The Daily Tribune from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin • Page 6

THE GRAND RAPIDS TRIBUNE. GRAND RAPIDS. WIS. municipal auditorium was ap- THIEF STRIPS MAN STATE INSTITUTIONS SEEKS COURT TEST VOTE III STATE Oil ADMIRAL FISKE QUITS ML P. TICKET W1HS of education measures proposed by Gov.

Philipp is the biggest thing of the legislative session. That it is a constructive measure which, carried to a successful issue and a practical workable law, will be a monument to the Philipp administration that will overshadow all else and last long after other reforms are forgotten. While the idea of a central board has been tried with varying degrees of success In other states, it Is claimed it will be left for Wisconsin in this, as in other matters, to take up and work out a successful plan for intelligent co-operation of all the educational activities of the state so the best results be secured and the greatest harmony obtained and put a stop to the present differences and endeavors on the part of different educational classes to get the largest slice of the appropriation pudding. Risk Law Recalled. In a way the present attempt to find a successful plan for a state board of education is parallel with the effort, so successfully made, to work out a plan for workmen's compensation.

As in that case where, after long hearings, several bills were drafted when the legislature met it is now. At that time hearings were held and as new things were shown to be desirable or others to be doubtful a new bill was drafted until In the end a workable plan that has stood the test of operation was made. Something similar will be done at this time. The far-reaching efforts proved. Wets and drys appear to have di vided honors at the polls in northern Wisconsin towns and cities, victories appearing to balance defeats for each.

Bayfield, which has been wet for six- i ty years, went dry by a bare major- i ity of thirty-seven votes. Washburn, which has been dry a year, remained in the dry column by 21 votes. Iron River remained wet by 27. Turtle Lake voted out four saloons, 97 to 47. Almena went wet i by 47 majority and Clayton dry by 1.

For the fifth year in succession Cable voted dry, 68 to 35. Ladysmith voted out saloons by 4 majority, wets getting 293 and drys 297. Grand- view went dry by 11 majority. Hau-gen z'emained-wet by 93 to 76. Hay- ward 'City's first election favored saloons, the town of Hay ward going dry.

New Richmond voted 282 to 185 to return to saloons. Spooner voted wet, 283 to 119. Ashland voted to remain wet. Lake Nebaga-mon remains wet and South Range goes dry. State Circuit Result Close.

Milwaukee, April 7. With only partial returns available indications are Francis J. Rooney of Appleton has been elected judge of the Tenth Circuit court and that Clinton G. Price of Mauston has been elected to succeed Judge James O'Neil of Neills- ville, in the Seventeenth judicial circuit, though In the latter circuit only one county has reported. In the Tenth circuit, sixty-seven out of ninety-six precincts in Outa gamie, Shawano and Langlade coun ties reporting, Mr.

Rooney has a lead of 502 votes over Albert H. Krugmei- ery also of Appleton. E. V. Werner, who carried Shawano, his home city, by a heavy plurality, was a close third.

In the Seventeenth circuit twenty- five out of thirty precincts in Juneau county had reported and gave Mr. Price 1.177 votes, Judge O'Neil 976 and Elmer W. Crosby 587. Rumors of pluralities for each of the candidates were circulated in various parts of Jackson and Clark counties, which lent strength to the impression that the contests would be decided by close vote. With practically two-thirds of the precincts in the Tenth circuit reported the totals at midnight stood: Francis J.

Rooney, 3,003 Albert H. Krugmeier, E. V. Werner, Albert S. Larson, 992, and Claude Cannon, 370.

State Supreme Court Judge John B. Wlnslow and Judges Reid and WIckham of the circuit court were re-elected without opposition. Gregory Wins Over Williams. Milwaukee, April 7. In the judicial election in Milwaukee county on Tuesday John J.

Gregory, judge of the Civil courts, defeated Orren T. Williams for judge of branch 3 of the Circuit court. For judge of division 2 of the County court, John C. Karel was re-elected, defeating Ernest W. Braun.

In the contests for judges of the Civil courts, Carl Runge defeated George Mensing, Joseph E. Cordes was re-elected over Herbert T. Ferguson and Otto H. Breidenbach defeated Richard Eisner, who was a candidate to succeed himself. Thiesen Elected Mayor.

Racine. T. W. Thiesen Was elected mayor here, defeating Dr. J.

S. Koch by 241 votes. Charles R. Ryba was reelected city clerk over Charles Buen-gers. Thiesen's victory is a defeat for Mayor W.

S. Goodland, who was one of the principal supporters of Dr. Koch the defeated candidate, was also heavily supported by the church element. The town of Union Grove went dry. The vote for mayor was one of the heaviest ever cast.

Stolze Again Wins Mayoralty. Manitowoc Mayor Henry Stolze defeated Arthur Schuetze by 53 votes for mayor, after one of the hardest campaigns ever known here. Stolze is a socialist and this will be his fourth term. Joerns Wins in Sheboygan. Sheboygan.

O. B. Joerns was elected mayor of Sheboygan over Dr. O. J.

Gutsch by about 200, after the bitterest campaign in years. Examination for Nurses Set. Madison. An examination for state registration of nurses will be held at La Crosse on May 27 and 28 and at Milwaukee on June 1 and 2. All applications for examination must be made before May 20.

Blanks and informa tion may be obtained by writing to Anna J. Haswell, secretary of the com mittee of examiners, state board of Madison. Adell Postoffice Looted Sheboygan. The general store and postoffice of Saeman Ziegler, Adell, was burglarized. A quantity of postage stamps and some groceries, Including thirty-seven boxes of sardines were taken indicate the election of Miss Sarah Devlin as county superintendent.

The county towns voted $20,000 for road building during the coming year. Chief Justice Wlnslow received 2,200 votes in the county. Ferry Boat Nearly Ready. Baraboo. The new ferry boat which will operate across the Wisconsin river at Merrimack Is about completed.

It will accommodate four automobiles and will be propelled by a twenty-four horse power gasoline engine Tree Tears Down Line. Appleton. A mile of wire, part of the Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power eompany, was torn down when a farmer near Child's corners al lowed a tree he was felling to strike the line. Nolan Pardon Hearing April 16. Madison.

Gov. E. L. Philipp has fix ed April 16 for the hearing on the application of Charles Nolan, sentenced to life imprisonment at Waupun, for a pardon. Bandv Heads Associatinn.

Wausau. Fred J. Bandy of the town of Fleith was elected president of the Marathon countv order of the wisfvn sin Experimental association. Herman Amnaus or is vice president. Do Your Best.

To do anything in this world -wort doing, we must not stand back shiv ering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. Sydney smun. WHILE HE SLEEPS Wakes After "Forty Winks" to Find Clothes Stolen Off His Back. Boston. "I lost my shirt" is a not unfamiliar term in peker, but doesn't often happen literally.

Out in Danvers there is a man, who shall be nameless, who not only lost bin shirt, but his, suit, his Bhoes and his hat as well, and In circumstances as unusual as the-event Itself. The man, incidentally, may safely claim to be the soundest sleeper in Danvers or any other town, for his loss took place while he was peaceful ly slumbering in the West Lynn freight yards recently, very much exhausted by an evening in Boston. He was fully clad when he left the- Narrow Gauge train, so tired that be 1 1 Saw a Slinking, White-Robed Figure-decided to get in 40 winks before he proceeded toward his home. When he awoke he wore the conventional undergarmentsand nothing more. Leon Cameron of West Lynn, crossing the yard, saw a slinking, white-robed figure, and made for it.

It-turned out to be Mr. Danvers, desperately cold and very anxiously searching for his clothes or for anyone's clothes for that matter. Cameron was no more astonished than Mr. Danvers that any person or persons could have succeeded in removing so many of his garments without awakening him. The day was coming on apace, so, without stopping to solve the mystery, the pair went to a milk station and after diligent search discovered a pair of overalls and a jumper.

BEWARE OF NEW SWINDLE Scotland Yard Warns Against New Version of Old Spanish Prisoner Swindle. London. Scotland Yard warns the public against a new version of the old Spanish prisoner swindle. This time-it is not a Spaniard who has hidden a war chest of the Carllsts In an accessible mountain and appeals to someone to accept half of the contents ln return for furnishing him with ball money. In the new version of the swindle it is a Belgian, The Belgian, on the death of his.

master In the siege of Liege, fled in Bank of England notes. He is now In trouble in Spain, and wftt part with half of tse notes to anyone' helping him out of the scrape with a. little ready cash. A large number of these swindling letters have been sent to England and Scotland Yard men suspect the game-also is being worked In the United States. FLY ABSOLVED BY FLEXNErt Famous Medical Expert 8ays Infection-of Infantile Paralysis Starts In the Nose.

Philadelphia. Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, speaking before the College of Physicians, absolved the biting, stable fly from blame for infantile-paralysis. He said that extensive experiments had proved that the micro-organism which causes the disease Is breathed in through the nose and lodges in the respiratory passages. Doctor Flexner urged his hearers to confine their preventive efforts the nose until more is learned of the disease.

HOPE TO DIG UP MASTODON Tooth From Skeleton Found Last May Said to Be a Fine Specimen. St. Johns, Mich. Jonas Leik and his eons expect to make elaborate excavations on their farm in Westphalia next spring, in the hope of ut.earthing the skeleton of a mastodon believed to be burled in some low ground. They turned up a mastodon's tooth while digging a ditch last May, and the Museum of Natural History of New York has asked that the tooth, which la a fine specimen, be sent on for examination.

If it is well preserved $500 will be paid, although the sum may be scaled down as low as $50, depending on Us condition. Cork Leg Kept Him Afloat. Winchester, Va, Forced to ford a swollen steam near here when his, buggy capsized, William L. Kuhn, a wealthy 6tock raiser, owes his life to the fact that he had a cork leg. Buoyed up by the artificial limb, Kuhn easily reached Bhore In safety.

His horse was drowned in the swift-flowing current. Offers Infant for $1,000. Detroit, Mich. Andrew F. Yushaz.

unemployed carriage trimmer, has offered his, two daughters, aged eighteen months and three years, for sale for $1,000 each, nailing the advertisement to a fence near the Associated Charities building. One Deadly Shell. Vienna. One Austrian shell destroyed the Russian railway Etatlon near Chenclny, southern Poland, and killed all the Russian troors in it at pie time FACE FIRE HAZARDS INVESTIGATION SHOWS NEED OF IMMEDIATE PREVENTION MEASURES. MENTION PRISON AT WAUPUN Sprinkling System and Fire Escapes Recommended by Engineers-Housing Conditions Are Good.

Madison. That serious fire haz ards exist In Wisconsin charitable and penal properties, summarizes the conclusions in a report submitted by H. P. Weaver and W. C.

West, fire prevention engineers of the Independence inspection bureau of Philadelphia, to Commissioner of Insurance Herman L. Ekern, for the state insurance fund. The report covers state insane asy lums at Oshkosh and Mendota, the Chippewa Falls Home for the Feeble Minded, the Janesville School for the Blind, the Delavan School for the Deaf, the Sparta Children's home, the Milwaukee Industrial School for Girls, the Waukesha Industrial School for Boys, the Green Bay re formatory, and the state prison at Waupun. The reports generally praise the housekeeping conditions and the care of the properties by the superintendents of the different Institutions, and finds that these are far above the av erage in like institutions elsewhere. The inadequacy of present water supplies at the different institutions for fire fighting purposes is empha sized.

One important recommenda tion is that of a general Bprinkler equipment for nine of the largest state properties. The danger of loss of life in the institutions where the inmates are confined Is especially emphasized. This applies particularly to the Insane asylums, the Sparta Home for Children, and the Milwaukee Indus trial School for Girls. FATHER WARD LAID TO REST Catholic Priests From All Over Wis- conwin and Many Adjoining States Attend Funeral. Beloit.

Catholic priests frota all over Wisconsin and many adjoining states attended the funeral services for Father M. J. Ward, pastor of St. Thomas' church. Those who took leading parts in the services were Father M.

J. McEvoy, South Beloit; Father J. J. Collins, Fond du Lac; Father Patrick B. Knox of Madison, the Rt.

Rev. Edward Kozlowskl of Milwaukee, the Rev. Robert J. Roche, Milwaukee, and Father Francis Cleary of Minneapolis. Fully forty priests were present.

The body was taken to Janesville on a special interurban car and from there to Fond du Lac. It was accompanied by Knights of Columbus and representatives of many other organiza tions. Thousands of citizens viewed the body at the church here. CANNERS SEEK NEW TRADE Congressman Esch Opens Negotiations to Open South American Countries to Wisconsin. La CrosBe.

Negotiations for the opening of South American trade to the output of the Wisconsin canneries have been taken up by Congressman John J. Esch and Secretary of State W. J. Bryan. Following the last Milwaukee con ventions when the system of holding stocks following the canning season awaiting the demand was criticised by the president, the Wisconsin factory owners initiated a movement favoring better trading conditions in the canning industry.

It Is believed South America offers a big field for the sale of canned goods. WAUSAU MAN IS MURDERED Father-in-Law Held When Charles Schroeder Is Shot In Attempt to See His Wife. Wausau. Charles Schroeder was shot at his home at Manville and his father-in-law, Frank Martell, Is being held on the charge of murder. i Schroeder was killed by a gunshot and Martell admitted to officers hav ing fired the fatal shot.

The police say Schroeder and his wife had separated and she returned to her parents. He wished to become reconciled and tried to visit her at her father's home. Mar tell warned Schroeder to stay away. but he persisted in coming. A quarrel followed and Martell asserts he shot In self-defense.

Books More Popular. Wausau. The people of Wausau are reading more books at the public library, according to statistics. In February the circulation was 7,006 and in March 8,449. The Increase for the two months In new permits was 402.

Wausau Church Consecrated. Wausau. Bishop Weller officiated at the consecration of the new St. John's Episcopal church here. When completed the church will represent an expenditure of about $40,000.

Sawmills Start Operations. Oconto. The Holt Lumber com pany's sawmill started operations and will run day and night. The Holt shin gle mill will work a day shift. The Oconto company sawmill also started on a day shift, and will operate day and night shortly.

$1,000 for Celebration. Sheboygan. The Association of Commerce has appropriated $1,000 for this year's celebration of Fourth of July. Break Windows With Bottles. Bayfield.

Two large plate glass show windows valued at $200 were shattered in the A. Nelson dry goods store. Beer bottleB lri the wreckage revealed the means of destruction. The Nelson firm has supported prohibition. Child Fatally Burned.

Maiden Rock. The 5-year-old daughter of Ed Severs probably was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire from a pile of burning rubbish. LICENSE QUEST! ELECTION RESULTS IN LARGER WISCONSIN CITIES RETAINING SALOONS. MP0RTANT GAINS BY DRYS Tuesday's Election Bars Liquor From An Increased Area Sixty-three Cities Go Wet and Drys Win Forty-one. Milwaukee.

April 7. Although the drys failed to dislodge the wets In the more important cities in Wisconsin where there were contests, Tuesday's election added a number of smaller cities and villages to the state's dry territory. The most spectacular fight was at Superior, where wets won out by a margin of only 127 votes In a total of 5,571. At Madison the wets came through with a margin of 301, de spite the hottest campaign of years to put the state's capital city in the dry column. At Beloit the wets won with a majority of 239, a consider able Increase over that at the last election.

Big Vote Is Cast. Returns from all over the state In dicate that the largest vote in the history of Wisconsin' was polled on the wet and dry issue. Reports show that both sides were better organized than ever before, and nearly the full vote turned out. Two Ties Recorded. Statistics compiled from returns received up to midnight showed that forty-one cities which were dry voted to remain so.

Sixty-three cities and towns voted to retain saloons. Nine teen cities and towns which were for merly wet were swung Into the dry column, while only four villages which were dry went over to the wet column All over the state the vote on the license question was close, and in two cases it was a tie. At Beloit the drys had expected the result to be much closer. The wets, on the other hand, were given a scare at Superior, and the result was much closer than was expected by those who were fol lowing the campaign closely. The re sult at Madison was about as expected.

The successes of the drys were confined to the following places: Sparta. Hudson, Bayfield, Galesville, Plalnfield, Waupaca, all dry for the first time, and Boscobel, Washburn, Lancaster, which have been dry before. Result of License Vote, Following are the places in the wet and dry columns: Wet Cashton, Trempealeau, Pern bine. Iron River, Sun Prairie, Min eral Point, Cobb, Ridgeway, High land, Linden, Tomah, West Salem, Campbellsport, Reedsburg, Beloit, Ashland, Stevens Point, East Milwau kee, Portage, Arlington, Fall River, Randolph, Friesland, Doylestown, Douglas, Westfleld, Coloma, Han cock, Richford, Madison, Whitewater, Salem and Neenah 33. Dry Mazomanie, Bayfield, Gales ville, Blair, Plalnfield.

Washburn, Cable, Pardeeville, Ladysmith, Wau paca, Hollandville, Blanchardvllle, Boscobel, Lancaster, Barniveld, Ce dar Grove, Oostburg, Town of Lyn don, Holmen, Hudson, Whitehall, VIroqua, Sparta, Grand View, Hay- ward, Sanborn, Wautoma, Cambria, Rio, Leeds, Poynette, Kendal, On tario and Norwalk 34. Madison Wet By 301. Madison, April 7. (Special.) Madison went wet in Tuesday's election by a majority of 301. A year ago the city went wet by 67.

The total vote on Tuesday was 8,311, the largest ever cast in a Madison elec tion on the wet and dry question. The feature of the election was the heavy vote cast by students of the university of Wisconsin, who largely voted dry. In the Fifth ward, where many students reside, the majority for no license was 624. Last year it was 423. The campaign was the most spirited over the license ques tion ever waged here.

One alder man and one supervisor were elected in, each of the ten wards of the city. The contests were nonpartisan. The vote for Chief Justice Wlnslow in Madison, where he has resided for nearly a quarter of a century, was about 5,000. Superior Remains Wet. Superior, April 7.

By a narrow margin of 127 out of 5,571, Superior voted to remain wet. The drys showed unexpected strength in vari ous wards and for a time threatened to entirely wipe ont the two to one victory of the wets of six years ago. The proposed $75,000 bond issue for Women Win at Kenosha. Kenosha. The women of Kenosha showed their strength when they went to the polls and made possible the carrying of a bond issue for the erection of new schools in the city to cost $100,000.

The women voted almost unanimously for the bond issue. There was no mayor elected in Kenosha and the members of the council elected were nearly all supported by the citizen's welfare committee. Indications from the county seem to Wagon Hit by Train. Antigo. Joseph Vllos, a farmer living near Neva, narrowly escaped death when a south bound passenger train struck his team and wagon.

Horses, man and wagon were thrown more than fifty feet "Old Landmark" Razed. Neenan. One of the "oldest landmarks' in this locality was razed on the former Blair property, west of this city, to make room for summer cottages that are to be erected soon. Arm Severed by Saw. Baraboo.

William Sourke of Adams used his hand to remove sawdust from under a revolving saw. His arm in contact with the saw, about half way between the wrist and elbow, and the member was severed. Mail Bags Are Rifled. Poynette. A number of mail bags were opened at the Milwaukee road station here during the night and contents of parcel post packages were stolen.

FOR 1I1SURANGELAW STATE TREASURER JOHNSON SEEKS FRIENDLY SUITS OVER 3 FUNDS. ASKS FINAL DETERMINATION Attorney General Owen Appealed to to Avoid Repetition of Forestry Tangle in These Departments. Madison, April 8, 1915. State Treasurer Henry Johnson has asked Attorney General Owen to bring friendly suits to determine the valid ity of the laws relating to the state life insurance fund, the fire insurance fund and the teachers insurance and retirement fund. In his letter to the attorney general Mr.

Johnson says that he is not promp ted by any opposition to the laws creating these funds, but that his request is made with a view securing a final 'determination so that the state may not be humiliated In the future by finding itself again in the situation which has resulted from the decision in the forestry case. Whether the state may engage in the business of insuring the lives of its citizens; whether it may engage in Insuring property outside Its own jtgainst fire; and whether it may appropriate common school funds to be used in the payment of private persons for private purposes, are the questions which State Treasurer Johnson raises. Under the life insurance act the state recently became liable when Dr. George Keenan died, as he held a policy of $1,000 in the state fund. This claim against the state has not been paid, and it may be made the subject of a suit to test the validity of the law although nothing to this effect has been given out.

As to the matter of the fire insur ance fund, it is pointed out that while the original law was only for the pur pose of creating a fund for emergency in case of loss of state property by fire, 1 has since been enlarged so that the state now is engaged in the business of insuring the property of counties and municipalities. Whether the commonwealth may properly do this under sanction of the fundamental law is the question Mr. Johnson would have determined. In the matter of the teachers' insur ance and retirement fund it is pointed out that some $65,000 annually Is taken from the funds arising from the mill tax, raised for the common schools, and is credited to this fund. Mr.

John son wants to know if this may proper ly be done and urges that now is the time to find out State Label on Dairy Products. The first steps for creating a stand ard for Wisconsin dairy products are provided for In a bill by Assemblyman McKowan. The bill provides for the rigid standardization of factories which desire to use a proposed state label upon products. This label will be known as the Wisconsin state brand. Such brands, as guarantees of purity and weight, are in use In a number of European countries.

The bill provides for the creation of a control body, to be composed of the dairy and food commissioner, the president of the state board of agriculture, the head of the dairy division of the University of Wisconsin, and one member chosen by the executive committees of the Wisconsin Dairymen's association, the Wisconsin Cheese-makers' association, the Wisconsin Butter Makers' association and the Society of Equity. The dairy and food commissioner will be chairman. This control committee will establish the standard for butter and cheese, using as a basis cleanliness, purity and conditions of manufacture. It will also establish the scoring standard, to be used to determine whether a factory is entitled to use the state brand. A dairy or cheese factory will have the right to make application to be scored, so that the use of the brand may be granted for its products.

The dairy and food commissioner is given authority to require applicants to file a bond with him to maintain the standard of product the committee requires as a condition, and a fee based on the output is also collected. The commissioner is permitted to collect such information as is necessary to administer the law. Money received for fees or from bond forfeitures will be used to make known to the public the existence of the Wisconsin state brand, and the conditions under which it Is used. Single Board Plan Big Issue. Members of the legislature and others are realizing the state board Blame Tramps For Fire.

Racine. Tramps are held responsible for a blaze which destroyed a large tool-house used in connection with the tunnel work done on a big trunk service. A gang of fifty laborers lost all their working clothes. Patents Paper Cigar Box. Menasha.

John Wise, a cigar maker, has secured a patent on a cigar box. It is made of paper and is collapsible. It is claimed that it will revolutionize the cigar box industry. Wants Naturalization Papers. Beloit.

John Maxworthy, who is 84 years old and came to America from England in 1857, made application for his second naturalization papers. He had participated in elections for many years. Recover Boy's Body. Portage. The body of Dannie Sut-fin, 7 years old, drowned in the Wisconsin river here last December, was taken from the river at Decorah, nine miles below Portage.

Postmaster W. G. Walker Dies. Ashland. W.

Walker, 73 years old, government farmer on the Bad river reservation at Odanah twenty-six years and postmaster at that place ten years, is dead. He leaves eight adult children. New Cheese Factory at Cylon. Cylon The town of Cylon is to have another cheese factory. It Is to be a co-operative company, owned and operated by the farmers.

The plant will be In this village. RESIGNATION AS NAVAL AID CAUSES SENSATION. Regarded as a Protest He Held Most Important Professional Position In th Navy. Washington, April 5. A sensation was caused in naval circles on Friday when it became known that Rear Admiral Bradley A.

Fiske, aid for operations In the navy department, had tendered his resignation from that office and asked to be assigned to duty elsewhere. Admiral Fiske also asked to be relieved from duty as a member of the general board of the navy, of which Admiral Dewey is president. Admiral Fiske tendered bis resignation as aid for operations as a protest against the present administration of the naval establishment. While the resignation of Admiral Fiske was not expected, there have been mutterings among naval officers recently that indicated great dissatisfaction with the manner in which the service was being conducted and the fleet being operated. As aid to operations.

Admiral Fiske held the most Important professional position In the navy, and was the senior member of the group of advisers that formed a sort of cabinet of the secretary of the navy. He retired because he felt he could not remain In that position with justice to himself or the department authorities. Admiral Fiske has felt keenly the growing lack of efficiency In the navy as a result of the adoption of policies disapproved by him and other high ranking officers. The admiral told the bouse naval committee that the Ameri can fleet was not prepared for war, and expressed the opinion that it could not be made ready under five years. This testimony was given last December, and at that time there was talk in naval circles that Admiral Flake's views had not been pleasing to his superior officers, who claimed that the fleet was in a state of efficiency.

TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Philadelphia, April 7. The gas and electric light fixture plant of the Horn Brannen Manufacturing company was partly destroyed by fire. Several firemen were injured in fighting the blaze. The loss was $200,000. Washington, April 7.

To increase the efficiency of vessels in the light house service, wireless equipment is now being installed on five lighthouse tenders, two of them being stationed on the Atlantic coast, two on the Pacific and the other in Alaska. New York, April 6. The ocean-go ing tug Edward Luckenbach was sunk off the Virginia capes on Sunday In the storm, with a loss of fourteen lives, including Captain Unstead, according to messages received by Charles H. Potter, secretary of the Luckenbach Steamship company. Mineola, N.

April 5. Mrs. Flor ence Conklin Carman, wife of Dr. Ed win Carman of Freeport, must stand trial a second time on the charge of murdering Mrs. Louise Bailey.

The case will be called May 10, District Attorney Smith of Nassau county an nounced. Justice A. E. Blackmar will preside. District Attorney Smith indicated that he has obtained important new evidence.

GERMANS CROSS THE YSER Village of South Dlxmude Is Occupied by Kaiser's Troops, Declares Berlin Announcement. London, April 6. German troops have crossed the Yser and captured a village on the west bank south of Dixmude, according to an official an nouncement from Berlin on Sunday, which says: "On the Yser canal, south of Dix mude, German troops occupied the village of Drei Grachten on the western bank which was held by the Belgians. "Several French charges in the for est of La Pretre were repulsed." MEET TO DRAFT STATE CODE New York Constitutional Convention Delegates Assemble at Albany. Albany.

N. April 7. For the first time in almost twenty-one years dele gates assembled here to draft a new constitution for the state of New York. Of the 168 delegates all but fifty-two were Republicans. Elihu Root's selection as president of the convention was a foregone conclusion.

Among the most Important questions the convention is to consider are con servation of natural resources, revi sion of the judicial system and the short balloL Germans Limit Postal Service. Berlin, April 8. The German postal officials have suspended until further notice parcel-post service to Argen tina, Greece, the Italian colonies, the Dutch West Indies, Panama, Portugal, Spain. Uruguay and Venezuela. Town Wiped Out by Fire.

Winnipeg, April 8. The town of Complex, B. a lumber settlement at the north end of Arrow, lake, was wiped out by fire. A steamer, several mill buildings, one hotel and 17 houses were destroyed. Thw Secures Long Stay.

New York, April 7. Harry K. Thaw appeared before Justice Newberger on a writ of habeas corpus. Justice In- graham has issued a stay which for bids the state from seizing Thaw until a decision is handed down. Launch Wilson Boom.

New York, April 7. A boom for a saeond term for President Wilson will be launched here on April 13. when the National Democratic club will hold its Jefferson day dinner at the Hotel Savoy. Rangers fcr Tennessee. Nashville, April 5.

On ac count of the prevalence of night rid ing the senate passed a bill to estab lish a system of rangers and to author ize the governor to appoint a constabu lary to send into lawless districts. Accepts G. A. R. Invitation.

Washington, April 5. It was an- nounced here on Friday that Presi dent Wilson accepted the invitation extended by the G. A. R. to attend the arAual Memorial day exercises, 31, in Arlington cemetery.

May THOMPSON ELECTED MAYOR OF CHICAGO OVER R. M. SWEITZER BY PLURALITY OF 133,891. 243,797 WOMEN CAST VOTES Vote la 669,891 Council Republican H. Sergei la Elected Treasurer Results of Etectiona Held Throughout Illinois.

Chicago. April 8 William Hale Thompson was swept into the mayor's chair on Monday In a Republican landslide that carried nearly the entire Republican city ticket to victory. Robert ML Sweltzer, Democratic entrant, was bowled over la an overwhelmingly large vote. It was the biggest ever cast in a local election. Eighty-seven per cent of the total registration of 769,017 was polled.

Of this 243,797 votes were cast by women, who for the first time participated In a mayoral election. The vote for mayor was: Men. Women. Total. Sweltzer, 89.718 251,792 Thompson.

R. 246.119 144,564 390,683 Etedman, 16,013 7,813 23,826 Hill, 1,888 1.702 3,590 Total 243,797 699,891 Tompaam plu. 84,045 54,846 138,891 The women's vote was an important Tactor Thompson's victory. Thompson received about 66 per cent of the women's vote. The avalanche swept In the rest of the Republican city ticket.

Charles II. Sergei was elected city treasurer; John Siman, city clerk; llosea W. Wells, judge of the municipal court. The "vote of protest" for minor candidates proved a myth. Stedman, Socialist, got 28,826 votes, less than the party polled four years ago; Hill.

Prohibition, got 3,590. Thompson won the mayoralty In rthe face of one of the bitterest personal campaigns- that could be contemplated, and despite the fact that the supporters of Robert M. Sweitier controlled one of the greatest political machines that has been operated in Chicago since the election of William McKlnley president in 1896. Returns from the municipal election, which was preceded by the warmest campaign In the history of Springfield, how John S. Schnepp, the present mayor, leading Charles Bauman tor re-election by 100 votes.

Mayor and four commissioners are to be elected. In the first election In Bfoomlngton under commission form of government. E. E. Jones, Republican, defeat ed J.

W. Rodgers, Republican, for mayor by 213 votes. R. I Carlock, J. P.

Anderson, A. O. Krlckson. E. R.

Morgan were elected commissioners. Mrs. Helen McCurdy, candidate of women, was defeated. Stanton township, the only wet spot In Champaign county, was voted dry women's votes by a majority of 36, Kankakee was voted wet by a ma jjority of 2.500 out of a total vote of The women's vote which was to put the town dry, showed Imore than 600 majority wet. This fwas the first fight on the liquor ques tion! In seven years.

Lincoln was voted dry by a majority 112 votes. Fontiae passed from the wet to the dry column by a majority vote of 850. Nine saloons are affected. Twenty-six out of 33 precincts give the weta majority of 1,090 In Danville. Seven city and eight country precincts not materially change result About 75 per cent of the registration voted.

TERRE HAUTE MEN GUILTY Mayor Roberts and 26 Aids Convicted Government Wins Vote Buying Case. Indianapolis, April 8. All of the 27 defendants. Including Mayor Donn M. Roberts.

In the Terre Haute election fraud cases were found guilty by a Jury on Tuesday. The case has been on trial In the federal court here since March 8. Judge Anderson announced that sentence would be passed on the 27 who were found guilty and the 89 who have pleaded guilty next Monday. The federal government based Its claim to jurisdiction on the fact that a United States senator and a mem ber of congress were being voted for la the election. The Indictment charged that qualified voters were prevented from exercising that right, that quali fied persons were prevented from serv ing on election boards, and that per sons who had committed no offense were deprived of their liberty without due process of law.

The final court charges a scheme to defraud the ganv biers and saloonkeepers of Terre Haute, and In furtherance of this scheme a letter was placed In the mails. This count Is based on section 215 of the penal code of the United States. Summer Garb for Postmen Approved. Washington, April 8. Postmaster General Burleson has Issued an order permitting city letter carriers to wear cooler summer uniforms, which they can procure at less cost than they have heretofore paid.

Arkansas Banker Pardoned. Fort Smith. April 8. W. R.

Cunningham, sentenced to three years in the penitentiary in connection with the failure of the Bank of Midland. was pardoned by Governor Hays. Gifford Pinchot Expelled. The Hague. April 7.

Gifford Pin ch. who it is understood, had been acting as agent for the state depart rnent at Washington in the European war rone, has been expelled from Bel gium by Germans. To Limit Passports. Washington, April 7. Announcement was made here on Monday that in the future passports will only be issued to Americans going abroad on business.

No passports will be lssied to tourists. arrhduke Punishes 40 Officers. Basel, April 6. Archduke Frederick presided at a court-martial In Cracow to hear rhares-against a large num Yit-r nf tifc officers. As a result, forty officers, three colonels and eight cap tains were retireo.

Kino Underaoes Operation. London. Anril 6. Reuter's CoDenha ten correspondent says King Christian underwent a slight operation, but that he has recovered and that no further bulletins will be issued concerning his Jiealth. of such a bill as the governor hopes to secure are just beginning to be realized.

This in turn has brought about a different feeling in regard to the plan. There is much less factional opposition and a greater desire to work together to get something that will add to the glory of Wisconsin and attract, as it will, the attention of the educators of the country. Consider Several Bills. A subcommittee of the assembly committee on education, which has the bill in hand, will, during the Easter vacation, draft a new bill which will be presented to the committee when the legislature again convenes. President Van Hise is also drafting a bill which he will present to the committee.

These measures will be considered and it is possible they will be taken up in hearings which will be more in the nature of a general discussion of the round table fashion than formal hearings. It Is again possible, after such conferences, other bills will be drafted, until something all agree will be a practical, working plan, has been secured. That something along this line will be passed is now admitted. It is demanded by the people. Indications of this demand are reaching the legislators continually.

One thing the people want, however, is that all the educational activities of the state, from bottom to top, from the common schools to tthe university, shall be included under the control of the proposed state board. Board Memberships Important. One question that will cause much discussion is the makeup of the board, whether it shall be composed of unpaid members who will engage subordinates to give their entire time to the work of management -or paid members. It has been admitted in thej hearings that If the right kind of men could be secured, an unpaid board might, bring about the best results, but it 'would be a question of getting the highest class of men for the board. If this can not be done, it was further admitted, the plan of a paid board would be better.

This question will be one to Jae thrashed out In the later conferences. Has New Waterpower Bill. Senator W. M. Bray of Oshkosh has returned to Madison from California, where he was called by the illness of his mother.

Senator Bray has completed work on his new waterpower bill, which has been filed In printed form. Although a comparatively short measure, the bill covers fifteen pages of printed matter. Senator Bray in his measure recog nizes riparian rights so long as they do not Interfere with public rights. He makes the state railroad commission the administrative board, and provides permits instead of franchises. An annual sum, not to exceed $25,000, is ap propriated to carry out the provisions of the act.

The commission, In the interest of public rights in navigable waters, or to promote safety and protect life, is empowered to regulate and control the level and flow of water in navigable streams. Plans and specifications for the construction of dams are to be passed upon by the commission. The bill provides that a permit to build a dam shall be null and void unless the dam is constructed within five years from the time when the permit was granted. The commission for good cause, may extend the time two years, $50,000 Repeal Bill Signed. Madison.

Gov. Phillpn has signed the Burke bill repealing the appropria tion of $50,000 made two years ago for the building of a state administration building in Milwaukee Girl Named Valedictorian. Manawa. Emily E. Colien won on points for valedictorian of the 1915 graduating class of the Little Wolf High school of this city.

Miss Mary Delo will be the salutatorian. Miss Alpha Witt was a close third. Sauk County Pioneer Dies. Baraboo. P.

C. Elliott, one of the oldest residents of Sauk county, died at his home in North Freedom at the age of 91. He located in Sauk county slxty-flve years ago. Fall Kills Aged Woman. Racine.

Just as she was ready to leave home to board a train for Aria, 111., to celebrate her golden wedding Mrs. James W. Rodgers fell down a flight of stairs and died two hours later. She is survived by her husband and four children. Accepts Call to Neenah.

Neenah. The Rev. J. R. Holden of Fairwater has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Union Baptist church in this city.

Ship Ore From Baraboo. Baraboo. The first shipment of ten cars of Iron ore from the Cahoon mine was made to a Chicago firm The work of getting ready for the shipment of ore from this mine has been going on a number of years. A spur track from the mine to the main track was laid last fall. Accepts Michigan Call.

Sheboygan. The Rev. H. F. C.

Schultz has accepted a call to a Deer- field, church..