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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
The Presidents Military Man.

There is in the offices of the White
House a map 20 feet long and feet
high, which indicates, at a glance. the
military information needed by the
commander-in-chief of the army and
navy.
This map represents the entire
world. Different colors show at once
the possessions of 70 great powers.
Submarine cables, railways, steamship
lines, mail routes are all distinctly
traceable.
The naval and military forces of
the various nations are indicated by
miniature flags. Those representing
the United States bear the names of
commanders, and are readily shifted
ns the forces move from place to
place
The cavalry, artillery and infantry
are represented by flags of their re-
spective colors-yellow, red and white
giving the number of the regiment
and the letter of the troop, battery
and company. Even the smallest hos
pital corps is marked by a tiny red
cross. Ships of every class are shown
by red. white and blue flags bearing
the name of each and the number of
her guns.-Harper' Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20

GOVERNOR CALLS UPON LEGlS-
LATURE TO ENACT THE AID
VALOREM SYSTEM.
CALLS BILL PASSED BURDEN
Measure Adopted by Solons Is Also
Unconstitutional in Opinion of Ex-
ecutVe-Simply an Amendment to
Old License Fee Plan.

Madison.-Gov McGovern has sent
to the legislature a message calling
on that body to enact at this session
an ad valorem plan of taxation for
Wisconsin telephone companies.
The governor in his message said
that the bill which had been passed
by the legislature simply increased
the license fee and did not carry out
the recommendation he made in his
first message.
when this bill" said the COVER
nor in his message, referring to the
measure passed by the legislature,
''came to me, I signed it, although in
my opinion both it and the law 1t
seeks to amend are unconstitutional.
The plan followed for years and
contained by this bill taxes telephone
companies practically on the basis of
the earnings derived from other in
terstate business and is a burden on
interstate commerce"
The governor then states cases
where the courts had so worked. 1t
is a fair inference from these de-
cisions that if attacked in court the
license fee plan of taxing telephone
companies would not stand the test
of cOnstitutionality
What is needed continues the
message, 'is the enactment of new
legislation which will place the taxa
ton of this SoeripS Of nr0nertv IN an
uDquestionably sound basis"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
DIVING FOR SPANISH WEALTH
Treasure Hunters Seeking to Re,
cover Millions From Wreck of
Vessel of the Armada.

The treasure hunter usually re-
turns home rich in experience, but
poor In this worlds goods. Perhaps
better luck awaits the divers now
busily searching for the wreck of the
Florencia, the great ship of the Span
ISL Armada that is known to have
sunk in TObeTmOry bay after the dis
fa1-rous flight around the coast of
England. The Florencia is well worth
finding if it be true, as reports says,
that she had something like $4,000
900 on board, not to speak of a resplen-
dent gold crown intended for the head
Of the new king after the redoubtable
Elizabeth had been disposed of. So
far the divers have had a reasonable
success. They found a bed of shells
nearly five feet thick, the remains OF
marine animals that are supposed to
have gathered to the feast of dead
Spaniards. As soon as this she'll
bed had been pierced the workers
were rewarded by what they hope is
a foretaste Of the triumphs to come.
They found many Spanish coins well
P@oDSA ~, q LHSddi VI SILVER DSdIi ING
an image of Christ, a sword, some
pottery and three stone cannon balls.
There were curious people in ancient
times who dived for a sight of the
great ship before the ocean bed swat
lowed her. One of them left a story
to the effect that he had seen the gold
crown among the wrecked timbers.
but inasmuch as he left it where it
was probably it was the eye of faith
rather than of the flesh that he used.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
WICkERSHAM is TO FACE
Barring OF LAND FRAUD
Attorney General Neglected ProsecU
ton, is Alaskan Delegates
Charge-Congress to Act.

Washington-The house committee
on judiciary has determined, after
secret consideration of charges
made by Delegate Wickersham Of
Alaska that Attorney General Wick
ersham had deliberately permit
ted the statute of limitation to run
against agents of the Alaska syndicate
who swindled the government cut of
$4,000 by perjury, to report favo.a IDLY
gate the matter.
The resolution calls upon the at
torney general to furnish the house
with all documents, aff1daVits and
testimony in his possession relating
to an affidavit submitted to him more
than year ago and sworn to by H.
j. Douglas, former auditor of the
Alaska syndicate in 1908
Delegate Wickersham startled the
committee when, in executive SEES
sion. he produced a copy OF an aft
davit relating to an alleged criminal
act committed by Capt. D. H. Jarvis
of the Alaska syndicate, and former
- ~ OA41114CAt III hilC SOh Cl ll4LIC1I l Ct
enue cutter service, who committed
suicide in Seattle on June %. the
day following the introduction OF the
W1ckersham resolution, calling for
production Of the papers in the case,
and by John H. Bullock of the John
j. Sesnor Coal company of Nome
Through connivance of these men,
1t was charged that the government
was defrauded on coal contracts and
that evidence to that effect was per-
m1tted to remain Enacted upon in the
attorney generals Office for more
than year, until the statute of
limitations expired last May.
Delegate Wickersham furnished the
committee with Photographic copies
Of letter Of an attorney for the Alas
ka syndicate to D. H Jarvis admit
ting the expenditure Of money to con-
troll government witnesses in the
Hazey murder trial in 1908, wherein
an agent of the Alaska syndicate was
accused Of numbering laborers en-
ployed by rival interests during the
construction Of a railroad in Alaska
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
HOUSE COMES TO WILEYs AID.
Charges Against Food Expert Will Be
investigated by Committee.

Washington.-The charges made
against Dr. Harvey w Wiley, chief
of the chemistry bureau of the
department of agriculture, will be in
vestigated by a congressional com
mittee. This was decided when the
house committee on expenditures in
the department of agriculture voted
to call on Secretary Wilson and At
torney General Wickersham for all
facts and papers bearing on the case.
The investigation will save Doctor
Wiley from immediate dismissal and
may result in his complete vindica-
ton. He is pleased with the action
of the committee. The charges are
made by the board of personnel Of
the department. which urged his
resignation or dismissal, and this ac-
ton was approved by President Taft
and Attorney General Wickersham.
Chairman Moss of the house commit
tee called at once on Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson for all the papers
and testimony in his possession which
had to do with the boards action.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
SIGNS INCOME TAX MEASURE
Gov. McGovern UphoIds New Law
and Says Provisions viii Bring a
Relief Rather Than a Burden.

Madison. - Gov. NcGovern has
signed the income tax bill and de-
posted it with Secretary of State
Frear and it now becomes a law
Immediately upon us publication
though not effective until next year.
IN a statement regarding the bill
Gov. McGovern seeks to correct mis-
conceptions regarding the measure
and to invite it's favorable reception.
It is a relief, rather than a burden,
he says, being substitute for the
personal property tax which has
failed, and he sees no reason why it
should drive capital from the state.
The net proceeds of the tax will all
go for the support of local govern
ment when the cost of administration
has been deducted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Jananese Paner Plants.

It is said that the introduction of
European methods OF manufacture
threaten to destroy the distinctive
qualities of Japanese paper. 1t is a
wood or bark paper, made from sew
eral plants having no English names,
which are cultivated for the purpose.
In Japan its varieties are numerous
and its uses innumerable 1t serves
for window light partitions between
rooms. Brilliantly colored lanterns
are made of it and umbrellas covered
with it It is used for printing bank
notes. Oiled, it makes waterproof
garments and when covered with
paste is made into tapestries. When
vanished It can be made to initiate
Cordova leather Handkerchiefs, cords
and pressed articles resembling papier
mache are among the things formed
from this paper.-Harper's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
REPEALS COMPULSORY TEST
Governor S gins Bichler Bill Which
Eliminates Tuberculin Law Feature
Long Opposed by Breeders.

Observation-Disclosures who opposed
the compulsory feature of the tuber-
culin test law won their fight when
Gov. McGovern signed the Bichler
bill, which repeats that provision Of
the old law compelling owners 10
have their cattle tested before Of
fering them for sale.
This affects breeders of high grade
stock, but does not interfere with the
milk situation in Milwaukee. where
all dairymen shipping milk into the
city are compelled by a city ordinance
to have their herds tested.
Other bills signed by the governor
were relating to the recall of city and
village officers, providing for sepa-
rate ballots for presidential electors,
city officers and all referendum pur-
poses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
EAU CLAIRE MAN Is CHOSEN
the Wisconsin Association of AS
Sistant Postmaster

Eau Claire.-The Wisconsin Asso-
citation of Assistant Postmasters at
their annual convention here elected
the following officers:
President, Peter J. Smith, Eau
Claire; vice presidents, Francis Clay
mier, Milwaukee; J. P. Christoph,
Waukesha; George Claridge, Reeds
burg; secretary and treasurer, VIII
liam H. zuehlke. Appleton; delegates
to the national meeting, Peter J.
Smith, Eau Claire; c. C. Looney, La
Crosse; A. w. Leslie, Racine; L. F.
Rosenthal, Beloit; alternates, J. E.
Hemming, Evansville; J. P. Chris
toph, Waukesha; S. F. E6erle, Wa
tertown, ana H. H. Brueness, Bur
lington.
The next place of meeting has not
yet been decided upon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
TWELVE DIE IN WRECK.
Express on New Haven Road Jumps
From Viaduct

Bridgeport. Conn. The Federal
Express, one Of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroads fastest
trains. carrying passengers without
change from Washington to Boston.
plunged down a 30-foot embankment
here while running so miles an hour
killing II people.
Fire started IN the wreckage, but
the Bridgeport department put this
out and the men helped in rescuing
the injured persons.
The engineer took "cross-over"
switch at a speed of so miles an hour.
violating rule limiting the rate 10 Is
miles. He died at his post.
OF 100 passengers that went down
with the first six cars few escaped
death or injury.
The passengers on the train in
Guided the members of the St. Louis
National league baseball team, who
were on their way to Boston for
series Of games. The ball players
were in the last Pullman car and es'
capped injury
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
MORE LANDS OPEN TO SETTLERS
Government TO Throw Open $4,000
Acres on BerthoId Reservation.

Government TO Throw Open 342, 900
Acres on BerthoId Reservation.
Minot, N D.-President Taft has
issued a proclamation throwing open
to settlement the Fort Berthold In
dian Reservation in North Dakota
Registration will commence August
i4th Principal point of registration
IS Minot, North Dakota.
The land subject to homestead en-
try will approximate $4,000 acres.
It will be subject to settlement under
United States homestead laws.
The land has been appraised at
prices ranging from $3.50 to Sc per
acre
The land located in this reservation
is some of the choicest land in North
Dakota, located in the northwestern
part of Mclean county just south of
the Great Northern railways trans
continental line.
The method of the opening will be
by registering and drawing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
NEW TREATY FAVoRs AMERICA,
Japan and Great Britain Recognize
Steps Taken for Arbitration.

London.-The Anglo-Japanese al
lance has been modified TO ex-
clude the United States from Great
Britains possible enemies, and the
life of the alliance has been extend
ed nearly six years by the new YER
sion of the treaty, which Sir Edward
Grey, the British secretary Of foreign
affairs, and Count Kato, Japanese am
bassador at London, signed.
The original agreement, which was
signed August II, 1905, included eight
articles and a preamble.
The only practical difference be-
tween that and the new version is
embodied in article 4, which reads:
Should either high contracting
party conclude a treaty of general
arbitration with a third power, it is
agreed that nothing in this agree
ment shall entail upon such contract
ing party an obligation to go to war
with the power with whom such
treaty Of arbitration is in force"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Not al Home.

1t was a burning day, says Answer
hondon The thermometer stood at
about 200 In the shade, whilst no one
had the strength to examine what it
was doing in the sun.
And yet one cyclist came flying
along the Warwickshire lanes as
though no such thing as heat existed.
He scorched over the dusty roads,
even as the sun scorched over his own
dusty self
Hi" he shouted, as he whizzed by
a yokel recumbent by the roadside. rs
this the way to Shakespeare's house? ?"
"Ay. it be. sir" replied the yokel, sit.
ting up to stare. Then he rose sud.
denly and put his hand to his mouth.
I'll. mister-hi!" he shouted after this
disappearing figure. you needn't
hurry yourself; 'e's dead"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Game Wardens Denied Fees.

Fond du Lac. - Circuit Judge
Chester A Fowler has ruled that
game wardens are not entitled to
witness fees in prosecutions for vio-
lations Of the state fish and game
laws. The warden5 have been turn
ing all fees over to the state treas
urer, but this is also declared to be
Illegal by Judge Fowler, who says
the state is not entitled to them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Ranzahf Heads State Dentists.

Eau Claire.-Henry L. Banzahf of
Milwaukee was elected president of
the Wisconsin State Dental society at
the election held here. Others elect
ed as officers are: J. B. Williams,
Ashland; first vice president; c. L..
Anderson, Tomah, second vice presi-
dent; o. G. Krause, Milwaukee, sec
rotary; Adolph Chopper, Milwaukee,
treasurer, and H G. Morton, Milwau-
kee, librarian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Find Body After TWO Years.

Chicago.-The body of woman,
believed by the police to be that of
Miss Beatrice Shapiro. was taken
from the Chicago river near the
South Halsted street bridge. Miss
Shapiro, Max Cohen and Ernest Camp
were drowned November /, 1909,
when al automobile in which they
were riding plunged into the open
draw at the Jackson boulevard bridge.
The mems bodies were recovered
soon after the accident. The condi-
ton of the body was such that the
Identification is one earring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
lust , BIT In Doubt.

Z don't altogether like the hens I'm
keeping this year" the suburbanits
said: do you know anything about
chicken raising?" -E
Not from my own experience" the
city visitor answered, but I have a
cousin in Wyandot county who has
made a great success in raising tufted
Cumberlands-o else he lives in Cum
berIand county and raises tufted Wy
andots. / always get that mixed up,
somehow"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
NO WAUPUN PRISON PROBE
President Graebner of the Board of
Control Denies Reported lnvesti-
cation at State Penitentiary.

Fond du Lac.-That the officials
of the state penitentiary at Waupun
are not being Investigated nor the in
stitution's affairs being probed is the
declaration made by w. H. Graebner,
president of the state board of con-
troll. This contradicts predictions of
probe as a result Of requests made
to the governor and members of tho
state board.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Saves Four from Drowning

Neenah.-A steam yacht with if-
teen Neenah people aboard was
wrecked on Lake Winnebago during
a storm. The passengers were
thrown into the lake, some being
washed ashore. Olaf Myhre, a black
smith, was able to save four women,
who chung to him as he swan 400
feet to shore
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Comet Is Seen from Pittsburc

Pittsburg, Pa.-Director Frank
Schlesinger of the Allegheny observa-
tory, reported that bright comet was
seen Just before dawn in the eastern
sky. Its right ascension is 4 hours
and IS minutes and its declination 81
degrees 80 minutes. 1t is in the con
stellation of Auriga
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Reedsburg Boy EIectrocuted.

Reedsburg. - Maynard Johnson,
aged IS, was killed by live electric
wire which had been broken during
a storm. The lad was playing with
several other children in front of his
grandfather's house when he took
hold of a brace wire 20 one of the
poles which carried the electric light
wires. He was terribly burned and
died before he could be rescued. It
was necessary to shut down the plant
before the body could be taken of
the wire
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Calls Son Murderer

Charlotte, Mich-William E. Ions
berry, an Eaton county farmer, has
been placed under arrest pending in
yesdgation of a remarkable story told
by his aged mother. who declared that
she saw her son CHOKE his wife to
death six years ago and place the
body in an old we'll
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
LORD KITCHENER WILL MARRY.
Woman Hater's'' Surrender Astounds
British Military Circles

London. = Military and society
circles of this city were given the
shock of their life when they heard
Lord Kitchener, who has always
been regarded as a woman hater. is
to take a wife. The announcement
was made through the Indian Daily
Telegraph of Lucknow. 1t states that
the field marshal is engaged to Leonar
Douglas Hearsey of the Kheri-Oudh.
India The field marshal is said to
be several years older than his pros
pectiye bride
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
U. S. Flush GuNRoAT TO HAITI.
Alarming Reports Are Received From
American Consul Livingston.

Washington.-The gunboat Petrol
was given hurry orders to sail
from Guantanamo for Cape Hal
ten, as a result Of alarming reports
received by the state department
from consul Livingston, consul at
Cape Haitien. The report of Consul
Livingston was surprise to the state
department, which knew that a revo-
luton was in progress, but was un-
aware it had made such progress as
to indicate the monetary capture of
the important port of Cape Haitien.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Twain Estate Is S471.1a6.

New York.-Mark Twain left actual
property worth S471,136. An appraisal
of his estate filed with the surrogate
places this value on securities and
real estate the humorist bequeathad
to his only surviving child, Mrs
Gabrilowitsch, when he died April IL,
1910.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
WOULD TAX BRIDES OF MOBILES.
California Congressman Urges Levy to
Discourage Title Seekers.

Washington.-A heavy tax on the
dowries of American brides in inter
national marriages, so that penurious
but titled fortune hunters may
obtain but a small moity Of the
price the bride pays him for a name
which he himself dishonors by thus
putting it up at auction to the highest
bidder" was suggested by Represent
alive Kahn of California in the house
as a way to stop alliances between
American heiresses and "broken-down
foreign noblemen."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Signs Corrupt Practices Law.

Madison-Gov. McGovern signed
the corrupt practices act, which spe-
cites the amount of money that a
candidate for public Office may spend,
and further provides for the frequent
publication of campaign contribu-
lions. The act is considered the most
drastic ever enacted in this country,
excepting the Oregon law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Ginseng Growars to Meet

Wausau.-The Wisconsin Ginseng
Growers association will hold It's
third annual meeting here Aug. 9 and
10. Prof. H. II. Whetzel of Cornell
university, l.. H. Jones of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and c, NJ. Good
speed of Skaneateles, N Y, VIII
speak.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Kills Wife, Shoots Self

Fort Wayne, Ind.-Because she pro
tested when he ordered a niece out
of the house, James M. Nolan shot
and instantly killed his wife. Emma.
and then attempted to take his own
life, but inflicted only a trivial
wound
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
PRAYERS for Rain Avail Much

Richmond, Va.-Prayer for rain
were efficacious, for within an hour
after Governor Mann issued a proc
lamation calling upon the people of
the state to pray, refreshing showers
fell upon the capital.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20

Port Washington, n. Y.-Miss Edith
tombstone and Frank p Jordan,
brother-in-law Of Mrs. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett, novelist, were killed in
a collision between Mrs. Burnett's
automobile and a trolley construction
car
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
win Prohe Workers. Ruraan.

Madison.-The Wisconsin indus
trial board has engaged Prof. Lesser
son of Madison to make a study of
the free employment bureaus of Wis
consin and to report on the advisable.
ity Of continuing them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Woman Burned in Launch.

Houghton, Mich.-Mrs. Annie ].
Pryor, wife of Reginald c. Pryor,
mining engineer and mining promo
ter, was burned to death by fire re-
suIting from an alcohol lamp in her
husbands gasoline launch, Napanee,
at Eagle Harbor, Lake Superior.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Mineral Point Sank Chartered

Madison.-State Bank Commits
sioner Kuolt has issued q charter to
the Farmers bank of Milton JUNG
ton, with capital of s25, 900 John
A. Paul is president and Alexander
NJ Paul cashier
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Storm Wrecks Grandstand.

Boscobel.-John Clark, a horse
man, was severely injured when a
terrific wind storm demolished the
grandstand and horse barns at the
fair grounds. Several frame build
ings were carried over the fence