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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
TAFT MAKES PLEA
FOR TARIFF BOARD
In Banquet Speech He Endorses Long
worth Bili-Asks Harmony of
Solons.

Washington.-A permanent tariff
commission was brought much nearer
existence by three notable events
President Taft, in an address at the
banquet of the National Tariff Com
mission association, openly indorsed
the Longworth bill, characterizing It
as conciliatory measure embodying
all the important features that are
necessary to make the commission eff
fect1ve." Furthermore, he had previ-
ously summoned the Republican mem
oers OF the ways and means commit
tee to the White House, and urged
them to harmonic their differences.
The president renewed his plea for
harmony n his address, declaring that
what he was most anxious to avoid
was the failure of tariff commission
legislation at the present session be-
cause of any difference as TO details.
He asserted he would not mention
the bill that bears the name of the
Ohio congressman" except that it
seemed to him ito constitute a very
well drawn compromise upon all the
differences of detail that have existed
between the supporters of the various
measures"
The Longworth bill referred to by
the president, according to the admis-
sion Of its author, is an Incorporation
of salient features in the Lenroot and
Goode bills of the house and the La
Toilette and the Beveridge bills of the
senate and provides for fnquisitorial
powers for the tariff commission as
well as the safeguarding of informa-
ton obtained
The National Tariff Commission as
ISOLATION practically Endorsed the
Longworth bill in a resolution sent to
congress demanding immediate tariff
commission legislation and it was in
amplffcation largely of the resolution
of the association that President Taft
spoke.
The association has declared for a
tariff commission whose powers and
functions should be analogous to the
interstate commerce commissions
Many members of the senate and
house were present at the banquet,
and among the speakers were Senators
Lodge of Massachusetts and Cummins
of Iowa, and Representative Long
worth of Ohio.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
CORA EDWARDS NOT GUILTY
Jury in Oshkosh Murder Trial Gives
Verdict of AcquttaI After "a
Hours Delberation.

Osnkosh.-Afterb being out twenty
four hours and reporting that it
could not agree, the jury in the trial
of Cora Edwards, charged with the
murder of William T. Ebeling, later
brought in a verdict of not guilty.
The woman displayed the keenest
interest as the twelve men who held
her fate in their hands filed into the
room. She showed no great emotion,
but shook hands with the Judge when
the verdict was announced She was
Immediately discharged and left the
courthouse at once.
The case has been one of the most
memorable in the annals of Winnie
bago county, and of wide interest
throughout Fox valley. The court
room was packed at all times and
many were turned away.
Cora Edwards was charged with
shooting William T. Ebeling,
wealthy young business man of
Green Bay, Sept. 81, 1910, in a dis
orderly house conducted by her at
Neenah. Two shots were fired soon
after the pair went to the woman's
room, following an automobile ride.
AS Ebeling died at Clark hospital he
made a statement to the district at
torney that Cora Edwards did not
fire the shots, but that he discharged
the weapon himself accidentally.
This statement played an impor-
tant part in the case, being intro
duced as evidence. The defendant
was the divorced wife of Ebeling.
They were married at Milwaukee
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
GENTLEMEN AT BOTH ENDS
of Limitations Had Nothing What
ever to Do.

A well known Kansas banker told
story the other day about the stat
ute Of limitations. There is a smile
to 1t, plus some good philosophy.
One day an old southerner walked
Into the bankers office. The south
erner was a typical gentleman of the
old school; suave, courteous to the
point Of punctiIiousness and honorable
to degree of martyrdom.
What can l do for you?" asked the
banker.
Well" replied the southerner,
about IS years ago l loaned a man
down south some money-not a very
big sum. l told him whenever
should need 1t I would let him know.
and he could pay me the money.
need some money now, so I shall let
him know, and I should like to have
you transact the business for me-"
My good friend" replied the bank
pr, you have no claim on that money.
You can't hold that man 70 that loan
you loaned 1t to him. The statute
Of limitations has run against that
loan years and years ago"
Sir" replied the southerner, "the
man to whom / loaned that money is
a gentleman. The statute Of limita-
tons never runs against a gentle
man"
So the banker sent for the money.
And within a reasonable time there
after the money came There was a
c0urtly gentleman at the other end of
the transaction, aIso.-Kansas City
Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
Time Limit of Speeches.

Two hundred or so new members
In the French chamber of deputies
are up in arms against the sea of elo-
quence among their elders. Their
chief reason seems to be that they
have not yet got in a word edgeways
since the day they were returned,
and not one of them has yet succeeded
in firing off his maiden speech. One
OF them, therefore, proposed a time
limit for speeches, such as exists in
some parliaments of the old world
He is generous enough, however, six
times more So indeed, than the franz
ers of rules at some labor congresses.
He proposes to allow, not ten, but
maximum of sixty minutes to every
speaker per day. This seems a fairly
wide margin. Still, 1t might prove an
drksome restraint upon some mem
beers, like M. Jaures, for instance.
Some one has calculated that he holds
the record for pacific eloquence in the
new parliament The speeches made
by him from last June to a few days
ago reach a total of f1fty-three and a
half columns of the official reports, or
over $4,000 words.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
New Members of BOARD of Control.

Gov. Francis z. McGovern is evil
IDENTIFY determined to rid himself
of the pressure of officeseekers at the
earliest possible moment 1t is said
that he may announce soon the new
board of control, the new game war
den, who is expected to be Fred Geb-
hart of Milwaukee, and the four new
members of the state board of agricui,
ture to replace the four members
whose terms of office expired on the
first Monday in January.
A strong effort is being made by in
iuential people in the western and
northwestern parts OF the state TO land
Mrs. l. D. Without of Eau Claire as
the woman member of the new board
of control, Mrs. Without is said to be
woman Of great ability and is wide
ly known in her section of the state.
In addition to this, it Is said the
fight against A. D. Conover is being
continued, while there is a possibility
of a shift in another place on the
board, that generally assigned to Rev.
Daniel Woodward of Omro.
1t is believed that Governor Meow
ern will select new men for the four
places on the state board of agricul-
ture. The members whose terms ex-
pfre are: John L. Herbst of Sparta,
Ed. Woodman of Polar, George G. Cox
of Mineral Point and L. E. Scott of
Stanley. These changes and the re-
tirement of Secretary John W. True,
now senator from the Twenty-seventh
district, would mean reorganization
of the board
The governors message was read to
the senate and assembly in joint SEES
sion in the assembly chamber by Gov
ernor McGovern himself.
Elmer Pierce, document clerk of the
last two senates, has been appointed
to his old position, while John L.
Schnitzler of Depere is said to be the
probable selection for bookkeeper of
the senate.
c. H. Weisse, Democratic candidate
for the United States senate, was in
Madison to attend the organization of
the legislature and meet the Demo
cratic members. He was accompanied
by former Assemblyman ]. NJ. Crow
ley of Milwaukee
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
Rome's Queer School.

A school of an entirely novel type
has recently been started at Rome,
says a writer in the Wide World
Magazine, and has already given very
good results. This "open-air" acad-
envy differs from the German open-air
schools, inasmuch as it is essentially
travelling, whereas the school at Char
iotteHburg, for instance, is composed
of a number of pavilions. The com
bined satchel and desk carried by the
pupil only weighs ten pounds, and
therefore no fatigue is caused through
carrying this on the back. The pu-
pills, together with their master, wan
der from one part of the outlying
country districts of Rome to another.
The desk is placed on the ground, the
blackboard Is fixed up and the lesson
begins. 1t is very practical. and the
pupils are able to do their lessons in
any place, as they carry with them all
that is required. It is held in Rome
that this form of instruction will do
much toward doing away with the
barge number of illiterate persons in
the vicinity
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
INDIcT FOUR BANK TRUSTEES.
Associates of Joseph c. Robin Are
Named in True Bills.

New York. = Four indictments
charging perjury against as many
trustees of the Washington Savings
bank, of which Joseph G. Robin, also
under indictment, was president, were
found by the grand jury.
Charles K. Lexow, assistant post
master; Thomas F. Murphy, William
P. Youngs and DR.. Harrie James are
named in the Indictment
1t is charged that when they report
ed to the state superintendent of
banks on July %, 1910, that they had
made an examination of the assets
and liabilities Of the Washington
been made by them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
PUBLIC cENsURE FOR SIMS.
Navy Officers to Be Publicly Reprl-
manded by Taft's Orders.

manoec ny airs orders.
Washington. = Commander W. S.
Sims, the United States naval
officer, will be publicly reprimanded
by order of the president for his re-
marks at dinner given by the lord
mayor of London, when he declared
that should Great Britain ever be seri-
ously threatened she could depend on
every man, every dollar, every drop
of blood" in this country.
His offense has been so conspicu-
ous,' said the president in his letter to
Secretary of the Navy Meyer, direct
ing the reprimand, that the action of
the department in reproving it should
be equally so"
The president says that whenever
an officer Of the American navy is
called upon in a foreign country to
speak in public, so that what he says
will necessarily be brought to the at
tention of other foreign countries, it Is
his obvious duty to avoid invidious
comparisons and to limit his speech
and his expressions of friendship for
the country whose guest he is to Ian
guage that will not indicate a lack Of
friendship toward other countries.
THE navy is used much as an in
functions that it's officers perform
when they visit foreign ports is the
representative one of conveying to all
nations the good will of the United
States"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
McGovern Appoints David HarIowe.

Madison.-David Harlowe, traffic
pany, was appointed by Governor Nc
Govern to fill the unexpired term of
B. H. Meyer on the state railroad com
mission. He will serve until February
1914, being the unexpired term of Mr.
Meyer The vacancy was caused by
Taft as a member Of the commerce
commission.
Prior TO 1893 Mr. Harlowe was chief
clerk to the late Dwight W. Reyes,
then general freight agent Of the Mil
waukee road. In 1893 ne went to the
ger. When the Allis company was
merged into the present AllisChal-
mers company he retained his posi-
ton.
This is not the first time Mr.. Har-
lowe was considered in connection
with the place on the railroad COM
mission. When the bill creating the
commission became a law Governor
La Toilette wished to appoint Mr.. Har-
lowe as one of the members. He de-
clined the appointment, however, pre-
ferring to remain with the company.
1t had been known for some time
among Governor McGovern's close
friends that Mr.. Harlowe would be ap-
pointed and it was agreed on all sides
that such an appointment would be a
good one on account of Mr.. Harlowe's
knowledge of traffic matters.
Mr. HarIowe is fifty years Of age,
having been born in England in 1860.
He has been resident Of Milwaukee
for over a quarter of century.
For many years he has been promi-
nent in Masonic circles and an active
worker in the various bodies of that
order. He is a thirty-third degree Ma
SON He also takes a live interest in
literary matters and has been mem
Der of the advisory board Of the Lit
erary Association of Wisconsin. He
was one of the founders of the Ameri-
can Numismatic association and has
himself a collection Of copper coins
that includes some rare specimens.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
THREE NEGROES LYNCHED
She!byvlIe, kv., Jail Stormed by Mob
of Fifty Masked Men, Who Hang
Prisoners from Bridge.

Shelbyville, Ky.-Three negroes,
Eugene Marshall, Wade Patterson
and James West, were lynched here
after a determined mob of fifty
masked men had stormed the county
jail, where the negroes were con-
fined. Two of the negroes were
charged with insulting white women
The third was awaiting execution for
the murder of a negress.
AS Patterson and West, who were
hanged on the same rope, were
swung over the end of railroad tie,
the rope snapped, and the two ne
groes made a break for cover. The
body of Patterson was found riddled
with bullets near the creek. Vests
body has not been recovered. It is
stated, however, that he was shot
Marshall's body was left swinging
rom the bridge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
LTIMATUM ISSUED
STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION
GIVES NOTICE TO PUBLIC
SERVICE COMPANIES.
MUST TELL OPERATION COST
Orders of Eoard to Make Report
Have Been Repeatedly Ignored. 1t
Is Charged-Sx Companies Now
Threatened with Heavy Fines.
1926 ONE Kresge jamie SPt

1926 ONE Kresge Jan 16 8Pt
Madison.-The state railroad COM
mission has served notice on six pub
lie service corporations, giving them
ten days in which to observe orders
issued by the commission in the past,
but up to the present time ignored.
1t is declared that the offending
corporations, the Mineral Point Gas
and Electric company, the GAINESVILLE
Electric company, the Dodgeville
Electric Light and Power company,
the Mansion Electric Service com
pany, the Montello Granite company
and the Eagle River Light and Water
company, have furnished service con-
trary to law and have failed to report
their true cost of operation.
After ten days, if the orders have
not been obeyed, further investiga-
ton will be made and where advisa-
bic suits will be filed The penalty
in case of conviction is a fine of from
S1o0 to $1,000. Each days delay
constitutes a separate offense.
Notice also has been given that
should any official of public utilities
owned by cities of the state refuse to
answer questions Of the commission
regarding cost of operation of the
plants, he will be prosecuted under
the law that provides a fine and i'm
prisonment for refusal to obey the
commissions orders
Should the power of the commits
sion be ignored in either of the cases,
the attorney general will be asked
to proceed against them under the
law. The decision of the commission
to proceed against the corporations
already named is but part of a we'll
defined program to compel all public
service corporations to comply strict
ly with the law, it is said.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
a Darky DIALOGUE.

In a Southern town one morning a
.coIored man called upon neighbor.
lie was met at the door by his
friends wife, and the dialogue ran
something like this:
Kinder cold dis mawnin'."
Kinder. Think mebbe it's gwina
10 rain"
"Mabbe it is. Is Dan in?"
shore; he's in"
kin l see him."
No, street"
But I wants to see him bad"
rs sorry, but you can't see him
Dams dead"
Go 'wayl You's jokin'!"
mo, I amt jokin'. He's dead all
right"
He die sudden?"
"He die very sudden"
"Yo' shore bout dat?"
"Jest as shore as 1 kin be-"
At this point the caller hesitated a
moment, and then added:
He say anything bout bucket O.
whitewash befo' he ?"-Lippin,
colts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
New Corporations.


Articles Of incorporation were filed
in the Office of Secretary Of State
Frear as follows:
Conklin & Sons company, Madison
capital, 100000; incorporators, James
E. Conklin, Matthew H. Conklin, John
w. Conklin.
Oak Center Cooperative Dairy com
pany, Oak Center; capital, $4,000; IN
corporators, H. P Simmons, w. F
Boiler, George T. French.
Albert G. Seeboth company. Milwau
kee; capital, $4,000; incorporators
Albert G. Seeboth, Michael Seeboth
Trio Manufacturing company, Ra
cine; capital, $4,000; incorporators
Martin Rasmussen Sofus. Trolle, K
Sludt.
Brush Hollow Cheese company, Viro
qua; capital, $1,000; incorporators. w
S. Morrison, W. ]. Beaver, A. E. ia
cobs. H. NJ. Caldwell.
Wisconsin Manufacturers associa
ton. Milwaukee; no capital stock; in
corporators, H. W Bolens, Otto H
Falk. a. L. Osborn.
Amendments were filed as follows:
Manitowoc Mattress company, Mani
towoc. increasing its capital stock
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Jersild Knitting company, Neenah
increasing it's capital stock from $40,
900 to $4,000
Medford Building Supply company
Medford, increasing its capital stocl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
Await Governors Action.

An adjournment of ten days was
taken by the legislative committee in
vestigating the question Of compro-
missing the suit brought against four
state railroads for back taxes, after ar
rangements had been made to submit
further statistics to Governor Mccoy
ern. This data will be arranged by
Prof. F. w. Gilman of the University
Of Wisconsin, who furnished the in
formation upon which the first suits
we're based.
Suit was originally brought for $780,
900 against four roads, the Milwaukee
road, Chicago & Northwestern, Oma-
ha, the 500 and the Wisconsin Cen
trail, recently merged. Two cases were
brought before the state supreme
court which decided that taxes for
only the last six years could be
claimed Several of the smaller state
roads paid without contest, among
them the Burlington, $4,000, and the
Green Bay and Western, $4,000. The
other five roads decided to contest the
cases.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
PATTEN SUED FOR $4,000, 900.
Action Brought Under Law Allowing
Recovery Ct Gambling Losses.

Recovery ct Gambling Losses.
Chicago. - James A. Patten was
sued for 100000 on the avowed
ground that this sum represented
three times the amount of his win
nings in gambling operations" on the
board of trade in two years.
The move was admitted to be the
beginning of an attack upon the board
of trade by an organization calling IT.
self the Chicago Anti-Gambling
league" The suit was fled in the SUI
perior court by DR.. Paul Burmaster,
president of the league.
Doctor Burmaster under repeated
questioning refused to give the facts
attending its formation or supply the
names of its other members.
The suit was brought under the
gambling statute of the state providing
that suit may be brought by an out
side party for three times the amount
of the gambling losses, one-haf Of
which is to go to the state.
Doctor Burmaster asserted that he
was not seeking to recover the losses
of any individual.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
czARINA is SERIOUSLY ILL.
All Court Fetes Put Off on That Ac.
count

St Petersburg-All court fetes
are called off owing to the dan
gerous illness of the czarina. This
fact is not generally known, but it is
learned on the best of authority that
her majesty's condition is alarming
The Improvement, noticeable after
the Nauheim cure had been admins
tered, was followed by a grave relapse
and the partial paralysis that attacked
the czarina's feet now extend to the
legs and arms, and the doctors are ut
terly unable to give any reason for her
condition except nervous strain, nor
can they suggest any treatment.
The car, overcome with grief, is In
constant attendance upon the czarina,
doing everything in his power to raise
her from the lethargic state of depres-
sion into which she has now perma-
nently fallen. The only interest she
shows is in the czarevitch, fears for
whose safety haunts her night and
day. The boy has to be brought to her
room every hour during the day, so
she may satisfy herself he is still
living.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
MISS MOROsINI WE'D TO Ex-coP.
Girl Who Spends Fortune on Her
Clothes Elopes.

New York.-Miss Giulia P. Moro
sim, heiress of most of the ST.
900, 1000 left by the late Giovanni P
Morosini and famous throughout the
world as the young woman who for
years has spent 100000 year on her
clothes, eloped and was married to
Arthur Maurice Werner.
The bridegroom Is an ex-policeman,
formerly an honor man" of the force,
and one of the four original members
of the traffic squad. For several years
he has been manager of the Morosini
estate, his elevation to this post hav-
ing resulted from his heroic rescue of
Miss Morosini about five years ago,
when her team ran away with her on
the speedway.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-19
TWO DEAD, THREE HURT FIRE.
| Masonic Temple Walls at FlndIay, ILL.,,
FalI-Endanger Hundreds.

Findlay, Ill.-As result of a
fire that started in the Masonic
building here, one man is dead, three
seriously injured, and one TAissing.
A gas explosion in the upper story
of the burning building flung the
brick walls out in all directions and
it was only by miracle that a hun
dred people escaped instaEt death or
fatal injuries The east wall caved
into a frame building and four men
were badly hurt.
The dead man, whose body was re-
covered, was identified as Albert
Tippett 1t is believed a man by the
name of White persisted in the
flames