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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
VIM. /. MYLREA
PASSES Away
Prominent Citizen of State Succumbs
at His Home Last Night.
Wausau Record-H Herald:

Wausau Record-Herald:
Hon. William Henry Mylrea, aged
sixty-three years, died last night at
the family home, 500 Franklin
street, at 1855 o'clock. The de-
ceased suffered stroke of paralysis
more than two years ago and never
fully recovered. Yesterday he suf-
fered another stroke and after lin
gering a few hours quietly passed
away.
The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon. The body will be taken to
ST. Johns Episcopal church where
it will lie in state from 1:30 to 2:30
o'clock when it may be viewed by
friends. Rev. John Lloyd will read
the burial service of the church, af-
ter which the Masonic fraternity will
have charge of the funeral. Inter
ment will be at Pine Grove ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Mylrea was born at Rochester,
New York, January /, 1853. He came
to Wisconsin with his parents three
years later. November II, 1884, he
was united in marriage with Miss
Minnie Ostrander, who survives. One
son was born to them, John D. My
rea, who resides at Amigo, where he
has charge of the business interests
OF the Langlade Lumber company.
He is also survived by one brother
and one sister, Charles E. Mylrea and
Mrs. E. X. Holden of Clairmont, Cal
ifornia. Mr.. Mylrea had been here
with his brother for some time. Mrs.
Lester NJ. Dull of Los Angeles, sister
of Mrs. Mylrea, is also here for the
funeral, having arrived yesterday
morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
MONTE WILL .
MAKE GOOD
TOMORROW
Local Movie Stars VIII Be Seen in
Grand Rapids Production.

The first showing of the local mo-
tion pictures Will take place tomorrow
afternoon at the Ideal Theatre. They
will be shown again at night and the
following afternoon and evening at
the Palace Theatre.
Everyone should turn out and see
the local movie stars and see how
Monte earl HilD makes good.
Earl is surely some poser and Mar
garet Ragan, the heroine is a real reel
star.
The other actors and actoreens are
also stars and you will surely want to
see them shine, so be at the theatre
early Or you will have to wait on the
street until the first show is over.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
MAY re-
VIEW BORDER TROOPS
Largest Body of Troops Since Civil War Now
Gathered Near E Paso

Tentative plans now on their way
are for a big review by President Will
son in October to demonstrate the eff
fectiveness of mobilization as pre-
paredness measure. The president is
scheduled to speak near here on Oc-
tober IA.
At that time, National Guardsmen
from the 1000 mile stretch of border
would arrive in Ell Paso to take part
in the largest and most inspiring mil
itary maneuver ever held in the Unit
ed States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
\. C'S WILL
ELECT TOFFICERS

The annual election of officers of
Grand Rapids council No 1868 will take
place tomorrow night at the Catholic
Societies Hall The meeting will be
called to order promptly at 6 o'clock.
Every member is urged to be pres
ent and as an extra inducement, there
will be a smoker and luncheon after
the business session.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
AGAINST
OPENINGFAIR
IN SUNDAY
(By United Press AssociatiOn.)

Sheboygan, Wis, Sept. 13.-ResoIu-
tions protesting against the opening
of the Wisconsin State Fair in Mil
waukee on Sunday were introduced
and adopted at a meeting of the Mil
waukee Presbytery here last night.
The resolution was presented to the
meeting by the Rev. S. R. Todd of
West Allis, and was as follows:
Resolved that the Presbytery of
Milwaukee protest through it's tenn
perence committee to the secretary of
the State Fair against the opening of
the fair on Sunday and alternating the
support of church people,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
ITALY TOOK GORIZIA WITH
AID OF MINERS FROM PENN
SYLVANIA AND COLORADO
CBy United Press Association.

Rome, Sept. 13.-Thanks to thous-
ands of Italian-American miners who
came back from the coal fields of Penn
sylvania and Colorado, Italy took the
strongholds of Gorilla from the Aus
trians. They hewed gallaries and SOL
id rock and tunnelled way for the
advance of the Duke of Aosta and his
troops. The question now is: can they
blast a road to Triese and Vienna |?
They believe they can.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
WITHDRAWAL AND LOAN
WANTED BY MEXICO
Believe These Two are the Principal Things
Which the Mexican Conferees Will
Stick Out For

Pershing's troops be Withdrawn and
the patrol reduced as much as posi-
bic to insure the safety of residents
along the border. Funston believes
the troops should be withdrawn and
the regulars relieved from border du-
ty and their place taken by the mill
tia
1t is believed here that the Mexican
conferees are gradually working not
alone for the withdrawal of Ameri-
can troops, but likewise for an Ameri-
can loan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
CBy United Press Association

Washington, Sept. 13.-The net
earnings of the large railroads of the
United States for the fiscal year just
closed increased 26.6 per cent over the
previous year according to reports re
ceived by the interstate commerce
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
WILLDISCUSS
RIVER TRAFFIC
Delegates Representing Mississippi
River Points to Meet at
La Crosse.
(By United Press AssociatiOn.)

La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 13-The an
nual convention of the Upper Missis-
sippi Improvement Association with
about 100 delegates in attendance,
opened here today. The revival of
traffic on the river will be the main
subject to be disucced at the session.
The delegates represent all of the
important manufacturing centers on
the Mississippi from St. Paul and Min
neapOlis to the Gulf.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
PRESIDENT
LEAVES new
London.
Will Go to Long Branch and Attend
to Official Duties.
(By United Press AssOciatiOn.)

New London, Conn, Sept. 13-Pres-
ident and Mrs. Wilson left here this
morning at 6 o'clock aboard the presi-
Dental yacht, Mayfower, for Long
Branch where the chief executive will
take up his executive duties at Shad-
ow Lawn.
Before sailing, the president was
informed Of the critical condition of
his sister, Mrs. Anna Howe, but was
advised that the case was so serious,
it would be of no avail for the presi-
dent to remain at her bedside.
Wireless messages will inform the
president of his sisters condition
during the trip.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14

New London, Conn, Sept. 13.-The
American and Mexican commissioners
in conference here dug more deeply
than heretofore in the direction of
withdrawal of American troops from
Mexico.
General Bliss, assistant to the Chief
of staff of the U. S. Army, will arrive
here today primed with facts on bor-
der conditions and the reorganiza-
tion of future border patrols, which
concur in General Funston's idea that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
FREEPENHOLDERS
FOR STUDENTS

The First National Bank of Grand
Rapids is furnishing some very nice
pen holders to all the students Of the
city and surrounding country.
1t is only necessary to call for them
and they will be furnished free with
best wishes of the bank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
CBy United Press Association
Copyright

El Paso, Tex, Sept, 13.- With the
arrival of the last contingent of Ohio
troops here yesterday, the largest body
of troops ever brought together in this
country since the civil war is under
canvas.
There are $4,000 militiamen and reg
ulars in camp of which number $4,000
are National Guardsmen according to
figures announced by General Bell,
Jr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
Low Temperature.

The lowest known temperature ever
observed by competent scientists was
at Werchojausk, Siberia, Jan. 15, 1885
when a minimum reading Of minus
93.4 degrees Fahrenheit was regis
tered. The monthly mean tempera
ture for January at Jakutz, Siberia, Is
minus 43.S degrees.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
FRENCH CONTINUE To
DRIVE FORWARD
Capture Another Village on the CombIes and
Perr0ne Front

ed further along the east front gain
ing in the great attack which began
yesterday afternoon. This gain is of
great Importance.
All the positions now held by the
Germans have been built under con-
tinuous artillery fire by the French
and are not as well made as those
made before the attack began.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
MITCHELL MEETS
O'BRIEN Tonight
First Fight of Season to be Pulled OF
at Milwaukee.
CBy United Press Association

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 13.-The first
fight of the season in Wisconsin will
be staged tonight at the Auditorium
which Richie Mitchell, Milwaukee, 5
coming lightweight and Shamus o.
Brien of New York meet in a ten
round wind-up.
Mitchell is planning on big year
this season and the Milwaukee fans
are going to back him to the limit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
MILITARY CONFERENCE
Of CENTRAL POWERS
Will Devise Plans for Combating the Grand
Offensive of the Allies

attack when the proper time comes.
The German war conference began at
the headquarters Of the Kaiser on the
east front and is for the purpose of
unifying the direction of military
movements of the armies of the cent
raj powers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14

commission.
Statements from all railroads in the
United States with operating incomes
of over a million dollars showed a
total revenue of S1,176,804,001.
For every mile of road operated, the
net earnings average $5,134
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
ITALY JOINS
THE ALLIES
IN GREECE
Serbs Continue to Drive Bulgars Back.
(By United Press Association

Paris. Sept, 13.-Italian troops have
joined the great Allie offensive in
Greece it was officially announced to-
day.
Despite heavy Bulgarian resistance
the Serbians are continuing to ad-
vance. They have occupied important
positions near Coviu.
The. allie artillery is bombarding the
enemy positions on both banks of the
Vardan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
CBy United Press Association.)

Paris, Sept, 13.-Continuing their
great drive on the front between Com
bles and Perrone, the French last
night captured another village between
Combles and Perrone despite the Ger
mans most desperate resistance it was
officially announced this afternoon.
Early this morning, the French push
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
Chief GIBSON
GOES To STATE
CONVENTION

Chief of Police James Gibson will
leave tomorrow morning for Milwau-
kee where he will attend the annual
convention of the Wisconsin Police
Chiefs. ..t HliS JE,s5
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
THE WEATHER

Increasing cloudiness with proba-
bly, showers late tonight or Thurs
day; warmer in east and cooler in
northwest portion; cooler Thursday
afternoon. Fresh shifting winds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
Dark Haired "Nuts,"

Only one out of more than 160 in
mates of a certain lunatic asylum had
red hair, and only four were Of light
hair and complexion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
BUY BANKRUPT
WITTENBERG
STOCK
xEEkEH sES

c. E. Hewitt and Edw. n. Pomain-
vile have purchased the bankrupt
stock of the Wittenberg Novelty
store and will open up with big sale.
After the sale, the remainder of the
stock will be taken to the Pomainville
building across the street from the
Witter Hotel.
"RTTIt SAY GRAND Rapids
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-14
By CARL w. ACKERMAN

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Berlin, Sept. 13.-The combined
grand offensive by the allies
will be met by grand defense of the
Central Powers, who will swing to the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-27
British NfRR
' SUEl CANAL
REPULSED.
HAVE SUFFERED HEAVY LOSSES
10000 BRITISH NOW COOPED
UP IN ADEN
(By Associated Press. J

Berlin, Jan. 27 Reports from
France and Flanders say that fav-
orable weather has been followed by
active fighting along the entire
western front. The artillery is active
along nearly the whole line. The
heaviest fighting is in the vicinity
of Nieuport and Argonne. German
patrols report that German artillery
did effective work against the allied
trenches near Nieuport.
The British artillery is active. On
one section the British fired seven
teen hundred shrapnell and seven
hundred high explosive shells, also
about the same number of bombs
within twenty-four hours.
The mine explosions mentioned in
Tuesdays, official dispatch, numbered
four. The Germans occupied the
craters and still hold them. Near
Melville the Germans announced
that they had taken three successive
lines of French trenches and held
them against eight counter-attacks
Hand to hand fighting is going on
here. They also claim good prog
ress south of Aras through sapping
and mining operations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-27
CONSUL
CHARGED WITH RENDER
ING AID TO GERMANS ES-
CAPPED FROM PRISON CAMPS

Peking, Jan 27.-Russian Off
cials and the representatives of 9TH
er entente powers in Harbin, have
found much fault with the way the
United States has administered war
relief to Germans and Austrians in
the portions of Manchuria close to
Harbin. Complaints have been made
that Charles X Moser, the American
consul at Harbin, has rendered as
sistance to German prisoners who
escaped from Russian prison camps.
The American position in admin
istering relief to Germans and Aus
trians in Harbin is that Harbin is
Chinese territory, and consequently
United States officials, as neutrals.
are under obligation to administer
to the wants of all Germans and
Austrians who are in need, regard
lss of what part they have taken in
the war.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-27
HOBOES NATIONAL CON-
VENTI0N IN ST. LOUIS

st. Louis, Jan. 27-The hoboes
have beat them to it, The political
parties who will formulate their
platforms at Chicago and st. Louis
next June will have to step lively
to think up better schedule for
all-a-round cure of conditions than
the hoboes have scribbled off.
Here are some of the "planks"
that will go into the hoboes' plat
form at the national convention that
opened here yesterday. Not that
there will be any mailing down, or
physical labor, or that sort of thing.
/. The establishment of hobo
university" on the plan of James
who will be financier, president fac
ulty and board of trustees. The
science of medicine would be ex-
pounded, to keep the knights of the
read in good health; economics
would be taught to show them how
to recognize a job when they meet
one; and the expounding of the law
of the land would also be a feature,
to enable them to keep out of the
clutches of the bulls"
2. Protest against military pre-
paredness.
8. A shorter working day.
4. Abolition of the law against
vagrancy.
5. Assertion of the right of the
hobo to panhandle. as well as the
missionaries and Belgian Relief So
ciety.
The delegates to the big hobo
convention are still arriving on
every train. The freights have the
call. Accredited delegates come
from fourteen branches of the Broth
erhood Welfare Association and there
are many free agents who represent
the unorganized rovers in all Sec
tions of the east and middle west.
The associations meal-ticket, the
eccentric How, who has hit the trail
in America and Europe in real hobo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-27
ANOTHER BOOB TAKEN IN
BY FAKE HORSE RACE

Jacksonville, Jan. 27-Fred Plat
to, of New York City, reports to the
police that he has been made the
victim of the confidence man to the
amount Of $2,1O0, and is asking the
aid of the local detective department
to run down the thieves.
Mr.. Plato states that he was ush-
cred into the fake race betting game
in Palatka, after he had been steer
ed from this city, and induced to
take chance on the races. Three
men cooperating with an alleged
fake race book in Palatka, are said
to have engineered the deal. The
victim was obliged to return to New
York after the amount. which was
named on a check held by the ICON"
men. The money was delivered here
later. and the "sharpers" disappear
ed. Fake kilograms and letters are
being received by him from the
crooks in Cincinnati telling him that
there is a little difficulty in settling
matters before the alleged syndi-
cate. and that he will be paid his
winnings. amounting to $4,000
in the near future,
An effort will be made by the po-
lice to catch the thieves If any of
the men are still In the city.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-27
Labc. Votes Against Conscription
(By Associated Press.)

London, Jan. 27.-British pos
session of the territory protecting
the Suez canal at the southern end
is imperiled by Arab and Turkish at
tacks in Arabia, according to Ger
man sources. The British have been
driven out Of the territory they held
there and have suffered extremely
heavy losses. The implication from
the German dispatches is that the
British force of twenty thousand
men is now virtually cooped up in
Alden, which must be held if the
southerly approach to the canal is
protected.
The Austrians are moving south
ward in Albania without meeting
much opposition, according to vien-
ma dispatches.
The great Labor Congress at Bris-
tol passed by an overwhelming vote
resolution declaring against con-
scription in any form.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-27
WONDERS OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS NEWS SERVICE

When Melville L. Stone, general
manager of the Associated Press, de-
scribed for his Franklin Institute au-
dience the ramifying intricacies of
the far-fung system whereby the
news of the world is brought to the
breakfast table and the evening
lamps more than one hearer was
moved to exclaim. "And | paid only
. cents to get all that" The Asso-
ciated Press pays s3,000,000 a year
for that which any one may obtain
for next to nothing-an open letter
from the entire girth of the world
each day of its teeming, manysided
life. To this vast expense of the
great wholesale agency of news-gath-
ering must be added the budget of
each newspaper that calls upon the
long and powerful arm of this auxil-
iary. The cattle dispatches and the
telegrams must be supplemented by
the local euOTlS VI d Sludli a. my VI
faithful laborers each man vigilant
not merely for his own repute but
for the making of the name of his
journal. The newspaper cannot be-
gin to print all it receives. There
must be cease'ess editing and prun-
ing and considerate consideration
The equivalent of large book each
day must be manufactured and the
work must generally be done at top
speed in an atmospheric intensity
quite foreign to most enterprises.
For no other expenditures of a like
amount is a value so considerable
received. A letter. to be sure, will
travel across the continent. or to
England, for two cents. But here is
whole mail bag brought to the
door of each subscriber as "the frs
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-27
MRS.PULLNAN
AND DAUGHTER
KILLED: DEED
LAID At DOOR
Of HUSBAND
LATTER JUMPED FROM THIRD
STORY WINDOW AFTER THE
MURDER, COMMITTING SUI
eide
(By Associated Press. }

New York, Jan 27.-Nathan
Pullman, a wealthy retired insurance
or real estate agent, is being hunted
by the police as the result of finding
the hodies of Mrs Pullman and her
daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Basel.
with crushed skulls in a rooming
house. Pullman left the room four
hours before the bodies were found.
Mrs. Pullman's skull was crushed
apparently with an axe and her
daughters with hatchet. Pullman
told the landlady he was going for
doctor as his wife was ill. He is
believed to have had about five thou
sand dollars on him. The Pullmans
went to Chicago to live three months
ago and came here to visit their
dauehters two weeks ago.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-27
ACTIVE fighting IS RESUMED:
BRITISH LABOR VOTES
AGAINST CONSUMPTION
PENNSYLvANIA'S
HONEST MAN

Norristown, Pa. Jan. 27-When
man passes up $19,333.33, plus in
terest, due him for four years and
ten months work that has saved the
people several hundred thousand
dollars year, he becomes an un-
usual man. Such man is DR.. John
n. Jacobs, Pennsylvania honest
man.
lie has just gone out of Office as
the Controller of Montgomery coun-
ty, the duties of which office includ-
ed the stopping of leaks,
Dr. Jacobs stopped the leaks,
which were many and varied, and he
has lifted 10000 people out of
debt that amounted to nearly
100000 and made them worth
about 100000. He also reduced
the taxes from three mills to two
mills, saving s12S,000 in taxes in
two years. And he proved that
taxes of one mill were all that the
county needed.
DR.. Jacobs was an army surgeon
in the Civil War. He is n years old,
and one of the most active men in
the State. He has made a fortune in
banking. They call him "Lansdale' S
Grand Old Man"
Il told them when | took office
that | wouldn't take a penny for my
work, and won't he says. 1T may
bother them, but | won't be a liar
They say am millionaire and
don't need the money. | never was a
millionaire, nor half of one, but
don't need the county's money and
don't give three hangs for any more
than I've got"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-27
JUDICIAL HINT TO
THE AUTOMOBILISTS

An exchange editorializes at some
length upon a recent Pennsylvania
court decision holding an automo-
bile driver responsible for an injury
to a pedestrian who was shown by
the evidence to have seen the ma
chine coming before he started
across its path. The lower court
had found for the defendant, the
nan with the machine, on the
sround of contributory negligence
on the part of the injured pedes-
rian: but the supreme court re-
'ersed the lower court and put re-
'ponsibility for the accident wholly
Upon the automobile man.
There may have been some new
law point involved in this case; but
always has been a notion of our
oWn that the law gave the pedes-
'rian the right of way on all high
Says open to general traffic. And
now could 1t be otherwise?
If Blink on foot had to give the
foad to Blank because he was on a
norse or in an automobile, then 1t
soald be the horse or autmobile that
aad the right of way, and neither
Ailnk nor Blank: and as yet man
'Omes first in our laws.-St. Peters
burg Times.