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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
FREED OF EVASION CHARGE
Congressman Nelson and Son Acquit
ted of Charge With Conspiracy
to Violate Draft Law.

Madison - Judge Carpenter of the
United States Circuit court, Chicago,
sitting in place of Judge Sanborn in
the District, court at Madison, dismis-
sed the indictment which charged
Congressman John M. Nelson and his
son, Byron c. Nelson, with conspiracy
to violate the selective draft law.
The motion to quash was made by
Attorneys c. H. Crownhart and Ralph
M. Jackman, representing the Nelson's,
on a suggestion from the judge that
the case involved only legal questions
The court held that the act of Byron
Nelson in going to Canada sixteen
days before the draft law was passed
was something he had a right to do
and that his remaining in Canada fol-
lowing the enactment of the statute,
without registering was not in viola
ton of law.
District Attorney A. c. Wolfe said
he intended to appeal from the deci-
sion to the United States Supreme
court
The Indictment charging Byron Mel
son with failure to register, which is a
separate case, probably will not be
taken up at the present term of court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
SNOW TIES UP TRAFFIC
GALE OF GREAT FORCE SWEEPS
ACROSS WISCONSIN.
Trains in All Sections of State Stalled
and on Many Divisions Sched-
ules Are Cancelled.

Milwaukee, Jan. Wisconsin was
visited on Sunday by one of the worst
snow storms it has experienced in
years and Milwaukee received its full
share of it. Starting ealy in the morn
ing the storm ineeased in severity
throughout the day. With gale blow
ing forty miles an hour and the air
thick with SHOW, the singing particles
made it almost impossible to face the
storm.
Telegraph and telephone service
alone withstood the storm. The steam
roads are tied up, interurban traffic is
at standstill on some lines and on
other lines almost completely.
The predictions from Washington
for Wisconsin and the lake region is
snow and colder weather for Monday.
If the prediction as to the lower tenn
perature proves true it may result in
one of the most serious tieups of all
transportation and wire communica-
ton in years, as the snow which fell
an Sunday was soggy and is likely to
freeze onto the rails and wires.
Sixteen inches of snow fell, accord
ing to the government records, be-
tween Z o'clock in the morning and z
o'clock at night. The only relieving
feature OF the situation was the fact
that the temperature was mild, stand
ing at 25 degrees most of the day.
The storm started, according to
William p Stewart, weather forecas-
ter, in Oklahoma at about o'clock on
Saturday morning. BY Z o'clock Sat
urday night it was on the rampage in
northern Indiana and shortly it swung
around and struck Wisconsin from
the northeast. On Sunday the storm
was more or less general throughout
the upper Mississippi valley.
Advices from Green Bay were to the
effect that railroad traffic in the north
ern part of the state was practically
abandoned Sunday night, because OF
the storm which found the roads. The
Northwestern stopped all trains
north and south at that point and the
Milwaukee road laid off all freight
trains and doubled up its passenger
trains between Green Bay and Mil
waukee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
BIG BRIDGE TO DIXIE OPENED
Structure Mile and Quarter Long Over
Ohio River at Paducah Is
Completed.

Metropolis, ILL.,, Jan. IA mile-lOng
freight train working its way across
q gigantic steel structure over the Ohio
river between Metropolis, ILL.,, and Pa
ducar, KY. and disappearing in the
distance was the simple ceremony"
that marked the opening of a great
masterpiece of bridge engineering
which spans the Mason and Dixon line
at this point.
Approximately a mile and quarter
in length, this Is one of the noted
bridges of the world. 1t contains the
longest single span-720 feet-ever
constructed. 1t is supported by seven
piers, the largest of which is 60 by 40
feet at the bottom and 1877 feet high
larger than the average skyscraper.
All told, 1900 tons of steel, 10000
barrels of cement and 10000 cubic
yards of gravel were used in the con-
struction, the cost of which was
So, 100000. The structure is double
tracked.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15

CATTL E-Receipts, 375; steady; strong.
CALVES-Receipts. $50; easier; $1,000
lT00
HOGS-Receipts, $500; steady heavy.
x17. so017. 40; mixed, $17.26@17.S5; Workers.
81. 2O6D17. IS light Workers, I65oQl675;
nio,s as 25Gl16. 50; roughs, $1SOO916.25; stays,
$14OOQ15.0O.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 1900;
lambs easier; lambs, s13.ooGD1s, So; yearlngx.
s1aoO015. rs; others unchanged.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
ElAY NOT PAY NEW ME- MBERS
Legislators Elected to Fill Vacancies
May Lose Salaries Unless Spe-
ciaI Act Is Passed.

Observation-Disclosures of the Wiscon-
sin legislature elected at special cleo
tons to fill vacancies will not receive
the regular $500 salaries, unless there
is a special act of the legislature Civ
ing it to them. This is the opinion of
some of the best lawyers who have
examined the constitution.
The constitution of the state limits
the $500 salary to service at 'regu-
lar session" At an extra session, no
additional compensation shall be al
lowed to any member thereof, except
for mileage.
The question of compensation to
newly elected members, some of whom
may have gone 70 expense in gaining
their elections, will probably come up
for consideration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
WANT RtPEAL OF NEW LAW
Back Petition Seeking Change in
Present Marriage Statute.

Milwaukee Many Milwaukee minis
tiers and the circuit court judges are
back of petition asking Gov. E. l..
Phillip to include in his call for
special session of the Legislature
provision whereby the present ''red
tape" marriage law may be repealed
or amended.
1t is estimated that more than SO
per cent Of the people who ought to
be getting married in Milwaukee are
going to Waukegan because the pres
ent law is Objectionable to them. 1t
is estimated that this will represent
an annual loss to Milwaukee of not
less than $4,000 in marriage licenses,
and fees for court officials, doctors and
pastors, not to mention honeymoon
bills.
An especially Objectionable provi-
sion of the new law is the one requir-
ing that the application for license
must be posted on a bulletin board in
the county clerks office for period
of five days, preceding the marriage.
The Milwaukee clergy is about equally
divided as to the practicability of the
new law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
HURLEY ASKS CASH FOR SHIPS
Seeks $s2,oOo,ooo of Congress for Ac-
QUESTION or Establishment Of
Shipbuilding Plants.

Washington, Jan. chairman Hur-
ley of the shipping board asked con-
gress for $S2OO0,O0O for acquisition
or establishment of shipbuilding plants,
in addition to the 100000 hereto
fore asked for the next fiscal year.
He also asked for increase of author
ity for construction of ships from ST.
234, 100000 to 1895, 100000.
f. A. Brown, purchasing officer for
the Emergency Fleet corporation told
the committee that within 60 days the
shipping board hopes to have deliv-
cred from Oregon the heavier timbers
for the construction of 200 wooden
ships at price Of SIS less a thou
sand than that of pine timbers
which the South was unable to
deliver.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
PEACE FARLEY HALTs
$4,000 GERMAN TROOPS REVOLT
OBJECT TO BEING SENT
TO FRANCE.
FOOD SUPPLIES APE CUT OFF
Kaiser Halls Conference at Brest-Llt-
oVsk Following Russ Demand to
Transfer Seat of Negotiations
to Stockholm.

London, Jan. S.-An official state
ment issued at Berlin Saturday and
forwarded from Zurich announced that
because of the Russian request to
transfer the peace conferences from
Brest-LitOvsE to Stockholm the CEN
trail powers had temporarily suspended
the negotiations with Russia.
The message, which was filed at
Zurich Saturday, said:
Another crown council was held
today at Berlin, which Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and General Won Luz
dendorff attended. After the meeting
this official announcement was issued:
In consequence of the request OF
the russian government TO transfer
the seat of negotiations from Brest-
Lltovsk to Stockholm, the central pow
erS have temporarily suspended the
negotiations with Russia"
dispatch received here from the
RUSSIAN wireless service says that 25,-
OOO German soldiers in the region east
OF kovno have revolted. German de-
serters stated that in consequence Of
the government drafting all soldiers
below the age of thirty-five for dis
patch to the western front, the afore-
mentioned number of men rebelled and
marched out of the battle line.
Then they entrenched themselves
with rifles and machine guns against
the other German units. The German
military authorities have been power
less against the revolters and are try
ing to cut off their food supplies.
The German deserters declared that
one of the motives for the revolt was
that the sending of troops to the west
ern front was a contravention of the
Russo-German ar,nistice agreement.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
W|SCONSIN'S WAR
BURDEN s798,34l
MONEY SPENT FOR MEXICAN
BORDER EXPEDITION AND
EUROPEAN CONFLICT.
LOW BALANCE DUE TO ARMY
State Treasury Shows $41, o22 On Jan.
I, 1918, as Compared With $780,
747 Jan. I, 1917-Army Elk
pense Is Now Reduced.

Madison - The war in Europe and
the Mexican campaign have cost Wis
consin sos, 34102, according to a
statement compiled in the office of the
state board of public affairs Jan /.
This includes expenditures of all de-
pa-tments.
The general fund, out of which all
war expenditures come, had a bal
aLce of SAL ,02260 on Jan. l, as COM
pared with $7O9,747.47 on Jan. 1, 1917.
The fund has been increased since the
last report by automobile taxes. Other
taxes are due in February. The condi-
ton of the fund, however, on Jan. l,
was due entirely to extraordinary war
expenditures.
The adjutant generals department
has been the war department of the
state in other years, and approximate
ly 100000 year has ben annually
appropriated for the training OF the
National Guard and other maintenance.
The first extraordinary demand upon
the adjutant general came in 1916,
when Wisconsin sent her troops to the
Mexican border. These expenditures
for the fiscal year 1916-'17 were $780,
442.6S.
War preparations by Wisconsin, an
ticipated early in the year, cost the
adjutant generals department $685.
73451. The quarteTmaster generals
department expended 1921, 1888, or a
total for the two departments in the
six months from July 1, 1917, to Jan.
l, 1918, of $555,593.45.
The connection of the cost of the
present war and the Mexican cam
plign with the finances of the state is
that if no such expenditures had been
made there would be in the general
fund today approximately $850000 as
compared with 100000 Jan. l, 1917.
Another important fact is that Wis
consin will not likely be called upon
for another large expenditure for the
benefit of the government during the
next six months nor during the period
Of the war, because the government
probably will not call for the equip
ment or recruiting of any more regi-
ments of the National Guard. The
state is, however, equipping its home
guard, which will consist of $500 men
and will cost in the neighborhood of
$150,000 for clothing and equipment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
DRAFT LAW IS SUSTAINED
nous Opinion of Uncle Sans
Highest Court.

Washington, Jan. 9.-The selective
service act was upheld on Monday as
constitutional by the Supreme court.
The governments contention that the
power given congress to declare war
includes power to compel citizens to
render military service both at home
and abroad were sustained by the
court.
Chief Justice White, who delivered
the unanimous opinion, in brief state
ment declared that after considering
the various contentious the conclusion
had been reached that most of them
were imaginary rather than real.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
EARL READING SENT TO U. S.
Will Have Title of Ambassador, but
Will Be Representative OF British
War Cabinet.

London, Jan. 9.-Earl Reading, lord
chief Justice, will go to the United
States as direct representative of the
British war cabinet, according to the
Daily Express. While Earl Reading
will have the title of ambassador, pure
ly diplomatic matters will be in the
hands of a charge d'affaires, the earl
controlling war activities.
Earl Readings work will, according
to the understanding in official circles,
deal mainly with financial and general
business matters, and he will be re-
lieved of the ordinary ambassadorial
functions of handling numerous minor
diplomatic negotiations, which consti-
tute large part of the embassy's
work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
GIRL OPERATORS GET JOBS
Five Wire Students Accepted BY
Omaha and 500 Railroads and
Assigned to Positions.

Eau Claire - Five girl students of
biography who recently PASSED eX-
animation for telegraphers on the
Omaha and 500 railways, have been
accepted as telegraphers and assigned
to positions.
Miss Mabel Sale of Rice Lake is
operating the ticker at The Bloomer
station. Miss Pearl Lockwood of
Brentwood is located at Neillsville.
Blanche Amans and Edna Kringle,
both of Mikara, were placed at Haw-
orre and Barronette, respectively.
First reports from the girls state
E t they are well pleased with their
own field of work, now classified as
y ar work, and hope to remain in their
present positions after the war termi-
mates.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
TO MOBILIZE LABOR
J. 3. DENSMORE is NATIONAL d.
RECTOR OF EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE.
NAMED BY SECRETARY WILSON
New Board Formed at Washington
Will Recruit Workers for Agricul-
ture, Shipbuiiding and War
Contract Plants.

Washington, Jan. rehabilitation of
S,OOO,OOO workers for agriculture, ship
building and war contract plants was
intruSted to the United States employ
ment service by the department of la
Dor.
Tremendous expansion of the serv-
ice is in progress in preparation for
recruiting men necessary to carry ON
the economic work in support of the
military forces in the war. solution
of the labor shortage problem by this
means is confidently proposed by the
department and the cooperating labor
organizations in answer to suggestions
that CONSUMPTION of labor is necessary.
One early result is expected TO be
the placing of 100000 mechanics in
shipbuilding plants to aid in hurrying
to completion the merchant marine
program
John b. Densmore of Montana, so
ilctor for the department of labor,
will be national director of the en-
PiOyment service by appointment of
Secretary Wilson. He will have as
his assistant Robert Watson of Mas
sachusetts and Charles Z. Clayton Of
Maryland. Samuel ]. Gompers of New
York, son of the labor leader, will
succeed Mr.. Watson as the depart
ment'S chief clerk.
Organization plans of the new serv-
ice were described in an official state
ment, which said, in part:
"The United States employment
service has been divorced from the
bureau of immigration, made a sepa-
rate arm of the department and one of
the largest and most important war
prosecuting organizations of the ma
tiOnal government.
Through the utilization of existing
and proposed federal, state and mu-
nicipal employment offices and state
defense councils the federal employ
ment service will cover the entire con
tinent with a network of inter-related
labor exchanges. These will recruit
and transfer workers from one section
to another and eliminate the present
chaotic situation of a surplus of work
ers in one region and shortage in an
other.
"Supplementing this labor distribu-
ton work, the federal service will Gre
ate q vast reservoir of labor to meet
the increasing demands of the various
war industries.
"The public service reserve is ex-
pected to prove a CONSUMPTION of la
Dor to be unnecessary"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
M A r X ETS !.

Milwaukee, Jan. 8. 1918

milwaukee, Jan. y, 1918.
Creamery. extra, 49@49hc;
prints, 50051c; firsts. 4S@46c; Sec
onds. 1904 process. S9@4Oc: dairy.
fancy, 42c.
Cheese American, full cream.
twins, 24c; daisies, 251a @26c; long
horns, 27h@2Sc; brick, fancy, $50
30c.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh as to
quality. soc; dirties, seconds, 27@28c;
checks, 25@26c.
Live Poultry ~ Fowls. fancy, 23c;
roosters, old, Ice; spring chickens,
&c.
Corn-No. yellow, 1.70@1SO.
Oats-No. white, S1@S2c; stand
ard, S3@S3Rc; No. white, S21k@S3c.
Rye-No. 2, 1.S4@1S5; No. 3, 176@
1874
Barley = Choice, Wisconsin and
Eastern Iowa, 1.51@1.54; Minnesota,
Western Iowa and Dakota, 1450157.
Hay = Choice timothy, 2S.00Q2 80;
No. timothy, 26.5O@2700; No. tim
othy, 23.00Q24.50; rye straw. 10.500
11.50.
Potatoes-Minnesota or Wisconsin,
red or white stock, on track, sacked,
1.65@1.70; homegrown, out of store,
1.S5@2.00.
Hogs-Prime heavy butchers, 1900
@16.S0; fair to prime light, $500
1925; pigs, 1100@14.00
Cattle - Steers, S.00@1e75; feed
ers, S.40@9S5; cows, 5O0@9.50; heif-
ers, 6.00@950; calves, 13.00@14.00.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
RECORD STORM HITS CHICAGO
City Swept by Worst Blizzard in Its
History-Traffic Is HaIted-Drifts
over IS Feet High.

Chicago, Jan. S.-Chicago was struck
by the most severe storm in it's history
on Sunday. A 44-mile-an-hour gale.
which arose in Texas two days ago
swept into the city early Sunday morn
ing and kept up it's terrific pace
throughout the day and night. A blind
ing snow accompanied it.
Every form of traffic was democrat
lied by the elements and drifts of Is
or more feet were not uncommon
sights. Several persons were injured.
Pedestrians were few and far between.
Railroads-especially to the South,
North and West-tossed up the sponge.
Those from the East maintained trains,
but delays were great.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
Bar Banks as Risk Agents.

Madison-In an opinion to M. J.
Cleary, insurance commissioner, At
torney General Owen held that a
banking corporation cannot act as an
insurance agent regardless of the ma
tional law on that subject permitting
national banks in cities under 5000 to
act as insurance agents. Mr., Owen
holds that the state law would be con-
trolling and that it would be impossi-
BILE for the bank to act.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15

Albany-There was a decided war
tinge to the opening proceedings of the
New York legislature. The federal
prohibition amendment was submitted
by Gov. Whitman without recommen-
dation.
Juneau, Alaska - Alaska went on
the list of bone dry" states and terri
tories on Jan l. Some of the saloons
which closed their doors have been
operating since the days of the gold
rush in 1898.
Streator-Mrs. Elizabeth Moss, 101,
died at her home in Grand Ridge. She
was born in Uniontown, Pa, and was
a member of The Presbyterian church
seventy-five years.
London = The admiralty announces
that the mine sweeping sloop Arbutis
and the armed boarding steamer
Grive have sunk owing to bad weather,
after having been torpedoed.
Blauvelt-W. S. Burr, 80 years old,
descendant of Aaron Burr, died here.
He was prominent in educational mat
ters and politically.
San Antonio-Five of the negroes
tried by the last court martial in con-
nection with the Houston riots have
been sentenced to be hanged according
to the verdict of the court announced
by Maj.-Gen. Hickman.
Rome-The facade of the Padua ca
thedral has been torn down by bombs
dropped by enemy airmen, the war Of
fee announces. The basilica of the
Santo and the municipal museum have
been damaged.
London = For alleged boarding OF
sugar, Marie Corelh, the novelist, was
fined $50 (s25O) under the food re.
strictions.
New York-Elimination of the so
called Gary plan" from the public
school system of New York City was
ordered by Mayor Hyland in address
inc the seven members of the new
board of education.
Chicago-Dr. Arthur L. Blunt, re-
Gently convicted on twelve charges OF
violating the Harrison anti-drug law.
was fined $4,000 and sentenced to
five years Imprisonment by Federal
Judge Evans.
Ottawa-Dr. Wilfrid Campbell. poet
and novelist, is dead. He came into
prominence it'll the publication of
Lake Lyrics"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15

Minneapolis, Jan. 8, 1918.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 1.68@1.73.
Oats-No. white, 79@80c.
Rye-1.S3@1.S4
Flax-3.57@3.61.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

FLOUR-The United States administra-
ton flour standards are as follows: Spring
wheat in jute. 1910; special brands, $40 10
per bbl. 9S pound sack basis; hard winter,
In jute, $1,000 soft winter, In Jute, 5000;
white rye 1855; dark rye. $500.
HAY-Choice timothy, $2S.5062s.50; No. I,
ST 0092S. 90: standard, $260o162700: No. 3
and light clover mixed. sos. 50G26. so; No. .
red top and grassy mixed. $21.50GD23 so;
clover and heavy clover mixed. $21. 500
% so: threshed timothy, $15.0oG1S.0o.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys 24c; fowls.
2O025: roosters. lie; spring chickens, 2411c;
ducks. z3626c; geese. 19623c.
DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys. 321
s21hc: chickens. 22@Sc; ROSTERS, 1714Q1Sc;
ducks, 2462sc; geese. 24c.
POTATOES Wisconsin. white. 81. 9562 0S
per 100 lbs; Minnesota early Ohios, $500
200 per 100 lbs.
SWEET POTATOES-Hamp Illinois.
q 75G2. 90: Delaware. 81. 2562. so: Jerseys.
81 en42 rs; Tennessee. $20002.25.
RTTTTER-Creamerv extras, 49c; extra
drsts. 4Sc; frsts, 44147c; seconds 39641c;
centralized. S9Gls0 score, 46146471Ac; SS score
4s646c: storage extras, 44lbG45c: S91@
score. 44344%c; S7fDSS score, 4212G431sc; Ia
dies s7h63Sc; process. 401s@41c; packing
stock, 34G36c.
EGGS-Fresh frsts, 56157c; ordinary
ersts. 52155o: miscellaneous lots. cases in
c1uded. 5o655c: cases returned, 49055ci
checks. candled 32@S3c; dirties. candled.
s5s73sc. extras 61662c; refrigerator stocks.
416411%c: country storage. S9@4lc.
CATTLE-Good to choice steers. SLOWS
ga ~. warnings. good to choice. $900GI13.25;
stockers and feeders. S.75@10.OO good to
choice cows s7.0O@S75; good to cnoice
heifers, $7.OO395O: fair to good cows, 800
"a 90. Gamers. s5OO6s.00 cutters, 5000
$50: bologna bulls, $7.oo@s-oO: butcher bulls
AZ 25G10 50: heavy calves, s95o9130o; veal
calves. s14OO@15.5O.
HOGs-Prime light butchers a6.So016.6O;
Fair TO fancy light s16. 25116.55; medium
weieht butchers. 2OOGI24o lbs, S1640616 rs;
haa1y, weight butchers, 240640o lbs. s16.5O9
Is x. choice heavy packing. sf625@165o
rough heavy packing, s1e.oo616.35; pigs,
fair to good. $l30e@14.2S; stays, sl6.oOo
1700.
SHEEP-Good 70 choice wethers, s10.509
1900; good to cAoice ewes. slo9e@l2 IS:
- choice s16.On617.5O; native lambs good
~ choice. SIS 75817.4O; feeding lar25s. $500
G1s.2s: goats. sS.OoaS.25
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
PROHIBIT GAME FISH SALE
January and March I Has
Been Amended.

Madison-The conservation commits
sion has called attention to the fact
that the law of former years permit
ting the shipping and sale of game fish
from Jan. l to March l has been
amended, and that it is now unlawful
to sell game fish at all. They may, of
course, still be caught for ones own
consumption, and private shipments of
twenty pounds each week are still
permitted. The law applies only to
game fish caught in inland waters.