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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
THE WORLD OVER

Success has followed planting On the
sandhills of Nebraska. Jackplnes
planted there by the government for
est service ten years ago now have a
height of 10 feet and diameter of
four inches.
To protect a Swiss railroad fro fire.
quent avalanches numerous snow re-
taining walls have been built on
mountain side Mt points from which
The slides start, To hold the snow until
{ mclts.
An electric heater TO be placed in
n bathtub after II has been filled To
raise the temperature Of the water to
any desired degree has been patented
by an Ohio inventor.
A spark plug with two gaps, produc-
ing two sparks mt once is finding IA
vor in England, the idea being that
one gap is sure To work even If the
other becomes clogged by SCOT.
by a series of interesting expert
ments with chickens, beginning before
they are Matched, n Paris scientist has
demonstrated that hcilli are not nee
ossary TO the life of vertebrates.
Willis A. Calklns of Abingdon, n
large chicken raiser, hired an expert to
come from Boston TO pick chickens
The man arrived about 10 80 In the
morning stopped TO cat dinner, and
at five o'clock had 100 birds picked.
Tho efforts being made to educate
,bn ,nhIIr IN tbn parnuqitu M Darn In,
the matter of fire prevention are bear.
ing fruit as shown by recently com.
piled figures Fire losses in 1915 de-
creased $50. 1885, 00 as compared with
the 1914 record for the United States
and Canada. The total losses by fire
last year were only $1S2.s36 900. as
compared with 235,59l 900 the previ-
Gus year.
Or. n. +. Crooks, ship surgeon en-
ployed by the Pacific-Japan Steamship
company, has crossed the Pacific ocean
1913 times, covering in that time more
than 100000 miles.
The telegraph and telephone systems
of the United States ana Canada re.
uure about 100000 poles year for
renewals along old lines and the erect.
Ing of new ones.
Commercial houses are urged by the
government to save their old CORE.
spondence us material for the paper
mills one large house that formerly
burned about 500 tons of old letters
each year Is now selling them.
Owing TO the wnr women are taking
m ever broadening part in operating
| the railways Of France.
A stand TO hold ice-cream cones
erect nude of siilf paper, Is the inven.
| ton of n New York man
Helmets for ariators have been In.
vented with wireless receiving tele.
| phones built into the ear flaps.
The production and distribution OF
electricity In Edinburgh has been made
municipal monopoly,
Paper dust exploded with fatal re-
| suits when workmen carried lighted
| lnnterns into n room filled with Ii Ia d
| pnper-tube factory in France
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
REPORTS Game Plentiful.

BaraboO Commissioner w. Il. Bar
Der of the department of conservat on
says that in spite of the unfavora Bile
weather during the spring months the
batch Of prairie chickens and young
ducks in many of the sections in the
state is good This he attributes to
the fact that spring shooting has been
done away with and the further fact
that the federal migratory bird law
has been effective in the promotion of
propagation and protection.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Inheritances Taxes $5,OOo,OOO.

Madison Over $5,00OO00 has been
collected since the inheritance tax law
was put into effect in 1904, says John
Harrington, special inheritance tax
counsel for the tax commission. The
receipts for the past year show re
turn of $i65.S62. This is decrease
of over 100000 over 1915.
The indications are that the returns
for the present fiscal year will be
large. Counsel Harrington has Just Sc
cured settlement from the estates ri
Albert w. Pettibone of La Crosse, and
Albert c. Ringing of Baraboo The
estate of the former was $1,020,531,
and tax of $21 500. The Ringing es-
tate paid tax of S29.406.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
SHIPPING BILL is PASSED.
Measure Approprating $4,000, 900
Wins in Senate.

Washington, Aug. 21.-The admins
tration shipping BILL creating ship
ping board and appropriating $4,000
600 for It's use in government pur-
chase or operation of ships, was
passed by the senate by strict party
vote of IS to q. 1t already had passed
the house in slightly different form.
An effort by Senator Borah to at
tach the immigration bill to the meas
ure as rider was defeated, % to 81.
The child labor bill was finally
passed without debate or record vote
in the house. Senate amendments were
accepted without change. 1t now goes
to the president. Final action on the
Philippine bill promising independence
to the islands as soon as a stable gov
eminent is established, was taken in
the house when the conference report
was adopted and the measure pre-
pared for President Wilson's sigma
ture, which is the only action remain
ing to make it law.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Neenah Mayor Chosen Head.

Oshkosh Racine was chosen as the
Wisconsin Municipalities, which ad.
journed after a three-day session here
with an attendance Of about 225 having
been registered. The following officers
were elected at the concluding bust
ness session President, Mayor c. i.
Clark, Neenah; president, Mayor
H. w. Adams, Beloit; secretary.treas-
urer-Ford II. McGregr :. Madison ire
electedD.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Troop B Ordered to Porder.

Camp Douglas-Troop ., Wisconsin
National Guard may leave within the
next few days for San Antonio, Tex, to
join the Wisconsin brigade at Camp
Wilson, if final instructions are re-
ceiyed and transportation arrange
mcnts are completed, according to
Capt, A. NJ. krech, Capt. Krech has
received a telegram which read:
Send the troops to the border to join
the companies of the various regi-
ments for which they enlisted. Trans
portation will be furnished through the
office of the chief quartermaster at
Washington, ID. c."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
BOILER EXPLOSION FATAL
One Member of 500 Line Crew Is
Killed and Two Scalded When
Engine Blows Up.

Chippewa Falls-A 500 freight en-.
CINE boiler exploded five miles west of
the city, badly scaldng Engineer Ar
thur Giese, Minneapolis; Fireman
William Gonyea, Owen, Wis, and
Claude Merrill. Chippewa Falls. The
crown sheet of the boiler blew off and
caught the victims in the cab, blowing
them out and scalding them from head
to foot. They managed to get to
farm house quarter of mile away,
and were brought here to hospital on
a special train sent out Gonyea is
dead and Merrill is not expected to
live.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Gets Copy o. Records.

Madison-There is one private cleo
trical company in the state of Wis
consin that would be willing to fight if
any attempt were made to abolish the
railroad commission. The company is
at Darlington. The other day this
ords were destroyed. One of the com
pany officials came to Madison and
copied the records that he had been
required to file under the state law
and went back home, ready to start
up with new set of records. prac-
tically as complete as those that were
burned
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
New Plaque Cases Found.

Madison - Eight more cases of in
fantile paralysis, widely scattered
have been reported by the state health
authorities. Marinette reported two;
one from each of the following com
muntes: Trempealeau, Osceola, Hud-
son, Little River, Oconto county, Au-
gusta township; Hartford Trempea-
leau and Marinette report one death
each. The records now show eighty
one cases in the state with seven
deaths.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
City Can Not Sell Plant.

Madison Municipalities in Wiscon-
sin having once acquired utility bust
ness, can not dispose of the same, ex-
cept by express legislative authority.
Such is the finding in "A special report
by r. w. Clark of the commissions
legal staff. The question was raised
by the town of Sharon, which wanted
to get rid of an unproductive electric
light plant after it had burned down.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Lewis Company PAYS in Full.

Racine-F. Lee Norton. assignee of
the l.. p. c Motor company, with LA
bilitles of 100000, has settled
up the bankrupt estate by paying the
creditors 20 per cent William Nit
chell Lewis, president of the concern,
sent his personal check for the balance
thus paying all the creditors in full.
The Lewis family recently sold all in.
terest in the Mitchell Lewis Motor
company for $5.000,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
HENRY FORD IN NEW YORK.
Detroit Manufacturer Says He Is on a
Business Trip.

New York, Aug. 21.-IIenry Ford
came to New York from Detroit and
registered at the Hotel Biltmore.
stopped ut this hotel since he fitted
out his peace party last fall He has
always put up at the Waldorf Astoria.
Mr.. Ford said he was here on per-
sonal business.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Baby Contest Abandoned.

Platteville-As "A result OF an ad.
dress here by Dr. G w Henika of the
state board of health, on infantile pa.
ralysis, the better babies contest,
which was 10 have been a feature at
the fair during the last week of Au.
gust, has been abandoned,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Man is Electrocutcd.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Aug. 22.-Henry
Burgman. district manager of brew
ing company, was instantly killed when
he touched guy wire here The wire
had become crossed with an electric
line charged with 2,3OO volts.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
DON'T LOSE ANOTHER HAIR
Treat Your Scalp With Cuticura and
Prevent Hair Falling. Trial Free.

For dandruff, itching, burning scalp,
the cause OF dry, thin and falling hair,
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are most
effective. Touch spots OF dandrutf and
itching with Cuticura Ointment. Then
shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot
water. No treatment more successful.
FREQ sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston, Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Anthracite Miners Strike

Shamokin, PA, Aug. 19.-Folowing
a button inspection throughout the an
thracite co!lieries 1900 miners went
on strike when 1t vas discovered
that over 500 men were not members
Of the union.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Dies at Age Of SO.

Neenah-Bore Is. Boreson, 90 years
old. is dead He was native of Nor
way. coming TO this country in 1868,
and had resided here for 35 years.
Nine Observation-Disclosures are among
the surviving relatives.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Worker Slain; Pickets Held.

La Sale, ILL.,, Aug. 1.-Two guards
at the Gcrman-American cement plant,
Joseph Burkhardt ana w. A. Davy,
were arrested MS result of the killing
Of Polish worker, who was proving
around the plant.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Bulaars Advance - Greece

Paris, Aug. 22.-Bulgaran troops
are advancing toward the Greek sea
port of Kavala, 1t was announced here
on Sunday. They have seized two
Greek forts.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Irish Revolt Hurts Allies

! London, Aug. 21.-yarious lnfu-
ences, particularly England's policy to-
ward Ireland, are arousng suspicion
and resentmen: In the United States,
says the Manchester Guardian, In an
editorial.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Philippine Bill to President

Washington, Aug 21.-The house by
vote of "a TO 30 on Friday adopted
the conference report on the Philip
pine bill. 1t has passed the senate
and now goes to President Wilson for
his signature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Game Laws Violated.

Neenah- Campers on Lake Winnie
bago say ducks are being shot daily
despite the game laws Perch are re-
ported to be dying by the hundreds in
Little Lake Butte des Mortes. due to
the condition Of the water.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Auto Turns Over: One Dead.

South Bend, Ind, Aug. 22.-Mrs. Or
lando Stowe, fifty-fve years old, was
killed, and her husband and daughter
were injured when their automobile
went into a ditch west Of South Bend
on Sunday.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
The Limit.

eve girls had hardships when we
camped out. only one drinking glass
among five girls
Horrors 80
And only one mirror"
Good night A."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
August 81, 1915.

Germans advanced on Osso-
Wetz.
Russian fleet defeated German
fleet in Gulf of Riga.
British submarine F-i3,
aground on Danish island,
shelIed by German torpedo boat.
Great Britain and France de.
clared cotton absolute contra.
band.
Venizelos accepted Greek
premiership.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24

The Hague, Aug. 22.--It is officially
announced that the German govern
ment has admitted that the Dutch
steamer Rijnlijk was struck by Ger
man torpedo and has apologized and
offered to compensate the owners.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Eiuht Killed in Arms Plant

! Montreal, Quebec, Aug. 22.-Eight
persons were killed and more than
score injured in an explosion In a
munitions plant at Drummondville.
The cause of the disaster has not been
determined.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24

New Richmond-C Congressman Frear
to be appointed to the West Point
Military academy from the Tenth dis.
triCt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Gives Home for Old Ladies'.

Sparta-Miss Mary Morrow, daugh-
ter of the late Judge Morrow, has pre-
scented to the West Wisconsin Method
list conference a large residence and
several lots to be used as an old la
dies home,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Somewhat Different.

The honeymoon had slumped the
slumps. ION our wedding day" she
said 81 was under the impression you
had filed my heart with sunshine"
"Well2" he queried, after the man.
ner OF his kind.
But | find" she continued, 1T was
nothing but mooushine."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Woman Dies OF Lock law.

La Crosse Neglect to attend to
supposedly minor bruise on her arm re-
ceiyed when she fell in her dooryard,
caused the death OF Mrs. John Streeter
OF lockjaw.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Wagon Company Increases Stock.

Stoughton The Stougnton Wagon
company has filed an amendment to
It's articles OF incorporation in the of.
fee of the secretary Of state. increas-
ing its capital stock from $25O,00O to
100000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Dock Hands Return TO Work.

Superior Three hundred and fifty
Superior coal dock laborers. on strike
for week. have returned to work at
an advance Of "a cents an hour over
the old scale
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Raise Bread Prise.

LA Crosse-Bread will sell here at 6
cents to the consumer. Following a
conference at which all the bakers
compared notes as to the soaring
prices of -four and other materials.
they agreed to boost the price.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Fatal Shooting at Danee

Merrill - Thomas Cunts Of Bloom
vile, near here, is dead as result OF
gun shot wounds The shooting oc-
Cured after dance. A neighbor IA
held BY the police.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Killed by Grasnina Live Wirc

Grand Rapids Frank SENT, 80
years old, employed by the street rail.
way was electrocuted when he grasped
a trolley wire.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
DEUTSCHLAND IN HOME PORT.
Geneva Dispatch Says German Subsea
Ship Arrived Safely at Bremen.

Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 21.-A
private telegram received here on Fri
day from Berlin by the Neue Zuercher
Zeitung says that the German subma-
rine Deutschland arrived safely Thurs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
None Drop Out on March.

Not a man of the Wisconsin brigade
dropped out on the return march of
twenty-five miles from Leon Springs
to Camp Wilson.
THE troops could have covered the
distance in one day instead of two"
said Gen Richardson. However the
camp was not ready for them because
of the storm Friday night. Then, too,
the men had had no sleep the night
before they started on account of the
storm"
The soldiers will rest for about
week. Then they probably will march
to Landa's park at New Braunfels,
where they will have an outing for a
week or ten days. Divisional maneu-
vers are expected to follow, and it is
possible that when they are concluded
the men will return home.
Second Lieut.. A. S Chiids OF the
Second infantry machine gun company
has been promoted to first lieutenant,
under the reorganization plan which
provides for three lieutenants instead
of one in machine gun companies.
First Sergeant Stanley Smith has been
promoted to second lieutenant. Sec
ond Lieut. Harvey +. Smith of the
Second infantry Supply company Will
probably be transferred to the machine
gun company to fill the other vacancy.
Under the reorganization the supply
companies will have one lieutenant in
stead of two as heretofore
La Crosse boys on the border have
no cause to complain of the brevity
of letters from home if two instances
are taken as examples. Joseph Tikal,
member of Company B, Third infan-
try. has had letter six feet ten inches
long and six inches wide forwarded to
him. A number of Tikals friends sent
the gossip" of the town. More than
a hundred friends of Capt. Herman
Rupp of Company B collaborated in
letter that measured $50 feet in length.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Marinette May Lose Pastor.

Marinette-Rev H. c. i'ostlethwaite,
pastor of the Presbyterian church, has
been rendered a call to the pastorate
of the Presbyterian church of Bismark.
n u,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
August 25, 1915.

WUgEAt 20, 1910.
Allies on Gsllipoli peninsula
advanced on 1E.mile front.
German cruisers bombarded
signal stations near Riga.
Austrian aeropla-e bombarded
6rescia.
Sixty-twc French aviators at.
tackled OilIingen, Rhenish Prus-
STA.
Sixty allied areoplanes shelled
Mont Huest forest in Belgium.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
August 27, 1915.

German advance northeast Of
Brest-Litovsk drove Russians
nearly to kobryn.
Austro- Germans broke through
the zicta Lipa line in Galicia.
Italians developed great move.
ment against Trent and Trieste.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
August 26, 1915.

August e, 1915.
Brest- Litovsk captured by Aus.
tro- Germans.
Germans took Bialystok.
Relms again shelied by the
Germans.
British aviator Ellsworth
sank German submarine with a
bomb.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
Auoust %. 1915.

August %, 1875.
Ossowetz captured by the Ger
mans.
Italians evacuated heights of
Monfalcone.
Austrians repulsed Italians
eNst of !|oia-zo.
British fleet of 80 vessels
she'led Zeebrueoe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
August "a, 1915.

August "a, 1915.
Germans crossed the Narew
river.
Germans planned to invade
Serbia via Bulgaria.
Austria,is attacks checked by
Italians.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-24
CAMP Of BADGERS
STRUCK BY STORM
YOUNG CYCLONE AND A DELUGE
PLAY HAVOC WITH TENTS
AT LEON SPRINGS.
HIKE BACK TO CAMP WILSON
Battery and Troop Make Twenty-Five
Mile March in Teeth of Gale.
Find Tents Raced and Camp
Wilson a Sea Of Mud.

San Antonio-A young cyclone and
small deluge struck the Wisconsin
camp at Leon Springs just before the
men started on their return march to
Camp Wilson, and tore down nearly
everything in its path. Gen. Richard
sons ten went down as did those of
other officers and pup tents of the
men. Torrents rushed down the hill
side and everything the men had on
was saturated Most of them, includ-
ing officers, marched without socks be
cause they had none dry to put on,
and the rest of their clothes were wet
when they donned them in the morn.
ing.
Battery A and Troop A, in their
night march of twenty-five miles to
Camp Wilson, were caught in the
midst of the storm that came at a
rate of from forty to siXty-eight miles
an hour. The great force of the wind
drove the rain down the mems nocks
and although they wore ponchCs they
we're drenched.
When the artillerymen ar d TROOPERS
Game into Camp Wilson they found the
place wreck. Nearly every tent of
he troop battery and three infantry
regiments was blown dowr, many with
the iron p les smashed, ana even some
of the wooden mess kitchens we're
RACED The guards at the camp We're
forced to take their cots and -eek ref
uge in lighthouses when their tents
were pounded down on them by the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-09-27
MELL0W.SWEET
Is TASTE OF
''SPEAR HEAD
Most RichIy-FIayored Chew
That Was Ever Pressed
Into Plugs
FAvoRITE FOR A GENERATION

Red-blooded men with real tobacco
hunger find that they can satisfy it only
by chewing, and the most wholesome
and satisfying tobacco to chew is that
made in plug form.
The limit of luxury in tobacco chew
ing is the rich, sweet, juicy flavor that
trickles through your system when you
chew Spear Head.
No other chewing tobacco is so mel
low, so luscious and so satisfying. No
other equals Spear Head for putting a
keen edge on your appetite.
Spear Head is made of the worlds
best tobacco leaf-the choicest of red
Kentucky Burley. This leaf is selected
for its full, juicy richness with the
most painstaking care, is stemmed by
hand, is pressed into Spear Head plugs
SO slowly that not drop Of the rich
natural juice escapes.
Your first chew of Spear Head will
open your eyes to the genuine enjoy
ment there is in chewing.
Chew the rich and mellow tobacco
that has been the favorite for a third
Of a century-that's Spear Head. Try
SC or 10c cut.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-09-27

that town shaved us against the
grain removing a lot Of epider-
mis- to which we were very much
attached, poured on triple
strength bay rum or sulphuric
acid-we are not sure which it
was, exacted his tribute of blood
money and allowed us to escape
and we would have recalled the
time when wer were nearly eaten
alive 10y the most ferocious mos
quitoes that we ever helped to
nourish. That also was at Red
wood Falls. Malicious? We plead
not guilty.-P. j. Carter in Ad-
rian Democrat.