Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-04-21
STATEMENTS


fact that John Humphrey, repre-
senting the state arbitration board, is
in the city in an effort to adjust labor
troubles existing between contractors
and carpenters and painters, 1t does
not appear at present as If an agree
ment would be reached Immediately.
The strike of the carpenters has been
on nearly a month and has held up
practically all building work here, two
planning mills have shut down. and
proposed building work may be put off
Indefinitely
Beloit.-Dr. John E. Wells Of
Hiram college, Ohio, will take the
chair of English literature in Beloit
college next year, filling the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Prof
Frank H. Chase Prof. Arthur Craver
Of the rhetoric department, who will
leave Beloit for Miami college, Ohio,
next year, will be succeeded by DR..
John Clancy, now at Harvard. Dana
Evans, athletic director, will act as
baseball coach in place Of Carl Lien.
who has resigned to go in business.
Green Bay.-Two more bodies
of the crew of the schooner Of
tawa, which was wrecked at Clay
bank, were recovered Three bodies,
one of them that of Claus Weborg,
were recovered yesterday and one
more is believed to have been aboard
the schooner
| Kenosha.-After a search of nearly
year, extending all over con-
tinental Europe, Julius Shelanek
and Anna Machaclow, wanted here on
charge of numbering John Borkow,
have been located at st. Petersburg,
Russia They are being watched by
the officials of that city and will be
turned over as soon as the officers
| here make demand for them.
The body of Borkow, wrapped in
blankets containing quicklime, was
found buried in cellar under house
formerly occupied by Shelanek and
the woman, In this city. The body
was found on May of last year, and
the search for the couple has been
pursued since that time The officials
here will take immediate steps to
bring them back for trial
Oconto-The city council has
adopted an ordinance imposing a
tax of Sc upon all unmarried male
residents between the ages of Fl and
| so years, the money so raised to be
used for the support Of orphans and
other needy children. The adoption
of the ordinance was received with
practically unanimous acclaim by the
women, but the bachelors are vigor-
ously opposing its enforcement.
Racine.-Ernest Plache, nineteen,
the lone boy bandit, who has ter
rorized saloon keepers the past month,
pleaded guilty to highway robbery in
municipal court and was sentenced to
eight years servitude in the reforma-
| tory at Green Bay. He halls from Mil
! Waukee.
Racine.-During an electric storm
which swept the western part OF
Racine county, barn Of William
Bird, near Union Grove, was struck
by lightning. The structure was con-
sumed and four valuable COWS were
roasted to death. Twenty farmers
formed a pail and water brigade and
saved other buildings on the farm.
Chippewa Falls-Triplets have
been born to Mr.. and Mrs. w. l..
Chown. They look exactly alike, the
girls weighing four and one-half and
five and one-half pounds each and the
boy five and One-half pounds. The
father Is a machinist at the 500 line
repair shop here at the Irvine yards
The mother is a twin herself
Chippewa Falls. j. Hogan
Of this city has purchased a
herd of Swartzenburg mich goats
from the agricultural school of the
university at Madison. The goats will
be placed in Irvine park. Hogan has
authorized the park board to have the
milk from the goats retailed in the
city.
Marshfield.-A dozen English pleas
ants are about to be liberated
in Wood county by Marshfield
sportsmen with the idea of testing
their ability to survive when thrown
are interested and will cooperate to
protect the birds.
Kenosha-The contractors have
completed the work of estimating
the damage done by the recent powder
explosion at the plant of the E. l.
Dupont company, and it will exceed
half a million dollars. The final esti-
mate on the loss to the company
places it close to $250,000 and the loss
to farmers in the town of Pleasant
| Prairie is placed at $4,000.
La Crosse.-The will of James Vim
cent, pioneer lumberman was filed
here disposing of property In the
neighborhood Of million. Principal
legatees are the widow and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Frank Seymour of Green
Bay and Miss Agnes Vincent of La
| Crosse The widow receives $4,000
and the homestead and each of the
daughters gets $4,000. The residue
is then to be divided on basis Of