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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15
Crandon Woman Killed.

Crandon.-Mrs. John Pecor, for
merly Miss Merlena Grimmer, daugh-
ter of Leon Grimmer of Crandon. was
accidentally shot and killed at Han
kihson, n D., few days ago
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15
Tourists Bring Million a Year.

MadiSon.-Upper Wisconsin and
its railroads derive a gross income of
100000 a year from tourists who
visit the lakes and woods of that
region, according to a report of the
forestry board.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

tee on pensions with long state
ment of Gen MacArthur's service in
the Civil, Spanish and Philippine
wars.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15
To Inspect State Cities.

All important cities in the Fox river
valley will be inspected during the
year by the Wisconsin. State Fire
Prevention association, according to
plans made at the quarterly meeting
held in Milwaukee. Oshkosh, Green
Bay. Marinette and Sheboygan will
be among cities Inspected. Members
of the association will investigate con-
ditions in Fcnd du Lac January 16.
1t was decided to postpone indefinite
| ly inspection of Racine, owing to lack
of interest shown.
The association committee on fire
department and waterwcrks reported
on conditions in Madison, recently
inspected, and a report OF eleven
pages will be issued.
The law and ordinance committee
reported that considerable legislation
favorable to fire prevention matters
may be passed at the coming session
of the Wisconsin legislature. This
committee will now give particular
attention to drafting ordinances which
will fit conditions in the average
small city and town. The committee
expects to take action on the new
Milwaukee building code, which is
nearing completion.
George R. Crosley, former president
and founder of the Wisconsin State
Fire Prevention association, who rep
resented the organization at a meet
ing of the committee Of the national
association on state fire prevention,
held in Cincinnati recently. made a
report
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

Fond du Lac-F'ire of unknov,
origin caused a loss of $5OOOo n
the Boex-Holman Candy comnanv
The damage is covered by insurance
The fire started in the warehouse n
the plant, and in half an hour com.
pfetely enVeloped the building and
threatened destruction of the main
Factory building. The plant is located
in the residence district Of the east
side of the city and fear was enter
tanned that the fire would communt
cate to homes. The entire fire force
of the city, numbering five companies
fought to save the main factory build.
ing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

OshkOsh.-During an iceboat race
on Lake Winnebago, Eber Simp
son, well known Oshkosh high school
athlete. with his brother, George
Simpson, prominent in normal atb
letics, and Harry Mcneil were plunged
into the water when their yacht Hobo
broke through the ice at the mouth Of
the Fox river. Eber Simpson and
Mcneil were rescued with difficulty BY
George jain and Louis Radtke, who
came up in the iceboat which the Ho
DO was racing
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15
WISCONSIN
BREVITIFS.

Fond du Lac.-Thomas E. Tsoos
of Chicago. twenty-four years ola
and chancellor commandments '. ~
Golden Rule lodge No. 325, Knights ~
Pythias, Chicago, met a tragic death
at the home Of James Irwin in Iba
town of Waupun. Leach, who was .
guest at the Irwin home, was drivi,a
team through a gate when a wheel
struck gate post, throwing him for
ward on his head, causing concussion
of the brain and the crushing of three
ribs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

Waukesha-August Schnitzke, Jr.
was pronounced insane in county
court by Drs. Love and Davies
and committed to the Wisconsin
State Hospital for the Insane at Men
dota. The testimony showed that
Schnitzke had trouble with young
woman and attempted suicide by
drinking iodine. He made a second
attempt to take his life by choking
himself with piece Of wire while con
fined in the county jail
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

Committee of is Makes Its Report.
The findings of the committee OF
fifteen, appointed by State Superin-
tendent c. P. Cary soon after the
close of the last legislature to investi-
gate conditions in the schools of Wis
consin, were made public. The chief
recommendations provided for:
Consultations of country schools
where possible
A county board of education.
More rigid qualifications. Of teach,
ers. and additional training schools to
make this possible.
Modification of normal school
courses of study to meet the needs of
those students preparing to become
principals of state graded schools.
Encouraging use of the schoolhouse
as social center.
More state aid for elementary
schools.
The committee, which numbers
county superintendent, past and pres
ent; normal school authorities. sever
al agricultural experts and educational
leaders, consists of the following:
Rose Cheney, Manitowoc; A. II.
Christman, Menomonee Falls; George
F. Comings, Eau Claire; F. A Cotton.
La Crosse; John S. Donald, Mount
Horeb; Leo p Fox, Clinton; Charles
l.. Hill, Rosendale; F. S. Hyer, Stevens
Point; NJ. H. Jackson, Grand Rapids;
w E. Larson, Madison; A H. Long.
Prairie du Chen Ellen Be-McDonald.
Oconto; M V. O'Shea, Madison; c. E,
Patzer, Milwaukee, and George e.
Scott, Prairie Farm.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

Suffrage Workers to Talk Legislation.
Suffrage workers of the state will
gather in Madison January % to talk
over suffrage legislation at this ses-
sion with members of the legislature.
This was the declaration of Senator
D. G. James, Richland Center, who In
troduced the suffrage bill two years
ago and who is the father of Miss Ada
James, president of the political
Equality league. Senator James told
of seeing the Inauguration fifty-one
years ago, when Governor Harvey
assumed office and took the oath
from the old east front of the capitol
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

Marquette. - When fire destroyed
the home of William Grove a
few days ago, he risked his life to save
a cross-cut saw. After having saved
the greater part of his belongings, and
at time when the flames were burn.
ing fiercest, it occurred to Grove that
he had forgotten his saw. Back ip!O
the burning structure he ran, got the
saw and narrowly escaped being
burned to death.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15
To Pay Old State Debt.

To Pay Old State Debt.
The state tax commission recon.
mends that the legislature pay the
state debt of $2,251 600 The state
debt at present existing was incurred
at the time of the Civil war. and,
while refunded, has never been can
celed. During the Civil war the state
loaned the national government
money out of the trust funds of the
gtate." The repayment of war ad.
vances by the United States was
made in the fiscal years 1901 and
1905, amounting in those years to
sf.1G 219.8e
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

one-Tenth Mill Tax Forest Reserves.
The state conservation commission
will recommend a one-tenth mill tax
for twenty years. the funds to be used
for upbuilding the forest reserve.
This tax would raise approximately
$2S4,000 year. 1t would permit the
state land contracts for the purchase
of tracts In northern Wisconsin
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

Marinette.-John Jensen, Pembins
saloonkeeper, surrendered himself
to the authorities here, saying he
shot E. Berbey, a lumber1ack from
Oconto, to stop fight at his saloon
Jensen was not arrested, as BeroeN
who Ia now in hospital at Oconto
has made no complaint Berbey Will
recover. the wound being IN the neSH
of the lower leg.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

Chippewa Falls. - Ray Melville
twenty years old, of this city COM
mitted suicide by placing the
muzzle of a shotgun In his mouth
The act was committed in barn on
his fathers farm, six miles south Of
here. Dependency is given by his
parents as the cause of the deed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

New Richmond-Miss Agnes NJ
Lally of this city is the first gradu-
ate nurse in ST. Croix county to pass
the examination and receive license
to nurse, as provided for under new
state law. The examination was con-
Quoted by the Wisconsin state nurses
examining board. Miss Lally was
graduated from a nurses training
school in GAINESVILLE
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

JanesvilIe.-NelIie Hayes 'ne 81.
tramp arrested in Milwaukee :.
Gently, was taken from a NortnW'9 ~
ern road train here while trylne ..s
beat her way to Minneapolis. sne We
locked up over night and then si'9 aaH
pass to the Minnesota city. 0ne on.
the same story as when taken IN ~
tody in Milwaukee and later IL
cago.
Fond du Lac.-Mrs. Bridget S..
died here, ninety-seven years ola, ~
a residences In Fond du Lac Oh
years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

Fond du Lac-W. G. Sole, hfty
years old, formerly a well known
grocer. but for the last few years
freight clerk for the Zinke COMPANY
was found dead in his apartments a.
the new Erving hotel. An inYeStlsa,
ton of the circumstances was foilo"eu
by an announcement from District AZ,
torney Downs that death was HUN
natural causes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-15

A bill providing for minimum wages
was introduced in the legislature of thi:
state two years ago but failed of passage
This class of legislation while reported t.
be wholesome and effective in Australi;
and England is so novel to our system o.
Jurisprudence and involves such difficult
problems of administration that the legis
lature should proceed with caption respect
ing it, But we should not again fail Il
do anything whatever in the matter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

The practice Of holding banquet
after the combat, attended by the
combatants and all their seconds
and assistants must be abolished.
1t has frequently happend that af-
ter duel had passed off quite harm
lessly, the antagonists have had a
serious quarrel ut the banquet az n
result Of the free consumption Of
generous wines and liquors.
The fashionable club known as
the "Cercle Hoche" took the lead
in this movement and was followed
by those other smart organizations,
the "Cercle Litteraire ct Artistique,"
OF the rue Volney; the Jockey Club
and the Union Artistique."
In commenting upon the move
ment, the secretary Of the Jockey
Club said:
2. ut Is unhappily certain that we
too frequently convert the duel into
an affair of publicity instead of an
affair Of honor
"A duel should always be an event
of an exceptionally grave character
and this fact should impose on all
who take part In 1t solemn duty
of silence and discretion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15
To Make the French Duel More Serious

4 VERY serious movement has
~ been started among the fash
d = ionable clubs of Paris to
make the French duel more serious
than 1t has hitherto been.
"a gentleman does not fight I'M
der the eye of the moving picture
fmachine,"4is a great principle which
was laid down by the Chevalier
Andre de Fouquieres in his interest
Ing articles on Partisan subjects for
this newspaper.
"a duel Is with one exception the
most glorious occasion of mans
life" was another expression of the
same high authority.
These are the two principal rules
which will guide the social leaders
of Paris in their efforts to reform
the duel. They declare that neither
reporters nor photographers must
be invited to attend a duel or per-
mitted to be present under any pre-
text. Furthermore, the combatants
must behave with gravity and dig
nifty, not indulgmg in violent .r-
suits, unseemly mirth or wild gesticu-
lations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

ut Is not necessary that a duel
should have fatal or dangerous con-
sequences. The unfortunate thing
is that two men should meet with
deadly weapons and behave as If
they were performing an act of
vaudeville. This gives occasion for
much mirth among foreigners and
the vulgar of our own country.
Frenchmen who cherish the glorious
traditions of the duel of prerevolu-
tionary days are cruelty hurt by
these references. If the duel took
place in absolute secrecy and the
result only was reported in the most
formal language, there would be no
opportunity for the comic writer
and artist.
1--WE must, by our correct be-
havior restore to the duel the gravity
and the prestige it has lost in re-
cent years. Let us remember that
the duel Is one Of the most memor-
able occasions Of mans life, as M.
de Fouquieres has 80 we'll said.
"Those who persist In conducting
duels with publicity will be per.
suaded to resign from this and other
clubs"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

son Vincent who is the most notable young man in
the public this moment urged her to come SO
that there would be a head to his household and If
the truth be told, that he might be relieved from
the attentions OF many OF the fond mothers in the
colony, mothers whose daughters Of manageable
Before saying yes. Mrs. Asor demanded that GER
tain changes be made in Beechwood. She felt that
she could not live house as it had been arranged
Tor the new menage She wanted every vestige of her
!ate nusDands presence removed from It, and,
IMAM an the Dali room in which the marriage Made
leine Force and Mr. Astor place must be changed
entirely. ~ e0
This ballroom is very stately room overlooking
the gardens and ocean There were golden walls and
golden furniture and elegance abot the ana RI
Hsht. mere LOOK place the wonderful balls when
aues wore thel most gorgeous gowns and most sunni
tuous jewels Here also took place the pathetic mar.
rage that made many enemies for the late Colonel
apartment OF old. Gone are the golden walls In their
place are lovely rosented panels and soft gray cary
INES Gone also are the golden furnishings Every
lining mere is now rose and not one thing re-
mains to remind Mrs. Astor of the past
beechWood Is not large manson there are few guest
rooms room me rooms on the second floor have always
Deen USED by members of the family There was one
sitting room facing the gardens This was furnished
IN EBONY; 1t was very sombre and oppressive This
room had been done over in old rose and gold FOR th
new Wife The room next that had been the he'd room
INTO b Ma m Astor. senior had been transformed
lhto power or beauty for the BRIDE and the other
rooms on the same floor had gone through similar
These rooms had to be comp,eto,v transformer -
fore Mrs John Astor would return Tho Vol 10 iuet
now being completed W WIN 10 IusI
,,a me rose and gold room will be green and
p,ue one Inc bower fitted up for the bride is being
mace into charmingly grlish blue and white room foe
M oolonel Asors room, with its serviceable wal
nue iurhuie' Its neat but not gaudy rugs and plain
gray walls mas been changed look like typica col
ese room Vincent has had all the furnishings brought
from his rooms the Harvard Gold Coast ami IN
stalled in this that once belonped w bic s.h
every article OF the old furnishings has been removed
eSen ane gyianastic apparatus that was attached to
morning. ~ s'oi useo every
ineSe changes within doors are greater than
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

the wedding, which took place In the ball room of
Beechwood part OF the honeymoon was spent cruising
on the Noma
And now the first Mrs Astor returns to this Yacht,
Returns to play hostess board the yacht that her
husband bought to replace the yacht which she had
lived on.
Naturally enough Mrs. Astor would like to see the
Mona sold. but steam yachts not easily disposed
Of and 80 the vessel will be kept and will be one of
the features Of Newport Harbor this season The color
scheme OF the interior has all been changed and tho
owners cabin has been made into two guest rooms
On the day that the Astor Cup Race is run off shore
In August, Mrs. Astor and her son will take large
party to follow the course, and will be just like old
times, only death Will have removed the man who
doomed large in the life OF both only few years ago
Could anything be stranger more seemingly impossi.
BILE In our prosaic American life like the bizarre
IMAGINATION OF surprisingly ingenious novelist in such
Masqueraders," Called Back"7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

she VIII find real evidences OF her former husbands
occupancy in his former home and absolutely nothing
10 remind her OF the fact that Beechwood had been
transformed only eighteen months ago for the new
Wlte There is not picture of the late owner or his
second wife in all the house
This is all very strange but there is something still
more strange something that shows Dame Fortunes
sardonlc humor to the last degree.
. When Mrs. Astor divorced her husband she also
divorced his yacht the splendid Nourmahal the pride
CT the New York Yacht Club. On this yacht the Col
onel and his first wife had made many cruises They
had IN the first years of their married life spent
nappy hours on board. There memories in it for
both OF them The Colonel could not keep the craft
AFTER the divorce He sold it and bought the Noma
equally expensive and handsome vessel, naturally
1t had memories.
On this yacht as time passed the Colonel enter
tanned the girl he afterward married His courtshp
was carried on on board and for time 1t looked as
though he would have to be married on board. After
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

Hebe remains in tragic obscurity a pathetic yet
dignihed figure.
Society Is about to witness new demonstration of
Mrs John Astor's triumph.
The next of her life will be laid In Newport.
where for the first time in her life will rule at
Beechwood mistress. In the early years her
rage she spent every Summer there but always as
daughter law, head the house. After the
death of Mrs. Astor senior, when might have
reigned there she refused shortly afterward
began suit divorce Therefore Beechwood the
fashioned mansion where royalties have been
tanned and where magnificent dinners and balls were
given year after year. Will be the pivot around which
Mrs Astors future career will revove Could woman
ask OF Fortune?
Last Winter Mrs Astor returned to New York and
occupied the Fifth Avenue house. leased for her by her
She also to Fernciffe, where house
parties entertained She occupied the Aston box
the opera, the Astor tiara shone her head and
the Aston pearls encirced her shapely neck. None of
these things would she have had had the Colonel lived
The Mrs. would In that box wear
have been hostess at Fernclie; would have dispensed
hospitality in the famous town house.
But the Titanic and Dame Fortune gave all these
things back to the who had thrown them into
the discard, to the woman who expected have
them again Mrs. Aston content in her life In
England She lived more simply than she had
lived In this country, but she claimed that she did
regret having given these things up that she would
again sit in her old opera box entered her
head
But the greatest of all these changes Is the one
that brings her to Newport the head Newport's
most important family She will have to make any
ply assume the reins Of leadership and hold as
she pleases
But Mrs. Astor returns to Newport not without
struggle not without demanding some changes. Her
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

those being made In the gardens Colonel Astor was
very fond OF American beauty roses He had numerous
hothouses filed with them. gardens were filed
with roses of every description. All these have been
taken away. The American beauties have been sent
70 ferncife and the gardens planted with old
Iashloned flowers Of various kinds and there plans
now under way to make formal garden overlooking
the cliffs something that member Of the fam.
lily has cared to have done
When Mrs. Astor arrives In Newport next month
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

Truth stranger than fiction? Who can now deny
this? Here is the story of who got all worldly
things through marriage lost them through divorce
but lost them willingly and gets them all back
through effort OF her own, but through death Death
turning the wheel of fortune throws every thing In her
lap but, by the turn, takes another woman
all the rich gifts she had gained by marriage.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

To Mrs. Astor Mol, Everything She Lost
by Divorce. Even Social Leadership--and
Not a Single Reminder of Her Late Husband
To Mrs. Aston No. 2. Social Ostracism in
a Lonely Fifth Avenue Palace, Harassed
by Fears for the Safety of Her Tragic Babe
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-09
ORE MYERS

Sells agricultural lime In strong Tor
pound cotton bags.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-09
EL0PERS
Married Here Are Said Not
to Have Been of the
Legal Age

u has developed that prominent
young couple who eloped from Mid
dlebourne and were married a few
days ago in clarksburg were mot Of
the required legal age to obtain a
marriage license. They are Mr..
and Mrs. Ora Amos. Of Parkersburg.
The bride was formerly Miss Pearl
IRymer and she is daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Rymer prominent
and wealthy residents OF Middle
bourne; and the bridegroom is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Amos, Of
Parkersburg, Their extreme youth
IFS said to have tbeen the only objec-
ton of their parents.
Mrs. Amos, who was graduated
from the Tyler county high scnooi
at Middlebourne last June, had been
teaching this term at Meadyille and
there met her husband, whose par
ents were formerly residents of that
place HE was looking after his
fathers extensive oil interests near
/ MeadRille when ne first met the at
ttractiye girl who became his bride.
The parents of the bride wired her
lat Meadgille lnqnir31g when she
wanted them TO come for her. she
replied that she was going to the
home of a pupil to spend short
lttme and would return Monday.
| That morning when she did mot ar
rive they telephoned to Meadville
and discovered that she had left
Saturday morning for iclarksburg.
They later learned that she had
been married there.
The young couple have taken Up
their residence at Parkersburg.