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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-07-03
Brakeman Killed

will Size Love, brakeman OIL
the Rock Island, was killed Mon.
day, at Wellsford. He was out
of Liberal on the run east anc
met his deat1. Just how it hap
pened no one seems able to deter.
mine. He leaves a wife and sew
eral children and carried no in,
surance. His home was at Pratt
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-07-03

Rev. g. W. Kellogg and family
former pastor of the Presbyterian
church of this city, were guests
at the Ault home, Tuesday. They
are enroute to Colorado for the
summer.
ChautauqIa July 31st to August
9Th. Five big days.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-07-03

Burris Wright and family were
here from Arkalon, last week,
visiting Robt. Hall aud Mrs. C.
r. Wright and families,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-07-03

Mrs. Matte Roberts came home
Wednesday, from a visit with .
sister in Oklahoma, and with rela-
tiyes in the eastern part of the
state.
Miss Maude Saunders came
home from Moscow, Wednesday,
where she had been visiting and
doing some church.
Miss Faye Adams came over
from Hooker, Tuesday, TO visit
her sister, Mrs. o. M. Woods and
friends a few days.
Jesse Sewell and wife who have
been with his father, l. o. Sewell
for the past few months, left for
Miami, Oklahoma, Wednesday
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-07-03

Justice of Peace-Fred Williamson
Constable-John Malone.
Committeeman-Precinct No. l }
W. Rosson.
COmmissioner-Sam Jones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
RICHIE DEFEATS AID WoLGAsr.
Wins In Six Rounds and Draws Fou
In Ten Session Bout

Wins in Six Rounds and Draws Four
In Ten Session Bout.
Milwaukee, Wis, March 14-In one
Of the best fought ten round contests
seen in this city since Stanley KetcheI
and Billy Papke engaged in their mem
orable battle, Willie Richie, light
weight champion, defeated Ad VOL
CAST, the former title holder, in their
ten round bout before the Queensberry
Athletic club at the Auditorium.
In the seventh round Richie landed
a solid right uppercut on the stomach,
sending Wolgast to the canvas for the
count of four. The former champion
complained of having been hit low,
but the referee refused to heed his pro-
test. Richie followed up this tenn
pOrary advantage by landing hard left
and right hooks to the head and body.
Wolgast covered up, weathered the
storm. and came back strong in the
next round
Although the blow was low, the ref
cree was in a position to judge whether
it was foul, and his verdict met with
the approval of the fans. Wolgast
used just as many foul tactics as
Richie, and for once the former cham
pion met his match at his own game.
They butted, used their elbows, hit in
the Clinches and breaks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
SELF-RULE WINS ELECTION
Opposing Fraternity Element Routed
BY Vote of 673 to 650-New
Constitution Adopted.

MadisOn.-The advocates of stu
dent self-government at the state uni
versity won over the fraternity ele-
ment that was opposed to student
rule in the election here by a vote of
673 to $50. A new constitution for
self government conference was
also adopted Gets, head of the stu
dent walters union, was badly beaten
by Gene Van Gent, captain of the bas-
ketball team, for senior presidency.
The students also voted to abolish
house parties at the junior prom for
all time.
The following officers were elected:
Standardization Conrad E. Van
Gent, Ottumwa, Ia; first vice presi-
dent, Georgia Meuer; second vice
president, Maud Neprud; secretary,
Joe Becker; treasurer, Ben Brindley;
sergeant at arms, Al Sands.
Juniors - President, Ben Bull,
GalesviIle; vice president, Genevieve
Hendricks; secretary, Julia Avery;
treasurer, J. Corley; sergeant at
arms, Al Dexter.
Sophomores-Pre Mel Hass,
Fond du Lac; vice president, Claire
Bodman; treasurer, Joe Cummings;
secretary, J. Miller; sergeant at arms,
Howard Buck.
Dress suits SIS tickets and prom
between semesters was also decided
upon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
VIII Crow More Hemp.

WaupUn.-The Wisconsin hemp in
dustry was given a new impetus when
$50 Fond du Lac and Dodge county
farmers decided to increase their acre
age and grow at least 500 acres in
1914. By cooperating in the purchase
Of seed and anticipating the recent
rise in the market, they were able to
get a supply at 81 per bushel, as
against the present market price of S.
in Kentucky, thus saying $500, Acting
together they leased a breaker and will
for the use of the machine, furnishing
their own labor. The action followed a
mass meeting with addresses by Prof.
c. P. Norgard, associate agronomist
Of the college of agriculture, and A. M.
Shelly of the Universal Fiber company,
Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
BERRY GROWERS MEET
SPARTA ASSOCIATION ISSUES
CALL FOR CONFERENCE.
Will EndeaVor to Find Cause for
Shortage in Strawberry Crop,
Which Diminished so Per Cent.

La Crosse.-In an effort to deter
mine the cause of shortage in the
strawberry crop, the Sparta Fruit
Growers association has issued a call
for a fruit growers conference.
That the condition confronting the
Sparta fruit growers is serious is evi-
dent from the fact that from ranking
as the leading center of the straw
berry crop in the state the amount
has diminished nearly so per cent
within the last three years.
The State Horticultural society as
well as the department of the uni
versity has made thorough study of
the situation in the vicinity of Spar
ia and will discuss the results of
their Investigations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
WESTIIGHOUSE DIES
FOLLOWING ILLNESS
Famous Inventors Condition Was
Kept Secret.
DEATH OCCURS IN NEW YORK
Was MuIti-MilIionaire Manufacturer Of
Railway Equipment-Made First
Air Brake-Many Nations
Decorated Him.

New York, March 14.-George West
inghouse, aged sixty-seYen, famous in
ventor and millionaire manufacturer
of railway devices, died here Thurs
day He died suddenly on Thursday.
He had been seriously III for several
weeks Of heart trouble, but his friends
and relatives had kept secret his in
disposition
George Westinghouse was one Of the
most noted inventors and manufac-
turers in the world. He was born at
Central Bridge, y. Y, October 6, 1876.
As q youth he spent much Of his time
in his fathers machine shop and at
the age Of fifteen years made his first
invention, a rotary engine.
His education was obtained in the
grammar and high schools.
As a young man he was interested
in matters military and ne became
member Of the Twelfth regiment Of
the New York National Guard. He was
in the Sixteenth New York cavalry
during the Civil war, serving from
June, 1863, until November, 1864, when
he became assistant engineer in the
navy, performing the duties Of his
grade from December, 1864, to August,
1865. After the war he attended Union
college 10 the sophomore year. He
was given the degree of Phi. D. in 1890
To relate the history of the man
quickly, he invented a device for re-
placing railroad cars on the track in
1865. Three years later he invented
the Westinghouse air brake. He also
made other inventions in railway sig
nails, steam and gas engines, steam
turbines and electrical machinery. He
was the pioneer, in the face of the
most intense opposition, in intrOduc-
ing alternating current machinery in
America. This has made possible the
great development Of water power for
long distances because Of this means
of electrical transmission. He built
the great generators at Niagara Falls
and those for the elevated railway ana
the rapid transit system Of New York.
He has established large works in the
United States, England, France and
Germany for the manufacture of air
brakes, steam and electrical machtn-
cry. He was the president of numer-
Gus corporations, employing approx
mately $4,000 people and representing
a capitalization of $12O,0O0,O 900.
He has been decorated with the rib
bon Of the Legion of Honor of France,
the royal crown of Italy, the Order of
Leopold and is an honorary member
Of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. He is one of the two Ifv-
ing honorary members of the Ameri-
can Association IQG the Advancement
Of Science.
August s, 1867, he married Marguer-
tie Ersl-ine Walker at Brooklyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Westinghouse made
their residence both at Pittsburgh in
the beautiful home called Solitude"
and at White Plains, N Y. They had
a summer home, Erskine Park, Lenox.
Mass, and winter home, Blaine
house, Dupont circle, washington.
ID. C.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
SIEGEL AND VOGEL ARE
INDICTED THREE TIMES
Grand Larceny Charged Against Part
ners In New York Private Bank
Held in $4,000 Bail.

New York, March 13.-Henry Siegel
and Frank E. VogeI, thrice indicted
for grand larceny, were held in $685.
600 bail each by Judge Rosalsky in
the general session Wednesday. Two
accusations charging the men with &C
cepting deposits in the private bank
of Henry Siegel & Co. after it was in
solvent are in the first two indict-
ments, while the third charges them
with obtaining $4,000 from the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce on the
strength of a false statement as to
the financial condition of the Four
teenth street store. They neglected
to mention an Indebtedness of about
$1,500,000 to various interests.
Both men surrendered, entered pleas
of not guilty and were released under
bonds of $4,000 each. They were
given until March IS to change their
pleas.
Three hundred angry depOsitors who
had been forcibly elected from the
bankruptcy hearing hunted around the
federal building for Siegel in vain. At
the time they were looking for him to
ask him some questions he and his
banking partner were standing before
Judge Rosalsky pleading mot guilty"
One of the indictments charges Sci
gel and Vogel with grand larceny, in
that they made false statement to the
Bank Of Commerce in order to borrow
$4,000. The other indictment alleges
that the two bankers accepted depos-
its when they knew the bank of Henry
Siegel & Co. to be insolvent
The indictments by no means end
the proceedings of the grand jury. 1t
is alleged that an investigation by the
district attorneys Office has disclosed
discrepancies of nearly 100000 be-
tween the books of the Siegel- stores
and banking enterprises and the fnan-
cial statement used as a basis of addi-
tiOnaI credits before the failure. 1t is
said the total of the discrepancies may
even reach a higher figure.
SiegeI testified on the stand at the
bankruptcy proceedings that he did not
invest capital in the private bank that
bore his name.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
WATCHES BABY BURN
FRANTIC MOTHER SEES CHILD
BURN TO DEATH.
Infant Dies in Blazing Buggy as Par.
ent Is Pevented Fom Rescue
by Neiohbors.

While the cries of her
months old daughter were grow
ing weaker as she was being slowly
burned to death, Mrs. Carl WalIinger
struggled with neighbors, who would
not let her rush to the rescue of the
infant. After the baby's cries had
ceased and its buggy and the porch
on which it had stood had settled into
a pile Of smoldering ashes, Mrs. Wal
hnger collapsed. Physicians fear she
will not live.
The Wallinger family. with their
four children, the eldest being about
8 years old, came here last summer
to cultivate sugar beets. While the
father was away from home and the
mother absent at the home of a
neighbor, William Gumoll, the house
caught fire The cause of the blaze
is unknown.
The three older children bravely
tried to save their little sister, who
was sleeping in a buggy in one of the
bedrooms. They managed to take
the buggy out onto a large porch, but
left it there when their childish cour-
age deserted them.
When the flames were discovered
by Mr.. Gumoll he, with the frantic
mother, hurried to the scene and at
the risk of their lives, entered the
building in search of the children.
Not finding the baby in the room
where it had been left, it was sup
posed to have been rescued. They
were barely outside the burning
structure when the little one began
crying and it was noticed on the
porch, its coverings a mass of flames.
The burning porch prevented any
one from attempting a rescue and,
while the mother fought with neigh
bors, the little one was soon burned
to death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
OFFICERS ARE REELECTED
Former Heads Are Returned to Office
At Annual Meeting of Four
Roads Stockholders.

Green Bay.-At the annual meeting
Of the Green Bay and Western railway
company, the Kewaunee, Green Bay
and Western railroad company, the
Ahnapee and Western railway COM
pany and the lola and Northern rail
way company all the old officers were
reelected. The officers are as fol-
lows President, J. A Jordan of
Green Bay; vice president, Edgar
Palmer of New York; secretary and
treasurer, c. w. Fox of New York;
general manager, auditor and cashier,
j. G. Thurman of Green Bay; general
manager, F. B. Seymour of Green Bay.
The directors Of the Green Bay and
Western road are Messrs. Palmer,
Cox, G. L. P. Blair, w. J. Wilson, Hen
ry R. Taylor of New York and Jordan
and Seymour Of Green Bay. Directors
elected by the stockholders Of the
other lines are Messrs. Palmer, Cox,
Blair of New York, Jordan and Thur
man of Green Bay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
FIRE DOES $4,000 DAMAGE
Flames Destroy Railroad Property at
Grand VieW-Wfpe Out Round
house and Shops.

New Richmond-Fire caused $780,
600 damages in Grand View when
flames destroyed the roundhouse, ma
chine and blacksmith shops and wa
ter tank of the Superior and South
eastern railroad. Grand View is the
logging headquarters of the Willow
River Lumber company, which owned
the road. The remainder Of the prop
erty was saved by a locomotive, fitted
with syphon which happened to be
on the ground. The loss is partially
covered by insurance. The blaze ORR
ginated in the roundhouse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
WEDDING DECREASE
|SLAID To hEWLAN
EUGENlCS LAW WILL SOON BE
BROUGHT BEFORE SUPREME
COURT.
EUGENICS KILL SENTIMENT
State Health Board Reports That Gain
in December OverbaIances Loss
in Later Months
Falls Off 200.

Madison.-The falling off in mar
riages after the going into effect Of
the eugenics marriage law was more
than accounted for in the increased
number of marriages in December, &C
cording to figures gathered in the re-
ports Of the state board of health.
In December, 1912, there were 1921
marriages. In December, 1913, there
were 2,026, an increase Of sos. In
January, 1913, there were 1,41l mar
riages and in January, 1914, there were
1902, decrease of 209.
The eugenics law will soon be
brought before the Supreme court, &C
cording to Attorney General Walter c.
Owen. The law came up in Milwaukee
and was ruled against in the Circuit
court. 1t will be finally passed upon
in the Supreme court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
INDIANS GET LAST
CASH ALLOTMENT
RED MEN FILL FEDERAL Bull ..
ING AT LA CROSSE-GET
SPAS EACH.
ANNUITY WAS CUT In TWO
Indian Bureau Will Make a Permanent
Settlement by Land Grants
Amounting to Approx
mateIy $500.

La Crosse.-What will probably be
the last annuity allotment payment of
Indians in La Crosse county was made
when nearly 500 Winnebago men,
women and children presented them
selves at the federal building here and
received $12.45, about one-half the pay
ment of former years.
Pending the permanent settlement
with the Indians Of the United States
an arbitrary allotment of $4,000 was
granted to the Winnebagoes of this
district, numbering 1886, one-fourth of
whom receive their payment in La
Crosse.
1t is the intention of the Indian bu-
reau to effect a permanent settlement
with the Indians by land grants
amounting to approximately $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
SAYS DETECTIVES WERE
PAID TO CAUSE RIOTS
Mine Guard Declares He Was Told to
Cause TroubIe-"Shot Up"
Workers. Homes.

Chicago, March 12.-Henry Batter,
who was employed as a private detec-
tive by the operators in the copper
district during the strike, told the con-
gressional Investigating committee,
meeting in Chicago, that private de-
tectives hired by mining companies
mingled with the strikers and insulted
the miners and their wives; how they
shot up the homes of union workers
and melted the miners to rioting.
Charles H. Meyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, re-
peated his offer to withdraw the fed
GRAFTON from the strike in the copper
district of Michigan and allow the
men now on a strike to settle their
controversy with the operators in any
manner they saw fit. He had been
called before the congressional in
vestigating committee to tell what he
knew Of the situation and the attack
upon himself and his deportation De
cember e. The story of the attack
upon Mr.. Meyer as told to the COM
mission was the same story he told
in Chicago December 27 as he lay in
st. Luke's hospital suffering from
bullet wound and from bruises
Batter was employed as a private
detective by the Asher Detective
agency Of New York. He said that
he was in charge of the 200 private
detectives sent to Michigan to break
up the strike.
I'VE were all given revolvers and
clubs an hour before our train reached
Calumet said the witness. 'It was
understood that we should harass,
taunt and go among the strikers in
order to create rioting and thus put
the blame upon the striking miners"
continued the private detective.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
OddfeIIoWs Raise Fund,

La Crosse-Undaunte by the re-
fusal of the board of trade to advance
$500 to help bring the annual conven-
ton of the Independent Order of Odd
fellows to La Crosse, the members of
the lodge here have started cam
paign to raise the money.
The soliciting of funds is meeting
with hearty Endorsement and it is ex-
pected the amount will be raised.
Should La Crosse be unable to raise
sufficient funds with which to enter
tain the convention the meeting will
be held in Milwaukee. The lodge will
celebrate the ninety-f1fth anniversary
of it's founding in Wisconsin at the
meeting which will be held in June.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
COUPLE SAVED FROM PRISON
Judge suspends Sentence for Man and
Woman Accused of Violating
Mann Law.

Superior Tekele, arrested
last November at Madison, charged
with violating the Mann act, was given
a suspended sentence by Judge San
born, before whom he pleaded guilty
in federal court. Tekele was accused
of transporting CeciIe Jakall, a mar
ried woman of Madison, to Freeport,
H., for immoral purposes. The pair
are Austrians and the acquaintance be.
gan in their native land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
Train Kills TWO Men.

La Crosse-Attempting to cross the
tracks on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
ST. Paul road in front of the Oriental
Limited passenger train on State
street, John King, a bartender, was
struck and ground to pieces. AL
though he was we'll known his body
was so badly mangled it was only by
the name in his cap that he was
identified. Almost at the same hour
passenger train struck Louis Pank at
Alma and ground him to pieces. He
was riding on a railway speeder and
did not see the approaching train.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
WOMAN RIDES IN CLOUDS
Mrs. c. L. Marston of Fond du Lac
Takes Trip in HydropIane-Says
She Was Not Afraid.

Fond du Lac.-From Eustis, Fla,
comes the word that it was left to a
Fond du Lac girl to set that staid and
sedate Florida town literally by the
ears by making a spectacular flight
IN hydroplane. The young woman
is Mrs. G. L. Marston, formerly Miss
Bess Heath, daughter Of Mrs. Eliza
beth Heath of this city, and who,
with her mother, has been spending
the winter in Eustis Noting the ex-
periments being made with a hydro
plane by Aviator G. F. Johnson of
New York, she expressed desire for
spin. Arrangements were made,
and in the presence of hundreds of
resorters, the craft scared away bear
ing the aviator and his fair passen-
ger.
ct was great, writes Mrs. Mars
ton to friends here. 81 can't begin
to describe the sensation when we
were up in the air. Mr.. Johnson
handled the craft beautifully and I
really don't think that 1 experienced
a feeling of fear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
NO PARDON FOR DYNAMITERs.

President Said to Have Intimated He
Sees No Reason for Interference.
Washington, March 14.-There will
be no executive clemency at this time
In the cases of the former officials Of
the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
whose conviction for implication in
the countrywide dynamiting conspir-
acy that eliminated in the destruction
Of the Los Angeles Times building
has been affirmed by the Supreme
court This became known when it
was stated that Senator John W.
Kern, who was counsel for the con-
victed men, received an intimation
that President Wilson saw no reason
for any interference
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
DIPLOMAS ARE GIVEN TO 143
Short Agricultural Course Graduates
Receive eepskins-Largest
Class in History of School.

Madison-One hundred and forty
three diplomas were given to gradu-
ates in the short course of agriculture
at the University of Wisconsin. Tie
largest class in the history of the
short course passed in review for the
last time at the commencement exer-
cises. Prof. A Ross Hill of the Uni
versity of Missouri delivered the COM
mencement address.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
GIRLS MAY STUDY BABIES
La Crosse Little Mothers" Scout
Theoretical Method-Demand
Real Babies to Practice on.

La Crosse.-La Crosse high school
girls, members of the Little Mothers"
club, formed at the suggestion of
Health Commissioner J. NJ. Furstman,
to teach young girls the care of in
fants, served formal notice upon the
department that they want real babies
to practice on. DIR. Furstman is seri-
ously considering the issuing of an ap-
peal to La Crosse mothers for the loan
of their infants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
Meet at EIkhart Lake.

Ell1hart Lake.-The annual saenger-
fest of the East Wisconsin saenger-
bund will be held in this city in July,
although Green Bay was chosen at the
last convention held in Sheboygan.
Many Milwaukeeans are planning to
attend the event Prof. George Ger
hardt has appointed committees that
will take charge of staging the fes-
Oval. The Milwaukee maennerchor in
tends to participate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-19
FREED OF Staying FIANCE.
Chicago Woman Tells Story of Deser-

ton and Wins Freedom
Chicago, March 13-Miss Stella
Czemerowska was acquitted of the
murder of her fance, Frank Kosczin-
ski, by a jury in the court of Judge
Mcdonald. The girl was charged with
Staying Kosczinski after he had
wronged her and had refused to keep
his promise of marriage. Two ballots
were taken and little more than an
hour passed in elaboration. The first
ballot stood ten to two for acqutttaI.
The second was unanimous for free
ing the fair-haired girl who on the
witness stand a few hours before had
told in simple words the story of her
mistreatment and Of her unintentional
revenge. Her defense was that Frank
had been shot to death in a scuffle fol-
lowing her effort to kill herself at his
feet.