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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-01-20

Madison.-The state tax commits
sion announced the final assessment
Of the freight line and equipment
companies of the state. The valua-
ton of these companies is fixed at
S896,74O, and the tax at $12,441.40,
as against a valuation of $S66,000
and a tax of $1O,246.86 in 1913. The
increase in the tax is $2,194.32.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-01-20
More contaqIcn eases in te14.

Mere ContagIcn Gases in 1914.
During November, 1914, there was
total OF 1,2o7' cases of contagious dis
eases reported to the state board of
health during November, 1913, there
was total of LASS cases of con-
tagious diseases reported.
Whether there was less sickness in
1914 or more failures to report is
somewhat difficult to ascertain, but
the board believes that there were
actually more cases of contagious dis
eases in 1914, as it was year of cpl
denies of smallpox throughout the
state.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-01-20

There are indications that the COM
ing Legislature will inelTde no Civil
war veterans.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-01-20

Velvet this year belongs as much
to the debutante as to the dowager.
The Jenny mode! of Robins egg blue
pictured here may be worn at an after
noon bridge or foxtrot. The skirt is
banded with silver embroidered chif-
fon and the blouse and sleeves show
friIIs of silver.
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ing just below the shoulders and set
off at the back of the neck with q
bow of ribbon, these overgrown
ruches are one of the most charming
applications of the universal cape.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Priest Wills Paintings.

Valuable paintings of Catholic digni-
taries vases and the vestments worn
during his life as a Catholic clergyman
are devised in the will of Rev. John
Spensley, of Catholic University. filed
for probate Monday. Rev. James A.
Geary is named executor.
Catholic University and relatives are
left a number of valuable paintings and
several of the priests were left keep
sakes Rev. DR.. Mccormick is given
the automobile and apurtances of the
dead clergyman.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
SEAL SALE MAY BREAK RECORD
Red CroA Counts on $1,000 From
CAPITAL stanps.

Proceeds from the sale Of Red Cross
Christmas seals Will be larger this veal
than sever before, according to present
Indications. Last year $500 WAS raised
1t is thought that the sum this year will
exceed 5000.
Record sales were made on Monday in
the downtown sections of the city. IN
the afternoon at Woodward & Lothrop
5000 worth of the stickers were sold
and in the morning SlS.19 was taken in
The sale will close Christmas eve.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
OPPOSE
SCHOOL Change
Local Congress Against Plac.
ing System Under District
Commissioners.
SINCLAIR MAKES SPEECH
Prof. F. A. Woodward Tells Women
About Vocational Education.
"Movie" Censorship Discussed.

The present system by which members
Of the Board Of Education Of the Dis
trict are appointed to ONCE was upheld
yesterday afternoon by the Mothers
Congress. an organization Of more than
500 Washington women, at a meeting at
the Raleigh.
A. Leftwich Sinclair. member Of the
District bar, spoke in opposition to the
recommendation made In the recent re-
port Of the District Commissioners to
Congress that the present Board Of Edu-
cation be abolished. Following his talk
resolution was adopted opposing any
change I'm the present system.
Prof. Francis A. Woodward. principal
Of the Smallwood Vocational School, and
a brother OF DR.. Woodward. health ON
GER of the District. spoke on vocational
education In the public schools He told
OF the benefits accruing from vocational
education and OF the growth of senti-
ment in favor of vocational training.
The congress considered the Hughes
Moving Picture bill, a measure Great
ing a federal moving picture censorship.
and after a discussion decided not to in
dorse the bill until a further investi-
cation can be made Of the matter. The
consensus of opinion was that the pres
ent board OF moving picture censorship
fed to censor moving pictures but IL
performing the work we'll
The Congress of Mothers of Washing
ton is a branch Of the national Congress
Of Mothers and meets on the third Tues
day in every month at the Raleigh.
Mrs Giles Scott Rafter. president Of
the Washington branch. presided.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
RUM0RED EVANS
WAS DOPE user
Capt. Oyster Tells Court Of
Stories Involving Dismissed
Principals Character.
RUMOR LACKS PROOF
Former Board Member Unable to
Give Definite Evidence to Sub
stantiate Charges.
RUMOR LACKS PROOF

Hearing of the mandamus suit Of VIII
son Bruce Evans to compel the Board
Of Education to reinstate him in his form
er position as principal of the Armstrong
Manual Training School was continued
yesterday before Justice Stafford. Capt.
James F. Oyster. Henry p. Blair. and
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes. members of the
Board of Education at the time Of Evans
dismissal, were placed on the stand.
Capt Oyster admitted discussing. with
other members of the board, rumors re-
garding Evans habits. but declared that
these rumors were not the cause Of his
dismissal He said that from 1906 UP un-
I'll 1872 when Evans was asked to resign.
he had heard various reports that Evans
was drinking, using some kind of dope.
or was losing his mental balance" He
testified on cross examination that he
could never find anyone who would tes-
tify to any of the rumors and that he
himself had ever seen Evans use alcohol
or dope" of any kind
Henry P. Blair also testified. Mrs. Susie
Root Rhodes said she voted for the dis
missal of the former principal because
she believed him to be incompetent. She
had never heard anything regarding DR..
Evans habits. she testified.
The hearing will be continued today II
John B. Larner. a member of the Board
OF Education who is at present out Of
the city, returns to Washington in time
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
SICK ORPHAN WANTS PICTURES
Stereopticon Photos Form His Only
Christmas Wish.

A boy with an imagination and an
incurable malady. who is Washing
ton Asylum -Hespitdt;-is praying for
but one Christmas -gift-stereoscopic
photographs. He has the stereoseepe
and a number of slides and knows
every inch of certain busy street in
Hong Kong and how a few peaks look
in the Andes Mountains.
His views take him to a few other
parts of the world. but the journeys
become shorter and more tiresome
each day. He hopes after Christmas
to be able to look into London. take
new trips through India: and travel
a little in his own country.
The patient is Wilbert Sullivan, IS,
an orphan. He told Mrs. Wilfred NJ.
Barton. 1880 Connecticut avenue north
west, he was wearied of seeing moth
ing but the huge District Jail and a
cemetery from his widow. Mrs. Bar
ton is passing the word among her
friends of the boys strange Christ
mas wish.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
DR.. SIMON ADDRESSES
GNU. MEMORIAL CLUB
Rabbi Urges Students Not TO Foster
Racial Selhshness-Dean
Ruediser Speaks.

A protest against racial and national
selfishness. exclusiveness and self
righteousness, and a plea for non-par-
tisan and road-minded progressive
ness were made by Rev. Abram Simon
in an address Monday night before the
newly organized Menorah Society OF
George Washington University at a
meeting in the Arts and Sciences
Building.
IF this society is formed" he said.
merely TO place a Hebrew organiza-
tion in opposition to the Greek letter
fraternity. merely for the purpose of
blowing the Jewish horn. merely as a
feeder for Jewish eXclusiveness and for
the fostering of a spirit of racial self
righteousness. then il will be a fail
ure 1t should be non-ps rtisan. having
the breadth of the past thirty-fve CEN
turies and the hope of the countless
centuries to come.
"T believe in culture. but not in the
kind that has placed the countries of
Europe at war The trouble with the
European nations is that they have
overdone race and nationality and
have underdone real culture.
This society should keep pace with
the university ideals. Both Jew and
for it is fluid university, embodyinG
the learning of the great past
DIR. William Carl Reudieer. dean Of
Teachers College. spoke on behalr of the
university faculty. urging the members to
use their Jewish traditions as a basis for
expansion. and not merely something
that should be adored and not utilized.
Lewis X. Ellenbogen. president of the
society. presided. Max Rhoads. secretary.
read a poem entitled "Menorah." and
Solomon Gluck recited The Wandering
intercollegiate Menorah Society. of which
the George Washington Association soon
hopes to become a member. explained the
objects of the organization. He said the
association has a total of $500 members
located in 10 institutions
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE. MINER
Special Correspondent Of The Washilstaa Herald
(Cs,yrisht. the Mcclure Newspaper synacateJ

They are always torn up and unneces-
sarlly torn up.
The fact was pointed out that in Lon
don there are fourteen underground rail-
ways, but when these tubes. as they call
them, were built. the streets were not
upset and traffic was In no way inter-
fered with. When the subways were
built In Paris there was hardly a sign
on the surface Of the streets Of the work
going on underneath.
The construction of the new subway in
New York has kept Broadway ripped
from stem to stern for years. 1t is more
like quarry than the main thoroughfare
of Americas biggest city. .
New York Is so diseased with politics
and graft that It stands 1t without a
mumur. It's immune to discomfort
These few truths are not pleasant, but
truth rarely Is.
The overseas manager of the Deutscher
Bank. Mr.. Schmit, emitted e very hope
full and novel epigram In connecIon with
the war at dinner party last night In
reply to a question as to when he thought
the war would end. he said:
Although 1t does not look so. 1t might
end suddenly and Unexpectedly. They
all went crazy over night and started II.
They may all become sane overnight
and end it,
The wheel Of Fortune.
Mr.. Norman Raf. formerly a banker
in the Southwest. told me of an inter
esting experience he had few years
ago with two men who are now well
known millionaires Mr.. Ran had a bank
in Kingsley, New Mexico. Nearby De-
haney and Garfield were working on a
claim. They were getting little return
from 1t and We're very hard UP. One
night Delaney came to him and begged
for the loan of a hundred dollars. They
had no money to pay OF with and would
have to shut down unless they could
borrow a hundred. Mr.. Ran knew them
to be a couple OF honest and hardwork-
Ing young fellows and the tale OF woe
touched him. He loaned the hundred
The next day before noon. Delaney and
Garfield deposited with him vouchers for
ten Thousand dollars worth of gold and
every day for a month following he gave
them credit for ten thousand dollars
more They had struck ore and struck
II rich Immediately after borrowing the
hundred 1t was the foundation of the
Delaney and Garfield millions.
Mr.. ", w. Jefferies, general passenger
manager. of the international Mercantile
Marine. tells me that It is not a lack Of
tonnage that has caused the bad freight
COngeSt1on IN new lork. out rdtntT an
excess of material to 60 forward.
las the exports Of the country are
larger than they have ever been in its
history" said Mr.. Jefferies. I don't see
how this alleged congestion can be the
result of a lack of tonnage"
To me II seems all the same thing. but
Mr.. Jefferies made quite fine point of
It. Anyway the freight yards and docks
are all piled up with goods. waiting to
be shipped. The situation is getting to
be really serious.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

New York, Dec. a.-In population and
in unpreparedness New York Is con-
spicuously first.
In most things. things admirable or
necessary to civil welfare. she lags be-
hind other large cities in the country.
OF one thing you are always sure In
New York and that 10 whenever an emer-
gency arises New York will not be ready
to meet II. 1t never Is. So the inhabi-
tants have become used to accepting the
worst as the best they can get. II they
really ever get the best of 1t they would
be surprised. They wouldn't know how
to act.
A recent little snowstorm is case In
point.
watchful waiting. .-
1t wasn't a big storm. 1t only lasted
few hours and there was no specially
high wind, but It put the city pretty wen
out of business for part of a day and
badly crippled 1t for at least two Gays.
All because the street cleaning depart
ment was unprepared. The falling snow
seemed to paralyze the officials They
simply sat still and watched II, fascinated
by the beautiful flakes. No attempt
whatever was made to clear the streets
until the storm had ended. A watchfui
waiting policy was adopted.
Apparently they argued that there was
no use In cleaning away snow when more
snow would fall in its place. Just wait
until it had all come down and then they
could see how much there was of 1t.
Or perhaps they thought 1t would be un-
kind to send the cleaners out In the
storm. They might catch cold or get
their feet wet. as 1t was a damp snow
and the streets were f1lled with slush.
And the next day the main streets.
instead of having been cleaned over
night, were all messed UP. Traffic was
tied I'D. business was injured to the eN-
tent of hundreds of thousands of dollars
and the public thoroughly inconvenienced.
All because New York was not ready to
tackle a little snowstorm and when II
did get around TO tackle 1t the Job was
done In a halfhesrted way.
II q condition like that was allowed to
occur In any other city In the country
the citizens would shake up things until
they shook the city officials out of their
Jobs. In New York they will Just wait
until a warm rain comes and melts the
snow.
. with snowstorm like this said Mr.
H. l.. Jackson. formerly city engineer OF
the streets in, Chicago would
all have been cleared by the next morn
ing Men would have been at work on
them all night. Here not a man worked.
have seen much heavier snuwfa1ls than
this cleared away in night in Chicago.
Not once, but many times"
Ineffective Methods. Il
II was Mr. jackson who. put In the
waterworks, and he knows all
about what can be done to streets. A
of business men, all residents
of New York. and all prominent in their
lines. were discussing New York's inef-
fective methods. All agreed that New
York's streets are a standing disgrace.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
SANTA CLAUS LIBERAL.
Promises to Pay Visit to industrial

It was learned on good authority
last night that Santa Claus will be
unusually liberal in providing a merry
Christmas for the inmates of the In
dustrial Home School. He has issued
instructions. it is understood. for tine
erection of mammoth Christmas
tree IN the assembly room of the in
stitutton early Christmas Eve, SO that
when the boys and girls present their
entertainment Friday night one of his
assistants will distribute goodies"
and trinkets to them.
Christmas morning the children will
gather informally and compare their
gifts. The menu for their Christmas
dinner. which will be served at 1890
O'Clock, is roast turkey with dressing
and gravy, mashed potatoes. cranber-
ries. celery, bread. butter. nuts, can
dies and oranges.
From ESQ in the afternoon visitors
will be welcomed
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Fifteen words in the Want Columns
will cost you fifteen cents. and the results
may be worth several times fifteen cents
a word to you.-Dan sayles
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
DEATH RATE REDUCED.
Lowest District Has Ever Seen, says
Census Bureau.

The District death rate for the year
1913 was the lowest ever recorded. ac-
cording to statement issued yesterday
by the Census Bureau. The rate has de-
creased 10 per cent. from the average
for the five-year period from 1901 to 1906.
The colored rate has decreased q per
cent and the white rate 16.i per cent.
In 1914. 1s.S persons out of every loo
in the District died. The figures for the
total registration area of the United
States were l3s out of each 1.nNo. The rate
was higher here because of the large
mortality rate among negroes. OF the
white populat ation here. 1873 out Of every
I 200 died. whereas the rate among the
colored people was 23.3 out of every 200
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Tired of Life" Jumps Four Stories

New York, Dee- 2L-Mrs- Anna Clar-
ralle. IS years old. Jdfnfed-ffom the.
window of her apartment oH-the
fourth floor of No.-519 East One Hun
dred and Seventeenth street early this
morning. She landed ON the stone
pavement of the rear yard. Her legs
were broken and she received internal
injuries that may cause her death. At
the Harlem Hospital she said she was
tired of living"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
PLAN WIDER BOULEVARD.
Wisconsin Avenue VIII BE Mad,
Better by mmissioners.

The first step toward adding another
BEAUTIFUL boulevard to the National Cap
ital was taken by the Commissioners
yesterday when they ordered Corporation
Counsel Syme to institute condemnation
sin avenue northwest from Garfield street
to the District line.
At an estimated cost Of $3o0,o 900 the
avenue will be widened from sixty to
40 feet. and when finished will be one
of the prettiest thoroughfares In the Dis
trict. The car tracks, now located on
the east side Of the old cobble- stoned
avenue. will be placed in the center. and
will be flanked by twelve-foot sidewalks
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Want Anti-Cigarette Compositions

Conzpositions collected by directors Of
the municipal Fairgrounds last summer
from boys entered in the anti-cisarette
prize essay contest conducted by the w.
c. T. u, should be sent at once to Mrs
Nellie II. Bradley, 1919 Eighth street
northwest, according to an announce
ment made last night.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Cranks Auto: Breaks Arm.

Carl Scherer. of the Eleventh police
precinct. was cranking an automobile in
Congress Heights yesterday when the
engine back-fred and the crank broke
his arm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-13
SHOWERS ARE GENERAL
Rain Has Fallen Over a Large Part
of the State.

Showers have been general in Kan
sas in the last twenty-four hours with
the exception of the southwest por-
ton Temperatures have ranged be-
low normal. The forecast calls for
unsettled weather with the proba bility
of showers tonight in the east and
central portions of the state, and liz
the east portion Saturday.
There was a light shower at Topeka
between ten and eleven O'Clock Thurs
day night netting .01 of an inch This
was followed by an early morning rain
-12:15 to $3.50 o'clock-which meas
ured 40 of an inch.
The stage of the Kaw river at To-
peka today was 10.7 feet, a fall of a
tenth of foot in twentyfour hours
The temperature averaged five de-
grees below normal today. The wind
was seven miles an hour from the
southwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-13
DEATH FROM SKY
Zeppelins Again Raid East
Coast of England.
Six Dead, % Injured, II
Houses Are Damaged.

London, Aug. 13.-Official an
nounCement was made today of an
airship raid last night on the east
coast of England.
Six persons We're killed One Yep
pelin, the announcement says, prob
ably was DANA ged, but escaped.
The official announcement saws
that six persons were killed, twenty
three were injured and fourteen
houses were damaged seriously by
bombs.
This is the second air raid on the
English east coast this week. Late
Monday night and early Tuesday, a
German air squadron raided the
British east coast, killing IA persons
and wounding the same number, one
of the Zeppelins in the attacking
party being brought down and de-
stroyed near Ostend, according to the
admiraltys report. Today's raid is
the seventeenth air invasion of Great
Britain since the war began.
The aircraft evidently appeared off
the east coast at about dusk. The of
ficial statement from the admiralty
timed the raid as yesterday evening
and last night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-13
TRANSFERS ON STRIKE
Between 200 and 1,5OO Drivers Tie
Up St. Louis Traffic.

St. Louis. Aug. ia strike of
teamsters, which began here today
when 800 men employed by two trans
fer companies walked out, extended
shortly before noon to practically ev-
cry teaming firm in the city.
Between 1900 and 1900 men are
now on strike.
The strike resulted from the de
mand of the union for ten per cent
wage increase and for reduction of
the working day from II to 10 hours.
John r. Mccarthy, attorney for the
team owners. said it had not yet been
decided whether the employers would
fight or would offer a compromise.
The strike It was predicted, would
mean serious interruption to the
movement of freight, due to the fact
that a large part of the package
freight that is shipped east Of St
Louis is hauled over the Eads bridge
by teams to the railway freight sta
ton in East st. Louis. A similar con-
dition applies to much of the incoming
freight from the east
Much of this teaming is done by the
St Louis Transfer company and it
made few deliveries today.
The shipping departments of many
factories and wholesale houses were
tied up by the strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-13
COAL PRICE DROP
Consumer to Profit by Sweep.
ing Rate Reduction.
Commerce Board Hits Anthra-
cite Lines Hard.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Ultimate re-
ductions in hard coal prices were seen
today by dealers who have kept IN
close touch with anthra cite production
in the Interstate commerce commits
sion's decision making sweeping cuts
in rates on the product. They eX-
planned the decision was expected to
put independents on the same footing
as companies controlled by the hard
coal carrying roads.
The decision affects freight rates
on anthracite coal from the Pennsyl-
Nania coal fields. Generally lower
rates called reasonable are prescribed
and the roads required to establish
through routes and publish through
rates to be paid by all shippers.
The reductions amount to 10 cents
ton on shipments of the so-called
prepared sizes such as stove, chestnut
and egg coal from the mines to tide
water, and 10 cents a ton on the
smaller sizes of coal. These rates will
now be $1.45 and $1.35 a ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-13

Chicago, Aug. 13.-Cancellation
yesterday by representatives of the
allies of contracts aggregating nearly
100000 bushels of wheat bought for
Septembe ber shipment to Europe, was
puzzling the grain trade early today.
Not only were cancellations report
ed by Chicago concerns, but some sea-
board exporters claimed to have
closed out open contracts. Canadian
exporters also reported some cancel
lations
Patten Is Puzzled.
James A. Patten. former board of
trade operator, discussing the cancel
lations said:
r"If peace were in sight. Europe
would still need wheat, and she would
have the credit to get it. The cancel
lation of orders, therefore. would
seeem to indicate one of two things.
Either Europe has found a source Of
new supply, which means Russia; or
Europe finds she cannot pay"
1t was said that two of the largest
firms which cancelled contracts were
the Armour Grain company and the
j. Rosenbaum Grain company.
DardaneIles Soon Open.
George G. Marcy, president of the
Armour company, said:
Il am unable to understand what
has happened abroad. 1t must be
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