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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
Praised for Laws on Phthisis.

The annual report of DR.. Hoyt E.
Dearholt. executive secretary, featured
the meeting of the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis association.
Doctor Dearholt told of the splendid
results achieved in a legislative way
and gave that body credit for the intel
ligence it displayed in furthering the
fight against the white plague. He
told of the spread of the sanatorium
idea and how the opening of the new
sanatoria in the state this year is
going to help enormously.
The work of the open air schools
was touched upon. The report said:
Encouraging progress has been made
in che establishment and maintenance
of open air schools. One has been
opened at Oshkosh, another at Green
Bay, one at Racine. Sheboygan is
completing one and Milwaukee is
building its second.
He praised the Power of the Pen
n.y." the film play depicting the fight
on tuberculosis, and said the movie
was a means towards education. En-
ploymeut of the tubercular patients,
the 1914 seal campaign and the state
ment of the financial condition of the
association were touched upon.
Many of the tuberculosis workers
attended the dedication of Muirdale,
the new county sanatorium. DR.. T. B.
Saches, head of the national organiza-
ton, was one of the speakers. 9th
ers on the program are. DR.. Louis j.
Jermain, Dr. H. E. Dearholt, Superin-
Greenman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
JUSTIFICATION FOR THE JURY
Defendant Explained Answer That af
First Somewhat Puzzled the
Learned Judge.

Guilty or not guilty?" asked the
clerk
"Yes!" replied the prisoner, em-
phatically.
Slowly the judge lifted his eyes from
his desk and fixed them witheringly
upon the miscreant.
"Eh!" said his lordship in a fear
some voice. What do you mean by
such an answer as that?"
This chap with the face" replied
the prisoner, pointing toward the
clerk, asked me whether / was guilty
or not guilty, and l said Yes. And
it's true. / can't help being one or
the other
But which are you?" inquired the
judge.
My lord" said the wicked culprits
IF | answered that what use would
you have for the jury?"
And the villain looked around him
with an air of innocent injury, while
the judge tried to explain to the jury
what he meant.-Tit-Bits.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01

system of civil life, where ability
rises and mediocrity must be content
with the lower rungs of the ladder.
Jellicoe, Sturdee and Beatty en-
tered the navy as boys of fourteen.
None had any particular influence;
they made their way by industry. Sir
John has served in every branch. he
is regarded as possibly the ablest
ordnance expert in the navy, which
means that he knows the guns which
he will fire in section.
Despite his amiability, all agree
that he has only one criterion-suc-
cess. If an officer fails he is super
seeded. Most of these young admirals
sleep on the bridge even in harbor
For the last ten years the average
British naval officer has worked hard
er than a man of any profession In
civil life. They have kept up the
grinding drill, which continues since
the war began.
1--WE can take no risks" one OIL
them said Our responsibility to the
nation requires that we neglect moth
ing that devotion to duty will accom-
plish. Most of these crews you see
have been at their posts, whether gun
pointing or passing ammunition, TOT
five or six years We want each man
to be letter perfect in his part.
Prompt in His Decisions.
In all actions thus far the firing has
begun at extreme range-elghteen
thousand yards. At that distance
dreadnaught painted the color or the
sea is a, vague speck. But one for
tunate hit may be vital, and either
side wants to get that fortunate nit
first, The accuracy of fire both at
the Falkland islands and in the pat
tie of the Dogger Bank. officers salo'
had been as good as at battle prac-
tice.
Seen among his admirals, Sir John
Jellicoe seems the head of family.
In frequent consultation, they know
one another in the fellowship OF thelF
confined existence. If he had any
thing to say to one of them or they
to him, the 9efiniteness of their re-
marks and the promptness OF MS re-
plies were impressive. Decision
seemed automatic with him.
He showed the visitors over the
flagship himself, calling attention 10
things which he thought would inter-
est them, as he led the way along
the cramped passages behind the
armor or pointed the way to enter
one of the turrets where the gun
crews were going on with their drill
which they went through like so many
machines. Most of them were in the
late twenties or early thirties, mature
experienced and confident.
"All they ask is that the Germans
will come OUT said an officer. They
could not work any harder than they
did before the war. But the war has
given them renewed eagerness.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01

No matter what difficulties arise. he
is always smiling. Both he and Beatty
were on the first attempt to relieve
the Picking legations at the time of
the Boxer rebellion. Captain Jellicoe
was then Vice-Admiral Sir Edward
SeymOurs chief of staff When he
was wounded and the little band of
seamen were surrounded by Boxers
and it looked as If every minute might
be their last, he was smiling as cheer
lily as If he had been on the quarter
deck. Nothing ever seems to ruffie
his equanimity. His personal charm
would win him his way anywhere;
but when you have served with him,
then you realize what master of his
profession he is"
Only the commander in chiefs flag
which she flies distinguishes the flag
ship, which is in the center of the
fleet, from the rest of the gray fight
ers in their precise lines at anchor
in harbor. Sir John takes his exer-
else and his holidays pacing the quar-
ter-deck. He never leaves the feet
even for a few hours The command
er in chief is the one man who must
take no risk of being absent if the
German fleet should come out.
Not tall, spare, his face tanned by
the breezes, he walks up and down
the deck. sometimes with one of his
aides or with his chief of staff. again
with one of his officials. Everyone in
the fleet is familiar with the quick,
light step of that slight figure with a
telescope always under his arm. If a
ship should come to anchor with a
bow out of line, he knows it. All his
fighting ships are under his eye and
every human being on the fleet feels
his personal presence.
Makes 1t Look Easy.
Descend a ladder under the shadow
of two great 13.5-inch guns and the
visitor is in a large cabin extending
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01

Thinks Buck Law Is Satisfactory
THE buck law is working out tine
and, believe, meets the approval OF
the true sportsmen of the state. de-
clared Conservation Commissioner w.
E. Barber.
Mr.. Barber had just returned from
the north woods, where he made per
sonal investigation of the reports of
the slaughter of does. Fully ~ per
cent of the stories about female deer
being found dead in the woods are
fakes" said he The commission mas
a force of fifty wardens actively en-
gagged in looking after violators in the
hunting regions. and they have report
ed the finding of only seven slaugh-
tered does.
Il went to four men who had been
reported in one of the daily papers as
having seen large numbers of illicitly
killed does. Three of them made pos
tive statements that the published re-
ports were fakes, and the fourth said
he had never given out any state
ment, but that he had heard of two
dead does being found in the woods.
MIR. Barber said he interviewed
every hunter he saw, and with few ex-
ceptions there was general agreement
that the buck law as a conservation
measure not only protects the mother
deer from extinction and thus tends
to conserve animal life, but through
the greater necessity for discrimina-
ton on the part of the hunter, it saves
human life.
Not an instance of person meet
ing death through being mistaken for
a deer has been recorded this season.
he said Even if it does not save the
deer, it is good law if it protects hui
man life"
A letter received by the conserva-
ton commission from Chief Warden
|. H. Buckner, who has been close
observer, says that very few does have
been found, and the buck law is all
right"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01

from side to side of the ship. which
in house would be called the dining
room. Here when he was in port in
time of peace the commander in chief
would give his official dinners. In
time of war the cabin is partly
screened off, as there is more room
than Sir John and his staff need for
meals. Aft of this is what would be
called in a house the sitting room.
The furnishings are of the simplest.
Everything infammable could be re-
moved promptly in case of action.
The few names in the visitors book
on a table were suggestive of the
fleets isolation from intercourse with
the rest of the world One name was
the kings and another the prince of
Wales, and few others were those of
high officials.
The visitor looked about in vain for
signs of the immense amount of Off
cial detail which would seem neces-
sary for the focal point of a vast
campaign. Some staff officers and a
few records were all The flagship
is kept cleared for action in this as
in all other respects. The actual d.
rectiug of the three thousand ships
and auxiliaries of the British navy is
carried on in a space occupied in a
New York Office by a lawyer and two
or three clerks. An orderly went and
came with messages from the wire
less room, which aside from the in
stallation, had space enough for the
wireless operators to stand and no
more
officers said that it was difficult to
contemplate how such a naval cam
paign as the British in this war could
have ever been conducted without the
wireless. Sir John could talk with
the admiralty in London or with any
ship. whether off Helgoland or Ice
land. He knew what each one was
doing. Let a German cruiser show
her nose in the North sea and he had
the news in a minute or two after she
was sighted.
His Fighting AdmiraIs.
Beatty, who sank the Bluecher, is
the youngest of Sir Johns young ad-
mirals, forty-four years Of age, boy
ish and quick. Sturdee, victor of the
Falkland islands battle, smooth
shaven, as smiling as Sir John, is
and rather studious in
he is an expert in naval
strategy.
In the British navy promotion is
by selection up to the grade of cap
tain. A man with a single flaw in his
record as lieutenant must wait on
others before he can become lieu
tenant commander Those with per-
feet records in each grade are can
vassed by boards and those who have
shown industry and initiative are
chosen to go over the heads of less
active men. The aim is to apply the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
BY FREDERICK PALMER.


LondOn.-Of all the great leaders of
the war Sir John Jellicoe, command
ing the British grand feet, is least
known to the world, and his is the
portrait which receives the most
cheers when it is thrown onto a
screen at a London theater But the
British public knows nothing of him
except that he is the fighting com
mander of the invisible power of
the British navy.
When war was threatening it is re-
lated that a meeting of admiralty
lords and others who would have the
say was held to decide who, in case
of hostilities, should command the
British fleet. The opinions ran some
thing like this, it is said:
"JelIicoe! He has the brains!"
"Jellicoe! He is young. He has
the health to endure the strain. He
has the nerve"
"JelIicoe! His fellow-oficers be-
lieve in him."
"Jellieoe! He has been tried in
every branch of the service"
That sort of recommendation helps
when a man has to undertake such an
immense responsibility. He was
given supreme command and the rest
left to him.
A Marked Man.
From the time he was a midship-
man, Jellicoe has been a marked man
in the service" said one of his adj
mirals. He is one of those men who
seem % be born with tireless energy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
Wisconsin Fire Renort.

wisconsin FIre Report.
Reports received by the state fire
marshal department show that the fire
losses in the state of Wisconsin in
October, 1915, were $50 above the
losses reported in October. 1914. The
October losses this year were 1851. l20.
while in October, 1914, they were
$361.061. The number of fires this
year was 218; in October, 1914. they
numbered 243. The totals for Septem-
Der, 1915, were 1857 900.
The biggest single loss in October
this year was at Lugarville. Price
county. when a spark from a smoke
stack caused lumber yard loss of
$S7,500, on October 25. The loss was
fully covered by insurance.
Milwaukee county led in the num-
Der of fires. total of SO, but the to
tai loss was but $13,495 Other coup
ty losses, in order of size we're: Ke-
waunee, fires, $15,800; Wausaca, z
fires, $14,415; Brown, 10 fires, $14 ,405:
Chippewa, s fires, $14,300; Portage,
fires. $12,595; Waushara, 9 fires, ST.,
1870; Racine. fires, $10.725: Polk, 8
fires, 100000
The approach of colder weather has
increased the number of fires from
defective heating arrangements. De-
fective chimneys caused Is fires at a
loss of $28,490. Stoves too near wood
caused II, with loss of $12.840 Elev
en- fires, with a loss of $14.645. were
credited to incendiarism Lightning
was the cause of 13 fires, at total
loss of $12.475 Fires from unknown
causes were 81 and the loss S54.570
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
Wise Doctor.

Some time ago Brown began to
feel little under the weather, and
q physician was summoned. A few
days later a friend called to see how
the patient was getting along.
Sorry to see you penned up. old
boy" remarked the caller, sympa-
thetically. What seems to be the
trouble?"
Just run down a bit" answered
the patient. THE doctor says l will
be all right in a short time"
81 see," thoughtfully returned the
visitor Il understand the doctor told
you to take plenty of fresh air"
"Yes," smiled the patient. He
knew it was the only kind of medi-
cine that l could afford to get. -
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
pedicates Model sanitarium.

Muirdale, Milwaukee county's new
$500 600 tuberculosis sanitarium, was
formally dedicated following the an
nual meeting of the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis association. The dedica-
tory address by Gov. E. L. Philip was
followed by brief addresses by DIR.
Theodore B. Sachs of Chicago, presi-
dent of the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
losis; former Governors F. E. Meow
ern and j. 0. Davidson; DR.. j. w.
Coon, superintendent of the munich
pal tuberculosis sanitarium at Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01

No woman really cares for the kind
of love that the hero in novel
makes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
JELLICOE MOST
POPULAR Of ALL
BRITISH CHIEFS
Frederick Palmer Writes of Fight
ing Commander of Britain's
Great Fleet.
MASTER OF HIS PROFESSION

NO Matter What Difficulties Arise He
Is Always SmiIing-The One Man
Who Cannot Risk Being Abb
sent From the Fleet
Loved by Officers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01

Some men take to drink naturally
and some others are quite willing to
be taken.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
Trout Egg Supply Short.

Trout Egg Supply Short.
At the end of the permit season for
trout the Sturgeon Bay state fish
hatchery is lacking one-quarter it's ca
pacity of trout eggs. the result of the
heavy seas on Lake Michigan. Twen-
ty million trout spawn will be shipped
here from southern lake ports.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
Wisconsin Pensions Granted.

The following Wisconsin pensions
were granted on Monday: Ellen APP
ker, Wonewoc, SIP; Florence Watson,
Berlin, $12; Alkaline Barrand. Algoma,
$12; Magdalena Hassold, East Troy,
$12; Mary L. Hays, Pardeeville, $12;
Elizabeth Hudson, Lake Geneva, $12.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01

Only fools mortage their opportuni-
ties.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-12-01
STATE NEWS BRIEFS

Madison.-The Wisconsin supreme
court finished hearing cases on
the sitting beginning November l6
and adjourned until zen O'Clock a. M
on Decem4er Z.
Manitowoc.-Membe rs of the county
board we're guests of the County
Automobile association at a ban
quet. The event was in celebra
ton of the completion of the concrete
speedway between Two Rivers and
Manitowoc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
SCHIFF APPEAL ENDS
FEAR OF Big STRIKE
Employers to Arbitrate Dis
pute With $4,000 Cloak
Workers.

The executive committee Of the Cloak,
Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Protective
Association sent a letter to the Internal
tional Ladies' Garment Workers Union
and the joint board of the Cloak and
Skirt Makers Union yesterday, acced-
ing to the proposal to submit the diff
ferences between the unions and the en-
ployers to a council OF Cancellation.
1t was believed last night hat this
action would prevent the threatened
strike Of $4,000 cloak workers. The
manufacturers sent the letter after re-
ceiving the communication from Jacob
II. Schin, Oscar s. Straus, Cyrus l..
Sulzherger. J. l.. Magnes and Louis Mar
shall urging compliance with The unions
request for arbitration.
Charles Heineman. chairman Of the
employers executive committee, wrote to
the Schiff committee. expressing the
Of the manufacturers and prom
Using that the employers would do all
In their power to maintain industrial
peace.
"A general strike you'd tie up the en-
tire fall trade said Benjamin Schles-
niger. president OF the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union, yes
terday, W. are working for peace, but
are prepared for war. / am anxious to
avert disaster for the 800 900 persons
In the cloak makers families OF this
city"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
BIG RUSH OUT OF TOWN
MARKS DOUBLE HOLIDAY
Trains to Popular Summer Places Run in Extra
Sections to Accommodate Pleasure Seekers
--New Baggage Rule Works Well.

recreation in the A~dirondacks and else
where.
Excursionists via the New Haven TO
New England escorts are more numer-
Gus than In the years gone by. The In
resorts to spend the summer Is said to
be due to the fact that the European
war is compelling folks to seek their
summer pleasures In America.
Plans already are under a to cope
with the great rush Of homecomers who
will throng all trains on Monday after
noon and evening after their brief holt
day.
Baggage Troubles Lighter.
or course the baggage man had his
usual troubles with a surcharge Of
trunks yesterday. but he didh't have the
trouble hat he has been anticipating
from the Cummins act. which makes IL
necessary for each shipper Of a trunk to
sign a statement as to the exact value
Of his baggage before ne can check It.
The burdens of baggage men have
been lightened In recent years during
the summer tourist season a of
the general use of automobiles In TAX
ing their owners and families to resorts
In the Adirondacks. the Berkshires, the
Maine woods and elsewhere.
As a rule one trunk goes along with
the family and the remaining trunks
are sent by express. all Of which means
business for the express companies. Pre-
vious to the Introduction of the auto
mobile these trunks were checked. thus
adding to the burdens Of the railroad.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
R%ECEIVERSHIP SEEMS
SURE FOR NASHVILLE
Court lntimates That It Will
Grant the Petition on
Monday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 2.--Nashyille
Is excited over the prospect of a re-
ceivership for the city under the hill
hled by Comptroller Burns.
Chancellor Allison virtually shut off
the argument to-day by announcing Ia
the lawyers opposing Burns and rem
resentins the Mayor that the latter
would have until Monday to answer the
Burns suit Individually. The Chancellor
said that he would then act on the an.
plication for a receivership.
"A great emergency exists said the
court, that requires speedy action"
Chancellor Allison added that he had
seen the storm gathering for ten dav
and had not been idle himself in re-
search work.
Having previously announced that he
wouid appoint a commission to gather
the evidence which Henry Stokes. the
comptroller's attorney, said he had
been prevented from getting by the in
limitation OF the police. the Chancellor
has made a receivership for the CITY
and a victory for Comptroller Burns
virtually certain. Burns has been fight
ing to have the city's affairs thor
oughly aired. The Mayor and Com
missloners tried to block him at the
outset.
Mr.. Stokes arraigned the Mayor and
Commissioners to-day for alleged waste
OF public funds. under illegal contracts.
More than 1880 citizens have signed
the petition for the recall Of the Mayo-
and the Commissioners.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03

A combination OF a double holiday
and the beginning Of the school vacation
started an unusually strong tide OF
travel toward the country and seashore
resorts yesterday. Many thousands left
by train and steamboat and many
thousands more, not counting the regu-
lar week enders,' will leave to-day.
Employees at the Grand Central and
Pennsylvania Railroad stations. as we'll
as at the other railroad terminals in
Jersey. had their hands full making UP
extra trains and seeing to It hat the
vacationists and excurslonists started
in the right direction.
Every Pennsylvania train for the Jer-
sey coast went out In W sections and
all were we'll filled. This schedule will
he repeated to-day. and all Washington
n two or more Western trains also
will be sent out in two or more sections.
Travei on the Long Island Railroad
will be particularly heavy to-day. as
Long Island resorts are favorite places
for those who take advantage Of a
double holiday.
Travel Heavy All Week.
Outgoing travel on the New York
Central Lines has beer heavy all the
week. The officials report that many
are now going to the Pacific slope to
attend the San Francisco fair. In addi-
ton to those who are seeking rest and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03

favorable to Becker. When Schepps was
found at his jewelry shop, 702 Seventh
avenue he denied with apparent indig-
nation that he had made any such state
ments as were credited to him.
All ! have ever said was that I
would see the Governor II he wanted to
talk to me. ! didn't say that | would
or could help Becker
The fact Ii that every one Of the in
formers has reiterated over and over
again that although they would like to
save Becker from death II they could. II
would be Impossible because they had
told the truth when they testified. There
Is another reason which does not en-
courage r~ecantation. The immunity
stipulation granted { each of the in
formers would be nullined IL they ad-
mitted perjury. Every one OF them
could be tried for murder.
Mrs. Becker had an interview with
Mr.. Manton late yesterday afternoon.
She had seen her husband earlier in the
lay. She would not discuss her plans
or the purport OF her conference with
Mr.. Manton.