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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
MOROCCAN CRISIS NEAR END
Britons Believe Germany, Having
Made Her Bluff, Is Now Pre-
pairing to Withdraw.

London.-The Moroccan crisis is
practically ended At least this is the
opinion of the English public, al
though the foreign office is careful to
point out that the negotiations are not
simple and may drag on for months.
Germany, according to the English
view, has made bluff, which is being
promptly called, and she is now pre-
pairing to withdraw.
In discussing the crisis, however,
even serious-minded Britishers are in
variably Of the opinion that it would
be far better for England if war with
Germany should come now than later,
as seems probable, when the German
navy will have been strengthened.
They also feel England would bet
ter come to blows with Germany over
Morocco, or some question in which
France is directly interested, than on
question in which England and Ger
many only are concerned. In the for
mer case England would be assured
of the assistance of France, while in
the latter France might without dis
honor offer sympathy, but stand aside
when 1t came to a fight,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

Thackeray was the gentlest satirist
that ever lived. AS an editor of the
Cornhill he could hardly bring himself
to reject MS. for fear of hurting his
would-be contributors. The story of
his actually paying for contributions
that he never printed, in order to con-
ceaI the fact that he had rejected them,
may be true or false. We do not re-
member exactly how the evidence
points, says the London Saturday Re
view. But even If it be a story, such
stories are not told of men made of
the stern stuff of the Thackeray com
monty misknown.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
CANADIANS TO VOTE
PREMIER LAURiER WILL MAKE
DIRECT APPEAL TO COUNTRY
ON RECIPROCITY.
HOLD ELECTIONS SEPT. Fl
Defeat of Liberals Will Mean Perma-
nent Shelving of the Trade Agree
ment With United States-Vigor-
Gus Campaign VIII Be Made.

Ottawa, Ont.-Premier Laurier has
made a direct appeal to the people of
Canada for an Endorsement of reci-
procity at an election which is set for
September Il next
Obstruction by the opposition hav-
ing made it clear that the government
could not bring the reciprocity bill to
vote in the house of commons. Sir
Wilfrid Laurier recommended the dis
solution of parliament and Governor
General Earl Grey issued the edict
Both sides expressed satisfaction at
this prospect of final test of
strength.
If Sir Wilfrid Laurier is returned to
power, as he confidently expects, the
reciprocity bill will be passed soon
after the reassembling of parliament,
and at an agreed date both the United
States and Canada will put the neces-
sary tariff changes into effect.
II the opposition wins majority,
which appears next to impossible now,
r. L. Borden, its leader, will become
premier, reciprocity will be dropped
and Canada will remain a high tariff
country DESTROYS of continuing the
present tariff relations with the
United States.
It is generally agreed that the two
months campaign before the country
will be vigorous.
Sir Wilfrid Laurer and his minis
tiers will take the stump and conduct
platform campaigns in all the prov
inces. The prime minister will con-
fine his attention to the central prov
inces of Quebec, while Mr.. Fielding,
minister of finance, who helped to
draft the reciprocity agreement, will
devote his attention to the maritime
provinces. On the opposition side
Robert l.. Borden, their leader, will
give the most of his time to Ontario
and Nova Scotia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
NEEDS RECORDS OF PR
No Copies of Testimony in Stepb,
son Case Available for FEEDER,
Committee on Elections.

Madison.-Secretary of State
has not yet received the reques
the elections committee of the III
States senate for additional cOpt
the testimony in the Stephenson
ton investigation case, and wh9
does, he will have great difficult
complying, because he has no +
copies of the documents in ques
and doesn't know where he can
any unless he has them printed
would take much time and enta
large expense. The testimony MI
Two large volumes.
Only few hundred copies of
testimony were printed, and
were insufficient to meet the dem
of member of the legislature and
ers entitled to them.
The investigation cost the S
about $4,000. The principal it
of expense were fees for witnes
officers serving summonses, ST.
graphic reporters, clerks and print
The stenographers got about 50,
of the $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
PASS NEW WOOL BILL
LA TOILETTE MEASURE PUT
THROUGH IN SENATE. 48 TO 90.
Democrats and insurgents Vote Down
Original Draft Passed by House
and Adopt Substitute.

Neutrality-suspicious. La Toilette
pressed compromise wool bill to its
passage through the senate by com
bination of the Democratic and in
surgent Republican forces. The mea-
sure cuts the duty on raw wool to
35 per cent ad valorem. and makes
corresponding reduction on wooden
r-anufactures.
The result came about after Sena-
tor La Follette's original substitute
bill, carrying a duty on raw wool OF
40 per cent, and the wool bill passed
by the house of representatives, car
rying an ad valorem on raw wool OF
20 per cent, both had been defeated.
Thu vote on the new measure was
48 to %.
The house wool bill was defeated
in the senate by vote of "A to sc.
Senator Brown of Nebraska was the
only Republican voting with the
Democrats for the bill. The La Fol
lette amendment to the revision meas
ure was defeated. 66 to IA.
A motion by La Toilette to recon
slider the vote by which the house
bill was defeated, so as to throw open
again the entire question of revising
the wool schedule. was adopted by
vote of 40 to 81
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
E"WHAT IS BEER?" PROBE ON
Dr.. Wiley Seeks to Determine From
Brewers Amount of Alcohol in
Their Product.

Washington-The interesting alco-
holic question of what is beer?" is
up for the last time DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley and his associates on the board
of food and drug inspection met the
brewers of the country and will COM
pei them to answer it.
I'VE propose. among other things,
to learn how much alcohol is used
in the beer made in this country"
said DR.. Wiley. The less the better
l would be glad if we could get it
down to the proportion found in the
German breks-about three per cent"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

The Empress Eugene, French con-
temporary says, intends to set up a
small museum in the house at Ajac-
clio, where Napoleon was born. At
present in spite of the fact that there
is little enough to attract, no visitor
to the town fails to make pious pill
grimage to the house. With its green
window shutters and yellow painted
front there is nothing to distinguish it
from the neighboring houses except a
marble slab announcing the birth on
August IS, 1869, of the man who after
ward became Napoleon l. The best
preserved room in the building is that
which Napoleon, then young and un-
known officer, used to occupy when
he visited his family at holiday
time
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

The fact that good roads increase
the value of farm lands is not the po-
tential argument in favor of good
roads Good roads make farm lands
more valuable only because they make
farm products more valuable by bring
ing the market closer to the farm and
because they keep the markets &C
cessible to the farm every day in the
year. That Is the reason why farm
ers should have good roads. To the
man who does not want to sell his
land at any price, the value of that
land Is matter CT secondary consid-
eratoin But good roads give the man
who does not want to sell his farm the
same advantage that they give the
man who does want to sell. They give
him an increased value for his prod
ucts and pay dividend every time he
needs the market.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
LAWYERS SEEK REST
LoRlMER PRoBERs WILL TAKE A
SIX WEEKS RECESS.
Heard-Next Session at
Chicago

Washington.-The Lorimer investi-
cation committee of the senate will
continue its public hearings in Wash
ington for another week or ten days
and then take a six weeks recess.
Attorneys for the committee would
like to adjourn at the end of the pres
ent week, but the chances are the
hearings will run on until some time
next week. Indications are that the
committee will take it's recess a few
days before the adjournment of con-
gress, assuming that the latter event
will take place about August Is. The
committee will convene again in Chi
cago about October 1.
Scores of witnesses remain to be
heard and in all likelihood the hear
ings in the fall will last for several
weeks. Practically every person
whose name has been mentioned dur
ing the inquiry will be subpoenaed
Members of the committee are deter
mined to make a thorough job of the
Investigation and do not intend to
give anybody an opportunity to criti-
else them for failing to do this or that.
The committee has not abandoned
It's plan to summon the larger part
of the membership of the 1909 Illinois
legislature. If this is done the hear
1ngs may not have been completed
when congress convenes in December
The senate will not be able to pass
on the committees report much be-
fore January
Among the witnesses to be called
this week is James H. Harper of Du-
luth
Former Representative Charles A..
White will follow Mr.. Harper and
probably will be kept on the stand
for three days or more He will re-
peat the story of having received
1000 for his Lorimer vote and an ad-
dftional 5000 as his share of the Jack
pot"
Representative Robert E. Wilson,
who was named by Mr.. White as the
distributor of the Jackpot money, will
be examined Immediately after White
has told his story
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
RAINS AID WISCONSIN CROI
Prof. Moore. Badger Crop ExpsI
Says Prospects for Big Corn
Harvest Are Brighter.

Madison.-Rains that were gene
over Wisconsin proved decided be
to corn, tobacco and potatoes, e'G
cially late potatoes. In more noI-
ern regions there has been nH
more moisture, and these crops fa0
better.
Grains have run somewhat low
than we had anticipated said TT
R. A. Moore, Wisconsin's crop
pert, showing that the extren'
hot weather early in July had a
cidedly detrimental effect on sn'
grains"
The corn crop is big, and the p'
poets for the harvest are better u
any in years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
STANDARD TO OBEY MANDATE
Plan for Dissolution of Oil Trust An.
nounced-Stock to Be Dis
tributed Soon.

New York.-H. G.. Folger, secretary
of the Standard Oil company, an
nounced in formal statement to
stockholders the plan of distribution
of the stock of the subsidiary com
panies to comply with the rule of
reason" laid down to the trust recent
ly by the Supreme court of the United
States
The stock of the subsidiary COM
panies will be distributed pro rata
among the stockholders of record with
the parent corporation on September
last. The plan of reorganization, as
announced, contemplates the restora-
ton of the original companies of
which the giant combine is COM
posed
The Supreme court of the United
States adjudged the Standard Oil COM
bine in restraint of trade and a viola
tor of the Sherman antitrust law in a
decision handed down on May 16 last
The corporation was ordered to dis
solve and was given six months to
conform to the courts decree. Since
that time there has been much specu-
lation concerning the method the cor
poration would take to comply with
the judicial mandate.
The outstanding stock of the Stand
ard Oil company is said to be in the
hands of 5000 stockholders May of
them have small lots of from oae
share to one hundred shares. These
small shareholders will receive frac-
tional shares of each of the subsidiary
companies.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
HARMONY IN COLOR.

There is horror that men have not
yet got onto, and that is the discord Of
colors. A man will put green and yell
low and crimson and gray and blue to-
gether in any variety of combination,
and think it is all right, but if there
are two colors that don't accord to
woman it is a painful sight, says the
Ohio State Journal. A woman In town
suffered a pang when her husbands
stickpin did not tally with his necktie.
But the most emphatic of all events in
this line was that which occurred at
thhe Martha Washington hotel, In
New York, when a woman had been
assigned to a room, but Immediately
repaired to the office, where she COM
planned that the green foliage In the
wall paper did not match her complex
ion, which was an olive hue Il
want a room" she said, with deco
ration that will harmonic with my
skin, and must have it right away or
I'll leave" That is a woman's hotel.
and she got what she wanted. II
it had been a mans hotel she would
have been told to go to Bedlam. Men
are not up on harmony; but they
might compromise on Brindle wall
paper
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

Ocean travel has now all the COM
forts of home, combined with all the
luxury and pleasure of travel, with
danger and discomfort reduced to a
minimum. Less than a weeks time
separates the old from the new world.
and the wonderful inventions of wire
less telegraphy keeps travellers in
touch with the rest of the world in
midocean. And it may not be very
long before our present wonderful prog
ress, which would seem miracles to
Columbus and his codiscoverers, may
lapse by succeeding inventions into
the class of old-fashioned methods, for
progress in this age is going ahead by
leaps and bounds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
CLASH OVER ALASKA
TWO WIckERSHAMs APPEAR BE-
FORE HOUSE COMMITTEE IN
VESTIGATING CHARGES.
GRAFT AND BRIBERY ALLEGED
Alaskan Delegate Renews His AIIega-
ton That Attorney General Pur-
posely Shielded Syndicate Grim
inaIs-lnvestigators Demand Proof.

Washington. - Attorney General
Wickersham and Alaskan Delegate
Wickersham faced each other before
the house committee on judiciary
which is making an investigation into
government affairs in the northwest
and charges of graft" and bribery
were banded with much freedom by
the delegate during the hearing.
The question of the insuficiency of
what the delegate declared was proof
that the attorney general purpose
ly shielded and defended Alaska syn
dictate criminals against punishment"
arose
Representative Sterling suggested
that Delegate understands charges
indicated only failure Of the depart
ment of justice to prosecute.
"Oh, he has gone way beyond that"
interrupted Attorney General Wick
ersham.
Yes" said Delegate Wickersham,
II insist there was a deliberate ct
tempt to protect
The delegate declared that United
States Marshal H. K Love, who f1g-
ured in the Cunningham coal land
cases, had discharged deputy named
Bowers, who was also jailer at Kodiak,
because he wouldn't give up the
graft"
HE wouldn't pay Love 500 month
out of what he received for the board
- z
planned
Delegate Wickersham, a Repub-
lican, reviewed his attempts to have
the department of justice move against
D. H. Jarvis of the Alaska syndicate
and ]. H Bullock of the John J.
Sesnor company for alleged conspir-
acy on government coal contracts,
whereby he alleges the government
lost $4,000.
The delegate charged that federal
officials in Alaska had been bribed.
REPRESENTATIVE Rowland of Ohio de-
manded that he prove that statement.
81 will before finish" declared the
delegate.
The delegate discussed the attitude
OF the attorney general on the charges
of coal frauds, on which he said he
had submitted proof to the attorney
generals department in 1908.
do you believe that the evidence
you have submitted is proof that the
attorney general shielded these peo-
ple?" asked Representative Littleton-
81 do; don't your
II DO not" Mr.. Littleton emphatic
ally replied.
Several members of the judiciary
committee objected to the wide range
of prisoners" the delegate explained.
His charges against the attorney
general we're publicly made, said
Mr. Littleton, land the failure or sue
cess of his attempt to prove his
charges ought to be just as pub
Iic''
Delegate Wickersham declared he
did not withdraw any of his charges.
The committee decided to let him
submit all possible evidence designed
to substantiate such charges.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
CORPORATIONS PI|
A HEAVY STATE /
FEDERAL COMMISSION pro,.
THEY FURNISH II PER cem
OF WISCONSIN REvENn,
AID vALOREM SYSTEM Il,
Railroads Paid SIS, 100000 in :
Which Was Largest Amour, ,
Any One Source-TotaI sts,
Receipts We're Near Sc, ooO,

Washington.-Tha Wiscopsh
rives about II per cent of itp n
state taxes from corporations
that this percentage is the gra,I
of any of the eastern central ~
is a point made in a report on |
taxation of corporations prepsrsI
the bureau of corporations.
The report affords a concise 4,
parison between the tax laws Of
states in the light of judicial /
sions, practical administrator
revenue returns. In his report o
missioner Smith says in part:
"The eastern central group al
from the middle Atlantic grow
using much more extensively
general property tax for state
enue. Wisconsin alone approach
separation of sources of revenue
it's special taxes yield sufficient
enue for ordinary state expense;
Michigan and Wisconsin !
elaborate physical valuation
steam and street railway prom
which, with earning capacity, t
the basis of state administers
valorem taxes. Reversing the
dency almost universal elsew
these two states have, with re
to the taxation Of railroads,
from the modern gross ear
method to the ad valorem tax.
Wisconsin derives about Il
cent of it's total state taxes
corporations; Ohio, SO per cent
diana, 10 per cent; Illinois, 8
cent. In Michigan, revenue
special corporation taxes is al
entirely to the school fund,
equals about As per cent of the
taxes collected by the state.
I'm 1910 there was receive
the state of Wisconsin from rail
about 100000, from insu
companies about 1925, 900,
various other classes of corpor
$168,000, and from incorpo
fees $95, 900. Total state tax re
were nearly $6,0OO,OOO."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
TWO SLEUTHS ARE TRAPPED
G. 3. Perkins and Charles Franklin,
Who Wrote Threatening Letters,
Convicted in Erie, Pa,

Erie, Pa.-After trial lasting ten
day, Gilbert B. Perkins, president of
the Perkins Union Detective agency
of Pittsburg, and Charles Franklin,
manager of the concerns Philadelphia
Office, were convicted of attempted
extortion.
Perkins, who is seventy years Of
age, was sentenced to three years in
the government prison at Leaven-
worth, Kan, and Franklin was given
one-year sentence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
raft,s nouhle 10 Re Guard.

Pittsbuhg, Pa.-Thomas Morley,
sergeant of the central police station,
whose remarkable resemblance to
President Taft has made him famous,
probably will succeed the late Martin
O'Brien as Mr.. Taft's personal guard
at the White House Guard O'Brien
at the White House died July %.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Wells-Farqo BUYS Pacific

ST. Louis.-The purchase of the Pa
cff1c Express company, formerly q
Gould property, by Wells, Fargo & Co.
was revealed when circular letters
were sent out from headquarters an.
nouncing the change. to take place Au.
gust 1.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Postmaster Since 1861 Dies,

Glens Falls, N. george w. l..
Smith, seventy-two years old, the sec
ond oldest postmaster in the country
in point of service, died ct his home
at Smiths Basin, Washington county.
He was appointed assistant postmas-
ter during Buchanan's administration
and since 1861 had been postmaster
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

Boston man has written to the
Kansas City Star to say that 1.-The east.
ern magazines print no real witty
verse, while the western papers con.
tain rhymed humor of merit" Now is
the time for Boston people to sub
scribe for some good western paper.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Copper Merger Is Halted.

Lansing Mich.-Judge Weist hand
ed down an opinion granting a tenn
porary Injunction to the minority
stockholders in the Osceola Mining
company, which is trying to prevent
the so-called copper merger.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Admiral Togo.

suite His only companion is Com
mander Taniguchi, his aide-de-camp.
Admiral Togo will call on President
Taft in Washington and Will then visit
Philadelphia, going from there to Mia
CARA Falls and across Canada to Vic
toria, where he embarks for Japan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

1t appears that the Ascot races are
held in England for the purpose of Civ.
ing the king chance to meet peo-
'ple whom he doesn't wish to invite
around to the pala
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

4 New York judge found it difficult
to understand how plumber became
so financially embarrassed as to neces-
state his stealing a ride on the cars.
And so will most other people. Still,
time. and it is conceivable that this in,
applicable thing might occur.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
EDWARD M. SHEPARD EXPIRES
Noted Attorney and independent Dem
cratic Leader of Empire State
Dies After Extended illness.

Lake George, N. Edward M
Shepard, the noted attorney, author
and independent Democratic leader,
is dead after an illness of several
weeks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Want Big Socialist Convention

Milwaukee,. -Basing their Go,
on the party strength in TINS :.
local socialists are making ".
mined effort to secure next W.
national convention of the parry
Milwaukee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Taft,s Rodxnuard na.a

Neutrality-suspicious. O'Brien. for
eighteen years one of the guards at
the White House and for the past ten
years known as the presidents body
guard. died here of heart failure
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Capt. j. B. MCCOY Dead.

Madison. -Capt. James B. MC.%I
aged sc years, marshal of the v"
consin supreme court, is dead A']
He leaves a widow and one sOD'
rural mail carrier at Prairie du y
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Trolley Route Changed

Janesville.-The Rockford W.
urban company has changeu
route for entering the city, OWE
suits for damages on the old rou"
property owners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
TOGO TO BE AMERICAS GUEST
Famous Japanese Admiral Sails From
England to Tour United States
and Canada.

London-Admira Togo sailed on
the Lusitania as a guest of the Amer
lean nation. The Japanese military
counsellor is unaccompanied by
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Auto Crash Hurts Elnht-

Cleveland, O.-Eight persons were
injured when runaway automobile
went lurching down steep road. The
automobile struck a bowlder and
overturned, falling against telegraph
pole
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
consul Finds Bomb In poorw.v

Badajose, Spain.-The Portuguese
consul here while entering the cor
sulate discovered a bomb in the door
way of the building
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
Brlnu Body Home,

Wasnington.-The body of Ameri
can Consul William P Atwell, who
died at Client. Belgium, will be
brought to this country for burial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

If Germany has done nothing else
for Morocco it has put Agadir on the
map.