The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-16


Durand w. Springer, a public school
teacher in Detroit, was chosen to sue
coed Dr. Shepard The salary is
$4,000 a year and the new secretary
will held his position until 1916.
DIR. Shepard has for several years
been the storm center in the struggles
between opposing factions in the as
ISOLATION.
kOKOMO, IND.-In making his an
nual address to the Seventh Day Ad-
ventists, President 0. Montgomery of
Indianapolis spoke in glowing terms
of the prosperity that has come to the
denominations during the past yeas.
Elder w. T. Knox of Washington,
vice president and treasurer of the
general conference, said that $4S0,000
had been sent to distant lands during
the year, Elder M. c. Wilcox of Noun
tain View, Cal, spoke on the political
unrest of the world and the confusion
in Christianity existing today.
WASHINGTON - In urging the
imperative necessity of legislation COW
ering the maximum and minimum toll
rates on the Panama canal; the gov
eminent of the zone and operation Of
the big ditch, President Taft sent
special message to congress request
ing speedy action on the Panama canal
bill. The president made it plain that
Low foI,4 10
lay opening the waterway, which he
now said might come within fifteen
months.
ST. LOUIS, MO.-With a big lead
of 1900 to $4,000 in ST. Louis, II, 900
in Jackson county, and 1000 in Buch-
anan county, William S. Cowherd of
Kansas City apparently has won the
Democratic nomination for governor
over Elliott w. Major in the primary
by a plurality estimated at 10000.
John C. Mckinley, former lieuten-
ant governor, undoubtedly has been
nominated for governor on the Re-
publican ticket.
WASHINGTON-Ab a hundred
American bluejackets from the gum
boat Annapolis have been landed in
Nicaragua and are quartered in the
American legation at Managua for
protection to American life and prop
erty. The men were landed at the re-
quest of the Nicaraguan government,
after it had confessed it's inability to
afford the protection demanded by
United States Minister Weitzel.
NEW YORK - District Attorney
Whitman has turned over to private
detective agency a thiry-eight page
statement in Jack Roses handwriting
prepared in a west side court. The
statement contains a list of gamblers
from whom Rose collected money for
Lieutenant Becker, the rates paid by
gambling houses and an estimate Of
the total amount of cash that Rose
turned over to Becker.
NEW YORK William F. Nc
Combs, campaign manager for Gov
RrnOr W1ISOn, Is udIuOU dS USi0uUdnC III
\ suit for $4,000 damages brought in
Ahe state supreme court by the admin
istrator of the estate of Thomas Clark.
The complainant alleges that Clark
was killed through the negligence OF
Mr.. McCombs chauffeur, George Koe-
cher, who ran over him.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.-Miss Mel
lie Schmidt of Alameda swan across
San Francisco bay in the good time
of three hours and four minutes. The
distance as the crow flies is three
and a half miles, but she covered full
" five and a half miles because of
the 2ig-zae course made necessary by
the strong tide.
PORT AU PRINCE, HAiTI-The
body of the late president of the
Haitien republic, General Cincinnatus
Leconte, who persisted in the fire
which docfroynd fhn national Da1acn