The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-06-07
GENERAL NEWS.

largest union labor organizations in
this city have passed resolutions pro-
testing against the introduction into
the currency of the United States OF
a half cent piece. They say that the
lowering of the coinage unit tends to
operate against the wage Garner and
makes a substantial increase of wages
harder to obtain. The point is also
made that the introduction of a half
cent piece would reduce greatly if not
wipe out the earnings of men such as
news dealers and newsboys, who deal
in a commodity where the price is
usually fixed at the smallest unit
NEW YORK - Following a s11g-
gestion made at the annual conven
ton of the American Booksellers as
ISOLATION, held in the Hotel Astor,
tacit agreement has been formed by
leading publishers of novels in New
York and ether large cities through !
out the United States to stop publica- |
ton of cheap and Nashy literature.
This will mean a great reduction in
the annual output of books, for it is
understood the censorship will extend |
principally to stories of the so-called |
juvenile class, that is to books writ |
ten especially for boys and colored |
SO as to excite the young mind.
ESCANABA, MlCH.-The Rev. Pc
ter c. Menard, pastor of st. Anne's |
Catholic parish in this city since 1893, |
is dead after a lingering and painful |
illness of several months from dia- |
belts gangrene. He was born in Yer
cheres, Can, in 1916. He graduated /
in his theological course in Montreal
and was ordained in 1875 to the priest |
hood in Marquette. His first charge |
was at Menominee when that place |
and surrounding section contained but
few inhabitants.
LOS ANGELES, CAL Bert H. |
Franklins story of the alleged corrup- |
ton of the Mcnamara jurors was cor
tinued at the resumption of the trial
of his former employer, Clarence S.
barrow, for the alleged bribery of
George n. Lockwood The deposit !
slip for $1,000 which Franklin said was
given him by barrow, the handbook |
of the witness and check for $500 |
drawn by him were identified by |
Franklin and admitted into evidence.
WASHINGTON - Germany's large |
naval building program and sugges-
ton that an attempt may be made to
place under the German. flag many |
thousands of square miles of land in !
Brazil controlled by German nationals !
are submitted to members of congress |
in a letter from the Navy League of
the United States, urging reconsidera- |
ton of the houses refusal to make an
appropriation for battleships at his SEES
sion. ISL
WASHlNGTON-One of the larg- !
est judgments against an individual
ual ever decreed by the supreme court |
of the United States was announced |
against Albert S. Bigelow of Boston. |
He will be called upon to pay a |
judgment of $2,1O0,OOO, together with |
interest, which probably will bring |
the total to $2,5OO,00O. The victor in
the suit is the Old Dominion Copper |
Mining and Smelling company
ST. PAUL, MINN.-The supreme
court upheld the conviction of Dr. D.
F. Dumas, former mayor of Cass
Lake, Mimi, who, it was charged, |
planned the blowing of the postoffice
safe at Puposky the night of June
16, 1911, and aided criminals in the |
act, and was held guilty of attempted |
arson in the third degree. The maxi
years Imprisonment.
PARIS - The Paulist choristers |
of st. Mary's church, Chicago, in
a competition at the Chatelet theater
gained the first diploma of honor and |
were awarded a Sevres vase and |
medal. Father Finn, who is in charge
of the choristers, will be decorated !
with the palmes academique. The |
choristers afterward sang at the house
Of Duchess Dues.
NEW YORK - The U. s. govern
ment lost it's initial action in it's suit |
to curb the alleged coffee trust when
the United States circuit court refused |
to issue an injunction restraining the /
alleged trust from disposing of ESQ, 1000 |
bags of coffee stored in a Brooklyn |
warehouse.
WASHINGTON-The U. S. senate
passed, As to II, the house eight-hour
bill requiring that every contract made
in which the United States is a party |
shall contain a proviso that no me-
chanic or laborer shall be permitted to
work more than eight hours a day
WASHINGTON-By a close vote of
35 to 81 the senate voted down an
amendment to the metal tariff bill
placing a large number of farming i'm
plements on the free list. Practically
all of the affirmative votes were cast