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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
GIRL DIES AS PREDICTED
Fortune Teller Told Pennsylvania Girl
to Avoid Trips on the
Water.

Phoenixville, Pa.-The body of Doro-
thy Barr, the seventeen-year-old girl
of this place, who drowned in the
Schuylkill river, was found about one
mile from the spot where she lost her
life when her canoe upset. Lock Ten
der Hennessy, at the Pawling locks,
saw the body floating in the river and
recovered it from a boat.
The drowning of Miss Barr and the
finding of her body followed the pre-
diction made a week before the girls
death by fortune teller whom she
and a girl friend consulted in spirit
of fun. The seer then told Miss Barr
to avoid all trips or voyages upon the
water, and said she would take such
a trip and would drown. The fortune
teller also predicted that after four
days her body would be recov
The girl laughed at the clairvoyant,
but the prophesy was wildly recalled
to the mind of her companion when
the body was recovered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
Wounded Otter Bit Him,

Petersburg. Ind.-HOmer Hays, aged
eighteen, was hunting frogs with a
small rifle along White river, near
the island two miles east of here,
when he saw an otter lying on the
river bank. He shot at it and the bullet
hit it in the mouth. This so enraged
the animal that it jumped at him and
caught one of his hands, preventing
him from shooting a second time. He
finally shook the animal loose, and it
rolled down the river bank into the
water and dived out of sight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
CHURCH CUTS OFF WORMS
Closes Fish Bait Field to Stop Sun.
day Angling and Help Attend
ance at Services.

McGregor, lathe trustees of the
local Methodist Episcopal church, have
taken effective means of inducing Sun
day attendance in posting the follow
ing notice in the churchyard:
1T cost the Methodist church consid-
cradle to maintain a drainage ditch
around the church in order to keep the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
SON COMMANDS HIS FATHER
Latter Is Private in Militia
Company, and Former Is
Lieutenant.

Kansas City, Kan.-The regular or.
der of things is that the son should
take orders from the father.
But in Company A, Kansas National
Guard of Kansas City, Kan, this Or
der is reversed in the case of Will
liam Firstenberger, father, and Alfred
Firstenberger, son.
William Firstenberger, although
postmaster of Kansas City, Kan, and
an important appearing person OF some
$50 pounds, is just private.
Alfred Firstenberger is Second Lieu
tenant of the company, much smaller
in size-but possessing authority.
So when Son Firstenberger issues or
flers pa Firstenberger, although he
may be bit tired-or perhaps differ
ing in opinion-must obey them. In
this case the son has to be obeyed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
DISCOVER GOLD IN THE SAND
Find in Minnesota Creek Causes Fever
to Spread to Whole Surround
ing Country.

Austin, Minn.-Gold has been found
here in the sands of the Cedar river
Samples sent to assayers recommend
ed by the treasury department at
Washington were found to run as high
in value as $1,664S0 a tom
The appearance of the mineral
known as float gold, in banks of the
stream has caused the fever to spread
to the surrounding country, and farm
ers now are sending samples out for
authoritative inspection.
The first find was made by Mrs
Daisy Dalager during the excavation
for cellar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
BOY TAKES NAP IN TRUNK
Parents Have Long Hunt and. Are
About to Call Police When
He Is Found.

Portland, Ore.-Edward Mcbride, an
eight-year-old lad who lives with ms
narents at No. 427 Tenth street,
crawled into a trunk, lowered the lid
and went to sleep the other night.
Missed by his parents. they secured
the neighborhood for two hours. They
were on the verge of calling into aid
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
Courage of DESPERATION.

When young Doddles went under
while swimming the other day all the
women bathers formed a human chain
and dragged him in at great risk to
themselves. Wasn't that courag eous p
Courageous, your grandmother Ha
was the only young man staying at the
place."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
Cat Adopts Rabbit.

Marietta, Pa.-Abraham B. Lutz,
who tenants q farm near town, has
an old cat that is rearing a rabbit, to-
gether with a litter of Kittens, While
going to the barn early one morning he
noticed the rabbit and thinking it
would die he decided TO place it with
the little kittens. The cat has adopted
ii, and it is curious sight to see the
rabbit with the kittens.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
ARE Welded BY TELEPHONE
coupIe Used the Wires When They
Found They Could Not
Meet.

Great Falls, Mont.-Arthur Brugger
of Havre and Miss Hattie Hudnut of
Portland, Ore, were married by tele-
phone the other night. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Prentiss ii.
Case of Havre, Mr.. Brugger being at
the telephone there and Miss Hud-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
DIVER TO TRY FOR 100000
Brother Jonathan Half a
Century Ago.

San Francisco.-Martin Lund. a sea
diver of renOwn. has left here on the
steamer Del Norte for Crescent City
10 salvage the wreck of the old side
wheeler Brother Jonathan. which was
lost OFF the coast of Del Norte county
half century ago with more than ST.
100000 in specie, government bills
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
RABBITS EYE FOR A GIRL
Surgeons Expect to Restore Sight OF
Seventeen-Year-oId Eskimo
Girl.

Portland. Ore.-New York's best
surgeons will indeavor to restore the
sight of Melba. neutrality-suspicious.
Eskimo girl, who was found deserted
in an iglee by DR.. H. French, United
States government physician in
Alaska.
The cornea of rabbit Will be grant
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
Bear Not Afraid of Auto.

Bloomsbury, Pa.-On his way to
Benton Edward Fallon Of Danville, in
his automobile, was stopped by full
grown black bear, which trotted slowly
along the road in front of the ma
chine, stopping every few feet. After
keeping in the road 100 yards the
animal went over a bank into the
woods. Within a week four bears,
three of them of good size, have beer
seen in that vicinity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
Bass Fell Into Boat.

Shelbyville, Ind.-Lytle Nail and
Claude BenyOn spent two weeks fish
ing at Flat Rock cave. south of here
and they caught nothing but redeves
suckers and sunfish. The last day of
their outing, as they We're returning TO
shore in their boat. Nail struck . log
with his oar. There was splash and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

water from flooding the basement.
Parties are in the habit of digging
earth worms in this ditch, which causes
the water TO run into the basement.
This practice must be stopped at once.
BY order of the church boarCk"
Anglers say the trustees know the
churchyard is the only good place to
dig worms in McGregor and that no
one can so fishing Sundays without
bait.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
CHAMPION MULE
PACKER OF U. S.
Daily Is Worlds Greatest Expert
on Possibilities of Missouri
Hybrid.
IN CHARGE OF PACK TRAINS
Has Devised Many Improvements in
This Method of Transportation
Conducts School for Muleteers
on the Border.

San Antonio, Tex.-H. W. DAILY,
chief packer of the Quartermaster
corps, U. S. A, the greatest expert
on the possibilities of the Missouri
mule on earth, is here. His duty is
the organization of ten pack trains
and he is conducting a school for mule
teerS.
The model class of the schoGi COM
prises one gray bell horse and COM
pany of "a white or gray mules-all
veterans" for this is the pack train
that crossed into Mexico with Sibley
soon after the Glenn Springs raid.
Here is an inventory of pack
train: Postmaster, who gets 500 q
month but no rations; 'cargador," $50
a month and ratiOns; blacksmith or
horseshoer, $75 month, but no ra-
tionsi cook, $40 a month and ra-
tons; ten packers, $50 a month and
rations. Each individual in a pack
train has his own mount, so there are
to be IA riding mules and the remain
der-60 animals-carry the packs. The
uu1cS VI lllc Dell HOISS are W Icnu
the procession.
AS a general thing, each pack mule
will walk away with a minimum load
of $50 pounds, so that means some
thing more than six tons of cargo to
the train, and if need be the cargo can
be raised to eight tons.
Over in the Philippines one of Mr..
Days mules rambled around on noun
tain trails with $40 pounds aboard
and the load happened to be noun
tain howitzer. This mule, while not
awarded a medal, was nevertheless a
hero and saved the day, for the how
itzer put to rOut any enemy apparent
ly untouched by mere rifle fire.
When packers become proficient
they should be able to load a mule in
about thirty seconds. AS DAILY figures
it, two months are required to turn
out a first class pack train of the sort
above criticism.
Many Years Packer.
Nowadays the "aparejo," or pack
saddle, which DAILY invented for our
army, is made to conform to the mule
so there is little possibility of the
heavy load chatting or injuring the ami
mails back.
Days experiences as a packer start
ed in the spring of 1865 when he
crossed the British northwest terri
tories from Montreal to Vancouver and
was employed in bringing in supplies
on mule back to the Canadian mining
camps.
Then he engaged as packer in many
Indian campaigns of the United States
army, including the operations against
Geronimo.
When the Spanish war broke out he
was working on a railroad in Mexico.
He enlisted Immediately and went to
Cuba. After the campaign he was
called to Washington, where he de-
vised improvements in pack-train
Transportation. He also went to West
Point to lecture.
From 1902 to 1909 he was stationed
at Fort Leavenworth and there made
further improvements in field artillery,
mountain and machine gun, engineer,
signal, hospital and ordnance corps
pack equipment. On February 10, 1903
he was made chief packer of the army.
"For mountain work no substitute to
take tho place of the mule will ever be
found" said DAILY.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

~~~~~~~~
ed with another strap which passed
between the toes, were worn irrespec-
tive of class, except in the presence of
superiors, but the Egyptian commonly
preferred to go barefoot.
Adopt Plated Kilt.
"By the time of the Middle Kingdom
ordinary individuals had adopted the
plated kilt, which for time, at least
in the Old Kingdom, had been the pc
culiar property Of the king; however,
it is doubtful if the people ever wore
it of gold. On a wooden statuette Of
Seostris l, in the Eighth Egyptian
room, this kilt is represented as plated
all around, the two ends curving SYM
metrically in front up to the girdle.
The king also wears the red crown
symbolic of lower Egypt, while the
mate to this statuette, which is now in
the Cairo museum, wears the white
crown of Upper Egypt.
"Other statuetteS, in the Sixth
Egyptian room, show what variety of
skirts existed at the time. The old
forms continued, although there was a
tendency toward a narrower, longer
skirt The triangular projection, so
fashionable in the first dynasty, be-
came Subdued until it was quite mod
est. The long skirt which has been
described as typical of this time often
had a high waistline. 1t was at this
time that clothing for the upper part
of the body first appeared, and a curl
Gus cape was sometimes pinned around
the shoulders. A heavy cloak or shawl,
probably of wool, worn in the Old
Kingdom as an outer garment by both
men and women, now became common.
Changes in the costumes of wOm-
en- from the old to the Middle Kingdom
were slight, but there were a few In
novations that showed the tendency
toward elaboration. A plain white
tunic was sometimes covered with a
network of brightly cOlored beads in
diamond pattern with bead fringe at
the bottom. A similar dress, eXcep-
! tionally gay in color, dates from the
sixth dynasty. One statuette from
Assiut shows a white tunic with wide
| border on the bottom representing
| birds wings or leaf pattern, the lat
| ter more likely, since it is painted in
green"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

ed upon one affected eye and cata-
ract removed from the other.
In charge of Mrs. COrinne Call, a
government teacher, the child arrived
in Portland recently. Mrs. Call says
the Eskimos left Melba in the ice hut,
hoping she would die. She has been
totally blind for five years. The trou-
BILE is diagnosed as an eruption of the
cornea.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
Neal Brown LA. Pradt c. s. Gilbert
ABSTRACTS

We have the only abstract Of Mara
Ehon county. We have a thoroughly
qualified abstractor, and make alb
stracts at reasonable prices. We are
responsible for all abstracts made by
US and guarantee that they show the
condition of the title properly as 1t
appears on record.
An abstract Of title is useful If you
desire to sell or mortgage your prop
erty, and is very valuable in ascertain
ing defects in your title that can be
easily remedied. and yet might be SUI
flcient to spoil sale. If you desire
an abstract of the title to your prop
erty, call and see US.
Wausau Law & Land Association
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
the police bureau.

AS a last resort, TO make sure the
lad was not in hiding, Mr.. Mcbride
looked behind the trunk and in so do
ing heard what he recognized as 1.-The
noise of a sleeper" and opened the
trunk. There he found Edward COM
Portable on a soft stack of clothes.
The lad explained that he was tired
and merely crawled into the trunk for
a SnooZe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
tut at the other end of the wire at her
L., n. i

nut at the other end of the wire at her
home in Portland.
The ceremony began at IL o'clock
but was not finished until shortly aft
er midnight on account of a thunder
storm some place on the line.
This form of ceremony was made
necessary by the fact that Brugger,
who is engaged in building grain ele-
vators, could not leave Montana, and
Miss Hudnut's parents would not per-
NIT her to come to Montana until she
was the bride of Brugger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

In normal times about four times as
many kilograms are handled daily in
London as in Paris.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

of George w. Heisserman, near Jack
sonville, the other night. When the
storm came two dogs were tied to a
tree, one with a chain and the other
with a rope. A bolt hit the top of the
tree, ripped off the bark all the way
down and ran out the chain and killed
the dog on the chain. The canine tied
with rope was shocked, but not bad
ly hurt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

Lightning Kills Dog on Chain.
Mount Holly, n. J.-Lightning re-
corded an unusual stunt on the farm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

and other.vaiUables. ]. c. Freese. ma
rine contractor of San Francisco, is
associated with Lund in financing and
equipping the expedition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

James Towsend, aged ninety, has
served one Boston firm fifty consecu-
tive years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
Chicago has dedicaeed a new club.
house for boys in Larrabee street.

two bass, each weighing two pounds,
fell in the bottom of the boat. The
fishermen caught them and triumph.
| antly brought them ashore.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

Electric lights have been inserted in
the eyes of two famous japanese idols.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

Harry H. Schlacht, the originator of
the juvenile police of this country. AT
the graduation exercises held at the
East Side Protective association head
quarters, in New York, when fifty
juvenile police were graduated, a
movement was started to have Police
Commissioner Woods appoint Mr..
Schlacht a juvenile deputy commits
Sioner of police.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

Dustin Farnum recently captured
the silver button for hauling in the
largest yellOwtail caught on the Pa
cific coast in IA months. The beauty
seen in the picture weighed ITO pounds
and gave Farnum and his boatman one
Of the hardest battles of their lives.
The fish is a member of the deep sea
bass family and was declared out
in the short time of % minutes. 1t
was one of the largest of its kind
caught in years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

One inventor uses charged wires to
prevent cat concerts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

st. Paul desires to be the site of a
government nitrate plant.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-21
THE FAMILY STAIN"
CRYSTAL THEATRES
PHOTOPlAY TODAY

Who killed the Widow Lerouge?"
This question and the answer to it
are Incorporated in The Family
Stain" the Crystal theatres photoplay
offering this afternoon and evening.
Who Killed the Widow Lerouge?'
is a question calculated to puzzle the
brain of even a LeCoq or a Holmes,
and it is asked and answered with
thrilling dramatic power in this fas-
cinating silent-stage masterpiece.
Suspicion rests upon six persons
four men and two women. The skein
appears to be impossible of unravel-
ling. The tangled web of evidence
enmeshes first one and then anoth-
er of the suspects till the spectator
thrills in sympathy with their sever
al predicaments.
Not till the very end of this re
markable and noteworthy drama OF
the silent stage is the mystery solved
in a manner so striking and original
in its astonishing denouement thai
The Family Stain" has been declar
ed by the metropolitan press to stand
+ in a class absolutely by itself.
The production abounds in strons
and powerful climaxes and swift. thrill
ling action that sweeps on from tbs
I first scene to the last
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-21
AS YOU RUN

o truups
- sa somssimss it hits spot" nothing
avOrabIy reported
Hsa1S 100000 to
= n o
exchange says Hemp Quality
-
legitimate demand
watching that the
s1nse
= ~ Tsu ssai carrying hangover" from 1912?
The Metropolis recently printed big
s.hed citizen The picture looked like Mr. Bryan
Miami citizen Florida not
eais PRESIDENT You
- that Baltimore platform etc
Theodore Roosevelt has declared
sasarsm. read last night at
snson Military service should
should of taxes
1Ast especially illogical
- off their military
aee in swearing of"
ssr taxes
scarcely who elanOrns
~
s canza toward restoring order and sound
en somewhat dsconcertne to
- most responsible
- preepating unneshb0r
- policy Mexico the part of the
! DATED States
Senator continues Jump and down
<noands Cotton the prn
naturally
of to the European nations
sdna few of the leading papers IN Georgia
- nude things about him.
The central Africa
-
- Of the Dark Continent am
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-21
THRILLING FAIRY
TALE AT ARCADE

On Wednesday Rumpelstiltskin was
booked at the Arcade theatre. but this
picture made such a hit in Jackson
vile that it was held over for two
days, 1t is here. however. and viii
be shown this afternoon and evening.
"RumpeIstiltskin,' the wicked
dwarf. played by Clyde Tracy. is a
wonderful portrayal One would think
that he had just stepped out of one
of Grimm's fairy books. He dominates
the enchanted scenes like an embodied
evil spirit, and from first to last his
acting is a masterpiece of character
study. repulsive though it may be-
Elizabeth Burbridge. as Polly. the
beautiful peasant girl. who battles the
dwarf and marries the prince. gives
splendid support to Mr.. Tracy The
pictures are exquisite in their scenic
beauty. ranging from the court of
King Cole to the enchanted tower
where the dwarf spins the straw into
gold. and from the dungeon cell Of the
prince to the vaulted sky where the
two lovers 90 sailing away TO their
haven of refuge King Cole hearing
of the magic power OF RumpelstiItskin
a wicked dwarf. orders him TO fill
/ his empty treasury. Rumpelstiltskin,
/ however. has been repulsed by Polly.
the miller's beautiful daughter, and in
revenge he tells the king that Polly
can spin straw into gold The king
places Polly IN a room full Of straw
and orders her 10 spin It into gold II
she fails, she and her father and the
dwarf are to lose their heads. The
dwarf tells Polly that If she viii prom
Use him her f1rst-born child, provided
il is a girl. he viii spin the straw into
gold To save her father, she prom
Uses. In the meantime, the prince, who
has rescued Polly from the dwarf's
power. is confined IN the castle dun
ge0n by the king, who is opposed te
his sons marriage TO a peasant, but
the good fairy gives Polly a magic car
pet and she and the prince sail ava.
to the forest and are married
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-21
LANGFORD MEARS
SCRAP CALLED OFF

The contents of a telegram re-
ceived last night by c. p Miller from
sam Langford indicated that the fam
Gus negro pugilist viii not be here
on January p to meet Battling Mears
as was announced several days ago.
The telegram was sent from New
Orleans. and it is assumed that Lang
ford has succeeded in making more
attractive engagement in that city
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-21

ohaise that tribe? Where there
obligations
the family of government
OF the risk himself
/ Today
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-19
SHERIFF APPEALS FOR
AID AGAINST MEXICANS

TUCSON, Ariz, Dec l9-Sheriit
Forbes Of Pima county at Alo, mining
camp west of here, issued an appeal to-
night for assistance OF Americans IN
that district in repeling any attacks by
Villa sympathi2ers in the event OF an
emergency, according to word reaching
here.
The Cornclia Copper company is said
to have offered to provide a special
train to take women and children out
OF the district Villa supporters are re-
ported to be recruiting force along the
border near Ajo to JON the Sonoyta
movement Unconfirmed rumors to-
night said that the Villa leader Rcyna,
threatened to raid the mining camp.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-19

uttered No sound, only twisted and un-
twisted the large capable housc@iiely
hands that lay in her lap.
Harry UndeJwood's qick. firm step
sounded on the stairs. In another mo-
ment he was in the room, followed
closely by Betty.
Regardless OF the staring servants,
Of prudence, of decorum, sprang a,
him, clutching his coat with both hands
and shook him, crying hoarsely
"Dicky, where is Dicky? Is he badly
hurt? must see him at once"
my Sister, Is She"
Before he could reply, Lillian inter
posed sharply Betty, take Mrs. Cor
hams maid to the kitchen with YOU