River Falls journal. [volume], March 13, 1913, Image 2

About River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019

Image provided by: Wisconsin Historical Society

                
River Falls Journal
S. R. MORSE, Editor.
RIVER FALLS. - - - WIS.
J- -.LI- Illi - —7 r - ««
PREVENTING THE PRE/ENTABLE.
It Is, of course, worse than useless
to worry about unpreventable misfor
tunes. It is worth while, however, to
differentiate between the preventable
and the unpreventable. It is equally
worth while to work for the preven
ventlon of the preventable. And one.
is surprised to find how many of the
losses and sufferings of mankind
might be prevented if proper time and
thought were given to them. Losses
of human life through unnecessary dis
eases, destruction of food products
through preventable causes, sacrifices
of property through avoidable fires —
they constitute an appalling chapter
on social inefficiency. Only an approx
imate monetary value can be placed
upon human life. The insurance
companies make such estimates, but
they are convincing only when consid
ered impersonally. To say that mil
lions are Jost to the people of Amer
ica through unnecessary dying,
through the ravages of preventable
diseases, is to state an economic fact
unfeelingly. It is, none the less, a
fact The property loss by fire in
the United States for 1911—the latest
authentic figures obtainable was
5225,000,000. And any expert will say
a majority of those fires might have
been prevented by precautions of
quite an ordinary character.
locomotive engineers sit for hours
at the throttle in a cramped position,
the mind is taxed to the full limit, the
body at a terrible strain. The per
centage of deaths from kidney disor
der is very high among locomotive
engineers and it is asserted that this
is due in a large measure to tire con
tinual jar of the engine. With a
view to ameliorating these conditions
ar. inventor has contrived a portable
hack rest made of canvas, which is
attached to the seat, while the upper
end is secured to coil springs, which
are hooked to the ceiling of the cab
The springs relieve the engineer of a
great deal of jarring, permit him to
occupy a more comfortable position,
and consequently make him more effi
cient, particularly on long runs.
A lawyer in Utah wants condemned
criminals, who in that state are now
allowed to choose between banging
and shooting, to,be permitted to com
mit suicide. The tender considera
tion for the feelings of criminals is
one of the strange and not altogether
healthy symptoms of the day.
A man in New Orleans who has led
an exemplary life for 33 years was re
cer tly arrested for an offense commit
ted in boyhood and for his escape
from prison. These instances show
that the strict letter of the law Is not
always in accord with its modern
spirit.
A thirly-four-year old grocery bill
was presented for payment when the
estate of a Philadelphia woman was
being audited. It is to be asked If the
groceryman increased the price of his
goods to meet the present scale of
living.
A Washington girl refused $30,000
and an auto bequeathed her by her
fiance. Probably felt the sum was not
enough of au endowment to make if
safe to accept the machine.
A western preacher says that base
ball should be played in heaven. But
how can It be arranged so that the
home club will always win?
A California judge awarded a min
ister S3OO for the loss of twelve sei
mons. Comparing it with the average
minister’s salary, one is obliged to ad
mit that no longer is talk cheap.
Though it will be possible to send
flowers to your best girl by parcel
post, it is, generally speaking, more
fun to convey them by hand.
Now that the parcel post is in oper
ation, one can confess, without mental
qualms, that his overcoat is in the
hands of his uncle.
A Paris court decided that a wifo
who killed her husband while he waa
trying to strangle her was not guilty,
but lucky.
A great many citizens will be wip
ing to pay the incu ne tax if somebody
furnishes the income.
How many of those various ‘per
fect women” can prepare a flawless
breakfast?
Yes, you can send flowers to your
best girl by parcel post. But many
acute wooers have found that it yields
prompter results tp take them there in
your own person.
Tetrazinni is said to have to de
prive herself of pancakes to escape
embonpoint. But if they are like
some pancakes, it's no deprivation.
The whole country ought to re
solve to cut down the acreage of wild
oats.
An English educator has discovered
that singing is a stimulus to the brain.
He doesn’t agree with Wilton Lack
aye, who remarks that grand opera
singers lack gray matter.
A Milwaukee landlord happily re
verses the customary rule by announc
ing that his apartments will welcome
babies, but not puppies.
No man believes the sign which
reads, “This Means You,” applies to
him personally
mo is who in v
WILSOITS CABINET
Brisf Sketches of Advisers of the
New President
BRYAN’S CAREER EPITOMIZED
McAdoo a Famous Tunnel Builder,
Mcßeynolds Skilled in “Trust Bust
ing,” Garrison a Man of Unusual
Executive Ability, Others Able.
Washington, March 5. —President
Wilson today sent to the senate
the names of the following as the
members of his cabinet:
Secretary of State —William Jen
nings Bryan of Nebraska.
If/
ES2ZSE3
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
Secretary of State.
Secretary of the Treasury —William
G. McAdoo of Nev; York.
Secretary of War —Lindley M. Gar
rison of New Jersey.
Attorney General-r-James C. Mcßey
nolds of Tennessee.
Postmaster General —Albert Burle
son ut Texas.
Secretary of the Navy—Josephus
Daniels of North Carolina.
Secretary of the Interior —Franklin
K. Lane of California.
Secretary of Agriculture—David A.
Houston of Missouri.
Secretary of Commerce —William
C. Redfield of New York.
Secretary of Labor —William B. Wil
son of Pennsylvania.
With one or two exceptions, these
men have attained considerable na
tional fame, and all of them are ad
mittedly able.
Mr. Bryan’s Career.
William J. Bryan has been so much
in the public eye for a good many
rs
w- C
WILLIAM G. M'ADOO,
Secretary of the Treasury.
years that a sketch of his career
seems almost superflubus. Born in
Salem, 111., in 1860, he was graduated
with highest honors from Illinois col
lege at Jacksonville in ISSI and re
ceived his master’s degree in 1884.
In ISB3 he was given the degree of
LL. B. by Union College of Law, Chi
cago. After practicing law in Jack
sonville and Lincoln, Neb., he served
as a member of the 52nd and 53rd
congresses. Having written the “sil
ver plank” for the Democratic na
tional convention of 1896 and made
a sensational speech, he was nomi
nated for president, but was defeated
by William McKinley. Nominated
again in 1900, he was again beaten by
McKinley, and then established the
Commoner and made a tour of the
world. Nominated a third time in
190 S, he was defeated by W. H. Taft.
Mr. Bryan married Mary Elizabeth
Baird in 1884. He has done much lec
turing and written several books.
McAdoo the Tunnel Builder.
William Gibbs McAdoo, though a
Hard Row.
Apropos of a very rich woman's
marriage to a man much younger than
herself, Mayor Thompson said at a
dinner in Chattanooga: “Rich old
women who marry handsome boys
have a hard row to hoe. I know such
an old woman. She said, tenderly, one
day to her youthful spouse: ‘What
would you do, darling, if I should die
and leave you?’ The young man,
yawning behind his gold-tipped ciga
rette, said, languidly: ‘Die and leave
me how much?’ ”
lawyer by profession, is known to
most people as the builder of the
great system of railway tumels of
New York city. He was born near
Marietta, Ga., in 1863 find was edu
cated at the University of Tennessee.
In 1885 he was admitted to the bar,
gw
LINDLEY M. GARRISON,
Secretary of War.
and the same year he married Sarah
Houston Fleming of Chattanooga. He
entered the practice of law in New
York in 1892, and since 1901 has been
interested chiefly in tunnel construc
tion there. He is president of the
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad com
pany.
Lindley M. Garrison.
The selection of Lindley M. Garri
son, vice-chancellor of New 7 Jersey, to
be secretary of war is in line with
President Wilson's idea that the hold
er of that position should be a man
of unusual executive ability. He is a
close friend of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Garri
son was born in Camden, N. J.. No
vember 28, 1861. He is a son of Rev.
Joseph F. Garrison, an Episcopal
yip
JAMES C. M'REYNOLDS.
Attorney General.
clergyman. He is a brother of Justice
Charles G. Garrison of the New Jersey
supreme court. He was appointed to
the chancery court in June, 1904, and
reappointed by Chancellor Mahlon Pit
ney, now a justice of the United
States Supreme court, in 1911 for a
term of seven years.
James C. Mcßeynolds.
In picking Janies Clark Mcßeynolds
for the position of attorney general,
Mr. Wilson selected a man who has
had a lot of experience as a “trust
buster.” He is a native of Elkton, Ky.,
where he was born in 1862, and a grad
uate of Vanderbilt university and the
law school of the University of Vir-
iM* ■ i
W 4- t
ALBERT BURLESON,
Postmaster General.
-glnia. From 1903 to 1907 he was as
sistant attorney general of the United
States. He then returned to private
practice, but has been retained as spe
cial assistant to the attorney general
in matters relating to the enforce
ment of the anti-trust laws. Mr. Mc-
Reynolds is unmarried.
Albert S. Burleson.
Albert Sidney Burleson already has
served seven consecutive terms as
No Pleasing Her.
Governor Sulzer, apropos of certain
feeble defenses of certain Albany
grafts, said to a group of reporters:
“These defenses are all unsatisfac
tory. In their presence I am like
Mrs. Oldes. ‘That Mrs. Oldes is dread
fully hard to please,’ said a woman.
‘How so?’ another woman asked.
‘Why, I told her the other day that
she carried her age well, and she
didn’t seem to like it at all, and she
I told her that she didn’t carry it well,
and she liked that less than ever.’ ”
congressman from the Tenth district
of Texas and was re-elected to the
Sixty-third congress. He was born in
San Marcos, Tex., in 1863, was edu
cated at the Agricultural and Me
chanical College of Texas, Baylor uni
versity and the University of Texas,
and was admitted to the bar in 1884.
He was assistant city attorney of Aus
tin for several years before going to
congress. Mrs. Burleson was Miss
Adele Steiner of Austin.
Josephus Daniels.
Josephus Daniels, secretary of the
navy, is the one newspaper man given
place in the cabinet. He has also
been active in politics and is the mem
ber of the Democratic national com
mittee for North Carolina. Mr. Dan
iels was born in 1862 at Washington,
N. C., and began his newspaper ca
reer at the age of eighteen as editor
of the Wilson (N. C.) Advance. In
1885 he became editor of the Raleigh
State Chronicle, which nine years later
he consolidated with the North Caro,
linian and the News and Observer.
Franklin K. Lane.
Franklin Knight Lane has been a
member of the interstate commerce
IT'/. ■> •'
JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
Secretary of the Navy.
commission since 1905, and this expe
rience is believed to have fitted him
for the executive and judicial tasks in
administering the public land laws of
the country. Born in Prince Edward
Island in 1864, he received his educa
tion in the University of California
and became a lawyer in San Francis
co. Prior to his designation to the
commission he was a Democratic po
litical leader in California. He was’
Democratic candidate for governor,
being defeated by a narrow margin.
s
111 1
1 I
\ IK
DAVID A. HOUSTON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
subsequently he was the Democratic
caucus candidate for United States
senator.
David F. Houston.
In David Franklin Houston, chan
cellor of Washington university, St.
Louis, Wilson has a secretary of ag
riculture who is familiar with the pro
cesses of advancing scientific farming
and allied questions in this country. Mr.
Houston was president of the Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical college
for a number of years, and has taught
r
FRANKLIN K. LANE.
Secretary of the Interior.
in several other educational institu
tions. He was born in Monroe, N. C.,
in 1866, was educated at South ‘Caro
lina college and Harvard, and re
ceived the degree of LL. D. from Tu-
Cat Got Dizzy.
Augustus Johnson, a machinist em
ployed by the Seth Thomas Clock com
pany in Thomason, Conn., tells this
story: “I went fox hunting by moon
light one night recently. Near Henry
Pickett’s house a large house cat
came along pursued by a fox. The fe
line climbed a tree, whereupon the fox
began to circle about the trunk. The
cat watched the fox until It became
dizzy and fell to the ground. As the
fox started away with the cat I shot
and got both fox and cat.”
lane and the University of Wisconsin.
He married Miss Helen Beall of Austin.
Tex., in 1895.
William C. Redfield.
William Cox Redfield has just com
pleted his first term as a congressman,
but he has been prominent in the poli
tics of New York for a good many
IB®
* ;X '' A
WILLIAM C. REDFIELD,
Secretary of Commerce.
years. In 1902 and 1903 he was com
missioner of public works for the
Borough of Brooklyn. In private life
he is a manufacturer of ventilating
and heating apparatus and engines.
Mr. Redfield was born in 1858 in Al
bany, N. Y., was educated in the
schools of that city, and removed to
New York in 1877 and to Brooklyn in
1883.
William B. Wilson.
Pennsylvania's representative in the
cabinet is William Bauchop Wilson of
\ -joK *" wMBb
g JF
\ >•
\ \ i SS
•O
VViLLIAM B. WILSON,
Secretary of Labor.
Blossburg, named for secretary of la
bor. He was born in Blantyre, Scot
land, in 1862, and came to this country
in 1870. The next year he began
working in the Pennsylvania coal
mines, and from early manhood he has
been actively interested in trade union
affairs. For eight years he was in
ternational secretary-treasurer of the
United Mine Workers of America. He
is now engaged in farming. Mr. Wil
son has been a member of the last
three congresses, representing the Fif
teenth district of his state. He is
married and has nine children.
CONSORT PICKED BY ROYALTY
Somewhat Summary Method of Mating
as It is Done in the Kingdom
of Siam.
Kings of Siam apparently do not be
lieve in the wisdom of allowing single
women to drift unattached about the
country. In certain districts after a
girl has reached an age where her se
curing for herself a husband is con
sidered doubtful, she becomes a
“daughter of the king.” That is, the
king takes upon himself the tp.sk of
settling her suitably in life.
His process is quite simple, and to
the point. He proceeds to the Sia
mese penitentiary and looks over the
various prisoners. There is a law in
Siam that any prisoner can obtain his
release by marrying one of this class
of girls, and, naturally enough, any
pisoner whom the king picks out is
not likely to be backward about con
senting to the ceremony. Nor does it
make any difference if he is married,
for the men of that country are not
restricted to one wife.
As far as can be learned, there is
no allowance made for the inclination
of the girl in question. She has failed
in her mission in life as far as she
herself is concerned, and she must
abide by the decision of the king.
Cream Corn Soup.
Heat a quart of milk in a mush boil
er, as milk scorches easily; press a
small can of corn through a strainer
to remove hulls. If the corn does not
go through the strainer well, pour the
milk into it; this will help to secure
the pulp of the corn. Add a lump of
butter the size of a walnut and pep
per and salt to suit the taste. Beat
the white of one egg to a stiff froth
and stid into the soup lightly a few
minutes before serving.
Martyr in Love.
The nerviest youth we ever heard
of was the one who proposed ten times
to the ’same girl, and came to be
turned down the tenth time. “Dear
boy,” explained the girl patiently, “I
like you, but I shall never marry a
bachelor. I have always said that if
I ever w ed, it should be to a widower.”
“All right,” came back our young
friend, cheerfully. “I'll qualify if you’ll
tell me which of your girl friends
you’d like to have me marry first!”
TO FROBE DISASTER
terrible story told by sur
vivors OF DYNAMITE
EXPLOSION.
DEATH RAIN OF HOT METAL
After Blowing Up of Cargo in Lower
Harbor of Baltimore—Many Lives
Lost In Attempt to Save the Crew
of 111-Fated British Vessel.
Baltimore, March 11. —Investigation
have been begun to ascertain the cause
and fix the blame for the disastrous ex
plosion of dynamite in the hold of the
British tramp steamer Alum Chine,
lying at anchor in the lower harbor,
which brought death to more than for
ty persons and serious injury to three
score more and caused property loss
of more than $250,000. One investiga
tion already has been completed by the
city authorities but no definite conclu
sion reached because the accident oc
curred outside the city limits.
Federal Authorities Apprised.
Immediately after the Occident the
federal authorities at Washingtonn
were apprised of the serious damage
to the new collier Jason, which was
near the anchorage of the ill-fated
Alum Chine and was about to be ac
cepted by the navy department. Word
was received that the department
would inquire into the disaster. At
the same time it is probable an inves
tigation will be undertaken by the in
terstate commerce commission which
has jurisdiction over the shipment of
explosives in American waters.
Because most of the crew of the de
stroyed steamer were subjects of
Great Britain, the British consul at
Baltimore, Gilbert Fraser, also will
inquire into the explosion with the
view of protecting the interests of the
families of the killed and wounded
Welshmen, and to make a report to
the British admirality. The coroner of
Anne Arundel county will at once im
panel a jury and this probably will
complete the number of inquiries to at
tempt the fixing of blame for the dis
aster.
Authorities who have made a partial
examination express the opinion, how
ever, that the real cause of the explo
sion will never be definitely learned,
chiefly because those who might give
information either are among the dead
or are so seriously maimed and in
jured they will never be in a position
to make a statement regarding the ac
cident. The general theory, which
seems to be borne out by the state
ment of eye witnesses to the tragedy,
is that the coal in the vessel's bunkers
was set afire by spontaneous combus
tion and the flames were communicat
ed to the dynamite.
Early reports of the extent of the
loss of life aboard the destroyed steam
er and the other vessels lying in her
immediate vicinity materially differed
and even yet no accurate list of those
who lost their lives has been compiled.
It is accepted, however, that the list
will total between forty and fifty dead
and almost as many more were in
jured. Several of the former died at
the hospitals here.
It is regarded as almost certain that
all the bodies have not yet been recov
ered from the waters of the harbor,
while others may never be recovered.
Those who escaped death in the ex
plosion brought vivid but disconnected
accounts of the explosion when they
reached the city with the dead and
wounded.
Captain J. R. Thompson, captain of
the new collier Jason, which was to
have taken its trial trip, had a nar
row escape, when hurled boxes of dy
namite crashed onto the Jason’s decks
and exploded with death-dealing fury.
He had seen the smoke issuing from
the Alum Chine’s hold.
Immediately after the first shock of
the accident. Capt. Thompson ordered
his men to make a close inspection
of the entire ship. They found many
holes in its side. Pieces of iron went
straight through the plate, which in
spots was three-fourths to seven
eights of an inch thick.
One hole was big enough for a man
to put his head through. This hole is
eight feet above the water line. Other
holes are near the water line.
William E. Van Dyke of Baltimore,}
captain of the wrecked tug Atlantic,
lost his life in heroically rushing to
the aid of the imperiled British sea
men in the doomed Alum Chine, and
his vain effort carried with him to
death many members of his crew.
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Twin City Markets.
Minneapolis, March 10.-—Wheat, May,
85 %c; July, 87 %c; No. 1 northern.
85%c; No. 2 northern. 83 %c; No. 1
durum, 89c; No. 3 corn, 46%c; No. 3
white oats. 31c; barley, malting, 56c;
No. 2 rye, 56c; No. 1 flax, $1.25%.
Duluth, March. 10.—Wheat, May,
86%c; July. 88c; No. 1 northern, 85c;
No. 1 durum, 88%c.
South St. Paul, March 10.—Cattle-
Steers, $7.35® 8.10; cows, $5.00@6.50;
calves, $5.50@9.50; hogs, $8.50@8.57;
yheep and lambs, $4.25@6.25.
Sonorans Beat Federals.
Douglas, Ariz., March 11. —Seven
federal soldiers were killed in the first
battle of ihe Sonora rebeliion at Na
cozari, below here, and one American,
J. S. Williams, Jr., manager of the
Moctezuma Copper company, was shot
in the leg. It is believed many fed
erals were wounded. Constitutional
ists sustained no appreciable loss, and
succeeded in advancing their lines con
siderably. The battle began at 3:30
3:4s.eiarid,BothG‘... .6nm sh sh shrdl
o’clock and was still in progress at
3:45 in the afternoon.
Two Charged With Murder.
Dubuque, lowa, March 11. Two
brothers, Otto and Harry Krieg, 28
and £0 years old, were arrested Sat
urday night and charged with the mur
der cf Joseph 11. Spielman. Spielman
was foreman of the gas plant where
the brothers were employed.
Defeats Woman’s Wage Bilb
Topeka, Kan., March 11.—The Sen
ate defeated the bill providing for a
minimum wage for woc»en in Kansas,
by a vote of 17 to 19 The bill bad
passed the House.
That pain around your heart
means pressure of gas, the result of
indigestion. It uoes not mean
lieart disease. Pain in the region of
the heart is almost never present
in organic heart trouble.
St rength for the stomach is the
one thing needed. Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills, one after each meal,
and a little care in the diet, will
quickly restore you to health.
This is the prosier treatment for
indigestion and yon can begin it to
day and start on the road to health
by getting a box of Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills for Pale People from
the nearest drug store. A copy
of our new diet book is free on re
quest and the pills will be sent you
by mail, postpaid, on receipt of
price, 50 cents per box, six boxes
for $2.50, by addressing the
Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Vs lV BtO ?uP vUC dV
Sa«' cdvt ß eUcrß X’ ctb c ’ »v* l Mipc '' I
9 ge- sU ' e v e co'vs V toU ‘ tfv® ot , I
Euire^ a ndVve-' .^ cvbU Uuj
and Sizes.
Those Perilous ’Buses.
The experts from the National Phy
sical laboratoioy who have been ask
ed to ascertain how far, if at all, th*
motor ’buses are endangering the sta
bility of St. Paul's cathedral, will have
no simple task in apportioning to the
’buses their share of the tremors to
which the cathedral is said to bo sub
jected. But modern methods and
measuring instruments are capable of
some wonderful things.—Pall Mall Ga
zette.
Alfonso Enjoys Reminders of Danger.
King Alfonso of Spain is said to be
a fatalist, and being of this temper
he is able to derive enjoyment from
occurrences that would affright most
people. A knife that he knocked out
of the hands of an assassin is hung
up in his den. The hides of two
horses killed in bomb explosions have
been made into rugs for his cozy cor
ner. On his wedding day an attempt
was made on his life, and the next
day he visited the spot and pointed
out to his young wife the spot where
the assassin stood.
MODEST REQUEST.
wg[
“Dat was an eccentric request you
made of dat lady when yer asked her
to give yer a smokin’ jacket wid trim
mings. What did yer mean by ’trim
mings, pal?”
“Why, a pipe, a package of tobacco
an’ a box of matches.”
It’s Always
A Good Thing
To have a
Clear Horizon
at both ends of the day.
A dish of
Post
Toasties
for breakfast and again at the
evening meal opens and closes the
day with a dash of sunshine.
Toasties are bits of hard, white
Indian Corn, first carefully cooked,
then rolled thin and crinkly, and
toasted to a delicate, appetizing
brown.
Not a hand touches the food in
manufacture, and it is ready to
serve direct from the package—to
be eaten with cream or milk —and
sugar, if desired.
Post Toasties taste deliciously
good and are richly nourishing.