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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-03

face to learn that Titus has been swapped or sold. Philadelphia will not seem the same to the veteran fans who hate to see their old-time favor 1tes go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-03
MONTHLY REPORT OF
 POLICE DEPARTMENT

The monthly report of the police department was prepared yesterday oy Fclice Judge J. R. Stewart and Chief of Police Evan Parnell and will be presented a. the meeting of .ae city council Monday night. The
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-03

certain crooked police officials an6 gambling house proprietors, whom osentnal had threatened to expose 1t IS expected that Miss Hall will b called 10 tell ali sle knows of what happened before the shooting at the hearing Of the Grand Jury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
STATE FAIR
MATTERS

Secretary Mackenzie Of the state
board of agriculture is receiving an
unusual number of inquiries regarding
exhibits in the educational depart
ment at the state fair Throughout
the entire state this year much more
interest is shown in the educational
feature than ever before.
The enthusiasm is general, and
the inquiries cover the entire range
Of educational institutions from nor
nal Institutes down to the smallest
and most secluded district schools
of the rural sections of the state.
County and city superintendents al
ready are making preparations for
displays. Country and city children
inquire regarding conditions for the
individual pupil exhibits. The in
creased interest on the part of city
children is marked The town boy
evidently has learned that the fair
is not entirely for his country cousin
.SSA4A 1AASSS 4AO UCS1 uOL dGUSuu MERELY 10
enjoy himself as a spectator
Liberal prizes are offered and
the classes are so arranged that com.
petition will be fair for all schools
and pupils of the state. Certain di-
visions are open to competition by
all exhibitors, in collective displays
and individually. Others are classf-
fled by the grade and location of
the schools whether in the city or
lin the country. There are special
classes for normal school and county.
exhibits, also for city high and grad
ed school displays Agricultural ex-
hibits are given especial attention
in the rural school displays. Exhib-
its of handiwork especially are so
licited.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
BOOZE ADVERTISING

An Illinois editor recently was
called to task because he inserted an
advertisement for ''booze" palace il
his town. In his next issue of his
peper he replied to his critics in the
following style:
He says he confesses to the act, but
assigns two reasons therefor: First,
because he needed the money, and he
got fifteen cents a line for it. Second
he desired to ascertain whether his
esteemed brothers and sisters read
his paper. Both his curiosity and stu
pidity have been astisfied. He had
talked Of the evils of intemperance,
devoted much space to the religious
and temperance organizations, given
the preachers complimentary notices,
but no intimatiOn had ever been given
that his efforts were appreciated or
even read. Now he knows that they
are and concludes that while all elias
es of business men are permitted
without criticism to do business with
saloon keeper the country editor
isn't, he must be holy, undefiled,
separate from sinners and keep him
self from the world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
HANGING PICTURES

Did you ever realize that hanging
pictures in your home was quite an
art The manner in which they are
hung makes a great difference in the
appearance of room. We made the
above remark to one of our decorators
the other day and this is what he
said in reply: ''That fact is trust up
on me nearly every day. I go into
some parlors where the pictures are
hung so high that all perspective is
lost, and the ceiling seems to be hope
lessly high. Other folks hang theirs
so low that it hurts your spine to look
at them in addition to straining your
eyes, spelling the beauty of the room
and taking from the value of the pic
ture.
"All pictures should not be hung
on the same level, as they so often
are, yet all should be as nearly on
the level with the eyes as possible.
If square and oblong pictures are al
ternated irregularly with round and
oval ones the best possible effect
is gained"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
CREST Of FLOOD
REACHED HERE
At NOON

The high water in the Wisconsin
river which was caused by a cloud
burst above Merrill, reached Grand
Rapids, Thursday afternoon and reach
ed its highest point at 2 o'clock on
Friday, July 26. The water in the
Wisconsin at this point was within
three feet of the high water mark in
October, 1911. What kept the water
down here is the fact that north of
us the lowlands took up and stored
a great deal of the flood from which
Wausau and Merrill suffered so much
damage. We sincerely hope that we
have seen the worst of this flood
and that the water will now recede.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01

tian life Of the nation itself; for the
proper observance of Sunday; for the
Christian education of youth; for the
stamping z out Of immortality; for the
sanctity and perpetuity of Christian
marriage; for the safeguarding of
the Christian home.
It asserts the necessity Of Chris
tian principles in social and public
life, in the State, in business, in all
financial and industrial relations.
1t combats all errors which are in
opposition to Christianity and threat
en- to undermine the very foundation
of human society.
It is willing to cooperate with all
loyal citizens and with all civil and
social energies which work for truth
and virtue.
It exposes falsehood and injustice,
whether in Misrepresentation of his
tory, doctrine. or principles of m oral
ity.
The aims of Federation therefore,
are religious and patriotic; they are
the interest of all American citizens
and especially of those who believe
in a Divine Lawgiver and in the re-
velation of divine religion through
| Christ our Savior.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
FLOOD RESULTS
AS REPORTED IN
PERSONAL LETTER

A letter received from Hon. Neal
Brown of Wausau today addressed
to L. NJ. Nash of this city among
other things had the following to
say on flood conditions at Wausau:
THE flood losses in this vicinity
have been many hundred thousands
of dollars. The Wisconsin river dam
at Merrill went out; the old prairie
river dam which had been abandoned
went out; the Brokaw dam went out;
the guard-lock dam in Wausau and
one smaller dam of the Wausau
Street Railroad Company went out;
four bridges in Wausau went out in
whole or in part; the upper highway
bridge being swept clean; the new
railroad bridge across the river
went out in part; one end of the
high bridge was wrecked and two
spans of the highway bridge at the
south end of the city went out; two
dams on the Eau Claire went out
anu a part VI IlEt DIOOhS N tlOSS
dam at Schofield; the highway brid-
&c in the Village of SchofieId was
taken completely out; the Golfer dam
of the Marathon mills was blown out
to relieve the pressure of the water;
from ten to twenty million feet of
logs went down the river from here
to Brokaw, Merrill and on the Eau
Claire.
1t is said to have rained eight
inches at Merrill; four inches in one
cloud burst. The result was wall
of water came down taking out one
dam after another. At Brokaw they
didn't even have time to open all
the gates. So we all have a lot of
work ahead of US to repair the
damage and get under way again.
The water in the Eau Claire was two
or three feet higher than l have
ever seen it before 90
Yours very truly,
Neal Brown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
ANOTHER BIZ
CONVENTION
To be Held by American Feder-
alton of Catholic Societies,
Who Will Meet Here in Sep
tember.

Otto P Seifriz, state director of
Milwaukee, Wis, was here over Sun
day comforting with the local com
mittee regarding preparations for
the state convention of that body to
be held here September 1 and 2.
The convention will be in charge
of the local committee of the CathoI-
ic Order of Foresters, which con-
sists of ]. R. Ragan, Chairman, The
Rev. VIM. Reding, DR.. F. X. Pomain
vile, Ferdinand Link, James Mason,
and Matt L. Carey, Secretary. They
will do everything in their power to
make this convention one of the
most successful ever held in this
state.
While here Mr. Seifriz organized
an associate membership center of the
federation in this city Sunday even
ing and expects to organize a similar
one in Pittsville. The following Of
ficers were elected for the new cen
ter: President, Rev. VIM. Reding;
secretary Fred La Brot; treasurer
/ Peter McCamley. There are now sew
eraI of these centers in Wood coun-
ty which will in the near future unite
into a county federation and will pro
badly do the same amount of good
work they have done in counties wher,
they are now organized by elevating
moral and social standards.
MIR, Seifriz left Monday for Pitts,
vile where he will lecture tonight
and organize a branch there.
OBJECTS AND PRINCIPLES.
The American Federation of Ca
tholic Societies is an organization
of Catholics in the United States
for the purpose of advancing theil
civil, social and religious interests.
1t is not a political organization
and does not control the political af
filation of its members; it asks nt
favors or privileges, but openly pro
claims what is Just and fair.
1t aims at the creation of sound
public opinion on all important top
les of the day; it stands for the Chris
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
YOUNG GIRL
MISSING
Mary konOpp, Aged IS, 0issa-
peared. Thursday Morning
From Her Home in this City.

STEVENS POINT, Wis, July 29.-
| Mystery surrounds the disappear
ance of Mary Konopp, the sixteen
year old daughter of Mrs. Anton
Molko, 152 Patch street, of whom
nothing has been seen or heard since
she left her mothers home last
| Thursday morning at about o'clock
At the time she left she gave no in
timation of where she intended 60
| ing and took nothing with her that
might Lead to a suspicion that she
was about to leave home for any
length of time. In fact her actions
cast a shadow of doubt over the
supposition that her disappearance
was premeditated and lead to the be-
lief that she was enticed away after
she had left home.
The girl is of medium height and
build and has light brown hair and
! blush gray eyes. At the time of her
disappearance she wore a simple
waist of black and white checked
gingham, a skirt Of blue and white
polkadot calico, and patent leather
slippers. She wore no head cover
ing.
Mrs. Molk, when seen this after
noon, said she knew of no reason
why the girl should leave home, al
though she mentioned the fact that
a certain young lady in this city had
attempted to induce her to go to Fond
dU Lac not long ago. As the woman
! Iel1rred to is still here it is not prob
| able that the girl went to Fond du
/ Lac. 1t is also said that there is
a man in the case and that he might
have enticed her away, probably to
| Grand Rapids. 1t is known that this
man, who is quite old in years, was
| the direct cause of the downfall of
another local girl, and it is also
known that he had communicated
with the Konopp girl.
The girls mother and stepfather
have made every effort to learn her
whereabouts but in this have been
unsuccessful. The police have also
been notified and will assist in the
| search.
Mr.. and Mrs. Molko and family
have lived in the city only three
months, coming here from Ashland
The former is employed by the city
Z common laborer, while Mrs. Molko
goes out of her home to do house
work, washing, etc. Any informa-
ton in regard to the missing girl
will be thankfully received by either
the mother or step-father, at their
address as given above.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
THE FLOOD
At MERRILL
Loss is Estimated High Into
the Thousands.

MERRILL, July 25.-Yesterday the
water in the Wisconsin river at this
place was higher than ever before
known. The water was 15 feet and
6 inches above low water mark and
was two feet higher than in October,
1911. Tuesday evening an effort was
made to dynamite the dam at the
power house, but the structure held,
until a large amount of flood trash
lodged at the dam and forced the
water back, and finally a channel was
cut around the power house, leaving
that building isolated, The Lindauer
& Holt Manufacturing company's s
plant was somewhat damaged and
about 1000 cords of spruce pulp
wood were washed away. The Aver
son company, excelsior manufactur-
ers, lost about 1 800 cords of wood
and many cedar poles. Dacoby &
Company lost 800 cords of excelsior
wood. The Hub plant was not in
jured. The flood circled the Central
Leather Company's plant and washed
away a large amount of lumber
On Prairie river the Prairie River
Paper company lost its dam, the Pie1
street bridge also being washed away
Many persons were compelled to
leave their homes owing to the rush
Of water and many narrow escapes
from drowning are reported. Hon.
J. N. Cotter, George Kline and vii.
liam and Albert Wendt had close
calls when trying to dynamite the
dam at Merrill.
The STANCE park is flooded, as is
the basement Of the library and court
house. In the former at least 1000
volumes Of books were ruined. All
of the school records, which were
stored in the vault of the court hous'
except those of the training depart
ment, have been. lost.
The damage to the streets and sew
ers is estimated at $4,000 while the
other damage is estimated to reach
into several hundreds of thousands
of dollars, at Merrill alone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
NEkOOSA WOMAN'S
DEATH CAUSES Ar.
REST Of PHYSICIAN

The body of Mrs. Anna Henschel.
wife of Chris HenscheI of Nekoo-
sa, was exhumed Wednesday and was
viewed by coroner's jury at the
Voss undertaking parlors in Nekoosa
Wednesday night. An inqeust was
held at the court of Justice Burton
L. Brown. From the evidence pro-
due, at the inquest, the jury found
that Mrs Anna Henschel came to heI
death from blood-poisoning which was
the result of an abortion performed
bv DR.. A L. Ridgman on July 5,
1912.
DR.. A. L. Ridgman was arres+ed
Friday evening and appeared before
Justice Burton L. Brown. A bail bond
was. given for $4,000. Geo. Mcmillan
is the bondsman. The hearing is
set for Friday, Aug. 8. Goggins &
Brazeau appeared for the defendant
and District Attorney Chas. E. Bri-
ere appeared for the State
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS

Council Chamber, July 26, 1912.
Council met in special session, Ma
yor Cohen presiding. Present Alder
men Andrew, Ketchum, BiIImeyer, NJ,
Carthy, Davis, Ellis, Getzlaff, Nash,
Lukasesk, Yeschke, Prebbanow, Wit
rock, Anderson, Damon, Payne and
Jeffrey
The Mayor informed the council tha
the object of the meeting was to
decide on the question of paving osme
of the streets this season and the
material to be used.
Moved and seconded that the May
or appoint a committee Of three in
cluding himself to proceed with au-
thority to act as they deem best in
paving Grand avenue from the be,
ginning of the raise at the west end
of the wagon bridge to the westerly
side of Third avenue.
Motion carried by unanimous vote
the clerk calling the roll.
The Mayor appointed Aldermen
Payne and Mccarthy with himself
as the committee.
Moved and seconded that the com
mittee be authorized to put in cement
curb and gutter if they see fit.
Motion carried by unanimous vote
the clerk calling the roll.
On motion council adjourned.
nj. G. Gordon, J, A. Cohen,
Clerk. Mayor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
FAITH AS in.
DERSTOOD BY
REV. STAFF

Many requests have been made
for the publication of Rev. Staff's
sermon delivered Sunday morning
on Faith. We therefore re- pub
lish a synopsis of it in condensed
form as follows:
THE word Faith is like a dollar
bill; it suggests different ideas to
different minds.
There are those to whom faith
means the ability of an acrobatic
mind to accept as true what is known
to be impossible.
Others regard Faith as confidence
in the everlasting goodness of the
Power at the base of all things in
the supremacy of laws that are the
expression of infinite wisdom and
love in the final triumph of all just
causes and in a destiny of man that
shall be worthy of his divine pedi-
gree.
When a man knows that he has
broken all commandments of God it
is convenient for him to believe that
there are no commandments of God
nor God who could give command
ments
There are men who doubt the be-
ing of God because the universe is
not constructed and conducted ac-
oording to the blue-prints which they
carry in their own brains. Men who
shudder when they think of the con-
sequences of a judicial recalF' have
the boldness to recall God if a Til
tanic goes to the bottom OF the sea.
The consequences of a ship-Wreck-
ed Faith is either the deification of
man, with sacrifices of bread and tt
circus" offered to a Roman mob; or
it is the ignoring of man and all his
needs, a despising of every desire
and affection and a longing for no
thingness in a Hindu Nirvana. It
is either a brutal individuahsm or a
still more brutal collectivism in bo-
of which the Golden Rule is displac-
ed at last by rule of gold, and the
rule of gold by a rule of steel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
COMMITTED SUICIDE
ACCIDENTALLY

Miss Inez AItenberg, also known
by the name of Young, accidentally
committed suicide about eleven thirty
Friday evening at the home of her
parents on Tenth avenue north. Miss
Altenberg has been employed at the
Geo. T. Rowland ., Sons store for
almost two years She was at work
Friday as usual and apparently in
good spirits. Friday evening she is
said to have attended a moving pic
ture show with Miss Isabelle Corn
elius of Beloit, who was visiting with
her The young ladies returned home
about ten o'clock and retired. Miss
Cornelius noticed that Miss Alien
berg was acting in a strange manner
81 d called the girls mother, Mrs.
Young. By this time Miss Al
tenberg was having commissions. DR..
F. X. Pomainville was called but ar
rived too late to render any material
assistance. DR.. PomainvilIe, Sher-
ift Schmitt, Chas E. Briere, District
Attorney, arrived just before Miss
! Altenberg died.
Judge Edward n. PomainvilIe ex-
amined the attending physician, who
gave it as MS opinion that Miss Al
tenberg came to her death by taking
an overdose of oil of Tansy.
The funeral service of Miss Inez
Altenberg, took place Monday after
noon, July 29, from the home Of heI
parents on Tenth Avenue, at 2 o.
clock, Rev. Francis A. Pease, of the
Methodist church officiating. Inter
ment took place in Forest Hill GENE
terry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
HOTEL WITTER RE.
DECORATED AND RE-
FURNISHED THRUOUT
New Managers Making First Class
Home For Transients

/ the west end Of the several halls on
the different floors, there is a door
/ leading out to the balcony that over
hangs the river and affords a beauti-
ful view of the river, the dam and
the Consolidated park Hot as it was
outside, Sunday, the cool breeze from
the river coming thru these halls
made the temperature in the hotel
very comfortable.
The first floor is taken up with
4 the hotel office, the kitchen and din
1 ing room. Everything about the kit
chen and dining room is modern and
/ fitted in the most sanitary way. One
guest at the Sunday dinner express
ed it as being Meat as a Home"
Over sixty people were served at
the Sunday dinner. The cuisine was
| excellent and it it more than proba-
bic that a great many of the citi-
4 zens will patronize this hotel for
/ their Sunday dinners when they
know they can get such excellent
meals. The hotel under the manage
ment of Messrs. Gerow and Stevens
fills long felt want in this city.
Both these gentlemen are first class
hotel men and they have the faculty
of making each guest feel perfectly
at home, which means a good deal
to the person who has to be away
from home either on pleasure or bu-
siness.
The editorial staff of the Reporter
are under obligations to the new
management for Sunday dinner on
July 2S, 1912, at which time a
careful inspection of the building and
the furnishings was made. We take
pleasure in commencing it to the gen
eral public.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
DEATH Of MRS.
DAVID WARNER

1t will be remembered that Mrs.
David Warner of Pine River, who
had been staying with her son, Ed
ward Warner in the town of Rudolph
from February last until the first of
June. when she went to visit her son
Stephen Warner at Warrens, Wis,
While there she grew worse and
died last Thursday. July 25th of old
age. She was 81 years old and the
funeral services took place Sunday
Mr. and Mrs Ed. Warner returned
home Monday from attendance Of the
funeral service.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01

Messrs. D. J. GeroW and A. J. Ste
vens, the new proprietors Of the Wit
ter Hotel have been busy ever since
their advent into Grand Rapids i'm
proving this hotel with an eye sin
gle to the betterment of this hosteIry
for the care and comfort Of visitors.
They now have completed its reno
vation. repainting and refurnishing
the entire hotel. It is now thoroughly
sanitary, electric lighted and steam
heated. There are 80 single rooms
and four double rooms. Their en-
deavOr along this line is cOmmendable
on their part and should be encour-
aged by our business men and citizens
to see that they get their share of
the patronage. Such enterprise is de
serving of success and we know that
the new managers will receive this at
the hands Of the citizens of Grand
Rapids
The Witter Hotel is truly a new
hotel in every sense of the word out
side oi the actual construction. The
interior has been renovated from top
to bottom It has been repainted anC
papered throughout. On the second
floor new rugs and new sanitary beds
have been placed in all the rooms and
new rugs and furniture have been
placed in the halls The third floor
has been greatly improved and the
rooms made home-like and attrac-
i've. The third floor is full, to use
the hotel way of expressing it. All
the rooms are occupied by regular
boarders. The beds on the second
floor are all iron and everything is
done to make the transient hotel
visitor as comfortable as possible. AT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01
ARE EVER AT WAR

There are two things everlastingly
at war, Joy and piles. But Bucklen's s
Arnica SaIve will Danish piles in any
form. 1t soon subdues the itching
irritation, inflammation or swelling.
1t gives comfort invites JOY. Great
est healer of burns, boils, ulcers,
cuts, bruises, eczema, scalds, pimples
skin eruptions. Only 25 cts. at J.
E. Daily Drug & Jewelry Store.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Conway and
children and Mrs. Henry Demitz
left Tuesday in the Conway car for
a trip through the southern part Of
the state. They expect to be gone
a week
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01

Mrs. D. D. Greene and two daugh-
ters of Neosha, Wis, are guests of
Mrs. George Miller in this city this
week. Her husband is the Grand Mas
ter of the Masonic Order in this
State.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-01

inning. Bentz went along until the
eighth and was replaced by DuChane
ten runs having been made off of
him during the six innings he was
on the mound. DuChane got off easy
only one run being made off of him
in one inning.
Cy Young will pitch for Stevens
Point Sunday on the home lot.