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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
SEES STRENUOUS
PENROSE INQUIRY
Chairman CIapp Predicts Much
Work in Fund Quiz.
SCOPE MADE VERY BROAD
Senators Who Will Probe Standard OIL
Gifts Hold First Meeting Septen-
Der 3o-Roosevelt May Be
initial Witness.

Washington, Aug. 20. - Senator
Clapp, chairman Of the special senate
committee, says that he and his as
sociates anticipate that the series Of
hearings to be held in Washington
will be most strenuous because Of the
wide scope given to the investigation
by the passage of Senator Penrose's
resolution by the senate just before
final adjournment.
I have read very carefully the full
text Of the Penrose resolution as
adopted by the senate" said Senator
Clapp on Monday, "and have reached
the conclusion that this committee
viii have a heap to do before We have
carried out the instructions Of that
order Of the senate. As amended, the
duties Of the special committee
have been broadened immensely, and
we shall be almost continuously busy
If we conclude the inquiry in time
for report at the opening of the next
session.
The chairman Of the committee
was not inclined to discuss the pro-
cedure or predice what phase Of the
question would be taken up. The
committee will hold its first meeting
September 80, and 1t is more than
probable that former President Roose-
welt will be the first witness called.
George W. Perkins also will be one
Of the early witnesses summoned, and
John D. Archbold will be recalled upon
his return from Europe.
Senator Penrose, breathing defiance
to Colonel Roosevelt, left Washington
for Atlantic City, where he will make
his headquarters for the next two
months. Referring to the published
report that he had been member
of a party that included H. H. Rog-
ers and John d. Archbold that visited
President Roosevelt a short time be-
fore the convention of 1908, and dis
cussed with the then president plan
to drop Taft, following which Mr..
Roosevelt was to announce himself
for a third term, Mr.. Penrose said
Significantly:
I'm going to have lot to say about
that later on"
Oyster Bay, n. Y, Aug. 29.-ColoneI
Roosevelt again declared on Tuesday
not only his willingness but his eager,
ness to make public every scrap Of
evidence in his possession in regard
to any action concerning the campaign
funds raised for his election to the
presidency in 1904 and the Standard
Oil interests.
IF Mr.. Hearst will let me know
within a year or a year and half of
the time I wrote any letter pertaining
to the Standard Oil company, such
as he refers to in his cabled message
from London, I will be glad to go
through my files and produce the copy
of it. if it is there" the colonel de-
cIared.
Roosevelt sought to make plain that
he is sincere in his purpose to produce
any possible Standard Oil correspond
ence, if it is indicated what letters
are desired.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
HOLDS ARMY READY
FOR NICARAGUA
Taft Sends More Marines to aid
Of Americans.
REBEL UPRISING AT CRISIS
President Declares He Will Protect
u. S. Interests in Central Amer
lean Republic at Cost of
Sending Soldiers.

Columbus, O., Aug. 30.-The Nicara-
guam situation is now in the hands of
President Taft. Before starting for his
trip here on Wednesday, he held con
ferences with the secretaries of war
and navy and the decision was reach
ed that the lives and property of Amer
leans in the Central American republic
must and will be protected at all haz-
ards.
The Tenth United States infantry.
which was ordered from Panama to
Nicaragua. had been commanded to
stand ready for immediate transfer
from Colon to the coast Of Nicaragua,
pending the navy departments search
for an available supply of marines.
This supply was found and President
Taft rescinded his order
From his private car in the Roches-
ter, n. Y, yards the president wired
to the acting secretary of war to re-
call the order. A sufficient force Of
marines, the president said, would be
hurried to Managua, the Nicaraguan
capital, and lCorinto, its principal sea-
port, to insure the safety Of American
lives and property.
The president expressed the belief
that there will be more than 1000
United States marines on Nicaraguan
soil by Tuesday.
A long telegram from the command
er of the United States gunboat Den
yer, in Nicaraguan waters, declared
that the insurgent leaders, after haras-
sing the American marines in their
march to Leon, had given assurances
that they will open the lines of COM
munication from Corinto to Managua
The Nicaraguan government itself
asked for assistance from the United
States and stands ready to aid in open
ing the railway line from the coast to
the capital.
The president did not conceal his
anxiety over conditions in the Cen
trail American republic. In Managua
and Corinto and other towns >the sit
uation is not now especially danger
Gus to Americans, but in other parts
of the country the revolution is not
in hand, and pillaging of all sorts has
been going on. The people of Mica
ragua, the president was informed,
are suffering-untold horrors, and Amer
leans are suffering in many instances
with them.
Neither the state nor navy depart
ment wished to see United States
troops ent into Nicaragua. The Gus
tom in similar cases has been to land
marines. The president said that
while the sending Of a regiment of in
fantry would not be an act of war he
would prefer to use marines, if an
available force could be found quickly.
If he finds the situation critical later
he will not hesitate to use the army,
but he was hopeful that the insur-
recto and the government leaders will
see the futility of trying to make it
uncomfortable for American citizens
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
ISAAC STEPHENSON
STRICKEN IN NORTH
Heart Trouble Attacks Senator
in Michigan Woods.
PHYSICIANS RUSH TO AID
Condition of Marinette Lunaberman
Said to Be Crtical-On Annual
Fishing Trip With a Party of His
Friends.

Marinette.-United States Senator
Isaac Stephenson, who, with a party
Of friends started on his annual fish
ing trip down the Escanaba river,
was suddenly stricken with heart
trouble at camp fifty miles north
Of Escanaba, Mich.
A special train is bearing physi-
clans TO Watson, fifteen miles from
the camp. Owing to the absence of
roads the members of the party were
forced to walk, according to word re-
ceived from the nearest telegraph
station to the camp. Mr. stephen
sons condition is SO critical that it
was impossible to move him.
Senator Stephenson made these
trips annually for about thirty years
up to three years ago. The party
made the trip in fatboats, camping
on the bank of the river at night.
Among the senator's guests this year
were former Cows. Davidson and
Peck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
UNCERTAIN ON THE TARIFF
Roosevelt Adopts Tafts Revision
Method and Makes Vague Prom
c ises About Control of Business.

On the tariff Colonel Roosevelt is
vague and uncertain. He adopts, al
most without the change of line or
a syllable, President Taft's method of
revision only after expert, n0n-parti-
san investigation, and then bids for
popular support on the pretense that
he will in some way not defined see
that the protection to be afforded to
our industries shall be equitably di,
yided between the employer and the
employed. This is to be done, ap-
parently, by some sort of government
regulation and control of the business
Of the country, but the colonel's own
past and present relations with the
steel trust and the harvester trust
fail to be convincing as to the entire
impartiality Of any cc<trol in which
he might have hand. His awakened
interest in the tariff is so sudden and
is in such marked contrast to his atti-
tude during the seven years when he
might have influenced the action of a
Republican congress, that the thought
full public will be justified in looking
askance at promises so plainly direct
ed to catch gudgeons.
So also the student of contempt
rary economies viii fail to find in the
coloneIs appeal for votes any guiding
light on the vital subject of currency
reform. We want, Of course, a sound
and flexible currency, we want finan-
cial control wrested from wall
street" we want the best money sys-
tenn in the worId-all these are prf-
mary facts not in dispute, but all that
the colonel is able to say with any
clarity is that he does not approve Of
all The recommendations Of the
monetary commission, though he
thinks the reports OF that commission
are so valuable that they ought to be
more widely disseminated among the
people. If the colonel's promises are
like his performances when he had the
opportunity to accomplish something,
they are quite as hollow and untrust-
worthy as are the planks of the old
parties in which he places so little
faith The old parties with all their
faults have at least a record Of
achievement. For these the colonel
would substitute new promises, ignor-
ing his own record of broken pledges.
How he can honestly believe in his
own sincerity is one Of the puzzles
which will perpIex the future political
historian of the United States
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
LAWYERS ELECT KELLOGG
St. Paul Man Chosen President of
American Bar Association at
Convention in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee.-Frank B. Kellogg of
st. Paul was elected president of the
American Bar association and Cincin-
natl was selected for the 1912 con-
Vention at the last meeting of the
association in the Auditorium here.
Mr.. Kellogg was elected without any
opposition. The other officers elect
ed follow:
Secretary - George Whitelock,
Maryland.
Treasurer Frederick E. Wad-
hams, New York
Assistant secretary-W. T, Kemp,
Maryland.
Executive mmfttee-John H.
Voorhees,, South Dakota; William H.
Burgess, Texas; Judge William H.
Stake, Pennsylvania.
The annual convention here was
attended by many notable lawyers
and jurists Of the nation, including
Attorney General Wickersham. The
sessions lasted three days and came
to close with a banquet attended
by more than 700 persons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
Exports to South America.

Under the fostering care recently
given by the United States to the
South American trade, the bulk OF
business has greatly increased. The
total value of exports from the United
States to South America for the ifs
cal year 1902 was S3S,O00,000. Five
years ago. in the fiscal year 1907, it
was $S2,O00.00O and that of the cur
rent year viii probably be about $685.
geo 600. an increase Of more than $50
per cent in the last five years This
increase in exports to South America,
while occurring in large number Of
articles, is especially notable in Ium-
Der, leather, mineral oils and railway
materials. Argentina is the country
showing by far the greatest gain in
our exports to South America The
figures indicate that the total exports
TO Argentina for the present fiscal year
viii amount to about $4,000. 900.
against $23.5o0. 600 in 1905, having thus
considerably more than doubled in
the period in question
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
Want One Phone Rate.

Green Bay.-Believing that there
Is no reason why one company
should charge for the use of tvs
telephones, when the company owns
both systems, directors of the Com
mercial club of this city and Depere
will endeaVor to have conditions
remedied as soon as possible. The
Wisconsin Telephone company took
over the business of the Fox River
Valley Telephone and Telegraph
company over six weeks ago and the
Wisconsin people are still maintain
ing the service as formerly, charg-
ing patrons with two telephones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
"oUT OF ACTIVE POLITICS."
Taft Makes the Announcement on

Taft Makes the Announcement on
Way to Visit Ohio.
Springfield, Mass, Aug. 30.-Presi-
dent Taft declared in a speech from
the rear platform of his private car
here on Wednesday that he did not in
tend to take any further part in active
politics. 4 am not here to make q po-
HticaI speech" said the president. 'T
have given that up. believe that there
is some politics going, but I am not go
ing to take part in it. So far as
am concerned you will have to make
up your minds without hearing me
further I am on a trip to my own
state to celebrate 100 years of polit-
icaI life, and I have something to say
to the people of Ohio on that subject,
but not on politics"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
WISCONSIN STORM LOSS BIG.
Many Buildings Are Wrecked in
Northern Portion of State.

mahy Buildings Are wrecked IN
Northern Portion of State.
st. Paul, MINI, Aug. 30.-Heavy
property damage is reported in ad-
vices received here telling of the
storm which swept over northwestern
Wisconsin on Wednesday. Heavy
rain accompanied the storm, nearly
two inches falling in an hour and a
half.
No loss of life is reported. Railroad
stations seem to have been particu-
lar targets of the storm, seven hav-
ing been destroyed in the storm dis
trict.
Among the places most severely af-
fected were: Rice Lake, heavy dam
age in the business district; Board
man, railway station damaged;
Spooner, railway building blown down;
Shell Lake and vicinity, many build
ings damaged; Eau Claire, lightning
struck several buildings.
Reports from Ashland say the tele-
graph and telephone lines are down
and heavy damage in country dis
tr1cts is reported
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
RooseveIt,s Opening Gun.

Colonel Roosevelt went to New Eng
land to awaken some enthusiasm in
that section Of the country in behalf Of
his ambition to elect himself to third
term in the presidency. His opening
speech at Providence confirms the i'm
preston already received by the peo-
pie Of the United States that he is
determined to make his appeal for
support on an emotional basis solely,
that he is convinced that all his prom
Uses viii be accepted at his own vaIu-
alton, and that It is wholly unneces-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
GEN. BOOTH is BURIED.
Body of Founder of Salvation Army
In Plain Coffin. Inferred at Abnay

Body of Founder of Salvation Army
In Plain Coffin, Inferred at Abney.
London, Aug. 30-FolIowing the
funeral services held in the great
Olympia on Wednesday, the body of
the late General William Booth, found
er and leader of the Salvation army,
was on Thursday inferred in Abney
Park cemetery with BETTING cere-
mOny.
In accordance with the traditions of
the organization, the services were
without pomp or symbols of mourning,
but were carried out with moving fer
vOr and impressiveness.
Thirty-four thousand persons parti-
cipated in the function Nearly half
Of them wore blue coats and red jer-
seys or bonnets with the red ribbons
so familiar on the streets of the cities
of the world where the army is estab,
lished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
DR.. FURNESS AND THE SKULL
Howell HanseI Relates a Story That
Reveals the Late Scholars Sweet
ness Of Spirit.

Howell Hansel tells this story Of
Or. Furness, the venerable Shakes
perian scholar. who died at his home
near Philadelphia a short time ago.
While playing last IN Philadelphia,
Hr HanseI visited DR.. Furness and
was shown through his vault, where
In are stored countless mementoes
and relics Of Shakespeare's dramas
and Of celebrated actors who have
played in them. 8Ir. Hansel saw and
handled a pair Of gloves which Gar
Eick's word has established as those
the bard himself had worn.
There was also a skull, which came
from the property room Of the old
Walnut street theater in Philadelphia,
the Oldest playhouse in America. This
skull was Of priceless historic assO-
citation" said Mr. Hansel, for not
only had Booth and Barrett used it in
their gravediggers' scene in Hamlet
and had written their names upon it,
but the old relic had even furnished
forth this scene for Kean, Kemble ana
Aacready and bore their inscriptions.
An old caretaken of the doctors
house one day bathOught herself to
Brraighten up the vault a bit and pres
emily came upon this skull. It was
very dirty indeed, with all those
marks, and she went at it with soap
and water
"A little later she took the skull,
with perhaps a brighter grin for its
securing, to the doctor, rejoicing that
while there was some Of the scrib-
bling that stuck terrible, some of it
was so old that It wasn't any trouble
at all
And what do you suppose the old
man said to herr" asked Mr.. Hansel.
lie Just told her that ne wouldn't
bother about cleaning in the vault
any more, and never by a word or
sign did he let her know how deep or
irreparable had been the loss to him
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
BRITAIN URGES FREE CANAL.
Presents Second Protest Against Pana-

Presents Second Protest Against Pana-
ma Bill to State Department.
Washington, Aug. 30-Great Britain
has again filed with the state depart
ment a protest against the American
legislation on the subject of the Pana-
ma canal, this time combining the note
to that portion Of the bill which grants
free passage through the canal to
American ships engaged in the coast
wise trade. The protest states that
the British government desires to
carry the question to The Hague for
arbitration if satisfactory agreement
cannot be reached with the United
States.
The note submitted says Great
Britain will give careful consideration
to both the bill and the message
President Taft sent to congress relat-
ing discrimination in favor of Ameri-
can coastw1se shipping in the canal.
If, after due consideration, it is found
that no satisfactory agreement can
be reached Great Britain declares it
will be necessary to appeal to arbi,
tration.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
A Very Simple Question.

Witness the work that is going on
in Springfield at this time under the
Taft administration, then look back
at the almost utter lack Of anything
doing in Springfield under the free
trade times that existed from 92 to
go, and it won't take long to deter
mine whether your duty directs that
you vote for another four years of
Taft or for another four years of lean
and hungry free trade.
'Tis a very simple question One
doesn't have to be a statesman to
find the answer.-Springfield (Mo.)
Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
WILL TRY THE DIETZ FAMILY
Mother and Three Children Must
Stand Trial on Shooting
Charges.

Eau Claire-Mrs. Hattie Dietz,
wife of John Dietz, now serving life
sentence for the alleged shooting Of
a deputy in the famous feud two
years ago, together with her three
children, Myra, Leslie and Clarence,
will be tried for assault with intent
to kill, at the court term Sept. Is.
The case comes here from Sawyer
county on a change of venue.
The charge is based on the shoot
ing of John Rodisch, a deputy, in
1906, when a force attempted to ar
rest John Dietz. The case was held
over pending decision of the supreme
court in the Dietz trial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
Mr.. Taft and the Electors.

Mr.. Taft would divide the sheep
from the goats. a man cannot be q
Republican and Bull Moose at the
same time. A presidential elector,
nominated as a Republican, cannot
vote, If he is an honest man, for the
Bull Moose candidate for president.
The Bull Moose candidate has taken
himself and all his followers with him
out Of the Republican party; yet some
of the electors who we're naIned as
Republicans before they quit the par
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
Steel Bill Was Reckless.

The steel bill was passed without
any regard to it's effect on business
It cut off at once the entire effective
protection Of great industry, vitality
affecting the prosperity of the coun-
try and the welfare of many citizens,
without any consideration of conse-
quences. It was reckless legislation,
whose purpose was political, having
been taken up hastily last year In
order to controvert Brysn's charge
that Mr.. Underwood, the Democratic
leader, coming from steel manufac-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

The Grand Duchess Augusta Caro-
line of MeckIenburg- StreIitz, who ceIe-
brated her ninetieth birthday recently,
Is the oldest living European princess.
The grand duchess is the granddaugh-
ter Of George III, and a princess of
Great Britain, while her father, Adolf
phus Frederick. Duke Of Cumberland,
acted as yiceroy of Hanover for
George " and William ".
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

Another horrible murder in New
York Which one Of the police dc
the citizens suSpeCt?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
Care Of Home = Profession

Mrs. Julian Heath thinks that in
stead of one large market in a large
city there should be several in differ.
EN- parts Of the city, that would give
householders an opportunity to visit
them when it might be impossible to
go so far from the neighborhood to
the central market. She thinks the
habit Of Ions standing accounts at the
groeers and butchers has much to do
with the high cost of living. Realize
that the care OF a home is a profes.
sion, she says.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
REPORTED POPE is WEAKER.

Gradually Declining.
Paris. Aug. 30.-The pope is grow
ing weaker daily and no stranger to
the Vatican is admitted to the pope's
mass for the reason that the prelate
must celebrate the holy sacrifice in
a sitting posture, according to LIE
Mathis dispatches from Rome. LIE
Matin declares that the religious pa
pers have been conceaIing the true
co1Gt,i ion of the pope and adds that
the pope's limbs refuse to support
him in a standing position for any
length of time.
The condition of the pope's sister is
also declared very grave.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

turing district, was favoring the steel
manufacturers. And it was made a
part Of the Democratic program this
year partly for the same reason and
partly because 1t would serve as well
as any other measure in the maneu-
vers for position in the coming cleo
ton. The bill this year differs in its
tariff rates from the one last year
Which is right? asks Mr.. Taft. No
one in the Democratic-insurgent COM
bination knows or cares. The sole aim
has been to get votes.-New York
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
Power Company Settles.

Portage.-Judge Marshall of the
supreme court has turned over $43,-
600 as taxes from the Southern Wis
consin Power company. The cases
have been settled by arbitration by
the different towns and the appor-
tionment is being arranged by Dis
trict Attorney BOgue. The taxes col
lected extend from a period of four
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
INQUIRY IN PATENT OFFICE.
Taft's Economy Board Fares Well
at Hands of Congress.

Taft's Economy Board Fares Well
at Hands of Congress.
Washington, Aug. 29-President
Taft's special commission on economy
and efficiency in the departments Jared
better at the hands OF the Democratic
house than any other special commits
sion Endorsed by the president. In
addition to the $4,000 asked by it for
continued investigation of the depart
ments for another year and the in
stallation of more modern business
methods in the transaction of public
business, the commission is charged
by special house resolution with the
investigation of the patent Office and
recommendations to congress at the
next session. For this they got a spe-
ciaI appropriation.