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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

it is only a waste Of public money to
keep salaried policemen
The village records one ire in two
years and the damage then was $500.
A recent census showed that e
population is composed Of 637 Irish
men, Il Welshmen and 81 Germans.
Until October, 1911. there were only
Il men and womer in Ironsport who
had no church" A GAINESVILLE priest
recently reported that he had succeed
ed in converting these Il persons.
The school teachers Of Transport,
four in number. declare that Ironsport
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
QUEER TOWN is IRONSPoRT
Nobody in Ohio Village Writes Let
ters, Gets Arrested or Stays
Out Late,

The most remarkable town in Ameri-
ca, in some respects at least, is to be
found among the hills OF southern
Ohio ]. is Ironsport, with zoo in
Labitants, ten miles east of Zanes-
VILE
The Ironsport roStofice was closed
QetoS,Sr 81. because Joseph Rarney.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
All Used the Inside.

The resolution of the New Yoak
board of health which viii abolish in
all public places towels Of the com
mon" kind-for the use of more than
one person-recalled this story to
commercial traveller: When was on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
the road many years ago for a new

the road many years ago for a new
YORK notion house 1 had to visit Gus
toner in q little New England town,
MANY miles for the railroad, where
there was one tavern. Over the wash
bowl. which stood on a table in the
so-calIed Office, there hung roller
towel. and it was that towel or none
II YOU wanted to rid your hands OF
some real estate before taking a meal,
At my first experience 1 looked the
thing over and then used the inside
The proprietor, seeing this, said You
New Workers amt any smarter than
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
An AIfhf

Mrs. RiIey-'Ts thot classical music
your daughter be playing on tn plan
ney, Mrs. Grogan?" Mrs. Grogan-
mo. Three keys don't sound, and
four stickl"-Puok-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

Work, that is the great physician.
He heals most Of the wounds Of man
kind-Mariorie Benton Cooke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
IMMIGRANT 70 Aothare
Lucky Woman.

Wife-There are so very few really
good men in the world
Hub-Yes; you were mighty lucky
to get one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething- softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie 25c a bottle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

Many a mans good reputation has
been fatally bitten by the political
bug.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
Just z Man!

In the long line of cabs and automo-
hiles In front of a big New York hotel
was one car around which few idlers
had gathered. Something was wrong
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

CURE FOR PILES.
Coles Carbolisalve stops itching and pain
and cures piles. All druggists. % and Soc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05
Floating Rubber Company.

The best rubber story is the latest.
reserved for the telling by the secre-
tary Of state for the colonies. Mr.
Harcourt. at the British North Borneo
dinner, said that a city friend of mis-
was approached with a view to float
ing rubber company. His friend
was quite ready How many trees
have your he asked I'VE have rot
got any trees. was the answer. How
much land have you got?" I'VE have
no land" What. then, have you
got?" Il have bag of seeds. Lon
don Saturday Review.
other people-everybody wipes on the
inside Of roller towel, and it make
EN- last longer"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-05

children are unusually bright, owing
to the moral influence Of the town. Not
since circus visited Ironsport three
years ago has there been a person seen
on the streets so late as midnight
The Rosary.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
SMALLER CURRENCY
WILL SOON Be IN
CIRCULATION HERE
Treasury Department to Pass
Upon Designs For
New Bills.

The country will be using bills of
smaller size before great while This
question has been discussed up one side
and down the other for a long while.
Some have supposed that legislation
was necessary, but this is a mistake.
No new law is needed, and Secretary
MacNeagh is going ahead In the direc-
ton of the establishment of a cur
rency of smaller and more convenient
size.
Progress is halted by the fact the
Treasury Department has not yet come
to a conclusion as to the designs of the
new bills. This makes 1t impossible to
get out the plates. Secretary MacNeaSh
Is giving the subject consideration, and
the probable conclusion of the matter
will be to adopt designs that are sub
stantially like the present bills on the
artistic Mr. MacVeagh believes the
currency ought to be made more
artistic, and the efforts to improve In
this direction will probably be confined
to the backs of the notes. one sugges-
ton, too, is to omit numerals showing
the denomination from the backs of the
notes. 1t is argued this would bring
about uniformity In methods OF count
ing money, would lessen the danger or
counterfeiting. and would make hand
somer lot of bills.
The present currency Is about by
ia inches. 1t Is proposed to reduce
the size to about 2Ih by 6B. This small
er size greatly improves the appearance
of the note. Moreover, It would cost
size. Treasury officials who have fig
ured on 1t say the Government would
save $1,O00,0O0 year by adopting the
smaller sized paper currency.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
TRAVELS TO DENVER
TO PRESENT CLAIM
TOPART OF FORTUNE
Former Government Clerk Is
Heir to E. Manuel
81 Arson.

Richard T. Way, heir of e. Manuel
Axson, former Government clerk and
attorney, relative of Senator Bacon of
Georgia, and at present in the employ
Of the Southern railway left Washing
ton today on a tour of Southern cities
for the railway company. AS soon as
this business trip is completed, Mr.. Way
VIII go to Denver to make claim to the
Axson fortune in behalf of himself and
surviving brothers and sisters.
1t developed today that the Axson
fortune is being held by the probate
courts of Denver, pending the appear
ance of a lawful claimant. Richard
Way will represent his two brothers
and sister in his appearance in the
Denver courts. When E. Manuel Axson
died In Denver, in 1862, the fortune was
modest one. consisting of 5000 in
cash and a good deal of land, valued
at several thousand dollars. Since then
this land has increased in value to a
wonderful extent, and the 5000 has
been drawing interest, steadily until the
whole Is now valued at considerably
more than $780, 900.
e, Manual Arson died iitestate His
only relative was a brother who settled
in Georgia. ,Ehis brother was Jacob
Samuel Axson, soldier of the revolu-
ton and grandfather of Richard l.
way. Jacob Axson. 1t wac learned to-
day. married a Miss Dix, half sister
to the mother of Senator Bacon, OF
Georgia. Senator Bacons mother died
at the time Of his birth, and he was
raised by Mr.. and Mrs. jacob Axson
The only issue of the Axson narria &C
was "a daughter, Olivia Tool erman
Axson. She married DR.. Samuel Way,
In 1886. There were eleven children,
tour of whom are living. rney are
Richard I. Way, Samuel A. Way, Wal
ter A Way, and Mrs Annie Harden
Longevity has marked each succeed
ing generation of the Axson family.
Both of the original AXson brothers
We're nearly one hundred when they
died. Mrs. Olivia Tookerman Axson
Way. first cousin and foster-sister to
Senator Bacon, died at the age of
ninety-six in Atlanta Ga. in 1902 The
family was land poor following the civil
war, and lost through squatter usurpa-
ton a grant of 10000 fertile acres on
Milk Sick mountain, given to Mrs. Jacob
Axson In recognition of her husbands S
service in the war Of the revolution
Richard T. Way, youngest of the heirs.
is -forty-four, and looks young, in view
of the fact that he has but recently re-
covered from nineteen months ILL
ness with typhoid fever and complica-
tions.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
APPEAL FAILS TO
GET EXPENSES FOR
COMMERCE JUDGES
Money Not Available to Pay
Allowance Granted
BY Law.

An appeal to the Comptroller of the
Treasury to save the $1,000 expense
account allowance to Judges of the
Commerce Court has failed. The
Comptroller today decided that there
is no money available for the pay
ment of this expense allowance. and
that therefore, the judges cannot be
paid.
In the act creating the court 1t was
provided that in view OF the fact that
the court would convene In Washing
ton and that the Judges might have
considerable travelling to do, that
they should have an annual allow
ance of S1,50 each for expenses. This
$1,000 each allowance was continued
by the appropriation bill of 1910. but
the present Congress Topped II off in
its fight upon the court, and the sum
was not specifically provided for
The marshal of the court asked Il
decision of the Comptroller as to
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
MOTORISTS START
A WASHINGTON TO
NASHVILLE TRIP
Automobiles Aim to Make A
Record Run to The
Southern Cities.
BY HARRY WARD.

With Nashville, Tenn, as their objec-
tive point, Gordon r. Cowie and Will
liam Giesey, two prominent automobile
dealers of this city, today are speeding
over the roads between Cumberland and
Wheeling.
The two motorists left last night at
o'clock from the Munsey building, and
are aiming to make record run to the
Southern city. Cowie, who is a nephew
of Paymaster General Cowie, of the
Navy, Is at the wheel of the Cole tour
ing car. The machine is the same one
used by the pathfinders in laying out
the route for the three-day reliability
tour OF the Automobile Club of WASH
ington. I'VE intend to make but few
stops en- route" said Mr.. Cowie before
departing.
The route taken by the tourists is
via Hagerstown, Cumberland, Wheeling,
GAINESVILLE, Springfield, Dayton, Louis
and Nashville. The car is equipped with
Goodyear tires"
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
Seeks $25, 900 Damages
From Railroad Company

Damages in the sum of $4,000 are
asked by Fannie Fireman in q suit filed
in the District Supreme Court against
the Washington, Baltimore. and An
napolis Electric Railroad Company for
injuries received in a collision between
two cars at Fifteenth and H streets
northwest on February 10.
A suit for $4,000 damages has been
filed against William A. Simpson, a
dairyman, by Catherine Reddington
five years old, through Mary Redding-
ton. 1t is alleged that the child was
knocked down by a milk wagon on
April 8, 1911.
Attorneys James A. O'Shea and John
I. Sacks are the counsel for both plain
tiffs.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
Only One More Payment
AT PensionsAgency Here

About $3.50, 900 in pensions was paid to
5000 veterans of the Mexican and civil
wars living in Washington yesterday.
This is the third payment of the present
year, and the next to the last to be paid
in the District under the old system Of
nension acencies, which were abolished
at the last session of Congress after a
bitter struggle.
The last payment in the District will
be made on September next, and the
agency will cease to exist on January
81, 1913.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
CAFE REPUBLIQUE
EXITS AT MIDNIGHT
Court Permits Receivers To Keep
Open Another Day To Dispose
of Stock.

Justice Stafford authorized the receiv-
ers in charge of the Cafe Republique to
keep the place open till midnight to-
night in order to dispose of about 5000
worth of provisions, if possible.
Under the order of the court, signed
yesterday. the cafe was to have been
closed permanently last night, but the
receivers asked for permission to do
business one day more.
The Columbia Cafe Company, which
conducted the cafe, was adjudged in
Johnston and Fred H. Geyer were ap-
pointed receivers. The receivers have
been running the cafe for three weeks,
but informed the court yesterday that
they were losing money.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05

whether or not he could pay the al
lowancee from a lump SUM for miscel-
laneous expenses, citing the fact that
the allowance was provided in the OIL
Comptroller held that the action OF
Congress In cutting off the item, show
ed clearly its intent. and that without
u specific Appropriation there was no
money available. ~ am not called
upon to decide" the Comptroller said.
whether the Judges are entitled to tho
sum. the only question for settlement
is whether they can be pad"
Upon this basis he held that the mis-
cellaneous expense fund was for spcci-
ic purposes. and. therefore, not avail (.
able, and that there was no fund from
which to make payment.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
Collecting Data
On Road Building

To facilitate the work of the joint
committee appointed to study good
roads. Senator Bourne. chairman of the
Senate Committee on PostoffiCes, has
taken steps to obtain important data
from each State regarding road laws
and progress in road improvement.
He has also sent out inquiries through
the ministers and ambassadors to all
foreign governments. By collecting
this data In recess, the work of the
committee, when It meets in December,
will be much facilitated.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
Don't Forget to Bring Coupons

$2.95 Perfection
Gas Iron, con-
Sumes lc worth
hours OlsCC
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
Aged Woman Knocked
Down by Car And Hurt

While crossing the street in front OF
her home this morning Miss Elizabeth
Dement,, sixty years old, OF 612 Upshur
street northwest, was knocked down
by a Soldiers Home car and seriously
rjured. Her left ankle was broken and
she was badly bruised on the right side
of the body.
Miss Dement, declined to go TO a hos
pital and was carried TO her home,
where she was attended by a physician.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
American Consul At
Tsingtau Is Stricken

James c. McNally, of Pittsburgh. Pa,
American consul at Tsingtau. China,
has been stricken seriously Ill and taken
10 a. HOSPITAL, according to a telegram
to the State Department today. The
nature of his illness or whether he can
ohtain adequate medical attention was
not stated.
Mr.. McNally was formerly stationed
at Ghent, Belgium, and Nanking, China
The Washington times., 1912-09-05

This Greater Palais Royal Base
ment Coupon and fourteen 90
cents entities bearer to one 35c
Colonial Glass Berry Set, large
bowl and six small. saucers to
match, Friday, Sept. 6, 1912, only.
The Washington times., 1912-09-05
Rabbits Soap, etc.

Rabbits Soap, P & G. Oleane
Soap, Star, Brooks Crystal
Soap. Pearline, Stove Polish,
Gold Dust, so clothes Pins, and
large bottle Household Am
monia, and other sc CU,o
articles NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. OTSI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
|. $ N. CONSPICUOUS
 BY ITS ABSENCE
Trainmen and Conductors Ask 12 Roads for Better
 Hours and Wages

Knoxville. March 25.-The 12 rail- road systems affected by the antioi- pated t1esusst for higher wages and revised rules for working hours by the Crdel of Railway Trammen and tho Order of Railway Conductors are the Southern railwag Cincinnati, New or leans and Northeastern railroads. tYscKsn lr2, shreveport and Pacific raA- way. 1abama ard Vicksburg railroad Georgia southern and Florida railroad Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, Central of Georgia, Mobile and Ohio railroad and the Virginia and South western railroad.
 Although the Louisville and Nash vile railroad is the conspicuous ab- sentee in the list named 1t does not recognize either of the unions in the southeastern district. The order of Railway Conductors has some member employed on this road. it is averred.
 The subordinate lodges of the Order of Railway Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors will be given un- til April IT to take a referendum vote upon the proposition to make demands upon these railroads for 3 per cent average increase in wages, and a re- vision of working hours and working conditions for trainmen and conductors.
 The detailed demancs are kept in confidence and will not be made public for a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
THE EREPUbL|CANSOF
 PENNSYLVANIA ARE
 BECOMING ALARMED
Will Have to Use Coercion to Bring State in
 Line
BY WALTER HARPER

Washington, March 23.--fsr rSeiaf.1--it is leaking out that a social dinner given a few nights ago in Washington In honol Of Governor Tener of Pennsylvania. ana which was attended hy about 40 of the re publican poeses of the state. inelndins the two senators, resolved itself into s convention of ''glooms''
 When Pennsylvania stand-pat republl- cans get discouraged there is occasion for alarm. Pennsylvania republicans are alarmed. They are not sure but that their state will fall into the democratic column next November, as impossible as that may appear to people outside ,he state
 Ii is said that the leaders at the "social'' gathering a few nights ago all agreed that things look bad al home. Taft seems to be the stumbling block and yet they see no relief from Taft. They must take him or Roosevelt, and the latter is im- possible. to the bosses at least.
 It is reported that the farmers up in the lakes region are very restiye and dis satisfied. If they cannot get a better re- publican than Taft they will vote for a good safe democrat Just as much or more dlsaffection to Taft and hls policies is reported among the employees of man ufacturing concerns and mining interests. This means nearly all the voting popula- ton of the state.
 It is practically admitted by some of the leaders that the employers will have to use little coercion to keep their men in line if the state is to be saved to Taft.
 The result of the primaries in North Dakota has spread much alarm in the Taft camps, though the seriousness of tho result is being discounted in every pos sible way
 The weakness of President Taft as a candidate rs growing more and more ap- parent every day, but nevertheless il is just as certain that he must be chosen as the leader of his party in the coming fight.
 Oscar Underwood. being his logical op- ponent on the democratic side. is looming larger and larger in the public eye. He is being more and more considered as the logical man to defeat Taft, and his friends believe that the party cannot well afford to overlook his particular availa- bility at this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
II IS DEMOCRATIC YEAR, ROOSEVELT QUOTED ASSAY|NG It Is Claimed Roosevelt Predicted Defeat of
 Republicans

Washington, March o3.-That Colonel Roosevelt's s message to Senator LaFollette was such as to convince the Wisconsin man that he would have Roosevelts sup port for the republican presidential nomi- na ton isa.he substance of a letter by Walter l., Hoaser to Gilson Gardner, given out at LaFollette headquarters to- day as an answer to the recent core spondence made public by Clifford Pinchot.
 The message you say you brought from Colonel Roosevelt to Sehator LaFollette can be construed in no other wise than as ar inducement to Senator LaFollette to become a candidate. You say he (Mr. RoosevelD said he would in the pages of the Outlook do what he could to direct attention to the work accomplished by Senator LaFollette in Wisconsin. If he said no more, that would justify what 1 have said, that is, the message brought by you to LaFollette from Roosevelt en- couraged LaFollette to become a candi- date.
 But you said more than this. You said that Roosevelt declared that he could not be a candidate. that his place in history was made. that he could not af- ford to take defeat and that whoever made the fight was certain to be defeated for nomination or for election if nomi- nated,' that this the democratic year. that LaFollette would not be in- jured by defeat that there should be candidate representing the progressive clement that 'LaFollette was the logical man., and that if he decided to fight he should announce
 That Roosevelt engaged LaFolette to become a candidate you cannot deny. MT. Houser renewed his charge that the Roosevelt forces toward LaFollette changed as soon as there became evident a widespread growth of the progressive movement and the possibility of Senator LaFolettes nomination.
 Then big business. represented by Hanna, Munsey, Perkins and others Of higher and lesser note who have always opposed LaFollette entered the contest and introduced Colonel Roosevelt as candidate, and are still actively support ing him.
 "The people will judge by the facts whether or not Roosevelt has kept true faith with LaFollette or is doing so with the real presressives of. the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
No Settlement in Sight

London, March 23.-The government minimum wage bill, as 1t stands, will not settle the coal strike. That is now ad- mitted on all sides. Therefore, with the gravest anxiety the country awaits the results of Mondays joint conference of coal owners and miners. Miner leaders have consented to waive their district schedule which heretofore they have main tained as the only basis of a settlement which they would accept, but they will insist upon their demand for the and shilling mnima.
 The government adheres to it's refusal to embody these rates in the bill. If rhe owners agree to concede this demand it is the general opinion that the strike will be speedily settled; If they do not it will make little difference whether the bill in it's present shape is passed or withdra wn
 Bill or no bill. the men remain with the minimum demand unsatisfed and ihe strike continues. Previous joint confer ences, attended by members of the cabi- net, resulted in an absolute deadlock. Since then both sides have been subjected to the pressure of public opinion and great financial loss, with the prospect that the government will be driven to resort to drastic measures to end the ntoera ble situation.
 That these conditions have brought the disputants to a more reasonable and more conciliatory frame of mind is evident and 1t is hoped that the conference will reac1 an agreement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
ANNIE CRAWFORD TEST|F|ES IN TRIAL Admits Giving Her Sister Morphine, But Claims l,
 Mistake

New Orleans. March 23.-Annie Craw- ford was called to the witness stand late today to tell to the jury the story of the death of her sister Elise craw- ford. who she Is charged with having murdered last September by the ad- ministration of poison She was put through a grilling cross fire of ques- tions by District Attorney Adams. but held up well upder the ordeal.
 Her statement of the manner in which the poison came to be admin istered to her sister was practically the same as that made in her confess sion few days after the death of Elise. that she had perhaps mixed morphine tablets, which she had in- tended taking herself, with calomel and soda tablets she had been giving her sister during her illness.
 She admitted that although she said she knew Elise was a morphine field, the first timesshe had told any one of it. was since her trial began. The wit ness said she herself was a morphine fiend and had been addicted to the ha bit for several years.
 It was almost dark when Annie Crawford took the witness stand She was clad in black. The heavy veil which she has kept drawn about her face since the trial began was lifted, showing her pale but composed fea- lures. She spoke in low voice. and although admissions of an Important nature were drawn from her during the hour and half examination. never once did she lose her composure but kept answering the qeGstiens fired at her by the district attorney.
 I decided to give Elise some calomel and soda. said the witness on direct examination, and I also decided that would t&ke some morphine myself put three tablets of morphine and three capsules of caIomel and soda on the dresser l guess that I got them mixed up and gave my sister the wrong tab lets l am not certain, though