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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
SECRETARY BAKER IN ROME
Will Attend American Wedding and
Call on Italian Premier-WiiI
Return to Paris.

Rome, April 3.-Newton D. Baker,
the American secretary of war, is ex-
pected here from the Italian front.
He will be accompanied by Ambassa-
dor Page.
The secretary will attend the we'd
ding of Miss Augustus Grover of
Princeton to Hart Anderson, secretary
of the embassy, at the embassy. At
terward Secretary Baker will see Pre-
mier Orlando, Finance Minister Nftti
and General Zuppelli, minister of war
Ambassador Page will give an Off
cial dinner in honor of the secretary,
who will leave Rome then for Paris.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
BIG STRIKE AT NAVY YARDS
Carpenters Quit Government Job in
Hampton Roads OIstrict-De-
mand More Money.

Norfolk, Va, April 3.-Government
war work in the Hampton Roads dis
trict was interrupted on Monday by
strike of several thousand carpenters
and other workers. Plants involved
are the Hampton Roads naval base,
the army depot at Rush Bluff and the
ordnance depot at Pigs Point, all near
Norfolk, and the Langley aviation field
at Hampton. The carpenters inaugu-
rated the strike for an increase in pay
and at some of the plants a sympa-
thetic strike among metal workers,
plumbers and engineers followed. The
strike started at the naval base, where
leaders of the strikers claimed some
5000 men were out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
U. S. Buys II jap Ships.

Washington. March 30.-Formal an
nouncement on Thursday by the war
trade board of the new shipping ar
rangement between the United States
and Japan shows that Japan is to turn
over to the American fleet immediately
twelve big steamers of 100000 tons
dead weight capacity, in return for
steel supplies. Negotiations are pro-
ceeding for the transfer of 100000 tons
of new construction on the same
basis
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
SPIES IN FACTORIES
GAS MASKS RUINED BY AGENTS
OF GERMANY.
Senator Thomas Declares That out of
5000 Headpieces 1900 Were
Found 70 Be Defective.

Washington, April 3.-Charges that
German spies are interfering with the
manufacture of gas masks intended
for Use in France were made in the
senate by Senator Thomas of Color
ado, who said that in one factory >.
900 out of 5000 masks were found de-
fective. Even after the defective ones
had been discarded some later were
found packed with those that had
passed inspection.
Senator Thomas declared the masks
had been damaged by small perfora
tons and asserted the work was done
by persons in the factory. He said
this is only sample of the work that
is being done by German agents in
this country.
Senator Thomas declared the United
States now faced a serious situation.
The German drive. he declared. has
not ended
Is there any significance in the fact
that these labor conditions exist now
or is it only a coincidence" the Col
orado senator asked, referring to the
reports of strikes in various parts of the
country. He aided he believed them
to be part of German propaganda.
Il contend that the man who ncites
strikes at this time is an enemy of the
United States, and should be treated as
SUCH" Senator Thomas continued
THAT is equally true of our prof
iteers."
Declaring that union labor is re-
sponsible for the Kansas City labor
trouble, Senator Reed of Missouri said
it will be "a very dark day for organ
lied labor" if it interferes with war
industry.
Denouncing the l. w. W., Senator
Pomerene of Ohio said they were a
fertile field" for professional agita-
tors
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
QUITS THE FOUR-MINUTE MEN
Missouri Chairman Defends Man
Charged With DisIoyaIty-At-
tempts PaIIiate Actions.

St. Louis, Mo-, April Be. NJ. Gross
man has resigned as chairman of the
Four-Minute Men of Missouri state
council of defense. Grossman as the
attorney for a man charged with dis
loyalty is said to have attempted to
palliate the actions of his client. an
attitude which his colleagues resented.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

about more theoretically than clean
ing up the relics of her loved ones
bachelor days. This has led to the
untimely destruction of a number of
valuable records at Buckten, Swift
zerland, where a newly married wOm-
an unacquainted with the nature of
the documents, which she took fer
worthless old paper, set fire to the
minutes of Swiss railway building in
the early days of the steam engine,
mostly dating from 1850. Apart from
their historical interest, most of the
papers were stamped with the rare
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
KILL QUEBEC RIOTERS
SOLDIERS SHOOT ANTiDRAFT
AGlTAToRs in CANADA.
Fifteen Others Wounded When Men
on Housetops Fire at troopers
on Guard in Streets.

Quebec. April 3.--Fighting between
anti-draft rioters and troopers. which
resulted in the killing of five civilians
and the wounding of fifteen civilians
and five soldiers persisted during the
day. Men on housetops sniped the sol
dierS. The killed and wounded civil
ians were innocent bystanders. The
snipers never presented a good mark.
They fired frequently from street
crowds, which collected despite the
warning issued through the newspa-
pers that stern measures were to be
adopted and that gatherings in the
streets We're illegal. Sixty-two men
are under arrest, charged with fire.
quenting illegal assemblies. Today
General Lessard consulted with the
civil authorities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
YANKEES TRICK THE GERMANS
Americans Tap System of Telephone
Communication in Advance Sup
port Positions.

With the American Army in France,
April 3-The American forces obtain
ed accurate information that the work
of their intelligence department has
been so effective that the German sys-
TEN Of telephone communication in
advance support positions is practi-
cally useless.
The Boche positions are tapped" by
ground sets. by means of which the
Americans listen in, and phone COM
munication is useless for a depth of
almost two miles. The Germans are
obliged to rely exclusively on runners
or dogs. Great numbers of the war
dogs are observable in the vicinity of
German listening and observation
posts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
U. S. MAY TAKE MEAT PLANTS
Drastic Action May Be Necessary to
Supply AlIies-Commission APP
pointed to Study Situation.

Washington, April 2.-Government
operation ~ the biz packing houses
of the country became a strong proba-
bility on Monday.
Food Administrator Hoover an
nounced the president has approved
the appointment of a commission TO
study the entire meat problem, and
that an immediate revolution in the
meat conservation and distribution
policy must be made. He added:
"Ehis change may take the form of
more definite and systematic direction
of the larger packers, or even may
mean operation of the packing house
establishments by the government"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Dutch CALL u. S.
ACT UNFR|ENDLY
Seizure of Ships "IndefensibIe
and UniustifiabIe," Says
Statement.
TERMED AN ACT OF VIOLENCE
Holland Declares That President Viii
son Misstated Facts in Note-De-
nies Huns Intended to Sink
Vessels.

The Hague, April 2.-The seizure Of
ports is characterized by the Dutch
government, in a statement in the Off
cial Gazette, as an act of violence
which it will oppose with all the en-
ergy of it's conviction and it's wounded
national feeling.
The government takes issue with
the proclamation of President Wilson
regarding the decision of the United
States, saying it contains assertions
which are contrary to the facts.
The statement says the Dutch ma
ton with painful surprise" has TAX
en- notice of President Wilson's proc
lamation and that the seizure of neu-
trail mercantile feet is unjustifiable.
With painful surprise the govern
ment and whole Dutch nation has tax
en- notice of the presidential procla-
nation and the statement of March 20
relative to the seizure of part of the
Dutch merchant fleet" the statement
begins.
merchant fleet, if only for the dura-
ton of the war, is an act indefensi-
BILE from the viewpoint of information
al law and unjustifable toward
friendly nation, apart from consider
atiOns of legality.
But the manner, also, in which the
presidential statement defends this
act of violence does not contribute
toward lessening the sting thereof, for
this defense has plainly been drawn up
under the influence of a completely
incorrect representation of affairs.
1.-THE manner in which the Dutch
merchant feet has been treated in past
months in the United States, the In
cessant difficulties placed in the way
Of our sailings from American ports,
repeated refusals of bunkering facili-
ties and forced unloading of cargoes
already bought-all this may be with
In the rights of the United States
(Save one case, that of the Zeelandia,
which with her own bunker coal en-
tered an American port and has been
unlawfully detained there since).
''It surely was against the tradition
al friendship between the two cOun-
tries, although on this point the presi-
Dental statement keeps silence.
According to President Wilson's
proclamation" the statement contin-
ues, "the Netherlands, owing entirely
to German pressure, failed to observe
the preliminary arrangement which
was proposed for the purpose of leav-
ing no longer idle the Dutch tonnage
In American ports and furnishing ar
opportunity for making voyages with
in a period of 30 days, pending a
definite agreement on Dutch tonnage
and rationing. This is distinctly in
correct.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
FLOUR MILLS AT STANDSTILL
Textile Factories Cut From LOO to
20; Shoe Shops, 1,40o
to 300.

Amsterdam, April ga leading Ger
man manufacturer, writing in the
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
says:
"Out of 100 spinning and weaving
mills only 20 are still running at high
pressure, while in the boot and shoe
industry 1,400 factories have been
amalgamated into 300 In the oil in
dustry 10 factories working at high
pressure have been formed out of 720
works previously existing. In the silk
industry the number of spindles has
been reduced from $4,000 to $500"
Commenting on this letter, the Tage-
blatt remarks:
"This shows for the first time in sta
tistics the great extent to which the
closing down of factories has taken
place in Germany.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
1873 GERMANS IN CAMP
Arrival of War Prisoners at Fort Nc
Pherson lnternment Camp En-
Iarges Number of Aliens.

Atlanta, Ca, April 3.-Five hundred
and seven German prisoners arrived
in Atlanta Monday night from Fort
Douglas, Ariz., and were sent to the
internment camp at Fort Mcpherson,
to be KEEP for the remainder of the
war They have been in custody for
more than year. Their arrival in
creased the number of war prisoners
at the local camp to 1878
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

far away; and then it reaches the ear
very family. These changes take place
every few minutes, and with great reg
ularity.
With an east wind blowing the wa
ter in the well gets very low, and the
mysterious musical sound is faint. A
strong west wind causes the water TO
rise and the sound to increase in vol
ume and clearness. Before a north
wind the well plays its widest pranks.
The water rises nearly to the top OF
the well, which is about sixty feet
deep, and gives out wild, weird noises.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
NOTABLE DATES IN CONGRESSIONAL WAX RECORD

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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
BAKER TIGHTENS CENSORSHIP
Made Public From Headquarters
of Forces in France.

Washington, April Binder orders
cabled to the war department Secre-
tary Baker has directed that in future
all information concerning American
forces in France will be made public
from the headquarters of the expedi-
tionary forces. Information about
troops at home will be given out by the
war department as in the past
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
TO FIX WAR GOODS COST
Profiteering Will Be Stamped Out by
New System of Requirements
Board

Washington, April "a complete
revolution of the system of buying
war supplies was announced by the
government. Revealing the intention
of the war industries board to fix
prices of all war materials, Chair
man Bernard NJ. Baruch declared that
profiteering will be stamped out anu
the services of the industrial giants
of the nation will be at the disposal
of the government without ground for
criticism such as attended the old
plan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
3 AMERICANS SLAIN IN PARIS
Miss Ruth Landon Third of Family
Killed by Big Shell Attack on City
is Resumed.

Paris, April 3.--The eighth lombard
ment of Paris began at 1910 o'clock,
when a big gun projectile exploded.
Further identificatiOns show that three
instead of two members of the Ian
don family of New York were killed
on Good Friday when a shell from the
long-ranged German gun struck
church. Miss Ruth Landon, as well
as her sister and mother, was killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
WAR FINANCE BILL is PASSED
Act Makes Possible Organization of
$5oo,ooo,00o Corporation With
Power to Issue Bonds.

Washington, April 3.-Congress dis
posed of the war finance corporation
bill when the house adopted the con-
ference report agreed to by the senate
on Monday. It makes possible the or
ganization of $500,000,OO0 corpora
Of bonds with the secretary of the
treasury and four others as incorpora-
fOrS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

The notion is rooted in injustice.
Obviously the business gentlemen are
married. The single man, especially if
he be young and thoughtless, is about
the highest taxed citizen in the COM
munity. He is mamma for the laundries
and he pays as much to have his but
tons sewed on-lonely man that he is!
AS some real estate owners put up
in formal taxes. He is the mystical
element which enables the restaurant
owners to pay high rents for expensive
quarters in the central sections of the
city, for he is politely robbed every
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
QUEER FREAKS OF NATURE
River of Pure Ink in Aigeria-Siberian
Streams Flow Over Beds of Solid
iee-Singing well.

A river of ink is formed in Algeria
by che union of two streams, the water
of one being impregnated with iron
ard the other. which drains a great
swamp. with gallie acid. This combina-
ton of iron and acid forms pure ink.
In Siberia rivers flow over ice, old
and solid as rock. A tributary of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
CAPTAIN Koeniq a Prisoner.

An Atlantic Port, April 3.-Captain
Koenig, commander of the German
merchant submarine Deutschland, is
prisoner in a British port, according
to the captain of a British ship arriv-
ing here. He also claimed that the
Deutschland was captured by the Brit
iSh,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
IN DEFENSE OF BACHELORS
Proposition to Tax Single Men Has
Aroused Active Opposition of
Philadelphia Scribe.

One of those business mems asso-
Citations which so often are effective
as goads to drive municipal ambition
TO the heights now invites the lifted
eyebrow by suggesting that tax of
two or three dollars year be paid
upon every single man, remarks the
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Safeguarding the Mules.

Ludicrous as it may seem, necessity
has demanded that Los Angeles drOv-
er equip his mules with tail lights,
says Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Without being faeetiOus, it may not be
amiss TO point out that the devices
Re employs are literally the first real
tail lights ever used. Some time ago
when a number Of the mans mules
were being driven along a highway
al night, motor car plunged into the
drove with disastrous results. This
caused the dealer to resort to the warn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
time he sits down to a desolate meal.

time he sits down to a desolate meal.
Though he exist in his rooms as lone
somely as a chambered nautilus, yet
he is taxed to the hilt indirectly, since
it is from him that the overload Of
the premises collects the money de-
manded by the house owner, and it is
a certainty that the man who really
owns the real estate doesn't pay his
taxes out of his profits.
The city should rather mix little
philosophy with its taxation theories.
Thereby it might do double service
to the community. Special taxes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
1.2on Strike at chioann

Chicago, April 3.-Twelve hundred
foundrymen employed by the American
Car and Foundry company went on
strike for an increase in wages and an
eight-hOur day. They have been work
ing ten hours and receiving from 80 1-3
to 60 cents an hour.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

ing lights so as to avoid similar acct
dents in the future. The devices,
which are identical TO those used on
many bicycles, are strapped to the
mules tails. When the glare from the
lamps of motor car strikes them,
beams of ruby light are reflected. In
the warning signal becomes all the
more noticeable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
U. S. to Get Jap Shios.

Tokyo, April 3.-The amount of
tonnage to be turned over to the Unit
ed States by Japan under the arrange
ment made by the Japanese shipping
commission is estimated by the press
20 about 250000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
$3.50 WHEAT LOSES IN HOUSE
Senate Amendments to Agricultural
Bill Disagreed to and 1t is Sent
Back to Conference.

Washington, April 8. = Senate
amendments to the agricultural APP
preparation bill, including the provi-
sion for increasing the government
wheat price guaranty to $3.50. were
disagreed TO by the house on Monday
and the measure went TO conference
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
pro.eerman Spies executed.

Athens, April 3.-Lieutenants Cal
amaras and Hodjopoulos. who came to
Greece recently on a German subma-
rine as agents of former King Constan-
tine. were condemned to death by a
court-martial and the sentence was
carried out today
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
u. S. Closes Nebraska Mill.

Scribner. Neb., April 3.-The Moni-
tor flour mill here was ordered closed
for 80 days by the Nebraska food ad-
ministrator for violation of the rules
requiring the shipment of substitutes
with each shipment of wheat flour.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

might be levied against the diamonds
worn at dansants, and especially on
the diamonds which obese red gentle
men wear on their little fingers at the
cabarets. Special taxation might go
down the line from that starting point
to take in fur coats, high hats, jeweled
slippers, the tenth highball, and the
other nonessentials so plentifully in
evidence all about.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Russian warshlp Is Sunk.

London, April 1.-The sinking by
mine in the harbor at Reval, on the
Gulf of Finland. of the Russian cruis-
err Admiral Makaroff is reported in
a Perograd dispatch to Copenhagen.
as forwarded from that point.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Americans on Italian Front.

italian Army Headquarters. April /.
Ambassador Page has arrived here
from Rome, and with General Swift
and other members of the American
military mission visited General Diaz
ar headquarters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Two Greek Officers TO Die.

Athens, April 2.-The two Greek of
flcers who were arrested recently after
being landed on the west coast of the
Peloponnesus by a German subma-
rine have been tried and sentenced TO
death by court-martial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Two Eksrs Are Killed

Fort Worth. Tex, April while
doing solo flying here, F. ]. Dwyer
Royal Flying corps, whose home was
in Scotland, and ]. Scott Rowan of
Montreal. Canada, were instantly killed
when their planes crashed TO earth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
sau Revenue Takes J,,,,p

Washington. March 30.-During the
first month of government operation.
January. the railroads had operating
revenues aggregating 500 231 .s13. an
Increase of S50,0o0,000 over the last
mona of private operation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
cossack Chief Gives un.

Moscow, April 2.-General Bogayev-
sky, assistant chief of the Don Cos
sacks and leader after the suicide of
General Kaledines, says an official
statement issued here in Saturday, has
surrendered to the bolSheviki.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Seize 1000 Bushels of Wheat

Reno, New. March S0-Seven thou.
sand bushels of wheat We're seized at
Austin by TIE state food administra-
tor, when Patrick Walch. the owner
refused to sell to the government for
s.. 10 per hundredweight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Boarding Steamer Sunk.

London, April 3.-The British armed
boarding steamer Tithonus was tor
pedoed and sunk by a German sub
marine March IS, according to an of
fetal statement issued by the admir-
atty. One mercantile officer was lost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Britain Gets Another Loan.

Washington, April 3.-Great Brit
ain received another loan of $200,000,-
600, the treasury department announc-
ed British credits by the United
States now amount to $2,720O00,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Order Freight Embarqoes.

Washington. April 1.-Emhargoes
against consignees who fail to unload
their freight promptly were ordered by
the railway administration. As a re-
suit of the order two new committees
are created.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
cnthan, snu Refr1ne closad

New York March S0.-The German
club, of which Hugo Schmidt, Adolph
PavenStadt and other Germans. who
figured in the Bolo PaSfa Investigation.
were members. has heen permanently
closed by its directors,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
WILL SET DAY OF PRAYER
House Concurs in Senate Resolution
Requesting President Wilson to
Name Date.

Washington, April 3.--The house
concurred in senate resolution re-
questing the president to designate a
day Of prayer for American arms.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

from Paris emporium was sentenced
to ten months Imprisonment. Ana
enormous quantity of stolen objectsH
consisting chiefly of provisions and ar
ticles of clothing, was found at her
apartment. Her excuse before the
judge was that the articles had been
laid in by her as a precaution against
a siege of Paris, an argument which
failed to move the court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

"Dove of Basle," much sought after
by stamp collectors, and worth $50
apiece for good specimens. Close
upon $1,000 worth of them were made
away with while the minutes them
selves are estimated to have been
worth fully as much. if not more.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

Fort Worth. Tex, March 30-Robert
Daniel Garwood of Canaserga, N Y,
a cadet of the Royal Flying corps at
Benbrook, an English aviation camp
near here, was killed when his air
plane fell while doing tail spin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Raiders Bomb Belgian Coast.

Flushing, April 3.-An air raid on
the Belgian coast continued for four
hours Sunday night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Paper Saves busters.

Save washing busters by using old
newspapers for cleaning. They are
excellent for window polishers, first
rate for securing tinware and are as
good as brush for polishing a stove.