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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
REFERENDUM LAWS OF
OREGON HELD VALID
Supreme Court Says Only Congress
Can Change statutes-case
Bitterly Fought

Washington BY implication the
United States Supreme court de-
clared the initiative and referen
dun amendment to the Oregon consti-
tuition OF be valid and the cause of d.
rect legislation by the people won 3 de-
cisive victory.
1t refused to take Jurisdiction OF the
test suits contesting validity Of the
legislation.
Many states IN which agitation for
direct legislation is before the people
are Affected by the decision. Oregon s
courts have declared constitutional
the initiative and referendum. in two
cases heard.
Justice White delivered the opinion
The issues are political and gov
ernmental, and not therefore within
the reach Of judicial power" he said.
1T follows that the case presented is
not within our jurisdiction. and the
writ of error must therefore be and
it is dismissed for want Of jurisdic-
ton"
Execution on the gallows annuls
the criminals life insurance policies,
according to the Supreme court, which
held that the four infant children Of
James S. McCue, once mayor Of
Charlottesville, Va, who was executed
in 1905 for wife murder, were not en-
titled to SIS, 900 insurance money from
the Northwestern Mutual Life Of Mil
waukee
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
30 CASH REGISTER
MEN ARE INDICTED
Indictment Charges Violation q Anil
Trust Law-Bribe and Threat
Alleged.

Cincinnati. A special federal
grand jury here returned indict-
ments charging thirty officials and
employees Of the National Cash Regis
ter company of Dayton, o., with Grim
inal violation Of the Sherman anti
trust law.
The following officers Of the Nation
al Cash Register company are named
in the indictments:
John 4. Patterson, president
E. A Deeds, Yice-president
G. C. Edgeter, secretary.
w. T. Bippus. treasurer.
There are three counts in the indiet-
ments against the officials and employ
es of the company. The first count
charges that nearly al competitors
concerned have been brought out or
driven out Of business. It is charged
that restraint has been in operation
for the last twenty years, although the
specific charge is confined to the last
three years. 1t is said TO have been
affected by bribing employees of com
petitors and transportation, Telegraph
and telephone companies, and injuring
| the credit Of competitors in libeling
! their machines. The second and third
counts charge the defendants with
| monopolizing the cash register bust
ness by the same means.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
When Bodysnatchers ThrIved


A link with the days of the body
snatchers was severed, recently, by
the death, at the age of 80, of George
Florence of Culsalmond, Aberdeen.
Scotland, who at once time acted as a
grave digger. He had many recolIec-
tiOns Of incidents associated with sup
preston Of the ghoulish practice of
procuring bodies for dissection pur-
poses. In many churchyards a place
was set apart for the Watchers
friends and relatives of the deceased
who kept guard over the place Of
burial for several nights after the
funeral He used to say with pride
that CulsaImond churchyard was a
terror to bodysnatchers. In one cor
ner was a Watchhouse where the
bodies were kept for weeks after
death, until they were useless from
the anatOmists' point of view. The
walls were of extraordinary thickness,
and the doors were of iron, doubly
locked. The keys were placed in the
custody of four keykeepers, elected
periodically without whose personal
attendance no one could enter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
EXTENDS TINE FOR
NOMINATION FILING
Secretary of State Makes lm-
portant Ruling.
Is DAYS MORE is ALLOWED
Decision Applies to Petitions for
Presidential Nom natiors, National
Convention Delegates and Noni-
matt rs Filed With County Clerks.

NATURALIZATION for presiden-
tial nominations and for delegates to
national conventions must be filed
not more than forty days and not less
than fifteen before the spring cleo
ton, according to a ruling of Secre-
tary of State Frear.
The decision was made in response
to the request of John A. Awkward.
Senator J. J. Blaine and E. L. Philip
Of the various presidential commit
tees, for an opinion, and also APPLIES
to all papers filed with county clerks
at the spring elections.
By this ruling the primary is elm
mated and all nominations must be
made through petition as are indie
pendent nominations at the general
elections. The decision, which is
based by the secretary on section 50
of the amended statutes, will extend
the time for filing fifteen days be-
yond the limit fixed by the Septem-
Der primary law
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
TAFT TO ANSWER !
ROOSEVELT'S TALK
President Will Take Issue With
Columbus Speech.
AWAIT WORD FROM COLONEL
Former President to Make Definite
Announcement of His Position
Monday-Rafuses TO Confirm
"Hat in Ring" Story.

Washington Taft will
reply to Col Theodore RooseYelt's
Columbus speech. Although the
president will make no direct at
tack on Mr.. Roosevelt, and although
administration officials refuse to
discuss the latter's Columbus
speech, it became known that the
president would answer the speech
and present a clear cut issue between
his political creed and that Of his
predecessor. Mr.. Taft's answer will
not be made in one speech, but be
tween now and the last Of March he
has many speaking engagements that
will be utilized for this purpose.
New York.-Colone1 Roosevelt came
back from his trip to Columbus, o., in
an amiabIe mood.
How did you like the trip" he
was asked.
1T was fine, fine" said the ex-presi
dent. 'T had a bully time"
Roosevelt frowned when asked If he
/ had remarked to an Ohio politician
who demanded to know where he
stood respecting the presidential can
didacy: My hat is in the ring"
If l made any such remark I'll lei
others tell about it," he exclaimed
/ I'm not going to talk about those
/ things. I have said l will have
statement to make within few days
in reply to the letter of the progress
/ sive governors. No use trying to ge
me to talk about it before my an
nouncement comes OUT
1T is generally understood. colonel
that you are to say you will accepr
the nomination if your party insists,
was suggested
rs it?" retorted the expresident
Very well, let it be understood tina
way. I'll not say a word about it."
It is now definitely known tha
/ RooseveIt's answer to the governors
will be made public on Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
STILL WELD THEIR POWER
Mummies Of Ancient Kings, It Is De
clared, Have Ability to Resent
Lese Majesty.

A correspondent of the Egyptian
Gazette relates a strange adventure
that happened to him. He visited the
Cairo Museum, accompanied By .
friend, and in the course Of his in
Epection came across the mummy OF
-Ahmose 1. IN the wall case not far
from the jewel room.
He turned to his companion and
made some remark about the extreme
ugliness Of the nummy's face. No
aoOner had he made that remark than
he was overcome with a feeling OF
suffocation as If a cord was being
aightened around his neck. The feel
ing lasted for about a minute and
then gradually began to pass away.
The correspondent adds that he and
his fellow traveller were considerably
shaken By the incident. which was all
the more extraordinary in that he
had never had a days illness in his
life.
Doubtless scientists and medical
men will have their theory for this
incident, but all the same 1t has an
uncanny flavor. There is indeed q
popular superstition, whether fathered
by the dragomans in order to mystify
and oVeraWe tourists one cannot say,
that the mummies still retain the
powers of wizardry which in the full
ness Of their life they were credited
with possessing. As a result many
folk absolutely decline to look at the
mummifed remains Of Egypts ancient
kings, as they aver the spirits Of those
personages will wreak their vengeance
on them for their profane gaze.
I personally know level headed, ra
tional residents who, fascinated by
the Sphinx, can stand and look at ii
for an hour on end, but who would
80 IN mortal terror Of their lives II
they were in its presence to let fall
any personal remark about its ugIi
ness or dilapidated ondition.-CairC
Letter to the London Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee. Feb. "a. Is

Milwaukee, Feb. "a, 1912.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 27c;
prints, use; frsts, 240 use; seconds,
20@23c renovated, 240 25c; dairy,
fancy, 24c.
Cheese-American, full cream,
Twins, Tic; daisies, new, IT Q17 u C;
Young Americas, 1715 01Sc; long
horns, 19c; Swiss, 15017c.
Eggs-Current recei. is fresh as
to quality, 5@27c; Eecandled, ex-
tras, SO q Sac; seconds, 24025c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, II u C; roost-
ers, Sc; springers, lac.
Potatoes Wisconsin, sacked. on
track, 1.O001.05.
Hay-No. 1 timothy, 21.O0; clio
yer, 1850; No 1 prairie, 1850.
Wheat-No 1 northern, 100 q
Ito; No. northern, los q 1.O9'
No. 3 northern, 1903.
Corn-No. 3, yellow, CSC.
Oats-No. white, 52Ac; stand
ard, 5213c
Wisconsin, 1.15; No. 3,
lib; medium, 1.18.
Cattle-Butchers steers. 1900
$50; heifers, 3.4O@5.40; COWS,
3.75@5.15; feeders, 3.9O@4.4O;
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 6.10
@6.2O; fair to best light, $500
Go; pigs, 50O@5.5O.
Sheep-Lambs. 100000; ewes,
3.OOQ3.75.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
MAY BE DlSENFRANCHlSED
Missing Records of NaturaIzations
StartIe Politicians and Business
Men at Sp rita.

Sparta.-The recent discovery that
all naturalization records of Mon
roe county prior to 1888 are miss
ing makes legal foreigners of all
persons nsturalized prior to that
time, in the opinion of attorneys,
and a number of men who have been
active in politics and business in
Sparta for many years have made
application for new papers One of
those affected is Evan R. Jones, who
is the republican leader in the coun-
ty and a former active member of
the legislature. The naturalization
process will require five years, dur
ing which time the applicants can not
vote or hold office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
FIRE LOSS PUT
At S7,5O0,O0O
C0nflagration Sweeps Business
Portion of Houston, Tex.
BLIZZARD SPREADS FLAMES
Firemen Are Unable TO Prevent De.
struction OF Cotton Congresses
and Warehouses-Hones of
Thousands Are DESTROYED.

Houston, Tex.-Almost the en-
ire manufacturing district Of Hous-
ton. with large adjoining section de-
voted mainly to the homes Of work
men, is in ruins as the result of q fire
that swept the manufa curing and a
section of the residence district.
So far as Is known DOW no lives
were lost, but the damage to property
viii be not less than S7,000,0o0 and
may greatly exceed that figure.
Thousands OF persons are homeless,
but there is 40 great suffering yet,
although thu weather is cool. Fears
are felt that the blizzard which ragged
IN northern Texas may reach here
within twenty-four hours, in which
case great hardship viii be expert
enced by the homeless.
Wind velocity of more than forty
miles an hour was registered through
out the time the fire was at It's height,
and this not only hampered the fire
men in fighting the blaze at its cen
ter, but caused the flames to leap
streets and alleys and devastate an
area twenty-five city squares in ex.
tent.
The heaviest loss in any single in.
dustry was suffered by the cotton
congresses and warehouses. EST
mates of the loss in this staple by the
most conservative insurance adjust.
ers on the ground were all in excess
Of 100000 Some predicted that the
loss in cotton alone would reach $5,-
| 100000.
The lumber industry also suffered
heavily, while strip, paint and pencil
factories were in the path Of the
flames and furnished tinderlike fuel as
soon as they were attacked.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
HOUSE PASSES TARIFF BILL.
Chemical Measure Is Adopted Prac-
ticaliy by Democratic Votes.

Chemical Measure Is Adopted Prac-
ticaliy by Democratic Votes.
Westinghouse the first time
since the insurgent Republicans
broke away from the regulars in the
fight on the petroleum duty in the
Payne tariff bill in 1909, the Repub-
licans of the house presented practi-
cally a solid front against the pas
sage of a tariff revision bill.
Representative Theron Akin of New
York, an Independent Republican. and
Mr.. Hanna of North Dakota, regular
Republican, voted for the measure.
Representative Berger of Wisconsin.
Socialist, voted against it. All Dem
ocratfc members of the house voted
for the bill
The passage of the bill adds an
other Democratic tariff measure to
the senate calendar. The steel bill
is pending in the senate, where only
| collision of progressive Repub-
hcans and the Democrats can pass It
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
SAY INDIANS LACK RELIGION
Chippewa PresbYterY VIII A vance
Missionary Work on Western
Wisconsin Reservations.

Eau Claire.-At a special meet
ing of the Chippewa presbytery it
was declared that religious work
among the Indians in the western
part of Wisconsin has been sadly
neglected and that a good majority
of the 5000 Indians in Couderay,
Odanana and on the FIambeau re-
serve are without religious training.
The Presbyterian churches will take
the initiative in the missionary work
and it was recommended to the board
of home missions that the Rev. Jo-
seph Martin, an educated Indian, be
engaged as assistant to the Rev. c.
L. Merriam, in charge at Couderay.
1t was also recommended that a
grant of SO, 200 be made for a chapel
and parsonage at the reservation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
Goes s.oOo Miles to Marry.

Charles Kayser, a miner. Travelled by
horseback 1 400 miles from CandeIarfa.
New. to Denver, Colo, to attend the
wedding Of his youngest daughter.
Louise Adolph Kurtz travelled 5000
miles from Rio Janerio, Brazil, to meet
Miss Kayser, his bride-to-be, and
8Iiss Kayser travelled from Nevada to
Denver. over 1000 miles by rail. The
wedding marked the end Of a college
romance that began several years ago
at Hopkins Institute. Baltimore, when
Miss Kayser was a freshman and Mr..
kurtz was a senior
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
Buyina a Habit.

A countryman passing through town
VAS attracted by a notice in a shop
window which read: Good Habits for
Sale" After studying it for some time
ne went inside.
We'll, sir, said the assistant, what
can I do for your"
Il want to get a good habit. please. "
said the countryman
What kind would you like, sir?"
said the assistant.
The one Of getting up early in the
morning" replied the countryman.
The assistant looked astonished;
then, seing a joke. wrote on a slip of
paper: Please give bearer some self
raising flour" and then he directed
him to the grocery shop next door.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
Wisconsin News Briefs.

Madison.-During the last year the
Wisconsin fish commission has dis
tributed 1852, 100000 fish in Wiscon-
sin waters. Only thirty-three years
ago fish were regarded as the birds
of the air, to the extent that they
were supposed to be able to propa-
gate themselves without the aid of
human agencies. Scientific propaga-
ton of fish in Wisconsin since 1890
sin commercial fisheries from $225,-
600 to $1,00O.00O.
Black River Falls.-The first Sc
rious accident that has happened
at the restraining dam J. H. Wal
tiers, who is in full charge of the
work, fell from one of the concrete
forms and broke several ribs, in
jured his spine and is in a critical
condition. The last of the steel fac
ing in the foundation for the new
dam has been driven and the pile
driving completed.
Neenah-Bert Seager of this city,
% years old, recently released from
the state prison at Waupun for high
way robbery at Grand Rapids three
years ago, was sentenced to serve a
three year term for burglary at the
home of Former Congressman S. A.
Cook recently. He confessed. Sea-
gers previous servitude was for
tbraa voarc
Baraboo. - Refusing any other
terms, Floyd Carpenter, IA, will pay
his father in isstallments the $751;
200 which the older Carpenter in
vested in farm of $50 acres which
the lad will manage himself
Horicon.-A. E. Stores of Madison,
a deputy game warden, was arrested
here, charged with the same viola
ton of the game laws he is supposed
to prevent Acting under the new
state system for seining carp by the
game wardens, Stores came to Hori-
con to fish the upper Rock river, and
it is alleged he also took pickerel
from the water and shipped them to
Madison.
Madison.-Change in the prOpos-
ed plans for the Camp Randall me-
mortal arch have been decided upon
at meeting of the memorial com
mission.
Durand-The terribly mutflated
body of Albert Throne, aged 35, man
ager of the Bear Greek Creamery
company, was found on the floor of
the building by creamery patrons
While adjusting a belt on a cream
separator, Throne was caught in the
machinery and his body whirled
about the shafting.
BeIoit.-That Beloit runs grave
risk of a typhoid epidemic is the
opinion Of some of the physicians
of the city. Rockford is having a
great run of the fever and the doc
tors of the Forest city are kept busy
keeping the disease under control
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
State Threshermen Expand.

Green Bay.-At the meeting of the
Wisconsin Brotherhood of Thrasher-
men plans for perfecting organiza-
tions in each of the counties of
Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shaw
ano were made. Vice presidents were
elected for each county, as follows:
Percy Whitcomb, Oconto; Adolph
Weigert, Brown; Henry G. Smith,
Shawano; H. P. Hanson, Marinette;
August Moeller, Door; John Radue,
Kewaunee, and Wenzel zeeman,
Manftowoc. The state organization
before adjourning decided to con-
vene in Green Bay in 1913.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
CITY MUST PAY FOR LIGHTS
Waupaca Lighting Company Need Not
Reduce Contract Price, Rules
Railroad Commission.

Madison.-In a decision handed
down by the railroad commission to-
day the city of Waupaca loses in it's
contention with the Waupaca EIec-
trio Light and Railway company
After a contest in the courts over
cost of service and the service itself
the city and company appealed to the
railroad commission to arbitrate the
trouble. The commission finds that
under the circumstances the city has
not suffered such damages by rea-
son of the substitution of a new form
of light as to entitle it to claim re-
duction from the contract price for
lighting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
PIpe . Motorlst Mav Smoke

The automobile has been respon-
sible for the invention and introduc-
tion of many novel appliances which
were unheard Of and which never
would have been considered necessary
in the old days, Here is one of the
latest, 1t is called the automobile
pipe, and every automobilist who has
tried to smoke a cigar or pipe while
travelling at high speed will be inter
ested in studying its curious shape.
This, it is said by the inventor of the
pipe, will appeal to Automobiles who
are anxious to reduce wind resistance
by presenting small cutting surface
10 the wind
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07

Today, advertising is upon a fair.
square and firm basis, recognized as
a commodity, as part of the bust
ness structure, and accepted by the
public as a necessity. 1t is framed as
one would plan a house, built upon the
lines of sense and permanency, and
has become a permanent and accepta-
BILE feature in the life of business and
in the life Of all of the people.-Na-
thanieI c. Fowler, Jr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
REPORT HITS STEPHENSON.
Five Senators Attack His Riqht to
eat.

Washington. = Five members of
the senate committee which has
been inquiring into the election Of
United States Senator Isaac Stephen
son Of Wisconsin presented to the
senate a minority report against Mr..
Stephenson and brought the issue of
his election squarely before that body.
The declaration is made in the report
that to give the senator clear right
to his seat is ito notify the world that
we are careless as to whether seats
in this body are to be bought and sold
as so much merchandise to the man
with the largest purse"
The case has been under investiga-
ton since last summer. A majority
report of the investigating committee
had been presented by Senator Hey
burn. The minority report is signed
by Senators Jones, Kenyon and Clapp,
Republicans, and Lea and Kern, Demo
Gratis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
Gen. Pedro Mel Ospina.

lombia Of Secretary of State Knox
would be inopportune, owing to the
fact that Colombia's claims in connec-
ton with Panama have not yet been
arbitrated
The notification given by the Colon
bian government says that Gen. Ospi-
ma is separated" from his post at
Washington, and that the incident be
tween Colombia and the United States
is thus closed. Colombia, it continues,
will maintain her international policy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
AFTER STEEL TRUST HEADS.

Grand jury Seeks to Place Response.
bility for Burnt Papers.
New York.-Proceedings for the
punishment of those concerned in
the destruction of a trunkful Of docu.
mentary evidence intended to be used
in the prosecution of the United States
Steel corporation at Trenton, N J.. be-
gan here before the federal grand jury.
The papers, which were destroyed
last October at Worcester, Mass, were
used in the prosecution of the Ameri-
can Stee! and Wire company and thu
members of nine wire pools.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
NEW STARS PLACED ON FLAG.
admission of Arizona and New Mexico

Admission of Arizona and New Mexico
Officially Recognized in Order.
Washington.-After July 4, 1912,
the American Jack" will contain
48 stars instead of 46. An order
has been issued by Acting Secretary
of the Navy Department Beekman
Winthrop recognizing thes admission
into the American Union of the new
states of Arizona and New Mexico and
ordering the addition of the two extra
stars in the navy flag. Under the law
the additional stars are to adorn the
national ensign from the Fourth of
July following the date of proclama.
ton admitting the new commonwealth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-07
NOT AN ENEMY OF LABOR.
Newly Chosen Supreme Court Justice
Denies Circulated Story.

Morristown, N. J.-Mahlon Pit
ney, who was named for the Su-
preme court of the United States
by President Taft, took notice of
opposition to his confirmation by the
senate that has come from a labor or
ganization in the west.
II wish simply to deny" he said In
a statement, that 1 am an enemy of
labor. AS to the decision mentioned
and whatever construction some may
place on it, have nothing to say, for
the good reason that it was not mine
The opinion was delivered orally and
on the spur Of the moment by my late
father, Vice Chancellor Pitney, in 1903.
when l was junior member Of the Su.
preme court bench of this state"