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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
SHOW NATURE SCENES
Movie Houses Working With
Walton Leaguers in Pro-
noting Better Sportsmen.

Vernon's theatres and the Eagle
theatre, movie houses at Sayner
and Eagle River, will show 2-reel
film from the Izaak Walton
League this week for the benefit
of conservation and propagation
of our wild life and wild assets.
Saturday night at Mercer.
Sunday night at Woodruff.
Monday night at Sayner.
Eagle River will show this at
Eagle Theatre Thursday night as
an extra attraction and will not
cost you more than the regular
show. Manager Gorski will start
at 7:30 sharp and give you full
evenings show of Walton films,
together with regular comedy and
drama films.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
KILLED AT POWER DAM
William Herrick, Sixty Years
Old, Dies From Injuries
Received Saturday.

William Herrick, aged sixty
years, lost his life last Saturday
while on duty at the power plant
at Otter Rapids dam four miles
below the village. Just how the
accident happened will never be
known as he was alone on duty at
the time.
Raymond Deditz and James
Roach, here from Chicago on a
vacation were passing the power
house about eleven o'clock and
heard a shout from the interior.
Opening the door they discovered
a severed arm lying a few feet
from the door and about fifteen
feet farther and near the general
or the body of Mr.. Herrick. He
was lying in a pool of blood and
had evidently been injured for
some time. He was placed in a
passing auto and taken to the vii.
lage. He died a short time after
reaching here. The right arm was.
torn off below the shoulder and.
the left leg broken.
Mr.. Herrick came from Rhine.
lander about a year ago and was
in the employ of the Light &
Water Commission as an electri-
clan at the power plant. He, with.
two other men worked in eight
hour shifts, he going on at eight
in the morning. From evidences
it is supposed he was working at
the generator and was caught in
a three inch belt and killed. A
slit in the belt gives evidence of
how the accident occurred.
A wife and four children sur
vive. The body was taken Monday
to Rhinelander where interment
was made yesterday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
Johnson Visited Us.

G. F. Johnson, editor of the
Land O Lakes Bulletin, that
mighty good North. Woods publ
cation which is exploiting recrea-
ton as Wisconsin's greatest asset,
spent a few hours in Eagle River
Monday of this week. Johnson is
winning bunch of booster
friends and his work in advancing
the interests of the state is to be
commended. He left late in the
afternoon in company with N. D.
Robinson of Amigo for the Mani
towish section of this county, tax
ing in the many resorts in the
pursuit of copy for his July issue
which will be better than the pre-
vious ones and they were 100%.
Mr.. Johnson states that the Eagle
River district will be given good
boost in the July issue. Johnson
In order to take proper care of
this infant of his, should capital
ize and make it three times as
large and at the same time keep
his personality in the Bulletin.
That is what is winning him fame,
for he has the right touch in
handling Big Woods dope that gets
under your skin with a decided
punch.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
AWARDED CONTRACTS
Village Board Lets Concrete
Pavement Contracts Will
Rush the Work.

Yesterday bids were opened and
contract is now being made be-
tween the village of Eagle River
and Edward L. Sweeney for the
building of several blocks of con
crete pavement on the principal
business streets in Eagle River.
At time of going to press mat
tiers are being adjusted and a full
report of what will be done in the
village will be given next issue.
Anyhow, there will be no more
mud and dust in Eagle River, es-
pecialy on the main streets of the
best little town in the state bar
none. This is but the start on
paving the streets.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
SAW BODY WHEN FOUND
Eagle River People Witness
Finding of Body of MUIR
dered Woman Near Wit
tenburg Sunday.

On their way home from Apple
ton last Sunday a car load of
Eagle River young folks stopped
between Eland and Wittenburg
where some two hundred people
had congregated while the body
of a woman who had been murder
ed was being exhumed from a
shallow grave near the roadside.
The murdered woman is suppos-
ed to have been the wife of George
p. Cummings, a Grand Rapids,
Michigan resident, and her hus-
band is supposed to have commit
ted the deed with an ak, hid the
body in a nearby patch of woods
and escaped over Highway 10 thru
Superior to the Canadian border.
The party of young folks from
Eagle River were L. d., John and
Flora Hall, Carl Zimplemann and
Deborah Everett. They had driven
down to Appleton the day previous
in order to bring home L. D. Hall
who had been attending school in
that city. When near Wittenberg
they saw the crowd and found
that the body Of the woman had
been exhumed and was being TAX
EN- care of by officers who were
then hunting for the husband.
The body was nude and wrapped
in blanket; the head was nearly
severed from the body by an axe,
and was covered up near the road
by a pile of logs. A farmer had
seen the car stop and man carry
a bundle into the field, but the
man escaped before it was found
that a corpse was wrapped in the
blanket. The latest reports were
that the murderer had been seen
near Superior but had been lost
to the officers who are now search
ing out of Duluth for him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
MERRILL SNAKE SCARE
Lincoln County City Claims
Sixteen Foot Reptile Oc-
cupies Swamp in Outskirts
of Town.

In days gone by when King
Booze was jazzing every hour of
the twenty-four, it was not I'M
common to read of men seeing
snakes of any and all varieties,
from blue to pink ones and some
times it required a hospital to de-
liver the Individual from said
snaix. Now in the days of boot
Logging and moonshine of the
worst variety, when a fellow never
gets as far as seeing snakes, be-
cause he usually is dead before he
reaches that stage, along comes
the Merrill Daily News and tells
the following. Not doubling the
veracity of that worthy newspaper,
still it is some" story:
Harry Benzinger and Raymond
Ludke, while picking rocks ON
land north of David Ament's place
in the Sixth Ward three weeks
ago, noticed large snake about
Is feet long in a swamp. The rep
tile threatened to come in their
direction, the youths running for
the Ament home, when they later
returned to the swamp with David
Ament, who was armed with a
gun. The trio again saw the
snake, Ament shooting toward it.
Since then many trips have been
made to the vicinity but no one
has seen the reptile although quite
a number have heard it as the
reptile is said to make noise like
a water pump. When shot was
fired in it's direction, the noise sud-
denly ceased.
Many rumors have sprung up
about the snake. Some are salts
fled it is boa constructor and re-
call that some years ago a circus
missed one of it's snakes. The cir
cuses have had their tents in the
Sixth Ward, not SO far distant
from the present habitat of the
snake. Others discount the story
thinking the size of the snake
exaggerated and some are prone
to disregard the story entirely and
have so secuted the idea that the
almost daily trips to- hear the
snake in the swamp have just
about ceased for fear of further
ridicule. Yet the boys and David
Ament are certain that the snake
was really as long and as alive as
they reported in the first instance.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
TOdds Finish Vacation.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Todd and
son William left Sunday evening
for their home at Elmhurst, Hi
nois, after a vacation at their
home on Cranberry lake. For the
past twenty-five years the Todds
have been making their yearly
trips to the Eagle waters, and up
to a few years ago owned resi-
dence on Catfish lake near the Ty-
son home. Bob Todd is an engi-
neer on the Northwestern and for
years has piloted one of the crack
trains over the Galena division.
Friends tell a good one on Mr..
Todd. On account of his driving
his engine on the left hand track
of a double track system, it has
become second nature for him to
turn left" all the time; this is,
when he must use side-track for
his train he pulls left from the
main line. Bob therefore is unable
to handle his tin lizzie with safety
to the public for he unintention-
ally will swing his wheel left"
when meeting car-and there
you are. The driving by auto is
therefore left to some other mem
Der of the family when the Todds
take road outing. Mr.. Todd sure
has a big bunch of friends in this
section.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
Died in Milwaukee.

Robert Pflugradt, brother to- Mrs.
Walter Murray of Clearwater Lake
died Friday, June 9th at his home
in Milwaukee. Mr.. Pflugradt spent
some time in this section several
years ago, living at Clearwater
Lake. The funeral was held at
Milwaukee and was attended by
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
Spoke at Church.

DIR. Dana of New York, an ex-
ceedingly able speaker, spoke to
good attendance at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday evening.
His subject was ''The Church as a
Community Center"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
Death of DIR. Patten-

Reports were received in Eagle
River Monday of the death of DIR.
Patten, a summer resident on Cat
fish lake near the Herold farm on
Meta-Catfsh. DIR. Patten has been
coming here for several years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
Will Have Operation.

Ronald Bent who accompanied
Mrs. DIR. Scott from Eagle River
to Geneva, Illinois, the first of the
week, will undergo an operation
of the nose while on his vacation
trip with DIR. and Mrs. Scott.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
Building Summer Home.

C. C. Wiltse of Elmhurst, Illi-
nois is here experimenting the err
ection of summer home on Gran
berry lake. His location is near
the Robert Todd home, and is ex-
pecting to have it in readiness
by July for occupancy by the
Wiltse family.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
Land o. Lakes Bulletin"

Stories and pictures of the
North Woods.
I undreds of Illustrations.
Bob Becker.
Wisconsin CAL"
Ames Castle.
Slngle copies 25c; S1.O0 per year.
70 Land o Lakes Bulletin,
0' Amigo, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18
Attending Convention.

C. M. Lewis left Saturday for
New York where he is in attend
ance at the democratic national
convention.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-18

Villas County News $500 a year.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
VETERANS BUREAU
AGAIN UNDER FIRE
Conditions in Offices Described as
"Ineficient" - Heads
"Hardboiied."

Conditions in both the central and
New York district offices of the Vet
erans' Bureau were the subjects of
conference yesterday between Di-
rector Hines and the Senate vet
erans committee. The meeting was
described as an informal one and
was held behind closed doors.
Director Hines was acquaint ed
with complaints of faulty admins
tration in both offices. The New
York office was declared particularly V
inefficient" with some of its Off
cials evidencing "a hardbuiled atti-
tude" toward war veterans. Chair
man Reed said Mr.. Hines went over
both situations in detail and in
formed the committee that the diff
cultieS in the New York office We're
being ironed out satisfactorily.
Twas agreed, members of the
committee said, that there was room
for further Improvement in both of
fees. Mr.. Hines expressed the view
that with the adoption by Congress
of the new code recommended by the
veterans committee much of the diff
ficulty now experienced in the way
Of complaints would be removed. He
regards rs of particular Importance
in this respect the proposal to have
the ratings of disabled veterans made
by the men who examine them, in
stead of by various boards, as at
present.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

mating season. Both birds. treading
water and calling excitedly, stand
bolt upright on the surface facing
each other.
Is Born Swimming.
The grebe is practically born
swimming, DIR. Wetmore reports.
Grebes make their nests in piles Of
decaying vegetation in shallow water.
with a depression in the top barely
above the surface. The eggs almost
lie in, the water. On Matching the
down-covered birds start to swim.
their bodies almost entirely sub
merged. They tire easily, however,
and with plaintive whistles approach
the mother. She then depresses her
back allowing the little ones to
crawl on this living raft, where they
, take refuge under the long inner
feathers of her wings while she
swims about slowly. In a few days.
however, the chicks become expert
swimmers and hide among the water
vegetation SO that it is practically
impossible to observe them until they
are three quarters grown, according
to DR.. Wetmore.
AS soon as the young are able to
take care of themselves the parents
disappear in the dense brush to mott:
They shed all their wing feathers
simultaneously, so that they are un-
able to fly for weeks.
The grebe's feathers long have
been valuable and great numbers
have been slaughtered, especially
when they congregate in colonies
during the breeding season.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
Bird That Dances on Water
And Eats Feathers Revealed
Grebe Comes From Biologists Microscope One Oj
Most Picturesque and Interesting
of Bipeds

The North American grebc, one oi
the most common native waterfowl
eats great quantities of it's own
feathers, dances on water and holds
the world championship diving rec
ord. according to study of the
species just published by DR.. Alex
ander Wetmore for the bureau OF
biological survey.
Why it makes a meal off its plum.
age remains a mystery after DR.. Wet
mores researches. but the stomach OF
nearly every specimen examined re-
vealed masses of feathers mingled
with remains Of fish and insects
The grebe leaves the scientist S
microscope one of the most interest
ing deniZens of the feathered world
and thoroughly beneficial toward man
due to its appetite for destructive
fishes.
Is Champion Diver.
Its diving powers. DR.. Wetmore
reports. are almost supernatural. and
have won for it the names of water
witch" and hell DIVER
In diving suddenly grebes spring
foreward and disappear head fore
most. moving so rapidly that they
are below the surface before charge
of shot >can reach them. Normally
tEey spend most of the year SWIM
ming about slowly, preening and car
ing for their plumage.
The water dance occurs during the
Evening star., 1924-02-20
u. OF P. CLUB TO DINE.
District Alumni Announce Banquet
for Saturday Night.

The annual banquet of the District
of Columbia Club of the University of
Pennsylvania is to be held at the Uni
versity Club at pm. Saturday.
The list of alumni includes one cabf-
net officer. two United States senator's,
four representatives, the director-gen-
eral of the Pan-American Union, an ex-
minister to Belgium. the surgeon gen.
eral of the Navy. the special counsel
TO the President for the oil investiGa-
tions. an eN-justice of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, a
member of the Maryland state tax
commission, an ex-White House phys-
clan. the speaker of the Porto Isican
house OF representatives and the
United States marshal for the District
of Columbia.
The speaker of the evening at the
banquet will be DR.. Josiah Harmar
Pennman. provost of the University
of Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

raining at 9 o'clock. so that pupils
should come to school provided with
umbrellas or rubbers, it should not
be expected that there will be n one
session day, even If it Is raining at
IL o'clock. On such days however.
If the storm attainS unusual propor-
tions, so that there is a driving rain
| with high winds, or If rain follow
ing a heavy snowfall causes the side
walks to be covered with deep
slush, the morning session of the
elementary schools will be extended
to / o'clock.
Should Consult Heads.
"2. On days when the pupils come
to school wholly unprepared for rain
and a storm develops before noon so
that pupils might become drenched, a
one session day should be ordered.
However, IL it seems apparent that
the storm is only passing shower or
a gentle rain, the principal should
defer dismissal at II o'clock until ten
or fifteen minutes after f12, and re-
sumo the afternoon session at ten or
fifteen minutes after 1, as the case
may be. At times of indecision like
this the principal should consult the
supervising principal.
IS. Here and there in the outlying
sections there may be schools the
approaches to which are muddy, un-
paved roads. The supervising princi-
pal should exercise his Judgment in
regard to one-session days at such
Evening star., 1924-02-20
SCHOOL HEADS FIX
HALLIDAY STANDARD
Describe Weather Warranting Cut
in Sessions of Elementary.
Glasses.
SOME EXCEPTIONS MOTEL
Step Taken to Keep Parents In.
formed of Policy.

In order to give parents Of ele-
mentary public school children a
definite understanding as to what
days are sufficiently inclement to
warrant a half session, school officials
today made the following announce
ment:
81. When falling weather has been
forecast and it is threatening or
Evening star., 1924-02-20
CHARGED WITH DESERTION.

William III. Kehl. giving his adj
dress as 170S Wisconsin avenue north
west, was arrested by Detectives
Mansfield and keck as an alleged de-
serter yesterday from Boiling Field.
where he was stationed. KehI it is
stated, had been working as driver for
a local dairyman the past three
months.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

sidewalks in the school neighborhood
the matter of deep SHOWS becomes an
important factor.
-. The supervising principals or
their offices will be notified by phone
Evening star., 1924-02-20

from the Franklin School on days
when the morning session should b.
extended until ] o'clock. The notice
Will be sent out between 11:30 and
II AS O'Clock on such daYsn
Evening star., 1924-02-20

schools. II the roads are paved the
matter of distance should not become
an important factor, because most Of
the pupils bring their lunches at
these schools. Where there are few
Evening star., 1924-08-03
SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. c. AUGUST s. 1e24-pART


Army during the war as a captain,
died right after being discharged
from the military service. Until his
mother died she received the pay
ments upon the war risk insurance
which he carried for her benefit. Since
my mothers death all the brothers
and sisters have shared the insur-
ance. VIII we share the bonus?-
B. l. J.
A. The adjusted service credit of a
deceased veteran is payable first to
a widow. II unmarried; next to the
children, share and share alike; If
no widow or no children, who are
presumed to have been dependent,
then to the mother; If no dependents
as described above, then to the father
Mothers and fathers must sign under
oath statement Of dependency. If
your brother left no widow who now
is unmarried, no children, no mother
or father. no compensation is pay
able. Brothers and sisters of a de-
ceased veteran are not entitled to any
benefst under the act. A veteran
living to sign and mail an applica-
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Snake Loses Welcome
In Maryland Home
For Stealing Egg!

Special Dispatch to The Star
HAGERSTOWN, Md, August q
A huge black snake at the summer
homo of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Baby, near Sheppardstown. had
been ridding the premises of rats
and mice, and as long as It was
behaving itself in a becoming
manner it's presence had not been
seriously objected to. But re-
Gently it has been acting as IL it
owned the place-climbing around
the windows. swinging from the
hatrack, festooning the bedsteads.
stealing eggs from the pantry and
soaring the folks.
Several days ago it upset a
basket of eggs and had to be
chased out Of the house. but the
following day it returned and Mrs.
Baby stepped on it, whereupon the
reptile wrapped itself around her
ankle. That. was too much.
Screams brought the chauffeur and
the snake was despatched,
Evening star., 1924-08-03
HUCKLEBERRY PICKERS
ATTACKED BY SNAKES
Rattlers and Horned Reptile Make
Life of Virginia Mountaineers
Thrilling.
speci,l Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, August .2.-The hue
kleberry crop, which will bring thou
sands of dollars into this county CIV
ing employment to hundreds of men,
women and children, has given rise
to many perils to the pickers. In the
Blue Ridge and Massanutton MouA-
tains rattlesnakes are fighting the
invasion and in the Massanuttons
5 furious hornsnakes have been nu-
merous.
/ Michael Painter, well known
auctioneer living in the neighborhood
. of Honeyville, has recently encoun-
! tered hornsnakes and one about six
Z feet in length was killed after he
and several companions fought it
with clubs and rocks. Those who
are acquainted with the habits of
the hornsnake have no fear of it's
bite, but it is said that SO deadly
is the sting of the horn that no one
has ever been known to survive. The
horn is on the tail.
Evening star., 1924-08-03

None Of the departments of the Gov
ernment can answer your question
authoritatively at this time. Your
application will be acted upon in due
course and the problem will be solved
by the departments when 1t is reach
ed. The writer does not class you as
an unmarried widow, and, therefore.
you would not be entitled to the
benefits, but the Government may
hold otherwise.
@. I was given an honorable dis
charge from the Army. but my char
acter rating is put down as poor"
viii that poor character prevent me
from collecting the bonus?-S. H.
A. AS you were honorably dis
charged from the service you are en-
titled OF the bonus. The character
rating Will have no bearing upon
your right to the bonus.
Q. ] am the administrator Of a de.
ceased veterans estate. His wife re-
ceives a small payment each month
on the account of the veterans death.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address, Room TT, News De-
partment. The Evening Star.
Washing ton, ID. G..

O.. was the unmarried widow of
an ex-service man and filed an ap-
plication for the bonus. Since filing
my application have married again.
Will the Government pay me the
bonus?-Mrs. E.
A. 1 have tried to find out whether
or not your claim for tho bonus Of
your deceased husband would be paid.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
ARMED MOUNTED POLICE
GUARD MEXICO CONGRESS
Measures Taken to Prevent
Clashes-Factions May Create
Two Legislative Bodies.

By the Associa ted Press.
MEXICO CITY, August AMOUNTED
police carrying rifles this afternoon
guarded the Chamber of Deputies for
fear of clashes between opposing fac
tions in attempting to seat their can
didates for the lower house of the
Thirty-first Congress.
The majority of the congressional
leaders, however, did not attempt to
enter the chamber, but attended
meetings at various political head
quarters to discuss means of avoid
ing the possible formation of two
CONGRESSES. Credentials committees S
Evening star., 1924-08-03
RESERVOIR IS DRAINED.
False Report of Dog Drowned
Causes Trouble at Lynchburg.
Special Dispatch to The Star

6pec1lI DISPATCH 10 The star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, August g
When some resident reported to the
water department that dog had
been seen to drown in one of the
basins of Clay street reservoir here
folks who knew their water sup
ply came from that reservoir quit
drinking water and the city depart
ment began to draw the supply off.
More than 12 hours were required for
the 100000 gallons in the basin to
run off and then the story was proved
false.
One of the basins of the same res
ervoir was drawn off a year ago
because some one said they had seen
a cat drown therein.