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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
RISK FRAUDS ARE Barred
President of State officials Body
Scores Risk Concerns-Forgery
Is Used.

Milwaukee.-A number of industrial,
health and accident insurance compa-
MES were severely criticized by Joseph
Button of Virginia, president of the
organization, in his annual address be-
fore the forty-second national conven-
ton of state insurance commission
ers.
Mr.. Button said that an investiga-
ton by a committe of IA or Is COM
panies doing health and accident
business resulted in disclosures that
were shocking in the extreme.
LAS the committee which made the
investigation has it's report nearly
ready, shall not anticipate the RENE
dies they will suggest for the condi-
lions there disclosed, except to say
that 1t is incumbent upon us to root
out this evil without mercy"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
BEATTIE TRIAL is STARTED
Detectives Take Stand-SeveraI 9th
ers Are Heard-Wife's Uncle
Gives Testimony.

Chesterfield Courthouse, Va.-On
the anniversary of his marriage to
the woman he stands accused of nsur-
dering, Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., sat
in the stuffy courtroom and heard
seven witnesses called by the COM
monwealth give testimony on which
the prosecution hopes to send him to
the electric chair.
Of the seven witnesses examined
two were the physicians, DR.. Herbert
Mann and DR.. Wilbur Mercer, who
examined Mrs. Beattie's body on the
night of the murder.
The others were Thomas Owen, a
court stenographer and uncle of Mrs
Beattie; Detectives Wren and Wilt
shire of Richmond, who investigated
the case; Coroner Loving of Chester
field county, and May Stuart, a stout
middle-aged woman, who told of Beat
ties associations with Beulah Binford
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
HERR WINS AUTO TROPHY
National Cars lead Field at EIgin
Race-Hughes Takes Ill
nois Sup.

Elgin, Ill.-Donald Herr, driving a
National car, won the Illinois trophy,
the big event of the days automobile
races, finishing just nine seconds
ahead of Charles Merz, who also drove
a National. Heirs time for the 203
miles and 1896 feet was 3:05:35.
Hugh Hughes, driving a Mercer,
captured the Kane county trophy,
finishing the 169 miles and 2,460 feet
in 2:37:21, after two serious accidents
in which three men were injured, and
which put two of the principal con-
testants out of the race.
Mortimer Roberts, driving an Alb
bott-Detroit, won the Aurora trophy,
Kulick, in Ford, being a close Sec
ond. Roberts time was 2:31:11.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

De Bore-Yes; / called upon Miss
Clever the other evening and she in
sisted upon my singing all the time.
Miss Grace-So she told me. She
said that was better than having to
talk to you all evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Not lnnressed.

Nine Nordica at a garden party at
Deal Beach, said apropos of her re
cent European tour:
Many good people refuse to be i'm
pressed by the armless and legless
fragments of antique sculpture treas
ured in the museums of the old
world.
'One day in the British museum a
guide was recounting to a little knot
of tourists the glories of battered
centaur, when Chicago meat sales
man broke the reverent hush with the
question.
Excuse me, sir, but what would
they feed a bloke like that on-ham
and eggs or hay?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

New York is protesting against a
new danger in the reckless driving of
automobiles by boys and girls through
the streets, and legal means are to be
sought to prevent the lives of citi-
zens being put in danger by children.
The automobile, in some way. seems
to be associated with disregard of the
rights of pedestrians to an extent
which has rendered it a menace of
civilization, as well as one of it's lux
uries. But as far as children are con-
cerned, they should be legally re-
strained from being allowed in charge
of any vehicle. They are too fond of
any kind of power and too irresponsi-
Bile in its use-an exceedingly danger
Gus combination
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
RAIL STRIKE is NEAR
LovETT DECLINES CONFERENCE
WITH UNION HEADS.
Strike Vote of Illinois Central
Employees Overwhelming.

Chicago.-Prospects of strikes in,
volving 10000 shop employees Of the
Hartman railroads west OF the Mis-
souri, river and 1000 shopmen of the
Illinois Central seem closer.
An unsuccessful effort was made
on the part of the labor leaders to Sc
cure conference with President Rob-
ert s. Lovett of the Hartman lines
in New York. The strike vote of the
Illinois Central employees, which was
counted in Paducah, Ky, showed an
overwhelming majority in favor of a
walkout if their federation is not rec
ognized
President Lovett declined to inter
fere in the situation, declaring that
julius Kruttschnitt, director of main
tenance and operation of the lines, is
acting with full authority. President
j. w. Kline of the Blacksmiths' broth
erhood wired to Mr.. Kruttschnitt, now
on his way to San Francisco, asking
him to name place and date for a
conference.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
THE BUsYRoDY.
WIS.

We shun them at every opportunity,
those busybodies who pose as our
friends when really they ere quite the
contrary, and who seem to think they
are endowed by a special act Of Provi-
dence with regulating the affairs Of
their neighbors as well as OF those
who would rather not be their neigh
bors. 1t is easy to comprehend how
ton and easier still for us to apply
such description to all those who in
any way display what we may regard
as an undue interest in our affairs,
says the Christian News and Courier.
1t is possible, however, that the cap
which we place so unhesitatingly
upon the heads Of certain persons
would prove better fit for us if we
could persuade ourselves to TRY 1t
on" Unquestionably the mere sug-
gestion to some of us that we could
ever overstep the limit Of our friend
ly interest in others is distasteful,
and in many cases probably unwar
ranted, yet it is true that one of the
distinctive characteristics of the pres
ent age, with it's freedom of living
and it's consequent sacrifice of many
Of those refining and restraining In
fuences that were SO vital a part of
another and more distant day, is the
readiness with which we indulge our
curiosity. Not satisfied nowadays
with the bestowal of a confidence
which is sufficient, perhaps, to pique
our interest it is not unusual for some
persons to solicit further details and
in other ways to evince a too eager
concern in the affairs of others.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

Another rich American girl is to
marry an English nobleman The
next generation of the British peer
age will be as much American as Eng
iish. if these international marriages
keep on. and with such an infusion of
Americanism, even the famous British
conservatism and love of tradition
may give way to startling extent.
But the nation seems not to care for
this American danger as long as II
can assimilate so much of the Amer
lean coin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

Gustav Frenssen's KLAUS Hinricl
Baas" reminds one of David Copper
field" in its long deliberative unwind
ing of life history up to middle age,
and a little, too, in its general plan.
with its unhappy love marriage fol
lowed by a more satisfactory union,
says the London Times. But Frenssen
plows deep in the field of moral and
social problems, and his plot is con-
vincing-we are not obliged to take
the facts on the bonor Of the narrator.
The hero is a PEASANTS soma piece
OF tough. proud. 5ull-blooded North
German humanity. In one moment of
bitter disillusionment he asks himself
what his too great teachers, School
and Church, had done for him except
mislead him. They had given him
fables, impossible idealisms, two Cos
peIs, the gospel of the Savior and
the gospel of Schiller, but of true.
genuine knowledge of life not yes
tige." How he gets this knowledge
is the theme of the book; fine and
moving story which flows on in a
broad stream of incident and charac-
ter that gives a singularly powerful
impression of the massiveness and
variety of life
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
TO KILL CANADA MAYOR
Ottawa's Executive Receives Threat
In Letter Under a Rome
Date.

Ottawa, Ont.-Mayor Hopewell of
Ottawa is the recipient of a
threatening letter from Rome, Italy.
1t is written in a combination of Ital-
ian and dog Latin, which, translated.
means:
"In the name of the Roman king
dom, you and your friends will de-
stroy even as unto eternal death"
It is supposed to have been written
by an Italian immigrant who was de-
ported by the dominion government.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
BAD FIRE AT MEsERvEY, IOWA.
Portion of Business District Wiped
Out-Loss Estimated at $4,000.

Mason City, Iowa. The greater
part of the business portion of the
town of Meservey, Cerro Gordo coun-
ty, was wiped out by fire. The fire
started in harness shop and swept
down the east side of the main street.
Among the buildings destroyed was
the new Farmers Saving Bank build
ing. The total loss is estimated at
$4,000.
Des Moines Has $4,000 Fire.
Des Moines, Iowa. = A midnight
fire destroyed three of the five ware
houses of the Musgrave Automobile
and Finance Company. The damage
is estimated at $4,000.
Seven Horses Die in Fire.
Eau Claire, Wis. - Seven head
of horses persisted when fire destroyed
a barn of the West Eau Claire Ice
Company. The loss is $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
CRICKET GRAsSH0PPERS' FOE
Minnesota Expert Declares Chipping
Insect Eats Eggs OF
Field Pest.

Minneapolis, Minn.-A cricket in
the field is worth two on the
hearth. His once doleful fiddling now
is music to the ear of the farmer of
the northwest. So doubtless muses. M.
P. Somers, grasshopper expert for the
state department of entomology, after
summer-long investigation In the
grasshopper infested districts of Min
nesota and the Red river valley. The
cricket is declared by Mr.. Somes to
Lave an Unsuitable appetite for grass
hopper eggs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
As Waists Used to BE.

A London paper prints an article
from the ladies' treasury Of 1866, in
which prize is offered for the woman
with the smallest waist in proportion
to her size. A silk dress was the first
prize and gold watch second prize.
In the school in which the prize was
offered by the principal the pupils
were required to sleep in corsets,
which could, however, be loosened
when retiring.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
PLAN TO END TOBACCO TRUST
Series of Separated Concerns Is
Scheme Devised by Counsel for
Corporation.

New York.-Counsel for the Amer
lean Tobacco company have foBm-
ed plans for the dissolution of the
corporation and its re-establish-
ment in accordance with a decree of
the United States Supreme court The
reorganization plan will be presented
to the United States circuit court be-
fore Judges Moves, Lacombe and
Ward in chambers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

Now it is discovered that the ia
nous pirate, Captain Kidd, who, ac-
cording to the old song, much wick
edness he did as he sailed" was
really no pirate at all, but an honest
and good-tempered old sailor. But
there are some cherished illusions to
which the mind will always cling, and
it will require more authority than ia
given to indlce the popular imagina
ton to accept a romantic and pic.
turesque pirate as an uninteresting
and commonplace good honest man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
MlKADO GIVES CAR A SHIP
Japan Returns to Russia Vessel Sunk
by Its Crew at Port Arthur and
Relocated.

Tokyo, Japan.-An official state
ment will be issued announcing
the return to Russia of the former Rus
sian hospital ship Angara, which was
sunk by her crew at Port Arthur in No
vember, 1904, to prevent the vessel
from falling into the hands of the Jap
anese. The ship was relocated by the
Japanese, converted into an auxiliary
cruiser and added to the navy of Jap
an. She was then renamed the An
egawa and used as training ship.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
TRAIN KILLS BUSINESS MAN
George C. Sterling Crushed by VOL.
VERNE Flyer at Battle Creek,
Mich.

Battle Creek, Mich.-George c..
Sterling, fifty years Of age, and one
of Battle Creeks foremost business
men for many years, was instantly
killed by the Wolverine flyer Mr.
Sterling was making a short cut to the
business district via the railroad right
Of way when he was struck by the
flyer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
COURTESY LEADS TO ARREST
Alleged Stage Bandit, Polite TO No
men Passengers, to Be
Tried.

Denver, Colo.-A bandits softly
modulated voice and an extreme
ly courteous manner Of address
ing women passengers of a stage
coach held up in the San Miguel
canon of Colorado in 1910. caused the
arrest of Alexander Peterson, accused
of the crime, at Pagosa Springs, this
state. He was brought to Denver to
answer an indictment returned by the
federal grand jury last November.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
ATWOOD ENDS LONG FLIGHT
Aviator Gescends on Governors Island
Ending 1,265-Mile Trip-Biplane
Is Damaged.

New York.-Flying 1,265 miles in %
hours and % minutes actual flying
time, averaging 44.44 miles an hour,
Harry N. Atwood completed the great
est feat in the history of mans latest
science, aviation. The young Bos
tonian landed in New York city, alight-
ing at Governors Island, ending a
journey which started in st. Louis
ten days before.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Six Dead In Nevada Mine.

Ely, Nev-Of ten men who were
working at the 1.400-foot level of the
new five compartment shaft of the
Giroux Consolidated mines when it
caught fire six are dead and four lie
at the point of death after passing
through the flames to reach the sur
face. Daniel ORES, secretary of the
union, was killed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
RIVER PACKET GOES DOWN
All the Passengers Reach Shore in
Safety-Negro Fireman Is
Thought Lost.

Memphis, Tenn.-The Mississippi
packet Harry Lee is reported to
have sunk near Brandywine land
ing.25 miles north of Memphis. All the
passengers and crew of the boat, with
the exception of negro fireman, are
said to have reached the bank in
safety.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
RattIeshlp Sinks Steamer

Kiel, Germany.-In executing ma
neuvers with torpedo boat 1otilla in
the outer bay the German battleship
Hessen sank the small Swedish steam
er Askersund. The crew of the steam
er was rescued and no one was hurt.
The battleship was not damaged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
700 MEN FIGHTING FIRES.
Forests ThirtyLfiVe Miles Southeast of
Portland AfIame.

Portland, Oregon. - Seven hundred
men are fighting forest fires south
of Estacada, thirty-five miles south
east of Portland. The crews are under
Assistant Forester Osborne, who
turned in a call for more help. Fifty
men were secured in twenty minutes
and placed in a special car and hur-
ried to the nearest point threatened by
the fire
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Mrs. Robert ManteIl Is Ill.

Atlantic Highlands, N. Mrs. Rob
ert B. Mantell, wife of the Shake
spearean actor, is suffering from an
affection of the heart at her home
here. Mrs. Mantell is known on the
stage as Marie Booth Russell.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Bio Cold Strike In Alaska.

Skagway, Alaska.-Colonel Conrad
of Caricross, who arrived from Carl
bou Crossing, reported a great placer
gold strike on McClintock creek. A
stampede for the new gold field has
begun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
MANNERS of Mob Are Guilty.

Coatesville, Pa-Under ruling Of
Judge Butler in West Chester that
any one who was in the mob is guilty
of murder" another arrest was made
in the case Of lack Walker, the negro
who was burned at the stake here
ten days ago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

A Pennsylvania pastor getting $50
a month salary, has been ordered to
pay his wife So monthly alimony
How true it is that ITO him that
hath shall be given. and from him
that hath not even that which he
hath shall be taken away"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Gives s1nn .nnn to Lanan

Amherst, Mass.-Mrs. James, widow
of the president of Amherst college.
has given 100000 to endow Ooshiha
college, a missionary institution at
kioto, Japan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

From Honey Greek, Ia. comes the
story that a bolt of lightning dug a
well and found water after a farmer
had tried in vain for years. Evil
IDENTIFY Honey Creek is trying to COM
pete with Winsted, Conn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
LOO in Rush for lands.

Cass Lake, Minn-By actual count,
LOO men and women were in line
waiting for the land opening here,
The area to be opened will make
about 500 160-acre tracts. Arthur Rob
erts of Sterling. ILL.,, held second
place
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
HeIrese EIones Whit Athlete.

New Haven, Conn.-The elopement
of Miss Rene Hubinger, daughter of
Joseph C. Hubinger, manufacturer and
turfman, and Alexander Timm, for two
years a member of the Yale football
squad, became known. Miss Hubinger
is heiress to $1,000,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Auto overturns: TWO Die.

Ogdensburg. N. Y.-Clyde Berch of
Los Angeles, Cal. chauffeur for Will
liam Robertson, and Miss Edna
Koeher, were killed here when their
automobile overturned
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

a dreadnaught is formidable OBJ
jest, but it affords a shining mark for
a little aeroplane fitting hither and
yon among the clouds. In a few
years. perhaps, somebody will build
an aeroplane destroyer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
France to Give Final Word.

Paris, France.-A cabinet council
has been called, when consideration
will be given to what is designed to
be Frances final word to Germany
concerning Morocco and the compens-
ations to Germany in other parts of
Africa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

One railroad is to teach politeness
to its employees. 1t will be great to
get the soft answer which turneth
away wrath when one has just missed
the 1919 train
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Mikado Gives Car . shiu.

Tokyo, Japan.-An official statement
will be issued announcing the return
to Russia of the former Russian hos
pital ship Angara, which was
sunk by her crew at Port Arthur
in 1901.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Esther Cleveland TO Wed.

Tamworth, N. HIT was learned
at the home of Mrs. Grover Cleveland
that the ex-president's eldest daugh-
ter, Esther, is soon to marry Randolph
D. West of New York, son of Prof. An
drew West of Princeton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
A Resultlnu Ambition

"The English are queer people,
aren't they?"
I'm what way?"
81 suppose it is a London mans day
dream to become knight mayor"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Whole Town FIGHTS Fire.

Bangor, Me.-The little village of
Stetson, Me. was swept by fire. The
entire population turned out with
buckets. The damage was estimated
at $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
&C. shaft to- Lohnstone.

Denver, Col.-The Denver board of
supervisors voted to erect a monu-
men. N honor of Ralph tombstone,
the aviator. The tablet will be
placed where tombstone fell,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
couernnr Eoas, Scr Is Married.

San Francisco-Benjam Foss, son
Of Gov. Eugene N. Foss of Massachu-
sets, and Miss Doreathea Chapman
of this city. were welded in Grace
Episcopal cathedral.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

The next time you feel that swallowing
sensation gargle Hamlins Wizard Oil inn
mediately with three parts water 1t will
save you days and perhaps weeks of mis-
cry from sore throat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
important to Mothers
An Eo,,ival~nt

1.-THE man in the Office with me did
not get the advantage of me. l gave
him a Roland for his Oliver"
but which is really the better
make?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Portugal Elects President.

Lisbon, Portugal.-The constituent
assembly elected Senator Arhiaga
president of the republic by 121 votes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

It's dead easy to be an optimist
when only the good things Of life are.
coming your way.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
GIRL is GREAT SWIMMER.
Goes From Battery to coney Island in
Six Hours.

Six Hours.
New York, n. Y. = Miss Elaine
Golding, a Bath Beach girl, swan from
the Battery in New York to Coney
Island, Is miles.N Miss Golding is 90
years old and weighs 100 pounds.
Her time, one minute more than six
hours, is regarded as exceptional, as
a heavy rain fell all the time and
the sea was choppy. She has won
many championships at short and mid.
die distances.