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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
4 REMARKABLE PROJECT.
Washington Monument May Be
Used as Wireless Station.

The most remarkable wireless tel
plated by the Navy Department. 1t
is i,othing less than the conversion OF
the top of the Washington monument
into a wireless telegraph station. The
partment has taken the matter up
with Secretary Metcalf and advised
him that the plan is feasible. Secre
tary Metcalf said recently that the
bureau in question had advised him
not alone that it was a practicable
plan, but that if the station were eS-
tablished he had been assured that
without relaying it would be possible
to reach stations in western Europe
and TO communicate with the vessels
of the American fleet at sea in distant
waters. He added that no final action
has been taken and that tile subject
was being considered.
The plan is 10 use the Washington
monument only temporarily ard if the
experiment proves successful to erect
4 permanent tower of the necessary
height, probably the approximate
height of the monument, which is sos
feet The plan if carried out will revo-
lutionize the wireless telegraph and
cable business of the government and
will greatly facilitate communication
TO Europe and with the war vessels.
The value of the plan in war time
would be incalculable if it can be
worked as the bureau of equipment be-
lieves it can.
Rear Admiral Cowles, chief of the
bureau of equipment, in discussing the
wireless plan, said there could be no
doubt of the feasibility of the project,
though there might be sentimental nea-
sons against this use of the monument.
Application for its use has been
made to the War Department" said
Admiral Cowles. 1T is the plan to use
the monument temporarily and then to
put up steel tower about 500 feet
high. Messages could be sent 5000
miles. No attempt would be made to
use the station for the Pacific coast,
but it would be used for reaching
points in the Atlantic ard the Carib-
bean regions"
The proposed station would be the
highest in the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

In the shipbuilding trades on the Mer-
sey and Tyne there are 10000 fewer men
employed than last year.
At Davenport, Iowa, on Labor Day, Ed
itor Hearst and Candidate Hisgen adj
dressed a number of labor unions.
Gov. johnson of Minnesota commits
stoned 1900 farmers as delegates to the
Farmers Congress at Madison. Wis.
In opening the State campaign in Hi
nois, Speaker Cannon made reply to the
attacks of both Bryan and Gompers.
In the course of a speech at Melbourne
Alfred Deakin, the prime minister, said ::
las Americans are unable to take first
place in the world until they have feet,
South Australia cannot be content ulti-
mately to accept defense at any hands but
her own
Upon his return to New York E. h.
Hartman. the railroad magnate. again
talked freely to the press about the BUSH
ness outlook. He said the country is
apathetic and the railroads in order to go
ahead must get more from shippers in
higher rates. He said it didn't matter to
the railroads whether Taft or Bryan is
elected.
W. NJ. White, freshman medic" at
the Iowa university, was tied to tree
and otherwise hazsd. A fierce class scrap
followed. with a victory for the fresh
men. Many students were hurt, but no
serious injuries are reported. White was
taken from his room clad only in his pa
iamas.
The Socialist Congress at Nuremberg,
Germany, finally voted, 25S to 119, in
favor of the Bebel resolution, binding the
party to vote against the budgets in the
Reichstag. but a minority from the South
German states declared that on local
questions they would assert their right to
vote as they pleased.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
GIVES BACK HIS PENSION.
COnscience-stric<en Veteran Return
$1,172 to Uncle Sam. A

COnscience-stricken Veteran Returns
$1,172 to Uncle Sam. ~
After having drawn for years a pen
sion to which he was not entitled, sr
unnamed veteran of the Civil War has
returned to the government S1,l72 to be
added to the ever1growi conscience
fund.-" COMMISSIONS Sof Pensions YES
pasian Warner relaAed this remarkable
case of stricken conscience to President
Roosevelt the other day, but refused to
divulge the name of the veteran, not even
disclosing it to the United States Treas
urer, into whose hands the money was
placed. Upon receipt of the pensioners
certificate, accompanied by two $500
coupon bonds of the United States. a
draft for $172 and letter stating that
the writer had been drawing pension to
which he had no just claim, and that he
wished to make restitution, the commits
sioner examined the record in the case. 1t
was found to be straight, and special
examiner was sent out on the theory that
the soldier might be mentally irresponsi-
bic. The man was found to be in excel
lent health and of sound mind.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
WOMAN IDENTIFIES DEAD BOY.


Mrs. McCIoud Tells Police Child Is
Her Son by New York Lawyer.
The body of 7-year-old boy which was
washed ashore at Bedford, n. j., was
identified as that of Harold McCloud,
who disappeared mysteriously from his
home in Brooklyn several days ago. The
Identification was made by the childs
mother, who has been directing the search
for the BOY since his disappearance. She
has insisted from the first that Harold
was kidnapped. After identifying the
clothing found on the body Mrs. McCloud
told the coorner she is certain the child
was carried away by his father who, she
said, is not her husband, Alexander Nc
Cloud, but a well-known lawyer, who is
about to be married to wealthy woman
in New York. She had known that man
before she met Mr.. McCloud, she said,
and it was as a result of McCloud learn
ing OF this acquaintance that he left her
less than year after their marriage.
Mrs. McCloud declares that ten days after
she had talked with this man the boy was
enticed to a cab occupied by man and
woman and hurriedly driven away. She
declared her belief that the lad was muir
dered, but the coroner said an examina-
ton of the body revealed nothing that
would lead to suspicion of foul play.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
900 LAND SEEKERS BROKE.
Gamblers Make Many HauIs at Dali
las and Gregory, s. ID.


1t is estimated that a thousand land
seekers who have come to Dallas and
Gregory, S. D., have lost their money at
the gaming tables and are broke" Many
more who have lost all their ready cash
have been forced to telegraph for money.
Nearly 5000 persons have registered at
these two points already, and nearly as
many more are expected before the period
for registration closes. Hundreds return
as soon as they have registered, but thou
sands have remained for the drawing.
These latter have, in hundreds of in
stances, been the victims of the tiger.
The gamblers have operated their games
without restraint and are said to have
made remarkable winnings. They run
twenty-four hours day, with the games
as strong at daybreak as when the sun
sets. To be broke in that country means
something to a man, because he is without
friends at a time when it is not easy to
make new ones. Every outgoing train
carries many men who have lost their
money and are risking their lives on the
brakebeams or bumpers. No land open
ing probably has ever brought more peo-
pie, and they all come with money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

At Salem, Mass, after a continuous
existence in the hands Of the same fam
ilv. the oldest store in America has been
closed. ending career of 104 years. The
present owner will devote his time TO
the development of IN invention.
Officials of the International Paper
Company have anncuIced that several
mills which have been shut down for four
weeks will be started within few days.
The plants were closed because, the men
refused to accept a reduction of 10 per
cent in wages.
Statements are made that the annual
report Of the international Paper Com
many will show earnings abcg: $4,000 in
excess Of what they were yenr ago. The
earnings of the company reached their
lowest mark about January, but since
then have shown moderate increases
monthly.
The 100000 City of Philadelphia
thirty-year 4 per cent loan WAS five times
oversubscribed. The awards went to the
highest bidders at prices whi:h yield the
city a premium of 1894, $40. Two New
York banking firms got the issues, name
~, William A. Read & Co. and Harvey
Fisk & Sons.
G.. E. Sinclair of Minneapolis. surveyor
general of lumber, reports that the lum-
Der cut this year will be the lowest since
1873. This will be due principally to
the high water in the early part OF the
season, and the low water at the present
time. In the first four months of this
year about 100000 feet Of lumber was
cut, while the cut for the same months
last year amounted TO over twice that
amount.
The case of the government against the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
has been transferred from New York to
Chicago for the taking of further resti-
mony.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS

Frank A. Day has been reelected chair
man of the Minnesota Democratic State
central committee.
Ar Sheepshead Bay Priscillian, carry
ing top weight, won the Occidental ham
dicap at one and one-eighth miles in the
fast time of 1 30.
On Labor Day labor organizations
throughout the country received an adj
dress from Samuel Gompers, in which he
reviewed the events since the previous
Labor Day.
The Minnesota State board Of equaliza-
ton had several bankers of the State be-
fore them in regard to bank assessments.
The board fixed 80 per cent Of the capital
stock, surplus and undivided profits as
the basis of assessment. Some banks
were assessed below that, but there was
no serious objection to the raise.
Eastern parties. representing several
produce concerns, viii establish a central
creamery plant at Albert Lea, MINI. The
ground has been purchased and the plans
for the building are in the hands of con-
tractors. The structure will be C con-
crete and brick, and the machinery will be
the very latest manufactured.
Although Minor Heir, the famous PAGER
who reeled of mile in :5915 in Mil
vaukee, failed to equal that record, his
plucky race against time against strong
breeze. making the mile in .01112. was
the star event of the first day of the
Grand circuit meet at the State fair
grounds in Syracuse, y. 7.
In South Dakota the September ex-
aminations for teachers added a large
force TO the available teachers of the
State. and probably win fill the vacancies
which have been calling for teachers in
many Of the counties. Out OF a total of
I.J63 applicants who wrote IN the ex-
amina+;>.s 923. or practically 60 per
ce1t, we're granted certificates.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
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CHICAGO.

The weekly review of trade, published
by K. G. Dun & Co.. says:
Trade developments include none of
striking Importance. and conditions main
~ afford encouragement for the future
Movements of general merchandise now
extend TO seasonable proportions. and re-
tail trade here and at the interior is ia
vorably stimulated by lower temperatures.
Staple commodities remain in fair re-
quest for early shipment. the attendance
of buyers in the Wholesale branches being
well maintained, and the deep water ways
convention brought large numbers of Wis
itors, who bought freely at the fall open
ings in fashionable lines. satisfactory alb
sorption being made OF apparel, millinery,
footwear and house furnishings.
Chicago steam road returns testify to
increasing freight tonnage, of finished
products and heavy materials, and re-
ceipts disclose further recovery in crude
supplies for conversions.
Live stock arrivals make the best aggre-
gate in some time past, although shortage
is yet felt in hogs and beeves.
Stocks of provisions in store have I'M
dergOne rapid reduction during the last
thirty days, and easier values induced
more liberal buying and heavy east-bound
shipments.
Cash grain markets were duler than
was expected, but futures became active
upon reports of political troubles in Eu-
rope
Manufacturing indicates that machn-
cry and labor have become more fully
engaged. Furnace product is in rather
quiet demand for the first quarter of 1909,
and prices waver, but there is Steadier
activity at the steel mills, carshops and
foundries, and closer working to capacity
in farm implements, heavy hardware, ma
chinery and electric appliances.
Bank clearings, 1921, 347 ISL, are 40
per cent under those of corresponding
week of 1907.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered twenty-five. against twen-
ty-seven last week and twenty-four year
ago. Those with liabilities over $4,000
number Eve, against six last week and
nine in 1907
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
DE4z lSZS[R2s&ERS
t':5AS :. =,
COZ, SID 80
~~-@~~~~~-N--~

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $7.60; hogs, prime heavy, $4.0o
to $640 sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. >, $1.00 to $1.02;
corn, No. 2, 79c to S0c oats, standard,
47c to 4Sc; rye, No. 2, 74c to Toe; hay,
timothy, $500 to $1,000; prairie. $500
to $11.00; butter. choice creamery, pc
to 27c: eggs, fresh, Zoe to DE; potatoes,
per bushel, SOC to G0c.
apolis-Cattle, shipping. $500
to $6.75; hogs good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to SGT; sheep, common to prime,
$3.50 to $3.75; wheat No. 2, 0Sc to
99c; corn, No. . white, Tie to 7Sc; oats,
No. white 49c to zoe.
St Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $6.45; sheep, $500 to $40;
wheat, No. 2, $104 to $1.06 corn, No. 2,
Toe to 76c; oats, No. 2, 47c TO 4Sc; rye,
No. 2, 75c to 76c.
ncinnati-Cattle. $500 to $5.25;
hogs. S4O0 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
1915; wheat, No. ., $1.05 to $1.06; corn,
No. . mixed, nc to 7Sc; oats, No. z
mixed, SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to soc.
Detroit-Cattlc. $500 to $40; hogs,
$500 to $685.: sheep. $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No 2. $l.U1 to $1.03; corn, No. 3
yellow. soc to Sic; oats, No. 3 white,
soc TO see; rye. 10. ., TIC to 7Sc.
Observation-Disclosures, No. northern,
S1O5 to $1.06; corn, No. 3, TIC to 70c;
oats. standard, sic to 51ci rye, No. l,
Toe to 76c; barley, No. /, Goo to CSC;
pork, mess, S14.OO.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $6.40; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to S6.25; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $4.7J: lambs. fair to choice,
$500 to $40.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs. $3.50 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. red. $1.07 to S1.0S;
corn. No. 2. $50 to Sic; oats. natural
white, 52c to 53c butter, creamery, 23c
to 2Sc; eggs. western, dc TO 26c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. = mixed, 500 to
STOP; corn, No. . mixed, ISc to 79c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, zoe to 32c; rye, No.
Q TIC to 7Sc: clover seed. October, 1922.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Rfr Elevator Wrecked.

With a conclusion which shook the, en-
tire village, large grain elevator, having
a capacity of 100000 bushels, exploded in
Richford, VT, causing the death of twelve
men and a woman. The explosion blew
off the entire roof of the building, scatter
ing timbers in all directions, and almost
instantly flames burst out all over the
structure. The flames are supposed to
have been started by spontaneous combus-
ton in the dry dust Of the grain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
FOUR ARE KILLED BY GAS.
Ten Others Unconscious as Result OF
Escape of Fluid.

Illuminating gas leaking into sleeping
rooms in an Italian boarding house on
Bank street. in Waterbury, Conn, kept by
Giuseppe Sanford, killed four Italian men.
Besides the dead, eight men and two wom-
en- were found unconscious. One of the
women is the wife of the proprietor. An
tonic de Marco, who discovered the escape
of the gas, told the police that his atten-
ton was attracted to the house by groan-
ing. He summoned two policemen and
with them went to the place, which is
three-story building. The odor of Gas was
so strong that it was impossible to enter
until the doors had been allowed to stand
wide open for a while. An entrance being
effected three men were found dead in
bed and a fourth on the floor, his posi-
ton indicating that he had tried to reach
q window
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Liner Pretoria Sinks Ship.

The Hamburg-American Line received a
wireless message from the steamship Pre-
toria, which was expected to arrive at
Cuxhaven that night, that she had been
in a collision in dense fog off the Dutch
coast with an ore steamship owned by
Hess w. Kuntsmann, of Stettin. The ore
ship rapidly sank, but the Pretoria was
only slightly damaged. The Pretoria pick
ed up ten men, but the remainder of the
sunken vessels crew were probably
drowned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
SPEAKER CANNON SELLS FARM.

Parts with Nebraska Land for Fig
ure Below Market Price.
Speaker Cannon of the House of Rep
resentatives has just sold $4,000 worth
of his Nebraska farm lands and is offer
ing for sale still other property he owns
in eastern Nebraska. The farm Mr.. Can
non has just sold contains 700 acres and
sold for $40 an acre. The market price
for lands of the same class in the vicinity
is $50 to $50. Mr.. Cannon purchased
this property years ago, when lands were
going at a song. He is reported to own
thousands of acres in eastern Nebraska,
right in the heart of the corn and wheat
belt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
MOTHER AND SON AT SCHOOL.
Attends Institution with Boy to See
that He Gets Fair Play.

Attends institution with boy TO see
that He Gets Fair Play.
Little Jimmie" Scott, negro, age 10
years, is in Lansing, Mich, claimed by
his mother, Mrs. ]. ]. Scott, to be VIC
tim of race prejudice. She says the boy
is not treated fairly by his white school
mates In fact, she suspects that perhaps
he does not get the chance he should to
receive an education. The boy is in the
third grade The mother is accompanying
her son to school. She sits by his side
during study hours and returns home with
him afterward. II want my boy to have
his chance" the mother says. He is
good boy, and l want him educated as are
white folks children, so | go to school
with him to see that he is not pestered
and is given his chance to study" 1t is
said that the boy does not learn easily,
and that is the reason he has not advanced
more rapidly. This does not accord with
Mrs. SCOTS opinion. She says: Jim
ME is bright boy, and if they will give
him a chance other boys have he can go
along with the other boys"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Victory for Union Labor.

Peaceful picketing and the right to
strike, or threaten to strike, was upheld
in the United States Court Of Appeals in
Chicago in a decision handed down by
Judges Grosscup, Baker and Seaman. An
injunction issued by Judge Sanborn of
Milwaukee against the Iron Molders'
Union on complaint of the Allis-Chalmers
Company two years ago was modified by
the higher court and a number of the
clauses in the original writ were vacated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
TO BAR MEN FROM FARM.
Nine. DavidOff VIII Try "Adnmless

Mime. DavidOff VIII Try "Adnmless
Eden" Plan on Long Island.
Long Island is to have an "Adamless
Eden" Nine. Davidoff, native of Rus
STA. but now a resident of New York
City, is establishing an experimental farm
at Belle Crest, which will be operated by
women. Men will be barred from the
green houses, where fruits and flowers are
to be grown every month in the year by
the aid of electricity. While similar ex-
periments have been made by this and
other governments, Nine. Davidof be-
lieves her experiments will prove more
successful than those carried on by the
bureau of plant industry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
15OO. 900 Are Idle in Britain,

The British General Federation of
Trades Unions has issued a manifesto
declaring that there are 100000 unem-
ployed in the United Kingdom, with
100000 suffering dependents. The fed
Grafton recommends the creation of min
lister of labor and a permanent ''unem-
ployment" board, and that all members
of labor unions refuse to work overtime.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
WOMEN CONVICTED OF PLOT.
Get Prison Terms on Charge of Seek.
ing to Kill for Insurance.


ing to Kill for Insurance.
In Carthage, No., Mrs. Albert Baker
and her mother. Mrs. Hannah Haney,
aged 90. have been convicted and given
prison rerms for an alleged plot to kill
Albert Baker. the former womans hus-
band. The alleged plot had its inception
in st. Louis, where Baker married Myr-
tie Raney Feb. u, 1901. He charged an
attempt on his life in Carthage on March
8, 1908, to secure $4,000 life insurance,
which his wife induced him to take out
the day before their marriage. The sem
tence is six years for the wife and FIVE
years for the mother. A brother, Thad
Raney, will be put on trial at once. Baker
alleges he was awakened by blows on the
head by a hammer in the hands of Thad
Raney. In the fight that ensued, and
III which he alleges his wife and her
mother and brother participated, Baker
was shot twice, and he says that while
he beat off his assaiants his wife ex-
claimed: my God, Albert, won't you
ever give up."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Georpia for Franchise Limit.

Early returns from Wednesdays State
election in Georgia indicate the election
of Joseph NJ. Brown, the Democratic can
didate for Governor, by a majority of
more than $4,000. Returns from a ma
jority of the counties indicate the ratifca-
ton of the constitutional amendment pro-
viding qualifications for voters. This
amendment makes the ownership of prop
erty one of the qualifications.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20

The reply OF the German government 10
the joint note Of France and Spain nam
ing the conditions for the recognition of
MulaI Hafd as Sultan of Morocco
agrees to nearly all of the conditions, but
Insists that the steps be taken in accord
with the Moroccan law, and that while
the engagements of the previous Sultan
with the powers be respected, that his en-
fragments with individuals be not re-
garded.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20

Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, one of
Great Britain's noted ambassadors, died
in Brighton, England, at the age of rs.
Besides figuring largely in Eastern affairs
Sir Henry achieved prominence as men,
Der Ct the celebrated fourth party in the
British House of Commons, which. under
the leadership of Lord Randolph
Churchill. created stir quite out of pro-
norton to its small numbers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
cHIcAeoAN HEIR TO $1,000, 900.
Emil Ascher Announces Inheritance
from Uncle, Dead in London.

Emil Ascher Announces inheritance
from Uncle, Dead i'm London.
Emil Ascher, manager of Gallagher &
Ascher, glove manufacturers. 80 Adams
street, Chiago, announced the other day
that he had inherited $1,O00OOO from an
uncle, A. Ascher, who died in London
twenty years ago. The uncle is said to
have amassed about 100000. At the
time of his death, it is said, no relatives
could be found. 1T was only by accident
that we learned of the fortune" said Mrs.
lilly Vejaka Ascher, wife of the heir.
"Then write to a friend of mine in Lon
don and received a reply from his law
partner, S. Bucokoski, informing us we
probably could recover half of the for
tune"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20

Reports from Arvonia indicate that the
situation in Buckingham county, Va,
scene of recent outlaw depredations, is
again grave. Edmund Hubbard, common
wealth's attorney for the county, has tele-
graphed Gov Swanson for assistance, re-
questing detectives. 1t is believed the
Zimmerman Thomas bands have again ap-
Deared.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Mrs. saee,s Military school.

Friends of Mrs. Russell Sage under
stand that the wealthy widow has de-
cided to buy Constitution Island in the
Hudson, near West Point, and present it
to the government as a site for a mill
tary preparatory school, the gift to be
contingent upon the passage by Congress
of the bill, establishing such school.