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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
LONDON TO AID PEACE PLAN
Taft's Proposed Arbitration Treaty Is
Ratified by Big Gathering in
GuildhaIi.

London-President Taft's proposed
Anglo-American arbitration treaty
was unanimously ratified in a
long-continued burst of cheers at one
of the most remarkable gatherings in
the history of Guildhall.
Every political party and all of the
religious communities were represent
ed on the platform by their most
prominent leaders, and the vast audi
ence comprised persons Of eminence
in every walk of life Distinguished
Tories and Liberals wed with one an
other in lauding the cause of arbitra-
ton between the two great English
speaking nations of the world, and the
hope was repeatedly expressed, and as
often cheered, that the treaty, though
it did not actually mean disarmament,
would dismiss any future possibility
of war not only between America and
Great Britain, but among any of the
great powers of the earth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
M'VELGH SUED FOR LIBEL
Deposed Cleveland Customs Collector
Brings Action at Chicago for
100000 Damages.

Chicago-Franklin MacVeagh, sec
fetary of the treasury, was made de-
PENDANT in suit for 100000 which
was filed in the circuit court by
Charles P. Leach, formerly collector
of customs for Cleveland, o. The suit
against Mr.. MacVeagh is to collect
damages for alleged libelous state
ments made against Leach. The lat
ter had occupied the position of collec-
tor Of customs for Is years but was
removed from his Office on March 10,
1911, by order of President Taft
The declaration ayers that Mr.. Mac
Veagh in a statement issued charged
that Leach had been guilty of turn
ing over to importers thousands of
dollars worth of wooden goods before
the custom duty was paid; that Mr..
MacVeagh also issued statements
charging that Leach had allowed per-
sons importing woolens through the
port of Cleveland to place them in
their own warehouses and that he
was guilty of violation of the regula-
ton of the treasury department
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
MOTHERS OF ILLINOIS MEET
Their Congress convenes in Charles
ton and Discuss Proposed Child
Labor Law Amendment.

Charleston, In.-The Illinois Con-
gress of Mothers began it's twelfth an
nual meeting in the normal school here,
the members being welcomed by SUI
perintendent Elwood of the Charleston
schools. After a response by Mrs.
Louis K. Gilleson, president Of the con-
gress, an address on what Is Hap
pening to the American Home" was de-
livered by Mrs Frances Squire Potter
Of Chicago.
Among the questions to which most
attention centered was the proposed
amendment to the child labor law by
which children would be allowed on
the stage Mrs. William F. Hefferan
spoke On this subject and the congress
was asked to adopt resolutions against
the proposed amendment to the exist
ing law Among those on the program
were Mrs Lucy T. Summerlin of Mat
toon, Mrs. John B. Sherwood of Chica-
go, DR.. Livingston G. Lord and DR..
Frank G. Smith of Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
TEACHERS PENSION PASSED
Retirement Fund Bill Wins in Senate
After Long Debate-AssembIy Re-
garded Favorable to Measure.

Madison.-The senate has passed
the Hoyt teachers pension bill by
vote of Is to 8. This action came
after long debate. The argument
of those in favor of the bill was that
it would promote the welfare of the
public schools, and insure an indie
pendence to those who spent their
lives in teaching.
The opponents argued that the bill
would injure the rural schools, i'm.
pose an unjust burden on poorly paid
teachers and create a civil pension
system which was highly undesirable.
The bill provides for the retire.
ment of teachers after service OF
twenty-five years or more on a pen.
sion not exceeding $3.50 annually.
The pension fund is to be raised by
state appropriation and an annual
assessment on teachers.
Little opposition to the bill is
looked for in the assembly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
TILDEN is ARRESTED
SENATE WARRANTS ARE SERVED
ON PACKER AND AIDS.
Write to Free Them Is Secured-Ha'
beas Corpus Petition Then Is Filed
Before Judge and Order Issued.

Chicago.-Edward Tilden, the Chi
cago packer, was arrested here for
contempt of the Illinois senate. The
contempt charge resulted from Til
den's refusal to produce certain books
before the committee investigating
the election of Senator Lorimer.
The arrest of Mr.. Tilden, however,
did not take place until writ OF
habeas corpus had already been grant
ed by Judge Adelor ]. Petit, which
was returned in court shortly after
Mr. Tilden's arrest. The writ was
granted by Judge Petit about one-half
hour before Assistant Sergeant at
Arms E. II. Hatfield of the state SEN
ate actually arrested Mr.. Tilden in the
offices of the National Packing COM
pany.
Immediately after he had served the
warrant on Mr.. Tilden, Hatfield him
self was served with the writ OF
habeas corpus by Deputy SherlH
Lenke Thereupon Hatfield took Mr..
Ti1den to Judge Petit's courtroom in
the county building. There he was re-
leased under bonds of $4,000, fur
nished by the United States Fidelity
and Guarantee company.
George M. Benedict, cashier OF the
Drovers' Deposit National bank, and
William G. Cummings, cashier of the
Drovers' Trust and Savings bank,
Jared exactly as did Mr.. Tilden. 1t
was announced that the ruling that
Judge Petit will make after hearing
arguments on the petition for the re-
lease of Mr.. Tilden will affect them
equally with the banker.
This ruling will decide whether MT.
Tilden will be sustained in his refusal
to produce his books and those OF his
banks before the Helm committee OF
the senate, which is Investigating
charges that the election of Lorimer
was obtained through bribery. II
Judge Petit orders his release the sem
ate will be obliged to abandon it's eff
forts to find out whether the books
contain any entries which would
throw light upon the source OF the
Lorimer election fund. On the other
hand, if Judge Petit refuses to grant
the petition for Mr.. Tilden's release
it means that he must appear before
the senate and either reconsider his
refusal to produce his books or be
punished for contempt, probably by
imprisonment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05

Sir Thomas r. Price, commissioner
of railways and harbors Of the South
African government. arrived in New
York the other day by the Hamburg
American liner Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria. to study the American method
of handling corn. He told represen-
tative of the New York Commercial
that the maize of South Africa, which
is our corn, is quite as good as the
American article, and he belives that
South Africa could ship to Europe
100000 tons or more year and get a
good price for 1t. He said that he I'M
derstood that America shipped to for
eign places not more than 8 per cent.
of its product, the balance Of the
great crop being used at home. At
present South Africa ships its corn
In sacks, but it Is considering the pro-
ject of shipping in bulk. He is in this
country to see how grain Is handled
at Buffalo, Duluth, Chicago, Minneap-
oils and New Orleans, and to report
to his government on the subject.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
WISCONSIN,
THE SOCIETY TEST.

Know more people and know them
better, was the means suggested by
Professor Zueblfn in his last Chicago
lecture for attaining the ultimate in
human relationship. He spoke or
wealth, position, sex, religion and race
as the obstacles to the true social
situation, which, should have an intel
lectuaI and moral basis. He ascribed
the .socialistic movement of the age
largely to the insistence of modern
society upon such petty distinctions
as wealth. family, position, etc. OF
course, the real social status of
Ct munity is based upon intellect
atX, moral purpose, says the Ohio
State Journal. Money and vanity
make more of show, but they do not
constitute the social influence of a
community. A person who has moth
ing but his money to depend on, Is
ordinarily condemned and so is the
society where he reigns. He can
make a display, but sensible people
see through it all We speak OF this
to encourage the idea that culture,
with it's aspiration and its impulse, Is
the only test of a real society, a
society that is benefit to the world
and an uplift to the individual. This
is not an objection to wealth, for real
ly that Is a great good when 1t shines
in culture and refinement, but when
for its own self it sets itself up as a
social aristocrat, then it is to be pitied
and avoided.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
BIG FIRE At BANGOR
FLAMES SWEEP BUSINESS AND
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS OF
MAINE CITY.
100000 IS THE LOSS
Firemen Are Almost Helpless Before
GaIe-Fanned 5Iaze-Dynamite Re-
sorted to to Stop conflagration-
Hundreds Are Made Homeless.

Bangor, Me.-Property valued at
100000 was destroyed, hundreds of
people made homeless and @lmost the
entire business section Of the city
devastated by fire which ragged here
for seven hours. The flames started
on Broad street, near Union, close by
the junction of the Penobscot river
and the Kenduskeag stream, and,
famed by heavy wind, swept north
ward for blocks.
The efforts of the fire department
from the time the fire started were
absolutely futile. The flames swept
north along Broad street from Union,
then jumped the Kenduskeag stream,
running along on the western bank
along Exchange street.
The Smith and Strickland blocks at
the junction of Hammond and Central
streets and the Kenduskeag stream
were dynamited, in a vain attempt to
keep the flames from leaping the
stream.
For long time the city hall, at the
foot of Main street, was saved by a
slight shift in the wind. The Haines-
Chalmers block, the Hodgkins block,
the Fiske building, the Fairbanks &
Co. plant, the Morse oliver block, the
offices of the Bangor & Aroostook rail-
road, the Offices of the Bangor News,
the Windsor hotel and the public IL
brary were destroyed with many 9th
er less prominent buildings.
In the residential district the people
started to move out early, fighting for
conveyances on which to pile their ef-
fects. The people were panic-strick-
en-. Running wildly, carrying all sorts
of useless articles, snatched up in
their frenzy, they poured out of the
city toward Old Town.
Finally, with the assistance of fire.
men from neighboring towns and with
the aid of light rain, the fire fighters
gained mastery of the situation and
the flames gradually subsidized.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
DEATH AND RUIN IN CANTON
Rebels and Bandits Sweep Through
Western kWangtung Province
Fight Troops, Many Slain.

Hongkong, Characterization, brig
andage and anarchy are stalking
through the western half Of Kwang-
tung province numbering, pillaging
and burning. Loyal troops are fight
ing desperately to crush the uprising.
WI Sum. a Chinese who was edu-
Gated in Japan and has adopted the
dress of western countries, is the
leader Of the revolt against the Man
chu dynasty. Brigand Chief LUX OF
Shuntak Is at the head of horde OF
outlaws whose object is robbery and
murded Official reports and the refu-
gees arriving from Canton confirm sim
lister reports. Bodies of the slain lie
in the streets of the city. Famine
prices are asked for foodstuffs and
the shops generally are closed.
The revolters have withdrawn to
a great extent from Canton and are
devastating the country to the west
along the West river. Before falling
back they fought the troops from
street to street, many persons being
killed. They attacked the provisional
arsenal and, being repulsed, gath
cred in an immense rice store. which
they barricaded with bags of rice.
From the building they threw bombs
into the attacking troops and were
only dislodged when the bags were
set afre. Many of the revolters es-
capped, but thirty Or more died in the
flames
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
CIVIL SERVICE LAW
UPHELD BY COURT
CONSTlTUTIONALlTY AFFIRMED
IN DECISION RENDERED By
STATE SUPREME BENCH.
STATE OFFICIALS DEFEATED
Court Reverses Opinion of Attornev
Generals Office and Order Secra,
tary of State Frear to Audit Bill,
of the Commission.

Madison.-The supreme court ~
Wisconsin has upheld the constitu-
tionality of the state civil service
law in decision handed down in the
case entitled: State No. Is, State ~
Wisconsin, ex rel G. E. Buell.. nett.
toner, versus James A. Frear, seq.
rotary of state, defendant. Justice
Winslow, in expressing the opinion
denied motion to quash the alter,
native writ of mandamus and mde.
ment ordered that the peremptorv
writ of mandamus issue without costs
to either party.
The court makes the alternative
writ of mandamus peremptory and
commands the secretary of state 70
proceed to audit the claims of the
civil service law for salaries and ex.
penses as provided by law.
The case hinged on the provision
Of the act permitting the commission
to fix stringent rules which, in effect
1t is alleged, gives it legislative
power.
The whole question was brought
up when the commission refused te
allow the attorney general and sec.
rotary of state to appoint certain
of their assistants.
This resulted in the attorney gen.
eral retaliating by advising the sec.
rotary of state that the civil service
law was unconstitutional and recon.
mending that the secretary of state
refuse to audit the bills of the COM
mission.
After Secretary of State Frear had
refused to audit a bill of S45 filed
by Chairman Buell. for services per
formed between March l and II as
a member of the commission, the
commission was placed on the de-
fensive and carried the case into
court.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
SAYS BEERS INCIDENT CLOSED
Secretary Meyer Suggests Young
Woman Be Spared Further Pub
Iicity In the Matter.

Washington. = The secretary OF
the navy announced in a letter
to Representative Korbly Of Indiana
that the incident of Miss Mary Beers,
daughter of Professor Beers of Yale,
who was declared by IAN individuap
to be not the proper person to attend
middies hop at Annapolis, is closed
hard and fast so far as the navy de-
partment is concerned. Secretary
Meyer also suggests that sit would
seem due to the young lady and her
family that they be spared the am
noyance Of further publicity"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
PROTEST TO MEXICO
U. 8. WILL ASK DIAZ TO EXPLAIN
STATEMENT.
Peace Conference to Be Held at FL
Paso-Pians VIII Be Discussed by
ENJOYS of Factions.

Washington.-The reported dec.
laration of Ramon Corral, vice
president of Mexico, at Santander,
Spain, that Americans were foment-
ing trouble in his country in order to
force Intervention, has encountered
the disfavor of the United States gov
eminent. The state department has
called the matter to the attention of
Mexico in order to establish officially
whether the interview with the vice
president, in which the statements ex-
cepted to are said to have been made,
was authentic, as published in Mexi-
CO City. The question will be taken
up by Ambassador Wilson, at Mexico
City, to whom the department tele-
graphed a copy of an official state
ment which 1t had issued unequivocal-
ly disappearing the alleged utterance.
'The department of state finds it
very difficult to credit the authenticity
of such an interview purporting to
come from a high official of the Next
can government" the statement says.
| because the efforts made to enforce
the neutrality laws and the disinter.
ested friendship of the United States
for Mexico and the Mexican people are
as we'll known to the Mexican govern
ment as they are fully understood in
the United States.
The department of state has made
every effort to prevent harmful mis-
understanding, and there can be no
doubt that the Mexican foreign Office
will take prompt steps to repudiate
and prevent the PRONUNCIATION of any
such statements calculated to disturb
the mutual confidence and friendly un-
derstanding between the two peo-
PIES"
The interview, according to the
Dlar1o, was given by the vice-presi-
dent at Santander, Spain
Ell Paso, Textile selection of
Ell Paso as the place of holding
the formal peace conference and
the naming of Judge Francisco Car
bajal of the Mexican supreme court as
the federal commissioner were devel-
opments in the Mexican situation.
The return of Gen. Bernardo Reyes
to Mexico is viewed with uneasiness
by Madero.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
"CHILDREN LIE BY FAILURE"
Savant Also Declares That Infants
Steal Until They Are Taught
Better Morals.

Washington.-Every child is liar
and a thief until he is taught better,
was the burden of the message deliv-
cred to the International Child Wei
fare Congress by DR.. Tom A. Williams
of Washington, member of the Society
of Neurologists and Psychologists of
Paris.
THE young child is quite Immoral,
said Dr. Williams, and until he is
taught better, the vices of lying and
stealing are quite natural to him. Even
when he is told they are wrong, he
may look upon their prohibition as
the verbiage Of elders who do not
mean what they say, as their actions
have often shown him"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05

If one of the difficulties Of learning
Samoan is that every noble has a
private dialect of his own, the diff
Guilty is matched by linguistic COM
plication in certain other parts OF
Polynesia In the Gilbert islands the
men and the women speak literally a
different language. The difficulty of
mutual intercourse is overcome by
making the women use the masculine
tongue when talking to the men.
Among themselves it is taboo" says
the London Chronicle. And the men
do not bother about the other. With
some trouble you may find the differ
ence between the mems and women's
language in this civilized country.
There are words that are understood
and used by every woman, and not
quite comprehended by a man when
he hears them accidentally. For ex-
ample, shopping" is a woman's word.
And another-which is not used by
mems nice" A man may be clev-
er and rich and handsome, but-not
nice"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
FIRE AT PORT WASHINGTON
Warehouse Of Wisconsin Chair Com
oany Burns to Ground With Loss
of $40, OOO-Origin Unknown.

Port Washington.-Fire broke out
In the warehouse of the Wisconsin
Chair company here and burned il
to the ground. The loss is 100000,
partly covered by insurance. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The
building is a two-story frame struc-
ture, isolated from the rest of the
plant. There we're no fires in the
building and nothing is known that
could have started the blaze.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
ELEVEN KILLED IN WRECK
Train Bearing School Teachers Is De
rallied and Burned at Easton,
Pa.-Fifty Hurt.

Easton, Pa.-Eleven persons lost
their lives when school teachers
special excursion train was derailed
and burned on the Pennsylvania rail-
road at Martins Creek.
Three of the dead have been identi-
fed The bodies of six others are in
the morgue and two male passengers
are missing. It is expected that their
homes will be found in the debris.
Three of the ten il jured in the Easton
hospital will probably die. More thaD
fftv persons were hurt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05

A London scientist claims to have
discovered how to control the growth
of human beings. He says it will be
possible in future to make people
grow tall or leave them short, and
even the shape of the nose can be
regulated according to the desires Of
its proprietor. Hope on. The time
NAV come when there will be no
fat people to crowd you in an ele-
waited car seat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
University Teaches 9,649.

Madison.-That the University OF
Wisconsin is instructing 9,469 stu
dents this year is shown by the ne"
catalogue now in press. Of these o.
538 have been in attendance at Madl'
son, and 1881 have received instruc'
tion by correspondence through the
extension division. The total attend
ance at Madison, 1888, is an increase
of sol over that of last year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
To Ask s5oo,ooo for Prison.

Joliet.-That a recommendation
for an appropriation for 100000
for preliminary work on a new state
penitentiary will be made by sub
committees on finance of both houses
of the Illinois legislature is the con-
clusion drawn as the result of a meet
ing here
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
To Use Waste Basket.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the Cur
rencv Murray placed an official ban
IN hank promoters. Hereafter all
annlications to organize national
hanks promoted by professional pro-
moters" will be thrown into the waste
basket.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
Preparing for Dietz Trial.

Hayward.-Sam ]. Williams, dis
trict attorney Of Sawyer county,
who has been out of the city all this
week on the Dietz case, says he has
subpoenaed seventy-fve witnesses and
wants another attorney to assist him.
The county board will authorize the
appointment of an assistant district
attorney
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
EIGHT Are cremated.

Roanoke, Va-Mrs ]. H. Num-, a
widow, and seven children were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed their home in southwest Roa-
noke. Three of her ten children es-
caped by leaping from windows.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
investigate Murder of American

ington.-James o. Laing,
American consul at Malta, will go to
Cyrene, Africa, to assist in the inves-
tigation of the murder of Prof. H. F.
de Cou, an American archaeologist, by
Arabs on March H.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05

A Ptttsburg man has just been found
innocent after having served nineteen
years for murder. We are not In
clined to blame him If he harbors a
crouch against the world
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05

Don't wait for appendicitis before
having the appendix removed says a
Chicago surgeon. Now dentist ought
to come forward and advocate the ex-
traction of healthy teeth, because they
might ache some day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05

Before a young man proposes to a
young woman it might be a good idea
for him to suggest casually some day
that he would like to see her in her
kitchen gown.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
HOO Are 70 Sine for Mrs. Taft

New York.-At the invitation of
Mrs Taft 100 members of the Mozsrt
society, a New York musical organi-
zation. will go 20 Washington to par
ticipate in the May garden party on
the White House lawn on May IL.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05

Carries Billion Passengers in Year.
New York.-Surface, elevated and
subway transportation lines here car
ried 400 100000 passengers in 1910,
more than the estimated population
of the world, according to the report
of the public service commission.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
Graduates Go to Mission Field

Appleton Nearly one-quarter VI
The graduating class at La"IeDVN
college this year will become LIE
sionaries, eleven Of them haVlns a.
ready secured assignments to "oiA
in foreign lands.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05
Denver Consolidation Upheld.

Denver, Colo.-Consolidatio OF the
city and county of Denver govern
ments is upheld in an opinion handed
down by the supreme court. The
saving to the county will reach sew
eral thousand dollars annually
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-05-05

A far-sigtted st. Louis minister has
established a big club counting par
Ior. Marriage fees come in mighty
handy when the salary payments are
slow or small