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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Around the Badger State

Paving of six miles of streets, or a
total of 10000 square yards, to cost
more than $250000, has been author
lied by the city council as Beloit's
1925 paving program.
Approximately. 100000 is to be
spent By Menasha on Improvements
to it's streets and buildings this sum-
mer. Work on remodeling and an adj
sdition to the city hall is under way and
paving operations on several of the
city's streets will commence as soon
as the weather permits.
Carl Kober and family owe their
escape from being trapped in a fire
which destroyed their home near Kau-
kauna to the frantic barking of their
dog. They awoke and found the house
filled with smoke and were barely able
60 make their way out
Fond du Laos municipal water de-
partment produced $129,294.54 revenue
during 1924, according to the last fl
nancial report submitted by ]. ]. Breis-
ter, retiring city commissioner and
head of the department. Following
the payment of operating expenses and
interest on bonds the net gain for the
department was 62,930.39.
Abolition of the government land of
flee at Wausau has been ordered by
President Coolidge, effective Apr. 80.
After that date the work will be
handled In the central land office at
Washington.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
President Wants Help
to Enforce Prohibition

Washington.-Adeq enforcement
of the Volstead act never will be at
tanned unless municipal, county and
state authorities accord the federal
government full and active co-opera-
ton, is the belief of President Cool
idge.
The Presidents views were made
known officially at the White House.
Their expression was prompted in part
by the findings of a special grand Jury
In Philadelphia which met to consider
ways and means to make the dry laws
effective in operation.
The Presidents spokesman made it
known that Mr.. Coolidge no longer is
inclined to favor transfer of all fed
eral activities under the dry act to
the Department Of Justice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Vice President to Visit
Ancestors Home in East

Boston.-Vice President Charles G..
Dawes will come to Concord and Lex
ington on April 20 for the celebration
of the outbreak of the American Rev.
olution in which his ancestor, William
Dawes, Jr., shared responsibility with
Paul Revere in rousing the country
side to arms 1t is expected the vice
president will reach Boston in time
to witness the unwilling Of a basrelief
Of his ancestor on a bronze tablet to
be placed in North square
If possible he will ride by automo-
bile through the towns through
which his ancestor or Revere galloped
on horseback.
President Coolidge will be unable
to attend the celebration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Senate O. KS Sargent
as Attorney General

Washington John Garibaldi Sar-
gent, former attorney general Of Yer
mont. on Tuesday became attorney
general Of the United States through
nomination by the President and con-
firmation by the senate.
simultaneously with the announce
ment of the nomination the White
House made public an exchange OF
letters between the President and
Warren in which the latter was Of
fered a recess appointment and de-
clined 1t.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Po.Der in Good Clothes

When a man goes in for better
clothes he courts higher things. A
change of suits may mean a change Of
luck. A clean shirt tickles the ribs.
Good clothes make good impression
and good impressions win the day. The
right man with the right suit makes
the pomp of emperors seem ridiculcus.
Good clothes are the bootstraps by
which man pulls himself up in life.
Personality is great deal, but per-
sonality plus clothes is pat hand
Progressive Tailor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
s Killed, 9 Injured When
Cars Collide Head Or

Carlinville, Ill.-Six persons are
dead and three more are expected to
die as the result of "a head-on collision
between two Illinois Traction system
cars south Of here Nine were injured.
The dead are: Babe Channon, thir-
teen, Virdin; George Goldberg. st.
Louis; Henry Robinson, sixteen, Car
linville high school student; William
Peele, Staunton, motorman; an I'M
identified man, and Mrs. Marie Ma
rienecke, Gillespie, who died in a
Springfield hospital.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
TuDo Bank Bandits Slain,
TUo Captured in Missouri

Steelville, Mo.-A sheriff's' posse
was waiting when five bandits at
tempted to rob the Farmers bank of
SteelviKe The result was that two
of the robbers were slain. two
were captured, and one escaped. No
loot was obtained. g. A. SCHNEIDER. a
citizen, was shot in the battle.
Reviewers and shotguns poured their
deadly fire into the holdup men when
they attempted to scoop up available
cash after driving two bank employees
into the vault The captured men iden-
tilted their dead companions at "Bozo''
Walters, thirty-three of Mitchell. ILL.,.
and Basil DOMAIN, thirty. Of Madison,
Ill.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
.s4,OOO,OOO FIRE
AT PALM BEACH
Five Missing After Breakers
Hotel Is Destroyed-Mar-
tial Law Declared.

Palm Beach, Fla.-Fire destroyed
the famous Breakers hotel, wiped out
the smaller Palm Beach hotel, and for
hours hell threat of destruction over
the entire northern section of this cell
ebrated winter playground of the
wealthy.
Four cottages belonging to the
Breakers were also burned, as were
several private homes and shops near
the RACED structures.
The damage by fire along with the
personal valuables lost by hundreds OF
wealthy guests is estimated at $1,000
600.
Martial law was put into effect by
Governo. Martin at the request OF
local authorities after police in West
Palm Beach had captured two motor
trucks and several automobiles loaded
with valuables stolen from the ruins,
arresting eight negroes and one white
man.
Troops were Immediately placed on
guard at all bridges between the resort
and West Palm Beach.
An elderly man and woman were
reported burned to death in the Break
ers, and two small children and their
nurse were said to be missing from
the same hotel. Parents of the chill
dren were searching frantically for
them, but would not give their names.
A young girl was run over. and
killed in West Palm Beach by an au-
tomobile speeding toethe fire.
For a time the Royal Poinciana. an
other famous hosiery, and the almost
equally celebrated Bradley's club ap-
peared certain to burn, and the guests
were ordered to leave The structures
were saved, however, although num-
Der of shops were destroyed.
Fire-tighting forces from Palm
Beach West Palm Beach, Lake Worth,
Miami and several other towns fought
the flames, and other firemen were on
the way when the upper hand was
gained by those on the scene about
nine O'Clock.
The ire started late in the after
noon id an upper floor of the south
ly 900 rooms and provided accommo-
dations for nearly 1000 persons. The
cause OF the fire was variously report
ed as a carelessly handled cigaret, a
plumbers torch and a woman guest
using an electric appliance.
Flames broke through the roof and
smoke almost Immediately spread
throughout the hotel. Guests hurried
ly left the burning structure, many not
waiting to save their personal belong
ings, and the loss of valuables of per-
sons residing in the hotel is expected
to be great. The hotel, constructed of
highly infiammable pine wood, burned
rapidly.
Thousands of spectators joined the
firemen in their struggle and the crowd
was so great an attempt to check the
onrush Of the flames with dynamite
had to be abandoned
The confusion and wildly Pickering
flames continued far into the night
and no reasonably accurate survey Of
the loss was possible. A few of the
more fortunate guests and their serv-
ants had saved clothing and jewelry
by tossing them hastily into pillow
slips and sheets. but many we're left
only the articles they wore. Some
bundles worth thousands of dollars
were thrown to safety from windows,
while the owners of other similar
packages chung to them despite the
added danger to themselves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26

for protection against the storm than
anything else. so far as /, could see.
81 went directly to the schoolhouse,
after running and walking two and Z
half miles. and the first thing saw
there was the bodies of about twenty
little children laid out on mattresses
and blankets. There was no one there
to claim them. so I thought the people
whom | had seen on the road were
their parents, but learned later that
the children's parents had been killed
or injured, and those who were not
dead we're being hurried by automo-
bile, special relief train and ambu-
lances to hospitals in Carbonate and
Duquoin
.'The principal of the school was
there trying TO identify the bodies OF
the pupils. He also was worrying
over the safety of two girl teachers
who were unaccounted for. The prin-
cipal was bloody from his injuries and
staggered in his walk. He had barely
escaped with his life.
Carried Bodies From Ruins.
"Abcut twenty-five bodies of school
children were piled up just outside the
Fairgrounds, and search was being
made for others In the ruins. While |
stood there they took some of the
bodies away and brought others out Of
the building, which by then was a
mass of smoldering ruins. fire having
destroyed what the cyclone did not.
1.-The hallway of the school had
caved in, and what few rescuers were
on hand were trying to uncover other
bodies of pupils and locate the two
missing teachers.
II walked out beyond the school
grounds and near the city limits | sew
the bodies of two babies, apparently
about six or eight months old. They
were dead and their baby clothes had
been. torn from Them
Sees People Fleeing Town.
Every tree that was left standing
and every fence had garments. bed
clothes and household goods hurled
against the west side of them. This
indicated the storm travelled eastward
l saw furniture, automobile tops and
clothing scattered everywhere, and
saw many people fleeing from the
town with hardly any garments.
1.-THE business section was practi-
cally destroyed by fire and wind and
nearly every home was fiat on the
ground.
Il saw about forty automobiles piled
up In one big pile and thought this
was garage that had been struck.
''Then / saw another car just out
side of town that looked like the PEG
pie were trying to get away, but had
failed. The car had blown from the
road over to the railroad right of way
and was, wrecked, but could find no
bodies.
Firemen Aid in Rescue Work.
II offered what help could, and
/ they told me the bodies were first
taken south to Carbonate, but that
the hospital there was soon filled and
they then took the injured TO the Du-
quoin hospital, north of De Soto.
Automobiles were stretched along
the hard roads north. and south OF
De Soto for nearly three miles, a short
time after the cyclone.
1.-THE fire departments of Duquoin
and CarDondale were sent to De Soto,
but they were unable to do anything
and the firemen pitched in to do res
cue work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Britain, Re9dy to Cut Arms

London!-P. w. c. Bridgeman. first
lord of the admiralty, told questioner
in the house of commons that Britain
will be only too glad to arrange any
thing compatible with security that
will lessen the cost of ornaments.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Army Balloon Blo,Ds Awav

Washington.-A large army air serv-
ice balloon broke away from its moor
ings on Boiling field and was whisked
away to the northwest without pas
sengers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Under the Veneer

When the world gets through broad
ening the minds of the younger genera
ton. how about doing a little some
thing In the matter of their aepthr'-
Detroit News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Kansas Trade Board to Fight

Topeka, Kans. Boards of trade are
planning to challenge the privilege of
membership extended by the state leg
islature to more than $50 cooperative
grain marketing as sociations. in any
Kansas board of trade. it is said.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Post Office Curb. Gold Rush

Washington. An embargo was or
dered by Postmaster General New
against all shipments of gold coin
bullion or dust. by letter or parcel
post, except in quantities not exceed
ing $50 In value
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Approves Road Bill

Lansing, Mich.-The bill by which
the state would take over full control
of all tr~nk line highways, was finally
passed by the state senate on
Tuesday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Pianist With One Arm

Count Geza Itchy, noted Hungarian
pianist and composer, although he lost
his right arm in hunting when he was
fourteen years old. studied the piano
under the best teachers and became
q virtuOso.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Rabv Rallied

So many persons wished to adopt a
baby found in the public square Of a
small town near Bergamo, Italy, that
the chief of police decided to rattle the
child. The baby was won by child
less couple, who had it baptized Vic
tory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Senate Asks Contest Ballots

Washington.-The senate election
committee authorized the appoint
ment Of supervisors TO collect the bal
lots in the Brookhart-S teck senatorial
contest and bring them here for re-
count.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Order Comes First

Order is the sanity Of the mind, the
health of the body, the peace of the
.ity. the security of the state. AS the
beams to a house, as the bones TO
the body, so is order to all things
.Southey.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
French ..-iUing Costs LOwer

Washington.-The cost of living, on
a gold basis has increased more In
the United States and Great Britain
in the last ten years than in France.
the federal reserve board estimates.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
Not Bidding

"Any part of the city for so cents!"
yelled the taxi driver
You can't sting me again. retorted
Silas. Il bought the city hall last year
and they wouldn't give it to me-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
First-Degree Robbers to Die

Jeffers City. Mc.-By a Nunani-
nous viva vcce vote the house of the
legislature ordered engrossed the bill
providing the death penalty for first
degree robbers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
STYLES omd Creditors

"What lot of style the Browns are
putting on"
ayes, and what lot Of creditors
are putting OK"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26

823 Killed, 1890
Hurt in Tornado

Reports from towns affected
by the tornado announce S23
dead and 1890 injured, as fol-
lows:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
AM Houses DESTROYED.

cit seemed to me there was not an
entire house in the town." Burton said.
people we're hurrying out on the
road. north and south, with few be
longings clutched in their arms, more
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26

proposed building and equipment of
which are expected to cost $150,0OO,
according to announcement by K. r.
Erickson local banker. Mr.. Erickson,
with other citizens, has been instru-
mental in interesting ANEW York com.
pany in starting a plant in their vii.
lage. The concern expects to handle,
10000 pounds Of milk daily. Both
whole and skinned milk in powdered
form Will be produced
Approximately 67 per cent, of 1921
persons, out of Fond du Laos total
population attend or are interested in
some church, according to prelimi-
nary report made by the committee
which has been conducting religious
survey in the city during the last sew
eral weeks.
Mayor Lulu w Shaw Of Crandon,
the only woman mayor in Wisconsin,
is candidate for reelection. Miss
Shaw was. elected two years ago. Soon
after taking office her enemies at
tempted to Dust her through the re-
called, but the movement failed.
A. huge elm tree, a landmark in
southern wisconsin, has been felled by
Herbert Neitzel on his fathers farm
north Of Lowell. The tree was 100
feet tall and four feet in diameter.
The rings on the stump numbered 255,
indicating the tree was approximately
that many years old.
William Albers, former state senator
from Wausau, was sentenced to term
Of three months in the Milwaukee
house Of correction. Albers, drug
store proprietor, pleaded guilty to sale
OF intoxicating liquor in violation of
the Volstead act.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
ARMOUR
IS SIGNED BY
FERNCL|FFE
CoIorful Scot and Bobby
Cruickshank Escaped Ger
man Prison Together

The Ferncliffe Golf and Country
Club has announced the signing Of
Alex. SANDY Armour. former
Scottish amateur star, as profess
sional for the 1926 season. Armour,
who has been in America for three
years, is a brother of Tommy
Armour, who now boasts the Flor
ida West Coast championship.
While amateurs in Scotland, the
Armour brothers were rated among
the finest amateurs in Great Bri-
tain. Sandy came here three years
ago with an enviable record as an
amateur, having captured the
Edinburgh championship in 1912,
1918, 1914 and 1920 and been run
ner-up in 1919.
He also won the Scottish amateur
championship in 1921. and the fol-
lowing year took first honors in the
international tournament, an event
in which the leading golfers of
England and Scotland take part
annually. He was also runner-up
in the ST. Georges Vase tourna-
ment at the Sunningdale Golf Club,
London, in 1921.
His chief American honors in
clude the winning of the open
tournament and the Plant Cup, at
Shennecosset in 1922, and of Sec
ond place in the Victory Cup tour
nament in 1928, when Jess Sweet
ser, then the national champion,
was the winner.
He holds course records at Braid
Hills, Edinburgh; farmhouse Golf
and Country Club, Edinburgh; Mus
we'll Hill Golf Club. London, and
the Glen Ridge Country Club.
During the war he was taken
a prisoner in the spring offensive
of 1918 and while in a prison he
ran across Bobby Cruickshank, for
mer ShackamaXon County Club
professional, whom he had known
in Scotland. Together they succeed
ed in making their escape.
He will take up his duties on
June /, when the West Caldwell
IN. IL Climb has it's formal opening.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
HUNDRED
MILES A WEEK
IN TRAINING

Old Clarence De Mar. Boston's
Olympic distance runner, is tuning
up again for this years Boston
marathon, to be run April 90. De
Mar has won the event four times
and finished second or third on each
of his other six starts. He is prob
ably the .country's best marathoner.
De Mar is printer in Boston and
works hard at his trade. He Is on
his feet 4 good part of every day.
His running of a marathon entails
work and sacrifice that must make
the SpartanS turn over several times
in their graves. At present he is
running little matter Of 100 miles
a week. During the final weeks OF
his training he hopes to move TINS
figure I'D ten or fifteen miles.
Proficiency in distance running
calls first of all Cor sacrifice. 1t
seems to be based on the principle
with which Alexander the Great Is
supposed to have fooled possible
prisoners. He Is said to have taken
poison in increasing portions to
guard against attempts which might
be made against his life
The distance runner pounds over
miles and miles OF road and tracks,
furnishing his body and lungs until
they become more Or less immune
to the comparatively brief strain OF
the race itself. De Mar, after run
ming about 230 niles in two weeks,
probably will figure the twonty-siX
miles of the race as Bit of a
sprint.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
F { " COLLEGE
PLAYERS ARE
H|TTERS

eyes" said Jack CoffeS, a little
plaintively, they're all like Ha.
waiians and Cubans." The tanned,
white headed coach of Fordham
baseball was not discussing momen-
tous racial questions or musical in
struments. He was discussing base
ball players. And the genial Jack
knows whereof he speaks. For he
is something of a veteran at tho
game of baseball, professional and
amateur. The plaintiveness was
caused by the speakers agreement
that college boys, as a rule. were
not good hitters.
Jack is at present a scout for the
Cincinnati Reds. He has been Il
college and professional player and
a minor league manager. He is
right about the Cubans and Ha-
waiians. They have been great
fielders, but the times when they
have been hitters as we'll have
been few and far between. There
the thing has been more or less
rectal. With the college ball play
err the cause is a little more diff
cult to find.
The pitcher holds the balance of
the power with something of a
vengeance in college baseball. There
are Oh course games In winch the
scores have been heavy. But these
games almost always are cases
where the pitcher has gone up Of
a sudden. The average college
game finds the pitchers going along
splendidly until one or the other
explodes and loses the game.
Year after year there are college
pitchers who achieve great reputa-
lions. A good part of it is duo
to the fact that they can pitch. A
good part also is due to the fact
that college players are like Cubans
and Hawaiians. For some reason,
the college player cannot hit. One
coach thinks it is because they prac-
tice against bad pitchers and then
run into a good one. Another be-
cause they don't practice enough.
The cause is hard to find, but the
,.oo,1Jf iS in sight,
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
BRAINS NULLIFY
BASEBALL
SKILL
Smart Players Take Adj
vantage of Slight
Weaknesses

The youngster who goes into
baseball with just speed and play
ing ability doesn't get very far.
Brains are a most necessary I'D
junct.
Years ago -Cy Morgan was a
spitball hurler with the Red Sox.
He had great ability, but mover
could beat the Athletics because
Chief Bender had discovered, that
whenever he intended hurting his
splitter the tip Of his cap tilted.
Knowing what was coming, they
always smacked him heartily.
Ed Walsh bluffed splitter on al.
most every pitch. but when he
actually delivered 1t a muscle in
his cheek twitched. iris Speaker
found that out. and thereafter
Walsh had no terrors for Cleveland.
Hooks Wiltse used to "tsle-
graph" his curve by a motion OF
his elbow. One of his veteran
mates discovered it and warned
him.
1t takes baseball brains to find
those trifling flaws that really are
so vital. The successful player is
the man with the seeing eye and
the knowing brain.