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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-02-05
IF you wish. %

She noted his embarrassment, and
&er immediate curiosity was not to be
Sented. She slipped the catch and
cooked Inside. There were combs and
brushes, soap and tooth-powder and
tAlc. manicure-set, a pair Of soft
WOODEN slippers, and She
glanced up quickly. The faintest rose
stole under her cheeks. 1t was droll:
u was pathetically funny. She would
aAve given worlds to have seen him
8sking the purchases.
You are not offended" he STAN
USred.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-02-05
He Hadn't the Heart to Do It.

Grouchy Patron-Goodness, man.
Why don't you rid this place Of fies'
There must be a million of them!
Restaurant Proprietor-Sorry' s"'
but l can't. Kind Of sentiment you
see. The money that gave me ny
start here came as a prize in a COZ.
test in which l swatted 3.64b noi'
flies than my nearest competitor
Puck.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-02-05

papers got hold of it, there would be
no living"
You leave it to me-" said the big
hearted German. From here to Ma
pies she shall be as mine own daugh-
ter. You have not told me all?"
mo; only what had of necessity to
tell"
We'll, you know best. | shall do
my share to make her feel at home.
She is as pretty as flower"
To this George agreed, but not YER
bally.
The steamer weighed anchor at six
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-02-05
CHAPTER xIx-(contInued.)

George came in under the time-limit
Of his adventure. He had been upon
the most difficult errand imaginable.
at least from a bachelors point of
view. He carried two handbags. One
If these he deposited in Fortunes lap.
Shall I open it?
IF you wish"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-02-05

escence. Their shoulders touched anu
Georges hand lay protectingly oVT
hers.
CTO BE CoNTINUED)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

to make him heart sick But Ralph Nc
Clarfn lived among the Good Samari-
tans'' in a Kansas community, where
men and women are human and neighbors
are kindly. As soon as Mr.. McClarin's
condition became known fifteen neighbors
drove to his place. seven miles southwest
of Lewis
They brought with them twelve grain
drills and fifty-six head of horses. Within
five hours they had drilled the wheat in
on his 100 acres of land. 1t was a Jolly
occasion and was followed by merry din
ner, served by the women folks of the
neighborhood
] Neighbors Sow Wheat
Verne Parnell, who lives near Haviland
has been sick for months. He could not
get his wheat crop in. Nearly 300 acres
OF land was lying unter.esed, and time
was flying rapidly. Worry over the fail
ure to drill his wheat was breaking him
down. But there were Good Samari-
tans' near Haviand, too. One day last
week fourteen neighbors drove in, and
they had thirteen wheat drills going all
day When they had finished they had
2S7 acres of wheat sowed.
Harvey Rezeau, who lives near Cullison,
was in the hospital Just before he was
to start sowing his wheat he was taken
down with appendicitis, and was hurried
to hospital for an operation. Worry
over his unsown crop wos doing him
more harm than the operation. the sur
geons said. Saturday the Cullison Red
Men tribe had special ''convocation' at
the Rezeau farm. Those braves started
in early in the morning and by o'clock
had his 10 acres of wheat land properly
sowed They then telegraphed Rezeau at
the hospital to cheer up.
Frank Kralik of near Claflin also was
behind in his farm work. cancer on
his face made it necessary for him to
go to the hospital a month ago. Mr..
kralik returned home this week to find
his wheat covering the ground and ready
for pasturing. While he was at the hos
pital nine of his neighbors, busy as they
were with their own crops drove into
his S0-acre field and drilled in his wheat
All over western Kansas these evidences
of fraternity and friendship among the
country people are noted. The spirit of
helpfulness and neighborly kindness is
reaching into every community. 1t is the
one strong tie that binds the people of
the prairies together, and helps them to
battle successfully against discourage
ment and adversity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
WILSON PUTS HIS
| FOOT RIGHT DOWN
ON MILEAGE GRAB
Gives New Example of His
Absolute Control of Situa-
tiOn in Washington
SOME EXAMPLES OF
HAVING HIS OWN WAY
3 Congress Will Now Probably Adopt
Rule That Members May Col
lect Only Their Actual
I Travelling Expenses
BY C. Il. STEWART

Washington, November 22.-(Special)
resident Woodrow Wilson'S ascendancy
rer Congress reached climax this week
hen he issued orders that there should
no mileage grab at this special ses-
N and the leaders of both branches OF
ngress meekly obeyed.
With most of the members of Congress
& is a petty grab, but with many 1t is
considerable item and goes far toward
s king out the expenses of the members
ach session an allowance of 20 cents per
lile one way has been made each SEN
tor and representative for the round
! lip from his home to Washington.
Unless there had been an adjournment
of this special session before the regular
session begins on December / there would
br no extra mileage allowance That is
to say, members will get only the one
round trip allowance for the special and
regular session instead of two allowances
one for the special and one for the regu-
lar session.
As the special session has dragged
along the mileage grabbers have been
emitting louder and louder moans Chair
man Fitzgerald of the House appropria-
tions committee said a month ago that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

democrats on the Senate banking and
currency committee were against the
President, but he put on the screws un-
til six of the seven democrats lined up
on his side.
OF course the currency bill has not
beeh passed as yet by the Senate and
doubtless it will be many weeks be-
fore it does pass. Accordingly 1t is
futile to attempt to say that President
Wilson will or will not get what he
wants. However, in view. of what he
has been able to do with Congress up
to this time the odds are rather with
him If it is betting proposition.
In times past Congress has always
been able to put one over" on the
President now and then. For instance.
in the famous fight over the intersta te
commerce bill during Roosevelt's ad-
ministration. the Senate forced the
President to accept the so-called Al
lison compromise after the President
had insisted that there should be no
court review amendment in the bill.
That was some victory for the Senate.
But If Congress has been able to put
anything over on Woodrow Wilson thus
far the item has escaped the reporter
of current events in Washington. To
paraphrase Delivers famous char
acterization of Taft, Congress has be-
come a large body entirely surrounded
by one man who knows exactly what
he wants and proceeds to get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
GOOD SAMAR|TANS'
FRATERNITY AIDS
FELLOW FARMERS
Kansas Society Helps All
Sick, Needy and Unfor-
tunate-NO Dues or
Fees Are Paid

A movement is being started in several
towns and communities in the western
half of Kansas for the organization of
a great fraternal society TO be known
as THE Good Samaritans" No lodge
dues or initiation fee will be required to
become a member of the order
There will be no ritual or secret work
The password, Lets help our unfortu-
nate neighbor," will flash over party line
telephone wires out in the country. and
that will be all, says q Hutchinson, Kan,
special to the St.. Louis Republic.
Then the Good Samaritans" will as
semble at the home of the sick neighbor,
gather his crop, cut his alfalfa, drill in
his wheat. or do anything else needed
about his farm. With the Good Samari-
tans' will go their wives and daughters
to prepare the meals while the men are
at work. And they will take with them
such provisions and condiments as may
be necessary.
The spirit of neighborly friendship and
helpfulness never was so strong in this
great agricultural region as now. 1t pro-
bably is due to the heavy losses many of
the farmers sustained by reason of the
drouth.
In all the years of western Kansas
history crop failures, plague visitations
and other misfortunes have served to
cement and strengthen the friendships
among the people. Iu such seasons and
times the, best that is in the men and
women of the prairfes comes to the
front.
Ralph McClarin lay helplessly on a bed
of sickness. On the farm he had rented
were 130 acres of land which had to be
seeded. He was poor and could not af-
ford to let the land lay idle. He was
working day and night to get the wheat
crop in. Three days before he would
start his drill he was stricken with paraly-
sis. The prospects of losing his crop and
facing the winter destitute was enough
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
MEXICO CIVILIZED
BEFORE THE AzTECS
Highly Cultured Race Once
Occupied the Turbulent
Country

Three distinct civilizations that ex-
listed in Mexico before the coming of
the Spaniards have already been re-
vealed to the archaeologists. according
to statement made yesterday by DR..
Franz Boas of Columbia university.
who was in this city to help classify
COLLECTIONS at the university museum.
Nhat new revelations may be expect
ed the expert was unwilling to pre-
olct, but the fact thai artistic designs
In pottery have been dug from the
clay 20 feet below the bed of Mexican
lakes indicates, he says, that great
things may be expected, says the Phil.
adelphia Record.
The International School of Archae-
ology, founded by Porfirio Diaz and
aioed by great universities of the
world, Pennsylvaniq among them, Is
continuing its worn with the help of
PRESIDENT Huerta. This fact DR. Boas
declared with great pleasure. The re-
maFkable disclosures made by only
TOUR years of work under the leader
ship OF the college fellows" has re-
suited In plan of campaign that will
be prosecuted with the full hone of
revealing finally all the history of
the early races of Mexico IN to the
point where darkest savagery', ended.
When the Spaniard came in con-
quest, said DIR. Boas THE Aztecs
flourished in Mexico Before the A.
tees there were the Tolteosor Teo-ti-
hui-cana, who had culture perhaps
even greater than their Successors
Then, at an earlier time, were the
cultured primitive races equal to the
Pueblos of today. Toltec relics are
found through 16 feet of accumulate
drift and other relies that lay as far
down in thes earth as 25 feet indicate
what geological changes, requiring
great flight of time. must have oc-
CURED in this interesting region of the
Americans No Asiatic derivation Is
possible in the races revelead to u.s.
They had not evenAa a wheel, despite
their culture, and this aid to trans
portation goes back as far as any
European or Asiatic intelligence
Their agricultural habits also deny the
application of Asiatic tests"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

probably there would be an adjournment
because the boys are getting pretty hun
cry for their mileage" Finally tacit
agreement was reached that an adjourn
ment would be taken today. That would
have given the members a couple of
weeks to go to their respective homes
and 1t also would have given them their
extra mileage.
Wilson Squelches Plan
However, the best laid plans of SEN
ators and representatives go wrong when
they have to deal with man like Wood
row Wilson. The moment the word was
carried to the White House that Con-
gress would adjourn today, the Presi-
dent squelched the movement in a jiffy
He simply caused the announcement to be
made indirectly that he would not consent
to an adjournment of Congress which
would entail neglect of the public business
merely In order to give senators and rep
resentatives an extra mileage allowance.
An awful roar was raised at once on
Capitol Hill, but it availed nothing. The
leaders recognized speedily that the presi-
dent had them at a disadvantage, and
that the only thing for them to do was
to yield as gracefully as possible. There
fore, they announced that the idea of an
adjournment had been abandoned. More
d
ator O'Gorman of New York now declare
that in the future there will be no mile
age grab. That is to say, In future al
lowances that are voted, each senator and
representative will be reimbursed for
actual travelling expenses from his home
to Washington, instead of being given 20
cents per mile one way, or any other
amount per mile which will admit of
margin over and above actual travelling
expenses.
This will be proposed as one of the
economy reforms of the Wilson adminis-
tration, and there is little doubt that it
will go through.
Now, If you were a member of Con-
gress from one of the Pacific coast states
and had been enjoying a mileage pick
up of anywhere from $500 to $4,000
year, wouldn't you be a trifle peeved to-
ward President Wilson? Very likely you
would be, but Washington observers are
rapidly coming to the conclusion that get
ting peeved with Woodrow gets nobody
nothing nohow."
What Wilson Has Done
The President certainly has Congress
where he wants it. He can make it sit
up. lie down, or roll over and play dead,
and when he takes it's mileage away he
can make it go hungry and pretend to
enjoy it.
In a short period of less than eight
months he has done things to Congress
that Theodore Roosevelt never dreamed
of doing In seven years, and Roose-
welt was supposed to be some pump
kins' as a dictator and the originator
OF the plan of using a big stick on the
national legislature.
The President began by overturning
all precedents in reading his messages
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
He Meant Leonard

From the Louisville Herald.
Leonard w. Hole, plumbers supply
dealer in Passaic, left home Thursday
evening telling his wife he would be de-
layed returning. About clock yester-
day morning man entered the house.
Mrs. Hole thought 1t was her husband,
but when she got no answer to her call
she left her bed to investigate
What are you doing here?" she de-
manded.
"oh, go to sleep-rm Charley" was the
answer.
And then Charley He'd With SO worth
of silverware.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Fourteen Killed And 175
Injured During Past Season

Charles Sweitzer, formerly a Hamline
university player, died November II, at
st. Paul, following a complication of
diseases resulting from injuries several
years ago. Other fatalities resulted
with few exceptions, from fractured
skulls, broken necks, or spinal in
juries.
Only two university players were
killed, Vernon Belyea of the Norwich,
Conn.,, varsity was hurt in a game with
Holy Cross and died three days later.
Edward Morrisey, captain of ST. Am
brose varsity, suffered a broken leg
September % and died of blood pois-
oning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

Chicago, November 22.-Fourteen
players We're killed and IT'S were in
jured in football games in the season
which virtually closed today. In 1872
1S players met death and 183 We're in
iured
These figures were compiled from
press reports and published here today.
The injured include only those who
suffered broken bones, torn ligaments.
severe bruises and sprains and internal
injuries. Off the IA deaths, 13 sucs
cumbed to injuries received this Jear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

to Congress, instead of transmitting
gress did not like that There was a
vast amount of criticism when the inti-
nation was first announced, and sage
and sapient members of both houses
predicted that the President will soon
discover that he has taken the wrong
attitude toward Congress.
President Wilson paid about as much
attention to that as he did to the
freshmen's protest against faculty rules
and regulations when he was at the
head of Princeton university. He went
right ahead with the innovation, and
then he made them forget their criti-
cisms of that in their Indignation over
other outrageous interference with con
gressional prerogative which he
promptly inaugurated.
Succeeds All Along Line
Il is unnecessary to go into details
as to how President Wilson has ridden
Congress as he might ride an old army
mule. To date he has got away with
everything he has attempted He made
Congress pass a tariff bill with num-
Der of schedules which a majority OF
both houses undoubtedly did not ap-
prove. He forced a lobby. investigation
which disclosed a lot of things which
Congress did not enjoy, even If 1t did
not unearth any real corruption. Then
when Congress wanted to end the spe-
cial session after the tariff bill was out
of the way, the President forced II to
take up banking and currency legisla-
ton.
Right speedily he forced Through the
House the exact kind of a bill which
he wanted and is at present engaged
in whipping the Senate into line.
Early In the Senates consideration of
the banking and currency legislation,
1t was freely predicted that the Pres
ident would encounter his first defeat,
and that the bill which the Senate
would pass would be a radical depar-
ture from the original administration
At first a majority of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
His Clever Answer

From the Louisville Herald
Il learn she said, reproaehfuly, that
you were devoted to no fewer than five
girls before you finally proposed to me.
How do l know that you didn't make des-
perate love to all of them?"
Il did, he replied promptly
You did, she exclaimed
Certainly he returned You don't
suppose for a minute I would be foolish
enough to try for such prize as you
are without practicing little first, do
you?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Exquisite Gold Jew
elry at Auction

This auction sale affords
rare opportunities to buy
really fine and elegant jew
elry at your own price.
Rings, brooches, pins, bar
pins, necklaces, lavalliers,
bracelets, bracelet watches,
plain gold and studded with
all kinds of precious stones
will be sacrificed at public
outcry without reservation, or
regard to real value. Come
look and bid.
"YOUR PRICE BUYS"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-10-23
: NAY GIVE IT OYER.
Florence Crittent0n Mission May
Take Home For Girls AT
Bon Air.

Richmond. Va, Oct. 23.-Thc man
agcment of the Virginia Home and
Industrial School for Girls. in Ches-
terfeid county, near Bon Air, which
was indicted by Chesterfield county
grand jury Monday. may pass to the
National Florence Crittenton Mis-
sion, it develops.
Mrs Kate Waller Barrett, Of Alex
andria. president Of the Mission, Is
in Richmond, in connection with the
matter.
While no action has been taken by
the executive committee of the home
representatives of the great national
social service institution Of Wash
ineton are in the city and have been
in conference with members of the
executive committee and also mem
hers Of the State board of charities
and corrections.
II is understood that formal pro-
position regarding the matter will be
made at once and the advisability OF
turning over to the Florence Critten-
ton Mission the management of the
home has met with considerable ap-
prova.
1t said. that should the home be
placed with the Florence CrIttenton
Mission an expert would be put in
charge of the home with two compe-
tent assistants and that experts con
nected with the mission would be
sent regularly on visits to the CheS-
terfeld home for girls. The experts
would watch conditions and make
suggestions regarding the best meth
DDS to pursue in the conduct OF the
home that has recently come! into no
! torety.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-10-23
SHOOTS FARMER
Douglas Lawrence Killed BY Orrin
Nunn-Latter Was Drunk

AIartinsville. Va. oct 23.-Doug-
las Lawrence. Il Young farmer OF the
Mountain Valley section Of Henry
County, was shot an killed in K.
y. GilcS's store here TUESDAY night
by Orrin Num-, Il young white mar,
employed at the town power station.
Num- entered the store in an lntoXi-
Gated condition. spoke to MIR. Giles
and "A Mr.. GraveIy. Not knowing
Lawrence he asked with an oath who
he was A little later he applied
vile cpithet to Lawrence. and the lat
ter reached out rs if t" take hold OF
him when Num- drew his pistol. pres
scd it against I.awrcnce's heart ana
fired. a scutFle followed. in which a
second shot was fired, after when
Num- broke from the store ana ran.
He went to the power station ana
had Mr.. PhariS, a cocmp!oye, ieie-
phone to the store and ask what ne
had done. Upon being told he start
cd To escape. but the officers VII" mad
nursued in an automobile were close
upon him. He attempted to wade
the river. but gave it up ana returned
70 the power station. where he WAS
arrested. He is lodged in Jail here.
Lawrence is a sor Of Mrs Mary f.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-10-23
POLICEMAN SHOT.
Thrilling Experience With Desperate
Negroes in Washington

Policeman D. p. Housley, of the
Fifth Precinct, of Washington, was
shot in the left hand by Frank But
Ter, colored, last night in New Jersey
Avenue, between NJ and n streets,
southeast Butler was arrested by
Housley on a charge Of disorderly
conduct in a saloon. When the po-
iceman took hold of Butler the negro
grappled with Housley, and in the
scuffle got hold of the policeman's
revolver. He shot once, the ball pas
sing through Housley's hand. Fol-
lowing the shooting, Butler disap
peared and later he was traced to
the house at 92I First street south
east. The house was surrounded.
When Butler saw that his arrest, was
certain, he leaped from second
story window and started to run. Po-
liceman Hurst was the first to see
the fleeing man and he brought him
to the ground with a shot in the back.
Butler was taken to Casualty Hos
pital. where, it was said last night,
his chances for recovery are slight.
Former Police Sergeant John Bar
~ was shot in the left shoulder by
an unidentified coIored man shortly
after O'Clock last night, in f street,
between Four-and-a-H Half and Sixth
streets southwest, when he attempted
to stop the negro. who was making
+! his escape after stabbing colored
woman of 496 Maine avenue south
west. Barry's wound is not serious.
Edna Phillips, twenty-five years
old, was cut on the shoulder by an
unidentified man. at Fisherman's Hall
Henry Scott, coloret, attempted to
catch the woman's assailant. AS he
ran down E street Barry called him
to halt, but instead the man whipped
out a revolver and shot.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-10-23
LECTURE On O'REILLY.
Romantic Career of Celebrated Irish
Patriot Told by Arthur O'Neill.

The assembly hall of St. Mary's
was filed with the students yeste,
cav at two O'Clock, when Arthur Bar
ry O'Neill, c S. C. Of Notre Dame
University, delivered a lecture on the
celebrated Irish patriot, English fell
on, noted journalist and poet, John
Boyle O'Reilly The speaker, poet,
of no mean or!er, who occupies a
chair at the University, and is on the
staff of the "Ave Maria weekly
sent out from Notre Dame, was we'll
qualified to estimate so intricate a
character as O'Reilly. and the leetu-
rer clearly presented to the young
students his romantic career, first as
a son of Erin with ali the patriotism
of his race, then as a Fenian felon in
an Australian prison, lastly as an
adopted son of America to whose lit
erarv fame he a&ded glory that will
grow greater with time. Journalist,
novelist and poet he was and the
reverend speaker carefully present
ed each phase of his literary career,
drawing the while lessons that we're
instructions and inspiration.
With the zest of one who has climb
cd the heights and tasted the sweets
of Parnassus, Father O'Ncill dwelt
long upon the divine gift which
makes the poet and from the many
soul stirring lines that were the pro-
duct of O'Reilly's heart, he culled the
most inspiring, showing as ne ad'
vanced deeper into the rich mine of
poetic wealth. OReilly as his readers
know him best-through the pages of
his poetry.
In conclusion he showed the man
generous, kindly, lovable,-whom a
nation mourned when. in 1890, death
took from his cold hand the facile
pen that was ever used in the cause
of truth, justice and liberty. AT the
conclusion Of the lecture, the pro,
longed applause. of the students testi-
fled their appreciation of the lecturer
and his theme, and it is safe to say
that new impetus was yesterday
given to the study of so varied and
so able writer as John Boyle
O'Rcilly.