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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-11
PREPARING FOR ELECTION
fanann Negotiating for Purci,nse a.,
Wins end Ammunition

Washington. Nav l0.--panama ;s
preparing for its approaching prcsi
DENTAL election by negotiating with
INC cnltcd States for the purchase
~ supply of arms and ammunition.
i'r. Arias, The minister from Panama
mas asked the War Department to sell
his country 800 of the I<rag- Jorgepscn
!,ii9s. discarded several years ago NV
ridges. IT was explained at the lera-
non that the police at the polls mov
Ne called upon 10 use weapons more
cnectiVe than the antiquatcd firing
pieces with which they arc now nf,,,ir
ped. rhe election is scheduled to take
place on the first Sunday In IuIu
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-11
LABOR TROUBLES IN CUBA
sympathetic strikes and Other Causes
Lend 10 Complications


Washington. May l0.-Sympathetic
strikes in Santiago. Guantanamo. Man
zanillo and Cicnfucgos, and the failure
OF conference between the shipping
interests and the government reprc-
scntativcS because the stevcdorcs re-.
FUSED TO make any concessions have
complicated the Cuban strike situation,
which Is becoming rerious menace
TO American shipping ana horticultural
Interests and the customs revenue OF
Cuba.
Steamship companies will not use
trikc-hrcakcrs, say state Department
reports. and have abandoned attempts
Mt settlement. They announce the,
VIII handle no more freight of any
KIND DURING the period of the strike
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-11
Brandt Is Ordered
Sent Back to Prison

New York. May I0.-FoIke u.
brandt. former rnIct TO Mortimer
l.. .SchiH. was ordered sent back 10
Dannemora prison by the Appellate
Division OF the Supreme Court this
afternoon. The court wna unnni-
nous in Diminishing the writ of
habcas corpus granted by Justice
Gerard to Brandf, who had served
five years OF n thirty-ycnr sentence
for burglary In the first degree.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-11
WIRELESS COURSE IN SCHOOL
Recommendation Approved nv Chicnro
SupcrfntcnIcnt

Chicago. May 1O.-With the approvsl
Of Mrs. Ella FlaEg Young. superin
tendent of Chicago schools, the school
management committee has adopted n
recommendation urging the teaching
schools
The Titanic disaster 1t is said. has
caused hundreds of boys in city high
echools to petition for instruction in
wireless teleGraphy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-11
FISHERIES CONFERENCE ENDS
Representatives OF l.. :. md CRnnda
Expect to Reach Agreement.

Washington. May lo.-Although not
bringing the matters at issue to
conclusion. the conference just ended
between the representatives of the
United States and Canada has had
satisfactory results. 1t is expected
that the negotiations TO follow by
mail will bring the principals into
complete agreement. All OF the Ca
madam representatives have left Wash
inEton except Sir Edward Morris, OF
Newfoundland who is detained here
by the slight illness or his wife
Hedges and Prince. commissioners for
the United states anu Canada rcspec-
lively, Will personally confer within
a day or TWO regarding the differences
between the two governments over the
inland fisheries regulations
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-11
Conventions of nnoscrel, NNinn

:, hITHIhEHanl. Ma, May lO.-rho
Roosevelt wing of the Republican
party in Alabama will hold lis Stoin
ana congressional conventions in Bir-
ninEham tomorrow. Six delegates
at large Will he elected. and contest
Ing delegates Will be sent from prac
tically every congressional district
To-morrowS convention was called
by former State Chairman J. q
Thompson. who claims that Pope NJ
Long, the present chairman, was IL
legally elected
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-11
WILL VISIT RICHMOND


Washington. MAY 1OAAIembers of
The the Ghn , Of Commerce will visit
tons annual outing, MAY IL 10 %
They will go to Richmond SATURDAY.
Nay IS. whore the Richmond Chamber
OF Commerce is preparing to enter.
tain them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
BREEDERS OF STATE ELECT
Three Associations Name Officers
for Ensuing Year at Meeting
Held in Madison.

Madison.-L. P. Martin, Chippewa
Falls, was elected president of the
Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders as
ISOLATION at the closing session here
Other officers chosen were: Vice.
president, e. F.. Wilson, Waukesha;
secretary, R. w. Rowlands, Wauke-
sha; treasurer, E. j. Jones, Rockland
The Wisconsin Horse Breeders as
ISOLATION elected officers as follows
President, James G. Boyd, Milwau-
kee; vice-president, w. X. Caldwell,
Janesville; secretarytreasurer Prof
James G. Fuller, Madison; member of
the executive committee, James z.
McClay, GAINESVILLE.
Arthur Brontheron, Albany, was
elected president of the Wisconsin
Sheep Breeders association. Other
officers elected werl: Vice-president,
William Smiley, Albany; secretary,
William S. Renk, Sun Prairie; treas
urer, A. V. Kleinheinz, Madison. Di-
rectors named We're: w. A. McKer-
rev, Pewaukee; H. W. Meekin, Fond
du Lac; S. l.. Grail, Evansville; s. E.
Ebert, Thomas and O. c. Jones, Ev.
ansville.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
OSHKOSH TEACHERS MEET
Northeastern State Association Gives
Approval of Retirement Fund Law
-Mclver Elected President.

Oshkosh. THE Northeastern Wis
consin Teachers association closed
its annual convention here with the
election of the following officers
President, Supt. M. N. McIver, Osh-
kosh; vice president, M. r. Stanley,
Oconto; secretary, Lydia HOLMAN,
Green Bay; treasurer, H. B. Patch,
Oshkosh, county superintendent.
The resolutions, among other
things, extends to the legislature of
the state, vote OF appreciation for
its passage of the teachers retire
ment fund. Another resolution de-
clares IN favor OF woman's suffrage.
wisconsin gives a complete ele-
mentary education &c 2 greater pro-
portion OF her children than does any
of the ne!ghboring states, according
to figures presented before the con-
vention by DR.. Leonard P. Ayres, d.
rector of the divisions of education
and statistics of the Russell Sage
Foundation, New York.
He said that among six states stud
led, Wisconsin ranks first in the pro-
portion of pupils who are carried
through to the eighth grade. In Wis
consin the proportion completing the
grades is 81; in Massachusetts, so;
Iowa and Illinois come next with SO
each; in Michigan the percentage is
Sc and in New York state Sc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
GOOD ROADS SCHOOL OPENS
First Annual Highway Exposition at
Madison Is Attended b. Many
County Commits Ioners.

Madison. Good roads advocates
are in session at Madison for five
days. From all over the state have
come representatives of the people to
study the problem of better roads as
proposed in the law of the legislature
of 1911.
The meeting is held under the aus
pices of the Wisconsin highway COM
mission, and is attended largely by
highway commissioners and county
officials
Chairman ]. A. Hazelwood of the
state highway commission presided.
Col. Duncan McGregor, private secre-
tary to Gov. McGovern, welcomed the
representatives. Senator John S.
Donald, who fathered the bill that is
now the Wisconsin good roads law,
spoke of the merits of the measure
and the necessity of its enforcement
In good faith. The idea of state aid
Is not new in Wisconsin, he said,
although the present Is the first ap-
plication of it to the building of high
ways. Its application to the schools
Of the state, to the care of depend
ents, to the support of county fairs
and to various other ends, he said,
long had been recognized.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
What the Copy Boy Wrote.

Representative Dan Anthony, of
Kansas, publisher of the Leavenworth
Times, once had an office boy who
yearned to know how to use type
writer-which accomplishment, the
boy figured, would make him regular
reporter.
Anthony turned an old broken-down
machine over to him. says the Wash
ington Herald. and babe him learn to
run It,
"What'n | writer" the boy asked.
Ca, just take some sentence, any
sentence at ALL Anthony told him.
and see how long 1t will take you to
fill page with it."
The boy set to work An hour or
two later Anthony CHANGED to notice
the page on which the lad had been
working. From top to bottom OF the
sheet, and from margin to margin, the
boy had written one sentence over and
over again until there was scarcely a
white spot visible on the paper. The
sentence the boy had selected to prac-
tice with was: who the invent.
ed SCHOOL,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
Wisconsin News Briefs.

Milwaukee.--At a meeting of the
executive body of the Wisconsin
branch of the National Postmasters
league, held here, arrangements
were made for holding the next an
nual convention at Madison, on Aug.
20 and 81. A program is now being
prepared and will be issued to the
postmasters of the third and fourth
class Offices within short time. The
Wisconsin branch has membership
of about 700.
Madison. the same person
may not be district attorney in a
county and at the same time hold the
Office of mayor of city in that coun-
ty is held today in an opinion by AS
sistant Attorney General w. w. Gil
man in response to an inquiry from
one who is thus burdened with dual
official responsibility. To the same
person an opinion is given to the eff
feet that one person in the same city
may own and operate two or more
saloons.
La Crosse.-A noiseless Fourth of
July will be the outcome of an ordi-
nance passed by the common council
prohibiting the use of any and all
fireworks and explosives within this
city.
Viroqua. NJ Warner. a
prosperous farmer of the town of
Harmony, was found dead by his
wife. He had shot himself, evidently
with suicidal intent.
Madison.-By the explosion of
magnesium used in taking a flash
light picture, Edward Ballard, a pho
tographer. was seriously burned.
Eau Claire.--A. j. Arts, Augusta.
was fined $25 and costs here for hay
ing in his possession the hide of d
beaver
Merrill. Mrs. Varrie Wright, wild
ow of wealthy lumberman. died
here, three hours before the arrival
of her son, A. II. Wright, who raced
from Littell Wash, to see her be-
fore she died. Her death was has
tened by the death OF another son,
former Senator James A. Wright.
Brodhead With the death of
John A. Young OF Brodhead there
passes one OF the veteran pearl buy
ers OF the state who was recognized
as connoisseur of these gems. Mr..
Young's death was due to Injuries
received In a fall.
Racine. The romance OF Sopbia
Peipol, aged II, known as the Polish
queen of Racine. ended in Chicago
when the girl drank poison. She
went to Chicago with Anna Ander-
son. fell in love, and when the man
of her choice transferred his affec-
lions to her companion, she took her
life.
Marinette.--Gcorgc w. Price, head
of the Marinette Woodworks COM
pany. has been requIsitioned by the
sheriff of Cook county, Illinois, on
the charge of operating confidence
game, a felony In that state.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
TurnlnQ the Tables,

Having done his best, by every fair
and unfair means, during the last cleo
ton to catch the candidate tripping
the heckler grew Extensively personal
rs 1t true that Your mother
washes" he began, but before he
could add the word clothes" the wit
ty candidate called out smartly:--
"Of course she does. Why. don't
you?"
This raised loud laugh at the heck
lers expense: but, still undaunted, he
returned to the attack
you can't deny" he said, that your
father was a rag-and bone man.
bought some clothes OF him thirty
years ago
And ! SEQ you're still wearing
them!" was the candidates Lightning
rctort
There was no more heckling that
night.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
sl25,0OO BLAZE IN
GAINESVILLE PLANT
Large Harness Factory Com
pleteIy Destroyed.
THREATEN RETAIL DISTRICT
Merchants Move Stocks of Goods to
Street-Frozen Hydrants Hamper
Fire Department in Starring Fight
Against the Flames.

Janesville.-The harness factory
of the Bassett Echlin Harness COM
pany was destroyed by fire which
for an hour threatened the entire re-
tail district of the city.
The loss will be between $125, 900
and $150,000, the harness concern
being the heaviest loser
Two buildings owned by Bostwick
e. Tate were burned.
The blaze was discovered In the
cellar room of the factory, which
was over a boiler and filled with in
flammable material.
A frozen hydrant hampered the
work Of flremen and the department
lost all control of the flames for a
time. AS a result the Bostwick &
Tate buildings caught fire and the
flames began spreading in several di-
rections.
A panic ensued among merchants
near the factory and the stocks OF
several stores were taken into the
street. When the walls of the burn
ing factory fell, fire was scattered
throughout the district
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
MARINETre FIREMEN HURT
Two injured a1y Falling ROOF While
Fighting Flames That Wrecked
Holm Wagon Works.

Marinette.-The plant of the Helm
Carriage works was destroyed by fire
which also damaged the residence OF
Mrs. James Moore and other build
iDgs in the vicinity. The loss is about
$4,000 with insurance of less than
half
Seven automobiles in the carriage
works were destroyed together with
$4,000 worth of vehicles, including
Senator Stephenson family car
rage.
Part of the roof of the burning
building fell on two of the firemen
and they were rescued with difficulty.
Herman Johnson, one of the firemen,
had four ribs broken and sustained
other injuries. He was taken to a
hospital. 1t is believed that he in
hailed flames and that his condition
Is serious.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
MAY OPEN UP RESERVATION
Governments Decision to Give Oneida
Indians Patents in Fee Will Pos
sibly Bring White Settlers.

Green Bay.-The Indian office has
announced it's purpose to issue pat
ents in fee to all Oneida Indians who
may be recommended as competent
to care for their own affairs and
Supt. Hart has been directed to pre-
pare list of such persons.
OF the $4,000 acres of the original
reservation, about 10000 acres are
still held under trust patents. About
one-third of this land belongs to
estates and the remaining two-thirds
to the original allottees. This prob
ably will result in opening to white
settlers, big portion of the lands
now held by the Oneidas. The effect
of this order is to shorten by about
Ave years the trust period of twenty
five years which would otherwise ex-
pire in 1917.
The government school will be
closed in 1913.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
'R|PON YOUTH HELD
FOR KILLING man
18-Year-0Id W00dCutter Con.
fesses to Brutal Staying.
SELL! DEFENSE is CLAIMED
Robert PrI. Aged 10, Admits C'Dh.
bing Edward Schmidt to Death
With Shotgun-Pair Lived in Hut
on Shore of Green Lake.

Fond du Lac-Robert Prili, a
youth of IS, is in the county jail here
facing charge of murder, and a con-
fession of the killing of Edward
Schmidt, fellow woodcutter, has
been made public by Sheriff Smacien-
ski. Prills arrest and confession
comes after the finding of Schmidt's
body, with the skull crushe d, on the
south shore of Green lake.
In his confession Prill denies that
he had murderous motive. The
crime, he asserts, was committed In
self-defense when Schmidt had
threatened him. Schmidt, who was
stranger in the community, came
to Fond du Lac few weeks ago. At
that time he was given work with
Prill, cutting timber from a tract
seven miles from town.
The men lived in a shack on the
lake shore that had been built by
Prill. In that lonely spot the murder
is said to have occurred. Schmidt
had not been home for days, accord
80 W viz iSPollCu SohiSSSAcA ~
Prill. When he came in the cabin an
argument was started, and as Prill
was going hunting it continued after
the men left the shack. Once out
side, Prill says, Schmidt started for
him, and he raised his shotgun and
fired twice, both shots merely graz
ing Schmidt's face
At this Schmidt laughed, he says,
and continued toward Prill, carrying
his ak. Since the loads of both bar
rels of the gun had been used, Prill
says. he thought his death was an
easy matter.
Il swung with all my force with
the gun barrel and fetched him
down. explained the boy. telling his
story in his cell. Schmidt dropped,
and l dragged him some distance to
the lake and there left him. 1t was
either him or me, and got him first,
and that is all there is to it."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
BUTTERFAT LAW is SCORED
Creamery Men Say Enforcement OF
Wisconsin Statute Will Force
Plants to Close.

Green Bay.-The law requiring
butter to contain S21a per cent but
terfat was declared unjust and a
great disadvantage to Wisconsin,
creamery owners by buttermakers at
the convention here, and action will
be taken to have the state law done
away with and a national law passed
providing for butter to contain hut
80 per cent butterfat. 1t was said If
the Wisconsin law is enforced it will
be the means of closing all Wisconsin
creameries, as buttermakers in near
by states are paying less for cream
and making butter containing but 80
per cent butter fat. The following
were prize winners in the state con-
test: |. w. Stryker, Nashota, first;
H. H. Whiting. Cedarburg, second;
Harry d. Nichols. Elkhorn, third; G.
P. Sauer, Cedarburg, fourth; John
Schiller, New Holstein, fifth; H. E.
Griffith, Mount Horeb, sixth: F. C.
Thompson. East Troy. seventh; F. v.
Merryfield. Troy Center, eighth; w.
R. Nichols, Amery, ninth; R. o. Brye,
Readstown, tenth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
FOUND DYING IN POTATO CAR
Fond du Lac Police Investigate Fatal
Injuries to Emil krontz, Post
master at Embarrass.

Fond du Lac.-Enil KronitZ aged
As, postmaster of the village of En-
barass, Waupaca county. was found
unconscious with his skull crushed in
potato car in the Northwestern
yards here and died few hours
later. The authorities are making an
investigation to ascertain if he was
murdered or was killed by being
thrown in the car The dead man was
in charge of two cars of potatoes,
consigned to Albert G. Miller of Chi
cago. When he left Embarrass he
had $40, which was found in his
clothes when the body was dscov-
cred
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
STATE MAY GET ISLANDS
Government Proposes to Turn Over
Hundreds of Small Tracts to
State of Wisconsin.

Washington, D. C.-Several hun
dred small islands In the numerous
lakes at the headwaters of the Wis
consin and Chippewa rivers will be
turned over to the state of Wisconsin
by the federal government within a
short time to be included in the state
forest reserve If the plan now on foot
is carried out.
The committee on public lands Of
the house has recommended that the
grant be made and the secretary of
the Interior has recommended the
transfer, SO there is no apparent OBJ
stacle'in the way of the passage OF
the measure to carry out the project
of Representative Morse
In its report recommending the
passage of the bill the committee on
public lands has been even more gen.
erous than it was expected to be and
has amended the bill to give the state
of Wisconsin the right to permit the
erection of cottages on the little ISL
ands and has stricken out the res
ervation to the effect that they shall
be used only for forest purposes.
The state now has $4,000 acres
of land set aside for forestry pur-
poses, nearly all of which was Sc
cured by purchase, and in appropriate
ing $4,000 year, to increase the
size of the state forests.
This state forest reserve is on the
headwaters of the Wisconsin and
Chippewa rivers. Within the bound
aries of this reserve are several hun
dred beautiful little inland lakes.
Within those little lakes are between
800 and 400 islands now owned by
the federal government, which are
sought to be acquired by this bill.
These islands vary in size from few
square rods each to about ten acres
and average about two acres each.
The total area is little less than 500
acres. These islands are not suitable
for agricultural uses, as nearly all of
them are rough and rocky and too
small for homesteads. The cost of
surveying them would be much
greater than the amount that could
be secured by the government IL they
were disposed of under any existing
law
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, Feb. 10, 1912.


Butter-Creamery, extras, SEC;
prints, 33c; firsts, 27@29c; seconds.
24@25c; renovated, 30@31c; dairy,
fancy, zee.
Cheese full cream,
Twins, lie; daisies, new, II a II y C;
Young Americas, liz @1sc; long
horns, 19c; Swiss, Is Ollie.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 306 32c; recandled, ex-
tras, 37@3Sc; seconds, 2O@24c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, IL " C; roost-
ers, SC; springers, lac.
Potatoes Wisconsin, sacked, on
track, 1.0O@105.
Hay--No. l timothy, 21.Oo; clo-
yer, 1850; No. / prairie, 1880.
Wheat-No. l northern, Ill a
lib; No. Q northern, 100 @ liz;
No. 3 northern, 104@1.06.
i. Corn-No. 8 yellow, 66hc.
Oats-No. 3 white, 52Ac; stand
ard, 52hc.
Barley-Wisconsin, 1923; No. z,
1.28; medium, 1877.
Cattle-Butchers steers, 4.90 @
$50; heifers, 340@ $40; cows,
3.75@5.15; feeders, 5000 4.40;
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 6.1O
@6.26; fair to best light, 5.65 a
6.1O; pigs. 5000 $50.
Sheep-Lambs, 50O@6.O0; ewes,
9.00@3.75.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
HOGE IS FREED OF
MURDER CHARGE
Aged 0conomowoc Man Fonnd
Not Guilty Of Staying Wife.
JURY OUT FOUR MINUTES
Quick Return Of Verdict at Waukesha
Meets the Approval of Courtroom
Spectators - Trial One Of Most
Dramatic in Wisconsin History.

Waukesha.--Oleo of the most dra-
matte trials ever held in Wisconsin
came to close here when the jury,
after four minutes deliberatiOn, ac-
Quilted August Hoge. aged SO. of the
charge of numbering his wife. The
trial lasted Ave days.
When the foreman announced the
jury's verdict, the aged defendant
was the first to break the silence.
Murmuring "Danka schoen, danka
schoen," over and over, the broken
and feeble figure clasped the arm Of
the Judge. The courtroom buzzed
its approval.
On November IA last Mrs. Hoge
was found dead in bed in the cottage
at Oconomowoc, where the couple
lived alone. Her head had been
crushed by blow from a hammer.
suspicion rested on the husband and
he was arrested after telling con-
fiicting stories.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
SURELY HARD MAN TO PLEASE
Artist Did His Best, but Somehow
Managing Editor Would Not
Be Satisfied.

An artist was drawing a cartoon
wherein the flag of our nation played
a large part, He drew the flag, first
time. with five stars in the blue field
and took 1t to the managing editor.
who promptly let out yelp.
''Wadye think this country IT," said
the managing editor, "a trust?'
What's the trouble?" asked the art
list.
Trouble" beloved the managing
editor, why. we need more stars.
stars, stars!"
So the artist brought the picture
back and this time he had III stars In
it by actual count.
The managing editor felt his head
and choked slightly.
What do you think you're draw
ing?" he asked at last.
You're the hardest man to please
| ever met in my life," said the artist
Indignantly; first it's too few and
then it's too many How many starr
do you want. anyway"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-15
Sun a lampliqhtcr.

In the acetylene burning lighthouses
Along the Panama canal will be In
stalled copper cylinders exposed to
the sun. When the sun rises In the
morning and the rays fall upon these
cylinders they will expand and close
valves that admit gas TO the burners
As night approaches and the suns
rays diminish in power the cylinders
Will contract and again turn on the
gas. which will be ignited by small
pilot iets.--Scientiic American.