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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
TOBACCO TRUST AGREES
To REORGANIZATION PLAN
Attorney General Wickersham IN
Statement Says Government is Not
Harrassing Lawful industries

New York.-At the conclusion OIL
a conference on the reorganization
of the American Tobacco company
Attorney General Wickersham SAID
he could not be sure when the
petition setting forth the proposed
plan for dissolution would be filed
with the United States circuit court
but he did not think any further con-
ferences would be necessary.
After the conference it was an
nounced that a petition would be
fled with the United States circuit
court setting forth the proposed plan
of dissolution in consonance with the
mandate of the Supreme court and
that public hearings on the plan would
follow.
Mr.. Wickersham was asked If the
plan outlined was one of dissolution.
Il should prefer to call it one Of
disintegration, he replied.
In response to many inquiries re-
garding the possible prosecution or
the United States Steel corporation.
Attorney General Wickersham issued
a statement in which he emphasized
the position of his department that
investigation Of a corporation does
not necessarily imply that disintegra-
ton will follow. What steps will be
taken cannot be determined until the
investigation has been completed,
since each case stands on its own
footing and depends upon the particu'
lar facts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
ITALY NOW EAGER
FOR TRIPOL| WAR
Rome Seeks to Provoke Turkey
to Open HostiIities.
wARsHlPs TO SEIZE PORT
Ottoman Steamer Boldly Sails Through
Foes Fleet With Arms and Troops
-UItimatum to Sultan Not
Confirmed.

Tripoli.-The first italian squadron,
composed of four dreadnoughts,
three cruisers and a number of
torpedo boats, is, now anchored in
line off Tripoli The second Italian
squadron is at Laramie. No Italian
force has as yet been landed in 1'ri-
poll
Chiasso. Switzerland, on the Italian
Frontier.-The latest dispatches from
Rome indicate that Italy is try
ing to put Turkey on the agrees
sive in an endeaYor to provoke an
incident which would amount to a
casus belli. justifying a declaration of
war or the sudden occupation Of
Tripoli
Turkey is determined not to give
any such pretext and is ready to do
almost anything, while the much
talked-of Mussulman fanaticism has
not as yet manifested itself
The deadlock in the negotiations be-
tween Italy and Turkey is causing
great uneasiness, especially in Ger
many, which is divided between it's
duty toward it's ally, Italy, and the de-
sire not to lose Turkey, where Ger
many has powerful interests at work
with the object of replacing Great
Britain commercially.
London-The correspondent of the
Chronicle sends late dispatch from
Tripoli. 1t says:
"All business here has stopped and
great excitement prevails. The Turk
ish steamer Derna entered the harbor
within view of the whole feet, which
apparently had been watching her for
many miles. She landed 100 soldiers.
several boxes of ammunition and
rifles. 1t is expected that the feet now
will take steps to occupy the place.
At any moment the feet could have
stopped the Derna, but refrained,
understand, under orders from the
Italian government"
Turin, Sept 28.-The Corriere Della
Sera says Italy has received an unsat-
isfactory reply from Turkey and will
answer with more hostile note.
The Corriere D'Italia says the land
ing of ren and munitions at Tripoli
by the Turkish steamer Derna consti-
tutes a casus belli. The Italian gov
eminent, the paper says, was await
ing such an act before proceeding to
the occupation of that province.
The censorship maintained in Italy
Is so rigorous that it is difficult to
learn the exact position of affairs.
There is no confirmation that Italy
has presented an actual u1timatum set
ing a time limit, although undoubted.
ly she has warned Turkey against dis
patching troops and war material to
Tripoli.
In well-informed diplomatic quarters
here it is believed that no mere econo
mic concessions will meet the Italian
view and that an expedition to Tripoli
is a practical certainty. Little is
hoped from the attempts of Germany
or other powers at mediation if, as be
lievcd, Italy insists upon her demands
for n protectorate.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
A Tip to CHICAGO Hotels.

Because the waiter at a certain
Pittsburgh hotel would not allow Bob
Bescher more than one glass of iced
tea, the Reds babe said place good
night and moved to the Colonial The
tragedy is described thus in the
Times-Star:
The head waiter appeared and
said that one iced tea was all that
was canning to any individual athlete
Mr. Bescher redoubled his outcries
till the high ceiling SHOOK with his
lamentations, and Frank Bancroft in
tervened.
Does this poor, suffering, tealess
alligator get it's iced tea?' Numbered
Banny.
vt does not the head waiter an
swered
Then, cried Banny, you can
shove your hotel down the back of
your neck. Come, felIows-come
where liberty still rules and r.
Bescher can be tea-ed to finale
And the whole club, bag and bag
gage, moved right out of that dining
room, cut of that hotel, and down
town to the Colonial. Before retiring
for the night, Banny had the Colonial
chef fix up a bath tub full Of iced
tea: a hose was connected with this,
and air. r. Bescher was connected
with the hose. At 8 a. N. the night
Waterman reported the tub as empty
and Mr. Bescher as happily slumber.
ing"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
MAIL BY BIPLANE.
Postmaster General Hitchcock Makes
a Test and Likes 1t.

Test and Likes 1t.
New York.-One of the features
of the Nassau Boulevard interna-
tional aviation meet was fight
by Lieut. T. Dewitt Milling, U. S. A.,
who broke the American record for
carrying a passenger. He and pr1-
waite were aloft for one hour, tifty-one
minutes and forty-two and three-tifths
seconds.
While the youthful army officer was
grinding out new worlds record
Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock
jumped aboard the Curtiss biplane
driven by Capt. Paul w. Beck, Z. S.
A., and flew with him to Mineola
where he personally delivered the
sack of aerial mail which has become
one of the most interesting features
of the meet.
At Mineola Beck brought his craft
low and Postmaster General Hitch
cock cast out the pouch laden with
Is pounds of mail. This fell in a white
circle and was picked up by Postmas-
ter Voorhees, of Brooklyn. The two
aeroplanes transported total OF 1850
post cards, 462 letters and IS pieces of
printed matter
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
To Remove 4 Rina.

Sometimes ring is so tight that it
IS most difficult to remove. II wet
ting the finger well with soapy water
will not result in the slipping of Of
the ring, try this expedient: Take a
darning needle and thread 1t double
with not too heavy white Irvine: slip
under the ring and cut off the needle.
Repeat until there are four strands of
thread beneath the ring. Now soap
the string as we'll as the finger. Place
the strings about equidistant, and
have some one hold them taut This
being done, the chances are that you
will End that the ring viii slip over
the knuclles along the soaped string
without any trouble.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
HELPFUL Son-in-LaW.

so you asked my wife for our
daughters hand, did you?" says the
stern father
Il did, and she began to give me a
piece of her mind about my presump-
ton, and L"
And you beat retreat and came
to see me- Well, sir
"Oh, no, I didn't retreat. / argued
It out with her, and before l left she
had given me her consent. So i
You did! Bully for you! You can
have the girl, and you can live right
here with us. l want to study your
system of defying my wife for a year
or so. anyway "-Woman's World.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04

these was Mrs. Finn, who was pro-
jected through one of the side walls
Of the house and was still alive when
removed. She died few hours lat
er. Another of the victims killed
was thrown high over a barn fifty
feet from the right of way
1t was with songs on their lips
that the merrymakers met death.
They were singing popular songs
when the engine bore down on them.
Ten met death instantly. Two died
on their way to Clark hospital; an
other died at the institution. Ten
were badly crushed and fatal conse-
quences are expected in four other
cases.
Nearly all of the dead were en-
ployed in the paper mills here. The
flag over the city hall is at half mast
and everywhere there is manifesto
ton of deep grief.
Il was standing UP in front of the
wagon near the driver holding a
lantern to light the road for him."
said Anton Brezinski one of the sur
vivors, "and we were both on the
lookout for an approaching train.
There is a huge advertising billboard
| running up to the track and this
completely hid the train from our
sight. The board is sixty feet long
and about twenty feet high, painted
a dark gray, giving it the appear
ance of the sky in the background,
and deceived us in thinking the track
was clear.
There was no warning of any
, kind, no whistle or bell and the first
| intimation we had was when I saw
the headlight appear from behind
| the billboard and less than thirty
| feet from us. We were then direct
ly on the track and it was too late
to avoid the accident. Further back
in the wagon the others were talk
| ing and laughing among themselves
and could not have seen the train
anyway. When the crash came it
| literally swept the wagon from under
me and | landed squarely on my feet
almost beside the train
I
cerned in the tragedy were in a pitia-
| BILE condition following the accident.
Engineer Frank Spooner of Green
| Bay tried to handle the throttle of
| the train to the end of his run, after
| the accident, but he became almost
insane before reaching Appleton, and
I there he was taken off the train to a
secluded spot where his shattered
nerves could be quoted. Peter Han
son, driver of the wagon, also be-
came nearly insane and was placed
in care of physicians.
No blame is attached to the rail-
road officials The engineer was
Frank Spooner of Green Bay, and
Conductor Keers of Chicago, it was
said here, was in charge of the train.
! The crossing is a dangerous one and
| is about a mile and hall from Nee
nah The train was running easily
| forty-five miles per hour, it is said,
! but the tracks in both directions are
exposed. 1t would be possible to see
the headlight of a train looking
| either north or south.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
HIS DAY OF EMANCIPATION
Cashier Had Lost His Job, but lie
Was Free of Thralldcn1 of
Politeness.

Roasting the Sox for wasting valu-
able time on these lunchbox league
towns will get you nothing" said a
fan who always argues in anecdotes'
cit reminds me OF a certain day
and-night restaurant on Washington
street. From midnight to dawn this
place has a pretty tough run of Gus
tomers-strays who have been out
late and are willing 70 wind up the
excitement with fight on any sub
feet.
go meet this situation the restau-
rant employed a cashier, known to
fame only as Mickey, who has a rec
ord OF having thrown out three men
at time without breaking any glass.
He always was ready for emergen-
cies, and seemed to enjoy them.
But along about o'clock in the
morning, when real human beings
would begin to drift in for the eats.
there would be a surprising change
in Mickey. He would wash his face,
brush his hair, put on a white coat,
sit in state behind the cash register.
and. most surprising of all, would
hand back polite Thank you when
customer paid In.
"One morning when I presented my
ticket Mickey received the money in
silence, hit the cash register a vicious
blow and slammed the change on the
counter
Got a peeve on?' I inquired
Vg7I
never have to say thank you" to any.
body again.. he added. I've been
fired Chicago Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
Repsntlnc at Leisure.

Marie had been naughty at the din
ner table and her mother had sent
her into the next room to remain un-
I'll she was sorry for her behavior.
Marie cheerfully complied Making
no expression of repentance after a
suitable time had elapsed, her mother
called from an adjoining room:
no answer. On repetition OF the
question, however. Marie replied, with
sweet and patient dignity:
Mamma. please don't ask me any
more. I'll tell you when I'm sorry
.Harper's Magazine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
Racine.-Martin Rasmussen,

Racine.-Martin Rasmussen, an
inventor of this city. has perfected a
machine which he claims will revolu-
tionize aerial transportation. 1t is
so constructed that it will be abso-
lutely safe in the air He states that
it is drop proof" He is so conf
dent that the machine is all right
that his first trip will be from the
lake front to Michigan.
Madison.-O Owing to a scarcity OF
rooms, households on Lake Mendot2
may be used tq accommodate st1r
dents entering The state university
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

MiIwaukee.-Mrs Charles Moul,
found by neighbors, lying in gas
filed room beside the dead body OF
her 6-year-old son, may be prose
cuted for murder if she RECEIVERS.
Madison. Emma Helen Blair, an
authoress, known for her history or
the Philippine islands, is at the point
of death at the Madison sanatorium.
She has been acting as one OF the II
brarians at the state historical Ii
brary.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
FIVE WIVES ARE AFTER SMITH
Name Aids Los Angeles Man in Dodg-
ing Warrant for Bigamy.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Five women
and there may be more-are seek
ing one John Smith with ven
geance in their eyes. They say they
were married to Smith. He has es-
capped arrest so far because of his
name.
Detective Zeigler also is looking for
Smith He has a warrant for his ar
rest charging bigamy. Zeigler thinks
Smith is in the city. probably paying
court to another intended.
The wives hail from the Atlantic
to St. Louis, and thence to Sabinal,
Texas, and date from 1887 to last
week.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
POSSE TO PURSUE PROMOTER
Fugitive FIees to Mountains After Es-
cape From Frisco Hospital.

San Francisco. DR.. ]. Grant
Lyman, promoter of enterprises in
yolving millions, is believed to be
headed across the foothills for the
Siskiyou mountains and federal Off
cials say a posse will be started in
pursuit. With Lyman is L. B. Thor
nett, hospital nurse, who aided the
promoters escape from an Oakland
hospital where he was held by the
federal authorities. Both are armed
and expected to show fight. Two wom-
en- accompanied the fugitives at the
start of their fight.
Lyman was arrested in San Fran
cisco September on complaint of
Los Angeles investors in Panama
land scheme, who declared they had
been. defrauded of $4,000
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
$4,000 LOST IN THE MAILS.

Second Shortage Under Administra-
ton of ST. Louis Postmaster
ST Louis, Mo.-That a registered
package containing a bank shipment
of about $4,000 in currency was sto-
len from the postoffice here a year
ago has just become public for the
first time.
Since the theft Postmaster T. ].
Atkins and few employees under him
and postoffice inspectors concerned in
the search have worked zealous1y to
keep the theft a secret while trying
to find the culprits and their loot.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
Very Much Alive.

Returning to the club after a week
or two in the country, the old mem
Der looked around the dining room for
HIS own particular waiter
Where's James?" he asked the
steward. Not defunct, / hope"
That's Just wot e as done, sir"
replied the steward, with every bless
ed thing e could lay is 'ands on. -,
Pink Tn.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
charlea c. Gates Married.

Uniontown, Pa.-Miss Florence Hop
wood of Minneapolis, MINI, became
the wife of Charles G. Gates, son and
heir of the late John w. Gates, at the
home of R. p Hopwood, an uncle of
the bride.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
COFFEE AT NEW HIGH MARK
Liberal Short Demand Pushes New
York September Price to 1898.

0'1N = 1870 = - y '-E00'
New York.-A record price was
established at the coffee exchange
when September coffee sold at 1898
cents. This was the result of lib
eral demand from shorts.
Sugar seemed to be on the down
grade. The fact that Arbuckle Broth
esr were taking orders for granulat-
ed sugar at CTS cents net, less two
per cent. for cash, was taken by
sugar brokers to mean lower prices
for the refined product in the near
future.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
Autoist May Get Life Term.

Toronto, Ont.-The court of general
sessions here has found Alexander
Tracey of Port Huron, Mich, guilty Of
criminal negligence in operating an
automobile. The penalty is imprison-
ment for life,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
Presidential Cow on Tour

Washington. Pauline Wayne,
President Taft's pet COW, has left
here for three weeks visit to Wis
eonsin. She will spend ten days as
pne of the leading attractions of the
dairy show at Milwaukee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
viii Head Texas Central.

st. Louisa A Allen. president of
the Missouri. Kansas & Texas railroad
is to be elected president of the TEXAS
Central, according to reports in rf.l
road circles.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
EXPLOSION IN CHURCH; 4 DIE
Fireworks Ignited While Crowd Wait
in Chapel for Celebration.

Guadalajara, Mexico.-A terrific
explosion of rockets ard bombs in
crowded church here, resulting
in four dead and fifteen seriously in
jured, cast shadow of gloom over
the merry-rnaking attending the com.
ing of Madero.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
Manitowoc Pioneer Dies.

Manitowoc-John Boehm, one Of
the oldest residents of the city ana
county, is dead at the age of So years.
He came to this country forty-fye
tears ago aud settled in Manitowoc
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
former Governor Proctor IS Dead.


Proctor, Vt.-Former Gov. Fletcher
d. Proctor of this state died at his
home here after a protracted illness.
Mr.. Proctor was born November 7,
1860, and was son of Redfield Proc
tor, ten years United States senator
from Vermont.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
HOPES TO BE PRESIDENT.
Champ Clark Expresses Hope of Be-
coming Chief MAGISTRATE.

Hutchinson, Kan.-Champ Clark,
who made a speech at the Kan
sas semi-centennial celebration, was
introduced as the next president"
and jocularly replied he hoped the pre-.
diction might prove true.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
The Dead.

The Dead.
JOHN CHEDGICK.
JOSEPH CHEDGICK.
DOMINIC OMNIsZNICKE.
JOSEPH CHESLOCK
CELIA REM.
AGNES ASHOPKE.
Mr.. AND MRS. GUSTAV FINN.
FRANK SEAGER.
JOHN HARDT.
STEPHEN LISEK.
JOHN DRILL.
JOSEPH GIENYO.
The Injured.
Tony Kernski.
Herman Syring.
Joseph Brezinski.
Mrs. Joseph BreZinski.
Philip Mack.
Benjamin Dombrowski.
John Sad olski.
M Olson.
Anna Sadolski.
Amanda Syring.
muse WllO SSS6ktJSO III III al
Martin Golonsl1i.
Pearl Schelewski.
Tony Schelewski.
John Schperski.
Tony Berzinski.
Mrs. Berzinski and child.
Mary Schwartzbauer
Tony Romnick.
Peter Hanson, driver.
Only the driver, Peter Hanson,
who did not receive as much as a
scratch, was able to give a coherent
account of the accident. He saw the
headlight of the northbound North
western train, underestimate the
distance, and, before he could urge
his overtaxed team across the tracks,
the monster locomotive had ground
through the vehicle with its party of
merrymakers.
Not one of the survivors, with the
exception of the driver, saw the train
or heard it's approach; none realized
the danger until picked up. The
train had passed the scene fully 400
feet before it could be stopped.
Words fail to describe the scene
following the collision. Mangled
bodies were strewn along the tracks.
Six bodies were taken off the pilot
of the engine. Dismembered parts
of many were left on the trail of
blood from the crossing to where
the train stopped. Three of the bod
les were so frightfully mangled that
Identification was made possible only
by the clothing they wore. One body
was shorn of head, arms and legs.
They were picked up half an hour
after the body had been taken to
the improvised morgue in the Me-
nasha Furniture company building.
The driver and his horses escaped,
but the hayrack was smashed into
splinters. Pieces of wood were
ground into several of the dead.
Phillip Mott and Amanda Syring, in
iured, were thrown through the
foundation of the fiagman's shanty
at one side of the track.
Two others of the persons killed
were hurled through fiagman's
shanty with such force as to over
turn the little structure. One OF
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-04
Northwestern Passenger Train Crashes Into .
Hayrack Loaded With Merrymakers Re-
turning from Dance in the Country.
FOUR OF THE INJURED WILL DIE
Most of Victims Were Employees of Menasha Paper Mills
Bodies of Dead Horribly MangIed and Scattered Along
Track for 200 Feet--Train Grew Not Blamed.

Neenah.- Thirteen persons were
killed, ten instantly, and ten others
seriously injured when Northwest
ern train, northbound, struck a
hayrack filled with Menasha merry
makers at a grade crossing on the
southern outskirts of this city. Four
of the injured are so seriously hurt
that they can not live.
Thirty young people, who were re-
turning from Saturday night
dance at the home of Peter Han
son, who lives on the road to Osh-
kosh, were singing as the big hay
rack was pulled up the slight in
cline to the Northwestern crossing,
a mile south OF the station in this
city. The next instant the speeding
Northwestern passenger train, bound
for the north, had ploughed through
the rear end of the big farm wagon,
and twenty-three of the thirty oc-
cupants of the wagon were scattered
200 feet along the railroad right OF
way, dead, dying, or dangerously
hurt. Those who were seated in the
front of the wagon escaped almost
without bruises.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-31
ROOSEVELT AT
NEWARK EVENT
Says Laws Are 0utWern--
Talks on Peace.

Newark, N. j., May 81.-Colonel
Roosevelt In his memorial address
here, in which he presented to the city
the bronze statue Of Abraham Lincoln,
the gift Of Amos II. Van Horn, de-
clared the laws of the land outworn.
"They were excellent for the flint
lock period, but they do not apply to
present conditions" he said. Little
you soldiers could have done with
fiintlocks In the war days.
1.-THE laws must keep up with
changed conditions, retaining the spir-
1t of liberty and curbing the greed Of
conscienceless rich and banishing an
archy. 1t is a poor thing to praise the
deeds Of the soldiers or the deeds Of
Lincoln If we do not emulate them In
legislation. We must have clean poll
tics and clean business, and we must
respect the rights Of labor or be recre-
ant to the spirit Of Lincoln"
Touching upon peace by arbitration,
he expressed his favor for 1t, but only
In case righteousness prevailed. Peace
without righteousness would be intol-
he said. In a choice, he insist
ed, the republic would stand for
righteousness at any cost.