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Arizona republican., 1914-08-02
WHAT IS HAPPENING
 HERE THIS WEEK

THE COLUMBIA has secured for this weeks bill, opening Tuesday, Lowe and De Marie, an English vari- cites act, doing novelty comedy wire exhibitions; Marie Wesell, a
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
BLAZE CAUSED BY LAM? ENPLoD'
ING in FARM HOUSE IN
HAY VALLEY.
SAVES CHILD FROM FLAMES
Roof Falls in as Heroic Father Rushes
In to Save Three Small
Children From the
Upper Story.

La Crosse.-Four persons are dead
as the result of the e1Dosion OF q
lamp in the farm home OF Thomas
Straight, in Hay Valley, lonely re-
cess lying in the bluffs between ROCK
ton and Ontario. The victims are
David Thomas, his 6-year-old son and
the two children of Mr.. and MRS
Straight.
The fire broke out while Straight
and his wife were at work on the farm.
Rushing to the house, Straight en-
tered and succeeded in rescuing one
of the Thomas children. Thomas en-
tered the building, but before ne
could rescue the little ones, who were
on the second floor, the roof fell IN,
burying the four victims. Their
charred bones we're found in heap
when the fire had died out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
SEEING HOLLAND BY WATER
Once the Dutchman's Tyrant, He H,l
Tanned It and Made 1t His
Servant.

Amsterdam, Holland.-The travels
by the waterways in an economis
The railways are not as cheap as they
are unpunctual and dilatory. Their
is, granted, no better way of seeing
and seeming the flower fields betwea
Amsterdam and Harlem than from
the light railway, half train, half tran.
It's halts at clean, bright villages lend
zest and variety. and provide ltts
insight into the homely comfort Of The
countryside. But it is by water that
the Dutchman is best expressed. The
passive melancholy of his fallen cities
is best seen in the empty waters and
unfrequented avenues of their water
ways. The placid aloofness and old
worldiness of his villages displays N
self most openly in the unaffected eE
element and curiosity occasioned hi
an unaccustomed sail or funnel. Their
is over all the waterways the senSed
the pleasure Of the race in quiet thing
lin neat, secretive houses gazing n
their reflections in the glimmerhI
waters; in green trees along the prom
enades, even on the busy "boomies|
Of Rotterdam; and in the seemly ds
nifty Of streets into whose homes lN7
wayfarer cannot peer. At Alkmaa
one can leave the ornate weigh houS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
WRIGHT COLLECTION AT FAIR
lntercounty Exposition at Spring
Green Gets Antiques From
Scene of Tragedy.

Spring Green.-The annual inter
county fair will open here on Sept. 1.
1t promises to be. the greatest ever
held, in that several wonderful new
features have been added, one of
which may not ever be a county fair
feature again.
Frank Lloyd Wright, the Chicago
architect, has consented to place on
exhibition his wonderful collection of
oriental art products from his bunga-
low where seven persons were killed
recently. This is perhaps the most
complete collection of its kind in the
United States. There will be models
OF Japanese temples, rare ANTIQUE bro
cades of various periods, samples of
antique Chinese pottery, ancient Ko-
rean pottery, and various other arti-
cles. Mr.. Wright has made three
trips to the orient to procure these
articles and the duty on the last con-
signment was $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
POOR CROP OUTLOOK
WAR IN EUROPE AND UNFAvoR.
ABLE GROWTH CAUSES WORRY.
Composite Condition Of American
Crops August I Two Per Cent
Below Ten-Year Average.

Washington, Aug. 26.-War In Eu-
rope and unfavorable conditions for
crop growth during July made the ag-
ricultural outlook on August l in the
United States and other parts OF the
world less favorable than was ex-
pected, according to the Farmers Bull
letin, issued by the department OF ag-
riculture.
The composite condition of Ameri-
can crops on August was two per
cent below the normal ten-year av-
GRACE" the bulletin states, whereas
on July prospects were IA per
cent above the average"
A hopeful note is sounded by the
department, however, in the statement
that prospects still are five per cent
better than the outturn Of last years
crops, which were unusually poor
There was improvement in the
crops during July in the Atlantic
states, Michigan and Wisconsin and
in the mountain states, says the bull
iettn, but in other parts of the country
the crops have deteriorated material
ly. The phenomenal wheat CROP in
Kansas goes far to improve the gen.
eral situation, it was stated.
Previous reports on the foreign
wheat crop also we're too optimistic,
the department states, and the crops
abroad generally are inferior to those
of 1913.
THE level of prices paid producers
Of the United States for the principal
crops decreased about Oh per cent
during July, but on August the index
figure of crop prices was about 81
per cent higher than a year ago."
says the bulletin. The price level
for meat animals increased 2.6 per
cent from June Is to July 10.
OF the leather trade the bulletin
says:
About one-third of the cattle hides
treated in the leather manufacturing
industries of this country five years
ago were imported from other coun-
tries. In the meantime the number
OF cattle on the farms and ranges of
the United States has diminished, the
consumption of hides has increased
and at present the European war has
affected the international trade in
hides, so that the industries that tan
and otherwise treat cattle hides and
ties in the supply of the raw mate
rial"
The condition of sugar beets on Au-
gust 1 was 92.4 per cent of normal
and the cotton crop on July Is was
76.4 per cent Of normal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
BADGER TAX Is SO, 1894, 997
Wisconsin Has Few Large Individual
Incomes Compared With Rest
of Union.

Madison - Washington dispatches
state that during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1914, there was collected in
internal revenue from all sources, in
GLIDING the income tax, $3.50, zoos, 1886,
an increase of more than $35,000,00O
over the aggregate collections of the
preceding year, according to a prelim-
mary report of the commissioner OF
internal revenue made public.
The increase is due to the income
tax. Ordinary collections fall off for
the year $7S0,534.
The aggregate collections for Wis.
consin were: For the First Wiscon-
sin. district, Henry Fink, $4,731, 1853. 65;
Paul A. Hemmy, 1896, 27454 For the
Second Wisconsin district, Herbert H.
Manson, 1926, 576.58; and William N.
Wells, acting, $4O1, 282.89. The total
collections for the state were $9,994,.
1896.
The corporation tax and income tax
collections are summarized as follows
for the state of Wisconsin,: Corpora.
Iion excise tax, $147,4O3 corporation
income tax, $497,785; and individual
income tax, $22O,642
In Individual income tax collections
Wisconsin is sixteenth in the list of
states. New York leads with a total
of $12,522,297; Pennsylvania is next
with $3,176,095; and Illinois third with
$2,O76,171.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
VAN S. BENNETT DEAD
HORSES KICK PROVES FATAL TO
VERNON COUNTY MAN.
Was Member of Assembly and State
Senate in the Eighties-Veteran
of Civil War.

Viroqua.-Van S. Bennett, one OF
Vernon county's Oldest settlers, died
as a result of kick from horse. Mr..
Bennett has been identified with coun-
ty affairs for more than forty years.
He was trustee of the county asylum
and had been a member of the assem-
bly, and state senate in the eighties He
was a soldier in the Twelfth Wiscon-
sin regiment Mr.. Bennett was an Odd
Fellow of high rank, having been
grand master. He was also member
of the Masonic consistory and shrine.
joining the latter bodies with the big
class in Milwaukee last November
The funeral will be held at Rockton
Wednesday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
BLAcKBIRD REDEEMS IN
Proved to BE Deadly Enemy .,
ferrous WebWorm, scource ;, ~
Sugar Beet Farms.

Wellington, Col.-The lowly NJ. 4
bird has redeemed himself afto, 'laSS
years Of derision and contemnt wy
tuitously heaped upon him by mn. ~
full man In all countries and =
ages. He has proved himself !
Nemesis Of the webworm. W
While the agricultural colla,.
perts are seeking some method :. Y
termination or at least holdins : !
check the destroyers of the sugar :
the pestiferous webworm, G p y
born, field superintendent Of the c,s'
Western Sugar company in the ma
ington district, tells Of the wort ~. ;,
large flock of blackbirds which so.s
to sound the death knell Of the H.,
pest. w
One day last week about ten o,..
Of an eighty-acre farm of beet. !,
longing to c. o. Culveg south Of w.v
ington, was attacked by a vast bo. !
Of webworms. It is well known n"
If left unchecked they will comnIo,.s
destroy a field of beets in from J.
week to ten days.
Mr.. Culver was watching the sn.sa
destruction of his crop with no cbans
OF heading it off. Early Sunday mor
ing the heavens we're darkened nv 4,
fight of a vast flock of blackhi,a,
which circled around couple Of fins
and settled down on the field whe,
the webworms were enjoying the Hr
banquet of their short young lives
The tale is almost told. The bacb
birds remained industriously at Wort
all that day and return to the tesp
the-next day with just as ravenous n.
petites for the succulent webwormS n
on the previous day. In fottyejgH
hours the field was cleaned of worms
and now the beets are growing vlgc
ously.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
J. E. LAMB OF INDIANA DIES
Former Representative In Congress
and Proposed Mexican Envoy
Succumbs at Home.

Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. 25.-John e.
Lamb, former congressman from Indi-
ana and President Wilson's selection
for ambassador to Mexico. died at his
home here. Mr.. Lamb had been a
leader in Democratic politics for a
number of years, and was strong
friend and supporter of Vice-Presi-
dent Marshall. He was opposed in his
candidacy for the United States SEN
ate by Thomas Taggart of French Lick
when John w. Kern was elected to
the upper branch of congress.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
COURT REsTRAINS STATE
Stops Action Against Western Union
Telegraph Co. Until Result OF
Appeal Is Known.

Madison.-Federal Judge A. L. San
born of the Western district of Wis
consin entered an order restraining
the state from revoking the license of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany pending final adjudication in the
suit brought by Secretary OF State
Frear to revoke the charter when the
company removed a case brought
against it in this state to the federal
court. The case was decided in the
United States circuit court favorably
to the company and now goes to the
federal supreme court
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
SPENCER WIsHART FATALLY
HURT WHILE GOING ITO MILES
AN HOUR AT ELoIN, ILL.
DE PALMA WINS THE TROPHY
millionaire Driver Of Philadelphia
Crushed When Car Hits Another
/ MachIne-Several Persons Are Hurt
Whom Auto Goes Through Fence.
FINISH OF ELoiN RACE.

Pos. Car and Driver. Time.
4. Mercedes, r. De Palma. j. .4:O6:18
2. Mercer, Ed Pullen. ........ .4:07:28
3. Stutz, Barney Oldfield. 49,. .4:24:02
4. Sunbeam, CASTOR Morris. .4:31:09
6. Burman Spl., Ed Hearne. .4:35:47
Average per hour-De Palma, 1876;
Pullen, 70; Oldfeld, 68.2: Morris,
66.7; Hearne, 65.6.
Elgin. ILL.,, Aug. 25-Ralph De Pal
man, driving In race marked by the
death Of Spencer Wishart, young
Philadelphia millionaire pilot. several
injured, and the most spectacular
driving ever seen on the Elgin course,
emerged the victor for the second
time In two days, when he won the
Elgin National trophy on Saturday.
De Palma sent the German Mercedes
around the 301 miles at an average
speed of 1876 miles an hour, tenth
Of a mile slower than his time in the
contest for the Chicago Automobile
club trophy Friday
Wishart met injuries in the four
teenth lap of the race which caused
his death shortly afterward in st.
Joseph's hospital here. He died in
the arms of his bride of nine weeks.
He was married June % to Miss
Louise MCGOWAN, daughter Of the
late Hugh MCGOWAN, Indianapolis
traction magnate.
The Philadelphia had completed
his thirteenth lap and was two miles
away on his fourteenth. He had
gained his cars maximum accelera-
ton down the back stretch. In front
of him, travelling at a comparative
slow speed, was Otto Henning, a Chi
cagoan, and Wishart's teammate, driv-
ing the smallest Mercer. Henning's
mechanic looked back and saw Wish
are coming. He looked at the road
and saw it was the narrowest part of
the course.
He signaled Henning to pull to the
right and waved to Wishart to come
on. His speed, it is thought, must have
been about one hundred and ten
miles an hour There was a staccato
note as the right rear tire OF his car
bIIuCh Ju0 I0lL lTOuL uuU Cap VI I1OA-
ning's Mercer The impact was slight
and Henning's machine was not
swerved from it's course, but at Wish
lrt's speed the result was terrifying.
Wishart fought the wheel and sue
ceeded in keeping the car straight, al
though it raked against a picket fence,
along which the car catapulted for
100 feet, tearing pickets and posts
from their supports. Spectators lined
the fence, and madly scrambled for
safety. Some were injured. Wishart
turned his machine off the embank-
ment and attempted to regain the
road He escaped one tree, but was
brought up sideways against another
with terrific impact. From the wreck
John G. Jenter, Wishart's mechani-
clan, was thrown so feet. Wishart
fell few feet from the machine.
Several rushed to him. He was con-
scious, but Jenter was in a coma.
Both were rushed to st. Joseph's hos
pital. Wishart retained consciousness
until he died..
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Commission Sets Rates.

Madison. The state railroad com
mission fixed some toll rates for joint
service over the lines of the La Crosse
Telephone company and the Wiscon-
sin Telephone company at La Crosse.
The commission several weeks ago or
dered the two companies to connect
their lines. The new order requires
the companies to connect at least
three trunk lines and provides that an
extra toll shall be cents for a dis
lance of not over fifty miles, 10 cents
for a distance more than fifty miles
and less than one hundred miles,
and Is cents for all distances over one
hundred miles,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
TRAIN WRECKED AT BANGOR
Youth Injured Trying to Prevent Col
lision Freight Cars De-
moIished by Impact.

Bangor.-Standing on the rear plat
form of caboose, trying to flag an ap-
preaching freight train with his coat,
a small boy jumped from speeding
freight train, in the yards here, just as
the faster freight crashed into his.
He was slightly injured by his fall.
The caboose and dozen cars we're
reduced to kindling wood by the i'm
pact and the engine of the other
freight train was badly damaged.
The fireman and engineer jumped
in time to save their lives and es-
capped with a few small cuts and
bruises
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES

Kansas City, Aug 25.-Rural Jack
son county voted dry" by about eight
hundred votes in local option liquor
election in all parts of the county.
Two thousand women frustrated at
tempts to vote fraudulently.
Washington, Aug. 25.-Loaning gov
eminent funds deposited for financing
crops at higher rate of interest than
four per cents or for other purposes,
would be made illegal by a bill intro
duced in the house.
London, Aug. 20.-The official press
bureau has issued the first casualty
list of the British expeditionary force
in Belgium. 1t is three dead and 20
wounded. During the last "a hours
more than $4,000 have joined Lord
Kitchener's new army. This consti-
tutes the worlds record Of a days
recruiting.
Montreal, Aug. 22.-The Bank Of
Montreal announced that the directors
had authorized a contribution of $780,
900 for national patriotic purposes.
Paris, Aug. 25.-John C. Spooner,
former United States senator from
Wisconsin, accompanied by his fam.
lily, reached Paris from Lucerne. Swift
zerland.
Paris, Aug. 25-Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth notified her friends here that
she is stopping at ST. Mehiel, near
Verdun, with Comtesse de Chambrun,
and is in perfect security.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28


and the chatter OF tradesmen -
come in five minutes to canai =, :.
ineffably remote. At Zaandam 1n0 :,
grims to the hut Of Peter the 1I'a "a
which has collapsed under the W. w.,
offerings of royalty-have not -,
bled the rush-fringed waters. W. 4,
has nodded the character Oh
Dutchman. 1t was long his tyran' 4
is still. in some sort, his enemy.
has tanned it and made it his ser
and lives beside it-having taA'D
thrifty precautions-in peace i.
what is servant to the DutchmaI
be to Englishman guide and Q u"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
EMPERoR'S DEATH IS NEAR
italian Foreign Office, However, De-
nies Receiving Confirmation Of
Francis Joseph's Condition.

London, Aug. 25.-A Rome dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph company
reports that Emperor Francis Joseph
is in grave condition and may die at
any moment.
Paris. Aug. 25.-A dispatch to the
Havre agency from Rome says the for
eign Office there denies the report in
circulation that it has received news of
the grave illness of Emperor Francis
Joseph.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Cannot Sell Supplies.

Madison. -Attorney General w. @.
Owen has advised District Attorney
James Kirwan of Calumet county that
trustees of village who had not been
sworn in as trustees but who were
serving as such officers would be gull
ty Of violating the statutes of the state
if they or. any concern in which they
were financially interested sold sup
plies to the village.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Negro Slayer viii Recover

DISQUALIFICATION Carleton, the ne
gro held here for the death of seven
of the nine occupants of Frank Lloyd
Wright's "love bungalow" will recov-
er from the poison he took Immediate
~ after the tragedy, according to ply
sicians who examined him. Wright
has put force of men at work in the
debris of the bungalow, clearing the
way for rebuilding.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Auto Friuhtens Horse.

Antigo-While driving into town
Mrs. Mike Jirovec, wife of a prominent
farmer residing in the town of Amigo,
was injured by being thrown from the
rig when the horse became frightened
at passing automobile. She sus-
tanned severe cut on the head and a
fracture of the skull.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Young Girl Saves Lives.

Bayfield,. The 10-year-old daughter
of farmer named Tablet is at Cornu-
copia, on the south shore. recovering
from injuries received while rescuing
several baby brothers and sisters from
their flaming farm home
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Robbed Of $500.

Racine Claiming that two men
crowded against him while on board a
passenger train just outside of this
city, Andrew Owens notified the police
that the men hal relieved him of $50
cash and a certificate of deposit
amounting to $3.50. The men jumped
while the train was moving slowly
and escaped
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
100000 FIRE IN ILLINOIS
Lives OF $1,000 People In Aurora En-
danqered When Tank of Nitro
glycerln Exploded.

Aurora, ILL.,, Aug. 25.-Explosions &C.
companying a 100000 fire that COM
pletely destroyed the factory of the
William F. Jobbins Chemical company
threatened the lives of $4,000 people
residing near the plant. Great steel
tanks, filled with nitroglycerin,' ex-
ploded and parts we're blown in every
direction over the city. The explo-
sions shook the entire city.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Many Use Interstate CROSSING.

Superior. During the year ending
Aug. | a total of 1,94S,525 passengers
were transported by street car be-
tween Superior and Duluth. All rec
ords for a single day were broken on
July of this year when 1O,918 people
were carried across the structure.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
EMERALD HAS $4,000 FIRE
An Exploding Can of Oil Starts Blaze,
Destroying General Store, Post
Office and Lumber Yards.

Greenwood.-Fir caused by an ex-
ploding can of oil in G. A. Eberts'
store at Emerald destroyed Eberts'
general store, the postoffice and the
Olcott Lumber company yards. The
village has no fire department and for
while it was feared the entire town
would be burned Citizens, with buck
cts, saved other buildings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Acquit Racine's Moral Con

Racine Patrolman Soren Jensen.
charged by Chief of Police Henry Ba-
ker with having unlawfuly Jailed
couple for spooning on private prem
ises, was acquitted by the police and
fire commission and reinstated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Dedicate Oshkosh School.

Oshkosh The new 100000 Catholic
high school of st. Peters congrega-
ton has been dedicated by Bishop
]. J. Fox of Green Bay. The dedicat-
DRY sermon was preached by the Rev.
G. A. Casey of Manitowoc. The Rev.
M. H. Clifford is the local pastor, un-
der whose direction the school has
been built.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Nav shin RIn Sent In

Washington, Aug. 25.-Authority
for the government to buy German
liners without limit was proposed in
joint resolution in the house. 1t was
referred to the merchant marine COM
mittee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
New Postmaster Appointed.

Milwaukee. Washington state that
the following postmasters have been
appointed: Amherst Junction, Lewis
L. Nelson, Jr.; Arkdale, Leonard M.
Holm; Glenhaven, Frank Tate, vice
Mrs. G. NJ Orr, resigned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Campaigns Against Loafers.

Neenah. Police are starting cam
paign against young men in this city
who have no fixed employment and
make practice of loafing the street.
The delinquents are brought into
court.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Hens Ara Necessities.

Trenton, N. J.-1f an ordlny 4
now being prepared is passed ~
city commission roosters will ~ =,
permitted within the confines OF !. i,
ton. Their early morning croVns &
become very Objectionable OF las' 3
they are to be barished. Hem :.
remain, for eggs are regardeu
necessity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Trolley Strike Ends at l4azIeton.

Hazleton. Pa, Aug. 25.-The Halle
ton trolley strike, which started Janu-
ary 1. was officially declared off by
the men on Saturday. The Lehigh
Traction company agreed to take all
of the men back.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
D. NJ. Parry ls No Better.

San Francisco, Aug. 25.-The condi-
ton of D. M. Parry, chairman Of the
foreign trade committee of the Nation
al Association OF Manufacturers, re-
mains extremely grave. He has
uraemia-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Eind Body of lost child.

Wausau.-The body of Minnie Weis-
mann, years old, who disappeared
from her home town, Weston, while
after COWS, was found in slough
near the grounds of the Wausau Coun-
try club.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
More Head Dies After Auto Accident

New York, Aug. 25.-Charles ]. Rite
of New Rochelle, president of the
Thanhouser Film corporation, whose
automobile turned somersault OF a
bridge, died of his injuries on Satur-
day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28
Barn Destroyed BY Fire.

Oconomowoc.-Lightning struck the
barn at the Harry Kummrow farm in
Concord. The barn and contents,
grain. four horses. several head of
stock. and machinery. were destroyed.