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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
DUTCH MINISTER GOING HOME
DR.. August Philips Obtains Leave of
Absence-lii Health Given
as Reason.

Washington, April 1O-Dr. August
Philips, minister from the Netherlands.
has asked for and obtained leave of
absence from his government and will
sail for Holland shortly. Poor health,
IT was explained caused the minister
to ask for relief. Doctor Philips de-
parture. it was said, has nothing to do
with the reQuisltioning of Dutch ships
by the American and British govern
mentS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
TO CUT ADULT DEATH RATE
Expectation of Life for Man of Forty
ls Year Shorter Than 1t Was
Decade Ago.

The statement made in recent bull
letin Of the New York board of health
by DR.. Charles F. Bolduan that the ex-
pectation of life for a man of forty
was actually at least a year shorter
than it was ten years ago. receives
confirmation from Australia in the re-
port of a commission appointed to in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16

scent from the queen of Sheba and
from Solomon as the result of The for
mer's visit to Jerusalem. As Solomon
had many wives and an immense
haren he may have married the
queen OF Sheba, but there is no teSti-
mony TO the fact other than the tradi-
uon IN AbysSinia, which was the an
Gent Sheba, with which the Jews had
large commerce. The country was
Chrisuanized through monks from
Egypt and it is said that one of the
kings in the second century declared
christianity the Official religion, thus
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
HANG TWO ILLINOIS SOLDIERS
Negroes, Former Members of Eighth
Regiment, Convicted of Staying
Private Ralph Foley.

Camp Logan, Houston, Tex. April s..
-Privates Walter Matthews and John
b. Mann, two former members of Com
pany I, Eighth Illinois colored regi-
ment, were hanged at Camp Logan on
Friday. They were convicted of kill
ing Private Ralph Nj. Foley of the One
Hundred and Thirtieth infantry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
LOWDEN ASKS FEDERAL HELP
Governor of illinois Seeks Advice in
Dealing With Dsloyalty and Sup
pressing Disorder.

Washington, April 10. - Governor
Lowden of Illinois has called upon the
federal government for advice and as
sistance in dealing with dislOyalty and
suppressing disorder, and Attorney
General Gregory announced that spe-
cial government agents will be as
signed Immediately to the work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
is OLDEST CHRISTIAN NATION
Abyssinia's Claim to the Title Found
ed on TeehnicaIity Entitled
to Credence.

Ahyssinia claims to be the oldest
Christian nation.
The claim seems founded on q tech
iCality entitled TO credence. but
which has not accomplished much for
Christianity in the last nineteen hun
lre6 years.
E IS of Abyssinia are proud of de-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
quire into the causes of death and in

quire into the causes of death and in
validity.
The Lancet Uondon) quotes this
commissions report as saying that the
principal risk of middle age is in high
blood tension The principal causes of
this are fould in overstrain and in
chronic poisoning of the blood by foods
and drinks, and from the bowels and
the throat.
The Lancet says the recommended
tons of tie New York and the Aus
/ tralian bodies are somewhat vague,
! but 1t welcomes a campaign against
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16

back? He does not, for he feels like
fool for having wasted his money on
material for third-rate piker's joke.
And besides. if the faker is not hunt
ed up Immediately he never will be
located. He doesn't care, for he has
no pride in his occupation nor perma.
nent standing. The inner circle of
takers scOrn such coarse WOrk.-New
York Letter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Hunhitt Quits c. G. N. w. Road.

Chicago, April 10.-Marvin Hughitt
ended his official connection with the
Chicago & North Western railroad
after 46 years of service when he de-
clined reelection as chairman of the
board of directors at the annual meet
ing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Value of Fruit.

The value of fruit juice is well
known and it plays its part in the d.
etary of nine babies out of ten, or even
a greater proportion; but fruit ftsef
is not so easy to pronounce upon. 1t
is perhaps easier TO say what to avoid,
and this includes most decidedly any
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16

The worlds largest artificial harboI
is planned for Rotterdam. II will be
% feet deep and cover 766 acres.
ing them must he source Of danger.
II is also question whether they pos
sess the nutritive qualities which en-
thusiasts have claimed for them They
are, however, quite good for children
after they are eighteen months old or
So
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Buffalo, n. Y, April 3.
-ninAe Enn. cfnnlZ. ehaHa

CATTLE Receipts. 600; steady; SHADE
easier.
CALVES Receipts. 500; steady; s7.OOa
1900
HOGS-Receipts, 500; easier; heavy
SIS. 40: mixed and Workers, $1,000
1880: light Workers. $1S.00d18.25; pigs,
$500: roughs. $1600d1625; stays, Sl3.G1a
1900
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 200:
wool lambs. $lGOOG20.75; clipped lambs,
s12 0Gf17 s.: yearlings. S145O015.5O; weth
ers s15.5ya15OO: ewes. $7.OOa14OO; mixed
sheep. Sl4. 25d14.5G tall clipped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Mrs. Goodwin Asks Divorce.

New York. April 9.-MrS. Nat c.
Goodwin, the fifth, who was Miss Mar
garet Moreland, has begun action for
absolute divorce. Mr.. Goodwin denied
on Saturday that he had been served
with papers in divorce action.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
In the Golden Age.

While gold is now the standard OF
value throughout the world. in the
days OF old Greece gold and silver
were commonly used in the decoration
of buildings, when Phidias and the
rest of the great sculptors swayed
the art of that country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Huns Destroy Russ Vessels.

Washington, April 10.-That German
dreadnaughtS destroyed three Rus
sian vessels, presumably units of The
Russian fleet, was reported by the
state department in consular dis
patches.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
German Army Near Kharkov.

Moscow. April "A state of Seige
has been proclaimed at Kharkov. cap
ical Of the province of KharkGv. 424
miles southwest of Moscow German
forces are approaching Kharkov (the
soviet capital of the Ukraine.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
FLYER Killed at Fort Worth.

Fort Worth. Tex, April 10.-M. w.
Kirwen. royal flying corps cadet, was
killed here on the eve of his squadron's
departure for Toronto. His home was
in Nova Scotia. He was twenty-one
years old.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16

Frederick Birmingham. the noted
American explorer, who is on his way
to this country after several months OF
exploration among the Swiss Alps. His
whole party narrowly escaped death
by the breaking of the ice cornlce
while ascending Mount Blumisalp. Mr..
Birmingham is best known for his de-
scent of 1,200 feet into the crater OF
Vesuvius while it was active. Whlle
In Switzerland ne visited almost mac
cessible valleys where the peasants
live in the most primitive way ana
many Of them had never heard word
about the war.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
FRENCH lombard GIANT GUN
German Long-Range Gun Has Been
Located ir Crepy-en-
Laonnais.

Paris, April l0.-The German long
range gun which HIS been bombardIng
Paris has been located in Crepy-en-
LaonnaiS. it was announced French
artillery and aviators are bombarding
it g. i0unuSly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
cnnard Liner NaIeria Sunk

New York. April S.-The Cunard
line steamship Valeria, a vessel 1865
tons gross register, has been sunk in
the Irish sea, according TO word re-
ceived here. The Valera left here in
March with cargo for British port.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Francis ]. HeneN Resinns.

Washington, April S.-FranciS J..
Heney has resigned as counsel for the
federal trade commission in its inves-
tigation of the packing industry. Of
ficials of the commission said Mr.
Heney has completed his work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16

recent years many explorers have
found much to surprise them, and ii is
within the memory of this generation
that Italy made an unsuccessful at
tempt to seize the country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Young Mansfield Is Dead

New London, Conn, April erich
ard Mansfield. son of the late famous
American actor, who enlisted in the
aviation corps, died at q camp in San
Antonio. The cause OF death was men
nights.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Many NorWeaians Killed.

Washington, April S.-Norwegian
shipping losses through German sub
marine ruthleSSnesS continue TO grow.
During March 10 ships of 34,994 tons
were lost. During the month A Seamen
lost their lives, while 20 are missing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Indiana Flyer Is Killed.

Houston, Tex, April 6.-Lieuts. Carl
+. Erkstrand of Brook yn, \. Y, and
Russell II. EwigginS of Waynestown,
Ind. were killed in aviation accidents
at Ellington field here. They were in
the same machine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Peace Only by Allies Victory

New York. April 6.-Lord Aberdeen,
formerly governor general of Canada
and lord lieutenant of Ireland, in a
speech here on Thursday, declared
peace can be achieved only by q vic
tory for the allies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Allison Must Go to Mar

Chicago, April 6,-Brent Dow Allin-
SON. the young pacifst who has been
resisting military service, was ordered
by Chicago exemption board No. A to
report at once for enrichment to
Damn Grant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Order Doctor Muck informed.

Washington, April S.-Internment Of
Or. Karl Muck. former leader of the
Boston symphony orchestra, for the
period of the war was ordered by the
department of justice. Doctor Muck
is held 10 be en- enemy alien.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
Chance for HeroIsm.

"But Miss Grabcoin, l cannot live
wtzout you"
IF that is the case. my dear count.
VIII you oblige me by going TO the
froat and dying for your counEyT'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16

avoidable adult mortality which it
says, need not become an opportunity
for the exhibition of rampant Saddi>
ness, though risk lies in this direc-
ton
The Keota news., 1918-03-08
41oo Rew,rd. 1loo

The readers OF this paper VIII %
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all it, stages. and
that 10 catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces OF the System thereby DE-
stroying the foundation OF the disease.
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture In doing Its work. The proprte-
powers Of Halls Catarrh Cure that
they offer Ono Hundred Dollars for any
case that IL falls to cure. Send for list
AI6rscs: y J. CHENEY 4 CO. TeIs1e.
Ohio. Sold By all DsuGGi0ts 7Se.
The Keota news., 1918-03-08
We'd County Nstss

Twenty purebred Holstein cows from
Wisconsin are 70 b distributed among
Johnstown dsirymen. The January
report of the Johnstown COW testing
associatihn shows q cows over the 40
pound mark. on IL dairy farms. A
Holstein COW owned by Harry Whowell
produced during January 1872 pounds
Of milk testing 4.s percent. or . total
butter-fst production Of 72 pounds.
Another owner had . COW which pro-
duced 60 pounds. and another dairyman
ono which produced 81 pounds Of but
ter-fat In the same period.
J. H. Baxter has been sworn in ~ .
trustee OF the town Of Grover. With
IN assessed valuation Of $l94. $40. and .
fifteen mill levy. the municipality will
have 81. SEE to spend in its next fiscal
year. The corner stone Of the Grover
school districts new $4,000 school
house was laid last week.
Prof. w. j. Morrill, Of the Colorado
Agricultural College. Fort Collins. an
nounces that he has . supply Of small
jack pines and yellow pines. suitable
for transpianting in Eastern Colorado.
and that ~ state forester he il enabled
to sell these trees At cost.
The ban against the eating Of meat
at any meal hes been temporarily sus-
pended. except that Tuesday 10 to con-
tinue ~ meatless day. The order is
intended to conserve the supply Of wheat
by permitting the greater use Of meat
foods.
Two Erie men were fined so each
and the money turned over TO the Red
Cross by Justice Of the Peace Nicholson.
- penalty for indulgence in fist fight
at . Red Cross dance.
Two Denver men with . cargo of
beer and whisky in IN Overland car
were arrested at Grover Saturday and
taken to Greeley by Deputy Sheriff
Sedgwick.
A Grover barber advertises prompt
shaves, now that be has sold his pool
hall and no longer has to finish . game
before he can give attention to the hir-
suite customer.
Kersey school district has voted $751;
600 bonds for . new consolidated school
building.
The Town of Grover, Inc, pays one
dollar toward = dogs funeral expense.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-31
Try This on the JUDGE.

Automobile speeders, caught In the
net and hailed to-eourt, certainly make
the most magnificent liars. Every one
Of them invents new excuses, which
actually smashes some well-known tra-
dftion. Can you imagine a man who
had stepped on the gas until It regis
tered 40 declaring that he did it for
one purpose only, and that was to hur-
~ to his mother-in-law's home? Court
attendants and spectators who heard
this unmarried-man-like admission,
grfpped the railing to keep from fall
ing. "That may sound funny, your
honor" explained the speeder, but It
is true" And then he proceeded to
make a second admission only slightly
less startling than the first. II helped
my wife dry the dishes, and that's
what delayed me-" OF course, the
magistrate laughed right out, said
something about ideal state Of do
mesticity and permitted the road
burner to get away with It. he was
told to 60 and speed no more.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-31

Now that it Is passed the winter
which we had Shaping us in the face
for many months is coming to be
studied. The scientists are after 1t,
and making their deductions. The
medical people especially are looking
at 1t from the angle of health. The
statistics point to the fact that 1t was
q healthful winter. There was less Of
sickness during the cold weather. and
Immediately following 1t, than is usual
II the case In the winter months.
There were fewer epidemics and not
nearly so much sickness In general.
II the statements Of the scientists
could be summed mp they would show
that while the winter caused a great
deal of suffering, due to shortage Of
fuel and lack Of transportation, 1t was
really q good winter-and beneficial
Columbus Dispatch.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-31
Rationlnd Leads to Fads.

The bread-ticket decree, just like the
rule prohibiting the serving Of sugar
in cafes and restaurants, has re-
suited in the continuance Of numer-
Gus fads, writes a Paris correspondent.
One nan is known to have become
rich in n month by manufacturing
a handy receptacle for the carrying Of
four Jumps Of sugar. Thousands Of
Parisians bought the little boxes and
carried their own sugar with them to
the cafe.
Now the rage Is pocket scissors.
Bread tickets are issued on q single
card, each days ration being marked
out in a one-inch square, dated and
stamped with the quantity. The re-
suit has been confusion in the restau-
rants when the waiter demands the
ticket. A man introduced a handy
pair of scissors, and now everybody is
buying scissors. Even the high-class
jewelers. Of the Rue de la Paix have
Joined the competition with expensive
models in "de luxe bread ticket cut
ters."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-31
AWAY WITH ALL GROUcHES
Mr.. BItnkintnn's Great Scheme Would
Make World 4 "TKing Of Beauty
and q Joy Forever"

II have long meditated," said Mr..
Blinkinton. "a plan for canning, bot
Ting or otherwise storing good humor,
high spirits, cheerfulness.
1--WE say Of some chap we know that
he fairly bubbles over with good hui
MOI. In fact I find myself as a rule
In that happy condition. Just to be
alive is a Joy to me. / am likely most
any time to find myself humming a
tune or whistling softly. just overflow
ing with cheerfulness, good spirits,
good humor. So with ME as a rule;
but
"There are times even with me when
l don't feel that way at all; when
things look far from rosy; indeed I
fancy there are Every few people, how
ever cheerful they may be constitu-
tionally, who do not feel blue occa-
sionally; and what I would like to do
would be to be able in some way to
store up some of my excess cheerful
ness so that I could keep a stock Of it
by me, and thus be able when I needed
1t to open up a can OF bottle of same
to uplift me and tide me over to my
commonly accustomed state Of
natural c~heerfulness.
1--WE could use it not only to help
ourselves V periods of depression,
but we could use it also to help other
people.
you take the grouchy man in the
office who makes everybody around
him uncomfortable. Now. suppose that
when he came into the Office in the
morning and began to spread his
gloom-just suppose I could pull out
a drawer in my desk and reach in and
uncork a bottle and liberate q spirit
that would permeate the air, that
would charge the atmosphere with a
c~heerfulness so potent that it would
fairly change the grouchy man into a
man Of good humor!
my goodness! When I think Of the
benefit that that use of it would be to
the world at large I feel l must not
fail to find a way. In fact I now think
/ can safely promise that Blinkinton's
Condensed Good Humor, either in can
or in bottle form, will be found in the
market in the not-far-distant future"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-31
Flowers Tor Your Garden.

Somebody has said that blue bios
SONS are the highest type Of the flow
er realm; the commOnest flowers, BY
the same token, being those In yellow
hues. Fortunately the ultra-reflned
blue posies + not dihicult to raise
and masses Of blue flowers are beau
tiful In the garden. But there must be
masses or the blue flowers do not show
up well against the green background
You 'Eul want plenty Of delphininum,
bachelors buttons, blue Canterbury
bells. larkspur and some heliotrope.
White flowers may b. grown IN the
same border With good effect
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-31
Force Of Habit

"Say, Maggie, what has become Of
that drug clerk who was paying you
0ch marked attention."
II guess he thought / was a bottle
Of medicine. He shook me-"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-31

WT9Lkioascg oATHEReO HER8
GOWNS WIDE AREA
ea1TER Or LESSER IMPORT

Git1ltk III LESStk lmPukl
Dneluoes Nhat b Going On &C Wash.
lnotsn and Ia Other Sections
- he Country.
Three women were instantly killed
when 4 train struck the automobile
N which they were riding ct Tolono.
n.
President Wilson has signed the
Overman bill giving the president
broad powers to coordinate govern
ntnt departments.
The lower house Of congress has
rome on record - favorins the stop
ming of the use Of grain and fruit IN
tho manufacture Of alcoholic bever-
aSss.
omaha's three afternoon daily news
papers increased the price OF street
papers from one to TWO cents and
carrier prices from ten to fifteen
cents q week.
II ID reported that 1000 persons
wcrc killed and 5000 wounded In q
hattie between Russian bolshevik
forces and Nusselmen at Bakeu on
he Caspian yea.
Every shipyard ia the United States
has been asked by the government to
speed up production and make July 4
the greatest ship launching day In the
history of the world.
The American air service has lost
~ star aviator, Major Raoul Lufbery,
who, with eighteen enemy machines
~ his credit fell victim to . German
1woman machine Ia France.
Tho house has adopted an amend
uont . the emergency food bill pro
11bltjng NJ of any of the @19.OOO,OOO
1~ppecpgiate4 ~ that measure Tor I'M
raoynoat ok men within draft age.
- Ghipplng board announced that
~ eoventeen wooden craft ag9fegat-
~ 4oo0o0 tons burden had been added
nomi AmeE5cnn msrehant marine IN
s1rst ssventssn days of May.
~ emcial statement iEued at Mos
1ow declares that after the occupa-
oo q Tammerfors. Finland. BY the
11nnl6h waits guard. 500 Russian Of
mcG1o and men were shot.
nnzing the nrst year Of the war up
: Apffl !. The Curtiss Aeroplane and
oonra ~cokpoEatiOn at Buffalo. n. X,
1~onuEactuEed and delivered 200
alning asropianss.
E1edh avistors between March n
My n accounted for q thou
$500 German airplanee and have
zgoppeo more than one thousand tons
u tcmhe o. sn1my military targets.
+ woulA - suicide FOR the German
ox3 - attempt q interfere with the
poetafion q allied and American
Aceoss the Engiiah Channel. ac-
- neer Adfnlral Karl Hollwig,
n~arlne ~ 0eeman papers which