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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
GEORGE 6AssFoRp is CHARGED
WITH REFLEcTiNG ON CHAR
AcTER OF INSTRUCTORS.
MANY PRESENT AT HEARING
Parents Refuse to Permit Their Chill.
dren to Attend School Until the
Board investigates Various
Accusations.

Algoma Charges of sensational
character against Principal George
Bassford of the local high school. were
aired at a meeting of the school board
in the presence of zoe parents and in
terested citizens.
The complaints against him had
been made 10 the board by nine of the
city teachers, who alleged. among 9TH
er things, that Mr. Bassford called
them into his Office and insulted them
by rehearsing the moral character of
other teachers and of prominent bust.
ness men of the city.
1t was further asserted that he told
them he did not care what they did
while away from the city and that they
could have as good a time as they
desired. He was also accused of as
sailing the character of members OF
the county training school
The spectators were dumbfounded at
the revelations made and the school
board it Is said, will probe the situa-
tion to the bottom. Parents are refus-
ing to permit their children to attend
until the matter is settled.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
PICK FAIR DATES FOR 1916
Northern Wisconsin Fair Secretaries
Select Time for Holding County
Exhibits.

Grand Rapids.-At the annual meet
ing of the fair secretaries of north
ern Wisconsin, the following cities
were represented: A. G. Cox of Chip
pewa Falls; c. S. Van Auken, La
Crosse; w. A. Gethins, Stevens Point;
G. A. Mills, Wausau. and r. r. Will
Jams of Marshfield The meeting de
Ssiaed -asnon the dsses QG The fairs for
the coming season as follows; Marsh
field, Aug. 22-25; Merrill, Aug. 29-Sept.
1, Wausau, Sept. 5-8; Stevens Point,
Sept 1915; Chippewa Falls, Sept. 19-
%; La Crosse, 1929. The officers
elected were: President, A. G. Cox,
Chippewa Falls; vice president c. S.
Van Auken, La Crosse; secretary
treasurer. w. A. Gethins, Stevens
Point Marshfield will open the sea
son for the fair racing circuit and have
announced $4,000 in prizes in these
events.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
CHIPPEWA VALLEY RAILWAY,
LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
LOSES APPEAL.
TAX DECISION SWEEPING
Supreme Tribunal Ruling on Corpora,
ton Property Affects 1900 AS
sessment Districts in
the State.

Madison THE Wisconsin Supreme
court affirmed the judgment of the Cir
cult court awarding Fred j. Enger as
special administrator OF the estate OF
J. o. Enger, the sum of 81 500 against
the Chippewa Valley Railway, Light
and Power company for the death of
]. o. Enger, who was killed by one OF
the company's cars.
The Supreme court in the case of
the Burkhardt Milling and Electric
Power company of Hudson against the
city of Hudson decided that the state
tax commission had not properly con
strued the law providing for the as
sessment OF corporation property To-
Gated in two or more assessment dis
tricts. The decision affects assess
ments made in 1900 assessment dis
tricts in the state. The new construc-
tjon ef the statute by the Supreme
court lays down different ratio of
apportionment of assessment among
the different districts than that here
tofore followed by assessors.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
SAYS SHE KILLED MAN
NIECE OF SENATOR cULBERSoN
MAKES CONFESSION.
Bride of Charles Harrison Of Texas
Asserts She Shot Man Who
Wronsed Her.

Fort Worth, Tex. Feb. 26.-Mrs.
Katherine Vance Harrison. ffteen-
year-old bride of Charles Harrison.
nephew OF United States Senator
Charles Culberson of Texas, was re-
leased with her husband after they
had given $500 bail each to answer
charges Of murder filed against them.
The police said Mrs. Harrison had
confessed that she shot and killed
w. r. Warren. a hotel proprietor.
claiming that he had wronged her be-
for her marriage.
Warren's body was found, riddled
with bullets, at the side of a country
road near here, December %. There
were few clues to the identity of his
slayer.
On Saturday an arrest was made in
the case and much excitement en-
sued. which was succeeded by the
greater sensation caused by the po-
lice announcement that Mrs. Harrison,
to clear the suspected man, had ad-
mitted in signed statement that she
was responsible for Warrens death.
She invited Warren into her auto
mobile, introduced him to her hus-
band and drove into the country, the
police statement said At an isolated
spot she asked Warren to get out and
see if tire was fiat. When he walked
around the car she shot him, accord
ing to the alleged confession.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
FOUR BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
Report From London Does Not Make
Public Cause of Disasters or
Where They Occurred.

London. Feb. 2S - Four British
steamers have been sunk with the loss
of perhaps thirty lives. The Wilson
liner Dido was the largest victim. Ad-
vices said the chief officer and two
of the crew of twenty-nine have been
landed. but that other members OF the
crew are missing and unaccounted for
Later dispatches reported the sinking
of the British steamer Fastnet. Seven
of the crew of the steamer TUNNEL,
which was also sunk, are missing, and
two survivors died after being landed.
The crew of the steamer Denaby was
rescued.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
REPORT CATTLE DISEASE
Wisconsin Authorities Take Steps to
Prevent Spread Into This
State.

Madison An outbreak of foot and
mouth disease in Lake county, Ill,
has been reported to the livestock san
itary board and State Veterinarian o.
II. Eliason is anxiously waiting for
confirmation or denial by the officials
of that state Wisconsin is free of the
disease but Lake county, just across
the line, is altogether too close for
comfort and the Badger authorities
will not rest until they know exactly
what the situation is. Meanwhile the
department will take steps to guard
against entry of the disease.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
IMPORTANT NEWS
ITEMS

Zurich. Feb. 2e.-An epidemic of
cholera is raging in Croatia and its
victims are numbered IN the thou
sands, and are chiefly women and
children.
st. Louis, Feb. 26.-The Democratic
Press association of Missouri voted
unanimously to appoint committee
TO draft resolutions to indorse Presi-
dent Wilson in his contest with mem
bers of congress on the submarine
controversy.
London, March 1.-Nuri Bey. brother
of Enver Pasha, Turkish war minister.
was killed in the battle between Brit
ish South African troops and Turkish
led tribesmen in western Egypt. ac-
cording to an additional report of the
fighting received at war headquarters
on Monday.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
LITTLEIOHN PASSES AWAY
Served as State Senator and Past
Grand Master of Wisconsin
Masonic Order.

Whitewater-N NJ. Littlejohn, for
mer state senator and past grand
master of the Wisconsin grand lodge,
e. and A. NJ, died at his home here.
Mr.. Littlejoha was nearly 80 years
old, and had been seriously i'll for
about week He had been blind for
more than year He served in the
state senate from 1854 to 1863
Episcopal funeral services were
held at the home. They we're fol-
lowed by Masonic rites at the White
water Masonic temple. Burial took
place at Whitewater.
The survivors are Ernest Littlejohn
OF milwaukee, a son, and Mrs. M. G..
Haiverson of Whitewater, a daughter
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
UNION MEN WILL ASSIST
Time to Help Erect Gas
Tractor Company.

nesville-Janesville is to have a
new factory and it is being promoted
by the workingmen of the city 1t will
manufacture tractor engines for farm
use. In order to make it possibility
the various unions have all agreed to
give two days labor. or the equivalent
In money, OF every member, the mas
ter plumbers will do their work at
cost of material and the sum needed
to purchase the site and construct the
building will be raised by popular sub
scription among the workingmen of
the city in small amounts
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
THREE NURSES ARE HELD
Alleged kidnapers Of Children From
Sanatorium Under Bond
at Elkhorn.

Lake Geneva, Miss Helgan Fredln,
Miss Helen Flann and Miss Marie
souther, nurses from the Oak Leigh
educational sanatorium, who are ac-
cuseG Of taking two children from the
sanatorium as security for salaries,
which they say are overdue, are held
in Jail at Elkhorn. on the charge of
kidnapping. The $4,000 bond under
which they were first held has been
reduced to $500. The preliminary ex-
animation begun before Justice Will
lam Best has been postponed until
March 90 The children, Jerome and
Walter Kalver, 10 and 12 years old,
respectively, have been taken home
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
INDIAN CHIEF is DIVORCED
White Woman Is Granted Decree and
viii Now Join the
Movies.

Janesville Mrs. Ella Chief, a white
woman, was granted divorce from
Andrew Chief, a fullbIooded Sioux In
dian. Both were members of wild
west aggregation Their marriage
caused her Reputation by the mem
bers of her husbands tribe. When her
husband took sick tribal conference
was held, the sick indian taken to
some healing springs, and his wife
driven away from the reservation. She
learned this was not true, but that he
had divorced her Indian style, and so
she took the white mans method of
being absolutely free.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
Rate Hearing Date Set.

Madison-The Wisconsin railroad
commission fixed the hearing on the
so-callec Tittemore freight rate case
for the week of March 27. Shippers Of
GAINESVILLE and Wausau who joined
with shippers of the Fox river valley
and the Chippewa river valley as com.
plainants IN the case. have Withdrawn.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
New Mail Route Ordered

Washington, D. C.-Triweekly rural
free delivery service win be estab-
lished on May l at Chelsea, Taylor
county. The length of the route is
thirty miles. On the recommendation
OF Senator Hastings Dr. John Schee
has been appointed pension surgeon at
Viroqua.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
ritanio slIruiunr Winner.

Racine. Mrs. Jennie L. Hanson.
wife of Peter Hanson, who lost his
life on the Titanic, received notice
that she had been awarded $1,000
damages against the steamship COM
pany. Mrs. Hanson also was on the
Titanic. She suffered severely from
exposure. OF the total sum, $4,000 was
awarded her personal damages. The
action was brought in New York in
January. 1913.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
Civil Mar unteran Dies.

Madison Victor f. Peck, so years
old, died at his home in Madison from
the grippe He was born at Middle
bury, n. Y, in 1895 His parents built
the first house in Madison. later NOV
ing to Baraboo Mr.. Peck served in
the civil war. being a lieutenant in
company C, Third Wisconsin cavalry.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
Mystery in Endemic,

Stevens Point.--Almond residents
are alarmed over an outbreak in that
vicinity supposed TO be smallpox, al
though the doctors call it chicken pox.
There are fifty persons in Almond who
are afflicted and some cases have
been severe In addition there are
many cases in the surrounding coun-
try.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
To Extend Road.

Antigo-From reliable sources it is
learned that the board of directors Of
the Wisconsin and Northern railroad,
at their recent meeting, decided to ex-
tend the building of the new road from
Shawano southwark to Black Creek. a
station on the Green Bay railroad, the
present year. Bids for clearing the
right OF way have been asked for.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
Must Paw own Expenses.

Madison state will not be COM
PEELED to pay the expenses of DR.. B.
r. Buckingham, statistician for the
state board of education, on his trip
from New York to Madison and return
to interview the board relative to his
employment, Atty.-Gen Owen informs
Secretary of State Donald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
insurance Policies as eIfts.

Sheboygan. The Carton Toy com
pany has presented each of its several
hundred employees under so years of
age, with life insurance policy for
$500 TO which it agrees TO add $10O
each year if the employe remains with
the company, until the policy calls for
81, 900.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
Mother erleves to Death.

Fort Authenticated over the death
of her daughter, Lucy Warne. whose
demise occurred last Christmas day at
johannesburg, South Africa, is par
TALLY ascribed as the cause of the
death of Mrs. Lavinia Warne, a resi-
dent of this vicinity for many years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
Death Ends estranaement.

Racine-Mrs Margaret Robilliard,
70 years old. died from the effects Of
internal injuries sustained when she
fell on the floor of her home a month
ago. Her husband, James Robilliard,
is a wealthy truck gardener, and the
aged pair, though living under. the
same roof. did not speak TO each other
since the outbreak of the European
war.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
To Give Mardi cras.

Stevens Point.-The 120 seniors at
the Stevens Point normal will give a
mardi gras festival March 7 with two
dances, a supper, two plays, one writ
ten by the Normal Dramatic club;
side shows and various special attrac-
tions to close the social season before
lent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
stock Farms With RIooded Cattle.

ville.-Stock raisers through
out Rock county are building UP their
herds of cattle after the ravages of
the hoof and mouth disease of 1914
with fine bred cattle. IT is estimated
that more fine bred and pedigreed
short horns have been purchased by
Rock county farmers within the past
few months than any other county in
the state.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
Seed Corn s2s a Rushsl.

Shuiisburg g.-At an auction sale on
the farm Of P. H. McGrane. in Seymour
township, common yellow dent seed
corn SOLD for trifle over s25 bushel;
one and cne-half bushels being sold for
1888 At a sale on the farm OF p Nc
Cornish, in the same neighborhood,
about month ago. the same quantity
OF the same kind of corn sold for SIS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
win Hold special Election.

Madison attorney general has
advised District Attorney o. H. Bruem-
mer of Kewaunee that special cleo
tion would be held in Kewaunee on
April 4 to fill the, e,vacancy in the office
Of county Judge of Kewaunee county
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
Man Reonan sunar pIant.

Janesville.-There is every expecta-
ton that the JanesvilIe factory of the
Rock County Sugar company viii be
opened for business this fall Il suffi-
cient beet seed can be obtained.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-03
SUBSCRIPTION

SIPS Per Year.
In Advance, $1.oo
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1916-02-05
Mr.. Merritt Makes Statement

Last wcek THE MtSSENGtE Wore
ped from a Baltimore paper go iten -
sarlne Mr. Robert y Neratt m
plain, 70 the Plblc Service Camm ion
regarding railroad scales ai ~ne HH
Nr Merritt says that thcnae.r H-r,
resented him ant ass- DE- 81 rabH b
correction. winch wy US mo-t hoarf4's
as follows
"A tbc article ~ your us tte
81 tne -itl u which Wt ramU uer
toned b inaccurate and misleading.
wrists Oh correct 4uy wt-luaeriuy Niu-H
may nHtr arisen from lu us r0m
pluut ~ tho Commission / DID NoI
aharge inefficient weighing HuiaH
treatment in regard to weighing loss
than carload lots or that ite SCALES
owned hl the Adams Express Com
pany are tout IF order large par' VI
ihr tne II il not necessary t0
into details MS To- The cause ~ complaint
other ihan 20 say that the matter ta-
been 80 with the railroad people htiore.
and With MY complaint submitted r.
letter from Mr. John Superintendent
81 this Division thar facilities asked
LOT 8Hiif'4 if AAilii~tftil $40 ta Ifaf
words "a possible let ME say THAT tht
railroad company has not and ioe- uot
furnish any suitable scale for weighing
freight al SNOW Hill, and on account uf
there being no means of weighing
freight Is shipped from this point the
weight being guessed al or some other
means used arrive at weights unknown
% me- consequently shippers frequently
pay freight on more weight than ihcy
ship a. has happened To- me IN several
instances simply have called attcu
zion 20 the fact that the company at
tentiou has been called 90 the lack Of
weighing facilities. and they have me-
elected 10 remedy the same. and en-
closed with the complaint what ~eems
TO me % be conclusive evidence as To-
what have stated, and asked that il
be reminded
As feel that the article. which uu-
derstand Is taken from the Baltimore
sun. i IA reflection on me | would ask
that you make the above explanation
X. NJ. MERRITT.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1916-02-05

BE- ah tinn HW raty pa .
the H b parl meu wiN b.
rne .s ON Narra @. tac LOT
euine Star ann nces
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1916-02-05
Now Is The Time

ready for in the Spring. Our Mr. q G. kensey, who
is considered Of the very best automobile mechanics
in the state Of Maryland now giving hs personal atten
ton to all repair work lie right the job himself
and you cannot have work done better cheaper than
We will do it, Don't wait till rushed death
Come and Ie US doctor you up n first class shape
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-26

cents in money he can every ordinary demand for cash When unusual call arises, it is called bank run" which merely that than the usual nun Der of people demanding their money at time.
 Working this theory the banker does not, out of dollars you deposit lend ninety he puts the hundred in his vault Gin his reserve) and dis the is customers, placing the proceeds to their credit against which they check the same as if
 they deposited The banker works the law of averages and seldom does fail him, for long has certain percentage of his obligatonsin cash quickly available he is safe The amount of reserve money varies no being legally required be than IS per cent. of the deposts).
 I therefore the banker with dollar in money
 lend in credit when you hold back the ten, you de prive the community the hundred in credit The bank credit alchemist, making dollar do the work of many, and you it to him, to yourself, and to your community the credit structure big and as strong possible
 The place for every dollar that you do not need for your daily necessities is in the bank for the bank will only protect against fire and thieves, it bac demand but by the alchemistic known only to banking turn into credit dollars, which effective in business world money dollars and cheaper This the banks greatest service the uunity and to you.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-26
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS.


 When the Grand Duke Nicholas, commanderinchief of all forces reduced in rank and relegaed to obscurity observers of the puzzled It incredible that the Russian government should beb- erately waste so able commander To be sure he had failed in his campaign against Germany and Austria his forces being rolled back heartbreakng until nothing but he rvas saped Russia But was never evident that the Grand Duke much to blame The appeared lie with the bureaucratic muddlers at Petrograd that supendous retreat itself regard ed by military strategiss proof of the Grand Dukes genius.
 But he vanished, apparently disgrace. And now. in the capture Erzerum great fortress in Eastern Turkey he has come back notably and convincngly that his achievement has few parallels in history.
 the purpose in sending the Grand Duke the Cau mountains really bury him here he has had a revenge his enemies at Petrograd H is to- day the hero of Russia And he may fulfill the early hopes of his admirers and emrge the dominant figure of the war
 There is big work for him any rate He has already with Turkey the staggering blow has suffered since the began. He has taken the strong est fortress in Asia captured huge number of and guns eliminated the Turkish against Persia
  the British expeditionary foxce Mesopotamia Now, be- the British and Russians Bagdad may expected to fall The Grand Duke will presumably slowly westward along the southern border of the Black Sea- and threaten Consantinople-7OO miles away-from tie He may capture the gttering prize.
 Turkey at any rate, doomed. She is the weakest member of the Teutonic alliance If she bes, then the Allies will Hungary whic his reported already plight regards money, food and morals Then the iron ring will tighten around Germany
 If the Allies win-and the chances stronger than in their favor is likely that Russia will be tte de ciding factor Russia alone may war" in the that her gains will nearly balance than those of any other nation For all her expenditure of money and men she will have prestige newborn na- tionaly and patriotism-and probably Cons.aRtnorie And if things work along this line the atev dsgrac ed Grand Duke Nicholas may be the biggest in Eu- rope
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-26
CHAPTER XXI.
AlIison's Private and Particular Devil

Allison's Private and Particular Devil. ioyed an unusual treat. It had a sen. sation which did not need to be sup ported by a hectic imagination or a lurid vocabulary. Vedder court had been condemned for the use of the Municipal Transportation company! A new eight-track, double-deck tube was to be constructed through Crescent island to the mainlandl
 Grand climax Through this tube and into Vedder court, at the plat forms of the surface and L and sub way cars, were to come the passenger trains of the new Atlantic-Pacific rail. road, line three hundred miles short CT than any now stretching between Broadway and the Golden Gate! Any reader of the daily press, of whom there are several, knows precisely what the free and entirely uncurbed did with this bit of simon-pure infor- nation. The glittering details began on the first page, turned on the sec ond, continued on the fourth, jumped over to the seventh, and finished back among the real estate ads. 1t began early in the morning and it continued until late at night, fresh details piling upon each other in mad profusion their importance limited only by the restrictions of typei
 Extral The trick by which the A.-P. ran through the mountains over the Inland Pacific track!
 Extra, extra! The compulsion by which the MHdcontinent was brought to complete the big gap in the new A.-P. system!
 Tremendous extra. The contracts of freightage. subject strictly to the interstate commerce law, between A.-P. and the cereal trust, the metal trust, the fuel trust, the cloth trust, and all the other iniquitous combina- tions in restraint of everythingl Wow! Zowiei That was the hot onel The A.-P. was the main stem, and within thirteen seconds of the appearance on the streets of the tremendous extra, every other fragile branchlet of rail road not under the immediate protec tion of the A.-P, was reduced to a shrivel. and its stocks began to drop with the sickening plunge of an un~ opened parachutei
 Gail Sargent kept Nanette on the rush for extras from the first yell on the streets. and she read every word including the underlines on the miscel laneous portraits of Allison and the funny pi-lines which invariably oc cured in the middle of the most inter. esting sentences. ----------