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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
BUTTER, EGG PRICES DROP
Wholesale Trade Denoralized in Chi
cago-Government and For
eign Buying Stop.

Chicago, Jan. 2j.-Prices for some
food products-wholesal prices-went
ppiiug Thursday, Butter drop1ed )
cents q pound. Is cents in week. II
cents in two weeks Eggs SIumped 10
cents dozen in the day Potatoes
went down 30 cents a hundred pounds.
The wholesale trade in many food
stuhs was declared to be demoraIiZed :;
I'm butter. paralyzed. The public and
the trade generally seem to have the
iica that this may he the beginning Of
the tohoggan slide. Government and
foreign buying has almost wholly
stopped. For the FIRST time in years
extensive buying has been started in
Australia and South America. The
comparative corner that the United
States has had IN the worlds food
supplies is broken.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
WILSON VISITS
BATTIEFIELDS
President Views Ruins at Cha
teau- Thierry, Where Yanks
Fought.
SEES THE DEBRIS At REIKs
Freedom of the Seas to Be Decided by
the World Leaoue-AustraIia, New
Zealand and China Claim Ger
man Colonies.

Paris, Jan. 29.-President Wilson
and devastated regions, Sunday, visit
ing Chateau-Thierry and Reiris. AT
the close of a tour that took him
through a dozen RACED villages. end
ing in the ruins of the historic cathe-
dral at Reims, he made this comment:
mo one can put into words the i'm
pressiOns il have received amongst
such scenes of desolation and ruins"
That was Mr.. Wilson's only ex-
preston of his feelings after a trip
he would make before he takes part
in deciding what is to be exacted from
Germany for the devastation of north
ern France.
Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson. Adj
miral GraysOn and a very small party.
Mr.. Wilson left the Murat residence
early Sunday morning. The party mo-
tOred first TO Chateau-Thierry. and
thence TO Reims, passing through many
ruined villages and along the old fight
ing lines, where evidences of combat
are still to be plainly seen.
After visiting Reims, the president
and his party left their motor cars and
returned by special train to Paris. The
last part of the motor trip was made
in swirling snOwstOrm. the first snow
MIR. Wilson has seen since last
winter.
The freedom of the seas. which has
been more or less lost in the shut.
fle Of other business, was taken up for
the first time today by the big five"
The discussion was private. Mari
time laws were gone into, it is under
stood and the deliberations gradually
approached the question, although the
actual settlement win be left to the
league of nations.
This decision was reached, it is said.
because the representatives of the
great powers are DESTROYS that as
much of the work as possible be left
for deIiberation by the league.
The exchange of views regarding
the German colonies in the Pacific
included Chinese representations con-
corning Kiau Chow and Australian
claims to the captured islands near
Australia. which she claims TO be of
strategic Importance for her safety,
and other views.
While the conference has not yet
considered the territorial questions in
the Balkans. there is a general dis
position, constantly growing, to be-
lieve that the United States will take
an active share either in a prOtec-
tOrate or in an arrangement similar
to that planned for COnstantinOple
and Armenia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture-)
There are going to be lots of grass
hOppers during the summer of 1919 in
Indiana and other states in the grass
hopper belt, according to indications
found by entOmologiSts of the depart
ment of agriculture and the state agri-
cultural colleges. Farmers are urged
TO start cleanup campaign against
them right away. Flowing to a depth
of six inches and subsequent harrow
ing during the winter, at any event not
later than April 10, will cover the eggs
so deep that the young will not be able
TO escape. When grasshOppers make
their appearance they can be destroyed
by the common poisoned bait method.
But there is another way of getting
rid of grasshoppers that makes the
pests pay for the trouble of killing or
catching them. This method consists
of driving a grasshopper catcher
through an infested field, catching all
the grasshOppers that hop, and then
can be dumped into sacks and hung up
to dry and fed as dry grasshoppers. or
if it is preferred to feed the grasshOp-
pers alive, the machine can be hauled
to the poultry yard and placed so that
the front will face the light. The in
sects will find their way out, but not
too fast for an ordinary flock of chick
ems. Thus the grasShOpper catcher be-
comes a poultry self-feeder
An analysis of grasshoppers shows
them TO be high in protein. and there
fore good chicken feed. 1t is known
that chickens are more productive
when insects are a part of their ration
and grasshOppers when dried can be
used with other feeds during the win
ter.
How to Make Grasshopper Catcher.
The grasshOpper catcher, which has
an advantage over the old style hop
perdOzer, in that the insects can be
utilized for chicken feed, is about 16
feet long with an upright but curved
piece of tin in front and so arranged
that the grasshOppers will strike it as
they hop up, falling to the bottom and
back through a narrow trap opening
into a box behind The tin front does
not extend quite TO the bottom, where,
just in front of the tin shield, is strip
of tin placed so that there is an open
ing about Ia or inches wide. This
front strip or lip may be made by using
a 16-foOt length of gutter, one. side of
which is fiattened outward. The back
and top of the box in the rear is COW
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
CANADIANS TO QUIT GERMANY
Dominion Troops to Be Replaced at
Bonn by Other British Con-
tingents.

London, Jan. 2S.-Canadian troops
are about to leave Germany. Bonn
which has been their headquarters.
will be taken over by other British
army contingents. The home of Beet
hoven is still standing at Bonn and the
dispatch says: 'Not many Canadians
will go home without being able to
say they struck a chord or two on the
great musicians piano and found it
terribly out of tune"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

cred with wire screen and the IA,
should be so hinged that il can Aosfs
be opened and the accumulated gr,ss
hOppers shoYeled out as needed.
Horses are hitched to the eyrand.,
beam, one at each end, and the catcbs,
dragged through the infested area n
ginning at the sides and working n
ward the center of the field. Two how,
each riding a horse. can handle tbs
machine nicely. A heavy rope ATTACHED
to the names, so that it drags a few
feet in front of the shield. is an sa
vantage in that it stirs up, just befo,s
the catcher passes, the hOpperS no,
otherwise disturbed.
Flowing Infested Fields.
Where it is not practical to pillow in.
tested fields, such as ground in clover
or alfalfa, they should be thorougblv
disked in the fall or winter and ha.
rowed early in March of the follOwiD,
year. In Indiana clover and alfalh
fields are among the best breedln,
places for grasshOppers.
The poisoned bait recommended con
sists of bran or sawdust made tasv
and attractive by the addition of nc
Iasses and fruit and treated with an
arsenical poison. The following 70,
mula is recommended:
Bran (half-and-half bran and hand
wood sawdust, or sawdust alone), q
pounds; paris green or crude arSenlou
oxide, one pound, or white arsenic, II
pounds; molasses (cheap feeding
grade), two quarts; lemons. bananas
or oranges. six fruits, or one ounce Of
cheap lemon extract; water, about two
to four gallons.
The poison should be thoroughy
mixed with the bran. The water mo
lasses and finely chopped fruit or eE
tract are then mixed and added. ns|
mixture should be wet so that it mods
in the hands, but is not "sOppy" The
bait should be scattered broadcast AL
the rate of seven to ten pounds to The
acre, applications being made in the
early morning.
In clover or alfalfa much materia
and labor can be saved by first cuttl.
around the field until there remains i
small central uncut area where hI
grasshoppers will have gathered and
may be quickly and cheaply deStrOya
by the poisoned bait. If the graSshq
pers are feeding in corn or young tres
more water, or, better, more mOlaSss
and water, should be added and M.
mixture thrown fOrcefully so that h
particles will adhere to the crops to b
protected.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
u. S. ARMY SECOND TO FRANCE
More American Troops Were on West
ern Front at Finish Than
British.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-On the day
that the armiStice was signed the
American army on the western front
was second in strength only to that of
France itself. Figures made public
by General March showed that on No
yember II the United States was rep
resented on the western front by
l.93O.1O0 men. France. on November
l. the last date for which official fig
Ures were available, had 2.559.000. The
British and the Portuguese attached
Ia the British army totaled 1,71S,0O0.
while the Belgian and Italian forces
on the western front aggregated about
100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

At Casa Grande. near Florence, Italy,
is the ruin. with walls still standing.
of what probably was the last COM
munal house erected On the southern
plains by a race of pueblo builders
that probably had departed elsewhere
or had been merged with wilder tribes
even before the passing to the west
ward of the Aztec south-bound pill
grimage about the year 1900.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
TWO FLYERS ARE MISSING
French AViators Fail to Return to
Marseilles After Flight to
Algiers.

Paris, Jan. 2S.-The French admi-
rally has received no news from the
avtatorS. Lieutenant Roger and Cap
tain Cole. who flew across the Mediter-
ranean Sunday from Marseiles to Al
giers and were expected back at Mar
settles between six and seven o'clock
Sunday night. 1t is believed that the
aviatorS, Lieutenant Roger and Cap
Balearic islands in the Mediterranean,
as they made the trip TO Algiers in five
hours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
BAKER TELLS OF LOSSES
Secretary of War Says Casualties of
Thirty-Fiftn Division During Serv-
ice in France Were 827 Men.

Washington, Jan. 25.-LOsses of the
Thirty-fifth division (Kansas and Mis-
souri, National Guard) in killed and
died of wounds during its entire serv-
ice in France up to November Z were
S27 men, Secretary Baker told the
house rules committee in connection
with a resolution by Representative
Campbell of Kansas calling for con-
gresSiOnal investigation of reported
excessive losses in this division.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
HORSE FEED DURING WINTER
Not Advisable to Give Literally of
Grain While Animals Are Con-
fined in Barn.

Horses should not be confined to the
barn during the winter on a liberal
supply of grain 1t is far better to
trough" them through the cold months
They should be given the run of the
yard or lot during the day. This should
be provided with protected shed,
dry and well provided with bedding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Contradictory Camel.

As far back as history records, cam
els have been domestic animals, but
no one familiar with camels ever enter
tains the least affection for them. The
poison of all other beasts is the cam
els food. 1t pines aud wastes IL fat
meadows, but grows fat, powerful and
savagely independent among aIkali-
cruSted sands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
One CuttIefish Handicapped

There is one unfortunate specimen
of cuttlef1sh, Nautilus, which cannot
produce the smokecloud, but all the
other species are able TO do so by the
simple process Of discharging the con-
tents of their inkbags. The result is
q dense, impenetrablo cloud of sepia.
under cover of which they have little
difficulty in effecting their escape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Italy Decorates 40 U. S. Officers.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Forty-eight
officers of the American air service
and one officer of the medical reserve
corps who served in Italy have been
authorized by the Italian minister of
war to wear the Italian service rib
bon, the war department was in
formed. The officers have returned, to
the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
IS STATES CERTIFY DRY BILL
Prohibition Amendment Effec-
tive Ordered.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Thirty-Six
states. the necessary three-fOurths, had
certified to the state department their
ra' itication of the federal prohibition
amendment. and preparation of proc
lamation to make the amendment effec-
tive was ordered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Policemen in London to Strike.

London, Jan. pa general strike
of police was scheduled as a re-
suit of the home Offices refusal to
recognize the policemen's union or re-
instate discharged Midland railway po-
licemen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Ace for BREEDING Heifers

If heifers are bred to calve VI
very young, they remain undefsl
cows and can never give as gre1.
milk yield as they might other''
because they have not the -apac4
handle the feed necessary for higD
ductiOn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
HOLD THE ROADS II MONTHS
hibit Return of Carriers for
Nearly Two Years.

Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Cum
MINIS of Iowa. Republican, prepared
railroads to private operation until
expiration of the full u months pc
riod after peace is declared. allowed
in the railroad control law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Sixth Gang Member Killed

Chicago, Jan. 2T.-One more Chica-
go bandit was killed. making six this
week. The latest man slain. unidenti-
fed as yet, was shot and instantly
killed by Detective Sergeant Harry
Miller.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Polish Tn Your Buttons.

To restore fine pearl buttons to their
former color and luster wash in warm
water and soap suds, then dry and
polish with a nail buffer and a cake of
nail polish. Now that it is difficult to
get the finer quality of buttons, this
method is satisfactory-the buttons
look like new.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Enod for STARVING Poles.

New York. Jan. 2S.-The steamship
Westward Ho. carrying a S2.O00,OOO
cargo of foodStuffS and clothing for
the relief of destitute Poles. left Hobo
ken for Darzig. The vessel is attached
to the navy,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Foe Ships Allotted to U. S.

New York. Jan. 2S.-German ships
allotted 10 the United States for the
transportation of troops aggregate
10000 tons. including the giant Ham,
burg-American liner In,perator, it was
authoritatively learned nere.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
s.esI connanv Makes Money

New York. Jan. 25.-The Bethlehem
Steel corporation declared an extra
dividend of IL per cent on both
classes of common stock. a and B. in
addition To the regular quarterly divi-
dend of Ia per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

From 1884 to 1919 is a long span of
years. That is the period during which
Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore
Roosevelt We're close personal and po-
litical friends. They made their first
political fight together in 1884 at the
convention which nominated Blaine.
They were against the Plumed knight,
and since that time they had been to-
gether on nearly every political propo-
sition that came before the country,
particularly on the subject of civil
service reform, which brought them in
closer alliance than almost any other
issue. They were active lieutenants in
the fight to make Tom Reed speaker
30 years ago. Senator Lodge would
not go to the Republican national con-
vention in 1917 because he did not
want to be put in the position of an,
tagonizing Roosevelt, although he did
not believe that his candidacy at that
time was Opportune. In the conven-
ton of 1916, however. Lodge voted for
Roosevelt on the second ballot.
Any man who seriously proposes
to annex territory to the United
States is sure to start something.
Every acquisition of territory has
aroused bitter opposition. History
tells us that was the case in regard
to the Louisiana purchase, the annex
alton of Texas, the acquisition of terri
tory from Mexico after the Mexican
war, and again when Seward bought
Alaska from Russia. 1t is within the
memory of men still living how oppo-
sition to General Grants proposal to
acquire Santo Domingo was strong
enough to overthrow a presidential pol
icy. Plenty of people can remember
the bitter contest against acquiring
Hawaii and the Philippines. But with
the exception of Santo Domingo, which
Is nominally under our control, nearly
every movement for the acquisition
-of territory has been successful.
Perhaps that is what makes Sena-
tor Ashurst's proposition a real sub
ject of debate. He wants to add Lower
California and a large slice of the
northern part of Mexico to the United
States, and puts up some pretty good
reasons for the acquisition. Just as
Tom Reed complained bitterly about
buying Malays at 81 head" alluding
to the $20,OOO,0OO paid for the Philip
pines with their 100000 population,
so there will be great deal of oppo-
sitiOn to taking over the poems and
semi-savage tribes of northern Mexico,
even if we get a large slice of land
with it. However, the world is be-
coming somewhat topsy-turvy and geo.
graphical lines are being redrawn in
the old world, and perhaps the influ-
ence will spread to this continent, not
withstanding the ringing declaration of
Senator Elihu Root at the Rio Janeiro
conference when he told all Of the
Latin-American republics that the
United States did not desire foot of
their territory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Dire Day in Russian History.

November 80 is the anniversary of
the defeat of Peter the Great in 100
by Charles XII of Sweden. The Rus
sian monarch had 10000 troops
against the 5000 of his opponent. but
the superior generalship of the Swede
more than balanced the numerical su-
periority of the car.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Iuxemboura,s Cody Found

Amsterdam, Jan. 27.-The mutilated
body of Rosa Luxembourg. who was
lynched by a mob in the streets of
Berlin a week ago. has been found
in the Landwehr canal, according to
a Berlin dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
FEEDING Lambs

Every shepherd knows that there
many difficulties in feeding and tai
care of orphan lambs. There is so
times considerable loss, especially
large herds, from orphan lambs
present values of sheep and I'D
these losses are well worth strID
to save.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Archduke Victor Is Dead.

Paris. Jan. 25.-Announeement is
made of the death of Archduke Louis
Victor. youngest brother of former En-
peror Francis Joseph OF Austria-Hun-
gary. His death occurred at his home
AZ SaIzburg-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Rnhhers RuIe Fstrnnraa

HeIsingfors, Jan. 27.-Petrograd is
being left 20 the mercy of gangs of
robbers formed of escaped criminals.
who are dividing the town into dis
tricts for looting purposes, according
TO the newspaper Russky Listok.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Opens Fiuht on Beruer

Washington, Jan. 27.-The first open
opposition TO seating Victor Berger of
Wisconsin as a member of the house
came in n statement from Representa-
tive GilIett of Massachusetts. candi-
date for speaker in the next congress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Lithuanians IN Paris.

Paris, Jan. 2S.-Lithuania is willing
tn place her case in the hands of the
tongue Of nations and abide by lis de
riSiou. President Wilson was in
formed to this effect in memorandum
submitted 10 him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Beds in South Afrioa

London, Jan. 2T.-Plans for the es-
adjustment of bOlShevist movement
in the Rand. the rich gold mining re-
giOn OF the Union of South AFRICA.
have heen unearthed. according TO a
dispatch from johannesburg.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
East Has Murder Mystery.

New York, Jan. 2S.-The body of
handsome girl, about twenty-one.
wearing expensive furS, was discov-
cred by two hunting dogs in a de-
serted spot in dense woods near
EnglewoOd. y. ].
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

While there Is talk of rushing
everything in the way of legislation in
order to avoid an extra session, 1t
may be mentioned that the house Of
representatives devoted four or FIVE
days to hearing contested election
case. Strange as it may seem, the
contest came from Alaska, a terri
tory having a delegate who has no
vote. The time was when contested
election cases excited considerable in
terest in the house of representatives.
1t was contested election case which
precipitated the fight when Tom Reed
counted quorum in the Fifty-frst
congr ess, provoking one of the most
bitter partisan struggles that has
ever been known in the history of con-
gress. Much OF the time in the debate
in the Alaska case was taken up by
the men who are battling for the seat
in a long rehearsal of election condi-
tons in the territory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Loot Valued at ssnn nnn

Chicago. Jan. 2S.-How the Team
STEERS Thieves Trust" was organized
and succeeded in collecting loot val
ued az 100000. was revealed i'm the
arrest of four members of the band.
They confessed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
wilson Accents AIberts Bic.

BRUSSELS. Jan. 29-President Will
son intends TO accept the invitation
of King Albert TO visit Brussels. ii is
Said in well-informed circles. but has
not fixed the date for his trip because
nf pressure of work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Ford Suit Is DELAYED.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 29.-By agree
ment of counsel argument in the cir
cult court here on motion for change
of venue in the libel suit brought by
Henry Ford against rhe Chicago Daily
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
To Close Poolrooms.

Austin. lex Jan zo.-Ihe senate
dnally passed the statewide antipooI
and billiard-hall bin by vote of % TO
). A similar bin is pending in the
house and in all probability win pass
that body
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
1918 Exports Show Dron.

Washington, Jan. 25.-America's ex-
ports during the year 1913 amounted
to S6,150.OO0.000. or $50. 100000 below
the total for the preceding year. and
more than double the value of imports.
The total import was S3.03I. OOO. 600.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

strong enough to control more than
one-third of the United States senate
which would defeat the treaty, the
country for the purpose of creating
public sentiment in favor of the league.
President Wilson has on several occa-
sions said that congress will obey the
will of the people and he has no hesi-
fancy in going out and creating public
opinion No doubt this would be very
disagreeable to those who are known
as the recalcitrants in the senate, but
they could not help themselves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Cara of EARN MACHINERY.

II W. can add a year or two o {
service 10 any of our impleulS. .
housing them properly It VII
worth while. both in serving o'
try and in the economy it rep
individually.