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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
MILES OF OCEAN BOTTOM Searched

five miles, they will continue the
search for five miles further in the
same directions. Ii she is not found
before winter comes on it is probable
that the search will be abandoned un-
I'll next spring.
The expedition is a costly one, The
divers are paid as high as so Il day
1t Is said that Captain Stillson will re-
ceive ii big bonus if the expedition is
Il success, and fair" compensation if
it fails.
In marine circles 1t is believed that
the Merida will not be found. 1t is
figured that in the five years since she
went down she is probably completely
covered by sands, and divers might
walk over the spot where she lies
without knowing it,
The treasure hunters come to Nor
folk and Newport News about every
two weeks to take on fuel and sup
plies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
Diver Tells of Difficulty in Locat-
ing Wreck Of Treasure
Ship.
Cash AND SILVER BULLION
Other Wrecks Are Found by Treasure
Hunting Crew, One Of Them APP
parentIy Being That of
Steamer.

Norfolk, Va.-Searching for a Sunken
ship on which there is over $1,0OOOOO
in money and silver bullion, the treas
ure-hunting crew of "a men under the
command of Capt. George StllSon, Il
master diver, inventor and expert IN
submarine engineering, is not proving
an easy task, Stillson says.
The treasure-laden ship is, or was,
the Ward line steamer Merida. She
was sunk in the summer of 1911 about
tifty-five miles off Cape Charles Light
ship when she was rammed by the
freig ht steamer Admiral Farragut.
The Merida carried over 300 passen-
gers, all of whom We're taken off by
the Farragut and transferred to the
Old Dominion steamer Hamilton,
which landed them in Norfolk.
Among the passengers were num-
Der of Americans fleeing from Mexico.
They had with them the savings OF
their lfetimes and these savings they
say, were locked in the safe in the
office of the purser of the Merida.
When the steamer was struck the wa
ter poured through the hole in her
starboard side so fast that they did
not have time to save any of their
valuables.
The Merida also carried silver bull
ion said to have been worth over 5000
600. The purser's safe is filled with
money and ipWclry. The vessels car
90 was fruit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28

to get better and am now well. am
scout and able to do my own homework.
/ can recommend the Vegetable Com
pound to any woman who is sick and
run down as a wonderful strength and
health restorer My husband says l
would have been in my grave ere this
If it had not been for your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. BLANCHE JEFFER'
SON, 703 Lyon St, Des Moines, Iowa.
Before submitting to surgical opera
ton it is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure its derange-
ments with Lydia E. Pinkharn's Nege.
table Compound; it has saved many
women from surgical operations.
Write to the Lydia Il. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
advice-it will be confidential.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
GIRLS CLIMB HIGH CHIMNEY
CoIordi Young Ladies Do the Fly Act
o. Dare From Male Com
panions.

Eaton, Colo Climbing hand over
hand to the top of the SmUkcStack on
the sugar factory here, five young Woui-
en- of Eaton did the humanity act on Il
dare by their male companions, who
promised them box of candy each II
they accomplished the feat. The smoke
stack Is 23l feet high and is built Of
cement. The women rot only climbed
to the top but returned to the ground
in order without assistance from any
Of the men, some of whom had TIT
tempted the feat and failed, The
young women who got to the top Of
the stack were Misses Martin White,
Irene PiXIcr, Lettie White an. Mes
DANES l., NJ. Stcneking aud Anna
EiCklr,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
SEEK PRESERVATION OF ELK
Nation Is Waking to the Danger Of the
Extinction of Animal in This
Country.

There are, according To estimates
made by the National Sportsmen,
about 100000 elk in this country, of
which 1900 are in captivity in l25 diff
ferent places. The largest herd, mum
bering, according to the government
census, between $4,000 and $1,000, is
in the Yellowstone region. In the
summer these elk range in the vicinity
of the continental divide in the park,
Since the settlement of the valleys the
elk which are forced to descend from
the mountains in the winter in order
to obtain food have starved in large
numbers. Since 1909, winter feeding
has been provided by the state of
Wyoming and the federal government,
and recently congress appropriated
$4,000 for the purchase of 1000 acres
near jackson, WyO. where sufficient
hay can be raised each year to feed
the herds during the winter. During
late years the government has expert
mentcd with small herds numbering
about 100, which have been transferred
to 13 different states for the purpose
of restocking reservations. In this
way it is hoped that wild elk can be
retained in this country permanently,
The Adirondack herd was rapidly APP
preaching extinction when the govern
ment and the state of New York took
a hand. 1t is believed that after the
fate of the buffalo many states will at
a. . g.,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
Ideal Wife.

Miss Marion pOmcroy Smith, the
Cape Cod hcir"SS who has Just won Il
legal contest for the control of her
huge fortune, believes in womcu's
rights.
There will be fewer divorces" she
said to reporter, 'when men treat
women as their equals.
"'Do you know the kind or wife my
ideal is?' married man once said To
me.
"'Of course ! do said |. Your ideal
wife is the kind that's ticl,lcd to death
over Il birthday present of a bag of
-four"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
Reasonable precaution.

The lady was complaining to her
dairyman some time ago regarding The
quality Of his milk.
"Stort o. grass feed, mum; short O
grass feed this time g year" said the
iucuar Inilllman. BLESS YOU, them
COWS O mine are just as sorry about
il as am often stands ANA watches
'ru cry.n' rcg'Iur cryin', mum. because
they feel as how their milk don't do
EN- credit. You don't believe IT,
"Oh, yes, bcIicv" it, said the lady;
but | wish in futr" you'd see that
they don't drop their tears into our
can"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
STORM LEFT MANY SNAKES
SIX Are Killed on One Lawn in
Texas After the Hurricane
Passes.

San Antonio, Tcy.--They're swattug
snakes III ROckport NOW.
Col. Frank Holland killed six ON the
lawn on the lot on which his cottage
stands near IiocEport after Fridays
hurricane, according to report.
Some of the snakes were rattle.
snakes and were at least four feet
long, it was said Colonel Holland
and Il ncighhor were preparing to go
fishing when The storm broke"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28

Florita goes out to her work shop
and with hammer, saw and chisel the
need is supplied and the family hasn't
paid out cent except for the lumber.
Miss Florita Won Mandescheld is an
expert carpenter and joiner. She takes
to tools as the ordinary girl takes to
curling irons. She has been hammer
has never so much ms knocked the
beauty parlor finish off her thumb nail.
She made 4 mahogany library table
of such craftsmanship that Principal
George G. Thompson Of the Alameda
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
FOR ITCHING SCALP
And Falling Hair Use Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

When the scalp is itching because OF
dandruff and eczema shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water will be
found thoroughly cleansing and sooth-
ing, especially if shampoo is preceded
by a gentle application Of Cuticura
Ointment to the scalp skin.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
CABLE IN Use
half CENTURY
Cyrus w. Fields Faith in Ocean
TeIegraphs Was Justified
in 1866.
EARLY PROJECTS failures
Since July 27, 1866, New World Has
Been in Continuous Communica-
ton With Old by Subma-
rine Gable.

New Iork.-lt is Il little more than
half century since the completion of
the first permanent Atlantic telegraph,
observes the New York Evening World.
Since July -, 1866, the new world has
been in continuous and uninterrupted
communication with the old world by
means of the submarine cable. The
final success was achieved only after
several dsheartening failures. As
early as 1913 Prof. Samuel +. Il.
Morse suggested the possibility of an
Atlantic telegraph line.
Just decade later Cyrus w. Field
Il wealthy merchant, became interested
in plan for laying an underground
cable across Newfoundland and in the
following year, 1871, he secured the CO.
operation of Peter Cooper, Moses Tay-
Tor and others in Il scheme for a trans
Atlantic cable. The manufacture Of
$500 miles of wire was completed in
1857 and the task of laying il was com
menced at Nalcnta, Ireland, in August
of that year, two American and two
British vessels being engaged. After
II few miles had been laid the cable
snapped. This was repaired, but after
300 miles of wire had been put down
it snapped again and the vessels re-
turned to Plymouth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
GIRL is EXPERT CARPENTER
Young Lady Makes About All the
Furniture Needed in the
Household.

Alameda, Cal.-When anything is
needed in the furniture line in the Won
handkerchief home in Alameda, they
call In Florita and say:
Father needs a shaving cabinet" or
Mother needs a mahogany bedroom
set, or Little sister needs a high
chair"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
HUSBAND Objects
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
Des Moines, Iowa. 49," Four years ago
was very sick and my life was nearly

spent. Inc doctors
stated that ] would
never get well with
out an operation
and that without it
| would not live one
year. Ny husband
o bic tie d to any
operation and got
me some of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.l took
it and commenced
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
Doom of Golf.

Bishop Murray, on his way to
preach in Nashville, steamed in his
train past II golf course crowded with
players.
Bishop Murray rroWncd, then he
smiled.
In the millennium" ne said "cv"ry
day being Sunday mWnkiud viii get
surfcited with golf and the game will
then undoubtedly become extinct
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28

Bullet Between Vertebrae.

Fort Wayne. lnd.-Surgcons sue
ccssfully operated the other day on
Pete AnnaStropfc, TN ASSyriun, to re
move Il bullet that had lodged between
vertebrae in his neck when he was
shot in the mouth at Van Vert, O.,
some weeks ago, and Annustropfr will
recover, the surgeons said after having
been constantly in danger throughout
the five weeks. The position of the
bullet was such, it was said. that had
AnnaStropfe moved his head Violently
he would have died The bullet WAS
touching the spinal cord and the OPP
GRAFTON was regarded us extremely
serious.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
Success Short Lived.

storm caused the failure of Il
second attempt. but the third voyage.
in 1888, was Succcssfu, and the june
ton between the two continents was
effected by 2,OJ9 miles of wire stretch
ing from the Irish coast to Nowfound-
land. Messages were exchanged be-
tween Queen Victoria and President
buchanan and there was great rejoic-
ing on both sides of the ocean
The jubilation proved premature.
however, for in a short time the cable
ceased 10 work and was branded fail.
urc. The faith of Field did not wavcr,
and although the Civil war prevented
an early revival of the project in 1865
Il new company began the laying of
another cable. The famous vessel. the
Great Eastern, was dispatched to Ire
land with the wire, but again the
project ended In failure
Mr.. Field then launched the Anglo
American Telegraph company, and in
July, 1866, the Great Eastern Steamed
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28

Electric burglar alarms surround the
treasury at Washington ana are tested
every fifteen minutes, day ana night.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
orOot hem,

"Mandy," said the lady Of the house
Indignantly, "did You steal my tan silk
stockingsY
"Lor', Miss Edith, how you done
talk. Me steal? Poor old Mandy never
done steal nothing
How does II come ] found them in
your room behind the trunk
"NOw. Miss Edith, amt YOU jos the
ingS there when | done forgot where
II was | put thcm. Nom, | didn't steal
'em; jcS forgot them"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
All Parents Know That.

Every bright boy, ut the age Of four,
becomes an animated Interrogation
pOiut
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
Treasurer Hunting Fleet.

The treasure-hunting fleet is com
posed of the yacht j. II. Beckwith, the
trawler Fearless and barge used by
divers. There are about dozen
divers in the outfit, including f. Mill
son, who is said to have been the first
to explore the bottom of the Atlantic
near where the Merida went down.
Capt. G. HermanSon who is in com
mand of the flagship of the fleet, Is
of the opinion that if the Merida is
found she will be some miles away
from the spot where she went down.
Divers have explored two miles of
the Atlantic ocean, it is stated, and
have found several wrecks, one of
them apparently a steamer, but it was
not the one they sought. Divers sent
up portions of deckhOusc of the
steamer There was nothing Of value
in the wreck.
Captain StillSon says he has not
given up hope of finding the Merida
and is not disappointed at not finding
the vessel at the point where she went
down.
"A vessel seldom goes right straight
to the bottom when she sinks" he
says, respectfully where the water is
deep and the currents strong" II is
possible that the Merida is ten miles
away from the spot where she went
down. Under currents sometimes car
ry vessel miles away before she set
ties on the bottom. And after she
strikes the bottom, shifting sands
sometimes carry vessel several
miles.
Captain Hermanson also is of the
opinion that the Merida will be found
and the divers, too are confident.
The men tell of onCountering
strengthening objects under water,
of stumbling against sunken vessel
or meeting shark face to face.
Search Is Thorough.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28

High school threw out the one he nj
ready had ana bought Florita's.
Flxita has made, among other artI.
cles, two large mahogany library IA.
bIcs walnut china closet. Il shaving
cabinet, equipped with bcvel mirror;
gun rack which looks like chlna
closet, piano bench, tabouret, coy.
cornA seat and a dolls chair. She Is
her own designer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
Drinks Act Like Mnnic

st. Louis, Mo-"Whcrc nm Iw
asked Harry McSuayicl, rhirty-onc
years old, when ne came 10 NJ the city
dispensary after Sergeant Peters found
him in a stupor in front oe 1872 North
LeHingWcll avenue. "St. Louis" he
exclaimed. when his query was an
swcrcd. "rd like TO know how got
here, The last ] remember vas lcay.
ing home in New Orleans and starting
for a show" McStravlck said he had
taken one or two drinks in New Or.
leans.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
Search Is Thorough.

After searching five miles in one
direction, the treasure hunters will re-
turn to the spot where the Merida
went down and search five miles In
another direction. After they have
gone north, south, each and west for
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28
GOLD IN CHICKENS CROPS

Auburn. Cal.-ThomaS Gam
lin of the Mount Vernon district
has some very valuable chick
ems. Recently he killed two and
found gold nuggets in their
craws valued at about one dol
lar.
As the chickens We're penncd
in "A small space on the hillside
Gamlin Immediately began in
vcStigatiOns and soon unearthed
a quartz ledge which he will
further prospect.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28

Peace Is the greatest of all bIcss-
ingS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-28

The puhic's neck is always exposed.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-27
WHY FIGHT FOR THESE CONDITIONS?

The Senate vice committee of the
Illinois legislature, as Il result of care
full Investigations and analysis, placed
itself on record as believing; First,
"That poverty is the principal cause,
direct and indirect, of prostitution
Second, "That thousands of girls are
driven into prostitution because of the
sheer inability to keep body and soul
together ON the low wages received by
them" Third, "That thousands of
girls are forced into industrial employ
ment by the low wages received by
their fathers; that they are separated
from proper home influences at an
excessively early age; that they are
inadequately schooled and are insult
ficiently protected, and that many of
them become recruits for the system
Of prostitution"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-27

The labor and radical organizations
of Seattle will combine in a monster
celebration of International Labor
Day, on Sunday, April Both, in Dream
land, when a program of more than
ordinary interest will be given. Com
mencing at 2:3O p. M, varied must
cal and social entertainment will claim
the attention of what is expected to
constitute one of the greatest labor
features of the season. Entrance to
the large Dreamland auditorium will
be free during the afternoon, but a
fee will be collected from gentlemen
for the evening entertainment, but la
dies will be admitted free.
The afternoon program will be pre-
sided over by E. B. Ault, as chairman.
Opening feature-Labor Chorus.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-27
LOCAL SOLIDARITY

Local Solidarity met in regular ses-
sion on Monday, the Oath. Comrade
Roberts in the chair. The applications
of V. Small, j. Duby and Geo. Lowry
were received and admitted to mem
bership. Bylaws governing the body
were read and adopted.
Social session committee reported
securing Comrade Hermann for talk
next Monday night, to which all So
cialists and their friends are invited
Active campaigning amongst the
trade unionists for membership was
discussed and will be prosecuted.
After the business was dispensed
with, coffee and good eats were served
by the ladies, Emusic being furnished
by the Solidarity Quartet.)
Local Solidarity are the bunch that
puts Social in Socialism. Many thanks
to the ladies.
j. WORSWICK,
Press Sec.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-27
INTERNATIONAL LABOR DAY
MAY-DAY CELEBRATION IN SEATTLE

Address, "The Dawn of Plenty" by
L. E. Katterfeld.
Violin and Concertina Solos, by
Frank Chilinski and his son, Bruno.
Birth Control and Militarism," by
T. F. Doherty.
Piano Solo, Miss Charlotte Lippet.
"Overwork," Jas P. Thompson.
Other interesting features to be in
troduced.
The evening program will consist of
a general social refreshments and
dance.
All labor organizations should make
an extra effort to see that Dreamland
is filled for this celebration, especially
in the afternoon. Come early and stay
late!
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-27

Anna Maley, who has been secured
by the Everett Socialists to speak at
The Forom, Sunday, May Z at 2 p. m.
is a unique and striking figure in the
public life of America sort of Joan
of Arc of Socialism.
Starting in life amid the hardships
and privations of the middle west, she
has served in the Socialist cause in
nearly every capacity up to candidate
for Governor in the State of Washing
ton, where in 1912 she polled 10000
votes.
When merely child of four in a
family of eleven the house in which
she lived was burned down and the
family moved into log grainary
where they lived for eight years. This
was in Minnesota, way back in the
seventies. At the age of thirteen
Miss Maley left the farm and went to
Minneapolis to "work for board" and
go to school. BY the time she was
sixteen she had completed three years
in the high school, earning her way
meanwhile in five different families.
At seventeen she was teaching coun-
try school. Later she returned to Min
neapolis and learned stenography. In
the course of her struggles as a work.
ing girl and woman, though unusually
successful, she came upon the Social
list movement, its thought and pro-
gram, and very soon joined the party.
For the last fifteen years or more
she has been one of the most active
and effective of the Socialist propa-
gandists. She is not only a speaker
but an organizer, writer, student and
teacher. For several years she has
been engaged as teacher in the Rand
School of Social Science in New York
City. She has also travelled widely
as lecturer and organizer, has edited
several different Socialist papers and
has taken prominent and active part
in some of the great Industrial strug-
giles of the Nation.
During the great strike in West
Virginia among the coal miners in
1912 and 1913, Miss Maley came into
conflict with the forces that were en-
deavoring to suppress the miners. 1t
was in this struggle that she was fin
ally thrown into Jail by the author
tiles, although clearly within her just
rights, as was afterwards demonstrated
in the courts.
Thus Anna Maley has known all the
hardships and prosecutions encounter
ed by those who bring to the world
some great new cause and moral pur-
pose. Her character, strengthened
by the years of struggle, intellectual
as well as industrial; her wide exper-
fence giving her poise and maturity;
a speaker of rare ability and charm,
she brings to this city message of
Constructive Socialism which it is we'll
worth while for all to hear.
The subject of her lecture will be
Bread and Brotherhood"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-27

MANY soldiers who have undergone
long spells of service in the trenches,
and others who have not left the coun-
try, have lost their mental balance,
and directly this has happened they
have been discharged from the army
and sent to lunatc asylums. The gov
eminent allowance is stopped at once
and the wives and children are left to
starve. If the wives apply for a con
tinuance of government allowance or a
pension they are informed that the
trouble has not arisen through war
service. u London Labor Leader.