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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

WESTINGHOUSE r.
L. Henry of Texas, chairman of the
house rules committee, made sensa-
tional speech in the house in which
he attacked the money power in Wall
street and demanded an inquiry into
''the black hand methods of the iiaan-
cia! malta of this country" He cCun
seized thorough going inve stigatiOn
before congress accepted the Aldricb
plan of currency reform.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

FORT WAYNE, lND.-The Penn
sylvania limited, west bound, was in
a wreck at Larwill, twenty-six miles
west of Fl Wayne. Four workmen
were killed and eleven others injured,
The limited ran into a work train,
derailing the first two cars of the linn
tied. No one On the latter train was
injured The two derailed cars were
cut out, a new engine obtained, and
the train proceeded after considerable
delay.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

BONNEVILLE, MO.-A large inter
state convention to form national Or
ganization to perfect the plans for a
transcontinental highway was called
for Kansas City, April II, at a meeting
of the executive committee and officers
of the Old Trails Road association
here. At the session report of fine
progress was made on BoOne's Lick
trail, a portion of the Missouri cross
state road forming part of the pro-
posed coast to coast highway.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

INDIANAPOLIS, IND-Several new
discoveries made in the dynamite con-
spiracy cases + r0ugh 10000 letters
and kilograms SaDted in the indict-
ments as imp. @Ang practically all
of the officials If the international
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers will be the basis, it is
declared upon which the government
will seek to convict the fifty-four de-
PENDANTS charged with committing Or
abetting in almost one hundred ex-
plosions.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

CHICAGO Investigation will be
made into the facts and circumstances
connected with the death of "Joe"
Ketchel a middleweight pugilist of
Chicago, who died following a bout in
the gymnasium of the United States
naval training station at North Chi
cago with Billy" Walters. The fight
was witnessed by a number of enlisted
men and some outsiders.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

SAPULPA, OKLA.-Rigid exemina-
ton of the body of William Berryhill.
a millionaire producing oil land owner,
who died suddenly, was begun by ply
sicians at the instigation of relatives,
who assert that the man was probably
murdered The aged man, father of
Amos Berryhill, was found dead in his
bedroom at the family home here.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

BELOIT-On request of the Chicago
police, the Beloit police are holding
Under arrest a Chinaman believed to
De Chan Sing of Grand Rapids, Mich,
who is wanted at Chicago for killing
another Chinaman The man under
arrest gives the name of Neg Hong.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

WALLA WALLA, WASH. War
den c. S. Reed of the Washington
state penitentiary, said that he had
fifteen college and university gradu-
ates serving time in the institution,
Tney will take charge CT the new pri6-
on night school.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

CHICAGO-A number of private
kilograms of Armour & Co, signed by
T. G. Lee and Harry Russell Of the
company's beef department, demand
ing better results Of branch l. use
management, introduced by the gov
eminent. were read to the jury in
Judge Carpenters court by Attorney
Ralph Crews of counsel for the big
packers. Wording of the kilograms
caused the jurors to smile. The gov
eminent contends these kilograms
show the packers were continually
working for the cost price of beef at
the time Swift, Morris am the Nation
al packing companies were doing the
same thing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

FORT WAYNE, IND.-Being too
feeble to make her cries for help
heard, Mrs. Sarah Jane Jamison eighty
five years old, was burned to death at
the home of her daughter at Hoagland,
near here. Mrs. Jamison's garments
caught fire from stove and she fell
Just outside the room
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - Stepping
from the office into the chapel of his
undertaking establishment, Frank w.
FIanner committed suicide by drink
ing carbolic acid An employe found
him on the floor before the altar.
Flanner, who was fifty-eight years old,
had been respondent from i'll health.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23
GENERAL NEWS.

Observation-Disclosures States Sen
ator Isaac Stephenson Of Wiscon-
sin is not entitled to his seat in the
opinion of five members of the senate
committee on privileges and elections,
who filed a minority report with the
senate. The majority report of the in
vestigation of Senator Stephenson's
campaign expenditures was submitted
Feb u. In substance it held that the
charges of corruption in the primary
election of 1908 were not proven.
The minority report is signed by
Senators Kenyon, Clapp and Jones,
Republicans, Lea and Kern, Demo
Gratis. It contends That enough evil
dence was adduced by the inquiry to
warrant the senate in declaring Sena-
tor Stephenson's seat vacant.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

BOSTON, MAss.-Mrs. Lucy Fisk
widow of James Fisk, Jr., who wa
shot more than forty years ago il
New York by Edward S. Stokes as thu
climax of bitter rivalry between The
two men for the smiles of the famou:
beauty, Josie Mansfield, is dead
She was seventy-six years of age.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

SHEBOYGAN-F'ir of unknown or
igin totally destroyed the general
yards of the G. Reiss Coal company
here The books and records of the
company's business in Manitowoc,
Green Bay, Superior and Escanaba,
Mich, were also consumed The loss
is at least 5000. No figures on the
insurance carried were obtainable at
the time Of the blaze. Firemen fought
a losing battle with the fire for sew
eral hours
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-Six
men were killed and several injured
when a locomotive hauling an ore
train at Bingham, Utah, left the track
and rolled down a hill, crashing
through the roof of the Bingham State
bank.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

BERLIN, GER.-The German avia-
tor Schmidt died from the effects of
a fall of 100 feet, while he was flying
in his aeroplane, the breaking of the
elevatirg rudder causing the accident
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

WASHlNGTON-The Hardwick ''su-
gar trust" investigating COM
mittee, after many weeks of open
hearing here and in New York, and
almost continuous work since last
May, reported to the house that a su.
gar trust exists
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

NANkING, CHINA-The assembly
approved the edict of abdication. 1t
will insist that the emperor shall have
no voice in national affairs and that
Yuan Shi-kai, the former premier,
must come to Marking to take an oath
to abide by the provisional constitu-
ton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

PITTSBURGH, PA.-One workman
was killed and four injured in the col
lapse of three and half story con-
crete and steel Office building at the
Span, Chalfant & Co.'S steel plant at
Etna
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

BOSTON, MAss.-The last hope of
the Rev Clarence V. T Richeson, un-
der death sentence for the murder of
his choir girl sweetheart, Avis Lin
nell, has been destroyed by a state
ment from Governor Foss that he will
countenance no efforts to save the
self-confessed poisoner
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

JOPLIN, MO.-Robert E. Barnett,
a printer of Columbia, Mo-, and A. b.
Saunders, a real estate dealer of Par
sons and Columbia, Kan, were found
dead in a rooming house here from the
effects of gas escaping from a coal
stove
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

Observation-Disclosures by a mad bull
in a cattle car, Francis Gillingham, a
we'll known cattle buyer here, sus.
tanned crushed chest and is in a pre-
carious condition. Gillingham was
tying the bull in the car when the ami
NAL attacked him. Two men came to
his rescue with clubs and beat the an
imal off, rescuing Gillingham from
death.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

NEW YORK-A sum of twenty-iv,
thousand dollars in currency was sto1
en- from a taxicab in the heart of the
financial district by three highwaymer
who sprang into the vehicle and over
powered w. F. Smith and Frank War.
dell, messengers of the East River Ma
tional bank at $50 Broadway.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

ANESVILLE-Fifteen freight cars
on train No 173 left the track six
miles south of this place The cars
and contents are a total loss This is
the fourth accident of the kind that
has occurred on the ST. Paul road at
this point All the cars were piled up
and it was almost miraculous that no
one was injured.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-23

NEW YORk-The county grand jury
will make a special inquiry into the
case of Folke E. Brandt to ascertain
whether the former valet of Mortimer
L. Schiff, the banker, was sent to
prison for thirty years for burglary
in the first degree as the result of a
conspiracy.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
FLOWER SWEETMEATS PRETTY
IDEA FOR WEDDING FAVORS

spirit lamp. You burn one end OF the wtra
in the fame and when red-hot you stick
II into a piece Of melted sugar. which
hardens and binds the stem to the flower.
Then you make wires for separate petals
and coat them with sugar icing and tint
them, say. pink or white ror roses. mauve
for violets, and use either spinsch-eol-
ored icing or else angelica for the leaves.
Orange drops you heat and roll In granu~
lated sugar for centers OF the flowers.
The devices may be very numerous.
For instance, you may make the dear
est little bunch OF white sweetmeat snow
drops to lay by each plate, or one OF REQ
autumn berries. tiny danIias, daisies
what not. Arrange a nat bunch OF pink
roses and II charmingly dsooraees q
birthday cake.
The greatest fun is TO have dinerent
flower 10 lay before each plate at q din
ner table. All sorts Of ready-made sweets.
tiny 10 big, that you get at confsction-
er's NAV be pressed into the service. and
sniff skinned Jordan almonds make good
petals: red comfts may be adopted Tor
pimpernels, and so on.
Twist some crystallized vtolets or roses
I'M into a bunch, adding leaves and wire,
ana pop this into q little basket. and 70
the handle fasten some violet MOWERS, ana
Won have a dainty little ornament 70 SET
on the table at dessert.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
BEST WAY TO GET ON WITH
YOUR MOTHER N-LAW is
TO MAKE A FRIEND OF HER

and son TO be together alone 50 that
they may have heart-to-heart talks as
they did before she came into the family
The result Of this is that the mother-In-
law never speaks OF the daughter4n-lav
by any other title than angel"
This plan will work. and I command
Il to other daughters-ln-law. The best
way to get along with your mother-in-
law is to make friend Of her. and you
can do IT II you win try, because thsrs
Is no woman 50 stupid as not to know
that she will lose her son unless she is
friendly with his wife.
Not Wholly to Blame.
The daughter-in-law Is not wholly to
blame, though. for the family ruction-
She is not even the most blamsbIs be-
cause the older woman. having more
sense. and more experience OF life.
should be the one to handle the situa-
tion-snd the only way to handle the sit
uation is TO keep your hands OF
A., as an lrishman might say.
grant that 1t Is a hard thing for q
thrifty woman to stand by in silence
and see an extravagant young woman
wasting her sons money, or for q wom-
an who is good manager to watch q
poor. bungling. incompetent girl keep a
house that looks like pig sty.
II takes the fortitude OF a martyr for
mother to keep her tongue between
her teeth while a silly little fool tyran-
niZes over her adored son. but It pays
to do it. II Is Better for a daughtsr-in-
law to waste the cold potatoes. and use
her best china every day, and spend
more on clothes than she should than It
IL to ALLEVIATE your sons wife. And that
is exactly what happens II a mother-In-
law offers even a suggestion. much less a
criticism.
Finally, I would remind all concerned
that there Is only one way to settle this
problem. and that is for the two in-laws
never 10 attempt to live under the same
roof. To a real mother the one impor-
tant thing in the world Is that her son
should be happy. and the only way she
can secure this is by firmly declining to
go 10 live with him when he marries.
This involves a terrible sacrifice II he
is all that she has got. but II 10 worth
making. Better an Old Ladies Home
than TO know that she IS q perpstual
source OF discord between him and his
wife.
This Is a hard saying, but when the
time comes that two women who love
the same man can live In the same home
without quarreling over him the miIlen-
mum will have arrived.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

There are so many places in the home
where an embroidered centerpiece can be
used that it behOoves every housekeeper
to provide herself with a variety OF
these necessary pieces of linen.
In no way, perhaps. is the individu-
aIfty Of the homemaker more strongly
expressed than in the decorative center
pieces used in her dining and living
rooms.
3 French and eyeIet embroideries on plain
white linen are considered the best taste
for the dining-room table and sideboard,
but during the time between meals a
coIored linen centerpiece on the polished
dining table is permissible.
In the library, living room, and sleep
ing rooms there is always found place
for these and for general purposes there
is nothing quite so satisfactory as ecru
or gray linen embroidered in colors.
A new and very beautiful idea In the
making Of these large centerpieces is TO
underlay them with a contrasting color
of linen, cutting away part OF the de-
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
COLORED CENTERPIECES PERMISSIBLE.

broidered with silk or mercerized cotton.
catching each stitch through the colored
linen underneath and making the stitches
very close together. Buttonholing Is
sometimes used Instead OF the ordinary
over-and-over stitch.
When this is completed the top linen
is carefully cut away with a sharp pair
OF scissors.
II the pattern is large, requiring =
good-sized underlay. it Is best TO cut
away the top linen before the embroidery
Is done, turn in the edges, and carefully
haste to the linen underneath. Ecru
linen, stamped with a peacock feather
design, has blue, green. and yellow linen
revealed In the cut-out design, and these
are embroidered with varied colors rep
resenting the shades found in the natural
feathers.
Any design can be treated in this man
ner with surprisingly good results.
The edge Of such centerpiece can be
scalloped and buttonholed or finished
with border OF heavy linen lace. Either
way is quite satisfactory.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
NGTON WOMAN IS LECTURER OFNATIONAL FAME
Believes in Ideal Social
ism, Woman's Work
in Professional Life,
and in Universal
Brotherhood.

frage in Norway. Sweden. Denmark. and
Finland
Miss Richards believes in votes for
women and in ideal socialism. though
not in the ignorant conception OF the
socialistic movement that translates II as
an equal division Of property between
the rich and the poor. but in the real
socialism that means the highest good
of the many, rather than the good OF the
few at the sacrifice OF the many.
She believes that ideal socialism, like
practical Idealism, must come through
education, and that human nature, as II
is. is ready for neither.
But every movement toward the better
ment OF social and ethical conditions u
to her the finger that indexes human
faith in the ultimate result.
Miss Richards believes In woman's work
in professional and commercial fields ana
laughs at the prevalent masculine asser-
ton that the breaking Of the old-time
bonds OF domestic servitude spells chaos
for the human race.
In state of Transition.
We are in a state OF transition, that
Is ALL" she told me in discussing womsn's
broader field. And the transition neces-
sarily means unrest. but Il is an unrest
from which only ultimate good can spring.
for II means woman's greater, more un-
derstandIng, grasp OF domestic as well as
commercial and political problems.
And in this view OF the situation Miss
Richards considers not the privilege Of
sex but the higher plane OF world
system.
The uprooting OF selhshness is the key
note OF her principle in world affairs; the
universal brotherhood which her faith
encompasses: a practical idealism which
takes the threads OF nations and wesves
them into one fabric for the good Of the
whole world.
Threads in the Pattern.
In the Boy Scout movement Miss Rich
ards sees a strong thread in the pattern
OF the brotherhood Of peace. In the
theory OF socialism she points the way
to coIlectIveness OF world interests as op-
posed to selfishness and in the transition
Of woman from a domestic slave TO
mans co-wQrker In the worlds work.
another chapter Of the worlds wonderful
story OF development Is found.
In her lectures on current history, her
brilliant recital OF the story OF domestic
politics and foreign affairs, Miss Richards
Is most guarded, however, in thrusting
personal opinions. prophecies. ideals-call
them what you will-upon her auditors.
But. underlying the vivid narrative of
current history-the ready flow OF wit
runs a faith in the human race so clear
and deep that II cannot fail Of transmits
sion to the subconsciousness OF every
one whom her own life touches.
This IS why the women who attend
her classes, who go to hea1rher sketch
the political situation or talk of history
making events. come away with some
thing deeper than the clear knowledge her
talk has impaired TO their minds.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
sERvICEABLE GIFT
FOR A TRAVELLER

II you are travelling and spend much
time in hotels, or II you live in board
ing-house, you will appreciate the gift
of a utility square.
This is simply a ffty-four-inch square
Of china silk, cretonne, silkoline, linen. or
any soft material that will take little
room in your suitcase. and which Is
used to throw over a chair on which
your undercIothing has been put to air.
IN case It is necessary to open the door
Of your room 10 admit bellboy, maid,
or any stranger who may knock.
Women always like to air their un-
dergarments before dressing for dinner
or the evening, especially IL . complete
change OF clothing is not to be made.
Then they are spread over chair by
the window or hung on the clothestree
IN q current Of air. while milady slips
into her kimono for a little nap or a
visit to the bath.
Now, II any one comes TO her door
and has TO be admitted, the utility
square can instantly be tossed over the
lingerie, and instead OF a display of lace
and muslin meeting the strangers eye
there will be a drapery Of pretty silk or
cotton material.
The edges Of the square are either fin-
ished with a plain hem, hemstitched, or
fringed. Fringed edges are most grace
ful- II plain materlai II choseh' mower
or some attractive conventional design
is embroidered in each corner.
An initial or monogram can be worked
in one corner and the other corners left
plain, II you desire.
OF course no embroidery is necessary
on figured china silk or silkoline, unless
you wish TO outline the figures with a
plain stitch in a contrasting color OF
heavy silk
The utility square has a multitude OF
uses, not the least Of which Is 70 fold
around your fine silk or lingerie olouses
before packing them in a trunk or suit-
case.
In the hotel It can be used as trunk
cover or pinned up before window that
Is not provided with inside lace curtains.
Possessing a utility square. you win be
surprised At the many ways 1t VIII serve
N an emergency.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
LAVENDER COVER FOR
DAINTY LINEN CHEST

This is TO lay over the sheets and pillow
cases in the linen closet or chest. 1t can
be made any size, because its mission is
not exactly to conceal, but TO sweeten.
Get enough pale lavender japanese crepe
TO cover two sides of long sheet Of
white. cotton wadding.
Split open the wadding and sprinkle in
a great many dried lavender blossoms;
fold the waddins together again. cover 1t
with the crepe. which should be basted
together with the edges carefully turned
in. II you will fold in full inch every
where there will be no necessity for slip
stitching them together, because you can
arrange a lacing OF narrow Lavender rib
bon round the four sides.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
HOW TO ATTAIN THE
CORRECT CARRIAGE

To attain correct carriage one must
walk erect, and TO achieve this end
there is nothing better than trying 10
walk with book or similar article, such
as box Of writing paper OF. several
music books. This is sure TO keep one
from developing the swaying of the body
more to the one side than the other. STAYS
that force the opposite OF this rule should
be discarded and destroyed, for they
are not fit for the Individual 10 wear.
for II they work against erectness Of
carriage they are really a menace to the
health. Throw out your chest better
TO nsRe tbsamenters say that you are so
straight that you appear TO be falling
over backward than TO be round-shoul-
dered and moreover phthisical in appear
ance, in looks. II not in fact
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

each factor in the making OF current
history into its proper place.
First of all. the lecturer is absolutely
saturated with her own interest in watch
ing the world make history, added TO
which is rare gift OF clear and vivid
narrative, touched here and there by a
keen vita combination that made her
public work sure OF a rapid growth from
its very beginning.
Glasses Grew Like Mushrooms.
So the classes in current history grew
like mushrooms.
Soon after the establishment OF the Bal
timore patronage Miss Richards went TO
New York for a fortnightly lecture.
There were seventy-five in that class.
which grew in numbers until II over
flowed one room after another, until II
has now filled Sherrys big ballroom and
has compelled the lecturer to remain In
New York overnight every week and
talk to the overflow class on Saturday
morning.
Miss Richards told me the other day
that her clientele OF 5000 women is q
tribute to the sex.
I smiled inwardly over the remark,
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
DAINTY LAMP SHADES
OF OPEN EMBROIDERY

Nothing could be more lovely or offer
more suggestions TO the, clever needle
woman than the new lamp and candle
sh&des now being shown in the exclusive
shops Of the city. These are Of ine linen
worked in eyelet embroidery. with rare
and lovely designs. partially solid and
partially pierced work.
They are. of course, mounted on wire
frames with q lining Of pale tinted silk.
the whole shade edged with narrow bail
fringe or lace.
Linen fringe or crocheted balls makes
q prettier finish than the ordinary ball
fringe for these shs des. most Of which
are made in panels. the prettiest shades
being those of octagonal shape, the
panels laced together with linen cord, or
Inset with cluny or fillet lace.