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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-28
WISCONSIN NEWS
Events Of Interest From Many
Parts Of the State.
APPOINTS HIS COMMITTEES
Speaker Whittet Announces the AS
sembIy Assignments at
Madison.

Speaker Lawrence G. Whittet au-
nounced the assembly committee as
signmenCs of the legislature. Assem-
| blyman T. w. Kubasta of Merrill heads
the assembly side of the joint COM
mittee on finance, Assemblyman Ray
j. Nye has been placed at the head of
| the committee on cities, Assemblyman
| George P. Hambrocht of Grand Rapids,
who was a candidate for speaker,
heads the judiciary committee. The
complete committee assignments fol-
low:
Finance-F. w. Kubasta, Spoor,
Kurtenacker, Hager, Heathcote, Pick
art, Helm, Lentz, Smith.
Judiciary-George p Hambrecht,
Mortensen, Crosby, Morgan, Frederick
Schroeder, Falk, Hedding, Whitcomb,
Gruenewald, Minkley.
State Affairs-Axel Johnson, Filing
son, Dixon, Moran, Hess, Woodland,
Aulenbacher, Kubatzki, Jansen, Gam
per, Weber.
Education-S. A. SCHNEIDER, Dickie,
F. Hanson, Van Gordon, Cretney, Wal
dron, O'Brien, Laing, Kent.
municipalities Nye, j. Hanson,
Ofstie, Duffy, Rentz Pieper, Budlong,
Donnelly, Krembs, Armenian, linn.
Agricultural. J. Grell, BeckWith,
Vincent, Byse, Jensen, Biel, Herzog,
Nordman, Stewart.
Insurance and Banking-H M. Laur-
sen, Cretney, Ploeger, Budlong, Cald-
well, Candle, Zane, Laing, Neumeister,
Bradley.
Labor-A. ]. Vinegar, Hart, Laur-
sen, Van Gordon, Melvin, Stemper,
Feldhausen, Lathrop, Weber
Commerce and Manufactures-C. K.
Ellingson, Ballard, Prescott, Vincent,
Engebretson, Murphy, Rhinehardt.
Transportation-E. A. Everett, Aul
enbacher, Dixon, Prescott, Killa, Fran
zen, TeWs.
Public We1fare-William Kay, Nc
GoWan, Hart, Woodland, O'Brien, Kret-
low, Metcalf.
Fish and Game-Barney n Moran,
Heden, Duffy, Everett, Kleinsteiber,
Krembs, Feldhausen.
Taxation-George Harrington, Ed
WdfuS, Wells, DOUl6, DIdul6y, EOOI0,
Vint
Elections Cristoph Paulus, Bern
niger, Beckwith, Dickie Franzen, JAMS
sen, Vint.
Excise and Fees-J. M. Engebretson,
Kleinsteiber, SCHNEIDER, William Mel
son, Hess, Neumeister, Hoffman.
Printing Carl Pieper, Freehoff, He
DO, nd
Special Committee on Rules-L. G..
Whittet, speaker, ex-officio, Hambrecht,
Mortensen, Nye, Johnson, Kubasta,
Hager, NOrdman, Falk, Pickart, Vint.
Rules-L. c. Whitfield, speaker, ex-
officio; Hambrecht, Johnson, Falk,
NOrmdan.
Engrossed Bills-Ed. Heathcote,
Byse, G. Hanson.
Enrolled Bills-D. L. Dobie, ]. Han
son, DOnnelly
Third Reading-H S. Berninger,
FreehOff, Biel.
Revision-F. S. Hanson, Nelson,
Harrington. Camper, Kent.
Contingent Expenditures - Ere d
Hess. Caldwell, Grell, LathrOp, O'Brien.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-28
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immortal cinch bet EN- the limit
shorty said. Put down twenty-five
next time
quarter Of an hour passed. during
which Smoke won and lost on small
scattering bets Then. with the abrupt
ness that characterized his big bet
ting ne placed 60 on 900, and the
Keeper pald MIN So
"N axe me m Smoke; I'm dream
III shorty m0ahed.
Snokc smiled. consulted his note
hook ana became absorbed in calcula-
non ae continually drew the note
book from his pocket and from time TO
time Jottpd down figures
4 crowd had packed densely around
liz table, while the players them
SEXES u.re attempting to cover the
S.ap numbers he covered. 1t was
til Il that change came over his
pay Ten times III succession he
placed SO on "18" and lost At this
Serge he was deserted By the hardest.
lie changed his number and won an
oa.r $50 Immediately the players
w.re back with him. deserving again
af'nr series Of losing bets.
",luit il. Smoke; quit itr' Shorty adj
yi@ea The longest string of lunches
Il only 50 long. an your strings fin
ished 10 more bullseyes for you"
I'm going to ring her once again
before cash in" Smoke answered.
For few minutes. with varying
luck lie played scattering chips over
tie table and then dropped S25 on
nc"
I'll take my slip now" he said to
the dealer ny he won.
oh. you don't need to show it to
me" shorty said as they walked to
the weigher u been keepin' track.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-28
WISCONSIN FIRE BILL HEAVY
Losses in State for Six Months More
Than TWO Millions.

A total of 1881 fires for the six
months ending Jan. l, 1915, entaiIed a
loss Of $2,185,545, according to a re
port submitted by Fire Marshal Host.
In the corresponding period Of the
previous year there were 1887 fires
and a loss Of $1,291,5
Two hundred and eighty-four build
ings unprotected by rods were set on
fire by lightning in the last half Of
1914, with a loss of SAIL, $50. Only
two rodded buildings were set on fire
in this way.
There were two cases of the old
fashioned man who hunts for a gas
leak with a lighted match. Fires Of
unknown origin totaled 231.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-28
PROVIDES WORK FOR IDLE
Superior Commission Orders Clearing
of 100 Acres of Land.

Urged by the business men to pro
vide work for nearly 100 unemployed
heads Of Superior families the city
commission arranged to clear 100
acres of municipal lands
The decision was reached following
a heated session of the commission
with the workmen and their support
ers, who asserted the right of every
willing man to work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-28
BALLOT INSPECTORS HELD
Must Stand Trial on Charges of Falls
flying to Returns.

G. J. Denham and Joe Naughton, bal
lot inspectors at the November cleo
ton at Superior, have been held fol
trial at this term of superior court
following an examination before Court
Commissioner Pickering on a charge
of falsifying election returns.
They were released on $1,000 bond
each.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
ANOTHER HEARING URGED.
Car Line Extension Question to Go
Before Chamber of Commerce.

A number of committee reports and
recommendations are to be submitted
at the monthly meeting of the Cham
ber OF Commerce, to be held tonight In
the rooms at 18th and r streets north
west.
Among them will be recommends
tion by the municipal legislation COM
mittee that the District Commissioners
and the public utilities commission be
asked to delay action in granting an
order permitting the extension of the
tracks of the bureau of engraving and
printing car line from the south side
of Pennsylvania avenue north on 14th
street to connect with the tracks at
18th and F streets.
The committee believes another pub
lie hearing on the proposed extension
should be held before any steps are
taken. Already one hearing has been
| held. but certain property owners in
the neighborhood claim they were not
notified and were not represented at
| the hearing.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
If KIDNEYS ACT
. BAD take SALTS
Says Backache is a sign you
have been eating too much
meat, which forms
uric acid.

When YOU wake up with back
ache and dull misery in the kidney
region Il generally means you
. have been eating too much meat,
says well known authority. Meat
forms uric acid. which overworks
the kidneys in their effort to filter
il from the blood, and they be-
, come sort OF paralyzed and loggy
When your kidneys get sluggish
; and clog you must relieve them,
like YOU relieve your bowels; re-
moving all the body's urinous
( waste, else you have backache,
sick headache. dizzy spells; your
! stomach sours, tongue is coated,
( and when the weather is bad you
! have rheumatic twInges. The urine
is cloudy. full OF sediment, chan
ncls often get sore. water scalds
J and you are obliged to seek relief
TWO or three times during the
( night,
Either consult a good, reliable
physician at once or get from your
pharmacist about four ounces OF
( Jad Salts: take d tablespoonful in
! glass Of water before breakfast for
lew days and your kidneys will
} then act fine This famous salts is
J made from the acid of grapes and
! lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations
20 clean and stimulate sluggish
( kidneys, also to neutralize acids
in the urine SO it no longer irri-
tates, thus ending bladder weak
ness.
J Jad Salts is a life saver for reg
ular meat eaters. 1t is inexpen-
sive, cannot ;njure and make. a
delightful. effervescene Ethia-wa-
ter drink.
Evening star., 1915-02-09

29), the use of foreign language In
legal proceedings is prohibited, and
these statutes appear to be broad
enough to include the record OF real
estate titles. But whether or not these
statutes are obsolete or inapplfcable
that the object of recording acts is to
preserve and furnish notice Of convey
ances and records of real estate titles.
it is my opinion that you are not at
liberty to accept q deed for record un-
less it is written or printed in Eng
lish. and signed. sealed and acknowl-
edged by the grantor. lessor or de-
clarant"
Evening star., 1915-02-09

necessary steps to compel tho issuance
of commitment upon any such sentence.
Because this involves an attack upon
a practice heretofore tolerated, proper
courtesy to the judicial officer requires
that he be advised In advance that the
department hnds II necessary in future
to oppose these orders. You will kindly
convey this Information to each Judge
of your district. and at the Same time
offer. should any Judge doubt this limi
tation Of his judicial power. to furnish
reference to decisions relating thereto.
which reference the department, Al
your request. will furnish"
Evening star., 1915-02-09
French Surgeon Wounded 81 Times.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
PARIS. January 27.-Dr. DercIe, sur
geon IN the French army. was deco
rated with the Cross of the Legion OF
Honor at the Val-de-Grace Hospital
recently, after having been several
times mentioned in the orders of the
day. He was wounded no less than
uinety-seven times before he gave up
hts service Many times slightly
wounded since the beginning Of the
war, he dressed his own wounds and
refused to abandon his post, but final
ly he fell under three very serious
wounds that required his transporta-
tion 10 Il hospital.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
CLOSE TAB ON TOURISTS,
Norway Issues New Ordinance fo,
Vigorous Supervision.
Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
CHRISTIANIA. Norway, January 25.
The department of justice has is
sued an ordinance for the exercise OF
vigorous control over foreigners and
travellers. Every hotel and boarding
house must file with the police within
twenty four hours a complete state
rnent regarding each new guest, giving
full name. profession. nationality. resi-
dence, reason for coming and where
last.
Norway has been receiving about
10000 tourists annually. Heretofore
the police have taken little interest In
them, whether foreigners or subjects
Evening star., 1915-02-09
Production of Bread.
WARS ENORMOUS COST.
London Financier Reckons Loss to
Europe Equal to So, 500. .OOO, 900.

Correspondence os the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 2s- Reckoning g
each man as a wealth producing force
equal to q mere $4,000 in capital, the
economic waste of human life III the
present European war. OF the basis OF
d million dead and permanently inca
pacitated, has already cost Europe 81
500, 600 900. according TO F. W. Hirst
well known fnancier.
Addressing the Sheffield bankers on
the political economy of war. he also
said in the first three months of this
war. Britain had actually spent more
than in her entire three years cam
paign i'll Crimea or two and a half
years in the Boer war.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
Gives Summer View Of Alaska

Sea lions, ice, polar bears snd snow
form the popular picture OF Alaska.
whereas the true picture that should
be impressed on the public mind should
be OF fiourishing fields of grain and
truck farms, the summer sceae there
according to DR.. Philip S. Snsth. who
delivered an address before section
18th of the College Women'a Club at
the Raleigh yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
DELAYS IN EXECUTION
OF SENTENCE OPPOSED
Attorney General Gregory An
nounces New Department Of .
Justice Policy.

The Department of Justice, in future.
intends to oppose the practice of in
definite suspension either of imposition
or execution Of sentences. United
States district attorneys have been
directed by the Attorney General not
to sit idly by and permit federal judges
to pursue a course which he regards
as not within their authority.
In a circular letter to his assistants,
pointing out that the practice of in
definite suspension Of sentence has long
prevailed in many districts, Mr. Greg
ory says:
Courts Powers Limited.
mo court has such a power 1t is, in
effect, a pardon or communication Nor
may court exercise it Indirectly. by a
continuance of the case from term to
term for sentence, or by other similar
device.
This custom has been the cause of
much complaint, and has tended to
somewhat discredit the administration
of the criminal law in the federal
courts.
"1n the future you will protest
against and object to any motions or
requests for such suspension order.
and report the making of the order to
this department, that it may take the
Evening star., 1915-02-09
USE Of ENGLISH ONLY
PERMITTED IN DEEDS
District Attorney Gives Opinion in
Response to Deputy Recorders
Request.

Acting Recorder of Deeds Dutton has
been advised by District Attorney
Laskey that unless a deed is written
or printed in English, and duly exc
cuted, the recorder of deeds of the Dis
trict is not at liberty to accept 1t for
record among the land records of the
District. The District attorneys opin-
ion was in response to an inquiry of
deed purporting to convey real estate
executed in Cuba. could be accepted
for record in the District.
l.. Not Signed by Grantors.
The deed in question, in the opinion
of the District attorney. does not pur-
port to be either signed or sealed by
the grantors. but is apparently In the
nature Of the testimonio of the Spanish
law. whereby parties desiring to make
a conveyance appear before n public
officer. accompanied by witnesses. and
state to the officer the matters between
them. He thereupon enters their for
NAL agreement in book, and IT is
called the protocol. He then furnishes IS
to the party in interest a similar docu-
ment, which is called the testimonio.
On the theory that the deed was
therefore executed by attorney. Dis
trict Attorney Laskey held it could not
for that reason be accepted for record
here, as the execution by attorney of
deed conveying real property in the
District is expressly prohibited by Sec
ton 49S of the District code.
Law Bearing on Subject.
Other reasons explained the dis
trlct attorney, appear to exclude the
paper from recordation. BY the stat
utes OF George 2, chapter &C. and s
George 2. chapter IA. section 8, in force
in the District of Columbia (Abert's
compilation, chapter S. sections % and
Evening star., 1915-02-09
suatches Woman's Pocketbook.

Josephine Russell, Colored Women's 8
Home. has reported to the police that
she was robbed of her pocketbook. con-
tanning $50. while at 9th and streets
northwest last night. An unidentified
young colored man. she said, snatched
the pocketbook from her hand.
Evening star., 1915-02-09

Loughran. Z. 5. Martin. +. T. Mitchell
II. T. Allen. the Real Estate Invest
ment Company. Joseph c. Arneth. Leon
ard p. Steuart. Paul Frame, John j.
Haislip. John T. Vivian. John w. Braw o.
ner. Harry Blake. J. II. Baltz. Il. 4.
Howe. John b. Cochran and Edwin W
Huguely.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
Elected to Board Of Trade.

At a meeting OF the executive COM
mittee of the Board OF Trade yesterday
afternoon new members were elected
as follows: John R Weyrfch. John
Evening star., 1915-02-09
Found Mors at Bedside.

'-Nors was sitting on the bed beside
Mrs. Piazzi. He was glarins at her. I
was about TO enter the room. the door
of which was partly open, but Mors
ordered me away.
'T demonstrated with him, but he
said I should not come into the room
because Mrs Piazzi was dead. Go to
another ROOM he said; don't care
where you 90. but don't come in here
Shortly after this Mr.. Bangert came up
TO the room. and after he closed the
door l went away"
Circumstances have been brought
out through the examination of
Barbara Pabst. q fourteen-year- -old
gil. concerning what happened follow
inE the death OF Ferdinand Scholtz.
The girl said she was in the drug de-
partment with Mors the night of JAN
uary 4.
He gave me I bottle she said, and
told me to take il up to Scholtz's room.
l don't know what the bottle contained,
but took it up. ] went into the room
with the bottle Mr.. Scholtz was sit
ting up in bed He looked awfulIy pale.
There We're pillows in back of him. and
his body seemed 10 be held up by
them.
Noticed Peculiar Odor.
Il put the bottle on the table. On it
Evening star., 1915-02-09
WANTS 70-CENT GAS
OR A BETTER QUALITY
Speaker Presents Subject at Meet
ing of Northeast Washington
Citizens.
Consolidation Of Street Railways
and School Dental Clinics Other
Topics Discussed.

Cheaper or better gas, consolidation
of the street railway companies and
the establishment of free dental clinics
for school children were tho chief
topics discussed at the meeting OF the
Northeast Washington Citizens Asso-
ciation held last night in Northeast
Temple.
Dr. Starr Parsons. chairman OF the
committee ON schools. presented res
olution asking for the establishment
of free dental clinics: Roscoe Jenkins,
secretary of the association, asked an
Endorsement Of the Page bill, providing
for the consolidation Of the street rail-
ways. and W. S. Bransom discussed the
gas question.
Evan II. Tucker told OF the EFFORT that
was made to get an increased mail
service in certain parts of the north
east section. He told of visit to Post
master Praeger and Of the cordial re-
ception. The postmaster. he said. ex-
plained that it was the policy of the
Post Office Department to curtail ex-
penses, but that he would do the best
he could for the northeast section.
Children Wade Through Mud.
IL L. L. w dilcl pi S'CAifSo "
of residents of 18th street between c
and f streets, complaining of the con-
dition of that thoroughfare. DR.. Wal
ter explained that children residing on
that street have to wade through mud
in wet weather to reach the webb
School The association instructed the
committee on streets to make an eHort
to get the street improved.
President Tucker told the association
of the efforts that were made to defeat
the Eastern High School project. The
effort, he said. was not successful, ana
the matter stands exactly where 1t
stood before the attempt was made.
The board of education has recon-
mended a site, the Commissioners nave
approved the recommendation and all
that is necessary Is the purchase OF the
property.
Mr.. Bransom said that since the pub
lie utilities commission was given
authority over the gas company 1t has
permitted change to be made in the
method of making and measuring gas.
Instead Of requiring twenty-five candle
power gas, he said. measurement is
made by the British thermal unit sys-
tenn.
The change in the method. he said.
saves the company about S250.OOO an
nually in the purchase of oil. The gas
he declared, is not as good as formerly.
and said that two burners give about
the amount of light that was given by
one burner before the change in
methods was inaugurated.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
P|NEY BRANCH CITIZENS
|NDORSE NEUTRALITY
Declare Shipping Small Portion Of
United States Industries, and
Should Avoid War Menaces.

President Wilson received the in
dorsement of his neutrality stand last
night by action of the Piney Branch
Citizens Associate at a. meeting held
in the John Dickson Home, when a
resolution was adopted viewing with
alarm any action on the part of this
government which will encourage our
| ships to enter the war zone waters or
will intimate an intention to uphold
| them in doing So
The resolution also declares that al
though the business of the country IS
suffering on account CT the war, "our
commerce, export trade and shipping
| bear but a small proportion to the re-
mainder of our national interests, and
those engaged therein constitute only
a small percentage of our total popu-
lation,'' and suggests further that
American mercantile and foreign ships
should be withdrawn from the danger
zone to avoid complications.
| The associations delegate was in
structed to bring the resolution to the
| attention of the Federation of Citizens
Associations.
Hear G. Grosvenor Dave.
The business meeting of the organi-
zation was brief having been short
ened to permit the members to listen to
an address on community service by
| 6. Grosvenor Dave.
! Citizens associations could do much
/ said Mr.. Dave. to further community
! service. He urged that such associa-
| tions in the District get together and
| look after the small things in the com
! munity, and that the big things then
would take care of themselves. He
| warned them, however, that settine
| the small things remedied did moi
mean fighting and fussing, but de-
clared that they. could be adjusted II
| an easy way without hardly any one
| knowing about ii.
| He illustrated his idea OF community
! service by taking the much discussed
| loaf of bread He declared that while
| one pays only D cents for loaf OF
| bread, yet nearly thousand persons
| were involved in the production o1
| that staple article of food.
Production of Bread.
| More than q year ago" he said
| some one plowed- the ground; more
| than i year ago some one narrowed
| and sowed the seed. Nearly a year age
some one reaped. Then came the thresh-
ing. and this brought into play intri-
cate and valuable machinery. Ther
il was carted to the elevators. anG
then to some big milling center. where
il had to go through many hands and
! -four. Then probably IL went to some
1 small baker, who purchased a barrel
and he turned II into bread, which yoL
find on your able
Evening star., 1915-02-09
presented to the association in the

presented to the association in the
form Of resolution.
Mr.. Bransom said he had arranged to
prepare a resolution, but the man upon
whom he depended for certain informa- :
tion was busy in the courts and had
not had time to prepare just the In
formation he desired. He promised to
have a resolution prepared for presen-
tation at the next meeting of the asso-
citation.
DR.. Parsons resolution ;sKing for an
appropriation for free dental clinic
in the schools was passed without a
dissenting vote. In support Of the
resolution DR.. Parsons said:
I'VE appreciate the work so far ac-
complished by the National Capital
Dental Society in establishing the free
dental clinic which was recently open
ed. and which has demonstrated its
necessity and practicability.
We do not feel that the expense of
such an institution. now being operated
and supported by a few public spirited
dentists at personal sacrifice of time
and money, should be allowed or be
necessary In this the great capital of
the nation, in view of the fact that
many other cities throughout the Union
have had for a number of years past
well equipped dental clinics for the
efficient care of the teeth of the chill
dren of the public schools, supported
and controlled by their municipal gov
ernments"