Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - November 19, 1926, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin A. P. LEASED WIRE This paper ia by wire with report of the Associated CO N EWS PAPER WEATHER OUTLOOK Cloudy and probably In east portion continued cold Thirteenth 4096. Wisconsin November 19, 1926. Price Three Cents Today He Got It. By Poison and Ask Herbert May We Have By Arthur Brisbane It was mentioned here yesterday that the Italian Bernardi go after the three kilometer held by an American officer and get it. Bernardi did go after j and got it. His average was above 25S miles an covering the j course four This is a good thing for the ed In some way the ment of tin's country must be made to realize that flying is a reality and that the invented in really flying under the nose at may help to make known the fact that flying is MISSING STEAMSHIP SAFELY DOCKED I. P. Witter Retires from Consolidated SON OF FOUNDER SELLS HOLDINGS TO MEAD ANNOUNCEMENT COMES WITH IGNATION OF G. P. j GENERAL MANAGER Resign Today brilliant Announcement was made today by i Isaac P. treasurer and one j of the largest stockholders of the George Sterling killed himself with having Consolidated Water Power and written into the darkness Paper of the sale of his can I peer than yet find the darkness still He has looked perhaps a little deeper than and we ought to wonder what he But we don't or care entire holdings to George W. president of the At the same time George P. eral manager and a director of the announced his Mr. Witter is the son of the J. D. who founded the com- CASE 15 Men 75 Hurt to ture keeps us so busy with little j pany jn His holdings are un- things thit we forget we are all I to have been going to die until the tune of the stock and we are too weak Of the He said today that he would continue to reside in this where he and will re- tain his interests in the First tional of which he is the Mr. who became with the Consolidated com- While George Sterling was dying of in San Ella Cross aged 31. was lying in the rear of her with the door and the engine carbon monoxide pany is years coming from into her She of Did the two What after and i datives Grand and who has become known throughout tjie United States in paper and the undertaker sends his declared that his I plans for the future not u i Mead Expresses Regret i Mr. Mead stated this if you want to know about and the ask He continually travels about the and actually sees what that he regretted Mr. Berkey's as it after long period of friendly association and he Universal Service j and efficient service in the progress that 1927 should nt least if of thc not 1923 and 1920. If the Sale by Mr. Witter of his it country will attend to in- is places a controlling he looks secretary of com- merce he has full business of about future con- interest in the company in the hands of Mr. under whose direction I then connections the major development of the has resigned as there will be nothing to Two men who have long been with the Consolidated Wa- ter Power and Paper I. P. APPROACHES END AS STATE RESTS JUDGE DENIES DEFENSE TION TO STRIKE FINGER PRINT TESTIMONY FROM THE EVIDENCE N. Nov. state rested its case against Mrs. Frances Stevens 1 Hall and her Henry and Willie this afternoon after thirteen days of I Denies Defense Motion i Judge Parker denied a defense motion that as to j prints in connection with a calling card of the Rev. E. W. found near his which the state has contended bears the print of the left index finger print of Willie be stricken from the Argument was heard with the jury Attorney McCarter argued that the state had not accounted for the identity and integrity of the card during all of the four years since the Before closing his Alexander special offered in evidence three bullets and three The state contends that the three bullets were taken from the j body of Mrs. Eleanor R. with whose death the defendants are The shells were found near the bodies of Mrs. Mills and the Rev. E. W. slain with A mentioned several times during the will not go before the Just before closing the state's the special prosecutor announced that he would not offer it Frank a private had testified that the late Azariah When Explosion Wrecks Tank Ship at Baltimore Md. Nov. teen were reported killed and 75 in- jured as workers plunged ly into the blazing hulk of the oil tanker ed by an explosion in the drydock of the Bethlehem Steel company at Sparrows Point this The crew of 35, ing Captain Nils was aboard with an undetermined The company built an electric locomotive to pull I pany has taken The either directly or through subsidiary operates mills two hundred freight a load of at Wisconsin Stevens ten thousand not counting the Point and Port At a tenth of the The company also no costly upkeep of rails or controls extensive timber cannl tug will treasurer and disposed of his large j prosecutor stock and G. P. j county at the time of has resigned as general j gave him the ager of the and a cannl tug haul ten thousand tons on Europe builds canals and utilizes the cheap Hoover to country to do the canals from the great lakes to the ocean and the m Canada and and operates its own transport lines on the Great When interviewed today Mr. ter stated that the state of his RESIGNS OFFICE AT CONSOLIDATED rials and utilizes LCI me 01 nisj ation Secretary which has been poor for this last convinced him that M starting should relinquish VK io lakes to rather than continue to carry rather than continue to carry and i his holdings being of considerable WITH COMPANY Mr. or but the i roads allow is in deadly he reached the conclusion that tile ho should and dispose of his interest in the years His father of Somerset the double razor and added that he saw an automatic apparently of German on Beekman's desk near the won't offer this said am not satisfied with the truth of this j The defense had vigorously at- tacked the credibility of the Eighty-four witnesses had fied when the special prosecutor our your HOLD GUARDSMEN ON RUM CHARGES FEDERAL GRAND JURY RE- TURNS INDICTMENTS ING 33 IN HUGE LIQUOR IM- her of drydock workers when one t 01 the vessel's tanks blew up from an unknown Fear Further Blasts Records at the drydock indicated that the crew of 35, in- Captain Nils were aboard with approximately 50 drydock workers when one of the TERRIFIC STORM ON GREAT LAKES DELAYS RETURN PREMATURE WINTER STORM CAUSED ANXIETY OVER FATE OF THE PAST-DUE FREIGHTER BOARD AT CLOSING SESSION ADOPTS PROGRAM CALLING FOR IN 1927 The grand total of all taxes to be raised in Wood County for the en- suing fiscal year v. ill be vessel's tanks blew up from less than the amount known The spray of raised for the past it became oil thrown by the blast fired the ship Bucking the tempestuous seas in a ture winter the steamer An- missing since Wednesday was safely docked in port today at geon Wis. The Andaste returning from kigon where it delivered a load of crushed ran into terrific inc. Df in Captain Prank ident this afternoon at the closing and npar from stem to Nearby session of the county board of Md near the were Dock hands when Chairman A. E. Bennett of the finance committee PORTATION RING Eight Persons Killed In Unusual Accident Associated Since Origin Witters association with Con- dates bark to its origin twenty-five years George P. vice president and general manager of the Will Attack Mrs. Gibson Outlining the defense Mr. Case D merged i Nov. 19 persons were the Wisconsin river and In 1902 h dated Water Power and Paper com- j said since Mrs. Gibson was the only pany has announced his resignation j witness who testified having seen after eighteen years connection with j the actual the defense the It is understood would pay a great deal of attention the resignation takes effect at i to her New Nov. three thirteen of them coast are accused in an ment of being members of a rfcm ring which has operated its own sels between Canadian ports and the United States since 1923 and is alleged to be the off shot of the Dwyer organization tnat operated ocean going Coast Guards Bribed The returned day by ths federal charge conspiracy to violate the tional prohibition and tariff and One specific bribe of to Fred J. Lewis and liam E. Hughes while they were coast guardsmen of patrol boat was Two Edward and Frank were named as the leaders of the which was said to be an of the old William V. cr now broken Both the Costellos worked for and were in- with Dwyer as did several Of the 33 men 10, are ready under Guardsmen Handled Booze A charge that coastguard cutters transferred cargoes of liquor from rum row to points on Long Island is made in the The uor was then brought to Manhattan by Government officials said that ter the conviction of Dwyer and his gigantic ring went out of throwing many rum runners on the The and others 1'icked the field of opera tions being much wider without the Dwyer lied to the aid of the firemen in at- tempting to hold the fire in volunteers entered the hulk to bring out the dead and heavy seas crew of 21 made Taxes this year to be raised by the lages and cities bo Workers were endangered by the compared with last ship's other it reported Wisconsin shore found It earned As reports came of the safety of the Andaste which docked at geon Bay at 11 p. m. guardsmen were on the out for the Russell of large j freighter overdue at Ashland with a crew of 31 men and five coal freighters which failed to arrive on schedule at Butterfield Battles Storm This reduction in taxes is ex- might explode at any All efforts were being bent for the building of con- ward getting the injured out of the j although the general danger and while the fire was tenance was slightly higher this at its height no attempt had been The tax rate will be figured made to check the identities of those out by County Clerk Sam Church j injured or Captain Danielsen was reported How many of the crew were within the few j docked this morning at Ashland Consider Home for Aged j tcr battling heavy northeast winds E. J. Strauss of for fourteen The tug and could not be Assistance Is Rushed included among the dead or injured reported for the I a scant supply of and George Brown j dropped anchor in Ashland harbor gave the Per Diem and Mileage com- but were unable to dock Startled workmen in other parts just before because of heavy seas of the shipyard dropped their tools sine was Dock officials call the rudderless and silence reigned for a moment A. Connor's last act before j trip of the Peter A. B. Widener ter the roar the Then adjournment was to appoint a from Royale to the head of the screams arose from the interior of consisting of James the blazing and deckhands Harry and plunged through the flame and i Nate Anderson to investigate the smoke to give One side of the i advisability of purchasing a home vessel was blown Hurried calls sent fire equipment and fire boats dashing and from doctors and nurses were hurried from more The Mantilla is 407 feet long with a beam and has a gross nage of kikes one of the most remarkable occurrences in recent The tug Butterfield is from land and was towing a barge of per pulp from the Canadian She carried 13 men and the barge carried While anchored in the harbor but unable to the men disposed of the first thing this i on the barge ran out of A line 1 for the aged to take the place of the county poor Old A so Pensions bugbear of this session was Workers About to Quit Ship Rescue workers reported that many of the injured were brought out with their clothing afire and with arms or legs thc of thc crew are natives of Pieces of steel were hurled more than 100 yards by the Officials said had the explosion occurred ten minutes the Oliver Anton ing when it was voted to continue the old age pension until the spring of the P. J. Kraus of who had led the against really turned the tide when he announced that ter careful deliberation he had found it unwise to cut off the pensions with the approach of tion for vote by secret ballot on the back to shore this but ice resolution continuing old age had formed near the Men was thrown between the tug and the the barge and food passed to The Russell ton ore has a crew of about 20 Frank at Ashland went to the lighthouse Tuesday and was marooned for three lie rowed the two miles sions was 34 to 10, and when the vote was taken it was found that tho resolution had 30 to 14, Supervisor list would have been much as most ofthe workmen then have been off thc j Mr. Berkey's resignation was killed and an equal number of the company today with the j j i j -i 11 i 1 some an unusual n statement that he regretted dent on the Midland and Scotish between Park Gate and A car in a freight train became de- railed as the express from to the Witter estate of which the i the severance of connections was the principal In long standing between Mr. with Mr. who is and Consolidated Witter's the company v. as carried on in its organization Mr. Berkey came to Wisconsin Rapids to join the Consolidated 1908 shortly after his ham to York was and thc 'the first fell across the ripping of lhe chain now bv thc graduation from As i nn Af H ilio unH the sides of several injured were brought The Republicans Need Votes of Shipstead Vfc V Vi V k I llr was started in operation the company expanded in thc of acquired he I major product of the company To Carry On Other Interest j In all these years Mr. Witter has boon an officer and director of the Nov. 10 Both and his other in- of North Dakota forests have occupied his attention and Senator Shipstead of chiefly h and had active III It Jill t LI I HI L Vi lit ill I which up to this time has been the charSe of the reorganization and management of each In 1920 he went to as manager of thc Interlake Pulp and Paper com- pany purchased at that time by the Consolidated n In 1920 Mr. Berkey was called to Wisconsin Rapids to become T a 4.1 i u r 11 LU LU the one member of the he states that he no longer of the should be welcomed into lo Mr. Witter is K of Republican fold in the view of president of thc First National ator Watson of assistant I Bank of this city and is an officer majority leader and chairman of the aml director in several other Republican on Hc to Back in his office today after ownerships there and believe we can prove to said Mr. when she first told her when Mr. Totten and Mr. David county had taken her to the scene at she said that she saw all that she from De lane and was not off her of the defendants In addition he has been director of tho Consolidated company for a number of years and has also been an officer and director of the much 17 1 lie Hi 4 absence of four the Of time while hero in those lhc senator prepared to confer with er Republican leaders about and to spend considerable time in I travel in hopes of regaining his of the new in which j hoalth and strength I the Republicans will lack a D. son of I. P. I ity without thc votes of Frazier and wno has in char of thc storc LITTLE JOE FOR IT THE orneR THERE WOULDN'T BE AMY ACCIDENTS room and of employment work at thc Consolidated company's also resigned Biron or subsidiaries of the Consolidated No announcement has been made regarding Mr. Berkey's future plans and there was no announcement forthcoming at Consolidated offices relative to his none had anything to do with it either before or after and knew anything about the said was a sad but they had nothing to do with Says Bribery Attempted Jersey N. Nov. Mrs. Jane Gibson today issued a statement from her sick bed in city had her hospital asserting attempts i been made to seal with eye witness testimony of thc Mills murder and now she had told the truth in open she was to die with a clear Nash Is Optimistic About 1927 Business Conditions Nov. 19 claring that nothing exists in thc general business condition of tin country today which should us to feel we are not entitled to ex a normal business for the year 1927." Charles W. presiden of the Nash Motors looked upon as a spokesman for the automobile made a most optimistic prediction regarding business conditions in a issued at the offices of the company Admitting that the south had been hit by good a cotton and that crops in the northwest were he declared that these districts were rapidly emerging from these He declared that there was little indication of any turmoil which argued well for business for 1927.' He declared foreign trade to be in a much more promising condition than Seize Plane of Whiskey Runner at Ford Airport Nov. 19 airplane containing fourteen cases of key was seized at thc Ford airport early today at the request of Henry Henry was arrested as tho aviator who brought thc plane to the airport Thursday night A night watchman discovered the liquor Mr. Ford was notified and the state police were The automobile maker himself waited several hours at the field last night with officers in hopes aviator would return to his when arrested denied he was the pilot oi the I Wisconsin Cattle Place High at Livestock Show Kansas Nov. consin Guernseys scored heavily day in the judging at the royal livestock Winners in- Senior and grand champion bull King of Larson Canning Green Wis. Junior champion La Beau Larson Canning Green Senior and grand champion Topsy of City Larson ning Green Wis. Junior Denny's of Larson ning Green Wis. Purnell Still Rules in Spite of Charges Nov. whose four years of voluntary exile were by a raid on his hiding place Wednesday by state still reigns as king at the House of Indictments charging criminal damage actions started by state authorities for the tion of the colony and even his parent serious will not di- minish the significance of his says his attorney antl de- voted H. T. is thc seventh Christ and he alone can bring the message to the ingathering of thc Dewhirst Thc attorney denies that there is any movement afoot to dethrone the persecution is Dewhirst far back ai 1903 Benjamin himself predicted he would be wrongly accused by The prophet rests again in Shiloh after his third arraignment and re- lease on charges of assault brought by a formerly a member of the Bonds bearing the signature of merchants and totalling sure his appearance at the hearing set for December 2. Outwardly thc colony is at Within tlie sacred confines of Shiloh there arc apparently many hurried The colonists arc firm in their be- lief that their king can do no Dewhirst indicates that the entire resources of the which are estimated in will be devoted if to efforts toward acquittal of thc QUEEN IN LAST GREETING HEi Conrad s W. John W. John E. P. N. Frank Jacob John Ernest E. steadt voting in The committee to investigate for old age was announced by Chairman Connor as the shore went out on the ice on as far as they a rope to him and dragged him to Widener Awaits Rescue Nov. Rudderless and wallowing heavily in heavy seas on Lake Superior six miles from the Duluth entry to the steamer Peter A. B. with a crew of 30 helplessly awaiting the wind to P. J. Kraus chairman abate so lhat a line from a tuS cari ill and A. J. Supervisor Hasbrouck read STOPS IN CINCINNATI KING'S j resolution into the minutes which OF condolence un- oi on thc passing away attending CONDITION Nov. Queen hurrying home to Rumania to King Ferdinand who lies made today what probably was her last public appearance on her American tour when she stopped for 15 minutes at be accepted and she can be towed safely into The Widener lost her rudder near Hock of Ages Wednesday and is dragging both Unless the the present of the board of George T. who had repre sented the Fourth ward for a great many Churches Will Unite in station near here to greet the 65! A Union Thanksgiving children of the Cincinnati children's with all the churches in the Captain Daniel of the United States coastguard kept a close watch on the ready to go to her aid at a moment's notice while tugs awaited the seas to abate in order to throw the big boat ia 1'ne. Several tow lines offered Service this morning were snapped by the straightening of the vessel Stop 15 Minutes The special stop at will be held in the of the Lincoln high school on Wednesday November was exactly 15 The 21. at eight arrived at eastern am against the heavy while being The program the informal reception was j Music and in held engines were changed i charge of Rev. J. R. Freighter Abandoned Sault Ste. Nov. steamer another in the collapse of coal docks will be the destruction of several ing boats items of storm age that reported here today and cars On the re Rev. I. over crippled communication lorm with the queen was Colonel J Rev. J. D. John official host to j reading of President's who as a child an inmate of. Rev. A. Cincinnati children's Rev. J. M. carrying tons of copper went on the rocks near Copper Mine 60. n deference to whom Marie to receive the Aside from the children the only to greet were railroad officials an prominent the train a few Rev. C. Rev. J. M. Stevens of the will preside at the miles northwest of here in Lake in a snow laden When the tug Alabama reached the president of she found it abandoned by 1 its crew and in danger of breaking j up if the wind veered to the j The bow was fast on there in an official Ku antl hcr was 14 uy i The only child in the sixty-five i Two Men no of tho hat gathered around thc crew but tho men aro tion platform of Marie's who North to off in a Wo vas was a tiny Shore electric line Badger Limited j for a camP on who had watched the today an automobile at j wana one of the occupants of the was identified by papers in his Thc who died in an proach of the train with awe rn ler It was evident she had icard much discussion of the event mt that it wasn't quite clear in er mind what it was all Marie came out and spoke to Evanston hospital remained One little girl looked er fixedly for a few then he turned to an older where's the she I The queen laughed and Point resulting in the death of two described the Walter J. of North as proceeding off Islo I don't but believe I have 1 look very like a loving Odd Supervisors Attend Rowland Funeral Members of the local Odd Fellows in addition to the county board and many relatives Then she stooped to kiss were yesterday the of thc who was held up to her by a was frightened and cried and with a smile the queen released in the Methodist church al the funeral of George T. for years a prominent zen of this H. ing chaplain for the Odd spoke a few words at thc Royale with a steamer that had lost its The steamer was re- ported once as the Weren and again as the Thc report said the Reiss and her tow were running before a northwest wind for shelter behind At part of tho Hinker coal company docks dumping tons of coal into the Ferry service across straits of was halted by thc Many com- fishermen Buffered m thc Snow bore tho brunt on T
