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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
Whitman Questioned


whitman was questioned about the
$4,000 gift to North incident which
attracted nation wide attention when It
was first disclosed several years ago.
He put in evidence a letter dated Bos-
ton. 1907, signed by himself. George
Sykes. Benjamin Phipps. James Phil
lips. Jr., and Rufus Greedy written in
September.
1t set out that at a meeting of a
few members of the national associa- :
tion unanimous expression developed in
favor of presenting to North some sub
stantial testimonial in recognition of
your past services to the wooden in
dustry of the country and the associa- =
ton"
for $4,000 was enclosed and concluded
This Is voluntary and cheerful
expression of their appreciation of your
work and of the high regard In which
you are held"
The signatures followed
II want to say that while I looked
upon the presentation of that sum to
Mr.. North as proper recognition of
his services" said Whitman, mo
thought had ever entered into my mind
before Mr.. Phillips came to me about
making such a presentation When Mr.,
North left the association later in 1908
1t made him another present in recog-
nltlOn OIL MS 1dtHlul SeTNlct.
THAT, however, was In the character
of silver service not in money, be-
cause he wanted that present. TO have
permanent shape that could be kept
in his family"
Letter From North
Senator Walsh read into the record
a copy of what purported to be a let
ter from North to Serene r. Payne un-
der date of December g. 1908.
1t read:
"Following my return to Boston af-
ter the passage of the tariff bill the
offic--s of the National Wool Manu-
facturers' association Informed me that
in view of the work | had performed
for the committee and serious injury
to my health resulting from an as
signment entirely apart from my duties
as secretary of the association they
believed sI had been underpaid and ac-
cordingly as an expression of their
,,arsonaI good will and regard thev
presented me with the sum of $4,000
Shortly afterward my salary was
increased from $4,000 to 5000 per an
num-"
Senator Walsh also had read into the
record a letter from Whitman to for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

Opposed McComas
During this time Mulhall said Gushing
was opposed to McComas because OF the
latter's activity on behalf of labor legis-
lation and Cushing was also working
through McComas secretary, M. Carol
Downs. Mulhall said his principal work
for Cushing was to carry word to Sena-
tor McComas that Maryland was going
against him and to "harass him along
that line," but McComas seemed to think
the labor people were with him.
Explaining what Gushing wanted him
to do. Mulhall said he was to go about
Maryland Republican leaders and create
a sentiment against McComas on ac-
count of his eight hour bill He said the
leaders of labor organizations were op-
posed to that BILL
MulhalI identified letter from a Bal
timore republican to McComas urging him
to drop the eight hour bill. stating that
the workingmen were opposed to it be-
cause it was prompting the manufacturers
to organize and would result in lowering
wages and injuring labor.
Hundreds of such letters went to Nc
Comas," said Mulhall.
How did they happen to be written ?"
asked Senator Cummins.
well, Just about that time" Mulhall
answered, 'the Workingmen's Protective
association had passed resolutions con-
demning the eight hour bill and / guess
was largely responsible in bringing that
about. After the resolutions passed, these
letters went to McComas.
The witness told about the distribution
OF bundles of letters in Maryland, sent
by Cushing from New York. protesting
against the eight hour bill that McComas
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
WALK OVER DEAD MANS BODY
Wedding Party Not Halted by Corpse
After Flower Carrier Is Shot
Down.

Johnstown, Pa. = George Milusk1
was a member of bridal party that
went sweeping down the street at
Ralphton, Somerset county. He was
a flower carrier Frank Liesba was
also member of the party He was
pistol shooter. it being his business
to make lots of noise signifying joy
Mary Fleck and Walek Kwashnic
were the happy bridal pair.
Miluska, the flower carrier, got in
the way of Liesba. the pistol shooter
One of the pistol shots that signified
joy killed him. His flowers dropped
out of his hands as he tumbled into
the street.
AS he was leading the procession II
was necessary for the rest of the party
to step over his body if they kept
right on going. That was what they
all did. Mary and Walek were duly
married without any further trifing
Interruptions.
In the return from the church the
bridal party picked up the dead men
The joyful pistol shooter hunted up
constable and surrendered and some
one picked up the carriers flowers
and placed them on the table to adorV
the wedding breakfast.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
SEEKS LOST NIECE
HAS C0WCATCHER FOR AUTOS
cues Persons. While Travelling
at High Speed.

London.-An inventive genius has
been giving demonstrations in Re-
gents park with a contrivance, fitted
appears to be an elaboration of the
cOwcatcher on locomotives, but with
the essential difference that it is in
tended to safeguard the unwary Pc
destrian, no matter if he happens to
get In the way of car travelling at 20
miles an hour.
The apparatus consists of a bar be-
tween the front wheels, covering the
entire front of the car, and as soon as
this strikes a pedestrian it springs
back and a scissors shaped jaw
grasps the person struck, under the
knees, forces him to sit down in a
net, and holds him until released.
A member of the Motor club thus
describes what he saw of the test:
Il was walking along the path with
a chauffeur. when the man suddenly
left me and started to run across the
road. A short distance away a motor
car was coming along the road at
speed of at least 20 miles an hour. The
car dashed straight into the man, but.
instead of knocking him senseless,
picked him up and carried him ten or
fifteen yards until the car stopped
ran forward, and when | reached the
man he was sitting in the apparatus
laughing, without single scratch.
The only persons near. besides
those interested in the demonstration,
were two women, who screamed when
they saw the man hit. Their surprise
when they saw him released from the
automatic fender and laughing at the
incident may be imagined"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
Executive of New work City Sympa
thizes With Young Man Married
by Alderman.

New York.-Mayor Gaynor sent this
reply to a letter he had received from
Kal Brodersen of 200 Fifth avenue,
complaining that an alderman who
married him had charged $40 for the
service:
Il have received your letter com
planning that an alderman on marry
ing you the day before at his house
demanded $40 of you as his fee, and
that you paid him, for the reason that
it would have mortified you too much
to make a protest in the presence of
your bride and other ladies LEho were
present. OF course the alderman COM
mitted a great outrage and he no
doubt knew that you would pay him
sooner than dispute with him openly.
He had no right to charge you any
thing. l receive many letters of
similar kind. My advice to you all is
to go to clergymen to be married, and
then you will be treated properly.
do not mean to say that all of the al
dermen would treat you as this alder
man did, but unfortunately some of
them would You say it was all the
money you had with you, and that you
expected to use it for immediate ex-
penses with your bride. l certainly
sympathize with you. If some one
had held you up on the street and
taken it away from you it would not
have been worse. You may sue the
alderman to get your money back. but
if you do he win no doubt say you
made him voluntary present of the
$40. and-who knows?-the Judge may
believe him"
1t was said at the Office of the
mayor that the alderman referred to
vas Aid. James J. Smith, who repre-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
RINGWoRM ON CHILD'S FACs

Stratford, Iowa.-"Three years agd
this winter my seven-year-Old son had
ringworm on the face. First it was id
small red spots whicI had a rough
crust on the top. When they started
they looked like little red dots and
then they got bigger, about ths size
of a birds egg. They had a white
rough ring around them, and grew
continually worse and soon spread
over his face and legs. The child suf
fered terrible itching and burning, SO
that he could not sleep nights. He
scratched them and they looked fear
full. He was cross when he had them
We used several bottles Of liniment
but nothing helped.
'I saw where a child had rash on
the face and was cured by CutiCura
Soap and Ointment and I decided to
use them. 1 used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment about one month, and they
cured my child completely" (Signed)
Mrs. Barbara Prim, Jan. 3d. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard 'Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston
Adv
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
Not of Recent Orinln.

Let George do it, is a purely elias.
steal and historical phrase, according
to Prof. Oliver R. Richardson of the
department of history of the Univer-
sity of Washington.
Louis XII of France, who reigned
at the beginning Of the sixteenth cen
fury, had as his prime minister M.
Georges, the archbishop of Amboise,
an extraordinarily able and efficient
gentleman devoted to the welfare of
France. The kings attention was con-
stantly directed toward Italian affairs,
and it was his custom to refer all
minor matters to the archbishop, with
a leave it to George"
This expression became a proverb
among the peasants and was probably
the source of inspiration to some
present-day punster.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
eakIna VAC Almost Autnn,..

Science has done many wonderful ri
N the way Of tightening kitchen-v
but possibly the most welcome ~
many achievements is the prepartiont
baking powder that makes bakins al
automatic. 0Al
This wonderful baking powder is IL
as Calumet Baking Powder. M
As you perhaps know from vor~
experience-baking is largely a ma.
luck" If your baking powder 65n,
to be just right, your baking win he .
But If 1t varies in quality or in sfTerSo
as SO many baking powders do, ToTr i
ings are more than likely to be min,
Calumet Baking Powder puts a 80
the dependence on 'luck." Win ~
ouickly-raised foods can be made Vii
the slightest trouble-made mr. ~
wholesome and tasty. For Calltnaf 3.
is pure in the can and in the bakingul
so uniform in quality. so carefuiiT
pared, that failures are impOssibIo'
can judge of its purity, too. Wiz,
know that it has been given the Li,
awards at two Worlds Pure Food Is,
Eitions-one at Chicago in 1907 ana =
other at Paris, France, last March
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
Prune souffle.

Wash we'll one pound of the best
prunes, cover with cold water and let
soak over night. Cook in the same
water until tender. Rub through a
strainer and add three-quarters cup of
granulated sugar. Beat the whites of
four eggs stiff and dry, then turn into
a buttered dish and bake twenty
minutes in a moderate oven. Serve
at once with thin cream. This dessert
must not stand minute before serv.
ing, as it is liable to fall; if cooked too
long it is also more likely to fall.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
OLD MANTEL FOR JOHN D., JR.
Son of Magnate to Have One Hun,
dred Years Old in Hallway
of His Mansion.

New York.-A century old marble
mantelpiece from one of the Oldest
colonial houses still standing in New
York city is to be the feature of the
entrance hall in the mansion which
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is building
on West Fifty-fourth street. The man
tel is of French workmanship and
was brought to America by the Scher-
merhorns, a noted New York family
to adorn their home overlooking the
East river. near where the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research now
stands.
The house was later bought by
Dewitt Clinton, then governor of New
York state, and has been used as
day nursery since the Rockefellers &C
Qs9zred the property.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
BUFFALO KILLS CAMERA MAN
French Court Sustains Widows Claim
for Compensation for Loss of
Husband.

Partisan important point Of law
was settled this week when the widow
of Paul Fiere, photographer for cine
matograph pictures, sued for compen-
sation, her husband having been killed
in Central Africa while taking pic
lures of big game shooting.
Fiere was sent to Africa year ago,
ioined a German mission and went out
shooting with Lieut.. Graetz. While
he was operating the camera Graetz
was charged by a wounded buffalo,
whereupon Fiere left the apparatus
and went to the rescue of the officer,
again wounding the buffalo, which
then trampled him to death.
The widow was awarded an annual
income of 1924 for herself and 1915
fer her three children.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
New Bread Cutter

A most excellent household article
Is the new bread cutter, particularly
in the home where there are to be
many teas, or need for cutting sand
witch bread; this bread cutter is made
of wood, of size which exactly holds
the loaf, like bread board, with a
spiked wooden fence about it; the
knife slips down between the spikes
of the fence and the bread can so
be evenly and exactly sliced as thinly
or as thickly as one may desire; there
is absolutely no waste, and much time
and patience in trying to have each
slice thin and even is saved.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
Sent Their Best REGARDS.

Truth gives the following account
of "a voice" in the suffrage debate on
home rule in the house Of commons:
What message" barked Lord Rob
ert Cecil, with flashing eye and men
acing forefnger, "am l to take to the
women's suffrage meeting from the
house of commons?" Give them our
kind regards" was the retort, the
profundity of which completely took
the wind out of the sails of his lord
ships eloquence."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
Roosevelt Classed as SINGER.

One of the singers in local moving
picture theater was having trouble
with her voice. She called up a we'll
known specialist in the city and asked
for an engagement, so that he might
examine her thoat.
Why. my young lady" the spe-
cialist remarked to her. "Of course l
will examine your throat. But you
should have it examined regularly
and taken care of regularly. All sing.
ers do. Why, Roosevelt always car
ries a throat doctor with him wher-
ever he goes!"
The young woman laughed loud and
long and the specialist to this day
probably does not know that she
laughed because he classed the former
president as a singer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
Peculiar Taste.

An Associated Charity worker, max
ing a visit to poor mountain woman
in a southern town, observed that
her three small children wore specta-
Giles.
It's a pity that they all have trou-
BILE with their eyes, isn't it?" she
remarked, alphabetically, to the
mother.
There amt nothing the matter with
their eyes, m"
Then why on earth do you disfgure
them with glasses?' asked the Wis
itor in wonderment.
The woman bridled. Why, thinks
they look lovely" she said. Il likes
them on little children. I thinks
they're real dressy. "-Harper's Bazaar
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
New York Millionaire Offers For
tune in Search.
Miss Marian Eye, Relative Of Wealthy
Manufacturer, Disappears After
Telling Uncle of Being Fol-
lowed BY Strange Man.

New York.-With a declaration by
Jacob Doll, millionaire manufacturer,
that he will spend an unlimited
amount of money to recover his fif-
teen-year-old niece, Marian Eye, who
disappeared while walking near her
home. police of New York and a score
Of private detective agencies began
an exhaustive search of New York
and neighboring cities for the missing
aeiress.
Following the girls disappearance,
The police began a quiet search, but
we're unable to unearth a single clew
except that the girl had spoken to
friend of being followed on the street
by strange middle-aged man.
After two days of fruitless efforts
BY the New York police, Mr.. Doll
ordered into the search a number
Of private detectives and made the
statement that he believes that his
niece had been kidnapped
The statements of Miss Eyes
friend that the young woman had told
her of being followed have been corrob-
grated by Mr.. Doll. The aged mil
iionaire said that on numerous occa-
sions reaching back over a period
Of several months his niece had re-
marked to him that a middle-aged
man, whom the young woman could
only hazily describe, had followed
her while walking in the neighbor-
hood of her home, and on one occa-
sion had attempted to attract her at
tention
Since the search was taken up Mr..
Doll has kept i'll touch almost con-
5tantly with the police. AS the
search continues and no tangible
trace Of what has become of the
young woman is discovered. the aged
millionaire reiterates his determine
ton that every power that can be
controlled by his vast fortune will be
turned toward finding the girl.
The police have carefully ques-
toned many of the young woman's
friends, but so far none has been
able to give a hint that promises to
clear up the mystery of Miss Eyes
dppedIduC6. several possible 0A-
plantations are being entertained by
he police and every angle is being
investigated.
1t is thought that Miss Eye may
have been taken i'll and that she now
lies, with her identity unknown, in
some New York hospital. Friends of
the young woman's family in neigh
boring cities are being communicated
with in the hope of ascertaining if
Miss Eye. without knowledge of her
own family, had gone to visit them.
The main energies of the search,
however, are centered on learning the
worth of the clew offered by the
young woman's previous statements
that she had been followed by
stranger.
1t is well known that Miss Eye was
a favorite niece of her wealthy uncle.
and it is limited By police officials at
work on the case that the young
woman is being held for ransom by
some individual or gang in New York
City.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
MEANT TO HAVE THAT DUCK
Old Man Made to Work Hard to GET
1t, but He "Sure Would Have
Some Suppah."

Jimmy is an old coIored man with
a longing for duck that requires fire.
quent attention. One day not long
ago while he was working on build
ing under construction one of the
men appeared with a fine white duck
that instantly attracted the attention
of Jimmy. He bought the bird and
tying its feet together put it in
barrel as a safe place for keeping 1t
until time to quit work for the day.
While Jimmy was working with
visions of brown duck and gravy float
ing through his mind, one of the other
employees removed the duck from the
barrel and put it in a large box used
to store lime. In the place of the
duck he put little brown dog. Then
Jimmy returned to the scene. He was
asked as to the welfare of his future
supper.
"Ah ma duck am all right" he an
swered and then to reassure himself
he took a peep in the barrel. When,
instead of his beautiful white duck he
saw only a dog, his eyes grew large
in amazement.
"Whar am ma duck?" he gasped.
After the OLD darkey had hunted for
some time the men told him where
to find the bird. The only opening in
the lime box was a hole about a foot
square, covered with a slide. Jimmy
crawled to the opening, which was on
the level of the street, and cautiously
raised the slide. Nothing happened
He inserted a long, black arm and felt
for the prize, but still nothing hap
pened. Finally in desperation he man
aged to squeeze in his head and
one arm. His troubles were indicated
by his waving feet. First one leg
Strengthened out and he kicked back
and then the other went through the
same motions while he CROPPED for the
duck
Finally he eXtricated himself, his
black face white with lime, but with
the coveted duck. Stroking it's back
in contemplation of the feast, he muir
INJURED, "Ah got ma duck and ali sure
will have some suppah."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
Rurro Robs Hens, Nests.

Gilcrest, Colo.-Napoleon a young
burro, owned by Edward Mapes, has
been proved a robber of hens nests.
Its second visit to the same henhouse
resulted in its downfall The owner
lay in wait and discovered the burro
was the offender and was eating eggs,
lrst smashing tbA@a with a hoof
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01
MAKING WORK EASIER
SMALL THINGS THAT TIGHTEN
LABOR IN THE HOME.
Easy Method Of Making old Glover
Comfortable for the Hands While
sweeping-ProPer Use of Brush
in the Kitchen.

A simple little idea that to pass on
10 the housewife was suggested the
other day by seeing a bride of few
months struggling to WELD broom
while wearing her husbands CASTOR
gloves to save her hands. The gloves
were, of course, a good deal too large
for her, but in spite of this they were
making her hands hot and uncomfort-
able and sweeping under such condi-
tions was most trying.
Now to make the old gloves disable
for homework it is only necessary to
split the backs along the seams and
then cut a slit or two around the
thumbs. The protection to the hands is
as good as with the original glove and
The discomfort is reduced to nothing.
This cannot be done, of course, with
rubber gloves intended to protect the
hands when forced to dip them
in hot water or soda, but 1t is
useful hint for the housewife who
does her own sweeping and hopping
and wishes to preserve the beauty of
her hands.
Some one advised to try clothes
pegs to attach cheesecloth to the jar
when straining fruit for preserves, or
for similar work where a cheesecloth
strainer is used. The idea is not bad,
but there is another one with far bet
ter results. Have you ever seen the
little clips that photographers, anna
teur and professional use to dry
prints? The little clips are strung
in a line and the prints are clipped at.
the corners and left until ready to
mount
These clips are little wooden af-
fairs less than half the size of a
clothes peg and much more suitable
for clipping the cloth to the edge of
the pan or bowl than a clothes peg
would be. They are for sale in pho
tographic stock house or in the photo
graphic department of a store. They
are cheap and Will be found useful in
the house in a number of ways. A
wire arrangement in the center per
mits a string to be run through them
without interfering with the clipping
part, and so they can be strung across
the room and used for drying small
articles.
The possibilities of the brush in the
kitchen have by no means been ex-
hausted. The unnecessary waste of
time and energy in cleansing jars of
any kind is evident when you see a
woman struggling to get at the crew
ices of narrow necked preserve jar
with a cleaning cloth. 1t is as bad
as the struggle to clean the inside of
the lamp chimney. Reams of paper
have been used to present to suffer
ing womenkind various new methods
of getting at the interior of lamp
chimney when it is necessary to wipe
it out, but there is nothing about clean
ing the interior of preserve jars. Get
one of those five or ten cent long-han-
died brushes such as you see in one cf
the photographs and see how sim
pie and easy a job it is to dip
right down into the edge Of the in
terror of the glass and remove every
bit of dirt without effort of any I'M
due kind
Another suggestion for the brush in
the kitchen Is to get & stiff nail brush
for use when cleaning celery You
will find it useful in a number of ways
when cleaning vegetables.