Rev. Nor
ris Stroud CT. d., Portage; William
Henry Jameson Is. b., Shellsburg;
Mary Dopp Is. NJ, Waukesha.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
YOUR
BACKACHE
WILL YIELD
To Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Bloomdale, Ohio.-"I suffered from
terrible headaches, pains in my back
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Tackle Education Problem.

Tackle Education Problem.
A special committee created by the
last legislature to recommend bill
for continuation schools, which will
afford instruction to pupils after they
have passed the compulsory age of
attendance at common schools, met in
the office of State Superintendent G.
p. Cary, chairman of the committee,
and discussed in a general way pro-
visions to be incorporated in its re-
port.
There seemed to be a strong senti-
ment in the committee in favor of
recommending compulsory education
of children between fourteen and six
teen years of age who are not in
schools to attend trade or domestic
science schools for half or full day a
week.
The purpose of continuation schools
primarily is to instruct young people
in the special trades or callings in
which they are employed. These con-
tinuation schools will probably be
maintained in the larger cities and
villages of the state where their need
is most pressing and facilities for
their conduct are available.
1t was stated that the present night
schools do not fully supply the need
because those who attend them gen
orally are weary from their day work
and not in physical condition to study
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Blind Ask Legislation.

Alumni of the state school for She
blind will endeavor to induce the
legislature to pass a bill providing
that the state superintendent of pub
lie instruction shall be an ex-off1cio
member of the board of control.
This action was decided on at the
alumni reunion. 1t is an alteration
of the plan to have the school placed
under the control of the educational
department, and removed from the
supervision of the board of control.
Over one hundred alumni were in
attendance. They came from several
different states. Addresses were given
by William H. Grabner, Milwaukee,
member of the state board of control,
and Anna M. Russell, who has charge
of the department for the blind in the
Milwaukee public schools.
The reunion celebrates the siXtieth
anniversary of the first commence
ment of the institution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Can't Bar Woman's Name.


Attorney General F. L. Gilbert ruled
that it is not within the power of a
county clerk to prevent the name of a
woman, who has presented proper
nomination papers, being placed on
the ballot as a candidate for country
office.
The ruling is given to cover the
case in Ashland county, where Nellie
M Archibald, present deputy county
treasurer, is a candidate for the Office
of treasurer, and demanded that her
name be placed on the ballot with
those of the other candidates.
The attorney general holds that
there is nothing in the law that pre-
vents a woman's name appearing on
the ballot. He offers no opinion, how
ever, as to the eligibility of a woman
to be a candidate for a county Office,
and says that the question never has
been passed on by the state supreme
court
He says further that he believes
that the court should be asked to hand
down a decision covering the ques-
ton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Railroad Commission Decisions.

Two important decisions were hand.
ed out by the railway commission, one
in the case of the city of Manitowoc
against the Manitowoc Electric Light
company, and the other T. ]. Cunning
ham against the Chippewa Falls Trac-
ton company. In the ManitowOc mat
ter the geenral assertion was made
that the rates were made of uniform
service and it also orders the discount
system be discontinued because it is
discrimination. The adjustment is to
be based on the amount used in the
manner in which it is used. In the
Chippewa Falls case rate of 81 a
month was authorized.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23
Make the Liver
Do it's Duty

Nine times in ten when the liver l. right tAs
stomach and bowels are NIGHT