The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-30
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

of legislative sessions may be broken
by the legislature now in session
here Hope has been held ont that
the legislature would adjourn sine
die by July 4, but indications are hat
the session may last much longer The
record session which lasted until July
Is stands good chance OF being bro
ken. The legislature is at sea over
the income tax bill, and the appor-
tionment bill doubtless Will cause a
big difference of opinion and long de-
bate. All of the large appropriations
are yet to be acted upon While these
are expected to go through in accor-
dance with the report Of the legisla-
tive committee on finance, there is
some grumbling among the country
members because the university is
getting so much money. This indi-
Gates the possibility of delay over the
large appropriation bills.
UKESHA-During the course Of
a hearing in court Attorney G. Holmes
Daubner objected to JCC3e c. E. Ar
mia proceeding with the case. alleging
that the Office Of judge had been va
cant for two years by virtue Of the
fact that Judge ATr-in had been re-
tanned in the employ Of common car
rier and public utility corporation.
Judge Armin refused to stop the pro-
ceedings and after the hearing de-
clared that he had not violated sec
ton 4552m of the laws of 1907, which
govern the offense alleged, and that he
had no intention of resigning. AS yet
no affidavit has been filed in the case
so that the names of the corporations
alleged to have retained the judge are
not known.
LA CROSSE-A long circus parade
passing the West Avenue church,
where sessions are being held, proved
too strong a counter attraction, and
400 delegates to the Northwestern sy-
nod of the German Lutheran church
listening to paper by one OF the
church authorities on 'The Duties of
the Present Day Church" temporarily
left the speaker without an audience
when they rushed to the doors and win
dows to see the parade go by. When
the elephant had passed and the last
note had been footed by the calliope,
the delegates returned and resumed
their doctrinal discussion.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. his titantic
mechanical creation in one wild flight
against Father Time, Bob Burman, the
king of speed kings, shot the famous
Bitten Benz, hiding 200 horsepower
th0 la
state fair oval in the remarkable time
of :5015, clipping Barney Oldfields
mark of 81, and setting new record
for the track Burman's performance,
while remarkable in itself, was but
one feature of meet filled with thrills,
a meet remarkable for it's splendid
driving and freedom from accidents.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT are being
made to hold a national convention in
Madison next October to nationalize
the movement for the promotion of So
cial center work. Features will be adj
dresses by Senator LaFollette, Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey,
Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul, H. H.
Jacobs of Milwaukee,, and others. Pro-
fessor E. J. Ward, acting secretary of
the public welfare branch of the State
university extension, is arranging the
meeting.
MADISON-TheW Wisconsin state as
sembly adopted the resolution intro
duced by State Senator Husting, call
ing upon. the United States senate to
investigate the election of Senator
Issac Stephenson in the year 1908.
The resolution will now be returned
to the senate with the concurrence of
the assembly and engrossed. When
printed it will be ready to be returned
to the secretary of state, who will
certify it to Vice President Sherman,
presiding officer of the United States
senate.
NESWLLE-Louis Keller, who is
alleged to have killed Mrs Johanna
Hischka, aged fiftyfour, as result of
Keller's attentions to Katherine Hisch-
ka, aged fifteen, and who was captured
while asleep in a boat near the city,
has been held without bail for trial,
following a verdict by the coroner's
jury charging him with the crime He
claims self-defense.
MADISON-After efforts by Senator
Husting and some acrimonious debate,
the senate, by vote if 10 to 4, passed
a bill No. 15S, which eliminates the
necessity of a candidate receiving a
required number of votes at the pri-
maries to get his name on the official
ballot Fear was expressed that the
bill will interfere with the second
choice law.
GREEN EAY-Physicians state that
the condition of Mrs. e. A. Lee, one of
the five autoists injured near Depere
Sunday, when their machine tipped
over. was very serious. The woman
was injured internally and her chances
of recovery were considered doubtful
Mrs. John Steckart, another one of the
injured, shows improvement.
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