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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
CORPORATIONS SHOW GAIN
Total Receipts in Fees for Filing
Articles With Secretary of
State Are 1922. 25I.

Madison Secretary of State J. A.
Frear has issued a statement show
Ing that the total fees collected by
his department for filing articles of
incorporation for the fiscal year end
ing on June 80, 1912, were $122,-
251.40 The total fees for the fiscal
year ending June so, 1911, were
$79,896.20.
In 1911 the number of articles
filed by Wisconsin companies was
1,119 and the fees amounted to
42,552; the number OF amendments
was ass and the fees S22,57O; the
number of articles by foreign COM
panies was 70 and the fees $3.50.
In 1912 the number of articles filed
by Wisconsin companies was 1,143,
the fees amounting to S46,174. The
foreign companies were 1877, fees be-
ing $8.4OS.
The number of cooperative com
panies organized under the law,
known as chapter 368 of the laws Of
1911, was 81; the number Of Cath
Ole societies organized during the
year was II against % for 1911; the
number of nonstock companies or
ganized in 1912 was 19S. as against
1873 during the preceding year. The
total number of Wisconsin corpora
tons operating under the general in
corporation law is over 10000. There
are S33 foreign corporations doing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
REF0RMATORY IS WANTED
Board CT Control viii ASK Next Leg
isIalure for Funds to Erect
Building for Women.

MadisOn.-The state board of CON
troll Will appeal to the next legisla-
ture for funds with which to build
a woman reformatory and a new
home for the feeble minded. No
other new institutions are needed so
urgently as these, it is stated by
President Ralph E. Smith of the
board. The state has no women's re
formatory, the Milwaukee industrial
school being in private management
but under the boards inspection from
time to time.
The Milwaukee school, also, is pri-
marily for girls. Women offenders
are sometimes sent to houses of the
good shepherd in different cities, and
the system has long called for
change. The benefcent effects Of
the probation law would be greatly
enhanced we're the state to maintain
a wOman's reformatory of its own, in
President Smiths opinion.
The last legislature authorized
the selection of site for a new
home for the feeble minded, and the
board will inform the legislature of
its choice. Then it viii ask the So
Ions for an appropriation sufficient
to build the structure The home
for the feeble minded at Chippewa
Falls is taxed to its fullest capacity
and one of the boards hardest tasks
is the disposition Of applications for
entrance tO tho II c+i+,,+iCD LIa1oo
the necessity for another building.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
TURKS KILL ARMENIANs,
SLAUGHTER IN ASIA MINOR
Russia Holding Troops Ready to Cros7
Border - Peace Plans
May Fail.

London, England, Nov. 29.-Tele-
graphing from Odessa, the CORE
spondent of the Morning Post says re-
ports received there from Kars. Rus
sian Transcaucagia, allege that Turk
ISL massacre of Armenian villagers
have taken place in the districts Of
Bitlis, Van and Mush, Asiatic Turkey.
II is said, the cores ondent adds, that
Russia is holding a strong Caucasian
force on the frontier ready to enter
Armenia should the massacre con-
tinue
London, England, Nov. pa Sofia
dispatch to the Daily Mail gives re-
port from Adrianople that part Of the
town near the mosque of Sultan Selim
has been burned 1t was set afre by
Bulgarian shells
London, England, Nov. 2s.-Latest
news here foreshadows the breakdown
Of the aTmistice negotiations, probably
over the demand Of the Bulgarians for
the evacuation Of Adrianopls, to which
Turkey viii not listen. The Turkish
view is that while the allies have no
more reserves which they can draft,
Turkey is drawing a plentiful supply
OF fresh troops from Asia, and is able
to continue the war another year.
Turkish military authorities assert
that AdrianopIe can hold out another
month, and that the Tchatalja lines
are impregnabIe. Hence Turkeys po-
sition is not desperate enough to war
rant her accepting humiliating terms.
London, Nov. 29.-The Servian
troops occupied the town Of Durazzo,
Albania on Thursday. No resistance
was offered. The Austrian Lloyd
steamer Graf Wurmbrand left imme-
diately with a number of refugees
Durazzo is the port on the Adriatic
which Servia desires to retain after
the war ends and which Austria is
determined Seryia shall not hold.
The Servians also captured the town
of Dilra, IS miles to the south OF
Priestend Albania
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
PATRICK LEAVES SING SING.
Alleged Slayer Of. Millionaire Has 10,

Alleged Slayer OF. Millionaire Has Joy
GUS Reunion at Home.
New York, Nov. 30-The barred
door of Sing Sing swung open for Al
bert T. Patrick on Thursday, and the
lawyer, who for nearly eleven years
was cooped up in the gray walled
prison, convicted of the murder of
William Marsh Rice, his millionaire
client, stepped out free man, par
doned by Governor Dix.
With the release of Patrick there
began the long deferred honeymoon
with the brave hearted little woman
who married him ten years ago when
he was taken to the Tombs after his
sentence to the electric chair. In the
apartment ready for him at No. 1870
Claremont avenue, Patrick sat down
last night to a Thanksgiving dinner
with Mrs. Patrick, Thomas Maher, an
exconvict, released a year ago by
Governor Dix, who has worked hard
after gaining his freedom to get the
lawyer out of prison; Henry Barber,
a merchant of Peekskill; George
MotherseI, messenger in Governor
Dix's Office, and woman chum of
Mrs. Patrick.
A joyous reunion it was for the law
yer who, for years, stood in the
shadow Of the electric chair.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
.ETTOR AND OTHERS
ARE NOT GUILTY
Men Charged With Murder of
Woman Are Acquitted.
WAS KILLED IN STRIKE RIOT
Jurors Return Verdict After Befno
Out Five Hours-End of Big Labor
Case Which Stirred
the Country.

Salem. Mass, Nov. 26. Not
guilty is the verdict of the jury in
the case of Joseph J. Ettor, Arturo
Giovannitti and Joseph Caruso on the
charge of murder Of Anna Lopizzo,
who was killed in a Lawrence textile
strike riot last winter
When the three men had heard the
words freeing them from the charge
they embraced and kissed each 9TH
er in the prisoners cage. Giovan-
nitti then sprang to his feet.
Gentlemen of the jury" he said
his face beaming with joy. in the
name Of justice, truth and civiliza-
ton, I thank YOU
Less than an hour after Judge 10
seph Quinn had left the courthouse
with the announcement that he
would not receive a verdict IN
I'll morning, the jurors filed
from their room and went to
their hotel for supper. After the
meal they retired to their rooms and
the report spread quickly that a YER
dict had been reached.
Judge Quinn, it was declared, had
been informed of the report, but he
did not alter his decision not to &C
cept the findings of the jury. When
the panel left the courthouse it had
been celebrating FIVE hours. officers
of the court, attorneys interested in
the case and anxious friends of the
accused remained about the court
house until a late hour, but their
hopes for a reception of verdict
we're unrewarded. Scores of rumors
as to the nature of the finding were
circulated.
The trial of Joseph J. Ettor, member
Of the executive committee Of the
Industrial Workers of the World; Ar
turo Giovannitti, a Socialist writer
Of Brooklyn, n. Y, and Joseph Caru-
so, a mill worker, came about in con-
sequence of the strike in the textile
mills in Lawrence, Mass, suddenly
precipitated January Il last and con-
tinued for two months.
Ettor and Giovannitti were accused
as accessories before the fact to the
murder of Anna Lopizzo, who was
killed in a street riot. The common
wealth maintained that they melted
the riot in which the woman met her
death by infammatory speeches to the
strikers. CarUsO was accused, with
Salvatore Scuito, who never has been
apprebended, with actual participation
in the riot
The strike, which was accompanied
by much violence, enlisting organized
and unorganized workers on one hand
and mill owners on the other, with the
police of Lawrence and militia of Mas
sachusetts on guard to avert disas-
trous consequences, attracted world
wide attention for many weeks. Riots
we're frequent; cars in Lawrence
were attacked; men, women and chill
dTen who attempted to work were as
sailed and in some cases injured, and
there were repeated clashes between
strikers and the organized forces of
the law until citizens Of Lawrence
were alarmed at the threatening
struggle. It's climax came on January
90 day begun with a parade of agi-
tated foreign workers to demonstrate
their solidarity against the mill own
ers and ended with a riot in which the
young woman vas slain and Oscar Be
mott, a Lawrence policeman, stabbed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
4 DEAD, 90 HURT
IN TRAIN WRECK
Cincinnati Express on PennSyl-
Vania Road Is DeraiIed.
BROKEN RAIL is THE CAUSE
Day Coach and Three PuIImans
Hurled Down Embankment-Pas
sengers Are Pinioned in De-
bris for Hours.

Philadelphia. Nov. 30.-Chief Inspec,
tor H W. BeInap Of the interstate
commerce commission and James Z.
Howard. an expert Of the bureau OF
standards, are at Glen Loeb, Pa, 25
miles west Of this city, Investigating
into the cause Of the Pennsylvania
wreck. Four persons are known to
have been killed and more than two
score were injured, some probably IA
tally. when the Cincinnati express was
derailed at Glen Loeb on Thursday.
The train, a double-header, was
running at the rate Of fifty miles an
hour when the accident occurred. De
rallied, it is believed, by a broken rail,
one day coach and three PuIImans, all
Of steel construction. rolled down an
embankment upon a string Of coal
cars standing at a lower level upon a
parallel track
The cars, with their human freight
tossed about the seats, berths and
corridors, were piled high on both
sides Of the coal cars, some of which
we're derailed and turned around by
the force Of the impact. The passen-
gers were pinned under huge piles
Of debris, and many of them we're not
rescued for several hours, suffering
intensely not only from their injuries,
but from the biting cold weather.
The dead:
J. H. Collins, passenger, Buffalo,
n. Y.
Howard E. Baldwin. Pullman con
ductor, of Brooklyn, n. Y.
Edwin r. Jones, Pullman conductor,
Pittsburg, Pa.
L. d. Finley, passenger, Pittsburg,
Pa-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
PLOT TO BLOW UP CANAL
REVEALED BY M'M4NlGAL
Testifies al Dyramiter's Trial That
Mcnamara Planned TO Ruin
Panama Locks.

Indianapolis, Nov. 27-The conten-
tons Of the defense that the McNa-
maras and Ortie E. ManigaI alone
were responsible for explosions and
that the ironworkers' union execu-
tive board and President Frank NJ.
Ryan knew nothing Of any $1,000 ex-
pended from the union funds for de-
stroying nonunion property were pur-
sued in the REORGANIZATION of Nc
Manigal at the dynamite conspiracy
trial by Senator Kern.
a plot to destroy the whole city Of
Los Angeles by explosion and fire, to
make history on the coast date from
the destruction Of that city, instead
OF from the cate Of the San Francis
co earthquake, was among those OF
which the dynamiter told.
How J. J. Mcnamara sought to get
MECHANICAL to go to Panama TO blow
up the canal locks under construction
by the McClintie-Marshall company,
was another interesting episode in
the conspiracy. as related by the dy-
namiter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
EIGHTEEN YEARS FOR BOYS
Harry Berger and Edward Meyer,
GAINESVILLE Youths Convicted of
Murder, Are Sentenced.

JanesVille.-Harry Berger, II
years old, and Edward Meyers, 10
years old, convicted of the murder
Of Tillie Bergestermann, 35 years
old, were sentenced to eighteen years
each in the state prison at Waupun
by Circuit Judge George Grimm.
The case was sensational in that
it brought about a civic awakening
on the part Of the people of this city,
resulting in the revocation of the IL
censes of two saloon keepers and the
driving out of the city of the i'm
moral element.
The attorney for the boys asked
for a stay of sentence in order to per
feet an appeal for a new trial, which
was refused.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
SCHRANK TAKEN TO ASYLUM
Man Who Shot Colonel Roosevelt
Now an Inmate of Northern
Hospital at Oshkosh.

OshkCsh.-John Schrank, would
be assassin of Col. Roosevelt, is now
an inmate of the Northern Hospital
for the Insane at Winnebago, north
Of Oshkosh. Schrank was brought
here by Fred Becker, sheriff's clerk.
and Deputy Sheriff Richard Modem
hauer Of Milwaukee. When the
southern suburbs Of Oshkosh were
reached and Lake Winnebago came
into view, Mr.. Becker asked Schrank
if he was fond of hunting and the
prisoner replied with a smile: only
of bull moose"
Later he was asked if he would
repeat the attack upon Col Roose-
welt should the opportunity present
itself. Schrank said: NO, | have
done what I should have done-I
have made all the sacrifice 1 propose
to make and I would not harm Col.
Roosevelt or anyone else for the rea-
sons which moved me to assault him
at Milwaukee"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
Get Financial Information.

MadisOn.-TO enable members of
the next legislature to acquaint them
selves with the financial affairs of
the state in advance Of the coming
session, the state board of public af-
fairs has sent to all members a copy
of the budget report issued by The
Joint committee of finance at the last
session. The public affairs board is
now preparing a budget statement
for the 1913 legislature in form
much more detailed and elaborate
than that shown in the finance com
mittee's report. It is hoped to have
this report ready for the solons when
they assemble in January.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
ACTION AGAINST FAIR BOARD
Outaganie County Mar Says Adver,
tisenent Promising Reduced Rail-
road Rates Was Misleading.

APPROPRIATENESS that the state
fair board advertised reduced rates
on all railroads" to Milwaukee for
the state fair, which it was unable
to furnish, have been filed with the
railroad commission by William Ro-
han of the town of Buchanan. The
railroad commission replied to Mr..
Rohan's protest that ito publish such
a notice and not to make it effective
is fraud upon the public" and in
asking for further evidence said: ut
might be advisable to run the mat
ter down for the purpose of finding
out the responsibility for the decep-
ton" Mr.. Rohan declares that he
will push the matter to a full inves-
tigation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
GUNMEN DIE WEEK OF JAN. 6.
6layers of RosenthaI Are Taken to
SING SING Prison.

6layers of ROsenthal Are Taken to
Sing Sing Prison.
New York, Nov. Sentenced to
Gle during the week of January 6 for
the murder Of Herman RosenthaI the
four gunner, Lefty Louie" "Gyp the
Blood" "Dago Frank" and Whitley
Lewis, on Tuesday were taken to Sing
Sing prison by Sheriff Hamburger and
there placed in cells directly above
that of Lieut. Charles Becker, also
convicted of the crime in which they
participated
The condemned sIayers of Herman
ROsenthal were compelled to run a
gauntlet of a dozen hooting mobs be-
fore they arrived at Sing Sing prisons
door. Sheriff Hamburger had provided
for his prisoners the most sensational
progress to prison Of which there is
Pre- badly any historical record in this
country. A walking battery himself,
the sheriff had practically armed his
deputies to the teeth and had pressed
into service guards of central office
detectives. Sing Sing prison sentries
and Ossining town constables. about
five score in all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
INDIANS REQUESTING MONEY
Wi0nebagos Meet at La Crosse and
Petition Government 50 That
Farms Can Be Bought.

Ia Crosse IA gathering which in
Guided Representatives Of all the
councils Of Winnebago Indians in the
state met in this city for the purpose
of comforting with Congressman John
j Esch upon the necessity of hasten
ing the adjustment of conflicting
claims with the Nebraska branch Of
The tribe in order that an accurate
census Of the Indians in this state
may become available, and the dis
tribution made of the trust fund of
100000.
Many of the young Indians. who up
TO this time have been drawing an
nuities Of about $40 for each member
of their families, are anxious to re-
ceive their full aIIotments out of the
trust funds in order that they may
purchase forty acre farms, while
land is cheap.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
TITLE IS GIVEN RICHIE.
Ad WoIgast Loses Lightweight Cham
pionship by Foul Blows.

Ad WoIgast Loses Lightweight Cham
pionship by Foul Blows.
San Francisco, Nov 3O.-Ad VOL
CAST is no longer champion of the
world. He lost his title by striking
Willie Richie a foul blow in the six
teenth round of their battle at DAILY
City Thursday. Whether Wolgast
saw that a knockout was inevitable
and preferred to lose his IaureIs the
way he did is an open question.
With the wave of Referee Jim Grit.
fms head which disqualified him. the
lightweight championship Of the world
passed, for the first time in Queens
berry history, into the keeping of a
Californian.
BY his ring generalship, his courage
and his splendid fighting ability,
Richie won his spurs in the champion
ship division.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
Prisoner Kicks Sheriff.

Shawano While bringing a pris-
Oner named Murphy from Laona to
Gillette, Sheriff Anderson was kicked
in the mouth by the man His jaw
was broken The ruftan had been
put under the care of the sheriff by
the conductor he was handcuffed
and was facing the sheriff Sudden
ly he leaned back and kicked the Off
Ger full in the mouth with both
heels At Gillette he was turned over
to the local officers. from whom he
escaped in less than an hour
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
DEATH RATE IN
STATE IS LOWER
Marked Decline Due to Great
Saving in Infant Life.
FIGURES FOR THREE MONTHS
Fifty Per Cent of ChHdren's Deaths
Is Result of ignorance Regarding
Proper Care and Feeding
Part OF State Healthy.

Madison.-During July, August
and September, 1912, 5,949 deaths
were reported to the state bureau Of
vital statistics by the various local
registrars. This represents an an
nual death rate for the state of 9.9G
per 1000 estimated population. This
rate is compared with that of 11.S7
for 1910, and 1857 for 1911, being
considerably lower than both
The decline in the death rate is
due almost entirely to the great saw
ing in infant life during the summer
months, the bureau adds. There were
273 less deaths among children un-
der ! year of age during the quarter
than for a similar period last year.
This Will account for practically all
of the decrease in the number OF
deaths recorded and shows that
knowledge of the care of young chill
dren during the hot summer months.
Deaths Of children under / year
numbered Ills during the period.
An examination of the causes of
death revealed that in nearly SO per
cent. of the cases the children died
as the result Of ignorance regarding
proper care and feeding.
Important causes of deaths and
their number were Pulmonary tu-
bercuIosis 421, other tuberculosis 81,
typhoid fever 81, diphtheria AZ, scar
let fever SO, measles 8, whOoping
cough 81, pneumonia 20. diarrhea
and enteritis under 2 years 1852, men
nights los, influenza 10, puerperal
septicaemia Is, cancer 1876, violence
487.
The northern section of the state
has death rate for this period of
S.4 per 1000 estimated population.
while the rate for the central section
is 9.38 and in the southern section
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05

OF Maryland also sent its official party
to mourn at the bier of one of her ia
vCrite sons.
Among the many who attended the
funeral was Mrs. Winfield Scott
Schley. widow of Admiral SchIey.
whom Senator Rayner so notably rep
resented in the official hearing grow
ing out of the Sampson-SchIey contro,
ypTSV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05

Milwaukee -H. W. Bolens of Port
Washington was elected president of
the Wisconsin Manufacturer. asso-
citation, at its annual meeting Other
officers elected are: Vice President.
a. Hirschheimer. La Crosse; secre-
tary. William George Bruce, AIilwau-
kee; treasurer, Frank j. Sensenb reu.
ner, Neenah
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
u. S. STEEL WORKERS QUIT.
Nearly Thousand Trainmen Strike For
an Increase in Pay.

Nearly Thousand Trainmen Strike For
an Increase in Pay.
Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 26.-Six hun
dred more trainmen employed in the
yards and mills of the Steel Corpora
ton plants, quit Monday Nearly 1000
trainmen are now out in the Home
stead, Edgar Thomson plants and at
the Carrie furnaces. The men de
mand an advance of 20 cents a day.
The seriousness of the strike was
fully realized when officers of the steel
company said the three big plants
may be forced to shut down. This
would put in idleness 10000 men. The
corporation is far behind in its or
ders. Nothing will be left undone to
settle the trouble. The strikers as
sert that they viii force the company
to accede to their demands or ste&t
the biggest strike since the Home
stead strike and riots of 1892.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
ROOSEVELT REWARDS MARTIN.

Secretary Who Grappled With Colon
els kssai!ant Receives Gold Watch.
Oyster Bay, n. Y, Nov 30.-Elbert
E. Martin, stenographer. who grappled
with John Schrank after he had shot
Col. Theodore Roosevelt in Milwau-
kee. is the proud possessor of a hand
some gold watch, a gift from the col
onel in appreciation of Martins act
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
ASK FOR RECALL OF MAYOR
Petitions Circulated in GAINESVILLE
Would Gust Executive and Two
City Commissioners

GAINESVILLE Petitions are being
circulated for the recall Of Mayor
James a Fathers and Commissioners
Miltimore and Cummins This is the
first attempt to recall officers under
the commission form of city govern
ment in Wisconsin,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
RAIL HEADS DIE IN WRECK.
Officials of Great Northern Killed
When Their Auto Cverturns.

Officials of Great Northern Killed
When Their Auto Overturns.
St. Paul, MINI, Nov. 26.-Howard
James, director of purchases of the
Great Northern railroad, and Samuel
B. Plechler, purchasing agent of the
same road, were instantly killed Sun
day when the automobile in which
they were driving turned turtle and
crushed them to death
Mrs. PlechneT, Miss Helen James
and Miss Margaret Mann. who were
riding in the same car with the two
men, were uninjured.
The accident happened directly in
front of James J. Hills country home,
North Oaks" and was the result Of
an attempt on the part of Mr.. James
to drive ahead of another car.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-12-05
TAFT AT RAYNER FUNERAL.
Late U. S. Senator Is Buried at Rock
Creek Cemetery.

Washington, Nov. 3O.-An that is
mortal of the late United States Sena-
tor Isidor Rayner of Maryland, who
died here of neuritts, was laid to rest
in Rock Greek cemetery Wednesday.
President Taft, officials of the cabinet
and members of the senate and house
paid their last tribute to the memory
Of one of the leading members Of the
upper branch of congress. The state