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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
NOTE IN FRYE CASE
ON WAY TO GERMANY
U. S. Tells Berlin Passengers Must Be
SaVed-SmaII Boats Not "Places
of Safety"
~-~~~-ooo-oo-~-o-~-oo-o-o-o-o-o-

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE United
States, in a note dispatched to Ger
many, to be presented by Ambassador
Gerard on the case of the American
ship William P. Frye, asks that if it is
found necessary to destroy American
ships carrying absolute contraband,
passengers be removed to a safer
place than small boats.
The American government accepts
the German suggestion in reply to the
American proposal concerning a COM
mission to fix damages for the Frye,
agreeing to dispense with the umpire
and leave the case to two experts, one
from each country.
In agreeing to submit to arbitration
the Interpretation of the treaty of 1928
to decide whether it gives Germany
the right to destroy American ships to
stop contraband traffic, the American
government holds that not only must
warning be given and passengers and
crew saved, but that small boats are
not considered a place of safety"
in the meaning of international law.
The United States had not insisted
upon this heretofore with reference
to Americans travelling on ships under
belligerent flag. Officials here, how
ever, feel that the treaty was a spe-
cial arrangement between Germany
and the United States expressly drawn
for the purpose of protecting the YES
sells and lives of subjects of either
party in war time. AS one of the ar
ticles Of the treaty specifically pro-
Vides for the delivery of contraband
out Of the cargo of an American ship
and then states that the vessel can
proceed to its destination, the Ameri-
can government draws the inference
that it never was intended that Ameri-
can vessels should be destroyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
MAYOR BELL FOUND NOT
GUILTY; VERDICT CHEERED
Indianapolis Executive Acquitted in
Election Fraud TriaI-Jury Was
Out TWO Hours.

indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 15.-Mayor
Joseph z. Bell Of indianapolis was ac-
quilted on Wednesday by the jury on
the charge of conspiracy to commit a
felony at the primaries, registration
and election Of 1914. The jurors were
out two hours. The verdict was re-
ceived with a storm of applause from
those gathered in the courtroom.
It became known that only four bal
lots were taken by the jury, the first
ballot showing nine for acquittaI and
three for conviction. The three who
had voted for conviction switched to
acquittaI on the fourth ballot. Stokes,
Waggoner and Dittrich were reported
to be the jurors who voted for convtc-
ton on the first ballot.
Prosecutor Rucker said inn adiately
after the verdict was received that he
had no statement to make as to
whether he would continue the prose
cution of the other defendants on the
Joint indictment on which Mayor Bell
was tried.
It's what every decent citizen of
indianapolis expected" said Mayor
Bell when asked for a statement re-
garding the verdict.
The verdict is as everyone had ex-
pected," said Thomas Taggart, when
asked for a statement.
Mayor Bell was surrounded immedi-
ately by large crowd of his friends
Mayor Bell was indicted with Thorn
as Taggart, Chief of Police Samuel V.
Perrott and 125 others June %, and on
July 9 four more persons were in
dicted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
WILSON SEEKS LARGER ARMY.
Support Asked of Congress for Pro-
posaI of Regular Force of 10000.

Support Asked of Congress for Pro-
PosaI Of Regular Force of 10000.
Washington, Oct. 16.-President
Wilson began on Thursday to pave
the way for favorable congressional
action upon his program for the in
crease of the army and navy.
He impressed upon Congressman
Hay of Virginia, chairman of the mill
taTy committee Of the house, the ne
cessity of approving the Garrison plan
for increasing the regular army to
100000 men and providing a reserve
which will assure the United States
a first defense of 100000.
Postmaster General Burleson saw
Congressman Pou of North Carolina.
senior member of the house rules com
mittee, and discussed with him the
advisability of a general conference
of Democratic leaders before the ses-
sion Of congress opens to consider and
agree upon the whole subject of pre-
paredness.
The following subjects will be con-
sidered:
1. The strength to be given the
army.
2. The additions to be made to the
navy.
8. The changes, if any, to be made
in the tariff and war emergency taxes.
4. The scope of the proposed inner
itance tax.
The cost of the proposed enlarge
ment of the army and navy will add
$75,000,000 to the army appropriations,
making the total for the next fiscal
year in the neighborhood of S172, 00O.-
600. The navy will ask an increase
Of about SIS, 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
AGAINST FREE LIGHT
MINOCQUA RESIDENTS OBJECT
TO CURRENT FURNISHED FREE
Municipal Plant Bridges Gap Between
Church and State and Same Who
Pray Don't Pay.

Ninocqua.- Ninocqua's municipal
electric light plant has developed a
novel addition to the list OF vagaries
and abuses practiced when such utiI-
tiles are under political management.
It is charged, in a formal complaint
to the Wisconsin railroad commission,
that the MinocQua light plant has
bridged the gap between church and
state by supplying churches and par
sOnages with light current free Of cost.
Free, that is, TO the churches and par
sonages. Taxpayers foot the bills,
whether members of the congregation
or not.
Among the other items in the COM
plaint-fled by taxpayers praying for
relief from the railroad commission
are these:
Flat rates are allowed to favored
customers contrary to schedule.
Meters not installed in some build.
ings using current; other meters out
of order: meters read by an unbonded
employee of the town who also makes
collections and keeps no books of ac-
count
Money collected is paid to the town
chairman, who refuses to turn it over
to the town treasurer.
Accounts against consumers not col
lected regularly; many are months in
arrears.
''The town of Minocqua, which owns
the plant, is paid nothing for current
used by street lamps and schools in
the village of Minocqua
mo system of accounting is in use
and frequent transfers of funds are
made to the electric light fund from
other town funds, so that nobody
knows what the light plant has actual
ly cost nor whether it is or is not
earning its own way"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21

Explaining why such substances as
SCOT, arsenic, tobacco, petroleum and
some aniline dyes produce cancer, DR..
H. c. Ross of the Lister institute, Lon
don, writes to Nature that the terms,
industrial cancer Smokers cancer,
arsenic cancer, ETC., namely the dis
eases caused by the commodities men
toned, refer in reality only to a pre-
disposition to the disease. The COM
modities themselves do not actually
cause cancer; they merely render the
tissues prone to it, which seems to
occur in a specific manner The com
modities always in the first instance
produce cell-proliferation, usually in
the nature of wartv growth, and it
is not until an open ulcer has ap-
peared, generally at The base OF the
wart, that malignancy supervenes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
WOMAN THIEF TO PRISON.

Mrs. Lillian Munson of New York
Sentenced to Two Years.
Trenton, n. J., Oct. 15.-Mrs. Lillian
Munson of New York city was SEN
fenced to two years in the New Jer-
sey state prison by Federal Judge ReIl-
stab in the United States district
cou~ for conspiracy. She was indict-
ed with Ralph Lobell, bank teller in
the Edgewater National bank, who
was charged with embezzling $4,000
in cash and $105,O00 in securities.
Mrs. Munson retracted her former
plea Of not guilty and pleaded guilty
to the indictment for conspiracy. Lo-
bell is serving a two-year sentence in
the state prison here, having pleaded
guilty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
zEPPELINS KILL
55 IN LONDON
ia Others Injured in Niqht Raid
by Germans.
AIRSHIP HIT BY SHELL
British Aeroplanes Unable to Locate
Foe-RePrisals Against Teutons
Asked-Many Fires Caused
by Bombs.

London, Oct. 16.-Fifty-five persons
were killed and ia injured in the Zen
pelin raid over London on Wednes-
day night Fourteen of the 55 persons
killed and 13 of the ia wounded were
military casualties, according to an
announcement made on Thursday BY
the official press bureau.
The text of the announcement fol
lows:
THE press bureau of the war Of
fee announces that a feet of hostile
airships visited the eastern counties
and portion of the London area and
dropped bombs. Antiaircraft guns of
the Royal Field artillery, attached to
the central force, were in action, and
an airship was seen to heel over on its
side and to drop to a lower altitude.
Five aerOplanes of the Royal T1y-
ing corps went up, but owing to atmos-
pheric conditions only one aeroplano
succeeded in locating an airship. This
aeroplane, however, was unable to
overhaul the airship before it was lost
in the fog.
Some houses were damaged and
several fires were started, but no seri-
Gus damage was caused to military
material. All fires were soon got IN
der control by the fire brigade.
1.-THE following military casualties,
in addition to the one announced last
night, have been reported: Fourteen
killed and thirteen wounded
The home Office announces the fol-
lowing casualties other than the mill
tary casualties reported above:
Ill.,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

Only one university IN Japan is open
to women
Dayton, Ohio, has a woman as Off
cial chiropodist for the policemen.
Women compose y per cent Of all
those employed in the factories.
Mrs. Russell Sage celebrated her
eighty-seventh birthday recently by
giving 100000 to institutions
The Bulgarian wife never goes into
a public place unless she is accompa-
MED by her husband.
Even in India women now have mu-
nicipal suffrage
Tipperary clubs are being formed by
women IN England
Dutch sufragists are now working
hard to get an equal suffrage clause
incorporated In the new constitution
u be passed or next month.
Mrs. Bartlett Boder of Whitestone,
L. l., who has been driving an army
truck for the British army. is home
on a turlough.
Japan has an organization composed
of 10000 women whose object is to
force men to treat wives as equals and
TO vote for laws protecting women
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
TO HOLD BIG CONFERENCE.


Third National Meeting of Marketing
and Farm Credits for Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 18.-The third national
conference on marketing and farm
credits is to be held in Chicago, No
vember % to December 2, inclusive.
The call for this meeting is issued by
the general committee of the National
Conference on Marketing and Farm
Credits, and by the National Council
of Farmers Cooperative associations.
At this meeting representatives Of ag-
ricultural, educational and banking
interests Of every section of the Unit
ed States will be brought together to
frame legislation necessary to secure
an easy flow of money to agricultural
operations, to secure the standardized
ton of farm products and to encour-
age the organization of agriculture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21

Mrs. C. H. Vandercook of Philadel-
phia, eastern golf champion. now
holds the national golf crown for
women by defeating Mrs. W. A. Garvin
Of England. 3 to 2.
The Oregon public service commits
sion has ruled that women should not
be compelled to step higher than Is
inches in boarding trolley cars
Mrs. E. II. Hartman has ordered
the discrimination of the change be-
ing made Of the Omaha shops of the
Union Pacific railroad into war-mu-
milton factory.
For the first time in history that a
woman has acted as mayor of the city
the size Of Los Angeles happened re-
Gently, when Miss Estelle l.. Lindsay
the city's lone councilwoman, acted as
head OF the city administration in the
absence Of Mayor Sebastian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
FATHER OF 50 DEAD AT 100
Score of Sons and Daughters Attended
Funeral Instead of Birthday
Reunion as Planned.

Marinette.-Peter Benedict, the faith
er of twenty-five children-aIl living
is dead, within few days of his Tooth
birthday.
For years Mr.. Benedict has looked
forward to his century birthday when
he was to have his large family about
him. That had been his plan for years
and it was to be the first reunion of
the family in just one-half a century.
A few weeks ago the aged man be-
gan to decline in health He chung des-
perately to life with the hope of his
coming reunion, but it was in vain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
BIG NAVAL PROGRAM
COSTISs5O0,0OO,OO0
Daniels Plan Covers FVe-Year
Period.
IS APPROVED BY WILSON
First Years Plan Expected 10 Call for
TWO Dreadnaughts, Three Battle
Cruisers, 25 Submarines and
IS Destroyers.

Washington, Oct. 18.-Secretary
Daniels naval program, which has
been approved by President Wilson,
provides an expenditure of $5O0,0OO.-
600 during fve-year period.
The exact amount TO be expended
each year has not been decided, but
the first years program probably viii
call for two dreadnaughts and three
battle cruisers in addition to about
twenty-five submarines, sixteen de
strOyers and probably five scout cruis-
ers
The fve-year program calls for six
teen capital ships-ten dreadnaughts
and six battle cruisers.
The total amount to be appropriated
FOL. construction the first year will be
in the neighborhood of S1OO,O0O,OOO,
but since about s28,O00,0O0 of this sum
is for three battleships authorized last
year the total increase in the naval
appropriation bill is likely to be ap-
prOximately $72,OOO,OOO.
Secretary Daniels said he wanted to
increase the capacity Of the various
government navy yards and do much
Of the new warship construction in
those yards.
Secretary Garrisons plan for
strengthening the military establish
ment and organizing a great continent
tai army for defense proposes the fol
lowing:
1. Regular army of 100000 men, an
increase Of $4,000 men in the present
establishment.
2. a continental army, 100000
strong, enlisted for six years for serv-
ice within the continental United
States These men would serve two
months a year for the first three years
with the colors, undergoing a period
of intensive training. The remaining
three years would be on furlough, sub
ject to call in time of need.
1t is estimated that 10000 of the
$4,000 men thus provided for would
be noncombatants of the medical
corps or other auxiliary forces not in
Guided in the fighting line.
Behind this army would be the Ma
tiOnal Guard, now some $4,000 strong,
but whose numbers might be substan-
TALLY augmented by the organiza-
ton of the continental army.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21

"Of these casualties 80 killed and 95
injured were in the London area, and
these figures include those announced
Wednesday night"
Resolutions were before a mass
meeting presided over by Lord Will
loughby de Broke, at the Cannon
Street hotel, calling on the govern
ment to announce formally policy of
reprisal through British or French
aeropIane raids on German towns
raid for raid" as the resolution ex-
pressed it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
M'LE0D IS CHOSEN CLERK
Secretary to Judge R. D. Marshall at
Madison Succeeds the Late
Clarence Kellogg.

Madison.-Arthur E. Mcleod, for ten
years private secretary to Judge R. D.
Marshall of the Wisconsin supreme
court, was elected chief clerk of the
supreme court to succeed the late Clar-
ence Kellogg. Mcleod came here from
Chippewa Falls, when named secretary
to Judge Marshall, and is perhaps the
youngest supreme court clerk in the
United States. He is a lawyer and is
married
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Sues for Sons Death,

Characterization Lundstrom, adj
strom, has started action against the
city of Cumberland for $4,000 dam
ages for the death of his son, who was
electrocuted by q live wire connected
with the municipal lighting plant. Axel
Ecblad, who was seriously injured, has
also brought action for $4,000 damages
against the city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
DIVER SINKS THREE wARsHIPs.
British Submarine Destroys German
War Craft.

British Submarine Destroys German
War Craft.
London, Oct. 1S.-A lone British sub
marine has won a naval victory over
German warships in the Baltic, sink
ing destroyer and two torpedo boats
and putting another destroyer and a
cruiser to fight, say dispatches from
Sweden to newspapers Of Copenhagen.
The submarine E-19, operating near
FAKE, sank a German torpedo boat
Wednesday. A German flotilIa re
turned Thursday, but fed after the
submarine sank another torpedo boat.
While operating in the sound the sub
marine was attacked by a German
cruiser and two desuoyers. The sub
marine lodged torpedo in one de-
stroyer, which sank with a terrific ex-
plosion, the crew being lost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Optimism Oyerdone

How did Three-Finger Sam come
10 GO broke7
He got the idea that he ought to
be an optimist- SO ne assume ed that
every hand dealt him was flush
and bet it without looking at the
cards"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Work to Be ENnanded

Madison.-E. L. Luther, who sue
ceeds Commissioner c. P. Norgord
as superintendent of farmers insti-
tutes, will not only supervise the
work of the agricultural representa-
tiVes in their counties, but will have
field charge of the farmers institutes,
which have been put on a twelve
month basis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Patriotic Sacrifice

Why don't you marry some really
good MANI
Il wouldn't have the heart" replied
Miss Cayenne. IF we're to discover
really good man. I'd consider it my
duty to vote for him and dismiss ali
thoughts Of domestic happiness and
so let him devote himself to the serv.
ice of his country"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
ONE SLAIN IN VOTE QUIZ.
Four Wounded During Fight at
Charleston. s. c.

T-OUT FVOUTTUVU -UTTHg TT9HI At
Charleston, S. C.
Charleston, S. c., Oct. 18.-Sfx men
are under arrest and two companies
of militia are patrolling the streets fol-
lowing shooting on Friday which
cost one life and resulted in the serf-
Gus injury of four other persons. The
shooting occurred just outside the
room where the Democratic city ex-
ecutive committee was to meet to can
vass the returns of the municipal pri-
mary of last Tuesday. Sidney J. Co
hen, a newspaper reporter, was killed.
Of the four others shot only W. A.
Turner is in critical condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Bio Wildcat Killed.

Grand Rapids.-Edwin Schroer, a
farmer living in the town of Saratoga,
collected the bounty on a large wild
cat he shot near his farm. Wildcats
are q rather scarce article IN these
parts, this bang the first one killed
in a long time
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
RED soX WIN WORLD TITLE.
Hooper Hits Home Run in the Ninth
and Breaks the Tie.

Philadelphia. Oct 15.-Bi1I Carri-
gan's Red Sox brought the world s
championship series to an abrupt close
on Wednesday by defeating the Phil
adelphia Nationals, 5 to 4, in the fifth
game Of the series. The game will go
down in history as one of the greatest
ever played in a titular series. The
Phillies battled to the last time. Hit
ting was free. Home runs to the
number of four were accumulated, and
two of these by Harry Hooper settled
the game. Harry's final four-ply drive
came in the ninth on the heels of a
similar hit by Duffy Lewis and knocked
the breath out of the fans.
The score:
Red Sox ......0 o o 2 is
PhiIlies ......2 o 0 0 o o.
Batteries-Foster and Cady; Mayer,
Rixey and Burns.
Score of the third game:
PhilIies .....0 1 0 0 0 o o.
Red Sox ......o O o 0 ID
Observation-Disclosures and Burns;
Leonard and Carrigan.
Score of the fourth game:
PhiIlies ...... @ 0 o I o.
Red Sox .....0 0 I TO 0 So
Batteries - Chalmers and Burns;
Shore and Cady.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Clalns Worlds Record

". l. Billie, who lives at Wan
seon, O., claims to have broken the
worlds record by raising 1855 BUSH
els of wheat on single acre. The
average was maintained over more
than ten acres. This hints at the tre-
mendous possibilities of American CO.
reals under intensive cultivation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Auto Hits Post. One Dead

New York. Oct 14-John Phillips,
twenty-seven, an automobile demon
strator. was instantly killed and his
two male companies seriously in
5ured when an automobile driven by
Phillips crashed into a trolley pole.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
New cnnnnanu Ornanized

Madison-The FIach-Schneeberg COM
pany Of Milwaukee, organized to manu-
facture automobile parts, filed articles
of incorporation in the office of the sec
rotary Of state. The capital stock of
the company is $4,000. Incorporators
are Fred Schneeberg, Henry w Flach
and Guido R. UIbricht.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
EIIiott's Resianation Accented

Madison.-The resignation of Prof.
E. C. Elliott, director Of the course for
the training Of teachers OF the univer-
sity, was accepted by the board of
regents. Elliott, las accepted a posi-
ton as chancellor Of the University of
Montana.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Relations Not Strained.

Washington, Oct. I4.-Printed re-
ports that strained relations exist be-
tween President Wilson and Vice
President Thomas r. Marshall of In
diana. were strongly denied at the
White, House.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
General Savoff Retired.

Bucharest. Oct. 14.-General Savoff.
the Bulgarian general who won fame
in the Balkan wars is reported to
have been retired by King Ferdinand
at his own request because he did not
wish to fight against the allies
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Turks CAPTURE Aeropls1e

Constantinople. Oct ia hostile
aeroplane accommodating east of e
Arisch on the Egyptian frontier was
shattered by Turkish artillery ire
Sunday and the aviator captured, the
war Office announced.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Three Negroes TO HANG.

Hamilton, Ga. Oct. IS.-John
Wright, Sam Couch and West Story,
negroes. were convicted of separate
murders and sentenced to hang No
vember 16. Their victims were also
negrOes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Miss Wilson ENGAGED,

Washington. Oct. 15.-The White
House officially denied the report that
Miss Margaret Wilson, the presidents
eldest daughter. is engaged to F. Z.
Compton OF Chicago. The report is
false. Secretary Tumulty stated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
Three Perish in flames

CloverdaGe Cal. Oct I6-Three
persons are known 10 be dead AMI
nine business houses have been de-
stroyed IN a fire here. All the dead
were trapped in the Cloverdale hotel
and incinerated.