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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
SIX MEET DEATH IN
MOTORBOAT WRECK
PLEASURE CRAFT AT WAUSAu
STRIKES A SUBMERGED
PIER IN RIVER.
MOTHER WATCHES TRAGEDY
Motsl=S STANDS on Shore PowerIess to
Aid While Her Husband and Four
Children Drown-Excursion Boat
Lost Rudder.

Wausau-Six people, father and
four children, and a friend, were
drowned in the wisconsin river here
while the mother of the family, friends
and hundreds of spectators looked on,
stricken dumb by the suddenness Of
the disaster Four were saved only
by desperate swimming against the
swift, treacherous current.
Gustave Janke, Jr-, had taken his
four sons, Gustave, Jr., Walter, Henry
and Gilbert, and his two daughters,
Eleanor and Gertrude, and joined an
large gasoline launch.
Nearing point opposite their land
ing place on the return the rudder
broke and the boat was carried help
less onto submerged rock, tearing a
hole in the bottom. The boat imme-
diately filled and it sank before help
could arrive.
The elder Janke was seen to make
an heroic effort to save the life of
one of his daughters who came up
nearest to him. but the struggle was
too much in view of the frantic strug-
giles of the terrified girl, and Janke
sank exhausted, the daughter disap-
pearing at the same time. The same
fate was met by the other daughter
and her two brothers, Walter and Gus
tave, Jr., while Herman Roehl lost his
life in trying to reach one of the Janke
boys, who was bewildered and on the
point of going under. Four others were
rescued.
Mrs. Janke, standing on the bank to
meet her family on the return, went
frantic at the sight Her condition is
critical.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
WATERS ARE NOW BoNIFACES
Some of the Things the Me-" York
Servants Forgot When They
Called a Strike.

Trouble with the walters strike Is
that they proved too much, writes the
New York correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Times-Star. 1t may be con-
ceded. as alleged by their various
members, that the average waiter is
paid but SO cents a day by the hotel
and that half of that sum goes in tips
each day to the kitchen help and the
head waiter and the side walters or he
might as well be dead as in a dining
room. 1t may also be conceded that
ten years ago the Waldorf charged
but 20 cents for sirloin steak and
that it now charges a dollar and
half. And that in that period the
walters pay has not been increased.
Only" said the man who began as
waiter and now has a flourishing
restaurant within a couple Of blocks
of the Thirty-second street elevated
station, "the walters forget that their
tips have increased in that period.
Oscar of the Waldorf began as a wait
err. SO did Boldt of the Waldorf. So
did Rector and Archambault and Mus
chenheim and the Seven Little Shan
leys and the Four Healys and the two
Martins and the three Bustanobys.
You should not be far wrong IL you
said that every successful restaurant
keeper in town began as waiter-or
a bartender, as did Regain OF the
Knickertocker, and this O'Connor up
on One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
street, who saved enough to start
saloon-and then saved enough to buy
the original castle of the O'Connors
In Ireland. Ten years ago dime
was a good tip for service to a single
person. A quarter was munifcent. A
dollar would recompense a waiter for
looking after a wine party of six. II
you gave him So after an all-night ses-
sion he would jump through. roll over
and lie dead. Nc gadays a ten-cent tip
for 75-cent luncl. never wins thanks.
Fifteen cents a grunt. 20 cents en- ar-
dible thank you and for quarter
you can have your chair pulled back
and your coat collar snugged. The
people are educated up to it. This
very week waiter 307 at the Hotel As
tor starts on a trip around the world
He's saved enough In three years from
his tips to do It In style Here Is a
sporting proposition: I viii pay any
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
HOMEMADE WRITING DESK.

The writing desk illustrated below,
with it's wide drop-leaf to write upon,
plenty of pigeon-holes in which to
stick letters. school papers, catalogues
of boats, toys, athletic goods, ETC., and
other things that you wish to keep
near to hand, and a drawer" for
writing materials, is Just what you
need for your room. The drawer is
really misnamed, because the one in
this desk does not pull out, but is
reached by raising hinged leaf &c,
Fig. 81. However, it serves the pur-
pose Of a drawer and, besides being
easier to construct, it is handler to
get at Where there is regular
drawer it is necessary to close the
desk, or at least partly close the drop
leaf, to gain access to it.
A small packing case from the store
room, grocery, or dry goods store,
and few boards from the wood pile
or from another box, will be needed
for the desk.
After renailing all boards that show
signs of loosening, cut two strips of
wood three inches wide and of a
length equal to the inside depth of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20

holes, using as thin wood as you can
get for the purpose Fig 5 will give
You a suggestion as to how it may be
done, but you can space them In any
other way that you wish The top.
row can extend out To the front of
the desk, but the lower pigeon-holes
must be kept far enough back of the
hinged leaf E so 1t will not interfere
with it opening.
The front drop-leaf IF, Fig. ~ is
made from the cover boards, battened
together on the inside about one
inch from the ends, as in Fig. 5, and
1t should be hinged to board c as
shown in Fig. 4 A dask mortise-lock
can be purchased at a hardware store
for 20 to 25 cents, and by examining
any piece of cabinet work having
such a lock you will understand how
the lock should be put on. To keep
the drop-leaf from dropping below the
proper writing level support it with
pieces of brass chain, or tape, fasten-
ed to screw-eyes screwed into the
battens of the dropleaf and the in
side of the top of the desk. To cover
the roughness Of the boards used for
the drop-leaf, tack either a piece of
table oil cloth or heavy wrapping pa
per over the inside face of the boards
The height of the opened drop-leaf
of desk should be that of a table
usually feet inches. This dimen-
t. h L., 10 INT the
length of the four leg strips. These
strips should be 2A inches wide. Nail
them to the four corners as shown In,
Fig. 8, being careful TO get the lower
projecting portions Of equa. lengths;
then cut two wooden blocks FOR shoes,
and nail one to each end pair of legs.
The shoe blocks should be Of the
proper dimensions so there will be g
projection of about one inch outside
of the legs. The shoes will brace the
legs and at the same time rest more
solidly upon the floor than the four
narrow legs would. Fasten two hort.
zontal braces between the legs, ono
in front and the other in the back, as
shown in Fig. 5. The strips should
be 21s inches wide.
Cut enough boards Of the proper d.
mansions to form a desk-top with a
projection of one inch over the box
all around. These boards will con-
ceal the, tops of the leg strips. When
they have been nailed in place, the
last constructive detail necessary to.
transform the packing case into an at
tractive desk will have been COM,
pleted.
If the packing case used for the.
desk is stamped with manufactur-
er's trademark, and these cannot be
removed. you must give the wood sew
eral coats of oil paint to conceal these
blemishes; but if the wood is free
from markings and other defects, fin
ish it with a prepared wood stain,
then give it coat of white shellac,
and finally wax it,
Copyright, 1912. by A. Nicely Hall)
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FIG. /.

packing case. F'asten these in the ends
of the box as shown at A and B, Fig. /.
Then cut strip equal to the length
of the box. and the width of strips A
and B plus the thickness of the side
Of the box, and nail it to the top of
the box on level with strips A and B
&C, Fig. ~.
The drawer space is covered with
boards d and e Gig 81, each of
which should have width equal to
one-half the inside depth of the box
Board E should be hinged to the edge
of board d. and the latter should be
nailed in place to the top edge of
strips A and B. Fasten a brass ring
to board e, near the front edge, by
means of small staple, to catch hold
of in lifting the leaf.
Partition off the box into pigeon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
SHERIFFS TERM UNCHANGED
Bill by Assembyman Greenwood Al
lowing Them to Succeed Selves,
Killed in Assembly.

Madison.-The assembly is opposed
to changing the law in relation to cleo
ton of sheriffs. That body indefinitely
postponed the Greenwood bill making
sheriffs eligible to succeed themselves
and also with the Murphy bill regard
ing county officers.
A number of dam and water power
bills were laid on the table at the rec
ommendation of the committee The
bills will remain there until the legis-
lature decides what will be done with
the water power bill now under con-
sideration.
The assembly concurred in the 70
ply bill providing for the paying of ex-
penses of the defense against county,
town, city or village officers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
News Notes of Wisconsin.


waukee.-Milwaukee physicians.
| those doctors comprised within the
Medical Society of Milwaukee county,
| do not view with favor either Dr.
| Friedrich Friedman of his tubercul-
osis. serum. At the semi-annual ban
| quet of the society a resolution was
| adopted without dissenting vote, pro-
I nouncing DR.. Friedman unscientific,
unethical and dishonorable with res
| pect to his tuberculosis cure.
Prairie du Chien.-Mrs. Lydia
! Shrake of Wyalusing, this county, cel-
| ebrated her one hundred and first
birthday anniversary at the home of
when she celebrated the century mark
there were six generations present,
but since then two of these have
passed away. She has lived in this
vicinity since 1S43.
La Crosse.-Durng the month OF
April La Crosse commission merchants
bought 10000 dozen eggs from farm
ers within a radius of thirty miles OF
La Crosse, for which $4,000 was paid.
Neenah. Mrs. George LeTourneaux.i
teacher in local schools for the past
thirty-six years, has given notice that
this will be her last year as teacher.
Madison.-The state railroad COM
mission has ordered an Improvement
of service for the patrons of the Lodi
Telephone company.
New Richmond-A killing frost in.
this region on May 10 did much dam
age to early gardens and fruit trees.
The temperature dropped to q above
Eau Claire.-The Shaw Lumber
company's mill, which has been in op-
GRAFTON for half century, with the
other properties of the company, has
been sold to the Kaiser Lumber COM
pany.
Merrill.-This city has purchased
the Riverside park for 1900 There
are several acres In the tract
Darlington.-The girls of the gradu-
ating class of the Darlington high
school have voted to wear sailor
blouses as their graduating dresses.
Sheboygan.--A tramp broke into
District school No. 2 In the town OF
Wilson and used upwards of $50 worth
of library and pupils books for fuel.
West Bend.--The congregation of
the Holy Angels Catholic church has
decided to build new church which
will cost about 100000.
misunderstanding July /, gasoline
motors win replace the steam Iocomo-
tive on the Milwaukee road between
Racine and Corliss.
La Crosse.-While Gilmore Stadvole,
aged IS, was walking behind a manure
spreader, the machine struck ditch
and was suddenly thrown into gear.
One of the six inch spikes with which
the machine was equipped, struck the
young man in the left eye, completely
tearing it from It's socket.
Madison.--Prof Ransom Moore,
eighteen years connected with the Wis
consin college Of agriculture, has de-
clined the offer of $4,000 position as
head of a department Of the newly or
ganized bureau of agricultural organ
lzatlon at Washington, recently offer
I'd 20 him by Secretary Houston.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
TIME SIZE HAD LOOKED FOR
Shoppers Longing to Be an ArIstocrat
at Last Gratified, and She Didn't
Mind the Expense.

The grocer was standing In his door
when he saw the woman who always
kicked at his prices coming, and he
turned his back and entered the store
TO get rid of her. The game didn't
work however She stopped and
toyed with a barrel of cabbage heads.
and as the man came strolling out,
she asked:
and what are We asking for eggs
morning. Mr.. Brown"
~Thirty-five q dozen" he replied in
an Indifferent way. almost expecting
her TO have at at the price.
And the best print butter. Mr..
Brown"
'Forty-fve q pound.
'TIl take dozen eggs and pound
OF butter"
.Yo,i-you WIN" he asked in
amazenent-
''You hear me.
But you have always kicked at the
prices"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20

Il know, but that was because 1
didn't understand the situation. |
just caught on last night"
THE situation? Caught on?"
The same, Mr.. Brown. Do the
aristocrats pay more for their eggs
and butter than the prices you
name?"
Indeed. no"
Its the highest prices asked?"
Sure, ma'am."
Then. II | pay them I'm lust as
good as any aristocrat. eh?"
Why, it looks that way to me-"
And TO me too. I've always want
ed to be an aristocrat, and thank
heaven my time has come. Indeed.
| want to be little more than an
aristocrat, and you may make 1t Is
eggs and pound and a quarter Of
hutterl"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
AUTO BANDITS ROB FARMERS
Two Brothers, Aged 20, Are Bound
and Gagged in Their Home
Near EIkhorn.

Elkhorn.-An automobile containing
four men stopped at the farm house
of the Richmond brothers in Troy and
demanded what money there was in
the house. Being informed that they
had no money the hold-up men knock
ed the two brothers down and bound
and gagged them. After searching
the house and obtaining but little booty
the robbers made their escape The
Richmond brothers are bachelors, live
alone and are both over 20 years old
1t was nearly morning before they
could free themselves from the ropes
with which they were bound and give
the alarm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
WILL NOT ATTEND BANQUET
Governor Declines invitation from the
Republican Arrangements
Committee.

Madison.-Gov. McGovern declined
to attend the republican banquet to
be held at the university gymnasium
annex. This banquet is to be held
under the auspices of the republican
state central committee. Sol Levitan.
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments, called upon the governor and
again invited him to attend the ban
quet. He again declined ard declar-
ed that the banquet was to be a fac
tional gathering.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
new MEMBERSFOR
STATE FAIR BOARD
GOV. MGOVERN NAMES WiLklN
SON, BAYFIELD,; SAKE AND
KLETZScA, MILWAUKEE,.
TWO GET REAPPOINTMENTS
c. L. Hill of RosendaIe and Charles
H. Everett of Racine are Old Mem
bers Retained on 5oard-Terms for
All End June 1, 1916.

Madison.-New blood was added tc
the state board of agriculture when
Gov. McGovern named three new
members and reappointed two, all fol
! terms ending June 1, 1916
The new members are DR.. Gustave
kIetzsch, of Milwaukee; Alonzo H
Wilkinson, of Bayfield,, and Thomas
SAKE, of Milwaukee. The old mem
bers reappointed are c. L. Hill, of Re
sendale, and Charles H. Everett, OF
Racine.
DR.. Kletzsch succeeds William G.
MacLaren, member-at-large. Although
he is resident of Milwaukee he is
Interested in agriculture, owning a
farm at Thiensville and another in
Langlade county.
Mr.. Wilkinson is a banker of Bay
field, interested largely in agriculture
IN northern Wisconsin, is a member of
one of Il agricultural societies of
that sectit 4 and during the past win
ter took the course in agriculture at
the university. He represents the
Eleventh congressional district on the
board. He succeeds Ira Chryst of Hud-
son, who was legislated out of the
district by the apportionment of 1911,
creating a vacancy.
Mr.. SAKE succeeds Frank G. Cannon
of the Fourth district He is an
amusement promoter and a member
of the firm of SAKE Bros. well known
in theatrical and amusement circles
in the middle west
Messrs. Everett and Hill are old and
tried members of the board, the for
mer editor and proprietor of the Wis
cousin Agriculturist, published at Ra-
cine, and the latter one of the finest
stock breeders of the state. Mr.. Ev-
erett represents the First district on
the board and Mr.. Hill the sixth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
SITE OFFERED BY MADISON
Business Men Would Give County
Park, With Improvements, to
State to Get Exposition.

Madison.-A committee of business
men of Madison offered to give the
state land valued at $150,OOO as a site
for the state fair grounds and assured
a bigger and better fair than has ever
been held in Milwaukee if the fair
were moved to the capital city, before
the special state fair committee of the
legislature. The committee is acting
under the Carpenter law, which pro-
vides for an investigation of sites for
permanent grounds for the state fair
and report to the legislature within
thirty days,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20

There are wild camels now In the
American desert said to have found
their origin in the carnels that fed
from white men in that region a half
century ago Camels. according to a
veteran prospector. would be the most
practical animals for desert travel, but
dogs would be the easiest His own
dog Rufus is half St Bernard and
half red Siberian hound, which com
bination. according to HIS own prac-
teal experience, is the very best pos
sible. This dog can carry twenty-five
pounds with ease and can go long pc
RODS without food or water He has
almost human Intelligence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20

courteous, clean and attentive waiter
$50 week If he will give me his tips.
If he is a better waiter than the av-
erage | can afford to give him $40 a
week on the same terms. There are
professors at Columbia who are not
paid more; there are bank tellers right
here In New York who are not paid
more; there are dern few hotel clerks
right here in New York who are paid
as much Only would have to figure
out some scheme by which | would be
certain Of getting the tips. The tip
taking habit spoils most men They're
apt to get glue fingered"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
demonstrations Are Refused.

Madison.-The assembly has refus-
ed reconsideration on three import
ant legislative questions: The Pfennig
bill to divorce control of saloons and
breweries, the L. L. Johnson bill to
merge the state fire marshaPs office
with the state insurance department
and the BATHS bill to wipe out an
amendment in the Wolf River Devel.
opment project compelling the COM
pany to pay per cent of its earnings
to the state
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Charm for Melancholy.

The woman who Is sweet tempered,
who thinks very little about herself,
but good deal about others, who
takes the side of the helper. and ex-
tends a cordial hand to the friend who
needs It, is the woman most wanted
and best loved In the world
Everybody one meets has now and
then mood Of encouragement. The
woman who is sweet in mood, In tenn
permanent, in manner, and In action,
cheers the lonely, comforts the sad
and helps her comrades to gaiety and
gladness. She is the woman who
charms away melancholy and is be-
loved by her friends.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Saved From the potter,s Field

Milwaukee.-After his body had oc-
cupied vault in the morgue for sew
eral days without his identity being
known, John H. Cook, aged II years,
one Of the few surviving members of
the famous Iron brigade, and an init
mate friend of Gen. Edward S. Bragg,
who called him affectionately This boy
Johnny" was buried by friends with
services BETTING his long career Of
valor during the war.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Safe Deposit Vaults.

The safe deposit vault is an Ameri-
can idea. and was developed at the
time OF the Civil war. Bank robberies
were so frequent at that time that
banks refused to take care OF their
customers valuables- An instit7-on
referred its clients to the porter az
willing to take the risk. For small
gum he took charge of the boxes and
safes and made q fortune From this
srose the modern cafe deposit. which
is now part Of every bank The Eng
lish. ever slow aad cautious. did not
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Natural MISUNDERSTANDING.

The earnest lecturer raised his voice
and spoke with special emphasis
Il want to tell you, ladies' and gen.
tlemea." h said. that Robert Burne'
poetry
He was Il .-.lpted by man in the
audience, an editor whom he mad
reused from a doze.
Good for Robert cried this man
enthusiastically
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20

Madison.-The assembly has sent to
final passage the bill appropriafsug
$4,000 for an administration building
II Milwaukee to provide Offices for the
Milwaukee branches OF the railway
and Industrial commissioners. The bin.
which had passed the senate, now goes
to the governor for signature and "a
soon as site is selected construction
viii be begun.
Sheboygan.-lha--..in hickman, who
lost both his hands when run down By
a train about year ago, is now draw.
Ing pictures. holding the crayon In his
mouth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Taking NO Risk.

1T is claimed that people who eat
plenty Of apples soon lose their lasts
for alcoholic drinks"
Not for me. Think how horrible II
would be. with apples as dear as they
are. IL one were to get so he couldn't
act along without them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Hotel Man Dies Suddenly

Port Washington.-Frank Wilson,
aged s5, proprietor of the Wilson
house. widely known in the state. died
suddenly of heart failure He had
been in the hotel business here for
twenty-five years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20

Escanaba.-Veda Bean, aged 9, was
burned to death, and Emma, aged s,
was fatally burned in a tent which
caught fire near Metropolitan. John
Bean, the father, was camping with
thenl and escaped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Dean Of Women Resions.

Bsloit.-Miss Kathryn Newell AID
ans, dean of women of Beloit college.
has resigned and will take a year in
rest and travel Miss Margaret Rog-
ers. physical director for women. has
also resigned her place
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Milk Bottles Mronn Size

Racine-Of a total of 1882 milk
bottles, in which milk is sold in Ra-
cine, examined by the city sealer of
weights and measures, during the
quarter ending April 80. only 104 were
found of correct size.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Gardening for chiIdren

Madison.-To give children an in
terest in gardening, the university de-
partment of horticulture has laid out
thirty-two garden plats in Madison.
Children who cultivate them viii
range in age from to Is.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
sadaer eirI Alaska postmistr...

Observation-Disclosures Wilson has
appointed former Wisconsin girl.
Minnie Swineford, postmaster of Kel-
cheku. Alaska. She is a daughter of
the late A. P. Swineford. formerly an
editor at La Crosse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
redicate STURGEON Ban Librarx

Sturgeon Bay.--The new Carnegie
library of this city, just completed at
a cost of $4,000, has been dedicated.
This recalls the fact that Sturgeon
Ray has library association datin5
back to 1866.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Urge Raise for JUDGES.

Madison.-The bin which provides
for the increase of salaries of circuit
judges from $4,000 to $4,000 per year.
was endorsed by many attorneys at
the hearing before the judiciary COM
mittee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-20
Names Wisconsin possmassers.

Washington.-The following nomf-
nations for postmasters In Wisconsin
are made by the president: E. r.
Peck. Bangor; A. j. Hemmy, Hart
ford; F. ] .Maher, Omro; ]. V. Lindet
West DePere; Geo. H. Schmidt. Ks-
waskum.