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The log cabin Democrat., 1917-04-14
ed and injured in Tuesdays disaster
began at Chester today.
GERMAN VESSELS SEIZED,
by United pYess.)

by United Pyessl
Rio de Janeiro, April 14-All Bra.
lillian merchant vessels are being
armed. The government has formal
ly assumed control of the interned
vessels in Brazilian ports. All of
of them were found to have their
machinery damaged by the Teutons.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-04-14
CANADIANS SOON
TO CAPTURE LENS
OH Lnited Prfssl

With the British Armies in France,
April l4-Lens must soon fall to
Canadian occupation. It's capture is
a matter of only a few hours. The
German resistance is growing strong
er, but Haig's unrelenting drive con-
tinues. The Germans are still she'll
ing Vimy ridge.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-04-14
COTTON CONSUMPTION.
by United Press.)

Washington, April 14.-Cotton con-
sumed during March amounted to
602,230 running bales, exclusive Of
linters, compared with 613,754 dur
ing the same month last year.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-04-14
ARKANSAS LEADS
IN ENL|STMENTS
tBp Unitsd Press. J

Washington, April Establishments
in the army for the week ending yes
terday amounted to 4,354 The en-
listments for the navy totaled 2,736.
Among the army and navy enlist
ments in the states, were the fol-
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-04-14
WEED OUT FOREIGNERS.
By United Press.)

Philadelphia, April 14.-Foreign
workers are being weeded out of the
munitions plants at Eddystone. The
task of awarding a half-million dol
lars as compensation for those kill
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-04-14
is HANDED PASSPORTS.

Lapaz, April 1.-THE breaking of
Bolivia with Germany has not been
made public, but the German minister
has his passport and will probably
] leave with the German minister to
Brazil.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
SEES COAL TRUST ACTION
State Defense Council is Shown New
Angle of Observation-Disclosures Re
fuse to Make Shipments.

Madison-The state council OF de
tense was told at its weekly meeting by
man long connected with the coal
business of a new angle Of the trust
method of operation.
For several months the excuse has
been offered by coal operators that a
shortage of cars was responsible for
the scarcity of coal and the high price.
The testimony given showed that OPP
orators have refused to ship coal from
their mines to the docks except when
the coal is bought at the mines. The
price of Pocahontas in I. o. b. mines in
1916 was $115. The price today is
$3.50 a ton.
1t was shown that If the coal oper-
ators would ship coal now while the
lake is open and fill the docks, being
willing to take the going price for the
coal when it is finally sold, that the
probability of coal famine in the west
next winter would be averted. 1t was
testified, however, that the coal oper-
ators refused to consien coal to them
selves, and the dealers and dock oper-
ators have declined TO contract for
coal at the present prices.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
TO PAY INJURED GRID FANS
People Who Were Hurt at Madison
When BIeachers Collapsed Will
Be Paid Sum of 5000.

Madison Assistant Attorney Cen
eral E. K. Brossard and Business Man
ager II. J. Thorkelson of the Univer-
sity OF Wisconsin, left for Cleveland.
O., to secure a settlement of the claims
of persons injured by the collapse of
football oeachers at Camp Randall
two years ago against the estate of
p. A. McHugh, who erected the seats
Before his death McHush agreed to
pay one-nalf Of the amount OF the
claims of the thirty-one persons in
jured IL the athletic council OF the uni
versity would pay the other half.
A settlement with the claimants has
been arranged by which they are to
be paid $4,000, one-half by the Nc
Hugh estate and the other half by the
athletic council Brossard and Thork-
elson went TO Cleveland to get the part
of the money to be paid by the Nc
Hugh estate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
STATE TO PROTEST
OFFICERS RULING
DROPPING MARRIED MEN FROM
GUARD TO BE SUBJECT OF
COMPLAINTS.
IGNORE DEPENDENT AID LAW
Holwsy Says Discrimination Is Shown
Between National Guard and
United States Army-FlVe
Sergeants Are Dropped.

Mad,son-A protest against the ac-
ton of United States mastering Off
GERS in dropping married men from
the Wisconsin National Guard will be
lodged with the war department by
the State OF Wisconsin. 1t develops
that Adjt Gen. Mccain of the United
States army has instructed them to
ignore the state laws for aid of the
dependents of soldiers.
When the Sheboysan company of
the Second Wisconsin was mustered
into the federal service FIVE sergeants
were dropped for this reason. These
non-commlssioned officers are soldiers
OF long experience. Similar cases else
where in which the effectiveness of
the unit is threatened by such action
are reported.
Adjt.-Gen. Holway has received ap-
plications from number of Wiscon-
sin men enlisted in the regular army
for aid for dependents. His position is,
that it is not fair discrimination
against the National Guard by ignoring
the state aid law in their cases and in
voking it in the cases of United States
army men.
Twelve applications for dependent
aid have been granted on certiflcation
of Adjt.-Gen. Holway, and forty more
are under consideration. The closest
scrutiny is being given all such appli-
cations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
DEATHS ARE ON DECREASE
Survey of the Second Quarter Shows
Decrease from 1872 to IL
Per Thousand.

Madison Figures for the quarter
comprising April. May and June offer
evidence of a material reduction in the
number of deaths reported in Wis
consin The total for the period was
1873, which was 1,343 less than in the
first quarter of this year. 1t was, how
ever, 81 more than the number re-
ported in the last period of 1915.
For the period just announced, the
death rate per 1000 population was
IL, as compared with 14.2 In the pre-
ceding quarter. The northern group
of counties make the best showing in
this respect, with a death rate of 1913.
the southern counties following with
124, and the central group with 1875.
In the list of important causes Of
death, pneumonia led with 791, pulmo-
nary tuberculosis was next with 571,
and cancer third with 400. Violence
accounted for 400 deaths.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
WISCONSIN STATE
CAPITOL IS DONE
NEW STRUCTURE is COMPLETED
EIGHTY YEARS AFTER THE
FIRST BUILDING STARTED.
TOTAL COST is $7,044, 900
Everything Above $1,35o,o0o Accrued
Through General Railroad and
Corporation Taxes - Dedica.
ton After the War.

Madison - Wisconsin's new state
capitol has been completed at an ex-
pense of approximately $7.044,000, in
Guiding fixtures. When the unpaid
bills are settled and account is taken
of the money voted to repair the old
building for temporary use, the sum
will reach $7,200,000. This sum is
eight times the amount that had been
spent all told on previous state CAPT
tolls erected on the same spot. The
new capitol reaches completion just
eighty years after the first capitol
building was started on the same
ground.
There doubtless will be a formal
dedication of the new capitol, when
the war is over. Senator Timothy
Burke of Green Bay had bill in the
1917 legislature for that purpose, but
1t was withdrawn when the war was
declared.
According to a statement just filed
with the secretary of state there has
been spent in construction of the cap
itol building proper, $5,444,S6S.S3 49, or
over half million dollars less than
the limitation fixed by the 1907 legis-
lature. Decorations have cost $685.
9S3.77; furniture, 3S,S80.72; the
ground and approaches, $354,718.45
and the heat, light and power plant is
located half a mile from the building
and connected with tunnels $500,236.92.
For the improvement of the old capital
after the fire the state spent $40, 663.77,
making total expenditure to date Of
$7,0S4,S51 ,96. From the appropriations
Of S7,255,91766, there is a cash bal
ance of s171,065,70, but there are un-
paid bills amounting to $95,332.71,
leaving a cash balance after all &C
counts have been settled of $75,732.99.
OF the total of $7255, 91766 appropri-
ated for the capitol only $1,350,000 was
levied by direct taxes, $450,000 for
each of the years 1909, 1910 and 1918.
The remainder came out of the general
taxes from railroads and other corpo-
rations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
PRAISE FOR BADGER TROOPS
General Barry Pleased With Condition
and Strength of Wisconsin
National Guard.

Madison Adjt Gen. Holway has re-
ceived many strong Endorsements from
federal army officers on the strength
and condition of the Wisconsin Ma
tional guard. Statements of army OFF,
GERS are uniformly to the effect that
no other state in the union has done
more toward placing its guard in a
than has Wisconsin.
Gen. Thomas II. Barry of the De-
partment of the Lakes, United States
army, who made an official call on Gov.
Philip. enroute from Camp Douglas
to Chicago. reiterated the expression
of satisfaction and told the governor
that everyone was satisfied with what
Wisconsin has accomplished.
Gen. Holway says conditions at
Camp Douglas are fast becoming army
like, and that no difficulty will be ex-
perienced in having all troops which
are modified there well equipped be-
fore they start South.
The government shipments Of equip
ment have been rushed to the Wiscon-
sin guard, and the regiments are fast
assuming a correct military appear
ance. The fact that so many compa-
hies IN the Wisconsin guard have
seen service at the Mexican border
and are practically seasoned troops is
of great aid in rounding the National
guard units of Wisconsin into shape.
Nearly all of the recruits also of the
regiments which were in service be-
fore the war, have received military
training since they Joined the guard.
The work of training the new regi-
ments also is progressing very fast.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
WAREHOUSES; ARE PLANNED
Campaign to Erect Storage and Drying
Plants for War Crops Is
Under Way.

Madison--A campaign to erect com
munity storage houses and drying
plants for war crops Is under way in
Wisconsin.
Although no definite action has been
taken by defense councils except in
few counties, it is expected that the
demands of farmers, gardeners and
others will be met with organization
to effect such program.
That great saving of foodstuffs Is to
be effected through community storing
is pointed out, as well as the fact that
such foodstuffs will be wasted unless
some such action is taken. The depart
ment of agriculture at Washington,
during the recent hot weather, urged
immediate steps toward preserving
threatened perishable crops. This COW
ers such products as berries. fruits.
fresh garden vegetables. and root
plants.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
FLASHLIGHTS

The knockers never get after man
that isn't doing something worth no
ticlng.
Children now and then are greater
than their parents, but they wouldn't
have been If their parents hadn't Civ
en- them the proper start.
TITS hard that a man should go out
of the world almost as weak a wretch
as he came into 1t. Old men are twice
children, says the proverb.
There Is good In everything-even
the pretzel is hardened and pretty
crooked, but proves a most compan-
ionable fellow on acquaintance.
Everyone says mean things about
people he does not wish them to hear,
and so 1t is very mean trick to tell
"a man what people say about him.
Money can be made honestly In so
many ways that one sometimes has
to stop and wonder why 1t is that some
men deliberately select the crooked
ones.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
SAYS u. S. MUST HELP
AMERICA MUST TAKE RUSStA,S
PLACE IN THE FIELD.
Major General Maurice, Chief Director
of British Military Operations,
Says Flanders Fight Success.

London, Aug. 4.-"Looking from the
last fortnight in Russia" said Maj.
Gen. Frederick b. Maurice, chief direc-
tor of military operations at the war
office, on Thursday, in his weekly talk,
"it will necessarily mean n prolonga-
ton of the war. We cannot longer
count on any great material assist
ance from Russia. This means a
greater burden on the other entente
allies, and for the United States ii
means that she must come into the
field as soon as possible and with the
greatest possible force"
Major General Maurice In comment
ing on the Flanders battle, said:
This week the battle in Flanders
was an entire success. Gen. Sir Doug
las Haig fixed definite line of objec.
tives and, speaking generally, he at
tanned it successfully. On the south
ern third of the front he attacked and
gained his objective easily. On the
northern third the enemy's Resistance
broke down so completely that General
Haig felt justified in permitting his
troops to go we'll beyond the objec-
tive. In the central third we fell
little short of the objective, owing to
stubborn enemy resistance"
General Maurice said that the Brit.
ish commanders next move was to
determine another objective and then,
after the customary process of prep
aration, to proceed similarly to
achieve it,
I'm cases of this kind" said the gen.
eral, 'the objective line depends main
ly upon the range of the artillery. The
attacks must be patient and method
lcal. In this way we can gain ground
and intlict heavy losses on the enemy
without heavy losses to ourselves.
''In this weeks battle we co-operated
with the French. There were about
six times as many British troops as
French soldiers. OF the British four
fifths were purely English and one
fifth Amaze australians and New
Zealanders), Welsh and Scotch. No
Irish or Canadian troops participated"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
STATE ENRICHED BY PERMITS
Motor Vehicle Licenses Amount to
1894, 142 During the Fiscal Year
Ending August 1.

Madison-Secretary of State Merlin
Hull said that the total amount of re-
ceipts of his Office for motor vehicle
licenses during the fiscal year ending
on August l last was $S34,142. Dur
ing the preceding fiscal year the re-
ceipts were $575,79S. After $4,000
has been deducted for administrative
purposes, 25 per cent of the balance
will go to the state highway fund and
rs per cent will be apportioned among
the several counties in proportion to
the amount Of license fees paid by mo-
tor vehicle owners in such counties.
Milwaukee county will this year re-
ceive about $4,000, as against SOL $50
last year
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
SMALL TOWNS DIMINISHING
Decreasing at Alarming Rate.
Must Be Maintained.

Madison-The fact that the small
cities and towns, the GASES of our ag-
ricultural districts, are diminishing in
size and threatening to decrease in
number is being realized by a majority
Of people who have looked into the
matter and who realize that between
1900 and 1910 more than 400 small
cities and towns right in our own state
decreased in population. in some in
stances to an alarming degree.
Speakers on the chautauqua plat
forms are urgent in their demands that
something be done in the interests of
the small town as well as In the back
to the soil' movement.
THE strength of the country is the
farm, the village and the small city,"
recently said a public speaker from
the tented rostrum of the chautauqua
America cannot be destroyed in its
moral fiber by anything which happens
in cities of more than 100000
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
AUSTRIANS WIN CzERNOWITZ
Capital Of 5ukowina Changes Hands
for Tenth Time-Russ Continue
Retreat.

Vienna, Aug. 6.-Austro-H Hungarian
troops have entered Czernowltz, the
capital of the crownland of Bukowlna.
Petrograd, Aug. 6.-Kimpolung, in
southern Bukowina, has been evacuat-
ed by the Russians, the war Office an
nounced on Friday. The Russians are
now engaged with the Austro-German
forces on the River Bystritza. Be
tween the Dniester and the Prulth the
Russian retirement Is continuing.
The Russian forces In southeastern
Galicia, after battle with the Austro-
Germans, retired across the River
Zbracz Mt its confluence with the River
Dniester
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
RUSS CHIEF TO STAY
kERENSkY REFUSES TO RESIGN
WHILE COUNTRY is THREAT
ENED WITH DEFEAT.
PEACE NOW Is IMPOSSIBLE
Foreign Minister Declares SlaVs Must
Prepare to Fight Throughout Win.
ter-Says kerensky Alone Has
Nations Confidence.

Petrograd, Aug. Premier keren-
sky has returned to Petrograd and
withdrawn his resignation. He attend
ed ministerial meeting on Saturday
evening and afterward conferred with
various political leaders.
NJ. Kerensky has issued a manifesto
In which he declares that he considers
1t impossible when the country Is
threatened with defeat without and
dislntegration within to refuse the
heavy task again intrusted to him,
which he regards as an express order
revolutionary government to carry out
the principles already laid down.
"At the same time" said the mani
festo, 81 consider it inevitable TO intro
duce changes in the order and distrlbu-
ton of government work without al
lowing myself to be influenced by the
thought that these changes will In
crease my responsibility In the SUI
preme direction of the affairs Of state
NJ. Kerensky's action followed close
uppl uli-ulSliN lpliliNuA
which is declared rs the most mo-
mentous assemblage within the coun-
try's history of the last 800 years.
peace for Russia is inconceivable,"
former Minister Tereschenko assert
ed at this conference.
Russia must prepare to fight
throughout the coming winter" the
foreign minister declared, adding that
Alexander Kerensky alone has the ma
tons confidence"
BY vote of lat to 46 joint meet
Ing Of the executives Of the work.
mems and soldiers and peasants coun-
ellis confirmed the decision Of the all
night political conference of continued
confidence in Premier Kerensky.
The duma committee also has con-
firmed the vote of confidence in Nj.
Kerensky.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09

Suction is provided for an Ohio In.
ventors vacuum cleaner by a spiral
current of water, the device being made
so that it can be attached to almost
any household faucet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
Factory Niuht Work Forbidden.

Madison - Orders of the industrial
commission forbdding night work for
women in and about manufactures
and laundries, and limiting the en-
ployment of women at night work in
any place of employment for more
than eight hours night or more than
forty-eight hours a week, became eff
fective Aug. l. Work in canneries is
excepted.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
u, S. TAKES OVER SHlPYARDS
Board at Washington Teleeraphs Or
ders Affecting 100000 Tonnage
in America.

Washington, Aug. THE shipping
board has telegraphed orders to "a of
the country's largest shpyardS requi-
sitioning all ships of $500 dead weight
tonnage or more now building. Man
agement of the yards will be In the
hands of the present owners, but I'M
der government direction.
About 675 ships are affected by the
governments order. Their aggregate
tonnage is more than 100000. In
cluded are many English, Norwegian
and other vessels on foreign account.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
HOW TO CONQUER THE CRAMP
Worst Effect Is Panic. Which Causes
the Swimmer to Let All the Air
Out of His Lungs.

A cramp Is merely a contraction of
the muscles caused by the penetration
Of the cold. Obviously, 1t could not Of
itself cause drowning. It's effect. ac-
cording to Popular Science Monthly, Is
to cause panic which throws the
swimmer off his guard, causing him
to let the air out of his lungs and thus
allow the air passages to become filled
with water. The safeguard against
such a panic Is absolute confidence In
the floating power of the body and
demonstrable knowledge of the proper
way to quickly fill the lungs to utmost
capacity with air.
The moment a cramp is felt, the
swimmer should turn on his back and
begin to gulp the air, making no effort
to keep himself from sinking. AS he
sinks he slowly exhales under water,
through the mouth, with the lips puck
cred as for whistling. If 1t is stom-
ach cramp the knees will be drawn up
against the abdomen, but the swim
mer should force them out, pushing on
them with both hands and using all
his strength until they are fully ex-
tended. This will no doubt cause great
pain for few seconds, but as soon as
the legs are Strengthened out the
cramp will vanish, and the body. buoy
ed up by the air In the lungs, will shoot
up to the surface. There still inhaling
In great gulps and eXhallng through
puckered lips, the swimmer may float
until he regalns his strength or Is
picked up.
In case of cramp in the leg or arm
the same system of breathing Is fol-
lowed and the affected part is straight
ened out by sheer strength.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
MAKING EN- Bite

A street car passenger stopped to
pick up something from the floor.
"Wh0 has lost dinner" he asked.
At once half dozen passengers be-
gan fumbllng In their pockets, until
one of them held out his hand and
declared that he had dropped the coin.
Does It bear the date-1S602" In
CURED the finder.
yes. certainly"
as one side rather worm"
"Just So"
Here you are. then" said the finder
and handed him Il trousers button"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
Must Provide Free Drinking Cups.

Madison - Wisconsin railroads face
prosecution for failure to provide free
drinking cups on trains. Complaint
has been made against the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul road, and At
torney General Owen has taken steps
to investigate conditions on other
lines. The law ordering free cups, the
only one of its kind in the country,
was passed by the 1918 legislature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
ST. JULIEN WON BY BRITISH
Haie's Troops Win Back Position-6,-
1922 Germans Captured in
Drive.

London. Aug. 6,-Northeast Of Ypres,
in Flanders. Field Marshal Haig's
troops again have established them
selves in the town of st. Julien, from
which they We're driven early this
week, says the official statement from
British headquarters in France on Fri
day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
General Fund Shows Good Balance

Madison-The report of State Treas
urer Henry Johnson for July shows
balance of 1891, 232,62 in the general
fund and 3,545.47302 in all funds. at
the close OF business, July 81 The gen
eral fund has 100000 more of bal
ance than during the corresponding
month a year ago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
Speaking OF Vegetables,

A young married lady was explain
Ing the difference between silver and
electro to a small domestic, and said:
Mary. you will always find lion
on anything that is real silver"
"Yes, num-" said Mary. "Tll remem-
Der, and I've heard say as there is
always carrots on gold though l amt
seen them"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09
Plan New Catholic Church.

Appleton--Tt is reported that $1,000
has been raised for the construction OF
new Catholic church at Freedom to
replace the one destroyed by fire few
weeks ago st. Nicholas Catholic
church is located in rich agricultural
section.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09

An aluminium pencil that writes on
glass or porcelain, producing marks
that can be etched with acid or bur
nished to resemble inlaid silver, has
been invented by Swiss.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-09

AS a variation on the nonrefillable
bottle New York man has invented
attachments for ordinary bottles that
prevent their contents being poured
out If they have been retilled.