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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
PEACE TREATY TO BULGARIA
French Foreign office-Deny
Responsibility for War.

Paris. Sept. 22.-The treaty of peace
between the allied and associated pow
ers and Bulgaria was presented to the
Bulgarian mission at the French for
eign office.
After the delegates had assembled
Georges Clemenceau, president of the
peace conference, spoke briefly in open
ing the session.. He was followed by
General Theodoroff, head of the Bull
garian mission
NJ. Theodoroff spoke for 10 minutes,
pleading that the Bulgarian people
were not responsible for the war, but
that the Bulgarian government had
thrown the country into the struggle.
He realized. however, he said, that the
people must share the responsibility.
''They are willing to do So he said,
"but they feel that in no way have
they committed such a crime as will
compel them to accept servitude."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
CONGRESS THANKS PERSHING
Commander of American Expedition
airy Forces Receives Gratitude of
Lawmakers for Victory.

Washington, Sept 20.-Standing in
the chamber of the house of repre-
sentatives, with both the senate and
house present and the galleries crowd
ed with admirers General Pershing
received the formal thanks of congress
for the services he and the officers and
men he commanded in France rem
dered during the great war. There was
an air of solemnity about the scene
more eloquent than words to tell it's
full meaning.
Senator Cummins, as president pro
tempore of the senate, sat with Speak
er Gillett, and when General Pershing
had been escorted to the floor before
the speakers desk, facing great
American flag draped on the wall, ey-
tended the first greeting.
Speaker Gillett followed with a trib-
ute to the general and his army.
The formal resolution of thanks was
then presented to the general by for
mer Speaker Clark.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
SOME STRIKE FIGURES
HALF MILLION MEN ARE AFFECT
ED BY THE WALkOUT.
Statistics Show Average Pay of U. S.
Steel Corporation Workers is
1923 a Day.

New York Sept 23.-Plants of the
United States Steel corporation. cen
trail figure in the strike, are located in
Pennsylvania, Ohio. New Jersey, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana.
Michigan, Connecticut. Alabama. Cali
fornia, Washington, Missouri, Ken
lucky, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota.
West Virginia, Delaware, New York.
and Ontario, Canada.
1t was estimated that the number
of workers affected directly or indi-
rectly by the strike will aggregate half
million. The average daily pay of
the corporations employees. including
the administrative and selling force.
is $6.23, according TO q recent report
to the directors. This is an increase
of 116 per cent since 1914, when the
average was $2.SS. The average an
nual pay in 1918 was $3.50.
Iron ore properties of the corpora
ton are mainly in the Lake Superior
district, the southern region of Alabama
and Georgia. Coal AMI coke proper
ties are located in Pennsylvania. Vir-
gtnia, Colorado. West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. Ex-
tensive coke, oil and gas properties are
also owned and controlled in a num-
Der of states and at several lake ports
there are extensive ore docks. Seven
ocean-going steamers and numerous
smaller craft are owned and operated
together with more than 1000 miles of
railroad.
The subsidiary companies of the cor
poration are the Carnegie Steel, nli-
nOis Steel Universal Portland Cement,
Indiana Steel. Minnesota Steel, Lorain
Steel, National Tube, National Steel
and Wire. American Sheet and Tin
Plate company. Sharon Tin Plate.
American Bridge. Union Steel, Clair
ton Steel, Clarion By-Product Coke.
Federal Shipbuilding, Canadian Steel.
Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad,
Fairfield Steel and Chickasaw Ship
building, in addition to its coal, coke
iron. ore and transportation proper
ties. The railroads include the Besse-
mer & Lake Erie, Elgin. Joliet & East
ern, Duluth & Iron Range and the Du-
luth, MisSabe & Northern.
The properties owned by the corpor-
alton were valued on January l last at
S1,S71, POI ,S97.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST

Rembrandt. the great painter. knew
the Bible by heart from end TO end.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men will award 1900 members spe-
cial medals for war work.
Padro Lascuran was president of
Mexico for 20 minutes on November
10. 1913. following the murder of Ma
dero.
Basket makers before the war were
paid an average of SIS week. but
they now receive $40 a week.
A factory in Norway is said to OBJ
tain aluminium from Labrador stone,
heretofore regarded as valueIess.
German experimenters have made a
textile from the fiber Of a plant sim
liar TO the North American cattaiI.
A recent patent covers a shoe TO
cure cold feet. a heated plate being in
serted and tbs heat being retained by
the ciose-fitting construction Of the
ankle Of the shoe.
The Chinese bride-to-be has 70 stand
in a round. shallow basket while she
dresses for the wedding. in order to
make her of a good temper and ami
able dispositior.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
DEMAND BIG INCREASE
MINERS ADOPT REPORT FOR so
PER CENT RAISE.
Includes Six-Hour Day, Five Days Per
Week, Time and Half for
Overtime.

Cleveland, Sept. 24.-The convea-
ton of the Union Mine Workers Of
America unanimously adopted the re-
port of the wage scale committee,
which demands flat 60 per cent in
crease in wages, a siX-hour day, five
days per week, time and half for ov-
ertime and double time for Sundays
and holidays.
The report WIS presented to the con-
vention by Frank Harrington of Him
dis, chairman of the committee
1t Includes the demands for a fat
60 per cent increase applicable to oh
classifications of day labor and to all
tonnage, yardage and dead work
rates throughout the central competi-
tive district Qllinois, Ohio. Indiana
and western Pennsylvania the six
hour day from bank to bank, FIVE days
per week, with time and a half for ov-
ertime and double time for all work
on Sundays and holidays. and a week
ly pay day..
The international officials are IN
structed to call general strike of all
bituminous miners and mine workers
in the United States November l I'M
less satisfactory agreement is
reached.
No agreement reached in the joint
wage scale conference at Buffalo
shall be concluded until after it has
been submitted for ratification to the
convention, which is to be reconvened
recOnvened convention shall also de-
fine the policy for the outlying dis
tricts, for which the central COMPETE
tive agreement serves as a basis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
AIR RECORD is SET
RoHLFs SCORES ALTITUDE MARK
OF 34,61o.FEET.
Believed to Be New Figure-Achieved
in 70 Misunderstanding Balks
for Time.

Mineola, N. Y, Sept pa new
worlds altitude record is believed to
have been made here when Roland
ROhlfs, test pilot for the Curtiss Air
plane company, scared 34610 feet
above sea level, according to the Off
cial Paragraph, in rs minutes. AS
Roosevelt field, his starting point, is
ITO feet above sea level, Rohlfs ac-
tually climbed $4,000 feet, according
to the Paragraph His altimeter reg
istered $4,000 feet.
Rohlfs on landing was greeted by
his wife, who ran to his side and
said:
what did you do?''
81 think / have done it this time,
all right" he replied, and then after
q few minutes he said: II believe all
official and unofficial records have
been shattered. / am satisfied this
machine can't be made to go any
higher with its present equipment. l
am through with high flying for the
present, and l am glad to be able to
be down here to say it.
"At a height of about $1,000 feet
my machine dropped about six hun
bred feet. The machine turned over
on its ear and kept going from side
to side with an oscillating movement.
1t was terrible After working with
the mechanism for some time, 1 final
ly put on high speed and found the
machine righted itself and began TO
climb again.
81 began to use the oxygen tanks
about 10000 feet up.
81 reached the greatest altitude
after climbing rs minutes, and main
tanned that altitude for about 20 min
utes." Nothing unusual happened to
him, he said, except that his teeth
ached.
Another peculiar thing that | no.
ticed this time was sort of nervous
twitching on my body" he added,
where / have sears as a result of
burns | received several years ago.
These began to pull and twitch and it
lasted for quite while.'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
ITALIAN REBELS
IN JUG0-SLAv|A
Counter-Attack Beaten Off;
American Marines Land
Near Fiume.
D'ANNUNzIO PICKS HIS GRAVE
Declares He Will Not Leave City-Tc
Appeal to U. S., England and
France-Says His Men Will
Die for Cause.

London, Sept. 23.-The Italian gov
eminent has appealed to the allied
powers to send an allied force, ex-
elusive of Italians, to drive D'Annun-
zio out of Fiume, according to a re
port here. which is considered reliable.
Paris, Sept. 23.-Troops under Ga
briele D'Annunzio, the insurgent Ital-
ian commander at Fiume, have been
extending their zone of occupation in
TO Jugo-Slav territory, according to the
Jugo-Slav delegation in Paris,
They penetrated seven miles into
Jugo-Slavia occupying the heights at
Pieniak, dominating the surrounding
country.
The Jugo-Slavs did not clash with
the D'Annunzio forces executing this
movement, the delegation stated.
The Italian forces are maintaining
the blockade of Fiume now in effect,
it is learned, the allied navies merely
standing by as observers.
London, Sept. 23.-An attempt by
Jugo-Slav forces to land on>the Dali
matian coast is reported in official dis
patches reaching here regarding the
Adriatic controversy in which Fiume is
the storm center The landing was
frustrated by the Italian naval and
military authorities.
Fiume, Sept 23.-Gabriele d'Annun-
zio declared in an interview here that
he was making ready an appeal to the
president of the United States. the king
of England and the French people to
support him in his occupation of FL
ume for Italy. He was confident, he
SAID, that his appeal would bear fruit.
II cannot believe there will be any
complication with France and Eng
land" said the poet-commander "as
in the past l have done something in
the interest of both countries. There
fore it is impossible that they should
repay me with ingratitude.
my men here are ready to die for
our cause, while / will not leave FL
ume either alive or dead. l have al
ready chosen in a fine cemetery, dark
with expresses, small hill looking
toward the sea. covered with laurel.
where | wish to be buried.
81 do not believe that the allies will
do anything against me-" Captain dan
nunzio continued, "as I will do nothing
against them. consider the blockade,
however contrary to the rights of man.
no one having the right to attempt to
starve the 10000 inhabitants of Fiume
simply because they wish to remain
Italians forever.
'No conflict is possible with the Ital-
ian troops. as l do not believe there
is a single soldier who would fire
against my men,"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
TAKE MAIL ROBBERS
BANDITS SEIZE s2s4, 900 AT WHIT
ING, IND.
Three Men Captured by the CHICAGO
Police confess-$9i 900 Is
Recovered.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Police of the
West Chicago avenue station began
a systematic search of farms north
west of Chicago for $141, 900 in federal.
reserve bank notes. part of the loot
in a $4,000 holdup at Whiting. Ind.
last Thursday, after wringing confess.
sions from three men following their
arrest shortly after midnight.
Nearly $4,000 of the stolen money
was found in a suitcase at the resi-.
dence of two of the men who confess
sed. 1t is believed the recovery of the
remaider is a matter of only a few
hours.
Acting Capt. Malone of the West
Chicago avenue station expressed the
belief that fourth man may be in
volved in the holdup. This man is said
to be living on a farm near Chicago
and to be in possession of the Sal, 600
sought by the police and government
detectives.
1t was only after the arrest of the
trio that government officials permit
ted details of the holdup to be made
public The $234,O00 was dispatched
by postal registry from the federal
reserve bank TO the Bank of Whiting
TO meet the monthly payroll of the
Standard Oil company of Indiana. The
amount was contained in two mail
pouches which were thrown off the
train at Whiting.
AS postal employee of the Whiting
Office picked up the bundles, he found
himself facing two men armed with
revolvers.
They seized one of the pouches,
threw it into waiting automobile
and set off at top speed toward Chi
cago.
The alarm was given Immediately
and word of the robbery was rushed
10 Chicago. Post Office Inspector James
E. Stuart with the aid of the Chicago
police spread a dragnet for the BAN
dts, but no trace of them was found
until today.
The following three men are under
arrest charged with completely in the
robbery:
John S. Weida, postoffice clerk, 1881
North Ashland avenue.
Walter Pilipkowski, 2146 Haddon
avenue.
Leo PilipkOwski, 2146 Haddon street.
According to the police, Leo and
Walter Pilipkowski, who are brothers,
readily confessed their part in the
crime, and asserted that Wejda plan
ned the details.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
BAKER PLEADS FOR LEAGUE
War Secretary Says SOC 600 Army
Would Be "Child's Play"
Without 1t,

Washington. Sept. 24.-Unless the
League of Nations is formed the
peace-time army of 100000 proposed
by the war department will only he
"child's play" the house military COM
mittee was told by Secretary of War
Baker.
without the league" he said
every big nation must be armed 10
the teeth, and we will have the old
story of the balance of power"
The president" commented Repro
sentative Crago. Republican. Of Penn
syivania. says we win never have -
send troops to foreign lands with tie
League of Nations. but we never did
under the balance of power.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
2 YANKS SLAIN BY MISTAKE
Two Marine Killed in Haiti When
Fired on When Mistaken for
Bandits.

Washington, Sept 24.-Gunnery Ser
geant Harry Ruhle of Sugar Grove. o..
and Corporal Frank Sampson of Min
neapolis, Mimi. United States marine
corps. were killed in Haiti September
q when a detachment Of marines
fired on squad of constabulary TO
which the two men were attached.
The constabHlary unit. the navy de-
partment was informed. was mistaken
for bandit party.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
SIX SPARTACANS ARE SHOT
Fritz SeidI and Associates Found
Guilty and Executed on
the Same Day.

Munich, Sept. 22.-Fritz Seidl, the
former Spartacan leader, and five of
his associates. who early Friday were
sentenced to pay the death penalty.
having been found guilty of the MUIR
der of hostages during the soviet re-
gime, We're executed at four O'Clock in
the afternoon.
The others executed were Herren
Stakeholder, Widl, Purzel and Fehmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 24.-The great
steel strike, less than twenty-four
hours old, saw it's first tragedy when
guards at mills at the Carnegie Steel
company in New Castle engaged in
shooting duel with strikers and their
sympathizers.
Seven persons were struck by bull
lets, two of them women. Six of the
injured were seriously hurt. All were
removed to the New Castle hospital.
The shooting, preceded by the
throwing of bricks and other heavy
missiles during the afternoon, lasted
half an hour. According to eye-wit-
nesses, more than 100 shots were
fred.
The strikers had taken a stand on
MOravia street, opposite the plant
buildings. Deputy sheriffs and mill
guards were stationed just in front of
the property of the Pittsburgh & Lake
Erie railroad.
The first shot came while the strik-
ers were 'booing" the mill guards.
Suddenly an automatic pistol sound
ed. Riot guns leaped to the shoulders
of deputies and guards and were fired
into the crowd. The strikers returned
the fire from automatic pistols and re-
volvers which jumped from scores Of
pockets and waist lines.
One of the women was struck in the
neck and leg and seriously hurt.
Indications are that the strike so far
has failed to cause any serious trou-
bic to most of the big plants in Pitts
burgh proper and its immediate en-
yirons
In Homestead, Braddock, Duquesne,
hnd, on the south side of the city,
where the largest corporation and in
dependent mills are located. a very
small proportion of men have joined
the ranks of the strikers.
At the big Homestead plant of the
Carnegie Steel company. it is said
AT out 20 per cent of the workers re-
fused to report for work.
The management of the Edgar
Thomson works in Braddock stated
tnGI less iHdH OOO men were out Jnere,
and at the DuqueSne plant it was stat
ed that they were operating in full.
Less than 100 men are reported to
have struck at the big plants of the
Jones & Laughlin company. which line
both sides of the MonongaheIa river
foI miles.
Chicago. Sept. 24.-The leaders of
II strike claim that from $4,000 TO
$1,000 men had quit work in the Chica-
go district; that all plants in Gary,
IIoian6 HarbOr, East Chicago. Joliet.
South Chicago, Evanston, Milwaukee.
WauSegan. Dekalb and Sterling were
shut down. In Gary. they said, 81 per
cent of the men were out The en-
ployers reduced the figures of the
strike bosses. but admitted inability
to operate.
There was no violence. The men
walked off when the night shift was
done, carrying their empty dinner
pals. and the day shift did not enter
the plants.
In some plants a minority of en-
ployeeS came TO work as usual. But
the strikers say these were mainly men
over fifty-fve years old. who are near
ing the time when they can retire on
pension.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
ANTI-RED PLOT DISCOVERED
BolsheViki Execute Sc Taken in Con-
spiracy-Princes, Statesmen and
Generals Among Them.

London, Sept. PA bolshevik wire
less dispatch reports the discovery of
am anti-bolshevik plot with ramifica-
tions throughout Russia which led to
the capture and execution of 66 men
on charges of conspiracy. The plot is
said to have originated in Moscow.
Among the men who were executed
were the former duma members, n.
N. Stchepkin, Profs. Astroff and Vol
koff, Prince Obolensky and Generals
Kuzrietsoff and Machoff. Others ar
rested were Prince Andranskoff,
Baron Stromberg and NJ Rozanoff, the
widely known Menshevik leader.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
NO FEAR OF AMERICAN AUTOS
Sir Auckland c. Geddes Says the
British Are Well Protected
in Trade.

London. Sept. 24-Sir Auckland G.
Geddes, minister for national service
and reconstruction, gave no hope that
a tariff would be imposed upon Amer
lean motorcars when questioned by
deputation of manufacturers who
called at the board of trade. He de-
clared that for some time the British
''had little fear of American COMPETE
ton, as existing duties, the cost of
private cars, freight, packing and its
insurance and loss in international
exchange gives ample protection"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
MINERS TO AID STEEL MEN
Organizers to Be Assigned to Help
Strike Committee in Their
Work.

Cleveland. o.. Sept. 24.-Fifteen TO
twenty experienced salaried organic
America will be assigned TO help out
the striking steel workers. acting I'M
der the instructions of the strike or.
ganizing committee, A meeting of tine
miners international executive board
will be held to vote further financial
assistance to the steel strikers and
substantial contribution to the strike
fund viii be made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
SLAYER OF CHILD MUST DIE
Thomas Fitzgerald of Chicago SEN
fenced to Hang on Friday,
October II.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Thomas Fitzger-
aid, confessed slayer of six-year-old
Janet Wilkinson, must pay for his
crime with his life. He was sentenced
by Judge Grove to be hanged October
II.
Before passing sentence, Judge
Grove asked Fitzgerald if he had any
thing to say.
Il amt very sorry" declared the de-
PENDANT. Il ask the forgiveness of the
chiId's parents. l throw myself ON the
mercy of the court and ask mercy for
all or those who have injured me-"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
Party at Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City, Sept. 24.-President
Wilson on his arrival in Salt Lake city
was greeted by thousands as he parad-
ed the principal streets of the city. and
again by thousands of school children
at the place selected for the termina-
ton of the procession.
AT the conclusion of the parade
President and Mrs. Wilson retired to
their hotel. where they rested until
evening, when the president spoke at
the Mormon tabernacle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
WILSON FELICITATES MEXICO
President Sends Message to Carranza
on Mexican Independence
Day.

Washington, Sept. 22-Text of a
message sent by President Wilson I'M
der date of September 10 to President
Carranza expressing congratulations
to the Mexican people on their indie
pendence day, was made public by the
state department.
II take pleasure" the president said,
Gin extending to your eXcellency on
the anniversary of the independence
of Mexico my cordial Fluctuations and
best wishes for the peace, prosperity
and progress of the Mexican people"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
ONE KILLED, ONE WOUNDED
convicts Attack Guard and Conn ade
Shoots to Save Him in Illinois
Prison.

Joliet, H.. Sept. 24.-Wfliam Cat
lin, a convict. who was shot by a guard
i'm the prison when he refused TO obey
orders, died in the penitentiary hos
pital George CechOta, another con-
vict, who attempted TO throw rock
at Henry Springer, one of the guards,
was shot through the abdomen and
wrist and is in the hospital. During
the disturbance John Murphy, James
Leo and William Johanningsmeyer
three more convicts, escaped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
MANY Poles Near starvation.

Paris. Sept. 20.-Henry Morgenthau.
head of the American commission
which has been at work in Poland
since late in July. says hundreds Of
thousands are hungry and half clad
and fears they will die by thousands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
GET ONE YEAR FOR RIoTING
Twenty-Seven Steel Men Are Convict
ed by a Jury at Butler,
Pennsylvania.

Butler, Pa, Sept. 24.-After their
conviction by jury following a weeks
trial in the Butler county common
pleas court on charges of rioting.
Judge A. f. Richer sentenced u for
mer employees of the Standard Steel
Car company TO one year each in the
western penitentiary. The strike
against the company has been in force
about eight weeks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
Kill One; Loot Bank.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept 22.-
Shooting and killing one man who at
tempted to give warning, automobile
bandits held up branch of the Grand
Rapids Savings bank and escaped with
several thousand dollars. The exact
amount secured by the bandits has not
been determined
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
Esthonians Seek Rsao.

Copenhagen. Sept, 20.-ESthonian
pariiamensaireS have crossed the boil
shevist lines. according TO word from
Helsingfe-S, and peace negotiations
with the Russian holSheyiki are now
i'm progress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
VIII Not TAX Peace With Reds

Paris, Sept. 23.-The Lithuanian del
egatiOn here has issued a formal de-
NAL that its government had agreed
to discuss peace with the Russian So
Wet as stated in wireless message
received from NJ. Tchitcherin. bolshe-
visit foreign minister.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
Back Gary Stand.

New York. Sept. 20-The Steel Fab
ricators of the United States. compris-
ing nearly 100 of the leading produc-
ers. adopted resolutions At a meeting
here approving the stand taken by f.
II. Gary of the steel corporation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-30
$4,000 JeweIry Robbery.

Chicago. Sept. 2o.-Three men in
black automobile held up the Jew
elry store of Vincent Gorecki. 30l2
West Twenty-second street, and e.
capped with between $1,000 and $4,000
worth of jewelry.