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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
DYING AFTER INGRAM FRACAS
Actor in Hospital Following Row
Baseball Magnate Is Said to
Have Participated In.

New York, Aug. 9.-JOhn c. Slavin,
an actor. is said to be dying in st.
Luke's hospital from injuries received
in mysterious manner following his
activities in fight between an I'M
identified actor and John j. McGraw,
manager and part owner of the New
York National league baseball team.
The fight took place in the Lambs
club, but it was not discovered that
Slavin had been injured until he fell
unconscious on the sidewalk in front
of 301 West One Hundred and Ninth
street, the home of McGraw.
AS far as can be learned, McGraw
became mixed up in an argument with
an actor, 50 far unidentified, and was
struck several times about the head and
face. Slavin, friend of the baseball
celebrity, acted as peacemaker, and
following the fight rendered first aid
to McGraw.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
"HaVing a ak"

they We're almost leaping and bound
ing into full bloom.
"'You see,' he went on, the sun has
| done a great deal of work and so have
I. I've seen to It that my Army of
Raindrops played gently and cooled
off the flowers without soaking them
and knocking them over as sometimes
they do when they forget themselves.
"'And between old Mr.. Sun to make
them grow well and my own work and
the work of my helpers we've just had
| them coming out one after the other,
and sometimes a lot at a time.
1.-THE people who own the gardens
are delighted for they say that we
rain just enough to keep the garden
| beautifully watered and not too much.
"'We've kept 1t cool for the birds
and we've done a great deal for the
flowers.
"Tn fact we've done a great deal
all along the countryside.
owe have made the early golden
rod pop open its eyes and look about.
"'We have cooled off the parks and
the grass and the leaves of the trees
in the city so the city people could get
a little of the freshness and GOODNESS
they so need.
"'They have gone TO the parks and
the cooling grass and the cooling
leaves have done great deal of kind
r--orl- for tbo oitv DaoDIa
"'And the little tOads who help the
gardens have come out in this warm
weather and too, there has been some
nice cooling rain. They have found
plenty of bad insects 70 eat and they
have done their big part toward max
ing the garden beautiful.
"'AIr Sun and I have helped the
vegetables too. We have made the
three or four peas in each pod very
fine ones indeed 1t has been a fine
summer so far for flowers and vege-
tables in this section Of the world, or
of the country ended the King of the
Clouds.
"'Of course he added everywhere
we can't do just the same. but in the
neighbOrhOOd where YOU are. Mr..
Steeple Bush It has been fine so far.
And the flowers have really run
races with each other to see which
would winl 1t has been most excit-
ing
"And I said to the King of the
Clouds. yes, you made me come along
ahead of time, And I've heard that
the little apples are growing ripe
ahead of time too. All of Mother Ma
lures children seem to be running
races and what glorious winners there
are among some of the flowers -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
cox OPENS FIGHT THURSDAY
To Start Campaign for the Presidency
at Camp Perry, o., on
August H.

Dayton, o., Aug. Gov. James NJ.
Cox will open his active campaign for
the presidency at Camp Perry O.. next
Thursday, August y. Definite an
nouncement of the Democratic candi-
dates speaking itinerary up to Septem-
Der was made by Senator Pat Har-
rison of Mississippi, chairman Of the
speakers bureau. after conference
with Governor Cox and George White,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, at Trails End.
The itinerary thus far worked out
will carry the governor into five states,
including Ohio. In the meantime the
itinerary of his Western tour will have
been arranged. The governor plans to
start for the Pacific coast shortly after
September 3. It is certain that he will
speak in both San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
FARMERS IN 100000 FIRM
NotionaI Cooperative Company Said
to Be the Largest of Kind in
the United States.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. "-What is said
to be the largest cooperative organi-
cation of farmers In the United States
has just been formed here. 1t will
market the grain Of the 10000 men,
bers of the Nebraska Farmers union
and eliminate middlemen and brokers.
The organization. known as the Ma
tional Cooperative company, with
capital authorized at S2000,000, ac-
cording to H. C. Gustafson of Lincoln,
president of the state union and or
ganfzer and president of the company,
has 1900 locals. 800 grain elevators,
30 general stores, three creameries
and two -four mills, besides nearly 100
shipping associations. The union also
has a live stock commission Office in
the yards of Omaha Sioux City. ST.
Joseph and Denver, and a big whole,
sale exchange in Omaha.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
GERMANY WARNED
BY THE FRENCH
Berlin Is Told to Keep Hands Off
Poland.
TO ACT ALONE If NECESSARY
Paris Dispatch Says a Stern Note to
Berlin Is lmminent-WilI See
That Treaty of Versailles
Is Enforced.

Paris, Aug. 9.-France, acting alone
If necessary, is on the verge of send
ing a stern note to the German gov
eminent informing it that France will
act instantly and forcefully to enforce
the treaty of Versailles in its pr0vi-
sions for eastern Europe as well as
for the west ana that France can
properly take c0ercive action along
the Rhine, according to reports in the
highest official circles.
Says Germany Is Plotting.
The French government Is declared
to be convinced that Germany is plot
ting with the soyiets to nullify the
Polish boundaries created by the allies
last year and hampering all allied eff
forts to aid the new republic during a
critical period. The feeling also is
ascribed to the French in official quar-
tiers that efforts by certain factions in
Germany to provoke an open quarrel
between the two countries is approach
ing a crisis.
Strike Holds UP Supplies.
Within the last several days all sup
plies Ell route for French troops in
the plebiscite area of Upper SileSia
have been held up by German railway
men and other workers. All of the
Saare basin is tied up by strike and
shipments for Poland by way of Ger
many have been sidetracked or
wrecked.
The Communist party of Germany is
reported to have ordered its members
in East Prussia to extend welcome
to the bOlsheyiki. The greatest pos
sible trouble has been stirred up at
Danzig, and the recent flag incident at
the French embassy IN Berlin remains
unsettled.
1t is declared in official circles that
the French government cannot endure
this state of affairs much longer. and
that France must show that the
treaty of Versailles is more than a
scrap of paper"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
OUR QUALITY
POTATO CROP

Wisconsin viii produce n 1920
10000 bushels of certified seed po-
tat0es on 10000 selected acres. ac-
cOrding To estimates made by John w.
Rrann who has charge of the inSpec-
ton work This will be an increase
of $4,000 bushels over last years pro-
siuction.
In 1919 there were 275 growers Of
certified seed potatoes and of the ESQ.,
90 bushels Inspected, 125,eoo were
accepted for certiication. This year
shere are S25 growers and il is ex-
pected that fully 10000 bushels will
be certified.
Certified seed potatoes are a big
cash crop with many farmers, some OF
chem growing as many as 80 TO 200
ueres in single season. The Rural
New Yorker and the Irish Cobbler are
the varieties most commonly grown
Growers plant seed which has been
certified the previous season. The
aelas are inspected dussnx the sum-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
DNDYy EVENING
p FAIRY. TALE.|
" &MAN QAHAN{JNW'|
! BONNER 3 y M9I
FLOW Err RACES.

II am the steeple bush or bareback
flower" said the flower we will call
the Steeple Bush flower as 1t Is its
most usual name.
Il stand so straight and tall that
that is why l have my name Don't
you think I'm nice with all my little
pink feathery blossoms?
I'm wild flower, of course, but
do like the world so much that try
to be just as beautiful as though /
were grown In a garde.. with great
care
MY little leaves go up my stem a
long, long way and then for quite a
distance at the top all my feathery
pink flowers can be seen, and all Of
me is straight and tall like u steeple.
I'm so pleased that many folks I've
heard like me and think that I'm d
pretty wild flower.
"IH fact heard one person say who
was passing along the road near where
am that her two favOrite flowers
were the purple rocket flowers which
were so sweet and fragrant in the
early, early summer in the garden and
the CHEEKY, bright Steeple bush flower.
well, what l had TO say was that
the King of the Clouds was having a
talk with me and he said to me:
'Steeple Bush. do you know am
making the flowers come out each day
in perfect leaps and bounds
Il said: You don't mean to tell
me that flowers are leaping and bound
ingT
HE laughed and, answered:
Swell, not exactly that, but they're
coming out so fast that 1t seems as if
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
RUN CARS In DENVER
u. S. TROOPS FROM CAMP FUNS-
TON ON SCENE.
City Reported Quiet as Police and
Regular Troops Guard the
Strikebreakers.

Denver, Aug. 9.-Five hundred SOL
diers from Camp Funston arrived in
Denver and the first street cars began
running, manned by strikebreakers,
each car protected by a squad of po-
lice. The city is quiet
At a meeting of tramway workers
it was decided not to return to work
unless the company took the men back
in a body and discharged the strike
breakers. The company refused.
Twenty cars on ten lines were oper-
ated by strikebreakers. Automobiles
loaded with troops also followed most
of the cars.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
DENIES FARMER-LABOR BOLT
Committee of AZ Main Guard Has Not
Deserted, Christensen Says
at Bristol, We.

Bristol, Va, Aug. 9.-Statements by
Allen McCurdy Of New York that the
committee of 4S would withdraw from
utilization with the farmer-labor party
were discounted by Parrey p. Christen-
sen, candidate of the latter organiza-
ton for president, in a statement
here. "Mr. McCurdy represents him
self. J. A H. Hopkins, Amos Pinchot
and George Record, and no one else
that I know Of" said Mr.. Christensen,
on his way to Tennessee to help in
the fight for ratification of the suf-
frage amendment. ''NIr. McCurdy's
efforts to misrepresent the rank and
file Of the committee of 4S. Of which l
am one, will be satisfactorily exposed
in a few days. He could not get a
dozen to desert the farmer-labor par
ty"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
"Parisian Frogs"

The ancient heraldic device of Paris
was three frogs. and so Parisians came
to be called frogs. On this matter
Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fa-
bic states that the question. "Qu' en-
dissent les grenoulIlesT what will the
frogs (people Of Paris) say? was in
1871 common court phrase at YER
sailles. The Italian poet. Tasso, who
lived from 1874 to 1895. called frogs,
1.-The syrens of the ditch"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
Won't Boost Rates.

Honolulu, T. H.. Aug 9.-Japanese
ship owners told a United States ship
ping board representative, in confer
ence at Kobe. that the Japanese would
not accept the proposal TO raise freight
rates to the American level owing to
the American merchant marine act
which they considered detrimental to
foreign shippin. accordin gto a To-
kyo cable TO the Nippu Jill. Japanese
language newspaper here,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
Powerful Light

II you have ever crossed the ocean
you know that one of the first glimpses
you get of America Is the flash of
Thatcher's light, off Cape Ann. 1t can
be seen very great distance. Jose
plus, the historian. writes that there
was an ancient lighthouse which could
be seen forty-two miles. 1t was erect
ed by Ptolemy Softer in the island Of
Pharos, OF the coast of Alexandria.
Egypt.-BoSton Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
INCREASED WEIGHT OF CALF
Young Animals Sired by Purebred
Bull Average 125 Pounds More
Than Those From Scrubs.

In common or native cow herds.
calves sired by purebred bulls weigh
on an average about 125 pounds a
head more when one year old than
youngsters OF the same age sired by
the average run of scrub bulls, and
they will sell for about rro cents a
pound more as stockers and feeders
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
CHINA'S MILLS TO SHUT DOWN
Fifty Per Cent of Country's Silk Fac.
tories Close Due to Stagnation
of the Trade.

Shanghai. Aug. 9.-More than 30 per
cent of the silk manufacturers here
must close their mills before the end
of August, according to an announce
ment made by silk interests here Stag
nation of the silk trade is due largely
to slump in American trade and lack
of European orders. Last year, it was
stated, America bought nearly $4,000
600 worth of raw silk in Chine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
AMUNDSEN DELAYS SAILING
Explorer Expects to Leave for Nome
for Arctic Voyage-Presented
With Gold Medals.

Nome. Alaska. Aug. Capt. Roald
planned to sail Friday on a five-year
expedition into the arctic regions in
an effort to reach the North pole, was
forced to postpone his departure on
account of delay in slowing supplies
on board the Maud. A gold medal
was presented to the explorer by the
city council. at a public reception.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
HANLY'S ESTATE ONLY $4,000
Former Governor of indiana Made
100000 on Lecture Platform
Gave. II to Dry Cause.

Indianapolis. Aug. 9.-An estate of
$4,000 was left by ]. Frank Hanly,
former governor of Indiana. recently
killed in an automobile accident at
DenniSon, ..
Hanly earned over 100000 on the
lecture platform and in Cautauquas,
but he spent most of his earnings in
behalf of prohibition interests. ae-
cortiing to Harry r. Garman. Son-in-
law
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
CLEAN UP I'M COLD WEATHER
Clearing Out Briars and Trash
From Various Places.

When the weather will permit out
door work, while the land is too wet
or frozen for blowing. the TING may
be spent in clearing out the briars and
trash from fields and fence rows and
burning them. thus getting rid of the
sheltering places of insect pests and
fungoid diseases and destroying thou
sands of these crop Jlestroyers and
also of large quantities of weed seeds.
Much work of this kind may also be
done around the farm buildings and
homes with great advantage to the
appearance of these and of the farm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
MISSING AiRMEN ARE SAFE
American and Mexican in Plane Land
on Beach of Gulf of
California.

Mexicali Lower California, Aug. g..
-Aviators John G0ree, American, and
Fred DatO, Mexican. who had been
missing since Saturday, We're located.
Their plane had landed on the beach
of the Gulf of California, thirty miles
southeast of Mayor, and had broken a
propeller Dato is a brother-in-law of
Governor Cantu.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
Being at Your Best.

No one is at her best who is ex-
hausted by late hours. or whose head
aches from eating unsuitable food at
unsuitable times. No one Is at her
best who is thinking gloomy, depress-
ing thoughts. No one is at her best
who does not have an ideal and strive
to live up to 1t. The body. mind and
spirit all have part In putting US at
our best. And we must be at our best
in order TO do ourselves justice in our
work.-Girls' Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
J. ]. HILL ASSOCIATE is DEAD
D. C. Shepard, Friend of Builder of
Railroads, Passes Away at the
Age of 90.

ST. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 3D.. c. Shep-
ard. friend and business associate of
the late James ]. Hill, and for more
than fifty years Il builder of railroads,
died at his home here after a long ILL.,
ness. He was 81 years old Mr.. Shep-
ard. who retired from active business
in 1896 because of poor health. is sur
vived by two brothers, Charles r. Shep-
ard. GeneSsee, y. Y, and William Fl.
Shepard. Belmar. n. J.. and several
grandchildren.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
Woman Aided Anatomy Study.

The first wax preparations for the
use of students in anatomy were EIsde
By woman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
POISON FOR FIGHTING BUGS
Main Thing Is to Get After Pests Be.
fore Much Injury Has Seen Done
Fine Spray Is Best.

The main thing in fighting bugs is
To get the proper poison on the bugs
in the proper form before they do
much injury. The only way that MANY
of the sprays can be properly applied
is by some type of spray machinery.
The finer the spray. the more good il
will do and the cheaper it will be IL
the long run, due 10 the saving of
spray materials Even in putting paris
green on potato plants. some type OF
spray machinery does a much more
efficient job than IS possible other
wise.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
FRENCH REACH UPPER SILESIA
Strong Drafts of Artillery Arriving by
Way of Czecho- Slovakia-AIso
Ammunition Trains.

Berlin. Aug 9.-Strong drafts of
French artillery have been arriving in
Upper Silesia by way of Czecho-SIo-
xallia and ammunition trains are roll
ing into the p, ovince in quick success
sion. according to the BreSlau corre-
spondent of the Zwoelfuhrhatt. The
workingmen. it is declared. are in a
state of great excitement. believing that
France intends to use Upper SileSia as
a base for Il relief expedition 10 Poland
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
WILL PRAY FOR POLAND
Refugees Reaching Czestochowa Plan
to Climb High Hill and Worship
at Shrine of Yasna Cora.

CzestochOwa,~PoI Aug. 9.-Rer
ligious fevor has been aroused against
the bolshevist advance into Poland.
Streams of refugees have reached this
city and propose to climb the high
hill outside the city limits to worship
at the ancient shrine of Yasna Cora,
Poland's patron saint, and pray for
the country's deiverance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
u. S. TO SELL SIS SMALL SHIPS
Little Wooden Trading Vessels Can't
Operate at Profit in Trans
Atlantic Service.

Washington. Aug. 9.-The shipping
board ordered Sc wooden vessels tied up
at Norfolk preparatory to the launch
ing of sale campaign to dispose of
them. The ships average 5000 dead
weight tons. The board finds these
small type wooden ships, useful during
the war, cannot operate at a profit In
transatlantic service.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
VANDERBILT SUED FOR TAXES
Frederick and Reginald Said to Owe
$126,78t on Income Levy
From 1915

New York, Aug. 9.-FederaI District
Attorney Cafrey began suit against
Frederick w. and Reginald C. Wander
bill, respectively, for S92,09G and $34,-
$50 additional income taxes for 1918.
Complaints allege that income tax
returns by both the Yanderbilts were
fraudulent Frederick reported his
net income at $-.O35. 26T4t and Reg
inald reported his at S132, S669S In
1918.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
Attracted by Swiss Cheese School.

That the five-tlay Swiss cheese
schools recently held at Monroe at
tracted prospective cheeSa-makers
from sections far removed from the
Wisconsin cheese centers is shown by
tie action of the experimental farm OF
North Carolina y sending Mr.. Farm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
Socialists Reject RoEshevism.

Geneva. Aug. 9.-BolShevism was re-
pudiated by the Socialist congress. in
session here, when the political pro-
gram of the congress was adopted. The
vote on the program was unanimous,
but two of the British delegates de-
clined TO cast their ballots The next
meeting of the congress will be held
In Brussels in 1922.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
How. 70 Make Butter

'What is butter made frOmI" asked
the teacher of the little city girl.
81 can answer that. please man,"
was the reply. "Its part COW and
part grass. with one chewin' the other.
and then you shake it lot. and what
gathers on top Is what you asked to
know"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
SoIdierY TaiismanA

The ancient custom Of carrying a
talismaD as protection against dam
ger is common today. A button with
signs OF having come through the
wars" is often treasured as Sha-n,
while in cavalry regiments a horses
tooth is easily first faForIte.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
CANTU OFFERS TO RESIGN
Governor of Lower California Makes
Conditional Proposal to Mexican
President.

Nogales, Ar1z., Aug. ct has be-
come known here that Gov. Esteban
Cantu has offered to surrender posses
sion of the executive Office within two
weeks, provided Provisional President
de la Huerta stops sending federal
troops into Lower California.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
Attracted Masters of Painting.

The worlds most famous pictures
are those dealing with the birth and
episodes of the life of Christ. The
reason for this is that the Madonna
and the Holy Child was the most popu-
lar subject, among the worid-famous
painters of the middle ages.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17

Musk oxen should be taken to Alas
ka because of their adaptabillty to
that climate. is the opinion Of Stefans-
son. He declares that they are not
the enemies of the Alaskan reindeer
and that in a few years the two spe-
cies would supply cheap meat for the
entire Pacific Coast.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17
1SIlVIET REJECTS
| PLEA Of BRITAIN
| Moscow Refuses to Agree to a
Ten-Day Truce.
REDS SHELL WARSAW FORTS
London Hears Outer Fortifications of
Polish Capital Have Been Under
Fire Since Friday-British Navy
Ready for Action.

f! London, Aug. 9.-The outer forts of
Warsaw have been under lombard
ment since Friday morning, says a
wireless dispatch from Berlin. The
Poles are returning the bOlshevik fire.
The bolshevik government has re-
fused the proposition in the British
governments last note, TO conclude a
ten-days truce with Poland.
The Moscow government has nOti-
fed the British government that it
has been arranged for Polish dele
gates to cross the Russian front on
the evening of August 8 and for arms
tice and peace negotiations TO begin
at Minsk August H.
Storm Clouds Gather.
London. Aug. Storm clouds have
formed again over Europe. The
Hythe conference, the main partici-
pants in which were Premiers Lloyd
George and Millerand, went on the
rocks. Peace in Europe, which ap-
peared near only u hours ago, now is
still further than ever from realiZa-
ton.
The Hythe conference broke up in
the evening and it was officially an
n0uncpd that soviet Russia had re-
fused to accept Lloyd Georges latest
proffer Of ten days truce in the Rus
Aan-POliSh war
THE situation is most serious" de-
clared Lord Riddell, one of the CON
ferees. when the gathering dispersed.
However, the allies have given Eu-
rope another brief respite. Soviet
Russia has IS hours more in which to
come to terms.
Blockade Order Near.
At the expiration Of that period, if
there is no acceptable word from
Moscow. the blockade Of Russia will
be reimposed
Such step. it was announced two
days ago, was in contemplation at
Whitehall, but published reports that
Lloyd George was considering it and
even had threatened Lenine and
Trotzky with it met with denials on
all sides.
\ message in reply to the latest al
lied proposal was received at Hythe,
but it was entirely Of a temporiZing
nature as regards Lloyd Georges truce
proposal 1t was laid before Premier
Millerand, Marshal Foch and the
British delegation in the morning by
n. kameneff, soviet emisSary TO Eng
land
In the afternoon the allied conferees
gave serious consideration to meas
Hres to assist Poland. and it was Off
cialIy announced that if The bolsheviki
DO not halt their advance on Warsaw
and agree to the allied proposals with
in two days the blockade will he on
again. The British navy is ready.