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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
CONGRESS TODEC|DE
PRESIDENT PLANS TO LET LAW,
MAKERS ACT FIRST ON LINER
ATTACK.
BERLIN TO DIsAvow ACT
Count Won Bernstorff Said to Be Re-
sponsible for Attitude Of Germany
and Recent Retirement of Tirpitz-
No Americans Lost on Sussex.

Washington, March 29.---It was au-
thoritatively stated on Monday that
the president would communicate the
situation fully to congress before TAX
ing any definite steps which might lead
to rupture of diplomatic relations as
result of the attacks on the steamers
Sussex and Englishman.
1t was stated that should it be shown
that German submarine attacked the
Sussex, Germany would disavow, the
act, offer reparation, punish the sub
marine commander and satisfy the
United States that the act was in VIC
lation of instructions.
1t was also stated that the German
ambassador, Count Won Bernstorf,
was mainly responsible for the recent
retirement of Grand Admiral Won Tir-
pitt, who is understood to have been
eliminated because of his views on
submarine warfare after Count Won
Bernstorff had made certain recon-
mendations to the imperial chancellor,
Won Bethmann-Hollweg.
Chairman Stone of the foreign rela-
tions committee said, after seeing
President Wilson, that all facts would
be awaited before action was taken
and that in their absence he refused to
express an opinion.
Senators and representatives who
called at the White House reflected
the view that the situation was seri-
Gus.
Consular Agent Whitman at Bou-
logne reported that he was informed
by French officials that piece of
bronze resembling a part of tor
pedo had been found on the channel
liner Sussex.
Dover, March 29.-That the channel
boat Sussex was struck by an enemy
torpedo" was the finding of a coroner
jury at an inquest over the bodies of
victims brought here.
Information obtained by the en-
bassy indicates that two or three
Americans on the Sussex were injured
dangerously.
OF the three American survivors of
the Sussex who are in a hospital at
Dover, only one-George Croker of
Fitchburg, Mass.-is in a serious con-
dition. His skull was fractured by a
falling mast. He regained conscious
ness and his physician believes he
will recover.
Joshua D. Armitage of New York
and Wilder Penfield of Hudson, Wis,
are suffering from shock and bruises,
but are not seriously injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
U. S. Aviators Are Safe.

Columbus, n. NJ. March 2S.-Lieut.
Edgar s. Gorrell of the United States
aero corps, who had been missing for
a week, was found three miles south
of Ascension by motortruck train
under Lieut.. J. l.. Parkinson, Twenti-
eth infantry, according to reports
made to military headquarters here.
Lieut.. Gorrell was uninjured, but was
out of gasoline and had lost his way.
Lieut.. Gorrell had been alone for
forty-eight hours in the middle of a
sand-swept, uninhabited plateau on
the borders of Lake FREDERICK, former,
ly used for a watering place for stock.
He suffered only slightly from expos,
ure to the sun. His plane was intact.
All of the eight army aviators, who
left here to fly to Casas Grandes, have
been accounted for.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
SHIPS SUNK IN RAID
BRITISH FLYERS DROP BOMBS IN
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN,
GERMANY.
AlVIATORS AIDED BY FLEET
Three Machines and Men Captured by
Teutons-RerIin Says That War YES
sells Accompanied Air Craft in At
tack on Airship Base.

London. March 2S.-Dispatches from
Esbjerg, Denmark, to the Berlingske
Tidende, says Reuters Copenhagen
correspondent, report that Tondern, in
Schleswig- Holstein, has been bombed
by five British aeroplanes.
Three of the British aeroplanes
which took part in the raid on the
German airship sheds are missing.
Two German patrol vessels were sunk
and a British destroyer is believed to
have been lost.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph company from Copenhagen says
the two German vessels which were
sunk were named Braunschweig and
Otto Rudolf.
The following official statement was
issued here:
"An attack by British seaplanes was
delivered upon German airship sheds
in Schleswig- Holstein, eastward of the
Island of Sylt. The seaplanes were
conveyed to their rendezvous close to
the German coast by an escorting
force OF light cruiser and destroyers
under Commodore Tyrwhitt.
Three of the aeroplanes which took
part in the attack are missing. The
destroyer Medusa was in collision
with the destroyer Laverock, and it
is feared that in the stormy weather
which prevailed the Medusa may have
been lost, but no misgivings are felt
as to the safety of the crew.
1.-TWO German armed patrol vessels
were sunk by our destroyers.
mo detailed report has yet been
received, but from Danish press mes
sages it would appear that this oper-
alton, which was carried out within
the enemys water, achieved its OBJ
ject."
The Laverock, $50 feet long, was
built in 1914, and displaced 965 tons.
She was armed with three four inch
guns and two torpedo tubes. Her
normal complement was 100 men. The
latest British navy records give no
destroyer Medusa.
Berlin (by wireless), March Is
The official report says:
From two ships, which were ac-
companied by cruiser squadron and
a iotilla of destroyers, five English
hydroaeroplanes started for an attack
against the German aeronautic estab-
lishments in northern Schleswig.
Not less than three of them, among
which has a fighting aeroplane, were
forced down by the defensive service
on and about the Island of Sylt. The
inmates of the machines, who were
made prisoners, are four English otfi-
GERS and one noncommissiOned Off
GER"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
EXPLORER LOSES HIS SHIP
Lieut.. ShackIeton Marooned in Antarc-
tic Region-Must Wait Year Be-
fore He Can Return.

London, March ga few hours
after she had learned that her hus-
band had come out safe from his
antarctic expedition, Lady Shackleton,
wife of Lieut.. Sir Ernest Shackleton.
the polar explorer, was deeply cha
grined to hear that the Aurora, one
of his vessels, had gone adrift and
that she would not be able to hear
from him for another year.
The Aurora broke from it's moor
ings at the Ross sea base, said dis
patch from Sydney; N. S. W., leaving
ten men of the exploration party
ashore and unable to embark for an
other year.
Earlier in the day dispatch from
Sydney brought the news that Lieu
tenant Shackleton had returned to his
Ross sea base. News of the achieve
ments of the expedition is withheld
for the present, although he is be-
lieved to have reached a point 800 to
1000 miles beyond the south pole.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
CHARGES PLOT IN RUMORS
persons on Border Spread Reports
to Force intervention"

Washington, March 2S.-President
Wilson on Saturday issued a state
ment to counterfeit the effect of the
alleged work of sinister Influences
seeking to bring about intervention in
Mexico.
He charges there is a traffic in
falsehoOds in connection with condi-
lions on the border and in Mexico and
asserts that Intervention is designed
lin the interest of certain American
owners of Mexican properties"
He warns Americans to be on their
guard against these influences and
not to credit the sensational stories
coming from the border.
The president asserts that the eff
forts Of these persons to plunge this
country into war with Mexico will
fail.
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presumably adds many miles of com
munications.
Supplies Are Ready.


munications.
Supplies Are Ready.
Thousands of tons of food stuffs
clothing, ammunition, hospital sup
plies and forage are in warehouses
here, ready for shipment south the
minute word arrives that Gen. Carran
"a has granted the right TO use the
Mexican railways.
A few hours after such information
comes-if it does come-several heay
lily loaded trains will be started TO
the Casas Grandes district.
Fear Villa Works Ruse.
Some anxiety is felt in Ell Paso By
American officers, who suspect thai
Villa has some cunning purpose il
drawing the Americans into a terri
tory about which they know less thar
the regions already traversed. The
cavalry columns are now moving fur
Their and further away from their es
tablished lines of communication and
close to Z. section where there is prac
tically no water.
Gen. Gavira said the American
forces would be allowed to use the
Mexican telegraph line which paral
lels the Northwestern railroad from
Juarez to MADEIRA. All communica
tons are to be censored, however, by
Gen. Gavira at Juarez and Gen. Der
TAM at MADEIRA. On account of the
censorship it will not be possible tC
code any of the communications.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
MORE TROOPS ARE READY
Three Thousand Additional Soldiers
Await Orders to Cross Frontier.
Report Shippers Are Active.

Columbus, N NJ, March 28.-OveI
5000 additional United States troops,
now at the border, were preparing to
enter Mexico on Monday. Military
officials at the base camp here reiter-
ated their belief that the Villistas
would not be exterminated without a
long, hard campaign. They said there
was no reason to believe that Villa
was surrounded by American or Car
ranzista troops at present.
Preparations bearing out their pre-
dictions were seen in the arrival OF
huge quantities of supplies of all kinds
in the last twenty-fOur hours.
Report Shippers Near Namiquipa.
Ell Paso, Tex, March 28.-An IN
confirmed report reached here on
Monday that six American soldiers
had been wounded by poems snipinG
near Namiquipa, and that several
Mexicans had been killed or wounded
by the return fire of the United States
soldiers.
The report was denied by ]. O.
Crockett, vice-president of the Mexico
Northwestern railroad, who stated he
has been in constant communication
with Casas Grandes and points south.
Leaving trail of dead and dying,
Villa, with remnants of his once
mighty army, was fleeing southwark
from NamiQuipa in the direction OF
the Sierra TaTahumare mountains, ac-
cOrding to army advices. That Villa
was killing deserters when caught and
giving MeXicans the choice of the fir
ing squad or joining him was evident
from a censored report from the eX-
peditionary forces. Villa forced thirty
five young MeXicans to join his band
at FL Vale under threat of execution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
ATTACK FRENCH SHIP HAY ARMY BILL WINS
PASSED IN HOUSE BY A VOTE OF
402 TO
Measure Would Have Militia of 420,ooC
Men Under Control of Federal
Government.

Washington, March 25.-The Hay
army reorganization bill, the first of
the administration preparedness meas
ures, was passed by the house on
Thursday by vote of 402 to 2.
AS it was passed by the house the
Hay bill provides:
IA regular army of 100000 men,
an increase of 10000 over the present
authorized strength.
"A federalized militia of 10000
men under the control of the federal
government.
"a system of reserves, recruited
from retiring members of both the
regular army and the militia.
A reserve officers corps of So
600 recruited from graduates of mill
tary schools under federal supervision.
5-Federal pay for officers and en-
listed men of the National Guard.
6-Authority for the president and
secretary of war to make plans for
the mobilization Of the industrial re-
sources of the country in time of war
The two men who voted against the
Hay bill in it's final form were Rep
resentative Britten of Illinois and Rep
resentative Meyer London, the New
York Socialist.
Representative Britten declared that
the Hay bill did not constitute a suf-
ficient provision for land defense and
asserted that he would not vote for a
ridiculous measure. The Socialist
member said he was opposed to any
increase in the standing army.
An amendment by Representative
Gardner, under which enlisted men
might be furloughed to the reserves
at the end of two years with the ap-
prevail of their commanding officials,
was adopted, 204 to 1913.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Outlaws Raid Border Ranch.

Fl Paso, Tex, March 28.-MeXican
outlaws crossed the border at Fab
ems, twenty-five miles southeast Of
here, last night, and raided the ranch
of c. Z. Kelly. former mayor of Ell
PasO. The ranch superintendent was
severely beaten. Ten cavalrymen,
under command of Sergeant Burns,
Immediately started in pursuit of the
outlaws. An additional cavalry de
tachment at Ysletta was summoned.
Another detachment under Corporal
Hanson also started in pursuit. The
MeXicans had a considerable start on
the troops and are believed to have
crossed the Rio Grande.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
STEAMER SUSSEX ATTACKED OFF
BEACHEY HEAD.
ing Their Belief That the Ship
Was Torpedoed.

London, March 27-Ninety- seven
persons, including one American wom-
an, are missing as a result OF the
blowing up of the channel liner Sus-
sex off the French coast on Friday, ac-
cording to revised official lists issued
in both London and Paris.
The missing woman is Mrs. c. A.
Fennell of New York.
More than half dozen of the Amer
lean survivors have sworn to affidayits
at the United States embassy declar-
ing their belief that the ship was tor
pedoed by a submarine.
Fears for the safety of Professor
and Mrs. Baldwin and their daughter.
Miss Elizabeth, were set at rest by a
telegram from Boulogne stating that
all had been landed on the French
coast
Erroneous reports were circulated
in the confusion on Saturday that
Elizabeth Baldwin had died from her
injuries. Miss Baldwin was wounded,
but is in no danger of death, the Bou-
logne dispatch stated.
Miss Gertrude Barnes of New York
is also safe She had been listed as
missing on Saturday.
London, March 27.-Sinking of the
British liner Minneapolis in the Med
iterranean by a submarine has been
confirmed. A late dispatch states, how
ever, that all on board the vessel were
saved with the exception Of eleven
men who were killed by the explosion
that shattered the steamers hull.
Earlier reports had indicated that all
on board were lost.
The Minneapolis was used by the
British government as a transport and
it is reported that it was destroyed
near the spot where the French auxil-
larry cruiser La Provence was torpe-
doed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
DENTIST HELD FOR DEATHS
Son-in-Law of Late John r. Peck,
Michigan Millionaire, Found
Dragged in New York.

New York, March 25.-Detectives
sent to arrest DR.. Arthur Warren
Waite in connection with the death of
John E. Peck, millionaire druggist of
Grand Rapids, Mich, found him in a
condition of stupor as a result Of an
opiate, self-administered. Physicians
worked over him to save his life. 1t
was given out that Doctor Waite had
taken the opiate to induce sleep.
District Attorney Swami made this
announcement:
81 shall charge Doctor Waite with
murder in the first degree"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
FRENCH TROOP SHIP SUNK
Transport Reported to Have Hit Mine
Eleven Killed When Steamer
Minneapolis Was Destroyed.

Berlin (by wireless to Sayville. l..
~, March 29.-Reports have been re-
ceived from Athens that a French
transport with troops on board from
Saloniki had struck a mine and sunk.
Seventy-three persons were rescued,
the Overseas News agency says.
London, March Pct was an
nounced on Monday that eleven per-
sons were killed when the British
steamship Minneapolis, formerly in
the New York-London service, was
sunk last week in the Mediterranean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE

Washington, March 26.-The entente
allies, replying individually to Secre-
tary Lansing's suggestion for the dis
armament of all merchant ships, have
in effect rejected the proposal.
Washington, March 29.-Thomas ].
Pence, secretary of the Democratic ma
tional committee and President Viii
sons political adviser, who had been
Ill for several months as result of
pneumonia, died at his home here on
Monday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
kenoshan With Regulars in Mexico.

Kenosha-Alfred Warburton, who is
with the Villa expedition in Mexico,
has sent letter to his mother. 1t
was mailed from Palomas, Mexico, on
March Is. The letter tells of the in
vasion of Mexico by the Sixteenth in
fantry, in which Warburton has been
a trooper for two years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
G. 0. P. SENATORS AID WILSON
Decide to Leave Wilson Unhampered
in Mexico-Enough Troops
on the Border.

Washington, March 29.-Threatened
complications in the Mexican situation
disappeared on Monday when the SEN
administration assurances that sufi-
Cient troops were on the border for
protection Of American interests and
not to carry the agitation for more
troops further at this time.
Major General Funston's dispatches
revealed no new developments in the
pursuit of Villa and reports from naval
vessels on both coasts of Mexico dis
closed nothing disquieting.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Neal Brown L. A. Pradt c. S. GlberI
ABSTRACTS

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thon county. We have a thoroughly
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stracts at reasonable prices. We are
responsible for all abstracts made by
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An abstract of title is useful If you
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erty, and is very valuable in ascertain
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erty, call and see us.
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
American Killed on Ship.

London, March 29.-The United
States embassy established definitely
that one American was killed when
the British steamship Englishman was
sunk by a submarine. The man killed
was P. Buckley.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Prize Crew Wins $4,000.

London, March 29.-The prize court
awarded the officers and crew of the
British auxiliary cruiser Carmania
about $4,000 as prize bounty for the
sinking of the German auxiliary cruis-
er Cap Trafalgar off South America.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Naval Officer Ends Life.

Seattle, Wash, March 27.-Lieut
Ormond c. Pailthorp of Michigan was
found by officers of his ship shot to
death in his room on board the cruiser
Saratoga. Pailthorp committed sui
eide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Value of Lost Manuscript

\ Massachusetts court rules that
manuscripts lost in transit are worth
$40 pound. That is generous. 1t
makes a large majority of them worth
more than they would be if they ever
arrived
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
General GoethaIs Sails.

New York, March 28.-Maj. Gen.
George w. Goetha1s, governor of the
Panama Canal Zone, sailed for Panama
on the steamship Pastores. He said
he was confident that the canal would
be opened on April Is.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
His Position.

Gi5bs-"Bilson expressed a good
deal Of sympathy for poor Blank.
Did you try him for contribution -
DibbS-''No. l knew Bilson; he's
like the letter p-frst in pity and
last il help"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Grain Gate Case At chicano

Washington, March est was an
nounced here that the interstate COM
merce commission will hold a hearing
on export grain rates in Chicago April
20 and on lake and rail rates in the
same city April IS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
German Steamer Sunk.

Copenhagen, March 29.-The Ger
man steamship Greta has been sunk
by a mine. All the members of the
crew were lost. The Greta was a
small ship of 2OS tons, hailing from
Geestemunde.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Gets Eood From Roumania.

Berlin (via Sayville wireless), March
27.-The Overseas News agency says
that 100000 tons of corn, wheat and
peas have been bought in Roumania
for consumption in Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04

FL Paso, Tex, March 25.-Police and
provost guards seized the forms and
shut down the publication of La Con-
stitucion, a Mexican paper published
here. La Constitution published an in,
cendiary editorial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Nips CONSPIRACY In BUD

London, March 25.-Army officers in
the province Of Sin-Kiang plotted to
Kill the governor. but the governor,
learning Of the conspiracy. invited ten
Of the plotters TO dinner and had them
beheaded.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
u. G. War Craft Disabled.

Key West, Fla, March 28.-The de-
stroyer Monaghan was Tammed and
badly damaged by the destroyer Roe
here. The Monaghan was tied up at
the government wharf when the Roe
ATTEMPTED to make a landing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Six Persons Are Drowned

San Francisco, March 29.-Six per-
sons were drowned when a gasoline
launch was run down and sunk by
the Standard Oil tank steamer Coal
inga between Vallejo and Crockett.
The bodies have not been recovered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Urges Call for 100. 600

Washington, March 2S.-A call for
100000 volunteers to be used along the
Mexican border is proposed in a reso-
luton introduced by Representative
Dyer Of Missouri. He asks that militia
men be called first.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Could Find somethinn.

Il should think YOU would find it
hard TO know what to give her for her
birthday. She. has everything, you
know" Yes. know: still. there are
always some new useless things com.
ing up."-Puck
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Ooetorina Mania.

Some women are SO thoroughly in
oculated with the doctoring mania
that when baby is entirely wen and
the old mans grippe has disappeared.
she viii imagine the old COW is sick
and nearly dose her TO death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Pass Deficiency Bill.

Washington, March 27.-The senate
passed an urgent deficiency bill, car
rying appropriations of approximately
S3,500,00O. Nearly a million dollars
were provided for ordnance and ord
nance stores for the navy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Loss to Agriculture.

II is estimated that the annual loss
TO agriculture in this country from the
depredaticnS Of insects and rodents
alone is S10.o00. COT. G00-about 81 a
month for every man. woman and
CHILD in the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
u s. PRINTING EXPENSE HEAVY

Washington, March 27.-Paper used
by the government printing office last
year cost $1.23S.759. and salaries and
wages at the printing Office amounted
to SO. 365, $50. it was announced here Oh
Friday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Czptain Ross Dies.

Washington, March 27.-The coast
guard announced the death at New
Bedford, Mass. of Capt Worth Gwynn
Ross, who from 1905 until his retire
ment in 1911, was chief Of the United
States revenue cutter service.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
71o Men Join the U. S. Army.

Washington. March 28.-Forty-four
enlistment stations reported to Adju-
tant General Mccain the acceptance
of 10 candidates out of 2,S75 appli-
cants. Ten of the stations in the
West have not reported.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
Norweaian Bark Sunk.

London, March 25.-The Norwegian
bark Lindfield was sunk on Thursday
By q torpedo. Thirty of the crew
were rescued and are aboard the Nor
vegian bark Silas. which is approach
ing Queenstown
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
What II Means.

THE obey clause in the marriage
ceremony merely meas that when
the husband takes a twenty-dollar bill
out of his pocket and commands his
wife to take it. she must Immediately
comply-and she does.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-04
AS One Man to Another.

women are my weakness. that's
ALL explained the confessed bigamiSt.
However. he said il privately TO the
police captain-he didn't let any of his
wives hear him.