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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13

Nels Nelson left the first of the
week for Oshkosh where he will! at
tend the Grand Lodge Of the Wood
men of the World, going as dele
gate from the local lodge.
Mrs. Nels Paulson Of Cumberland
Halvor Sonju of Fargo Nor tn
Dakota and Carl Westby OF Seattle
Wash. were all here to attend the
funeral of Ole Westby.
The City Club met at the CONNER
cial club on Monday evening and
listened to discussion of the Tariff
question by Rev. Rehm. The meet
ing was very interesting one.
A new Ford auto is expected to
arrive here the latter part of this
week for NJ. H. Sprague add the
new Cadillac for 0. A. Lamoreaux
is expected to arrive the latter par
of the month. Many other autos for
9th err citizens are expected to arrive
as soon as spring opens up.
Holsteins For Sale. Woodland
Stick Farm. Young bulls, service
able age, bull calves, also few cows
md heifers. All registered and oil
choicest breeding. Are first class
individuals, tuberculin tested, light
Or dark colored. Write E dward
Freese, Mgr. Cornell, Wis. 5-13
Wednesday Evening Study Club
will meet with Mrs. Maitland, Wed
nesday evening, March 10. Topic
The Peaceful Revolution, leader
Mrs. Maitland. Paper. The Coming
of Democracy to the u. s., Mrs,
Iencks. Readings from "Tho Old
Order ChaogetL," Mrs. Dixon. Dis
cusson led by Mrs. Frost.
The fine showing of Battling Johnson in
his bout with Brady Tuesday evening
has been all the talk of the fans since the
event. The lad. for he is only a boy,
showed everything. and against almost
any other man of his weight might have
Won. He is good boxer. pIucky as they
| make them and game to the core. The
enthusiasts would turn out to see him
any time he entered the ring here.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13

VCOHGInueU irOW age
the work was to be done was when a
bill was presented Oct. end by the
Washburn Plumbing and Heating
Company for $S66.3S. itemized as
follows:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
CONGREGATIONAL Church

Morning services at 1920; sermon
on the Lords Supper and Com
munion; evening meeting at 7:3O
address, The Criminal and his Re-
,latioh to Society, or the Story Of
Cain, Gen. 4, discussing the follow
ing (D The meaning of the Story OF
Cain, (2) The Making OF Criminal,
(3) The Criminals Attitude Toward
Society, (4) The Ways in Which So
ciery deals With Criminals, (O How
to Deal With Criminals, CO. The Pre-
vention of Crime.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13

The entertainment given under the
auspices of the Mems Club of the Cong.
church last Friday evening. consisting OF
a character DRAMA of the life of Lincoln
while in the White House. by Benjamen
Chaplin, was one of the best entertain
ments that has ever been given in the
city. Mr.. Chaplin acted his part well. He
was greeted by ono of the largest audi.
ences that has ever attended lecture
course number and there was not single
person that was not satisfied,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
$50 to be Paid for Each Insertion by
Vim. H. Irish, Washburn, Wis.
To the Electors Of bayfield,
County:

= At the request of many friends I
hereby announce myself as candi-
date for reelection to the Office Of
County Judge for Bayfield, County,
TO be voted for at the election to be
held April 1st, 1913. If reelected I
promise to discharge the duties OF
said office as in the past, with strict
attention. fairness and promptness.
Very Respectfully
William III. Irish.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13

l hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of County
Judge of Bayfield, County, to be
voted for at the coming spring elec-
ton, April 1st, 1913 If favored and
elected 1 promise faithful and pains
taking service and strict attention to
the duties of said Office.
Respectfully,
HI. p. AXELBERG.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
BOILER DEAL
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page y
the work was to be done was when a
bill was presented Oct. end by the
Washburn Plumbing and Heating
Company for $S66.3S. itemized as
follows:
To removing old boiler in
Bank Building, etc. $500
Concrete foundation 1858
To steam boiler and labor
Bank Building $500
$500. 38
There is no credit given for the old
boiler which was removed and which
is located on the lots at the rear of
MIR. Fluck's plumbing establishment,
at least the records do not show it.
The bill was passed upon by the
finance committee composed of Mr..
Fluck, chairman, and Mr.. Amply and
Mr.. Peterson, and their O. X. placed
upon the same. When the bill came
up before the council it was objected
to on the ground that the claim was
an illegal one in as much as the COM
mittee had not complied with the
law in failing to first advertise for
bids and secondly in awarding the
work to Mr.. Fluck's company, Mr..
Fluck then being an officer of the
city.
Despite this objection the bill was
passed, the vote of the aldermen be-
ing as follows: For--Ambly, Hacker.
Fluck, Peterson, Ross, Wescott.
Against Bryan, Martinson, Hand
berg.
1t was intimated that an injunction
would be secured to stop the payment
of the order on the ground that it
was illegal and such would have been
the case but for the rush with which
the order was signed and cashed, the
papers in the injunction suit having
been prepared in advance.
This one order was either signed
the same night of the meeting or
very early the following morning by
Mayor III. HI. Peavey for it was pre-
sented for payment at the bank
promptly at nine o'clock on the
morning following the meeting by
Alderman George Fluck. This was
the only order signed by the mayor
at that time, the remaining orders
for labor and materials. not being
signed until some few days later.
The week following the payment
OF this claim a suit was started against
the aldermen voting in favor of the
claim by j. R. Mitchell and Robert
Steinert in behalf of the taxpayers of
the city seeking to recover the amount
of the claim, the plaintiffs in the
action alleging that upon information
and belief that the councilmen did
conspire together to secure the pay
ment of this illegal claim. This suit
is now pending before the circuit
court for Bayfield, county and accord
ing to the plaintiffs will be brought
for trial at the spring term of the cir
cult court.
The only explanation or reason
that the Building committee gave for
their actions in awarding this contract
was that owing to the shortage of
time they would be unable to adver-
tise for bids and let the contract and
have the boiler installed before the
cold weather set in. Right here we
might add that notwithstanding the
fact that the Committee of the Coun-
ty Board advertised for bids on
August 22nd for the installation of a
new boiler at the court house, the
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13

boiler was placed in the building be.
fore the cold weather set in.
For the information of our readers
we have looked up the figures show
ing the saving" in fuel that has been
made by the city with the new boiler
as against the old boiler.
For the year beginning July LIST,
1911 and ending June 3Oth, 1919
we find that fuel to the amount
of $2O6.6O was purchased by the city
and used in heating the Bank of
Washburn building with the old
boiler.
For the year beginning July 1st,
1919 and taking up to March 4th,
1913 we find that the city has pur-
chased fuel to the amount of SOCIAL
and this has been used in the new
boiler in heating the same building.
With almost four months yet to
run we find saving in favor of the
old boiler of $97.SI. With the old
boiler the building was always proper
ly heated but there has been good
deal of complaint this winter on
account of the building not being
heated.
Had the investigation of the old
boiler been made by persons COM
petent to Judge and had the law been
complied with in awarding the con-
tract there would have been little
complaint from the taxpayers, but it
is ON account of the irregular methods
pursued that there is complaint.
Our next article will be on THE
Basement Deal" and the artistic
manipulation of claims against the
city. This article will give an in
sight into some of the methods re-
sorted to in putting over small deals.
1t will prove mighty interesting to
taxpayers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
A Fight on Liquor Bills Be-
fore Legislature
Brewery Acti''ity in Politics
Will not be Tolerated
at Madison

Madison, Wis, Mar. 18th. =
| Especially Evidence of tenden'
cy to regulate liquor traffic in
Wisconsin is found in the large
number of excise measures now
before the legislature. Approx
mately fifty bills have been put
in and it is noticeable fact that
in almost every instance the pro-
posed measure tends to regulate
and curb the freedom of the
liquor interests.
Unless straws have quit indi-
eating which way the wind blows
the present assembly is "dryer'
| than ever before. This is best
indicated by the vote en- Merlin
Hull's measure to create "dry
zone" of one mile around all dry
territory. The speaker of the
assembly left the chair to en-
gage in a vigorous plea for the
passage of the measure and on
the final vote forty-six were for
the measure while fifty were
opposed.
The "wets" have by no means
a cinch on the senate, that body,
during the last week, ordering
engrossed Senator Teasdale's
bill prohibiting treating. This
is the middle step in the route
to passage.
Among the supporters of some
of the excise measures now
pending are many who strongly
denounce the liquor interests
participation in questions of a
purely political nature, and their
effort to control the state adj
ministratioa and the legislature.
The measure commonly known
as the "divorce" law was origin
ate by Milwaukee retail saloon
keepers and would do much, it
is said, towards curtailing the
political influence of the brew
cries. 1t is pointed out that a
separation of the retailers from
the brewers would take away an
immense power heretofo1e WELD
ed with little discrimination by
the latter.
That the breweries realize the
Importance of much of the pend
ing legislation is indicated by
the strong lobby they are main
tanning at Madison. Led by the
venera BILE lobbyist, Billy
Austin, a group of high salaried
counsel leave no stone unturned
in the path of anything that
scents of limitation or reduction
of brewery power.
Another bill, calculated to
bring little cheer to the brewer,
is that of Assemblyma Cannon
and Senator Ackley providing
that licenses be limited to one
for every 500 of population in
stead of one to every $50 of
population as heretofore.
A move for public ownership
of saloons. is started by joint
resolution, introduced by Assem-
blyman Smith, calling for a
Legislative Investigation of the
ACCESSIBILITY of this system.
If a bill introduced by Senator
A. E. Martin becomes a law it
will be necessary for farmers to
display a light from their We
hicles, unless the load is COM
posed of straw or other articles
that would make it impractic.
able, while on the highways at
night time. The bill also changes
the tail lights on autos from red
to white.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-01
TRAGEDY ENACTED AT GRAVE
OF LITTLE BERKOVITZ BABY

Samuel BerkOVitZ, a tailor, 500 S.
LOOmis street, shot his young and
beautiful wife twice through the body
and then tried to kill himself, at the
funeral of their siX-mOnths' old baby
girl, Rose, yesterday.
BeTkOvitz is dying of consumption.
The wife he married three years ago
and who bore him two children left
him last summer when she learned
this.
The wife took the children with
her And Berkovitz loved the chill
dren.
Gossips brought stories of his wife
having good times" with other men
to BerkoYitz some time ago.
BerkoTitz, knowing himself dying,
could not blame her greatly. But he
feared that she was not looking after
his children the way she should.
The name most commonly linked
with that of the consumptive tailor's
beautiful wife by the gossips was
William Brotsky.
BTOtsky was not dying of consUmp-
ton. He was strong, healthy man.
He was an old neighbOr, an old friend,
an old sweetheart of Mrs. Berkovitz.
The stories about Mrs. Berkovitz
and Brosky became more common.
Berkovitz listened to them gravely,
shook his head over them, and said:
81 am afraid she will neglect the
children"
Thursday night Berkovitz went to
his wife's mother home at 1921 w.
Thirty-eighth place.
Brotsky was there. Berkovitz quar-
relied with his wife. Brotsky laughed.
They came to Berkovitz and told
him that the baby had been born
while he was in the hospital, his beau
ttfUI little Rose, had died.
- AFRAID Of it." he said, and
bought a revolver.
Inc funeral of Rose was held at
the Jewish cemetery at Forest Park
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-01

He found his wife and Brotsky sit
ting on the bench together, far away
from the newly filled grave.
The face of the dying tailor became
so terrible that his wife dropped at his
feet.
Berkovitz drew the new revolver
and fired two shots into her bowed
back.
Brosky fed.
Mrs. Greenberg, Mrs. Berkovitz'
mother, stood as one in a daze.
Berkovitz turned the revolver to
his own head.
But he was not strong enough to
hold the revolver steadily, and the
bullet plowed it's way upwards, in
f1icting only a nasty scalp wound.
Berkovitz dropped by his wifes
side, and the blood oozed from the
wound of both and mingled on the
ground.
81 did not want to kill her." said
Berkovitz today. 81 just wanted to
OlSuS u1 = LC4 bO OJLC4 A44CA4 WONAlN nut
want her. She is the most beautiful
woman in the world, you know. 1
made a mistake when fired the bull
lets into her back. l should have
crippled her.
you see the boy is left yet I did
not want him to go the way Rosie
went for lack of motherly care. And
1 was sure she would not care for
him propeTly-not so long as she was
beautiful and men sought her"
Mrs. Berkovitz, who is very weak,
gasped out her story today, too.
HE told me last summer he had
consumption. was afraid. l was
young and beautiful and healthy.
Why should 1 go on living with him
and catch that horrible disease?
and it wasn't lack of my care that
killed his Rosie and is killing his boy
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-01

George Nurnberg, indicted yester-
day with Mrs. Austa Dietz, for the
murder of George Dietz, today fur
nished bond in $4,000 Mrs. Dietz
telephoned the states attorney. she
would do so this afternoon.
United labor bulletin., 1913-07-05

nese Alps. The construction of the
railway in this avalanche-swept place
has been accompanied by almost in
surmountable difficulties. and here
also the Alps have exacted their toll
of human life, a fact of which one
is grimly reminded by the trim grave
yard near the tunnel mouth, filled
with victims who met death during
the construction of the railway. Ava
lanche barriers have been constructed
high up on the mountain sides above
Goppenstein, and the line where 1t
emerges from the tunnel is guarded
by a wall like one of those which
girdle medieval cities at the point
The line is now carried along the
left side of the narrow Lotschen val
ley, where every foot of ground has
been veritably wrested from Nature,
and after passing through a number
Of smaller tunnels leaves this unin-
habitable region and enters the smil-
ing Rhone valley. With the Rhone
stretched like broad ribbon a thou
sand feet below, we continued our
journey along the edge of dizzy preci-
pices and over frail wooden tempo
rary bridges thrown across apparent
ly bottomless ravines-a journey
fraught with many dangers and &C
companied by many exciting incidents
when made with the service train on
temporary set OF metals. but which
will be one OF the most interesting in
the Alps when accomplished with the
fine electric trains of the Bernese
Alps railway. Many of the great
steel bridges and granite viaducts
were not yet quite completed, and the
service train made many a detour
which will be later unnecessary.
Travellers will be interested to learn
that one of the tunnels of the south
ern portion of the line is named the
Victoria tunnel. and Union Jack will
fly here at the opening The name
has its origin in the fact that the
mountain spur which the tunnel pene-
trates forms a wonderfully faith
silhouette OF Queen Victoria's head,
with crown complete.
Gradually descending. the line
line. which commands magnificent
views of mountain peak and valley. at
last reaches Brig; here We exchanged
our primitive conveyance for a com-
Portable carriage in a Simplon ex-
press. and in the space OF a brief hour
or two were basking in the sunshine
which bathes the shores OF Lake Mag
giore. We had reached our goal after
journey through two mighty noun
tain ranges and had travelled from
Switzerland to Italy by route which
will for decades TO come facilitate the
journeying of all those whose way
lies from north to south.
United labor bulletin., 1913-07-05
THINK LITTLE ABOUT FARE
Passengers on Russian State Railroads
Appear to Have Something of
an Easy Time.

1t costs nothing for some people TO
travel on the Russian state railroads.
The statistical report just published
shows an amusing array of figures
that travel was rather cheap in many
cases during the past year, Among
the dismissals and punishments in
fiicted in the course of the year. sl5
guards and 1873 subordinates dis
missed. and 6.575 guards and IO.47s
fined, are all catalogued as having
helped wayfarers along their way
without sufficient regard fer the law.
which DEGREES that journeys by rail-
way In Russia, as in England and
Siam, shall be paid for But these odd
10000 punishments can scarcely be
said to meet the needs of the case. as
in the course OF year nearly a mil
lion passengers defrauded the state
railways management The exact
number IL 904.l1S. Altogether as
much as s550.ooo was found to be due
for fares unpaid. Nearly half the
was paid later of free will. and for the
payment OF the rest the authorities
were compelled to go to law. Natur-
ally most OF the guards and subordin-
ate employees received slight com
missions" from the passengers they
helped Calculating that only third.
or Mt the highest estimate u half. of
the cheap travellers are caught. the
effect on the railway balance sheet
must be very considerable. II is anus
ing to note. however. that for the time
being the department expresses itself
almost satisfied. In earlier years. 1t is
explained. the number of passengers
without tickets who got on free was
much greater.
United labor bulletin., 1913-07-05
Dreams Self Into Fortune.

Fortunes generally are inherited or
acquired by hard work and sound bust.
ness acumen, but Georgetown. Del.
boasts of man who has dreamed him
self into affiuence-
This man is C. Z. Shockley, and he
is a railroad telegraph operator. Ere
quently he has acted as relief track
walker and on these strolls he has no.
ticed that nuts and bolts holding the
rails together frequently became loose.
He began concentrating his mind on
the subject of a safer bolt. The idea
proved n puzzle to him. he declares.
until Morpheus. by queer turn. un-
fclded the explanation as clearly as
though he had reasoned it out in his
waking hours He lost no time in ob-
tanning a model and has received n
patent on it
Shockley declares he has been of.
fered $4,000 for his invention, but he
is holding out for $4,000. A patent
lawyer in Washington. who handled
his claim. has offered to take over his
idea.
United labor bulletin., 1913-07-05
FACTS ABOUT THE RAILROADS
American Lines Far In the Lead in
Comparison With Those of
Other Countries.

The United States has $4,000 more
miles of railway than all Europe. This
excess would reach twice about the
world
Our railroads carry a little less
freight than those of Europe. but roll
up more than twice as many ton-miles
In 1872 the ton-mile record of America
was 267. .2SS. 900. 900; of all Europe H.
347. 100000.
American railroads receive 90 per
cent more freight revenue than Euro
pean. the ton-mile rate being much
lower Passenger revenue is 20 per
cent less; the total slightly greater.
The railway property of the world
as whole is not very profitable. Much
of it was built for political or military
reasons The United States. Germany.
Canada. Japan and British India have
the most profitable railways In Itaiy
the net revenue is only 1T per cent
OF the capital; in Denmark Iss. The
average for the world is less than four
per cent
The costliest railways are the Brit
ish, capitalized at about S275.O0O a
mile. The cheapest in Europe are
those of Russia, about $4,000. and
Hungary. about $4,000; those OF the
United States are about .00o-or
s60.043 a mile. according to Professor
Adams. who deducts railway stock and
bonds owned by roads from total cap
italization.
American railways killed in 1912 270
passengers. 1858 train hands and 6.541
others European railways killed 55I
passengers. following figures in some
cases much less recent. or more than
twice as many per mile: 2.607 en-
ployes and 4.465 others. Tramps and
trespassers bring our total per mile
rather higher. Russia. with similar
tramp conditions. has much the high.
est European death list.
United labor bulletin., 1913-07-05
OLD RAILS ARE MADE OVER
Railroad utIIlzes Them In Various
Ways-some Are Used For
Mile Posts.

In order to economically utilize
worn out rails, the Atchison. Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad is operating a
rail mill at Newton, Kas., says the
Iron Trade Review. All the worn or
defective rails which have been re-
placed on any of the Santa Fe lines
are assembled at Newton and an aver
age of five hundred rails a day is re-
ceived. They are slid on skids from
the cars to the platform, where they
are transferred by a system of creased
rollers to any desired point in the
shop.
Rails placed on the main line, which
are to be subsequently used for side
tracks. are worked over. Strengthened.
sawed to the required lengths and
drilled for new bolts. Such rails as
cannot be used for sidetracks are
sometimes still good enough to be
worked over for bridge guard rails.
When they can be put to no better use
the rails are cut up and painted for
mile posts, for which service they are
well adapted. The damaged portions
which have been sawed of are sold as
scrap. Friction saws are used for all
cutting operations.
At the present time about one hun
dTed frogs a month are also being
turned out and all the frog clamps
used on the Santa Fe system now
come from the Newton shop. The
work OF making and repairing frogs
and clamps effects a big saving in the
course of year. and SO creditable has
been the showing in this direction that
the work of the plant is to be extend
ed SO that all the switch points and
switch guard rails used on the entire
system will shortly be the product Of
the Newton rail mill. To this end con-
siderable new machinery has been
purchased, which will be housed in a
commodious new building now being
erected.
United labor bulletin., 1913-07-05

GIGANTIC wireless plant
plant situated in the Arc
tic. with peaks of lofty
mountains OF ice serving
as wireless poles. and
power sufficient to send
messages cracking out
for 1000 miles until they
can be picked up by 9TH
er stations and relayed to
New York city. That is
one OF the new features
of the Donald b. MacMil-
Ian expedition. which will
leave this citv this rnopth
United labor bulletin., 1913-07-05

which Peary saw the dim outline oil
Crockerland northwestward across the
Polar Sea.
We hope to reach the Cape before
the winter night shuts US In" Mr..
Macmillan said. "All along the 300
mile trail between our headquarters
and the Cape we will have made
caches OF food for our return journey
Then when the night sets in we will
wait for the moon. and with Its help
we will return to headquarters on
F1agier bay. where we will wait for
spring and the time for us to start on
our dash for crockerland.
-All winter in camp. while we are
waiting for this time 10 arrive. we ex.
pect to be comfortable. for we will
have electric lights from power
plant specially constructed. and we
viii be busy collecting food for the
next two or three years work. Then
there viii be the wireless to occupy
us. and the gardening. with the reflect