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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT
EASILY RECOGNIZED
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected

An examining physician for one OF the
prominent life insurance companies, in an
interview of the subject, made the as
tonlshing statement that one reason why
80 many applicants for insurance are re-
lected is because kidney trouble is so com
mon to the American people, and the large
majority of those whose applications are
declined do not even suspect that they
have the disease.
Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
soon realized 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
We find that Swamp Root is strictly
an herbal compound and we would sd.
wise our readers who feel in need of such a
remedy to give it trial 1t is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DIR.
hilmer & Co, Binghamton. n Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
PRESIDENT VISITS HOSPITAL
Goes Through American Institution al
NeuilIy--Has Only Praise for
Conditions.

Paris, Dec. 23.-President Wilson
made the following statement con,
corning his visit to the American hos.
pital at Neuilly.
II went through the American hos
ptal at Neuilly with the greatest in,
terest and with the greatest gratihcn.
ton. found the men admirably
taken care of and almost without
exception in excellent spirits.
"Only very few of them looked
really i'll, and | think that their moth.
ers and friends would have been en-.
tirely pleased by their surroundings
and by the alert look in their eyes and
the keen interest they took in every
thing about them.
81 am sure that they will 20 back 10
their loved ones at home with "a new
feeling of joy, alike I'm their recovery
and In the fine service they have
been able TO render"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
HERBERT HOOVER NAMES AIDS
Appoints Army Officers to Superintend
Relief Work in the Several
Countries.

Paris, Dec. 23.-Ierbert Hoover
announced the appointment of Colonel
Wood, y. S. A., as director of relief
for Serbia, and Jugo-Slavla in behalf
of the United States food administra-
ton. Colonel Wood and six aides will
leave Immediately for Belgrade Rep
resentatives of the allies will partici-
pate in the relief work. Colonel Nc
Intosh, another army man, is leaving
for Trieste to take charge Of the sup
ply bases where food is already ar
irving from the United States. The
situation in Serbia, Herzegovina and
Montenegro is said to be critical.
A mission consisting of Colonel
Grove, U. S. A., DIR. Vernon Kellogg
and Mr.. Hugh Gibson is being sent to
Poland to take charge of relief work
there together with French and Brit
ish missions. Conditions in Roumanla
also are being investigated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
WALTER H. PAGE DIES
FORMER U. S. ENJOYS HEALTH
BAD FOR LONG TIME.
Ex-Ambassador to Britain Succumbs
in Carolina Mountains After
Prolonged illness.

Pinehurst, n. c. Dec. 23.-Waltei
Hines Page, former ambassador tc
Great Britain, died here.
Mr.. Page had been in failing health
for more than year. His resignation
of the enthusiastically was due to this
fact He came here several weeks age
In the hope that the dry piney air OF
the Carolina mountains might have {
beneficial effect.
Death was due to pulmonary trou.
BILE accompanied by heart complies
tons.
Walter Hines Page was editor OF
the magazine, the Worlds Work, and
member of the publishing firm of
City, l.. l., when in March, 1913, Presi.
dent Wilson appointed him American
ambassador to Great Britain.
Virtually all Mr. Pages life before
his ambassadorial appointment had
been spent in literary work. He was
the author of works on the develop,
ment of the southern portion of the
United States. in which he was par.
ticularly interested as a native of
Cary, n. c., where he was born; Au.
gust Is, 1855. In his work on the
"Upbuilding of Old commemorative
Mr.. Page disclosed his interest in the
culture of broad national feeling in
the South. He was interested IN the
moral and political education of the
negro and formerly was member OF
the sanitary commission for the erndi
cation of the hookworm, TO which John
ID. Rockefeller contributed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
SEEN AS AN ARBITER
PRESIDENT WILSON MAY ACT ON
BEHALF OF ITALY.
Britain Expected to Stand With Rome,
But France viii Urge
Notifications.

Washington, Dec. 23~-Peace terms
negotiations have reached stage
where it lies within the power of Pres
ident Wilson to accept the role of ar
bitter and conciliator in the differences
arising from Italys claims, according
to diplomatic representatives here. All
signs Indicate that Great Britain will
support Italy's claim as formulated
when she joined the allies-that
France will urge modification of the
claims and that President Wilson has
refused to commit the United States
to either policy.
Great interest attaches to President
wilson's forthcoming visit to London.
1t is stated semiotlicially that he will
not attempt during his visit to discuss
peace problems. The belief is general,
however, that both Great Britain and
France have stated clearly their posi-
ton on Italys claims.
The last authoritative statement by
Great Britain in the house of commons
June 20, when, in speaking in opposi-
ton to a proposal to revise the secret
treaty made with Italy when she en-
tered the war, said:
ITO these treaties we stand. The
national honor is bound up with them.
We mean to keep TO the full to the bar
gain we have made"
In view of this statement there is
no surprise that Italy has shown no
indication of retreating from the pro-
gram Of claims Endorsed by France,
Great Britain and Russia in the treaty
of 1915.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
RED CROSS MAKES REPORT
Maintains Canteen Service in Addition
to Thousands of Beds in
Hospitals.

Washington, Dec. 23.-"Always a
country subject to the ravages of tn.
berculosis, France, after three years of
war was found by the American Red
Cross to be alarmingly deep in the
clutches of this grim disease" the war
council of the Red Cross reported.
Underfeeding, Overcrowding, all con.
tributed the report declared, TO an OPP
portunity for spreading the disease,
"such as it had not had since the years
following the Franco-Prussian war"
The Red Cross, cooperating with
the Rockefeller Foundation, expended
81 Az, 200 in fighting the disease.
Canteen service is maintained, and
thousands of beds furnished to hos
pitfalls.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

In claiming draft exemption from
the Bishopsgate (Eng.) medical board
II munitions worker gave this remark
able catalogue Of his Ills:
One lung, chronic liver complaint,
no teeth, varlcocele and chalky govt,
piles and chronic eczema. suffered
pleurisy and pneumonia twice. rheu-
matte fever, Inflammation of bowels
twice, malaria and typhoid, liberated
stomach several times. "colitis." eight
years acute neurasthenla, several
heart attacks and Influenza.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Easy TO Forecast.

The painter Raphael was busy ut
work when an impecunlous confrere
entered hastily and said:
you remember that florln just Dor
rowcd from your
Yes, do. / am surprised that you
do, though"
"Well, ! came to say need another.
That was insufficient TO pay my lodg-
ing bill"
Raphael handed out the other form
somewhat ruefully. saying:
81 know what business your de-
scendants, should you have any, will
follow"
"What2" asked the lmpecunious one.
"Retouchng old masters"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
COURTESY TO THE BRITISH
Wilson's Action in Granting Interview
to London Times Causes Favor
able Comment.

Paris, Dec. 23.-Presldent Wilson's
London Times Is regarded here ms
significant. II Is considered n great
courtesy, not to the British newspaper,
but to the people OF Britain. In this
connection much favorable comment
is made upon the fact that Immediate
ly afterward Viscount Northcllffe give
an interview to the American press
condemning secret diplomacy and say.
ing that It Is the great obstacle which
will be met by President Wilson.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
VOTES BEAT GERMAN REDS
Chiefs of Bolsheviki Are Crushed In
Three States Of
Country.

4 Paris, Dec. 23.-The first elections
TO the new German national assembly
are symptomatic of what the final re-
suits will be, says a dispatch from
Berne TO lie Journal.
In the duchy of Brunswick, where
the minority party had assumed pow
er, the defeat of the bolshevik was
crushing. In Mecklenberg and Anhalt,
where the majority party was in con
troll, the hourgeoisie also came out
victorious.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
DECORATION FOR PERSHING
Wilson to Pin the American Distin.
guished Service Cross on
the General.

Paris, Dec. 23.-Probably the most
impressive moment during President
Wilson's visit with the American
troops in the field on Christmas day
will occur when the president will
decorate General Pershing with the
American Distinguished Service Cross.
Later he will personally pin medals on
scores of Yankee fighting men, officers
and privates.
Although General Pershing has dec,
GRATED many. including General Bliss,
there has been no one here hitherto
with authority to decorate him. Pres
ident Wilson will perform this func.
ton as commander in chief of the
American army. The ceremony will
probably take place at Langres. near
Chaumont.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Manufacture of Paper Was
Japanese Industry 592-629.

The manufacture Of paper was an
important industry in japan as far
back as the time of the Emperor
suiko, A. u. 592-629. the nrt having
been introduced from China. 1t is
said that paper was introduced into
Europe from Egypt, but In China the
Industry may have been as old as In
Egypt. and the mt may have travelled
from China to Europe through india
and Persia, passing Com spain t.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
WARNING IN WILSON SPEECH
Says Peace Delegates Are Masters Of
None, but Servants Of
Mankind.

Paris. Dec. 23.--"There is a great
wind of moral force moving through
the world, and every man opposing
himself TO that wind will go down in
disgrace"
AT the end of his first week in Eu.
rope, President Wilson proclaimed this
warning IN his speech ut the Sorbonne,
adding:
1.-THE task Of those gathering here
to make the settlement of peace IL
greatly slmplified by the fact that they
are the masters of none, but the serv.
ants Of mankind, and If we do not
heed the mandates Of mankind we
shall make ourselves the most conspic-
uous and derided failure In the his.
tory Of the world"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Dogs Are Brave.

Experiments made In the training OF
dogs as messengers with the armies in
the field have, 1t is stated, given sat
isfactory results. The dogs which
have proved most receptive under in
struction are chiefly half-bred collies
and retrievers. A rather poor breed
of bob-taled sheepdogs has also done
well. All have been trained to per-
form their errands during heavy fir
ing, both Of rifles and guns They can
he fred over a. easily il The ordinary
sporting deg ard. uha Il unite an
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
The Last Word.

The sweet young thing thought she
was making huge success.
There is only one thing / cane I'M
derstnnd," he started TO say.
"OnIy one" she asked, without let
ting him finish.
There was one. Now there are two.
The second is why some girls never
learn that 1t is only the pretty ones
who can afford to be impertinent."-.
ottawa Citizen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Bread From Moss.

The Indians along the Columbia
river make kind of bread from a
moss that grows on the spruce fir
tree. This moss IL prepared by pac-
Ing II IN henps. sprlnkllng It with wn.
ter and permitting II to Torment. Then
Il N rolled into balls az big us d mans
head, ana these are baked Ia pits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Ocean salt Made BY ELECTRICITY

Successful experiments have been
made In Norway for extracting salt
from ocean water by means of cleo
trIcity. aud two salt factories will be
started for this purpose In the near
future. The capital for the factories
Is estimated ut s5960,o00 Each win
produce about $1,000 tons of salt per
year ut the start but they will be so
built that the production may De dou-
BLEED II necessary Besides the salt.
different by.products viii % made.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
WILL MEET WILSON'S VIEWS
Lloyd George and 6aIfour Are Pre-.
pairing to Make important Con.
cessions.

Paris, Dec. 23.-Persons in close
touch with the situation I'm Britain are
already proclaiming that Lloyd George
and Foreign Minister Balfour are pre-
pairing to make important concessions
In order to reach complete under
standing between Britain and the
United States
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
BOLSHEVIKI MENACE FINLAND
Copenhagen Dispatch Says Reds Are
Concentrating Troops on the Fin
nish Frontier.

London, Dec. 23.-The bolsheviki,
accord lg. to Copenhagen dispatch
to the Daily Express, are concentrate
ing troops on the Finnish frontier and
laying mines along the Finnish coast.
Russian volunteers have occupied
number Of border towns, clearing out
the bolshesiki forces.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
HUNS WAKE UP AT LAST
Prisoners of War at Camp Sherman
Finally Convinced That Germany
Has Lost

Chlllicothe, o., Dec. 23.-Finnlly
convinced news OF Germany's defeat f.
authentic and not "a pack Of English
lies" German prisoners OF war nj
Camp Sherman have stripped the navy
buttons from their uniforms which
they have worn since lnterqment. The
prisoners were taken Off German yes.
sells at the beginning of the war. They
declined to believe first reports OF Ger.
many's defeat
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
sllaht SLID.

The actress faced the bar and the
arralgnment proceeded.
What say you, prisoner AT the
barr" droned the clerk. Are Won
beautiful or not beautiful mean. are
you guilty or not gullty7"-Louisville
Courier.journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
AMERICAN HEROES
TELL OF BATTLES
One Comes Home With His Hair
Turned White.
IN 24-HOUR GAS "STRAFFlNG"
Terrible Experiences in the Argonne
Woods-Fumes Filter Through
Their Masks and Men Drop
in Their Tracks.

New York, Dec. 23.-Hundreds of
Illinois men in the Thirty-third divi-
sion were among the victims of gas
shell bOmbardment In the Argonne
forest which started the night of Octo-
Der and lasted "a hours.
Many of the men who are recover
ing from the nOXiOus fumes arrived
on the Mongolia, which brought 400
officers and men. They said it was the
worst gas "strafing" they had ever
experienced.
Nearly all the men gassed were bad
ly burned about the body, and a num-
Der said they had been blind for five
weeks. Many wore smoked glasses
and eye shades. They will be sent to
hospitals near this city for special
treatment. Surgeons say they will re-
cover completely.
129th Infantry ;iit Hardest.
The One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
infantry, which has many members of
the Third Illinois in its ranks, appears
to have been the hardest hit, judging
from the stories of the wounded men
on the Mongolia.
The casualties of the regiment In
the attack amounted to at least 80 per
cent. Few of the gassed men died.
however. The gas attack lasted so
long that the fumes finally filtered
through the masks and the men fell in
their tracks.
Fifty men of Company f of the One
Hundred and Thirty-first infantry
fought their way through 200 Prus-
sian guardsmen who had surrounded
them in the Argonne November and
got back to the American lines.
This story was told by Corp. Elmer
Sauerman, ia Cornelia avenue, Chi
cago, one Of the fifty. Sauerman was
shot by sniper. The bullet pierced
his left lung, glanced off a rib and
went up into his shoulder. Surgeons
marveled Mt his escape. Pals Of Sau-
erman carried him back to safety.
Sauerman said the so men were sent
on a raid into the German lines for
prisoners and information. The Ger
mans spotted them and sent 20 guards
men out to capture them. Only about
fifteen of the party Sauerman was in
got back without being wounded
Hair Turned White.
To be sent on patrol in No Mans
Land T., the Toul sector for ii nights
in row, was the experience Of Pri-
vate Fred Farley, who has seen forty
six years and was the oldest enlisted
man on board. Farleys hair has
turned white since he landed in France
over a year and a half ago with the
Sixteenth infantry. He lives at Paris,
III.
Farley got into the army week
after war was declared by telling the
doctors he was only thlrty-five years
of age. He Is of powerful build and
for that reason was constantly picked
for patrol work, the most dangerous
of tasks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Fame and the CynIo.

"They say that Solomon was the
wlsest man"
yes" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax.
Solomon had all kinds of a reputa-
ton. "A the richest man he was able
TO employ any publicity talent that
struck his fancy"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Cuticura for Sore Hands,

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
OF Cuticura Soap, dry and rub In Gu
ticura Ointment Remove surplus
Ointment with soft tissue paper. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
X. Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap %, Ointment % and 50.--Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
RUSS WAR LOSS ENORMOUS
Authorltatively Stated That countrys
Casualties Are 9,15o,00o--
100000 Dead.

Petrograd, Dec. 23.--iiussia's war
casualties are authorltatively given
mt 9,1J0,O00 as follows: Killed, L.
100000; wounded. 4.950000; prisoners,
2,500,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Nice Walk

Pretty Miss (invitingly) Don't you
want to 90 for nice walk?
Gallant gonth-I should love to.
Iretty M.as-Go ahead, thenl I'm
not stopping you.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
May Succeed MoAdoo.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Carl II. Gray,
who resigned last week as chief of
the division OF operations Of the Unit.
ed States railroad administration may
succeed Director General McAdoo.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Queenstown Invites Wilson.

Queenstown. Dec. 23.--At a mass
meeting of citizens here II resolution
was unanimously carried inviting
President Wilson to visit Ireland
while he Is in England next week.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Down To Earth.

Mrs Peavish says that before they
were married Mr.. Peavish liked to
hear her sing Home, Sweet Home"
and now he likes TO hear her rattle
dishes on the table.-Galveston News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

Don't expect your friends TO do
more for you than you are willing to
do for yourself.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
ASSERTS 2 POWERS
GAN RULE WORLD
NorthcIiffe Grants Interview to
100 Correspondents.
TWO CHIEF POINTS IN VIEW
Asks Close Association of U. S. and
Observation-Disclosures League of Ma
tions pensable-Controi
of Raw Materials to Pre-
vent Wars,

Paris, Dec. 23.-Viscount North
cliffe, British journalist-dynamo. uni
versally regarded as the maker of
the Lloyd George coalition govern
ment, called in the hundred-odd Amer
lean correspondents now in Paris for
reception ut the Ritz and had a
frank heart-to-heart talk with them In
which he touched earnestly upon some
of the great issues of war and peace.
In a candid. forceful way, the fa-
nous British publisher drove home his
convictions on two chief points:
l. That leogue of nations is indis'
penSable to future peace.
>. That the firmest keystone for the
foundation of such league would be
the closest possible association and CO.
operation of Great Britain and Amer
lea.
president Wilson," said the Wis
count, twill receive in England the
greatest welcome ever accorded for
eigner. l am glad he is going to the
northern part of England, the home of
British manufactures and the birth
place of the labor unions. London, of
course, does not represent England
any more than New York represents
the United States.
Will Find Friends.
'He is the first foreigner who has
the wisdom to go to that part of Eng
land of which we are very proud. He
will find there especially most friend
ly feeling toward the United States.
"The president will penetrate the
heart of England and reach the heart
of English life. His trip will be of
tremendous good for the relations be-
tween the two nations. Certainly Mr..
Wilson showed infinite courage in
breaking all precedents by coming to
Europe.
Raw Materials Rule World.
THE real basis for II league of ma
lions should be found in the closest
possible association of the two most
powerful nations in the world. Quite
apart from ideals, the reality is that
these two English-spealling nations
control every piece of raw material in
the world. In this situation 1t would
be impossible to start II scrap even be.
tween Chile and Peru.
''The league of nations certainly is
one of the most important of the pres
idcnt's II points. Every Englishman
regards the presidents visit as the
most important event in the history of
Anglo-American relations"
All Know Wilson's Purpose.
THE president" added the viscount
probably will not receive the same
kind of reception in England he re.
ceivcd in Paris because we are not .
demonstrative people, but it is certain
to be the greatest reception any for.
eigner ever got on English soil. Every
man in Europe knows that the preSi'
dent has come 10 prevent the recur'
renee of what the world has suffered
for four and half years"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

he 'ahadlan annual production Of
tobacco III - 10.000.0O0 nounas.
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Italy and France, special improve
ments being introduced in It's manu-.
facture by the Dutch and the French.
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other thing, they win face fire at close
range