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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
= SUBMARINE DIVES 2s3 FEET.
FL of U. S. Navy Sets World Record
in San Francisco Bay.

FL of U. S. Navy Sets World Record
in San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco, Sept. 8.-The United
States navy submarine FL holds q
worlds record for depth today, after
diving 2S3 feet off Point Diablo in San
Francisco bay The submarine re-
manned at this depth for ten minutes,
cruising at a speed of six knots, and
finally rising to within 10 feet of the
surface with the ease OF a sporting
porpoise. The FL, under command OF
Lieut. James B. Howell, left It's berth
at the Union Iron works and cruised
out through the Golden Gate and cir
cled a pilot boat eight miles out. 1t
was on the return trip. while passing
through the deep water into which the
steamer Rio de Janeiro dived several
years ago, that the FL took Its long
slant.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
CHARGED WITH KILLING TW(
Confessions Of Man and Woman Re-
veal Terrible Murder Plot.

Confessions Of Man and Woman Re-
veal Terrible Murder Plot.
Shreveport, La, Sept S.-Execution
of double murder plot by which Mrs.
C. c. Bailey conspired to rid herself
of her husband, a wealthy lumber mill
owner, and A. l.. Watson aimed to do
away with his wife, was revealed by
Sheriff F1ournoy, who says he has the
written confessions of both Watson
and Mrs. Bailey, who are confined In
the Jail here.
The sheriff says Mrs Watson was
killed in Texas town several months
ago. Then Watson came to Metcalf,
La, where Bailey operated lumber
mill, obtained employment, and was
taken into the Bailey home. Bailey
was murdered Monday night.
Sheriff Flournoy says Mrs. Bailey and
Watson entered into a compact by
which Watson was to poison his wife
and Mrs. Bailey her husband.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
WoMAN'S HEAD rs SEVERED.
Most Beautiful Woman Of Frisco's
Nioht Life Found Murdered.

San Francisco, Cal, Sept 10.-With
the head nearly severed from her body
and arms and trunk frightfully
slashed, Lydia Berger, known as the
most beautiful woman of the night life
in this city, was found in her bed by
her maid The walls of the room in
which the body lay were covered with
blood and the carpet saturated.
Thousands of dollars worth of dia-
monds and other jewels worn by the
woman are missing, and 1t is believed
robbery was the motive for the
crime.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
Four Escape from Jail.

FOND du Lac.-The Fond du Lac
police are advised that four men,
Harry Dugan, Harry Kriest. William
Mccain and Jack BROKER, escaped
from the county Jail at Juneau and
are believed to be headed toward
this city. This is the second Jail de-
livery ar the Juneau Jail.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
MAC ARTHUR DIES AT REUNION.
Hero of Two Wars Drops Dead While
Talking.

Milwaukee, Sept. Lieut. Gen.
Arthur Macarthur, U. s. A, retired.
dropped dead here while addressing
the last reunion of members of the
regiment he commanded in the Civil
war. Death was due to apoplexy.
General Macarthur had nearly con-
cluded his speech when he was seen
to reel. and said: Comrades. l am
too weak to go on" He then fell
backward into the chair, gasping for
breath. While he lay dying support
ed by those who had known him
throughout life, his comrades. 100 In
number. stood around the chair, recit-
ing the Lords prayer. AS they
finished he opened his eyes, looked
around and passed off. The extreme
heat of the day seemed to affect the
general and many others of the old
veterans who were present.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
ROUT REBELS IN NICARAGUA
Important Battle With Heavy Losses


Important Battle With Heavy Losses
Won by FederaIs.
Panama, Sept 1O.-News of an i'm
portant battle in Nicaragua in which
the government forces captured Pa
gaya and Saratoga, towns dominating
the city of Masaya, was received here
in message to Dr. Maracaso Velas-
quez. the Panama minister to Mica
ragua Many lives were lost on both
sides. The revolutionists were COM
pletely routed, leaving behind large
quantities of arms and ammunition
and some field artillery.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
EIGHT HELD FOR GRATING.
Clinton County, Ia, Alleges Collision
Between Officials and Contractors.

Clinton. Ia, Sept 7.-Thirty-one in
dictments against three county Off
Gals, two former officials and three
contractors and supply men were re-
turned by the grand jury which has
been at work since last April on the
Clinton county courthouse scandal.
The indicted men are:
George. E. Wilson. Jr.. and Charles
E. Barr, officers of the Clinton Bridge
and Iron company; Thomas E. Hauke,
recently resigned as supervisor;
Charles Mordhouse, ex-supervisor; F.
W. Leedham, county auditor; w. H.
McKenna, county treasurer; Thomas
J. McLane. Frank Kearney. super
visor.
The indictments comprise several
counts, the principal one being misap
preparation of public funds.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
COLLEGE "TAKES A FLYER"
OberIin Treasurer Tells How Trustees
Speculate In Stock Market.


Speculate in Stock Market.
Elyria, o., Sept. 8.-That Oberlin
college trustees keep in touch with
the stock market, buying for the bene-
fit of the college when the market is
low and selling when the stocks shoot
up, was brought out in hearing be-
fore o. e. Hascrodt, Lorain county au.
ditor, on the petition of Oberlin
business men to compel the college
to pay taxes on its $1,000,0O0 endow-
ment fund.
James L. Serance, treasurer of the
college, told how be and members Of
the board laid the plans for the col
lege investments. He said the college
needs all the money 1t can get, so ex-
tensive are it's charities. 1t is the
business of the trustees to provide the
money.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
4s7 Proposals In Two Days.

Boston, Sept. 11.-Saturday Olga
Petrova, an actress, advertised for a
temporary husband. BY Monday she
had received 4S7 proposals of mar
rage, but has decided not to marry
at oil
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
Turks and Buloarians Fiaht.

Sofia, Bulgaria. Sept. 11.-Ffghting
between Turkish and Bulgarian sol
diers occurred on the Turco-Bulgarian
frontier Monday and several Bulgar-
lars were killed The government
sent a protest to Constantinople
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
Greet Knox at Tokyo.

Tokyo, Sept. 11.-Philander c.
Knox, the American secretary of state,
the first special envoy to the funeral
of Emperor Mutsuhite to reach Japan,
arrived at Tokyo Monday. Mr.. Knox
was accompanied by Mrs. Knox.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
First Fatality In Strike.

Charleston, w. Va, Sept. 11.-Accord-
ing to a report received here Monday,
Artificer George Long, Company B,
shot and killed one of an attacking
party, while on picket duty near
sharon in the Kanawha coal field
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
Mrs John r. Mclean Dead.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Sept. 11.-Mrs.
John R. Mclean of Washington died
at her summer home here Monday,
after being i'll a week with pneumonia.
Mrs. Mclean was one of the leaders
of society in Washington city.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
Candidates Daughter Burned.

Broken Bow, Neb., Sept. 10.-Dr.
Grace Taylor, daughter OF w j. Tay-
lor, Democratic candidate for con-
gress In the Sixth Nebraska district,
was fatally burned at her home Sun.
day by an explosion of gasoline.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
husband Killed: Wife [ oses Foo.

Fonda, n Y, Sept 10.-While rush,
ing at high rate of speed Sunday in
their automobile from New Haven.
Conn, to Syracuse, N Y, w. w. Gale
was killed and his wife lost her right
foot in smash-up
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
Crushed Beneath Train.

Randolph.-A man giving his
name as Stephen Koch and occupa-
ton as a section hand, was found on
the railway tracks terribly mangled.
It is believed he threw himself in
front of train.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
Armenian Massacre On.

Constantinople, Turkey, Sept. Ii
The massacre of Armenians by Kurds
was resumed Monday. Two villages
in Armenia were pillaged and twenty.
eight of the inhabitants killed In coli
blood.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
GIVES BLOOD TO STRANGER
Mountain Climber Saves Girls Life
by TRANSMISSION Operation.

Mountain Climber Saves Girls Lie
by TRANSMISSION Operation.
Tacoma, Wash, Sept. 10.-To save
the life of Miss Ethel Madden, a
young woman Of whom he had never
heard before, Belmore Browne, a
member of the Parker-Browne expedi-
ton up Mount Mckinley, submitted to
an operation for TRANSMISSION Of blood
at the summer colony on American
lake Thursday. Miss Madden is COM
panion of Mrs. Cleghorn, wife of a
prominent business man. The opera
ton occupied twelve hours, from noon
to midnight. Miss Madden is recover
ing. Browne has suffered no i'll eff
fects.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
BEGINS 9th YEAR IN CELL.
Most Notorious Life Prisoner Held in
Solitary Confinement.

SOLITARY OOHIIHcTHeHI.
Boston, Sept. 8.-Jesse Pomeroy,
probably the most notorious of life
prisoners in the United States, round
ed out his thirty-sixth year of solitary
confinement in the state prison at
Charlestown At the age of sixteen he
was sent to prison for torturing and
numbering little children. While
solitary Imprisonment" is the name
given to the punishment Pomeroy is
undergoing, it does not mean that he
never leaves his cell. Each day.
while the other prisoners are at work,
he is permitted to walk IN a small
yard During his many years behind
the bars Pomeroy has educated him
self
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13

Porcupins in Courthouse Square
Wausau.-A porcupine, believed
10 have been carried down by the
Wisconsin river food waters, was
discovered on a tree in the court
house square here.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-09-13
NEW ATLANTIC FLEET HEAD
Rear Admiral Osterhaus to Retire in
Favor of Admiral Badger.

Hamilton, Mass. Sept. 10.-Rear Ad-
miral Hugo Osterhaus will retire
from the command of the Atlantic
feet and be succeeded by Rear Ad-
miral Charles ]. Badger about the first
of January, according to an announce
ment by Secretary of the Navy George
Won l.. Meyer. who is at his home here.
Rear Admiral Osterhaus will go to the
navy general board.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-11

big Senegalese guard stretched full
length on the ground at my feet,
and he would quiet my fears. as
surfing me that no harm would come
to me while he was around. and
believed him.
After travelling many miles into
the interior, I made my permanent
Headquarters on a small island IL
Lake Fernand-Vaz, almost upon the
equator. Ny nearest white neigh
Dor was forty miles away. Cannibal
settlements were all around NE. al
though on the island itself the only
other human inhabitants besides
myself and my servants we're a can
nibal chief and his family.
1 hadn't been on the island many
weeks before this chief, who had
undertaken to protect me, offered
u make me his wife He pointed
out that in that way I would be alb
solutely safe from the dangers Of
the Jungle, whereas, alone I was
always at the mercy Of my servants,
who might at any time prove
Jreacherous.
Naturally, I had to be most diplo-
matte in rejecting him, although an
parently he was not at all sensi-
tive about it. for he let everyone
know how he had Jared, and the
result was that l was besieged with
offers from other chiefs, who
thought they might be more sue
cessfUl.
These chiefs had various ways Of
proposing. The first I knew, in the
majority Of cases, that l had smit-
ten the heart of q chief, was when
a messenger would arrive from his
htghness bearing me gifts. These
gifts were Of all kinds. A dead
snake, Gn elephants ear, an ALI
gators eggs. skins Of wild animals
heavy with decaying flesh and Odor,
carved ebonies and worries. skulls
Of apes. monkeys, antelopes. and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-11

They had been sent by the nauve
chief. a cannibal by the name u
Akanda. One was the keeper OF MS
wives. and the two others We're
her assistants. They brought slILs
and wanted TO take me back with
them to become a wife OF the cnleL:
They enlarged upon the delicacy OF
cannibal fare
for sweet for black mans mouth,
thew said. which translated into
English. means that human flesh
is the best eating OF all
Respectfully, ] declined thelf
offer. declaring that had TO con-
tinue my travels
When I left Lambarene, the
French commandant insisted upon
furnishing me with a canoe pad
oilers, an Interpreter and military
escort Of savages. The latter he
claimed. were absolutely necessary,
for / was in the very midst OF the
cannibaI country, where two white
men had Just been deVoured by the
sayages. and he would not permit
me TO 20 further inland without
them.
I consented, and there was,
practically ali alone in savage
Africa. surrounded by mystery and
the charm Of the great forests
afoat upon numerous rivers in
dug-out canoe with a small deck
house in the stern, with almost
nude negroes for paddlers, an Eng
lish mission native for Interpreter
aud Senegalese and Madagascar
native guards The guards them
selves would have stricken terror
into the hearts Of most people, for
they were cannibals at heart if not
in practise. but had great conf
dence in their loyalty to the French.
On several occasions they saved me
from my paddlers and servants. who
became intoxicated, mutinied and
would have destroyed me.
At night. when lay awake in my
little camp bed under a small tent,
oppressed by the terrific heat and
thinking of the savagery all around
me and the wild beasts kept at bay
only by the fires built around US, I
occasionally reached out to Bubu. the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-11

gorillas, hippo teeth and snake
skins were among the most re-
markable.
Then, in the most matter-of-fact
manner the messenger would begin
to pack up my things for me and
announce his readiness to lead the
way back to his chief, taking It alb
solutely for granted that I would &C
cept. When 1 refused to 20, the
savage would be stricken almost
dumb with surprise. Later, his
chief would come in person, and
after 1 had convinced him that I
really couldn't accept the honor he
wished to confer on me, he would
march around my quarters examin-
ing my furniture, pictures and other
household articles.
The thing that attracted them
most was a piece Of white OilclOth,
which covered my dining table and
which was decorated with a bold
conventional floral design of flaming
tomato red. The savage loves red,
and these cannibals offered me all
kinds OF inducements to part with It
Kings and chiefs who came to pro
pose, remained to trade. living me
ivory, animals skins, fruits, eggs.
chickens and native trinkets for the
things they coveted. One native
chief who had heard Of the tomato
red OilclOth and visited me out OF
curiosity, offered to make me his
chief wife If wc-ld give it to him.
/ remained on the island eight
m-uths and in the French Congo
twelve months altogether. During
that time, at least twenty of the
native kings and chiefs proposed
marriage TO me. They ali offered
TO tatten me, concluding that 1 re-
1ected them because Of my thin
ness for / weighed only 10 pounds
They offered to make me a member
OF their weird secret societies, even
Of the sacred Bondu-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-11
By Ida Vera SiB1ontor

TWENTY proposals in twelve
months-and all from canni-
4 bal kings. That was part Of
nv experiences in the West African
jungle, and I think it constitutes a
record.
Not that I am at all vain about It
for, after all, / was the first white
woman these savages had ever seen,
and 1t was undoubtedly the novelty
OF ny appearance rather than any
personal charms I might have pos
sessed that led them to make ad-
Vances to me
The scene Of this romance was
on the Og0we River. which follows
the line of the equator in the French
Congo The river is lined with
dense forests, inhabited by gOTillas,
apes, chimpanzees, pythOns and
other tropical beasts. My object
was to study the natives Of the
Jungle at first hand, and as 1 could
get no white person to accompany
me 1 decided to go alone.
NV companions on the steamer
which left ne at Cape Lopez, little
LrdQLIg DDLL Oh AA4O Nu1Aa-G ACNAe-A GU
that it was suicidal for me to ven
tire into the interior alone, but
hadn't travelled all the way from
America TO return without getting
What ] was after. and I decided to
20 through with it
At Care Lopez there we're only
twentv-one white men and not a
single white woman. ! remained
there for three weeks waiting for
the sailing Of the little steamer to
take me up the Ogowe River into
the interior. The boat was piloted
by a giant savage As we sailed up
the river this savage called my at
tention from tine to time to the
hideous monkeys jumping from tree
TO tree, huge twenty-fOOt pythons
summing themselves near the shore
and the noses Of crocodiles sticking
up out Of the mud.
The news that a white woman
was in the jungle travelled quickly.
and whenever the boat stopped the
shore was crowded with curious ma
Gves.
The thing that struck them as
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-11

most strange was the fact that had
neither master nor husband, for
among them every woman becomes
a wife at the age Of ten or twelve,
and their status is that of chattels-
Shortly before we arrived at
Lamberene, a government and mis-
sion station, received my first
cannibal proposal. 1t was from
Orungu, a Nkomi chief, who had
heard Of me some days before and
had traversed the jungle to meet
me He came loaded with gifts
native knives, tom-tOms, beads and
quaint musical Instruments.
He offered to make me his chief
wife-he had twelve already. told
him through an Interpreter that
with US thirteen was uulucky, and
l was too supersttiOUs to accept
his offer. But he wouldn't be dis
missed. He said he would dismiss
one Of his other wives and then I
would be the twelfth, and I laugh
ingly told him I couldn't consent
70 that He got real angry.
You think you too thin. Ne
quick make. you fat, like other
wives" be said, and ] have no
doubt he would, for among these
sayages fat is the cardinal point
Of beauty IN the course of my
travels in the jungle I found that
when a slim girl from ten to four.
teen is betrothed she is put in the
fattening house, where she is kept
close and fattened in the most hor-
rible manner. She is forced TO eat
bananas all day long. The ration
for a man in the jungle consists Of
only three bananas day, but these
poor girls are made to consume from
ten to twenty, BESIDES a mass of
fOo-foO as the native banana bread
is called. BY the time the marriage
takes place. the bride is fairly wab-
bling in fat, and that was the pros
peel the NkOmi cannibal held out
20 me!
It was only by promising to con
slider the offer that I was able to
get rid OF him
I stayed at Lambarene for four
weeks, making many excursions
into native towns and studying the
savages at close range. In one town,
away up IN the Ashire forest, I was
approached by a delegation Of three
native women rugged up in cos
tunes more Judicrous than any
thing ever seen in musical comedy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-11

The Wonderful Headdress Nj
Simonton Could Have WOr
Had She Married Cannibal Kin
No. / Who Ruled IN the Cong
IDA VERA sI1IONTON IS the
only white woman who ever
\ went into the African jungle
unescorted by white men. Miss
Simonton is a Pittsburgh girl, so
perhaps that was why she wasn't
frightened. To study the habits
and customs Of the natives at
hrst hand, she spent year in
the West African cannibal country
on the line OF the equator, and
among the most interesting Of her
experiences were the proposals Of
marriage she received from tine
70 time from some twenty cannibal
kings. She tells here for the first
time the strange story Of this
romance Of the jungle.
Miss SimontOn is now ENGAGED
In writing a novel founded upon
her investigations in the Jungle
The book, entitled 'sHelTs PLAY
ground" is TO be published by the
Macmillan Company within the
next few months.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-11

TWENTY proposals in twelve
months-and all from canni-
4 bal kings. That was part OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-10
PASTORSWANT
Gypsy AGAIN

Here Interesting Young pastor
M church Portland who listed prominently grapevine
to Tacoma complain that Gypsy
smith was failure that they win bring Gypsy back in two
investigation the
tin this:
Rev Dr. pastor.
said cannot highly
large with
Portland
delight profit We
wanted to hear him. He grips
and Jews alike heard him again resutal
were pleased blest.
I'VE are planning to have him
we shall build him tabernacle seating 10000, he it,
Does that sound like failure?
Mora Register If the that Petit
defeat his
desperate that they will
the
trying to clean Tacoma, they
They leaving unturned
what Tacoma
not speak for civic purity without being
Register Get ready
holders of
For they
him Let be
telegraph to Gypsy Smith
"You win Tacoma elects overwhelming
majority. God bless Gypsy Smith" G.. L, r.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-10
A Man Is Sweetest When His

The time man is sweetest, ac-
cording to DIR. w. B. Cannon of
Harvard, is when he is real angry.
Any kind of emotion, he told the
American Physiological society in
Baltimore, produces large
amount of sugar in the blood. A
cat with its hair standing on end
is simply filled with sweetness,
he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-10
1.-Two awful powers that rule all"
CHAPTER Nv.

Then came consolidation run
riot. Competition was wiped
out, under the protection of the
tariff wall. In four years the
consultations involved 23 bill
lions of dollars. During the en-
suing four years they involved
81 billions more-at this time
about sc men ruled the business
of the country. Now the time
when trusts to form themselves
into larger trusts is upon us. All
business is falling into two
groups-Morgan and Standard
oil and millionaires, who once
were brave and Independent, now
discover that there are in this
country two awful powers on
which they dare not gaze with
out tremibling-Morgan's power
and the power of Standard Oil.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-10
swallowed up by monopoly"
CHAPTER III.

Up to this time the laws of
supply and demand and competi-
tion-God's laws-were in force.
Because we had competition, no
one was robbed. But suddenly
businessmen stopped competing.
They formed trusts or pools, they
divided up the land into business
territories and fixed prices.
what is the use of our oompet-
ing?" said these men. Let us
join hands and have monopoly.
Within an incredibly short time
every big business-in the United
States was swallowed up by a
monopoly. From 1890 to 1894
under the Dingley tariff, consol-
idations involving four billions
|of dollars were effected. John
Sherman, the great statesman,
saw what was coming and he
tried to make a law that would
|stOp the storm,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-10
|. v. WIS SLIP
ONE OVER ON
CH|EFFRAzER

Chief Fraser had two judg-
ments of $500 each returned
against him by default today be-
cause of the alleged false arrest
of Harry Baker and Fred u.
Rhoda, ]. w. w. organizers ar
rested in front of the l. w. w.
hall.
Fraser's attorney apparently
forgotten to make an answer In
the case. gEsy =
Another similar case is pending
against Patrolman Kincaid who
made the arrest.
An attempt will be made to set
the Fraser verdicts aside and
have the cases tried.
Judge Stiles is my attorney.
spoke to him about the case the
other day and he told me not to
worry, that he would attend to is, "
said Chief Fraser. Il don't know
how it happened.