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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
MUST C0dPLY WITH LAW
State Highway Commission Informs
Bayfield, County on Expenditure
of Money for New Roads.

Madison.-The Bayfield, county
board has been informed By the state
highway commission that all money
on new road work must be spent in
compliance with the terms Of the
law. Before any further advance is
made, said the commission, the main
tenance of the whole system must be
abandoned BY the county and the
county money confined to making
certain definite Improvements. The
1912 state money will be allotted to
the county when it selects and i'm
proves certain specific pieces OF road
work or bridges with its money.
Acting Highway Commissioner A
r. Hirst wrote that the road work
he saw is not high class and that the
lack of success is due mainly to the
fact that the money has been spent
by scattering it each year over all
the county systems.
The state highway commission has
issued a statement showing the to-
tai expenditures of its department for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1912,
were S37,555.69. The general ex-
penditures were S9,730.88; road de-
partment, s10,935.03; bridge de-
partment, S7,840.99, and experiment
tai roads, S9,048.79.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
FAVOR REGULATED DANCES
State Chiefs of Police Adopt Reso-
luton at Annual Convention
Want More Members.

Milwaukee.-The Wisconsin Asso-
citation OF Chiefs of Police closed it's
annual convention here with the cleo
ton of the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, August
Scheck, Sheboygan; yice-president,
Thomas Malone, Wausau; secretary
treasurer, Donald Mckay, Waul~ sha.
Neenah was chosen as the next meet
ing place at the invitation OF Chief
Of Police James Brown of that city.
A resolution adopted by the con-
vention is regarded as the death
knell of Unregulated dance halls in
Wisconsin cities. Strict regulation
Of public dances under ordinances
similar to one pending before the
Milwaukee council was recommended
in the resolution.
The association has sixty mem
bers and a campaign will be started
to induce 1876 other chiefs of police
and town marshals in the state to
join the organization, thus giving
general representation and aid in
securing desired legislation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
INDIAN AGENT SUSPENDED
Samuel w. Campbell, Superintendent
at la Pointe Reservation, Ac-
cused of irregul arities.

Washington, D. C.-Because Of
charges against him, Samuel W.
Campbell. superintendent of the La
Pointe Indian agency in Wisconsin,
has been suspended and his place
temporarily filled by T. J. Murphy of
the Indian Office.
Campbell probably will be called
upon to show that the expenditures
he made for the Indians were reg
ular
The controller of the treasury has
disallOwed expenditures of $54,771
made by Campbell from the funds
of individual Indians, following
charges that the letter and spirit of
the law had been violated.
The auditor of the interior depart
ment said the records tended to show
that Campbell had deposited to the
credit of Samuel W. Campbell, In
dian agent, checks for money cred
tied to individual Indians after these
Indians had Endorsed them. in ex-
PLANTATION Campbell said these funds
were deposited to him to save beck
keeping and clerical work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
WILL HOLD LAST REUNION
Surviving Members of Twenty-Fourth
Wisconsin Regiment to Meet in
Milwaukee September 9.

Notwithstanding members
of the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin regi-
ment Will hold their last reunion at
the Il. B. Wolcott Post hall, Uni
yersity building, on the night of Sep
TENDER 5. the fftieth anniversary of
the departure of the regiment to the
front in response to the call of Presi-
dent Lincoln.
There are now 125 survivors of the
regiment, sixty of whom reside in
Milwaukee. There are fifteen in Chi
cago, and the rest have become scat
tered to all parts of the United
States
In response to the second call of
President Lincoln for volunteers, in
June, 1861, the Milwaukee Chamber
Of Commerce held on the trading
floor a rally attended by thousands
This was on July .. Several COM
panies We're recruited from those
present, and raised a fund of nearly
$4,000 to equip them. These two
companies We're the first of the
famous Twenty-fourth Wisconsin vol
unteers among Milwaukee business
men
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
FATAL MADISON AUTO WRECK
Alice Mueller, High School Student,
Killed and Two Others Fatally In
jured When Machine Upsets.

MadisOn.-As result of the over
turning Of an automobile containing
a party OF five, one girl, Alice MueI-
Ter, daughter of an engineer of the
st. Paul railroad, is dead, while two
of her companions, Frederick Walt
Finger and Edward Afford, are so Sc
riously injured that they are not ex-
pected to live.
The other two occupants, whose
names could not be learned, escaped
with minor injuries.
The wreck occurred when the
young people were returning from a
party. The machine, in turning a
corner, skidded and struck a teIe-
phone pole, completely oyerturning
and burying the occupants beneath
the debris.
The dead girl was a student of the
local high school Edward Afford,
one of the men seriously injured, is
a son of ]. Afford, president of the
state fish commission
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
TRIES MURDER; HANGS SELF
Farmer Commits Suicide After At
tempt to Stay Wife and Mother
in-Law With a Club
Milwaukee.-After making a muir

MilWaukee.-After making a muir
derous assault upon his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Bertha Benz, and being
frustrated in an attempt to take the
life of his wife, Alvin Borchardt,
aged 81 years, a farm hand living
on the Port Washington road, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself
from a barn rafter
Since a separation from his wife
Borchardt has been angry with his
mother-in-law, believing her respon-
sible for the breach.
Borchardt lay in wait for Mrs
Benz in the barn and with large
club knocked the woman uncon-
scious. Rushing into the Benz home
the infuriated man attempted to
murder his wife The husband and
wife fought in the kitchen until the
arrival of a passerby, when Bor-
chardt bolted out of the door and
went to the barn, where he took his
own life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
SOCIETY WOMEN ARE
i'll ROSENTHAL GRAF T
w. i. VanderbiIt's Granddaughter
Hired Detective Burns TO Elk
pose Vice System.

New York. Aug. 1o.-Afrs. William
Jay Schieffelin, society leader and
granddaughter of the late William H.
Vanderbilt, paved the way for the
graft exposures which have followed
in the wake of the Rosenthal murder
Society women and men were dis
closed as owners of many of the vice
resorts.
UnostentatiousIy engaged in the
work Of social betterment, her WON
aRly nature and her civic pride alike
were outraged by the facts which
came into her possession. She in
spired her husband, chairman OF the
Citizens Union and q well-known re-
former, to take up the work. At her
suggestion, and from funds which she
and her husband supplied, William J.
Burns vas engaged to make a gen
eral investigation Of the city depart
ments.
Members Of the -Four Hundred"
leaders of the highest and also the
lowest society circles of New York,
were the objects of the investigation
started by Burns nearly year ago.
Burns has a long list of prominent
men and also women, whose reputa-
tons have been above reproach, but
whom he charges with being the own
ers Of property used for vicious pur-
poses in the underworld.
At a conference held at the Schief-
felin mansion last November a com
plete plan of campaign was mapped
out, and one Of the participants in
this conference was Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. The entire situation was
gone over and Burns was given carte
blanche to go ahead along what lines
he might deem best, a fund of 5000, 900
being provided to carry on the work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15

barrow Trial Again Halted by
Action of Counsel.
GETS HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
Attorney Declares He VIII Not Pay
and Judge Fixes Jail Sentence
as Observation-Disclosures
Closes It's Case.

|, Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. S.-The
bribery trial Of Clarence S. barrow
came to an abrupt and sensational
halt an hour before the usual adjourn
ment time on Tuesday when Judge
Hutton committed DarroW's chief
counsel, Earl Rogers, to jail until this
morning at o'clock for contempt Of
court in lieu Of paying a fine of $50
Rogers Immediately applied to Pre-
siding Judge Willis of the superior
court for his release on writ of
habeas corpus, which was granted,
Rogers being required to give 5000
bail
Rogers offense was in designating
q state rebuttaI witness as a perjureT,
and upon his refusal to withdraw the
appellation a fine of $50 was imposed
on him. Rogers, still defiant and re-
lterating his rights, declared that he
would go tC jail rather than pay the
fine, and the court appended on the
previous judgment an alternative SEN
teEce of five days in Jail Upon show
ing by the defense that the defendant
could not be deprived of counsel dur
ing the course of his trial the sentence
was modified.
o. H. F. Mayer, produced by the
prosecution as the mysterious stran-
ger" who accompanied Bert H. Frank
lin to the Office of the McNamaras' de-
Tense on the morning of Franklin's
arrest, was being cross-examined by
Rogers when the outbreak occurred.
Rogers subjected the witness to a
bitter examination that was full
of scorn and raillery, laughing in the
face of the witness and staring at
him through his lorgnette.
District Attorney Fredericks object
ed to a question as a waste of time
mo, we are showing up this per-
jurer," declared Rogers.
Judge Hutton halted proceedings
and tried to get Rogers to withdraw
the remark, but Rogers insisted that
he believed the witness was a per
jurer and that he was justified in call
ing him that to his face.
In argument" said the court, but
not while the witness is on the stand.
The court cannot permit that"
After speaking OF the seriousness of
counsels offense, Judge Hutton an
nounced that Rogers was adjudged
guilty of contempt and was fined $50.
What is the alternative?" demand
ed Rogers. 81 will not pay the fine ="
The court said the alternative would
be five days in the county Jail That
order was later modified and Rogers
remained in the custody of a deputy
sheriff only until the writ of habeas
corpus was secured.
The defense closed its case, but has
reserved the right to call an additional
witness or two. The prosecution
opened up its rebuttal, reserving the
right of further REORGANIZATION of
Lincoln Steffens, who was a witness
for the defense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
MARKET REPORT.
NATIONAL IEAGrTE
Milwaukee. Aug. 1O. 1912.


Butter.-Creamery, extras, Csc;
prints, 26c; firsts, 240241ac; sec
onds, 220 use; renovated, 3024c;
dairy, fancy, Csc
Cheese - American, full ceram,
new made, twins, Is y @14c; Young
Americas, 15015Ac; daisies, 144z
@15c; longhorns, 150151ac; lin
burger, 1401412c; brick, 1415c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 16Q1Sc; recandled. ex-
tras, 20@21c; seconds, 13@15c.
Live Poultry-FowIs, 10 &c; roos-
ters, Sc; springers, 16@17c.
Potatoes-Early Ohio, rs a soc:
sTinnesotas, rs @S5c.
Wheat-No. 1, northern, lilo
1.12; No. 2, northern, 1.O901.11.
No. 8, northern, LOS.
Corn-No 8, yellow, 74c.
oats-No. 8, white. 521z; stand
ard, soc.
Barley-No. 8. 76c.
Rye-No. 2, 73c.
Cattle-Butchers steers, 5000
500; heifers, 1000 700; COWS, 40
@6.4O; feeders, 100000; calves.
SIS @9.75.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $50
08.35; fair to best light, 1900
1865; pigs, 70O0S.OO
Sheep-Lambs, 400@7.0O; ewes,
3.25@35O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
INDIANA G. o. P. NAMES DURBIN.
Former Executive Renominated by Re-
r,thFic,pe ~ NooN,ap4iap

Former Executive Renominated by Re-
publicans at Convention.
Indianapolis, Aug. S.-The nomina-
ton of Winfield T. Durbin of Ander-
son, former chief executive of Indi-
ana, for governor and the adoption of
platform which pledged faith in the
Republicans of the state to President
Taft were the features Of the RepuL
lica1 state convention held in Tomlia-
son hall here on Tuesday.
The other candidates were Mayor
Shank of Indianapolis. John G. CLANCY
OF Sullivan and Charles A. Carlisle
of South Bend. Only one ballot was
required. Durbin had I'll votes. or
nine less than a majority, but many
counties were changing to him and
the other candidates moved to make it
unanimous
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
CAR STOPS AT MANY TOWNS
Livestock Special Will Leave Madi-
son on August g for Next
Tour of the State.

Madison.-The itinerary for the
livestock special car of the Wiscon-
sin Livestock Breeders association
on its forthcoming trip over the
Omaha road is announced Twenty
two towns and villages in fourteen
counties Will be visited. The sched-
ule is as follows: August 10, Hustler
and Black River Falls; 20, NeilIs-
vile and Osseo; 2I, Mondovi; %.
Augusta and Eau Claire; %, Rice
Lake and Bloomer; "a, Spooner and
Hayward; 90, Cumberland and Tur-
tie Lake; q, Clear Lake and New
Richmond; Is, River Falls and Ellis
worth; 20, Spring Valley; 80, Rob
erts and Baldwin; 81, Elk Mound
and Menomonie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
HALF BREEDS PUSH
CLAIMS FOR LANDS
Make Contention That Holders
Are Not Legal Owners.
GOVERNMENT is INVOLVED
Property IN Dispute Situated in White
Earth Reservation and Is Worth
Several Million Dollars = Lumber
Companies May Be Defendants.

Ashland. Many times investiga-
ttons have been started to trace the
ancestry of Americans in order to
determine their right to property or
money, but an unusual Investigation
came up in Ashland on Wednesday
in the effort to trace the ancestry Of
several hundred Indians from north
ern Minnesota in order to determine
their right to millions Of dollars
worth Of timbered lands on the White
Earth reservation.
The members of the White Earth
tribe have secured their tracts Of
timber, which most of them sold to
lumber companies and much Of the
timber has been cut. Many Of these
individual tracts are worth from
$4,000 to $4,000 and many of the
families on the reservation are worth
from $4,000 to $4,000
The Investigation taken up here
was on the contention advanced that
Gus Beauleau and Ben Fairbanks,
two mixed breeds, had no right to be
classed as breed Indians from White
Earth, and about 1000 Of their as
sociate mixed breeds had not right
to be classed as White Earth Indians
on the grounds that their parents did
not 90 to northern Minnesota until
after the treaty of 1854 setting aside
the Indians in Minnesota into a tribe
separate from the Chippewas Of Wis
COnsin
Many of the parents of the present
mixed breeds on the White Earth res
erVation left this vicinity and went to
Minnesota The contention is that
most of these Indians left here after
1854 and that where this can be
proven every descendant now holding
allOtments on the White Earth res
ervation must be stricken from the
roll and their ailotments given back
to the tribe. With the timber being
cut in many instances the lumber
companies having contracts on the
reservation are the real defendants,
and several million dollars is in
yOlYed in the matter
Thomas G. Sherman, representing
the Indian department, is here con
Quoting the investigation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
X as 4-sJ TcWRJ %
s A13
Gathered Smiles
Generous Soy.

Little Harry's parents always kept a
barrel Of apples in the cellar Not long
ago they moved next door to an or
phans' home. Shortly after moving
Harry's mother noticed that the ap-
pies disappeared with great rapidity.
Harry" she asked one morning.
what is going on with our apples p"
Mother" he replied, 81 have to eat
a great many apples"
q am willing that you should have
all the apples you want. But why do
you eat so many lately?"
Well, i have to eat a great many
cause the orphans want the cores. p
Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
Why an Altman Flew.

An old negro who had seen Curtiss
fly approached him at New Orleans
and asked timidly if he could feel his
arm.
Surely" said the puzzled aviator
as he stretched forth an arm
The old darby ran his hand up and
down the biceps carefully, then said
disappointedly:
'Tain't true You amt got no mo-
wing sprouts than I is"
NO" said Curtiss seriously; "but I
always make it a point to eat a pint
Of birdseed before I take a flight. -
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
Finds Inquest unnecessarv-

Madison.-Coroner Lynch. decided
not to hold an inquest on the deaths
of Miss Alice Mullen and Edmund
Afford, who were killed when an au-
tomobile in which they were riding
hit telephone pole in this city The
coroner concluded after an fnvestiga-
ton that Frederick Waltzinger, who
was driving the car, lost control of
it and was not to blame for the acct
dent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
ARIsTocRAcY.

rs your mother at home, Bub?"
NO, sir. Mother is at the police
station"
What is she doing there?"
Furnishing bail for our chauffeur.
who was arrested while taking her
to town in our automobile this morn
ing
Is your father here?"
NO, sir. Father is in court"
'T see. He is helping your mother
10 get the chauffeur set free, is
he?"
No, father has been indicted for de-
stroying books that the government
wanted in a trust-busting case"
And are you the only child your
parents haye?"
mo, sir. have a sister"
rs she at home?"
She's out at one of the coun-
try clubs entertaining a French count"
Well, it is evident that your
family belongs to our most aristocratic
circle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
CIIntoryiIIe Youth suicides-

ClintonVille.--Lester Dawson, 21
years old, son of r. T. Dawson, com
mitted suicide at the home of his
parents in this city The young man
loaded a gun, fastened a string with
a loop TO the trigger, put his foot
into the loop, leaning over on the
muzzle of the gun and pushed the
trigger The load went through the
heart. Two years ago he suffered a
stroke of paralysis from the waist
down and was just getting so that
ne could walk with the aid of a cane.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
TAFT WILL NOT CAMPAIGN.

President to Make No Political
Speeches for His Candidacy.
Washington, Aug. president
Taft will not, according to his present
plans, make any political Speeches or
do any complaining in behalf of his
candidacy. This was made known at
the White House.
Mr.. Taft told a number Of friends
that the campaigning for his re-eIec-
ton will be done by his managers
and party workers; that all he is
going to do in his own behalf from
now until election day will be to
write some letters. in which he will
elaborate on the speech he made &C
cepting the denomination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
State Death Rate Increases.

Madison.-During April, May and
June, 1912, 1907 deaths were re-
ported to the state bureau of vital
statistics by the various villages and
cities of Wisconsin. This is excIu-
sive of still births and corresponds
to an annual death rate for the state
of 11.S per thousand estimated popu-
lation. The rate in 1911 was III
and in 1910 was 11.6.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
REPORT NEW PATENT BILL.
4ouse Hears Details of Measure to

House Hears Details of Measure to
Revise Existing Law.
Washington, Aug 10.-The OIdfeId
bill to revise the patent laws to meet
the recent patent monopoly decision
of the Supreme court was reported to
the house by Chairman Oldfeld of the
patent committee on Thursday. The
bill seeks to set aside the decision
which insures the right to an inventor
to stipulate the kind Of materials used
or sold in connection with a patented
device. 1t seems to cure alleged evils
arising from fixing the price at which
the article may be sold by the vendor
Of a patented article.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
NohIR Sacrifice.

why doesn't Jabez Jones go to
work and get prosperous?"
Because, replied the loyal friend,
hes patriot who never neglects his
duty as a citizen. He has been
member of the petty jury three times,
a member of the grand jury twice, a
delegate to four conventions and has
gone unresisting to the legislature fire.
quently. What time has he had to
HIMSELF"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
Successor for 0emented Sheriff.

Madison.-WilIiam J. Mccormick.
deputy sheriff, has been appointed
sheriff Of Winnebago county by Gov.
McGoyern to succeed John F. VIII
wock, who resigned after he had
gone insane from worry over official
duties. Mccormick has agreed to
give the sherin's salary to VfIwock's
wife and children until the end of
his term.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
a r eHec+i0p

ct is curious thing in public life, e"
said Virgins, as he laid his news
paper on the table, that windy, loud
mouthed impostor often succeeds,
while men Of great merit are passed
over"
mot at ALL" replied Bobley, TITS
the most natural thing in the world
to put the blower before the CRATE. -
Puck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
SENATE MAY AID LoRIMER.
Committee Favors Allowing Depose,

Committee FaVors Allowing Deposeo
Senator $4,000 to $4,000.
Washington. Aug. 10.-An allowance
of $4,000 or $4,000 may be made by
the senate to help William Lorimer
defray the expenses of his three years
fight to retain his seat. Mr.. Lorimer
has turned in bills amounting to $780,
600 or $125,00O. They have been re-
ferred to the investigating committee,
which will make statement to the
senate that certain items, amounting
from $4,000 to $4,000, would be a
fair allowance if any be made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
State Grocers to Picnic.

Neenah.-Neenah, Appleton, Kau-
kauna, Green Bay. Oshkosh and Me
nasha grocers. and merchants, to-
gether with their clerks, will go to
Fond du Lac on Aug. 15 to attend
the State Grocers and General Retail
Merchants association picnic and
meeting
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
EIGHT to Hold BergerEs Seat

Milwaukee. - The socialists are
planning to bring several outside
speakers to Wisconsin for the cam
paign. A very warm battle is to
be waged in this county and great
efforts made to re-eIect Congressman
Rar0er
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15

Green Bay.-The Key Calk Manu-
featuring company has begun opera
tions at its new plant and viii manu-
facture hOrseshoes and calks under
the Bondilly patent. The output Will
be 10000 calks and two tons of
shoes every ten hours.