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first army of a million men will re- quire 10000 trucks, which means 16O,- 900 tires. These tires are now being made here and at the many other rub Der centers of the United States They will be shipped to the establishments making the trucks, and as soon as possible the business will be stanu- ardized and the tires shipped directly to Europe, to be used there as the wear and tear of the service demand
 In addition to the trucks, we shall have to keep up in the neighborhood of 100000 other motor vehicles, in cluding cars of various kinds, hospital ambulances and motorcycles. The Brit ish army is now using about 100000 motorcycles, and some of them are equipped with side cars after the fash ion of the little boatlike car used with our motorcycles, which has facetiously been dubbed the "wife-killer." These side cars are mounted with machine guns. and the weight of the guns rests upon the rubber tires.
 One of the plants visited was mak ing tires for airplanes. These will be shipped to the various aviation fac
 tories and will be used for our flying machines abroad. One of the largest factories here has been making such LlE0S lOT lu6 pISASll dSlldl llCCtS, which are using annually something like 30,000 machines. It Is estimated that we shall need more than 100000 machines every year in order to main tain our force of 200 900 aviators, and the work is now going on in making the tires for the airplanes under con struction. Each airplane has two little wheels upon which it alights when 1t comes down from the skies. These wheels have to be of the strongest rubber in order to absorb the shock and soften the landing. The very best of Para rubber is used for the pur- pose and that of a nature so springy that an airplane will bounce from 30 to SO feet into the air on striking the earth.
 Speaking of rubber for use in the air two of the biggest factories here arc making dirigible balloons for scouting along the shores and for some distance out at sea. These balloons are enor- nous gas bags of the very best rubber The larger ones are more than 100 feet in circumference and 175 feet long, They carry wireless apparatus, and are of great use in detecting submarines that come near the coast They are similar to what the British call ''blimps''
 Some of the blimps are already in use and 1t Is said that we shall need 3oC for our home service alone. These bal looms are equipped with pontoons which
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ACTRESS TELLS SECRET
Well-Known Actress Tells How She Dnrkened Her Gray Hair With d
 Simple Home Made Mixture

Miss Blanche Rose. a well-known actress, who darkened her gray hair with a simple preparation which she mixed at home. in a recent interview at Chicago. Ill., made the following statement: Any lady or gentleman can darken their gray hair and make it soft and glossy with this simple recipe, which they can mix at home. To half pint of water add 1 OF. of bay rum, a small box of Barbo Com pound, and fl oz. of glycerine. These ingredients can be bought at any drug store at very little cost. Apply to the hair twice week until it becomes the required shade. This will make gray haired person look 20 years younger It makes the hair soft and glossy is not sticky or greasy and does not rub off.--Adv.
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Akron, O.
 N NICE the outbreak of the great N war in Europe, the little city of N Akron has become one of the im-
 portant manufacturing centers of the world. It Is the chief rubber city of the United States. It manufactures more than half of all the rubber goods made in this country and more than one-third of all the rubber made by the world. Just now it is engaged in making rubber supplies for the army and navy, and its 25 factories have been speeded up by the demands of the nation. Rubber Is esti- mated by the officials here as the third great necessity to our armies in Europe The first necessity is food for the soi- diers, the second is guns and ammunition to fight the battles and the third is rub Der, which has to do not only with trans- portation, but with nearly every other branch of modern warfare.
 SaKe sae matter of tires. During my trip through the great plants here I have found nearly every one of them making more or less tires for the army and the total output for this year will be about 20,O00,000. There Is one company which makes nothing but tires. It Is now turn ing out 16000 a day, and is building addi- tions to its plant which will make it's production 25,000 tires daily. This com pany manufactures tires of all kinds, from those of the motorcycle used by the scouts to the great trucks which re- quire tires 134 inches wide and strong enough to carry the heaviest loads.
 The demand for tires is far beyond tho $ pply. They are among the greatest of T iitary necessities and they are eaten ;l with the hardest of usage. Even the scld tires seldom average more than | 2G00 miles and this is less than one-tenth of what is expected of them for ordinary commercial purposes. It Is estimated fthat the allies now have in the neighbor- $ hood of 450000 motor vehicles of one kind Tor another and that these machines use se yeral times as many tires as would be gconsumed under peace conditions At Hour tires to the machine, this means that something like 1,S00,0o0 tires are now being used and this does not include the ] increased demands now that we are to sput an enormous army in Europe We shall have to supply not only our own tires, but aid in keeping the vehicles used by our allies in good condition.
 As to the demands of the United sStates troops in Europe, it is estimated stllat we shall need at least 100,0 n otor trucks for the transportation of oHr guns and supplies, and that the
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1t except the enterprise, push md
 brains of the men at the head of the
 business. The city is thousands of
 miles from where the rubber trees
 grow. It has no waterways to connect
 1t with the ocean, and the raw ma
 terial and the manufactured goods have
 to pay heavy freights coming and go-
 ing. Nevertheless the output Is some
 thing like $225,0O0,00o year and 65,00o
 men and women are kept employed
 making nothing but rubber. They get
 the highest of wages. The poorest
 hands, when they are undergoing their apprenticeship, get 32 cents an hour,
 and the factory pay rolls now amount
 to more than $40,000,000 a year. The
 capitalization of the various rubber
 companies is about $200,000,000.
 All'this has made Akron grow faster
 than the gourd that shaded the Prophet Jonah. Seven years ago it had less than 10000 people. It has now
 about 120,000 and there are not enough homes to house all of the workmen. The various rubber companies and real es- tate companies are remedying this as fast as possible Each of the large com panies has some plans to better the sanitary conditions and lives of its
 men. A great deal of industrial service work is going on. The men are saving
  own their own homes. One company is building 1500 houses Another has a plan by which its employees have be- come stockholders and share in the profits of the business, and nearly every establishment does more or less well fare work for it's employees. Indeed, I
 know of no place where the labor seems to be more contented, and is more uni- versally prosperous.
 I find also a high degree of patriot ism exhibited in connection with the war, both on the part of the companies and of the men in their employ. The larger factories have subscribed ex- tensively to the liberty loan, big , percentage of the men buying the bonds on .the installment plan. The
 companies are working together and assisting each other to get out the
 war orders. Shortly after our declara- ton of war one of the largest of the plants here was asked to supply thou sands of certain article, the name or which I am not permitted to give, within seven days, in order that they might be given to General Pershlngs S army when it started to Europe. The articles had never been made in this country, but the factory took the pat | terms and turned out the order within six days, although 1t had to shut down 1 five of its busiest departments to do SO. A few weeks later the government sent out an order for several hundred l thousand of the same article, distribut- | ing 1t among number of factories in order that no partiality might be shown. The company that filled the first order not only did not object to this, l but 1t sent it's skilled workmen and | specialists to aid it's competitors Tn starting their work on the government orders.
 | I have talked with officials of the ] chief plants here. They tell me that
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the rubber industry is mobilized and that 1t will work together throughout the war. They say that there will be no famine in rubber and that the world supply will be ample for ourselves and our allies. They say that the crude rub Der is practically controlled outside of
 Germany and that the industrial plants
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we now have are large enough to satisfy every demand. There will be no increase of prices as to most ma terials, and all other work will be set aside, if necessary, to supply govern ment orders.
 Copyright, 1917, by Frank G. Carpen-
 ter.)
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As to the demands of the United sStates troops in Europe, it is estimated sthat we shall need at least 100000 n otor trucks for the transportation of orr guns and supplies, and that the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
U-BOATS SINK 28 SHIPS
WEEKLY REPORT ISSUED IN LON.
DON SHOWS FALLING OFF.
Liner Mongolia Hit Mine-Passencer
and Crew Landed at Bombay
American Vessel Torpedoed.

London, June 29.-Twenty-one Brit
ish vessels of more than 1900 tons
each and seven under 1000 tons were
sunk by mines or submarines last
week, according to the weekly state
ment of losses issued on Wednesday
by the admiralty.
No fishing vessels met with disaster.
The aggregate number of vessels
flying the British flag destroyed by
mines or submarines last week shows
net falling off of four, as compared
with the losses reported the previous
week, which numbered 32-27 of more
than 1900 tons and five in the smaller
division.
In the larger category decrease Of
six vessels is shown, while among the
smaller craft an increase of two YES
sells lost is indicated.
Bombay. India, June 29.-The PENN
sular and Oriental liner Mongolia
struck a mine off Bombay on June %.
London, June 29.-The American
sailing ship Galena, 1,04s tons, was
sunk by submarine bombs on June 25.
There were no casualties.
The Galena was sunk off Ushant
island (off the coast of France, %
miles northwest of Brest). Fifteen
survivors were taken to Brest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
BIG CHICAGO BANK FAILS
Private Institution of Graham & Sons
Closes Doors-Has Deposits at
$4,000, 900.

Chicago, July 2.-The private bank
Of Graham & Sons, $50 West Madison
street, closed it's doors on Friday, and
two hours later detectives from States
Attorney Hoyne's Office broke In the
door with fire axes and took possession
of the place.
An involuntary petition in bank
duptcy was filed in the federal district
court later on behalf of William Shale,
who made a claim of $4,000.
The bank is the one of which the
late Andrew J. Graham was president.
1t was considered one of the strongest
banks in Illinois. Estimates of the
deposits ran as high as 100000.
Heavy investment of the banks
funds in real estate bonds that could
not easily be transformed into money
Is said to have embarrassed the bank.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
NO RAIL RATE RAISE
INTERSTATE BOARD HOLDS IS
PER CENT INCREASE FOR
ROADS TOO HIGH.
HEAVIER TARIFFS ALLOWED
Opinion Says 1916 Was Most Prosper
Gus Year in History of the Car
riers-Commissione Mcchard
Dissented.

Washington, July 2.-The railroads
of the United States lost their ght for
10 pc recent INCREASE in rates. The
interstate commerce commission de-
MED their petition. The commissions
order was dated June 81. Commits
si0ner McChard disSented.
The commission finds that 1916 was
the most prosperous year the railroads
ever had.
1T may be assumed" the opinion
says, that they might suffer some
abatement of the prosperity of that
year without being crippled or in any
way incapacitated."
The order sets forth:
That the operation of the schedules
submitted by the railroads upon which
increases We're asked "be and hereby
are suspended until October %, 1917"
Exception is made to schedules APP
plying to bituminouS coal, coke and
iron ore, naming rates in the southern
district
Exception is made to schedules APP
plying to bituminous coal, coke and
iron ore, naming increased rates in the
eastern district.
All schedules naming increased rates
apply Internationally between dis
tricts excepting only those applying to
bituminOus coal, coke and iron ore be-
tween the eastern and southern dis
tricts.
That the use of the rates, charges,
regulations and practices stated In
such suspended schedules be deferred
upon interstate traffic until October 2S
unless otherwise ordered by the COM
mission.
The commission grants certain in
creases in coal, iron and coke rates
on the basis of equalizing this rate
structure. The opinion also recog-
nizes that the roads in the eastern dis
trict must have increased revenue be-
yond what the new coal and iron rates
will produce.
The technical terms of the commits
sion's order merely suspend" the pro-
posed Increases to October.
The commission finds that the war
has not affected the railroads as dis
astrously as the first general state
ment of railroad witnesses might have
indicated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
SCRAPS

Shoe dealers in Singapore, Straits
Settlements, find that American
shoes compare favorably with footwear
of European make.
The so-called brier of which pipes
are made is laurel root.
! Paraguay last year prodnced 1854
bales of tobacco.
An instrument has been invented to
permit craftsmen to draw perfect
oyals and to draw two or more Of the
same dimensions.
Louisville, KY, university has
bought so acres Of land near Bards-
town for new location and plans ex-
pansion.
Apparatus for winding clocks with
air pressure obtained when doors are
opened and closed has been invented
by Frenchman.
Because no less than twenty-one diff
ferent kinds of liquids and gases are
piped to various parts of the new
building Of the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology. it has been found neces-
sary to work out color system for
marking the pipes to indicate their con-
tents.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
is DIE on LAKE SHIP
OWNERS OF WHALEBAcK STEAM
Err EXPLAIN ACCIDENT IN
MILWAUKEE, RIVER.
% PERSONS ARE MISSING
Passengers Crushed to Death When
Huge Tank Holding Water Crashes
Through Decks of Excur-
sion Boat.

Milwaukee, July "a sudden cur
rent in the Milwaukee river is blamed
for the Christopher Columbus excur-
sion boat disaster, iR which Is persons
are known to have lost their lives and
more than score were hurt.
The explanation was made by FL. w.
Thorp, general manager of the Good
rich Transportation company, owners
of the boat, after he had talked with
Capt. Charles E. Moody.
Six of the injured are in a critical
condition and twenty-three passengers
are reported missing.
The revised death list follows: Fred
Blum, Milwaukee; Mrs. Blanche Coop
er, Cherokee, KAN; Bertha M. Com
stock, Kenyon. Mimi. Thomas Fl.
Creel, Parkersburg, w. "; Robert
Downs, coiored, Chicago; Eva Eatman,
Chicago; Alfred B. Murray, Chicago !;
Cecil Neil, Billings, Okla. Bertha Par
sons, Chicago; A. G. Pollak, Dubuque,
Ia; Alta Roberts, Morrill,, Kan. Frank
Sankup, Chicago; William Steenberg,
Milwaukee; Adelia Swanson, Kenyon.
Mimi. uniown man.
Federal agents opened an inquiry.
and it was limited that arrests will be
made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
GREECE BREAKS WITH KAISER
Recalls ENJOYS From Germany, Aus
tria, Turkey and BuIgaria-"State
of War" Exists.

Athens. July 2.-The Greek gov
eminent has broken diplomatic rela-
tons with Germany, Austria Hungary,
Bulgaria and Turkey.
Although war has not yet been de-
clared, the Greek government consid-
ers that a state of war exists since
its advent to power
Paris. July 2.-Telegraphing from
Athens the correspondent of lie Temps
says:
''The Greek government has directed
It's minister to Switzerland. G. Car
ada, to communicate to the Greek le-
cations at Berlin, Vienna, Sofia and
Constantinople instructing the minis
tiers to break diplomatic relations be-
tween the Greek kingdom and the gov
ernments of Germany, Austria Hun
gary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
"The Greek ministers at these capt.
tails are instructed to leave their posts
with their STATS and to place their
archives with the Netherlands lega-
lions
'"The rupture is based on the incom-
patibility Of maintaining diplomatic re-
lations with governments that are car
rying on war in Greek territory"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
SOME P0STSCRlPTS

7 OF French invention is rubber stop
per with a flexible projection which
can be folded down around the neck
of bottle for additional security.
Electric head lamps for miners, sup
piled with current by batteries worn
ON the sides of the caps. have been
patented by Pennsylvania inventor.
Telegraph poles have been dispensed
with entirely in one Welsh town in
which the residents have permitted the
wires TO be strung from house to house.
That lightning appears to zigzag Is
ian optical Illusion according to a Ger
man scientist. who contends that the
effect is produced because the eyes
twitch when flashes occur.
The head, shoulders and hips sup
port the weight of packs carried by re-
Gently patented harness. which holds
its loads away from q mans back and
lessons his discomfort.
4 lump of fireproof composition.
heated 10 incaoeeseence by an oxy-
acetyiene jet in new French auto
mobile headlight, esh be turned out
OF tie focus of its reflector to lessen
the lights glare
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10

So that violin music will be heard
more clearly by an audience, tone
reflector has been invented that is fas-
tened TO the back Of an instrument.
In Sweden articles sold as gold
must contain not less than 10 per cent
of the pure metal, and those sold as
silver at least So per cent of pure
silver.
A species of cactus growing prolifi-
cally in Algeria has been made by
French scientists to yield Is per cent
OF sugar and about 60 per cent of al
cohol.
Italy has harnesSed its streams until
now it obtains 10000 horse power
from such sources. and engineers be-
heye that more than 100000 add
uonal horse power is available.
monograph records are kept on a
turntahle in a Chicago inventors cabi-
net and any one desired is brought ONT
through common Opening when its
numbered button is pressed.
Russian engineers have estimated
that the Harvesting of two waterfars
in Finland and the transmission of tba
electric power 70 Petrograd wopls
save that city 100000 tons OF coal :
year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
COAL PRICES ARE CUT
SLASH OF $3.50 AT MINES MADE
AFTER DEMAND BY U. S.
Bigger Concession Due in New Seized.
ule Effective When Committee
Fixes Permanent Price.

Washington. June 30.-An imme-
date general reduction of 81 to $3.50
ton in the price of coal at the mine,
was agreed upon here ON Thursday by
representatives of the coal operators.
The reduction relates TO bituminous
coal.
This reduction is expected to be fol-
lowed by still further decreases in
price after investigation into the costs
of mining coal, and it is probable that
the government will be given still
lower price than that TO the general
public.
The operators agreed to the imme-
date reduction at meeting here,
after adopting a resolution by which.
coal prices would be fixed with the aid
and approval of the secretary of the
interior, the federal trade commission
and the committee on coal production
of the national defense council.
About 600,000,000 tons of coat we're
mined In this country last year, and
Secretary Lane, who has earnestly
urged reduction, believes that the
saving to the American people will be
enormous.
The resolution declared that great
national emergency exists In the ma
TONS fuel supply, and that the coal OPP
orators and miners desire to closely
cooperate with the government.
AS soon as this resolution was
agreed to another one was presented,
under which it was proposed that the
government authorize the government
representatives named In the reSolu-
ton to issue a statement forthwith
fixing tentative price which, in their
judgment, shall be a fair and reason
able one for the various districts until
the committee shall fix a permanent
mi
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
JAIL MILITANT SUFFRAG!sTS
Six Women Who Created Riot in
Front of the White House Are
Punished.

Washington, June 29.--Six militant
suffragists, who created a riot I'm front
of the White House when they dis.
played banners attacking President
Wilson, were sentenced on Wednesday
to pay fine of $25 each or TO spend
three days in the workhouse. The fine
is the maximum penalty for unlawful
assemblage
The women, in long speeches de-
fencing the legality of the picketing,
declared the fines to be exorbitant and
gave their answers in unmistakable
terms.
1--WE will go to 1Gil first" they said.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
SANCTION PRINT PAPER QUIZ
Senators Ask Federal Board to Tell
Why II Has Not Curbed
Prices.

Washington, June 29.-The resolu-
ton of Senator Reed of Missouri call
ing upon the federal trade commission
to inform the senate why 1t has not
ordered newsprint paper manufac-
turers to desist from illegal practices
and exorbitant charges" was passed
by the senate without objection. Fur
ther action by the department of jus
tice for the federal trade commission,
it was stated unoficially, will be de-
ferred pending the outcome of prose
cutioh of manufacturers In New York,
law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10

MEN WHO ARE EXEMPT

Officers of United States,
states, territories and District OF
Columbia.
Ministers of religion and stu
dents Of divinity.
Persons In military or naval
service of United States.
Subjects of Germany and all
aliens who have not taken out
first papers.
County or municipal officers.
customhouse clerks and work
men in arsenals and navy yards.
Pilots, merchant marine sail
ors. 4
Married men with dependent
wives or children.
Sons of dependent widows,
sons of dependent, aged or in
firm parents, or brothers Of de-
pendent orphans under sixteen
years of age.
Men morally deficient.
Members of recognized reiig-
ious sect existing prior TO May
18, 1917, whose creed forbids
participation In war.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
28 DROWN IN NIAGARA RIVER
Trolley Car on the Great Gorge Route
Hurled Into Stream-Soidiers
Aid Rescue Work.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July 3.-Twen-
ty-eight persons were drowned late
Sunday afternoon when a Great Gorge
route car was hurled into the Niagara
river. Many others were injured.
Twenty bodies have been recovered.
A few escaped by jumping. The
others were carried into the rapids.
The accident occurred shortly be-
fore four o'clock and was due to a
landslide under a trestle, caused by
recent rain.
The car was overturned by the
slipping of the earth and then rolled
into the river at the lower rapids.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
DAIRY AND POULTRY MEN AID
Representatives of Association Agree
to Put Industries Under Supervi-
sion OF Food Administration.

Chicago, June 29-Representatives
of the country's chief dairy and poul-
try associations, after a conference
here with Herbert G. Hoover, voted
to put Their industries under the
supervision of the food admins
tration and named George e. Has
kell Of Chicago to serve as a volunteer
aid to Mr.. Hoover in charge of a dairy
and poultry division.