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Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-25

PARIS. Nov. 24.-The CORES
pondent at Petrogray of the Matin
says:
The Russians, after having
checked the German offensive on the
Plock-Leczyen front, gained on that
side brilliant, decisive victory. The
enemy, who had heavy losses. is fly
ing with all speed toward the Ger
man frontier. An entire German regi-
ment surrendered to the victors.
The Russians are energetlcally
pursuing the enemy.
The Russians are also vigorously
attacking along the Czenstochowa-
line This days seems to mark one
OF the most important, and, perhaps,
decisive phases OF the war.
LONDON. Nov. 2L.--The Times petro-
grad correspondent, I'm a dispatch sun
plementing one declaring that private
adViceS received In tho Russian capital
had confirmed the reports OF a Russian
victory over the Germans in Poland
says
According TO unofficial Information
reaching here, the German army OF 100000
which made an irruption between the
Vistula and Warta rivers has been
broken up into several parts, one of which
was compelled % divert it's course south
ward and another northward.
Apparently In each case the Russian
forces succeeded in getting behind these
disjointed corps and inflicted upon them
great losses.
The Germans are believed 70 have suh
fered very heavy reverses at Brezesiny
and TusEyn II is impossible as yet TO
give even approximate figures"
LONDON, Nov. 24-General Won Hind
enburg's army. which last week was
sweeping toward Warsaw, In its second
advance through Russian Poland, today
Is reported from Petrograd to be in re-
treat. after having experienced serious
reverses inflicted by the Russians. who,
with reinforcements. made q brilliant
stand between the Vistula and Warta
rivers.
While the extent and the completeness
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sIsIddoo for Grace of GOA Kinr..

uWOO TOT UrHce OF God hlnRa,
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-That The wsr
would result in the overthrow OF auto
cratic government In Europe and also
produce a democratic government similar
to that OF the United States for England
and Its possessions was predicted bv Ra,,
Newell Hills. pastor OF the PIvmouth
church. Brooklyn. N. Y, In an address
tonight before the Worlds Bible confer
ence.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-25
Little Human Interest Stories of
the Big World War NouU Roein0

open and populous quarters. A great
many moifensive persons. principally
women and children, were killed"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-25
from Petrograd Say the
Russians Have Won Brilliant
and Decisive Victory.
GERMANS FLEE TO FRONTIER
Unofficial Report Says Won Hinder
burg's Army Has Been Broken
Up Into Several Parts.
ANOTHER BIG BATTLE LIKELY
German ReinfOrcements Coming Up
and Next Clash is Expected in
Vicinity Of Posen.
MORE CANNoNADING IN WEST

Germans Probably Will Make An
other Attack on Line Soon.
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Comparative Local Record.

temperature and precipitation depar-
lures from the normal:
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." NEUTTI ITIE UUI
Normal temperature
Excess for the day. t.
Total excess since n
Normal precipitatio
Deficiency for the
Total rainfall since
Deficiency since Ma
Deficiency for cor. I
Deficiency for cor. i
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Reports from stations at z II. NJ.

Station and state. Temp High Rain
Of Weather. Up M est fsii
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you ask for; ~ you plan 70 bs
have The nee matisd ~ yOu.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
FORGER CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

Caught in the ACT of attempting to
pass a check, drawn for $500 and
bearing the forged signature of the
Wisconsin Pea Gamers Company was
the experience of a young man claim
ing to be Edward Kuscher of Shawano
county on Monday last. Kuscher ap'
peared at the German American bank
shortly before noon and presented the
check. The paper didn't look just
right to Cashier Groh and the strar.
gers nervousness strengthened his
suspicious. Upon nhone call MIR. Fer.
guson of the Gamers Co. came and
pronounced the caeef as bang!ing
forgery. Kuscheg was detained and
arrested before leaving the bank.
Kuscher is said To have been en-
ployed last summer at the Two Rivers
plant of the Gamers Co. and at that
time secured possession of one of the
company's check books. Using a gen.
uine check for a model he attempted
to make one that would pass.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
WHITE SERVANTS GOOD WORK
Did Much Toward Building Up the
South in the Days Before the
Revolution.

Socially the white servant was an
important factor in helping to build up
a landed aristocracy in the south, be-
cause he made possible the cultivation
of extensive areas of land, declares a
writer in Harper's Magazine. But in
the course of few years he became
free citizen and owner of a small
estate. Thus was developed yeoman
class, much needed democratic ele-
ment in the southern colonies, while
at the same time settlers were secured
for the black lands, where they were
needed to protect the frontier. Never.
theless, they did not form distinct
class after becoming freedmen. Some
We're doubtless the progenitors OF the
poor white trash" of the south, but 1t
is likely that environment rather than
birth was the main factor in producing
this class. While comparatively few
rose to prominence, yet there are some
notable examples to the contrary. Two
signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, George Taylor and Mathew
Thornton; Charles Thompson, the Sec
retary of the continental congress, and
General Sullivan of revolutionary war
fame, had all been white servants. 1t
is certain also that many became sue
cessful planters, and perhaps the ma
jority respectable and desirable citi-
zens.
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lead to ultimate contication. He esti-
mates the value of the agricultural
lands OF the United State at S30,0 ,0OO,-
O00,O0 exclusive of improvements or
almost one-third of the total wealth Of
the country, He analyses the owner
ship and says, truly, that the agricul-
turai class of owners are men who are
neither very rich nor very poor, and
also that land is their chief element Of
property, and the 'unearned increment
almost their only reliance for savings,
THE article Of Prof. Johnson is we'll
worth the study of every sensible Wis
consln farmer, wac should begin TO see
that the increasing burden upon real
estate spoken of by Gov. McGovern, is
pointing his way toward ultimate serf-
dom to the state. The man who gets
his opinions at first hand and only as a
result of thought and study is the only
one who can intelligently meet the
present situation in Wisconsin.
ut Is time such men asked themsel-
yes where constant increase of public
extravaganza is leading. They have
been listening to fairy tales for about
fifteen years and the cost of the enter
tainnent grows, day by day"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
MADE UP OF LITTLE THINGS
Life Than Those We Consider
of Importance.

We love little things, we hate little
things. we fear little things; our lives
are knit up with little things from the
time we are born to the day we die.
Big things draw us up to Heaven or
crush us down to hell. Little things
live beside us on the earth, eat and
sleep with us, laugh and grumble with
us, catch The early train with us. or
make us miss it, irritate and appease
ns-never leave us alone for min.
ute.
That Is why they are so much more
important than the big things-the
things that only come once in a way.
at long intervals, and even then are
nearly always the result of hundred
and one little things combined.
70 be crushed by large misadven.
ture is natural, but to fall victim TO
az series of petty misfortunes Is hu.
initiating. There are many who would
prefer to break their necks once and
for all by falling off a mountain, than
to bruise their whole bodies and iis-
locate their tempers by the daily
stumbling over a mole-hill II is the
little things that count-the satisfac-
tion of climbing Mount Olympus is a
poor sort of attainment II the scores
and scores of pleasant details which
walt upon success be absent.-From
the Atlantic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
GREAT INCREASE IN TAX BURDENS

"Taxpaying time is keeping taxes to
the front in this state as never before, y
says Ellis b. Usher 81 have never
seen so much in the state press upon
the subject.
at viii he we'll for good many
businessmen and farmers to stop hav-
ing their minds made up for them
and spend more Of their own time ia
studying the new laws, Sitting around
like young robins, with mouths wide
open, swallowing anything that is
dropped in, from n worm to a carpet
tack, is becoming a habit with too
many.
SIN the report of the Wisconsin tax
commission for 1912, Chief Justice
Winslow is quoted as saying in the de-
cision upon the income tax cases, that
BY the present law it is quite clOar
that personal property taxation for all
practical purposes becomes thing OF
the past, In a memorandum attached
by Gov. McGovern to the income tax
law, when he signed it, he said:
"Because personal property taxation
has broken down and the burden upon
real estate is daily increasing the prime
desideratum at this time is improvement
in local taxation. Hand in
hand with this change will go the abo
lition Of personal property taxation ant
a reduction in the tax upon real estate
"The reduction in the tax upon rea
estate has come, the wrong end to. We
have been told over since the increase
in assessments began that tax rates
would go down, but they do not. They
go up. SO with each new tax that Ii
imposed we seem only TO find new reve
nue. TO meet new and additional expen
ses.
"a few items may be suggestive o
the broader facts In 1901 Wisconsin
collected S2000.0O0 from corporations
railroads, telephones, insurance com
panies etc. by 1906, the last year o
LaFollette's S last term, these taxes re-
turned over Si,000,000 In 1912 the.
reached SIS, ,6S5, l6, and this year the,
will exceed S600O,000 These are tn
CORPORATION taxes that for fourteen
years we have been told would lighter
the ordinary taxes Of the average citi
zen. They have failed utterly, eXcep
as they have added TO the indirect bur
dens Of everybody, rich and poor, ant
they have certainly encouraged mos
extravagaut public expenditures.
"One wholly new tax well illustrate
this tendency. In 1904 appeared in tn
states receipts a little item of 81, i,Sl9, I
from legacy taxes. The next year |
appeared as inheritance taxes, 1929,
05i. In LaFollette's last year it re
turned Sl03,054. In 1912 it returne,
1888, ,52S. So new taxes are added an
grow, and the tax receipts of the far
mer now show that his land taxes go o
increasing with the rest, No 'othe
fellow is paving his taxes.
"ln an important article entitle
: "The Case Against the Single Tax i
the Atlantic Monthly for January, Pro
Alvin Saunders Johnson of Cornell I'M
versity comes TO my support in the a:
sertion thai the single tax on land vii
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Triumph Of Russian Art.

Russian art has captured the world
and today many infuent es are accept
ed from the Slavonic people. Not In
opera and dancing alone, says the Pail
Mall Gazette, do the subjects of the
Tsar excel, but long centuries ago the
peasants in remote and snow-bound
districts had evolved art ideas for
themselves, and they worked away
quietly during the winter evenings
Hands, horny with the toll of cultivat
Ing the land, all winter produced mar
vels of delicate lace and of wood cary
Ing as fine as any weft made on the
pillows during the summer Recently
the industries have become known be
yond the confines OF district that for
seven months In the year holds its folk
showed up In their humble houses.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION BANQUET.

The annual banquet of the Citizens
Association was held last evening al
Woods hall. G. f. Fechter reported
for the Committee of Ten" who have
been managing, the county fair. He
reported balance on hand of $2667.S5
most gratifying condition and pre-
dicted good fair for 1914. Mr.. Henry
Wits reported that the Aluminium Com.
pany paid out in wages the past year
$4,000, over double what they guaran'
teed to the association when the new
factory site was donated. Secy. p. A.
Miller reported that the Citizens AS
sociation is in good condition. The
Association has a balance in the treas.
ury of Sl404 and owns three lots valued
at S25OO
The old officers were reelected. They
are Pres, Frank Hoffman; Vice Presi-
dent, Chas. Frazier and Sec. p. A.
Miller. John Schmidtman assumed the
gavel as toastmaster with few gra-
cious remarks. The ipimitable j. G,
Donahue related some droll tales.
Prof. Hall of the state university
speaker of the evening launched into
his address. Securing Prof. Hall was
the result of an inspiration. For over
an hour he held the rapt attention of
the $50 men present while he expound-
ed his doctrines of humantarianism
progress and scientific community pro-
motion. 1t would be hard to pick quo
taGions. 1t was striking and eloquent
throughout. The two central ideas he
said of city building are cooperation
and efficiency, and under the latter he
laid stress upon building untward
from within and of encouraging in
dustries that can naturally thrive
through the benefit of our peculiar ma
tural advantages. Among the i'm
portant factories of city promotion he
discussed, health, morals financing,
He said "One of the duties of an en-
ployer is to see that his workers, as
we'll as his machinery, have chance
to live for normal life time" He
then discussed city advertising and sug-
gesCed several practical and economi-
cal means. In closing he made a plea
for 'idealism" and Tor combining busi-
ness and altrusim. The demonstration
of approval following would have
been nattering to anyone.
A chicken supper with usual Manito-
voc beverage and good music all con-
tributed to make the affair success
from every standpoint. The c snmittee
in charge, Ed. Kellner, Andrew John
son and William Pauly are to be con-
graduated
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
CIRCUIT COURT NOTES.

The case of Pelkey VS.. Koch occu-
pied two days last week. The impor-
tant question submitted to the jury
was whether Pelkey, of Oconto, knew
when he purchased the notes OF de-
PENDANTS Mathies and John Koch OF
Mishicot, this county, that the defend
ants claimed tina. they had good de-
defense against demand for payment.
If one buys negotiable paper in "due
course" without knowledge of defense
the holder can collect. Pelkey was
not holder in due course, that is,
that he knew or should have known
that the Kochs claimed defenses. That
gave the notes the same standing they
would have had in the hands of the
original holder and the Koch's won
the suit on their defenses. The de-
fenses were that the notes were to be
void If the land purchased contained
Canada thistles or If the title was not
perfect.
In the Rockland drainage case the
jury found that the charges of fraud in
securing signatures were not sustained,
and this being disposed of the matter
will come on again for regular trial
later in this term.
Krejci VS. Krejci was taken up Satur-
day. 1t is an appeal from an allowance
by the county court of claim for SER
vices rendered to a person deceased
and extending over a long period OF
time. The statute of limitations, as
usual in these cases, interjects a per-
picking question. The case went to
the jury this morning.
The case of Musial VS.. Zenddla was
the next taken up.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses have
been issued by the county clerk the
past week:
Jos. Hall of Manitowoc Town and
Jane Benishek OF Rapids; Edwin Duec-
ker and Emma Hauser both of Kiel;
Robert Cummings and Louise Grimms,
both of Cato; Stanley Rozindrynski and
Sophie Wrobelski both of Two Rivers;
Andrew Seehaver of Brillion and En-
ma Jerabek of Rockland; Antoine Wey-
er and Jennie Novak, both of Manito-
woo.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Killed the Play

The production in Paris of a new
version OF the tragedy Of "Sophonis
ba' inevitably recalls a curious piece
of theatrical history where a single
line is said to have killed a whole
play.
On the first night OF James Thomp
sons "Sophonisba" Que OF the actors
had to declalm the somewhat idiotic
line: "Oh, Sophonisba; Sophonisba
OH"
Instantly cutting voice from the
rather restless audience: "Oh, Jimmy
Thompson; Jimmy Thompson, OH
The laughter that followed complete
ly broke up the seriousness of the eve
ning's entertainment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Worth Knowing.

5 The seven wonders of the modern
world, according to the vote of some
700 European and American scientists,
who were asked by Popular Mechan.
les to express their opinion, are the
following: Wireless, telephone, aero.
plane, radium, antiseptics and anti.
toxins, spectrum analysis and the X
ray. The seven wonders of the an.
cient world we're the pyramids OF
Egypt, Pharos (lighthouse) of Alex.
andria. hanging gardens of Babylon,
temple OF Diana at Ephesus, statue
Of Jupiter by Phidida, mausoleum OF
.aEtemesia and the Colossus of Rhodes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
DIED

Mrs. Michael Dempsey, Sr, passed
away at her home on State street last
Saturday. The date was the anniver
sary of both her birth and her wedding
Death followed an illness of several
years which however did not threaten
death until few days before the end
Mrs. Dempsey was of half English and
half Scotch parentage although born
in Ireland in 1910. Her maiden name
was Mary Agnes Gilbert. She came
to America with her parents at the
age of 16 and married Mr.. Dempsey at
Milwaukee in 1859. She moved with
her family to this city, has since resid.
Ell here, surviving her husband by
seven years. 10 this union were born
seven sons and seven daughters all OF
whom are living. The sons are Joseph,
Matthew, John ami James all living in
the far west, Thomas of Wausau, Ben.
jamin, lately of this city, but now OF
Waukesha, and Michael of this city.
The daughters are, Mrs. Dover, Mrs.
Barden and Mrs. Williams of Chicago,
Mrs. Geo. Shields of Grand Rapids,
Mich, Mrs. j. E. Meany, Mrs. G. H. JEFF.
freys and Miss Margaret of this city.
The funeral was held Monday from
the Sacred Heart church. The daugh-
ters and the sons who were near
enough were present.
Mrs. Dempsey was remarkable wo-
man in many ways. She idolized her
large family and her unusually large
family of grown np' sons and daugh-
ters have generously responded in her
declining years. She was a devout
Christian and had a spirit that no mis-
stroke of fortune could dampen. Under
more propitious circumstances in her
early days her intellectual gifts, evil
denced in part by remarkable memo
ry and most unusual gift of ready,
fluent and correct English, might have
won for her distinction. A host of
friends mourn good woman, faith
ful and devoted Christian wife and
mother.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

Fred Philippen, pioneer settler of
this city, died at his home, 100S Divi-
sion street, Saturday morning, aged 80
years.
He was born in Germany on Feb, 2,
1924 and came to this country in .S54
He was carpenter by trade and
built the first Catholic church in the
county at Re;>iS Fe wae Z civil var
veteran. Over fifty years ago he was
married to Mrs. Sybelle Meyer who
survives him, He is also survived by
three step children, F. w. Meyer Of
this city and Mrs. Osul Campbell and
Mrs. Max Prayer of Chicago. The
funeral was held Tuesday from St.
Boniface church. lnterment was in
Calvary cemetery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
PLAN A VISIT TO THE SUNNY SOUTH.

Why suffer the cold, with such win
ter resorts as Florida, Cuba and the
Gulf Coast within your easy reach?
Arrange TO 60 south; we will quote you
rates, suggest routes and prepare suit
able itineraries for you. For full parti-
culars apply to ticket agents, Chicago
and North Western Ry.
Pub. Jan. %, 20.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
One Of the Oldest Customs.

The ancient and fantastic" habit of
tattooing is common to all races of
men. 1t is coeXtensive with the limits
Of the world, and coeval with human
history. From the polar regions to
the farthest islands of the south the
practice has prevailed. and from the
first recorded epoch.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
FOR SALE.

so acre farm good buildings including
silo, one mile to village on Calumet
road, every foot under cultivation no
hills nor stones, red clay soil, big
bargain at 100000 on easy terms.
Call on Martin G. Valleskey Collins,
Wis. ADV. IT.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Arranaina for the Future.

The isttle girl objected, quite natu-
rally, to wearing her older sisters out.
grown clothes. One day, in protesting
while being dressed with such gar
ment, she exclaimed: Its real mean.
and when | get married, I'm going to
have my youngest child first, so that
she won't have to wear her sisters old
clothes. Saturday Evening Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
BUY LAND ON EASY TERMS.

Cut-over hard wood lands In Wiscon
sin, from $500 per acre up. $l.00 pei
acre cash, balance In monthly install
ments OF $500 on each forty bought
No better proposition known. Goto Il
Adv. A. +. sohENIAN, Agent.
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WAN TED.

A man and wife without children,
middle aged couple preferred, to take
charge of private camp as steward
and cook. Reference as to character
must be furnished. For particulars
address, William Rahr, Sr.
Adv. If. Manltowoc, Wis.
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Flour lest.

A good -four should not be pure
white, but rather creamy in tint
When little is rubbed between the
thumb and first finger 1t should have
a slightly granular feeling A good
-four absorbs more moisture than one
of inferior quality.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
LARGE Trade in Human Hair.

Trade in human hair is a big indus
try abroad, exports sometimes reach
Ing total OF $4,000 900 TO S4,000.O00
year. Italian merchants lead In the
trade.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Must Have Stimulant.

Where there is neither love nor
hatred in the game woman's play Is
mediocre.-F Nietsche.
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OaiIy Thou1ht.

Those who do not observe The move
ments of their own minds must OF ne
cessity be unhappy Marcus AureliaA
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Luck.

Luck is what enables man to Jump
from the frying pan into the ire and
put the fire out.