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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-09-16
shoots AND
KILLS DEER
ownership
DISPUTED
E. ]. Akey Has Thrilling Experience
on Sierra Hunting Trip.

To stop a 200 pound deer with a
bullet through the throat, to dis
patch the animal with second shot,
to further establish proprietary rights
by drawing and hanging the prize
and then to have possession disputed
was the unusual and thrilling eX-
perience of E. J. Akey, of the Akey
and Skaggs real estate firm, who has
just returned from a three weeks
hunting trip in the Sierras.
With the assistance of o. W. Shields
and the Rev Mr. Reed both of Oak
dale, who accompanied him on the
trip, the deer was stretched across
a clump~ of Manzanita bush, and the
three returned to where the pack
horse was picketed, preparatory to re-
turning in state to camp with the
prize.
Imagine the surprise, CONSERVATION
and dismay of thetrio upon their re-
turn in less than two hours to find
not a trace of the antlered beauty
II felt like crying" said E. J. Akey
later describing the occurance, and
he meant it. Speculation was rife as
to the cause Of the calamity A clear
ly discernible trail showed the di-
rection taken by the thief, and the
three started off in hot pursuit. Down
the side of the mountain they went
oblivious to torn clothing, bruises ano
scratches.
Face to Face With Thief.
Within 200 yards they came face
to face with the thief in possession
of the, deer. Courage deserted them
and the cold sweat of fright stooc
out on their brows. Pistols and rifles
| in the excitement of the chase, they
had left behind; and these implements
are essential to an argument for pos
session of warm meat with bear!
Apparently the bear had satisfied
his hunger, at any rate, the beal
started to run first, and E. J. AXE!
again secured his prize, not greatl!
damaged; returned with it to San Jose
last week, and substantiated hi
| thrilling story with generous portion:
Of venison steak.
The deer was the largest of fiv'
secured by the party on the trip; an'
Akey lived up to a sobriquet acquired
in the mountains of Wisconsin AM
Texas of Big Buck" Akey, on hi
first hunting experience in California
The party proceeded Is miles be
yond Toulumne by auto, and from
there covered a hunting radius of 5
miles with pack and saddle horses
| Camps were established at Huckle
| berry lake, on the Prairie river, and a
Buchanan. Good luck attended then
at all times, for not a meal durin
the entire period lacked either veniso
or trout.-San Jose Times, California
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-09-16
NOT T()NEY ALONE

1t isn't big wages in the city alone
that takes young men away from the
farms. The unending routine of work
and the absence of any form of healthy
recreation and amusement have more
to do with it than anything else.
One of these days farmers will see
the wisdom of maintaining a commun-
ity social center, where young men and
women can hold frequent gatherings
and enjoy the clean forms Of amuse-
ment which today are too seldom found
in the country districts.
A club house in farming district
for such a purpose would not cost a
fortune, but its practical value to the
community would be beyond esti-
mate.
0Yeo,o D Cochran loft TI1acdaU fo1,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-09-16
OFFICIAL FIGURES
ON PRIMARY

party cadidates are selected ant
should be final. Men who know better
than the people as to what they want
usually run independent and most al.
ways get left, in the general election
We cannot always get the man We
want, but if we go into the primary
we should abide by the result That
is honorable, fair and just between
men. Our primary for state and coun-
ty, gave US the final results as Off
cially canvassed by the Board of Can
vassers, and these total figures fol
low for Wood county:
State.
For Governor
Edward F. Dithmar $50.
Merlin Hull 593.
Gilbert z. Seaman PIP.
James Nelson Titemore 239.
Roy P. Wilcox 2054.
John j. Blaine 1743.
Total-5408.
For Lieutenant Governor
Charles H Everett 2299.
Albert J. Pullen 490.
George F. Comings 2O86.
Total-4875.
For Secretary of State:-
Elmer S. Hall 2617.
George L. Harrington 1749.
A. J. Cobban 1920.
TotaI-4820.
For State TreasUrer:-
Solomon Levitan 1915.
John Turner 757.
Henry Johnson 1886.
Total-5O08.
For Attorney General:-
William J. Morgan 2794.
Adolph Kannneberg 1868.
Total-4762.
Congressional
For u. S. Senator:-
A. c. McHenry 678.
James Thompson 2OO5.
Irvine L. Lenroot 1858.
Total-5178.
For Rep. in Congress: =
Edward E. Browne 2814.
Michael G.. Eberlein 1917.
Francis II. Shoemaker 1O47.
Total-5178.
Legislative
For State Senator:-
George w. Schmidt 2258.
William L. Smith 1880
Total-4894.
For Member of Assembly,
W. w. Clark 1913.
Edward A Lipke 1859.
Total-4672.
County
For County Clerk
Sam Church 3159.
Frank P. Schroeder 1740
Total-4902.
For County Treasurer
James E. LaVigne 4421.
For Sheriff.
August C. Miller 21G9.
Walter c. Mueller 3042.
Total-5214.
For Clerk of the Circuit Court
A. B. Bever 4505.
For District Attorney
Frank W. Calkins 1892.
For Register of Deeds:-
Henry Ebbe 3753.
Edward n. Pomainville 1878.
Total-5039.
For Surveyor
G. w. Severns 4197.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
Mr.. Lansing's Successor

President Wilson has taken the
country by surprise in selecting
cambridge Colby as his new Secre-
tary of State. Our foreign rela-
tions just now are exceedingly COM
plicated. Probably they are more
tangled and intricate than they have
been at any other period in our his
tory.
But, so far as is known, Mr.. Colby
has given no special study to ques-
tions Of world politics and has no
training or special aptitude in that
field. Yet the President Is entitled
to liberty of action in naming the
chief agent through whom foreign
affairs are to be conducted. Mr..
Wilson has been, for all practical
purposes, his own Secretary of State.
He has shaped and executed his own
foreign policy. And, as he recently
explained in the Lansing correspond
ence, the chief qualification he seeks
in Secretary is a mind which will
Willingly go along" with his own.
1t Is entirely within his province to
choose an agent and counselor who
seems to him to measure up to that
standard.
Mr.. Colby will have ample oppor-
tunity to prove his quality in that
respect and in others. There should
be no desire to prejudice his work.
AS to the political aspects Of the ap-
pointment, 1t doesn't establish any
new precedent. Mr.. Colby was a Re-
publican up to 1912 and Progress
sive from 1912 to 1915. In the elec-
ton of 1916 he actively supported
Mr.. Wilson against Mr.. Hughes, but
he also ran for the Senate as q Pro-
gressive. In 1893 President Cleve-
land appointed Walter @. Gresham
as Secretary Of State. The latter
had been conspicuous candidate for
the Republican Presidential nomina-
tion in 1888, and before that time
had served as Postmaster General in
President Arthur's Cabinet. In1892
he was on the Federal bench, and as
judge was precluded from taking
an active part in the national cam
palgn Of the year, although he had
bitter personal feud with Presi-
dent Harrison.
Even more than in Judge
Gresham's case it must be assumed
that the choice Of a Secretary OF
State was made not for political but
for purely personal reasons.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
The Erzberger Scandal

Matthias Erzberger's enforced res.
ignation from the German Cabinet
! comes as the climax Of scandal
which has long been gathering. Err
berger had been made the target of
accusations brought by former Vice
Chancellor Helfferich and by other
high officials under the imperial
regime. To meet them he brought
a libel suit. The trial of that suit
has been his undoing.
1t has been testified that he SNUG
gled large amounts Of his private
funds into Switzerland, following a
practice popular among Germans
who want to escape -eparations
taxation. It has also been charged
that under the Empire Erzberger
used his political power as leader
of the Centrum party in the Reichs-
tag to increase his fortune and that
as a minister Of the republic he was
mixed up in many dubious transac-
tions connected with the issuance Of
import and export permits.
Erzberger was a pseudo-imperial-
ist and pseudo-republican. He
was distrusted in both camps. Dur
ing the war he had intimate connec-
tions with the Austro- Hungarian
Foreign Office and was employed by
Count Czernin to promote Austrian
interests in Germany, especially in
connection with the long wrangle
over the Polish settlement.
Furthermore, he was one of the
disbursers Of the German corruption
fund in neutral countries. The i'm
perial government found him a use
full go-between in such transactions.
The republic has tolerated him be-
cause he brought it votes in the
Reichstag. But he seems to have
overplayed his hand and to have at
last aroused fatal personal enmities.
No one will accuse the old regime
of having had much squeamishness
about political morals. It is signif-
cant of Erzberger's general repute
to-day that Helfferich should have
gone on the witness stand and said
that he was "a menace to the purity
of our Germany public life" and
that he "must be removed from pub
lie office if our political life again is
to become healthy and normal"
German public life has touched the
low-water mark of cynicism and
materialism. But even on that low
level Erzberger seems to have made
himself intolerable to his former as
sociates.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
The Business of olihcs
We Should Learn II, Not 7rp to
Ignore II

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In these days approaching the
residential election when you hear
upon every hand the discussion of "get
rid of the politician" "give US a busi-
ness man for President" etc., has it
ever occurred to you that tho one who
is most prone to criticize the politician
and the policies of our government
Is most likely to be the one who seldom
exercises his right of ballot? Always
willing to tell US wherein wo err, he is
never willing to busy himself enough
to learn the qualifications of the can
didates for Office or the policies of the
day and then go to the polls and vote.
Politics is an American institution.
1t is itself business. What could the
successful business man do if he were
elected to Office if he didn't know
politics? How could his business poll
cies be put into force without tho op-
Grafton Of politics?
1t seems to me the best way to re-
Americanize ourselves is to get back
to the older days when every man that
called himself an American citizen made
an honest attempt to know bit about
our politics and was not too busy to
get out and vote. We sometimes for
get that 1t is votes that put into Office
dishonest politicians and wrong policies
of government, and it also takes votes
to get them out. C. NJ. f.
New York, Feb. "a. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

Every yachtsman, whether he goes
to sea in his own vessel or his own
rocking chair, will be relieved to know
that the fire at City Island spared the
cup yachts, challenger and defender.
The Shamrock has faced many vicis-'
situdes. A great war prevented her
appearance. For three years she
has waited her chance. 1t would
have been a cruel fate for her to be
destroyed, now that at last the
weather clears. There will be ear
nest hopes that every wind favors a
fair and sportsmanlike test. We
need the Americas Cup race to give
peace it's last touch of reality. We
reed it to prove again that there is
no sport as marvellous as the boat
to-boat striving Of these great, swift
wheeling thoroughbreds of the sea.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

desirable aliens. Hut IL 10 intlmaced
that there were other involuntary
passengers on tho "Soviet Ark"
whose anarchistic or direct-action
tendencies had not been established
or even carefully inquired into.
Vague charges Of this sort are In
tended to raise suspicion Of over
zeal and strong-arm methods on the
part Of the Labor Department. For
tunately. they are met by the direct
counter testimony Of a competent
witness. Representative Isaac Sigel,
Of this city, a member of the House
Committee on immigration, visited
the Buford just before she sailed.
Mr.. Sigel is keenly interested in i'm
migration legislation and its enforce
ment. He may have heard rumors
that some Of those ordered deported
we're not, in fact, direct actionists or
believers in proletariat terrorism.
At any rate, he took the trouble to
question all the Buford passengers.
He even gave them the opportunity
Of saying that, although they had
formerly held opinions subjecting
them to deportation, they had
changed their minds after being ar
restec. He found twelve persons
against whom the evidence seemed to
be open to question, and at his in
stance twelve were left behind.
The government was entitled under
the immigration law to take sum-
mary action against aliens violating
the conditions on which they were
allowed to enter this country and to
remain here. It acted energetically
after a long period of excessive tol-
erance. Its agents might have
failed in some instances to give sus-
poets the benefit of the doubt. But
Mr.. Sigels personal intervention re-
suited in granting before sailing
what amounted to rehearing of all
dubious cases.
In the light Of these facts SYM
pathy with those who did sail seems
decidedly misplaced.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
German Children VS.. French
Children.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: An American committee for the
relief of German children Is publishing
half page advertisements in the press
seeking to create sympathy for the poor.
starving children of Germany, while
the Committee for the Children's Hospi-
tai of Lille, France, in a modest folder
reports that nine children in ten at Lille
show signs of consumption; that out of
157 factories in operation in Lille in
1914 only seven or eight are now work.
ing, the remaining 140 being still in the
guttered condition in which they were
left by the Germans; that the hospitals
at Lille are crowded with sick children,
and their financial situation is so criti-
cal that they can no longer give even
cod liver oil free.
II would ueem as though the matter
of American relief of the German chill
drea right wait until these French chill
dren, victima of German barb.rism, had
been cared for, in view Of the fact,
whi:h Is only too manifest, that there
is not single German city in which
the plight Of the children approaches
that IF tho children of Lille. II the
American Committee for the Relief Of
German Children can give particulars to
the contrary they will be welcomed.
The General Committee of the Chill
dren's Hospitals Of Lille includes Mar
shall Foch. Cardinal Gibbons, Admiral
Sims and Henry van Dyke, and w. R.
Grace & Co.'s Bank, Hanover Square,
New York, Is receiving remittances.
MAURICE LEON.
New York, Feb 19, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
Penny Chasers

To the Editor Of The r,
Sir: In the midst o. avalanche
Of lecturers, writer's, pain.ers, sculp-
tors, musicians, dancers, collectors,
ETC., that are coming from all the
European countries to the United
States, I have heard frequently ex-
pressed their disapproval Of the alb
normal aptitude of the Americans for
making money. "The Americans think
of nothing but making money" That
is the type of the remarks with which
we have all become familiar.
Is 1t not the time now to suggest to
those who disapprove of this unedu-
Gated and materialistic country to
agree to lower their prices for allowing
the citizens of the United States to
hear and see them? Or, If that method
Is not agreeable. when each artist
leaves this country for his own to
take along merely the amount Of
money he had when he arrived here,
leaving all he made to some charity
for the education Of the backward
American? If some such plan is not
soon followed out, can't help but
feel that these great artists themselves
will be suspected Of being materialistic
My own experience has been that
while many Americans are chasing the
dollar. the Europeans are chasing the
two-cent piece, but, of course, do
not pretend to know.
A PLAIN AMERICAN.
New York, Feb. 23, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

your objective, and never be late on
your objective."
It's the way, as Kipling has told
us. a man takes a "facer" that
proves his stuff. Should General
Wood reach tho White House we
may be sure there will be a man
there with ruggedness Of character
equaling that of the most illustrious
of his predecessors.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

rate this - tho most important fact
in the present rise Of America from
being one Of the least musical coun-
tries toward, we hope, becoming one
Of the most musical. We are not
taking our music sadly, as a painful
duty to the gods Of uplift. We are
listening and singing and playing
because we enjoy 1t. This is as
music was intended. We may have
still long way to travel. But we
are on the right road.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
No Martyrs ON the Buford

An attempt has been made to cre-
ate the impression that many "Reds"
were "railroaded" to Russia on the
transport Buford. Few critics Of
the deportations are ready to saw
tnat Emma Goldman and Alexander
berkman hadn't grossly abused
American hospitality and hadn't
qualified by their activities A un.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
ME,tnEn OF THE Assoc1Arrn pRrss

Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the
use for republication OF sl dispatches credited
TO II or not otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news OF spontaneous origin published
herein
All rights OF republication OF ali other matter
herein also reserved
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
The Coming 7'ower
NIGH TO JERICHO

"I.andsc.ps is . state OF mind"-A~stsl.
A golden fortnight We had come a{oot
Across tho Green Hills. We had
looked upon
Lake willoughby. - lovely 40 Lu-
cerne;
And Memphremagog, whose discordsnt
name
Belies its beauty, linked with Whit
tiers muse.
Up breezy tracks We climbed and In
dark glens
We rested, or beside . vocal brook,
In the warm odors Of the evergreens.
We stood on Mansheld's summit and
beheld
A crumpled world-gigantic parapets
And headlong scarps-stretched like
giants dream;
While, seen afar through that un-
troubled air,
Lay shimmering tho long glory Of
Champlain.
And then, as We drew on toward
JcTlCuO,
A gaffer hailed Us from = moss-hung
barn,
Wishing to know what matters called
US forth
Old Home Week, so he ventured; or
perhaps
A ball play, or drill at Burlington7
"No, uncle" some one said, "we're
simple chals,
Just taking in tho scenery" With
mistrust
He eyed US and our budgets. "Why,"
said he,
"I've druv across these hills fer forty
year
An this with scornful stress-"I
never sec
No scenery!" And he watched US out
Of sight. G. s. B.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

Mr.. Feltman's poem about the Hon
John Hylan is the best panegyric
since the Omaha lady's--
Jim Dahlman's the cowboy Mayor,
For money he don't care.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
The Diary OF Our owr Samuel Pepxs

The Diary OF Our Owr Samuel Pepvs
February 24-Found Jane Clegg,"
which saw last night, the best play
l have seen this long time, and no
flaws in the acting Of it at all. To
the Office, and did some work, and
much talking, and matched with coin,
for luncheon, and was forced to pay
Mr.. Markets, Mr.. Parsons's, Mr..
Wise's, Mr.. Riegelman's and my own
reckonings, what with my usual ill.,
luck in gambling. Mrs. Cable to sup
with me, and thence to see "Mamma's
Affair" diverting comedy, Miss Efie
Shannon in especiall. So home and
to bed.
25-Up, and by subway to tho city,
and had seat, too. tho Arst time in
many months. Read Mr.. Littledale's
stories about the Federal Board for
Vocational Training. and found them
full Of truth, and interesting; he
makes sorry case for the Board. At
work all day, and all evening, too.
doing this and that. Some saw Mr..
Hoover will be our next President.
which doubt; nor do I think General
Wood will be either.
The esteemed Satevepost this morn
ing credits the equally esteemed Hvpo
1goe with the near-beer- bad-judge- Of
distance wheeze; and if Hype origi-
mated it he ought to collect ROYALTIES
from at least fifty musical comedies
But he probably won't. Maximilian
Foster, author Of the Kaffee-Haap-
everything extracted from the bean
joke, got only honorable mention for
his cosmic jest.
"Can you figure the saving?n asks
the Du Pont Chemical Co. The saw
ing, take 1t from the advertisement. IL
that Of Sernaker & Moskowitz-3oo
per cent in electric power. "r]l
wager" offers L. D. F., "that thu lad
who can figure that saving will bs
sending bill instead of check to
Uncle Sam on March 18th"
Nor scquitur No. 1853 (from the
Evening SUM-: Among other things
ne lHermesl was the messenger ood
as we'll as the patron of thieves and
traders, so his staff came to be tn.
ohc'al emblem of peace cnvoys and
heralds."
Non sequitur No. S69 (from the
Evening MaiD: "Although not en-
gagged to marry, the duke said, thew
were very much in love with each
other"
Jack Dempsey and his manager have
oeen indicted by the Federal Grand
jury for conspiracy in evading the
draft.
mat Milwaukee Post of the Ameri-
can Legion that elected Jack should
protest
r. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
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New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
Quantity Measurement

(From The Indianapolis Neps)
If exchange goes. a bit lower 1t may
be found to be more convenient to
deal in German marks by the liter.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
The Complete "1492" GoeY

Sir: Your little playmate Daniel Beer
sheba is slightly in error on the Isabella
song in "14s2." This was Dick Harlow 9
entrance song in the first act. Don't you
remember? She was announced with blare
of trumpeta and shouts OF Here comes tho
Queen" Walter Jones, Us the King, whis-
pering to the audience. II wish somebody
would come along with tho ace and take
her,
Then. too. Eddie Favor. Theresa Vaughan,
Dick Harlow, Johnny Slavin and tho others
sang "Twinkling. Twinkling. Always Twink
ling, L-i-t-t-l-e STAR in the washtub scene,
which was the opening scene Of the second
act and played "In One" and Immediately
preceded the Madison Square set
Daniel is also wrong in stating that Ed
ward Favor was the Irish Ferdinand. Eddie
Favor made the hit Of his life as the Primo
Minister. Walter Jones was Ferdinand.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

A poor actor is one who reads his
lines as though every personal pro-
noun were italicized.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

Only two weeks ago the new Secre-
tary Of State pointed out that Ma
homet wished prohibition on his fol-
lowers, and look what Turkey came
to; the Chinese tried it in the four
teenth century, and look at China now
Mr.. Colby is the unprohibitionest 8. of
S. since w. J. Bryan.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

And we have F. O. DIS word for
it that Theresa Vaughan didn't sing
the newsboy song in "1492"; that she
sang. accompanying herself on the
banjo, Little Annie Rooney"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

JACK Dempsey and his manager have
peen indicted by the Federal Grand
jury for conspiracy in evading the
draft.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

mat Milwaukee Post of the Ameri.
can Legion that elected Jack should
protest
New-York tribune., 1920-02-26

Non sequitur No. s6e (from the
evening MaiD: "Although not en-
gagged to marry, the duke said, they
were very much in love with each
other"