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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
HlLLEs CALLS OFF MEETING.
Republican Chairman Decides Against
Move for Successor to Sherman.

Move for Successor to Sherman.
Washingtons Nov. lit is under
stood here that Chairman Hilles has
called off the Chicago meeting of the
Republican national committee be-
cause he had decided it was best to al
low the Taft electors to exercise their
own Judgment as to vice-presidential
nominee without suggestion from the
national committee Furthermore, it
has been suggested that it would seem
ludicrous to call 48 national commit
teemen together to act for the guild
ance of eight electors.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
ate INCOME La Is Larae.

State income Tax Is Large.
The state income tax assessed
this year Will approach s9,500,O00 lin
the state at large. and s1,500,009 in
Milwaukee city, according to figures
given out by the tax commission.
The net yield, after deducting the
personality Offset, viii be about 81
10000 in the state and 1915, 600 in
Milwaukee city. In general, the in
come, too, viii make general a reduc-
ton Of the property tax rate 10 the
extent of about ssven-tenths of &
mill
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
Noted Baseball PLAYER Dead.

Baltimore, Nd, Nov. 11.-Clarence
CCupid") Childs, a noted old-time
baseball played. died here Friday after
a lingering illness. He was forty
FIVE years old He Joined the Cleve
land National League team in 1889.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
HoNDuRAN REBEL is SLAIN.
Gen. VaIIadares, Who Stirred Up Many
RevoIts. Killed in Battle.

Gen. VaIIadares, Who Stirred Up Many
Revolts, Killed in Battle.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Nov. IL
Gen. Jose E. Maria Valladares. the
noted revolutionist who in years past
has caused much trouble to the gov
eminent of Honduras and Nicaragua.
was killed by government troops in a
skirmish near Ojojona, his native
town, which lies twenty-five miles
southwest of Tegucigalpa.
The last uprising of Valladares was
short lived He started it Thursday
near Ojojona, and almost immediate
ly came in contact with the govern
ment troops in a short, sharp Skin
mish, in which he was shot. His
death ended the outbreak.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
HydroaeropIane Defeats Automobile.

Forest City, Mo. Nov 11-Tony
Janus, in his hydroaeroplane, COM
pletely outdistanced Charles Young
in his automobile in the race from
Omaha to New Orleans and Young
withdrew from the race Friday
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
Fire DESTROYS = Town

Brookneal, Va, Nov. 11-Fire of an
unknown origin almost entirely wiped
out this little town Friday and caused
I loss of approximately 500, 00G
sardly one-fourth ms lred. No lives
rere lost.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
ILLNESS TO BAR "RIc TIM"
Brain Disease Probably VIII Keep
Sullivan Out of CONGRESS.

Sullivan Out of Congress.
New York, Nov. big Tim Sui
Ivan, New York's noted East side
statesman, will probably never take
the oath of the congressional Office
to which he was elected Tuesday on
the Democratic ticket big Tim" has
been i'll for several months in a SAM
tarium In New Jersey and was unable
to participate In his own campaign
or to attend the conventions. His all
ment is understood to DE similar to
the brain disease that caused the
death o. his nephew, Little Tim"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
PAPER OWNER DIES SUDDENLY

Former Senator Wilson of Washington
Expires at Seattle.
Washington, Nov 8.-John L. Will
son, owner of the Seattle Post Intel
ligencer died at hotel here Of angina
pectoris, after an Illness OF one hour.
His body will be taken to his birth
place, Charlottesville, Ind, for burial
Mr. Wilson was a former United
States senator He had served two
terms in the house, and part of a
third. when he resigned to go to the
senate to fill the unexpired term of
John R. Allen.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
ROOSEVELT WINS
IN CALIFORNIA
Colonel Has Plurality Over Wilson
of ISL.
ILLINOIS RETURNS ALL IN
New Jersey Governor Has 16,fo5 More
Votes Than Former President
Republicans Win iowa Gov
eFnOF.

Revised returns from all states
give the electoral vote for president
as follows: Wilson, 433; Roosevelt,
go; Taft, 8.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
zapatists Are Defeated; 100 Dead.

Zapatists Are Defeated; TOO Dead
Mexico City Nov. 11.-DecisiVe de-
feat was administered to the Zapa-
tfsta rebels in the fighting around
Cuernavaca Friday. The rebels left
more than 100 dead on the battle field
when they fed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
Wireless Messages sent $500 Miles

San Diego, Cal, Nov. Messages
were exchanged by the navy wireless
station on Point Iona and the big
new navy station at Arlington, Va,
approximately $500 miles across coun.
try Friday
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
November % THANKSGIVING Da,

Washington, Nov. Elm accordance
with the century old custom, Presi-
dent Taft Thursday issued the annual
proclamatioQ designating Thursday.
November %. as Thanksgiving day.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-13
fire Association investigates.

fire Association investigates.
Manufacturing plants, business
houses and other large blocks in Madi-
son win be inspected by representa-
tives Of the Wisconsin Fire Prevention
association The object of the as
ISOLATION, which has representatives
visiting nearly every city in the state.
s. 10 reduce fire losses in Wisconsin.
Fifty representatives Of the associa.
zion met at the Park hotel and were
divided into squads, each one of which
viii De assigned TO ) different section
or the city.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
Honor for Paul Mauser.

Paul Mauser, inventor of the rife
of that name, who has just entered
his seventy-fourth year, began work
as an unsalaried apprentice 60 years
ago in a small German arms and am
munition factory. He is now presi-
dent and chief proprietor Of the plant
in which he started his career, and
has the degree of doctor Of engineer
ing from a dozen colleges and uni
verstties, in addition to possessing the
coveted German title Of privy coun-
cilor of commerce. In honor of the
sixtieth anniversary Of his entering
the factory, ten government arsenal
workmen erected monument In the
factory yard bearing in bronze relief
his portrait. He was present at the
unwilling.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
Decline Of Jet JeweIry.

For ages the jet trade figured as
one Of those domestic Industries which
were such feature of England before
the Industrial revolution. A consid.
cradle portion of the population of
Whitby devoted their energies to it.,
50 much SO that 1t was the staple in
dustry Of the village, ousting fishing
and other coastal pursuits. The Whit
by craftsmen working in their own
homes acquired very high reputa-
ton for their decorative skill. The
decline Of this ancient domestic in
dustry is to be attributed to many
causes. In the latter part Of the Vic
torian era Jet ornaments went out Of
fashion, and nowadays they are sell
dom worn even in times of mourning.
Moreover, the Industrial revolution,
cccasioning as 1t dig great demand
ior iron and coal, attracted the Jet
miners to these industries owing to
the higher wages that could be OBJ
tanned,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
SUCCESS WITH AN INCUBATOR
Should Be Run Two or Three Days
Before Putting In Eggs to So
cure Even Temperature.

Run the incubator two or three
days before putting In the eggs. This
Is so as to have the machine absorb
heat, and also to test the thermom-
eter and adjust the regulator. When
you get the temperature to stand
twenty-four hours at 100 degrees you
are safe to put in the eggs.
Do not crowd them. Gull them
carefully and use no eggs Of abnormal
shape or size. The temperature nat
urally will fall noticeably when you
put In the eggs. Don't get nervous
and imagine something is wrong.
Within a reasonable time, say an
hour, the eggs will get warm, and the
temperature will go back to 100 OF
near it and rise gradually within two
or three days to 103. where it should
be kept. ~,
II your incubator Is well-made
one, you need NOT spend over ten
minutes, morning and night, ,refilline
lamp and trimming wick, and once q
day turning the eggs. Look closely
after the lamp, the machine will
probably do the rest. Be regular
careful and study the incubator and
the instructions till you understand
BOTH
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
Plum Trees.

Plum trees are set In this state from
IL to 20 feet apart, the former being
far too close. The distance should de-
pend upon the soil and the variety,
says q writer in the Baltimore Amer
lean. 1t is we'll to set a little close
16 to 10 feet-and cut down when the
trees begin to decline. Twenty years
Is a fair span with the best Of Or
chards.
In this region plum trees are usual
ly set two years from the bud, though
the Japs are often put out at one year.
Plum trees should be headed at one
half to two feet. with the head COM
posed OF four or five main branches
and central leader for domestics and
damsons, but q vase-shaped tree for
Triflora sorts. Burbank and Abund-
ance require much pruning; other
kinds little. Many growers head back
every year This procedure is to my
mind Of doubtful value.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
IN THE FARM KITCHEN
GENERALLY TOO MANY THINGS
ARE LEFT TO GUEssWoRk.
For Correct Results In Bread Making,
Tor Example, Temperature Should
Be Gagged Accuratsly-Uss
Of the Thermometer.

In the modern up-to-date bakery
the thermometer controls the working
Of the plant. water, -four. dough. fer
menting room and oven. The tenn
perature Is gagged accurately SO as to
produce the correct results. Every
move is dependent upon the thermom'
eter.
In the olden days and even yet.
where old.fashioned methods prevail.
tho thumb Of the baker was the guide
40 to temperature of water, flour.
dough and oven. In the home the
word "tepid" covers the ground. each
woman to decide for herself what
may be tepid or otherwise.
No dairyman would think Of con-
Quoting his business without a dairy
ing thermometer, and this same Their
mometer, costing from Is to 80 cents.
should be in every woman's kitchen
who pretends to be good bread
maker and who wants her bread the
same every time.
Making bread by rule Of thumb In
the kitchen Is the cause Of much OF
tho bad luck" you head discussed
and why this baking was so much
poorer than tho last.
There need be no guess work about
how hot your dough will be If a SIM
pie rule be followed. Let US presume
you wish to set your dough at 30 de-
grees F. by the thermometer. You
ascertain the temperature OF tho
room. then place the thermometer IN
the -four you are to use for minute
and that tells how warm 1t Is. Let us
suppose your kitchen is 10 degrees +.
and your -four 10 degrees. Now. how
hot should the added water And milk
be to bring the dough up to 30 de-
grees? Multiply 80 by three and that
gives you 270 degree. Add the hour
and room temperature together and
you get 40. You heat your liquid to
100 degrees by the thermometer and
test your dough and you will find 1t Is
close to 30 degrees, the temperature
required. Room 10. -four 10. water $780,
total up to 270.
It Is said that the insane asylums OF
the northwest are, harboring more
farmers wives than any other class OF
women; overwork because OF lack OF
kitchen and domestic facilities gener'
ally, and many other reasons, not the
least Of which is worry worry, worry!
How much has the making Of the
daily loaf to do with this worry? What
effect has the chilling Of the sponge
or dough and perhaps the subsequent
souring OF the dough and no bread for
meal or two on the table, unless
baking powder biscuits are made
upon the nerves OF an overburdened.
overworked housewife with farm help
to feed and a horde OF husky. hungry
children? 49,.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
Ice In SuruIcaI Practice,

Perhaps 1t is in the hospital and
sick room where Ice plays its strong
est part in the alienation of human
misery Dr. Gorrie's discovery arose
from his effort to find a means of cool
ing the rooms for fever patients. Now
the cold storage facilities Of the hos
pttal are likely to make possible many
seemingly impossible operations in
the way Of grating tissues or even
transplanting some organ from the
body of one person to another. The
results of several experiments have
led physicians to believe that 1t will
be possible to preserve healthy human
tissues for months in cold storage. BY
this means the man who has had the
skin of his arm destroyed by an &C
cident may be supplied with a new
epidermis from the cold storage room,
which may have been taken from the
amputated limb OF some other un'
fortunate.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
But 1t Broke Up Wifey's Threat
ened Crying Spell.
An Instance and . Warning for the
Married, Against the "Sina Of the
Tonoue"-Sense Of Humor
Saved the Day.

4 never can understand why q WON.
2n wants to keep room as dark as q
pocket"
And l never can see why mar
can't read a paper without having
every blind in the house wide open!"
Sunday noon-a cloudy Sunday
when Paul had felt too tired to 60
to church and Frances had gone alone.
Returning in the state OF readiness for
irritation that often follows spiritual
uplift, she found her husband In the
parlor. haloed by tobacco smoke and
encompassed by Sunday papers. Every
shade was up to its full height. every
curtain pushed aside.
The sermon had been on The Sins
OF the Tongue. Ii 1t hadn't been for
that, Frances felt she would have said
volumes as she went about the room,
Strengthened curtains and shades. AS
her efforts narrowed the light which
fell on her husbands paper, he looked
up with some annoyance.
You make it so dark l. can't read"
he commented.
| There's no sense In having every
thing sprawled wide open like that. 1t
makes the house look horrid to have
the shades clear up to the top Of the
Windows!"
And Frances left the room with dig
nifty. her head very straight. To go to
church and say your prayers and come
home feeling happy and good, and
then tc be met by a thing like this
the moment you got into the house!
What was the use?
Like profane echo came the MUIR
muir from the room she had Quilted:
"Oh, hell, what's the use?"
Frances stood still. Should she go
upstairs and cry or go back and laugh.
she began to giggle. That saved the
day. She dropped into seat on the
bottom step and broke into a shrek
of laughter
"Hullo! What's the matterY from
PAUL.
IT'S so funny! Here come home
feeling pious and prayerful, and lose
my temper the first thing and scold.
and you swear Say, isn't 1t funny?"
Paul's r1outh twitched.
If that's the way you look at it"
well, It Is! Leave your old papers
all over the room, If you want, and
put the pesky shades out of the win
dows if you like. l don't care. Id
rather have an old mess than row.
Let's be comfortable"
Paul made circular grab at the
papers.
They may 60 hang for all me!
thought you were going off to cry"
Il was!"
We'll, I'm glad you know how to
break up q weep. One little 'cuss
word worked the cure. BY George,
I'm glad married a good SPORT"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
Droppinos Boards.

In order to facilitate cleanliness in
the poultry-house and to greatly re-
duce the amount of filth, droppings
boards should, by al means, be used.
BY using little precaution In placing
the droppings boards so as not to OBJ
struct the light, the entire floor space
beneath can be utilized for a scratch
ing floor.
At least six inches should be al
lowed between the droppings boards
and the roosts, the distance depending
entirely upon the arrangement OF the
roosts II the platform is made In Sec
lions it can be handled much more
easily, as It 10 frequently found desir-
able to remove them in cleaning.
Smooth boards are the most desirable
to use.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
BOAT TURNS TURTLE
TRAVELS ALL NIGHT WITH ITO
BOTTOM SHOWING.
Barge Carrying Convict Laborsrs
Down the Mississippi River to
Work on q Louisiana leve>
10 Cut Adrlft ~ Tow.
boat Flops.

Baton Rouge. lathe steamer Mar
jorie Of this port Is lying beached at
Conrad's Point, six miles below Baton
Rouge, turned turtle and tied to the
bank. after one Of the most remark
able voyages Of the lower Mississippi,
The Marjorie was under charter by
the state board OF control when the
accident overlook her. She was tow
Ing one OF the penitentiary barges.
with a levee gang Of 100 negro con-
Vlcts, under command Of Captain An
derson. The negroes have been at
Hope plantation. but were being taken
up the river to Angola, to be used
IN closing the Torras crevasse.
The Marjorie, with her tow. had pro-
ceeded up the river without mishap
as far as Morganza bend, six miles
above Bayou Sara. when she ran into
storm. at about six o'clock Just
as the storm struck her she was
caught In strong eddy and became
unmanageable.
She was pushed through the eddy.
however, and as she struck the eddy
again turned turtle. The convict barge
was cut loose from her and started
| a1mlessly down the river But as 1t
passed Bayou Sara gasoline boat
put out and brought the barge to the
| bank.
| In the meantime the officers and
crew OF the Marjorie, who, with the
exception of the negro cook. had es-
capped, witnessed an unusual sight.
Instead OF sinking, the Marjorie start
ed down the river, bottom upward,
and soon was lost to sight.
Next morning, shortly after day.
break, Ship Carpenter Broussard of
the Baton Rouge Ferry company saw
her, bottom up, passing down the
river He telephoned to Capt William
McCausland, president of the ferry
company, who rushed to the front, got
one OF his gasoline boats and with
Broussard started in pursuit.
He overhauled the Marjorie several
miles below the city, and after work
Ing all day to save her, succeeded in
Bleaching her just before night.
1t Is likely that the Marjorie will
prove a total loss. She was insured
for about $4,000 and was used In tow
ing barges OF cotton seed and other
products for the oil mill. Her per-
formance is said by river men to be-
unique. They attribute her long night
voyage down the river to the fact that
she was much larger than is custom
airy for a boat carrying her machinery.
Captain Starns was master of the
Marjorie. Capt. Laurence Mehatfy was
at the wheel when the accident &C.
Cured, and George Frederichs and
Mooney Aucoin of this city were
among the crew. They had narrow
escapes in leaving her. The body
OF the negro woman who served az
cook was found in the wreckage In
the morning. So far as known, this was
the only loss Of life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
LARGE WASTE IN ROAD WORK
Annual Loss Of S2,soo,ooo Of Tax-nay'
ers' Money Reported by Illinois
Bankers' collation..

Some startling figures were given
the Illinois Bankers association IN
report recently rendered by their good
roads committee. The committee has
made an exhaustive study Of the ROAD
situation In the state and has discov-
cred. among other things. that there
is an annual waste Of $2.500.000 OF the
taxpayers money under present con-
ditions.
The existing township highway sys-
TEN Is severely criticised. The report
says:
There Ia no other branch OF the
public service that shows such a large
percentage Of waste. Any business
enterprise under such a system would
not last through a season, but so long
as the people continue to put up the
money and retain the present system
this loss will continue"
1t Is estimated that about 100000
annually Is spent for road purposes
Reports to the Bankers committee
from IL townships showed that 100
per cent of the money was wasted;
from sixty-eight townships. Is to 80
per cent; from ITS townships. 90 to Is
per cent; from 95 townships, rs to 81
per cent, and for Al townships, 10 to
Is per cent.
The report shows that conditions
are getting worse instead Of better.
THE money Is not willfully wasted"
says the report. but 1t Is spent IN
small amounts here and there in the
endeavor to patch up and make pass
able a poor road and q poor bridge.
There is not money enough at hand to
do good job. This makes 1t neces'
sary for the highway commissioner to
do the best he can with what he has
The result Is the same work has to be
done over each successive year, with
no permanent benefit to the roads.
The worst Of 1t Is that these same
| words might be applied to a dozen
other states, particularly in the south
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-08-16
BAD LUCK HIS PORTION
LOOKED UP WIFE AFTER ~
YEARS, FOUND HER MARRIED.
Story Of a Georgia Mans Many Re.
verses Which Began In War T'mss
-Now he Has Welded IN
old Sweetheart.

Savannah, Ga.-Parted from his
young wife and baby daughter by the
fatuities Of war, exlled from Savan-
nah by order Of General Sherman aft
er marching through Georgia. Peter J.
Thompson, wanderer extraordinary,
has returned to his native state after
At years to find the wife Of his youth
happily married to another man and
mother of many children, his BABY
daughter grown to womanhood and
nursing babies Of her own. and his SIS
ter unable to recognize him.
After having bis roof blown from
over his head BY cyclone In Kansas
his barns and granaries burned IN
Ohio, his little store In another state
destroyed by IRE. tramping over the
whole Of the west and middle west,
selling trees and lightning rods In the
Mississippi valley, associating with
feudists in the Kentucky mountains,
ThoD: pson, In his old age, turned his
eyes and heart toward his own old
state So he worked his way across
the Intervening states and came at last
to Pembroke.
But all the friends of his youth had
disappeared Many OF the old families
were broken up. The slabs In the little
churchyard told him where many Of
the people he had known had gone. The
graves OF his father and mother he
found there. No trace Of his wife and
child could he find.
A chance acquaintance told him that
his sister was married and was living
in Savannah. Coming here he found
her In the person Of Mrs. L. A. Schu-
man. With some diffic ulty he persuad-
ed her of his Identity. From her he
learned that his wife, after giving him
up for dead, had married again and,
with their daughter also now married,
was living at Blitchton. He went to
Blitchton and spent a day with his
daughter and his former wife, now
Mrs. Berry Jones. The law had pre-
sumed him dead and he had ceased
to have the status of husband.
BY means OF pictures and other me-
mentos of her babyhood he persuaded
his daughter of his identity and held
her In his arms. Then he turned his
back upon what was once his family
and returned to take up his residence
with his sister.
There were two families living in
the house occupied by Mrs. Schuman.
While passing through the hall an
aged woman, who was living with the
family above, saw him.
Amt this Peter Thompson?' she
asked. Don't you remember Ann Wal
ler?"
OF course he did. Then he learned
that she had been married twice. but
was now a widow. He himself was 9
! sort of q "widower." And Ann. Waller
had been his sweetheart before he met
| the girl who became his wife.
They were married the other day
by the Rev. John s. Wilder, pastor OF
| the Southside Baptist church, and
| are as happy as two doves. They will
make their home In Savannah.