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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27
Measuring Earth's Temperature.

A novel but simple method of meas
uring earth temperature has been sue
cessfully tried at a depth OF 5,302 feet,
that Of the bottom of the bore-hole of
st. Jean d'Herans, the deepest in
France. Two exactly similar cent?.
grade thermometers were cut off at
40 degrees, and compared with third
thermometer TO show that the indca-
lions were not affected. The shortened
instruments were fixed in opposite po-
sitions-one inverted and the other
erect--in a simple sheath. Lowered
into the hole, they were then kept one
hour at the bottom to acquire the rock
temperature, and as this was above
40 degrees, some of the mercury was
forced from the tubes. On being with
drawn, the tubes were gradually heat
ed in a water-bath until the mercury
just filled them, which the standard
thermometer showed was at s2.5 de-
grees in each. The surface tampera.
ture being 12.5 degrees. the earth in
crease was one degree for each 100
feet Of depth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27
"a
Little Help
G><0
BY RAY BAKER
BY RAY BAKER
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
per Syndicate.)

II Walter Burrows had been three
minutes sooner he would have caught
the relief train. If Lucille Mccarthy
had been three minutes later she
would have missed 1t.
AS it was the Tribune had the start
of the Star. A six-cylinder, high
geared automobile overcame the han
dicap, however. and Lucille stepped off
the train on one side of the plled-up
coaches at the same time that Wal
ter jumped from the tonneau of the
car on the other.
Then began the race to clean up on
the details and get them into the re-
spective newspaper offices, which were
fifteen miles from the scene of the
wreck.
If Lucille Mccarthy had known that
Walter Burrows was her rival In this
skirmlsh for facts she would have
worked more feverlshly than she did.
If he had known that he had to COM
pete with a woman-and this partic-
ular woman above all others-he
would have smiled grimly and put in
q few extra ticks.
For these two reporters, although
they were on rival afternoon papers,
were erstwhile sweethearts. 1t was
through him that she obtained her
place on the Tribune, simply because
she said she wouldn't have a man who
could do something she couldn't do,
and because she thought the work
would appeal to her, which it did.
Then came an argument one after
noon. 1t started with a discussion Of
social and economic problems of the
world in general. Reporters, In their
hours of relaxation, will discuss and
argue about anything, from the price
Of King Georges imperial bedroom
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27

slippers to the number of calories in
the daily meals of the mayor Of Ho-
boken.
This particular discussion dwindled
to an Out-and-out argument which
generated some heat, about whether
and if not why not and if so why so.
The last straw was Walters assertion
that women are dependable on men in
emergencies, whereupon Lucille told
him that she would prove that she
in particular was not dependent on
any man and never would be.
Men overestlmate their impor-
lance" she detained. "They are not
in the least essential to a woman's
success or happiness. You're one of
those narrow-minded beings that think
a woman can't do anything for herself.
You disgust me, that's what you do.
| wouldn't have such a man hanging
around the house. Kindly forget my
telephone number"
The reporters at the wreck were so
busy asking questions of trainmen and
doctors and scribbing notes that nell
Their noticed the other. 1t was not I'M
til they got ready to leave that they
became aware of each others pres
ence and then 1t was only through a
mishap.
"I'll get the story in for the second
edition and scoop the Tribune" said
Walter as he scrubbed one last I'M
readable note on some folded copy
paper and thrust 1t into a pocket
AT the same time the whistle Of the
relief train sounded and Lucille knew
she must get aboard or be left. She
was not far from the train. but In or
der to get to 1t she had to scramble
over some wreckage. In so doing she
slipped and fell to the ground, sharp
pain darling through her foot. Invol-
unfairly she uttered a slight cry, and
1t was heard by Walter. who was
standing short distance away, look
ing around in vain for the automobile
that had brought him to the scene OF
the wreck.
He hurried to her and found her
huddled on the ground. When he saw
who It was that had suffered the ac.
cldent he hesitated a few brief sec
onds, then picked her up in his arms.
She was small and he was big, so II
wasn't much of task to move her
Off to one side of the hustle and con
fusion attendant on clearing away the
wreckage.
where's that COMPOUNDED CARP he
said aloud I'm vexntion. 81 thought II
was over by that fence when | Got
out Of IT. wonder If the driver didn't
think was going back2"
His voice made her curious to know
in whose arms she was resting. EIith-
erto the pain she was suffering had
made her Indifferent as to his iden-
THY. So she lifted two very brown
eyes and they met two gray-blue ones,
and then her mouth Strengthened out
and she commanded:
Put me down at once !"
He grlnned and complied. She took
few steps, llmping pronouncedly.
"IIow dare you pick me up In your
arms2H she demanded. ~ don. need
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27
ThouahtIess ReeonstruetIon.

Senator Watson, the head Of the
committee on reconstruction. said III
M interview
"iinsty reconstruction is apt to be-
thoughtess and bad It ls like the
young drug salesman
"A lady approached this young
salesman, Redeemed aud snld
My hair Is falling out Can you
give me anything for IT,
"'You bet Sureg said the sales
man. heartily How about this hand
painted hair receiver al one forty.
miner"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27
Notes From Cleveland.

Mr. Gerhard Lorfeld is here from
Madison for a weeks vacation with his
parents Mr., and Mrs Charles Lorfeld
Mr. VIM Grotegut IS engaged in the
sale Of young pigs and runners. You
can get them nov at any time at his
place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27
Notes From MiShicOt

There is a movement on foot TO have
Union High School established al
Mishicot.
II the fine weather continues farmers
viii begin spring work 10 week Or 50
August Stueck was al Manit5woc
Saturday on business.
Pete Rouiller owns and drives REQ
lie bias always maintained that II the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27
cauees Of commerelaI orouth.

The chief causes Of the growth Of
international commerce from less than
5000 100000 n 1878 10 approximate
ly Sj0,0O0,000.0O0 in 1918 are growth
In population, cheapenlng 10 transpor
taton and division 81 labor among
groups OF men the world over.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27
StsbiIiZer for Airplape.

An airplane manufacturer has. II is
reported, invented new type Of cleo.
trio stabiizer for airplanes, which con.
sists of pendulum swinging In q liq-
uid bath and controlling the supply OF
current to small propeller placed just
above the pilots head.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-27

Trouble said Uncle Eben, fs
mostly foUllshnegs dat comes SO close
TO home you can't laugh at IT,"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
Doq Comes Into His OUn

[From Christian Science Monitor.
And now, during the past four
years, the dog has given such a
proof of his faithfulness to the best
traditions of the dog race that all
over the world his praises are being
sounded. The story of the war-dog
and his doings is gradually being
pieced together. From the very
beginning of the war, as one writer
has expressed it, dogs had a paw
III it," When the Germans invaded
Belgium the harness dogs, which up
to that time had been used for haul
ing milk, vegetables, and other
produce, began to assist the refugees
in getting their childre nand house
hold goods out of the invaded coun-
try. Later they hauled light artil-
lery, and carts laden with blankets,
bread, hay, and scores of other
things for the comfort of the SOL
diers and their horses. Dogs did
sentry duty in the trenches, patrolled
No-Man's Land, carried dispatches
through barbed wire entanglements,
amid hail of bullets, and above all
added to the laurels of their an
cestors through the ages by seeking
out and helping the wounded every
where, on the far-fiung battletields
of Europe and beyond.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
Keystone National Guard

lFrom the Philadelphia Press.
The Keystone National Guard
will perpetuate the historic glories
of the 2Sth Division. On the tunics
of the officers and enlisted men will
appear the famous red keystone,
which all will be proud to wear
1t is the insignia of heroic deeds
which have been written large in
the history of the world war.
The War Department has taken
account of popular sentiment in
Pennsylvania in deciding not to
designate a division of the regular
army as the 28th, or by the name
Keystone" officers who had SER
we'd with the American Expedition
airy Force were unanimous in re-
garding the name and the insignia
as peculiarly appropriate only to the
Pennsylvania troops. The men who
fought so bravely, the regiments
which suffered such terrific losses
were members of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania before they
were incorporated into the Nation
al Army.
The National Guard units are now
reinstated, though the individuals
who served in them before the war
are no longer held by duty to their
membership. Beyond a doubt most
of the survivors will be strongly
averse to severing the ties that have
bound them to their companions in
trench and field. These will furnish
a numerous body of veterans for the
reorganized National Guard of
Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07

any one that buys in market or stops
farmers before they get to market
and buys for wholesale.
Now if you will print this in your
paper I'll tell you that that is not
what makes prices high at all and
what the people buy for wholesale in
market the farmers sell for one
price to retailers and to wholesalers
for another.
| know some farmers who have
just so much for wholesale and so
much for retailing, so that will not
put the prices down any and it seems
it is always the little dealer has to
fight or pay a fine. Why don't the
Mayor, etc, get after the big guns?
Swift for one. Yes, Swift, he or
some one from Swift's go all around
the farms in autos and buy up all
the eggs they can get and pay an
enormous amount for them, which
means that next winter eggs will be
from rs cents to 81 a dozen for no
reason at all.
Why, 1 can show you where one
farmer asked me why should l bring
eggs to market when | can get a
bigger price from Swift, and gets
them from my farm, and here 1
have to haul them in here. l don't
Another one says: why. why
should 1 sell to you for 81 cents a
dozen when l can unload to Swift
for that and all l have to do is just
to go down two blocks or so. I'd be
foolish"
And just the same with hucksters
who go around the country and buy
up all they can get and sell for
twice as much. The farmer has no
reason to charge much, and the good
God PACED some of them up already,
but l guess that is not enough.
And so you see you always go
after the little fellow when it is the
big fellow that is the cause of it.
And like the fellow says, if you
kill one you get hung. but if you kill
thousands you ride around in a
Packard auto.
DAILY READER. ,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
LET Us PAUSE

n EFORE we rush headlong into
X public ownership of railroads
which is only a step toward
the taking over of many lines of
utilities - it might be we'll to look
back for moment over some of our
experiments along this line in the
past Patrick Henry once said that
he had but one lamp by which his
feet were guided and that was the
lamp of experience, and the saying
farther than our own city or State
for example. This idea of bringing
about the millennium by public own
ership of public utilities is by no
means new. 1t was tried out when
Pennsylvania built the great canal
system of the State and the Portage
railroad. And it didn't work Not
only that, but the State became al
most bankrupt, panic ensued and
thousands of people lost every penny
they had saved.
1t is a common saying that the
canals were grabbed by the rail-
roads" Such is not the case. as the
records of the Department of In
ternal Affairs will show. The canals.
owned by the public, and the State
railroad, too, went steadily from
bad to worse. They were a failure,
so far as earning capacity is con-
cerned, long before the railroads
came to compete, Indeed, they were
in such bad state that the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad politely declined the
States offer to sell the system to
the railroad company and purchased
the canals only after long years OF
effort on the States part to dis
pose OF its bad bargain. So rejoiced
were the people to get rid of them
that they celebrated and the
Legislature passed a vote of thanks
to the company for relieving the
State of IAN intolerable burden"
The same thing occurred in O
dozen other States. Albert w A.
wood, in an article in a recent issre
OF the Saturday Evening Post Or
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07

ernor dangled before Congressman
Moore's eyes as a possible oppo-
nent."
Another name, in addition to
those of Judge John M. Patterson
and Receiver of Taxes w. Freeland
Kendrick, was mentioned by Mr..
Lane, but whatever serious impor-
tance may have been attached to it
faded yesterday when the individ-
ual, City Solicitor John P. Connolly,
declared positively that he would
not be a candidate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07

that we ought to have shepherded
uhder lire, went and died for us -
Ihe shepherd. Big, ablebodied,
scholarly men, patriotic and loyal as
any yet, God forgive us, so ignorant
OF military education that we
couldn't even matriculate for an
awkward squad or see the need OF
getting our Nation even as far as
the awkward squad stage.
Talking about the machine gun,
we who were there that day, resting
where the shells burst about us, had
the chance of seeing a machine gun
position-one that stands out among
thousands. For among the barbed
wire that nested it. in the reeking
mud that fronted it, was a sugges-
tive heap of bright young bodies
shot to pieces, red pulp and carrioi.
where once were brave men full of
life. The officers pointed out just
why so many of them were there.
They had charged on wire trap.
not knowing much of military mat
ters, had punched just right as the
wire retarder them for that machine
gun fire, and they lacked both shells
and trained gunners to help them
out of the difficulty. People back
iiOiiiC tIbIl hllOW enough OF mill
tary matters to even visualize such
a possibility beforeit happened. And
the men who had learned in one
flashing instant of flame and blood
were gone where they couldn't tell
folks back home some very interest
! ing things about military knowledge
heap of dead boys lying in shreds
of barbed wire and oozing pools of
! clay mud. That's one side of it, The
other picture that came to my mind
was one in my own state back liz
| good old U. S. A. it was a picture
of a big, hulking lad watching some
! officers pull apart and pull together
a machine gun. He saw it pull
| cd apart and put together
just once-just once. Eager to learn
he came alone later to do it again
and was interrupted by a breathless
officer.
do you know anything about
that gum" Yes"
well, for Gods sake teach these
rookies-we have more than we can
possibly handle" and he rushed out
ITO BE Continucd)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
May Reduce DiUorceS
, ost-Dispatch.

tF'rom the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
There are too many divorces.
There are many who believe that
any considerable number of di-
vorces is too much, though some
think there should be a good many
divorces, and some few even pro-
claim that there should be more
divorces than there are.
Nineteen hundred and forty-one
divorce DEGREES were granted by
four ST. Louis judges in the court
year ended July l. The judges who
granted most of them-Judges Karl
kimmel, Benjamin ]. Klene and Vic
tor H. Falkenhainer - believe the
number was too large, and they
gave their opinions, in reply to in
quiries, as to the means which might
lessen the number of divorce de-
crees, which is believed to be the
largest ever granted here in a court
year.
Judge Kimmel, in the year,
granted 655 DEGREES. Judge Klene
granted 563. Both believe that the
number of divorce suits, and hence
the number of divorces granted, will
become fewer from now on, because
of prohibition. Judge 'Falkenhainer
says he has formed no conclusion
as to this matter but will watch the
future figures with interest
Judge Kimmel said:
Il am just as certain now as
would be if next years figures were
before me, that prohibition is going
to make a difference in the work
of the divorce courts. The part
taken by liquor in many divorce
cases is too plain for anyone to over
look. l have taken occasion, in a
good many cases, to lean over the
bench, and point my finger at a
man, and say, You could get along
with your wife all right if you would
cut out the highballs.'
Some of them paid no attention
to me, but they will have to pay at
tention to the law, and some who
thought they couldn't live we'll
rounded lives without a highball
every few hours will find out other
wise, and wonder why they didn't
get rid of the drink on their own
account a long while before. l
know"
Judge Klene said:
Women are frequent sufferers
from i'll treatment, due to the exces-
sive use of liquor by men. 1t would
certainly seem that, with the sale of
liquor forbidden by law, the number
of divorce suits brought by women
should decrease greatly. This eff
feet should appear within the COM
ing year.
1T is not natural for most men to
be cruel or harsh with their wives.
The ill treatment usually comes when
the husband is 'tanked up"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
Number 4

Number 4
There are literally scores of de-
| partmentS in q modern army where
each department needs men as
thoroughly trained as are skilled
mechanics-at least that much.
To believe that all these will
spring into a Co-ordinated, equipped
and efficient army inside of a month,
when need arises, is as foolish as to
believe that a bumper crop of po-
tatoes will spring up without plant
| ing and get themselves harvested.
The French priesthood has scored
largely during this war; the Allied
clergy have lost Why? Because
we have been stopgaps for the most
part while they were trained nell,
able to go where the boys went and
do what the boys did. They had Il
military education many of them.
None of us had. The French, hav-
| ing military education not only
went with the boys, but had the
foundation for an intelligent grip
and understanding of the whole war.
/ We, even those of us who went, had
| to go as unframed and unskilled
men, as ignorant of military affairs
as a moss covered backwoodsman: /:
we could not give even an intelligent
! leadership.
Also, for the most part, we gloricd
in our ignorance. We "hemmed"
and 'hawed" in the days when opn-
ions were being moulded. We dodg-
ed and doubted when we should
have been clear-sighted leaders -
and why? Not because we were less
brave and less red -blooded than our
| French neighbors, but because we
were so hopelessly ignorant of mill
! tary matters that a mere hint made
no impression. we had to be kicked
in the face with a plain fact befolo
we recognized it. And so, some OF
us have had to stand in blind. help
| less rage, not able even to poke the
| business end of a machine gun
where it would do some good, nay,
not even seeing the necessity for
getting machine gun. How bitter
/ ly some of us have repented, God
only knows. But we had to stand
aside out of it, locked up indoors on
board ship while our boys defended
us, washing pots and pans, and serv-
! ing back of the lines while our boys,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07

Upon the return of the telephone
properties to their owners by the
United States Government last Friday
one of the big wire speaking systems
let it be known that while the prop
erty had been properly maintained IT
was not the same property which the
Government had taken over year
ago. But in a statement to the stock
holders the management explains
that the fault was not of Federal con-
troll but was due to causes growing
out of the war. 1t is plainly evident,
however, that the experiment of Gov
ernment ownership has not demon
strated it's virtue as a panacea for all
the ills of the public utilities in this
country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
GIVE THEM A CHANCE
WY HILE the Knights of Colum-
wv bus performed an important
service during the war, it is

w BUS bus performed srS n,tsd ar an important
service during the war, 1t IS
preparing to do a still greater SER
vice in peace. At the Buffalo con-
vention special attention is being
given to the unrest of the country
and especially to the imported
deviltry under the name of Bol-
shevism. One of the leaders of the
K of c. in his annual report de-
clared that the organization would
fight the menace from overseas TO
the bitter end by every means in
it's power and that the chief weapon
in the new warfare would be educa-
ton. He favored the operation Of
supplementary night schools in ev
cry city and town where there is "a
K of c. council. I'VE shall fight
to the uttermost of our strength"
visioned official, the forces of eX-
treme radicalism and the crazy doc
trines of false foreign philosophers
who seek to spread their perniciou9
propaganda on our free soil"
With the Knights of Columbus
and other great organizations of
men who recognize the danger Of
the devil of unrest and discomfort
standing as a bulwark against this
peril, the people of this country are
justified in believing that terrorism
and the bloodthirsty hordes of men
and women out of sympathy with
our institutions will be suppressed.
1t seems Incredible that with the
starvation of their victims in Rus
sia and elsewhere in Europe, the
outraging of women, the nationaliz-
ing of innocent girls and destruction
of property and the homes of thrifty
workingmen, the apostles of anarchy
and radicalism should have any fol-
lowers in this free and enlightened
country, where liberty and oppor-
tunity have attracted the oppressed
of the world and given them new
hope and inspiration.
While many aliens are now re-
turning whence they came to dis
cover what became of their families
and friends during the war period,
1t is believed that these and thou
sands more will come back to
America with a determination Ia
make this land their permanent
home. But it is due these and thou
sands more who are looking toward
America that our system of educa-
! tion shall be so changed as to throw
the light where it is needed and
give these aliens who want to bc-
come decent American citizens a
| reasonable chance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
Government Wheat ReStric-
tiOnS,

[From the New York Tribune.
The Government is accused of
keeping the cost of living unduly
high by maintaining control of
wheat, the theory being that if it
were to remove all restrictions the
price would drop. Recently all re-
strictions on trading in wheat
futures on the Winnipeg exchange
were removed. Instead of declin-
ing, prices promptly advanced 90
cents a bushel. Yesterday the re-
strictions were put on again, with
the apparent object of preventing
a further advance in the cost of liv-
ing.