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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
WELCOME DELEGATES
Convention Of the international Union
Opens Auspiciously.

Cleveland, Aug. 13.-With the larg-
est attendance of delegates and visit
ors in it's history the fifty-eighth an
nual convention of the International
Typographical union was called to or
der by President James M. Lynch, who
announced that there were 326 dele
gates and about 5000 visitors present.
Welcome addresses were delivered
by several speakers, among them
Mayor Newton B. Baker, E. H. Baker,
publisher of the Cleveland Plaindealer
and president of the American News
paper Publishers association, and Jo-
seph Weimer of the Cleveland Leader
and News, who spoke in the absence
of Nat C. Wright Mr.. Baker COM
mended the attitude Of the rank and
file of the International Typographical
union during the strike Of the Chicago
pressmen. .4
Replying to the addresses on behalf
of the Typographical union, President
Lynch expressed his pleasure in the
cordial relationship existing between
the American Publishers association
and the Typographical union.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
FAVOR REGULATED DANCES
State Chiefs of Police Adopt Reso.
luton at Annual Convention
Want More Members.

MllWaukee.-The Wisconsin Asso-
citation of Chiefs of Police closed it's
annual convention here with the cleo
ton of the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, August
Scheck, Sheboygan; vice-president,
Thomas Malone, Wausau; secretary
treasurer, Donald Mckay, Waukesha.
Neenah was chosen as the next meets
ing place lat the invitation of Chief
of Police James Brown of that city.
A resolution adopted by the con
vention is regarded as the death
knell of unregulated dance halls in
Wisconsin cities. Strict regulation
of public dances under ordinances
similar to one pending before the
Milwaukee council was recommended
in the resolution.
The association has sixty men,
bers and campaign will be started
to induce 1875 other chiefs of police
and town marshals in the state to
join the organization, thus giving
general representation and aid in
securing desired legislation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
SEE FIGHT on CANAL BILL
GRANTING. OF FREE PASSAGE TO
BE OPPOSED. <.n~fl
British Waiting Until Measure Be.
comes Law Before Protesting
Further.

Washington, Aug. ia determined
fight is to be made in the conference
on the Panama canal bill against the
granting of the free passage OF the
canal to foreign owned ships. The
conference committee had It's frat
meeting and continued discussion of
the measure at night session.
Senator Brandegee, who opposed
free toll provisions in the senate, lie
understood to stand with Representa-
tives Adamson and Stevens OF the
house conferees in opposing what they
consider a violation of treaty rights
and too great concession to foreign
bound shippers. 1t is believed from the
preliminary conferences on the meas
ures that the free, toll provision for
American coastwise shipping will be
retained.
The British government, according
TO advices from the state department,
has made no further representations
to the United States regarding the
proposition to allow American yes.
sells to use the canal free Of tolls.
since the note of Charles Innes, July
8, last. 1t is now awaiting, it is said.
the enactment Of the legislation into
law and the adoption OF regulations to
put it into effect in order to have a suf-
ficient basis for more formal protest
against what it regards as a clear
breach OF the existing treaty.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
ORDERS INTERuRBAN SOLD
Four Years Litigation Over Chicago
& Milwaukee Electric Line Ends
With Federal Court Decree.

Milwaukee.-After four years Of
litigation in federal courts, United
States Judge F. A. Geiger signed a
decree directing the sale of the Chi
cago & Milwaukee Electric railroad
and the foreclosure of $1O,000,O00
mortgage held by the Western Trust
and Savings Bank, Chicago. and Will
loughby G. Walling, Chicago. The
order directs Special Master Charles
B. Morrison, Chicago, to make the
sale at a time to be set later by the
court or decided upon by mutual
agreement among the interested par
ties. All funds raised in excess of
100000 will go to the creditors.
1t is claimed that the order will re-
suit in complete reorganization OF
the traction company, plans for
which are under way and which will
be started Immediately after the fore
closure details have been arranged.
Four years ago the company de-
cided upon a $10,O0O,000 bond issue
for which trust deed was given the
trustees. At that time w. 0. john
son, Chicago, was appointed receiver
and the affairs of the road for four
years have been administered by him.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16

Surviving Members of Twenty-Fourth
Wisconsin Regiment to Meet in
81 Milwaukee September g.

MISUNDERSTANDING members
of the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin regi-
ment will hold their last reunion at
the E. B. Wolcott Post hall, Uni
yersity building, on the night of Sep
TENDER 5, the fiftieth anniversary of
the departure of the regiment to the
front in response to the call of Presi-
dent Lincoln.
There are now 1875 survivors of the
regiment, sixty of whom reside in
Milwaukee. There are fifteen in Chi
cago, and the rest have become scat
tered to all parts of the United
States.
& In response to the second call of
President Lincoln for volunteers, in
June, 1861, the Milwaukee Chamber
of Commerce held on the trading
floor rally attended by thousands.
This was on July %. Several COM
Cpanies were recruited from those
present, and raised fund of nearly
$4,000 to equip them. These two
companies were the first of the
famous Twenty-fourth Wisconsin vol
"unteers among Milwaukee business
men.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
FATAL MADISON AUTO WRECK
Alice Mueller, High School Student,
Killed and Two Others Fatally In
jured When Machine iUpsets. go

Madison.-As a result of the over
turning of an automobile containing
party of five, one girl, Alice Muel-
Ter, daughter of an engineer of the
st. Paul railroad, is dead, while two
of her companions, Frederick Walt
Finger and Edward Afford, are SO Sc
riously injured that they are not ex-
pected to live.
The other two occupants, whose
names could not be learned, escaped
with minor injuries
The wreck occurred when the
young people were returning from a
party. The machine, in turning a
corner, skidded and struck tele-
phone pole, completely overturning
and burying the occupants beneath
the debris.
The dead girl was a student of the
local high school. Edward Afford,
one of the men seriously injured, is
son of J. Afford, president of the
state fish commission.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16

son on August 10 for Next
Tour of the State.

Madison.-The itinerary for the
livestock special car of the Wiscon-
sin Livestock Breeders association
on it's forthcoming trip over the
Omaha road is announced. Twenty
two towns and villages in fourteen
counties will be visited. The sched-
ule is as follows: August 10, Hustler
and Black River Falls; 20, Neills-
vile and Osseo; 81, Mondovi; 20,
Augusta and Eau Claire; %, Rice
Lake and Bloomer; "a. Spooner and
Hayward; &c, Cumberland and Tur-
tie Lake; 27, Clear Lake and New
Richmond; %, River Falls and ELS
worth; 20, Spring Valley; 80, Rob-
erts and Baldwin; 81, Elk Mound
and Menomonie. -.~.,~
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Veterans Ask for Pensions.

Washington, Aug. 13-Commissio
er Davenport of the pension bureau
receiving hundreds of appeals fro
old soldiers for their pension check
To as many as he can, the commi
sioner is sending word that congress
has appropriated no money as yet.
It will before it adjourns. Son
pensions have been paid under tt
resolution, which continued last year
appropriations for month, but tn,
has expired.
I'm penniless and among strange,
and have had to go to the poor house
wrote one veteran to the commissio
er. Many others have appealed in
similar way.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
SEEKING LOCATION
OF ILLICIT STILLS
Moonshiners Said to Operate
in Northern Wisconsin.
GOVERNMENT ON THE TRAIL
Search for Sidna Allen in This State
Uncovered Suspicious Circumstan-
ces Among Colony Of Southerners
Indians Got Corn Whiskey.

Milwaukee.-That the wilds OF
themselves as ideal spots for moon
shining and that illicit distilling OF
liquor is believed to be going on
there is the admission of Capt. J. B.
Mccoy, special revenue agent here.
The theory that moonshining is
practiced in Wisconsin was evolved
recently when it became known that
colonies of southerners had settled
In some of the north ern counties,
most notably in Langlade and Forest.
The settlements, it is pointed out,
consist chiefly of people from the
mountain regions of Virginia and
other southern states and, as it will
be remembered, the government re-
Gently sent it's search for the famous
Virginia outlaw, Sidna Allen, into
this state.
1t was during the expeditions of
government sleuths into the tangle
of the northern forests, it is claimed,
that the first tips were gotten on
moonshining in Wisconsin.
1t is also known that Indians on
the northern reservations, for months
past, have been experiencing little
difficulty in procuring whisky. This
it Is said, is corn product.
The similarity of the whisky
found In the possession of Indians to
that distilled by the southern reve-
nue. dodgers, planted suspicion in the
minds of many. It is intimated that
arrests may be made soon.
About four years ago several
moonshiners were arrested in the vi
cinity of Crandon by local federal
authorities and brought to Milwau-
kee for trial.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
REBELS KILL 50
TRAIN PASSENGERS
fHtRTY-SIx SOLDIERS AND SCORE
OF PASSENGERS VICTIMS
OF ZAPATISTS.
WOUNDED ARE BURNED
Cars Are Fired and looting and Mutt.
Iation of Bodies Fol-
low the Mas
sacre.

Mexico City, Aug. 1.-TWO hundred
dead were lying in the streets of 1xta-
pa after Geneve de Laos band of Zap
atistas halted on it's march to Ioluca,
the capital of the state of Mexico only
Is miles north. The town was garri.
soned by about 100 rurales.
At the end of the fight all the rurales
were dead and the total of 200 in.
cluded many of the townspeople as
well as Zapatistas. The rurales
fought desperately. The town was
looted
Thirty-six soldiers and more than
twenty passengers were slaughtered
by Zapatists in a canyon, one kilo-
metre north of Ticunan, ITO miles
south of Mexico City. when passen.
ger train southbound from this city,
was attacked from ambush. Only
meagre details have reached this city.
So far as known only a part of the
train crew escaped.
The first news of the assault was
sent to Mexico City by the conductor
although wounded, had managed to
make their way to Yautepec, 1s miles
away. They were forced to steal
through the Zapatista lines and did
not arrive at the telegraph station un-
til yesterday afternoon.
After a murderous rifle fire had
ceased the rebels swarmed down the
hillside and set fire to the three cars
composing the train. A few OF the
wounded had crawled out on the right
of way, thus escaping the fate of those
unable to leave the cars, who were
burned. According to reports the lead
er of the rebels made absolutely no eff
fort to restrain his men from acts Of
brutality greater than any that have
yet marked the campaign in the south.
The wounded, pleading for their lives,
were struck down without pity. Loot
ing was delayed until the slaughter
was complete.
Not satisfied with robbing their VIC
tins in an ordinary manner the fin
gers of men and women were chopped
off with machetes, that rings they
wore might be more quickly obtained.
Ornaments were torn from ears of
women and their bodies were other
wise mutilated.
Two newspaper men among the pas
sengers were killed. They were on
their way to interview Emiliano Zap.
alta, the chief of the rebels. One of
these, H. l.. Strauss, a native of Uru-
quay and consular agent of his coun-
try in this city, was employed at one
time on the New York Herald. He
was making this trip to see Zapata as
a representative of Ell Impavcial. The
other correspondent was Ignacio Her
raras of Ell Pals.
BY costly experience, the troops
have learned to be on the alert, but
from the time they left the national
capital, not the least hostility has
been loosened and as the locomotive
left the track volley of rifle shots
were poured into the train with dead
ly effect 1t was centered on the coach
in which most of the soldiers were rid
ing, but soon became general, the reb-
els. apparently not caring whether they
distinguished passengers from federal
soldiers
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
ClintonvilIe Youth Suicides,

lintonville.-Lester Dawson, FL
years old, son of r. T. Dawson, COM
mitred suicide at the home Of his
parents in this city. The young man
loaded gun, fastened a string with
a loop to the trigger, put his foot
into the loop, leaning over on the
muzzle of the gun and pushed the
trigger. The load went through the
heart. Two years ago he suffered a
stroke of paralysis from the waist
down and was just getting so that
-ihe could walk with the aid of a cane
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
HALF BREEDS PUSH
CLAIMS FOR LANDS
Make Contention That Holders
Are Not Legal Owners.
GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED
Property in Dispute Situated in White
Earth Reservation and Is Worth
Several Million Dollars - Lumber
Companies May Be Defendants.

Ashland.-Many times investiga-
tons have been started to trace the
ancestry of Americans in order to
determine their right to property or
money, but an unusual investigation
came up in Ashland on Wednesday
in the effort to trace the ancestry of
several hundred Indians from north
ern Minnesota in order to determine
their right to millions of dollars
worth of timbered lands on the White
Earth reservation.
-- The members of the White Earth
tribe have secured their tracts of
timber, which most of them sold to
lumber companies and much of the
timber has been cut. Many of these
individual tracts are worth from
$4,000 to $4,000 and many of the
families on the reservation are worth
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The investigation taken up here
was on the contention advanced that
Gus Beauleau and Ben Fairbanks,
two mixed breeds, had no right to be
classed as breed Indians from White
Earth, and about 1000 of their as
sociate mixed breeds, had not right
to be classed as White Earth Indians
on the grounds that their parents did
not 60 to northern Minnesota until
after the treaty of 1854 setting aside
the Indians in Minnesota into a tribe
separate from the Chippewas of Wis
cOnsin.
Many of the parents of the present
mixed breeds on the White Earth res
ervation left this vicinity and went to
Minnesota. The contention is that
most of these Indians left here after
1854 and that where this can be
proven every descendant now holding
allotments on the White Earth res
ervation must be stricken from the
roll and their allotments given back
to the tribe. Wifi the timber being
cut in many instances the lumber
companies having contracts on the
reservation are the real defendants,
and several million dollars is in
vOlved in the matter.
Thomas G. Sherman, representing
the Indian department, is here con-
Quoting the investigation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Yankee FIaas Ordered Down.

Saskatoon, Sask.. Aug. 13.-"Pat"
Allen. well known citizen. created a
sensation on the main thoroughfare
here during the parade Of a circus.
when he held up the procession and
ordered that American flags be taken
from all wagons. The dramatic out
burst OF public patriotism was not
viewed in kindliest light by some who
crowded the streets and at intervals
ne was booted and Kissed. The driver
OF the first team halted and hearing
Allen shouting in an angry voice,
Take down that American flag" did
as he was told.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
C. p. Dividends Declared.

Montreal, Aug. 13.-The directors Of
the Canadian Pacific Railway company
have declared a semi-annual divi-
dend of per cent on preferred, stock
and a quarterly dividend of IN on
common stock. Some Of the state
ments made concerning the fiscal year
ending June 80 were: Gross earnings
from railway and steamship lines
available for dividend, $32,752,754. Az
ter payment of all dividends declared
for the year the surplus from railway
and steamship lines for the year car
ried forward are S17,560,519.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Hotel Man Indicted.

Marinette.-William F., kid"
Kasson, hotel proprietor at Neenah,
was indicted by the grand jury which
is investigating alleged official cor
ruption here. Kasson is suspected of
being the agent who placed bride
to secure the escape from the county
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Equitable Sells. Old Block.

New York, Aug. 13.-The Equitable
Life Assurance society has sold to a
syndicate headed by General T. Cole
man Dupont of Wilmington, Del, the
block known as 100 Broadway. the
site Of the society's old home, which
was destroyed by fire last winter. The
purchasers will erect 36-story Office
building on the site. The new, struc-
ture will be known as the Equitable
building. No definite figures can be
named, but it is known that the Edui-
table has been asking s14,000,000 fer
he property. - < z. IA
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
State Grocers to Picnic

Neenah.-Neenah, Appleton, Kau-
kauna, Green Bay, Oshkosh and Me-
nasha grocers and merchants, to-
gether with their clerks, will go to
Fond du Lac on Aug. Is to attend
the State Grocers and General Retail
Merchants association picnic and
meeting.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Railroads Paw Big Taxes.

Madison.-Over three-quarters of
a million dollars in taxes received by
the state treasurer on August 8 in
Northwestern railroad company,
626,4O6.51; Omaha road, $751;
6SS.46; Milwaukee road, $S4,940.06.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Finds Inquest Unnecessary.

Madison.-Coroner Lynch decided
not to hold an inquest on the deaths
of Miss Alice Mullen and Edmund
Afford, who were killed when an au-
tomobile in which they were riding
hit a telephone pole in this city. The
coroner concluded after an investiga-
ton that Frederick Waltzinger, who
was driving the car, lost control of
it and was not to blame for the acct
dent. ~
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Successor for Demented Sheriff

Mathematician ]. Mccormick,
deputy sheriff, has been appointed
sheriff of Winnebago county by Gov.
McGovern to succeed John F.. Will
wock, who resigned after he had
gone insane from worry over official
duties. Mccormick has agreed to
give the sheriff's salary to Villwock's
wife and children until the end of
his term.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
CaIk Plant in Operation

Green Bay.-The Key Calk Manu-
featuring company has begun opera
lions at its new plant and will manu-.
facture horseshoes and calks under
the Bondilly patentJ The output will
be 10000 calks and two tons of
shoes every ten hours.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
State Death Rate Increases,

Misunderstanding April, May and
June, 1912, 1907 deaths were re-
ported to the state bureau of vital
statistics by the various villages and
cities of Wisconsin. This is exclu-
sive of still births and corresponds
to an annual death rate for the state
of 11.8 per thousand estimated popu-
lation. The rate in 1911 was 1T
and in 1910 was 11.6.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
ManitoWoc Man Killed.

Nanitowoc-Rich X. Burke,
former city attorney of Manitowoc
and head of the Tubbs Type company
at Ludington until it's dissolution,
was killed recently in an auto acci-
dent near Tampa, Fla.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Canadian Mayor Drowned.

Langian, Sask., Aug. 13.-Mayor
L. Hood of this city was drowned
Watrous lake near here while sa
ing the life, of Miss Elsie McFarlan
to whom he was to have been me
ried.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Fight to Hold Berger's Seat.

Milwaukee. - The socialists are
planning to bring several outside
speakers to Wisconsin for the cam
paign. A very warm battle is to
be waged in this county and great
efforts made to re-elect Congressman
RerPer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Five Break Sheboygan Jail.

Sheboygan.-Five prisoners, all
bound over to circuit court, escaped
from jail by the use of a skeleton
key. The leader is said to be Musch-
ulos, held for the, car robberies of
last winter.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
$1,000 Fire In ShakopeO.

Shakopee, Mimi, Aug. 1S.-N
starting in mattresses in the fur.
$1,000 damage to the stock and IS
damage to the building. There W
no insurance.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Leaves Pulpit to Teach.

Winneconne.-The5 Rev. Gevaroff.
pastor of the Methodist church, has
resigned to go to Bellingham, Wash,
to- become director Iof manual train
inx in the state normal school
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Flapman Is Killed.

Sheboygan.-Carl Fredericks, flag
man at the Northwestern railway
crossing in sheboygan Falls, was
struck and killed by a freight train,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
Town treasurer Shoots Self

Wausau.-John Connor, treasurer
of the town of Mosinee for several
wears. committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16

Named on important Committee.
Washington, D. C.-Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin has been elect
ed a member of the senate interstate
commerce committee to succeed the
late Senator Nixon of Nevada.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-16
TrempeIeau Fair Aug. 2O-22.

La Crosse.-The fifty-fourth fair
of. the Trempealeau County Agricul-
tural society will be held at Gales
wife on August 20, FL and %.