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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13
SPORTING AFFAIRS.

NEW YORk-Jim Thorpe, the Car
Isle Indian who holds the Olympic
decathlon and pentathion records.
won the all around amateur athletic
championship of America at Celtic
park. He was first in seven of the
ten events which make up the trying
contest, and finished second to John
Bredemus of Princeton in the other
three-the pole vault, one-half mile
walk, and sixteen pound hammer
throw.
cHICAGO-Emil Thirty, the man
ager of Packy Mcfarland. who is
matched to meet Lightweight Cham
pion Ed Wolgast in a ten round con-
test in New York on Sept. 81, received
word from the champion that the Lout
will be held as scheduled
CINCINNATI - Chairman August
Hermann, Of the national base ball
commission, said arrangements for the
worlds championship Ease ball series
will be perfected at meeting of the
commission in Cincinnati on Sept. 16.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13
ARMY FLYERS KILLED
Two British Oflcers Lose Lives
When AeropIane Collapses.

At Stevenage, England, two Brit
ish army officers lost their lives
in flying. Captain Patrick Hamilton
had taken Lieutenant Stewart as q
passenger in his biplane.
The two officers had flown a con
siderable time when strong wind
sprang up and one of the wings of the
aeroplane collapsed. The machine fell
from an altitude of $50 feet and was
destroyed The bodies of the officers
were found in the wreckage.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13

Unless there is daily action of the bow
els, poisonous products are absorbed,
causing headache, biliousness, nausea,
dyspepsia. We wish YOU would ask your
doctor about correcting your constr ion
by taking laxative doses Of Aver : Is.
Made bv the ! C. AVER 70. lowell ~
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13
FAST TIME IN THE AIR
Vedrines Travels 124.8 Miles in 20
Minutes $685. Seconds.

Racing under blazing sun near
Chicago at rate of more than
105 miles per hour, Jules Vedrines,
worlds champion airman. won the
Gordon-Bennett international trophy
at Clearing and will carry back to
France the emblem significant of the
aviation classic of the age.
His time for 200 kilometers, 124.S
miles, was / hour 10 minutes 5SS5
seconds.
Maurice Provost, another member
of the French team, completed the
course in 1 hour 10 minutes 1882 Sec
onds.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13

CHARLESTON, w. VA. - Three
thousand miners of that part of the
Kanawha coal district, which is not
under martial law, came to the state
house at Charleston to make dem
onstration against the guard system
in behalf of the men who are strik-
ing. They marched through the
err Jones, now eighty-four years old.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13
REPUBLICAN, GAIN IS
EVIDENT IN MAINE
Democratic Tidal Wave OF Two
Years Ago Ebbs.
Three Republican Congressman, and
Possibly Four, Are Returned
from Old Pine Tree State
by the Election.

Republican gains throughout Maine
show that William T. Haines has
been elected over the present Demo
cratic governor, Frede.ick w. Plaisted,
and that three, and possibly four. Re-
publican congressman have been
elected, as against two at the last
election
Republican Congressman Gain.
In the First district Congressman
Asher c. Kinds ran considerably
ahead of the ticket and probably has
won over his Democratic opponent,
Michael t. O'Brien. In the Second
Congressman McGillicuddy and his
Republican opponent, William B. Skel-
ton, ran neck and neck, the latter lead
ing slightly, with about half the dis
trict to be heard from
Democratic Congressman Samuel w
Gould apparently hes been defeated in
the Third district at the hands of For
rest Goodwin, and in the Fourth dis
trict Republican Congressman Frank
E. Guernsey is more than holding his
own with Charles Mullen, the present
mayor Of Bangor
The vote, with twenty-eight towns
missing, was: Haines, Rep, 70,072;
Plaisted, Dem, 66,515. Two years ago
the vote for governor was: Fernald,
Rep, 64,672; Plaisted, DEM, 1925.
The missing towns two years ago cast
E61 hn D0n11h1iaoY1
date and SAG for the Democratic can
didate.
The New Legislature.
The new legislature will stand on a
joint ballot "a Republicans and rs
Democrats. with ten districts yet to
report. The state senate will be made
up of % Republicans and Democrats,
with one district missing. The house
will be composed of 72 Republicans
and 70 Democrats, with nine districts
missing.
This majority will be stuff Gent +,
elect former Congressman Edwin G.
Burleigh of Augusta as United States
senator to succeed Obadiah Gardner.
who was appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator Will
lam P. Frye, Republican.
There is no longer any doubt but
what Kinds, Guernsey and McGi1licud-
dy have been reelected to congress,
though with reduced pluralities. For
rest Goodwin is the other Republican
congressman elected.
Progressives Keep HANDS Of.
A feature that made possible the
election of Haines is the fact that the
Progressives, who are admittedly
strong in this state, did not oppose
him, instead there being a solid Re.
publican force against the Democrats.
Nor did the Progressives come into
the state prior to election day in the
fight for the national ticket They
agreed with the Republican state com.
mittee to stay out Of the state until
after the election and it is highly
probable that their absence from the
state carried considerable strength to
Haines.
Another feature of the battle was
the fact that the Republicans who de-
fected to Plaisted two years ago did
not stay under his banner this year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13

ST. LOUIS, MO.-The Progressive
party state convention adjourned aft
er nominating complete state ticket,
including three candidates for the Mis-
souri, supreme bench. Albert D. Nor
toni, judge of the st. Louis court of
appeals, VS. unanimously Endorsed for
governor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13
BLACK HAND SHOT
Rockefeller Emrloye Refuses to Civ.
$500 on Demand.

At Tarrylown. N. Z, Joseph
Drago, an employee on John D. Rock.
efeller's estate, was approached " a
member Of the Black Hand society,
who demanded $500 from him.
Drago refused to pay the money
and pistol duel took place in Foun-
tain square. The Black Hand agent
v--s c,lat - the lc~-, but be escaped.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13

CORiNTO, NTCARAGUA-All the
American marines from Philadelphia
who arrived here on board the Califor-
MIA have left for Managua. Some of
these are to be Used as guards along
the railroad and the remainder go ol-
rect to Managua to reinforce the
American guard already in the capital
for the protection of American lives
and property.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13

DE KALB, lLL.-Miss Edith Nor
ton of Victor township killed her
self with a shotgun, tying the gun to
the foot of the bed and discharging it
by pulling string tied to the trig-
ger
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13
CHIMES AND CASUAL Ties.

PORTAGE LAKE, MAINE-A dou-
Bile tragedy was revealed when the
mayor and other town officials forced
an entrance to the home of Daniel G.
Emery and found the bodies of Emery
and his wife in one of the bed rooms.
Emery was the son of the late
George D. Emery, a millionaire i'm
porter of mahogany, rosewood and 9TH
er South American woods. Mrs. EN-
cry had been strangled to death, in the
opinion of the authorities, and En-
ery's death was due to bullet wounds
in the head.
SHELBYVILLE, IND.-Being angry
because his wife was seeking counsel
for a divorce suit, Louis Rhinehart
wounded her, shot at two attorneys
and killed himself in law office.
Without warning, Rhinehart burst
into the Office and opened fire. One
bullet struck Mrs. Rhinehart in the
arm Rhinehart then shot at Attor-
neys Campbell and E. NJ Cole and
sent bullet into his own brain He
and his wife had been separated a
year.
BUDAPEST-During fierce squall
at Oerkeny an airsnip which was be-
ing held by 100 soldiers was carried
off, Three of the men did not re.
lease their holds on the ship until it
had risen to height of 400 feet. Then
they were unable to hold on any long
er and let go. All three were killed
instantly.
PRINCETON, iND.-Bernard, the
two-year-old son of John Stemally,
died in a physicians office here Of
ptomaine poisoning. The family was
here from the country visiting rela-
tives and all partook of soup made
from cove oysters. The baby was
the only one made seriously ill.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.-Frank An
DIRE, aged, fifty, a state fair visitor
from Charles City, a., was instantly
killed while seeking relief from the
heal when he fell from the third-story
window of a local hotel
CENTREVILLE, IOWA-Performin
the Wild West acts depicted on the
show bill boards, the eleven-year-old
son of J. j. Hanrahan accidentally
hangd hinslf with a lasso in a tree
near his home here.
DE KALB, ILL.-Miss Edith Nor
ton of Victor township killed her
self with a shotgun, tying the gun to
the foot of the bed and discharging it
by pulling a string tied to the trig-
ger.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13

BlNGHAMTON, N. VA large bot
tie containing 120,000,0OO disease
germs, enough to infect an entire city,
is awaiting a claimant at the police
station here 1t was lost from a train.
The bottle was being shipped from
the New Jersey state laboratory for
experimental purposes in some other
laboratory. 1t was found near the
track by Patrolman John McGinnis
What would have happened had some
person found the package and opened
it is a matter of much speculation
here.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13

GENERAL NEWS.


PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Rumors OF a
shake-up in the police department. as
a sequel to the recent scandals sur
rounding raids in the vice district be-
gan to take shape when John B. Tay-
lor, for nine years superintendent Of
police and Harry D. M. Jacobs, detec-
tive, at the head of the vice squad"
handed in their designations to Direc-
tor of Public Safety George D. Porter.
The trouble began when Superin-
tendent Taylor defended the conduct
of Detective Jacobs, under whose
guidance a sensational raid was made
upon a large number of disreputable
houses recently.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13

TOPEKA, KAN.-Farm work is 60
ing undone in western Kansas for
lack of horses killed by the plague.
Crops remain ungathered and fall
blowing is weeks behind. On many
farms all the horses have died. Until
the experts ascertain positively a
remedy for the disease, the farmer is
unwilling to purchase, more horses,
which he fears will meet the same
fate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
BURGLAR CALLS IN AUTO
Makes Dainty Selection of
Gems in Mt. Vernon Homes.

4 series OF burglaries attempted at
Mount Vernon yesterday brought 10
light the fact that jewelry and heir
looms valued at $4,000 were stolen from
the home OF F. NJ. Dunbaugh, No III
Summit avenue. Mr.. Dunbaugh has Of
fered $500 reward.
He had placed the Jewels in bag on a
dresser In his bedroom, on the second
story, when he went down to dinner. and
when he returned they were gone. Among
the jewels taken were one clover stickpin
containing three jewels. crescent pin
containing nineteen diamonds, a sunburst
carat solitaire ring, one ring containing
two large diamonds and one ring con-
tanning three opals.
George f.. Cutler and his wife, who live
at No. 90 Claremont avenue, Chester Hill,
Mount Vernon, were awakened early yes
terday morning by burglar. The man
flashed the light OF an electric torch in
their faces and covered them with re-
volver while he backed into the hallway
and escaped. lie had taken S14 from
the bureau and left Mr. Cutters gold
watch and diamond pin. lie had taken
several jewelled scarfpins from the room
Of Cutters son.
Immediately after the burglar left Mr.
Cutler heard an automobile start off from
in front OF the house. Early this morn
ing the police discovered that the home
of s. j. Taylor, at No $50 Cedar street,
Mount Vernon. had been ransacked few
hours before the thieves gaining entrance
by removing a heavy pane Of glass from
the front door
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
CONDEMNS TENURE RlOER
Blow at Merit System, Declares
Reform League.

In behalf Of the National Civil Service
Reform League. Robert w. Bclcher. lis
acting socrctarv issued last night a
statement expressing the hope that Presi.
dent Taft would veto the appropriation
bin because Of the seven-year tenure Of
ohcc rider inserted in IT, Section ., 10
which the league objects. would result III
measurable return to the spells system
according to Nj. Relchor.
The league uphods Section 4. inserted
Dy tie Senate as an alternative. and
gives the following reasons:
Section /; is not Only Vicious is need
loss. Section T. proposed by the United
States Civil Service Con- mission ana N
serted by the Senate. provides for an
automatic system whereby the dead Wood
the inefficient and the superannuated
coold and would be eliminated al any
time Under this system three standards
Of efficiency are to he established: 90 a
minimum rating which every cmployo
must meet in order 10 be promoted 90
q minimum rating below which no ON
plOyc may fall without being denoted
Ga a minimum rating below which no
employee may fall without being diS-
missed. To this automatic system OF pro-
motion, demOtlOn and dismissal the ten
urc Of Office riger adds nothing except \
provision that not only shall the inofti-
Ciont be dismissed al the end Of the
seveH-year term. but that those OF high
or moderate efficiency shall he separated
from the service and allowed reappoint-
ment only II the department head sees ~
10 reappont them.
Mr. Belcher's statement condemns the
Section rider as serious menace 10
the integrity Of the merit system In the
federal service
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
SENATE BROKE FAITH,
SAYS BRITISH PRESS
PASSAGE Of Canal Bill Denounced as Viola
ton of Solemn Covenan t---Ship
Owners Indignant

The Times" editorially discussed
fully the Interpretation Of the term
"coasting trade" in the various coun-
tries i'm reference to the Senate's de-
cision. and says:
This point deserves impartial con-
sideration. There could not be a filter
subject for determination by the Hague
tribunal We are not very sanguine OF
readiness to submit it to arbitration,
but it is at least important that we
should know what exemption by the
Senate actually means-whether it is a
benefit conferred on coasting vessels in
the old and natural meaning, or
whether II includes colonial trade
THE Daily News says that the
question of exempting coastwlse YES
sells might admit of argument as to
foreign vessels being allowed to engage
i'm the American coastwise trade, but
that the other proposed preferences
would knock the bottom out of the
-Pauncefote treaty, and certainly
DTeStIllS al tdSt lOI dlplAitNip
British ship owners are indignant at
the Senates action. They admit that
a big trade is waiting TO be done as
soon as the canal Is open, but are in
clined to think that the great preferen-
tal treatment accorded TO American
ships will lead traders to adhere to the
old routes.
Representatives of prominent firms
have expressed the opinion. however,
that much might happen before the
canal is opened and that the protests
of foreign powers might induce a
change i'm the American policy. The
amendment permitting the registration
Of foreign built vessels as American. it
is thought, may likely give impetus TO
British shipbuildng.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
Brandesee Fights to End.

Senator Brandegec. chairman OF the
Interoceanic Canals Committee. made
an ineffective nGht on the rigid pro-
visions against railroad ships. After
| the amendments had been adopted 20
| the House bill, he moved that the whole
paragraph relating 10 railroad control
be stricken out. This motion was de-
| feated 40 to 1S A subsequent proposal
! by Mr.. Brandegee. 10 permit any ships
! TO use the canal. giving TO the Inter-
state Commerce Commission power OF
control over them. also was defeated.
Senator Brandcgee. closing the de-
bate insisted that the provisions OF the
Senate bill admitting American vessels
| engaged I'm the foreign trade 10 free
| passage In the canal was an undoubted
| violation Of the Hay Pauncefote treaty
With Great Britain. He opposed also
In" Williams amendment admitting
American owned foreign built vessels
to American registry. provided they
did not engage In coastwise trade. He
said:
y has been proposed that this would
| help build up tho American merchant ma
rlne. TO my mind It would be a humil-
| iating spectacle for Americans 20 see
ships travelling around the world under
| III" American flag with tho label Built
| In Germany attached 20 them.
The amendment to admit TO United
States register American owned foreign
| htilt chino opDagoJ Ia eo,oi.,,, ,.oa-
only In all probability will receive no
opposition from the administration.
Secretary Nagel is committed 10 the
idea. In his last annual report he rec
commended tho passage OF a bill carry
Ing these provisions. This, he believed,
would be the beginning OF an American
merchant marine. extending shipping
! under the United States flag I'm trade
| with South and Central America and
the West Indies
| The provision, IT Is said. probably
would not affect transatlantic or trans
pacific commerce. as there would be no
incentive for such ships to assume the
obligations Of American registry. The
right OF free passage through the canal.
however 1t is said by officials of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
would probably bring all the lines en-
gagged In traffic between the countries
Of the Western Hemisphere but flying
| foreign flags, under the Stars and
Stripes. The United Fruit Company
and the New York and Pacific Naviga-
| ton Company were cited as instances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
LIZ, cahle TO The Tribune.

London. Aug. 10.--"The Daily Ex-
nress" saws. regarding the passing py
the United States Senate OF the ainehu :
ed Panama Canal bill:
1--WE can at least hit back by puttiHs
on harbor duties against American
ships. To take this sort OF treatment
lying down would be not only to con-
nivo in the ruin Of our traders, but also
10 condone 2 fragrant breach oil dlpio-
matte honor. Trouble between Amer
lea and England is 80 hateful 10 tHe
people of both countries that We sila''
continue 10 hope for satisfactory
solution of this grave difficulty.
The same paper asserts that nothing
heretofore has been done or attempted
under the pretences of diplomacy that
has ! cen quite so frank in its repuh-
alton Of a solemn covenant between
great powers. and adds:
I'VE still hope that the President VIII
Gee the necessity Of safeguarding his
country's honor. and We decline TO be-
Iieve that the United States can he 80
blind as to refuse arbitration.
Strong feeling is displayed by the
other newspapers. The Spectator
says;
The Scnates decision is violation
Of the clear sense of the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty and an example of the sors
of policy the United States should stu
diously avoid II the Monroe Doctrine
is permanently 10 commend itself to
peace loving nations; 1t must be hon
ored and respected If it is 10 remain an
instrument Of peace. If the Senate
persists in its present course "re"t
Britain must direct it's strongest ct-
forts to getting the tolls question re-
ferred 10 arbitration at The Hague.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
HOUSE PASSES WIRELESS BILL
Provides That One Operator Must be
ALWAYS on Duty on Steamships.

Washington Aug. s.-The Senate bill to
regulate wireless telegraphy passed the
House to-day, and now goes TO the Presi-
dent.
The bill was recommended by the Sen
ate committee that investigated the IT,
tanic disaster 1t provides that passenger
carrying steamships must have two
operators, one of whom must be always
Oh duty. and. Furthermore. that the wire
less apparatus must be capable Of send
ing messages one hundred miles and of
receiving them from like distance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
In Disappearing Measure Mr.
Taft Calls on Congress to
Pass a Better One.
WOULD PROTECT WORKERS
Asks for Reduction of Duties
That Will Not Destroy the
Wool Growing Industry
and Close Mills.

Washington. Aug. 9-President Taft re-
turned the wool bill to the House to-day
with hts veto. declaring that most of
the rates i'm the submitted bill are so
low i'm themselves that II enacted into
law the inevitable result would be the
irrcuievable injury to the wool growing
industry, the enforced idleness Of much
of ou wool combing and spinning ma
chinery and thousands ot looms, and the
consequent throwing out of employment
of thousands of workmer.'
Thes President urged that Congress do
not adjourn without taking advantage
of the plain opportunity thus substsn-
tally to reduce unnecessary existing
duties without destroying any established
industry or throwing any wage earners
oGt of employment" bill OF that char
acter, the President added Il will
promptly approve"
President Taft championed the protcc-
tive policy in his veto message. saying:
Ny position has been made perfectly
llsin. I shall stand by my pledges to
maintain degree of protection necessary
10 offset the difference ~ cost OF pro
auction here and abroad. and will heartily
approve Of any bill reducing duties to this
lcyel.
Bis have been introduced in Congress
carefully framed and based on the find
ings Of the Tariff Board which. while
maintaining The principle OF protection,
iaNc provided for sweeping reductions.
Sucn bill was presented by the minority
members OF the Ways ana Means Com
mittee. which, while providing protection
10 the wool Srowcr reduces the duty on
most woods % per cent and the duties on
manufactures by from 20 10 more than e
Der cent. and gives in many instances
less ne; protection to manufactures than
was granted by The GoTman-Wilson fee
WOOL act Of 3S9i.
The House. and possibly the Senate,
viii make an attempt next week to pass
the bill over the Presidents veto. Repre-
sentative Underwood served notice in the
'owcr body to-day that this would be at
temptCd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
MAIL CARRIERS WANT AUTOS
Rural Postmen Also Demand Federal
Aid in Road Building.

Poughkeepsie. n. Y, Aug. S.--The New
York STATE Rural Letter Carriers Assoc
citation ended its convention here to-day
after going on record as favoring auto
mobiles and motorcycles for rural free
delivery. approving the Hamill pension
bill. now before Congress. lndorsing fed
eral aid in road building and selecting
Penn Van for next years convention.
These officers were elected:
President A. w. Wellington. Of Os-
sego: vice president Jacob II. Schmitz
Of Auburn; secretary, John ID. Van
Stone. Of Yates County; treasurer Will
lam Raymond, of Malone. and member
of executive committee. W. g. Fairbairn
OF Honeoye Falls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
BLAME SPEED FOR WRECK
Illinois Commissioners Say Demand
for Fast Trains Caused Disaster.

Chicago. Aug. 9.--The Illinois Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioners made
public to-day their findings in the in
vestigation OF the wreck OH the Chicago,
Burlington & quincy Railroad at Western
Springs on July a. when thirteen per-
sons were killed. The commissioners de-
clare against the manual block system
and for the automatic block system.
The commissioners attribute the wreck
TO three contributing cause.-the demand
Of the general public for through trains
at a dangerous rate of speed, the de-
mand made by the government for n
similar fast rate In the carrying Of mai
and the acceding OF tine railroads to the
prevailing demands, By which trains arc
scheduled TO run close together at
highly dangerous speed.