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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
A. B. Whitman, Long Time Resident
of Appleton, Passes Away
After Lops lines.

Milwaukee, A. b. Whitman, form
er state senator, whose home was at
Appleton, Wis, for many years, died
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. War-
rem b. Bullock, after an illness Of
several months. He had been inter
ested in mining for several years past,
with headquarters at Chicago, bat
was taken sick in the spring and was
brought to Milwaukee, where his
condition gradually became worse
He was born in Maine in 1854. but
came to Wisconsin when a boy and
worked in the pine forests OF Wiscon-
sin and in lumber mills to complete
his education at Lawrence university
He was admitted to the bar in 1882,
and previous to that time was city
superintendent of schools in Appleton
eight years. He was district attor-
ney of Outagamie county in 1887 and
1883, and his work as chairman of
the Republican county committee fin
ally resulted in his becoming mem
Der Of the Republican state central
committee with Hold Taylor and
Henry c. Payne.
He leaves a wife and three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Warren B. Bullock of Mil
waukee, Mrs. George +. Blood, Spo-
kane, and Mrs Edward Wilde, MIL
waukee.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
SCHWITTAY TO RECUPERATE
Wants to 2etract His Charges Against
Attorney Martineau. Cases
Postponed.

Marinette.-Tellingf friends that he
IS on the verge of nervous prostration
from his two years OF strenuous war
fare, Albert E. Schwittay, the depOsed
Marinette county district attorney and
disbarred lawyer, has left Marinette
for an extended period of time, and
Mrs. Schwittay is now editing the
Searchlight, the SChwittay publica-
ton. Schwittay is the Republican
nominee for sheriff, but before leaving
gave out an interview saying he eX-
poets to spend but little time in the
sheriff's office, and will devote his
labor to his publication, leaving the
sheriff's Office in the hands of de-
putty. He says he wants the Office
only to secure funds TO carry his dis
barment suit to the supreme court.
Before leaving, Schwittay held a
conference with p. A. Martineau. a
Marinette county lawyer upon whom
Schwittay has made violent warfare.
Mr.. Martineau has commenced three
criminal suits, and it was agreed at
the conference that by stipulation
they will go over the term of court
in October. At that meeting it is said
Schwittay agreed to retract certain
of his statements, if Mr.. Martineau
would drop the cases. Il is said
Schwittay would not agree to admit
that these stories were printed mali
ciously, but that he would admit that
he learned they were not true.
Since the SearChlight has been in
the hands of Mrs. Schwittay its char
acter has changed and its utterances
are mild, the columns being devoted
chiefly to news,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
NO HEALTHY SKIN LEFT

My little son, boy of five, broke
tors prescribed for him, but he kept
getting worse until we could not dress
him any more. they finally advised
me to try a certain medical college.
but It's treatment diu no good. At
the time | was induced to try Cuti-
cura he was so bad that had to cut
his hair off and put the Cuticura Oint-
ment on him on bandages, as It was
impossible to touch him with the bare
hand. There was not one square inch
not affected. He was one mass OF
sores The bandages used to stick to
his skin and in removing them it used
to take the skin of with them, and
the screams from the poor child were
heartbreaking. | began to think that
he would never get well. but after the
second application Of Cuticura Oint-
ment began TO see signs OF improve
ment, and with the third and fourth
applications the sores commenced TO
dry up. His skin peeled off twenty
times, but It finally yielded to the
treatment Now can say that he Is
entirely cured, and stronger and
healthier boy you never saw than he
the cure was effected Robert Wattam.
114S Forty.eighth St, Chicago. Ill.
Oct. 9. 1909"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
ALLEGED VIOLATION
Of STATE LAW
INDUCTION ISSUED AGAINST
CONTRACTOR ON UNlvER-
S.TY BUILDING.
STOPS WORK AT SCHOOL
Madison Trades Council Says Labor
ers on Engineering Building
Work Ten Hours. Con-
trary to Law.

Madison. Alleged violation of the
employed in the construction of any
public building from working more
than eight hours a day caused the
issuance of a temporary injunction
against the continuance of the work
upon the addition to the engineering
building at the University OF Wiscon-
sin.
The ligitation was started by M. e.
Waldschaky, president of the Madison
Federated Trades council, follows the
alleged discovery that r. G. Mccarthy,
the contractor for the addition, is
working some of his men ten hours
day.
The defendants in the action are
the board of regents of the university
w d. Hoard as president of the
board, Secretary of State James A.
Frear, State Treasurer A. II. Dahl and
Contractor T. c. Mccarthy. The tenn
porary injunction not only orders that
construction work be stopped, but
President Hoard and Secretary Frear
are restrained from auditing and
State Treasurer Dahl from paying
anything to Mccarthy on his contract.
1t is not known whether any at
tempt will be made by any of the de-
PENDANTS to resist the injunction on
the ground that the S-hour law is
unconstitutional, but this is doubted.
1t is more likely that the board of
regents will seek to uphold its form
of contract, holding that it is incum-
bent upon the contractor to see that
the law is obeyed. The work alleged
to be going on on the ten-hour basis
is being performed by d sub-con-
tractor under Mccarthy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
SAYS 20 PER CENT
LAW IS VALID.
GILBERT GIVES SECRETARY OF
STATE HIS OPINION on
PRIMARY LAW.
DEMOCRATS WILL APPEAL
Chairman Davies Will Take Immediate
Action and Expects High Trhu-
nal to Pass on Law Before
November Election.

MadisOn.-Attorney General Frank
L. Gilbert handed down an opinion
holding that tho 20 per cent clause in
the primary election law is coNstitu-
tional.
The document is addressed to Sec
rotary of State James "A. Frear, who
asked for decision a. the request of
Joseph e. Davies, chairman CT the
democratic state central committee,
who alleged that the law established
unreasonable discrimination against
political parties affected.
Mr.. Gilbert held that the PROPOSE
ton resolved itself into the question
of the reasonableness or nnreason-
ableness of the statute, and that, un-
less there appeared 20 be no doubt of
an infringement on constitutional
rights, expressed or implied, the prob
lem should be handled by the legisa-
ture rather than the judicial branch
of the state government.
EA said that in his judgment it
would be presumptuous for the attor-
ney general to submit his judgment
on matter Qf this kind that has been
considered b. representatives of the
people, chosen to determine the wis
dom and policy of the laws.
He advised the secretary of state to
regard the law as valid until it had
been passed upon by the supreme
court.
Chairman Davies already has an
nounced that he will take the matter
direct to the supreme court if such
a proceeding will be allowed by that
tribunal, in the event of the attorney
general upholding the law and this
action will be taken Immediately.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29

ids, MINI.
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Every suffering woman owes it to her
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If you want special advice write
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
Four Generations Meet.

Beloit Sixty old folks, middle
aged folks, young folks and children,
comprising four generations gathered
recently in a family reunion at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Munger
of this city. The event was held in
honor of John Germany, Sr., of Beloit,
and his sister, Mrs. Harriet Sim
monds, sole survivors of the first
generation of the Germany family.
Invitations had been issued for
eighty members Of the family, but all
were unable to attend the first re-
union. II Is now planned that the
family will hold a reunion every year.
Four generations are represented
by Mrs. Harriet Simmonds and her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Vale, her
granddaughter, Mrs. Roy Williams.
and her great-grand- daughter, Lima
Williams. Mr. Germany is "a years
of age, Mrs. Simmonds is SO and Mar
garet Miller, months old, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Miller OF
Shirland, is the youngest member Of
the family.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
START BIG LUMBER CASE
Tol Money Asked For in Act on
Which May Involve $4,000
Before Its Close.

Marinette.-A question involving
nearly $4,000 in tolls for the use of
booms and river driving improve
ments, will be settled by suit
brought by the Menominee River
Boom company. Marinette, against
the A. Spies Lumber and Cedar COM
pany, Menominee, for $1,000.
The alleged uncollected tolls from
other companies amount to more than
$40, 900.
During the years the boom com
pany has been operating, several mil
lions of dollars have been collected
from lumber interests on the Menomi-
nee river for tolls under a charter
of the boom company, which is a
Stephenson interest.
Cary, Upham & Black, Milwaukee,
represent the plaintiff, and Eastman
& Martineau. Marinette, are for the
defendant. Papers in the action have
been filed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
OFFER TO RETURN TO WORK
MitcheIl-Lewis Employees Ask That
They Be Allowed to Have Old
Foreman Back.

Racine.-There is no change il the
strike situation at the Mitchen-Lewis
Motor company plant. The men say
that $50 men are out and the COM
pany publishes the statement that the
number is ESQ.
A letter is reported to have been
sent to Capt. Lewis, in which the men
say they will go back to work pro-
vided their old foreman is returned
and one person is removed.
A scale Of wages paid different en-
ployes has been published by the COM
pany to show that it Is fair and that
salaries are better than in other fac
tories. Several meetings of the stri-
kers have been held and il is said
that a unior is to be organized.
Pickets are placed at the factory,
but there has been no trouble and
none is expected.
A committee has been appointed by
the employees to confer with Capt
Lewis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
ORIGIN OF TRIAL By JURY
Various Noted Authorities valnIy A.
tempt to Toll Whence the
Custom Came.

Whence comes the system Of trial
by jury7 In the opinion OF Bourguig
non, French turist, Its origin loses
itself In the night OF time" Black
stone speaks of 1t as "a trial that
hath been used time out OF mind"
Reeves thinks 1t was introduced into
England by the Normans. who them
selves obtained 1t from northern Eu.
rope. 1t Is certain that the Scandi.
navians had an established jury syS
tenn more than a thousand years ago.
The Normans on their arrival In Eng
land found prevailing there the ordeal
Of hot irons, which enforced the car
rying Of pound of heated metal by
the accused for given distance, and
the ordeal of hot water. in which by
way OF variation a stone had to be
withdrawn from pitcher OF boiling
water. No attempt at reform In this
direction was made by William the
ConQueror.
A noted case tried IN the reign Of
the Conqueror. with Otho bishop Of
Bayeux, presiding as judge, has been
enormously supposed to be the first
jury case on record. dispute had
arisen about certain lands, to which
the sheriff laid claim on behalf Of the
king. All the men OF the county were
assembled and sworn to say the truth.
Eventually they found for the sheriff.
The Judge, dissatisfied with the yer.
dict, directed the men Of the county
to choose out of their number twelve,
who should upon their oaths confirm
the verdict If they thought fit. This
they did. Authorities now agree, how
ever, that the chosen twelve were not
Jurors, but merely compurgators,
sworn to give evidence. The legal
existence of jurors was first recorded
under the Plantagenets.
Nowadays no penalty ia enforced
when the twelve men chosen to form
the jury are unable to agree upon a
verdict. Formerly, however, refrac-
tory juryman was committed to prison
and the verdict of the eleven was
taken. In the reign OF King Edward
III. the judges decided that a verdict
given by a majority was a nullity
and recommended that the judges
should carry the jury about with them
In cart till they should agree. The
old custom that jurors should fast I'M
til they had agreed in their verdict
prevailed long, but was mercifully re
Taxed somewhat in Tudor times, and
during Queen Elizabeth's reign a ban
luet was usually given to the jury by
the successful party to suit
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
Planning for Small Family.

When catering for a small family.
care. Judgment and economy must be
used or one kind OF food must be
served several times in order to avoid
waste.
When purchasing utensils and dishes
for cooking. choose the size most suit
able to the size of the family, as such
an Investment has great advantage
even in serving leftovers.
In buying a roast, too small a one
dries out In cooking and is not an
economical purchase. The beef left
over may be served In slices heated In
a Mexican sauce curry, tomato, or
horseradish sauce. The little bits too
small to serve may be chopped and
seasoned, then used as sandwich fill.
ing. or one can always have hash.
Bits OF leftover vegetable like car
rot, beans or corn, may be added to o
salad greatly to its advantage.
Eggs contain no waste and add to
the nutriment of dish. When ma.
king an omelet If few peas are at
hand fold them in at the last or
serve in sauce poured around an
omelet.
Very tempting desserts may be
made from stale cake cut In rounds OF,
fancy shapes, n preserved pear or
peach, with a little of the syrup and
whipped cream served on each piece.
For a small family one can make so
many attractive little dishes that
would be entirely out Of the question
with larger family
When using gas n small portable
oven to be used over a burner is .
great saving
A delicious dessert which Is both
pleasing to the eye and the palate is
prepared by beating together half
cup Of any favorite jelly and the white
Of one egg. II will take little time
to beat until il stands alone, but the
result will repay the effort Serve in
shcrbet cups With sweetened whipped
cream on top. 4 change from the
usual French toast may be made by
cutting the bread in rounds or in some
fancy shape, dip in egg and milk and
Try in butter as usual. Often dish
refused many times will be welcomed
If the appearance is changed 1t Is
necessary in all successful cooking to
appeal first To the eye
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
In His Last Harbor.

Racine. Capt, h, X. Blodgett,
aged IT, veteran sailor of the Great
Lakes. has been sent to the poorhouse
because he had no visible means Of
support and was living in poverty and
squalor In his day Capt Blodgett
was in command of sixteen vessels
and sailed the first boat into kenosha
harbor. then Southport, in 1854. Capt.
Blodgett was twice a wealthy man.
His first fortune was wiped out by
fire, buildings he owned being de-
stroyed. The second was lost by aid
ing friends in distress. OF late years
he has been cripple from rheuma
tism. The city of Racine gave him
$4G month and this was cut off when
he refused to enter the poorhouse.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
WOMAN CRAWL ON KNEES
inflictirg Torture on Fe-
males Of China.

Madison.--Prof. Edward A. Ross,
head of the department of sociology
in the University of Wisconsin, who
has just returned from a trip in
China and Japan, gave additional de-
tails ot his observations.
81 passed through several Chinese
provinces where a desperate fight is
being made against the poppy culture
and the opium industry" continued
Prof. Ross. Poppy raising was legis-
lated against three years ago, but the
government is having a difficult time
stamping it out on account of its re-
munerative returns to the growers.
Gradually, however, it expects to see
it wiped out entirely"
He said that in other provinces he
passed through, foot binding was still
in vogue. The sights, he said, were
terrible. Many women were forced
to crawl around on their hands and
knees as a result Of the terrific pains
coming from the tight bands.
Prof. Ross, in the seven months
that he was gone, spent most of his
time In China, travelling over 10000
miles in that country He made one
land trip of over 1900 miles by mule
and sedan chair. He cruised down
the Yang Tsai is a rowboat for dis
lance of 900 miles.
The missionaries, he said, are doing
great work in relieving the distressed
condition Of the Chinese.
Prof. Ross says that he believes he
is the first person interested in mod
ern sociology who has been in China.
Much of his attention was spent in a
study of the Chinese family, and he
will write the deduction on the cause
of China's enormous birth rate and
dense population for one of the
monthly publications.
He visited Count Okuma and Mar
quis Katsuri in Japan; exchanged
calls with the viceroy in Toxic, and
was lunchee by the viceroy of SEE
Churu, besides interviewing WI Ting
Fang.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
CAPT. SCHECKEL Is DEAD
Old River Man Who Navgated Be-
tween Mississippi and Head
waters Dies at Age of 10.

Eau Claire.-Capt. Philip Scheckel
died here aged 73. He was one of the
old river men who navigated from the
Mississippi to the headwaters when
navigation was opened on Chippewa
river.
Capt. Scheckel began his river ca
reer by rafting for the lumber concern
Of Carson & Eaton, near this city.
He built the boat, Golden Star and
later the Chippewa. Few understood
navigation better than = checked. He
was the originator OF the Jimmy
hole" which proved useful in manip-
ulatinS RATS.
He was personal friend of Senator
Stout, having spent the last summer
at Stout's cottage.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
Protecting Concrete Floors.

The rapid wearing Of dust from ce
ment concrete floors suggested to Al
bert Meyer some experiments with
protective coatings. AS reported to
the American Society for Testing Ma
terals, the paints and protectives on
The market were found to form only
thin veneer, but several applications
Of dilute water glass (sodium silicate)
filled the pores near the surface, form
ing with the line of the cement kind
Of marine glue" and hardened the
concrete itself. This cheap applica-
lion seems to be valuable for many
uses. 1t strengthens concrete already
set. and not only makes 1t more dur
able, but gives it resistance to sea
water, acids, alkalies and other chem
icals.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
Canitol Contract is Let.

Madison The state capitol com
mission awarded contract TO tho
Modem steel structural company ef
Wagkesha for furnishing and placing
the steel for the superstructure u
the dome OF the central part of the
new statchousc The cost Is to be
$4,000 There we're four bids, rang
ing rom $4,000 to $l03 900. Not
on,y was the bid Of The winning CON
panx's the lowest submitted. but the
kpottn excercrec of the Waukesha
concerns work vas determining
facts, in the awarding Of thr contract
Il, tue capitol commission.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
AUTO JOLT DISCHARGES GUN
Merten Place, Whitewater Garage
Owner, Seriously Injured in
Strange Accident.

GAINESVILLE. -Merten Place, former
Milton college athlete, last year the
gymnasium instructor of the White
water normal, and now conducting
garage in Whitewater, was hurried
to a hospital with his jawbone shat
tered, a hole in his neck the size of
a baseball, and his breast and face
torn by charge of bird shot.
He was driving an automobile from
Whitewater to Lake Koshkonong with
his shotgun between his knees. The
weapon was discharged when the car
jclted over railroad crossing at
Milton. He stopped the machine and
ran half mile to Dr. Crossley's resi-.
dence.
Physicians think he may recover.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29

1t was Annas first visit at the sea.
side She was only little girl, and
very enthusiastic over the long locked
for opportunity to so into the water
They came too late The previous
day for a dip in the surf, 50 Anna was
up early, and as she put on her bath
ing suit while the rest were at break
fast some one questioned her as to
her haste.
Well you see, replied the thought
ful child. Il want 10 hurry and go in
before SO many people get in and
get the water cold"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
VOTES ON LICENSE FEE
$500 to $500; Special
EIe ction Held.

Kilbourn voted at
special election on Tuesday on the
question Of raising the saloon license
from 5000 to $500, Low license won
by a majority of AZ
Tomah. The city voted for $500
license in place of $500 by 3S2 to
1875.
Soldiers Grove soldiers Grove
voted in favor of a saloon license fee
of $500, instead Of 500.
Jefferson Jefferson, by a vote of
400 to 1863, decided on Tuesday that
the license fee for the next three years
shall be $500.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
ssives In Saddle.

Grand Rapids The newly elected
Wood county Republican committee
met IN this city to perfect its organi-
Zation. Twenty-Five out of the forty
two members responded to their
nance on the roll call. p. o. WHITTIER
of NJ .oosa, defeated primary candi-
date on the Republican ticket fo.
member Of Assembly from this coun-
ty, tds elected chairman Ross +.
Andrews Of Marshfcld. district attor-
ney. manager of the progressive wing
of tn" Republican party during the
recent u lmary campaign, was elected
secretary. Simon Wurlund, progress
sive. of Sige. was elected treasurer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
VIII Leach in Turkey.

Beloit. When the Rev. Darwin
Lsavitt of this city goes to Marash,
Turkey, next month, it will be as the
missionary of the First Congregation
al church, which has decided to sup
port him in his work in Marash.
Mr.. Leavitt is a graduate of Beloit
college and Yale Divinity school. He
is the son of DR.. George K. Leavitt.
mar" years pastor of the First Con
gregational church. He will teach in
the Christian school in Marash He
has served the Gridley church of this
city as pastor for the last year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
CHARGED with Fire Fraud.

Ashland.-J. V. Smeaton, of Marsh
field, Oregon, and Con w. Lloyd OF
Ashland, were arrested on complaint
Of Asst. Fire Marshal Florin. charged
with conspiring to defraud fire insur-
ance companies. Their bonds were
fixed at 1000 each Lloyd is an in
surance agent and Smeaton was
manager of the Lake Superior Lum-
Der & Box company, which burned
a year ago. The two men were ac-
cused of fixing up $4,000 policy
after the fire from which they oD-
tanned 81 SIC.