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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
WELSH VOTE COAL STRIKE
Boys In Scottish Fields Also in Favor
of Walkout-143,371 In Favor of
Strike; 42,o13 Against 1t.

London, August 30.-The threatened
strike of coal miners, continue to en-
gross the attention of the newspapers
and the public The balloting in
South Wales on the question of
whether the men shall strike has vir-
tually been concluded. The result is
as follows: In favor of striking. 49,
Al; against striking, 42,013. This
gives considerably more than two
third majority in the South Wales dis
trict in favor of the men ceasing work.
The newspapers point out that boy
employees in the mines, whose ages
range between fourteen and eighteen
years, are voting heavily in favor of a
strike. They are said TO have cast
seven of every ten votes recorded in
the Scottish coal fields
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
MILLION EACH TO GRANDSONS
William K. Vanderbilt Will Provides
for Duchess of Marlborough's
Children.

New York. Aug. 30.-The Marquis
of Blanford and Lord Ivor Churchill
have been left $1,O0O.OOO each by
their grandfather William X. Wander
bilt. This became known when a
summary of the will was made public.
Both are sons of the Duchess of MARI
borough, formerly Consuelo Wander
bilt. William X. Vanderbilt. Jr., and
Harold S. Vanderbilt, sons, were left
$2,5O0.OO0 each in cash or securities.
and TO them as trustees for William X.
Vanderbilt. III, his grandson. he left
another $1,000.O00. A number of
Gainsborough and Reynolds portraits.
and other works of art are bequeathed
to the metropolitan museum of art.
The Vanderbilt university of Nash
vile. Tenn. receives $250,0O0.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
FRENCH CAPITAL
HAS CRIME WAVE
Project of Police Unable to Get
Men for Force.
APACHES TERRORlZE PARIS
Crimes Are Numerous and Violent
More Frequent Than Even in the
Days of the Bonnet Rouge,
Says Report.

Paris, Aug. 30.-Because Frenchmen
refuse to become policemen, owing to
the better opportunities of civilian
life, the French project of police an
nounces that he is unable to swear in
the extra men needed to stop the ex-
traordinary crime wave which has re-
Gently engulfed the capital.
No less than 1000 policemen are ur-
gently needed if the city of Paris is
to be properly protected, said the
project
Apaches Terrorize City.
Meanwhile crimes have become in
creasingly numerous and violent.
Thousands of Apaches, who during the
war were used to clean up the
trenches, and who have now been de-
modified, are terrOriZing Paris at
night, and the danger is aggravated
by the fact that brilliant street illum-
inatiOn is impossible owing to the
shortage of coal.
Automobile holdups are so numerous
that even taxi drivers have announced
that, permit or no permit, they intend
to carry side arms. Private autOmO-
bilists are warned from stopping on
lonely byways at the request of any
one, even if they think their accoster
in trouble.
Murders Are Frequent.
Cyclists have been known to race
alongside autos. swing on the dash
board and hold up the occupants.
Murders are more frequent than
even in the days of the Bonnet Rouge.
At present no less than II murder
mysteries are puzZling the police.
Among them is the famous Bessarabo
case. when Nine. BesSarabO, daughter
of a Mexican general, shot her hus-
band and putting the body in trunk,
shipped it to Nancy, where it was dis
covered after inquiries at Paris.
No clue has been found to the mys-
terry of two girls bodies, bearing
marks of violei &c, that were recently
found in the Seine. A woman pro-
prietor of an american bar" has
been arrested and charged with the
killing of her lover.
The situation is so aggravated that
practically everyone with business at
night in Paris goes armed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
KILLING Of CAR
FAMILY Is TOLD
Russians Who Saw the Butchery
Tell the Details.
SLAUGHTER BEYOND DOUBT
Nicholas, His Wife, Son, Four Dauah-
tiers, Doctor Botkin and Three
Servants Slain in Basement of
Prison at Ekaterinburg.

! London, Aug. 30.-All possible
doubts that former Emperor Nicholas
of Russia and his family were assas-
sinated in the basement of their
prison house at Ekaterinburg on the
! night of July 16, 1918, seems to be dis
PEELED by the accounts of two indie
pendent investigators published here
One is printed by the Times and
was written by its former Petrograd
correspondent, Robert Wilton. The
other appears in the magazine Nine
tteenth Century and After, and is from
the pen of Capt. Francis McCullagh
! British army, who was a widely known
newspaper correspondent before the
war.
! Both spent several weeks at Ekater.
! inburg, and talked with natives and
soldiers who witnessed the affair
through the windows of the Inflated
; house. Both writer's agree on the i'm
portant details of the story.
Eleven Massacre Victims.
The victims of the massacre. they
say, numbered IL, being the former
emperor, his wife, son and four daugh
tiers, Doctor Botkin and three serv
by Yurovski, the jailer in charge OF
the deposed royal family. and was
carried out by II soldiers.
The Times account says these men
were Let's. but Captain McCullagh
declares they were Magyars placed on
duty instead of a Russian guard be
cause the bOlsheviki feared a Russian
could not be trusted for the work.
Captain McCullagh's story saws all
the doomed party, except Nicholas
were on their knees. crossing them
selves, as YurOvsik shouted the order
for the execution of nicholas Roman.
off, the bloody, and all his family
Gar Tries to Shield Wife.
The former car then stepped quick
~ in front of his wife and children
saying something which could not be
heard, and was shot by Yurovski
Then the remainder of the party was
shot with revOlvers and later the sol
diers bayOneted the bodies.
YurOvski, who had been president
of the extraordinary commission al
Ekaterinburg, FASTENED to Moscow tC
report the murders to Lenine.
He was promoted to he commission
er of life insurance in the province OF
Ekaterinburg, and occupies the most
handsome house in tine town.
On the square overlooked by En-
peror Nicholas last prison the Dol
shevik local government has placed &
large sign. bearing the words:
Square of National Vengeance"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
OKLAHOMANS HANG SLAYER
Tom Owens, Confessed Murderer of
Homer Nida, Taken From
Jail and lynched.

Tulsa, Okla, Aug. 30.-TOm Owens,
twenty-four, alleged slayer of Homer
Nida, taxi-cab driver, who was taken
from a Jail here by mob of 200 citi-
zens, was found dead hanging TO a
billboard on the state highway, three
miles west of here, shortly after mid
night. The body was found by police
who had pursued the mob.
Owens shot and killed Nida and in
a confession signed in the county at
tOrney's office said that the murder
had been planned for several days and
was decided upon as the means of OBJ
tanning possession of an automobile
which was to be used in making trip
to Texas with a Marie Harmon, an
oil we'll driller's wife, who also signed
a confession.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
CLOSED SHOP A MONOPOLY
international Brotherhood of Bridge
and Iron Workers Enjoined From
Going on Sympathetic Strike.

Newark. N. J., Aug. 30.-In de-
cision holding that strikes TO enforce
a closed shop are illegal and con-
trary to public policy, Vice Chancellor
Backes eniOined the International
Brotherhood of Bridge and Iron Work
ers of America from going on sympa-
thetic strike and preventing compile
ton of a new plant here of the At
lantic Smelling and Refining Works
of Brooklyn. Other defendants were
included in the restraining order. The
underlying purpose of such strikes is
TO create a monopoly of labor. thereby
infringing on the right III employers
and workers who are not members
of labor unions. the vice chancellor
found
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
BROOKLYN MEN STRIKE
RIOTS OCCUR AS 5000 CAR EN-
PLOYEES WALK OUT.
Eastern City Faces Worst Tieup in Its
History-Police Reserves Are
Kept Busy.

New York, Aug. 3O.-With more
than 5000 men On strike, with fully
100000 persons Inconvenience, with
but % subway and 81" trains of two
or three cars each running on the
whole Brooklyn Rapid Transit system,
and with police reserves answering RI
OF calls to handle frenzied mobs at
different terminals, Brooklyn faces
the worst street railway tieup in its
history.
The first attempt to run a surface
car was met by an attack by 80 strik-
ing members of the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION of Electrical and Street Rail-
way Employees of America.
An attempt by strikers to drag the
crew from the car at Halsey street
and Broadway was frustrated by the
police.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
U. S. TROOPS FOR STRIKE DUTY
Governor Cromwell of West Virginia
Requests Regulars Be Sent to
Mingo County.

Charleston. w. Va, Aug. 30.-GOv.
John J. Cromwell announced that he
had requested the commander of the
central department of the United
States army at Chicago to send a de-
tachment of troops into Mingo county,
West Virginia, to take charge of the
situation there.
Many anonymous letters, threatening
life and property. sent to prominent
citizens and officials. prompted the ac-
tion, the governor said.
The federal troops will be used to
take the place of the state conStabu-
larry. who will be sent to their homes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
Not All FIattery,

The wife of an Indianapolis travel
ing man is poor correspondent. Her
letters are short and sometimes do
not arrive within a week Of each
other. Naturally before they reach
him he is often rather worried over
home affairs as to :amily health and
such things. So on his last trip home
he said: mo matter how far away
am from Indianapolis the first day l
fail to receive a letter l shall come
straight home"
Since then his daily letters have
come regularly and are also newsy
and long. At first he was much graft
fed, but now, since he has more time
to reflect. he is beginning to wonder
whether or not he should feel fat
tered,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
PROTEST NEW RAIL RATES
100000 travelling Men to. Appeal to
President Against 20 Per Cent
Increase in Fares.

Chicago. Aug. 30.-Protest against
the advanced rail rates, which have
heavily increased their expenses. will
be made to President Wilson by 100000
commercial travellers. members of the
various organizations affiliated with
the International Federation of Com
mercial Travellers The protest is be-
ing prepared by David X. Clink. secre-
tary and treasurer of the International
order, and points out that drummers
have been hard hit by the 20 per cent
fare increase and the increase of 90
Der cent in Pullman rates. Mr.. Clink
declared the federation will act on
the protest at its convention at At
lantic City. September 20, q and p.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
Pharaoh's Mines

PharaOh's mines were discovered In
1912 by French explorer named Call
liaud. He found that the mines had
been abandoned before they had been
ald-bearing rock was mined and the
emeraIds were found to be very large.
but poor In quality. The mine was
again abandoned New plans to op-
crate them on a tentative scale, at
least, are now under way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
TO SHOW UP PLOT BY REDS
Conspiracy to Overthrow United
States Government

Chicago, Aug. 30.-Preparations
have been completed for the antired
meeting under the auspices of the
Press club next Sunday evening at the
Auditorium
Frank Comerford. a member of the
club who was special prosecutor at
the William Bross Lloyd trial, will
speak.
Mr.. Comerford has asked the club
to arrange for an audience of union
men, asserting that he will unfold a
deep-laid plot by radicals to over
throw the government.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
MUST HAVE WINE BATHS
Mile. SoreI Won't Let the U. S. Dry
Law Keep Her Cham
payne Out.

Paris. Aug. 30.-Unless prohibition
authorities relent and permit Mile.
Cecile SOrel to bring with her 40 cases
of French champagne. the Partisan
sOngstress. called the most beautiful
woman in Europe, will refuse to fulfill
her American engagements. Mile.
SOrel, who intended departing to the
prohibition board asking permission
to bring in the champagne, as she was
in the habit of taking champagne
baths twice a week by doctors orders.
The reply was refusal. Mile. SOrel
now is appealing through diplomatic
channels.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
No Objection

81 have here a wonderful little labor
saving utensil," suavely began the
stranger at the door, (which l should
like>to demonstrate TO the lady of the
house, and Gracious heavens! You
oughtn't to let that little child play
with that big butcher knife"
Jaw. that's all right" replied Gap
Johnson of RuInpus Ridge. ITS an
old knife and all nlcked up now
Kansas City Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
EQUIP

II was Just after a thunderstorm.
and two men were Strolling down the
street behind young damsel who was
lifting her skirt rather high. After an
alteration as to the merits of the case.
one of the men stepped forward and
said: Pardon me. miss. but aren't you
holding your skirt rather highg'
Haven't i a perfect rights" she
snapped. 'YOu. certainly have. miss,
and beauty OF a left" he replied at
Once.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
WARSHlPS TO GUARD YANKS
Secretary of the Navy Announces Dis
patch of Cruiser Pittsburgh
to Danzig.

Washington. Aug. 30.-The secre-
tary of the navy announced that. at
the request of the state department,
the American cruiser Pittsburgh. now
zig TO protect POO Americans. No pre-
vious indication had been given in Of
fetal circles here that the situation at
that port was considered precarious.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
ANTHRAX KILLS u. S. ANIMALS
Veterinary Sent to Texas to Take
Steps to Wipe Out PIague-Five
Towns Guaranteed.

San Antonio, Aug. 30.-Anthrax.
which recently was discovered among
live stock in number of southwest
Texas counties, has killed scores of
army animals, according to informa-
ton received at southern department
headquarters. A veterinary was dis
patched to visit all border points in
which army animals are maintained to
take steps TO stamp ont the disease.
Five border towns have been quaran-
fined
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07

accidentally or maliciously. but this
has been disproved by the investiga-
tors of the agricultural department.
who have indicated the match. They
put hundreds of matches into the cot
ton and then watched the results and
there were only few outbreaks and
those were in the huller and not in
the gin. Other experiments prove be-
yond all doubt that fires in the gins
are caused by static electricity which
is very marked at certain seasons OF
the year when the atmosphericaI con-
ditions are favorable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
CURE WAS TOO REALISTIC

ed, plenty of sun. But ne was much
too poor to indulge in this kind of cure,
so had TO find another way.
What did you do then" asked his
hearers. "some new cure. perhapsT'
"Hypnotism," the medico replied.
Il had large sun painted on the cell
ing OF his room and by suggestion
made him think It was the real sun
pouring down on him. II worked beau
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
PLOT TO RESTORE CHARLES
Put Emperor on Throne, Says
Vienna Report.

Vienna. Avg. 30.-MiniSter Streter
revealed in n session of the Austrian
parliament a plot TO restore former
Emperor Charles to the throne. Sixty
nine deputies. members of former Pre-
mier Friedrich'S party, were said to
he implicated. Their names were TO
be revealed later at secret session
of parliament.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
NEW POSSIBILITIES IN CHINA
War Opens Between the Provinces of
Canton and Observation-Disclosures of
Towns Taken

Picking, Aug. 30-Hostilities have
broken out between the provinces of
Canton and Fukien. The former. II
is reported. has sent 10000 Kwangsi
troops to attack Chenhmin, Fukien
commander, who has advanced and
captured a number of towns on the
Fukien- Kwangtung border.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
USE OF "GAS" JUMPS 81 PCT.
Production in U. S. increases 10 Per
Cent and Stocks Fall OFF
is Per Cent

Washington. Aug Straightforward pro-
duction of gasoline for the first six
months of this year was 13 per cent
greater than in the corresponding
period of 1919. the increase in con-
sumption was 80 per cent il was re-
ported by the bureau of mines. Case
line stocks at the end of June were
50. Sal 900 gallons. or - per cent less
than the amount on hand June 30,
1919.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
Had Their Trihulations.

Ten years ago George J.. Verify and
Jennie S. Turney, Chicago, first cOus-
ms, were pronounced man and wife
by minister in a Gretna Green mar
riage at st. Joseph, Mich. Both be-
ing Catholics they were married again
by priest when they returned to
Chicago. Two years later they were
ted, because the statutes of I'LL
nois and Michigan forbid first cousins
to marry. Now they have just been
married again in Kentucky. where the
marriage of first cousins is legal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
SAY DAVIS WILL QUIT POST
to London Say He Will
Resign.

Wheeling. w. Va. Aug 30.-Two for
mel law associates of John w. Davis.
United States ambassador to Great
Britain, announced here that in re-
cent letters 10 them Mr.. Davis had
said that he would resign his post and
York law firm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
S48.78e ARMY FUNDS GONE
Two Officers of ST. Louis Quarter
master Corps Are Sought
by the Police.

ST. Louis. Aug S0-Two st. Louis
army officers are being sought by the
military authorities in connection with
the disappearance of S4S,TS9 from the
quartermaster corps. II became known
here when the local police received
an army bulletin containing a request
for their arrest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
BACK PAY FOR RAIL MEN
Employees of the Pennsylvania Sys-
tenn Get $23,OoO,0Oo Ordered by
Labor Board.

Philadelphia, Aug. 30.-The Pennsyl-
vania railroad distributed to employees
the bulk of the back pay ordered in
the decision of the United States rail
way labor board July %. Approx
mately $23 100000 will be distributed
to the 275,000 to $4,000 workers. The
railroad boards award was retrOac-
tive to May l. so the payments made
are for May, June and July.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
Has Proper Regard for Rooster.

Charles Collins of Oak Hill, Itch
field. Mo-, thinks so much of a White
Wyandotte rooster that he encourages
him to roost nights on the footboard
of his bed and feeds him every little
while. This is because Mr.. Collins
was awakened one night by the ex-
cited Growing Of the rooster. which
had somehow got into the house. and
found when he got up to investigate
that the house was on fire. Anything
that that rooster wants hereafter he
must have.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
Hawks Not All Enemies.

The department of agriculture says
that of the 80 principal varieties Of
hawks II are of benefit 10 the farmer
since they catch great numbers OF ro-
dents that injure crops. 1t is even
said that a hawk on the farm is as
valuable as a cow. There are three
varieties of hawks that are deadly TO
chickens and should be shot on sight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
HADITON GOOD AUTHORITY

Cortlandt- Blocker or Astorbilt that
walks Fifth avenue.
You know the story about Tommy
Jones. Tommy's ma forbade him even
10 play with common boys. Tommy
obeyed. but one afternoon he came
home In dreadful state-shins
barked. clothes In ruins, face black
for he'd been hopping cosi cars
Tommy. Tommy said his ma.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07

who persuaded you to hop coal cars?
Them two Gallagher brothers.
Tommy answered.
The Gallagher brothers, Oh.
Tommy, how wicked you arer
But they aren't common, mar
Not common? How do you known
Il asked them. and they said they
wasn't
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
10000 MExICANS TO U. s.
Consul at Laredo, Tex, Seeking to
Arrange for Workers to Go to
Cotton Fields.

Mexico City, Aug. 30.-Arturo NJ.
Saracho. Mexican consul at Laredo,
Texas. is in this city seeking 70 ar
range for the emigration of 10000
Mexicans In the southern United
States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
Excess of Eood Blamed

DR.. Pritchard, an English practition-
er. believes that most of the digestive
troubles Of infants and young children
are due to excess Of food. And, be-
sides the direct arrangements of the
stomach and intesttnes, these have an
effect upon the whole system and may
in the long run make it more suscept-
fble to catching other diseases.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07
ANOTHER REVOLT
IN BLOODY RUSSIA
Western Siberian Peasants Rebel
and Take 0msk, Tomsk.
iS0VIETS ARE OVERTHROW
rebellion Against Reds Spreads as
Tribesnen Are Joined by Cossacks
Who Furnish Competent Lead
ers-Russ Show Resistance.

Hardin, Aug. 30.-Western Siberian
peasants have overthrow the sOviets
at Tomsk, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Omsk,
Barnaul and other important towns, it
IS reported here from reliable sources.
Isolated peasant uprisings which
have been in progress since spring APP
peared to have eliminated in a gen.
eral instruction. This was led by an
uprising of the Kirghiz tribesmen,
which followed the withdrawal of the
bolshevik troops, presumably for the
Polish front.
Aide by Cossacks.
The tribesmen were joined by Cos
sacks and attachments of anti-bOlshe-
vik troops, which furnished them COM
petent leadership. This force marched
on the more important centers. hut
found them already in the hands of in
surgents
Two thousand Russian officers re-
leased from bOlshevik prisons also are
said to have Joined the new anti-bol-
Shevik forces.
The inSurgent movement is reported
to be spreading. Outbreaks are already
frequent in the far east, where it is ex-
pected the soviet regime will soon fall.
Eastern Siberian authorities are
daZed by the suddenness of the new
developments. The main support of
the uprising appears to come from the
mujik farmers of the provinces of AL
tai, Tomsk. TobOIsk, Semipalatinsk
and AkmOlinsk, which are the richest
farming districts of Siberia.
Russ Make Stand.
London, Aug. 30-RuSSian resist
ance in the area east of Brest-Litovsk
is continuing dispatch from Warsaw
said. The bolshevists also have stiff
fened their lines east and north of
GrOdnO. apparently working from a
northern base at Wilma.
Prince Sapieha, the Polish foreign
minister, is at Brest-LitOvsk for a con-
ference with NJ. DOmbski, head of the
Polish delegation at Minsk. They will
determine the place to which the peace
parleys will be transferred and the
prince will fully acquaint the head of
the delegation with the present stand
of the government on peace terms.
Since the parley started at Minsk
the communication of the delegation
with Warsaw has been very made
quate. No couriers have been able to
get through the lines and the wire
less messages were infrequent and
garbled.
Beware Reds, Weygand Warns.
Paris. Aug. 3O.-The bolshevists will
recover from their military defeat
within six months
Unless internal upSetS take place
within Russia the nations of western
Europe will have to. be on their guard
throughout the winter-that is. pro-
vided general peace is not arrived
at
The above is from Gen. Maxine
Weygand, the French military leader.
generally credited with being the
brains of the defense OF Warsaw and
the Polish cOunter-OffenSive.
He declared it would be a grave
mistake to think that the disaster to
the reds was irretrievahle.