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The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-26
B2lTlSH CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD ON
 THE SCARPE K YER
Germans Offer Firm Resistance in Arras BattIe-British Have Captured Village of Bilheim- German Losses Heavy.

London, April 25.-The British troops fighting along the Arras battle line made further slight advances Wednesday south of the Scarpe river There was a continuation of aerial activity, in which 15 German air planes came to grief and six British aircraft failed to return to their base, according to the official communca- tion issued tonight.
 Thousands of dead Germans are lying on the battlefield, says the con- munication
 Turks Defeated Again.
 London, April 25.-An official statement received today from Gen. Maude, commanding the British fore es in Mesopotamia, says that the British have driven the Turks from the west bank of the Shatt- -El-Adhem to about F miles north of it's junction with the Tigris. Gen. Maude's total captures on Saturday and Sunday in the vicinity of Iztabilat were 6S7 prisoners and 15 guns. Concerning the actions in the vicinity of Iztabilat and on the right bank of the Tigris the statement says:
 "The full list of our captures for the two days, including those already reported, is 20 officers, 667 men, one gun of 59 caliber, 14 Krupp guns, two machine guns, 1,240 rifles, quantity of hand grenades, 220 rounds of gun ammunition, 540,000 rounds of rife ammunition, four limbers, 240 trucks, one crane with spare wheels and other stores and 16 engines"
 >>>>>>:>c>,> >>>:cc,c->>>;ce>- by the president, whom he unreserved ly declared wrong on the question, the speaker pleaded that young men be given an opportunity to offer their services voluntarily.
 "I protest with all my heart and mind and soul" he shouted, against having the slur of being a conscript placed upon the men of Missouri. So far as Missourians are concerned, there is precious little difference be- tween a conscript and convict"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-26
BROUGHT DOWN THE WRONG.

"Waiter," he said, this chicken is very tough"
 "Very sorry, sir That chicken was always a peculiar bird. Why, when we came to kill it we couldn't catch it, so at last we had to shoot it. It flew on the housetops, and"
 "Ah, that accounts for it. You must have shot the weathercock by mistake. ."-Milwauke Journal.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-26
UP-TO-DATE CHRONOLOGY

I see they have just dug up cor nerstone of library in Greece on which was inscribed 1000 B. co" re- marked a student to Scotchman. "Whad O you suppose it means?"
 It canna mean bu' one thing" an- swered the Scot solemnly. Before Carnegie. ."-Christian Register.
 COMINGl "THE FAIL DE A MA
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-26

COMING! THE FALL OF A MA TION!"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
DEATH OF WILLIAM JANKE

Last Thursday evening, September
10, 1917, death came to William Janke
at the home of his son, Herman
Janke, in the town of Hamburg. The
deceased had been in failing health
for several years, but the immediate
cause of death was a stroke, which
he suffered on Sunday evening, Sep
TENDER 8. His sister, Mrs. Bertha
Kolter of this city, who is now the on
ly member left of the Janke family,
visited her brother on Sunday after
noon, and the same evening he was
stricken, from which he never re-
covered.
William Janke was born in Ger
many, February %, 1882, and had
reached the age of eighty-five years,
six months and twenty days. He
came to this country in 1856, and lived
at Milwaukee for some time. In 1860
he came to Marathon county and To-
Gated on a farm in the town of Ham
burg, which is now being run by his
son, Herman Janke.
Funeral services were conducted
last Sunday afternoon at the Janke
home in the town of Hamburg, by
Rev. Katuricut. Burial was made in
the cemetery of St. Johns church. The
following from Wausau attended the
funeral Mrs. Bertha Kolter, Mrs. A.
Roehl, Mrs. Tina Janke, Mrs. Bertha
Deichsel and DR.. ]. H. Kolter. He
was an old and we'll known resi-
dent of the town of Hamburg and his
funeral was largely attended by his
MANY friends in that vicinity
Surviving are his son, Herman Jan
Ike, of the town of Hamburg, one sis
ter, Mrs. Bertha Kolter of this city,
seven grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
DUROC HOG SHOW

Glandon, town of Hewitt, was the
scene of a big hog show yesterday in
addition to splendid exhibits of gar
den truck. A number of people from
Wausau in addition to farmers from
the surrounding country were pres
ent. The show was held at B. H.
Pickens' farm. H. H. Humphrey of
this city, was one of the judges.
This was the annual exhibit of the
Central Wisconsin Duroc Jersey Hog
Breeders association.
A delightful lunch was served by the
Ladies' Aid society of Glandon, after
which there were games and enter
tainments of various kinds for both
children and older people. A tug OF
war between Wausau men and those
of Hewitt, resulted in hard won
vistory for the town of Hewitt.
The success of the exhibit and show
makes it probable that next year a
general fair will be held at the same
place.
The following Wausau business men
attended the exhibit, going over by au-
tomobiles: H. S. Wright, William
Schoeneberg, w. r. Chellis, Albert
Kraatz, Walter E. German, Oran Lii
jeqvist, Mayor Herman E. Marquardt,
George A. Runkel, j. d. Christie. Geo.
H. Halder, Fred w. Burt, ]. l.. Ko-
mers, Myron H. Duncan, Fred Prehn,
Edwin Prehn, Frank Morgan, John
Morgan, c.. G. Kruger, H. G. Flieth,
H. C. Berger, George Wilke, F. B.
Laabs, Mark G. Bells, G. D. Jones,
Paul Vollbrecht, j. A. Rowley, HI. H.
Humphrey, Will LaCerte, c. H. In
graham, Harry Odin and Walter Zahn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
M. M. CORN Err.
"The Mothers" Discuss Bread Maxim,

"The Mothers" Discuss Bread Making
Now that potatoes are cheaper, we
are putting them in the bread, it
saves flour and makes an agreeable
change. For loaves of bread, boil 3
good sized potatoes very soft. Drain
and mash thoroughly, then return to
the water they were cooked IN, cool
and set aside till time to set the
bread. Potato sponge is more likely
to sour, so add pinch of soda and do
not keep too warm.
Try loaf of oatmeal bread next
baking day. About a tea cup full of
well soaked oatmeal to large loaf of
bread, not as an economy but a
healthful change.
Wonder why one kind of bakers
bread is always underdone ?" This is
really a serious matter and why do
most people want fresh baked bread?
For ourselves we prefer it at least one
day old, two is better.
"We often wonder why most of the
rye bread is baked with such leathery
crust and pointed "heels"-we should
call them toes-not long ago we saw
large basket of these heels emptied
into the garbage pail at a hotel"
IF could make rye bread like you
do Mrs. A. Please tell me just how
you do it,"
"That is hard matter my dear.
There are certain requisites for all
kinds of bread. The "knack" as you
call it comes from long experience,
painstaking care and attention to de-
tails. | once watched a chef making
rye bread. First he worked the -four
slowly into the dough with a spoon,
then he sifted it on little at time
and kneaded it in with his knuckles.
In this way the grain is not broken
and | understood why his bread was
better than mine.'
wonder if that's the reason bread
is better made in mixer? ?" eyes
and one advantage of the bread mixer
is, it is time saver too, and another
is, that father and the boys are not
averse to making the bread if neces-
sary."
(which is best, to put bread fresh
from the oven on the table, or dry
bread from the last baking? There
is no need to do either; a tin of bis
cults may be baked from dough. They
are not Objectionable if allowed to
cool. The old bread should be kept
in way that it would be relished or
put away until the next meal"
Do not ask the family to eat dry
bread when there are so many appe-
tiZing ways to fix it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
Observation-Disclosures
HATCH EGGS ON THEIR FEET
Peneuins Of the Antarctic Region Have
Some Strange Characteristics,
Says Zoology Professor.

''The emperor penguin of the Antarc-
tic, which has not even a nest, lays a
single. egg, that must not touch cold
ice and is Matched out on the parents
feet" writes DR.. Richard A. Muttkow-
ski, instructor in zoology, University
of Missouri, in an article on Maternal
Instincts" published in America. "The
mother" he continues, "has bare
patch of skin on the under side, ringed
with long feathers to surround the egg
and later the chick; this affords botn
the necessary warmth"
Other strange manifestations of ma
ternal instinct cited by Doctor Mutt
kowski are certain Venezuelan frogs
which place their eggs upon their
backs, whence a little parapet of skin
prevents their falling.
The most astonishing manifestation,
however, is that of the mother scor-
pion, who sis literally devoured by ner
children, and permits them to do so.
We stand perplexed at the completely
Of an instinct which causes the mother
to submit calmly to ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
without offer of resistance; yet this
same instinct causes her at the same
time to ward off any foreign intruder
who might interfere with the dismem-
berment and perhaps save her life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
DEATHS

Last Friday Mrs. w. O. Jehn OF
Minneapolis passed away at the home
Of her sister, Mrs. John n. Winetzkl,
702 Fifth avenue, in this city. Mrs
Jehn came here for visit with rela-
tiyeS. She has been in falling health
fer some time, but her condition be-
came serious while here, and the end
finally came at the time stated above.
Her funeral was held yesterday after
noon at the Winetzki home, Rev. d.
j. Williams officiating The deceased
was born in Wausau, and was twenty
six years, eight months and twenty
eight days of age. she lived in this
city before her marriage. Surviving
are her widower and one son, Forrest,
also three sisters and two brothers,
Mrs John n. Winetzki and Mrs.
Henry Halter of this city, Mrs. Edwin
Frederick of Milwaukee, Walter Klap-
perick of Ontanogan, Michigan, and
Edward Klapperich of Wausau.
Daniel Dallman, the four years old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dallman
of the town of Reid died Wednesday.
Funeral services were conducted Sat-
turday morning at ST. Florian church
in Hatley, Rev. Father Karcz otficia-
ting.
Helen Averill, the little daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter j. Averill of
Lugerville, Wis, died yesterday af-
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The child
had been i'll two days, and infantile
commissions was given as the cause of
death. Helen was born in Wausau,
June 4, 1915, being two years, three
months and thirteen days of age. The
funeral will be held from the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust. Wickstrum, PIT
Town Line road, tomorrow afternoon
at two o'clock, Rev. MsnelIe of Mer-
rill, officiating. Burial will be made
in Pine Grove cemetery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
The Egyptian Scale.

The seven great tones of the Egyp-
ton scale represented among the tenn
Die priests the planets of Sun, Moon,
Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and
Venus. The scale mystically repre-
sented also the seven days Of the week,
the different keys indicated the gods
and goddesses of the old time. The
veil of the old Egypt, says one writer,
has never been lifted. Nor can the
modern mind follow through all its
mazes hat system Of music, philoso-
phy, religion, astrolOgy, astronomy and
pantheism of which one Of The notable
expressions was the music drawn from
the harps and Tyres. From these mys-
tical sources have descended to Us the
modern orchestra, the stringed Choir
the violins, cellos, BASES, yiolas. Inc
most direct example-the harp-is no
more now than a mere adjunct
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
PROCLAMATION

Pursuant to the authority vested in
him by the President of the United
States, Herbert Hoover, National Food
Administrator, has urged as a patrioG-
ic duty one MEATLESS DAY and one
WHEATLESS Day in each week as a
means of conserving the food supply.
Owing to the very great shortage
of wheat and meat, and the urgent
necessity of conserving the present
food supply and of creating a reserve
supply for future needs the people OF
this nation have been asked to make
personal sacrifices. 1t is through their
cooperation alone that the food ad-
ministratiOn can be successfully car
ried out.
Therefore, acting under the direc-
ton of Food Administrator Herbert
Hoover, /, Magnus SwensOn, Food Ad-
miniStratOr for Wisconsin, hereby call
upon and urgently request the citizens
of this state to set aside Tuesday, Sep
TENDER Is, 1917, and all Tuesdays
thereafter during the period of the war,
as a meatless day. i ask that all hO-
tells, restaurants and other eating
places serve meatless meals upon that
day and that this practice be followed
In the homes of all patriotic citizens.
In order, further, that Wisconsin
may do its share in the conservation
of food / ask that Wednesday,, Sep
TENDER 10, 1917, and all Wednesdays
thereafter during the period OF the
war, be set aside as a WheatlesS day.
/ ask the people of Wisconsin to alb
stain from the use of bread and pas
tries made from wheat upon that day
to the end that the wheat supply OF the
United States may be increased for
the time when greater calls will be
made upon it.
1t was for this purpose that the peO-
pie of Wisconsin were asked 10 sign
the food pledge cards, but we have
concluded to put the above plan into
effect without waiting for complete
return of the food pledge cards.
This proclamation made this four
teeRth day of September, nineteen
hundred and seventeen.
MAGNUS SWENSON,
Food Administrator for Wisconsin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
JEWISH HOLIDAYS OBSERVED

The Jewish New Year, which is the
most important event in the Hebrew
calendar, has been observed by the
Jewish people in Wausau, beginning
Sunday and continuing until today.
During part of that time places of
business of our Jewish people have
been closed. Services have been held
at Mt. Sinai temple on Mcclellan
street, in celebration of Rosn Hasha-
nah or the Jewish New Year, and was
attended by many from the city and
neighboring cities and villages. DR..
Julian Morgenstern of Cincinnati of
the Hebrew Union college, has been in
charge of the services, This morn
ing Or, Morgenstern addressed the
Orthodox Jewish people at Castle hall,
at which time Rabbi ]. Krull of Chi
cago, also had part in the services.
The observance of the feast of Rosh
Hashanah, or Jewish New Year, with
services, was held Sunday evening and
Monday morning and last evening,
continuing through this morning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
FouIess Glass,

Scientists who have been trying to
end way Of preventing the logged
glass which often obscures the vision
Of chauffeur or motorman in rainy
weather and results in accidents, have
decided that glycerin, properly used, is
the best thing for preventing mist
forming on the glass. 1t has long been
used for this purpose by locomotive
engineers, and a thorough test of its
efficacy proved that it is deserving of
wider use.
To make glass fogless in any kind of
weather it should first be thoroughly
cleaned and then rubbed with a cloth
wet with glycerin.
When the drops of water strike a
glass coated in this way they coalesce,
forming a smooth. transparent film,
which is no obstruction to vision. The
uncoated glass becomes covered with
separate drops, which completely be.
fog its surface.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
A Prophecy That Failed.

DR.. Christopher Girtanner, a IA.
nous professor Of Gottingen, prophe
sled as late as the last century that
before 1t had passed the transmutGtion
Of gold would be generally known and
praticed. Every chemist and artist
he wrote, "will make gold; kitchen
utensils will be of silver and even
gold, which viii contribute more than
anything else to prolong life, which al
present is poisoned by the oxides Of
copper. lead and iron, which we daily
swallow with eur food" Perhaps there
10 something In that-R. !. GeaBe, In
American Medicine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
whx the Owl Is a Night Bird.

Birds are often credited witt bring
ing down a fire from heaven; in Poly
nesia it was a red pigeon, in French
folk lore the wren. The tale runs
that all the other birds, except the
owl, contributed single feather
auiece to replace the scorched plum
age Of the wren, so as to keep it warm
in the coming winter. For its. i'll
nature the owl was condemned TO
eternal seclusion during the warm
day, and to perpetual suffering from
cold during the night, and the other
birds maintain the punishment by pes
tering it If 1t appears in sunshine
Raymon Crawford, In the Lancer
Qondonl.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18

The Evangelical Friedens congrega-
ton of Schofeld, will be fifteen years
old on Sunday, Oct. Z, and the mem
bers of the church and their pastor,
Rev. G. Book, are making prepara-
IONS to observe the day in a fitting
manner. Three special services will
be held at which Rev. Book will
be assisted by visiting pastors. st.
Paurs congregation of this city has
been invited to participate and as
there will be no services held at
S. Paul's that Sunday, an opportunity
is offered the members of the Wausau
church to join with the Schofield peo-
pie in the festivities. Dinner and
supper will be served by the ladies
of the Friedens church.
The John Xefer Furniture Com
pany repairs cSne and upholstered
furniture. Phone 1909. adv. If.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
PROPOSAL FOR THE Old RIVER.
SIDE HOTEL

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of Public Works of the city
of Wausau, October 1st, until 10: 80
o'clock a. NJ, for the sale of the So
called Riverside Hotel building.
Bids should be addressed to the
Board of Public Works, City of Wau-
sau, and marked Bids for old build
ing"
The Board of Public Works reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
Board of Public works,
H. E. MARQUARDT,
C. C. ADAMS
B. c. GOWEN
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
STRANGE WEDDINGS IN INDIA
Guests at Native Ceremonies in Bonn.
bay, Literally "Paint the
Town Red"

The rites and customs pertaining tc
the ceremony Of marriages differ In
various parts Of the world. Every.
where the determination Of the con.
tract is attended with mirth and re-
joicing.
AT d native wedding in Bombay, In.
dia, the wedding guests literally
paint the town red" by throwing on
one another kind of red powder un-
til they are crimson from head to foot.
Their disOrdered white draperies, the
stains and splashes on their faces and
hair and their unrestrained jollity
give them the appearance Of victims
Of a massacre, the Peoples Home
Journal states.
In India halls which may be Sc
cured for a small rental are provided
for these ceremonies. But weddings
are also celebrated in the Hindu tenn
pies, with priests in attendance. In
a Hindu temple bride of twelve must
seat herself on a stone and be
drenched with water by her brides
maids. Behind her, her mother is
subjected to similar deluge and at
@ short distance behind the brides
mother the grandmother undergoes
the same treatment, while In front of
the dripping trio two priests sit be-
side briskly-burning wood fire, mum.
bling the prescribed words for the
ceremony. One casts few grains of
rice into the fire and the other, with
ladle, a few drops OF oil.
During these performances the
bridegroom, seated in carriage out.
side the temple, receives the congrat-
ulations of his friends. In the far East
the bridegroom would seem to be the
member OF the Tarty most to be an.
Wed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
A Warming and an Appeal

An insiduous but persistent effort
is being made by enemies of Amer1-
ca, and citizens whose Americanism
does not rise above unworthy mo-
tives, to foment dissatisfaction and
disloyalty in the state of Wisconsin,
in order to embarass the government
Of the United States, bring the war
into disrepute, and to build up pri-
vate and political interests upon the
ruins of our national honor and the
security of government by the peo-
pie. To create dissention, unrest and
disloyalty is the first step; to turn
these to the advantage of those who
are busy inspiring them, by the
agents and sympathizers of the Ger
man imperial government, or merely
selfish and dangerous individuals, is
the second step. The first purpose has
already made some progress, the sec
Ond is just now taking form in such
manner as to benefit equally the Ger
man autocracy, and individuals who
would sell the peoples birthright. In
the sacred and abused name of peace,
which with honor and freedom, we
will revere, and under the guise of
economic justice, so phrased as plaus-
IDLY to exalt personal advantage above
national necessity, and to appeal to
every instinct for personal comfort
and to every vulnerable emotion, pc
titions are being circulated endors-
ing the insideously subversive teach
ings and un-American activities by
which Senator Robert M. LaFollette
has misrepresented the patriotic peo-
pie of this state.
For these petitions is sought the
signature of every citizen of Wiscon-
sin, who by the urge of blood ties,
by appeal to love of ease and profit,
by blind devotion to the abstract idea
of peace, and through every possible
phase of interested motive or lack of
understanding. can be inveigled into
placing his hand to document which
the German emperor would gladly
sign. That thousands, fooled or faith
less, will sign these petitions, may
be fully expected, and unless there
shall go forth to Washington from the
loyal sons and daughters of Wiscon-
sin; vigorous and emphatic repudia-
ton of these hbelous messages of
yelled sedition, this great American
state will come into contempt and dis
repute, not only in America, but wher-
ever democracy prevails and humanity
is exalted. Only by counter petitions,
vigorously couched and rapidly circu-
lated, can the fair name of Wiscon-
sin be safe, and to this end the fol-
lowing Wisconsin Loyalty Petition is
presented for the signature of every
Wisconsin citizen who treasures the
good repute of his state and holds dear
in his heart the ideals and the integri-
ty of the American republic. Read
the petition, sign name and address in
the blank allotted for that purpose
and mail at once to wisconsin 10y
atty Legion, Store ], Plankington Ho-
tel Bldg Milwaukee, Wis"
WISCONSIN LOYALTY LEGION.
Executive Committee:
z. G. Simmons, Kenosha
Z. r. Bowler, Sheboygan
Richard Lloyd Jones. Madison
W. r. Gaylord, Milwaukee
W. a. Hayes, Milwaukee
Thomas Higgins, Manitowoc
]. E. Mcconnell, La Crosse
A. P. Woodson, Wausau
Thos. 4. Reid, Appleton
Ben Carter, Menomonie
A. w. Sanborn, Ashland.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
SOAR ovens.

Experiments with solar ovens report
ed by Sir f. Nicholson are stated to
show that in suitable climates tempera.
lures Of 240 degrees TO 275 degrees
Fahrenheit can be easily obtained from
the sun during several hours daily, and
go degrees with the aid Of single
glass mirror. The apparatus is simply
an insulated teakwood box, blackened
inside and provided with glass top
Of two plates inclosing ar air space. 1t
Is adapted for many uses, and is
claimed to do the baking and cooking
Of the household very effectively. 1t
should prove valuable aid In subtropi-
cal regions of little coal and wood.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Next Sunday, Sept %, the Tooth an
niversary of the Evangelical Union
will be observed in the Evangelical
churches of the United States. A
special service will also be held at st.
Pauls church of this city. Rev. E. c.
Grauer, pastor of the church, will adj
dress the members of his congrega-
ton on "The History of the Evangel-
ical Union" The service will be held
at the usual hour-10 a. m.