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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
MASKED MEN ROB TRAIN
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Dozen Bandits Rifle P. & E.
Express and Mail Cars
Near Erie.
PASSENGERS FIRED UPON
Train Crashes Into Distractions
Man Hurled Down Embank-
ment and Badly Injured
Three Trainmen Hurt.

Erie. Penn. June 3O.--A fast mail and
passenger train on the Philadelphia e.
Erie Railroad was held up tonight five
miles from this city by band Of a
dozen masked men. The mail and ex-
press cars were ri1ed and three Of the
crew. c. H. Block. Of Erie, mail clerk.
II. u. Rooney. also Of Erie. conductor.
and G. r. Ben1is. brakeman, We're
wounded.
Block was shot in the right side and
was taken TO a hospital IL dying con-
dition. Rooney received serious injuries
when he was hit with a stone thrown by
one Of the robbers.
Railroad officials are unable to make
an estimate Of the value Of the booty
obtained by the bandits. but Vt Is PROB
sbly considerable as the mail and ex
rress cars were stripped Of their con
tents
The train was due in this city at N. !"
o'clock 80 night. Pew minutes before
10 o'clock. when the train was making 4
big curve. the engineer saw an obstruc-
all possible speed. but not before 1t
crashed into ties and telegraph poles
that had been placed across the track.
Opened Fire on Passengers.
When the train hit the obstruction It
was first believed by the passengers that
there had been a collision with another
train. and as II came to a standstil sew
eral ~ the passengers alighted, 70 ascer-
tain the trouble Their presence drew
the fire ~ the band Of masked men. and
there was = stampede to re-enter the
cars.
Carl Anderson. OF Eenoys. Penn. a
salesman and passenger on the train,
vho. brsver than the rest caught hold
Of one If the robbers. was picked up
bodily and thrown over 3oO-foot
embankment. His condition Is seri-
ous Anderson's face and body were
badly cut and his clothing was torn
from his back. He was taken to a
hospital in an unconscious condition.
Almost before the train had stopped
the masked mon had taken ~ their po-
sitions at practically every entrance to
the cars. When the passengers began
pouring from the train there we're few
sharp cries from the men 10 Get back
into the cars" When humber of the
excited passengers failed TO take this
advice the bandits opened fire. They
shot along the sides of the cars, level
with the windows, and this effectively
nut an end 10 the curiosity Of the pas
sensers.
Within the cars there was panic. a
number Of women tainted while the
screams Of others caused much contu-
sion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
Yachts in Solid Line.

Never had race a more gorgeous set
ting. For a mile and a half the yachts
we're I'm a solid line on both sides of tho
course. and for half mile fur her. clear
I'D to the naval station. yachts ana e1-
cursion boats were anchored To cap 1t
all. as the crews were nearing the hags
that marked the first mile, there was
vnirring above. and. like some great
bird. Harry Atwood swept over the
course in his Burgess Wright biplane. in
which he had come from Boston in two
hours and twenty-five minutes In the
morning. Never very high, Atwood
dropped as low as he dared once ne had
come ND TO the crews. for he few up
stream as they rowed down and scared
along above them. Then back ne came
70 the finish. first over the already trl-
umphant Harvard eight. then over faie'
and when the race was over he gave an
exhibition of flying that startled even
,hose accustomed to the daring feats oi
Hamilton and his kind.
Circling once above tho bridge, ne
s,yooped down and fairly skinned the
surface of the water between the yachts'
saIutcd by the dipping OF colors' the
screeching Of whistles and the cheers OF
all who saw him. So he flew for lniIe'
then up and over to the west shore'
where he came to earth.in the field that
had received him when he arrived from
Boston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
Contractors Ready for Work.

Contractors have sixty DAYS in which
to begin work after the signing of con-
tracts. but IL is believed thar the lowest
bidders on contracts Nos. 6 10 II, the
ones 70 be let, will be in position to be
gin work within thirty days. These bids
are as follows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
mn LINE ExTRA SERVICE

il ron operating The second morning bost
is ideal ior one day trips on the Hudson
AJ,L
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
Own. Is Per Cent 81 LIZ. Ore.

MIR. Smith shows the enormous power
the corporation possesses through its
control or ownership Of ore beds and
right Of way which are natural and in
evitable m6nopoies in themselves. "
now owns - per cent Of the lake ores.
having recently concentrated it's efforts
on securing these properties. ON this
point the report SAYS:
Indeed. in so far as the steel corpora
tion's position i'm the entire iron and steel
industry IL of monopolistic character. ~
is chiefly through it's control of orc hold
ines and the transportation Of ore.
Despite It's vast holdings, its extensive
control under lease Of the heds and itS
ownership Of railroads. COMMISSIONS
Smith asserts that the steel corporation
is not without competition, but. on tho
contrary. the competition has boeu
steadily increasing an assertion which
seems to be supported by tho resort OK
subsidiary companies " the corporation
to price pooling. as is alleged IN the In
dictments returned in New York. The
report, however, has played no pert ia
the prosecutions undertaken by the De-
partment of Justice or I'm any action
which may be contemplated by that do
partment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01

Continued on second pas.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
RACINE EX-MAYOR IS DEAD
M. M. Secor, Wealthy Trunk Manu-
tacturer, Succumbs to Injuries
Received in a Fall.

Racine. Martin NJ. SeCor, former
mayor, one Of the largest trunk man
ufacturers in the United States. and
a man Of great eccentricity, died at
his home here as the result of an ac-
cident.
He recently came into fresh promi-
hence by erecting a monument in a
local cemetery to be used for his own
grave, on which was the following
strange inscription, which caused at
tention all over the United States:
why did the good God make a
bad devil?"
On Dec q Mr. Secor arose Som
his bed and fell, striking against the
post Of the bed, breaking three :tbs
He did not realize that his injury vas
serious and doctor was not called
for several days, when it was found
that one of the broken ribs had pune
tured the lung.
A sensational incident in the life
of Mr.. Sccor was an attempt in 1889
to assassinatc him during a strike at
his factory. one night a bomb,
placed at the gate of his home. was
prematurely exploded and a Milwau-
kec man was injured He was cub
seQuently arrested, and after a long
legal fight convicted and sentenced to
Waupun.
Mr., Socor leaves an estate valued
at 100000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
DEATH OF JOSEPH DESSERT
Was Living at La Pointe When First
Treaty Was Made with Oh ppewas
First President of Mos nee.

Grand Rapids.-JCseph Dessert,
reputed to be the oldest resident of
Wood county, died at the home OF
his son-in-law, Henry NJ. Thompson,
in this city. The deceased was born
in st. Joseph, Quebec, in 1919, and
was so years old at the time OF his
death.
Mr.. Dessert came to Wisconsin in
his boyhood as an employe OF the
John Jacob Aston American Fur COM
pany at La Pointe, across from the
present city of Ashland, He was liY-
ing there in 1874 when the first
treaty was made with the Chippewa
Indians.
A few years later Mr.. Dessert went
to Mosinee, where he engaged in the
lumber business. He was elected
first president of the village, and as
head of the John Dessert Lumber
company became one of the most
prominent citizens Of the town.
In 1894 a great celebration mark
ed the completion of the company's
fiftieth year, at which time Mr.. Des-
sert gave a valuable library to the
village.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
|C|T|ES BIG FACTOR
IN STATE GROWTH
CONTRIBUTE 65.7 PER CENT OF
WlSCONSlN'S INCREASE IN
POPULATION.
THIRTY-SIX ARE ABOVE 5000
Census Bureau Figures Show Many
B,dger Cities are Making RAPID
Growth -kenosha Leads State IN
Percentage of Increase.

Washington-Eigh municipalities
in Wisconsin, which in 1900 had a
population in excess of 5000, de-
creased during the last ten years, ac-
cording to figures of the thirteenth
census. The eight places lost in the
aggregate about 5000, one of them,
Kaukauna, falling below 5000 in
population. The others were Ash
land, Marinette, Menomonie, Neenah,
OcontO, Portage and Stevens Point.
otwithstanding these losses, the
municipalities over 5000 contributed
G47 per cent of the states total in
crease in population during the ten
years. They gave 17l,3Gl of the
states total increase of 2G4,S1S.
In 1900 there were thirty-three Of
these municipalities. Four places of
less than 5000 increased 10 figures
beyond that number in the ten years,
while one decreased below that num-
Der, making thirty-six cities the mum
Der in 1910 that had population in
excess OF 5000.
The average increase of these
places during the ten years was 24.3
per cent. The percentage in most of
the municipalities was small. Mil
waukee, with 81 per cent, was among
the largest increase,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
JOHN OIETZ OUT ON BONDS
Released from Jail, He Leaves Hay
ward for Visit With Relat.ves-ls
Being Watched by Detectives.

Hayward Watched by detectives
in the employ of the state, John DietZ
and his wife took the train here for
Cameron to visit Detzs Gon-in-law
Herman Voigt Dietz was released
by Judge Riordan upon $12,5OO bail
furnished through the efforts of his
daughter Myra, by the Bangor Hunt
ing club, which has made his cabin
its headquarters during the hunting
seasons.
Sam J. Williams, the new prose-
cutor, and Sheriff Fred Clark stated
that the two warrants still out
against Dietz will not be served at
present, but they intend to hold them
over him to insure his good behavior,
as he can be returned to Jail at mo-
will be kept under constant surveil-
lance.
The Diets will visit a short time
at Cameron and then join their chill
dren as the guests Of the Bangor
Hunting club, where Dietz will con-
suit with attorneys regarding his de-
Tense. He says he is through with
w. b. Rubin of Milwaukee.
There is considerable sentiment
expressed in Hayward against the
sheriff and prosecutor for allowing
Dietz to 90 free
Dietz will stand trial March for
the murder Of Deputy oscar Harp.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
WAR WITH CAMORRA.
Relatives Of Band Fall to Rescue
Prisoners.

Viterbo, Italy Fierce rioting
marked the arrival here of 80 members
of the Camorra, who are to stand trial
In the near future for the murder of
James Cuocolo. leading member of
the band. A mob of relatives and
friends fought fiercely to rescue them
from the police, but without success.
Heavily armed detachments of police
and carbineers forced back the mob
with their guns and succeeded In eff
feCting the transfer from the train.
The men We're brought here to stand
trial for the murder of James Cuocolo,
a leading member of the band, who
had incurred the vengeance of the
Camorrists for alleged acts Of treach-
cry. Cuocolo's body was found on the
seashore near Naples In June, 1906,
and the mutilated body of his wife was
discovered shortly afterward In house
near by.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
HARl0WE IS ON RAIL BOARD
Governor McGovern Appoints Mil
waukee Man to Succeed Prof
Meyer on Commission.

Madison Gov. Francis +. Nc
Govern has announced the appoint
ment Of David Harlowe of Milwau-
kee, for seventeen years traffic man
ager Of the Allis-Chalmers company,
as a member Of the state railroad
commission to succeed Prof b. II.
Meyer.
Mr., Harlowe was appointed for .
term of four years, beginning Feb.
!, at salary of 81 900 Il year. Prof.
Meyer was recently appointed Il
member Of the interstate commerce
commission by President Taft. 1t
has always been understood here
that Mr.. lIarlowc was offered place
on the commission by Gov. La Fol
lette, but at that time he felt that he
could not accept it. His appointment,
by reason Of his special qualifications
and fun sympathy with the idea OF
federal and state control of trans
portatiCn companies, maintains the
high character which the commission
has always commanded in the public
mind
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
MILWAUKEE, HAS BAD FIRE
Six Story Plant of Andrae Electrical
Company Consumed with Loss
of Over $4,000.

Milwaukee.-Onc of the most dan
gerous fires fought by Milwaukee
firemen for many years started in the
siX-story brick office, warehouse and
salcsroom of the julius Andrae &
Sons company, electrical supplies
11S-120 Sycamore street, and burned
four hours, destroying the building
and contents, causing a loss of about
$25O,OO0.
For a time it was feared the entire
district east of the electrical plant to
the river was in danger of burning
and all the downtown fire apparatus
was brought into service.
Eighty tons of wire, were stored
on the fourth floor oiPthe building
at the time the fire started. When
this crashed through the hame-weak-
ened beams it carried with it prac-
tically every other floor to the base
ment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER
Felix Fourboul Found Guilty of XII
ing His Father at Chippewa Falls
Prisoner Unmoved by Verd ct.

Chippewa Falls Tho jury in the
Fourboul patricide case returned a
verdict of mansIaughter in the sec
ond degree. The penalty is from
four to seven years in the states
prison
The prisoner Felix Fourboul, Jr.,
received the verdict with smile.
Judge Wickham deferred sentence
Toward the closing Of the trial the
defense sprung a surprise in admit
ting the identity Of the body found
in the river three months after the
disappearance Of Fourboul, Sr., and
confined its testimony to the theory
of suicide.
The accused son took the stand on
his own behalf. He stated very little
about the walk that himself and his
father had taken on the night when
the latter was last seen alive, except
TO say that the old man after quar-
rel over money matters had given
him a whipping and left him lying
stunned on the ground. He never
saw his father again, he said.
On cross examination by District
Attorney Wiley the prisoner proved
weak in his replies and hestating,
but he constantly hcdged himself be-
hind the answer, II don't remem-
Der" Fourboul was grilled three
hours.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
GOT OFFICE DESPITE COURT
Miss Adelne Pratt Assumes Position
as Register of Deeds at
Marinette.

ette.-Although the court
held the woman is ineligible to hold
public office in Wisconsin, Miss AIDE
line Pratt now holds the position of
register of deeds here. Settlement
between Miss Pratt and Register of
Deeds Emery Galineau was reached
this afternoon and Miss Pratt took
possession at once. Mr.. Galineau says
the reason he refused to relinquish
the office was that he couldn't realize
on the tract index system he inau-
gurated and which he now has a
chance to sell.
The question now arises whether
Miss Pratt's work as register will be
valid in view of the courts ruling.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
STARTLING GROWTH
OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
AGGREGATE VALUE FOR PAST
YEAR WAS $40, 100000 SAYS
STATE COMMISSIONER.
WISCONSIN is UNSURPASSED
Commissioner j. Q. Emery's Report
Lays Stress Upon Showing at the
National Dairy Show, Where Bad
ger Products Won Big Awards.

Madison the biennial report
of the work of the Wisconsin dairy
and food department commission,
Commissioner J. Q. Emery shows the
amazing statistics that the dairy bus
mess of the state, in the form of milk
and its products, amounts to the stu
pendous sum of $79,o00,500 annu-
ally
There are 1925 cheese factories,
zoos creameries, eigh y-nIght skim
ming stations and nineteen condens-
cries in the state. The Number of
cows contributing to these cheese
factories creameries and condens-
cries is 1,25G.315. The total mum
Der of cows in Wisconsin for the year
1909. as given in the year book Of
the United States department of agri-
culture, is 100000.
Showing the evolution Of the dairy
business in Wisconsin from its be-
ginning, Mr.. Emery draws a contrast
with the conditions as they existed
when the COW, the strawstock, the
farmers wife, the dasher churn and
the country grocery store, brought
an income to the farmer and his wife
of ; to 10 cents per pound for the
product, taken in brown sugar at 25
cents a pound and other things in
proportion. The COWS freshencd in
March or April ran at large, and
were dried off in November or De
cember. There was no winter dairy
ing.
Contrast present conditions in
Wisconsin with those Of the begin
ming of the industry" eXclaims the
commissioner. where there were at
that time no cheese factories, no
creameries, no skimming sta
tions, no condcnscries, there
are now known to be in Wis
consin 1883 cheese factories, 1905
creameries, lightweight Swimming
stations and nineteen condenseries.
The manufacture Of butter has been
transferred from the farm to the
modern Wisconsin creamery. The
manufacture of cheese has been
transferred from the pioneer farm
to the modern Wisconsin cheese fac
tory. The oldtime native, scrub, no
purpose COW, poor and plastered on
both TANKS and hips with nth, is
being superseded by clean, we'll kept,
high grade or pure bred, speCial-pur-
pose cows of the dairy brecds-not
only profitable to the owner, but
beautiful and highly attractive to
every beholder,"
Mr.. Emery calls attention 10 the
showing made by Wisconsin at the
Fourth National Dairy show in Chi
cago, when makers from the Badge
state won first prize and gold medal
for butter made from gathered
cream, first and second prizes and
gold and silver medals for market
milk; first prize and gold medal for
market cream; first prize In the
creamery patrons contest and many
honorable mentions, and he declares
the conviction that Wisconsin dairy
products are unsurpassed by any
state in the union.
Much of the report discusses the
enforcing of the pure food laws. For
the biennial period, June, 1908, TO
June, 1910, there vert 400 conyic-
tions, with penalties varying from
s25 TO SIS and costs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
HIGH LIVING COST IS
DUE TO FREIGHT RATES
Bed to Pay Dividends on Nine
Billions Of Stock.

Akron, O.-Declaring that excessive
freight rates are responsible for the
high cost of living, Ohio c. Barber.
the millionaire match magnate, has
sent a letter to every member or con-
gress demanding reforms.
In addition to the regulation OF
freight rates, he demands that laws
be passed that will effectually limit
railroad and industrial capitalization.
He declares the freight business or
the railroads costs each family ISL
year. This latter, coupled with the
other earnings of the railroads, he as
serts, has boosted the average rail-
road cost per family to $l27 annually
Barber starts his letter to the con-
gressmen with these three demands;
What is the matter with America?
What is the matter with congress?
why has the seat of government
been transferred to Wall street,"
Continuing, he says: personally.
l appreciate fully the Importance of
stability of vested rights in property,
corporate or personal.
LUZ Nitooi ouoiy SohlCiiu lhsat NhS
commission of excuses in the capital
ization Of corporate companies for
feits Instantly the right to claim face
value for such capitalization in the
levying of a tax upon the American
public for the payment OF dividends
uIon this watered stock. And in this
ofTense the railroads always have set
the pace.
Conceived in the master minds OF
Huntington. Morgan, Hill and Harrl-
I an, this policy has been worked out
to nicely. These clothed the scheme
in the pretty catch phrase of a com
munity of interests and cleverly set
about to grab all the through trunk
/ lines of railroad from coast to coast
They argued plausibly, and with
truth, that these trunk lines were the
great arteries which maintained the
life Of commerce; that they were ne
cessity for quick transportation.
Approximately nine billions OF
this Is billions of railroad capitaliza'
ton is fictitious; purely and simply
watered stock, upon which the people
of the United States are taxed in rail
road rates to maintain the annual div
idends.
Despite this tremendous stock wa
tering the railway net earnings have
advanced steadily and the average div
idcnd rate has more than doubled in
the last Is years.
In 1914 the dividend rate was 1.66
per cent. Last year it averaged 3.6S
/ per cent. and the railroads earned a
net income of $751;. l53,2S0.
| And the people paid the freight!
Railroad presidents Indignantly
deny that freight rates affect the cost
of existence. James J. Hill and w c.
| Browne declare low acreage produc-
| ton by the farmer is responsible for
high prices.
Trust magnates disagree. All seek
! to shift the responsibility. S, K. Gug'
! genheim says 1t is extravaganza on
the part of the laborer Ogden Ar
mour says It is the law of nature.
This one problem OF railroad
freight rates is the great economic
question OF the age, Were it fairly
solved all other lines OF commerce
and trade would soon adjust them
selves and more equitable distribu'
ton of the products Of business would
| result.
What are you going to do about IT.
Yours in militant sincerity,
| (Signed) 20. c. BARBER
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
STUBBORN ECZEMA ON HANDS
nie-Why did you quarrel with

'Solne nine years ago I noticed
small pimples breaking out on the
back Of lay hands. They became very
Irritating, and gradually became
worse, so that | could not sleep at
night. | consulted a physician who
treated me a long time, but it got
worse, and | could not put my hands
In water. / was treated at the hos
ptal, and it was just the same. | was
told that it was very bad case Of
eczema. Well, l just kept on using
everything that l could for nearly
eight years until l was advised to try
Cuticura Ointment. | did so, and /
found after few applications and by
bandaEing my hands well UP that the
burning sensations were disappearing,
l could sleep we'll, ana did not have
any itching during the night. l began
after a while to use Cuticura Soap for
q wash for them, and | think by using
the Soap and Ointment | was much
benefited. l stuck to the Cuticura
treatment, and thought if | could use
other remedies for over seven years
with no result, and after only having
a few applications and finding ease
from Cuticura Ointment, l thought it
deserved a fair trial with a severe
and stubborn case. l used the Oint-
ment and Soap for nearly six months,
and l am glad to say that l have
hands as clear as anyone.
1T is my wish that you publish this
letter to all the world, and if anyone
doubts It, let them write me and
will give them the name Of my physi-
clan. also the hospital l was treated
at" (Signed) Miss Mary A. Bentley,
90 University St. Montreal, Que,
Sept IA, 1910.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12
STATE FISHERIES REPORT
Supt. Navn Shows Total Catch for
Year as %, 686, e66 Pounds De-
partment Spent $50, 887.75.

Madison. The total Wisconsin,
catch for 1910, according to the re-
port of Supt. James Nevin, depart
ment of fisheries, was 25,GSG,9GG
pounds of a market value of 1855,
1914. The boats used are valued
at $347.4S1 and nets $33S, 019.S6.
The United States bureau contrib
uted to Wisconsin waters a total of
iG,10G,S40 eggs, fry and fingerlings.
The department expended $685.
SS7.75, which includes Improvements
and maintenance of six hatcheries
and the expense of salaries of Supt.
Nevin and his assistants, transpOrta.
ton and distribution of fish.