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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18
Ia EdIforiaI by . Rsaeer.
From the Chicago Herald Of May 10th.


Muscatine, Iowa, May IL, 1915
To the Editor German in name,
with a grandfather who once lived
near Berlin, and father who spoke
the language, and proud of my Ger
man lineage, may, with good
grace, address line or two to some
of my disconnected fellow citizens
of German extraction.
Irrespective of our personal opin-
ions as to the right of Germany to
sink the Lusitania, let us remem-
Der, so far as it may affect this
country in our relations with Ger
many, that the whole matter is in
the hands of our representatives in
Washington, elected by US and
placed there with full authority to
handle just such matters. And
that their acts are our acts, and
that an insult to the President is
an insult to our flag.
No man can stand under two
flags. 1t can't be do done for he
is traitor to either one or the other.
We owe and will give strict allegi-
ance to our flag and to our Presi-
dent. Otherwise we have no bust
ness here. To argue otherwise
would be absurd.
The sinking of the Lusitania was
great horror, and is so considered
by the world. Personally | know
citizens of Germany, now in this
country on business, who have wept
over the death of those women and
children, although, naturally, they
have tried to justify the act on the
part of Germany. The German
people have hearts; they do not
glory in the death ofinnocent babes.
This thing is up to the admins
tration, and the country is behind
the President. 1t will be found
that in case the issue is drawn the
American citizens of German de-
scent and German adoption will be
true, loyal and brave. A few, as
always in such times as this, speak
or write ill-advisedlv. To such let
me say:
My adopted brother, seek you a
spot amid the stalwart oaks, where
the placid stream and the blue sky
reflect a divine calm, an infinite
Justice and a balanced sense of
the eternal fitness of things; and
there reflect on the wonderful her,
itage for you and yours as adopted
children of liberty. But think not
that liberty is license. Respect
this mighty gift treasure it, and
be proud that you are an American
And so, alone with Nature and the
Almighty, lift your face to the
eternal heavens and sing
'My Country, IT'S of Thee, =
Sweet Land of Liberty !"
Then thank God you are here and
are an American citizen The
greatest and proudest title on
earth and forget this German
American business, for there is nc
such country as erman-America,
and never will be.
FREDERICK S. PENTZER.
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ACCOUNTABLE WEATHER

A line from Walter Winetzki,
states thatshe is at Sacramento, Cal,
where he will have to remain for a
week on account of a cloudburst.
Railroad tracks were washed out in
every direction. Walter is well and
kicking, having pulled through Dy a
close shave. he says the weather has
not been "WausSp weather" by any
means, as he has seen the sun just
three times since he left.
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FARIBAULT, MINI, May 10, 1915.
FARMERS COOPERATIVE PACKING Co.
Wadsau, Wisconsin.

FARMERS COOPERATIVE PACKING Co.
Waosau, Wisconsin.
Gentlemen -
Your letter of May 5th at hand and
noted. Our plant is located about
one-half mile within the city limits.
The operation of our plant and the
plans for reorganization and charging
have enhanced the value of adjacent
property in some instances 200 per
cent. or more.
Not only have We encountered no
objections from our citizens, but on
the contrary, the most enthusiastic
support. In any modern, well regu-
lated plant there will be no objection
able odors or nuisances of any kind.
We have ourselves been, operating In
our present plant for over year and
q half, and there really are no objec-
tionable odors more than there would
be in any well regulated housewives
kitchen.
If the people who are raising OBJ
jections to your operations will take
the pains to inform themselves, they
will discover that modern packing
houses under government regulation
are about the neatest and most sani-
tary of all manufacturing plants in
the world.
If we can in any way assist you
further, we will be glad to render our
service.
Yours very truly,
CHASE PACKING HOUSE,
By A. G.. CHASE.
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Humanity First"

There is such thing as a man
being too proud to fight. There is
such a thing as nation being so
right that it does not need to con-
vince others by force that it is
right. When President Wilson
made these striking utterap ;es in
his address at Philadelphia Monday
night there was a natural accep-
lance of them on the part of his
hearers as having a bearing upon
the position he will assume with re-
| ference to the relations between
this county and Germany growing
out of 'Germanys course in the
| war.
The audience was composed of
naturalized Americans, and the
President was introduced by Mayor
Blankenburg, himself a man of
German birth, who has resided in
this country since 1865. The Presi-
dents earnest, humane and patriotic
assurances were received with
enthusiastic manifestations of APP
proval by his four thousand hearers.
Other things the President said
were equally pertinent in concep-
ton and happy in expression.
America" he declared, must
have the consciousness that on all
sides it touches elbows and touches
hearts with all nations of mankind.
The example of America must be a
special example, and must be an
example not merely of peace be-
cause it will not fight, but because
peace is a healing and elevating in
huence Of the world, and strife is
not"
In very direct language the Pres.
ident gave his views on the duty of
citizens, and particularly of natural
lied citizens. my advice to you, ;"
he said, sis to think first not only
of America but to think first of
humanity, and you do not love
humanity if you seek to devide HUI
mainly into jealous camps" This
sentiment was afterward COM
lmented upon by many of those who
listened as containing the keynote
of the speech Humanity first"
On the subject of what has been
characterized as hyphenated Amer
icauism he made these suggestions:
You cannot be Americans If you
think of yourselves in groups.
America does not consist of groups.
A man who considers himself as be-
longing to national group is not
yet an American.
/ am sorry for the man who seeks
to make personal capital out of the
passions of his fellow men. He has
lost the touch and ideal of America.
The man who seeks to divide man
from man, group from group, inter
est from interests in the United
States is striking at its very heart.
So happily formulated are these
observations of President Wilson
that it is safe to predict that they
viii be widely preserved for future
use, besides being influential at the
present time.
Fortunate it is for the United
States in crisis such as now over
shadows the world to have in posi-
tions of political leadership men of
such breadth and poise and char
acter and patriotism and humanity
as ex-President William Howard
Taft and President Woodrow
Wilson. - Evening Wisconsin.
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district. whether or not the establish
ment of your plant caused any de-
crease in adjoining property values,
and whether or not you have en-
countered any objection in the way of
being a public nuisance as TO odors
and noise, etc.
Kindly thanking you for any in
formation along these lines, we are,
Yours very truly,
FARMERS Coop. PACKING Co,
By H. E. SCHUYLER, Sec'y.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18

Free Surprise Bags to all
lady callers on Anniversary
Day, Saturday, May Y, at
Wiechmann's P ha rmac y,
6QH steps from P. O. adv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18

Free Surprise Bags to all
lady callers on Anniversary
Day, Saturday, May y, at
Wiechmann's Pharmacy,
6915 steps from P. o.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-18

The anti-tipping bill has at last
received its death blow, thanks to
the veto of Gov. Phillip.
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Cox & GoaDoN PACKING Co.
81. Louis, Mo.

JtFtI ttFNff9t---
The above Company is about to
establish Packing Plant in this city,
and in deciding upon site, we have
encountered some objection from resi-
dents in near vicinity.
We are writing to inquire your rela-
tive location TO residents or business
Evening star., 1915-05-14
Refused to Surrender.

1t has been a long time since our
Sunday Magazine has printed one
of Ralph Morton's stories about
readers will remember those which
were printed: they dealt with men
thrown into the very pit of mis-
fortune. but men who would not be
downed and who kept struggling
against what seemed to be almost
Inevitable failure until they won
out in their final big success
There is one of them in our next
issue-"The Pot of Gold. Konrad,
the peasant. was an unknown, un
important, obscure. humble German
when he set forth for California in
the Fat sos" He soon encountered
on the same boat Heinrich. the arts
tocrat. a selfish. lazy individual who
could see nothing but his own self
importance and who dragged on
everybody with whom he came in
contact. Well. Konrad was so cheer
full and optimistic and big-hearted
that he kept on sacrificing for Helm
rich from the very day he met him.
and finally through his indomitab,e
industry managed to get the aristo-
crat and himself to the gold fields.
This is the story The hardships
Konrad went through would have
discouraged almost every man to
the point of giving UP all effort
But not him. He won out, and had
his own sweet little revenge on the
selfish Heinrich. Remember, in the
next Sunday Magazine Of The Sun
day Star.
Evening star., 1915-05-14
TRAvELETTE
American Pearl Fisheries.
BY NIksAH.

Pearls are perhaps the best known
OF precious stones, and their increasing
abundance is bringing them within
reacn or even the most moderate means.
Tor IN the world markets of London.
Bombay. Paris and La Paz pearls are
now selling for about one-half whst I
they did a few years ago. vet little in
known of the waters from which they
are brought. The pearl fisheries of cey-
lon and the Persian gulf are. of course.
celebrated. but few Americans are
aware that the coastal waters of this
hemisphere furnish some Of the finest
pearls in the world.
"a paz IS the central rendezvous for
the pearl fishing industry of Mexico
which has sheen quite highly devel-
oped. The naked native diver is now
less common there than the Anglo
Saxon with his rubner suit and meta
helmet. A pearl fishing outfit in Mexi-
can waters consists in a large sailboat
and half dozen smaller ones that put
OFT and do the actual fishing The
equipment Of such an expedition costs
from 10000 TO $4,000. and ii is good
deal of a hazard whether the pearls
found viii repay the investment, but
the inner shell OF the mollusks. from
which mother of-pearI is made is also
ga thered and pays handsome. profit
Some of the finest pearls ia the world
have come from these Mexican fisheries
one of them was purchased in Paris by
the Emperor of Austria tor $4,000.
while the government of Spain once
presented Napoleon III with a black
Mexican pearl valued at $4,000 The
Mexican waters are especially famous
for their blue. black. green and pink
pearls, and for the very rare gems
which show combinations of these
colors.
Many a man who knew a good pearl
when het saw it has made Il fortune by
buying from the ignorant Mexican
divers for $40 or 500 each pearls which
have sold in the worlds market for as
many thousands.
Venezuela also has pearl fisheries OF
great value. producing annually more
than 100000 worth of gems The
waters off Margarita Island are espe-
cially famous for their pearls, and from
this vicinity King Phillip of Spain is
said to have obtained in 1873 n pearl
weighing $50 carats and Nariously esti-
mated to be worth from $4,000 10
100000
Evening star., 1915-05-14
A CITY-MADE TO ORDER.
Gary, Ind, Has Reached the Fifty
Thousand Mark.
From the India na polls News.

From the Indiana polls News.
II there is anything romantic about
the CRIME and noise of a steel plant
Gary. Ind. will not lack material for
an absorbing history. Nine years ago.
April IS. officials of the United States
Steel Corporation caused a carload of
cinders to be dumped on the sand
dunes over which has since spread the
city of Gary It is this city which has
now voted itself into the second class.
In 1912 it's population was 10000. This
wear II counts close up to $4,000. No
one knows but that the next few years
will witness an even greater increase.
The story OF Gary is essentially that
OF the steel trust Nine years ago the
corporation cast about for midwest
ern site. 1t wanted combination Of
rail and water transportation cheap
land and plenty Of room in which to
expand A place at the southern ex-
tremity of Lake Michigan. six miles
east of Indiana harbor and twenty-six
miles southeast OF Chicago. was select
ed. and was called Gary. after Judge
E. h Gary, executive head of the trust
The city itself is an example of the
power OF wealth to create wealth The
steel trust. alive only to its own for
tune, could not prevent-nor did IT
seek to prevent-other firms and hun
dreds of persons from growing rich
The opponents of unearned increment
as appropriated by fortunate specula-
tors in land have been treated to
remarkab BILE spectacle in Gary. From
the time the first load of material was
dumped on the shore OF Lake Michigan
Gary has prospered. 1t is a city made
to order. The steel trust. through its
subsidiary. the Indiana Steel Company,
needed convenient city of 10O,O 900
population-a population largely de-
voted to the manufacture of steel and
allied products. Gary has not yet
reached the 100000 mark, but it seems
likely to.
The great steel plants Of the corpora
ton attracted other plants. SO that now
the sand wastes are covered with yards
and foundries, and miles Of city streets
have been thrown out into the open
country.
Evening star., 1915-05-14
PAR T II
PAGES IA

was like all others or his kind In that
ne recognized in her an easy mark"
and charged accordingly
sophie entered the hotel and Vas
SHOWN TO = little gas-lit room. to
which an elevator had to carry her.
mere she locked the door and SAT
down To think. She was sick with ex
| citemenf She realized that she was
poor. lonely. inexperienced old won-
an And she wanted Ina May. n she
had only brought Ina Nav with her,
TO be sure. Ina MAY had never trav-
eied. hut she had a composure that
WAS as solid as rock I'm storm
was mean TO her. and I've got
my comeuppaHce. moaned Sophie II
wanted to show off how independent
and smart ! was.
~ seemed 10 her that she could think
OF nothing but Ina May-Ina MAY And
so she fumbled in her handbag and
iound clean post card. and wrote
humbly for Ina May to come. giving
the necessary directions
Then she waited She waited All that
night and the neNt day and IN To the
middle of the third And then lust
as her money was about gone and sh.
was beginning TO give up in despair
The door of the little dim room onened
ana Ina May came IN She looked
somewhat wilted as to attire and she
was very white about the mouth but
heroically bold as lioness going TO do
battle Tor her cub. When Ina May took
to be the older and the wiser. sophie
was correspondingly childish and
humble.
How'd you get here?" asked SOPHIE
On my two feet. tersely replied Ina
May. And they ache she added. az
she sat down and stretched ont a pair
OF new shoes
Did you bring any money" Sophie
asked.
Some. | took all there was in tbc
pocketbook that you keen hid unde,
the corner Of the carpet in the spare
room. Here it is. She handed Sophie
the pocketbook
Sophie sighed Il guess there's
enough in it, she said. Wei, ina
May. I'm glad to see you. I've been
real bad off. Cousin Lofty didn't meet
me, and"
No" said Ina May. calmly. Your
postcard came back from the post Of
fice yesterday. You didn't put any ad-
dress on.
Dear me- gulped Sophie. She looked
very guilty. II lost her direction, too
That's why I'm here at this place
on, Ina May. amt New York AWFUL
ina May laughed her bubbling little
girl laugh. No; it's grand: better'n
twenty dozen of our country fairs Mr.
SWAN came down with me. though I
never saw him till We got to the ferry
he seemed to think I was going to be
scared. and said he'd take care of me
guess he thought wouldn't nothin'
run over him cause he's a preacher.
He brought me right up to your door.
When he's finished the business he's
come on he's coming to get us and see
we get started home all right" She
laughed again Aunt Sophie. I'm
| hungry as fourteen bears Do YOU
suppose they've got anything I can eat
| in this place."
Sophie laughed, too II suppose they
| have. she said And I'll go right
along with you and get it,
l
| fTHE ENID
Evening star., 1915-05-14
THE EVENING STORY.
Attack of independence.
Copyright. 1915. by W. wernsr.)

The postman did not often stop at
Sophie Peers door. but that gay, bright
morning he did stop. and left a letter.
1t was directed to Sophie herself.
Ina May looked in from the kitchen,
where she was washing the breakfast
dishes. Who's it from" she inquired
Its from Cousin Lofty" replied So
phie. haughtily. And she asks me to
visit her"
'Aw. don't she ask me, too?" walled
Ina May Ina Mays body was fifty
two years old, but her brain was forty
years younger. and always had been.
Certainly she asks you-out OF po-
liteness But that don't mean she
wants you. Now, Ina May, just YOU
hush your noise. Don't You dast to go
crying into that dish water"
You amt a-going." shifted Ina May.
Il am, too So there snapped So
phie.
Until she actually uttered this decla-
ration she had not the least idea of
going to New York to visit her cousin,
Lofty Brisben. Ina Mays actions
seemed to have snatched the words out
of her mouth. and now that they were
She would go to New York 1t was not
for Ina May to tell her what she should
or should not do The very idea.
Though Sophie Peel had lived in
Westmore all her seventy years, she
considered herself something of a. cos
mopolite. She had travelled as far as
to Michigan on her wedding trip-they
had gone to visit Eleazer's folks-and
she had been to New York several
times. OF course, it was more than
twenty years now since she had set
tied down as a stay lat home, but travel
had no terrors for her. She felt equal
to going anywhere alone. At seventy
Sophie's Imagination was still that of
sixteen. She began to feel the exhila-
ration of perspective. Her name would
be in the weekly TattIer-Mrs Sophie
Peel left for an extended visit with
friends in New York city How that
would startle folks, especially Angeline
Dimiek, who was afraid of a horse
conveyance even. and seldom could be
coaxed to journey farther than her own
piazza.
Il guess I'll have something to tell
folks when / get back" she said.
proudly.
What am 1 going to dor mourned
Ina May, who. having lived with her
aunt all her life, had been taught to
be docile and obedient.
why. you're to stay right here In
Evening star., 1915-05-14
ROAD BUILDING BY CONvICTS.
Different Systems by Which States
Utilize Labor of Prisoners.
From Tie Montana Rerorl

An interesting summary of the
growth in the employment Of state
prisoners in road ma king has recently
been issued. II shows that AT the be-
ginning of the present year there
were thirty states which provided by
statute for the employment of the pris-
oners in this way. There are different
systems followed in the various states.
on Prison Labor. Arizona. Arkansas.
Nevada. New Jersey. New Mexico.
Ohio. Oregon. Virginia and Washington
follow practically the same system
providing that the control of this work
shall be vested in the state highway
commission. The prison commission or
board of control of state institutions
is held responsible for the develop
ment of the convict road work in COL
orado. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michi-
gan, Missouri. North Dakota. Oklaho-
ma and Wisconsin.
state prisoners are turned over to
the county authorities to be worked
on the county roads In Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina and South
Carolina This system is not approved
by the national commission. which
holds that the state under no circum-
stances is justified in delegating the
responsibility for it's convict wards to
New York state divided the RESPONSE
bility for the construction work and
maintenance of the camps between the
state highway department and the
commissioners Of the counties in which
the roads are to be built. with the
state superintendent OF prisons in final
authority. In Utah. West Virginia
and wyoming the highway department
and the prison department cooperate
in the control of this work The prison
department is fully responsible for
the care and discipline of the prisoners;
while the road department is Q0led
upon to do the work which It t5sso1
Evening star., 1915-05-14

body was amazed to see her go and
Sophie felt that il she was not per-
fectly happy she ought to be. -
All the 1872 miles to New York she
searched the scenery for landmarks
Her heart was beating fast when the
train pounded into the sheds at Wee
hawken and she realized that she had
actually arrived at last.
When she reached the Platform she
had not the least idea but that Cousin
Lofty would be there waiting. How
ever. no Cousin Eotty appeared. lhere
were only strange faces and impolite.
toward given point. Bewildered and
dismayed, Sophie got wedged into
moving group and was carried forward.
She saw a seat disentangled herself
wnere above her a whistle hooted
boarsely. Then it came to her that she
was on the ferry headed toward the
great city
Well, she said. and breathed long
Lofty was sick at the last moment and
couldn't come. | guess ] can take care
of myself I've got her address handy,
and I'll just get onto car and go
right there.
searched for that address. and it was
only when the big boats passengers
were actually landing that she gave UP
the hunt and admitted to herself that
IL
for even so stout hearted an old per-
son as Sophie Peel Here she was in
New York. without any remembered
direction and without single TREND
She was too wary to trust any stranger.
and. again netted by the hurryng
where street cars and cabs waited the
influx of travellers.
Sophie felt her last idea leaving her
as the mob hurled her this way and
that. She must go somewhere. But
wherec At that instant her dazed
sharp gaze OF a cab driver, who
seemed to look little less like bird
of prey than his fellows. Up went
his whip as he touched his hat. "keb.
LADY,"
yes" murmured Sophie. and climbed
into the rusty hansen ras,nsa &c sonhie ,he nearest
Away they went. The street began
to buzz 1t began to buzz faster and
faster They turned corner and
Broadway whizzed. spun, roared. mem
aced before them. Sophie had seen
Broadway before. but not this Broad.
way. She stared aghast, and her heart
sank lower and lower Trembling. yet
she watched the cabman
lose himself in a furry of motors, peo-
pie and surface cars. and then right
ing himself from the tanSle, proceed
calmly on his way. The nearest hotel
seemed to be 4 considerable distance
away. Time seemd to pass in hours.
Then. suddenly. Sophie saw welcome
sign The cabman wheeled into the
defyinS death and annihiIa-
ton from a dozen scurryinE motors.
Three dollars and forty-two cents.
lady" he said. blithely.
And Sophie paid It with no thought
of haggling or with any fdea thet ne
Evening star., 1915-05-14

this house and look after things. Ina
MAY. You ought to be able to do that
if can go to New York alone
II want to go, too, sighed Ina May.
Il was never to New York.
You don't know what you're talking
about Ina May said Sophie. II
wouldn't have you go to New York for
worlds You'd he scared to death. You
have to be a seasoned traveller to get
along in New York. l can tell YOU. II
will he all / can do to look after my
self without looking out for you.
to cultivate resignation.