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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
FINISH NEW PRISON WALLS
Convicts Have Practically Completed
Solid Concrete Barrier Which
Makes Escape imposs bIe.

Waupun.-Then new reinforced con-
crete walls about the Waupun state
prison have been practically complet-
ed. For several months a crew of
prisoners has been at work building
up the Notifications intended to bar
them from the outside world.
And when finished they will pre-
sent barrier unequaled by any pris-
on walls in the country, il not in the
world. Twenty-four feet high, the
walls of solid concrete rest on a solid
bed OF rock that extends down hun
dreds of feet beneath the surface of
the ground. The entire site, in fact
almost the entire region, is underlaid
with limestone, and using this for a
base for the new walls, the prison
authorities have planned a barrier
that defies almost any attempt to es-
cape.
The limestone bed lies only from
three to eight feet beneath the sur
face of the ground. The old walls
were built from stone quarried from
the beds on the prison farm, and are
themselves built upon the bed rock
for base.
But they are not as impregnable
as are the new concrete barriers
which are now nearing completion.
Twenty-four feet above the ground,
they are as smooth as concrete can
be made, presenting no foothold, no
crevice by which prisoner can work
his way to the top and liberty.
Downward they extend to the bed
rock, where the cement has been
welded into mother earth until it
has become part of the natural fort
ress below, defying all attempts to
excavate or tunnel under.
The base of the wall is a full six
feet through, solid concrete, which
will become harder and harder as
the years so by.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
LARGER HOUSE BILL IS PASSED.
Measure Adding AZ Representatives to
the Roll 10 Adopted.

"'SoSe'S NNN''S "OF' ~
the Roll Is Adopted.
Washington. - Bearing an In
itiative and referendum soature to
safeguard against gerrymandering In
number of states, the congressional
reapportionment bill was passed by
the senate. There was not even the
Formally of a roll call on the final
vote.
The measure gives the house 433
members, an increase Of AZ over the
present representation. This does not
include the new members which will
be sent from Arizona and New Mexico
The bill will go Immediately to the
house. where 1t originated, and. 1t is
expected, will be accepted in its pres
ent form and sent to the president
No state loses. and many gain, In the
number Of representatives.
The measure will become effective
in less than two years. Its passage
was largely assured by a sentiment OF
concession to the house Of its right to
regulate its own organization affairs.
The Democratic cotton bill cutting an
average of FL per cent. from the pres
ent duty passed the house, all the
Democrats and thirty Insurgents vot
Ing for It. The total vote was 202 tc
81.
The bin cuts the average tariff or
cotton manufactured goods from 48 te
81 per cent ad valorem. Fl per cent
reduction in duty that the Democratic
leaders estimate to reduce revenue
by about $3,000,0O0.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
UNDERWOOD CALLS
BRYAN FALSlFiER
House Leader Replies to Nebraskan's
Char0es-Denies Split With
Speaker.

Washington. - In one OF the
most remarkable scenes in the house
since the beginning of the extra SEES
sion Representative Oscar w. Under
wood Of Alabama. the Democratic
leader Of the house, fired a verbal
broadside at William Jennings Bryan
for the latter's criticism of his posi-
ton on the extension of the tariff re.
vision program. Mr.. Underworld
Democratic colleagues wildly cheered
him as he made his vitrolic attack
upon the Nebraskan.
Excoriating the three times candi
date of the Democratic party for pres
idential honors. Leader Underwood de
nounced Mr.. Bryan's statements al
false. defended his (Underwood's) at
titude as to revision OF the iron and
steel tariff schedules, and said Bryan
has placed upon every Democratic
member implications unfounded II
fact.
He called on his Democratic col
leagues OF the ways and means com
mittee for confederation of his atu
tude in committee and In caucus.
Mr.. Underwood was backed up in I
similarly striking speech by Represen
tative Kitchin of North Carolina, Ions
devoted friend of Bryan. Mr.. Kit
chin expressed surprise that any Dem
ocrat should so malign Mr.. Under
wood and the party, and through al
this arraignment not a voice wal
raised In defense Of Bryan
1t all came about from published
interview, which purported to be "au
thorized" by Mr.. Bryan. declaring i
was time Democratic Leader Under
wood was "unmasked."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
CLEANER FRUITS DEMANDED
Commits sloner Emery viii Enforce
New Law Prohibiting Open Dis
play Of Food Products.

Madison.-Dairy and Food Com
missioner Emery reports that fire.
quent prosecutions are being brought
against parties who persist in violat-
ing the sanitary laws governing the
manufacture and sale of dairy and
food products. The 1911 legislature
enacted a new law placing greater re-
strictions around the display of such
goods in the interest of the public
health.
One section prohibits the display
or storing of fruits, vegetables, o"
other food products on the sidewalk i.
or outside the place of business, an
less such fruits, vegetables, or other
food products are securely covered
by glass, wood or metal cases, or
enclosed in tight boxes, bags or bar
rels, and all such cases and contain
ers raised at least two feet above
the sidewalk.
Another section provides that no
dairy or other food product which
has been prepared for eating shall
be displayed or offered for sale I'M
less properly protected from flies,
dust, dirt or other injurious contain
nation, "by being suitably covered
with glass, wood or metal case or
covering"
The new law makes the duty of the
local health officers co-ordinately
with the dairy and food commissioner
and his assistants and inspectors, to
enforce the act. The fine for viola
ton is $40 to SIS, or Imprisonment
for sixty days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Suspend Milwaukee Fire Chief.

Milwaukee.-FireC Chief Thomas A.
Clancy has been formally suspended
from Office by the fire and police
commission, pending an Investigation
of charges filed by Edward F. Wiese,
a discharged fireman. Most Of the
charges are a renewal of those filed
in a previous investigation which
failed to sustain them. Chief Clancy
is accused of bribery, corruption. pri-
vate graft and incompetency. He is
also held responsible for the deaths
of several firemen and others in re-
cent fires.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Washington Has a Plague of Cranks

thus acquired fame. came to Washing.
ton to show themselves to the presi-
dent.
Then there's the lunatic who tramps
across country on wager that he can
go from ocean to ocean on q dollar
and thirty-seven cents. There must
be hundred OF him every year. and
he generally brings letter to the
president from the mayor OF the little
town he comes from. And these
are just few OF them; II I'd put
down the names of all this breed OF
crAnks that turn up here to see the
president in six months 1t would be
longer than the list Of applicants for
a vacant consulship. The trouble IL,
the president, In many instances.
can't get out Of seeing the crank
With the cunning OF one Of his kind.
he generally goes straight to one Of
the local papers. The paper takes
him up. prints his photograph and
publishes his vain-glorious interview
about his eccentricities, in which he
always states that he's going to see
the president at a certain time. It's
wired to every paper in the state the
lunatic hailed from by their Wash
ington correspondents, and. of course.
printed there. If the president re-
fuses to see the crank. that's wired.
too, and then the papers have a
chance to fall afoul OF the admin
istration and howl about the man
whose naughty exclusiveness misrep-
resents the great democratic spirit Of
the nation. So, oftentimes, the presi-
dent must take his mind from i'm.
portant matters to shake hands with
some paretic who ought to be over in
ar insane asylum instead of buzzing
around busy president.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
CEkTlFYL0BBYING EXPENSE
Corporation File Statement Show
ing Cost Of Representing interests
Before Recent Legislature.

Madison.-How much it cost the in
teresfs, organizations and individuals
to pay legislative counsel and lobby
lists during the recent session of the
legislature probably never will be
known, because many Of the larger in
terests We're represented by their own
regular attorneys, whose salaries for
the service does not appear in the
statements filed with the secretary of
State. However, the Importance of the
third house may be suggested In some
of the accounts now being filed accord
ing to law.
The Wisconsin & Upper Peninsula Of
Michigan Brewers association certifies
to the payment of $4,S42.91 in connec-
ton with the employment of agents
in connection with It's interest before
the legislature.
The Wisconsin Telephone company
paid $1,74766 to have its interests
looked after.
The Green Bay Gas & Electric COM
pany certi1es to the payment of ST.
693.75.
A. $. Mertz of Madison drew SO a
day for 100 days as representative of
the railroad workmen's organizations
of the state.
Other statements filed and the
amounts specified are as follows:
Pullman Car company, $1,163.O5.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company, $S8O.65.
Wisconsin Transportation company,
$99SO5.
Wisconsin Waterpower association,
$947.61.
Wisconsin State Hotelmen's associa-
tiOn S151O
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10

VISITORS in the galleries OF the sen
Y ate chamber are always interest
ed in the bright little messengers who
scurry about bent on errands for the
senator's. These pages live officially
In an age limit. They must be no less
than twelve nor more than sixteen
years old His seventeenth birthday
is usually a sorry day for the page
boy for 1t may be long before he can
have SO good an income: certainly
many years before he can earn 30
much with 80 little physical and
mental effort.
The boys are employed during the
sessions OF the senate $3.50 day;
and that means 80 or 81 days a
month, whether the senate Is In SEES
sion every day or not. There are now
fourteen pages on the floor OF the
senate, and four riding pages. The
latter receive $3.50 a year. their pay
going on whether the senate is In
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
New Senators Laugh at Silence Rule

ALL the new members OF the senate
"A seem to have "lit talkin'," az the
southern mountaineers say OF gar
rulous stranger with ready flow OF
conversation. In other days 1t was
considered the proper thing for a new
senator to sit In silence through his
first term of six years.
1t is only few years since a lot
OF precedent-bound senatorial digni.
talies expressed their indignation at
the intrusion OF new members by
walking out OF the senate chamber
when Beveridge began to talk a few
days after taking his seat. The same
treatment was given La Toilette. who
remarked as the coat tails OF his
colleagues vanished through the door
that they would come back and lis
ten, and that he probably would be
in the senate when most of them had
been retired.
or the recently elected members
OF the senate, many are young men.
caring little for ant!qua.ed traditions.
Luke Lea of Tennessee. thirty-two
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
SELECT STATE NORMAL HEAD
Board of Regents Tender Prof. j.
w. Crabtree of Nebraska Presi-
dency of River Falls School.

Observation-Disclosures Kronshage,
Jr, president of the board of regents
OF normal schools of Wisconsin, has
confirmed a report to the effect that
]. w. Crabtree, state superintendent
of public instruction In Nebraska, is
to become president of the state nor
NAL school at River Falls
The board of regents at It's last
meeting, July 90, decided to offer
the post to Prof. Crabtree, who is an
educator of wide experience and ma
tional reputation.
Advices from Lincoln, Neb., state
that Mr.. Crabtree is about to re-
sign his Office and accept the offer Of
the Wisconsin regents.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
FAIL TO SHAKE WHITES STORY.
Lorlmor Counsel Subjects Ex-Leoisla-
tor to Sharp Examination.

Washington The sharpest kind
of cross-examination by counsel for
Senator Lorimer before the com.
mittee which is investigating Mr.. Lori
mer's election. failed to shake in any
degree the story of Charles A. White,
former member Of the Illinois legisla,
ture whose admission that he was
bribed to vote for Lorimer has
brought forth several other confos.
sions from his former colleagues.
White frankly admitted that in his
letters to Lee O'Neill Browne, asking
for money, and to Lorimer. asking for
aid IN getting position. he made
many statements which were pure
and simple lies"
According to his mistaken testi.
mony, these statements were deliber.
ate, and intended for part In the
grand expose.
Il thought the people ought to
know the hypocrisy and trickery that
goes on in the legislature" he said.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10

years old. and the youngest man ever
seated In the senate. began talking
very soon after taking the oath Of
Office and has on several occasions
notified his colleagues that when ira.
ditions Of the senate and business
methods conflict the traditions will
be ignored. Senator Kenyon OF Iowa
Is not much older and is ready and
aggressive talker, with no disposition
whatever to play thinking part
through six years.
Senator Pomerene of Ohio relieved
himself OF a speech within a few
weeks after taking bis seat. and Sena-
tors Williams. Works and Hitchcock
are all laxative new members.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
FOE UNIFORM ACCOUNTING
State Tax Commission Will Soon 30
Ready to Install New System
for Badger Cities.

Madison.-In six months the Wis
consin tax commission will be ready
to install uniform system of ac-
counts for any town, city, village or
county. This is the result of sew
eral years of agitation by the commits
sion and is the immediate effect of
new law drawn up by the commission
which permits the installation of
such a system of accounting at the
request of any municipality. When
so installed it must be retained.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Longest Freight Train Hauled.

Fond du Lac.-What Is declared to be
the longest and heaviest freight train
ever hauled over a railroad in the
United States was sent out from the
500 division yards at North Fond du
Lac. There were ninety-nine loaded
cars, five empty cars and caboose in
the train. The train was drawn by one
of the new freight mogul engines re-
Gently placed in service on the 500 line
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
U. S. EMPLOYE MURDERED
Body of Henry WEIGH. Missing Sew
eral Months, Is Found in
Swamp Near Neopit

Green Bay.-The body of Henry
WEIGH, an employe of the govern
ment, who disappeared last October,
was found in swamp near Neopit
on the Keshena reservation. The
body was badly decomposed and iden-
titled by two checks which had been
cancelled at Chicago and Merrill.
WEIGH had evidently been murdered
and his body hidden, as a bullet hole
was found in his side. Search was
made shortly after his disappearance
last fall, but proved OF no avail,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Painters Meet Goes to Wausau.

La Crosse.-Wausau was selected for
the 1912 convention Of the Wisconsin
Master Painters association, over Mil
waukee. Following are the officers
elected: John G. York, Burlington,
Wis, president; J. l.. Ellenberger, Wau-
sau, vice-president: Leonard Forester,
Milwaukee, secretary treasurer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
All Railroad Taxes Paid.

Madison.-The last of the claims
OF the state against the railroads for
back taxes arising under the old
gross earnings system, for which
suits were begun by the state in 1905.
was paid when the attorneys for the
Omaha road turned over to State
Treasurer Dahl the check of that cor
poration for $13,172.25. The total
amount paid by the five roads against
which these suits were pending is
$126,670.S3
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Make Biu Haul In Furs.

Los Angeles. Cal-Burglars broke =
plate glass window Of a fur import.
Ing house here and made away with
between i've and six thousand dol.
lars worth of fine furs. The robbers
packed their loot In suit cases
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Peru Troops Win = aa,@I.

Guayaquil, Misunderstanding TO
Advices received here, battle was
fought between Colombian and Peru
Wan troops in Caqueta, large unor-
ganized territory In Colombia, and
the Colombians were defeated with
great losses.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Hoover Pleads Not GUILTY.

Madison. --Arraigned before Judp.
A. l.. sanborn in federal court here.
c. 0. Hoover, an enumerator, charged
with padding the census reports Of
Superior, entered plea OF not guilty
and his bail was fixed at $4,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10

Green Bay.-Money which has been
due Il. X. Ansorge for forty-six years
and which he had forgotten having
been entitled to, was recently paid to
him by the war department
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
SIMON FLEES FROM HAITI
Chief Executive Takes Refuge on
Cruiser in Harbor.

Port-au- Prince, Haiti.-Armed with
his carbine President Simon fed
to the Haitian cruiser Seventeenth OF
Decembre, formerly the yacht Amer
lean, where he joined his wife, chill.
dren and number OF followers who
had preceded him.
The departure OF the aged president
was not without disorder, however.
for. as he was embarking at the wharf.
there was a riotous demonstration In
which the ex-president's chamberlain.
Deputy Prin OF Jeremie. and five other
persons were killed. and Clementina
Simon his daughter. and six other per-
sons were wounded The injuries Of
Miss Simon are slight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10

Wooster. GA gas explosion COM
pletely wrecked the home of b. F.
Purdy, drygoods merchant OF this
city and probably fatally injured his
sonin.law. George Farmer. and Mrs.
Farmer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Redemptionist Seminary Dedicated.

Redemptionist Seminary Dedicated.
Oconomowoc.-Tha new $4,000 sem
mary of the Redemptorist fathers at
Lac La Belle, formerly the summer
home of James H. Eckels, Chicago
banker and comptroller of currency
under Cleveland, has been dedicated
Rt. Rev. Mgr. Rainier, vicar general Of
the Milwaukee diocese, officiated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Free Accused Rural Carr;er

Madison.-Ernest Smith, former
rural mail carrier at Wauzeka. has
been discharged from custody by
Federal Judge sanborn. He was ar
rested six months ago on a charge Of
opening letters.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
No Feed for Stock.

dgerton.-The shipment of stock
out of Edgerton, consisting principal
ly of cattle, is on the increase daily
owing to the scarcity of feed. The
drought is the longest in this sec
ton for years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Presidents Cow Is Coming.

Washington.-The famous white
house COW, Pauline Wayne, is to be
exhibited at the International Dairy
show in Milwaukee in October, ac-
cording to promise made by the
president to Senator Stephenson.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Mauston Plans Celebration,

Mansion. Arrangements are be-
fng made for reunion of the Third
Wisconsin infantry, veterans of the
war with Spain, and homecoming
on August 1917.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10

Marinette. William vogels fell
from lumber pile in the yards OF
the Sawyer-Goodman lumber COM
pany and suffered probably fatal in
juries. A splinter pierced his brain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
GovernU Urues Percy to stay.

Jackson. Miss-Governor Noel has
telegraphed to United States Senator
Percy urging him to reconsider his an
nounced Intention to tender his resig'
nation at the January session Of the
Mississippi legislature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Head Of Viewers Union Dies.

New Bedford, Mass. Matthew j.
Hart, president OF the National Fed
Grafton OF Weavers and secretary OF
the New Bedford Cotton Weavers' Pro
tective association, died following an
attack OF intestinal trouble.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Ban on Cycle Jov Ridere

Racine.-The council proposes an
ordinance to stop motorcycllsts from
giving their best girls Toy ride. !"
holding that there Is serious danpey
of the young women getting hurt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10

Atlanta. Observation-Disclosures won
the first round In the liquor fight now
in progress IN the legislature when
after a thrse-hour filibuster the Tip
PINS anti near beer bill was advanced
To second reading.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Gas Company Files Lobbying Bill.

Madison. - The Milwaukee Gas
Light company has filed a statement
in the Office of the secretary of state.
declaring that it spent $3,039.59 for
lobbying during the recent session of
the legislature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
ASYLUM Contract Awarded

Madison. The contract for the
construction of the new power house
for the state hospital at Mendoza was
awarded TO T. c. Mccarthy of Mali
son. for $3s,S50.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
rwsnt~Eloht Hurt In Crash

White Plains, N. Y-Twentyeight
persons were injured, six Of them Sc
riously, In collision between AN au-
tomobile and horse-drawn omnibus
on one of the reads at Ophir farm,
Whitelaw Reds estate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Young Bow Kills Neiphhor.

Wausau.-Joseph Nowak, aged II
was shot dead by Edward Wadzin-
ski, aged Z, in the town of Cassel
near here. They are said to have
been on unfriendly terms.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Empress Receivers Rapidly.

Berlin Empress Augusta Victoria
has recovered rapidly from her attack
OF tonsilitis nd is able to walk out.
The emperor will Join her majesty at
Wilhelmshohe at once.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
shsboygsn Valuation sI4, 500, 900

Sheboygan.-The assessed valua-
ton of the city of Sheboygan has in
creased about 100000 over the more
than $4,000, 900 valuation of a year
ago. according to the figures OF Asses
sor Oehler just compiled.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
TAKE FIELD AGAINST MADERo.
American Soldiers Of Fortune Cross
Mexican Border to Avenqe Mates.

Los Angeles, Cal.-With the avowed
purpose of avenging the deaths Of
their comrades, whom they claim
were put to death at Governor
Vegas order after the engagement at
Tia Juana Hot Springs, June %, q
band Of 200 American soldiers of for
tune and Mexican liberals, or Magon-
istas, have crossed the Mexican bor-
der near Cajon and have taken the
field against Madero
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Life on the Farm.

LIE on the Farm.
These summer boarders are hard
to please"
What's the matter nowT"
They're kicking because amt
got no field OF shredded wheat to show
am .
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
A Way Out.

A Way Out.
Boss-There's $40 gone from my
cash drawer. Johnny. you and were
the only people who had the keys to
that drawer.
Once Boy-Well. s'pose we each
DAY S. and say no more about IL?