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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
TAFT ULTIMATUM
ANAkENS CUBANS
Business Men in Favor of Amer.
lean Intervention.
GOMEZ AND LEADERS CONFER
Republics President Plans to QueIl
Rebellion to Preserve Nation
United States Army and
Navy Ready.

Havana, Cuba Conservatives
In Cuba and business men of
the island in general welcomed the
warning delivered to President Gomez
by United States Minister Arthur M.
Beaupre for Secretary of State P. c..
Knox. They want to see fair bust
ness methods applied by the govern
ment. If these are not put in force
at once annexation to the United
States would be welcomed.
On the other hand the politicians
and radicals were inclined to resent
the attitude assumed by the United
States and expressed their ire at
President Taft.
At the board of trade all elements,
especially the Spanish, said they be-
lieved that the regulation of Cuban af
fairs by the United States government
would result in the stimulation of
business, which has been depressed
owing to lack of confidence in the
Gomez government.
President Gomez and political lead
ers held a conference, discussing
ways and means of quelling any dis
turbapces which might arise, as a re-
suit of Tafts threat. The conference
sought to find solution of the ques-
lions over which the opposing ele-
ments differ.
The council of war veterans, which
is credited with being at the bottom
Of a conspiracy to overthrow the Co.
meZ government, failed to come TO any
conclusion at it's meeting.
Meager reports received from the
interior give no indications Of trouble
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
His Crown of Gold.

Father Bernard Vaughan, the distin-
guished English priest and author, said
of an unbeliever at a dinner in New
York:
He misunderstands He is like the
little schoolgirl
"A school teacher. intoxicating prin-
ciples of mortality in her young
charges said one day:
Now, my dears, If you do right al
ways you will each wear a golden
crown
My papa wears gold crown now
a little girl of six years piped.
Il have often seen your father, Jes-
sic said the teacher, with a puzzled
smile. but l never noticed his gold
crown. When and where does he wear
it.?
He always wears it, said the little
girl. solemnly. on his toof.' Detroit
Free Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
MINERS CLASH ON PLAN
TO ENDORSE SOCIALISM
Bitter Debate Is Opened in Conven.
ton Over Resolution to Approve
Party-Civic Federation Assai!od.

indianapolis. = After the conven-
ton of the United Mine Workers
Of America had gone on record as ia
voring government ownership of in.
dustries, the Socialists among the l,
800 delegates launched a resolution
ihdorsing their party as the political
party of the working class" but it
met resistance. Stormy debate fol
lowed and the question went over.
Action also was deferred on a reso-
luton providing that the United Mine
Workers should withdraw from the
Civic Federation as an agent of cap
italists and sharply criticising Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and other
leaders of the Federation of Labor for
cooperation with the Civic Fedora
ton
The resolutions committee reported
it nonconcurred in the resolution com
hitting the organization to the Social
list party and because the constitution
STIMULATES it shall be nonpolitical.
John Walker, president of the Hi
nois miners, speaking for the Social
lists, intimated that if necessary an
effort would be made to amend the
constitution so that the national union
could indorse the Socialist party.
Antagonists to the resolution provid-
ing for secession from the American
Federation of Labor appeared in both
the conservative and the Socialist fac
tons.
Samuel Gompers was characterized
as a "reactionary" by Thomas L.
Lewis, former national president OF
the miners.
"As long as Gompers is at the head
of the federation it will oppose the
general industrial organization, as
contrasted with the separate crafts
union idea" he said. "But the time
will come when leaders in the fedora
ton will be compelled to step down
or come over to the principle of a
closed formation, working for the
benefit of the whole laboring class"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
American Soldier of Forums.

Gen. Homer Lea, U. S. A (retired),
now said to be a prominent figure in
the Chinese revolutionary forces. has
had a fascinating career since he re-
signed from the United States army to
seek adventures in China. He held a
commission as lieutenant general in
the imperial army and spent a num-
Der of years in military operations in
the remote interior of the empire, max
ing a name for himself as an officer
and an author. With the uprising he
quit the imperialists. General Lea is
a native of Denver. His education was
finished in California, at the University
of the Pacific and at Stanford.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
COURT uPHOLDS LIABILITY LAW
Supreme Body Decides Federal Stat
ute Is Valid

supreme Booy OecIoeS FeCeFaI Stdt-
ute Is Valid.
shington.-After nearly a years
consideration the Supreme court of
the United States gave its unanimous
approval to the employers liza
bility law enacted by congress in
1908 to take the place of similar act
declared unconstitutional. The de-
cision marks an epoch in labor legis-
lation
By the terms of the decision state
courts are permitted to enforce the
act when local laws permit
This was the second and a success
full attempt of congress to change the
old common law rule than an en-
ployo of a common carrier could not
recover damages from the carrier for
injuries received in his employment
when the injuries resulted from the
negligence OF a fellow servant The
first law, that enacted in 1906. was de-
clared unconstitutional in 1903. be-
cause it embraced within its terms
regulation of interstate as well as in
terstate commerce.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
KEEP THEIR GUNS AT HAND
secretaries of Cabinet Members May
Need Them Any Time in Deal
ing With Cranks.

Five out of the nine we'll groomed
and gentlemanly private secretaries
of members of President Taft's cab
met keep loaded revolvers handy in
their desks every day Of the year.
They do not often use them, but
there are just enough cranks around
Washington and it's departments to
make a revolver feel good to the touch
occasionally.
Robert o. Bailey. private secretary
to Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of
The treasury, keeps his even handler
than desk drawer. If you were to
step back of the big mahogany desk
at which Mr.. Bailey works you would
find a small shelf to the right beside
his knee. Upon it there is a business
like locking .3S caliber revolver. 1t
has been there ever since Mr.. Bailey
was visited last summer by man
who demanded to see Secretary Mac
Veagh that he might get "a license
for free speech"
Mr.. Bailey was alone in the Office
on midsummer day. Into it dashed
a disheveled individual who had long
neglected the art of the safety razor
and who was plainly looking for
trouble. He rushed up to the desk
and, crowding close to Mr., Bailey,
brought his fist violently down upon
the blotter and shouted:
'T demand permit for free
speech"
"All right" said Mr.. Bailey; Ego
ahead"
This seemed to be a surprise to the
man, who showed a desire to shoot up
the place. He recovered himself and
stepped back a few PAGES. Then he
began an grafton. 1t lasted ten min
utes. At a halt Mr. Bailey put in:
Fine: that's the way. You are all
right"
The crank accepted the verdict,
made a deep bow and walked out of
the room.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Oninion Fixes Phone lax.

Madison.-The attorney general in
an opinion holds that telephone COM
panies, with the exception of mutual
concerns, must pay to the state
tax of cents for each phone in use,
where the tax otherwise provided for
amounts to less than this amount.
The law provides a fee based on the
gross earnings of the company, S5
per cent of which goes to the city or
town in which the company is 10
Gated and the balance to the state.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24

there, but fears were expressed here
place in the rural districts, especially
in Pinar del Rio and Oriente.
The newspapers confine themselves
to the publication Of the text of Sec
rotary Knox's note, and interviews on
the subject with various officials.
There is no editorial comm ent except
in Ell Dia, which expresses the opin-
ion that no physical intervention is
intended by the United States; which,
however, will adopt other and efficaci-
Gus means to compel compliance with
the laws and prevent a breach of the
peace.
Washington. Having served
notice on President Gomez's gov
eminent that the United States ex-
pected Cuba to live up to her treaty
engagements and maintain a republic
an form of government, the state de-
partment now is awaiting develop
ments.
Should it become necessary to send
troops to Cuba, the whole mechanism
of the transportation and mobilization
services could be in operation within
a few hours and probably within two
days the first army transport would be
sailing for Havana with a full regi-
ment of infantry aboard. Long before
that transport had reached Cuban wa
tiers several American battleships
would be lying off proper strategic
points on the Cuban coast.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
The BeY-The Girl.

He-Crime seems in a pretty low
way. Only last week some woman
kidnapped a acknowledgements of it in
all the newspapers.
She-What did she take it for?
He-Nothing else to take, suppose.
/ should have thought myself that any
body who kidnapped baby would steal
an earthquake or borrow an attack of
Asiatic cholera.
She-Babies are not so bad as all
that. The only thing l have really
got against them is that if you leave
them long enough they grow up into
human beings.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Madison Meeting Favors Wilson

Madison.-Fifty democrats, repre-
senting nearly all sections of the
state, at a meeting here organized a
Woodrow Wilson league of Wiscon-
sin and laid plans to send a state
delegation to the national democratic
convention next June pledged to sup
port the New Jersey governor for
the democratic nomination for presi-
dent A feature of the meeting was
a speech by VIM T. LaFollette,
brother of Senator LaFollette, in
dorsing Wilson as a man who team
not fail to lead the democratic party
to victory in 1912"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
HARVESTER ACCUSED AS TRUST
Witness Asserts Company Operates in
Restraint of Trade.

restraint OF trace.
Washington F. j. Lowe Of
New York, a representative of the
Independent manufacturers Of har-
vesters and other farm machinery,
made grave charges against the In
ternational Harvester company before
the house committee on rules and de-
clared that it was an illegal trust.
Mr.. Lowe told the committee that
81 per cent. of the stockholders in the
steel, sugar, beef and bankers trusts
control also the International Harvest
er company. eve charge that the In
ternational Harvester company
through the National City bank of New
York, can break any independent con-
Germ in the United States" said Mr..
Lowe
The witness said the department of
justice had "chloroformed every
movement made to prosecute the har-
vester trust, shown by the fact that
the Townsend report to the depart
ment in 1906 has slumbered there ever
since. The report showed, among
other things, that there were thirteen
Independent harvester concerns in the
United States when the International
Harvester company was organized. To-
day there are only two independent
concerns in the United States"
Mr.. Lowe charged also that the In
ternational Harvester company insist
ed on a profit of 100 per cent. on its
goods sold in thiQ country bI1t that
Europe got them almost at cost.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
DENIES EMPLOYEES ARE SLAVES
Gary Says Steel Workers Are Paid
Good Wages.

New York - E. II. Gary, chair
man of the United States Steel
corporation, in a statement defends
the treatment of the employees by the
company and resents the attack made
upon the corporation recently by Louis
d. Brandeis, the Boston lawyer.
Judge Gary warmly denies Nj.
Brandeis' charge that the steel cor
poration is making slaves of its work
men and forcing them to work twelve
hours a day seven days in the week
He declares the object has been to
better the condition of the workers,
and that wages are now 25 per cent
higher than when the corporation was
organized.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
SeIf-Evident,

Louis N. Parker, the playwright, has
a ready wit, as was demonstrated at a
supper party the other night. Par
ker's neighbor, famous actress, nod
ded toward pretty girl at the next
table and said: Don't you think
she's awfully young to wear such de-
collete gown" Well" said Mr.. Par
ker, "she certainly is stripping
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Death Claims Large Family.

Grand Rapids Thomas Hen
bricks of this city was struck by
Northwestern freight train at STRAIT
ford and fatally injured He was
one of eighteen children, seventeen
of whom are now dead.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Four Killed by Explosion

Whitesburg, Ky.-In an explosion
of a can of powder in the home of
Jerry Wells, a farmer of Perry coun-
ty, near the Letcher county line, Mrs
Wells, Mrs. Mullins and two small
children were killed and Wells NOR
tally wounded
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Not In His Line

"Waiter!" called the guest at the
East Sixth street cafe who had just
changed his mind 'Waiter!"
"Yessir," replied the waiter. rush
ing back to the table.
Make that chop a steak, will you?"
Sir" answered the waiter, Il am
G waiter, not a magician"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Lono Aoo and Now.

Miss Gaddie-"E Enemies, are you?
Why, I thought she loved you not long
ago"
Miss Bright-"So she did; and she
loves me not now."-Catholic Stan
dard and Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
sutoeon TO Fix Morse's Fate.

Washington.-Su Surgeon General Tor
ney of the army has been called in
consultation by Attorney General
Wickersham to review the findings
of the army medical officers on the
condition of Charles w. Morse and re-
port to the department of justice.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Gen. Harvey Graham Dead.

Manitowoc = While visiting
daughter in Chicago, Gen Harvey
Graham, a resident of this city for
twenty-five years, died of heart fail
ure, aged "a years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Woman's Way.

"A woman's convention. Ell? What
do women know about enthusiasm?
Now at the last national convention
we men cheered our candidate for an
hour"
That's all right" said his wife
I'VE threw kisses at ours for sixty-sev-
en- minutes by the clock. louisville
Courier-Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
No Graft indictments Found.

La Crosse.-The grand jury in the
supposed police graft cases was dis
charged by Judge Higbee, no indict,
ments having been found
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
! God
Sars 70 ariIIa

Acts directly and peculiarly
on the blood; puriies, enriches
and revitalizes it, and in this
way builds up the whole sys-
TEN. Take it. Get it today.
In usual liquid form or chocolate coated
tablets called SarSatabs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Before the Scrap.

why are you rushing around so to-
day." I'm trying to get something
for my wife" Had any offers p
Louisville Courier-Journal
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
sailors Are LOST In Storm.

London.-A three masted steamship
believed to be from America found
cred with all hands at Peterhead In
the fierce storm which swept the
British Isles.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
Tired Of Cold Weather; Suicides.

Muscatine, Ia.-George Moots, aged
seventy years. prosperous farmer,
near here. hanged himself from
tree. He left a note saying he was
tired of the cold weather.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
What He Left.

Did your rich uncle leave you
anything when he died?"
Yes A large supply of disap.
pointment."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granules. Easy to take
as candy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
MURDER DRAWS ELoPER HOME
Young Boyce Goes to Texas, Where
Father Was Slain.

Winnipeg, Man. = 1t is said that
A. G. Boyce, Jr., who is alleged to
have eloped with Mrs. ]. B. Snead
of Amarillo, Tex, is on the way from
Winnipeg to Texas. His departure
followed the killing of his father by
Mrs. Snead's husband in Texas.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24

There are two kinds of suffragettes
the unhappily married and the I'M
happily unmarried.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money if PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or ProGruding Piles in to IA days. Soc
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
RILEY LOVE-LYRTCS
With many studies from life by
William buckingham Dyer

Contains all the favorites of Mr. Rileys dainty,
derlove poems. The Illustrations, of which there
So add greatly to the books artistic beauty. DR.
Dyer has shown poetic appreciation of the authors
VerSeandan ability to hcamera and brush
the central ideas in an altogether delightful way.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24

There's a difference between being
useful and being used.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-24
RILEY SONGS O, CHEER
With over one hundred RoOsier pictu1
by VIII Vawter

collection of the favortes of Mr.. Rileys poems of
gladneSs and content, book TO scatter smiles and
laughter the deadly enemy the blues the CONQUER
or of sorrow. The pictures the best and most
mature that Mr. Vawter, whose work is inseparablv
connected with that of his poet friend has done
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-11-08
Yeuna EInannlar.

II appears that there Is more or less
humbug about the traditional alowness
OF the messenger, the fabulous iaKi.
ness OF the once boy--And all that
sort OF stun. At any rate, there is a
young fellow In Cleveland who may
be said to be abreast Of the age in
which he lives. He works In down
town Office building. but he has a
rapidly growing account in a savings
bank.
Tho other day our young hero went
to his bank to make deposit OF so
cents. The teller, with more than his
customary haughtiness, informed the
boy that the bank would not receive
deposits OF less than 81. The kid
didn't waste any time arguing about
1t. He walked over to the desk, wrote
check for 81 and presented Il at
the paying teller's window. II was
honored, of course. Then the little
financier said:
Il wish to deposit $3.50"
And that deposit was accepted. And
the teller ground his teeth.
Haec fabula docet-that you can de
posit cent II you have an account
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-11-08
Hurt In the SEQUEL.

Graham Ferguson has Just returned
after an absence OF six months on "the
other side" Fergie did not spend all
his time abroad at the home OF his
Ayrshire ancestors: he visited Swift.
zerland and Italy and did not neglect
Paris. 1t was In this famous city that
be witnessed a famous sight.
when ] was in France" he told a
newspaper friend Sunday, II saw n
duel"
"Ohl One of those French duels,
Ell? Nobody was hurt. Epresume?"
"You are wrong there, One of the
contestants was seriously injured"
"One OF the contestants? Surely
you mean. bystander or second or
surgeon?"
mo, sir; one OF the duelists. He
had a rib broken"
you astound me! One of those
toy rapiers could not smash rib,
surely?"
"Rapier, nothing! The brave mans
rib was broken In the embrace with
his opponent. after the duel was over"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-11-08

AZ the simultaneous Dirtf or tns an.
Gent canyon tsluses throughout N.
iengtn and breadth Of the rangel"
The Indians and many OF the Whit.
men left the valley in terror OF ,h,s
eSI'nouake, the final rumblings OF
which we're not over for two month";
put Muir remained to study ita az
.e1.s. among other things, he kent
cueket OF water on his cabin table
70 learn what he could of the move.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-11-08
WHEN MUIR aEpI
NATURALIST wRiTEs ~
aNosLE EARThou"h|
Impressive Description q ny
Yosemite Valley Which cv'
TO a New Mountain Av's','
Talus While He l''se''

"A noble earthquake roblt
earthquakei" exclaimed iohn Muir
when he was awakened :" f-pas'
two o'clock Of a moonlit mp' pk 10
the Yosemite valley. FOR y IRE he
had believed that the MANI ~ ava
lanchc taluses leaning we the
walls OF the valley at inier's' OF
mile or two, had been cruseo ~ an
earthquake ct least three, g turies
before. and here was his cha hce to
make some observations FER be-
fore had he enjoyed a storm 1f this
sort, but the strange, thrnlns aouon
could not be mistaken, ara 80 ran
out OF his cabin. both glad and Fright.
ened as he made his excamau {on
"The shocks were so vloiet and
varied. and succeeded on anoH Ter so
closely" he writes in the &c ntury.
that had to balance myse care
fully In walking, as II on nv deck
of ship among waves, and y eemed
impossible that the high clins or the
valley could escape being shGV ttered.
In particular feared that the sheer-
fronted Sentinel rock, towering above |
my cabin, would be shaken DOWN. and /
I took shelter back of large Hyellow I
pine. hoping that It might proti bot me 4
from at least the smaller outbov BINDING
boulders."
The most impressive part OF MS de- /
scription is OF the sounds 1T was a
calm, moonlight night" he sayf, and
no sound was heard for the tr4 min
ute or so save low, mufned, b4ibbling
underground rumblings, and th9 whis'
pering and rustling OF the afsitated
trees, as II Nature were holdl}g her
breath. Then suddenly out ~ the
strange silence and strange fnotion
there came tremendous roark The
EAGLE rock. on the south WALL about :
half a mile up the valley, gave way,
and saw II falling In thousapds OF
the great boulders had so lonf been
studying, pouring TO the valieY MOOR
in a free curve luminous from fric-
ton, making a terribly sublimf spec
tacle-an arc OF glowing, pa Tomato
fire, fifteen hundred feet span true
In form and as serene In bV as
rainbow in the midst OF N pen
do----ock storm, The souIfy ssezgaI
tremendously deep aad @oad "A ear
nest that the whole earth, liksR liv-
ing creature. seemed at last have Z
found voice, and to be calling 10 her
sister planets. In trying to tel some
thing OF the size Of this awfulcound,
II seems to me that II all tn hun Z
der of all the storms had eve heard
were condensed into one par. II
would not equal the rock roaiat the
birth Of a mountain talus. Think, e
then. OF tha- roar that arose ttheaven n