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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
BADGERS TO GETTYSBURG
Wisconsin Veterans Invited to Attend
Celebration on Famous Battle
field in July.

Madison. -Adjt.-G Gen. Boardman has
issued bulletin concerning the pro
posed trip to celebrate the fiftieth an
niversary of the battle of Gettysburg.
1t states that Gen Frederick c.
Winkler of Milwaukee had been ap-
pointed by the governor to act for
Wisconsin with the commission APP
pointed by the state of Pennsylvania
in making arrangements for the event.
The bulletin says "All soldiers who
took part In the battle of Gettysburg
on the LIST, I'd and Sd days of July,
1868. or any of said days, and all sur
viving soldiers of Wisconsin regiments
which took part in the battle, resi-
dents of the state of Wisconsin at the
time of the anniversary, are entitled
under the provisions Of the law passed
at this session, to attend the celebra
ton of the fftieth anniversary on July
to 5, 1913, and $4,000 is appropri.
ated to pay their expenses, including
transportation of all persons attend.
ing such celebration and of the com
missioner"
In view of the hardships necessarily
connected with such a trip and the
fact that the heat may be excessive,
the commissioner cautions all veter.
ans who are in poor health not to un.
dertake the trip.
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TO SELL B0sC0BE[
Historic Estate Where Charles II.
Hid to Be Sold.
House That Sheltered Many Roman
Catholic Priests and Political
Refugees Is Well Preserved
and Cared For Today.

New York.-A recent telegram from
London to The New York Times stated
that Boscobel, the historic estate on
the border Of Staffordshlre and Shrop-
shire, where Charles II. hid In an oak
tree after his defeat at the battle OF
Worcester, was to be sold at auction
soon.
The house itself, which sheltered
many Roman Catholic priests and po-
litical refugees before Charles took
refuge there In September, 1851, is
well preserved, and the principal parts
remain as they were in the days Of
the Civil war. An oak, which Is
shown as the one into which the royal
fugitive climbed when surprised by
Cromwells horsemen, stands, pro-
tected by iron ratings, in a paddock
adjoining the estate.
There is a good deal OF doubt as to
whether the tree now exhibited as the
oak which saved the Merry Mon
arch" Is actually the one up which he
climbed. A writer in London paper
says: Il notice that the famous Bos-
cobel Is for sale, and the report states
that the identical tree In which King
Charles II. hid himself Is part OF the
property, This. however, is not the
case, for, according to limbs, the YER
table oak was speedily destroyed aft
er the Restoration by the zeal Of the
Royalists to possess relics of their
sovereign's hiding place. Another
tree. raised from one Of its acorns.
was flourishing in the middle of last
century. and is probably the tree
which is now shown at Boscobel as
the authentic one. After all, the OF
spring Of tree that preserved a
king Is as worthy Of Its iron palisad-
ing as the descendant Of his human
preserver, unparalleled Penderell,' of
his pension. Four or five years ago a
case In the law courts here drew at
tention to the fact that an heir to
part of the Penderell pension existed
in the person of London cabman.
The original Penderell was buried far
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
ARGUE extern CASE
IN SUPREME COURT
HIGH TRIBUNAL HEARS ADD.
TiONAL STATEMENTS BEARING
ON WELL KNOWN ACTION.
SINGLE QUESTION INVOLVED
Supreme Justice Winslow Announces
This Is Understanding of Court
Decision in Case Expected to Be
Handed Down at June Sitting.

Madison.--The Supreme court took
up the appeal of H. l.. Ekern from an
order of the Circuit of Dane county
refusing his petition for permanent
injunction to restrain Gov. McGovern,
State Superintendent of Public Prop
erty w. l.. Essman and l.. A. Ander.
son from forcibly ejecting him from
the insurance department as a result
of the order of the governor dismiss.
ing him from Office, charged with try.
ing to organize the legislature against
the governor. The governor claimed
that Mr.. Extern, in acting as campaign
manager for l.. l.. Johnson as candi-
date for speaker of the assembly VIC
lated the laws under which he was
appointed.
Justice Winslow said the court I'M
derstood that there was only one ques'
ton involved in this case. This Is
understood that the chief justice re-
ferred to the question of whether Mr.
tice, hearing and opportunity to be
heard, or in other words, due process
of law.
Mr.. Ekern's attorneys claimed In
brief that there was no reasonable
view to sustain the charges against
Mr.. Ekern. The attorneys represent
ing the governor. contended Mr.. Ekern
was given reasonable notice and OPP
portunity to be heard and that the
reason he did not have more time In
which to introduce evidence in his be
half was that he and his attorneys
consumed most of their time at the
hearing in objecting to the proceed
ings and introduction of testimony in
support of the charges They also con.
tended it was clearly in the powers of
the legislature to authorize the sum.
mary removal of the commissioner Of
insurance If he saw fit.
The arguments were finished when
the court adjourned and it is expected
decision will be given at the June
sitting.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
WOE FOR NUT IMPORTER
His Shipment Seized as Unfit. and He
10 Thrown Into Jail
Penniless.

Washington are the tribu-
lations OF one importer of chestnuts
as displayed by government records.
More than year ago he brought in a
consignment upon which he paid SIS
duty. Immediately the department of
agriculture seized the shipment as un.
At for consumption and ordered 1t de-
stroyad. 1t has remained since In
private bonded warehouses, where si2
storage charges have accrued. Comp
troller of the Treasury Tracewell de-
cided that the cost OF destruction
should be paid from the $1S paid to
the government for duty and the $50
should be lien on any future inn
portations by the importer. To iii
the importers cup OF sorrow, he is
In Jail and penniless.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
1878 CROPS BREAK RECORDS
Most Favorable Agricultural Condi-
tons Prevail in State-Fruit
Outlook ls Excellent.

Madison for crop
more bountiful than the bumper crop
of 1912 are described in the report
of the conditions on the farms of the
state issued by James c. Mackenzie,
secretary of the state board Of agri-
culture. He says conditions are much
more favorable than last year at the
same time and that the outlook for
a record breaking fruit crop was new
err better than at present.
"The condition of crops in May,
1913, is much more favorable than
for the same period In 1912" says his
report, "the general average condi-
ton of winter wheat being 80 per
cent in 1913 as against Sc per cent in
1912; winter rye, SO per cent against
81 per cent; alfalfa 81 per cent against
so per cent; clover meadows SO Der
cent against "a per cent; timothy.
meadows, 81 per cent against SS per
cent; pastures, 88 per cent against
Sc per cent.
The acreage comparison is equally
encouraging with the exception of
winter rye and barley. The increase
is as follows: Winter wheat, 95 per
cent as compared with 81 per cent in
1912; spring wheat, 81 per cent
against 80 per cent; = spring rye. 80
per cent against 80 per cent; oats,
101 per cent against 101 per cent:
clover meadows, 101 against "a per
cent; timothy meadows, SO per cent
against SO per cent.
The percentage Of acreage OF win
ter rye in 1913 is 95 per cent as COM
pared with 81 per cent in 1912, and
the acreage of barley in 1913 is 95
per cent as against 102 per cent in
1912.
The acreage of alfalfa for the year
1913 is reported at 107 per cent,
showing a substantial increase in ac-
reage. The percentage of abandoned
winter wheat acreage for the entire
state is IA per cent.
Fourteen per cent Of the 1912
hay crop was still in the hands of the
farmers on May /, and the report
shows that IS per cent of the entire
hay crop of the state will be con-
sumed on the farms producing it.
Sixteen per cent of the 1912 corn
crop was still in the hands of the
farmer on May l., and "a per cent
of the total crop Of corn produced
in Wisconsin will be consumed on
the farms producing it.
THE wages paid for farm labor
vary from $25 to $37 per month, the
general average throughout the state
amounting to $31 per month.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
ORDER PHONE CONNECTION
Physical Connection of La Crosse and
Wisconsin Companies Lines De.
manded by Railroad Commission.

La Crosse.-In what is said to be
the first decision of it's kind in The
United States, the Wisconsin railway
commission orders physical connec-
tlon between the local lines of the La
Crosse Telephone company, an indie
pendent concern, and the toll lines of
the Wisconsin Telephone company and
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company. The decision will give
subscribers of the independent COM
panies benefit of all the Bell toll lines.
Expense incident to the connection
is to be borne equally by the two COM
panies. 1t is said that the case will
be appealed to the supreme court. The
commission gives the companies thir-
ty days to comply with the order.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
WHILE THERE WAS YET TIME
Mean Man Made His Suggestion and
Departed in Some Haste From
Meetif, Of Indignant Women.

With tense. eager faces, the great
audience OF women leaned forward in
their seats, eagerly drinking In the
noted speakers every word
"Mer, man." she was saying, ''is
wont to belittle woman's ability to en-
ter the fields already usurped by him.
AS matter Of fact. she Is capable OF
filing any post CT public or private
office now held my man, and IL a..
pointed to it. could even perfCrn
mans tasks with greater faithfulnesg
and greater daring.
Name, II you can. one post for
which she cannot fit herself. Name
one Office to which she would not,
could not, give the greatest meas
ure of capability. the highest degree
of courage, the"
A mere man, who had slipped I'M
noticed into a back seat. rose at this
point, and the light of sudden inspira-
ton cleaned in his eye.
Rat catcher!" he shouted. And
Their he fed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
PRESIDENT WINS FIGHT
ON TARIFF IN SENATE
Penrose-la Toilette Motion for Pub
lie Hearings Beaten In the
Upper House.

Washington, May 1S.- President
Wilson on Friday won his tariff
fight in the senate The Under
wood bill. which he approves, will
be passed by the upper house
substantially as 1t was adopt
ed by the lower chamber. This
Is the Interpretation placed by the
administration and senator's upon the
result of the vote ON the Penrose-
La Toilette motion directing the
finance committee to conduct public
hearings Upon the bill. The motion
was rejected by five majority. the an
nouncement Of the chair being SO SEN
ators supporting the motion and Al
opposing 1t. In all probability this
will be the vote by which the senate
will pass the bill upon it's final pas.
sage Two Democratic senators, Ran.
dali and Thornton of Louisiana, voted
with the Republicans. while Senator
Poindexter of Washington cast his
ballot with the Democrats.
This motion has held up consider.
alton OF the Underwood bill for more
than a week and its defeat came up
as climax to an exciting debate du-'
ing which Senators La Toilette,
Smoot, Gallinger, Jones and Clark OF
Wyoming flayed the Democrats for
ordering secret conferences on the
bill. Senators Simmons, Smith OF
Georgia. Walsh and James. Demo-
Gratis. upheld the action of their
party.
Easily the most forceful address
was made by Senator La Toilette,
who favored public hearings in gen.
eral and public hearings and cross
examinations on sixteen questions
which he offered and had incorporated
in the original Penrose motion In par.
ticular These questions, said La Fol.
lette, would winnow the chaff from
the wheat" and give the finance com
mittee a chance to amend intelligent.
ly the Underwood bill If they should
see fit.
The fact that extended hearings
had already been held on tariff mat.
tiers at other sessions Of congress ana
the further fact that the finance com.
mittee rooms were open to protesting
representatives of business interests
was the keynote OF the Democratic
defense.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
SOLONS ON HOME STRETCH
After Twenty Weeks of Sitting, Wis
consin Legislature Has Passed
800 BiIls-267 Are Signed.

Madison.-After twenty weeks of
sitting, the Legislature now is enter
ing the home stretch. In senate and
assembly there have been introduced
1,701 bills, SIS in the former and
1,1S6 in the latter, besides 1870 Joint
resolutions.
So far there have been passed and
sent to the governor for approval 800
measures. Of these 267 have been
signed, 10 recalled and seven return
ed with executive veto.
The assembly committees are prac-
tically cleaned up, having less than
score of bills unreported. except
those in the joint committee on fin
ance, which has forty-two measures
altogether.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
CONVENTION PLAN
PUT UP TO VOTERS
ASSEMBLY REvERsEs ITS ACTION
ON IDEA OF AMENDING THE
STATE CONSTITUTION.
FIRE MARSHAL MERGER BILL
Measure Passed by Senate 10 Similar
to One Recently Killed in Assembly
Gives Power to Commissioners Of
Insurance.

Madison-The assembly adopted a
joint resolution offered by Judge Rosa
of Beloit to submit to the people the
question of holding a state constitu
tional convention. At an early session
this proposal had been voted down,
and the vote of 40 to Is in its favor in
dicates the change in sentiment which
continued agitation has brought about
Another attempt to merge the fire
marshals Office with that of the insur
ance commissioner was given impetus
In the senate when the bill introduced
by the special committee on insurance
was passed and messaged at once to
the assembly. The vote on the bill
was 20 to 8. This is the bill recently
killed In the assembly. 1t provides
that the commissioner of insurance
shall be ex-officic state fire marshal,
and 1t shall lie his duty and he shall
have power to retain and to assign to
their duties any or all the officers and
employees of the state fire marshal.
The assembly engrossed the Esta-
brook bill requiring railroad companies
to furnish sanitary drinking cups to
passengers upon application. Mr..
Hulps bill, appropriating $4,000 to be
used as special state aid in the con-
solidation of rural schools was passed.
The Cannon bill, providing that
cities, towns and villages may d'scon-
tinue the use of voting machines by
vote of the electors at an election
called upon petition of 10 per cent Of
the qualified electors, was concurred
in by the senate.
The senate without debaLe passed
the bill tying the hands of the gov
ernor in the matter of removing state
appointive and county elective officers
from Office. The bill provides that the
governor must give the accused officer
ten days notice of the charges against
him, hearing and an opportunity to
submit testimony in his defense. The
accused officer also has the right of
appeal from an order of removal by
the governor to the courts or legisla-
ture, and an appeal shall operate as a
stay of execution of the removal order
The Hedding boxing bill, for state
athletic commission to regulate box
ing bouts, was reported for passage by
the joint finance committee, the vote
being to 6. The bill was engrossed
in the assembly recently without de-
bate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
Four Die In Auto Crash.

Warren, o., May 20.-Three women
and a man were killed, and one man
seriously injured Sunday when an au-
tomobile in which they were driving
was struck by B. & o. express train
at Leavittsburg, o. Four of the five
occupants Of the car were carried 200
yards on the pilot Of the engine.
The dead are: Mrs. Henry Turner,
seventy-five years old; Mrs. Ward
Turner, forty years DID, Mrs. Frank
Housed, forty years old. and Ward
Turner, forty years old, all OF War.
rem, o.
The injured are Warren Turner and
Frank Howard
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22

from his quiet forest in the Church OF
st. Giles in the middle Of London 8
slums His tombstone, with curious
epitaph, was often used as n poor
mans dinner table until the reform Of
the graveyard. Whatever the house
at Boscobel where Charles was har-
bored by the Penderells may be now.
1t was in those days forester's house
of modest character"
The picture reproduced herewith Is
from an interesting book printed in
London in 1912. "Arbores Mirabiles.
or, A Description OF the Most Re-
markable Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
IN All Part OF the World" The Gu
rlous little building around the King
Charles Oak shown in the illustration
has since been replaced by railing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
STING CURES AFFECTED EYES
Partisan, Suffering From Catarrhal
Ophthalmia, Brings Strange
Case to Doctors Notice.

Paris.-A man stung by bee the
other day has thus discovered an I'M
usual cure for catarrhal ophthalmia,
and has brought his case to the atten-
ton OF DR.. Tarnawski The doctors
patient was suffering from double ca.
tarrhal ophthalmla that had resisted
all orthodox treatments. He was
stung by bee on his left eyelid
When he woke up the next morning
no found that the light was no longer
painful to his eye and that the dis,
charge had ceased. The delighted pa
tient captured another bee and had II
sting him on the other eye The next
morning 1t was cured.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22

we'll and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. feel very grateful that
| found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter II you wish. |
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER. Cimarron, Kan.
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills. SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints. also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes All sent free.
Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
POVERTY IS CAUSE
FOR SOCIAL EVIL
Report Of Investigation Calls
Dance Halls Menace. p
TELLS PATH OF DISASTER
inquiry Guided by John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., Ayers Girls Are Victims OF
Gangs Greedy for
Easy Money.

New York, May 20.-Fifteen thou
sand professional immoral women ply
their trade in Manhattan. according to
the census taken by the bureau OF 30
cial hygiene, the permanent organiza-
ton for the investigation of vice condl-
lions that was the outgrowth OF the
Rockefeller white slave" grand jury,
and Of which John D. Rockefeller. Jr.,
n chairman.
An abstract Of the forthcoming re-
port of George J. Kneeland, a special
Investigator, after painstaking inquiry
into commercialized vice conditions IN
Manhattan, extending over a period
of nearly ten months, has Just been
made public. Mr.. Kneeland con-
Quoted similar inquiry for the Chi
cago vice commission.
The report suggests no remedies.
fixes no responsibility. That phase
is to be dealt with later. 1t purports
merely to describe accurately vice
conditions in New York city with the
sole purpose Of bringing out the
facts" The hope is expressed that
subsequently satisfactory policy %
check the evil may be worked out
Mr.. Rockefeller himself contributed
the foreword to the volume Future
reports will deal with conditions IN
other large cities in America and
with methods and their results of
combating the problem in Europe Ex-
listing preventive, reformative and cor
receive agencies In New York are de-
scribed as wholly inadequate to their
task.
Aside from a series of chapters
dealing In minute frankness with the
operation of notorious resorts through
out the city, the report treats OF the
dance hail evil and Of the alarming
spread of the so-called massage par
Tors. "Over 300 of these exist In the
CITY," says the report, land in many
of them not the slightest effort was
made to cloak the immoral nature OF
the business. Operators for these es-
Establishments ars often procured by ad-
vertising in the newspapers
or the dance halls the report says:
"The public dance hall was found
to justify the worst that has been
said of It, or seventy-five dances re-
ported on only Ave were characterized
by the investigators as decent Nor
are these dances attended only by
hardened profligates. Young girls
some innocent-others, If not entirely
innocent, at any rate not wholly de-
PRAYED, and young men not yet alto
gether vicious attend the gatherings
in search of amusement and change.
MANY are innocent working girls,
who seek legitimate recreation. The
sinister element in attendance Is the
hired cadets, who attend with the cold
blooded purpose of finding new sub
jects OF debauchery and of subsequent
exploitation for gain. These agents
OF commercialized vice are usually
we'll dressed, we'll hammered and in
troduce themselves politely to strang-
ers. They often pretend to love FIT
first sight and exhibit marked devo-
ton, by whichthe girls are deceived
and to which they too often yield.
When the seduction of the girls is &C
complished they are put on the street
and their ruin is complete"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
White House Bars Tango.

Washington, May 1.-THE first
White House dance under the Wilson
administration Thursday night was dis
tinguished for the absence of the tur-
key trot, the horse trot. the tango and
other dances that usually delight the.
younger set Of Washington's 400.
The Misses Wilson have danced the
one step, the polite name for the tur-
key trot. since their arrival in Wash
ington, at outside dances, but 1t Is
understood that these dances were
barred from the East room and the
waltz, minuet and the two-step took
their places.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
Need of Sun and Air.

"a certain morbdness among girls
and women, which rests so heavily on
modern life" is due to lack of sun, air
and sunshine, according to Professor
Manjon of Nice.
"Sun-bathing. airbathing and fire.
quent physical exercise in loose gar
ments, are indispensable to good
health and good temperament In wom-
en-" declared the lecturer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
Train Makes Record Bun

La Crosse.-The fastest run ever
recorded on the Milwaukee road be-
tween Milwaukee and La Crosse, a
distance of 1913 miles. was made by
Engineer William Snyder when the
distance was covered in four hours
and forty-fve minutes. The train
consisted of eleven heavy type sleep
ing coaches. The previous record was
hve hours and thirty-five minutes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
DENIES TRUST FIXES PRICES.

Steel Corporation Head Gives Further
Testimony at Hearing.
New York. May 17.-There is no
agreement or understanding of any
kind to fix prices in the steel indus.
try, James A. Farrell. president of the
United States Steel corporation, testi-
fed on Thursday at the hearing in the
federal suit to dissolve the corpora
ton as an illegal combination.
Prices were governed solely by
market conditions. he said. and the
fact that they remained unchanged for
considerable periods did not indicate
that competitive conditions did not
exist, except in the minds of the
theorists and economists"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22
LONDON POLICE ASK AID.
Martial Law May Be Invoked to Curb
Militant Suffranettes,

Militant Suffranettes.
London, May 17.-Home Secretary
McKenna is seriously considering the
advisability of invoking martial law to
put curb to the actions Of the mill.
tant suffragettes.
This follows an appeal made on
Thursday by the local police force,
who state that the constant widening
area Of the activities of the women
has Slapped their entire reserve force.
At the present date more than 500
Scotland Yard detectives are working
exclusively in the campaign of the
militants. They are protecting public
buildings, guarding cabinet ministers
and shadowing the ringleaders of the
suffragettes