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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21
FIGHT FOR HONOR
AND FOR LIFE

Paris, July IA, 1:30 p. m.---" The
central empires can be under no
illusion as to the possibility Of re-
ducing the allies to a confession Of
defeat" said President Poincare
in an address today, and of win
ming from their weariness a peace
which, for Prussian militarism
would only be a stratagem for hid
ing preparations for fresh aggres.
sion.
They know we'll that the seas
are closed to them, that they have
lost their colonies and they know
equally well that the allies rely less
on the geographical positions OF
their trenches than on the condition
Of their troops and their reserves,
their capacity for resistance and
offensive and the moral tempera-
ment Of their peoples and their
armies.
We are fighting not for honor
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21
BULL MOOSE PLAN TICKET; OPPOSE
ENDORSEMENT GIVEN HUGHES

enormous number Of voters will
never submit to such treatment,
and believe that when we consid-
er the millions of wage-earners who
are deeply interested in and believe
in the reforms and betterment for
the people, for which we have stead
fastly stood, that if we can succeed
in calling a new convention, prefer
ably on August 5, the anniversary
Of the birth of the Progressive par
ty, to demonstrate to the political
bosses our distrust, and to the peo-
pie Of the nation our determination
to continue the fight for those prin-
ciples which we have so strongly
advocated, we will so stir public
sentiment that we may see an over
whelmine wave Of protest against
threatening anything pertaining to
an independent move for the next
generation.
Il am confident we could have
an immense and representative
gathering meet in Chicago and be-
lieve that an earnest appeal to the
Progressives all over the country
would result in state conventions,
which would send delegates to put
up a complete ticket"
He pointed out that Mr.. Parker's
letter was written before he COLBY
had called a conference.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21
CONGRESSMAN SIMS DISCUSSES
SHIELDS WATER POWER BILL

the House substitute consists of re-
quiring a special act of congress to
authorize the building Of any dam
or the development Of any water
power authorized by the bill, in
stead Of simply requiring the con-
sent Of the secretary Of war for
building dam, as provided in the
Senate bill. As every dam to be
built under the House substitute
requires special act Of congress.
any additional limitation Of the
grant that may be thought by con-
eress to be wise or necessary to
prevent the building up Of a water
power monopoly may be provided
for in each Of these separate acts in
addition to the provisions contained
in the House substitute.
Mr.. Sims is second member on
the interstate and foreign commerce
committee, and will be one Of the
conferees on the part Of the House.
while Senator Shields, suthor Of the
Senate bill, will be one Of tho con-
ferens on the part Of the Senate.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21

alone, but for honor and life. We
are seeking entire restitution of our
invaded provinces and those seized
46 years ago, for reparation for the
violation of rights at the expense
of France or her allies and for the
guarantees necessary for a defini-
tive safeguard of our national inde-
pendence."
President Poincare's address was
delivered in connection with the
celebration of a French national
holiday. The president bestowed
decorations on the families of SOL
diers who have fallen at the front.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21

H. M. Golden, the circuit court
clerk Of Obion county is said to be
short $6,527.71 to the county and
about 100000 to the state. His
bondsmen met in Union City, Mon
day, and prid off the county part
of the default
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21

New York, July IA confer
ence of representative Progressives
from all parts Of the country soon
will be held in Chicago, it was an
nounced here today, by Bainbridge
Colby to consider the widespread
and bitter revolt within the country
against the action Of the national
committee in endorsing Charles E.
Hughes, the Republican nominee
for the presidency" The date will
be decided upon in a few days. Mr..
Colby said, and he emphasizes that
the conference would be national in
scope, although all states might not
be represented
Mr.. Colby, who nominated Theo-
dore Roosevelt for the presidency
before the national Progressive con.
vention at Chicago, said that he is
in receipt Of letters from every
quarter Of the country protesting
against what he characterized as
the Perkins-Flinn program" This
program, he added, does not repre-
sent the thought or feeling Of the
rank and file Of the party.
Mr.. Colby made public letter
he had received from John M. Par
ker Of Louisiana, the Progressive
nominee for vice president, in which
Mr.. Parker referred to the "stal
chamber" proceedings of the ma
tional committee, adding: Ar
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21


Matters are very much unsettled
in Mexico Notwithstanding the fact
that a patched up peace exists be-
tween Carranza and Uncle Sam.
1t is rumored that Villa is at the
head Of an army, which in n recent
encounter got decidedly the better
Of the Carranzistas. If Mexico had
a decent man at the head OF its
government this country might
join him in putting down Villa and
his bands of outlaws and cut
throats.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21

In the last week eight lives we're
lost and there was property loss Of
$6000,0OO to $10,000,000 in five
Southern states, North Carolina be-
ing the greatest sufferer.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21

The State Board of Health re-
ports that there have been this
summer, fifteen cases of infantile
paralysis. but no deaths from the
disease.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21

An English scientist, who has
been Investigating the oil-bearing
deposits Of New Guinea, has found
evidence Of petroleum extending
over an area Of 1900 square miles,
and has recommended immediate
development.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-07-21
MR.. SINS GIVES REPLY
To Letter OF Inquiry Regarding His Com
mittee Service in Congress.

In view of the circulated statement that Of
ter tWeDty years in Congress, Mr.. 7. w. Sims is
not Choirnon Of one or more Completes, The
Progress publisher has mode application to tbe
Congressman himself for the information which
is giveD D the letter below:
EDITOR PROGRESS:
Lexington, Tenn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
MARATHON COUNTY
NEWS LETTER

Edward ]. Neuenschwander, of
Athens, a second year student in the
Law school of the University of Wis
consin, is member of the University
Military band, which gave its annual
concert recently. He plays the tym-
pani. Neuenschwander was member
of the varsity baseball team last year.
This year he has been out to practice
very few times, as he has not fully
decided that he has the time to take
from his law studies.
Erwin o. Luebschow of Wausau,
junior in the College of Letters and
Science, University of Wisconsin, has
been appointed a member of the pro-
gram committee of the junior class
by the class president.
Miss Imogene Kriskey of Wausau,
a senior in the College of Letters and
Science. University of Wisconsin, is
chairman on the committee of appli-
cations to the Mortar Board, Blue
Dragon, and Associated College Alum
nae cottages, which are cooperative
cottages for the girls who are seeking
to earn part or all of their college
education. Applications TO these cot
tages are granted on the basis Of
scholarship and eongeniality with
other people in the house. In order
to live as economically as possible, the
girls do their own housekeeping.
Miss Evelyn V. Nicolls of Wausau.
a sophomore in the College of Letters
and Science. has been appointed by the
class president as member Of the
Woman's traditions committee of the
sophomore class of the University of
Wisconsin. students
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
OUR WATER SUPPLY
John Sherman Fails to Get His Regu.
lar Morning Plunge. Too Much
Sediment to Suit.

John Sherman of Appleton, was in
the city Thursday night and Friday.
Friday morning he talked to one of
our citizens about the water supply
about as follows: "Say, what is the
matter with your water supply? This
morning l wanted to take a bath and
filled the tub about half full, and was
surprised to find it of a very dirty
color and full of sediment. | could
not bring myself to bathe in tnat kind
of water, so had to give it up" Mr..
Sherman was told that there was a
vegetable growth in our water mains,
caused by too much iron in the water:
that this growth in no way injured
the purity of the water, and that it
was perfectly healthy. He was fur
ther assured that the city had been at
work for the past ten years, trying to
remedy the evil, and authorities were
sure they had found a destroyer
of the growth and the pipes would
be cleaned out in less than six
months. Mr.. Sherman, who has given
good deal of time to the study of
pure water supply for his city, said,
Don't you believe it; they can never
clean out the mains in any way except
by filtering plant. At Appleton, we
take the water from the river, and
while We did not have the vegetable
growth, we had other troubles just as
bad owing to the water being so
heavily impregnated with lime. We
passed through all stages of expert
ments without any good results until
we built filtering plant, and now we
have no more trouble, and are proud
to be able to say that we have water
equal to the best in the state" Mr..
Sherman stated that the cost of the
filtering plant was from $4,000 to
100000. He further remarked that a
city's water supply should be pure;
it is big asset to a community; it
is sad commentary on a city's pro-
gressiveness not to be able to get
clean water for a bath on a morning.
Have a pure supply and plenty of it;
if the cost runs high, pay it; in the end
it will pay the city. An article like
that now handed out by the city, will
not create a rush to what ought to
be one of the best cities in the state"
Mr.. Sherman never minces words
and what he said will bear thoughtful
consideration. Should the present ex-
periments prove failure within six
months, then cities like Appleton
should be visited and thorough in
vestigations made in the interests of
a pure water supply.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
WINDY WEEK

The heavy clouds of the early part
of last week started up many forest
fires in the northern part of the state
and there was every indication of
much damage but happily heavy rains
put them out. AS it was, a few farm
houses are reported as having been
destroyed; the property of a farmer
by the name of Mittlesteadt, at Irma.
Lincoln county, was burned to the
ground, and another near Irma lost
his barn. A summer cottage of A. T.
Curtis on the Prairie river was de-
stroyed. Yaeger's dance hall and
buildings near Marshfield, burned to
the ground. Several fires were caused
in the. county by the wind. The wind
kept up to a lesser degree until
Thursday night, blowing at times a
perfect gale; only at intervals. The
first day of the wind was a steady, all
day blow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
PLAN OUTLINED
Committee Appointed by the Marathon
County Bankers Association
Met on Thursday.

The committee appointed by the
Marathon County Bankers associa-
tion at the meeting held at Stratford
on the 26th day of April, to formulate
a plan whereby a larger distribu-
tion of better stock can be secured,
met in the city on Thursday. The
committee included Fred Bandy, town
OF Flieth; Vim. Schneider, Stratford
Walter Won Berg, Mosinee; H. G.
Flieth, A. G. Burg and H. H. Hum
phrey, of Wausau. The following plan
was mapped out by the committee,
which will be submitted to the
Bankers association at its next meet
ing:
THAT a central committee be ap-
pointed with a chairman located in
the city of Wausau, the committee to
consist of two bankers, two dairy
men. one representative of the Mara
thOn County School of Agriculture,
and a representative of the College
of Agriculture of the University of
Wisconsin.
That the functions of the committee
shall be to receive and pass on appli-
cations to purchase cattle, to arrange
prices and to distribute the purchased
stock.
That the local committee shall con-
csio Of ho,
director and one practical dairyman
to be selected by the local bank or
banks.
That the duties of the local COM
mittee shall be to receive applica-
tions from farmers for cattle and to
investigate the character of the appli-
cant, his barns, feeding capacity, etc.
That all notes shall be drawn on or
before two years with interest at six
per cent, payable semi-annually, and
the minimum payment shall not be
less than twenty-five per cent of the
proceeds of his entire herd received
from the sale of milk and cream, but
this shall not include any product
used for domestic use.
That the local committees shall use
every effort to promote the purchase
of pure-bred Holstein or Guernsey
sires in their communities on the fol-
lowing basis: The purchase price to
be secured by the personal notes of
two or more reliable farmers; inter
est to be at the rate of six per cent.
The committee also recommended
that the plan be given publicity
through the press or by booklets to
be distributed by members of the
Marathon County Bankers associa-
ton and that no canvass of farmers
be made"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
CLASS GOES TO WAUSAU
Normal Students viii Study TOpOgra.
ply of Country.

The biology class of the Normal,
accompanied by Prof. G. E. Culver
and Miss Elmer, left this Thursday
afternoon on No 5, for Wausau to
study the topography of the country
in that vicinity. They will study the
granite and other formations. The
class consists of Samuel Ellis, Russell
Skinner, Harold Brady, Joseph Pope,
Truman Thorenson, Helen Diamond,
Karl Nelson, Mildred Merry and Frank
Wood. Messrs. Skinner, Pope and
Ellis, took their nets along to capture
some bugs for the entomology class
while on the trip. At Z o'clock Friday
morning the class will go out to
Granite Heights where they will study
the granite formations and on Friday
afternoon or Saturday morning they
will go out to Rib HILL They will walk
back from there and study the topog-
raphy of the country along the way.
They will return home some time Sat-
urday-Stevens Point Journal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
WISCONSIN WILL TRAIN
IT'S COMMUNITY NURSES
School For Special Work in Public
Health and Social Service To Be
Established i'm Milwaukee.

A training school for public health
is to be established in Wisconsin by
the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis as
sociation with the cooperation of the
University of Wisconsin Extension Di-
vision and other societies of the state,
who are deeply impressed with the
need for such school and who will
assist in training the students.
Plans for the opening of the school
are not complete, but at an enthusi-
astic conference held recently hearty
endorsement was given the tentative
course of study as it has been out
lined by Miss Katherine Olmstead, R.
~, a graduate of John Hopkins, and
a public health nurse of unusual ex-
perience, who was secured by the Wis
consin Anti-Tuberculosis association
this spring for the special purpose of
working out a plan whereby Wiscon-
sin will train it's own public health
nurses and provide trained workers
to meet the ever increasing demand.
. Many of the nurses now in the field,
as well as student nurses anxious to
take up the work, feel the need of the
course which is under consideration
and are planning to take advantage of
it. One of it's objects will be to stand
ardize the public health nursing SER
vice Throughout the state, thus in
creasing the efficiency of the individ-
ual workers, insuring the highest
grade of service to the community, and
of so organizing the profession that
there will be more definite recogni-
tion both of what the community has
right to demand from its public health
nurse and what the nurse has a right
to expect from the community.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
LOST IN THE WOODS

With her clothes in tatters, her
hands and face bleeding and her apron
torn and bloOd-stained, 5-year-old En-
ma Kolenski was found two miles
from home near Rhinelander, about
9 o'clock Wednesday morning, after
an all-day and night search, in which
more than three hundred people took
part.
Little Emma wandered away from
her home, about five miles north of
Rhinelander. at o'clock Tuesday.
Her absence was unnoticed until 10
o'clock, when her parents became
alarmed and started a search. At
noon neighbors were aroused, and
farmers within a radius of five miles
Joined in the chase, and secured the
woods and swamps until dark.
The sheriff was notified, and he went
to the scene and notified several auto
mobile owners to take their machines
and render aid. At noon no trace
could be found. and the sheriff re-
turned to Rhinelander for a blood
hound and more men. Two hundred
men responded to the call. A torn
piece of the girls skirt was found
where she had climbed through a
barbed-wire fence, and the dog was
placed on. the trail at this point.
He travelled in circles for about two
hours. At one point the child had
crossed a creek on three slender poles
which were lying across the stream
At another place the imprints of her
body could be found. showing where
she had lain down and spent the night
Finally the trail led out to road
where il was lost.
1t was at this point she was picked
up early in the morning by two wo-
men. who took her to- farmhouse
The searching party did not learn that
the child had been found until r. A
Rick drove to the farmhouse to make
inquiries. and was informed she was
sleeping inside. He notified Sherif
Crofoot, who took the tot TO her fran
tic parents.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
ELECTRICITY MASTERS
THE MOUNTAIN BARRIERS

One of the most stupendous prob
lens of western railroading has been
the mountains. To lift the tremen-
dous tonnage of the transcontinental
trains over the mile-in-the-air crests
of the mountains is a Herculean task
under the most favorable conditions,
and when snow fills the passes, and
cold beleaguers the fire boxes of the
steam locomotive, the difficulties of
mountain operation become well-nigh
insuperable.
Remarkable, therefore, was the re-
cent record of one of the "Milwau-
KEGS" new Electric Locomotives, pull
ing the all-steel "Olympian" over the
Rockies-receiving the train at Deer
Lodge, Montana, forty-fve minutes
late. and having to traverse the mile
high pass of the Great Continental Di-
vide in the dead of winter, it made up
the lost time in the run of 115 miles
and arrived at Three Forks, Montana,
on schedule time.
This astounding record shows that
the Electric Locomotive has proved
itself Master of the Mountain Bar
rierS." Fed with the tremendous en-
ergy of the mountain streams, max
ing an ally of the cold weather which
aids in keeping the motors cool-it
penetrates the snow drifts, with COM
parative ease-hauls heavier loads
with greater dispatch and a pro-
nouneed saving in cost, and opens a
new world of delights to the traveller
On your next trip to the Pacific
North Coast, take either of the superb
all-steel trains, The Olympian." or
The Columbian" over the Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and
enjoy the advantages of electric travel
combined with unsurpassed scenery
and service.
For literature and full information
apply to local ticket agent of this rail
way. adv. Ii
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO

irritable through having made so many
false starts for the door, thinking,
every time the congregation arose in
the service, that it was all over.
Messrs, Silverthorn & Plumer have
reorganized their banking institution
into National bank, under the pro-
visions of the laws of congress on that
subject as recently amended and mod
flied. The charter has been received
and the whole amount of capital,
10000, subscribed The stockholders
comprise the following well known
solid business men of this city, viz:
Jacob Paff, R! E. Parcher, N. T. Kelly,
OF VIM. P. Kelly & Bro, w. H. Knox,
of Knox Bros, August Kickbusch,
Richard Bauman, John Ringle, Fow-
Ter P. Stone and c. S. Curtis, of Curtis
Bros, c. Althen, A. H. Grout, D. L.
Plumer, Geo. Silverthorn and w. C.
Silverthorn, of Silverthorn & Plumer.
The state of affairs at our cemetery
are not just what they had ought to
be; for the past few weeks the
grounds have been trampled over con-
siderably by cattle, and many lots that
have been improved and beautified re-
Gently, nearly ruined thereby.
Chas. Mosher's black horse, while
standing in front of the Bells house,
thought it was time to go to the barn,
and started off on slow trot, after
travelling about half the distance, sew
eral men attempted to stop him which
was contrary to his wishes, so he made
remarkable burst of speed and sue
ceeded in reaching the alley that leads
to the barn, at which place the buggy
was made wreck by colliding with
the fence; the horse freeing himself |
from the same reached the barn, ac-
complishing his object in fine style.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
DEATH OF MRS. JOSEPH kAAS

Mrs. Joseph Haas of Marathon, died
on Wednesday morning after long
illness. The family formerly resided
in the town of Cassell, but recently
sold the farm and moved to Marathon.
The funeral took place Saturday
morning at st. Mary's church, Mara
thon. Mrs. Kass was born in Brond,
Kreis Eyer. Bohemia, Feb. 2S, 1881.
She was married to Joseph Kaas and
they came to America in 1855 and
to this county the same year.
She is survived by her husband
and four children. viz: Mike, John ana
Mrs. Anton Saindon, of Wausau, and
Joseph, who is in British Columbia
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
FAIR CIRCUIT

There are only five counties in the
Central Wisconsin Fair circuit this
season Merrill having dropped be-
cause of no speed events having been
arranged for. The cities and dates are
as sfollows: Marshfield, Aug. 29 to
Sept. 1; Wausau, Sept. to 8; Stevens
Point, Sept. II to Is; Chippewa Falls,
Sept. 19 to %; Lacrosse, Sept. 26 to
20. w. A. Gething of Stevens Point is
secretary of the circuit. Augusta al
so withdrew not being satisfied with
the dates assigned.