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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
PREDICT POOR CORN CROP
Experts Say Inferior Seed VIII Cause
Small Yield in Western Wis
consin This Season.

New Richmond-It is predicted
by experts who have made a care
full survey Of the situation that the
1912 acreage of corn in St. -Croix and
other western and northwestern
counties of Wisconsin Will not ex-
coed so per cent of that of 1911
Worthless seed is given as the cause
of the falling off, and the supply of
good, reliable, tested seed has been
exhausted. One hundred INQUIRIES
sent out to as many raisers of pedf-
greed corn in Wisconsin develops the
fact that their stocks of seed have
all been sold out and there is not
enough left in many instances for
the home demand.
Farmers in Minnesota and the Da-
kotas took practically all of the Wis
consin surplus seed this year. 1t has
been stated by an expert who has
made thorough investigation of the
situation in western Wisconsin that
none of the seed corn that was not
selected, picked and cured as per the
rules Of the Wisconsin College OF
Agriculture is worth planting; that
all seed that was not picked before
the corn was cut and shocked and
then cured by artificial heat is
worthless.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
MAY PUT WOMAN ON BOARD
Governor Considering Plan for Agri-
cultural Commission Which viii
Br> ak All Precedents.

Madison. = Gov. McGovern an
hounces that he is considering the
naming of a woman as a member of
the state board of agriculture as soon
as the new law on congressional ap-
portfonments goes into effect on
April 1.
Never in the history of the state
has woman held position on this
board, and the governor is consider
ing the plan only after having re-
ceived several applications from
women in different parts of the state.
He did not say whom he would ap-
point, should he make such a de-
cision, nor whether she would rep
resent district or be a member at
large.
Gov McGoyern also announced
that he will appoint the successors
to the four members whose term ex-
pired on Jan. l.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
READY TO BUILD BIG DAM
Enormous Power viii Be Developed
on Chippewa RiVer-Purpose
as Yet Unknown.

Courderay.- Engineers have al
most completed their survey and
work will soon start on a great dam
half a mile below the junction of the
east and west forks of the Chippe-
wa river. The structure will be 80
feet high, and at the ends of the
concrete work, the earth filings will
be 40 feet wide at the top. The pow
er stored up will be enormous, but
for what purpose it will be used is
not yet known. Engineers state that
Chief lake, fourteen miles above the
dam in the reservation, will be raised
Is feet. Several thousand acres Of
land, including a number of improv-
ed farms, will be flooded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04

Senators Declare Question Al
ready Has Been Decided.
HINES is ALSO EX0NERATED
Special Investigating Body Rules That
Once Seated, illinois Member
Cannot Be Placed in Jeop-
ardy Second Time.

Washington.-Th special invest
| eating committee of the senate
by a vote of 8 to 8 decided to
report to the senate that the charges
against Senator William Lorimer Of
Illinois have not been sustained, that
| the evidence has disclosed no corrup-
ton in his election, and that despite
| the evidence which it has heard, it
has discovered nothing which would
Justify a reversal of the solemn and
deliberate judgment of the United
States senate rendered during the last
session of the Sixty-f1rst congress
holding valid the election of William
Lorimer as a senator of the United
States"
The committees action was sweep
| ing 1t not only adopted thev res jul
dicata" resolution prepared by Sen
ator Jones of Washington, but other
resolutions faVoring the Lorimer con-
tentions.
The Jones resolution declared that
the pending case had already been
covered by the previous trial of Lori
mer in the senate, and that to again
place the Illinois senator on trial
would not be in accord with the prin-
ctple of res judicata.'
Another resolution adopted exon
Grated Edward Hines, the Chicago
lumberman, of any wrongdoing.
BY a vote of to 0 the committee
adopted a resolution declaring that If
there was any corrupt dealing in con-
nection with Lorimers' election to the
senate, Lorimer had no knowledge OF
it.
The committee also took action de-
claring that there was no conclusive
evidence of a legislative Jackpot"
On the resolution declaring that
Lortmer had no knowledge of any cor
rupt dealings, Senators Kenyon, Kern
and Lea, who opposed Lortmer, re
trained from voting.
The committee vote on the Jones
resolution follows:
For Lorimer-Dillingha Gamble,
Jones, Johnston and Fletcher.
Against Lortmer-Kern, Kenyon
and Lea.
1t is practically certain that mi
nority report also will be made from
the committee and a notable debate is
expected when the case reaches the
floor Of the senate.
It is expected that the case will be
brought up in the senate next week.
shington.-Senator Stephenson,
octogenarian millionaire banker and
lumberman, retains his seat By
a vote of 40 to "a, the senate
declared his election valid and reject
ed the charge that $1O7, 1913, which the
senator admitted spending in the Wis
consin primaries, had been used cor
ruptly.
Twenty-efght Republicans and u
Democrats voted to hold Senator
Stephenson's election a valid one.
Eighteen Democrats and Is RepubIi-
cans voted to declare it corruptly OBJ
tanned
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette left
a sick bed to cast his vote against
his colleague.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
MifeIY Attention

Mr.. and Mrs Compton had gone out
on the platform to take the air. Mrs.
Compton returned to the car first and
sat down squarely in what she thought
was her husbands chair.
That she had made a mistake was
speedily proved by the irate voice OF
the man who had walked along the
aisle behind her
Madam" he said. you are sitting
on my hati"
Mrs. Compton rose and took from
the seat a crushed and crumpled OBJ
Ject
"Oh che said breathlessIy. as she
gazed at the forIorn object, I'm very
sorry. You see, thought all the time
1T was my husbands mean"
But what she really meant she
never fully explained, for the out
sraged owner Of the hat seized it and
lstalked away in high dudgeon.-
Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
MAY REPEAL SUFFRAGE ACT
Failure of Women to File Campaign
Expenses Renders the Measure
Liable to Withdrawal.

MadisOn.-RepeaI of the measure
submitting an amendment to the
state constitution providing for
woman's suffrage at the special SEES
sion of the legislature, may be the
result Of the opinion given the secre-
tary of state by Attorney General
Bancroft. This step may be taken be-
cause of the failure of those working
for the passage of the amendment
to file statements of contributions
and expenses of the campaign
According to the opinion of the at
torney general both the suffragettes
and the anti-suffragettes come with
in the corrupt practices law and have
been operating within it's provision
for the last six months. The fail
ure to file the required statements
makes the women conducting the
campaigns liable to the penalties of
the law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
SALARIES EXEMPT
Are Not Subject to Income lax
Rules Attorney General.
ASSESSMENT MAY BE MADE
Tax Officials Expected to Disregard
6aRcroft's Opinion and Pave Way
for Test of Moo;ed Question Be-
fore Supreme Court.

Madison.-The opinion given by
Attorney General Bancroft that pub
lie salaries are not subject to the
income tax will probably not change
the announced policy of the state tax
commission to assess all such sal
aries.
When the question was first dis
cussed in the newspapers it was
stated by the commission that sal
aries of public officials would be as
sessed, even those salaries fixed by
the state constitution 1t was ex-
planned that the tax did not neces-
sarily mean reduction of income,
owing to the many exemptions IN
der the laws and that in many in
stances, no doubt, the total tax paid
by public official would, therefore,
be less than before
It is understood, also, that many
public officials, including judges, had
already turned in to the assessors
their income statements. It has also
been argued that a well paid public
official would not be likely to invite
the criticism which would certainly
come, if he sought to avoid a tax
which others had to pay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
REMOVE CAPITOL FOUNTAIN
Old Outdoor Aquarium at the s ate
House in Madison Will
Soon Be Gone.

Madison. - The old out-of-door
aquarium that for nearly third Of
a century adorned the capitol park
just south of the statehouse, is to
be removed. 1t stands Immediately
in front of the entry that is to lead
from the southeast side of the capt.
tol dome and interferes with the for
nal landscape as it's removal has be-
come necessary, as it is designed By
the authorities. Workmen already
are busy tearing it down.
The foundation was originally
built and erected as a feature of the
worlds fair at Chicago in 1898.
When it had served its purpose there
it was bought by the Wisconsin au-
thorities and transplanted to Madi-
son.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
unbarred Cells sucoessful.

John l. Whitman, superintendent
of the bridewell, Chicago, addressed
the commonwealth class of the First
Congregational church Of Wilmette on
Modern Methods of Dealing With the
criminal Classes" Ten years ago, +"
said Mr. Whitman, ut was the Gus
5om to make the prisoners submit to
punishment in order to make them
obey. Now this method is seldom
used. Our practice is to bring about
discipline by trusting the prisoners
and letting them feel that we really
do trust them We have found this
10 work splendidly. One Of the great
est aids In carrying out this method
at the brideweu is the new dollhouse.
In this dollhouse every. cell has a win
dow, which is not barred. think
there is no other prison in the United
States where the windows to the cells
are not barred We have not had a
single instance where a prisoner has
tried to escape"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
MUST OBSERVE HOUR LIMIT
industrial Commission Denies Relief
to Pea Gamers, Who Asked Inn
munitY from Labor Laws.

Madison.-The pea packing inter-
ests in Wisconsin will have to look
to the legislature for relief from the
present exactions of the women's la
Dor law. A committee conferred with
members of the state industrial COM
mission relative to concessions in the
enforcement. of the law limiting the
hours of labor for women and girls
to ten in the daytime and eight at
night, or fifty-fVe hours a week.
1t was contended that unless long
er hours for the female labor are al
lowed the packers are liable to stand
large financial loss. The commission
Informed the packing representatives
that it was powerless to change the
law or to reIent in it's enforcement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
GAS EXPLOSION IN
NINE KILLS g
Only Ten Workers Escape Alive
at led, w. Va.
BRING OUT 80 OF DEAD
Operation of Fans Help Relief Parties
in Their Search-Near-By Shafts
Send Experts to Lead Vel
unteer Rescuers.

Wheeling, ". Va. = Eighty-two
men net death in a gas expIo-
sion in the mine of the Jed Coal
company, rear WEIGH. There were SO
men in the mine when the gas ig-
nited, but all succeeded in getting out
One Of these was so badly burned,
however, that he died an hour after
he was taken out.
Thirty-five bodies have been taken
out by searching parties. Explaring par
ties are at work trying to find the re-
mainder Of the bodies. They are not
expecting to rescue any of the miners
alive.
Only eleven men escaped alive and
none of these died within an hour
after being brought to the surface.
Thirty-three bodies have been re-
covered and the exploring parties ex-
pect to have all the bodies out by to-
night.
When the explosion took place prob
ably only the eleven men working at
the foot of the shaft had chance for
their lives. They readily made their
way Up the cages which were not
damaged.
State mine inspectors promptly or
ganized rescue parties and began the
exploration of levels. AS the gases
were cleared out and they began
searches of the lower levels they i'm
mediateIy began to come upon min
ers who had been killed almost in
stantly. Other mines near by sent ex-
per:enced foremen to lead hundreds
Of volunteer rescuers who focked to
the scene as the news spread about
the countryside.
The usual scenes OF horror and
grief which attend mine disasters
were lacking. No families Of the
miners crowded about the mouth of
the shaft Women kept within their
homes, overcome with grief and dis.
traction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
FAMOUS BADGER cow DEAD
West Bend Breeder Loses HoIstein-
Fresian That Was the Worlds
Champion Two-Year- Old.

West Bend.-Cedar Lawn De Kol
Johanna 1866, the worlds cham
pion 2-year-old COW, owned by c. A.
Schroeder of this city, is dead of
blood poisoning. When 2 years old
she acquired worldwide fame by
producing 513.7 pounds of milk and
258 pounds of butter in a seven day
test She was considered the most
valuable Holstein-Fresian COW in the
world by breeders, and offers of So
600 for her had been refused.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
Accuse Detective With Libel

Eau Claire.-On a warrant sworn
out by G. F. Wiehe, secretary of the
Hines Lumber company, B. F. Run
kle of Washburn, detective, was
arrested here. The charge is Grim
inaI libel and is based on a letter al
legged to have been written by Run
KEEL in which he accused the Hines
concern, or people connected with
the concern, of causing the Hines
mill at Ashland to be burned July 1,
1QO6
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
Mrs. pwelle Loses Suit.

New York Supreme Court
Justice Gerard dismissed a suit for
damages brought by Mrs. Helen
Fuld Dwelle, also known as Mrs. Jen-
kins, against Nathan Allen, the Wis
consin leather manufacturer, and the
detective firm of Mooney & BoIand
arising out Of the taking by Allen of
securities, jewelry and other valuables
which were in a safe deposit box and
which Mrs. Jenkins said were hers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
WANT PROSECUTOR OUSTED
Forest County Residents Send Pc
tition to Governor Asking Removal
of District Attorney Hooper.

Crandon.-A petition, requesting
the removal from Office of John F.
Hooper, district attorney of Forest
county, has been filed with Gov. Nc
Govern.
Charges of willful and corrupt
misconduct and malfeasance in Of
fee have been brought against Hoop
er by ten residents of the county
Four specific charges are made
against the district attorney, among
which is the alleged endeavor to
shield W. H. Kennerd, real estate
and loan agent, recently sentenced to
the penitentiary for forgery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
WANT GAME LAWS CHANGED
Sportsmen Would Give Hunting Fees
to Experimentation by the
Legislature Likely.

Madison.-It is practically cert25 ,
that the next legislature will be
asked to repeal that section of the
game laws which transfers the I'M
used portion of the income of the
state fish and game department to
the general fund. Last year this ex-
cess was $123,255.62.
Sportsmen from many parts of the
state have written State Game War
den Sholts expressing their disap-
prevail of this law They want all
such receipts of the department,
most of which are hunting license
fees, to be used in securing better
and more efficient supervision.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
ITALIANS ROUTED BY TURKS
Twenty Seven Officers and $500 Pri-
Yates Killed and Wounded

London.-A report from the Turk
ish commander at Benghazi, Trip
oil, received here, states that the
Turkish troops in Tripof have scored
a big victory over the Italian army.
The losses to the invaders is placed
at 27 officers and $500 men killed and
wounded.
The location of the battle is not
given in the report, which says that
the entire camp equipment of the Itai-
ians fell into the hands of the Turkish
troops.
The Turkish commander says the
casualties among the Turkish and
Arab troops numbered only $50 killed
and wounded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04

aEskimos Descended From Mongols7
It is suggested by DR.. S. K Hutton,
who spent five years in Labrador, that
the progenitors of the Labrador Eski-
mos came from Siberia, and that they
are physically related to the Mon
lgols. So far as Is known, they are the
aboriginal owners of the Labrador
coast, and their territory extends in
land more than hundred miles Two
hundred years ago they occupied the
whole length of the coast from north
TO south, about 900 miles, and their
numbers were greater. Now they are
confined to that part which lies be-
tween MakkOvik and Killinek. be-
tween latitude So degrees and 60 de-
grees 30 minutes north In that area
there are now fewer than 1900 peo-
pie, practically all that remain Of the
Labrador branch of the Tnnuit race.
They are all protesting Christians and
live such orderly, quiet and regular
dives that there is no policeman or
even resident justice Of the peace
IN their country. At present there is
little for the white man to covet in
the country Of the Innuit. and therein
lies the principal safety Of The Es-
ldmos
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
CLAUDE ALLEN GIVES UP.
Outlaw Accompanies Posse to Jail
Without Resistance.


Hillsville, Va-Starving, sIeepless,
md fatigued, Claude Swanson AL
len, namesake of a United States
senator, came out of the laurel
thicket in the Blue Ridge three
miles from the home of his father,
Floyd Allen, who is in the Roanoke
jail, recovering from gunshot wounds
received during the shooting up of
the courthouse here, pointed two six
shooters toward the sky, and gave
himself to the posse which for near
ly two weeks have hunted him
I'm glad to get a chance to con-
in" he said. Il haven't slept il a
bed since the shooting. I'm hungry"
The young mountaineer swung in
between the men of the posse and
they started back to HillsvilIe. His
pouched eyes and roughened face con-
firmed his plea Of exhaustion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
Ingram to Run for Congress

Menomonfe-The candidacy of
Speaker Charles A. Ingram, Durand,
OF the Wisconsin assembly, for the
republican nomination for congress
from the Tenth district, is an
nounced. He will oppose Secretary
of State James A. Frear of Hudson
and Assemblyman J. c. Gilbertson of
Eau Claire, both now in the field.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
s+rika Hats u s cruiss-

Weymouth, England.-The United
States cruiser Prairie. now lying at
Portland shipping 100 Whiteside tor,
pedoes, is finding difficulty in getting
coal for the voyage to America. An
attempt made to purchase 40 tons OF
steam coal was unsuccessful.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
URGES CUT IN COTTON.
Taft Transmits Tariff Boards Report
to Congress.

to Congress.
Washington. In a special mes
sage to congress transmitting the
tariff boards report on the cotton
schedule President Taft recommends
that the cotton section of the tariff
law be taken up with a view to the
reduction and revision Of the rates of
duty.
The president advises congress that
The boards Investigations have shown
that the duties on some cotton yarns
are two and three times in excess of
the difference of the cost of produc-
lion in the United States and abroad.
TIE duties imposed because of fin
ishing processes are in excess of the
difference in the extra cost due to fin
Ishing and are often in excess of the
total domestic cost of finishing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
To Investigate labor in Eurone

Observation-Disclosures is to send a
committee made up principally of
wage earners to Europe to investigate
labor conditions. The committee is
specifically directed to visit the great
manufacturing institutions of Great
Britain and Germany and the watch
factories of Switzerland.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
ENGINEERS Mail Strike Ballot

New York.-Thirty thousand ballots
for a strike vote by the engineers on
fifty railroads east of Chicago have
been mailed out of New York by or
der of, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, whose demands for in
creased wages have been refused by
he railroads
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
Pass Arizona Recall Bill.

Phoenix, Ariz.-The bill submitting
the judiciary recall amendment to the
people at the next general election
has passed the lower house of the
Arizona legislature. An identical bill
is in the hands of the senate commit
tee on constitutional amendments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
New Colombian Minister Named

BCgota, Colombia-Julio Betan-
court has been appointed Colombian
minister at Washington, succeeding
Cen, Pedro Mel Ospina, who was re-
called after his letter TO Assistant
Secretary Of State Wilson informing
him that he considered Secretary of
State Knox's opposed visit to Colon
bia might be inopportune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
One Is Burned TO Death

Chicago.-One man was burned to
death, another is reported missing and
thousands Of dollars worth of grain
and machinery were destroyed here
by a fire that RACED the four-story
brick building Of the B. A. Eckbart
-four mill at 1900 Carol avenue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04

Rome, Italy.-The condition of Pope
Plus is practically unchanged. It is
expected that the suspension Of the
general audiences of the pontiff will
be extended until after Easter to give
him q thorough rest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
Ere Sweeps New Y. M G a,

Peoria, In.-Fire originating from
spontaneous combustion in painters
supplies in the gymnasium practically
ruined Peoria's new Young Mems
Christian association building here
The loss is estimated at s45, 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04

Kenosha -Sheriff Stahl ampIifed
his recer fight order when he de-
clared that not only would outside
promoters be barred from pulling off
boxing contests in the city, but that
the same rule would apply to local
clubs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
Rebels CAPTURE Railroad

Guatemala City, The
Pan-American railroad in Mexico,
south of TouoIa, IN Chipas state, is in
the hands OF the revoIut1onists. Ref
ugees. both foreigners and natives,
are crossing the border into Guate-
mala