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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-12

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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-12

BROAD ST.. 52s-Large. pleasant. light
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-12

COLUMBIA ST.. 81 ana o-Neat cool
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-12

1 LAVE a pair Of new brown pumps. value
S.o3 fBs Will takH 200 United eaaar t8a-
pons. or what have you? Address SHOES
Box las. star office.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
SALARIES EXEMPT
Are Not Subject to Income Tax
Rules Attorney General.
ASSESSMENT MAY BE MADE
Tax Officials Expected to Disregard
Bancroft's Opinion and Pave Way
for Test of Mooted Question Be-
fore Supreme Court.

Madison.-The opinion given by
Attorney General Bancroft that pub
lie salaries are not subject to the
income tax will probably not change
the announced policy of the state tax
commission to assess all such sal
aries.
When the question was first dis
cussed in the newspapers it was
stated by the commission that sal
aries of public officials would be as
sessed, even those salaries fixed by
the state constitution. 1t was ex-
planned that the tax did not neces-
sarily mean a reduction of income,
owing to the many exemptions I'M
der the laws and that in many in
stances, no doubt, the total tax paid
by a public official would, therefore,
be less than before.
1t is understood, also, that many
public officials, including judges, had
already turned in to the assessors
their income statements. 1t has also
been argued that a we'll paid public
official would not be likely to invite
the criticism which would certainly
come, if he sought to avoid "a tax
which others had to pay.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
Heirs to Big Fortune.

New Richmohd--Harry M. Will
Jams, president of the local Indus
trial club, and Donald w. Williams,
cashier of bank at Redwood City,
Cal, both sons of the late Ward 8.
Williams of this city, are the prin-
cipal heirs Of their uncle, former
United States Senator A. P. Will
Jams of California, who died recently
in San francisco. The deceased SEN
ator's four brothers are bequeathed
5000, one Of them being o, j.
Williams of this city, whose share is
$4,000, and to each of twelve
nephews and nieces. two of them are
Ward S. Williams and Abram p.
Williams of this city, $4,000. The
senator went to California in 40 and
amassed a fortune saidt~o be consid-
erably over a million dollars.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
KOEHLER GOES TO
PRISON FOR LIFE
Confessed Slayer Of Anna Mil
Ter Quickly Sentenced.
YOUNGEST TO GET MAXIMUM
Eighteen-Year-O'd Boy Recites De-
tails of Crime ana Is Unmoved oy
Sight of Bloody Ratchet Had In
tended to Commit Suicide.

Milwaukee. - Imprisonment In
Waupun for the remainder Of his
natural life was tie sentence imposed
by Judge Backus in municipal court
upon Albert Koehlec. aged Is years,
after he had pleaded guilty to the
charge of numbering his cousin, Miss
Anna Miller, aged 80 years, five days
previously.
The punishment followed COM,
piete confession in court by the
youthful murderer. in which he re-.
lated detail after detail of the grue-
some crime. His motive was revenge
for having been turned from the Mil
Ter home after a quarrel.
Koehler Is the youngest defendant.
ever given the maximum penalty Of
the law in Wisconsin. The lad re-,
ceived his sentence in a stoical man.
ner and without apparent signifi-
canoe as to the length of punish
ment.
In his confession in court. it de.
yeloped that Koehler had written a
complete statement of his crime be-
lore he was captured and had in
tended to commit suicide, but lacked
courage to carry out his act.
While on the witness stand Koch
Ter never exhibited a trace of emo
tion or the least sign of remorse.
Even the sight of the blood-stained
Ratchet, with which he killed his VIC
tim for revenge, did not undermine
HIS stolid composure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
AVERT STRIKE IN
SOFT COAL FIELDS
Deadlock at Cleveland Ends In
Mutual Agreement.
ANTHRACITE MEN TO GO OUT
President White Orders $4,000 Work
ers to Cease Operations, But Union
Leaders Ask Another Conference
With Operators.

Cleveland, O. - There will be no
strike in the soft coal region and
there is a possibility that one may
be prevented in the anthracite fields,
as tie union leaders have made over
lures 10 the operators for another con-
ference.
Operators OF soft coal mines In
western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois have agreed to general
advance in wages OF five cents a ton
on screened lump, with a correspond
ing increase for day labor and to grant
a five-hour workday on Saturday.
John =. White, president or the
United Mine Workers, has Issued an
order to the men in the anthracite
fields calling out all of the lfo'ooo
men, except such as are necessary 10
protect property. Negotiations are
now being carried on through Or.
Charles + Neill, United States com
sioner of labor, to bring about an
other conference with the anthracite
operators, but ii is not expected that
settlement will be reached until after
May l.
When details of secret understand
ing between the Illinois operators ana
miners became known the entire sit-
nation changed At first 1t was denied
by both sides, but 1t caused the east
err operators to change front ana 10
agree to the wage advance. Neither
DappcI1uoUta could
afford to remain idle with Illinois at
work, because by doing so they would
lose their markets in the northwest.
On the question OF local working
conditions ii was agreed that they
should remain as at present, the
miners waving all demands in return
for the wage increase and reduction
in hours.
State conventions will be called as
soon as possible to fix the details OF
working contra CT, and while the men
In most OF thu districts will suspend
work temporarily, it will not affect the
general public, as work will be re-
sumed as soon as the demand for coal
warrants 1t.
While the settlement here does not
apply to the southwest territory or to
Iowa, Michigan or Kentucky, all Of
those states will accept the new scale
without a fight. There is some doubt
II the scale can be enforced in central
Pennsylvania without strike, as none
Of the operators from that district
was represented here.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
SALOONS REOPEN;
MURDER FOLLOWS
Scores of Fights-8O in Cells at
Rock Island.
CLUB RAIDED BY MILITIA
Man Found Shot to Death in Alley
Troops Not to Blame, Says
Sheriff Citizen Is
Slugged.

Rock Island, III. One murder
and an assault on man mistaken
for Chief of Police James Brinn
marked the departure of ten of the
twelve companies Of National Guard
that have maintained temporary
period Of quiet here. These outbreaks,
however, are believed by the civil au-
thorities to have been isolated cases
of rowdyism, and not an evidence OF
the temper of the people.
The dead man is Rufus Phoenix,
who was shot and his body thrown in
an alley His death is shrouded in
mystery. the sluggers claiming he was
shot by the soldiers, while the com
handing officer OF the state forces de-
clare his men have not fired a shot
since they assumed charge OF the
city.
Walter Rice Of Galesburg is badly
battered as a result of being taken for
Chief of Police Brinn. Rice and Brinn
look very much alike, and dress al
most exactly the same. 1t is thought
Rice was attacked and beaten by a
band OF sluggers who thought they
were assaulting the chief of police.
Eighty men participants in street
fights. many of them intoxicated. are
In the city and county jails.
Following a free-for-all fight at the
Lincoln club and the interference OF
soldiers and police, Rufus Phoenix,
chauffeur for Capt. Walter Rosenfield,
who is campaign manager for Laur-
ence Y Sherman, candidate for COVER
nor, was found dead in the alley out
side of the club. He had been shot
through the left lung Two stories are
being circulated as to how he met his
death
One Is that in dispute In a poker
game he was shot and his body taken
outside the club to avoid publicity.
The other is that In the scramble of
club members to get away when the
police and militia arrived he was shot
down in trying to escape.
FIFTEEN men found In the club when
the raid was made are locked in the
police station. Coroner Rose will hold
rigid investigation as soon as he
finishes with the inquest on the two
riot victims. Sheriff Bruner declared
that Phoenix had not been shot by
miitiaman.
Il have positive information that
not one shot has been fired by the sol.
diers since they arrived" he said.
and Morrison companies were with
drawn today.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
PROBE KEN0SHA EPIDEMIC
Complaints to State Board of Health
Causes Investigation of Scar
let Fever Situation.

Madison.-Hundreds of complaints
have been received from Kenosha,
where an epidemic of scarlet fever is
raging, and DR.. c. A. Harper, sec
rotary of the state board of health
has sent one of his lieutenants to
investigate the complaints.
THE situation at Kenosha has
been bad for some time" said Dr.
Harper. THE board of health there
has been football in politics. An
other board will come into office
within few days, and unless cofldi-
lions are changed at once shall take
charge of the situation"
The exact number of deaths from
the fever since it became prevalent
at kenosha is not obtainable, but
common report is that forty children
have died of the disease and it's COM
plications since Dec. Is.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
MUST OBSERVE HOUR LIMIT
Industrial Commission Denies Relief
to Pea Gamers, Who Asked I'M
munity from Labor Laws.

Madison.-The pea packing inter-
ests in Wisconsin will have to look
to the legislature for relief from the
present exactions of the women's la
Dor law. A committee conferred with
members of the state industrial COM
mission relative to concessions in the
enforcement of the law limiting the
hours Of labor for women and girls
to ten in the daytime and eight at
night, or fifty-five hours a week
1t was contended that unless long
er hours for the female labor are al
lowed the packers are liable to stand
large financial loss. The commission
informed the packing representatives
that it was powerless to change the
law or to relent in it's enforcement.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
MAY REPEAL SUFFRAGE ACT
Failure of Women to File Campaign
Expenses Renders the Measure
Liable to Withdrawal.

Madison. Repeal of the measure
submitting an amendment to the
state constitution providing for
woman's suffrage at the special ses-
sion of the legislature, may be the
result of the opinion given the secre-
tary OF state by Attorney General
Bancroft. This step may be taken be-
cause of the failure of those working
for the passage of the amendment
to file statements of contributions
and expenses of the campaign
According to the opinion of the at
torney general both the suffragettes
and the anti-suffragettes come with
in the corrupt practices law and have
been operating within its provision
for the last six months. The fail
ure to file the required statements
makes the women conducting the
campaigns liable to the penalties of
the law.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
MAY PUT WOMAN ON BOARD
Governor Considering Plan for Agri-
cultural Commission Which Will
Br> ak All Presidents.

Madison. - Gov. McGovern an
nOunces that he is considering the
naming of woman as a member of
the state board of agriculture as soon
az the new law on congressional ap-
portionments goes into eject on
April 1.
Never in the history of the state
has woman held a position on this
board, and the governor is consider
ing the plan only after having re-
ceived several applications from
women in different parts of the state.
He did not say whom he would ap-
point, should he make such de-
cision, nor whether she would rep
resent district or be member at
large.
Gov. McGovern also announced
that he will appoint the successors
TO the four members whose term ex-
PRED on Jan. /.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
SENATOR TAYLOR is DEAD.
Famous Tennesseean Dies at His
Washington Home.

Washington. - United States Sen
ator Robert Lane Taylor of Ten
nessee, known in his native state I'M
der the sobriquet of "Fiddling Bob"
died at his home here from the effects
Of an operation for gall stones.
Senator Taylor Is survived by his
widow, son. David Taylor, and three
married daughters in Tennessee. He
was stricken March Is at the union
station as he was about to board
train for North Carolina He was hur-
ried to his apartments. suffering In
tense pain from gall stones.
The burial service was held at his
old home In Knoxville.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
RESCUE SEVEN AS
BOAT GOES DOWN
Whole Family Near Victims OF Ra-
eing ssissppi-Farmers
Flee for Lives.

st. Louis. family Of sew
en- was rescued from the raging wa
tiers of the Mississippi river here
in sight of thousands Of spectators
who were watching the food.
A houseboat in which man, his
wife and five small children lived was
torn from its moorings by the heavy
driftwood. Soon after being swept in
10 the current the frail craft dragged
over sunken snags, stove in It's Dot
tom and started to sink.
Two motor BOATS rushed to the res
cue. and after fighting off the heavy
drift reached the side of the boat just
as the water was sweeping over the
deck. The craft sank five minutes aft
er the last occupant had stepped to
safety.
Conditions in the flooded district OF
Cairo are serious and the situation Is
growing graver day by day.
The Drinkwater levees on the Mis-
souri, side broke despite the efforts of
more than a thousand men, and the
water is sweeping over a three-mile
stretch of levee and flooding almost
the entire southeastern section of Mis-
souri,.
Farmers and their families fed to
safety, leaving live stock to its fate,
and hundreds Of head Of cattle and
hogs are floating toward the gulf.
Two Iron Mountain trains were
caught between the Birds Point and
Charleston floods and the passengers
had to be taken off in boats. All traf-
fic between Cairo and Charleston, KY.
has been abandoned.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
REMOVE CAPITOL FOUNTAIN
Old Outdoor Aquarium at the S ate
House in Madison Will
Soon Be Gone.

Madison. - The old out-of-door
aquarium that for nearly third Of
a century adorned the capitol park
just south of the statehouse, is to
be removed. 1t stands Immediately
in front of the entry that is to lead
from the southeast side of the capt.
toll dome and interferes with the Tor
NAL landscape as its removal has be-
come necessary, as it is designed by
the authorities. Wovkmen already
are busy tearing it down.
The foundation was originally
built and erected as feature of the
worlds fair at Chicago in 1898.
When it had served its purpose there
it was bought by the Wisconsin au-
thorities and transplanted to Madi-
son.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
SENATE BODY UPHotDs LoRIMER
Senators Declare Question Has A.
ready Been Decided.

Washington.-The special invest.
eating committee of the senate
by a vote OF to decided to
report to the senate that the charges
against Senator William Lorimer If
Illinois have not been sustained, that
the evidence has disclosed no corrup-
ton in his election, and that despite
the evidence which 1t has heard. 1t
has discovered nothing which would
Justify reversal of the solemn and
deliberate judgment of the United
States senate rendered during the last
session of the Sixty first congress
holding valid the election of William
Lorimer as a senator Of the United
States"
Another resolution adopted exon
Grated Edward Hines, the Chicago
lumberman, of any wrongdoing
Washington.-Sena Stephenson,
octogenarian millionaire banker ard
lumberman, retains his seat BY
a vote Of 40 to "a, the senate
declared his election valid and reject
ed the charge that s107.793, which the
senator admitted spending in the Wis.
consin primaries. had been used cor
ruptly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
SHERWOOD DOLLAR A DAY
PENSION BILL KILLED
Senate Rejects II, 81 to is, and Passes
McCumber Substitute, Which
Saves $36, Zoo, 900 a Year.

Washington. - After rejecting the
Sherwood 81 day pension Dill.
which bad passed the house. the
senate passed the McCumber supstl-
tute, general age and service pen
sion measure. The substitute Will add
only $20.00O.000 annually TO the PEN
sion roll, whereas 1t was estimated
the Sherwood bill would increase pen
sion expenditures an average oil $o6.-
100000 during the next five years.
The vote on the McCumber substi-
tute was Al to 81. and on the mai
passage of the bill 1t was 81 to 16.
only Democrats voting against the
motion.
Senator Brown of Nebraska, friend
OF the Sherwood bill, succeeded in Sc
curing the adoption of a provision to
the McCumber substitute, which pen
sions at the rate Of $50 month any
soldier OF the Civil war who was
wounded in battle and is now unfit for
manual labor by reason thereon, or
who from disease incurred on duty
has been found to be unable 10 per
form manual labor.
This Is an elastic provision and may
increase the expenditures from $4,000
600 to 100000 annually.
The senate also adopted an amend
ment offered by Senator Lea of Ten
nessee excluding from the benefits OF
the bill all persons who have an an
nual income Of $1,000 or more.
The McCumber bill requires bene-
hciaries to have served 80 days and
provides pensions ranging from $l3
TO $50 month, instead of a 60-day
minimum and SIS to $50 pension. as
IN the house measure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
BLIND SENATOR is PERlLED.
Gore of Oklahoma Attacked by Insane
Man With Club.

Waukesha, Wis. - Cenator Gore
OF Oklahoma narrowly escaped death
when crazed Pole, Charles Scho-
mulla, attacked him with club
while the senator was speaking. The
Pole was sitting near the stage and.
In the midst of the senator's speech.
suddenly leaped to the platform, draw
ing club from under his overcoat as
he jumped and swung instantly at the
senator's head.
One of the men on the stage, Judge
p. c. Hartman, was quicker than the
maniac, however, and knocked Scho-
mulla off the stage before his blow
landed. The blind senator was un.
aware of the incident until later.
The authorities learned that Soho
mulla had planned to attack Mr..
Roosevelt, who he thought was to go
through Waukesha. The Roosevelt
train, however, went through Wiscon-
sin over another route.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
FAMOUS BADGER cow DEAD
West Bend Breeder Loses holstein-
Fresian That Was the Worlds
Champion Two-Year-Old.

West Bend.-Cedar Lawn De Kol
Johanna 1856, the worlds cham
pion 2-year-old cow, owned by c. A.
Schroeder of this city, is dead of
blood poisoning. When years old
she acquired worldwide fame by
producing 513.7 pounds of milk and
25.S pounds of butter in a seven day
test. She was considered the most
valuable HolsteinFresian cow in the
world by breeders, and offers of $5,-
900 for her had been refused.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
REFUSES REIMBURSEMENT
Senator Stephenson Declares He Will
Pay Own Expenses Occasioned
by Senate Investigation.

Washington, d. C.-Senator Steph-
enson has announced that under no
conditions will he permit the senate
to reimburse him for money expend-
ed by him on his election investiga-
ton. 1t is customary when senator
is exonerated in an election case of
this kind, to bring in resolution APP
propriating money out of the contin-
gent fund of the senate to pay the ex-
penses of the senator resulting from
the inquiry. Such a resolution was
brought in by Senator GallingeI at
the last Lorimer election, but was
not acted on at the latter's request.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
READY TO BUILD BIG DAM
Enormous Power Will Be Developed
on Chippewa Rivsr-Purpos~
as Yet Unnnown.

deray.-Engineer have al
NEST completed their survey and
half mile below the junction Of the
east and west forks of the Chlope-
wa river. The structure will be 32
feet high, and at the ends of the
concrete work, the earth filings will
be 40 feet wide at the top. The pow
er stored up will be enormous, but
for what purpose it will be use>i is
not yet known. Engineers state that
Chief lake, fourteen miles above the
dam in the reservation, will be raised
16 feet. Several thousand acres of
land, including number OF impr ov.'
ed farms, will be flooded.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
SCOTT SHIP is IN PORT.
English Antarctic Explorer Is Not on
Board,

London. A dispatch from Wei.
ling on, n. T., says that the Terra
Nova. the vessel that took Capt Rob.
ert F. Scott to the antarctic regions
for the purpose Of exploration and to
attempt a dash TO the south pole, has
arrived at Akaroa, ~ T.
"Akaroa, \. z -- The Terra Nova,
the vessel of the British antarctic ex.
petition, was sighted off this port
and anchored shortly after day.
break. Contrary to expectation. she
does not bring back with her Captain
Scott and his antarctic party. Her
commander was intrusted with the
following brief message from Captain
Scott, which he had sent to the base
OF the expedition before the Terra
Nova left:
! am remaining in the antarctic
for another winter in order to con
tiDue and complete my work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
WAR RUMORS AT CAPITAL.
Washington Denies U. S. Plans Mex
lean Intervention.

Washington. War rumors with
out number are in circulation in Off
cial Washington concerning the Mex.
leo situation, ranging from interven.
ton by the United States to the dis
patch of an embassy guard to the City
OF Mexico.
In fact, the only action on the part
OF the government which might be re-
garded as in any way connected with
the Mexican situation was the dis.
patch OF one thousand standard Krag
rifles from New York to arm the
American colony in the City OF Mex.
leo.
Even this was done upon the rec.
ommendation OF Ambassador Wilson
with the full consent of the Mexican
government and with the assurance
that the American residents were to
act simply as a police force.
President Taft has not changed his
belief that there is no ground for In
tervention in Mexico as the result Of
any OF the recent military engage
ments In Mexico.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-04-04
FREEL ALLEN Is CAUGHT.
STRIPPING Of II Is Caught In Fathers
Shed--OnIy Two Are Free

Hillsville, Va. - Freel Allen, young
est OF the eight OF the Allen gang,
was captured in a carriage shed at the
home OF his father, Jack Allen, eight
miles from here.
Freel, who Is lad OF eighteen
years with pink cheeks and light OF
build had separated from the other
members of the band who shot and
killed five men in the local court
house and sought refuge at the home
OF his parents. He was traced there
by Detectives Tom Felts and Harry
Lucas, who went to the house and
demanded his surrender.
Freel brought this thrilling mes
sage from the two uncaptured fugi-
tives, Sidna Allen and Wesley Ed
wards:
1T will be battle to the death
neither Of us expect ever to see home
or family again. II posse gets us they
will get two dead men and there will
be some dead detectives, too. We
have four pistols and a Winchester
pump gun and plenty of ammunition.
Might as well die with boots on as in
electric chair"