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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-29
McGrath Tried the Key in Those Upon
GrisWold's Wrist.

Nose, anywhere, sind him back and
tell him I'll see that he gets real
money FIR helping us unload. OF with
We, now, whilst they're catching up
with yer runaway cab"
Griswold went leisurely, as befitted
his theory, and upon reaching the lev
go, turned aside among the freight
pyramids In search of his confede-
rate. Now that there was time to
recall the facts he feared that the
negro had been taken. He had Sc
cured but few yards start in the
race, and his pursuer was a white
man, able to back speed with intelli-
gence. Griswold had a sickening fit
or despair when he contemplated the
possibility of failure with the goal al
most in sight; and the reaction, when
he stumbled upon the negro skulking
In the shadows of lumber cargo, was
sharp enough to make him faint and
dizzy.
The negro did not recognize him at
first and was about to run away, when
Griswold shook off the benumbing
weakness and called out.
"T'ank de good Lawd! is dat you
all, Cap'm Gravitt? rs dat shuck up
I couldn't recognize my OF nanny!
TEX dishyer cunjah-bag O. yourn TO-
/ ,gwine drap hit. Hits des been
bu'nIn' my hans ev' sense I done TUX
out wild it," ..,.y.......,. *.,~-. =
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-29
CHAPTER TX.
The Goths and VandaIs,


In the day of it's beginnings, Wa
haska was minor trading post on
the northwestern frontier, and an out
fitting station for the hunters and
trappers of the upper Mississippi and
Minnesota lake region
Later, it became the market town
of a wheat-growing district, and
foundation of modest prosperity was
laid by well-to-do> farmers gravitating
to that county seat to give their chill
dren the benefit of graded school.
Later still came the passing of the
wheat, a re-peopling of the farms by
a fresh influx of home-seekers from
the Old World, and the birth, in Wa
haska and elsewhere, of the industrial
era.
Jasper Grierson was product of the
wheat-growing period. The son of one
of the earliest of the New York state
homesteaders in the wheat belt, he
came of age in the year of the Civil
war draft, and was unpatriotic enough
some said, to dodge CONSUMPTION, or
the chance of it, by throwing up his
hostler's job in a Wahaska livery sta
bic and vanishing into the dim limbo
of the farther West. Also, tradition
added that he was well-spared by
most; that he was ill-spared, indeed
by only one, and that one woman.
After the westward vanishing, Wa
haska saw him no more until he re-
turned in his vigorous prime, a vet
eran soldier of fortune upon whom the
goddess had poured a golden shower
out of some cornucopia of the Colorado
mines. Although rumor, occasionally
naming him during the years of alb
sence, had never mentioned a wife, he
was accompanied by a daughter, a
dark-eyed, red-lipped young woman, a
rather striking beauty of a type un-
familiar to Wahaska and owing moth
ing, it would seem, to the grim, gray
wolf Jasper.
Since the time was ripe, Wahaska
did presently burst it's swaddling-
bands. Commercial enterprise is
sheep-like; where one leads, others
will follow; and the mere following
breeds success, if. only by the sheer
impetus of the massed forward move.
ment. Jasper, Grierson. was the man
of the hour. but the price paid for lead.
ership by the led Is apt to be high.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-29
Chance for Greater Fame.

A. New York physician claims to
have discovered a harmless bichloride
of mercury tablet. Now he may try
his hand at inventing harmless un>
loaded gun.-Detroit Crae Press.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11

GIRLS AFRAID.
TO PROTEST.
8.HOUR BILL

OLYMPIA, Feb. 11.-Fear of
losing their jobs Is keeping 1000
laundry girls, willing to testify,
from coming to Olympia to pro-
test against the proposed amend
ment to the eight-hour law to per-
NIT laundries to work them any
number Of hours in any one day,
provided the maximum hours for
the week don't exceed As.
This was the statement made
by Miss Johanna Hits of Seattle
at Olympia Tuesday night, when
she appeared before the joint CON-
mittee on labor and labor statis-
tics.
Miss Hits is the girl who was
discharged by the Troy laundry
of Seattle after she had acted as
q member of the minimum wage
conference last spring.
Opposed to Miss Hits were
Charles Smith, M. ]. Buren, and
w. c. Miller, Tacoma laundry pro-
prietors.
T. V. Townsend. superintendent
of the Frederick & Nelson Co. OF
Seattle, wrote letter to Speaker
Conner, saying his establishment
which employs an average of 700
women, is entirely satisfied with
the eight-hour law.
The Frederick & Nelson conf
pany had found the principle OF
the eight-hour day just and mer-
itorious, Townsend wrote, even
before the law went into effect.
Proposed amendment to the
eighthour law also recommends
that hotel and restaurant-em-
ployes be allowed to work Sc in
stead of 4S hours a week.
Among those who spoke against
the bill were Miss Alice Lord, DR..
Theresa Mcmahon, Mrs. Francis
King Headlee, Labor Commission
er Olson, Mrs. G. Il. Udahl and
Mrs. jackson Silbaugh.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
Here WHY

Taeoma's police department llas
a payroll and average expense
every month equal tosthe Paulson.
Craig store. On business foot
ing, the two institutions are about
equal 81
But suppose delivery auto oil
the department store should breaI,
down. DO you suppose the man.
ayers would hire another outside
car at IS a day, and leave their
second machine, equally good fol-
delivery work, standing in front
of the store, waiting to take the
boss home for lunch?
That's what the police do. They
have a 1890 car, bought las,
year. that is used for taking Chief
Loomis back and forth to his
home. But this week the city
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
CT UBWOMEN ASK FOR
REL LEASE OF WOMAN
Will the child of Mrs. Eff

Will the child OF Mrs. Effie
Harry be born In jail?
Tacoma club women are protest
ing. against Mrs. Harry being held
longer In the county prison and
have framed petition, which
they will present to County At
torney Remain, asking for her
release.
Mrs. T. ]. Hamilton, 204 South
l street, is circulating the petition,
which now bears the names OF
about so prominent club women.
- Mrs. Harty's condition became
30 serious recently that she was
taken from the jail to the county
hospital. AS soon as she showed
Improvement, she was taken back
Mrs. Harry is serving years
sentence for violation of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
SURE TOUGH !.
MILLS CAN'T
PAY HIS BILL

Safety Commissioner Mills 10
having hard time paying off the
bills that he incurred two years
ago when he took the Pacific
Coast fire chiefs convention UP
TO Mount Tacoma.
Mills has raised se27 by sub
scription from his friends, from
the other city commissioners and
from business men, He still has
to find $40 In order to pay off
the 1897 bills.
When. the fire chiefs Of the Pas
cific coast cAnie % Tacoma two
years ago, Commissioners Mills
took n upon himself TO show tho
delegates u good time. He char
tered train and took them tn
Mount Tacoma. He bought fine
meals and soft beds for the fire
chiefs, and he even hired ponies
to carry the guests up the moun-
tain sides.
The visitors went home singing
about Mills: For he's = Jolly
good fellow"
Wouldn't Pay Him
But when Mills sent a bill to
the city council for $797 as en-
penses incurred by him In enter
tanning the convention, the coun-
ell baked. II didn't want to pay
the sum, and anyway. 1t was IL
legal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11

paid $40 for nine1days' hire of a
Touring car, rented from the
American Auto Co. while the pa
troi n'lto was out, OF commission
In the last few months nearly
5000 has been spent for auto hire
in this way. e
City Controller Meads slipped
an ordinance into council today,
which, II passed. would increase
salaries of all but one clerk in
his department. IL would cause
a total salary increase of $40 a
month, or $3.50 a year. The
clerks have made no complaint to
the city that they we're under
paid. Meads has said nothing
about 1t. Yet the city is asked to
Increase salaries s1,6S0 a year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
Broadway
There Is sometbine

There is something in a
name. after all.
The up-and-doing nler-
chants on "Cn street now
that 1t is Officially BROAD
WAY all think that the
change of name Is OF real Inn
portance. " they think It.,
advertise It and talk 1t, then
1t will be SO.
The Lou Johnson Company
starts the ball rolling today
In a special advertisement In
yiting their patrons to look
over some choice offerings at
their store on BROADWAY.
The big stone-Fisher store
celebrates the occasion with a
DIME SALE. You'll probably
be surprised at the number
and quality OF articles q dino
win buy.
READ THE Ans.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11


| County Assessor Cameron said
today that he had Informed Roy
| professionals he could do nothing
to give them relief Their only
recourse Is an action against tht
county to void their assessments.
Immediate steps TO that end are
{{Vsbe taken. A blanket suit IL 70
d bfoh sht, which will include all
those taxpayers in that vicinity
who believe they have been over
assessed.
Charles w. Nielsen, a Tacoma
grocer, has small farm near
American lake which he rents to
tenants for 500 a year. His
taxes are $183.
Puyallup Protest
Property owners along the
Puyallup river are protesting that
they have been assessed higher
this year than ever before.
The Roy prairie was character
ized for ex-County Assessor Cook,
who made the 1914 assessments,
as being unfit for cultivation. He
made the statement before the
board of state tax commissioners
that 1.-The Roy prairie had been
reduced 33 per cent.
THESE people from Roy" said
Assessor Cameron today, made
their protest to me, saying they
understood that they we're coming
In for their share Of the $4,000
900 reduction boasted by Cook.
They were surprised to find that
In nearly every case, their taxes
were increased instead of lower
ed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
AGED COUPLE
GET DIVORCE

Mrs. Susannah Tear. II years
old, leaning heavily on her cane,
tottered to the witness stand in
Judge Clifford's court today and
said that her husband, Frank
Tear, "a, who was suing for di-
vorce, had taken all her property
and was trying to get rid of her.
They had agreed to separate
she said. About 1000 worth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
Russians Drive
Germans AWAY

LONDON, Feb. 11.-Petrograd
dispatches today declare that
the Germans have been forced to
, evacuate LODI, in Russian Poland,
one of the most important points
in the defense of Warsaw. They
declared that the Germans had
moved their headquarters to Ka-
licz and that the Russians had
reoccupied LODI.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
Lane GOES TO
FRISCO FAIR

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. II.
Secretary of the Interior Lane
was today designated by Presi-
dent Wilson to be his Official
representative at the opening of
the exposition in San Francisco.
February 20. Lane will leave
Monday for San Francisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. -
After a continuous debate Of 81
hours and IL rainutes in the sem
ate ship purchase bill filibuster,
the longest continuous session in
the history of the senate, repub-
lican and democratic opponents
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
.DACIA SAILS

NORFOLK. Va, Feb. 1.-THE
American steamer Dacia. loaded
with cotton destined for Ger
many, sailed this morning. The
captain declared he was conf
dent his ship would not be mo-
Tested by British warships. in
spite of the warning previously
given by the British foreign Of
flee that the ship would be
seized.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
DRASTIC ACTION

LONDON, Feb. 11.-Premier
Asquith announces in the house
of commons today that the British
government was considering
drastic measures to paralyze Ger
man commerce, saying that recent
fragrant breaches" in the rules
of. International warfare made
such action necessary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11

of property was involved.
Judge Clifford granted a de-
cree, but refused to give 1t 10
either party. He childed them.
you have separated" he said,
but you, place the court in an
embarrassing position. There, is
not the proper evidence here. You
are both old--so old that you
should have quit thinking about a
divorce"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
TODAY's CLEARINGs.
SENATE ADJOURNS
LONGEST SESSION

of the bill forced an adjourn,
'ment last night. Congressman
now reluctantly admit that an ex-
ira session will be called by the
president in his determination to
force the shup purchase measure
through.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
WILSON FIGHTS ON

WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. IL.
After a conference with Sena-
tors Fletcher and Simmons, and
Representative Kitchin, Presi-
dent Wilson decided today to con-
sent to no compromise ON the
ship purchase bill, It was stated
on high authority.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
RUSS WARSHlPS
SINK AMERICAN
STEAMER

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 1.-The American
sells today in the Turkish harbor of Trebizond The
vessel was flying the American flog. During the
course of bombardment of fort at that port Rus
sian torpedo boat damaged the vessel. Later two
Russian cruisers opened fire and sunk the ship No
mention is made of the number of the crew or how
many men were lost.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
MAN Whales GAS

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. H.
God help the poor" were the
words written by George Low,
penniless and out of work, before
he turned. on the gas in his room
today. He was found unconscious
and is expected to die.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
Today's Best Joke

Mr.. Goldrox-So my son has
proposed to you---and. you've ac-
copied him? / think you might
have seen me first!
Miss Steno--I did, but ! pre-
ferred your son.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
Crazed M an
Shoots Nun

DENVER, Col, Feb. 11.-Craz-
ed with grief while sitting beside
the bed of his dying wife In st.
Anthony's hospital today, Frank
Rosso shot and painfully wounded
Sister Libiria, who had just COM
pleted assisting a priest i'm admin-
istering the last rites to Mrs. Ros-
so.
Rosso then fred at several
women patients i'm the ward with
his wife but missed them. He
dashed into a hall and fired three
times at two internes but the bull
let's went wild.
He was overpowered and sent
to the county hospital. His wife
died a few hours later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
FATHERS HAVE DAY

PUYALLuP, Feb. 11.---Fathers
had their day here yesterday.
They had entire charge of the
Parent-Teachers' association pro-
gram and spoke on the welfare 81
the child from the paternal stand
point. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
RIOT IN BERLIN
FOR POTATOES

LONDON, Feb. 11.-Serious
riots on the potato market at
Berlin yesterday were reported
by the Copenhagen correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph today.
He declared that the municipal
market was closed at IL o'clock
when the supply of potatoes was
exhausted. Fighting crowds
stormed the shops, he asserted,
and police were required to use
stern measures to suppress them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
HALF GET WELL

LONDON. Feb. 11.-Premier
Asquith announced today that
fully SIS per cent of Great Brit
aims wounded soldiers had re-
covered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11

MTs. a. NINOH pau 4 TAX OF VT
In 1913. Her taxes this year are
1926 on the same property,
Some Boosts In Taxes.
Thomas Rice complained that
taxes on four tracts on the Roy
prairie owned by him had taken a
meteoric ascent this year as COM
pared with former years.
His statement OF the case fol-
lows:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11

Mrs. Laura NJ. Long of Los An
geles, who recently gave up her
position as the only woman assist
ant bank cashier I'm California to
become the bride of John Eugene
Law, wealthy banker of Holly.
wood, CAL, in whose employ she
had been. The romance began
when Miss Laura Beatty, now
Mrs. Long, entered the hank as
stenographer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
0vERBuRDENED
FARMERS WILL
SUE COUNTY

More than hundred txpay living in the vicinity Of Roy
aroused by the Times hghax gh
against the bring sbou reduction
At meeting last night tho residents
taxes higher this than e before
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11
A Lot Of
Money

Please bear in mind that 1t
does not require a lot of
money to open an account
with us, either for a savings
or checking account.
We believe in having a
bank for the people who most
need the services OF a bank
and any account, large or
small, is equally welcome.
Start that account with us
today. Don't put 1t off til
tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11

o DALLAS, Tex, Feb. II.
|. While New Workers are
|: buying police whistles"
I. with which to brighten hold
o ups. citizens of Texarkana,
9 Tex, are buying corn cob
{. pipes for the same purpose.
Q w. l.. Welcome pointed a
. cob pipe at holdup, who
. fled down an alley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11

liquor laws several years ago.
Since her conviction she-has mar
ried, and 1t is said was living a
quiet life at the time of her arrest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-11

The lakes of oil on the western
oil fields prove death traps to the
ducks which alight on them under
the impression that it is water. The
birds rarely escape.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-10
THE SENATE

The Senate yesterday afternoon by a
vote of % to S adopted the report OF
the conference Of Senators and Dele
gates on the Tavenner amendment %
the segregation bill. The Senate con-
vened for the late session yesterday
afternoon at o'clock. but ma rk cd time
until shortly after o'clock, when n
communication from the House OF Dele
gates was read announcing that the
lower branch Of the General Assembly
had agreed to the report Of the con-
ference committee
The Senate convened yesterday at
noon with President Ellyson in the
chair. There was no opening prayer.
as the minister requested to ohiciatc
was late.
The Finance Committee favorably re-
ported the bill making an appropriate
ton OF $4,000 for the eradication Of
the foot and mouth disease among live
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-10

stock. The bill was passed In the Sen.
ate By unanimous vote.
Tho Senate concurred in tho House
bill scSregating to the State all fran
chise taxes. and permitting assess
ments Of levies on real estate and tam
Eible property for local purposes Here
tofore this tax has been divided by the
State ana the cities and counties.
HARMAN's BILL. Is
PROMPTLY PASSED
The bill offered by Senator Hartman.
or Richmond. amending the law regard
ing the dcsertion of wives and children
was taken up Several amendments to
the measure were adopted All OF them
tend to make the law more rigid. Juvc-
nile court officers and social workers
advocated the passage OF the bill In the
committee hearing. The measure was
promptly passed.
The chair WAS vacated at . o'clock
and was resumed at 4 o'clock.
Senator Mapp, OF Accomac. proved
himself star and n true diplomat IN
the role of host yesterday afternoon
when q bevy of young women from the
Woman's College Of Richmond visited
the Senate chamber as his guests. The
Senator made II noble effort to explain
10 the fair visitors the intricacies Of
the tax code. and during the afternoon
conducted them to the Governors sane
tuin. whore they were accorded an in
PRODUCTION to the chief executive.
Practically all Of the young women
are residents Of the Eastern Shore Sec
ticn OF Virginia. Tho party was COM
posed of Misses TAYLOR. Stevenson. Alb
bott. Adams. Suggs. Piggott. Curtis.
Wapler. Kelly and Thomas
FFATIiI;RSTON CALLED HOME
ny FATHERS ILLNESS
Senator Fcatherston, OF Lynchburg
was called home yesterday afternoon to
the bedside of his father who Ia carl
ously i'll. On motion he was granted
two days leave of absence. Tho
Iynchburg Senator has taken an active
part In the affairs of the special ses-
sion, and has been an ardent advocate
OF the commission form OF taxation
communication was read yesterday
from Senator Edmondson. of Halifax
who is detained at his home on account
OF poor health. expressing regret at his
inability TO take part In the work Of
tax revision. Tho Senate voted to draft
response to the communication.
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RECESS FOR TWO
WEEKS PROPOSED

continued from First Page.)
laid at a rate not TO exceed 30 cents
on the 800 of assessed valuation
thereof tbut this clause shall not be
construed to authorize tire Board OF
Supervisors OF any county to levy such
tax against the residents OF an incor-
porated town which maintains Its own
roads, which town IS located within
such magisterial district: nor to pre-
vent any Incorporated town in this
state which is exempt by statute or
10y the express provisions OF its char
ter from the payment OF district road
taxes. or which maintains Its own roads
free or expense TO the magisterial dis
trict In which it is located from levy
ing and collecting tax on all said Sc
sreSated intangible personal propertv
assessed to residents therein at a rate
not to exceed 80 cents on the 500 Of
assessed valuation thereof"
CONFERENCE REPORT
ADOPTED IN BOTH HOUSES
The report OF the conferees was
adopted In the Senate by vote Of
2S to s, and in the House by vote of
6j to rs, as follows:
Recorded vote OF Senate:
Ayes Messrs. Andrews. Blanks
Brock, Buchanan. Corbit. Crockett,
Drewry, Fletcher. Garrett. Gayle Cool
rick, Gravatt. Hobbs, Landes. Lesner.
Mapp. Paul. Paxton. Rinehart. Rison.
Royal, Saunders, Smith, Sowdcr. Tay
cnner. Thornton. Watkins and West
rs.
Nays--Messrs. Bowers, Catron. Early.
Hartman. Massie, Mari. Paxton. Wen
dcnburg--S.
Recorded vote OF House:
Ayes-Messrs. Adams, Baker. Birreu
Rranscomb. Brewer, Brown, Chalkley.
Chapman. Cousins, Crockett, Craw
ford. John Orr Daniel, j. William
Daniel. Earman, Franklin, Fuller.
Grant. Grasty, Gregory, Gum. Harris.
Harrison. Harvey. Hobson, Horner.
Houston. HUFF. johnson, Kent, Kinsey.
Land, Lincoln. Looney. Love, Lowry,
Malbon, Miller, Milstead, Myers, holland.
Norris. Oliver. Pennington, Powell,
Powers, Price. Rev, Robertson, Rolston.
Spatig, Spessard. Steck. Steph enson,
Stubs. Taylor. Terrell. Tiffany, Wal
ton, a. q. Weaver. Fl. C. Weaver. White.
williams. Willis. Winston and Speaker
Cox-65
Noes-Barley. Bonifant, Browning,
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HOUSE DEBATES AMENDMENTS
TO ADVISORY HOARD uu.I

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