Leader-Telegram from Eau Claire, Wisconsin • Page 1

i I i i i i Only Pfpcf Between Madhon and Twin Gtks Rcccmog Leased Wife Report of Tic Associated Press THE E.ATET CLAJBE LEAPEH-sst TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1909. EIGHT PA0E3 THE EAU CLAIRE Aly FOR Great Debate on The Up-To-Date LiquorQuestion Casfro Bafced By Steamship Company Iieuto Gom-z. president of the public "All ask Ih the right to a (fly A 4 00 I Bordeaux, March why htevcni my accua era I he courage to alow me to re- 1 turn to Venezuela and defend tny-j self?" exclaimed Iprlano Castro I this morning when an agent of the I French' steamship company official ly Informed him that he must leave the ship Guadeloupe on which be hall today, before that steamer i rcachea Yontxuela The former I Venezuelan president was furious Press.) I am TEACHERS THAT ARE RETIRED TWO 111 Mil XOW Up VOlt HEAR IXO AT MADISOX LEGU LATURB.

ONE BT STOUT Of MENOMONIE THE STATE SlTERJVTK.NDENT SPEAKS IX FAYOR OP PAH8- i age op stout measure. i at the action taken by the steam-1 dad. only, althongh his words here ship company. He eniered an auto-: leave no douGt of his Intention to 'mobile and was dilven to the of- try to organize a revolution to ov-flces of the company, where he In- erthrow his enemies and re-eetab- dulged In a tirade against Juan VI- Hub himself at Caracas. I of the liquor tinting." i While Dickie concluded that ihcru sre "a few men of fair respectability," In tie saloon business," It aeverthajci -remains true.

lawless classes, thieves, gambler. thugs, blacklegs, outcasts, harlot. I low and vile ami degraded of both sexes, ran b- depended upon to thn last man and the last woman to stand with Milwaukee's mayor In op poii I mi prohibition and advocating the saloon Row'n Negative, Arguing that prohibition in wrong. Hose treated the subject from three view-points, the blbalie. ethical and material.

He allowed that while In ancient times ell et-isled. when the ten commandment were written and attempt waa madi to Inject prohibition and he challenged any one to find one word In the Bible advocating the thcorb of the prohibitionists. Treating the subject from Hi ethical hide, be took the ccnaua figure of the government and record of cities and state to prove that prohibition Increased crime, Insanity, death, domestic Infelicity. pauperism and stagnated business. Me took the criminal record of Milwaukee, a wide oiwn town, and showed the arrest here per capita was lex than In the prohibition states of Maine, Kansas and Georgia.

He Kmi-Ut to the ijrader. i Madison. March $6. The committee on education' of the sen ate will probably report for passage both the Klecska teacher's annuity bill applying to the city of Milwaukee, and the Stout teacher's annuity bill applying to the entire state. The committee will decide on tho two bills next week.

Wltb the assembly committee on" education, the senate committee Friday night bad another hearing on the bills. i Miss Elizabeth M. Herfurth A of Madison, made a cracking good argument in favorlof the Stoat bill. State Superintendent C. P.

Cary and others also spoke In favor of It Former attorney General J. I O'Connor, of Milwaukee, representing the teachers of the metropolis, told the committee that the. edncat. ors, whom he represented. faTored the passage of both bills.

Under the Klecska bill tho Milwaukee teachers, who are retired, will be entitled to an annuity of $400 and under the state bill to one $300. making $T00 In all lfv tho two funds were sufficiently large to afford such annuity. ihowed that more drunkennen isted In Maine than Wisconsin. He quoted the cersus figures to show 1 more insanity existed in prohibl- tlon states than in neighboring wet states and that the death rates of Kansas were higher than the wet states adjoining. His Examples.

Rose quoted census figures to show more rx-ouJ. died from the whooping cough and measleu than alcoholism; qucted figure to show more divorce In Kansas and Maine than In Wiscont-ln. a we stat4: that prohibition state also had more paupers. He showel bank deposits of dry states smaller than In wet states, and said prohibition had been a failure wherever tried because It was impossible to correct the Illness and weaknesses of man by laws. A nation-wide prohibition, ha 'said, would mean a loss of 03.000 revenue a year to the government and uld seriously affect the farmer and laborer of the country because the brewers and malsters and distillers consume of grain a year.

Tells of Kffevt on buKiiiews. It would paralyze business, cripple the railroads and bo felt in every walk of life. It would dpprlv' the people of personal liberty for no purpose except the fanaticism of the prohibitionists. The mayor urged sane regulation as the true solution of tho drink problem. In continuing Mayor Rose said: "It is an encouraging sign when i gentlemen of the great ability, culture and accomplishments of my distinguished opponent will consent to engage in joint debate upon the question of prohibition as applied i iiair trial, he declared, "i am pre- pared to accept the result.

The re- fuaal of Gomez to permit me to en ter Venezuela Ih overwhelming proof that they have no caae against me. but realize that if I land on Venezuelan soil their game Is up." Castro's proti stations were all rain, however, and he had to accept tickets to Port of Spain. Trlnl- TARIFF DEBATE FISTIC BOUT WOJtDY Cia.SH I5KTWKK.X MISSISSIPPI AX I) MICHIGAN MEMBERS. APOLOGIES FORTHCOMING LATER WA.SIIIXtJTOX MEMBER PLEADS FOIl TARIFF OX SHINGLES AXD LUMBER. (Ry Associated Press.) Washington.

March 26. The monotony of the tariff debate in the house waa relieved for a time today by a clash between Fordney of Michigan, and Byrd of Awsslsslp-pl. which came near ending in biows. Fordney had been making an exhaustive discussion of the lumber schedule when he was Interrupted ty the wno insisted lABL LUier manufactr- 'uurj nan uuc, were 1U a truBt. Fordney nled the statement and said "did not know damn Mag abost f- Tha Mississippi a move toward Fordney and was in the act of removing his coat when some of his democratic colleagues look hold of him.

Later It developed that the Incident grew out of a m'sunderttanding and both men made mutual explanations and apologies. Fordney made a nota n. speech on the subject of lumber and pleaded for better protection on that pro- duct in the rough. Diametrically opposed to mm was of unio, wno wanted tne placed on the free list. product Others who spoke were Pou of North Carolina and Macon, of Arkansas, both of whom arraigned the Payne bill for not accomplishing what it was claimed it would do, while Humphrey of Washington, pleaded for tariff on shingles and lumber sufficiently high to enable lumber and shlnglo manufacturers of his state to compete with those of British Columbia emptying cheap Oriental labor.

Popular Thing (y Associated Press.) Pittsburg, March Lawrence Gibson, aged 14, returned homo t0(lay after an ab-! sencc of 2 4 hours, during which tlmo the parents received two letters saying their son had been kidnapped and demanding 15,000 for his return. Gibson is said to have stated that two men took him away In an automobile to a hut in North Braddock, near this city, from which place he escaped today. Stunt On Dad EARLY 1 1 on 10 hiuiinl LU i II FEARS VIOLENCE FROM CROWD Alim t-TOIl UP WIMJK WIIITLA HltOUUHT TO MERCER. PKXJI- JAIU WOMAN COMES LATER ON JAIL HTKOXGLY Gl'ARDKD. BOTH IXNII: ANDOTT BY PA-TBOIMKX.

(By Associated Press.) Mercor, March 26. 'Heavily mnnacled to Sheriff Chess and guarded ty several detectives. James Doyle, one of the kidnappers or Willie Whitla. was brought here today from Pittsburg and lodged In Jail. His wife.

It Is said, will be brought here from Pittsburg tomorrow and the couple vlll.be formally arraigned on the charge of kidnapping In a few days. Boyle feared violence on his ar. rival In Mercer and on tlie Journey from Pittsburg asked Sheriff Chess If he thought the crowd wqrM Jaarra him. The prisoner looked greatly relieved when he saw only a scattering of ieopta at the station. Boyle was hurried Into a waiting bus and taken to Jail, where be was locked In a Ajned guards vere placed In front of Boyle's cell and the patrolman will be stationed outside of the jail all night.

Sheriff Chess said thn jail would be gnasd-ed until the trial of the Boyles was over. Boyle absolutely declined to discuss his case In any of Its phases tonight except to say that he expected to engage a lawyer In a few days. The officials questioned the prisoner about his wife's Identity, but 1 question about the fact that was mo.i-j I Prevloua 1 1 1 1 MEETING BY ANTI FORCES Many Shaker to Be Brought Here In Fight for No-tJ cense. i 1 The Eati Claire Civic League i sues announcements as follows: ls- The Hon. Wra.

P. Ferguson, B. a. B. of Chicago Sunday even.

ing; March 28th, In Fournier a hall. The Hon. Chas. IW. Trlckett.

state's attorney of Kansas, Tuesday. March 30th, In Fournler's hall. Tho Rev. A. B.

C. Dunne, Sunday evening, April 4th, In Fournler's hall. 'II The Hon. Willis Rrenloaf Calder-wood, of Minneapolis, Monday evening, April 6th, In Fournler's ball. These speakers guarantee four masterly arraignments of the evils of the saloon and presentation of the advantages of law-enforcement and no-license.

GUILD HAtlTHIS SUMMER I'lit-ist Cliuri'li Building Coinmlttce Ready to Begin 0tera-tlons. Messrs. Win. Cray Purcoll and George Felck, architects of Minneapolis, have been in the city con- ferring with members of Christ Episcopal church. They have sub-! initted the working plans for the new guild hall.

This and the chan-I eel of the new church are to -be hegUD on this at a cost of upwards of $30,000. In two years or so it is hoped the main edifice' wl11 be undertaken, the entire cnurcn 10 cosi some lou.uoo or $60,000. The architects consulted with the Rev. Philip Henry Linley, the building committee and the vestry at the guild hall yesterday. The new parish hou80 will be modern In every respect and will be greatly enjoyed by all.

The church to be constructed is to be what is termed the Early Gothic architecture. DECIDE TO PAY FINES SEVERAL SALOON KEEPERS, ON WHOM COMPLAINTS WERE PREFERRED, TO PLEulD GUILTY. It was said last night upon good authority that the several saloonkeepers, against whom complaints are now standing, owing to the present crusade against the saloons will appear in municipal court this thornlng? guilty to the charges and pay their fines rather than fight the cases. III PERFECT LIST foktv m'mooi ix vaimol8 states branded for in. EFFinKNO', ETC.

IT COVERS SEVERAL STATES NOKTII CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF xli.eges axi kecond- 1 Ally SCHOOIX MEETS (My Associated Press.) 'Chicago. March 26. At a meeting of the North Central Association of Collegeg and Secondary School here today forly schools ere dropped from the accreditO'l list of inefficiency, an I other violation of i he rules and 123 whoo. added. Michigan took high mark for new credlth, securing 2 2, Indiana second.

KansAk. North Itakotu and Colorado, were the only states in ia- if trhnnla a tt ri ituoH In WISCONSIN- Berlin. Black River Falls. Lodl. Medford.

Menanhd, Portage. INDIANA Dluffton. Elkhart. El- wood. Hammond, and gansport.

Shelbyvllle, Kokomo. Lo- Vincennes, Winona Park. IOWA Lemars. MICHIGAN Dciray. Evart, MichlKau Military Academy, so.

MINNESOTA Blue Earth Flint. Owos- Ely. Little Falls. NEBRASKA Auburn. Grand Is land.

McCook, Superior. South Oni aha. SOCTH DAKOTA Madison. TWO BURN TO DEATH (By Associated Press.) Scrai'tou, March 26. At Greenwood, a mining village, three miPs below Scranton, Mrs.

Anthony Hobb and two of her children were burned to death and the four othr children were more or less injured. one seriously, in a fire that broke out just before midnight in a small grocery store and dwelling occupied 1... Inthnnu fqmllir at that place. The woman and her MAY CXLMPLETE CAXAL BY YE Alt 191:1 (By Associated Press.) Washington. D.

C. March 26. President Taft today told Chief En-glnoef Goethals, of the Panama canal, that If the great waterway can be completed by the close of 1913 he wanted to see that feat accomplished. Goethals has already declared that the canal will be completed in 191 and he is understood to consider It impossible to save two years on the work, but he told the president that he would put every force to work to expedite matters to carry out th; president's orders. liAJTMJE LIABILITIES.

(By Associated Press.) New York. March 26. The 1 schedule Vss made public today in the bankruptcy proceedings insti- tuted against Frazin and Oppon- helm Shoe dealers, having stores In this city. Chicago and Philadel- phla and show liabilities of 122,431 assets of $914,144. WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

WISCONSIN' Fair and colder Saturday; Sunday fair and warmer; brisk to Wgh northwest winds. IHiliNOiS Partly cloudy and colder Saturday; Sunday fair. IOWA Falr and colder Saturday; Sunday partly cloudy and warmer. MINNIESOTADAKOTA-Falr Saturday and Sunday; wafVner Sunday. MICHIGAN Snow flurries and colder Saturday; Sunday fair.

LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. (Reported Daily by R. Whit-ford, the local weather observer.) Eau Claire, March 261909. Maximum temperature 43 GREAT ritOMIIUTlOXUST OF MICHIGAN AM) MILWAUKEE M.IVOII OX CURRENT TOPIC. NO DECISIONS ARE RENDERED lllI'MIDIvOME AT MILWAUKEE HOLDS CROWD OF FItOM FOlIt TO FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE.

FIRST IN SERIES OF THREE FOH NEXT TWO DERATES, TIME AND PLACE HAVE NtT I1EKN DETEKM1 NED O.N. (By Associated Press.) Milwaukee. March 26 One of the moat remarkable debates ever held was that tonight on the question: RESOLVED, THAT PROHIBITION AS APPLIED TO MANUFACTURERS AND THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LI-QIOR 18 RIGHT" with Mayor Rose of Milwaukee, defending the negative and Dr. Samuel Dickie, president of Albion college of Albion, Michigan, for the prohibitionists. More than 4,000 were present, and other thousands could not gain admission.

This was the first of three dates. The second will be given at Chicago and the third at some city in the south. There was no decision tonight. Dickie Flrwt Npeukcr. Ditfkie was thejlrst speaker.

He argued that "Prohibition of the liquor traffic in right. If considered only from an economic standpoint" and declared "the saloon Is the foe of capital, but preeminently tho enemy of labor; that It paralyzes the arrrf of the worklngman. shortens his life, excludes him from many lucrative callings, decreases his power as a producer and throws Into the labor market a vast mass of debased and unintelligent laborers, who compete disastrously wltn sober and Industrious So line of manufacture gives employ- ment to so few men In proportion of the capital invested as in th liquor traffic. He asserted the "II- quor business breeds criminals," and that It is "Itself largely com- poBcd of men who do not hesitate violate the law," and that they "openly, shamefully and flagrantly trample under foot "the laws In- tended to restrict the evil influence I if ED" FIERY STEEDS COXCOltD FARMER FALJ.M VIC. TBI TO MILWAUKEE SHARP-KRS.

BUT RECOVERS HIS MONEY POLICE CAMJO TO RlFJSCUK OF VISITOR WHO MAKES BAD BARGAIN. Milwaukee, Henry Ziegelman, a Concord, came March 26. farmer from to Milwaukee last Saturday and came so near los ing 285 that he hasn't recovered from his fright yet The truth of the story is that Ziegelman bought two "doped" horses and then had to call on the police department to recover hia money. In the Jialghtwrhood of Fourteenth anrj Wajnut streets, Ziegelman became acquainted with two men who said they were known on nil the race courses as "Boots" and "Swipe." They claimed to have two of the finest pieces of horseflesh "ever seen in these parts." One of the animals had derby in the west and the other had won a fedora in the east, and both were first cousins to the sire of the famous Muddy Maud, that won etc. The horses were given a cursory examination by the prospective pur-' chaser.

They surely were line steeds. Each anlmal at the time of the examination had a sponge soak-', ed in coal tar stuffed up Us noBtrlu, disguise the heaves. Both horses KETCHELL IS THE IX FISTIC I (OCT AT MIOW YOKK II DKFEATS JACK O'BUIKX. SURPRISE TO THE FOLLOWERS LAST TF.X IU)l'Mrs A VKIIY FAST AND ITIUOCH BATTLE. By New Associated Press.) York.

March 26. Not since the repeal of the Ilor.on law which stopped big fiatic bouts in this city, has such a fast and furious contest been sec here In a squared circle, as that tonight in which Stanley Ketchell, the miJSii weight champion, defeated Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia. Many thought that Brlen would do some stalling in this fight, but every one who saw the tight waa agreeably surprised, for it was a hot bout from the start to the finish. in me nnai round Brlen was I knocked, down three times and the I last time it was practically a clean knockout, but for the timely clang of the gong which found the Phil- adelphlan in a hopeless state. It I was Ketchell fight for the greater I part of the contest and O'Brien has no excuse to make over the out- I come.

The tenth and last round was one that attracted the most atten- I tion. At the very opening of this round Ketchell put two left hooks to the jaw which forced O'Brien to clinch. O'Brien could do little I more than block and clinch at this stage. O'Brien tried his left jab 1 i and slowed Ketchell up a bit. Right and left swings to the jaw from I Ketchell sent O'Brien to the floor for five seconds, and he went down I again from a right swing to the jaw ior nine seconps.

Two more smashes on the jaw, a left upper-cut and a right swing sent O'Brien down again for four seconds before the bell ended the bout. This aaved O'Brien from a knockout. Kidnapping The (By Associated Press.) Chicago, March 26. A new kidnapping case developed here late today. The victim is Harold Moon, the ten-year-old son of Lyrrian H.

Moon, of Flint, Michigan. Ho was stolen from his home February 27. Mrs. W. H.

Frost, a friend of the Moon family, called at detective headquarters here and said that there was reason to think the child was hidden in Chicago. According to Mrs. Frost's story, the boy was seen in a box car on the Grand Trunk Railway near Pontiac, Michigan several days ago. She said eleven prominent Michigan citizens had pledged $100 each for the 'recovery of the boy. Ransom (By Associated Press.) PittBburg, March 26.

Lawrence Gilson, 14 of Tioga street i this city, disappeared IDIUM CASE DEVELOPS AT nuiPAcn 1 uuiunuu to the manufacture, sale and use of two children were in a bed in a Intoxicating beverages. It is an en- room over this apartment and be-couraging sign when those engaged rorP. they could be rescued the ceil-In the manufacture and sale of i ing Df the room gave way and they those beverages ill meet in state were precipitated into the flames, and national conventions and sol-1 RASK BURGLARS ROUTED QUICKLY (By Associated Pr ss.) Melvin, Iowa, March 26. Aroused by the explosion of four charges of dynamite in the First National" bank here early today, citizens armed with shot guns, touted the robbers wW' sad attempted; whsiic-r cessfully to break into The bandits escaped on a band car which was found later near Hart- ley. Iowa.

1 PRESJDEXT TAFT RBSTORE9 THE MARIXES (By Associated Prifc) Washington, D. March 25. After consideration at a cabinet meeting today President Taft ord- ered the restoration of the marines -on board of the naval vessels, upon the same footing as they were be fore the Roosevelt order, relieving all of them from ship duty, which was issued some months ago. WROTE THREATEXIVQ LETTERS TO HERSELF (By Associated Press.) Vincennes, March tive proof was found today that Mrs. Russell Culbertson wrote threatening letters to herself.

Her own stationary- upon sno. wrote letter to. her husband tains the same water mark, as tho. stationary upon which the! threat- enlng missives were' found. Iler- relatlves are convinced that she killed herself.

5 ARE ATTELL WINS" IN EIGHTH ROUXD (By Associated. Press.) Dayton, Ohio, March 26. Abe Attell, the' featherweight champion of the world, knocked out Frankie White of Chicago In the eighth round of what was to have been a twenty-round bout, here tonight. The end was not unexpected as the Calif orn tan had his antagonist groggy practically throughout tho mill. NEW RECORD FOR INDOOR MARATUOX (By Associated Press.) Chicago, March 26.

A new world's amateur indoor record for Marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards, was set here tonight by Sid ney Hatch of this city when won in 2:44:00 1-5. The former was 2:54:25 2-5 and was held by Matt Maloney of the Eastern ama-; teur, who recently became a pro- fessional. 1 JESSE ELMER WINS THE 5IATOI (By AssoclatsdiPress.) Des Moines, Iowa, March ,26. Jesse Reimer of Des Moines, defeated Reul De Roups here tonight, in a finish wrestling match1 securing the first fall lq 21 minutes; tho second In 22 minutes, GOTCH DEFEATS 1 ITALIAN! WRESTLIt (By Assootated Omaha, March? 26. Fran Gotch, the world's champion wrestler, tonight defeated John Perreill.

Introduced as -the champion of Italy In 'a one-sided match, Gotch inning both falls In twelve ani minutes, respectively. ILAD KSK COMES HOME: qavq vmrnm emnly pass resolutions pledging I sane regulation and safe control of (Continued on Page 2 -are said to have been inflated to a plump circumference with laughing gas, which also enlivened their spirits. Fearing that he would lose the chance to buy the "prizes," he handed over a $50 deposit and then hurried to the bank and drew out $235. which he also paid over to 'Boots'' and "Swipe." A friend of Mr. "Swipe" drove up at the culmination of the sale and offered to pay $400 for the animals.

Ziegelman was elated over his "good luck." Here four hours later, the prize winners were staggering around on wohbly legs, and coughing like (lis. ahled threshing machines. A veterinarian worked three hours over the horses before they could be brought to their normal selves namely, two broken-winded, spavined relics of ancient horsedom. Last night detectives located Mr. "Boots" and Mr.

"Swipe" and persuaded them to return the purchase money. Mr. Ziegelman with his 2 took a train last night for Concord, Wis. WORLD'S tWIMMIXCJ RROORII) IS UUOKIOX (By Associated Press.) Pittsburg, March 26. C.

M. Daniels, of New York, broke the world's record for the 2: 20-yard swim tonight In the national championship event under the auspices of the American Athletic Union. Daniels clipped three seconds off of lb world's record held for the last tliree years by Kleran. of Australia, arid made the distance in seven seconds less than It has even been made before in America. His time tonight was 2:25 2-5.

BANTAM WEIGHT CHAMPION STILL (By Associated Press.) San Francisco, March 26. Monte Attell, the bantam weight champion, wpu a clean decision from Barry- Dell," of San Francisco; tn flfteen'rounds tonight after Investigating the case are Inclined to believe the lad with the aid of boy friends, Is trying to play a Joke on his father. Mr. Gibson is a bricklayer. Mrs.

"Gibson, -the boy's mother. Is greatly worried to day but admits the handwriting in the letter resembles her police are trying locate the' boy today. i --j 'I. 't Minimum temperature i 24 last night and about midnight his Temperature at 6 p. 86- father received a special delivery Precipitation 4 I i i Trace letter demanding a ransom of Winds Northwest 000 for bis son's The po-Snowfall i i- Trace Hce were immediately notified 'and Yv" 'V'X.