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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
KOEHLER GOES To
PRISON FOR LIFE
Confessed Slayer of Snna Mil
Ter Quickly Sentenced.
YOUNGEST TO GET MAXIMUM
6ighteen-Year-Old Boy Recites De-
tails of Crime and Is Unmoved by
Sight of Bloody Ratchet Had IN
tended to Commit Suicide.

Milwaukee. - Imprisonment in
Waupun for the remainder of his,
natural life was the sentence imposed
by Judge Backus in municipal court
upon Albert KoehIer, aged Is years.
after he had pleaded guilty to the
charge of numbering his cousin. Miss
Anna Miller, aged 80 years, five DAYS
previously.
The Punishment followed COM
plete confession in court by the
youthful murderer, in which he re-
lated detail after detail of the grue-
some crime. His motive was revenge
for having been turned from the Mil
Ter home after a quarrel.
KoehIer is the youngest defendant
ever given the maximum penalty of
the law in Wisconsin. The lad re-
ceived his sentence in a stoical man
ner and without apparent signif-
canoe IS to the length of punish
ment.
In his confession in court, it de-
veloped that Koehler had written s
complete statement of his crime be-
fore he was captured and had in
tended to commit suicide, but lacked
courage to carry out his act.
While on the witness stand Koch
Ter never exhibited a trace of emo
ton or the least sign of remorse.
Even the sight of the blood-stained
Ratchet, with which he killed his vic
tim for revenge did not undermine
his stolid composure
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
ILLINOIS WILL AVOID
BIG SOFT COAL STRIKE
Operators and Miners Said to Have
Reached Agreement-Three Other
States May Join Pact.

Cleveland, O.-It is believed that
the threatened coal strike in Illinois,
at least, has been averted and that all
danger of a coal shortage in the west
has been removed.
While surface indications show the
coal operators and miners as far apart
as they were a week ago, it is known
the Illinois operators have agreed to
sign a new contract with the miners
at an increase in wages.
All the southwest fields will follow
Illinois. Indiana and Iowa will be
forced to fall into line to save their
markets.
Kentucky operators have said they
would agree to any advance granted
by Illinois, so that if fight comes
in the bituminous coal regions it will
be confined to Ohio and western
Pennsylvania.
The Illinois miners will receive an
lump, which means three cents a ton
on the run Of mine system, which pre-
walls in Illinois. They will get a five
hour day Saturday with five hours
pay. Four other demands pertaining
to local working conditions have been
accepted by the operators. Peace in
the Illinois fields, therefore, is as
sured
The compact between the mine OPP
orators and employees in Illinois was
made by Harry n Taylor and A. ].
Moorshead, representing the opera
tors, and John H. Walker for the
miners. 1t is being kept secret in
the belief that the interstate confer
ence will result in a disagreement.
On the floor the Illinois operators are
standing pat with their associates. /
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
TAFT SWEEPS NEW YORK.
President Receives Elghty-Three of
Ninety Votes.


Ninety Votes.
New York.-Returns from the forty
three congressional districts Of the
state of New York show President
Taft won eighty-three delegates and
Theodore Roosevelt seven. The lat
ter carried three districts-the first
This own, embracing the counties of
Nassau and Suffolk, where there was
no contest. and the Winchester and
Rockland county districts, controlled
by National Committeeman Ward.
Roosevelt also has one delegate from
Brooklyn, William A Prendergast.
who as a known Roosevelt man, was
left on the regular ticket. Taft car
ried the Utica district, the home Of
Vice-President Sherman, where there
was a fight. 1t is conceded that the
four delegates at large will be in
structed for Taft
Indianapolis, Ind President
Taft won a victory in Indiana
when the Indiana Republican state
convention enthusiastically Endorsed
his administration, declared for his re-
nomination and reelection and in
sructed the delegates at large from
this state to vote for Mr.. Taft at the
national convention at Chicago.
NATIONAL Committeeman Harry S.
New, Former Vice-President Charles
w. Fairbanks. James E. Watson and
Joseph D. Oliver were elected dele
gates. The Taft faction had a major
ity Of los over the supporters of
Colonel Roosevelt.
Colorado Springs, Colo.-The Re
publican state convention here was
solid for President Taft, the dele
gates being as follows:
Thirty-ntne counties with $50 dele
gates being for Taft as against q
counties and 242 delegates for Roose-
welt. This situation was developed in
the contest for temporary chairman,
the only real contest of the conVen-
ton. The resolutions strongly in
dorsed the administration of President
Taft
Senator Guggenheim was selected
as Colorado national committeeman to
succeed Jesse F. Mcdonald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
IN THEIR OWN LITTLE WORLD
Residents Of Taagier Island, in Chesa-
peake Bay, Dwell in Isolated
Community.

There is little island in Ches8-
peake bay, rs miles south Of Balti-
more, where the world has stood still
for more than 100 years Tangier is
land is five miles long and much less
than mile wide, without sidewalks,
and the houses are all built along this
street with narrow canals Of the deep
water of the bay between each two
houses. There Is only one church,
presided over by a Methodist minis
ter. and only one doctor, and there Is
no cemetery, the dead of each family
being buried In the yard. There is nc
newspaper. no Jail, no lookup and nc
lawyers, nor any need for them
Everybody is deeply religious, and
profanity is punished with a fine i'm
posed by the deacon Of the church.
The men go fishing and Grabbing
in sailboats early on Monday mornings
and do not come home until Satur-
days, when they have marketed their
sea harvests in towns on the main
land. There are no gardens. no horses
Or cows, but plenty Of chickens are
raised Fuel is supplied to the Island
ers by sloops, which come every month
or so loaded with wood and anchor
on Tangier, sending small boats piled
with cordwoOd and kindIings to every
house by means Of the little canals.
The women wear sunbonnets and go
barefooted, and there is an organ in
nearly every home. Tangier was first
settled by white people in 1866 and
before that time was occupied by the
indians
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
Wifely 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 has walked along the
aisle behind her
Madam" he said, you are sitting
On my hat!"
Mrs Compton rose and took from
the seat a crushed and crumpled OBJ
ject.
"Oh." she said breathlessIy. as she
gazed at the forlorn object. I'm very
sorry. You see. I thought all the time
it was my husbands mean"
But what she really meant she
never fully explained, for the out
ragged owner Of the hat seized it and
!stalked away in high dudgeon-
Youths Companion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
MUST OBSERVE HOUR LIMIT
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 ffty-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 relent in it's enforcement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
Unbarred ceIIs succeasfuI.

John T. 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, st was the Gus
tom 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
TO work splendidIy. One of the great
est aids in carrying out this method
st the bridewel is the new dollhouse.
In this dollhouse every cell has a win
dow. which is not barred. I think
there IS no other prison in the United
States where the windows to the cells
are not barred We have not had
single instance where a prisoner has
tried to escape"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
COMMITTEE VOTE
UPHOLDS LORIMER
Senators Declare Question Al
ready Has Been Decided.
HINES IS ALSO EXONERATED
Special Investigating Body Rules That
Once Seated, Illinois Member
Cannot Be Placed in Jeop-
ardy Second Time.

Washington.-The special invest
eating committee of the senate
by a vote of to decided to
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-first 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 the res ju-
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-
ciple of res judicata."
Another resolution adopted exon
Grated Edward Hines, the Chicago
lumberman, of any wrongdoing.
By vote of to 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-
cIaring that there was no conclusive
evidence of a legislative Jackpot"
On the resolution declaring that
Lorimer had no knowledge Of any cor
rupt dealings, Senators Kenyon, Kern
and Lea, who opposed Lorimer, re-
Trained from voting.
The committee vote on the Jones
resolution follows:
For Lorimer-Dillingha Gamble,
Jones, Johnston and Fletcher.
Against Lorimer-Kern, Kenyon
and Lea.
1t is practically certain that a 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.
1t is expected that the case Will be
brought up in the senate next week.
ington.-Senator Stephenson,
octogenarian millionaire banker and
lumberman, retains his seat. By
vote of 40 to "a, the senate
declared his election valid and reject
ed the charge that $1O7, 1893, which the
senator admitted spending in the Wis
consin primaries, had been used cor
ruptly.
Twenty eight Republicans and II
Democrats voted to hold Senator
Stephenson's election a valid one
Eighteen Democrats and Is Republt-
cans voted to declare it corruptIy OBJ
tanned.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette left
sick bed to cast his vote against
his colleague.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
REMOVE CAPITOL FOUNTAIN
Old Outdoor Aquarium at the ate
House in Madison Viii
Soon Be Gone.

Madison. - The old out-of-door
aquarium that for nearly a 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 its 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, 1912-04-11
URGES CUT IN COTTON.
Taft Transmits Tariff Boards Report
TO Eohnress

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 view to the
reduction and revision of the rates of
duty.
The president advises congress that
he boards Investigations have shown
hat the duties on some cotton yarns
are two and three times in excess Of
the difference of the cost of produc-
ion in the United States and abroad
The duties imposed because of fin
ishing processes are IN excess of the
difference in the extra cost due to fin
tshing 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, 1912-04-11
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, 1912-04-11
WANT GAME LAWS CHANGED
Sportsnen Would Give Hunting Fees
to Experimentation by the
Legislature Likely.

Madison.-It is practically certain
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, 1912-04-11
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 wilIful 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, 1912-04-11
Accuse Detective With Libel.

Eau CIaire-On a warrant sworn
out by c. F. Wiehe, secretary of the
Hines Lumber company, 2. F. Run
kle of Washburn, detective, was
arrested here. The charge is Grim
inal 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 /,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
Mrs. pweIIe Loses suit.

New York. - Supreme Court
Jrstice 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 & Boland
arising out of the taking by Allen Of
securities, jewelry and other valuables
which were in safe deposit box and
which Mrs. Jenkins said were hers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11

Only Ten Workers Escape Alive
at Jed, w. Va.
BRING OUT 80 OF DEAD
Operation Of Fans Help Relief Parties
in Their Search-Near-By Shafts
Send Experts to Lead Vol
unteer Rescuers.

Wheeling, ". Va. - Eighty-two
men net death in gas explo-
sion in the mine Of the Jed Coal
company, near WEIGH. r here were SO
men in the mine wheL 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-fve 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-
co7ered 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 a chance for
their lives. They readily made their
way up the cages which were not
damaged.
State mine inspectors promptly or
gantzed 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 flocked 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, 1912-04-11
FAMOUS BADGER cow DEAD
Fresian That Was the Worlds
Champion Two-Year-OId.

West Bend.-Cedar Lawn De KoI
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 5137 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 $5,-
600 for her had been refused.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
New Colombian Minister Manned

Bcgota, Colombia.-Julio Betan-
court has been appointed Colombian
minister at Washington, succeeding
{ en-. 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 proposed visit to Colon
bia might be inopportune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
Enoineers Mail Strike Ballot.

TINN's FIs-T7 ST TTNN Il''SN'
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, 1912-04-11

Z EskImos Descended From Mongols2
1T 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
gols. So FER as is known, they are the
aboriginal owners of the Labrador
coast, and their territory extends in
Hand more than a hundred miles. Two
hundred years ago they occupied the
whole length Of the coast from north
10 south, about 500 miles, and their
numbers were greater. Now they are
confined to that part which lies be-
tween MakkOvik and Killinek, be-
tween latitude SIS degrees and go de-
grees 80 minutes north In that area
there are now fewer than 1900 peo-
pie, practically all that remain Of the
Labrador branch of the Innuit race
They are all protesting Christians and
live such orderly quiet and regular
lives 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 Els
1imOs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
EloPEMENT BRINGS TRAGEDY
Philip Hichborn, Wealthy Washington
Man, Takes His Life by Shooting.

misunderstanding Hichborn,
millionaire in his own right, and
member Of one Of the oldest
and wealthiest families in Washing
ton, was found dead in his bath
room, having shot himself with
a .32-caliber revolver. Dependency
caused by his wife running off with
Horace Wylie, a prominent clubman,
is presumed to have been the cause
of the suicide.
Mrs. Hichborn is a beautiful wom-
an, about thirty-f1ye years old. Both
Hichborn and Wylie were over forty
years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
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 Tripoli have scored
a big victory over the Italian army.
The losses to the invaders is placed
at II 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, 1912-04-11
Ingram to Run for Congress.

Menomonie-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, 1912-04-11
To Investigate Labor in Euron,

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, 1912-04-11
CLAUDE ALLEN GIVES UP.
Outlaw Accompanies Posse to Jail
Without Resistance.

without resistance.
HillsvilIe, Va.-Starying, sleepless,
and 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
Iy two weeks have hunted him.
I'm glad to get a chance to come
in he said. 4 haven't slept in a
bed since the shooting. I'm hungry"
The young mcuntaineer swung in
between the men of the posse and
they started back to HiIIsville. His
pouched eyes and roughened face con-
frmed his plea of exhaustion.