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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
GOES TO SENATE WITH PLEA
Post Office Official Urges Senators to
Retain Air Mail SerVice-Asks
Appropriation.

Washington, Feb. 10,-Retention Of
tht airplane mail service for which the
house refused to provide funds, was
urged before the senate post Office
committee by Second Assistant Post
master General Praeger. He asked
that 100000 be provided for service
on routes from New York, Chicago.
San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Kansas
City, Detroit, Washington, Cleveland,
Toledo, st. Louis, Atlanta, ST. Paul
and Minneapolis.
He also asked other funds for pri-
vate airplane mail contracts on branch
routes.
Stating that the air service expedites
mail to Chicago by 10 hours and to
San Francisco by "a hours, Mr.. Prae-
ger denied statements of its critics re-
gardlng mail flight failures, declaring
that it has been 90 per cent efficient
with only A failures in 600 flights dur
ing the last six months.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
Wise RuSsianI

William f. Fox, Knights Of Column.
bus commissioner to Siberia, who is
speeding up entertainments for the
lanks doing police work on the Trans
Siberian railway records an amusing
incident at the installation of steam
heat into the knights of Columbus
club at VladivostOk. The new radiator
commenced piping quavers and DENT
semiquavers, and Russian soldier
who was standing near by thought the
contrivanCe was one of the celebrated
American talking machines he had
heard much about. He even thought
that the tune-the first to be played
by the new lnstrumcnt--was the Amer
lean national anthem. But he was
quickly undeCeIyed when Yankee sol.
dlers took him to the basement and
initiated him into the rites Of stocking
furnace.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
GILLETT DRAWS LABOR FIRE
Gompers Says Speakers Attack Is
Wholly'Unwarranted and Entirely
UnJustifed by Records.

Washington, Feb, 10-"Congress has
absolutely failed to protect the people
from the trusts and proflteers,' de-
clared Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, In
replying to a reported statement by
Speaker Gillett that labor is becoming
a menace to the country.
"1he attack is wholly unwarranted, -
said Gompers. at is gratultous at
tack upon those who are striving for a
decent living wage. Ask any citizen,
ask any housewife, what they think Of
what congress has done to the trusts
and the answer will be readily forth
coming"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
Greatest American Humorist.

On the Both of November, in 1885,
Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark
Twain) was born at Florida, Monroe
county, Mo Mark Twain first was a
pilot on the Mississippi river. At the
age Of twenty-seven he began his lit
erary career as city editor of news
paper, the Enterprise, in Virginia City,
Nev. He is the best known Of Amer
lean humorists, and his works have
been widely translated. During his
lifetime Mark Twain lectured great
deal in this country and in Europe.
He had n great charm Of personality
and was beloved by all who knew him.
He died at Reddng, Conn, April 81,
1910
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
shoemakers' Wax a LIQUID.

It is not always possible to draw n
very clear line Of demarcotlon he.
tween a liquid and solid. Shoemak
ers wax, which IS so brittle that the
augmentation obtained when sheet
Of it is hit by bullet resembles that
in the case Of the very brittle metal
anthony, is actually a liquid, To
show this place leaden bullets upon
sheet Of shoemaker's wax and then
support the whole upon corks. At the
end Of month the corks will be
found floating upon the sheet Of wax
instead of beneath It. and the bullets
will be at the bottom as in liquid.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
OPPOSE WAR TRAINING
DEMOCRATS GO ON RECORD IN
CAUCUS.
Resolution Is Adopted by Vote Of t06
to II, Despite the Presidents
Letter.

Washington, Feb. 10.-Democrats Of
opposed 70 compulsory military train
ing or service at the present time.
BY vote of 106 to II the following
resolution was adopted:
at is the sense of this caucus that
no measure should be passed by this
congress providing for universal com
pulsory military service or training"
The action followed the receipt of
"A letter by Secretary of War Baker
from the president, urgirS that the
caucus take no action committing the
Democratic membership of the house
against the policy of general military
training.
Mr. Wilson said it would re "unfor-
tunate to make a party issue on this
subject, particularly since within a
few months the party will assemble
in convention and declare the princi-
pies upon which 1t deems 1t wise to
commit itself in a national election"
The president recalled that he gave
his approval in principle to the very
moderate training projects suggested
by the general staff" and expressed
his strong feeling against action by
the caucus which would tend TO in
terpose an arbitrary party determine
ton to the consideration which this
subject should receive from the best
thought of the members of the house"
The call for the caucus was issued
by Representative Clark, the Deno-
cratic leader, on petition Of a number
of Democrats opposed to general mill
itary training.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12

There is novel form of strike In
progress in portion Of Victoria,
Australia. Angercd by the high prices
charged for chlldrcns shoes ana
boots, parents have been sending
their boys and girls barefooted TO
school This auti-proitccrlng meas.
ure has been enthusiastically up.
piauded by the children, who enjoy
the novelty, and in many cases, where
parents have not joined in, boots have
been discarded before the home is
out Of sight. An amusing feature
has been the action Of local bootsel.
or In sending his own children bare
footed. As there Is no school rule
which prescrbcs footwear, aud as the
days are long and warm, the strike
IS running It's merry course.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
HOW TO BLUE COLD STEEL.

Steel may be blue1 without heating.
Polish the metal well and make sure
that 1t Is absolutely clean. Then I'm.
merse It In the following solution: Sui.
plate of copper, 40 grams; nitric acid.
90 grams; 80 per cent alcohol. 100
cubic centimeters water, 1000 cent?.
meters. Allow to dry thoroughly, then
polish by rubbing brlskly with a wool.
en- cloth. Another way to blue steel
is to heat It I'LL cherry red and then
Quench III earbollc acid.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
PROBE HALT ON GRAIN LOANS
Senate Orders investigation Into Fed
eraI Reserve Bank Action
Gronna Makes Charges.

Washington, Feb. 10.-Investigatlon
of the extent to which federal reserve
banks have withdrawn loans on grain
held in storage was ordered by the
senate.
Chairman Gronna of the agriculture
committee, who proposed the inquiry,
said the curtailing Of credit by the
banks had resulted in an artificial de-
preston of the price of grain. lie
charged that "a situation was being
forced to move grain from the hands
of the farmer and country elevators
Into the large centers."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
NO MUTINIES ON TRANSPORTS
Secretary of War Baker Enters
Denial of Charges by Con.
gresham Britten.

Washington, Feb. 10,-Denial that
mutiny has occurred on any war de-
partment transport was made by Sec
rotary Baker in letter to Chairman
Kahn Of the house military committee.
Mr.. Baker said charges in a resou-
ton introduced by Representative
Britten of Illinois of inefficient I'M
seaworthy, mutinous, dangerous and
almost murderous operation OF trans
ports" were unjust"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
Peru Alarmed Over Chinese

The continued influx Of Chinese In
TO Peru IS being viewed with alarm
and agitation Is being carried on by
the recently formed Antl-AslatlC
league, which has as It's purpose the
securing Of more stringent immlgra
ton laws, The chief fault found with
the Chinese IS that they enter init
small businesses and sell at such low
prices that local business men can
not compete Feeling has run high
on several occasions, with dlsastrou,
results to the Chinese merchants.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
SCHEME TO FOIL ROBBERS.

A famous detective once said that
whenever an effort was made by rob
Der to loot bank, II any OF the EN-.
ployees had presence Of mind enough
to hurl an lnkstand through one OF the
plate glass windows the robber would
nine chances to ten, take to his heels,
for" said Detective Burns, II have
found In my experience that robbers
are mortally afraid of the sound Of
splintering glass. II gets on their
nerves"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
BeIalun's Debt Before War.

Before the war the per capita
debt OF Belgium was estimated at T.
PAT francs, a figure exceeded in Eu-
rope only by Great Britain, France
and Switzerland. The national debt
now has grown to 19,7S0,054,000
francs. This amount includes 2,247,-
100000 francs represented by inter-
provincial bonds covering German
fines. T.80O,000000 francs for the re-
tirement Of German currency, 1855
100000 francs borrowed from allied
countries and 500000000 francs for
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
Difficult 70 learn.

The Chinese pocket dictionary con.
talns no less than 10000 characters,
which one must learn in order to
claim any real familiarity with the
language. However, an acquaintance
with 1000 or 1000 symbols Is all that
the average native has, and 1t Is said
10 be possible to get along with yo.
cabuary of 1000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12

New York has in building a moving
picture theater with a seating capacity
Of $500, which may constitute II the
largest of its Kind anywhere, Judging
by the heavy patronage In other such
places, the new house may be filed al
the chief performances. The public
is seeking professional entertainment
us never before.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12

foreign loans not yet contracted. Ger
man indemnities stipulated by the
peace treaty, amounting 10 100000
francs, are being relied upon to be
paid before May /, 1921. The retire
ment Of the German mark and the res
toratlon OF the franc circulation al
ready is virtually completed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12

Accept california" Syrup of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package then you are sure your
child having the best and most hagm-
less laxative or physic for the LITTLE
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love its delicious fruity taste. Hull
directions for child's dose on each bot.
tie. Give it without fear
Mother! You must say California"
ADV.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
a sixty Milea an Hon,

Did you ever see locomotive run
60 miles an hour and yet not get any
where? Such Is the performance OF
locomotives which come regularly to
the locomotive laboratory If the Uni
yersity of Illinois for scientific tests
on speed, fuel, power, etc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
Bella Kun Has Acute Asthma.

Vienna, Feb. 10.-Bela Kun the for
mer Hungarian communist dictator, is
suffering from acute asthma. He has
been removed from the internment
camp at Karlstein to military hos
pital
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12

A new French law has extended
one enacted two years ago permitting
the use Of saccharine and other artl.
hcial and chemical sweetcners pre-
yIonsIy prohaIted Ii France.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
Some Limb Of Comp. Did This

Parish Magazine our lust num-
Ter Cor FIcur o. legs read Fleur de
Ivy ln--B0stun Transcript
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12

A new Order will come. The one
question that is bothering the minds
of men who are awake to the change
Is, will 1t come through revolution or
through evolution. The greatest friend
of revolution IL The stubborn employ
er who refuses TO see the change, nc
cepts things as they are, and insists
upon the use OF force as the only cure
for unrest.
Money is gross thing when com
pared with human life. To mention
Europes financial losses in the same
breath with her dead and wounded,
seems sOrdd, but It is an everyday
world and in it money has its logical
place Since the war some people are
thinking that money has had too i'm
portant place In the world. 1t has
been charged with pushing man out of
his place, but bills must be paid and
Europe needs money. The war cost
billions and billions of dollars. Mil
lions of men had to be clad and shod,
shells, rifles, cannons, airplanes, ships,
were made. Europe owes the money,
How will she pay it; where will she
get it? 1t is question that even the
WSest and most optimistic Of men in
Europe hesitate to answer. Some
wonder is there an answer?
Europe has borrowed until her in
terest charge today is almost as large
as her whole cost of governmental ad.
minstratiOn was few years ago,
heard Lloyd George say that England
faced a yearly interest charge of three
hundred million pounds Another OFF,
cial told me that this interest charge
that England must pay each year is
nearly one hundred million pounds "A
year larger than the cost Of admins
tration was at the time of the BOer
war. Only the other day her interest
was due on some loans from the United
States and she was forced TO default,
and our government charged the in
terest to the principal and passed the
day or payment on. In tlle meantime
the pound is going down In value.
When | was on the Continent It had
reached $4.14. Today 1t is under 1887,
and steadily going down.
France Is In even worse plight,
The banks are loaded with government
paper. She has made no provision
by taxation TO pay her debt. was
told on every hand that any effort to
impose a tax would bring on revOlu.
ton. II is said that her debt has
reached the startling figure OF $G40
for every man, woman and child in
the country. When | left Cherbourg
to sail for America regulation had
been put into effect prohibiting any
one leaving France from taking money
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
Not That Goal.

Are you going to the terminal on
this carr" ooh, no; we're just going
to the end of the line"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
in Europe Follow the Great
World War?
New, GREAT FORCES AT WORK
Demand for New Order OF Things Is
Universal and Reactionares Merely
Swell the Rising Tide Of
Discomfort.
Article ".
BY FRANK coMEREoRp.

The most obvious thing in Europe Is
the changed attitude of the people
and yet there are many, particularly
in the conservative, employing class
who refuse to see. There are none so
blind as these. While they close their
eyes and minds to the obvious, the
change goes on. 1t is not idle rhetor-
ic to say that new great forces are at
work. OF course you cannot see the
forces any more than you can see the
grass growing, but you can see the
effects. You can measure the charac-
ter of the forces.
Everywhere | found people talking
about a new order. Men separated
by hundreds of miles are thinking and
talking the same ideas. 1t startled
me 10 hear the same ideas up in the
Balkans that | had heard in France
and England | did not meet any one
who was able to give me clear, COM
plete meaning of the phrase, but 1t is
on the lips of everyone. 1t has a
meaning, and time will produce a plan.
The people are forward looking-they
are thinking, waiting for something to
happen. They have faith that it will
happen and that ii will bring great
good to the human race. Every one
seems confident that some great COM
pensation must and will come out Of
the siege of suffering through which
they have passed. If they were not
so earnest, so sane, so determined
about it ! should have Interpreted
their enthusiasm as fantasy.
A meaningless minority of reaction
aries ScoIn and scott at all talk of a
new Order. These are the backward
looking men of big business, the stand
patters in politics. They are out of
touch with the times they think the
real world is the little circle in which
they live. They are the barnacles on
big business. They smugly set down
all talk of change as bolsheyism.
Fortunately the real leaders of bust
ness are breaking away from this
point Of view. Progressive, human and
open minded, they see and know that
unrest is a problem and that it must
be solved. They are paying heed to
the complaints of the workers. They
admit that there is justice back of the
complaints. Instead of arguing coer-
cion they are talking concession. They
know change has come, they want
to meet 1t.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-02-12
Teamsfer's Life Saved

Peterson Ointment Co, Inc. had
am a teamster / tried all medicines and
salves, but without success. 1 tried doc
tors, but they failed 20 cure me. l couldn't
sleep for many nights from pain, Doctors
said l could not live for more than two
years Finally Peterson's Ointment was
recommended TO me and by its use the
sore was entirely healed. Thankfully
yours. William Haase. West Park Ohio.
care L. G.. Reitz, Box 1879"
Peterson says. II am proud Of the
above letter and have hundreds of others
that tell OF wonderful cures OF Eczema
Piles and Skin Diseases"
Peterson's Ointment Is IS cents a box
Mall orders filed by Peterson Ointment
Co. Buffalo
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12

conservative figure 400 per pound,
and below which We feel very certain
IL will not 60. Taking that figure II
wcrks out as follows:
100 lbs OF milk testing as produces
IL lbs of powder. II lbs OF powder
selling at 40c per pound siges us
S4.40 income for the 100 lbs OF miiE
from which We deduct the III sS-
penses as set out above. gtgins as
balance of S3.40 for 100 of S.6 milR
net TO the producer. -...
1t is further stated by ths Board OF
Directors that they intend to install
separators for the purpose or hand
ling such milk as may come TO the
plant in condition unfit for powder
ing SO that the same will not be sent
back to the producer and probably
A loss, but wifi be made into butter,
and in such case the butter fat price
for butetr purposes will be paid.
"It Is proposed to erect a $4,000
plant and TO start on the same as soon
as the funds are assured.
"And II is now up to the people OF
the community to say Snail MERIDIAN
or the Boise Valley or the people OF
this community, have the benefit OF
this enterprise? If so, they can have
II by everybody doing what they can
and subscribing for as much OF this
stock as possible"
There Is an established market Tor
the powder and with the tremendous
saving on freight as against any
other manner of handling the MIX
this plant at Meridian will add thous-
ands to the annual income In TINS
community"
TT is proposed to make the stoch
PAYABLE in several payments or you
can turn Liberty bonds in on It II nee
essary but take some OF the stock
and indicate that Meridian is willing
tc be helped by helping itself.
This plant Is not a set-ricn qaich
proposition but Is continual produc
er OF additional profit for the dairy
man. and thereby of additional value
To the lands in this vicinity. Get Do
hind It and let's put It over.
You must be stockholder In or
der to deliver milk to this plant. DC
YOU want the advance in the price,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12

NorthW est school children are taking q
keen interest in the activities In which
they are engaging as members of this
organization. These activities do not
interfere in any way with the regular
work of the schools, but they do add
zest to class room studies.
In Portland. Tacoma, and Spokane
the Juniors have financed clinics,
where children have been given dental
and medical examinations. In numer.
GUS counties throughout Idaho, Ore
gon and Washington they have made
provisions for first aid kits In every
rural school, Besides other activities,
the Juniors of Boise. Idaho, are provid.
ing flowers for the Barracks Hospital
in that city where many disabled ex.
service men are receiving treatment
Poor, crippled children in many towns
have received badly needed atten-
tion, and the bills have been paid out
of funds raised by the Junior Red
Cross.
Through the Junior Red Cross
thousands of children in Europe have
been fed and given medical care
through contributions by members OF
the Junior Red Cross in this country,
The Juniors of the Northwest gathered
large quantities oF clothing for the
"Wild Children Of the Urals," who
were recently returned to their homes
by the American Red Cross after haV'
ing wandered uncared for over the
wastes of Siberia. And now, through
the Junior Red Cross, it is being made
possible for children in this country to
correspond with children in other
lands.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12

The Boise Valley Cooperative
Creamery Company will install pow
dered milk factory in Meridian, ct a
cost of $4,000. Work on the con.
struction will be started in a short
time. At meeting at Meridian re-
Gently the proposition was discussed,
and a drive Is planned through all
the communities adjacent, TO sell
stock. For the Meridian community
$4,000 Ia allotted.
The site which Is adjacent to the
cheese factory is to be donated by the
Meridian people. =.
The dairy industry has come to stay
and is the dominant one In this sect
Ion, hence the investment in this in
dustry is not speculative. The plant
Will have daily capacity of $4,000
pounds and 1t will give the industry
great impetus In this section.
The men who have been in active
management of the Cooperative
Creamery company are not pro
moters" except In a legitimate sense,
and are careful conservative business
men and farmers. z. G. Pfaffle Is
JAG "a Iuc 6uLUubIhSIlC uOOptOio hoA
the new enterprise and he has been
identified with practically every one
OF the successful cooperative institu-
tions in this valley. The COMMITTEES has
issued the following statement:
1T is In keeping with good business
that few words of explanation be
made for the benefit of those who are
considering the buying OF stock.
In the first place under the Dr,
Dick process which 1t is proposed to
install. 100 pounds of milk is reduc-
ed to IL pounds of powder by simply
taking out the water, and this powder
Is restored to milk again by simply
adding the water. You will notice thai
gallon of milk will make right 81
one pound of powder.
The total cost of manufacture In
.cluding every kind of expense, also
including per cent interest on the
investment and depreciation OF mach.
inery, does not exceed 81 per loo
pounds of milk. The powder is al
present selling at from soc to Soc pei
pound. We have. therefore, taken