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Infantry, Sevcuty-seventh Division.
This soldier, who had never been
missing, vas listed IN the official lists
as being so, but his parents never
received any notification Of IL. For
four months lie was in the first line
trenches and took part in the terrible
fighting in the Argonne Forest. For
n time no was I'll at Rasc Hospital
"a, but recently he wrote 10 his pa
rents that he expected to be home
soon. This letter, dated January 3,
was from Orgcs, France, near Chau-
mont.
Albert Leon Gajry's mother, who
lives at 555 Walton avenue. Tho
Bronx. received n letter from her son
a month after he had been officially
listed as among the missing. Still
another false listing IL that OF Vim
cenzo Bruno, ITO Macdougal street,
whose mother has heard from him
long after he was Nstcd as missing.
Soon he is expected home.
Could Go On indefinitely.
Ono might go on indefinitely l.st-
ing these names. but the samenCss
OF stories would tire the reader, The
brief invest CATION that has been un-
dertaken would seem to show that
among all the divisions OF the casualty
lists that OF missing in action is
bugaboo that is not to be taken
too seriously.
Among NIL tho names that have
been looked up there has been but
one tragic note. And that Is SOL
der listed as missing who was killed
in action.
There IS undcniably an optimistic
note here. The possibilities arc
strong that the overlarge list of mer
missing in action Is one that is no;
causing much anguish to tho parents
Of the men listed. They, at least
have heard from their soldiers anI
know that they are accounted FOR. II
is the friends and relatives Of the men
perhaps rot wounded or missing a all
but who have failed to write home
for months, that Will be frightened
at the announcement that there ar,
| 10000 men listed as missing.
Their trcpdation, however, may b'
| lessencd by the thought that the lisa
are months old and that IN the over
welcoming majority Of cas"s the mel
returned to their outfits before thci
names We're even listed in this coun
! try.
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letter from her nephew on Dec. ~
which was dated Nov. s. II can readily
be seen that the soldier was writing II
letter home eleven days after the war
Department had officially reported him
missing. In his letter Distel said that
he had been in action, had been Gassed
and at the time of writing was In 4
base hospital suffering from influenza.
Apparently the War Department had
overlooked listing at least one man in
this hospital.
Made Two Errors In One Case.
And here Is a case IN which tho War
Department made two errors over tho
same man. Private William Nathan
Jacoff, aged -. printer, lived before
enlistment with his mother, Mrs.
Pearl Jacob at 1919 Madison avenue,
lIe was drafted Dec. 3, 1917. trained
at Camp Upton and LEFT for France
with the nth Division in tho spring
OF 1918. On Nov. his mother re-
ceived telegram from the War De-
! partmcnt stating that her son was
wounded. She Immediately wrote a
letter TO him inquiring about his con-
dition. About Jan. u Mrs. Jacoff re-
ceived second telegram from the
War Department stating that Private
jacob was missing in action. A week
! or so ago the mother received a let
! ter from her son. dated Jan. IA, in
which he said that he was surprised
20 hear that no was reported wounded
that he had been over the top numbc:
OF times and that he had never been
hurt or Ill.
Here is fragrant case'of misinfor-
nation. This soldier from all ac-
counts had not even been separated
from his command. but he was re-
ported both wounded and missing.
BY this time it may be easily seen
that tho list of 10000 men missing
must be taken with q large double
dose Of salt.
Then there is the case of josef
T. Esposito of 100 West Ninety sixty
street. He sailed for France durini
April, 1918, with Company q, s"stl
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30 the hydrogen. Then comes the
cool of the evening or a greater height
and the gas condenses and tho bag
looks like a huge frost bitten persim-
mon and has lost its power of dis
placing air.
Aeronauts who have essayed transat
lantic flights in diriglblcs have used
equilibrators, based on the principle Of
throwing away ballast and ut the same
time having it. Instead of letting so
sand bags To tighten the ship or trying
the awkward eXpedien. Of scooping up
water ballast, n long string of light
metal cylinders were foated on the
water and dragged nv a cable attached
20 the airship or balloon.
Here's Another Expcdient.
In theory the craft could be weighted
, by lifting the equilibrator out of the
water, so as TO cause il 70 drag with
its entire dead weight, In practice ii
was found that the roughness OF the
sea gave the vessel at times the ir-
regular motion of canine with can
, tied TO his tail.
Tho Dalloonette, n chamber which
| could be pumped full Of air or from
which air could be released at will, is
! another means of restoring equt-
! ibrium. 1t has been suggested also
that a small bag Of hydrogen might be
employed as a stabilizer within the
helium filled envelopes.
In the European war aeronauts are
= said 10 have carried small tanks of con-
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Analysis Cys January Shows War Is Far Behind ord
mi FromS Soldiers Themselves

vestigat!on, one thing is apparent and
that is that the lists do not state the
true condition of affairs.
1t is more than three months now
since that memorable November IL
when fighting ceased. Before that
time and for a month or 30 afterward
lists of men missing were large. But
beginning with December they stead
lily shrank in size until now II Is the
exception to find q man listed as miss
ing.
An examination of the casualty lists
for New York and Brooklyn for Janu-
airy shows that less than forty men
are listed as missing in action. The
reason for this is apparent. Of course,
when one considers the armistice. The
men who were killed before that date
can never come back. Neither can
those listed as wounded become whols
again in a flash.
In the heat OF battle thousands be-
came separated from their commands.
There was no time to rejoin their units
while they proceeded in that indomit-
able wave that flung tho Hun back
to his own land. But the situation
has changed and by this time there
should be no reason why the War De-
partment cannot ascertain the where
abopts of the missing men.
Already Heard From Them.
There Is no doubt but what the de-
partment is doing this as speedily as II
can. for hardly n day goes by but
what some list includes men previous
ly reported missing in action" But
tho department is not moving fast
enough for the folks at home. and this
has become apparent in running to
earth a large proportion of the men
| listed as missing in the January lists
selecting only the men In New York.
In practically every case the rela-
tives OF these men reported that they
had heard from their soldier since the
War Department had notified them
that he was missing. He had turned
up and his name among those missing
was merely swelling q list that pos
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fected under service conditions than is
hydrogen.
The variation in the volume of gases
caused by temperature and atmos-
pheric changes Is a very serious one,
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as many an intrepid explorer of the
realms OF ether has found to his sor-
row. In the glare of noon the bag Is
likely 10 swell almost to bursting.
The pilot pulls open valve and let.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01
Your character cannot 1e essentially
injured but by your own acts.
THE JOURNEY OFLLFE

You will find this journey Of life is
not always what it seems, or that it
lies all the way through yerdant valleys
and flowery meadows. tits not always
bright with the sunlight of pleasure.
You will not find bed of roses to re-
cline upon every time you are weary.
Don't expect it, or you will very likely
be disappointed. You will find that
about the time the path gets past the
schoolhouse it switches off into some
rather rough country. You will very
probably find some rough hills 10 climb
and some deep gullies to cross. The
briars will tear your nice clothes aud
the stones will wear out your fine
shoes, and you will have bltstered
heels and stone bruises in plenty, be-
fore you get through.
There is only one way to avoid |
this. That is to sit down, whining
beggar by the roadside, despised and
self-despising. But if you are going.
through you must brace yourself for
hard climbing. You will find plenty of
roses by the way but they grow among
thorns, and if you would gather them
you must not be afraid of few scratch.
es. All the fruits worth having are
near the tops of the trees. You can
have your game suppers and your quail
on toast, too, but the game is wild and
the birds roost high, and you can't put
salt on their tails to catch them. You
can have all this, we say, but just as
likely as not when you get it you will
have no teeth to chew 1t with, so you
mustn't build TOO much on that.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01
TRUTH WILL OUT
SENTIMENT IN THE TRENCHES
Soldiers Reason for Not Shooting
Hare Was a Decided Reflection
on the Hun.

This tale comes from a soldier who
was one of the first Yanks to reach the
front:
A big burly. good-humored chap was
With me on outpost duty and we were
lying listening in a wood where there
were several clumps of underbrush
in our neighbOrhood We were think
ing of another move forward when we
spied a large French hare running
straight toward us He was coming
as directly as possible away from the
enemy lines.
Although there was no attack from
either side in progress at that mo-
ment, the desultory rattle of some
machine gun and the occasional crack
of a rife rendered it safe to try a
shot at any object without fear of
discovery.
hit him or I WILL said l. Don't
shoot" was the answer, "the poor
beggar thinks he has a better chance
for life coming over to us than he has
going in the Huns direction"
That bit Of sentiment knocked me
cold and l could not stir the trigger.
The hare disappeared in the under
brush and | felt convinced that his
syInpathies were with us. 1t would
have been a different story had it been
the spiked cap of a Boche we had
sighted.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01
Automobiles in Canada.

In 1914 the number of automobiles in
Canada was GALS, increasing to $780,
800 in 1917. 1t is estimated that the
number of cars In use at the close of
the present year will be approximately
100000, With an estimated population
of 100000 this gives a proportion Of
one car for every thirty-two inhabi-
tants, as against one for every 11S in
habitants four years ago. Statistics
have been compiled showing the occu-
pations of car owners throughout the
country and from this II is apparent
that about 90 per cent of NJ! The cars
in use are owned by persons whose
occupations are such that the automo-
bile in their hands is a utility enabling
them to do more and better work
Nearly one-half of the cars in use are
the property of farmers,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01

We resemble insects which assume
the color of the leaves and plants they
feed upon, tor sooner or later we be.
come like the food of our minds, like
the creatures that live in our hearts.
Every act of our lives, every word,
every association, is written with an
iron pen into the very texture of our
being. The ghost Of our murdered
opportunities, squandered forces, killed
time, forever rise up TO rebuke us and
will not down. How hard it is to learn
that like begets like, that an acorn
will always become an oak if anything;
that birds of a feather will flock to
gether. Let our young people especi.
ally, remember this, and be careful
with what birds" they associate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01

Mrs. A. b. Melendy has returned
from visit with her daughter at Mil
waukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Il. Ludwig were
visiting with friends at Milwaukee
/ Sunday
Miss Louise Schuette who had been
home on visit, returned to Madison
Monday.
Mrs. George Raether left Monday
| for few days visit with relatives at
Milwaukee.
Judge Kirwsn who is holding court
a. Sheboygan, spent Sunday at his
home here.
Mrs. Charles Barta of Ashland is
visiting at the home of her brother,
Chas. Bouril.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Svacina have re-
turned to Milwaukee after a visit with
relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Pauly have re-
turned from two months sojourn at
Tampa, Florida.
Mrs. Thomas Riley has returned to
her home at Buffalo after visiting viii h
friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. e. Brady and
children were visiting with relatives
at Milwaukee Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Fl. Murphy eft
Sunday for few days visit with rela-
tives and friends at Chicago.
Noel Nash, publisher of the Two
Rivers Chronicle. was in the city Tues
day AND made call at the Pilot office.
George SEEKER was a visitor in u g
city for few days and has returned to
Washington, d. c., where he is now
located.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Frazier left Fri
day for a visit with their daughter,
Mrs. Eugene Chloupek, at Indianapo'
lis, Ind.
Arthur LeClair and Albert p.
S,huetze left Sunday for Racine to
drive up new Mitchell purchased by
the former.
The Misses Margaret Dempsey and
Marie Morgan were at Milwaukee
Monday in the interest of the Schuette
Brothers company.
Mrs. Katherine Goedjen who has
been visiting her son st Chicago and
with relatives at Milwaukee, returned
home Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Roland Teitgen and daughter,
who for the past two weeks have been
guests at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. August Schuette, have re-
turned to Milwaukee,
a number of business men met with
/ Thomas Atkinson, secretary of the
Milwaukee Rotary Club, at lunche' n
last Thursday and discussed the ques-
tion of organizing a branch here. 1t
is national organization OF business
and professional men Of limited mem
bersbip who meet at intervals and
have talks and discussions intended 10
be mutually helpful.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN.
GIVE THEM NOW

(One has said. Do not keep the al
baster boxes of your love and tender
ness sealed up till your friends are
dead. Fill their lives with sweetness.
Speak approving, cheering WORDS while
their ears can hear them, and while
their hearts can be thrilled by them.
The flowers you mean to send for their
collins, send to brighten and sweeten
their homes before they leave them,
Let us learn 10 anoint our friends be-
forehand for their BURIAL
II you have gentle words and looks,
my friends,
To spare for me-if you have tears, to
shed,
That | have suffered-give them not,
| pray,
Unit! hear not, see not, being dead
II you have flowers to give-isir lily
buds,
White roses, daisies, meadow-stars
that be
Mine own dear namesakes, let them
smile and make
The air, while yet ] breathe it, sweet
for me.
For loving looks, though fraught with
tenderness,
Kindly tears, though they fall thick
and fast,
And words Of praise, alasl can naught
avail,
To lift the shadows from life that's
past.
And rarest blossoms, what can they
suffice,
Offered to one who can 20 longer gaze
Upon their beauty! Flowers in collins
laid
Impart no sweetness to departed days.
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q NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY
NORTH BOUND

NJ suqiay N.Y.
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fo thesu the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01
Local AND PERSONAL


A. ]. Wits was at Chicago Friday on
business.
Gustave Alter was at Chicago Mon.
day on business.
Mr.. P. j. Zimmers was visiting al
Milwaukee Sunday.
Mr.. John Barnes was at Milwaukee
Monday on business.
Mrs. Henry Depons is visiting with
friends at Milwaukee.
Chas. Drumm spent Sunday with
friends at Milwaukee.
VIM. E. Seibel transacted business
at Milwaukee Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Alter were Mil
waukee visitors Monday.
Miss Mary Brennan is visiting with
relatives at Fond du Lac.
Miss Rose Pape returned Monday
from visit at Sheboygan.
Mr.. G. H. L.ndeman transacted bust
ness at Plymouth Monday.
U. S. Marshal Randolph was home
from Milwaukee over Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Linder spent Sunday
with relatives at Milwaukee.
Mr.. Fred Tesarik OF Kossuth made a
call at the Pilot Office Friday.
Mr.. Albert Schuette transacted bust
ness at Milwaukee Wednesday.
Miss Clara Krainik left Saturday for
visit with friends at Chicago.
Mr.. Anton Spaeth of Liberty was a
caller at the Pilot Office Friday.
Herman Holsen left Tuesday for a
visit with relatives at Chicago.
Mr.. William Torrison has returned
from a visit at West Baden, Iud.
Mrs Charles Hoyer left Monday for
visit with relatives at Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Reuther have re
turned from visit at Carmel, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F, Schnorr spent
Sunday with friends at Sheboygan.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Egan have re-
turned from visit at Fond du Lac.
Miss Blanche Schuette was visiting
at Milwaukee Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Anton Kerscher was visiting
with friends at Sheboygan Saturday.
Mrs. B. Nielsen and daughter, Clara,
were visiting at Milwaukee Saturday.
District Attorney Z. L. Kelley was
at Wausau Tuesday on legal business.
Mr.. Jacob Berger Of Coopersto n
was caller at the Pilot Office Satur-
day.
Miss Theresa Neuser has returned to
Milwaukee after visit at her home
here.
Mrs. f. Heyroth of Duluth is visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mic
Terens.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01

Whom shall be blamed when life's
Joys are furnished and the sweetness
turned to bitternessY Whom shall we
blame for the strained and weakened
eye that makes the sunlight painful2
Whom Shall we blame for the scared
and deadened conscience that makes
duty a task and honor burdenY We
fancy that the conscience Of none Of
our readers is yet so far deadened that
he will not quickly answer, 81, myself
am to blame"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01
Diplomatic.

Mrs. Owens Mercy, John. there
isn't thing In the house fl to eat"
Owens know Il, Kate; that's why
] brought him home to dinner ] want
him to see how frugally we live. He's
my principal creditor '-Boston Tran
script.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01
contrahand.

Ccrtrthand refers to the goods that
neutral is prohibited by the laws OF
1ar to furnish TO either belligerent.
Under this comes such articles as are
used in prosecuting hostilities, as
arms, ammunition, etc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01

A right act strikes chord that ex-
tends through the universe, touches al
moral intelligence, visits every world
vibrates along it's whole extent anc
convt Us its vibrations to the very bos
som Of Cod
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01

Woman suffrage has triumphed at
the University of Wisconsin. Aftt
successfully conducting for number
Of years a woman's self-government
association regulating their affairs,
women students were last week given
equal franchise in elections and refer
endums governing the general affairs
of both mems and women's activities.
The ballot was granted to them in a
referendum voted on by men students.
TRUTH WILL OUT
Johnny" said the teacher to gro
GERS 6-year-old son, "a lie can be acted
as we'll as told. Now, if your father
we're to put sand in his sugar and sell
il, he would be acting lie and doing
wrong" "That's what mother told
him, said Johnny, impetuously, "snd
he said he didn't are. STRAY Stories
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-01
No Wonder He Was Glum.

What makes your husband look
SO glum, Mrs. Nuricn?" I'm not sure
exactly, but the doctor SAYS he's auf.
fering from a reduced plurality -
Buffalo Express.
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llfs In Plt.sluroh.

4 Tiu bueh girl had an admfrer
arrested on the charge that he mad
oiaa her toath Lie and love IN
Dussh oeem TO be euriouely exeit-
4s Providence Journal
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DELE Thought.

| said II In the meadow path. ! sag
It on the mountain stairs the bsst
things any mcrtal bath are those
which every mortal shares Lucy Lar.
com.
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1t is easier to keep friend than tC
recover him when lost.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-03
CIT'YITEMS

lee ''Bluebird" Electric Washin| |ehine. Conn. It. x Power Co.--Aj Hired II. GrisWold. formerly an hy officer and who was mentioned candidate for the office of tax col lor. has announced that he will not for that position.
 bance, Booths hall, Thursday. ha String StI'a.-AdVt. Inc annual meeting of Centennial |ge, A. F. X A. M., will be held this |nine A regular meeting will be |d Deccm ber 17, at which the >n- |ad apprentice degree will be con ned.
 .ee "Bluebird' Electric Washing Achine. Conn. tt. X Power Co.~-.Ad Nlf'persons having tickets or money
 k to the committee in charge of sv w. .F. Cooks banquet should < Ike returns to Dr. William Stock 8l, City hall.
 Zee 'Bluebird" Electric Washin2 schine Conn. It. & Power Co.-Ad
New Britain herald., 1919-12-03
CARLISLE SHOT DOWN AND TAKEN PRISONER
Famous Bandit Faces Possible
 Death Penalty

Douglas, Wyo., Dec. 3.---Two score more years of prison life, possibly death in the electric chair, confront ed ''Bill' Carlisle train bandit as he lay in a hospital with a bullet hole in his chest while armed guards how. cred in the background of hospital nurses to prevent escape.
 Carlisle was shot down in d cabin yesterday by Sheriff A. s. Roach. tr Wheatland. aS the bandit, cornerod. reached for an automatic pistol to give battle. The posse had trailed Carlisle since Sunday morning, through a blizzard, by team, on horSc- back and finally on foot when drifts of snow were encountered too great for t mount to traverse.
 The outlaw who had eludcd pursuit since his escape from the state prS- on at RaWlins on November 1J and subsequent robbery of the Los An gclcs limited train near Medicine Bow, November IS, was strapped to d pack horse for Inc descent down Laramie peak, & miles southwest of here. then bundled into an auto ODilC and rushed to this city.
 Just what disposition will be made of him has not been determined He
 
 been commutcd 10 from 35 10 50 years when he escaped. Tn the meantime H new crime. for which death is the possible penalty, has been committed by the outlaw. For the present, it was said. he would be kept in the hospital here later 10 be transferred to the state prison pending decision as to his case.
 Carlisle will not die from his wound, his physicians say.
 Not an in<ling of the renewed pUr- suit of the bandit had reached the public until yesterday when if was learned that Carlisle had jumped from tho window of a ranch house as the sheriff's posse entered. He got away, but the HcaVy SnoWS made his trail easy to follow and he Vas caught four hours later at a ranch in the most desolatc part of the Lara mic peak region.
 Carlisle has been in Wyoming since the train robbery.