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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
TO PROBE FAILURES.
q. s. PROSECUTIONS MAY RESULT
FROM SUSPENSION OF PITTS
RuRGH BANK.
REPORT SHOWS DISCREPANCY
Flrst-second National Closed by Gov
eminent and Receivers Are Ap-
pointed for $73,oo0,ooo Water
Works Company.

Pittsburgh, Pa. July 9.-As a re-
suit OF the suspension of the First
Second National bank OF Pittsburgh
on Monday, one Of the largest insti-
tutions in the country. of which w. s.
Kuhn is president, the government
may start criminal prosecution. The
bank had more than $4,000, 900 in
deposits.
The circumstance on which the
probable prosecutions are based is
the discrepancy of nearly $4,000. 900
between the sworn report to the
comptroller of the currency as to the
banks condition on June and what
should have been true copy OF this
report published in the Pittsburgh
newspapers
The closing of the First-Second
bank was followed by action in rapid
series against various other interests
with which the Kuhns are identified.
During the day there was a run on
the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings, a
large institution, of which ]. s.
Kuhn is president Then came the
closing Of the First National bank OF
MeKeesport. an adjacent city, which
Is closely allied to the First-Second of
Pittsburg. Soon afterwards a re-
ceiver was appointed for the banking
house Of ]. S. & w. s. Kuhn. incorN
porated.
Greatest of all disasters in this ire
mendous financial crash. however,
was the receivership for the Ameri-
can Water Works and Guarantee com
pany, the largest concern OF its kind
In the country, OF which J.. s. Kuhn
is president. This corporation con-
trolls water-works plants in about
eighty cities and towns In the Uni
ted States. and the capital stock OF
the various controlled companies APP
pro1imates $4,000. 900.
The one consoling feature Of the
situation was reassuring statement
sent out from Washington by Score
tary OF the Treasury McAdoo, In
which he declared that the general
banking condition in Pittsburgh, as
well as in the entire country, was
strong and sound. and that he ex.
pected no further trouble as result
OF the failure.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
BATTLE OVER LINCOLN
VETERANS RESENT sLuR ON MAR
TYRED PRESIDENTS NAME.
Fight Occurs In Gettysburg Hotel and
Guests Flee in Panic When
Trouble Starts.

Gettysburg. Pa, July S.-Seyen men
were stabbed in a fight in the dining
room of the Gettysburg hotel as a re
suit of a fight started when several
men aroused the anger of an old vet
eran in blue by abusing Lincoln
Wednesday. Three of the wounded
men are in a serious condition at the
Pennsylvania State hospital. The
state constabulary are making des.
perate efforts to find the men who
did the stabbing.
The WOUNDED men are:
Edward j. Carroll. sergeant Of the
quartermaster's corps, Z. s. A.
David Farbor of Butler, Pa. mem.
Der of the state constabulary
John D. Maugin, Harrisburg
Charles Susler of West Fairyiew,
Pa
Malcolm Griffin OF Bedford City, Pa
Hayder Renisbecker, Gettysburg.
Harry A. Root, Jr., Harrisburg.
Farbor, Mangin and Griffin are in
the most serious condition. Each was
wounded in the left breast and the
surgeons fear they will not recover.
The fight started shortly before
seven o'clock. when the dining-room
was fulli and caused panic among
the scores OF guests.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
LAWYER PASSES THE BUCK
Lauterbach Says That story He Had
influence at Washingtons Was :
Merely an " E.xaguesation." $ IA.

Washington. Jgly...99E Edward Lau-
!. terbach confessed, 70 the. .OvermaQ
lobby inquiry committee on Tuesday
that he had told Lewis Casss Esdyard
that he was able to prevent or head
of the Confessional invest gatiqH ,of
the steel trust. .s,.ss .,,, v.
Lauterbach admitted. that; when, he
told Ledyard of coming to Washington
Ito look over the situation" he had
actually seen no rnefffbertof the sffo6se
or senate nor any other, Official. >tHa
said he had learned that President
Taft was opposed to the inyestiga-
ton from Lamar and Henry B. Mar
tin, secretary of the Antitrust
league.
Then your statement to Ledyard
that you had been to Washington and
learned things that prompted you to
say the investigation could be stopped
was a falsehood?" demanded Senator
Reed.
"It was an exaggeration. replied
Lauterbach
The witnesses declared that in his
CONVERSATION With LGuydIu FEBRUARY
6, year ago. he did not represent
himself either to have seen or to
have been in the confidence of any
member of the Democratic party.
A sensational scene was enacted
before the committee when Reed
thought he detected Lamar prompting
Mr.. Lauterbach Pointing finger at
Lamar the senator shouted:
Il want this prompting stopped and
II it isn't stopped / will send you to
Jail. Let us have no more of it."
His nerves on raw elge, Lauter-
bach himself leaped from his seat
II am an American citizen" he
shouted. and | demand all the rights
of such
A moment later Lauterbach cried:
"Mr. Morgan has seen fit to char
acterize me as vermin. demand
this committee call him as a witness
here and ask him about the efforts
OF Mr. Ledyard to ruin me-"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
FORMER SUGAR OFFICIAL DIES
Charles r. Heiks, Who Was Convict.
ed Of Fraud and Pardoned by
Taft, Dies Of Heart Trouble.

New York, July 5.-Charles R.
Heike, former secretary of the sugar
trust. who was convicted of compile
ity in the underweighing frauds and
whose sentence OF eight months Inn
prisonment was commuted by Presi-
dent Taft. died last night at his home
in Sea Bright, N. J. Heike had been
III for some time. The president ex-
tended clemency when he was assured
by eminent physicians that imprison-
ment would only hasten the convicted
mans death which would occur before
many months. Before this Heike had
tried in vain to upset his conviction in
the higher courts His penalty was
limited to a fine of $S,e0e.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
JANET BEEcHER IS WEDDED7
Beautiful Belasco Star Refuses to
Tell Her Friends Whether She
Is Bride.

New York, July 5.-Is Janet Beech
er, the beautiful Belaseo star, still
Janet Beecher, or is she Mrs. Harry
Guggenheimer? II she is not Mrs, =
why not, and when is she going to be-
come one? These questions Miss
Beecher-or Mrs. Guggenheimer-re-
fused to answer, even when her
friends besieged her for information.
week ago marriage license was
taken out for Harry Guggenheimer and
Janet Reecher. Harry Guggenheimer,
a young lawyer, admitted that he was
10 be the lucky one
He was to wed Janet Beecher. but
further than that he would not say
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
LEGISLATURE WORKS AGAIN
A Calendar of Seventy.four Bills
Awaiting Senate When 1t
Resumes Sessions

Madison. After nearly two weeks OF
inaction the senate met on July s to
take up the work of legislation where
the assembly left off before July 4.
A long calendar of seventy-four
bills awaited consideration, most of
them, however. of minor Importance.
The most important measures on the
schedule are the Balls bill authoriz.
ing the Wolf River Improvement com.
pany to build dams on the Wolf river:
the sterilization bill, the Martin anti
lobby law, appropriation for the board
of control and the bill amending the
workmen's compensation act.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Tornado Near La Crosse.

La Crosse-Many miles of telephon.
wires were torn down and commun.
ication with rural districts made ina.
possible as the result of tornado
here. Thousands of dollars damage
was done To- growing. crops in this i'm
mediate vicinity, grain being. laid low
over wide expanse Of territory. Many
windmills were demolished by wind
while dozens of farmhouses were un.
rooted and fences blown down. The
greatest damage in this city was done
along the river front, where many
lighthouses were destroyed and
launches blown upon the shore. Trees
eighteen inches in diameter were
broken off close to the ground. One
of the new factory buildings of the
La Crosse Pillow company was demol.
ished.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
BAL SITUATION is SERIOUS
Canvass of Ballots by Eastern Unions
Expected TO Favor Suspension Of
Workman Win Arbitration.

New York, July There are still
more than 5000 of the railroad EN-
gioyes' strike ballots to be canvassed
oy the general COMMITTEES Members
of the committee left the city last
vseek, but win return today to com
Dlete the work.
While neither President Lee OF the
brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen nor
president Garretson OF the Railway
Conductors has made any positive
statement as to whether the vote will
be for strike, the representatives
OF the railroads expect nothing else.
Further conferences probably will
follow the announcement OF the strike
vote
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
WAR OF ALLIES IS ON
OVER 10000 BuLeARIANs DIE IN
FIERCE BATTLE.
5Ioodiest Fighting In All Balkan War
Revealed in Report of Disaster
to Servian Army.

London, July S.--After ten days of
fighting, more severe and deadly in
character than any in the last Balkan
war, light begins to break upon the
hitherto obscure operations.
The Servians have lost more men
than in the whole previous campaign,
and semi-official statements issued at
Belgrade have the appearance of an
intention to prepare the public for
news Of disaster. s
A Belgrade dispatch, describing the
five days operations between vardar
and Kwivolak, says that after holding
a greatly superior force In check the
Servians were obliged to retire. Thus
Kwivolak fell into the hands of the
Bulgarians. 1t contends, however.
that this Bulgarian success was insig-
nidcant compared with the Seryian
successes against the Bulgarian right
wing
Another semi-official communication
says the Seryians lost $4,000 killed
and wounded and the Bulgarians 2O,-s
600. The Bulgarian losseF were in
creased by the Door Organization OF
their Red Cross service and.'la sof
communication and transports. Their
wounded were left on the battlefield
and the dead We're unburied, ~
There is heavy fighting also between
the Seryians and Bulgarians to the
south OF Istip and in the neighborhood
of Kotchana. About 100000 men are
engaged and the losses on both sides
appear to be terrible.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
RENEW RAND RIOTS
STRIKERS CONTINUE REIGN OF
TERROR IN JOHANNESBURG
TROOPS CHARGE MODS.
DEMAND GLADST0NE'S RECALL
Governments Effort to Quiet Strike
Disturbance In Gold District Inef-
fectIye-To Petition King to De-
pose GoverhS--

johannesburg, July S.-The strike
among the gold miners in the Rand
district, which the government ar
xanged TO settle with committee. has
proved ineffective.
The mobs reassembled late Sunday.
All trains and street cars suspended
service, the crews refusing to work.
No newspapers we're able to issue edi.
fions Additional troops guarded the
Rand club, the scene of serious en-
counters Saturday. A great mob as
.sembled there, hooting and jeering the
troops.
Up TO midnight there had been no
serious trouble, but armed police ev-
erywhere were guarding property.
The recall of the governor general
of the Union of South Africa, Viscount
Gladstone, is demanded by the FEEDER
ated Trades Unions. At meeting of
the federation at Pretoria attended by
I.200 delegates it was unanimously re-
solved to petition the imperial govern
aaent to take this action because the
governor general employed troops to
suppress the strike.
The opinion Is very general that the
government has made serious blunders
throughout the present trying situa-
tion. When Gen. Louis Bothc, the ex-
premier of the Union of South Africa,
and General SHUTS, minister of the In
terror. mines and defense, arrived at
Johannesburg they were amazed at
the strikers organization and the des-
perate spirit of the leaders
A great crowd OF strikers wearing
red badges surrounded the Carlton
hotel while the terms of settlement
were being arranged. When the
strike leaders announced from the
balcony that settlement had been
agreed to they were greeted with
shouts of: What about the dead?"
You've been bought"
Except at the time of the jameson
raid In 1896 and the outbreak of the
war in 1899 this city has not expert
eaced such a day of terrorism as Sat
slrday. The mobs in the business sec
aion caused less fear than desperadoes
who We're threatening TO dynamite the
homes of the wealthy All places of
business were closed and guarded by
troops. while bands Of citizens armed
with rifles patroled the residential
quarter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
COL. c., E. TOWNSEND DEAD
Only Surviving Member of Wisconsn's
First Territorial Legislature
Passes Away.

Madison.-Word is received that
Col. e. c. Townsend had died at his
home in Shullsburg. Col Townsend,
who was IS years old. visited Madison
about two weeks before his death and
made an address before the assembly,
of which body he was a member in
1861.
He believed himself to. be. and
probably was, the only survivor who
attended the session of the first Wis.
consin territorial Legislature at. Bel.
mont. in 1896. He was remarkably
well preserved. and did not look to be
over SIS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
.AER0PtANES COLLIDE IN AIR
other Seriously Injured at
JohannisthaI.

Johannisthal. July 5.-A collision
between aeroplanes resulted in the
death Of one Of the men and the seri-
GUS injury OF the other. Biplanes
piloted respectively by the German
aviator Helscher and Captain Friedel
came together in the dusk at an alti-
tude of sixty feet Both crashed to
the ground. Helscher died shortly
afterwards. Fiedel's spine was bad
ly injured.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
WILSON MAKES QUICK TRIP
President Reaches New York, Then
Goes TO Cornish te Join
Family.

New York. July president VIII
son took dinner at the University club
after hurried trip from Washington
via Gettysburg, his train sometimes
running at seventy miles an hour. At
one time he asked that speed be re
duced, He left for Cornish. " H..
where he viii join his family. When
the train stopped at stations on the
way TO New York the president was
cheered.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Governor RaIston in Action.

Indianapolis, July s-Governor
Ralston said that gambling at the
Mineral Springs race track in Porter
county must stop. The governor said
w j. Fading, prosecutor of Porter
county. would arrest every gambler.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Settle Bankrupt Case.

Green Bay.-A complicated bank
ruptcy case has been cleared up at
Sturgeon Bay and the Equity Eieya
tor company's creditors were prom
ised 2 per cent. The indebtedness Of
the company was $50, 1859.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Killed by EXPLODING Bomb,

Wichita, Kan, July s.--As a result
OF wound in his breast by the ex-
plosion of a Fourth of July bomb
he was constructing from a piece of
gas pipe, Michael Gonzales, a drug
clerk. fifty-two years old. died.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
WOMEN CAST THEIR VOTE
Females of Illinois Ballot in Three
Towns--Resuit is Not
Changed.

Chicago, July Illinois women
made their first appearance as voters
and cast onethird OF the ballots at
three towns.
In three towns where elections were
held amac, North Chicago and Lib
ertyyille-the proportion OF women
voting in each town vas about the
same.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
wlnehelI with u. .

New York. July s.--B. L, winchell.
formerly president Of the st. Louis
& San Francisco railroad. position
which he resigned recently. has been
appointed director OF traffic of the
Union Pacific railroad.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Rifles Rake Streets.

johannesburg, July S.-The strike
which involved practically all the gold
mines on the Rand has ended. Dur.
5ug its brief existence anarchy reigned
an the city. The casualties are esti.
.alSted at more than 100.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Would Prevent Drowninus.

Lake Geneva.-The city of Lake
Geneva has had three drags built and
placed at different places about the
bay to use in case of drowning acct.
dent. Pulmotors are also at hand for
restoring persons.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Finds piphtherla vaooln.

Paris. July Professor Behring.
the scientist. announces the discovery
of diphtheria vaccine The vaccine
is mixture of diphtheria germs and
antitoxin. but Professor Behring de-
clines to give out the preparation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
ARMY Is short COCO Horsea.

Washington, July S.-The army is
now short at least 1000 horses-a
greater shortage than has ever
existed. The war department already
has expended 100000. while $4,000
was available July 1.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Flyer Lands After Lone FIIUbt.

Milwaukee, July s.-Leaving Milwau-
kee. flying through the afr during the
entire night c. Livingston Virgins
was unable to land until dawn, when
ne was within 20 miles of his starting
point.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Goes from lawrence 10 ob.rlir

Appleton.-Prof. David r. Moore O:
Lawrence college has accepted the
professorship of European history al
oberlin college. Ohio. He has been
instructor in history at Lawrence col
lege three years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
FirefIahters Use BICYCLES

Delavan.-Two bicycles, each equip
ped with fire extinguishers, have beer
recently added to the equipment OF
the Deleyap IRE department to be used
in EMERGENCIES.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
AistorIc churoh nestrnuea

Montreal, Que, July S.-The historic
church of St Charles on Center. street
was destroyed by FIRE. The church
was one of the oldest in the city and
contained several valuable paintings
The loss is about 100000
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
Lumber CARGO Is Lost

Marinette.- While being towed to
make a sharp turn in the bay O.
Wells, the barge Halsted lost deck
load of select white pine valued al
$4,000.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
camlnetti-plaqa Case d..

Washington, July 9.-The publica.
ton of former District Attorney Nc
Nab's report to Attorney General Nc
Reynolds. dated May q. in the Cant,
netti-Diggs white slave cases aroused
new interest in the cases.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
VETERAN OF '4s SUCCuMBs
w. 3. Morand. Green Bay, SURVIVE,
!. of Mexican War, PASSES s
I Away, Aged 81.

: sr-sr-s - $3.50 s-Ns..,sxe,ss NJ
! Green Bay.-William B. Morand
aged 81, only survivor of the Mexican
'war in Wisconsin, and one of the flge
survivors known in thesUgited. States
is dead here. He tough. agMsE. + en-
Taylor and later under Gen. Scott. He
came to Green Bay in 1854, where he
cefaeuetsd 4, =. smell el. hotel for. many
years. 80"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11
May Buy Water Works.

Recommendation monie will hole
a special election to vote on the pu~
chase of the Menomonie water ror,.
system and tire issuing of bonds
pay FOR the plant.
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1913-07-16

take and hold the office of Presi-
dent under constitutional forms. Am
bassador Wilson's resignation will
soon thereafter be accepted. In the
meantime his appeals to be allowed
to turn the embassy over to one of
the secretaries of legation are being
met by urgent representations from
Washington that his continuance in
the post indefinitely is greatly de-
sired by his government. Such a
vindication from unjust aspersion is
clearly due a man who, in a trying
time, has exhibited qualities worthy
of admiration and commentator
His difficulties, dangers, and dip
lomacy have been plain to all in
telligent and unprecedented minds, a
fact highly discreditable to the poll
ticians who have been willing to
force a change in the Mexican am
bassadorship at any injustice to Am
bassador Wilson, and at any risk to
the safety of American residents in
Mexico and the peace of the United
States. 1t is creditable to the new
administration that it has been proof
against this long-continuing pressure
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1913-07-16
THE BUDGET NECESSARY.

President Wilson should not aban-
don the budget system because OF
the adverse action of the Demo
cratic caucus. The country should
demand it in such way that the
pork barrel" congressman would
not dare offer further opposition.
The country should demand it be-
cause the present system has been
enormously expensive as the follow
ing figures show:
Appropriations of the
fifty-fourth Congress S 954,496O55
Appropriations of last
Congress --------2054, 584, $40
Thus in fourteen years the appro-
priations have more than doubled
though neither the population nor
the wealth of the country has doub-
led, or nearly So The Democratic
party is solemnly committed to
economy. Therefore, it should adopt
the budget system in order to know
what the total expenses must be and
where the money is coming from to
meet them.
1t is double duty the Demo
cratic party owes to the scountry to
adopt the budget system, since it
was a Democratic lower house, in
the first Cleveland administration
that took from the appropriation
committee power to determine final
ly the amount of appropriations for
all purposes. This had been a
partial and fairly effective budget
system, but the Democrats made the
change in order to punish Samuel J.
Randall for his opposition to tariff
for revenue only proposition adj
vanced in the House.
r The enormous increase in public
expenditures since that time has
been due largely to the plan of hav-
ing different appropriation commit
tees for different expenditures. The
general committee has been render
ed practically powerless.
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1913-07-16

banks through their branches col
lect all the money of the country
on deposit. They have the ability
to shift that money quickly from
one part of the country to another,
giving wonderful flexibility to the
currency. The trouble is, they don't
do it. Instead, the banks, being
practically free from government
control, have used the money of all
Canada for the promotion of certain
big enterprises and the rural dis
tricts have had dearth of cash for
legitimate business.
Canada is now trying to reform
its banking laws, and the plan pro-
posed is wonderfully like that of the
administration bill now pending in
Washington, so far as the super
visory powers of a central reserve
board are concerned. The propo-
sition now is to have a commission
with powers very like that of our
Interstate Commerce Commission.
But the Canadian bankers are fight
ing the profSsition. The most they
will agree to is the establishment of
an independent audit committee to
be selected from men nominated by
the bankers themselves and elected
by the stockholders of the banks.
This discussion of the Canadian
money system is pertinent at this
time because of the agitation now
going on in the United States. The
ebb and flow of money is not pos
sible in this country as in Canada,
but what would be a blessing with
government supervision has become
curse to the Canadian average
citizen.
The Glass-Simmons bill proposes
to avoid the defects of the Can
adam currency system and to give
the United States all of its good
points, the major of which is flex-
Utility.