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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
FISHER AGAIN LEAGUE HEAD
Marinette Mayor Is Reflected Presi.
dent OF Wisconsin Municipal
ties at Annual Meeting.

Neenah.-Mayor Joseph Fisher,
Marinette, was elected president OF the
Wisconsin League of Municipalities
at the closing session of its conven,
ton held here. Madison was selected
as the next meeting place.
Other officers named were: Vice
president, o. J. Sorenson La Crosse;
secretary treasurer, F. H. Mac Gregor.
Madison. The executive committee
consists Of f. r. Crumpton, Superior;
H. w. Bolens. Port Washington; A.
j. Horlick, Racine; Burt Williams,
Ashland; Harry Truesdale. Ber)in.>
F. N. MacGregor OF Madison and T..
A. Wittig OF Milwaukee, speaking be-
fore the convention, brought out the
fact that municipal markets have not
proved success In this country. Mr..
Wittig has studied the problem in for
eign countries and stated that the only
places where 1t proved successful is
where grocers do not handle the things
needed.
The following officers were elected
at the closing session of the Wiscon.
sin Paid Tiremen's association: Presi-
dent, Edward Gillen, Milwaukee: vice
president, G. w. Batchelder, Mari
nette and secretary and treasurer, Ole
Norman, Superior. Racine was select
ed as the next place Of meeting.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
M'GOvERN APPOINTS THREE
Aug. S. Lindemann Of Milwaukee on
Industrial Commission-Other
Nominations Announced.

Madison.--Gov. McGoyern has sent
the following appointments to the SEN
ate:
August S. Lindemann, Milwaukee.
member of industrial commission to
fill vacancy caused by resignation Of
John II. Commons, term ending on
Jan. 80, 1919. at salary of $4,000 a
year. Mr.. Lindemann, an official of
the Waukesha Brewing company, Is
now a member of the state board of
industrial education.
Senator f. j. Kileen, Wautoma.
member of fish commission, term ex-
piring on April /, 1919.
John Burns, La Crosse, member of
fish commission, term ending on April
l, 1919.
John A. Hardwood, member Of
highway commission, term ending
first Monday in February, 1919
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
TOWN HAS FAMINE IN WOMEN
Only One Of the Fair Sex to Every
Two Men in Edmonton,
Canada.

Edmonton. Alberta. Thomas Walk.
er, city assessor. says in an official
report submitted to Mayor William
Short and the council, that the civic
census just completed shows a popula
May /, as compared with 52.6ll on
census just completed show a popula
ton Of 67342 In the city proper on
June /, 1912, an increase approximate
ing 20 per cent.
The Dominion census. taken in 1911,
gave Edmonton and Strathcona. now
merged. a total population OF 30.462.
The correctness Of the census was
challenged at the time as being too
low.
Analysis OF the figures for 1913
shows there are 2S,469 males and IT,
999 females over twenty-one years OF
age. 1891 males and 10,S69 females
under twenty-one years and 915 un.
classified. while on June |, 1912. there
were 1880 males and 1l,462 females
over twenty.one years OF age. S,24T
males and 1851 females under twenty
one years, and 1891 unclassified
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
MULHALL ASKS TO BE
EXCUSED FROM STAND
Says He 10 Physically and Mentally
Exhausted-Taft Is Named In
His Letters.

Washington, July 2S.-Physically
and mentally exhausted by the ordeal
through which he has passed during
the two weeks he has been on the wit
ness stand, Col. Nj. M. Mulhall, former
chief lobbyist for the National Asso.
citation of Manufacturers, broke down
before the senate investigating COM
mittee and brought about a hasty ad-
journment Friday.
Toward the close Of the days ses-
sion, after bringing ex-President Taft
into the inquiry, Mulhall became con-
fused during the reading of one letter.
When Senator Walsh suggested that
he needed rest, Mulhall exclaimed:
I'm just about broken down. For
Gods sake do have mercy If you can.
don't want to say I'm breaking down,
but l don't want to answer questions
IL you'll let me 60"
The senate lobby investiga ling COM
mittee Of the senate was told Thursday
by Martin M. Mulhall details Of the re-
lations which he claimed to have es'
tablished with Representative James
Il. McDermott of the Fourth Illinois
district and |. H. McMichaels. who, &C
cording to Mulhalls testimony. was
Mr.. McDermott's confidential secre-
tary while occupying other positions
on the rolls of the house Of represen.
tatives. That McDermott frequently
borrowed" money, but never repaid
and that McDermott turned over to
him letters from labor leaders were
among the things testified to by Null
hall.
Mulhall told the committee that he,
James A. Emery and others had "se'
cret room" in the basement Of the
house side of the capitol where they
conferred and made long distance tele-
phone calls. He said the room had
been furnished by Representative Nc,
Dermott
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
FOUR ARE KILLED IN WRECK
Train Running Through Tornado in
Marinette County Oerai'od by
. Tree Blown Across Track.

Marinette.-Three men and boy
were crushed to death and another
man was fatally scalded in a wreck on
the Milwaukee road during a tornado
two miles north of Pembne, Mari
nette county.
The dead are:
FRANK j. O'CONNOR, engineer.
Green Bay, Wis.
FRANK KNEINSMITH, fireman,
Green Bay, Wis.
Ten-year-old son of Express Mes
senger Way.
Unknown man who was riding blind
baggage.
The wreck occurred while the train
which was made up of nine cars and
carried 400 passengers, was running
at forty miles an hour through a tor.
nado in the wooded hills north of
Pemblne A giant tree uprooted and
thrown across the track by the wind,
derailed the engine, which ran on the
ties for 400 feet and overturned. None
of the passengers were injured.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
NEW MARKET BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
MEASURE PROVIDING FOR PUB
Lie DOCKS AND HaR5ORS
ALSO WINS.
INCOME TAX LAW AMENDED
Rate on Corporation Incomes Is In
crcased-Hiqher Tuition Fees for
NONRESIDENT Students at Wiscon-
sin University Voted by Both Houses.

Madison.-The new marketing bill,
which is substitute amendment for
the original bill, was passed in the SEN
ate. The bill defines illegal and unfair
business methods. and puts the duty
upon the attorney general to prosecute
violators of tle law.
Senator Bos shard's bill, providing for
the levying of tax to provide for the
requirement, construction, mainte-
nance and operation of public docks
and harbors, was passed by he senate
as was Senator Stevens bill. providing
for the assessment and taxation OF for
est reserve lands.
The senate killed Speaker Hull's bill,
which proposed making owners and
operators of dams liable to the amount
of double the par value of their stock
for damages resulting from the dams.
Senator Kileen's bill! amending the
income tax law, increasing from to
. the rate to be paid on corporation in
comes exceeding $1,000, was passed.
Bill 112lA, amending the law gov
of building and loan associations, and
bill 14OS, increasing the power of the
bank commissioner In the matter of
mutual savings bank, was passed.
When the normal schools and uni.
versity appropriation bill came up for
passage for the second time in the as.
sembly 1t was discovered that an
amendment maze by the assembly in
i creasing the fees for students from out
of the state, had been negatived by the
senate. Speaker Hull offered an
amendment restoring the essence of
the former one. The Hull amendment
was passed and the bill then went
back to the senate. where the amend
ment was concurred in. The bill now
goes to the governor
The sundries appropriations bill.
carrying for the biennial period.
$5,400,000, passed both houses.
The senate judiciary committee bill
55OS. which provided for an increase in
the commission permitted to be charg-
ed in the case of loans of 500 and less
from per cent to IA per cent was
killed. This bill allowed a rate of "a
per cent for the first year on small
loans.
The assembly passed the Estabrook
bill authorizing cities to permit the use
OF rooms in public buildings by the
soldiers of the civil war. 1t concurred
In senate bill 606-S, appropriating
$255,000 for reformatory for the fe-
male offenders; II non.concurred In
Teasdale bill 400, prohibiting minors
from frequenting billiard and pool
rooms; 1t conourred In the Scott bill
providing compensation for animals
slaughtered because infected with tn.
berculosis.
The assembly sustained the COVER.
nor's veto Of The Axel Johnson bill for
the semi-annual payment of taxes by a
vote of 81 to 90.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
LONG CHASE AFTER BAD MAN
Bold horae Thief and tlighwayman
viii Not Trouble Idaho
Any More.

Gooding, ldaho.-The horse thief
and stickup man that has been max
ing free with the peace OF three coun-
ties was apprehended at Galena, q
ranger station about thirty-five miles
north OF Ketchum
The follow, who was given a differ.
ent name every time he was asked.
stole a horse and saddle from barn
at Bliss. rode from there to Camas
prairie and held up saloon. He then
returned to Bliss via the shearinp
corrals In the mountains, where he
raised cain generally.
Constable Pinkham of Bliss. motto.
ing that he answered the description
Of the man wanted, arrested him and
took him to the hotel and phoned for
Sheriff Bliss at Goodng. While phon
ing. the prisoner walked out and when
pursued took shot at Pinkham with
his rife, Of which the constable had
neglected to relieve him.
Pinkham abandoned the chase and
nothing was done TIL Sheriff Bliss took
up the trail. He tracked the man by
means Of an oddly shaped horseshoe
and followed him nearly to Gooding
then north over the Sawtooth Noun.
tains and up Willow Creek The for,
est rangers were notified to watch for
the man and horse and when he show.
ed up at Galena he was invited to stay
all night
1t was his intention to do so until a
second ranger appeared on the scene
but when he attempted to leave the in
vitation was repeated at the point OF
revolver The sheriff arrived half
an hour later
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
TEN AMENDMENTS
CD BEFORE PEOPLE.
VOTE en- CHANGES IN STATE
CONSTITUTION PROVIDED BY
LEGISLATURE ACTION.
RAISE IN LEGISLATORS PAY,
Initiative and Referendum Is Another
Proposed Alteration to Wisconsin's
Basic Law to Become Effective II
Ratified by Voters Of State.

Madlson.-Ten proposed amend
ments to the state constitution will
be submitted to the people at the
general election in November, 1914.
as provided by action Of the legisla-
ture at the session now drawing to a
close.
Provisions for submitting these
proposed amendments to the electors
are contained in bill No. 629S, which
passed during the final rush hours Of
business and await the governors APP
prevail. These proposed amendments
have now passed two legislatures and
will become effective on approval by
the voters Of the state.
The bill provides that the form Of
the ballot to be cast on the question
of adopting or rejecting the proposed
amendments shall be as follows:
For amendment to section l of
article XII, authorizing changes in
or additions to the constitution by
vote of the people after being sub
mitted to the people by tnree-fifths
of the members elected to both
houses OF the legislature.
For amendment to section 1 OF
article ", providing for the initia-
tive and referendum and giving to
the people the power by their votes
to enact, adopt or reject laws or pro-
posed laws.
For amendment creating section
] of article VIII. permitting insur-
ance by the state and providing that
the state may grant annuities, with
an annual accounting, a separation
and safeguarding of all insurance
funds.
For amendment creating section
ga of article XI., giving to the people
Of cities and villages the right Of
home rule.
For amendment TO sections 6 and
7 OF article VII. authorizing the leg
slature to decrease the number OF
judicial circuits and to provide for
| judges in the several circuits.
For amendment to article Kill.
giving the people the right to recall
any elective officer except judicial Of
hcer.
For amendment creating section
3b of article XI., defining the prop
erty which may be taken by munich
pal corporations for public purposes.
For amendment creating section
3 of article XII, requiring the legis-
lature upon petition to submit con-
stitutional amendments to the people
for adoption or rejection.
For amendment creating section
10 OF article VIII, permitting the
state to provide for state insurance
with an annual accounting and sep
aration and safeguarding OF all in
surance funds.
For amendment to section 81 Of
article ", changing the compensa-
tion of members of the legislature to
| $500 per year and decreasing the
mileage allowance"
! In addition to these proposed
amendments to the constitution the
legislature adopted resolutions pro-
yiding for several more, but these
will have to be adopted also by the
next legislature before being sub
mitted to the voters for approval
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31

(Old Ccba tree in Santo Domingo to
which he tied his sinking caravels on his
first voyage to the new world. The tree
Is over 90 years old and Ia carefully
guarded by the government OF Santo Do
mingo)
ruin OF the Casa de Colon, the first
building OF European construction in
the western hemisphere. The giant
Ceiba is regarded with veneration by
the natives and Is protected under a
special act OF the Dominican congress.
1t was known to the Indians as the
council tree" and In its shade the
Spanish conquerors signed the numer-
Gus treaties with the then powerful
tribes Of the interior. which were al.
ways violated at the first opportu
nifty by the Spaniards. or these
aboriginal inhabitants little Is known,
as they were practically exterminated
during the 800 or more years Of Span.
ish domination. Within the great but
tressed trunk OF the Ceiba, hollow
now with age. there is room for half
dozen persons to stand erect. Each
year the tree Is carefully inspected
for signs Of disease or decay and the
trunk whtewashed to protect the
bark from insect pests
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
STATE FAIR BOARD UPHELD
Assembly Refuses to Grant Petition
for Investigation of Wisconsin
Exposition Managers.

Madison.-The assembly, on recon-
mendation of the committee on nsri-
culture, refused to grant the petition
of Norah Perkins Jeanson for legis-
lative investigation of the manage
ment of the state fair. The commit
tee unanimously recommended "the
charges are entirely groundless and
unsupportable after thoroughly going
over and discussing the petitioner
allegation, the answers OF the secre-
tary of the fair, the annual report Of
the secretary and a letter from George
Wyl'e. one Of the parties mentioned
by the petitioner In her allegations
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
EKERN ATTORNEYS LOSERS
Assembly Kills Bill Allowing Them
$4,000 for Defending Commits.
sioner of Insurance.

Madison.--The assembly, on motion
of Assemblyman T. j. Mahon, noncon.
Cured in the bill appropriating $4,000
to the attorneys of Insurance Commits
sioner Ekern by vote Of 80 to SO.
Mr.. Mahon, in supporting his mo.
ton, said none of the attorneys we're
worth 500 a day. One was now
holding an office at salary of $4,000
year, another held an Office in Wash
ington at $4,000, but was under heavy
expenses.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
REMOVAL BILL VOTED DOWN
Measure Required Consent Of Senate
for Dismissal Of Governors
Appointecs.

Madison.-The Bosshard bill, provid,
ing that appointees of the governor
made by and with the advice and con.
sent OF the senate can be removed only
with the consent OF the senate and that
copy Of charges against the appontee
shall be submitted to the senate, was
non-concurred in by the assembly. Sd
to 36. Under suspension of the rules,
motion to reconsider was voted down
and this plan to rebuke Gov. Mccoy.
ern for his attempted removal of Com.
missioner Ekern was put out of sight
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
Deer Hunting Bill Killed.

Madison.-T assembly killed the
Burke bill, prohibiting the shooting Of
doe deer at any time during the year
and providing that If hunter mistook
doe for buck and shot II during the
open season he might retain the car.
cass on payment OF $40 to the state
game warden. Assemblyman u. H..
Peavy of Washburn. who opposed the
bill, asserted the residents h Il the
northern part of the stale sustained
much crop damage by reason of the
ravages of deer and did not favor any
restrictions further than those now
provided for the shooting Of deer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
viii Test Income Tax Law.

Madison. The Wisconsin income
tax law as 1t applies to taxation of in
comes OF outside companies will be
contested in the Dane county circuit
court on the grounds OF unconstitu-
tionality. The United States Glue Co.
and the Montreal Mining Co. Mil
waukee. contend 1t is unlawful to col
lect taxes from domestic corpora
ton on business transacted outside Of
the city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
BIG BILLS PASSED |
BY LEGISLATORS
OUTPUT OF LONG SESSION OF
LAWMAKERS MAY TOTAL
807 MEASURES.
1873 STILL WITH GOVERNOR
Mothers Pensions, Minimum Wage,
Regulation Of Water Powers and
Prevention Of Discrimination in Mar.
keting Among Laws Passed.

Madison. The bills now in thu
hands of the governor, and those II
the hands of the clerks of botf
houses, together number 1873, which
the legislature has passed and which
are yet lacking tbs executive sigma
ture and publicatio to become laws
Assuming that all the bills will bt
signed, there will be S07 laws as 6
product Of the six and one-hal
months work Of the legislature. Of
this total product more than one
sixth are yet to be finally passed or
BY the governor.
New Epoch Making Laws.
Among the more important law:
passed by the legislature are these:
For mothers pensions, law to be ad
ministered by judges.
For regulation of water powers.
For prevention of discrimination IL
marketing.
For commission for curtailment o.
vice.
For admission of new parties to elec
ton ballot
For prohibiting of common drinking
cup.
For eugenic marriage, the law tc
apply only to males.
For boxing commission of three.
For cooperative credit associa
tions.
Amendment to women's ten-houl
law giving industrial commissions au
thority to exempt seasonal and inter
mittent occupations.
For elective county school boards
county superintendent to be member
For prison inmates to manufacture
For stock and bond regulation.
For exemption of labor unions ant
cooperative societies from anti-trus
laws.
Important Bills Killed.
Investigation of accident and sick
ness insurance.
Minimum wage for women and min
ors.
Compensation for prisoners found t
have been wroRgfully imprisoned.
Final adoption of initiative, refer
endum and recall amendments to the
state constitution.
A minimum wage of $40 per month
for rural school teachers.
Taxation of mineral deposits under
ground on the tonnage basis
Abolition Of the defense Of contribu
tory negligence in the workmen's com
pensation act.
A law defining monopolies, trusts
and conspiracies in restraint of trade
to be enforced by the attorney general
Sterilization of feeble minded, cpl
!eptics and criminal insane in stat,
md county institutions.
Establishment of tuberculosis camp
in the state forestry reserve
Investigation of the subject of occu
pational diseases by legislative com
mittee.
One day of rest In seven.
Direct marketing bill
Sunday observance bill.
Brewery and saloon divorce.
County commission government.
To repeal second choice ballot.
For woman suffrage.
To destroy Greek letter college fra
ternities.
To legalize saloon licenses mad
void by the Baker law.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
Woman Arrested for Murder.

Sparta Mrs George Browne, Pleas
ant Valley, was arrested by Sheriff
Bergmeyer of Clayton county. Ia,
on suspicion of murder committed in
that county several weeks ago. and
with her four children was taken to
Elkader The body OF the victim,
who was a man boarding with the
Brownies, was found two weeks ago
after the family had disappeared
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
Boys Find Buried Loot.

Observation-Disclosures valued at $500
or more was found half buried just off
the Peshtigo road near a saloon three
miles from Marinette by boys playing
in the woods. 1t is believed to have
been hidden by burglars. Monograms
on silverware give the authorities
the only trace by which they might
catch the robbers. Gold watches. jew.
elry, silverware make up the valua-
bles found
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
PRICED RELIC OF COLUMBUS
Ancient ceiba Tree Which Sheltered
Him on His First Voyage
Of Discovery.

Santo Domingo City.-On the river
bank at Santo Domingo City, capital
of the Dominican Republic, below the
ruined city wall stands the ancient
Ceiba tree to which Christopher Co
lumbus tied his water-logged and
sinking caravels when he sought
refuge in the river on his first voy.
age of discovery. This tree, already
more than century old when the
discoverer landed, bears imbedded in
its bark leaden plate inscribed and
placed there by Columbus. claiming
the country for the king OF Spain.
On the heights above Is the venerable
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
Canary Bird a sWHd Beast -

New York Magistrate MacAdoo
classed canary with wild beasts"
when he told Jacob Sandrack that no
one can legally claim ownership to a
Wild bird or animal at large. Sand
rack applied for permit to search the
rooms OF neighbor who refused to
return the bird when It few into the
place,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
ACTRESS DESIGNS HER TyMB.
Sarah Bernhard Is Busy Working on
Monument

Paris, July 29-Mme. Sarah Bern
Iardt is employing her vacation by
carving a monument for the embellish-
ment of her tomb, for which she has
bought a desolate island off the coast
of Brittany She is working hard on
a clay sketch of the complete concep-
ton with a young Breton woman as
a model. The latter is sworn to 81.
lence and the design of the monu.
ment is kept profound secret. 1t
is said. however, by Nine. Bernhardts
friends, to be simple yet strangely
moving In ideas. The tragedienne Is
reported to have said short time
ago that she had e horror OF intrust.
ing the creation Of the monument to
anybody else.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31

Madison.-Thc Friedman labora.
tories for medical research, the first of
the kind in this state, were incorpor-
ated with the secretary of state today
with capital stock OF $150,OOO. The
Offices are in Milwaukee. lncorpor.
ators are Thomas Il. Leahy, Richard
Van Ellsbergen and John f. Reiif
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
To Teach Deaf Studenta

Madison. A. j. Winnie. supervisor
Of deaf schools under the department
Of public instruction, leaves that posi-
ton In September to become teacher
of deaf in the Milwaukee Normal
school
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
Clam Hunters Drowned

Dodgeville.-Word was received
here OF the death of Henry Smith and
son, Alfred, of Muscoda. They were
hunting clans In the Wisconsin river
when the son got into a whirlpool.
The father. attempting to save his
sons life. lost his own.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
win Head Road on September

New York. July 28.-Howard Elliott
president of the Northern Pacific rail-
road, was elected president and direc-
tor OF the New York, New Haven &
Hartford. His election takes effect
September /, 1918.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
Veteran Druq Man Dead.

Milwaukee.-Henry T. Drake. aged
70, president of the Drake Bros. COM
pany, wholesale druggists, is dead. He
vas a veteran of the civil war. being
second lieutenant OF Company A.
Twenty.fourth Wisconsin volunteer in
fantry.