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Washington Journal., 1913-03-15

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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Trolley Car Crashes Into Auto at Mad
lson, Dashing Its Four occu-
pants to Street

Madison.-Mrs. E. w. Cobb, SIS years
Old' was killed and her daughter, Miss
mary Cobb, 16, and Ralph Emerson,
chauffeur, IS, all of Sun Prairie. were
seriously hurt when street car struck
their automobile.
The auto was crossing Baldwin
street. at right angles to the car tracks.
emerson tried to avert the collision
Dy turning away from the approaching
street car, but only succeeded In get
ing directly In front of it. They were
hurled to the pavement and Mrs.
oobh's neck was broken.
emerson was badly hurt internally,
out physicians say he will recover. e.
W. Cobb, husband of the dead woman
ana father of the injured girl, escaped
with slight bruises.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
PLAN SEGREGATION OF VICE
State Commission Meets in Madison
and Will Soon Hold Session
in Milwaukee.

Madison.-In a speech before the
state anti-vice commission DR.. C. A.
Harper advocated segregated dis
tricts with licensed resorts as a rem
edy for the so-called social evil
Senator Howard Teasdale of Spar
ia was chosen chairman Complete
organization was not affected, as
some of the members were absent.
Assemblyman Bingham, Friendship,
was selected secretary.
The members OF the commission
are DESTROYS of interesting the people
of the state in the work OF curling
vice. Proper training of the young
boys and girls at their homes and the
teaching of sex hygiene by their par
ents are the chief feature aimed at
by the commission.
Religious training in the home at
an early age and the teaching of sex
hygiene were recommended by Dist.
Atty. Robert N. Nelson of Dane coun-
ty, as means for reducing the vice
traffic. DR.. Harper also said that par
ents are to be blamed for the present
conditions to great extent, because
they permit young girls to go on
long rides. to dinners and to late
dances unchaperoned"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
.P0RCUPME CAUSES WRECK
Deraiis Handcar Near Winter and
One Man Is Killed and Three
Are Injured.

Couderay. One man was instantly
killed and three others seriously in
jured near Winter, when a handcar
they were riding on was derailed by
a porcupine which was attempting to
cross the track in front of the car.
There were five men on the car and
in coming down steep grade on the
Kaiser Lumber company's logging
tracks near Stinson Spur, two miles
north of Winter, the. car struck the
porcupine and jumped the track. Nels
Nelson's head struck a sharp tie and
he was instantly killed. Three others
were seriously injured and the fifth
man was uninjured. The men were
all employees of the Kaiser Lumber
company
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
BOXING COMMISSION NAMED
viii Have Control of BOXING in Wis.
consin and Will See That Law
Is Enforced.

Madison.-Gov. McGovern appoint
ed the members Of the Wisconsin box
ing commission. They are: DR.. C. W.
Morter and Walter H. Liginger, Mil
waukee; William c. Hart, Eau Claire.
Mr.. Liginger is named for period OF
five years. DR.. Morter for four years
and Mr. Hart is for two.
The commission will have control
of boxing in the state and it is expect.
ed to see that the provisions of the
new law are rigidly lived up to. Pro.
motors who wish to stage boxing
matches must apply to the commission
for license. Failure by the promoters
to operate within the regulations will
make them subject to fine or revoca-
ton of license.
The three members of the commits
sion will serve without pay, but their
expenses in the fulfllment of their
duties, viii be met from fund
raised by 8 per cent tax on the gross
receipts of each boxing show.
The clerical work will be looked
after by secretary to be selected by
the commission. The secretary will
receive a salary of $1,000. The entire
expenses of the commission are lin.
tied to $4,000 per year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
FORCES DRAFT FOR 5000
Induces Kansas City Bank to Cash
Bogus Draft Said to Be From
Appleton.

Appleton. The First National Bank
of Appleton has received word from
the National Bank of Kansas City, Mo.
that draft of $4,000, purporting to
have been drawn by the Appleton in
stitution, had been paid there Aug. Is.
The cashier of the Appleton bank
knows nothing Of such draft, which
is forgery. James L. Sherman is
the name given by the man present
ing the draft and the Missouri bank IS
out that sum.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
LuTHERANS FAVOR MERGER
Three Organizations Vote for Anal
gamation at Green Bay Meeting
Nebraska Vet to Decide.

Green Bay -Amalgamation Of three
synods by Lutherans in joint session
here looks very favorable, according
to officials in attendance. Three syn
DDS. Wisconsin. Minnesota and Mich
igan, have gone on record as favoring
the proposition and l. is now neces-
sary to get the consent of but one
more synod, that of Nebraska. The
Nebraska synod will hold special
meeting at which time it is expected
to vote in favor of the plan. No fur
Their action is expected on the ANAL
gamation plan until it can be taken
up as special order of business.
Tie following officers were elected:
Secretary, Rev. A. C. Haase; treas
urar, X. H. Knuth; treasurer church
1aper. Adolph Bebenroth: committee
lndian missions, G. E. Bergman and
Charles Dowidat; secretary of trans.
portation, A. c. Haase; board of re-
gents for seminary at Wauwatosa, Os-
car Griebling, Milwaukee; teachers
seminary at New Ulm, F. Retziaff:
New Ulm Home for Aged, F. Jeever of
Nieollett, Mimi. and ]. Kulischeck OF
Belle Plains, MINI; seminary at Sagi.
nav, +. A. Richter, six years; L.erere
Klaus Glechen, Bay City, four years;
r. Schuette, Saginaw. two years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
MCDONALD SPECIAL ATTORNEY
Wittenbers Lawyer Is Chosen for
Place on Staff Of Corpora
tion Bureau

Madison Joseph E. Davies, United
States commissioner of corporations,
announced the appointment of Charles
H. Mcdonald, Wittenberg. Wis, as spe-
ciaI attorney in the bureau of corpora
tons
Owing to the fact that the trust
question is the next big problem fac
ing the Wilson administration, and the
bureau of corporations is the agency
through which the facts and data rela-
tive to the relations of government
and big business are being secured, the
post of special attorney is one Of great
Importance.
Mr. Mcdonald is well known over
The state as lawyer of ability and ca
paclty He has also taken prominent
part in politics as a member Of the
state central committee and is recog-
nized as one of the leaders in the pro-
gfessiye wing Of the Democratic party.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
TOWNS TO PROFIT
BY ROAD AID ACT
TAX MAY BE LEVIED BEFORE
IMPROVEMENTS ARE
DESIGNATED.
OWEN CLARIFIES NEW LAW
Apprenticeship Contract May Be Va
Gated by Mutual Consent OF All
Parties, Says Attorney General
Numerous Villages VIII senefit.


Madison. Villages and cities OF the
fourth class may benefit through state
aid and for road building next year,
according to an opinion by Attorney
General Owen. given to Chief Engineer
Hirsh of the Highway commission. and
may levy tax there before the county
board has designated the road pro-
posed to be improved asa part of the
county highway system
The opinion was necessary because
Of a seeming conflict between two EN-
actments of the late legislature. The
bill amending the highway commits
sion law provides that villages and
cities OF the fourth class might avail
themselves of state aid inl9I5, but
a later law made further provision
that aid might be sooner received by
taking the steps necessary to levy
the tax. even before the county board
had designated the highway as a part
of the county system. This law now
will be taken advantage of By numer-
GUS villages and cities of less than
5000 population.
To William Liererson OF the indus
trial commission Atty.-Gen. Owen
gives ar opinioa to the effect that an
apprenticeship indenture may be vo-
Gated by mutual consent of all the
parties, parents, the apprentice and
the master
An opinion of Dist Atty Thomas
10. Downs of Fond du Lac county
holds that the municipal court Of the
city and town of Ripon has no iuris-
diction to try persons charged with
abandonment and nonsupport.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
RABIES EPIDEMIC
IS UNDER CONTROL
NO VICTIMS or HYDRoPHoBIA
HAVE BEEN TREATED FOR
LAST NINE MONTHS.
1907 SPREAD Is CHECKED
Prevalence Of Disease to Alarming Elk
tent in Eastern counties' Is Not Man.
lfest-onIy Eighty-five Specimens
Examined Last Year.

Madison. For nine months no vic
tim of rabies has been treated at the
state hygienic laboratory on Univer-
sity hill. This seems conclusive evil
dence that the epidemic, starting In
wisconsin in the fall of 1895 and
spreading rapidly from the region of
Beloit northward through the eastern
tier of counties, has ceased. During
that time the dread disease was prev
alent in the southwestern counties but
1t did not become so serious there in
it's ravages.
From July /, 1911, to July /, 1912, the
laboratory examined 152 brains of ami
mails slaughtered for this disease. For
the year ending July /, 1913. the num-
Der of specimens sent in was only
elghty-fiye and the percentage of ra-
bies was very much less. Human vic
tins treated at Madison for the year
1912 totaled forty. the last case arriv-
ing in November. Records in the Of
fee of the state veterinarian, DR.. o. H.
Eliason, confirmed. the records of the
hygienic laboratory. The only speci-
men OF animal brain received for ex-
animation In some time came from
Juneau few days ago
1T appears to be the natural run of
such epidemics," replied DR.. M. p Raw
snel of the University of Wisconsin,
in charge of the laboratory, when
asked to account for the decrease.
while some Wisconsin communities
have taken extra precautions, in but
few places has there been system
attic attempt to stamp out the disease.
According to the construction of the
present laws such precautions must
originate largely in the territory where
rabies appears"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Mazle,s FISHING.

When Mazie brings her hook to me
And sweetly bids me place
Another worm upon IL she
Ayerts her pretty face.
take the wriggling worm and run
1t on tho cruel hook
She thanks me sweetly when It's done,
And thrills me with her look.
Few fish to Males hook adhere,
Yet very patiently
She fishes on--Sometines I fear
That Mazie's stringing me.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29

What's the matter. old man? You
look as If you were Disguised with
yourself"
Il am. ] got up in a street car, a
little while ago. to give q pretty WON
an my seat"
Didn't she seem to appreciate your
courtesy"
"Oh, yes, but a prettier woman got
aboard a few minutes later"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Her Decision.

But you promised" she protested.
that you wouldn't ask me to name
the day until felt perfectly sure that
/ loved you"
I know" he replied. "and I'm sorry
you're still in doubt. By the way,
sold short on wheat a couple OF
months ago. and have just cleaned
up"
How would a week from Thursday
suit you?" she interrupted.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
tat4 Meet eoes q MlIuaukee-

Madison next meeting of the
Unterstuetzungs Geseli-
schaft Germania viii be held IN Mil
waukee next summer. 1t was decided
by the convention to hold the annual
meeting in Milwaukee every other
year. Fred Weingart of Milwaukee
was reelected president OF the organ
ization and Robert Polster Of sheboy.
gan was chosen as speaker
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Teaeb.r weds Professor.

Kenosha.-A school romance had its
elimination when Miss Flors Pohl.
CrestelIe. Ore was married to Prof.
Herman Gurgel, Kenosha. Both had
been teachers in the German Lutheran
schools
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
worried.

Z sometimes fear that my boy is
going 20 grow up to be sissy"
"Why?"
He is nearly nine years old and has
never broken either Of his arms or had
narrow escape from drowning or
even been disigured in any way by
falling from the roof Of shed"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29

The house that is to stand" said
the wealthy young Sunday school su-
perintendent, must be founded on a
rock"
Il know IT," said little Johnny.
that's what pa says, too, but what
grinds him is that few other peo-
ME have most OF the rocks
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Dies From Fail

Appleton.-As result OF a fall
1aom ladder John Nelson, Milwaukee.
11eo nom q fractured skull. He was a
-.eno per OF the crew of the Foster Con-
sauction Co. doing work at paper
mill al Kimberly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Tree slossoms Second TI1ne.

Neenah.- Harry Gibson of this city,
an apple tree that has bios
somed twice this season, but has pro-
duced no apples. 1t is thought that
the second blossoms are the cause Of
the tree not growing apples.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Postmaster Gets a Cane.

Sheboygan Falls.-George A. Rob-
bins, the retiring postmaster of She
boygan Falls. was presented with a
fine gold headed cane by the rural
carriers and clerks of the Sheboygan
Falls postofTice.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Three Sets Of twins i o.. r.,,,,,,

'nree Sets Of Twins in One Family.
Fond du Lac.-The school census
revealed a Fond du Lac home with
snree sets Of twins. The parents are
I. ana Mrs. Ernest Kellberg, 462
walker street. The twins are Margaret
ana Martha. aged 10. Nicholas and
Ili]aDeth, 10. and Ernest and Erna,
Aseu . There are two other children.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Daughter Complainant,

GAINESVILLE. William Ambrose,
aged AZ. was brought before Judge
Fifield in municipal court charged
with lerious offenge against his IT.
year-old daughter. who was the com
planning witness.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29

Madison The attorney general
held that the Municipal court OF Fond
du Lac and town ot Ripon has no jur-
isdiction in wife and family abandon
mcnt or non support cases
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29

Madison. year the total
amount of income tax paid by individ-
uals was s44.6195s. The tax assessed
this year amounts to $5S.19499.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
La CROSSE Cas- companx VIM

La crosse.-The council decided to
let the contract for light and power at
the new municipal water plant to the
gas company.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Boy Held for rh..,

0neooygan. Edwin Dobbratz, aged
10 sheboygan Fails boy accused Of
se eg VS. from Frank Rein OF She
s sCssan Fails was bound over to the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29

why is the mob chasing that
man."
Cause he said IL this country and
Japan got In a fight we might have
hard work lickin her. blame him. A
man that haInt got no more patriot
isra than that can't I've In this town
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29

Madison.-Gov. MeGovern appoint
ed Charles L. FiHeld of Evansville 10
be county Judge OF Rock county in
place Of John W. sayle. who died re-
Gently
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Earning His Way Through Life.

Earning His Way Through Life.
How does it happen. Willie" ask.
ed the boys teacher, that you always
have so much money"
i earn it."
you earn it? Howl"
BY takin medicine. Pa paid me 80
cents for takin bottle OF some kind
of oil with fishy taste. and ma gave
me a quarter for takin bottle of
something with iron in it. and I'm
tryin' to get grandma to give me a
dollar for takin' quinine pill every
night for month. II can't get her
to make the bargain I'm goin' to let
pa give me dime a day for takin'
malt or somethin'"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
To improve Road.

Jefferson. The business men of
Jefferson raised $500 and the far
mers 500 on the river road between
here and Fort Atkinson. This money
raised, together with the States fund,
will total $1,000
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29

:, Neenah.-The total tax values in
enis city for 1913 are s4.7so,445. of
~Aich real estate values are s., 9O1. $50
and personal sS2s,s25.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29
Pabst Agent at ksnosha Stricken.

Frederick j. Gottfredsen,
for thirty years agent for the Pabst
Brewing company. was stricken with
apoplexy His condition is critical.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-29

There's fools who go out and drown
themselves
When girls say no-they s'pose
They couldn't learn to love again.
They're small loss, goodness knows!
There's fools who think WI I they believe
Is all that's true: there's some
aNho think when their digestion's bad
The old worlds end has come;
Wen have 10 bear with such as these,
| guess. but please excuse
Ne from the fool who tells how he
Would rise If he could only be
In some one eise's shoes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-11-19
An Appalachian Door.

Any one Of tact and COMMON sense
can go as he pleases through the dark
est corner of Appalachia without being
molested, says II writer in Outing.
Tact, however. implies the will and
the insight to put yourself truly in the
other mans place. Imagine yourself
born. bred. circumstanced like him. 1t
implies also the courtesy Of doing as
you would be done by If you were In
that fellows shoes-no arrogance. no
condeScenSion. but man to man on Il
footing of equal m%anlineSS.
And there IRE manners in the rud-
est cOmmunity-cuStOmS and rules of
conduct that 1t Is well to learn before
one goes far aield. For example.
when you stop mt a mountain cabin If
no dogs sound an alarm do not walk
up to the door and knock. You are
expected to call out "Hello." until
some one comes out to inspect you.
None but the most intimate neigh
bOrs neglect this usage. and there is
mighty good reason back of it In a
land where the path to ones door may
be a warpath. New York Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-11-19
Lured to Destruction,

The inhabitants of the Scilly islands
in the old days looked upon the oc-
currence of a wreck as II blessing Of
providence, and stories are extant
about thanks being offered for a wreck
in various parts of the country.
Some of the stories told us by the
islanders themselves. says Country
Life, show that there was an almost
diabolical c%leverness in the way in
which the storm tossed mariner was
lured to destruction. For example, 1t
was common to burn false lights. that
were calculated to bring the ships on
the rocks instead of warning them
away. and worse. even than this was
done.
There was ut one time n gang Of
wreckers. who. when n storm was
brewing. fastened Il bright light to the
horns Of a COW and sent her to Craze
along the cliffs, to the bewilderment
and deception Of the sailors. Needless
to say, this spirit has entirely changed
now.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-11-19
Where a Rainbow Touches the Earth.

Where a Rainbow Touches the Earth.
In every country in the world rain.
bow folklore declares that some OBJ
ject of value may be found where
the ends of the beautiful arch
touch the earth. In Suabia the ends
are said TO rest on bowls Of gold; in
Hungary. that cups Of silver will be
found at the spot where they come in
contact with the earth. In Switzer-
land 1t is said that Il shoe cast over the
rainbow will come TO the ground on
the other side filled to overlooking
with gold. In Bosnia it is said that II
iron or other base metal happens to be
mt the spot where the bow touches the
ground 1t will be instantly transformed
to pure gold. In many parts of Ger
many. Poland. Russia. Belgium and
Holland 1t is said to be a golden key
that may he found at the end Of the
bow" In Portugal and Spain they
speak of the silver hen having her
nest where the bow rests. and In Nor
way it comes to the ground Mt a spot
where n golden bowl and a silver
spoon are hidden. In many OF the chief
European countries It is said that
water touched by the rainbow will
cure fits aud insanity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-11-19
at In Me-

The growth OF language Ia marked
by many changes In the meanings and
RECOMMENDATIONS OF words and by the In
PRODUCTION OF new words where need,
ed. Its decay is influenced by the ever
increasing tendency to slang and to
colloquiallsms. which form n peculiar
kind OF vagabond language. always
hanging on the outskirts Of legitimate
speech. but continually straying or
forcing its way into respectable com.
pany," Whatever the changes. con
EtructIve or destructive. can any pro-
fessor or armies Of wise and learned
men make 1T is me" correct any more
than they can Justify four times eight
equal thlrty-siXf Such teaching gives
rise to the attitude OF many school
girls who have the lden that It is af-
fected to say ut is l." They expect
to be laughed at when they use cor
rect constructions. Even a lawyer Of
my acquaintance told us that II he
were to speak correctly he would lose
business with certain clients, men 'in
the rough" who would think he felt
above them. Is 1t not sad that an In
telllgent use OF language is so rare
that 1t sets the accurate speaker
apartl-Leila Sprague Learned In At
lantic Monthly. 200"