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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
LOCAL MAN KNEW WILLARD
Engine Crews at Heaff0rd
junction.

The world is not so large after all.
There are men and women in Lincoln
county who know and have been ac-
quainted with those who are famous
and who are occupying high places
in doing the worlds work
How many people realized a few
days ago, when the picture of Dan
Willard was puB4shed in this paper,
that man living in Lincoln county
worked with him some thirty-odd
years ago at Heafford Junction when
they were building the 500 railroad?
That man is A. L. Bean, who runs
a store in the town of Corning.
Mr.. Bean was in the Office recently
and told a reporter for this paper
many interesting incidents and cir
cumstances about Mr.. Willard At
that time Willard had charge of the
engine crews and was engineer on
the Three Spot" One time Mr..
Bean, who is also a musician, had
cSSh NhSoSNU w pay a. udlANC Dul
he could get no one to watch the
engine, so he told his troubles to
Willard, who said that if he would
give him $500 he would watch the
engine that night.
The following is taken from the
Saturday Evening Post, which also
published picture of him:
There is no better example than
Mr.. Willard of the man who starts
at the bottom and arrives at the top.
In the snapshot below he is shown
in the act of arriving. 1t took him
just thirty-two years to cover the
distance between the job of track la
borer and that of president of the
Baltimore e Ohio railway which posi-
tion he now holds.
Those who are familiar with Mr.
Wizards recent work on various rail-
way boards and commissions, recog-
nize him as one of the biggest rail-
road men in this country President
Wilson endorsed his opinion last Octo-
Der by appointing him as a member
of the Advisory commission to the
Council of National Defense, of which
commission he has recently been elect
ed chairman.-Merrill News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
CAR DEMOLISHED
Car Skids and Hits Telephone Pole and
is Wrecked.

An automobile accident occurred
Friday afternoon which wrecked DR..
Joseph Smiths new Hudson Super
Six car, but luckily, caused no loss of
life. Leonard L. Lokker, a demonstra-
tor for the Hudson Automobile COM
pany of Milwaukee, had come to Wau-
sau to look after several cars of the
Hudson make. He had tried out sew.
eral cars and then had taken DR..
Smiths; he took Walter Kroening in
with him and also doc" Bishop. They
had been up on Merrill avenue, and
were coming towards the city at 4:30
o'clock and their pace was close TO
turn on North Third avenue, Lokker
lost control of the car; it skidded
and finally came up against a tele-
phone pole. The impact was so great
that the large pole, which was14 inches
through, was broken off feet above
the ground and the stub was slanted
to the south at an angle of As degrees.
The car turned turtle; the sides were
smashed in and wheels torn off and it
was otherwise badly damaged. The
occupants were unceremoniously
pitched onto plowed ground Kroening
sustained a broken arm and was cut
and bruised Lokker received a bad
cash in the back of his head, while
Bishop escaped injury.
The injured were taken to the hospi-
tai and had their wounds dressed and
the car was taken to a garage for re-
pairs. The accident was the result of
fast and careless driving. The man who
drives a car on the streets of Wausau
faster than the law allows should be
arrested and fined. There is money in
it for the city of Wausau, if officers
in plain clothes are placed on various
corners in our city to time passing
autos.
Dr. Joseph Smith, owner of the new
ear which was demolished. will not
be the loser in this accident, but it
will fall on the Hudson automobile
whose demonstrator was try
ng out the car in a most astonishing
manner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
Monday, October s, 1883

Geo. Steltz is the mighty hunter of
the valley, he killed two large black
bears last week.
Stuhlfauth's bakery has risen phoe-
nix-like from its ashes and is now in
full blast again.
w. P. Brown, young man from
Beaver Dam. has accepted position at
the Hotel Bells.
B. T. Single is erecting residence
on Grand avenue, which he and his
family will occupy when completed.
ben" can be put down as the cham
pion builder of Wausau, having erected
about a dozen buildings in as many
years.
At the annual meeting of the Mara
thon County Agricultural society held
Thursday evening, the following Off
GERS were elected:
President-Aug. Kickbusch.
Vice President-John Ringle.
Sec'y-W. w. Wilson.
Treas.-Henry Miller.
At the last meeting of the city coun-
Gil an ordinance was passed prohibit
ing cattle, horses and swine from run
ming at large. Cows, however. can
have the run of the city from 6 a. m.
until D. m, from April 1st to Dec 1st
The Wausau post Office is now in the
second class, which is quite jump to
the good
The New opera house will be opened
on the 29th and 30th of this month,
by the Emma Abbott Opera Co.
A team belonging to Julius OFT be-
came frightened at passing train and
backed off the Plumer bridge Wednes-
day and drowned before assistance
could be given.
Russell Crocker lost the first, third
and fourth fingers of his right hand
last Thursday while working on a
knot saw at the Wausau Lumber Co.'S
mill He is 1S years of age.
j. l.. Halle, who has been in the
Manson store for the past year, left
for his home in Rockwell City. Ia. to,
day He will be absent several months.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
COMMUNITY GARDENING

The Langlade Lumber company has
one camp in which there are 60 men.
1t is reported that the men agreed to
enter into a community plan of gar
dening. So they had papers drawn
up and the sixty men went at it with
a will. They took a forty acre tract
of cut over land, and in a remarkably
short time had all the stumps dynamit-
ed. the land cleared and ready for the
plOw, and now every inch of that forty
acre tract of land is under cultiva-
tion and will bear a rich crop if con-
ditions are favorable and each man
is putting in his time after working
hours keeping out the weeds and pro-
noting the growth of everything plant
ed. This is one way of helping our
country. 1t will be watched with inter
est.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
@WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY-TWO YEARS AGO

Jos. Dessert of Mosinee, was on our
streets last Thursday.
The soldiers of Cutler Post will give
their first annual ball on Friday even
ing, next.
Last Saturday was a gala day in
Wausau. 1t was the commemoration
by the Germans of the first German
settlement at Germantown, Pa, 200
years ago. There was street parade,
which was formed as follows:
Capt H. Young, carrying the stars
and stripes, accompanied by two Ian
GERS dressed in 10th century cortume;
a squad of knights in full armor,
mounted; a squad of lancers on foot,
lead by "Fruedsberg," CDR Rehm;)
Schubert's band Speakers carriage
Hon. John Ringle, president; Rev. F.
Kern, B. ]. Pink. Germantown Guard
Capt. c. H. Mueller, Commanding.
Tableau, "Arminius' (H. Swanke)
leading the Teutons against the Ro-
mans. Tableau, German soldiers es-
corting French prisoners. Sons of Her
man. Turn yerein, led by Father
John" German Sick Relief society,
Geiers band, North and South Ameri-
can Indians on horseback, West Side
Workingmen' society, Columbus, &c.
C. Zimmerman) on deck of Santa
Maria on his voyage discovering
America; Tableau, Columbia" Miss
Libby Gruetzmacher;) Tableau, the U.
S. represented by 3S girls, surmounted
by the goddess of liberty Miss Mathil-
da Kickbusch;) Tableau," Germania,"
miss Mary Crochier;) Tableau,
"Preciosa," Miss Emma Schneider)
and daughter of the regiment and four
peasant girls in German costume
Then came many wagons and floats.
j. c. Gebhart was marshal of the
day and was supported by j. Will
liams and P. A. Wernich. In the even
ing there were dances in the various
halls, and speeches made by H. ].
Lohmar, A. Mehl, E. Schultz. L.
Schlecht, l.. Marchetti and M. H. Bar
mum.
James McCrossen, Jr., and Miss
riage in Madison, Wis, Oct 2, 1888.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
ANNUAL MEETING

The Wisconsin Valley Improvement
company held its annual meeting in
Wausau last Tuesday afternoon and
the following directors were chosen
Directors-W. e. Brown, Rhinelan-
der; l.. NJ Alexander, Port Edwards
G. w. Mead, Grand Rapids; W. ]. Sui
livan, Merrill; B. A. Pride, Tomahawk
and c. d. Jones and Walter Alexander
of Wausau.
At the close of the stockholders
meeting the directors met andselected
the following officers for next year:
President-W. e. Brown.
Vice Pres.-W. Alexander.
Sec'y and Treas.-G. d. Jones.
Manager-W. E. Brooks.
A. A. Babcock, who had been mana
ger for several years, found it neces-
sary to resign on account of illness and
Mr.. Brooks was elected in his stead.
A resolution, expressing regret be-
cause of the illness of Mr.. Babcock,
was adopted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
SAW MILL STARTED

For the past six months the Wis
consin Box company has had saw
mill under construction, in its yard in
south east Wausau. The same was
completed and was started up last
Thursday. 1t is operated by electricity
throughout, using .225 horse power to
drive its machinery, which consists of
a splitter saw, resaw, edger trimmer
and hog.
The mill will manufacture mostly
pine to supply the wants of the box
factory and for trade. 1t will employ
twenty men ON a run of twelve hours.
At present it will only be operated
day times It's capacity is $4,000 every
ten hours.
1t is estimated that the mill will
saw out 100000 between now and
November The logs are being shipped
by rail from a point near Rhinelander.
The mill will be in charge of G. K.
Gooding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
MARATHON COUNTY COUNCIL OF
DEFENSE
Met in the Court House ON Friday
Evening Work Progressing.

Last Friday evening the Marathon
County Council of Defense met at 7:3C
in the court house. All were present
with the exception of two.
The committee appointed to get out
a circular to the farmers with refer
ence to planting more land to food
stuffs, reported that the county had
been thoroughly attended to along
these lines. Answers received to the
questions sent out are very encourag-
ing and showed a greatly increased
acreage was being brought under cul-
tivation. The seed conditions had very
much improved during the past ten
days. The effective work done by the
council, the mayor, A. V. Gearhart, A.
G. Burg, and our merchants in general.
had solved the question Potatoes were
hustled into the city by the car loads
and were taken as fast as they came in
until all were satisfied Some of the
answers received stated that every foot
of land in the neighborhood was being
planted.
After some discussion, the member
ship of the Council of Defense was on
motion increased as follows:
Representative of the county
Schools. E. Giessel.
Representative of city schools-S.
B. Tobey.
Representative of the Agricultural
school-A G. Burg.
Representative of the Wisconsin Uni
versity Extension division-W. X. Nit
chell
Representative of western part of
county-W. L. Erbach.
Representative of southern part of
county-A. Won Berg.
A. G. Burg was appointed county rep
resentative of agriculture, and w. X.
Mitchell correspondence secretary.
The matter of elimination of waste
was taken up and thoroughly dis
cussed. Recommendations had been
sent in by each member to the chair
man, who read them and it was thought
best to appoint a committee to COM
pile an article on waste of foods, ETC.,
for publicity. The chairman appoint
ed G. c. Yawkey, Mrs. A. H. Reid and
&. B. Thayer to act on this committee.
w. K. Mitchell brought up a propo-
sition advanced by the University Ex-
tension. The Extension agrees to give
a course of study and lectures on do
nestle economy to the people of Wau-
sau and Marathon county, free, if they
will provide person who is qualified
to conduct the course. 1t was thought
that this would not be of much benefit
unless there was a class of at least
200 ladies. To try this out and give
it due consideration, the chairman ap-
pointed a committee of three ladies
to visit Mr.. Mitchell and determine up
on the feasibility of the plan. Mrs.
A. H. Reid, Mrs. w. H. Nablo and Miss
Nell Dunbar were appointed as mem
bers of this comittee.
The council adjourned to meet on
Monday the 21st of May.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
JEWS OF EUROPE SUFFERING

A thorough campaign is being waged
just now in this country in behalf
of the Jews in the war stricken zone
of Europe. There is said to be 3,000,
600 Jews in the zone on the verge of
starvation, and that unless about $10,-
100000 can be, raised in this country
thousands will die lingering death.
For every $1,OOOO0O raised in Ameri-
ca, Julius RosenwaId of Chicago, will
add 100000 and this incentive has
spurred the relief workers to untiring G
enthusiasm. Wausau was canvassed
the past week and a large sum was
raised by the Jews for their suffering
countrymen
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
RED CROSS SOCIETY

The Red Cross society met on Thurs
day to complete its organization. The
temporary officers were made perma-
nent and others elected, which makes
the society now officered as follows:
President-L. A. Pradt
Vice Pres-D. c. Everest
Secretary-B. F. Wilson.
Treas.-H. G. Flieth.
W. H. Bissell and A. P Woodson
were appointed as a committee to sub
nit bylaws for consideration and D.
C. Everest was appointed chairman of
a committee to be appointed on men,
bership.
Mr.. Everest, as usual, did not let
the grass grow under his feet, but
went to work and by ysSaturday his cam
paign for membership, was in full
swing. He mailed out thousands
of circulars with the necessary blanks
enclosed. The yearly price of men,
berShip varies as follows:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
JAILED FOR SELLING
TO OFFENDERS

A new law has lately passed the
Wisconsin legislature which has been
published and is now effective, and will
no doubt. tend to make saloon keepers
more strict in the sale of liquors.
The new law provides that when a
person is convicted on a charge of
drunkenness and is then paroled, the
district attorney must post the paroled
man during the continuance of the
time he is out on parole and that if any
person gives or sells to the paroled
man so posted any liquor, the penalty
upon conviction is a Jail sentence, no
fine being acceptable
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
THE REAL ADVENTURE
A Challenging Story, Full of Human
WOnderment and Interest.

"The Real Adventure" by Henry
Kitchel Webster, our next serial, is a
thoughtful study of the life of young
married woman who loves and is
loved by her husband, but realizes that
she is not and that he has no desire
for her to be his friend. How she
earned what she needed and laid a
sure foundation for happiness is told
in great detail, with much keen analy-
sis of character and incident. There
are many men and women to whom
the problems presented in ''The Real
Adventure" are real and personal.
Everyone will enjoy reading this in
teresting story. The first installment
will be printed in our issue of May 29.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
WIS. Y. M. C. A. WAR
WORK COUNCIL

The Wisconsin Y. NJ C. A. War
Work Council is preparing for ban
quet to be given at the Hotel Pfister
in Milwaukee, on the 18th of May
Wednesday evening. The executive
committee is composed of some of the
best known men in Wisconsin, and the
list of those who compose the state
council, we notice the names of c. c.
Yawkey and A H. Zimmerman of this
city.
The speakers at the banquet will be
F. H. Scott, Chicago, of Carson, Pirie,
Scott & Co.; Lieutenant F. G. Best, of
the 1st Wis. Cavalry; Chaplain Gus
tav Stearns, of the 1st Wisconsin In
fantry, and L. w. Messer, member of
National War Work Council.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
THE PESKY FLIES

According to a French scientist flies
have intense hatred for the color blue.
Rooms decorated in blue will help to
keep out the flies.
Mix together one tablespoonful of
cream, one of brown sugar. This mix
ture is poisonous to flies. Put in a
saucer, darken the room except one
window and in that set the saucer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
THE CEMETERY

The beautiful weather of Sunday at
tracted many people to our cemetery.
Some took down flowers in memory
of mother or father, or perhaps both,
who has passed away. The grounds
looked especially beautiful and attrac-
tive having been thoroughly cleaned up
and the trees and shrubbery trimmed.
The drives throughout the cemetery
are especially in better condition than
ever before.
The cemetery is fast becoming one
of the most beautiful spots in the city
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
MOTHERS DAY

Sunday was Mothers Day and it
was generally observed in Wausau
sermons were preached
and special music was in order. The
day was one of the finest of spring
thus far and the church.s were well
filed. The supply of carnations at our
florists was early exhausted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
TURNED DOWN

The manager of the Mejestic thea
ter turned down another scheme to
make money by an outsider this week,
The man had a plan to sell $4,000 worth
of tickets and a pony and cart to be
given to the child selling the most
tickets, and, as usual, in such schemes,
over so per cent of the money was to
go outside of the city. 1t was turned
down and the "get-rich-quiek" fellow
is still looking for some one to help
him along.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
HELPING THE CAUSE

The members of the Wausau Country
club met at 2:S0 o'clock p. m. last Sat
urday and as many as were present
moved a fence at the north end of the
grounds and enclosed that part of the
grounds planted TO crops.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
SEED HERE SATURDAY

The school children of the 5th and
9th grades and of the paroehial schools
who are going to enter gardening are
requested TO call at the Public library
onu Saturday for seed. II will be on
hand at that time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING

The sixth annual meeting of the
members of the Employers Mutual Ii
ability Insurance company viii be held
in the company's Office. Friday. May
18th. at 10 o'clock a. m. There will
be six directors to be elected. The
annual meeting of the board of direc-
tors will be held Immediately after
the adjournment of the annual meet
ing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
TAX LIST

The Pilot, the official county paper,
publishes the Treasurer's tax sale no.
tice of delinquent lands for the year
1916, today. The sale will take place
on the second Tuesday, being the 18th
day of June.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15

Keep the little ones healthy and
happy. Their tender, sensitive bodies
require a gentle, healing, harmless
remedy in the Spring. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea is safe tonic
remedy, thoro but not injurious. 35c.
w. w. Albers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15

1t is Mr.. Everest's wish that Wausau
should show the greatest percentage of
membership for the population of our
city in the United States. This he will
accomplish if the citizens win only
give him encouragement.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15
No. 27-TERMs $3.50 Per Annum
HENRY B. HUNTINGTON
LAW AND REAL ESTATE
Scott ST.. Opp. Court House. Wausau, Wis.
Over $500 Acres

of Fine Farming Sale in Marathon lincoln
and Taylor Counties, Mis-
Fine Residence Property Business Property Building Lots
and Acre Property for sale in the city.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-15

For information
described Henry B. Huntington.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-09
Last Units of Guards to
Leave Border by March rs

Washington, March S.-The last of
the National Guard organizations
from the border will leave for their
homes by March rs under the sched-
ule of movements just completed,
General Pershing today reported to
the War department Some delay
may be oecasioned by the inability of
the Eastern and Central departments
to care promptly for the housing and
mastering out of the returning troops,
the message added, and for this
reason the War department was re-
quested to authorize use of National
Guard armories and mobilization
camps.
San Antonio, Tex, March 8.-The
dates OF departure of all National
Guard troops remaining in the bor-
der service were announced today at
Southern department headquarters.
Schedules have been arranged so that
all organizations wilt be home by
April |. While March Is has been
set as the date for the last of the or
ganizations to leave, it was said that
efforts would be made to have units
designated to start March "a and rs
leave two or three days in advance
of those dates.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-09
British Cavalry Within
Twelve Miles of Baqdad

London, March S.-British cavalry
is now within twelve miles of Bag
dad. This statement was made today
to the Associated Press by Major
General F. B. Maurice, chief director
of military operations at the war Of
hce. General Maurice said the Turks
made no defense of Ctesiphon.
Ctesiphon is about twenty miles be-
low Bagdad. 1t was at this point
that the decisive battle was fought in
the campaign OF 1915, resulting in the
defeat OF the British attempt to cap
ture Bagdad, and it had been believed
that in their present retreat the
Turks might offer serious resistance
when this-town was reached. The
British war Office reports indicate that
little opposition has been offered by
the Turks since the fall of Kut.El-
Amara on February 26. The British
have advanced nearly 100 miles in that
time,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-09
Sociological Club Is
Formed at Sioux City

Sioux City, Ia, March 8,-(Special
Telegram 1.-The Sociological club of
Sioux City was formed last evening
at the Martin hotel by group OF
thirty-eight charter members, includ-
ing Bishop P. J. Carrigan and DR.. A.
E. Craig, president Of Morningside
college. First officers elected are
President, Rabbi Emanuel Sternhein;
vice president, Superintendent M. G.
Clark; secretary, Mrs. Ida Galinsky
CoYrshon; executive committee, Dr..
A. +. Craig, Rev. ]. R. Perkins, Miss
Ruth A. Hitch, Miss Jeanette Drake
and Miss Mary Ball. The object OF
the club is to provide common meet
ing place, where, free from official or
sectarian bias, >workers Of all sects
and creeds in the field of sociological
endeavor, both professional and vol
unteer, may gather informally and
exchange views and obtain. accurate
information on subjects Of common
and Kindred interest,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-09
Ask Permit to Hang
Murderer On Top Of
Federal Building

\ Washington, March 8.-Treasury
department officials today referred to
the attorney general for decision a
request from the custodian of public
buildings at Spokane for authorize
ton to use the roof of the federal
building there as the location for the
erection Of a scaffold to put to death
a federal prisoner sentenced to die
March TO-
The custodian's letter stated that
the prisoner, whose name was not
given, had been sentenced in the fed.
eral court. The state laws of Wash
ington prohibit capital punishment.
Application was made to the COM
mandant of a government military
reservation in the state for permission
to hang the prisoner there, but it
was denied.
Treasury department officials, are
in doubt as to whether the roof of a
public building could be used for that
purpose and may withhold authorize
tion even if the attorney generals
opinion is favorable.