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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
AUTO KILLS THREE AT RACE.
Car Leaps from Track Into Crowd
When Tire Bursts.

Three persons were killed and three
injured by racing automobiles at the
motor speedway in Indianapolis, Sat
urday. This makes a total of six lives
sacrificed to the high speed mania
since the opening of the tournament
which dedicated the new race course
recently constructed at cost of
100000 and supposed to have been ac-
cident proof. Two of the persons
killed Saturday and one of the in
jured were spectators. The other per-
son killed was a mechanic in the race.
The spectators were run down when
a big car in the 300 mile race left the
track, plunged through fence and
into a crowd gathered near the speed
way side.
When the National Six, driven by
Charles Merz, a local pilot, burst the
tire of the right front wheel while ca
reening through space at rate of
seventy miles an hour, there was
crash and the great machine turned
turtle, whirling like gigantic rocket
into the fence around the course. Over
the barrier, jumping bridge and on
through space the car travelled like
catapult, leaving a trail of blood be-
hind.
Fifteen minutes after this fatality
another car skidded near the same
spot, hit a portion of the bridge, and
the driver and mechanician were in
jured. Following this, Referee Stevens
stopped the race, which was for the
Wheeler and Schebler $4,000 trophy,
and in which the leaders had complet-
ed 235 miles. This brought the meet
ing to an abrupt end just when the
prospects for successful windup were
brightest. With such heavy baptism
of blood it is thought the big speed
way, representing an expenditure of
more than 100000, will never again
be the scene of motor contests.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
TWO AUTO RACERS
HURLED TO DEATH
Driver and Mechanician Crushed
When Car at indianapolis
Skids and Upsets.
THIRD MAN DIES OF INJURIES.
$4,000 People See Bourque and His
Aid Thrown Over Fence to
lne1r Doom.

With three lives sacrificed in the
speed carnival, the first day Of the
automobile races at the new Indianap-
oils speedway closed with two time
annihilating records smashed. On the
f1fty-fourth lap of the 250-mile race
for the Prest-o-Lite trophy, the fea-
ture event of the day, death in a ter
rible form came to William Bourque,
daring automobile driver, and his
mechanician, Harry Holcomb, when
their big racing car suddenly left the
track while plunging along at speed
of seventy-five miles an hour, turned
a complete somersault and dashed both
men against the fence which sur
rounds the course. Both were almost
instantly killed Their bodies were
terribly mangled. Twelve thousand
persons, gathered in the grandstand
and around the track, witnessed the
accident Scores of women tainted at
the sight. Others became hysterical
and rushed screaming about the
grounds.
Just why the racer left the track is
mystery. Whether Bourque lost con-
troll of the steering gear or made a
mechanical blunder will never be
known. The machine skidded, left the
track, and with undiminished speed
struck small ditch which borders the
speedway. Both front wheels and the
axles gave way, and the car turned
completely over. Bourque and Hol-
comb were sent flying through the air.
Bourque was thrown against a post
and his skull was fractured and both
legs were broken. Holcomb was
throw clear over the fence. His skull
was also fractured and his legs brok-
en-. The third whose life was forfeited
was Clifford LITERAL, mechanician,
who died from an injury received
while on his way to the new speed
way for practice. He jumped from his
own car and was run down by one be-
hind him. Driver Chevrolet had his
eyes seriously injured by dust and tar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
NEW YORK.

Jobbing trade and manufacturing
industry tend to expand as the vaea-
ton season wanes and harvest posi-
bilities grow into certainties From a
number of markets, however, come
the reiteration of reports that pur-
that retailers are still cautious buyers.
Currency shipments to the country
are charging and money correspond
ingly firmer. Something like sob
ering process has been witnessed in
the security market, which is lower
all around. Perhaps the most encour-
aging features reported this week come
from a few of the leading industries.
Iron and steel buying has become
more confident. railway purchasing
being in evidence and premiums are
being offered for early deliveries Of
materials intended for manufacture.
The higher range of prices for ce-
reals, particularly winter wheat, has
encouraged the movement from the
farms, and the number of idle cars
has decreased, with talk of a car
shortage before the close of the year.
Business failure for the week end
ing Aug 10 were 1873. against 219 last
week, 230 in the like week of 1908,
1913 in 1907, 155 in 1906 and 176 in
-Bradstreet's Commercial Re
port.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

The Bell Telephone Company has
purchased the controlling interest in
the Chippewa Valley Telephone Com
pany. The line extends from Barron,
Wis, to Prentice, Wis, along the 500
line.
The barley crop of Minnesota is I'M
even this season and the average yield
will not be heavy. Rye is better
Wheat will he a very heavy crop and
corn was never better than it is at
present.
The small grain of the Dakotas and
Minnesota is maturing rapidly. Barley
claimed the attention of harvesters ear
ly and the work was pushed strenuous
ly in anticipation of the ripening of
other small grain.
The corn crop of South Dakota is
expected to be the largest ever raised
in that State. The corn made rapid
strides during the hot weather Farm
ers in the vicinity of Sioux Falls re-
port that their corn has reached a
growth of six feet
The New York Aerial Manufacturing
and Navigation Company. of Brooklyn.
has been incorporated to carry on the
transportation of freight and of pas
sengers by airships. The cabital is
SIS. 600. 1t is the first company of its
kind to incorporate in New York State
Reports from all parts of Mexico in
dicate that the sentiment in favor OF a
strike in sympathy with that Of the
train dispatchers. by the engineers and
conductors of the merged railroads Of
Mexico is rapidly crystallizing.
In Missouri there are about 1000. 0o9
hogs. worth. at market prices. nearly
$4,000. 900 Hog cholera costs th.
growers Of that State alone more than
a million dollars every year and the
loss is sometimes more than $4,000. coo
A contract has been lei 20 the Neg
York Foundation Company for the
sinking of a new mining shaft on the
Scranton mine. one-half mile south
west OF Hibbing-
The promoters Of the Y ". C. A.
building association succeeded in rails
ing $4,000 in twenty days at Charles
City, Iowa The prospects are that
when returns are all in more than that
amount viii have been subscribed for
the purpose Of erecting a Y. IL C. A
building
Encouraged BY the unanimous in
dorsements accorded by the four com
nittees from St Paul which have IN
vestigated the plans OF their line. tbs
managers OF the Dan Patch Electric
line are focusing an their energy or
pushing the work OF survey and con
struction upon the line from ST. PAU
TO Lakevilie, Mimi
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
EXTRA SESSION COST 100000.
Uncle Sam Pays Out Large Sum to
Pass Tariff Bill.

Further investigation of the cost Of
passing the tariff law shows that be-
fore Uncle Samuel gets through foot
ing the bills of the lawmakers IN
CURED during the special session he
will have to pay out close to $500, 900.
The principal item of expense is the
mileage, because every member of
both houses is allowed mileage at the
rate of 20 cents mile from his home
to Washington for every session which
he attends. BY the time the Sena-
tors and Representatives from the Pa
cific coast put in their bills this ac-
count is pretty big. Members of the
House get just S154.000. while Sena-
tors took away from the Treasury SAT-
600 for travelling expenses. Extra pay
for the employees of the Senate
amounted to something more than
$4,000, and as there are many more
clerks. messengers and other workers
on the House side, it is estimated that
the pay for extra services of the en-
ployes was about 100000 The urg-
ent deficiency bill carried an item of
$4,000 for general expenses, and it
is said that most of this was used
for expediting the passage of the tariff
bill. The official reporters of both
houses got about $4,000 to pay extra
clerk hire and other expenses.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
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The Ontario handicap, the feature
event at Windsor, was won by Lady
Sybil.
Johnny Summers, the English light
weight, defeated Jimmy Britt, of Cali
fornia. in nine rounds in London.
At Saratoga w Clay's Ocean Bound
easily won the $4,000 Spinaway stakes
for fillies years old at five and half
furlongs.
Bonnie Kate captured the Canadian
Steeplechase at Fort Erie recently
bles. She defeated the favorite, Wa
terway, on a heavy track.
At the weekly matinee of the St
Paul Driving Association at Hemline
Glen, owned by ]. H. Bohrer, was the
winner of the final event of the free
for-all elimination pace for the silver
cup.
Sidney Hatch, of Chicago. set a new
worlds record for the 100-mile race
when he finished that distance in
16:07:43 This is 2:4S:14 better than
the previous time claimed BIZ Albert
Cory.
The United States Golf Association
has announced the program and con-
ditions for play for the amateur golf
championship of the United States,
which will be played at Wheaton, H.,
from Sept. to IL of this year.
George NJ. Webb. whom horseinen
considered the peer among those ex-
hibiting light harness horses, succumb-
ed after long illness at Minoga Stock
Farm. Chestnut Hill, Pa. Mr. Webb
was employed by Edward T. Stotes-
bury for the past ten years and had
won an international reputation.
The $4,000 Merchants and Manufac-
turers' stake at Detroit for 2:24 class
winners was carried off by Margin.
who took all three heats in easy fash
ion. making the first heat in 2:O6l5.
Margin is owned by Alonzo McDon-
old. the Boston reinsman, who last
year captured the Readsville handi-
cap.
r. H Mclaughlin and Z. NJ. James
OF San Francisco won in the doubles
of the Northwestern tennis CHAMPION
ship at Deephaven. Minnetonka. The
winners defeated 7. c. Bundy and II.
S. Sinsabaugh of Los Angeles in three
out of four sets
A cable dispatch received by the
Oakland Golf Club of Bayside, Long
Island. reports the winning at Carls-
bad, Germany, OF the International cup
for the third time by the Oakland Golf
Clubs team. The cup now becomes the
property of the club. The team con-
sisted of John B. Mcdonald Judge
Henry A. Gildersleeve and Patrick
Francis Murphy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
BURN GAMBLING LAYOUT.
Bonfire Is Made of ParaphernaIia
Said to Be Worth $4,000.
hean Of ashes marks fba closing

Bonfire Is Made of Paraphernalia
Said to Be Worth $4,000.
A heap of ashes marks the closing
scene IN the fight between the State
of Indiana and the owners of the
gambling halls at French Lick and
West Baden, respectively. Gambling
paraphernalia to the value of $4,000
was publicly burned in the street at
Paoli by officers of the law. There
was crowd of nearly 1000 persons
present when the expensive furnish
ings went up in smoke. Three years
ago deputies raided the two casinos
and made number of arrests. The
State confiscated all the furniture in
Guiding the gambling apparatus, but
the courts held that there must be a
conviction before the property could be
destroyed The cases against the ar
rested persons, who were the alleged
agents for the owners, dragged along
from term to term. A compromise fin
ally was effected by which two of the
indicted men should plead guilty on
condition that the State would exempt
from destruction such furniture as was
not actually used in gambling. The
pleas of guilty were entered, and the
order to burn the gambling apparatus
was issued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
FOIL BIG COUNTERFEIT PLOT.
Police and Secret Service Men I'm
earth Fraud in Kentucky.

Police and Secret Service Men I'm
earth Fraud in Kentucky.
Because of the manufacturers delay
in shipping perforating and number
ing machine, $1,000,0O0 in counterfeit
Mexican money was seized at Louis
vile and the counterfeiters arrested.
So far as is known, only three men
were concerned in the bad money plot,
which is one of the most extensive
ever unearthed by the secret service
department. They are John c. Roberts
and Marion Roberts, brothers, and
printer. The $1,000,000, all in 100
peso notes, was contained in a heavy,
brass-bound trunk John Roberts de-
clared that had his numbering and
perforating machine arrived when he
expected it, he would have been safe
in Mexico a week ago, with most of
the money disposed of. The 100-peso
notes are excellent limitations. They
are said to have been made in Louis
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4FNANCAL
CHICAGO.

Dunn's review of local trade condi-
lions says: Evidences of the improved
state of trade generally become more
distinct. The most notable feature is
therapid accumulation of forward work
in the principal industries. Some COM
plant already appears that supplies
are not promptly delivered, and there
is also some fear that transportation
facilities will be found inadequate to
handle the increasing freight offer
ings. In both the volume of pay
ments through the banks and the rec
ord of trading defaults are found sus-
tanning indications of a healthy con-
dition in credits. Heavier movements
appear in grain, raw materials, fac
tory outputs and general merchandise,
and there is more production in iron,
steel, wood and leather working. The
general demand for money has be
come extended. and the discount rates
for choice commercial paper are firm
at Az to per cent despite the fact
that many large concerns as yet seek
little accommodation.
Hot weather raised some alarm as
to its effect on corn growth, and this
forced moderate rise for the leading
grains, but -four has remained weak
and late advices indicate that temper
atures now favor agriculture. Visit
ing buyers from many sections throng
the jobbing district, and there is con-
siderable activity in dry goods, foot
wear, clothing, food products, furni-
ture and house needs. Bank clearings,
1858, 1885, 04, exceed those of the cor
responding week in 1908 by 17.6 per
cent and compare with 1921, 12S, 655
in 1907. Failures reported by the
Chicago district number seventeen,
against twenty-nine last week, twenty
four in 1908 and fourteen in 1907.
Those with liabilities over $4,000 num-
Der six, against seven last week, six
in 1908 and two in 1907.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
8 KILLED, MANY HURT
IN TROOP-AOB BATTLE
Pennsylvania Strikers Attack on
Stockade Is Repulsed by
Constabulary.
MANY OF THE INJURED MAY DIE
Sheriff Goes to Scene of Fight with
Riot Guns to Reinforce
State Soldiers.

Eight persons are known to have
been killed and many wounded, at
least ten of them fatally, in a strike
riot at McKees Rocks, Pa, Sunday
night Like an eruption of a volcano
1000 Pressed Steel car workers let all
their hatred, pent-up bitterness and
lust for blood come to the surface,
and, with precaution thrown to the
winds. made a battlefield out of the
Schoenville district At least eight
men were killed-one State trooper,
one deputy sheriff and six strikers and
strike breakers. Scores were injured
by bullets. The battle resulted from
an attempt of the strikers to storm
the barricade around the Pressed Steel
Car Company's plant, where hundreds
of strike breakers have been quar-
tered for the last six weeks, during
the strike which has been marked by
much bloodshed
Following the battle deputy sheriffs
and troopers broke In the doors of
many houses suspected of being the
retreat of the strikers and wholesale
arrests were made. Scores of persons
were arrested and placed in box cars
in the mill yards. During the early
stages of the rioting women were con-
spicuous. Some of them were armed,
others effectively used clubs and
stones. These women, all foreigners,
insane with rage, were mainly respon-
sible for melting the men to extreme
measures.
The battle was the climax of a
series of riots that have been occur
ring almost daily since the beginning
of the walkout more than five weeks
ago, at the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany's plant. The conflict between
the strikers is the worst in the his
tory of Allegheny County since the
bloody Homestead riots, in which over
forty were killed
When Sheriff Gumbert heard of the
battle while he was at the county Jail
he called for fifty men to serve as
deputies at the strike zone Obtain
ing that number he went in an auto
mobile to the scene of the rioting. RE
took with him ten riot guns and two
boxes of ammunition. BY the time the
sheriff arrived the constabulatry had
dispersed the rioters, but the guns
were placed into position ready for
use in case the battle should be re-
neWed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
|s7,77S,0OO,0OO IS
VALUE OF 'OS CROP
Secretary Wilson Shows that Unit.
ed States Holds Worlds Rec.
ord in Agriculture.
BIG INCREASE IN FARM TRADE.
Agricultural Balance Has Grown
Over rs Per Cent Within the
Past Twelve Years.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
thinks those who have been plying
the farmer had better waAe up to the
fact that during the past year-that
is the crop year of 190S-there was a
net gain in the value of crops which
raises the total valuation of farm prod
ucts up to the astonishing total of
S777S,000,000, the biggest in the
worlds history. The value of farm
product this year is $500, 900, 900 above
the value for 1907 and SS.061. 900 900
above the census amount for 1899
In the last twelve years, the period
covering the administration of Secre-
tary of Agriculture James Wilson, the
agricultural balance of trade in the
United States increased from a yearly
average of $234,000,000 to SAIL, 0O0, 900.
or 1871 per cent, according to the de-
partment's year book just made pub
lie. This wonderful development is
only in keeping with the progress
made along the lines of agricultural
activity. Conditions affecting the
lives of the farmers have advanced in
even greater ratio until many unde-
sirable features of farm life have been
eliminated Many innovations have
been introduced and developed into
potential forces for the betterment of
farm life. Never before has the work
of state agricultural colleges and ex-
detrimental stations been so intimately
related with the department as now.
There has been a great diversified
ton and geographic extension of prod
ucts apart from the cultivation of new
land. Although there has been a de-
creasing production per acre of what
was only recently virgin soil, there
was an increased production per acre
of the entire country. Within ten
years the production of corn per acre
in Ohio increased 17.5 per cent and in
Virginia 1873 per cent. Oats increased
17.9 per cent in Indiana. Wheat in
creased 1872 per cent in New York
and 45.9 per cent in Nebraska SINH
lar advancement was made in the yield
per acre of other products.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
MEN IN MINORITY IN CHURCH.
Census Report Shows Women the
More Religious Sex.

census report SHOWS women the
More Religious Sex.
Standing out as conspicuous fea-
ture of bulletin issued by the census
bureau entitled Census of religious
bodies" is the fact that out of
church membership in the United
States in 1906, of nearly 33,0O0,000 men
formed considerably less than half of
the total. Of the total church mem
bership reported by the various relig-
ious bodies and classified by sex, 43.1
per cent were men and $50 per cent
were women. Among the Professionals
the difference was greater, only 1913 per
cent being men, while in the Roman
Catholic Church the men formed 493
per cent of the total membership Few
er men than women were found among
the Latter Day Saints, the Lutherans,
Disciples, Methodists, Baptists, Presby-
terians and Protestant Episcopalians,
the percentage of men members de-
creasing in the order shown, and t-ere
being only 35.5 per cent men among
the Episcopalians. Among the Chris
tian Scientists, only 27.6 per cent were
men, and of the Shakers, only 213 per
cent, but in the Greek Orthodox
church, 1913 per cent were men,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-31
TRAINS HELD BY WATERS.
&Great Delay and Inconvenience Due
to Colorado Floods.

sGreat Delay and Inconvenience Due
to Colorado Floods.
Trains blocked in lonely mountain
passes. tracks washed away or in some
instances pitched into canyons hun
dreds of feet below, people driven from
their homes to seek safety with their
belongings in higher places-these
were the scenes revealed along the
overflowed Arkansas River in Color
ado.
The famous Royal Gorge, walled in
by rock 1000 feet high, was washed by
a torrent for about forty-eight hours,
and the railroad tracks have been de-
stroyed. Trains on the Colorado Mid
land, the Denver and Rio Grande and
other railroads, most of them carrying
eastern tourists, have been detoured
over circuitous routes. One road had
to detour its trains by way of Ala
mosa, Colo, in the southern part of
the state, distance out of the regular
travel of more than 800 miles. Not
only the Arkansas River, but almost
all of its tributaries are overflown.
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.N@RE95(@'jNzsy/

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $TS5; hogs, prime heavy, $3.50
to $S.15; sheep, fair to choice, $425
to $3.50; wheat No. 2, $100 to $1.02;
corn, No. 2, &c to SOC; oats, standard,
39c to 40c; rye, No. 2, CSC to Tic; hay,
timothy, $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $1,000; butter, choice creamery, 22c
to &c; eggs, fresh, lie to 21c; pota-
toes, per bushel, 40c to 45c.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping. $500
to $3.50; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $S15; sheep, good to choice,
$3.50 to $615; wheat, No. 2, $1.0S to
$110; corn, No 2 white, Tic to 73c;
oats, No. white, CSC to 39c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to $50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No 2, $1.O5 to $1.09;
corn, No. 2, csc to &c; oats, No. 2,
95c to 36c; rye, No. 2, roc to TIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $5.65; hogs,
$500 to $50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, $1.O7 to s1.Os; corn, No.
2 yellow, re to 79c; oats standard,
39c to 40c;s rye, No. l, &c to Csc.
Wheat, No. northern,
$1.30 to s1.33; corn, No. 3, 63c to 65c;
oats, standard, 41c to 43c; rye, No. I,
73c to 74c; barley, standard, 63c to
Csc; pork, mess, $21.50.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping
steers, $500 to 800; hogs, fair to
choice, $500 to $3.50; sheep, common
to good mixed, $500 to $3.50; lambs,
fair to choice. $500 to $500.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $685.;
hogs, $500 to ss.15; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2. $1.0S to s110;
corn, No. 2 mixed, csc to Tic; oats,
No. 2 mixed, &c to CSC; rye. No. 2,
74c to 75c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs. $500 to 1886; sheep. $500 to
s4.75: wheat, No. red, s1.O9 to Iii;
corn, No. 2, Toe to soc; oats, natural
white, 47c to soc; butter, creamery,
23c to CSC; eggs. western. &c to
25c.
Toledo-wheat. No mixed, s1O7
to s1O9; corn, No. mixed, zoe to
Tic; oats, no. mixed. CSC to 4Oc;
rye. No. 2, CSC to zoe; clover seed,
$685..