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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-12-18

day to take, into consideration the
building of an agricultural hall at the
fair grounds. They decided to build
hall 36x1OO feet, two stories high,
to be located directly north of the
present buildings.
The "Spy of Shiloh" will be played
at the opera house on May 20-21-22.
Those who will take the parts are
Maj. Howard, Ely Wright, H. j.
Steady, Bennie Howard, Miss Ada
Barnum, Miss Nellie Wright, Harry
Drake, P. j. Smythe, Miss Daisy Cap
ron, Capt. Womer, ]. D. Miller. VIM.
Clemence, w. w. DeVoe and C. f.
Eldred
Early last Saturday C. F. Dunbar
met with severe accident by a heavy
timber falling upon him at his mill
He is now improving. 1t was a close
call from death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-12-18
OCCURRENCES OF LON
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FR(
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY THREE YEA

Bent. Philbrick f
tain, Mich, was in t
day last, and made
pleasant call. He
business in the line
that place.
About six o'clock
day, a fearful accit
Grand avenue, in Y
was so badly inju
yesterday morning a
H. Worden had his
places above the kn
A meeting of tn
mittee of the Marat
cultural society wa
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21
The Beautiful Gulf Coast
Pass Christian
Pass Christian
Newport.

Pass Christian is the Newport of the Gulf Coast and of
the most fashionable and popular the South The town
OF about 1000 permanet population generally engaged in
entertaining and serving the large numbers who
and winter for recreation Society eongregaes he Pass
all seasonsthe guests coming from neghbong southern
cltlesthe winter throng from all parts of the North
Pass Christian named for Spanish explorer who dsoV-
cred the deepwate that lies close the main shore
old and much honored settlement having popular
from far back antebeum days. Tradition associates with
the yest of southern society and with and famous
high social circles of this and foreign and President Wilson
of Pass Christians notable guests Its location
one of the choicest the Coast The ong shore slopes
ward to wooded hills where pines and splendid old oaks magna
and variety ropc vegetation and flower and
flourish uxuant while fine old elegant villas and charm
ing bungalows line the and drives along the shore Life
active at The Pass there boating motoring go tennis
and ahng By day and dancing and all other indoor festivities for
the evening Pass Christian boasts of one of the finest golf
courses anywhere in the South.
Its proximity New Orleans and excellent transportation
service the Louisville & Nashville Railroad places all the d.
versions of the Metropolis within reach of visitors Pass Chris
an who make day for shopping New Orleans and return
time for dinner which is of the social functions The Pass
remaining in the city for dinner return at plea
sure later in the evening
The hotels rank with the finest country and there
delightful old country homes where good board and real
southern hospitality found The inland country back Of Pass
Christian beautiful and charming drives may be taken
the excellent roads, fine productive fruit and truck
FARMS which ship much the early garden stuff that eager
sought in northern markets The fishing in St. Louis Bay and
the tributary streams excellent anglers finding their best
sport the little rivers and of the immediate interior
Across the bay from Pass Christian the somewhat exclusive
cottage resort of Bay ST. Louis place much fequnted by resi-
dents of New Orleans who cottages and bungalows and
here for the sports and the fishing also popular in
winter with northern people who prefer the of caag
@ with the accompanying freedom for outdoor sports the
and fashionable routine of the larger neghbOng
Sorts
steel passenger trains of the LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE
RAILROAD.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21
The Adair County News $l.OO

When the Government asked the
American women to please save
just what they could do without,
the majority said, mo, we will
eat as much as we want, and
when we want it." We shall
hope that they did not under
stand the request asked of them.
1t has been tried again and the
women are responding more
readily.
The foods to save are sugar,
wheat, meats and fats. Our
men must have sugar, which is
a great heating food and also
meats. Please do not eat meat
more than twice a week because
"Uncle Sans" men need pork
and beef. Wheat bread must be
had and also fats. Fats is good
as a heating food and no one
could live long without bread.
Cook more corn bread and oat
bread. There is also plenty of
graham bread. If our men must
fight they must be we'll fed. Al
though l cannot go and fight for
my freedom, my country and my
rights, can help some by con-
serving foods.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21
Denmark.

Every body is very busy gath
ering corn. There sure is a fine
yield in this county.
There was a large crop Of
wheat sowed this fall. 1t looks
fine at present.
Mr.. 1. W. Snow will move to
Mckinney, Lincoln county, in
the near future.
Mr.. Mann and Mr.. Dowell, our
well-known stock dealers, are
buying quite a lot of stock. They
shipped a car load of cattle last
week.
Mr.. S. B. Collins will move his
saw mill from the Payne place
to Alva McFarland's place, this
week.
Mr.. R. H. Helm, of Marion
county, visited relatives in this
county a few days ago.
Mrs. Nina AGREE is visiting
her mother. in Terre Haute, Ind.
Mr.. Mont Acre is saving shin
giles in Adair county this week.
There will be a series of meet
ings begin at the Methodist
church, Bethlehem. Capshaw
Bros, will do the preaching.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21
Food Conservation.

The following essay was writ
ten by Miss Gladys Smith, In
dianapolis, Ind, granddaugh-
ter of Mr.. W. T. Mcfarland,
this place. She is only eleven
years old.
One of the questions which
arise in our country this, and ev-
cry day, is the conservation of
food. Why should we conserve
our food? Simply because our
country, and our freedom, de-
pend on it. Are we going to be
so little and so selfish as to take
the food out of the mouth of our
soldiers, who are willing to die
for us and their country? We
Americans must save food as
Germany always has! We won
der how the Germans can feed
their men so well when ours
have to eat simple foods. Well,
the Germans have always been
thrifty, saving people and now
that the time has come when
they need food. they cultivate
more ground that had been ly.
ing unused before. They do moi
mean to have their soldiers suf.
fer from hunger.
Our brave young men who
have left luxuriant homes and
have gone across the waters de
serve the very best that can be
had for them. We who have
been eating five and six slices Of
wheat bread a meal must stop
and at once. They do not seen
to realize how serious this mat
ter is. Do not leave crusts o
bread lying on your plate? Ev
cry piece of bread you deny your
self, puts piece of bread in tn
hands Of our allies and men
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21
Beautiful Tribute.

The following tribute was paid
by a French officer to the three
American soldiers who fell in the
trenches while in a hand to hand
fight:
"In the name of the the Di-
vision, in the name of the French
army and in the name of France
l bid farewell to Private Enright,
Private Gresham and Private
Hay of the American army.
"Of their own free will they
had left a prosperous and happy
country to come over here. They
knew war was continuing in Eu-
rope; they knew that the forces
fighting for honor, love of JUS
tice and civilization were still
checked by the long prepared
forces serving the powers of bru-
tai domination, oppression and
barbarity. They knew that
efforts were still necessary.
They wished to give up their
generous hearts and they have
not forgotten old historical men,
cries, while others forget more
recent ones.
IGNORED ALL HARDSHIPS.
They ignored nothing of the
circumstances and nothing had
been concealed from them-nei-
ther the length and hardships of
war, nor the violence Of battle,
nor the dreadfulness of new
weapons, nor the perfdy of the
foe. Nothing stopped them.
They adopted the hard and siren
uous life; they crossed the ocean
at great peril; they took their
places on the front by our side
and they have fallen facing the
foe in hard and desperate hand
to- hand fight. Honor to them.
Their families, friends and fell
low citizens will be proud when
they learn of their deaths.
men! These graves, the first
to be dug in our nations soil and
only a short distance from the
enemy, are as a mark of the
mighty land we and our Allies
firmly cling to in the common
task, confirming the will of the
people and the army of the Unit
ed States to fight with US to a
finish, ready to sacrifice as long
as is necessary until final victory
for the most noble causes, that
of the liberty Of nations, the
weak as we'll as the mighty.
Thus the deaths of these hum
BILE soldiers appear to us with
extraordinary grandeur.
1--WE will therefore ask that
the mortal remains of these
young men be left here, lett
with us forever. We inscribe
on the tombs Here Lie the First
Soldiers of the Republic of the
United States to Fall on the Soil
of France for Liberty and JUS
tice.' The passerby will stop
and uncover his head. Travel
ers and men of heart will go out
of their way to come here to pay
their respective tributes.
Private Enright! Private
Gresham! Private Hay! In the
name of France, l thank you.
God receive your souls. Fare
WELL"
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

Col. E. M. House and Mrs
House were entertained at lunch
con by King George of England
and the Queen.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

Central College football team
defeated State Saturday for the
first time in three years, and
won the State Championship.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

There have been 176 new oil
wells struck in Kentucky and the
daily production for October
reached 2,750 barrels.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

Gen. Pershing reports that
troops and supplies are arriving
in France in increasing quanti-
ties every day.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

At Camp Zachary Taylor Sun
day 10000 soldiers stood with
bowed heads and offered a silent
prayer for the success of the
American army.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21
Take Notice:

satisfaction that he
Monument loved and whose
memory poster will not only be lifting ana
through to come! Ii you u
of Marble and rane
Columbia surrounding
durability the material used in their
attestng with whcmy Wok
Call on Columbia KY tell him what want and he
all Give him order and you
will get best the market
JOE c.. SIMS,
MONUMENT MANUFACTURER Lebanon, KY.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

of the fifteen men working fifty
years-would still leave enough
of the bills uncounted to give to
each man, woman and child in
the great city of st. Louis, $500
each, and still leave one hundred
and twenty-five millions uncount-
ed!
This loan bears interest at the
frate o three and one-half per-
cent, and the interest is two
hundred and forty-five millions a
year, nearly five hundred dollars
a minute--just the interest!
And if the war lasts, this un-
thinkable sum will be put into
circulation in this country with
in short time-and the wheels
of trade must hum!
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21
How Much is Seven 6lllIoo.

Congress recently passed and
the President signed q bill, au-
thorizing the expenditure of sew
en- billions of dollars! And this,
if the war lasts through another
winter is only a starter.
Such a vast sum, most of it to
| be spent in the next half year.
could not but stipulate business
in every direction.
Seven billions of do liar s!
Eleven thousand million, seven
million thousands. Think of it,
and the most of the sum TO be
spent in the next few months,
and every dollar here at home
not dollar most likely will leave
home. 1t is the purpose to loan
about half of the money to our
Allies. The idea is to extend
them the amount of credit to buy
cur merchandise of various sorts,
and the other half to be spent at
home by our own government
also in the consumption of SIM
liar commodities.
$7,OOO,OOO,0OO. Behold that
string of ciphers. They are so
many-nine of them-that they
mean but little unless reduced to
more familiar objects. 1t may
be of interest-it can do none of
US any harm-to look into and
try to comprehend what seven
billions of dollars really means.
Twenty times the cost of the
Panama Canal! Three hundred
and fifty times the cost of the
biggest battleship afoat! Eight
times the assessed valuation of
the city of st. Louis!
There are more dollars in sew
en- billions than there are Sec
onds in 222 years. Since the
signing of the Declaration of In
dependence, July fourth l776, to
date, there are only four and
one-half billion seconds.
Let us look at it in time or at
a distance. Seven billion min
utes is 1888 years, 9 hours and
81 minutes.
Imagine seven billions of miles!
A rifle bullet has a speed of about
half a mile a second, yet at this
great velocity it would require
almost exactly 444 years to cover
the distance. Seven billions of
silver dollars stacked in a pile
would go up toward the stars to
distance of 1,736 miles! And
it would take the United States
mint working day and night, 224
years to coin the dollars!
At five dollars per acre this
vast sum would pay for every
foot of land in the United States.
Seven billions of dollars will
buy two pairs of good shoes fol-
every man, woman and child on
earth to-day-Christian and pa.
gan.
Had an express train started
at the dawn of the Christian era,
going at the rate of a mile a min
ute, it would to-day nineteen cen
turtles sitter the birth of Christ,
| figuratively speaking, hardly
have gorten out of the train
sheds, for it would have only
gone one-seventh of the distance
And would, now, 1917. yet have
over eleven thousand, four hun
dred years to complete the jour
nav, Of couoY1 billion Y,oiloc
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

Several hundred carload of po-
tatoes. cabbage and onions were
allowed to rot in the Chicago
yards to force a high market.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

At Wellsboro, Pa, a crowd at
tackled and roughly used a man
who in speech undertook to
justify the invasion of Belgium
by the Germans.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

E. 7. Williams, one of the most
prominent citizens of Ohio coun-
ty, is dead.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

A story of cold blooded mas
sacre by Germans of crews of
British North Sea conveys is told
by Norwegian newspapers.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

At a big banquet in Louisville
$64, 900 was subscribed for the
war work of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

Regulations for the second
draft have been put into effect
and the second call is expected
in February.
The Adair County news., 1917-11-21

THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS sI.OO
New Britain herald., 1917-01-05

Rimnik Sarat, taken by the Ger mans is 0 hundred miles north of Bucharest. captured several weeks ago and twenty five miles beyond Btu zeu, taken on Dec. IA. Focsani. the next important city, is twenty-five miles further north, just across the border in the province of Moldavia.
 Braila, the Wallachian city at- tackled by the Teutons, is fifty miles east, and combined armies of Ger- mans, Bulgarians and Turks advanced from three sides. Meanwhile the Austro- -Hungarians are holding the front In the wooded Carpathians. on the frontier between Moldavia and Transylvanian Hungary.
 The Germans are now approaching the hardest part of their task. When Field Marshal Won Mackensen, in command of the army in Rumania, remarked recently that Bucharest was one goal. but not the final" he hinted that the real objective of his offensive was the very important Russian seaport, Odessa, on the Black
New Britain herald., 1917-01-05
|IONS TO AID IN
 |00NEY'S DEFENSE
Totalng $40,O0o Is Ex- peCted to Be Raised

'h Francico, Jan. 5.-Contribu- 3 aggregating S30,O0O or $4O,OO0 J expected from labor unions Aghout the country toward the hses of the defense of Thomas 1poney. bis wife, Rena Mooney,
 Weinberg and Edward Nolan, 6ed with murder in connection
 the preparedness day bomb ex- Pn last July when ten persons
 killed and forty injured, accord +o statement today by Robert |r, the secretary of the Interna-
 II Workers Defense League,
 h is financing their defense. frren K. Billings already has convicted of murder in connec-
 with tine explosion, and Mooney Ills on trial. the selection of a jury hperior court here having begun Hays ago.
 Inor said the defense fund was at fbb because Of the expenses of the hss defense, but unions had inised largo sums as they were ed."
 henN court opened today nine rs had been passed, subject to snEtosy challenges.
 ?
New Britain herald., 1917-01-05
RAIN-AND MORE RAIN. E
to Continue Tonight,
 Says Weather Man.

New Haven, Jan. 5.-For New Ha- Ia and vicinity: Rain this after
 bn and tonight: Saturday fair and
 1der.
 Tor Connecticut Rain this after 46n and tonight, Saturday fair and ader; south, shifting to west gales. tronditons: A well-defined storm |ea is central this morning over lrthern Ohio. It is causing general kns from the Mississippi river east krd to the coast and from the lake
 kions southward to the Gulf. Heavy hns was reported from the Ohio Hey: several places reported thun- kr storms. Another disturbance is sntral on the north Pacific coast. he temperatures continue highin the gntral and eastern districts, but are awer between the Rocky Mountains Id the Mississippi river. Conditions favor for this vicinity
 pudy and rainy weather with mild
New Britain herald., 1917-01-05

sea, 125 miles as the croV flies from Tulcea, the nearest point reached by the German offensive.
 It would not be necessary for Mackensen to clean up Moldavia, the northern province of Rumania. before he turns eastward toward Odessa. If he can take Braila and Galatz on tho Danube, just before it turns east, rounding the northwest corner of Dobrudja, there will be no great for tified cities in his path.
 His difficulty will be rather with the rivers. The Dobrudja army is already on the south bank of the Danube. Just north of Braila Is the Sereth river, and a few miles further another tributary, the Pruth. enters the Danube. Their shores are swampy but Mackensen's armies have crossed the Danube higher up, and they be- lieve they can do so again.
 Once across the Danube and the Pruth, the Germans would enter the fertile province of Bessarabia, rich in stocks and grain and said to contain rich coal mines. .,
New Britain herald., 1917-01-05
BILLY SUNDAY COMMITTEE.

Saturday evening at 7:3o o'clock, at the Y. M. c. A. building. the local committee assisting in handling the Hartford New Britain visit to Boston to hear Billy" Sunday on January 13 will meet. Final arrangements for the trip will be made at this time. The following members made up the committee from this city: First Con- gregational church, Rev. H. w. Maier and Rev E. T. Thienes, and A. Tyron Hancock; South church, Rev. F. B. Thompson and Rev. Dr. Hill, and A. w. Upson; Trinity Methodist church. Rev. w. r. Cook, M. l.. Bailey and Curtis l.. Sheldon: First Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Earle B. Cross, E. c. Connolly and c. W. Dietrich; Stanley Memorial church. Rev. J. E. Rees, l.. F. Strong and A. H. Knapp; Peoples church, Rev N. H. Hartman. E. F. Johnson, l.. H. Taylor; Y. M. c. A. Secretary c. H. Barnes. Secre- tary James c. Gripp.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-05
TEUTON DRIVE IN
 RUMANIA COMPLETE.
Russo-Rumamans Making Stand
 on Sereth River ]

The great drive of the Teutonto
 armies through Rumania is regarded
 as having been virtually completed
 with the clearing of the Russians
 from Dobrudja and the pushing back
 of the Russo-Rumanian forces on the other side of the Danube to the line of the river Sereth.
 Whether the thrust is to have fur
 ther consequences of serious import
 to the Russians apparently hinges chiefly on the result of the battles now in progress along the Sereth hne
 itself, extending from the Danubet near Braila northwestward towards the Moldavian west frontier.
 Won Mackensen is continuing hisl progrcss further to the north. The Russo-Rumanian resistance to this strategic operation. however. hNa passed from the stage of continuoua' yielding in most sectors, Judging from the progress reports and in the wood- { ed Carpathians at least succes1ui
 counter offensive has been undertAken4 by the Russians. Berlin conceded
 this yesterday but 1t Is rsS ported a continuation of the Austro-a German advance further south in the Pennsylvania valleys of the Moldavtans front.
 The activities on the Franco-Bel-s gian front are confined for the most
 part to the artillery. This arm oG the service was busily employed last
 night on the Verdun front, Paris re-s ports, this possibly presag1ng res, newal of the important infantry fights ing that has broken out there fronas time to time within the past fews weeks. The latest British statement onS the operations on the front in Franco and Belgium mentioned particularly notable artillery fire from the German l guns in the vicinity of Ypres but th@ probabilities are not considered ina l portant.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-05
City Her1s
Annual sale, Ashley-Babcock Co.,

Annual sale, Ashley-Babcock Co., advt.
 Harold Botham, eleven years old, of 22 West Pearl street, was picked up by the Hartford police last nigh. as a runaway boy and held until local headquarters was notified. They were Instructed to hold Harold until his parents could come after him. ....
 Silk shirts, one-half price at Besse- Leland's, of course.-advt.
 The New Britain Turner society has adjourned it's regular meeting un- til Sunday at 2:30 D. m. Election of officers will be held. The annual masquerade of the society will take place on, February g. <.....
 Annual sale, Ashley-Babcock Co., advt.
 On next Sunday evening Rev. tor at the South church, will speak before the meeting of the Young People of the Methodist church. 1-2 yearly shoe sale starts Saturday Every pair of shoes in our store, re- duced. Besse-Leland Co.-advt. Secretary A. H. Andrews attended 8 meeting of the directors of, the State Chamber of Commerce at the Hartford club this afternoon. Clothing sale, Halloran's.-advt. Fred H. Jurgen of Judd Avenue was able to be out today for the first time since his recent illness. Millinery below cost. M. Seibert -advt
New Britain herald., 1917-01-05
All! THE PLOT THICKENS
Peter Lambrecht Intends to Sue John Hopper for Alleged Sending of Ob-
 iectionable Missiyes Through Mail.


 The mystery in John Hopper's deepens with the william yet undiscovered and stalking in the background unidentified. Peter Lam 'breck agreed with John that; the whole affair is no joke. should be probed to the utmost, but is as wrathy against John as John is against the one who has been sending him threatenin; letters eliminating with the New Years missive of skull and bones. bleeding hearts and daSgers galore. Furthermore, Peter intends, according to his statement to the po- lice yesterday, to make John pay dearly for accusing him as the vil- lian if he can prove that John wrote a postcard to him with the inscrip- tion You have sent me second threat. The card is signed >"John Hopper" Peter says that it is slan- der and intends to consult legal ad- vice. He contends that he has never bothered John with threatening let ters.
 Meanwhile Johns melodrama pro- gresses with the added chapter. and the william still lives but is unknown. John has tried to have Prosecuting Attorney George w. Klett enact the role of hero and rescue the abused leading man. John himself. Thus far, Prosecutor Klett has not seen fit to do as requested and has failed to find the plot sufficiently we'll developed for him to take part.