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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
ARMOUR SECURITIES ARE
STOLEN BY A WOMAN
ConfTdente of Packers Widow Is Now
Known to Have Looted Safety
Deposit Box.

Kansas City, Mo-The securities
valued at s1O5,000 which were
removed from the safety deposit box
of Mrs. Simon B. Armour, widow Of
the late packer, In the New England
National bank, were taken by q young
woman very close to the aged widow.
So fond had Mrs Armour become
of her and so satisfied was she Of the
young woman's business ability that
she had named her as an executor in
her will. Since the discovery, the
will has been changed
The most remarkable thing about
the entire disappearance and sale of
the securities is the fact that so far
as can be seen there has been no in
terruption in the friendship Of Mrs
Armour for the young woman. Ad-
visers Of Mrs. Armour have been IN
able to convince her that the proper
course is an exposure of the person
who had imposed upon her conf
dence
That the law will be called into the
case appears improbable now and I'M
til that Is done those familiar with
the situation are of the opinion that
to name the young woman publicly
and humiIiate her would appear too
much like persecution, so long as
Mrs. Armour, the one most concerned,
is satisfied
The name Of the young woman be-
gan circulating by word of mouth and
in dozen banks and law Offices it
was heard Tradesmen by the score
knew of the purchases and the re
ported pilfering of the Armour strong
box supplied the missing link. Ap-
paTently there was no question of the
minds of bankers, lawyers and bust
ness men generally who discussed the
case that a mistake could be made
in the name of the person mentioned
The young woman is a relative Of
Mrs. Armour and has known her only
a few years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
White Ninhtoans Once nore

Put on your old white nightcap once
fnore. English physicians are conf
dent that the abandonment of the odd
looking thing that grandfather used to
wear as, candle in hand he led the
ghostly procession to the cold bed
rooms upstairs, protected him from
coughs, colds and influenza One ply
stefan, in discussing the advantages
of nightcaps, says:
The man who would not venture
into garden by day without some
protection for his head goes deliber-
ateIy to sleep in a chilly bedroom. IN
der a WelteT of bed-clothes which
cover him to the chin, and leave the
nape of the neck and the head-of all
parts of the body those most sensi-
tive to chill-absolutely without pro-
lection. Then he is surprised that he
should be the victim of a succession
OF influenza colds which last him
through the winter, and probably the
greater part Of the summer as well.
II there were more work for the
makers of the old-fashioned woolly
nightcaps there would be less for the
doctors"
Isn't this physician entitled to
vote of thanks from the Ancient and
Honorable Order of Baldheads. who
have been forced to eschew the night
zap because it was old-fashioned?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
Nj A r K E T S
Milwaukee, April s, 1911.

Butter-Creame Extras, 21c
prints, 22c; frsts, 1SQ19c; seconds
16 q lie; renovated (process), 100
Tic. Dairy-Fancy, lie.
Cheese-American, full cream
Twins, u @14c: daisies, 1424 a
15c; Young Americas, 14%c; long
horns, 15Ac; low grades, 10011c.
limburger, new. 12A @121ac; brick
IL Z c; Swiss, 14@15c.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh. a:
to quality, 14c; recandled, extras
1G@ 1G &c; seconds, 110I3c.
Live Poultry - Fowls. 151a c.
roosters, sc; springers, Ice. Tur
keys, fat, Ice.
Observation-Disclosures or Michigan
On track, 5O@55c.
Wheat-No. l, northern. 90 a 9Gc
No. ?, northern, SO q 94c; No. l
durum. S512 q SG12c; No. 2, durum
SO @ sac.
Barley-No. 3, 1903 @1OS1A; me
dunn, 1.07 01.12.
Corn-No. ), yellow. 471@c.
Oats-No. 3, white, 30031hc;
standard, 31%c.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, $500
G.S5; heifers, 400 $50; COWS, 400
q Clio; stockers ana feeders, $50
q 40; calves, 6.O0QI25.
Hogs-Good, heavy butchers, Gao
q go; fair to best, light, o.oUu
$50; pigs, G25@6.75.
Sheep-Lambs, 590@6.4O; ewes
4.1504.65.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
REJECTS STERN RESOLUTION
Attorney Generals Office Appoint
i've Is Defeated in Assembly.

Madison.-One of the administra-
ton measures went down to defeat
in the assembly, but it is expected
that an effort will be made to revive
it within a few days. The measure
is the Stern resolution to amend the
constitution so that attorney generals
may be appointed instead of elected
Leaders for some time have ad-
vocated legislation that would make
the attorney generalship and the in
surance cOmmissionership both ap-
pointive offices, their contention be-
ing that these Offices demand special
technical ability and that, therefore,
they should be taken out of politics.
Advocates of the short ballot also
favor the suggestions.
When the Stern resolution came
up it's author made a fight for it's
adoption, but his appeal fell upon
deaf ears. Assemblyman Gettle spoke
against it as did others. Mr. Gettle
took occasion in his speech to make
an attack on the Taft administration
and expressed the opinion that if
the United States attorney general
had been elected instead of appointed,
the present attorney general might
be proper representative of the
peoples interests.
The resolution finally was turned
down by a vote of 48 to II.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
Be Sure 10 Get an Ankh.

Do you want to live long? Then
buy an ankh-or coax somebody to
pnake you a present of one This is
1t once the newest and the Oldest of
charms against evils of every sort. 1t
is an Egyptian symbol Napoleon's
engineers tried in vain to decipher its
meaning, and it was only when the
ihferoglyphics on the Rosetta stone
Here deciphered, says the London
Daily Sketch, that the ankh was dis
covered to symbolic long life, the
best gift in the world On the ring
that Pharaoh took from his finger and
placed on that of Joseph was a pen
Idant, and that pendant was ca ankh.
fThe Princess Hathor owned many of
them, and the women who followed
Moses in his exodus borrowed silver
and gold ankhs right and left from
their neighbors-they felt they need
ed them on so precarious an occasion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
TRANSFER ALL Of
IRENE PASSENGERS
Sister Ship Takes Them to New
York in Safety.
LINER MAY BE TOTAL LOSS
All Efforts TO Float Big Steamer
Abandoned Until Cargo Is Re-
moved-Feared Commander
May Go Insane.

New York-AIl Of the passen-
gers of the stranded North Ger
man Lloyd liner Princess Irene, 100
men, women and chfIdren-were
transferred to its sister ship, the
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm and that
vessel landed its cargo of humanity
safely at its docks. Tugs ventured into
the shallow waters to the lee Of the
stranded Princess, of the point, trans
shipped the passengers in exactly five
hours and ten minutes,
The transfer was effected without
incident, accident or panic.
The Grew Of 300 officers and men
viii remain on board until the Princess
Irene is either 1oated or broken up
by the heavy seas.
All efforts to float the great liner
IN her present condition have been
abandoned. The tug captains engaged
IN the work have pronounced 1t tmpos-
slble to bulge her until her cargo is
transferred. This, 1t is declared. will
require week of hard work. Light
ers have been ordered from this city
and the work of tightening the great
steamship will be begun at once.
The Hfe-savers along the shore de-
clare that a severe storm at any time
during the week will accomplish the
destruction Of the Princess Irene. She
IS In such a position that she could
not withstand the bombardment of
heavy seas and would probably break
up under their pounding. In such an
event it would be a precarious task to
rescue the crew.
Fears were expressed by those who
went on board the Princess Irene for
the sanity Of Captain Won Letten-Pe-
terson, commander of the liner Wis
itors to the steamship declared that
the captain is almost bereft of reason
by the unfortunate grounding Of his
beloved boat. He has not taken a NOR
sci of food, nor a moment of rest nor
a change of clothing since the boat ran
ashore. He spends all his time pacing
up and down his cabin, and appears to
be on the verge of nervous prostra-
ton. No one has been able to engage
him in conversation. He has a far
away look in his eyes and talks con-
stantly to himself, saying:
81 cannot understand it, l cannot I'M
derstand 1t. | have made so many
voyages on exactly the same course.
Our last sounding showed IS fathoms
OF water. l cannot understand it."
The captain keeps repeating this
without end. With his hands clasped
behind him and his head shaking he
presents a pitiful appearance He is
like man to whom the most dreaded
OF misfortunes has happened.
The passengers were transferred
from the Princess Irene to the Prinz
Frederic Wilhelm by ten lifeboats
from the three life saving stations,
the revenue cutter Mohawk and the
derelict destroyer Seneca, and by two
tugs, the John J. Timmins and the
John Nichols.
The transshipment of the nearly l.
zoo passengers occupied five hours
and ten minutes, which coastwise men
declare to be a record of its kind.
The sea was fortunately calm, al
though the breakers ran high on the
beach.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
RULINGS BY SUPREME COURT
Grade Crossing Is Act Sustained in
Damage Case Against RaiIrod-
Mars Applies for Writ.

Madison.-In an important and in
teresting decision handed down by
the state supreme court, the modffca-
ton of the stop, look and listen
grade crossing act, as made by the
legislature in 1907, was in effect sus-
tanned
A $4,000 judgment, granted Mich
olas Wade, a boy at Kenosha. after
he had been injured on a crossing OF
the North Western railroad while
riding a bicycle, was sustained. The
jury in giving damages found the
railroad negligent, but at the same
time that the boy was slightly at
fault. Under the former law it
would have been impossible to give
the boy verdict in these circun-
stances, it was said.
In a Port Washington case, VIM.
Briese VS.. Dewey Maechtle, in which
one boy injured another accidentally
while playing in school yard. the
supreme court sustained the lower
court in holding the injury the re-
suit of pure accident. The lower
court warned that such cases, if per-
mitted to stand, would open an end
less field OF litigation.
William Collier, who was defeated
in Kenosha courts after an attempt
to get damages from a township on
the grounds that it did not maintain
safe enough highways for automo-
bIles, gets new trial. He was badly
injured, and one man was killed and
others hurt in an automobile wreck
in October, 1909, and he put the
blame on the condition of the roads
where the accident occurred.
The decision in the case of DR.. G.
A. Clark of Eau Claire against Mrs
A. T. Tenneson defeats the doctor
who sued for payment of a bill for
false teeth which the woman refused,
claiming they did not improve her
personal appearance as she had ex-
pected.
On the grounds that the alleged
acts which were made the basis for
his removal by the governor, must
have been committed, if at all. before
Mr.. Mars assumed office, the deposed
district attorney of Forest county
asked the supreme court for a writ
of prohibition against his ousting by
Mr.. McGovern. Mr. Mars was re-
Gently removed after charges were
filed with the governor and A G.
Umbreit of Milwaukee named by the
governor to act instead as district
attorney at CranCon.
The decision of the lower court
was sustained on the appeal of Frank
Schaub of Fond du Lac, a baseball
player, who was convicted of perjury
a year ago in securing a divorce from
his wife and sentenced to two years
in prison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
LICENSE GAINS IN ELECTION
Returns Indicate Majority of Cities
Voting on Question Favor Regu-
lated Liquor Traffic.

Madison.-A majority of the cities
voting on the license question re-
turned votes in favor of license
throughout the state
With the exception of Stoughton,
which remains dry, every large mu-
nicipality that voted on the question
decided in favor of license. Among
these cities were Beloit, where the
license forces made a decided gain
over last year, Wausau, Neenah,
Edgerton and others.
The returns show the following re-
suits:
For license-Wausau Beloit, Mon
roe, Viroqua, Oconto, Rio, Fenni-
more, Waupaca, Edgerton, Fox Lake,
Tomah, Neenah, Blair, Galesville, De-
corah, Somers, Dallas, Black River
Falls, Eagle River, Mondovi, Gilman
ton.
Against license-Stoughton Osh-
kosh, Trempealeau, Union Grove, Mil
ton Junction, Barron, Cumberland,
Boscobel, Cameron, Chetek, Prairie
Farm, Ridgewood, Charlottesville,
Dodgeville, Oregon, Whitehall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
DECLARES CHARGES UNTRUE
Gov. McGovern Makes Reply to Ex-
Gov. Hoard's Statement That Re-
gent Board Is Political Body.

Madison.-Goy. McGovern has is
sued a denial of ex-Gov. Hoard s
charge that he is "reconstructing the
board of regents of the University of
Wisconsin upon basis and for the
main purpose Of political partisan
ship for the La Toilette faction in
politics
MIR Hoard resigned as a member
Of the board of regents a few days
ago, giving as reason that Gov. Nc
/ Govern was making over the uniyer-
sity into a La Toilette political ma
chine.
This accusation against me is
false in every particular" Gov Nc
Govern said. The fact is the pre-
else reverse of the charge he makes.
Every appointment to the board Of
regents of the university made by
me was made without reference to
fractional politics, and solely and eX-
clusively from the standpoint of the
welfare Of that institution / trust
this denial Of his charge is cate
gorical enough even to suit Mr.
Hoard"
Gov. McGovern says Mr.. Hoard
comedies the regents appointed by
him were well qualified, by educa-
ton, experience and character, for
membership on the board.
But" says Gov. McGovern, MIR.
Hoard maintains that my motives in
making these appointments trans
form what would otherwise have been
excellent selections into fiagrantly
bad ones
Referring to Mr. Hoard's state
ment that Gov. McGovern slowed a
fractional spirit by failing to compli-
ment his predecessor, Gov. Davidson,
in his inaugural address, Gov Nc
Govern cites similar addresses by Mr..
Hoard and other former governors
as justification for doing as he
did.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
VINE A SUPREME JUSTICE
Sole Contest in judicial Election Is
in Fifteenth c rcuit, Where Judge
Parish Loses to G. L. Rsjord.

Madison.-Justice A J. Vinje of
Superior, appointed by Gov. Davidson
to succeed Justice Dodge, resigned,
has been elected without opposition
for the unexpired term which ends
Jan. 1, 1912. There were seven cir
cult judges elected in the state. The
only sitting judges opposed were
Judge L. w. Halsey, Milwaukee, and
Judge John K. Parish, Ashland, in
the fifteenth circuit The judges
elected are: Eleventh circuit, c. J.
Ross, Superior; Thirteenth circuit,
Martin L. Luech, juneau; Fifteenth
circuit, G. N. Risjord, Ashland;
Eighteenth circuit, Chester A. Fow-
Ter, Portage; Second circuit (Milwau-
kee county,, L. w. Halsey, W. D..
Tarrant, John c. Ludwig.
The contest between Judge J. K.
Parish and Gulick L. Risjord, in the
Fifteenth judicial circuit, was close,
the latter winning by about 200
votes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
Diamond Cut Diamond

The late Green McCurtain. chief of
the Choctaws, had a high opinion Of
the business astuteness of white men.
No Indian can get the better of a
paleface," Chief McCurtafn said to a
Guthrie reporter during the recent
Oklahoma investigation and when
two palefaces get bargaining together
then it is like cutting diamonds with
diamonds.
Two Oklahoma palefaces once
hunted in my camp. They spent the
evening with me, and over the fire
and the frewater they began to bar
ter and traffic. and to make deals and
dickers.
Finally Bill said:
Sam, let's trade hosses-my bay
for your roam
It's CO. Sam agreed. The
trades a go. Shake on it, partner
They shook hands. Then Bill said
with loud laugh:
Sam, I've bested We this time. My
hoss is dead. Died yesterday
Sos mine dead, said Sam Died
this mornin'. And what's more, I've
took his shoes off,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
FISH COMMISSION Is NAMED
Only Two Members of Old Board,
Jacob Afford and A. L. Osborn,
Reappointed by Governor.

Madison. two of the six
members of the state fish commits
sion, Jabe Afford of Madison and A.
L. Osborn of Oshkosh, were reap
pointed by Gov. McGovern in nomi-
nations sent to the senate.
The appointees and the dates upon
which their terms expire are: B. C.
Wolter, Appleton, April 1, 1917;
Jabe Afford, Madison, April 1, 1916;
former Gov. James o. Davidson, Mad
ison, April 1, 1914; former Gov. Geo.
W. Peck, Milwaukee, April 1, 1913;
and John Burns, La Crosse, April /
1912.
Those members dropped are: ]. J.
Hogan, La Crosse; A. A. Dye, Madi-
son; H. D. Smith, Appleton; George
B. Hudnall, Superior.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
FARMING VENTURE OF WOMAN
Miss r. N. HilIman Profits From
Two Thousand Acres Over Which
She Is Head.

Miss r. n. Hillman is the active
head Of a profitable farm Of nearly
1000 acres. She was born in St Paul
and for some years was well known as
stenographic reporter. Shortly be-
fore leaving for Canada she moved to
Wisconsin farm. Here she became
interested in farming. She Ionged to
get out on the western prairies, so
with what capital she possessed she
took what she calls a long chance"
and staked her savings on Canadian
land, says the St. Paul Dispatch.
What she did, she persists, many a
girl now working on a small salary
can do. With her mother and small
brother she went into the country,
purchasing supplies in a blind way,
for she knew little about farming. She
is now classed as one of the large
grain growers in the vicinity Of Moose
jaw.
From small beginnings her Land
possessions grew. At first it was
fifteen miles to the nearest railway
station. 1t was waiting game, but
the market came as it must inevitably
come to fertile country and now
what was once frontier has a station
within easy hailing distance. Miss
Hillman's buildings are of stone and
cement. The barns have cemented al
legs and it takes a foreman and a
staff Of four hands to run the place in
the dun time, and eight men during
the busy season.
Miss Hillman is the real head. She
rides about her farm and knows what
she is doing. Her system of farm ac-
counts shows every day where she is
at financially, and she can tell you
that back in the year 1909 she took off
1890 bushels on 230 acres and cleaned
up over $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
ELECTIONS HELD IN
WISCONSIN TOWNS
RESULTS OF VOTE FOR Mu-
NiClPAL AND JUDICIAL OFF,
GALS OVER THE STATE.
SOCIALIST CANDIDATESIOSE
Fati to Capture a S ngle Office in
Milwaukee Couny-Jud al Elec-
ten has Blu; Two Contests Gain
for ''Wet5 IN License Vote.

Alilwaukee.-A non-partisan land
slide routed the social democrats of
Milwaukee county, defeating their
two judicial candidates. two nomi-
nees for school directors and Carl H.
MinkIey, alderman-at-Iarge who was
a candidate for the unexpired term
Of the late Aid. Joseph ]. Sultaire.
More than AZ 600 votes were cast in
the county for judges, school direct
ors and aldermen. Among the sue
cessful candidates are: For circuit
Judge, L. w. Halsey, majority IA
OIL; w. D. Tarrant and John c. Lud-
wig, no opposition. For civil Judge.
John F. Donovan, majority 1928;
Henry Cummings, majority 14,362.
Alderman-at-large, Frank n. Fitz-
patrick, majority 11,727. County
school superintendent, Hugo A. Pau
ley, plurality 298.
Appleton-Dr J. V. Canavan.
present mayor, will be Appleton's
first commission mayor, having de-
feated August Knueppel by votes.
Racine.-Walter S. Goodland, edi-
tor of the Racine Times, has been
elected mayor by a large majority.
Three democrats, two republicans and
one social democrat were elected
aldermen.
Kenosha.-Democrats have car
ried the city, electing all but one al
derman.
Ashland.-Dr ]. M. Dodd was
elected mayor by 800 majority.
Janesville.-Jo John C. Nichols, dem
.ocrat, was elected mayor by 743 plu-
rality. Democrats will control the
next city council
Fond du Lac.-Democrats are vic
tors in the election here, Frank J.
Wolff being elected mayor, and ten
out of sixteen aldermen named being
democrats.
Oshkosh.-Former Mayor John
Banderob, republican, is elected
mayor over John c. Voss, democrat,
who has held the Office the past two
years. Banderob's plurality is 1876.
La Crosse.-For the first time in
fourteen years this city has elected
republican mayor. John Dengler,
who held the Office over twenty years
ago, has been elected by 200 majority
over o. j. Sorenson, the incumbent
The balance of the city ticket is dem
ocratic.
Neenah. -Republicans have carried
this city, not a social democrat being
elected.
Madison.-The election here re-
suited in an even break for the re-
publicans and democrats The latter
retain control of the city council.
Sheboygan.-Theodore Dieckman,
democrat, was elected to his fourth
term as mayor. All except two al
dermen elected are democrats.
Superior Socialist gains in every
ward was the feature of the election
here, two aldermen and two super
visors on that ticket being victorious
Chippewa FaIls.-The vote on the
commission form of government re
suited in the defeat of the proposi-
ton, 773 to PIP.
Manitowoc.-Ma returned
to socialism by electing Henry Stole,
Jr., mayor by 149 plurality. The
socialist ticket at Two Rivers was
defeated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
Fiqhtinq Man.

1t is mans nature to fight. 1t is his
merit to fight for what he believes to
be right. Courage and bravery are
not achieved by hiring a lawyer A
man who is not willing to fight to the
death for the right or for his own is
not as good or complete man as one
who is is willing. But opinions about
this are not SO important as the fact
that it is mans nature to fight, and
that neither resolutions nor legislation
nor provision to get over all kinds of
trouble in any other way than fighting
will avail.-Ellwood Hendricks, in At
mite.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
THEY WALKED ARM IN ARM
Wisconsin Senators Offer Unusual
Spectacle When LaFoilette Takes
the Oath for New Term.

Washington, D. C.-The senate
has seen Senators Stephenson and
La Toilette in whispered conference,
and later arm in arm for the first
time in many moons. This was oc-
casioned by necessity for Senator
Stephenson to conduct Senator La
Toilette to the desk to take the oath
for his new term.
Before this came about, Senator
Stephenson crossed to Senator La
Follette's seat and they whispered
for a moment, Senator Stephenson
then took a seat nearby and was
ready when the name of Senator La
Toilette was called to offer his arm.
After returning to the floor the
two senators shook hands and then
separated