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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-01-07
CONvICTS CONTINUE
REGULAR PURSUITS
County Allows Men to Keep At
Work, Spending Nights in Jail.

Racine, Wis, Jan. A.--The city's
manner of handling prisoners detained
at the county Jail is attracting wide
spread attention. The commercial
club is in receipt of communications
from various large cities in the middle
west seeking particulars as to the
novel plan now in force here. The
scheme is for the sheriff to allow pris-
oners to continue their daily pursuits,
only requiring them to report for the
night at the lookup.
II the prisoner has a family his
earnings are turned over to his de-
pendents, but if not he is given his
earnings at the end of his term of SER
vice. The sheriff has been instrument
al in procuring positions for prisoners
who had no employment.
This method practically leaves the
Jail uninhabited by prisoners through
the day.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-01-07
SON OF DANISH PEER DIES
Kenosha Mans Death Reveals His
Right to Royal Title.

Kenosha, Wis, Jan. A son of a
Danish peer, man who one time car
ried with his name the title to vast,
but ruined estates, in both Denmark
and Norway, died in humble cottage
in Kenosha and it was not until after
his death that the facts in regard to
his early life were made public.
The man was Carl Christian Julius
Won Ahlefeldt Lauvigen, former Danish
peer whose ancestral estate was Torn
holm, Korsor, Sjalland. He was eighty.
one years old and had carefully con-
ceaIed his life.
Here he was known as Julius Able
fe-dt a kindly deposed old man. His
one son Carl Ahlefeldt, an engineer,
had given him home since he came
hero from Denmark some years ago.
He was buried from the Hansen chapel
Saturday, but he wore on the breast
the ribbon of his rank.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-01-07
No Epizootic at RondueI.

Depere, Wis, Jan. 4.-Dr. G. H.
Wright, federal expert, has returned to
this city from Bonduel, Shawno coun,
ty, where he was called to investigate
a case believed to be foot and mouth
disease. He said he found that the
suspicious were unfounded, and that
there is no signs of the disease there.
He will remain here and continue to
watch for further cases of the disease.
It is expected the embargo on this
county will be lifted by the government
soon.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-01-07
TRY COMMUNITY GARDENING
Idle Lots in Superior Will Be PIowed
and Apportioned Among Poor.

Superior, Wis, Jan. 4.-Community
gardening on large scale is to be
undertaken by members of the Fourth
Ward Improvement club, now arrang-
ing for the right to use 40-acre tract
inside the city limits.
It is proposed to have the piowing
and other preliminary work done, afte;
the tract has been divide among those
who will cultivate it, charging only
the actual expense to each holder. c..
L. Burt, house manager of the Lake
Superior Mission, with F. E. Connor
and John Gallant, have been placed in
ckargfe. Through the plan it is be-
lieved a material reduction in living
expenses can be brought about, and if
it becomes apparent early enough in
the year that the plan will be sue,
cess an effort will be made to get the
use of all idle land in the city.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-01-07
Claim Eride,s obey, Promise Optional

Racine, Wis, Jan "A canvass of
ministers of the city on the question
o" brides-to-be complying with the
marriage vow, to ''obey" their bus.
hands, has resulted in a general dis.
claimor by the prelates that such an
obligation exists. It seemed to be
their opinion that the bride could
chose her form of marriage ceremony
and either promise or not, as she
wished.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-01-07
David |. sickIesteeI Dead.

Stevens Point, Wis, Jan. 4.-David
l. Sicklesteel of Portage county, died
at st. Michaels hospital. Deceased was
was Canadian by birth, but had been
a practicing attorney in Stevens Point
for ten years. He had held office as
city attorney and district attorney.
He was prominent in the order of
Knights of Columbus and other Catho-
lie organizations.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-01-07
Freezes Hands and Feet.

Grand Rapids, Wis, Jan. August
Craemer,, farmer living in Northern
Wood county, is a patient in the
Marshfeld hospital suffering from
frost bitten hands an dfeet. Mr. Craze
mer les the key Of his house and
while searching for it in the snow both
hands and feet became frozen.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-01-07

Incendiary Destroys Home, Belief.
Beloit, Wis, Jan. 1.-The residence
of Nan Brown, colored, in South Be-
Lott, burned The loss is $4,000. The
fire is believed to have been of incen-
'iary origin. South Beloit officials
ect to make an arrest soon
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
TEN YEARS TERM
FOR BOGUS OFFICER
Peters, Who Posed As Army or
Navy Man to Cash Checks,
Pleads Guilty.
By GARDNER MACK.

NEW YORK. May H.-Frederick E.
Peters. who as occasion required posed
as an affabe young army and navy
officer has been sentenced to ten years
in the Federal penitentiary in Atlanta.
Ga. He pleaded guilty to having passed
bogus checks while impersonating va RI
Gus officers.
AS the commander of an imaginary
submarine. Feters had no peer IN the
seven seas. His aim In launching dead
ly checks was unerring. His Judgment
in selecting victims was uncanny. HIS
attack. according to Harold A. Content.
assistant United States district attor-
ney was without a flaw.
One of Peters recent victims was a
New Haven bookseller. Peters entered
his shop smilingly. Got anything on
tary fashion. II am Lieut. Richard
States submarine F-3 down in the har-
bor." The genial lieutenant" extended
a most cordial invitation to the book
seller and his family to go through
his" ship. The bookseller did up SIS
worth OF books and gave the ieutena nj
$50 in cash for a $65 check.
Accompanied by a beautiful woman
and introducing himself as Capt. A.
B. Barber. u. 8. A." he booked pas
sage on board the steamship Transyl.
vania for himself and wife" and re.
ceived IS In cash after paying with a
check.
Peters. who is only twenty-eight
years old, has been arrested seven
times, and has served six years In
various tails and penitentiaries.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
20 SCARS ON CHILD;
FATHER is ARRESTED
Man Out of Work Charged With
Beating Wife and Infant
Son,

NEW YORK, May 21.-Three-year-o
Louis Lukovitch Is in st. Mary's Hos
pital. Thirty-fourth street and Ninth
avenue. suffering from seventy cuts and
bruises and possible internal injuries
eye and an injured hand. His father,
Stephen. Is prisoner In Bellevue Hes
pital, suffering among other things, with
q fractured jaw.
Lukovitch, who lives with his wife and
three children in the basement OF 247
West Thirty eighth street. is accused of
felonious assault The report given out
by the New York Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Children says that
started to beat his youngest child. The
mother interfered and she too was at
tackled.
Vincent T. Pizzaro, assistant superin-
tendent of the society. said he had not
encountered such an extreme case Of
cruelty in many years He exhibited the
report Of DR.. Travis GLIB. who made a
thorough examination of the child.
Lukovitch, baker by trade, has done
The agent Of the Children's Society says
he has been drinking heavily at times.
His wife Is tanitress Of the flathouse In
which the family lives. and earns SIS q
month through the work.
Lukovitch went home intoxicated the
report says. He started to whip the
child and when his wife interfered she
also was beaten.
1t took two policemen. according to
tho neighbors, to subdue Lukovitch and
drag him from the house.
The case will come up in court as
soon as Lukovitch IL able to leave the
hospital
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Beggar Robs Intoxicated
Man While Awaiting Trial

NEW YORK. May 21.-The efforts
OF the police to find a safe place for
Fred Taite, sixty hve. an advertising
agent, to sleep of a mild state OF in
toxication without being robbed
proved futile.
Taite was arrested in a bewildered
condition. About a. m. he was
taken to the West Side court deten-
tion pen. where he was confined with
fourteen other men. After assuring
himself that a jeweled silver watch.
valued at 300 had not been taken
asleep. When he woke the watch
His outcry brought Court Captain
Dunlop and a dozen detectives. They
searched the other prisoners three
times before they found the time
piece under the belt Of a colored beg
gar. who said he was Jim Jeffries.
He was sent to the workhouse for
six months on the original charge
and held in $1,000 bail for the grand
jury on the larceny complaint. Taite
was discharged.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
WOMAN IS SLASHED
DEFENDING FRIEND

With eight stitches In her left cheek.
Mrs. jeremiah c. Broderick. wife of Po-
icernan Broderlck, Of the Ninth pre-
oinct. Is lying at her home, 2o2 q street
northwest, today as a result of a sue.
cessful tight to save her friend from a
colored man who halted them last nisht
in the Capitol Grounds.
with Miss Mary Walsh, s2s Second
street northwest, Mrs Broderick was re-
turning from a euchre party at Proyi-
dehce Hospital and had started through
the capitol Grounds when a colored
man suddenly accosted Miss Walsh.
Mrs. Broderick stepped between the
two and offered the man her purse II
ne would 60 away. The man replied
that he did not want money,
Dropping her purse, Mrs. Broderfck
grappled with him and in the strugsle
ne Grew razor and slashed her face,
cutting 1t to the bone.
Other persons approaching. tho colo
RED man turned and fed. Mrs. Brode-
rick was taken to Casualty Hospital
where tho wound In her face was sewed
up and later she was taken to her home,
weak from excitement and loss of blood
The man who did the cutting 10 des-
cribed as dark brown. twenty-five to
thirty years old, about five feet seven
nches tall. and dressed in a shabby
brown suit. Mrs. Broderick says she
will be able to identity him IL she ever
sees him again.
~ soon az word Of the cutting reached
detective headquarters several men were
essigned to the case under SerReant
Henry Pratt and the hunt is being
continued today.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
THE BEST
Photopldy Department in
WASHINGTON
What Herbert Bren-
non Thinks Is Great
estNeed Of Motion
Picture Plays

Almost every othe. man or wom-
IN who patronizes the motion pic
ture can tell his seatmate what
the greatest need Of the Aim Is to-
day. There are as many great
needs" as there are people who
patronize pictures. These are
however, and deal with the indi-
v.dual tasle. 1t requires a rather
broad mind to consider the motion
picture as an amusement factor-a
trained mind.
Herbert Brennon. the man who
staged "Neptunes Daughter" and is
now with the Fox Film Company
really big men in the producing
end Of the film business. Mr.. Bren-
non Is the kind of a director who
can act on occasion and who has
acted when the job he wanted done
seemed too dangerous to ask some
one else to do. Thus he played the
villains role in "Neptune's Daugh-
ter" and justified his estimate Of
the danger by almost losing his life
by tho bursting Of the tank in
which he and Annette Kellerman
staged their spectacular under
water fight
Brennon Is a difficult man to make
talk about his business. but the
Dramatic Mirror recently pursuaj-
ed him to tell what he thought OF
It. He tells what he thinks is the
great need Of the pictures at pres
ept:
The biggest need Of the industry
for 1t Is ap industry. although we DO
our best b make it an art-is what
has been termed sure-hre producers,
It Is little wonder that men who have
made successful features consist
entity are drawing large salaries and
are being sought frantically by the
various manufacturers. The men
who put up the money can give
you the answer quickly.
tures, he spends in the course Of
year. in which he makes. say. ten
features, approximately Q quarter
Of a million dollars. A producer
making one-reel films, or what ts
commonly known as programme
stufr, Will. in the course Of year,
approximately fifty thousand dollars.
The feature producer T. entrust-
ed with five times the expenditure.
and his product must be rented on
its merit after produced. while the
programme stuff can often be dis
Tor the same price. of ten cents a
foot for a certain stipulated number
Of prints. That's why the manufac-
turer thinks a long time before
taking chances on features with
men he Is not sure of.
However, think some Of tho
greatest brains in the producing art
still remain in the programme ranks.
It Is the same as the well-known
fact that some Of our greatest minds
OF today and days of the past re-
main In the smaller towns, even vii
lagos. conducting or trying to con-
duct businesses that they are un-
fitted for.
They lack the courage to take q
bigger task, the bigger responsible
ties; which. Of course, carry with
them salaries practically In proper
ton to the Ave times greater amount
Of money entrusted to their hands.
The flm art needs big mon. This is
the time for the real directors to
step UP to the mark"
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Dr. Wiley Calls
Nursing Noble
only Marriage Better, He Tells
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Graduates.

NothinR could be more noble than
nursing, Or. Harvey w. wiley told the
graduating class of Garfield Memorial
Hospital, unless 1t be getting married.
After ALL" he said. marriage IL
~oman's foremost profession. However.
your present profession does not pre-
vent your changing your minds"
In some States. the spea1ter said. II is
necessary TO prove a knowledge Of how
TO care for a child before marriage is
permitted, and he advocated a wider ex-
tension OF this compulsion.
stanton J. Peelle. chief Justice Uni
ted states court Of Claims, retired, also
addressed the graduates. The graduates
were Sarah e. Lemen. Grace l.. Good
win. Rebecca Lloyd Roy. Elizabeth M.
Elosser. Lulu r. Nichols. Rachel A.
Mayo, Elisabeth Triplett. Rose B. Hod-
son. Magdalen Ten Eyck. Margaret
Douglas Crumpston, Miriam I. Blinn,
Edna Brooks. Lulu Brooks. Laura e.
Westover. Ruth II. virts. Annie Win
fried Stone. Frances A. Mclaughlin.
Annie B. Gahret. Ruth Powderly. Mary
B. Golden. Kathleen o. Buckler, and
Grace e Buchar.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
ROSE SHOW COMES
TO CLOSE TONIGHT
Much Interest Centers in Exhi-
bition Held In Brookland Ma
sonic Temple.

Interest in Brookland today centers In
the fourth annual rose exhibition under
the auspices of the Brookland Citizens
Association, the University Heights and
Vicinity Citizens Association, the
Rhode Island Avenue Suburban Citizens
Association. and the Brookland Rose
Society, which opened at the Masonic
The hall was a veritable doral bower.
The show will be concluded this eve
ming. The doors will be thrown open
at o'clock.
For the best individual collective ex.
hibit, considering quantity. quality. and
yariety-Ffrst. gold medal Charles F.
TansilI; second, silver medal, A. A.
Ormsby; third. bronze medal. DR.. r. w.
Frischkorn.
For best individual rose-Goid medal.
DR.. r. w. Frischkorn.
Most artistically arranged basket OF
receptacle Of cut roses-First, Charles F.
Tansill; second, DR.. william Turner;
Red roses-First. Charles F. Tansill
second. Joseph e. Ralph : third. A. A.
Ormsby.
White roses-First. Charlie. F., Tansill
second, Mrs. w. c. Ayres; third. DR.. r.
Pink roses-Ffrst. DR.. r. W. Frisch-
korn second. Arthur Carpenter; third,
DR.. A. Patton.
yellow roses-F1rst, A. A OTrnspy
second. r. w. Frischkorn; third, A. ].
Doeing.
Miscellaneous colored roses-First. A.
A. Carpenter: second, c. H. Hospital
third, D. H. Oertley.
Red roses in receptacles-First. Joseph
e. Ralph second, DR.. r. w. Frisch-
korn: third. J. L. Kause.
Charles F. Tansili; second. J. E. East:
lack; third. c. H. Etz.
Pink roses In receptacles-Ftrst, DR..
r. w. Frischkorn; second. Fernando
Carpenter; third. Mrs. Mary w. Burr.
Yellow roses in receptacles-First, Dr.
r. w. Frischkorn: second. Joseph Z
Ralph; third, A. A. Ormsby.
Miscellaneous colored roses in recep-
tacles-First, C. II. Hospital: second. A.
A. Carpenter: third. Charles F Tansill.
Individual roses. red-First, Charles r.
Tansill: second. Mrs Mary w, Burr;
third. Charles F. Tansill. White-First,
]. f. Eastlack; second. DR.. A. Patton:
third. Fred Barnes Pink-F1rst. E. c.
saltzman: second. Mrs Margaret B.
Downing; third. J. f. Eastlack. Yellow
First. DR.. r. w. Frtschkorn; second.
Miscellaneous-First, c. H. Etzi second
Carrie Harrison; third. Arthur w
Beer.
Climbing roses-Ftrst Charles F. Tan
sill: second. Mrs. W. c. Ayres; third.
Charles r. Tansill.
Single roses-First. J. e. Eastlack;
second, Fred Barnes: third. DR.. William
| Turner.
Hedge roses-FHrst. Miss Carrie Har-
rison: second. DR.. William Turner
| third. Mrs. NJ. B. Downing.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Single Pan of Gold in
Alaska Is Worth ST, ,632

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 2l-Kolu-
kok has set the pace for this season In
producing a single pan containing
1852 worth OF gold March Is
The Kolukok country is known as a
big nugget and pocket district, but this
exceeds any pan reported since the bo-
nanza days Of the Klondyke. In addi-
ton to this the pickups for six DAYS
immcdia iately following averaged 81, 900 a
day. showing that a very rich pocket
must nave been struck.
these pickups are in addition to the
resular ces slnic,ng eieanuPs ana consist OF
uon Is containeo In a report to the
United States marshars office here by
deputy Heppenstall, of Wiseman.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
of Miser Is
OF No Avail at Law

POTTSVILLE. Pa. May H.-Mrs. Ella
Draine. of Atlantic City. won a COM
plete victory in court here when Judge
Brumm sustained verdict declaring
invalid the will OF Jonathan Sheard, a
reputed miser.
Sheard. although having large sums
OF money and valuable real estate, lived
alone In a little hovel amid such NTH
that the board of health OF Mnersville
sent for Mrs. Draine. who Is a niece,
to have the premises cleaned up.
Sheard was so incensed at her EFFORTS
that he changed his will, which was In
her favor. and gave all the property
to a brother. who has long since been
lost. and II he never turned up the
estate was to go to distant relatives.
The Jury foDnd that Sheard was or
unsound mind when ne made the change
in his will
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
THE, USE OF SOAP
SPOILS THE HAIR

Soap should be used very sparing-
ly, IL at all. II you want to keep
your hair looking it's best Most
soaps and prepared shampoos con-
tain too much alkali. This dries the
scalp, makes the hair brittle, and
ruins II.
The best thing for steady use Ia
Just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil
(Which is pure and greaseless), is
cheaper and better than soap or any
thing else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp. thor
oughly. Simply moisten. the hair
with water and rub It in. 1t makes
an abundance of rich. creamy lath-
er, which rinses out easily. remov-
ing every particle Of dust, dirt. dam
druff and excessive Oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly. and II
leaves the scalp soft, and the hair
fine and silky, bright. lustrous, fluf-
fy and easy to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy, and a few ounces,
will supply every member Of the
family FOR months.-Advt
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Their Trial Separation
Fizzle; Wife Returns

CLEVELAND. May 1.-Mrs. Myrtle
Green Hutton has decided to return
to her husband. c. A. Hutton. San
Francisco millionaire, after trial
separation" proved that absence did
make her heart grow fonder.
She was married to Hutton in Febru-
ary. and left him FIVE weeks later. since
when she has been here with Mrs. p. r.
Spencer, her grandmother. She has re-
ceived a letter a day from her husband.
The separation agreement provided the
II she remained away a year he was
free to obtain a divorce.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Lone Bandit Gets 5000
From Texas POStoffce

LEXINGTON. Tex. May H.-The Lex
ington postoffice has been robbed by a
lone bandit and more than 500 was
taken.
Conner Porter. assistant postmaster
was attending to correspondence work
at the office when about II o'clock he
heard knock at the back door. He
opened and faced a hold-up man armed
with an automatic. The robber ordered
him to open the vault and turn his
back. Porter was then told to keep per-
fectly still for half an hour, during
which time the escape was made.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Disaster on Fishing Trip
Ruins Truant'S Alibi

NEW YORK. May 2l.-To Paul shap-
fro. eleven. sooner than to most OF us
there came yesterday the realization
that when human forethought has been
exhausted to insure success for a prof.
ect occasionally chance steps in and
spills the beans.
Paul began by laying an unimpeach-
able alibi for not being In school yester-
day. 1t involved a sick aunt, and 1t
was flawless. Then he played hockey
and went fishing in a lake in Forest
Park. which Is near his home. BY all
the rules. that should be the end OF
the story.
But at his very first bite. Paul tripped
on the root of a tree and plunged into
the water. Leroy Pitt. of Woodhaven,
pulled him out by the slack OF his raj
ment. But Paurs alibi was gone be-
yond hope OF salvage.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Jitney Joke Is Played on
Son of Railroad Man

FORT WAYNE. Ind. May n.-Lttle
Sammy Greenland, whose father hap
pens to be General Manager Greenland.
Of the Fort Wayne and Northern In
diana Traction Compay, was the inno-
cent cause Of a lot of mean jokes on
his dad. Greenland Is getting plenty Of
bantering anyway in these jitney bus
days.
want sign on his little red go-cart.
and Sammy did. He was proud Of IT
until his father saw It. 1t read:
South Wayne jitney bus-all aboard
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Eyes Undimmed and
Memory Clear at 100

MOHAWK, n. Y. May H.-Surround-
ed by her children. grandchildren. and
to the number of thirty-five, Mrs De-
lima Filkins has just celebrated her l00rh
birthday, and her eyes undimmed and
her memory clear and active after a
century OF usefulness. she Joined mer-
rilv in the funmakinE.
Mrs. Filkins was married eighty years
ago and since then has lived where she
has lust observed her birthday. Her
eYNsieht IL still excellent and she rarely
Wekrs eyeglasses. even when working or
reading.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Forty Stitches Restore
Mans Ear, Cut in Half

NEW YORK. May A.-The top half Of
an ear cut from James williams. a
broken in a quarrel with another man
at Forty-seventh street and Broadway,
was restored to place with forty stitches
by surgeons at the Polytechnic Hospital.
John Hogan. a photographer. was
seized by a policeman after a chase, and
locked up. A penknife was found in one
OF his pockets. Williams denied Hogan
had stabbed him.