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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
PLAN POTATO DRYING PLANT
err Is to Get Experimental Fac
tory-Backed by Government.

Rbinelander -- Rhinelander is to be
the home of new industry, an inno-
walton not only in Wisconsin but in
the country, according 10 an announce
ment by the advancement association
here A potato drying factory, the
product of which is potato flakes. is
the new institution which is expected
to bring considerably increased indus
trial activity to this city.
According to the announcement the
government is back of this project,
and a plant now in operation in Airing
ton, Va, which was erected for expe-
rimental purposes by the government,
is to be moved here. The new process
of treating potatoes is said to be in
line with recent efforts toward food
economy. and it is pointed out that
the small tubers and culls which here
tofore have been practically a total
waste, can be utilized in the potato
drying plant and turned into a market
able food product.
Oneida county's prominence as
potato producing community is said
to be the reason for locating the new
plant here The factory will be the
first of its kind in the United States,
it is understood, but the process has
been developed extensively in Ger
many
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Defense Council Urges All Whose
Time lis Not Fully Occupied to
Register With Labor Agent.

Madison-ldleTs are Slackersi The
moral tone of every community ought
to make it decidedly uncomfortable
for any idle person this season.
Such is the sentiment of the State
Council of Defense, which finds that
farmers throughout the state need ex-
ira help in cultivating and harvesting
crops. 1t also finds that experienced
farm help is not available. There are,
however, many boys and men whose
time is unoccupied or only partly
occupied. They are not doing their
full patriotic duty unless they are
busy all the time at some productive
employment.
The slogan of the State Council of
Defense is Every man on a job"
This means that all boys and young
men must work. 1t means that min
listers, business men, clerks, and 9th
ers whose whole time is not occupied
must use their spare hours and days
and their vacation periods.
Let every such person register with
the labor agent of his County Council
of Defense. Then let him work when
he is notified that his services are
needed
There are jobs for all, and to spare
Don't be a Stacker!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
CURIOUS FEARS OF SOLDIERS
viii Be Destroyed Although In
different as to Himself

II is extraordinary what curious
fears some soldiers have. one fighter
always breads that his charcoal fire
will be destroyed by a shell. He al
ways places the burner in the most
protected part OF the trench, but re-
mains quite Indifferent in regard TO
his own personal safety.
Another extraordinary fear of a sol
der at the front is that of having his
bootlaces united. Nothing else has
terpors for him, from bayonet fighting
TO asphyxiating gases. But he is quite
certain that If his bOotlaces are loose
he will trip over them and break his
neck. He always examines his laces
TO see if they are properly fastened.
Another soldier who has been through
the thick of the fighting is terribly
frightened of going through a wood,
and would rather walk miles round Ii
than half a mile through it. He has
the fear that some day tree will sud
denly fall and crush him.
Many soldiers have Il horror of los
Ing their identity disks, or of being
unidentified if they are killed, and
buried in a nameless grave. one man
is known to carry little scraps of paper
in every pocket, giving his name and
regiment, so that his body may be roe
ognized If he is killed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
GRIM GAS BATTLES FOUGHT
Asphyxisting Shells Fired in Great
Quantities by Both Sides in Strug-
ules on British Front

Andre Tudesq, writing Of the battles
on the British front, says there was
such an expenditure of asphyXlating
shells one day that six hours after the
last dclugc Of them sutrocating smells
were still passed through.
Lavish expenditure of gas Oh both
sides form "a Characteristic OF the fu-
rious attacks and counter-attacks
which have been delivered day and
night round these two villages. The
mask is here as precious rs the
grenade or the rifle.
As IN frightful carnival, In the
manner Of Edgar Allan Poe one could
see In the night on the slopes west Of
Frcsnoy entire regiments in masks,
fighting and killing each other in the
midst of black yaporS, which We're
rendered more fantastic hy the light of
the moon,
The hand-to-hnnd struggle thus took
on most singular forms Throwing
away their arms the cumbatan;S would
fly M each other throats und try TO
tear away each others masks. Few
prisoners were taken in these cncoun-
tiers and the wounded are fewer still.
Death alone receives the Hons share"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
BADGER FOOD HEAD NAMED
Frank Bacon OF Milwaukee Recon-.
mended BY Governcr Philip
at Request from Hoover.

Madison Frank f. Bacon of thu
CutlerHammor company, Milwaukee.
may become the Herbert Hoover of
Wisconsin.
Mr.. Hoover, International food ad-
ministrator, wired Gov. Philip to rec
ommend the name of a man to act as
his representative or food director in
this state. The governor wired back
the name of Mr.. Bacon The formal
appointment Of Mr.. Bacon is likely to
follow the governors recommends
ton.
In the working out of the great food
conservation program In this country,
Mr.. Hoover's department in Washing
ton will become the center of all &C
tivities, with each of the several states
as branch business house. The diff
ferent states will have their own food
director, with whom Mr. Hoover will
confer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
CLEARY ASKS MORE CAUTION
Sends Out Appeal to Wisconsin PEG
pie to Guard Against Loss of Food
and Equipment from Fire.

Madison - Declaring that three
fourths of the fires in the state, which
caused a loss of SSSS,765 in agricul-
tural produce alone during 1916, could
have been prevented by ordinary care
and watchfulness NJ. J. Cleary, state
insurance commissioner, has issued an
appeal to the people of the state to
give every precaution this year to
guard against loss of food and equip
ment so necessary at this time in the
successful prosecution of the war
The fire marshal says that lightning
still is the farmers worst enemy, but
declares that it can be robbed of its
sting by good lightning rod system,
properly installed and well grounded.
Attention is called to the danger of
allowing children to play with
matches, smoking in farm buildings
and around stacks, carelessness with
lamps, lanterns. gasoline, defective
stoyepipes, refuse, and other fire haz-
ards.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
WAR DEPARTMENT
UPHOLDS HOLWAY
POSITION TAKEN BY STATE AD
JUTANT GENERAL is FULLY
JUSTIFIED.
CONTROVERSY OVER SALARY
Members Of Wisconsin National Guard
in Training at Fort Sheridan viii
Receive Pay at Rate OF
500 a Month.

Madison -Adjutant General Holway
received a telegram from Adjutant
General II. c. d. Heistand, through
Gen. Barry, who is in command of the
central department, United States
army informing him that members of
the Wisconsin national guard, both in
the federal service and not in the fed
eral service who are attending the
officers training camp at Fort Sheri-
dan, H., will receive pay at the rate
of 500
This notice from the war depart
ment at Washington completely sus-
tains the position taken by Gen. Hol-
way over the controversy arising from
the refusal of the quartermaster at
Chicago in Withholding the pay of
Wisconsin guardsmen at Fort Sheri
dan The officers in charge of the
training camp contended that the Wis
consin guardsmen were not entitled to
pay at 800 a month because they had
not been discharged from the guard.
The adjutant general called their at
tention to an order Of the war depart
ment issued on May 8, providing that
national guardsmen at training camps
were entitled to pay at 800 month.
He also called their attention to the
fact that the Wisconsin guardsmen
had been furloughed by him for three
months to attend the training camp al
Fort Sheridan and therefore they
h., IN
persons enrolled at the training camp
and were entitled to compensation OF
500 month.
The telegram from the war depart
ment at Washington stated that fur
loughed men who are members of the
national guards not in federal service
will receive pay of 500 month and
enlisted men of the regular army and
of the national guard in federal serV.
ice are entitled to pay of their grades
to the official date of entering the
camp any pay at the rate of 800
month from that time until officially
separated from the camp
Gen. Holway was reluctant to dis.
charge any of the Wisconsin guards
men attending the training camp until
he was assured they would receive
commissions in the regular army, be
cause If they were discharged and
were unable to secure commissions
they would be lost to the national
guard because many Of them would be
disqualified on account of age and dis
abilities from re-enlisting.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
MANY GIVEN EMPLOYMENT
Four Offices in State Refer 6,tos Per-
sons to Positions - A New
Record Is Established.

Madison-The month of May was a
banner month for the free employ
ment office of the state. During May
the four free employment offices con
Quoted by the industrial commission
in Milwaukee. Superior. Oshkosh and
La Crosse, referred more men to posi-
tons than during any previous month
since they were organized. The mum
Der of men referred TO positions dur
ing the month was 6.10S, as against
1850 in April, and $3.50 in May of last
year orders were received from en-
ployers for 6,702 workmen and SPAS
applications for work were made.
The largest number of men placed
were general laborers, but there were
also many skilled mechanics. Among
the latter were a considerable number
of carpenters. machinists and boiler
makers, who went to government navy
yards and arsenals or to private ship
building plants. The number of farm
hands placed was 1888
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Brazil Losing Rubber Trade.

one Of the most striking econous.
changes in recent years has been the
loss by Brazil of its dominant posi-
tion in the rubber trade, Whereas
few years back. the world looked TO
South America for most Of its crude
rubber 1t is now getting the larger
share from the far East The Bra
lillian product is obtained from trees
that grow Wild, and little has been
done toward cultivation Of the trees.
In Sumatra, CeylOn, Burmah and other
countries millions of trees have bcsi
set out and are now coming into bear
ing This domestic product Is said to
be slightly superior to that obtained
from Brazil, and the trees improve
with age The financial loss to Brazil
through It's decreasing exports has be-
come serious matter New York
Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Forty Sentenced In u. S. Court.

La Crosse--Stanley Brown, alleged
Chicago white SLAYER, was sentenced
to Fort Leavenworth, Kans., prison in
United States court for a term of
two and one-half years. Frank Tullo,
Superior, Wis, was given two years
at Leavenworth on the same charge,
and Mike Dillon of Chicago was given
FIVE years Charles F. Tallard, Wau-
watosa, Wis, revenue officer, vino was
alleged to have appropriated revenue
money to his own use, was sent up for
fifteen months and fined $1,000.
Thirty-six others were sentenced for
short terms, principally for selling
liquor to Indians.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Knew What Was in II.

Raymond Blathwatt, the well-known
journalist, was once asked TO write
q character sketch of Lord North
cliffe. In a letter he requested a
special interview and the famous
newspaper proprietor sent him the fol-
lowing reply:
II am sorry, but l must ask you to
excuse me from acceding to your re-
quest. ] am like the little boy at a
school treat who, when the squire's
wife came round to him and asked him
II he would like some strawberry jam,
promptly replied: No, thank you,
msrm. works nj the place where
they makes it,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
STORM DOES HEAVY DAMAGE
Property Loss Estimated at $500, 900.
Fifteen Persons Injured Two
Trains Ditched by Washouts.

Naturalization persons were
injured, hundreds were driven from
their homes, bridges were destroyed.
steam and electric roads undermined,
barns and outbuildings swept away by
scores, nine places hit by lightning,
and an estimated property loss of
100000 is the toll exacted by the
storm which struck Milwaukee and
vicinity.
The swollen waters of the Menomo.
nee river reached heights of twenty
five and thirty feet at Pigsville and
Wauwatosa, where the greatest loss
was entailed.
Six hundred feet of the Milwaukee
road track was washed out east of
Wyocena and the Pioneer Limited
which left Portage at midnight, went
into the ditch near the station at Rio
The engine and one car were buried
In the mud, sand and water. No one
was injured.
The engine and four cars of the
Portage Horizon combination passen-
ger train went into the ditch near
Pardeevilie, on the northern division
Of the Milwaukee road, and the Madi-
SON Portage train was held in the lat.
ter city several hours on account of a
washout at Silicaville. 1t was report
ed that about thirty miles of track be-
tween the two cities was under water.
The hail and rain were reported the
worst in the history of Portage, About
ave Inches of water fell, according to
the government weather bureau. No
serious damage resulted to crops. it
was reported.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Madison--Two more counties have
voted to employ agricultural repre-
sentatives. The supervisors of Green
Lake and Shawano counties have rec
commended to the Regents of the Uni
versity the appointment of o. r. Yeas
man and Merton Moorse respectively
twenty-five counties of the state are
now supplied with permanent county
agricultural representatives. This is
the full quota allowed by law for the
year ending December 81, 1917 Three
more. or Il total Of % representatives
in all, are allowed up to the end Of
1918, according TO the action taken by
the present legislature
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
FulIY Qualified.

The clergyman had advertised for
butler, ana the next morning after
breakfast a well-drcsscd, clean-shaven
young man in black was u>hered into
his study
Name, please" asked the clergy
man
hillary Arbuthnot sir
"Agef"
Twenty eight"
what work have You been nceus-
toned to-"
81 am a lawyer sir"
The Clergyman started This was
odd However, ne knew many were
called I'm the law, hut few chosen
But" be said. edo You understand
the conduct of a households"
In general way, yes" murmurcd
the applicant
Can You carve"
YES"
Wash glass ana sIIver?'
y or think So"
The young man seemed embarrassed
He frowned and blushcd Just then
the clergymuu'S wife entered
Are you married. was the first
question.
That said the young man, was
what | called tn soc your husband
about madam desire to know If he
can make II convenient to ofiiclate at
my wedding at noon next Thursday
week"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
NEW SCHOOL BOARD
NAMED BY Phillip
SENDS FIVE NAMES TO SENATE
FOR BUDGET MAKING BODY
OF INSTITUTIONS.
NEW STATE ACT Is FOLLOWED
Mrs. Meta Berger Of Milwaukee only
Woman Chosen for Position-No
Favoritism Is Shown in
Making Appointments.

Madison-Gov. Philip has sent to
the senate the appointment of five
members of the central board of edu-
cation, which is the budget making
body for the states educational insti-
tutions.
The appointments: Mrs. Meta Ber-
ger, wife of Victor L. Berger. Milwau-
kee. term ending Aug. l, 1919; c. B.
Bird, Wausau, term ending Aug. l,
1918; Herman Grotophorst, Baraboo,
term ending Aug. /. 1920; Charles Hill,
Rosendale, term ending Aug. l, 1920;
Frank p Hixon, La Crosse. term end
ing Aug. /, 1922.
The appointments were made in
conformity with the bill for the reor-
ganization of the central board of edu-
cation. In addition to these members,
the board will include member to be
named by the university regents and
one to be named by the normal school
regents, the governor. secretary Of
state and the superintendent OF pub
lie instruction also being members.
Mrs. Berger, the only woman on the
board, is prominent in educational
matters in the city of Milwaukee. Mr..
Bird, republican, has been associated
in the practice of law with Supreme
Court Justice Rosenberg. Mr.. Groto-
phorst, democrat, formerly served on
the state board of control. Mr.. Hill,
prohibition. is widely known as deal
er in high grade cattle. Mr.. Hixon,
republican, is lumberman. From a
political standpoint the governor
played no favorites in making these
appointments.
Throughout this session of the legis-
lature there was sharp opposition to
the administration bill to reorganize
the central board, but the governors
plan to take the board out of politics
appealed to a majority of the mem
bers of the Legislature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Swedish Drill.

They we're in the squad under train
Ing at a certain military center who
furnished contrast not uncommon
these days. One was tall and wiry,
and other short and puffy, and an hour
Of Swedish drill had set the lesser of
the two blowing hard.
II can't stand much of this" he
whispered. I'm simply all out and
at that moment the drill sergeant in
timated that he would give them an
other spell before they dismissed.
This was too much. The podgy pa
triot felt it was time to protest
I'm really awfully sorry to seem un-
military In addressing you, sir he
said, but this Swedish drill is more
than / can face I'm my present condi-
ton; BESIDES" he added, dolefully, Il
never knew we were at war with Swe-
dem
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
CUTICURA HEALS SORE HANDS
That Itch, Burn, Crack, Chap and
BIeed-TriaI Free.

In a wonderfully short time in most
eases these fragrant, super-creany
emolllents succeed. Soak hands on re-
firing In the hot suds of Cuticura Soap,
dry and rub Cuticura Ointment into
the hands for some time. Remove sur
plus Ointment with soft tissue paper.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
GIlIIIIIIITIJIIIIIITII
Mrs. Lindsey Now Keeps House For Seven.

Tenne Ga tell how much have been benefited
by lydia Vegetable Compound About eight years ago.
health unable keep house for three In
the family dull tired dizzy feelings cold feet and hands nearly
could scarcely sleep ALL The doctor said had
severe case and without operation would always
be an invalid told him wanted to wait awhile Our druggist
advised nv get Lydia Pnkham Vegetable Compound
and it has entirely cured Now keep house for and work
in the garden some thankful got this medicine feel
as though life have recommended it to others and
they d"Mrs w LINDSEY r. r. rennie Ga
Mass Your letter will be opened,
read a and held in strict confidence
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
A WILLING Victim.

Margaret, aged four, had eaten one
Of two boxes Of berries that her moth
er had purchased for company. Her
mother cried, What would you do If
you had n little girl and She ate
whole box of strawberries?
"Oh, mamma !" she exclaimed eager.
ly, I'D make her eat the other box"
The Christian Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
They Understood,

Col. John Ward, NJ. p, is popular
hero.
When he was a sergeant and was
licking into shape the raw recruits
for his famous navvies' battalion his
method of imparting instruction,
though not always according to the
drill book, was simple, direct and ef-
fcient.
Once, for instance, he was in charge
of squad at musketry.
This" he said, sis the bayonet boss,
and this is the bayonet bar. Boss aud
bar-you can easily remember that (;
where you get your money and where
you spend it."
The squad grinned sheepishly, But
they understood-and remembered.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Goo sick
60 Mork
Many Women in this Condition Re-
gain Health by Taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Convincing Proof of This Fact.

Ridgvay, Penn - 81 suffered from female
trouble with backache and pain in my side for
seven months so l could not do any of my work, [
was treated by three different doctors and was
getting discouraged when my sister-in-law told me
how Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound had
helped her decided to try it, and it restored my
health, so l now do all of my homework which Is
not light as I have little boy three years old"
- Mrs, o. NJ. RH1NEs, Ridgway, Penn.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28

Mrs. Wayup- Where did Mrs lie
style get her new Easter hut?
Mrs Base-That's "A problem. She
bought If with the money which her
husband borrowed from her uncle. who
won il in poker game from her broth
or, to whom she had loaned IL shortly
after her mother had taken IL from
her fathers pockets and given it to
her for birthday present,-Life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Thirty Guards Released.

Neenah -- Thirty members OF Com.
pany /, First Wisconsin infantry, have
been granted discharges because OF
their being married or having depend
ents. A drive has been started to re-
cruit the company up to full war
strength.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Point of Ownership.

Let me drive a while. Half of this
car is mine"
Didn't won agree to take the rear
half and let me have the front halfY"
eyes"
well"
"Well, the steering wheel belongs
to the front half, and that gives me
the right 10 drive all the time"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
BOYS TO Get Calves.

Wausau The Marathon County
Bankers association is arranging TO
purchase pure bred or grade calves TO
be furnished boys who have requested
them. The animals will be distrbut-
ed at cost
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
AGED Woman Burns to Death.

Sheboygan--Mr Lucetta jenkins,
"a years old, burned to death while
alone in the home of her sister, Mrs.
Zebina Holden, near Sheboygan Falls,
when her colthing caught fire from a
kitchen stove.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Valve Head ExIosIon Kills olIer.

Green Bay The explosion of a
valve head in the power house of the
state reformatory resulted In the
death of Willes Miles, Milwaukee, an
inmate assigned as an oiler. Henry
Reyes. Green Bay, an engineer. Ia in
q critical condition from scalds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
More Troops Arrive.

Sparta One thousand more soldiers
arrived at the military reservation
here making total OF 5000 men now
in training at this point. Eight hun
dred workmen are rushing the con
struction of barracks and stables.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
CHARGED With Draft Evasion.

Marinette-Ignatz. Louis and Alex
Showranki, brothers, of Wausaukee,
have been taken into custody here
charged with failing to register for
the selective draft. All claim they are
not within the age limits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Eau Claire Church Dedicated.

Eau Claire Amid impressive cere-
monies the newly completed Lake
Street Methodist Episcopal church,
which cost $4,000, was dedicated
here by Bishop Charles Bayard Mitch
ell, St Paul.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-06-28
Injured by Gun Shot.

Antigo-Carl Peterson, IL years old,
had his left cheek and part of the up
per jaw bone blown off when a shot
gun which he was carrying accident
ally discharged