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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27
BONDING CO. PAYS
$1o27,67 into Bayfield,
County Treasury
Sum is for the Amount of
Shortage of Ex Treasurer
HI. o. Lien

A draft for $1927.67 was re.
ceived by District Attorney E.
G. Alvord yesterday afternoon
from the Massachusetts Bond
ing and Insurance company and
the same has been placed in the
county treasury to cover the
amount of the shortage of Elk,
County Treasurer, H. 0. Lien
This settles the claim SO far
as the county is concerned.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27

Alois Rogers of Odanah who has
been working at Hayward during
the past winter, was in the city
this week visiting with relativ es
and friends.
Amos Hansen has rented the Kin
ney building on Washington avenue,
ms tead of the Bell building
as announced last week,
and he will engage in the busi.
ness OF undertaking, furniture re.
pairing, picture framing. etc, as
soon as his goods arrive. He ex-
poets to have his place open fol
business during the early part o.
May.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27

Charles Nelson and son Oden left
Monday for EauClair where they
will visit with relatives and friends.
Miss Clara Deer of Ashland spent
Sunday visiting with friends in t his
city.
Eben Olson of Port Wing tran
sacted business in the city the first
of the week. Mr.. Olson expects to
operate mill at Port Wing during
the coming summer and Che expects
to get out large amount OF lumber.
Foley Kidney Pills contain in con-
cen ntrated form ingredients OF estab-
shed therapeutic value for the re-
lief and cure of all kidney and blad
der ailments, Foley's Kidney Pills
are anteseptic, tonic and restorative.
Refuse all substitutes.
Sold by all Druggists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27
csase Home Burned

the fire department was called
out Monday morning at about
half past six o'clock to a fire at
the John Cease residence just
east of the city. The fire was
noticed by Mr.. Cease just as the
family were eating breakfast,
the fire having caught from a
chimney in the upper part of
the house, and when discovered
the blaze was of such size that
any attempt to put out the blaze
was made impossible. The alarm
was turned in and on account of
of the long stretch Of hose it
took some time to get a stream
of water on the burning building
and the fire was not extinguish-
ed until the upper part OF the
building was practically ruined.
Neighbors and friends helped
the Cease family to move a large
part of their household furni-
ture. The loss of the building
is covered by insurance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27
START THE NIGHT RUN
Stearns Lumber Company
Now Operating Plant Night
and Day.

The big Stearns mill in this
is now operating night and day,
having started the night run on
Monday of this week. The
crews work two weeks nights
and two weeks days. About
three hundred men are now en-
ployed about the mill, and a
large amount of lumber is being
turned out daily. The mill will
continue to run night and day
until the close of the season in
the fall.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27
One Conductor Helped Back to
Work

Mr.. Wilford Adams is his name
and be writes: Il was confined to
my bed with chronic rheumatism
and used two bottles of Foley's
Kidney Remedy with sgood effec {
The third bottle put me on my feet
and Il resumed work as conductoc
on the Lexington. KY. Street Rail
way. 1t will do all you claim in
cases of rheumatism 1t clears the
blood of uric acid.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27

The Young Peoples Society of
the Catholic church met last even
ing at the Beausoliel residence on
Bayfield, street.
Mrs. ]. S. Fletcher and daughter
Helen left yesterday for Augusta
where they expect to visit for some
time. Mrs. FIetcher's mother will
return with her uand will make her
home with her daughter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27
Gentlemen:

This meeting is called pursuant to the
requirements of Section 4, chapter AS
laws of 1901 as amended by chapter 3l6
laws of 1908. for the purpose of your in
struction and advice in the performance
of your duties. as assessors of the different
assessment districts of Bayfield, county.
Some of ou have ears of experience
others are new hands. and wish to say
right here that one of ysu, new man
last year. tried to make the assessment of
his district according to law. and have
no doubt it would have been the best as
sessment in the county if his time was not
limited by the annual meeting of his
town. | want to call your attention to
the fact that the annual meeting has no
power whatever to fix your compensa-
ton. Section ISL, Statutes of 1898 takes
care of your compensation as follows:
pensation, not exceeding three dollars
per day, as may be allowed them by the
Town Board. THAT is to say, your
Town Board has to fix your compensa-
tien per day. but they cannot fix the num-
Der of days you shall work. Therefore.
nv advice to everyone of ou, whose
compensation is Axed by the annual meet
ing of the town Board. is to insist that the
Town Board fixes your per diem, that is
all the can do. Of course this don't
mean that you can put in as many days
as you please. but if our work is faith
fully done and you spend.l say 40 days in
actual work. you are certainly entitled to
40 days pay. The law takes care that
you are not handicapped in performing
your duties, and plea that you had no
time does not hold good. 1t seems that
some of the older assessors cannot leave
the old rut and are afraid to assess all
property at its true market value and put
all property on the roll. | found last
year whole classes of property omitted
and other property only partly assessed
This is not only illegal. it is even detri.
mental to the interests of the town where
this happens. ] will explain in wha,
manner and to what an extent you may
hurt your town by such practice.
For example ! make in a town only ter
inspections of personal property. Let u.
say find that for these ten places the as.
SCISSOR puts 20 horses on the roll and
find 25 horses. This would show tha
only 80 per cent of the horses are as
sessed. The result will be that have t.
take it for granted that the horses in tn,
whole town are assessed only at 80 pc
cent of their number. and if the assess
ment of the town shows a total of lOt
horses will increase this number to Us
even if the assessor omitted only the 6v,
horses in the whole town. You see tha
your town will have to pay state an.
county taxes on 20 horses that the Tow
did not have. but for this injustice no
body else is responsible. other than tn
assessor. You know yourself that it is i'm
possible for me to inspect all the proper
ty in the whole county, | can only b
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27
Get Busy and Clear up

Property owners are notified
to have their alleys and lots
cleaned up of rubbish and other
dirt before May 9Th. After
that date the work will be done
bv the street commissioner and
the amount charged on the
tax roll. It is important that
the alleys, streets and lots be
kept clean.
Mrs. Hovind visited with friends
at Ashland last Saturday.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27

G. N. Risjord, circuit Judge elect
was in the city last Friday and
from here went to Sioux River
where he did a little fishing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27

The feed store of Welch and
Fletcher IN the Kinney building has
been closed and hereafter the firm
will conduct their business from
their lower store.
D. w. Corning left yesterday for
Rochester, Mimi. having taken his
sister Mrs. Smith there for treat.
ment. Mrs. Smith has been sick
for a number of months and she will
now undergo treatment at the hos
pital of Mayo brothers at Rochest.
er. Mimi, in hopes of benefitine
her health.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-27
HAD A GOOD MEETING
Convention of Bayfield, Coun.
ty Assessors Held
Meeting was a Very Harmon
ious one and the Best
Ever Held

The annual meeting of the as
SCISSORS of Bayfield, county was
held at the Court room in this
city on Tuesday morning and
was one of the best meetings
that has been held. The meet
ing will undoubtedly result in a
much better assessment being
obtained for the different dis
tricts of the county. The meet
ing was presided over by Super
visor of Assessments William
Landraint Of Barksdale, who de-
livered an address before the
meeting. The following were
in attendance:
George Crawford, Bayfield,
A. Fl. Pierce. Barksdale
Charles Puzy, Barnes
Charles Lucia. Corn copia
John Ledman, Gable
James F. Redmond, Drum
mond.
John Sundell. Eileen
HI. L. Moreland, Hughes
Ed. Goulette, iron River
Emil Holm, Lincoln
J. A. Johnson, Mason
Andrew Kalem Orienta
John Kongas, Oulu
Andrew Nessblt, Pratt
A. P. Melstrand, Pilsen
l.. FL. Clark, Port Wing
Ed Flodin, Washburn. town,
Nels Westerlund, Washburn,
city.
The following is the address
of Mr.. Landraint.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Richard Wahrman Is Being Sought
For in United States to Tell
Him Good News.

Vienna.-Efforts are being made in
the United States on behalf Of the
Austrian court to discover the where
abouts of Richard Wahrmann, son of
a Hungarian deputy. who left for
America about six weeks ago. The
Emperor Francis Joseph has consent
ed to pay all the young mans debts,
and the court officials want to inform
him of the good news
1t is so rare an occurrence for a
Hapsburg to hand out money for a
commoner. and so unusual for Fran
els Joseph to bestir himself and his
pursestrings in the cause of simple
charity, some are thinking there must
be some old love romance of other
days concealed behind the Emperor's
act But there is no ground for be-
lieving that this is the secret of
young Wahrmann being freed from
his liabilities.
Maritz Wahrmann. the deputy, once
ingratiated himself with the Emperor
by some signal service, and this is a
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Woman Swindles Rich Men

tocratic families of the Bourbonnais
district of France
An accomplIce wrote her several
letters, making constant references to
her property and aristocratic rela-
tives Finally the official became en-
gagged to Nine Germot and presented
Ler with a splendid ring, valued at
5000 francs. The next day his f1ancee
left Vichy and disappeared. She went
to another pleasure resort, however,
and there pursued similar tactics with
an officer from a garrison station In
the vicinity of Paris. Having again
received a handsome present of jew
elry she decamped and reappeared
in Paris.
Here she made the conquest of a
wealthy Russian. AS she was engag-
ed with him in attentiyely examining
jewelers. window in the Rue de la
Paix yesterday morning two men ap.
preached and politely requested her to
step into an taxi-auto with them. They
were detectives, who arrested her on
the charge of swindling the colonial
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
FIND SKELETON IN MOUND
Another Murder Mystery of Early
Kansas Days Believed to Have
Been Unearthed.

Another murder mystery Of the
early days of Kansas is believed TO
have been uncovered when workmen
leveling' what was supposed TO be a
natural mound on the farm of JON
holland, near Junction City, uncovered
a tomb 80 feet in diameter which
contained portions of three skeletons
believed to be those of white people.
The skulls do not resemble those OF
Indians. and in one skull a small hole
such as could be made by bullet
was found. The forehead bone or
each is prominent, like that of the
white race. One man was OF I'M
usual stature, as is shown by the
bones found in a corner of the room.
There is a tradition among the old
er residents of Junction City that a
family of whites disappeared mystic
riously years ago and was thought to
have been murdered. but this cannot
be verified
when the first white settler came to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

this section the mound was there
Recently John Nolan decided to level
it and use the land The workmen
struck what appeared to be a stone
wall They dug deeper and around
1t and soon uncovered a tomb 80 feet
in diameter with stone walls 10 feet
thick. The top. which had been
arched over at one time. had caved in.
1t was 4 feet high
Entrance was gained to the tomb
by passageway feet wide and a
chamber 10 feet long The tomb had
been constructed of natural surface
rock.
The tomb contained no trinkets.
guns or other articles by which iden-
LITIGATION could be made possible The
authorities who have taken charge of
the find have not yet been able to tell
whether any one of the three skele-
tons is that of a female.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Young Mental Wonders of Har-
ward the Founders.
Master Sidis, a Ten-Year-OId Expert
on Fourth Dimension" One Of
the Organizers o: So
ciety.

Cambridge, Mass.-A prodigy club
has just been founded in Harvard,
where there have been for the past
year several boys who entered pos
sessed of extraordinary mental attain
rnents. The two best known of these
are the sons of Prof Weiner of Har-
ward and Dr. Boris Sidis, the eugenic
expert of Boston. The sons OF both
these men were trained under special
II prepared schedules of study, which
together with a native ability has
shown them to be extraordinary types
If mental precocity.
DR.. Boris Sidis recently asserted
that he could produce prodigy from
any American child of average intel
ngence under his system of develop
nlent. His son William J. Sidis, when
ten years old, passed into tho Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology be-
cause the age limit at Harvard kept
Dim from entering. When he was a
freshman at Harvard young Sidis lee
tured on the mathematical problem of
the fourth dimension Among the
learned professors in the special au-
dience was the late William James.
Another prodigy is fourteen-year-old
Norbert Weiner, who is in Harvard's
graduate school. having taken his de-
gree at Tufts college. Besides being
inguist he is a Mathematician of
ability.
The curious features that have been
noticed about these boys is their Gag
erness to put aside their studies for
simple games that delight young chill
cren.
by the magazines, where their pictures
have appeared, these two boys few
days ago called on some others in
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
PLUMBER SEALED IN CHIMNEY
California Worker Cuts His Way Gu,
With a ChseI Handed to Him
Through a Slit.

Niles. While Neil Alberg. a
plumber, was clinching rivets inside
the. chimney of a new factory here
the other day the man on the outsids
was called away.
Another set of mechanics, who did
not know AIberg was inside. riveted
rain protector over the top of the
stack. sealing him inside.
When the thunder of the hammers
died away the prisoner pounded fran
tically on the iron until he got the at
tention Of those outside. A chisel
was then passed through slit into
the smokestack and Alberg cut his
way out
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
FORM PRODIGY CLUB

Harvard, who are quite as gifted. and
the following conversation. savoring
of the nursery. took place.
Have you been written up?" asked
young Weiner of the newest genius.
mot yet, but they came and took
my picture the other day"
"Oh, that's nothing. | had whole
article about myself written by my
father" said young Sidis.
Let's found a Harvard Prodigy
Club suggested the boy bachelor OF
arts, Weiner.
And so the four child wonders have
formed Harvard's first and only prod
ICY club. The latest addition to the
club is Adolph A. Berle of the fresh.
man class, son of the Rev. A. A. Berle
of the Shawmut Congregational
church in Boston.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

there was a collision and the mighty
politician was rolled in the dirt He
got to his feet, cursing-oh. black
stream of blasphemy dubbed from
his mouth! He cursed and spat into
her carriage
AS much of it as could be told the
great lady told the duke of Aosta,
That indignant prince vowed to pull
down this topping insolence.
What the duke of AostS did was tc
go straight to the king. WhsS mis-
majesty was heir to the krone he
lived for many years in Naples None
better than he knew the power of the
Camorra; none better than he knew
that his ministers looked to 1t for a
governmental majority in Naples; but
he said: Stamp them out If you can.
! am with you in this fight" And king
and duke planned the war on the
Camorra. There was no pretense of
trusting the magistracy of the police
-rat-ridden, both, with Camorra cor
ruption. The work was given to the
army. Notably it was given TO the
Capt. Fabroni of the Carabineers, a
smart young Roman officer, all brain
and pluck.
And the chiefs Of the Camorra took
the air of the Villa NaZicnale on their
tall horses, they talked politics and
crime in the smart Cafe Eortunio in
the Galleria; they supped at Santa Lu-
cia and took their ease. They neither
knew nor cared that Fabroni, captain
of the carabineers, was at work. Es-
pecially they did not know that Fab
roni had loosed among them soft
footed Roman hound-one Capezzuto
In and out of the dark holes of the
Camorra this devil of a man slipped
sometimes posing as a criminal, fu-
gitive, a beggar, till they laid the oath
of the Camorra on him and told him
things best untold. But the true work
he did was to find traitor And what
a traitor!
Get camorra Chief
The great chiefs of the Camorra
were quite at ease. Erricone AIfano,
who had been the chief since 1893,
resigned that high post and contented
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

~ He Camorra, the dread Italian
secret society, thrives and will
ever thrive in Naples SO long
as the profoundly depressed
conditions of economic and in
tellectual poverty subsist, but they and
the world at large will never be able
to understand how, in spite OF the
high degree of civilization of our mod
ern times, the CamOrra can easily com
NIT daring robberies, assaults, afro
cious murders and other excuses OF
inconceivable ferocity and still have
the almost complete certainty OF be-
ing left systematically unpublished, re-
lying partly on its members secrecy
which is the very gospel of this Grim
inal association, partly on tie weak
ness of public officials For every hum
dred Camorrists that are caught there
are other thousands who will come to
the front. AS happens on the morrow
Of a deadly battle where the etat
majeur has been dispersed by the
shrapnel, the cadets are promoted in
masses to the higher ranks; and the
Camorra's cadets, bolder than ever.
are eager to excel their leaders.
The prisons are one of the chief
fields of Camorristic extortion, either
of money from the we'll to do prison
er to provide wine. tobacco and fruit,
or of personal slavery, in the case of
a member in reduced circumstances.
The prisons being divided into sec
tons, each section chooses a provision
al chief, who rules over the whole sec
tion through orders which he trans
mits by fellow prisoners with special
signs, conventional refrains or scrawl-
ed messages smuggled in bread or 9th
erwise.
Five years ago great lady of
Naples drove out to take the air
in the Villa Nazionale, that strip of
park by the sea She was blithe and
smiling. for royalty was to drink tea
with her at five. There came riding
by big man, all gold chains and dia-
monds, on young horse. He was De
Marinis, boss of one OF the election
districts of Naples. plumed chief of
the Camorra, Was the great lady's
coachman at fault? In any case.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Wealthy French Colonial Officer
Latest Victim.
Nine. Germot, a Partisan Beauty of
American Percentage, Uses Clever
Ruse to Defraud Her Ad-
mirers.

Paris.-After promising to marry
three men in order to swindfe them of
presents of jewelry, Nine. Germot,
who says she was born at Whining
ton. DEL, in the United States. but
who ordinarily resides with her hus-
band and three children in the Rue
Basel ingre at Orleans. now occu-
pies prison cell in Paris.
Some weeks ago Nine. Germot. an
elegantly dressed and refined looking
woman Of 25 years, became acquainted
at Vichy with a young French colonial
official. to whom she pretended that
she belonged to one OF the most aris-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Girl Denies six Murders.

Lafayette, La.-Arrested and ac-
cused of the murder of six persons.
then confronted with her blood-soaked
clothing that had been found near the
crime scene, Clementine Barnabel, a
negro girl. laughed at the police, re-
fuslng to admit any part in the muir.
ders.
Her brother and two other young
negroes have been arrested with Glenn.
entine as material witnesses.
The family Of herbert Randall, In
Guiding six persons, were found in
bed, their bodies horribly hacked. 1t
is believed they were murdered as
they slept.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Professional chaperons.

In a girls finishing school in New
York they have professional chaperons
who do nothing but take young won
en- out, walk them around and fetch
them back again They take their
charges to trains and meet them al
trains. They are paid, not by the
week or month, but by the job. SO
much an assignment. And the curious
thing about it is that they are bonded
They are actually bonded The girls
themselves have never been able to
find out why they should be bonded.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
RECOGNIZES HIS MOTHER
After Three Weeks of Coma Physi'
clans Give Hope of Recovery
of Injured Lad.

Yonkers.-Surprising the physicians
of ST. Joseph's Hospital and relatives
who had given up hope of his life.
Daniel Conley, twenty years old, is
emerging from state of coma in
which he had lain in the hospital for
three weeks. He fell from roof on
October 80 and his skull was frac-
tured.
Following delicate operation 1t
was thought he would gain, but not
until a day or two ago did he show
any signs of improvement His moth
er was called, and his face frightened
as he recognized her and spoke to her.
Then he relapsed into unconscious
ness, but the physicians said they
thought he would recover.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Boy Is Saved BY Emperor

return Francis Joseph is making him.
Some years ago young Wahrmann's
brother Arnst committed suicide when
pressed by his creditors and the faith.
er was so distressed by the fear that
his remaining son might take his own
life that friends appealed to the EN-
peror.
Francis Joseph made it condition
that Richard Wahrmann shall never
return to Europe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

official and the army officer. Brought
before M Hamard, he ordered her to
be detained pending trial
When informed of the arrest of his
wife NJ Germot refused to do anything
in the matter. MY wife does as she
pleases," he said. 81 don't interfere
in her affairs"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

The prodigal son was coming up
the road.
Hurry and killed the fatted calf!
said his father You remember thar
the boy always was fond OF chicken
potpie. Judge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
Sometimes Counted Out.

A Cincinnati man who visited New
York not long ago was presented TO
Big Tim Sullivan Of Tammany fame
II happened that in the course of the
conversation that ensued between the
westerner and Big Tim the former
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

quoted the old saying. Truth crushed
10 earth will rise again"
Big Tim smiled in a superior way.
Il suppose that's right, my friend" he
said. but sometimes not before the
referee has counted ten. "-Lippin-
colts