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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-13
FLORIDA FARM FOR SALE

A SNAP-47 IL acres, two miles west
of Green Cove Springs. Price $1,000.
Fourteen acres Grape Vineyard 100
Fruit trees. For particulars address
It. l.. CARD,
Green Cove Springs, Florida.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Why THE ROSE HAS TH0RNS
They Are There for the Protection Of
the Stalks, Is Explanation Of
Their Presence.

Every one has wondered at some
time or other just why there should
be thorns on rose bushes. Natural
lists have answered this by declaring
they were there solely for the protec-
ton of the stalks.
Rose bush stalks. as it is known.
are extremely tender and watery,
thereby bending or breaking easily,
and animals running wild through
such bushes would soon kill them,
and once broken or bent over the
sap eXudes and the branches die. But
with these thOrns On their stalk all
animals soon learn to keep away from
such bushes, but If they go through
them they do it very carefully.
While this answer Of the natural
lists, as to why there are thorns on
rose bushes, was quite satisfactory, It
has been discovered that there ara
other reasons for the dangerous prick
ers. Chief among these other reasons
Is that the top Of the thorn, which
always grows very smooth and slight
ly fattened. is used as rest for the
branches Of the same bush as they
tnterlace.
Heavy rains, heavy dews and
branches full of roses in full bloom
would naturally bear them down to
the breaking point If they were al
lowed to bend far enough, and they
cannot fall very far before they strike
against the tops Of these thorns, and
are thereby held securely IN place, so
that even stiff gale Of wind will not
blow down the rose bush, while it
would tear other shrubbery into bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

1t was a great day In the history OF
that small town. The currents and
cross currents of politics had swirIed
ND and down the main street, made
enemies throughout the community,
and led the most prominent citizens
TO make foolish bets on the election.
Patriotism was playing thunder with
mems preconceived notions of the die
tates Of poIiteness. The merest whis-
per would have precipitated the use
Of firearms and hatpins The speak
er Of the day took his place on the
platform, looked as wise as a treeful
Of owls and prepared to sweep the
crowd right off it's feet He began
with a reference to his noble candi,
date who, full of patriotism, ambition,
and a desire to get the salary, was
willing to have himself elected.
How Alexander wept for other
worlds to conquer, you, most of you,
may all know" he began, but was in
terrupted by an offensive-Iooking per
son. who let out this discouraging com
ment
If we don't we must be crazy. God
knows we've been told about it often
enough. Popular Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

Podgoritza, Montenegro, Oct. 12.-
The Turkish forces which for thirty
hours had defended their position on
Detchitch mountain have surrendered
to the MOntenegrins commanded, by
Crown Prince Danilo.
The Montenegrins began cannonad-
ing the Turks at dawn, but for several
hours the Turks, who had been great
Iy reinforced during the night, seemed
to have the better of the conflict.
King Nicholas, directing the Monte
negrins from his headquarters in the
hills turned the tide of battle at
noon by sending a strong force of ar
tilIery, under cover of a heavy fire,
from the front to the enemy's rear,
and between two fires the guns of the
Turks were soon siIenced. They
fought stubbornIy, however.
Another strong Montenegrin force
has engaged a Turkish regiment near
the Turkish town of Tushi, sixteen
miles from here. Still another divi-
sion of Montenegrins has crossed the
frontier near Berana. The losses on
both sides in the battle of Detchitch
will probably reach one thousand
dead and wounded The Montenegrins
captured practically all Of the Turk
ish field pieces and much ammuni-
ten.
There Is wild rejoicing here over
the victory
Vienna, Oct. 12.-With $4,000 Rus
sian troops modified along the from
tier where Turkey and the Balkan fed
GRAFTON are locked in a death strug-
gle, the spook Of a general European
war was raised.
The certainty that Austria viii take
a hand in the Balkan struggle was eX-
pressed by Foreign Minister Count
Won Berchtold, who heretofore has re-
Trained from defining Austria's posi-
ton in the present crisis.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 12.-It was
openly stated here that at the first sign
of Austrian Intervention Russia will
move $4,000 men into the Balkans, the
czar, suspecting such action by Aus
tria, having completed the mobiliZa-
ton of this number of men and pro
vided 1900 cars for their transporta-
| ton.
Montenegrin soldiers are burning
Mohammedan villages on the southern
frontier and are Staying all the inhab-
itants who have not fed. Many Al
| bantam Mohammedans, living north of
the Bojan river on MOntenegrin soil,
have been massaCred.
According to a telegram from Get
TIME, a dozen villages have been
burned All the survivors are fleeing
to Scutari, where the Turks are con
| centrated. At Famrissi, the Montene-
grins took the inhabitants by surprise
and killed many Mohammedans.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
WOOD AGAIN BEATS GIANTS
Third Worlds Series Game Won by
Boston, 8 to i-Wagner Stars in
Brilliant De ensive Work.

New York.-Joe Wood, star pitch
er of the Boston American league
team, was victorious a second time
over the New York Giants in the
fourth game of the worlds cham
pionship series. The score was 3
to 1.
Over $4,000 people saw the game,
which was replete with brilliant
plays. Wagner, Boston shortstop,
shone especially in defensive work,
cutting off several drives that looked
safe. Wood pitched a steady game
and completely mystifed the New
York batters at critical points, but
without Wagner's brilliant work the
game might have went to New York
Tesreau pitched masterful game
for the Giants, but issued passes
that proved costly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

Expresses Regret That La Fol-
lette Opposes PTogressiyes.
QUOTES SPEECHES BY BOB
One Made in April. 1903, Is Alleged
to Favor Third Term for Roose-
Veit-Colonel Answers Criticism on

Oshkosh.-A defense of his record
on the tariff question and an attack
on Woodrow Wilson's position were
made by Col. Roosevelt in his speech
here. Gov. Wilson, he said, had been
the hope of the progressives, but had
changed his attitude and at present
his sole chance lies in the support of
the reactionaries.
Here, in Senator La FolIette's own
state, the colonel discussed for the
first time in his campaign the sena-
tors opposition to him. He replied
to- Senator La Follette's attacks by
taking up a number of points on
which the senator has based his
criticism of the former. president. He
expressed regret that the senator had
ranged himself against the progress
siYe party and quoted from a speech
last year in the senate in which Mr..
La Toilette eulOgized him. He also
quoted Senator La Toilette as saying
in speech in April, 1907, that Col
Roosevelt should have another term.
Col. Roosevelt said that the pro-
gressiye party's campaign fund this
year would be less than half the fund
of either the democratic or the re-
publican party. The progressives, he
said, were planning on basis that
would involve the expenditure of
about $350,0OO.
The colonel reached Oshkosh at
the end of journey from St. Paul,
during which, in spite Of rain, crowds
met him at every station to hear him
speak from the rear platform. The
meeting was held in a warehouse
here. Two halls had been engaged,
but it was found that they would
seat only a part of the crowd.
Answering criticisms that he did
not take up the tariff question during
his administration, Col Roosevelt de-
cIared that business conditions at the
time were such that a change of the
tariff would have been folly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

Flaxseed advanced 149 per cent.
rat cattle advanced g per cent.
Fat hogs advanced sc per cent.
Dairy butter advancing per cent.
Eggs advanced 90 per cent.
The prices of articles which the far
mer purchased have not advanced as
rapidly as the prices of the product
which he sells. thus leaving him
handsome margin of profit. Here are
a few examples:
Ten bushels of corn in 1911 paid for
l23 pounds Of sugar, and for only Sc
pounds in 1896.
Ten bushels of corn paid for 81
yards of bIeached sheeting in 1911,
and for only 13 yards in 1896.
Ten bushels of corn in 1911 paid for
two pairs of shoes, and for only one
pair in 1896.
No farmer can afford to vote the
Democratic ticket because Democratic
victory means lower prices for his
products, depreciation in the value of
his farm lands, and the impossibility
of borrowing any money in times of
emergency,
A vote for Woodrow Wilson is a vote
for free trade, and vote for Roose-
welt is half a vote for Wilson and free
trade. The only security for the far
mer is in the reelection of President
Taft and the continuation of the Re
publican party in power.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Momen,s Heroes.

There is no man in Shakespeare es
pecialIy ideal to the minds of women
none, certainly, even Romeo, who be
gins to arouse as much enthusiasm as
some in other literature. Shake
speare, himself a man. drew women
with a touch that makes them loved
by men; il he had been woman
probably the process would have been
reversed. In fact, even although such
a comparatively small part of the
great novels have been written by
women. a number of the heroes who
are most popular with them are to be
found in the writings of women, such
as Rochester i'm Jane Eyre" Darcy
in pride and Prejudice" and Lydgate
En- "NIiddIemarch" When women pro
duce a Shakespeare she will fill her
PLAYS With men who would make ideal
husbands Golfers Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
NEGLECT OF THE FARMERS
Record Of Recent Democratic Con-
gress Was Hurtful TO the Agri-
cultural Interests.

Democratic government does not
benefit the farmer. The record of the
Democratic majority of the house dur
ing the second session Of the Sixty
second congress proves this in more
ways than one.
During the past summer the field
work in agricultural education all
over the country was completely de-
moralized. The Democratic house
failed to pass the appropriation bill in
time to meet the needs for the work
and many local institutions and COM
munities that had sought aid were Sc
riously embarrassed.
The activities in behalf Of farmers
Institutes were interrupted because
the leader in charge of the work had
to be recalled, owing to lack of funds.
Every state and territorial expert
ment station in the country felt the
serious effects of Democratic neglect.
There are sixty-fve of these stations,
where !, 800 persons are regularly en-
ployed, in addition to numerous labor
ers and other help. Summer is the
busy season for the experiment sta
tions and failure to receive the neces-
sary funds not only seriously ham
pered me work, but in not q few
cases necessitated postponement or
modification of investigations. Numer-
Gus plans at the stations awaited the
annual inspection, which could not be
made without funds and must be put
back until next year.
Owing to the Democratic delay, the
department of agriculture. was com
PEELED to discontinue field work in
connection with soil surveys. The
potash and fertilizer investigations
were also suspended for lack Of
funds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
ARCHBOLD ADMITS
HE WROTE LETTERS
Says Foraker, Hanna and Grosveno!
EPistIes Are acknowledgements
for Legal Work"

Washington, Oct. 12.-John D. Arch
bold has no doubt" that he wrote
them all. This was the burden Of
the Standard Oil magnate's answers
when, as a witness before the senate
committee investigating campaign
funds, he was called on to identify a
-a~ge number Of published letters to
public men containing checks and dis
cussing political matters.
Among Mr.. ArchbOld's correspond
ents were former Senators Foraker,
Quay and Hanna and former Repre-
senting Grosvenor and Sibley.
Certificates Of deposit sent to Mr..
Foraker, he said, we're for payment
Of legal services to the Standard Oil
company Of Ohio.
When Mr.. Archbold took the stand
Chairman Clapp, who conducted the
examination, first called attention to
q letter to Senator Foraker dated
March 26, 1900, reading:
In accordance with our under
standing, I beg to inclose you GER
tificate Of deposit for $4,000 and ask
for receipt in reply"
81 have no doubt I wrote the let
ter" said Mr.. Archbold. The pay
ment was made for the services Of
Senator Foraker as counsel in our
Ohio affairs-that. and that only
Senator Clapp showed to the Wit
ness reproduction of another letter
written to Senator Foraker dated
April II, 1900, referring to an in
closed certificate for S14,500
4 have no doubt I wrote it" said
Mr. Archbold.
What does that relate TOP
''To the same business relation
ship" said Mr.. Archbold
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
MURDER CAR" CREW Is
IDENTIFIED BY A WAITER
Witness to Gotham Gamblers Staying
Picks Out Men Who he Says
Fired Shots,

New York, Oct. 12-The twelfth
juror was secured to hear evidence in
the trial Of Charles Becker, former
police lieutenant, who is accused Of
the murder of Herman Rosenthal. the
gambler. District Attorney Whitman
made his opening address and the
taking Of testimony was begun
Louis Krause, a Hungarian waiter.
was the star witness He was called
by the state as an eyewitness Of the
murder and identified in the court
room "Gyp the Blood Lefty Louie"
and Whitley Lewis" as the actual
slayers Of the gambler.
q saw a man come out OF the
Metropole and give a signal" said
the witness. He raised his hand
Another man came out of the hotel
right after this one and then four
men crossed the street from the auto
mobile At least three of them had
revolvers and fired
while Rosenthal was lying on the
sidewalk I saw Jack Sullivan bend
over him. Sullivan looked up and
smiled at the other men"
The gunner and Sullivan were then
brought into court. Krause, who
later testified that he has received
letters threatening his life, and who
ever since he testified before the
grand jury has been guarded by a
detective, walked over to the bar
where the prisoners were lined up
and identified them.
The two bullets which killed Rosen-
thai were produced in court by the
coroner's physician, together with a
fragment of RosenthaTs jawbone
driven by one of the bullets into the
gamblers brain
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER
Appleton Man Killed and Two Others
Seriously Injured at Green Bay
Are Pinned Under Water.

Green Bay.--One is dead and two
seriously injured as a result of an
automobile going into East river at
the foot of Pleasant street.
The dead:
Louis G. Kirchner, Appleton.
The injured
Meta Markhart, Green Bay.
Clarice Meek, Green Bay.
There were four people in the car,
and being unable to make turn onto
Main street, Kirchner continued
south on Pleasant Learning too late
that there was no bridge over the
river at that point, they tried to
swerve the car alongside the river
bank, but one side went over the
bank, throwing the four occupants
into the river.
Three were pinned under the car
in the water for several minutes be-
fore aid arrived, and it is not thought
Miss MaTkhart can recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
The Sinner.

OF the late Bishop Charles O. Graf
ton a Fond du Lac man said the 9th
er day.
Bishop Grafton was remarkable for
the neaness and point of his pulpit
utterances.
Once during a disastrous strike, a
capitalist of Fond du Lac rose in a
church meeting and asked leave to
speak The bishop gave him the floor,
and the man delivered himself of a
long panegyric upon captains of indus
try. upon the good they do by giving
men work. by booming the country, by
reducing the cost of production, and
so forth
when the capitalist had finished
his seIf-prat5es, and. flushed and salts
fed, had sat down again, Bishop
Grafton rose and said with quiet sig
nificance:
as there another sinner who would
like to say a word?'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
GIANTS WIN, Fl;
BOSTON RALLYFAILS
Marquard in Perfect Control and
Red S0x Are Helpless.
SERIES is NOW ONE AND ONE
Murray Makes Good by Doubling in
in Second and Scoring on sacri-
flee Fly by Herzog-FIetcher,
Too, Singles and Steals.

Fenway Park, Boston, Oct. ~
There was $1,000 worth of Rube Mar
guard on the firing line for the Giants
in the second game of the series for
the worlds championship here, and
the Giants won, 2 to I, evening up
the series. MarQuard was king Of all
he surveyed, for eight innings, despite
the fact the two teams ran almost
neck and neck in the matter of hits,
the Giants getting six and the Red
SOX getting five.
New York was not threatened until
the ninth, although Marquard showed
signs of weakening in the eighth
Boston made a great bid for victory
at the close, but Marquard mustered
himself fer a final effort and checked
Boston just as StahTs men were
reaching for the lead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

The man who makes the mare go"
for the Bull Moose party, one Mr..
Perkins, Roosevelt's campaign inan-
cier, is one of the Harvester trust mo
guls. That trust has a subsidiary
plant at Auburn, N. Y. Women and
girls work there on eleven hour shifts,
day and night, on starvation wages,
and are not allowed to sit down. As
? result of the grinding and exacting
~Clicy Of this plant and other plants
ke it, Perkins is able to furnish slush
loney for the Bull Moose campaign
nd to help along the personal cause
# the Chief Bull Moose.-Canton Reg
ister.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
LIGHT on Great Ouestions

The fact Of the matter is that Will
lam H. Taft is not only a hfgh-cIass
statesman and president, but he fs
dead right in nine cases out of ten.
and more nearly r1snt on great ques-
tons than the average Of his prede-
cessOrs. Give US Taft every time in
stead Of the wind-jammer Of Oyster
Bay, or the Princeton professor with
his vague notions Of governmental
reforms-Colorado Springs Tele.
graph
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
He Would Battle Alone.

Just suppose that the Lord should
step down to Armageddon and weed
out those who are battling in his be-
half to further their own private ends.
linen suppose that he should drive
out those found guilty Of bearing false
witness against their neighbors. And
let him end up by excluding those
guilty of questionable political prac-
tees. Wouldn't he have to do the
battling for himself?-Iowa City Re
nnhlican
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
POLO MEET HALTED BY WAR.
British Army Officers Billed to Play
in Los AnQeIes.

British Army Officers Billed TO Play
in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 11.-Brftfsh
polo experts scheduled to play in the
southern California winter tourna-
ment will not be able to come because
OF trouble in the Balkans
According to a cablegram received
by Walter Dupee of the Coronado polo
team, all the players are officers in
the British army, and they have re-
ceived orders to report to their regi-
ments.
The message was from Lord Tweed
mouth and spoke also for Lord Reign
ald Herbert, Lord AIstair Innes-Ker
and Viscount Leveson-Gower.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
M'MANIGAL is IDENTIFIED
HoteI Clerk Says Dynamiter Was in
Kansas CITY Before Blast.

Kansas City Before Blast.
Indianapolis, Oct. 12.-FOr the first
time since he confessed to dynamit-
ing, Ortie E McManigaI, before a
jury in the dynamite conspiracy
trial, was identified by hotel clerks
as having visited various cities at
times when explosions occurred. H.
L. Pearce, Kansas City, Mo, in the
pages of a hotel register traced 81.
w McGFaw" as having registered at
a Kansas City hotel August 20, 1910,
three days before McManigal blew up
a portion of a $1,5OO,OOO bridge across
the Missouri river, which, he says,
was arranged for by W. Bert Brown
of Kansas City and James B. McNa-
mara.
DO you see McGraw in the court
room?" asked James w. Noel, spe-
cial assistant district attorney.
That's the man" said Pearce,
pointing straight to McManigaI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
RISK BOARD CALLED TRUST.
Insurance Agent Asserts Underwriters
Cause Hioh Rates.

Milwaukee, Oct. 10.-R. H. Norris,
insurance agent, accused the Milwau-
kee board of fire underwriters as
wholly accountable as a trust for high
rates and commissions for fire insur-
ance in this city, while testifying in a
hearing by the legislative fire insur,
ance investigation committee
Mr. Morris said he believed the
present rate of forty cents on S100
yearly for residence insurance could
be cut to twenty cents, and held that
the present commissions of thirty to
forty per cent would be cut CORE
spondingly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Slated for Fletcher in the tenth

New York Oct. 1O.-Boston Red Sox
went into the lead in the seventh in
ming of the opening game with New
York in the worlds series. Boston
scored three runs in a hitting rally
that resulted in routing Tesreau, New
York's star pitcher. Crandal took
Tesreau's place.
The Red Sox won the game by
score of 4 to g
Boston .........0 90 0O18 0 O.
New York 80 0 0 1-3
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Taft Has Not ChanQed

Four years ago Taft was the man
Roosevelt pronounced him to be
without a peer as the ftte5t man to
head the Republican party.
He is all that-and more, today.
with the experience gained through
four years Of ceaseless battling for
the right as he saw it.
It is not Taft who has changed
WalIa Walla Union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
CANAL PROTEST IS DELAYED
Cir Edward Grey Tells Commons
Cabinet Is Considering 1t.

London, Oct. 1.-THE whole mat
ter of the Panama canal bill, with
the views of the legal advisers to the
British crown, is under consideration
by the cabinet" was the reply of Sir
Edward Grey, British secretary Of
state for foreign affairs, to a question
in the house Of commons. Sir Ed
ward also reiterated Great Britain
purpose to ask arbitration, if the mat
ter could not be adjusted directly
Asked whether Great Britain would
postpone it's representations until
after the presidential election, the
secretary said the matter was not
dependent on the internal affairs Of
the United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
EDDY TRUST FUND is VOID.

Court Decides 1t Cannot Exist as
Christian Science Church Benefit
Boston, Mass, Oct. IA trust es-
umated at 100000, established by
the will of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.
founder of the Christian eScienc
church, for the benefit of the denomi-
nation, was declared void by the Mas
sachusetts supreme court The court
holds. however, that a charitable trust
has been formed and that new trus-
tees may be appointed to administer
il