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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
WATERPOWER BILL
Up TOLAWhAKERS
SENATOR HUSTING'S MEASURE
SEEKS TO ESTABLISH! POLICY
OF REGULATION.
TO PRESERVE RESOURCES
g5H Makes Provision for Confiscation
by Municipalities of Dams and Wa
terpower Plants and Would Give
Franchises Subject TO State Rights

Madison Senator Hastings bill
relating TO the building and mainte-
nance Of dams on the nayigabIe wa
ters of Wisconsin seeks to establish
a policy Of regulation and control
that shall preserve to the people
their rights 10 the natural resources
of the state The bill provides that
ali franchises granted for the con-
struction and maintenance of dams
are given subject to the rights of
the state, whenever il shall have
constitutional power, and of any
municipality to acquire the property
of the grantee constructed or main
tanned and useful Hereunder, incIud-
ing all property necessary and useful
in carrying out the purposes for
which the dam was constructed by
paying just compensation therefor in
Guiding the value of the riparian
property for power purposes; pro-
Vided, that in ascertaining what is
Just compensation no allowance
shall be made for the franchise
1t is provided that such property
whether located within or without
the corporate limits of any munich
pality may be acquired by the
municipality by proceedings in con-
demnation for public purposes.
Senator Linley has introduced a
bill which provides that city author
tiles, may by ordinance, require con-
ductors and motOrmen on street cars
to be licensed after examination, be-
fore they are permitted to operate
street cars. He also had a bill re-
quiring the issuance of transfers on
street cars to any cars on their lines,
of the same city for d continuous
ride.
4 remedy for the "redlight' evil
is proposed by Assemblyman Fred
erick, in that houses of ilI-fame, the
owners of which are convicted of
permitting them to be used for i'm
moral purposes, shall be confiscated
by the state. Another bill presented
by Mr.. Frederick would compel the
publication of names of persons on
a saloon blacklist in cities having
newspaper of general circulation.
Mr.. Sharp put in a bill favoring
state board of education, consisting
of five members, one of whom shall
be the state superintendent, ex-offi-
clio. The other four are appointive
by the governor, but after the term
of the first expires in 1916 the mem
bers are TO be elected in alternative
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
hEWPOLICY IN BILL
On MINIMUM WAGE
MEASURE BY ASSEMBLYMAN MA
EON BROADENS SCOPE OF
LAEOR LEGISLATION.
ENDORSED BY ECONOMISTS
Measure Does Not Fix Specific
Amount But Leaves This to Be Done
by State soard After Invest cation
of individual Case.

Madison.-Departing from all for
mer rules laid down in fixing mini
mum wage by statute, the oil pre-
scented by Assemblyman Mahon Of
Eland Junction lays down q new pol
icy in labor legislation. The indus
trial commission is empowered to en-
force the law and with certain spe-
cific safeguards to fix the amount Of
living wage.
Following out the lines laid down
in a bill introduced in the assembly
two years ago by Assemblyman Ma
hon creating the state industrial
commission, the bill presented by
him broadens the scope OF that act
While original in plan, the idea con-
tanned in the measure is being en-
dorsed by leading economists. One
para graph of the bill says:
Every wage paid or agreed to be
paid by any employer to any female
or minor employe except as other
wise provided in section 1729s-2
shall not be less than a living wage"
A living wage is defined in the act
as "a compensation for labor suffi-
cient to enable the employee receiving
it to maintain himself or herself I'M
der conditions consistent with his or
her welfare"
These two sections of the act give
a latitude to the measure not ap-
preached by any other law, and the
bill does not fix specific amount; it
permits this amount to be determined
by the industrial commission upon
investigation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
FIGHT TO KEEP STATE FAIR
Efforts by Other Cities TO Secure
3 g Attraction Arouses Mil
waukee to Action.

Milwaukee. - Milwaukeeans will
not sit idly by with their hands fold
ed while representative of other
cities are laboring with the legisla-
tors at Madison for the purpose OF
having the state fair removed from
Milwaukee. The people of this city
regard the fair as a fixed institution
for Milwaukee by reason of the large
amount of money invested in equip
ment and intend making a hard fight
on any proposition to remove the fair
to any other city. Active work to
this end has been begun by the leg
islative committee of the Merchants
and Manufacturers association. The
contention will be made that no 9TH
er city in the state can offer the
transportation and hotel facilities
that Milwaukee affords and emphasis
will be laid on the assertion that
patronage by the citizens of Mil
waukee has saved the fair from
deficit upon several occasions. Osh-
kosh and Wausau are the cities most
active in endeavoring to acquire the
state fair
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
WOULD LICENSE "MOVlE" MEN
Assemblynan Hu!i's eil Asks That
Picture Machine Operators Pass
Rigid Examinations.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hull in
troduced a bill providing for the crea-
ting of moving picture show com
mission which shall have the power
to examine and license operators of
moving picture shows. An annual
fee OF 50 is to be charged, and each
moving picture operator is TO be ex-
amined for qualifications. The Ii
cense of operators may be revoked
for incompetency.
Assemblyman Peavy introduced a
Dill providing for farm loans 10 be
made from the state trust fund for
the development OF northern Wis
consin lands. The land commission,
who are TO have indirect charge of
the funds. are empowered to appoint
a superintendent to make examina-
ton of the land offered for security,
and when the money is TO be advanc-
ed upon the real estate, unimproved,
II is to be deposited in general
bank, and drawn upon by the buyer
annually, as he makes the improve
ment. The rate of interest is 5 per
cent per annum
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
SCOTT ANTARCTIC SHIP
BACK WITH DEATH NEWS
Terra Nova Brings Records and
Diaries of Dead ExpEorers-Six
Have Narrow Escape.

Christchurch, New Zealand, Feb.
1.-THE Terra Nova, the vessel which
took Capt Robert F. Scott to the ant
arctic region on his way to the south
pole, and which returned thither 10
bring him back, but instead brought
news OF the heroic death of himself
and companions, arrived in this port
On Wednesday.
Commander Evans is not inclined to
speak of the tragic side of the expedi-
ton, and has forbidden fellow officers
t. do so.
The full diaries of Captain Scott
and the other members of the Inflated
polar party have been recovered in
tact. They have not been opened and
will be forwarded to their relatives
Commander E. R. G. Evans will com
pile Captain SCOTS book with the aid
of the other members of the expedi-
ton
The escape of Lieutenant Campbell
and the northern party is described as
miraculous. His comrades were Doe
tor Lovick, Mr.. PriestIy, geologist and
Seamen Albert, Browning and Dick
insCn. They were landed at Cape
Adare i'll February, 1912, and had in
tended making a short sledge jour
ney and returning to the Terra Nova
before she sailed for New Zealand.
Ice prevented the ship from reaching
them and they were left to their own
resources for nine months, until No
vember, 1912, with only a months pro-
visions
Lieutenant Campbell gives a graphic
description Of the party's life in the
igloO in which they lived through the
antarctic winter. They existed in alb
solute darkness except for the faint
CLEAN of a seal blubbeT lamp. Their
supply of biscuits was soon exhausted
and henceforth they lived entirely OF
seal meat. Extraordinary hardships
were endured On the return journey to
Cape Evans. Browning and Dickin-
son fell i'll and the latter was carried
on sledge. Commander Evans de-
clared that the public can have no con-
ception of the hardships Lieutenant
Campbell and his party endured
Going south to bring back the ex-
plorers, the Terra Nova passed be-
tween two immense icebergs and only
fine seamansh1p prevented the total
destruction Of the ship.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
SENATE ENDORSES
DAVIES FOR POST
PUSLlCANSV VOTE UNANIMOUS
LY TO URGE APPOINTMENT
FOR WILSON'S CABINET.
MOVE SETS PRECEDENT
Wilson Holds Cabinet Names Until in
Otfice-No Announcement of Choice
for Portfolios Until He SENDS Nori-
nations to Senate.

Madison.-A splendid tribute to
Joseph Z. Davies, of Madison, and an
endorsement of him for a place in the
cabinet of President-elecs Wilson re-
suited in the senate, when a resolu-
ton, introduced by Mr.. Shower and
advocated by Mr.. Bosshard. received
a unanimous vote. The resolution
was treated as privileged and Sena-
tor Bosshard spoke vigorously in it's
support.
1T may appear unusual" said the
senator from La Crosse, "for this
body of Republican senators to pay
tribute to a member of another
party. I feel, however, that we honor
ourselves and our commonwealth
when we honor the high quality.
ability and honorable standing of MI
Davis.
Mr.. Bosshard said he had a per-
sonal interest in the resolution as he
and Mr.. Davies were classmates in
the university and close friends from
that time. In 1899 they both were
members of the university literary
society that met Minnesota in joint
debate, and were victorious. Fol
lowing their graduation, he said, each
was elected district attorney in his
county, and each has held the other
in high esteem ever since.
dispatch from Princeton, N. J.,
says that President-elect Wilson will
make no announcement of his cabi-
net at all but will send his nomina-
lions to the senate after his inaugur-
alton. This plan he decided upon aft
er the authoritative announce
ments from Washington that he was
to announce his cabinet tomorrow:
These Washington dispatches have
been most annoying to the president
elect. The Washington stories
printed We're more than ruffling to
his temper. In response to a query,
he said 81 will not make any an
nouncements at all. l will send the
names to the senate in the good old
fashioned way"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20

Jury Finds Cash Register Men
Broke Criminal Law.
GUILTY ON THREE COUNTS
President of National Company and
His Colleagues Plan to Appeal
From Verdict-Trial Lasts
Fifty Days.

Cincinnati, Feb. 15.-John H. Patter-
Eon, president of the National Cash
Register company, and % other off
Gals and managers of the concern
were found guilty on all three counts
in violation of the Sherman antitrust
Law by a jury IN Judge HOLSTERS Uni
ted States district court here.
Each of the three counts carried
maximum penalty of $4,000 fine and
sentence in a common Jail of not more
than twelve months, thus bringing the
maximum sentence for each man up
to $4,000 fine and thirty-six months
in Jail.
That the cases will be appealed was
indicated. Attorneys for the defense
attempted to make a motion previous
to the dismissal Of the jury, but Judge
HOLSTER assured them that any mo-
lions could be made later.
After thanking the members of the
jury and informing them that in case
they ever were called to jury duty
again in this court they would be ex-
cused on request, Judge Howard Hol-
lister dismissed the jury and ad-
journed court. He also notified the
attorneys for the defense that any ac-
ton they desired to take that was
just would be allowed to come before
the court at the proper time
The jury deliberated almost ten
hours
President Patterson, when asked for
a statement, said:
In view Of the civil litigation
against the National company, I de-
sire not to make a statement at this
time"
The indictments were returned Feb
ruary %, 1918. after special agents
OF the government had put in many
days in the search for evidence.
The trial began November 10, and
occupied about fifty actual trial days
The total expense to the cash regis
ter company, including loss of time,
is estimated at little less than $780,
900. President Patterson and ali
other defendants with one exception
were in court every day. The gov
eminent expense has been estimated
at about half as much as that of the
company.
The indictments named thirty men,
but Edgar Parks of New York was
dismissed recently by Judge Hollister
no way connected with the company
in the last three years, the time
named in the indictments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
SEIZE FIVE LEGISLATORS
ON CHARGE OF BRIBERY
Said to Have Accepted Money in
Senatorial Fight.

Charleston, ". Va. Feb. 10
Charged with having accepted bride
money alleged to have been paid over
by managers of William Seymour Ed
wards, one of the leading candidates
for United States senator, Represen-
tatives U. S. G. Rhodes, Mingo coun-
ty; DR.. r. T. Asbury, Putnam county;
David E. Hill. Mason county; Rath
Duff, Jackson county, and Senator B..
A. Smith were placed under arrest
Tuesday by Sheriff Ponner Hill in a
hotel here in the presence of the pub
lie prosecutor, Thomas G. Townsend.
It is stated the money, which had
been marked. was found on the men.
1t is understood that Rhodes alone
was found to have $4,000 on his per-
son. The other amounts are said to
range from $500 to $4,000 each.
Rhodes had nominated Mann when
the race started. but later went over
to Edwards, in answer to the de
mands of the folks back home" as he
put it.
The accused men waived a prelimi-
nary hearing before Squire C. W.
Dering, and were held to the grand
jury under $4,000 bond All the men
furnished bond
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
WELLS GREET sUFFRAGIsTs

Army" Reaches Princeton and Stu
dents Give Noisy Welcome.
Princeton, n. J., Feb. 15-The STAG
cato yell OF Princeton university, with
the appendage Votes for women!
Votes for women! Votes for women!"
greeted the army of suffragettes
which is marching to Washington
when it arrived Thursday night
The women, 10 strong, had covered
q miles in eight hours of active walk
ing, and several of them were on the
point Of exhaustion when the lights of
the university town twinkled a well
come. General Rosalie Jones, com
mander of the expedition, declared
that for real hardships the walk ex-
ceeded anything she had experienced.
Corporal" Martha Klatschen, who
is less than five feet tall, had to De
supported during the last four miles
of the march. She staggered into the
village an hour after the arrival of the
vanguard, pluckily refusing offers Of
a lift from passing automobiles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
CREW OF FISHING TUG LOST
Search for Sheboygan Graft Proves
Fruitless-Believe Boat Struck
Derelict and Sunk.

Sheboygan.-That the waters of
Lake Michigan have engulfed the
bodies of the captain and six mem
bers of the crew of the fishing tug
Sunbeam appeared almost a certani-
ty when nothing had been heard
from the boat after sailing from the
dock here twenty hours before.
The men on board the boat we're:
Captain Roy Smith.
Engineer George Russell.
Deck Hands Charles Russell. Jacob
Snees, William Tronto and Edward
Shambeau.
The Sunbeam was one of the larg-
est fishing boats which piled from
this port. The captain is an old mar
lner on the lakes and that something
IS vitality wrong or that the boat has
struck a derelict and gone to the bot
tom is believed by all the men at
the docks here, for with his expe-
rlence he would have steered the
bark clear of snags. That the boat
ran into such a derelict and sank
without warning is the belief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20

Turkish Note Requests Inter-
pention by Nations.
FIGHTING STILL GOES ON
Censorship Prevents Much Of Real
News OF Operations in Near East
From Reaching Out
side World.

London, Feb. lat understood
that the ambassadors il London have
agreed that the porte's note does not
form basis for the reopeRing OF the
peace negotiations.
London, Feb. 1.-THE Turkish gov
eminent on Wednesday formally inVit
ed the European powers to intervene
and stop the Balkan war
The request fer intervention has
been made in London by Ambassa.
dor Tewik Pasha to Sir Edwin Grey
who communicated the same to the
ambassadors OF the powers. The am
hassadOrs' conference meets Friday
It is stated that the powers will prob
ably refuse to intervene unless TuT-
Keys proposals are likely to be accept
able to the allies.
Meanwhile Turkey continues IN.
wonted activity in war operations
though the strict censorship esrab-
lished at Constantinople prevents
much news reaching the outside world
Apparently Turkey is planning to take
the Bulgarians in the rear by landing
troops in Thrace, westward of the
Bulgar position before Tchatalja
Turkish landings are reported at Ro-
dosto and Silistri, while troops are
also being rushed to Gallipoi, where
there has been severe fighting.
The actual invasion of Bulgaria is
limited in the report Of Russian
steamer, which arrived at Odessa, say
ing she had sighted a fotilla Of large
Turkish troopships bound from Asia
Minor in the direction of the coast Of
the Bulgarian Black sea.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 14.-According
to dispatches given out here, the
Turkish troops assembled the whole
male Christian population of the sea.
port of Buyuk Chekmadje in the vii
Iage schooIhouse and massacred them.
Subsequently they killed all the Chris
tan women and children except the
young girls, whom they carried off on
board ship.
Londor.. Feb. 13.-WhiIe accounts OF
the fighting in the Balkans issued
from Sofia and Constantinople are
conflicting the battle at Bulair was
the bloodiest that has taken place dur
ing the war
total Of $500 casualties was SUI
fered by the Turks in the disaster of
the third day when they fed in panic
to the ships in Charkeui haTbor
The Bulgarians buried $50 bodies OF
their slain foes and 5000 more Turk
ISL dead were left strewn over the
battlefield.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
Fifty-Six Died from Fires.

Reports compiled by State Fire
Marshal T. NJ. Purtell show that
fifty-six lives, were lost in fires in
Wisconsin for the half year ending
Jan. 1, 1913. The injured-with
data incomplete-numbered fifty,
and at the rate based on the United
States reports of Wisconsin fires it
is estimated that about 1913 were
probably seriously burned. Eight
were burned from starting or hasten
ing fire with kerosene, and an equal
number received their injuries as. a
result of children playing with
matches. Two hundred and five
fire losses were reported in January,
with damage Of 307,525, and insur-
ance carried of $932,445. Eighty
two fires were caused by defective
heating apparatus and chimneys,
with loss of $101,665. Thirty fires
are classified as unknown, such losses
aggregating $65, $40. Twelve were
caused by fires in adjoining buildings,
such losses reaching s3O,160.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
SEAT IS VOTED 70 O'DAY
Assembly Committee or Elections
Awards Confess to Lincoln County
Man-Accept Missing Ballots.

Madison. = Assemblyman John
O'Day of Merrill will retain his seat
in the lower house if the action of
the committee on elections is ap-
proved by the members when the
question is brought to a vote. The
committee, after two days of hear
ing, decided five to two to report ia
vorably for Mr.. O'Day and against
the claims of Ralph Clark.
The eight ballots which Mrs Nc.
Clausland found in the booth the next
morning after the election were ac-
cepted as valid and counted by the
committee. These ballots were six
for O'Day, one for Clark and one
blank. Without these, the vote as
found by the committee was 1921 for
O'Day and 1922 for Clark, giving the
latter one majority.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
BOWLING TOURNAMENT ENDS
Night Hawk Team of Milwaukee Sets
New Record With 3,Oi8 Score
at Beaver Dam Meet.

Beaver Dam.-Winners in the two
weeks tournament of the Wisconsin
State Bowling association, held here,
are as follows: Singles, Lee, Mil
waukee, 679; doubles, Southern and
Palmer, Milwaukee, 1856; five-man
team, Night Hawks, Milwaukee, g.
018. The score of 3,018 made by
the Night Hawks was made at the
close of the tournament when it
seemed probable that the Only Ones,
Oshkosh, would capture first place
with their 1888 score. The Night
Hawks broke both state and national
records. for score made in a tourna-
ment. The 1914 tournament will be
held at Madison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
ROs ACTRESS OF JEWELS

Ethel Barrymore Is Victim of $4,000
Theft in Nations Capital.
Washington, Feb. ia sneak thief
stole $4,000 worth of gems from the
hotel apartments of Miss Ethel Barry
more while Miss Barrymore and her
maid were at the theater where the
noted star is playing an engagement.
Aside from the value Of the jewels.
each piece had sentimental or his
torical association that adds greatly
to Miss Barrymore's loss and he-
grief Many of them were wedding
gifts from her husband, Russell Colt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
ASSEMBLY ENDORSES DAVIES
EmuIates Senate's Action by Passing
Resolution Urging Wisconsin Man
for Wilson's Cabinet.

Madison.-The assembly adopted
a resolution endorsing Joseph E Da-
vies as a member of President-elect
Wilson's cabinet. The resolution is
identical with that adopted by the
senate. 1t was introduced in the
lower house by Assemblyman Con-
way of Grand Rapids.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
"sToNE TRUST" is ATTACKED.
WIckersham Takes Steps to Have
Combine Dissolved

SOltiblbS 1ISSOiEGus
Cleveland, O., Feb. 14.-SensationaI
charges are contained in a civil anti
trust suit for the dissolution of the
Cleveland Stone company and its sub
salaries, filed here on Wednesday by
order of Attorney General Wicker
sham.
To acquire a monopoly in the build
ing, paving, curbing and grindstone
business the stone trust is charged
with influencing architects by a
money consideration or by comforting
favors" to specify its stone in their
building plans; maintaining a separate
organization of its subsidiaries to en-
able them to appear as competitors in
bidding for contracts; fixing prices of
building, paving and curbing stones
in the central states, and controlling
the price OF grindstones throughout
the United States by agreements with
jobbers and rebating.
The Cleveland Stone company, it's
subsidiaries and their officers and di-
reCtors sare made defendants by the
governments petition in equity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20
WILSON QUITS N. j. MARCH I
President-EIect Gets Instructions How
to Resign as Governor.

Princeton, n. J., Feb. 15.-The presi-
ident-elect announced that he will re-
sign the governorship to take effect
March 1, or as soon thereafter as his
successor, James F. Fielder, now
speaker of the senate, shall be sworn
into Office. The president-elect spent
some time with the attorney general,
ito get instructed how to resign" The
attorney general was in doubt and
promised to look up the procedure.