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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
RUSS MAY AID FOES
ENGLAND WARNED AGAINST
sLAv PEACE WITH GERMANY.
Believes Kaiser viii Urge Russians to
Help Teutons Enforce Terms on
Entente Allies.

London, Jan. 2.-The Petrograd cor
respondent of the Daily News won
ders whether the danger of separate
peace is realized in England. He saws
IL would be defeat for German de-
mocracy, in addition to insuring the
virtual enslavement of Russia, as it
would be victory for the military
caste in Germany.
1t may mean," he adds, ''much
more than Russias neutrality. If we
make no move, it seems possible that
the Germans will ask the Russians to
help them in enforcing Russian peace
terms on the entente allies.
"Trotzky is well aware of the dam
ger, though faced with the necessity
OF concluding peace, and is doing his
utmost to stimulate revolution in
Germany.
"fraternization at the front already
has passed beyond control of enemy
officers and enormous quantities of rev.
dictionary newspapers printed in Ger
man are being distributed.
II am convinced our only chance in
defeating German designs is to pub
lish terms as near the Russian terms
as possible, and, by taking a power
ful hand in the proposed conference,
help the democratic movement in Ger
many While helping the Russians to
force the German government in the
direction it has had to take.
What ever party might be in power
in Russia it would be compelled to con-
Guide peace, and Trotzky's method is
more likely to damage Germany than
the method of any more polite person
in his place"
A dispatch to the Daily Express
from PetrOgrad says that German
ships already have free access to Rus
sian waters and the. government is
taking precautions to protect them
from British submarines.
The first commercial squadron is ex-
pected before the Russian Christmas,
or January Z.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08

Judge Charles W. Coleman Of Gosh
en-, n. Y, who was elected town judge
of Goshen when he was twenty-One,
and who has been in continuous serv-
ice for 46 years. resigned recently.
Mrs. Walter B. Spielman of Free
port, H., bought a $50 Liberty bond
with buffalo nickels, and Clarence
Geiger, of the same place, bought a
bond with $50 worth of Lincoln cents.
An irresponsible philosopher says
that zero weather is due to the fact
that the heat of the sun is colder in
winter thar II is in summer.
You can always tell when a woman
has a new hat-she walks as If the
world were made for her, and had wait
ed until that moment to be claimed
Once 1t has been started a new
photograph automatically plays twelve
records of the cylindrical type, one
after another.
Australia has movement on foot
for the preservation of its gigantic
"stringybark" trees, which are the tall
est In the world.
Medicine in powder form can be
quickly and accurately divided into
doses of equal size by new machine
invented for druggista
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
lOWAN TO PLEAD GUILTY
DR.. Asa w. Chamberlain, CHARGED With
Murder of Brother, to Throw Him
self on Mercy of Court.

Richmond, Va, Jan. DIR. Asa w.
Chamberlain, formerly of Iowa, who
will go to trial today for the murder
of his brother, Judge Albert P. Cham
berlain in GOochland county last Octo-
Der, will plead guilty to killing his
brother and throw himself on the
mercy of the court, it was stated by
his attorney, James G. Page.
The Chamberlains came here from
Iowa some years ago, and, it was said,
quarreled over the settlement of their
affairs when they parted company. AL
bert Ehamberlain's body was found
buried about the brothers farm, parts
of it having been cut up and deposited
under fence posts.
1t was said that Doctor Chamber
lain's defense would be that a quarrel
caused the tragedy, but 1t was not
made plain whether he would plead
justifiable homicide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
AUSTR|ANS DRIVEN
OVER PAVE RIVER
BY ITALIAN TROOPS
Enemy Forced to Abandon Zen
son Bridgehead.
ALL GROUND HELD BY LATINS
Fighting Which Began Last Thursday
Continued Until Latins Attained
Their GoaI-Teutons Bomb
Open Cities.

Rome, Jan. 2.-The Austrians were
compelled in consequence of Italian
operations to abandon the Zenson
ment on the western bank of the Piave
river, and pass to the eastern bank of
the river, the war office reports.
All the Zenson bend is now held by
the Italians.
Italians Hold All Ground.
The text of the statement follows:
"At Zenson di Pave, owing to our
energetic pressure begun on Thursday
and continued without interruption,
the enemy was obliged as the result of
our combined operation with fire and
detachments and after having suffered
heavy losses to abandon the bridge
head and to pass again to the left bank
of the river. All the ground in the
bend is now held by us.
"On the remainder of the front the
artillery action of both sides generally
was moderate Our artillery showed
more activity on the Asiago plateau
and the enemy's guns increased their
fire In the Monte Tomba-Piave sector.
Bombs Dropped on Cities.
Enemy airmen attacked the avia-
ton camp of Istrana and repeated
their aggression against the inhabit-
ants and open cities of Vicenza, Bas-
sano Castel, Franco and TrevisO,
where bombs were dropped. Altogeth-
er we registered 13 dead and "A
wounded. The victims for the most
part belonged to the civil population.
The material damage was slight.
"Our air squadrons bombarded
enemy aviation camps. Two hostile
machines were brought down in the
course of the day by French and Brit
iSh airmen."
War Committee Created.
A decree creating an Italian war
committee, to be presided over by Pre-
mier Orlando, was published in the
official journal. The committee con-
sists of Baron SOnnino, the minister of
foreign affairs; Signor Media, minister
of finance; General Alfieri, minister
of war; Vice Admiral DelbonO, minis
ter of marine; General DalloliO, min
lister of munitions, and another min
lister to be nominated by the premier.
The chiefs of the naval and mill
tary general staff will sit in the com
mittee in an advisory capacity. The
committee does not diminish the au-
thority of the cabinet, to whom it's de-
cisions will be communicated by Pre-
mier Orlando.
Heavy Fire at Monte Tonha.
Berlin, JAN 2.-Violcnt artillery
duels ragged all day in the Monte Tom
ba section of the nOrther-- Italian front,
the statement given out by the Ger
man general staff says.
This is the sector of the Italian
front where the French made sue
cessfuI offensive attack
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
OPEN WARFARE STARTS SOON
German Gun Factories Busy Making
Heavy Guns for This Form of
Fighting.

With the French Armies in the
Field, Jan. Germany is preparing
for open warfare again. Since the
middle of 1917 Teutonic gun factories
have been busy turning out heavy
guns designed specially for this sort
of battle. Information obtained from
high sources shows that since the be-
ginning of the war the Germans have
practically quadrup, I'd their heavy ar
tillery. The average is now eight and
one-half batteries for each infantry
division. The average total increase
has been 40 batteries a month-and
the majority of these are long-range
guns.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
SOME PoSTSCRIPTS

Some hotel propr' etors are trying
the expedient of maintaining cool
room In which to keep summer vege-
tables for winter use.
A new material used for soundproof-
ing walls of music school building
consists of seaweed chemically treated,
fireproofed and made into pads.
One of the newer tea wagons is
equipped with a reel of insulated wire
so that electric cooking utensils can
be used on it.
After two years of experimenting
Swedish chemists are about TO estab-
lish the first dyestuff factory in that
country.
Both the distances Travelled and the
speeds maintained are permanently re-
corded by a new attachment for auto
.mobiles.
An electric storage battery locomo-
tive. almost automatic in operation. Is
giving excellent results in coal mine
in Europe.
Straps terminating in pronged wires
that grip the rind firmly have been In
vented by Pennsylvania for carry
ing watermelona
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
MARKETS
Milwaukee. Jan. 2. 1918.

AhWoAAI'y co@A' -
Butter-Creamery, extra, 49@49Hc;
prints, 50051c; frsts. 43046c; sec
onds, $50 ilc; process, 3904Oc; dairy,
fancy. 42c.
Cheese American, full cream
twins, 23A@24c;. daisies, 25@25ac;
Young Americas, 26h@27c; long
horns, 27A02Sc; brick, fancy, $50
soc.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh as to
quality, 46@4Se; dirties, seconds, 24Q
25c; checks, 23@24c.
Live Poultry = Fowls, fancy, 201s0
2lc; ROSTERS, old. 151aQ16c; spring
chickens, 1Sh019c
Corn-No. yellow, 75@1.S0.
Oats-No. white, 79@S0c; stand
asd, S0@S1c; No. A white, 7SQ79c.
Rye-No. 2, 1.S201SS; No. 8. 100
1872.
Barley = Choice, Wisconsin and
Eastern Iowa, 1.49@15S; Minnesota,
Western Iowa and Dakota, 1.49@1.57.
Hay = Choice timothy, 2S.00Q2S.50;
No. timothy, 26.5O@27.OO; No. 2 tim
othy, 2S.0O@24.5O; rye straw. 1O.5O0
1850
Potatoes = Minnesota or Wisconsin,
red or white stock, ON track, sacked,
l.60Ql.65; homegrown, out of store,
1.S5Q200.
Hogs-Prime heavy butchers, 1915
Ql6,S5; fair to prime light, 1880
1885; pigs, 11.O0@14.50.
Cattle - Steers, S.0001075; feed
ers, S.4OQ9.S5; cows, 5.O009.50 heif-
ers. 6.00Q9.50; calves, 14.50@15.75.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08

this curtailment will be marked. Com
petition in passenger traffic between
Chicago and st. Paul and Chicago and
the Pacific coast, for example, will be
abolished. This will mean the with
drawal of many trains.
Why Course Was Taken.
In statement accompanying the
proclamation President Wilson says
that he takes this radical action be
cause it has become imperatively
necessary for me to do So" In order
to mobilize in the shortest possible
time all the material resources of the
nation for the conduct of the war the
railroads, says the president, must be
organized co-ordinated, and employed
under a single authority.
The attempt of the railroads them
selves to provide this single authority
and simplified organization in the ex-
listing railroads war board and it's
special operating committee has
proved a failure because of physical
limitations, although the president
pays high tribute to the ability and
zeal of the five rail executives whose
efforts have been devoted to the task.
The organization effected by the
railroads war board will be the foun-
datiOn upon which Director General
McA doc will build the structure of
government control. 1t Is not unlike
ly that some, If not all of the members
of the war board, will be associated
with Mr.. McAdoo In administering the
management of the unified lines.
In his statement the president refers
to the defects of the system of unifica-
ton attempted under private control.
Several railroads have suffered finan-
cially and physically from carrying
out the orders of the war board, which
required them to be utilized in ex-
tremely Improbable transportation in
order that the transportation of war
materials might be facilitated.
Need Fear No Losses.
Under government control no rail-
road will incur such losses. The rail-
roads will not be interested in what
class of traffic they handle, will not
care whether it is profitable or unprof-
liable. If it is Improbable the loss
will be made good by the government,
for the government assures the stock
holders the return on their Investment
they enjoyed (on the annual ayerage)
for the three years ended June 30,
1917.
Under government control the rail-
roads are to be assisted In obtaining
the capital necessary to finance the
vast extensions of trackage and ter
minals and the building of additional
| locomotives and cars made imperative
by the demands of war.
The president says that under gov
| eminent control ''the financial earn
ings of the railways need not then in
terfere with the borrowings of the gov
eminent" Railroad investments are
| to be made attractive to investors by
the government guarantee. Eventu-
ally loan may be made by the gov
eminent TO the railroads.
1t is said, however, in the selection
of Mr.. McAdoo for director general of
railroads that there lies the greatest
promise of government assistance TO
the railroads in financing their opera
tons and extensions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08

While Mr.. McAdoo will not relin-
quish his post as head of the treasury
department he will be compelled to
turn over to others most of the routine
business of the department to which
at present he is giving his personal
attention. OF course he will have n
number Of capable assistants to re-
lieve him of some of the responsibility
connected with the duties he will short
ly assume.
No Limit to Powers.
In his proclamation the president
confers upon Mr.. McAdoo powers that
will De practically unlimited when he
enters upon the direction Of the rail-
ways and can be limited subsequent
ly only by the president or by con-
gress.
In the first place, Mr.. McAdoo is au-
thorized to control and direct the rail-
ways under private operation BY
existing directors, receivers and Off
GERS $50 long and to such extent as
he may determine" Rhe railroad off,
Gals are informed In the proclama-
ton that they will continue the opera
ton Of the properties until and except
so far as said director shall from time
to time by general or special orders
provide"
Mr.. McAdoo will have power to dis
charge existing directors and other Of
ficials and appointed new ones. How
ever, 1t is expected that generally the
executive forces Of the various roads
will continue in their Offices. In fact
there is supposed to be no one else
available for these Jobs, from presi-
dents down.
Can Decide on Rates.
The director general Is to WELD au-
thority paramount to that Of the inter
state commerce commission and state
railway commissions. The statutes
and orders of these bodies are to re-
main binding upon the railroads only
so long as Mr.. McAdoo approves.
When he decides that rates should
be revised upward or downward. or
that national or state regulations
should be charged, all he will have to
do Is to issue an order putting the
change into effect, and that order, I'M
der the presidents proclamation, "shall
have paramount authority and be obey
ed as such"
The regular dividends hitherto de-
clared and the interest upon bonds and
other obligations are to be paid as
usual, unless Mr.. McAdoo should de-
terrnine otherwise, but all renewals
and extensions of maturing obliga-
tions can be made by the roads only
with the approval of the director gen
eral.
Why McAdoo Was Chosen.
The president says he and Secretary
Of War Baker, in whose name the ex.
ecutive takes possession of the lines,
are agreed that existing circumstances
make advisable the appointment of Mr.
McAdoo, whose practical experience
peculiarly fits him for the service and
whose authority as secretary of the
treasury will enable him to coordinate
as no other man could, the many fnan.
| cial interests which will be involved
| and which might, unless systemat.
| ically directed, suffer embarrassing en-
tanglements."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
FOES RAID ON FRENCH FAILS
Paris Reports RepuIse of Attack on
Small Posts Southeast of Beau
mont.

Paris, Jan, 2.-The official communi-
cation says:
Spirited artillery fighting occurred
in the Champagne, in the region Of
the Butte du Mesnil. A German raid
on our small posts southeast of Beau
mont was without result. We took
prisoners"
London, Jan. 2-"COnsiderable artil-
lery. activity on both sides in the
neighbOrhOOd of ArleuX- Gohelle
and southeast of Lens" is reported in
the official statement dealing with
operations on the front in France.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
TRIALS OF THE HOME MAKER
" omen Find Daily Sameness OF Work
Exasperatine and Long for Res
pite From Duties.

AT the outset the home maker often
accepts cheerfully enough such max
Inns as blessed be drudgery" and ''he
who is faithful In that which is least
shall become the greatest" She mas
ters 81 year or two years at most de-
tails which must, nevertheless, be re-
peated. although all the freshness and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
BRITISH KILL 1000 TURKS
Forces Under General AIIenby Make
Further Progress in Palestine and
Take $50 Prisoners.

London, Jan. british forces in
Palestine under command of General
Allenby have made further progress
along the battle line north of Jeru-
salem, the British war office an
nounced. More than a thousand Turks
were killed and $50 were taken pris-
oner.
The statement follows:
1.-The British line has been still fur
Their advanced north of Jerusalem.
From Thursday to Saturday inclusive,
we took prisoner $50 Turks, includ-
ing 80 officers. Up to the present 1865
enemy dead have been counted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
FLOUR MILL DAM BLOWN UP
Alien Enemies Suspected of DynamIt-
ing Structure Across Beaver Creek
in Barren County, Kentucky.

Lexington. KY. Jan. 2.-The big &C.
ment dam across Beaver creek, Barren
county. used by large flour mills under
federal food administration license,
was dynamited near the center. Alien
ener.ies are suspected. An investiga-
ton is under way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Little Willie BoIc.

The German campaign of corruption
-Boloism, as 1t has been called-led
Representative Dupre to say, In Baton
Rouge:
"This Boloism. this getting at us in
directly. Is fiendish thing. 1t reminds
me Of little Willie.
NV sisters Teller kicked my dog
yesterday said Willie. but I'll get
even with him all right
"'How'n you get even?' said Will
Hes friend
"Tm goin' to mix quinine,' said
Willie, with my sisters lip rouge +"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08

But the so-called "Silkworm of the
Sea'-the designation being purely
ngurauve and poetical-is a bivalve
mollusk properly known as the pin
ma and native to the Mediterranean.
II spins a silk so beautiful that in
ancient days the fiber was reserved
exclusively for the weaving of royal
garments.
Cleaned, dried and passed through
combs, ii IS reduced TO delicate
threads Of lustrous brownish-yellow
hue. which are woven into gloves.
stockings aud other articles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
CORN DOCTOR" IS ARRESTED
Takes Police of Knoxville, Tenn, More
Than an Hour to Count Gold and
Bills Found in Grip.

Knoxville. Tenn, Jan. "a man Civ
ing his name as J. z. Fisher, residence
Pulaski, Va, and profession as corn
doctor. was arrested here by police and
locked up on the charge OF being
suspicious character. One of his grips
was filed with bills mostly of small de-
nominations, $40 in gold pieces and
about 500 in silver, tOtaling $5,563.8A
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
WORMS THAT LIVE IN SEA
sivalVe MoIlusk. Native of Mediterra-
mean, Among the Creatures That
Inhablt the Deep.

Plenty of worms live In the sea, and
some of them are very beautiful crea-
lures. Which lattet fact ought to he
consoling to ourselves, inasmuch as
there are naturaHsts who contend that
the earliest ancestor Of the human
r,,re was a marine worm, observes
writer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
War Cross Given U. S. DOGS

Mrs. Esther Birdsall Darling of
Nome. Alaska. who sold many racing
dogs to the French government, has
received the Cross of War won by
Alaska dogs for service at the front i'm
transporting 90 tons Of shell TO an $50
lated post under fire through a bIiz-
gard that ragged four days and nights
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Brussels Bronze Doors Seized.

Washington, Jan. 2.-The Germans
are taking down the massive bronze
doors of the Brussels exchange to ship
them to Germany, according to
French dispatch. All metals of value
in the manufacture of munitions are
being requisitioned, the dispatch says,
and bell metal is known to have been
in especial demand.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
interest have gone out of them.

interest nave gone out OF them.
Through many years of conscien-
tious work the home maker does not
quite realize her plight. yet all this
time she suffers from growing suspi-
cion that life is not acquiring for her
the values which she expected. that for
her II is bringing no widening of
sphere or of outlook. In a vague I'M
analysed way, says writer in the
New Republic, she feels the memorable
effects of child training and house
keeping upon her own mental life
and powers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Naval ohicer,s Invention.

A British naval officer is the inven-
tor of a vertical compass that can be
set level with it's users eyes and save
him from the necessity for bending
over TO read the direction in which his
,.lip IS moving.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Why McAdoo Was Chosen.
Earning and Spending,

Earning money keeps some men
from their wives. Spending money
drives some women farther away from
their husbands. The proper way is for
husband and wife to earn together and
spend together.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Bars Whistles to Save Fuel

New Orleans, Jan. 2.-This city cell
ebrated the old years going with
trumpets. Canal street was filled
with thousands, who jOstled and blew
horns. rang bells and fired fireworks.
No whistles were blown, the fuel adj
ministrator stopping them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
PuIe of the Desert.

The salt of the Arab cannot be tast-
ed without binding him TO become your
protector while you abide with him.
mis- is a rule of the desert, where
men are untouched by all social We
neer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Trouble.

Don't worry over what you think
Is a-comin' to you" says Georgia
rbilosopber. 'but rise up and meet 1t
IN the road. and, if IT'S trouble, meet it
fair and square or whistle dance
time and forget it."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
t,nworthy of Esteem.

In the most civilized countries he
who partakes of hospitality and after
ward disregards the honor Of his host
ls counted unworthy Of esteem among
MS fellows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Wanted Company.

Professor Tin chem. lab.)-"This Ia
a very explosive substance and il
might blow US all sky-high. Coms
closer, gentlemen, so you may be bet
ter able TO follow me-"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Dark Hour.

THE darkest hour is just before the
dawn"
That's right. You gotta get ur
shortly. Courier-JournaI.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
kalseTs Greetings to Troops.

Berlin, Jan. 1.-THE official report
issued from the general headquarters
ends follows: ITO All Comrades:
A happy and victorious New Year"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08

why is it you cannot teach women
some wisdomr'
Because no normal woman wants +.
get even few wrinkles"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08

Baltimore - An increase OF 10 per
cent in wages End pay for Sunday
work at the regular daily rate have
been allowed the teiegraphers of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad by the
arbitrators to adjust those two points
Of difference between the railroad and
the telegraphers.
Halifax. ". S. - The estimate that
500 men. women and children had be-
come totally or partially blind as a
result of the recent explosion and fire.
IN proving correct. At least 200 win
he totally blind, the majority OF them
being young women and children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Their Use.

Are diplomatic posts strictly neces-
sary?"
"Of course; they're used for inter
national bitches"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08

Christiania, Norway. has 10 hanks
with aggregate deposits of sl57. O00. 900
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-08
Minneanolis Ian Q 1913

Minneapolis, Jan. 2, 1918
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 1,73@1.75.
Oats-No. 8 white, 7S079c.
Rye-1.S401.S5.
Flax-34303.47.