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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-08-11
GERMANS HEAR PEACE TALK

Government Let's Down Bars Against
Public Discussion.
Berlin.-There are indications that
more freedom in the discussion of
the war aims will be granted In the
immediate future. The German Ma
tional Committee" has begun a great
speaking campaign with list of
speakers including some of the most
prominent men in Germany.
At the same time The Independen ent
Committee for Obtaining an Honor.
able Peace" will open its activities.
The day book., 1916-10-17

Maybe yet there will be some
actual action on the auto truck fen
der matter that has been thrashing
about before the city officials for
months. Monday afternoon the city
council ordered Chief Healey to issue
certificates of approval by Oct. % to
the five motor truck fender manu-
facturers whose tenders are reported
to have passed tests fixed by ordi-
nance.
The fenders-fOr-trUcks matter has
been tossed around for months on a
sea Of ifs, ands and and-sO-fOTths and
has never reached anywhere. Al
ways something has turned up to
prevent actual action or somebody
has stepped in and passed the buck
to somebody else. And, in the mean
time, auto truck have gone on kill
ing pedestrians right and left. Trucks
of the state street department stores
have run down, injured and killed
folks and helped run Chicago's list of
auto truck deaths to high record.
There is no city on the U. S. end of
the world map that has anything on
Chicago for deaths of this sort. New
York runs second to this city. The
official report of auto deaths puts
black blot on Chicago.
Big Business has been fighting the
fender ordinance since council first
decided it was a good thing. 1t would
cost lots Of money to equip hundreds
of auto trucks with the life saving
tenders. Hence the kick. Several
brands of auto truck tenders have
been tried out and passed on favor
ably. The experiments showed that
in a great many cases, in fact the big
majority, lives would have been saved
or injuries Iessened had auto trucks
had tenders on them.
One strong argument for tenders
was advanced shortly after the death
by an auto truck of Katherine Cog
Gin. Aldermen claimed that had the |
The day book., 1916-10-17

! children in auto killings are hard hit
through the fender ordinance not
being enforced.
Aid Kerner said Monday that the
fender ordinance wouldn't' amount
to much if the chief of police didn't
get quicker action in deciding finally
what tenders are up to snuff.
After hundreds of folks have been
killed and many more injured, it is
way past time that the stalling all
through the system be stopped and
some real Iife-saving action be taken
in the fender. deal. The selfish inter-
ests that get their coin along State
street have been holding off the fem
ders long enough Enough people
have been run down and killed or in
iured. Let tenders come and the
death rate from auto trucks will i'm
mediately decrease.
Other things council did:
City money in banks is drawing
only 2 and 212 per cent. Aid. Mer+
riam urged action to find out why
New York city moneys get 3 per cent
and Chicago less.
By vote of 40 to p Ordinance was
defeated prohibiting dancing in res
taurants where liquor is sold and the
sale of liquor in dance halls.
-O-O-
SHOE PRICES GO UP-WOMEN'S
FOOTWEAR CoSTLIEST
New York, Oct. 17.-Those So
shoes you saw in the window today
will be marked "a to $6 before spring,
dealers here said today.
The price of shoes has increased
116 per cent since the beginning of
the war in 1914, they assert. Wom-
ems fancy. shoes of white kid and
gray buckskin will advance more ra-
pidly than mems shoes, the dealers
believe. They do not consider the in
crease entirely justified, saying the
cost of shoe buttons and cloth shoe
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14

Thirty-four farmers, thirty-two in
the assembly and two in the senate,
are to hold seats in the next Wiscon-
sin legislature, according to the rec
ord made up for the legislative man
ual in the Office of Secretary Of State
John S. Donald. In the assembly the
agriculturists hold within less than
two votes one-third of the total mem
bership, an advantage never before
attained by them in the councils Of
the Badger lawmakers.
Next in point Of numbers among
the solons are the tradesmen, thir-
teen of the lower house being as
signed to that class. Mechanics are
third in the record, given ten in the
lower house. Thus the farmers,
tradesmen and mechanics, with to-
tai Of 55, may control the lower house
if they could combine to that end
which they probably can't.
Following is the classification as
made up by the secretary of state:
Senate House
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
CAPTURE Of FOX
RESULTS N FIGHT
AND CASE IN COURT
Jury Decides the Matter and the
Pelt Proves to Be a Valu-
able One to Owner

When the snow lay like blanket
over the surface of the earth in No
vember, son of Gustave Redel OF
the town of Troy shot fox, but did
not kill the animal. This happened
on Sunday, November IL. After hit
ting the fox the son of Mr.. Redel, and
companions, followed the animal, but
did not overtake it. When home was
reached Mr.. Redel was informed and
the chase was renewed. They came
to a place where they suspected the
animal had been taken and followed
the footsteps of the man who had been
there. The prints in the snow led to
the home of julius Wenzel and when
he was accosted he said that he had
a fox, but it was not the one the pur-
suers were after. The matter was
dropped for the time, and later,
Messrs. WenZl and Redel met in the
Meyers place at Sauk City. Here the
matter was taken up again and fists
were in the air. The upshot of the
matter was that Mr.. Redel caused the
arrest of Mr.. Wenzel on the charge
of assault and battery. This brought
the case in Justice Halsteds court in
Baraboo on Thursday. The jury de-
cided that Mr.. Wenzel was guilty and
the fine was fixed at $500 and costs.
The costs amounted to $26.14, making
$31. IA in ALL Although Mr.. Wenzl still
has fox hide, it proved rather ex-
pensive. The hide was in court, but
played no part in the case.
The jury consisted of W. H. Ode,
Robert Fogle o. L. Gust, Peter Lind,
Ed Lesser and E. H. Weber.
Among the witnesses were Edgar
Meyer, Lewis Koether, Ira Campbell,
G. H. Kleinert and William Seitz.
Although it had nothing to do with
this case there is an interesting point
as to who owns a wild animal that has
been wounded and which is secured
by a second person joining in the
chase, ahead of the one who fired the
first shot. In case it can be shown
that the shot would prove fatal the
one who fired the gun in the first place
would be the rightful owner OF the
peIt. In case the animal was not Sc
riously wounded and was able to make
an escape, the one who fired in the
second place would be the rightful
owner. This condition Of affairs is
usually clouded with some uncertain
ty, so it is usually best to avoid claim
'ng ownership to game that is pursued
by another. although it is tempting
to do so.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
Old LOGANVILLE
Died is RECORDED

After rep0sing in a quiet place, a
deed, after 81 years, has been record
ed at the courthouse.
On July 25, 1852 Chauncy P. Logan,
of the town of Westfeld and Frances
Logan, his wife, transferred to Lucy
A. Kingsley of the same place par
eel of land, lot in block No. 1, in
Logans addition to Westfeld, now
known as LOganville, for the sum OF
S55. The deed was made N the pres
ence of D. E. Hubert and Jennett
Smith.
There was another deed transfer
ring lot 1 in block 2, from Mr.. and
Mrs. Logan to Ira K. Harris. This
deed was executed September %, 1862.
On September 26, 1862, there was exc
cuted a deed transferring the lot men
toned just above to Lucy A. Kinsley.
The Chauncy P. Logan mentioned
above was the founder Of Loganville,
and the village was named for him.
Lucy A. Kinsley, now deceased, was
the mother of Fred B. Kinsley of Bar
aboo.
In case deed is lost and the own
ers or heirs are difficult to locate,
there might be considerable trouble
in clearing the title to a piece of prop
erty. Sometimes court action is nee
essary. The wisest thing to do is to
record deeds soon after executed.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
CLUB MEMBERS
DISCUSS NEW BOOK,
"1HE Bent TWIG"

At the meeting of the Twentieth
Century club Thursday afternoon Mrs.
J. B. Donovan gave a review of ''The
Bent Twig," a recent novel by DorO-
thy Garfield Fisher. The story brings
out the influence of strong home
training and consistent home infu-
ence, which exerts itself even against
difficulties in the shape of marked he
reditary tendencies in the opposite
direction. The book contains much
food for reflection. Mrs. J. G. Train
introduced the discussion, mentioning
in a few words some of the main
thoughts presented Miss Alice Kins-
ley gave a few interesting facts con-
Gel ling the writer, who is also known
to the public as the author of "The
Squirrel Cage" and ga Montessori
Mother"
The next meeting will be held at
the library club room January 4. "The
New Education" by Nearing, will be
It's desirable that every
member acquaint herself with this
helpful book before the meeting.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
WIDOW Of SlUk
COUNTY WORKMAN
AWARDED $4,000
Interesting Case From the South
ern Part Of the
County

Catherine Thorp, widow OF ]. w
Thorp, was awarded $4,000 by order
of the industrial commission yester-
day, the amount to be paid by Al.
Lindermer, contractor, in whose en-
ploy Thorp was when he received the
injuries which resulted in his death.
Thorp was engaged on July 8, 1916,
at the task Of working on the roof
OF a. barn on the farm of John Huber,
i'm Sauk county, when he fell from the
roof breaking his leg between the
knee and hip. He was taken to a
local hospital but his case did not
yield to treatment and he was taken
to the Madison general hospital,
where he died on August %.
Lindermer, Thorp's employer, had
taken the job Of building the barn as
O. sub-contractor of Dresen Bros, of
Sauk City, who were the original con-
tractors. In it's findings the indus
trial commission eliminates Dresen
Bros. as factors in the case, holding
Lindermer the real employer. Lin
dermer claimed that he was not under
the compensation law as he had only
two employees at the time of the ac-
cident, but the commission found that
he had employed four workmen, short
ly before and held that he could not
80 plead. Failure to comply with doc
tors instructions also were alleged.
The commission found that the in
1uries were the proximate cause Of
death, but Lindermer was operating
under the compensation law and or
dered full death benefit.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
NEW EVANGELICAL
CHURCH FORTHCOMING

The new Emanuel Evangelical
church is on the way. Wednesday the
building board, which at recent
meeting of the congregation was elect
ed and authorized to proceed with the
project as deemed most eXpedient for
the interests of the congregation, en-
ployed Parkinson e Dockendorff, ar
chitects of La Crosse, to prepare the
blueprinte Of plans already worked
out. A new building from the ground
up has been decided upon, and the ar
chitects have been instructed to pre-
pare the blueprints for a brick-veneer
structure. Mr. B. Dockendorff of the
said firm has been here to meet the
board and take the work in hand. He
advises the use of dark brown brick
Of hard. rough texture, Of which q
sample is in possession of the board,
together with a fireproof ]. M. Tran
site shingle Of modest red hue, which
would give the building a very des1r-
able outward appearance.
AS architects these men are hard to
beat. At present they are furnishing
drawings for the new state normal at
Platteville, the high school building
at Watertown, and other important
buildings in the state. The local
Evangelical pastor, Rev. G. e. Maves,
has been in charge Of two church
buildings heretofore, where these ar
chitects have furnished the drawings,
and he has found them very reliable
in Judgment and most artistic in their
work
Following are the men who consti-
tute the building board: DR.. Edw.
Zwicker, II. Sigglekow, William
Schoephoerster, Chr. Gasser and
Peter Keller.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
UNITED ORDER OF
FOREST[RS MEET.


The United Order of FOresters met
Friday evening at their hall and
large crowd was present. A speech
was given by G.. W. Woolford, chief
ranger, on the good work Of the order
which was interesting, and also
speeches by F. S. Griggs and Christ
Dryud on the work Of the past year,
were enjoyed.
The Forester lodge has $50 mem
bers, it being the largest in this city
An election Of officers was held and
the following were elected:
C. R.-G. w. Woolford.
V. R.-A A. Hunt.
P. RE. Guntrip.
Chap. Henderson.
Sec-Bertha Schoenwetter.
Treas.-F. S. Griggs.
l. VIC. Alley.
D. VIC. Rau.
c. All. PutZ.
After the election Of officers, dane
ing and social time were enjoyed by
ALL
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
ANNUAL MEETING
PAST MASTERS NIGHT

The annual Past Masters Night was
held in the Masonic hall on Wednes-
day night at which about three hun
dred persons were in attendance. A
o'clock banquet was served in the
dining hall of the temple and this
was followed by work in the Master
Mason's degree.
The North Freedom, Reedsburg,
Prairie du Sac, Friendship, Delton,
Necedah, Hancock and Ironton lodges
were well represented. There were
also visitors from Madison, Brodhead,
Mineral Point, and several from diff
ferent states were in attendance. The
following past masters oficiated: j.
s. Briscoe, j. l.. Bonham. H. L. Breth-
auer, F. E. Warner, H. G. Schade, w.
E. Briscoe, G. e. Palmer, w. t. Kel-
sey, D. E. Welch, P. H. Gibbons, G.
A. Compton, w B. Blachly and DR.. f
P. Ellis.
At the conclusion Of the work,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
BARAB0n COW
TESTING ASSOCIATION

There are at the present time 81
herds in the association. Eight of
them are small and have gone to-
gether, making four herds, and I test
two in one day. This makes it 27
days of testing each month. 1t may
be interesting to the members to
know just how many herds there are
of each of the different breeds in the
association. The Holsteins are at
the head of the list and have II
herds, the Guernseys 10, Jerseys 8,
and one pure-bred milking Shorthorn
herd owned by Albert Templin.
This month shows that the Guern-
seys are making the best records.
Martiny e Son are at the head of
the list, the best COW making 65.2 lbs.
of butterfat in thirty days.
The following names show whose
COWS gave over 40 pounds in thirty
days, ending November %.
n, 144 11ey
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
SAUK CITY WILL
HAVE STEEL TRACTOR
W0RKS--FIRM FAILS
Erected a Building Costing Twenty
Thousand Dollars the
Fs;;;,,,oi,ssl ses,sS'5n ~Sns

Some time ago the people Of Sauk
City erected building and equipped
it at a cost Of twenty thousand dol
lars with the expectation that motor
boat concern of Chicago would occupy
the structure The motor company
failed to materialize and the distress
of an empty building filed with ma
chinery was an unpleasant sensation,
which has disappeared as the result of
Earl Mcfarland and John G. West
mont of Lodi leasing the place with
the intention of manufacturing steel
tractors. The machinery happens to
be about what the Lodi firm needs,
and possession will be taken at once.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
LOCAL LODGE
ELECT. OFFICERS
r. r. A.


Officers Of the F. r. A. have been
elected for the coming year as fol-
lows:
President-Walter F. Kerndt.
presidents Jones
ecretary-Harry Cline.
Treasurer-Frank Wichern.
Sergeant-Oscar Doppler.
Doorkeeper-Mrs. George Winches-
ter
essenger-Edward A. Gust.
Adviser-Mrs. Thomas Evans.
Third judgerFred Warner.
Officers appointed by the president:
Fraternity-Mrs. Frank Wichern.
Charity-Mrs. Fred Warner.
Unity-Miss Ruth Jones.
After the election, members were
royalty entertained by Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Wichern at their home. All en-
joyed the evening playing 500 and the
dainty refreshments served. The com
pany left at late hour and all report
having an enjoyable evening.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
]. |. HOB|NS0K 70
LEAVE MINISTRY

The Rev. O. L. Robinson, 2022 JEFF
ferson street, Madison, after thirty
years of ministerial work, has resign
ed as superintendent Of the Wiscon-
sin Congregational association.
He has accepted a position as head
of the efficiency department of the
Spring Brooks Creameries company of
Waukesha. His resignation goes into
effect on December 81
While the Rev. Robinson has never
been pastor Of Congregational
church in Madison, he has been in
charge of parishes in Baraboo and
Elroy.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
INDIANS ADOPT The
WAYS OF WHITE MEN

A. L. Hess, formerly resident OF
Baraboo, now connected with the
Standing Rock reservation school at
Kenel, S. d., was in Barabo0 today.
He is spending his vacation with rel
atives at Reedsburg and friends in
Baraboo.
There are 1O2 boys and girls in the
school nearly all belonging to the
Sioux tribe. Near there is another
school which has 200 pupils.
Mr.. Hess says the hardes PROPOSE
tiOn is to get the Indian boys and girls
to speak English. They want to cling
to the native language, and as soon
as they leave the school have a de-
sire 20 go back to the life in the camp.
About two-thirds have adopted the
Christian faith and the other one-third
hold to the tribal idea-the future life
IS in the happy hunting ground.
Chief Grass Still Alive
New chiefs are not being selected,
but some of the old ones are still lIv-
ing. Chief John Grass, who lost leg
at the time of the killing of Chief
Sitting Bull, is still living on the res
ervation. When two men were sent
TO arrest Sitting Bull, the story goes,
the chief willingly gave himself up.
AS he was leaving the camp early in
the morning another Indian jeered
him because he had boasted he would
never submit to an arrest. The chief
turned, and about that time one OF
those who had made the arrest was
shot Then the fighting began in
earnest. Soon the troops arrived and
riddled the camp.
For a long time the Indians thought
they could vanquish the United States
and this was hard idea to give up.
At the recent election the Indians
VIII have acquired their citizenship
voted dry and for woman suffrage.
Mr.. Hess may go to Oklahoma be
fore returning to Standing Rock.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
Eyes Needed in Back of One $
Head to Dodge Autos In
Los Angeles

We left Baraboo in snowstorm and
found little snow all the way until
we were nearly to California. But
the weather is fine here, so fine one
man goes barefooted. We see him at
Central park. The thermometer regis
ters all the way from 65 to rs degrees
in the daytime, and around SO at night.
The sun shines every day and no rain
for thirty days. They had rain in
September and October, none since.
We had a 40-mile auto ride a few
days ago and no heavy wraps were
needed. The auto carries 48 people.
We are going to Pasadena tomorrow
and take look at the millionaires'
residences, and then take long sigh
and good breath of fresh air.
We found Los Angeles awake and
doing business like any other city.
When we were here before you could
not buy job; now there are quite
number Of ads in the papers for all
kinds of help. There was one that
caught yours truly's eye, which read:
Wanted: An elderly gentle
man for light work, short hours
and big pay.
But l thought I would let someone
get it that needed the dough more
than I do.
S. 7. Strauss, vice-president of a
large brokerage firm capitalized at
$1,500,000, came here few days ago,
is going to start a branch office, and
do all he can to develop southern Cal
ifornia. He also said the whole coun-
try is about to experience the most
prosperous era in it's history and that
the end of the war will not affect our
prosperity. Europe will need us more
in her tearing down.
Expect a Boom
They are building and improving
right along. A man leased a lot on
Olive street near Ninth for SO years
and built $4,000 building and pays
a rent total of $1,5OO,OOO; another
bought seven acres Of land and is go
ing TO- build big factory; another
intends to build a business building Co
cost $2O0,OO0, and a great many more
are also building. Another thing to
help Los Angeles. They expect the
biggest tourist travel in five years.
G. B. Johnson, passenger agent for
the Chicago & Northwestern and
Union Pacific says tourist travel to
the coast is expected to keep the pas
senger department of all eastern and
western railroads rushed all through
the fall and winter. The first train
load of fifty arrived yesterday, and
next Saturday a farmers special will
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
Say the Weather is
Fine at Los Angeles

leave Chicago for Los Angeles.
Merchants and farmers Of the east
have done better in the year 1916
than ever before and they will spend
part Of the profits here and at San
Diego.
Cost of Living
We do not find much difference in
the living expense now and when we
were here before. You can get suit
of clothes made to order for $15 and
some will give you an extra pair of
trousers for that price. You can get
two and three-room apartment houses
for $12 and SIS a month-everything
furnished-clothes for two beds, gas
lights, and water. Eggs are from S5
to IS cents dozen; butter is 40 cents;
sirloin and round steak, Is cents;
hamburger and sausage for 10 cents !;
two large 1oaves of bread, "a ounces
to the loaf, for Is cents; and news
papers the size of the Chicago Tribune
for 1 cent. think everything is lit
tie cheaper than at home.
New Vegetables
There are all kinds of new vegeta-
bles on the market at present. includ-
ing new corn, strawberries and pota-
toes, which are cents pound; lem
ons cents a dozen. When we came
here two weeks ago we did not find
any oranges as it was too early for
them, but for the last three or four
days they are showing up and are 25
cents a dozen, and will come down to
5 and 10 cents a dozen later in the
winter. 1t seems there are three diff
ferent kinds of oranges, and they ripen
at different times of the year. Some
man invented the different kinds so
as to keep one busy all the year
around, like my uncle, Charley Stad-
Ter. He says he is busy all the time.
hope the News delivery boy will
forget to deliver the paper to John
Stadler when our letter is in, for he
does not like our letters, and all the
rest of our friends enjoy them.
Park Autos in Cellars
If you travel around the world you
won't find better traffic squad than
the one that tries to keep vehicles
moving safely in Los Angeles; and if
you travel twice around the world
you won't find another city where traf-
fic conditions are as bad as they are
here. Broadway, New York, is safe
and sane country boulevard when COM
pared with Broadway in Los Angeles.
Swarms of jitneys, 10000 autos and
narrow streets cause congestion.
They are going to park the autos in
the Easements and on top Of the big
skyscrapers SO as to get them off the
streets. A person would need pair
of eyes in his back in order to dodge
some of the autos on the principal
crossings.
Regards to all.
NJ M. and Hanna Maher.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14
LOCAL LODGE
ELECT OFFICERS

The K. P lodge elected the follow
ing officers last evening at their hall:
G. &C. G. Lee.
v. George Pelton.
Prelate-Paul Cahoon.
M. of At. B. Towle.
I. G.-Wilbur Cahoon.
o. George Weber.
Trustee for three years.. H.
Wood.
After the business meeting Paul
Gust set up an oyster stew, at which a
large number did justice.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-14

Under party designations, the as
sembly is made up as follows: Re
publicans, 70; Democrats, IA; Social
lists, Z. The senate's political compo-
sition is: Republican, 23; Democrats,
Il; socialists, 3.