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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
pIvIsIonaI Maneuvers Pfa,med.

Badger troops may take purt in big
divisional maneuver next month, II is
now believed II is thought that this
certainly will be the program if the
Badger soldiers are nor sent 10 the
border for actual patrol duty. There
Is a belief among the officers thar the
Wisconsin brigade win either be sent
to the border or will go home some
time next m0n.h II is bel eyed that If
they are sent Gone the divisional
maneuver will take place before they
leave for the North. If this is held u
division OF infantry, consisting of three
hrigudes OF three regiments each. aug
mented by artillery. cayalr}, engineers,
signal corps and field hosT itals will, [
is believed march 50 miles to Austin,
Tex. the march being ma de In about
five days Officers believe Major Gen
eral Plummer win be "a command
This big maneuver would be regard
ed as fitting climax to the training
which the state troops have received.
There Is feeling anon: the officers
and men that one great object Of the
mobilization of the guard on the Dor
der has already been acco nphshed.
That is the training AMI equipping
If the National GuardsmeL The eX-
perience they have had will prove In
valuable should they ever be called
ont again, for they will be able to
adapt thI mselves to campaign condi-
tons In a short time and in military
manner They now know what they
must do and how il must be done,
which was not the case with the ma
jority when the mobilization came Ev-
cry soldier is now equipped not only
with perfect arms, but with winter
and summer clothing and aIi other
equipment Furthermore. each regi-
ment is supplied with horses and
mules and the men have learned now
10 break them and handle them when
they are broken. This alone win mean
ii big saving of time should the men
be called out aguiu
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
To PLACE BADGERS
IN NEW DIVISION
War Department Plans Move in
Building Up Army.
WILL JOIN ILLINOIS TROOPS
Wisconsin Brigade of Infantry, To-
uether With All Auxiliary
Troops, to Become Part of
Proposed Unit.

san Antonio, Textile Wisconsin
brigade upon its return from Leon
Springs, where It spent ten days on
the big government rifle range, looked
forward to the organization Of new
division of state troops, as the next
move in the work Of fashioning real
army out Of the state soldiers thar are
assembled at San Antonio.
The new division it has been an
nounced, will include the three Wis
conein regiments and the two brigades
Of Illinois infantry, together with the
auxiliary troops Of both states.
Brig. Gen. Henry A. Greene, who
has been in command Of the troops ut
Eagle Pass, VIII take charge Of the
new division Capt Oliver Edwards
of the general staff corps has been de-
tailed to the division as chief of staff.
1t is said that the program of the
war department calls for the organlza-
ton Of all the militia on the border
into ten divisions, Of Wlfih che Wis
consin ana Illinois troops win consti-
tute the third.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Troops Burn Much Powder.

The troops used large suount OF
Uncle Sans powder while on the rife
range. During the first few days the
men were on the range they consumed
on an average 10000 pounds of ammu-
milton each day.
From morning until night some of
the soldiers were pouring bullets into
the hills every minute of the time.
The men were not all on the range at
one time. however. While one regi-
ment was engaged In target practice
the others spent their time in work
ing out various military problems I'M
der the direction of Brigadier General
Richardson, comma ader Of the brigade.
The sun grew almost unbearably hot
soon after the Badger soldiers reached
Leon Springs and the men found it no
easy task to sleep in their little pup"
tents with nothing but straw sacks
between them and the hot rocks on
which the tents had been pitched.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

The laboratory of the Rock fsIo.,
government arsenal on Arsenal is,'ll
blew up. The three explosives wv, ,,,.u
felt four miles. The damage is ~
believed TO have been large.
How to check the $1,000 00o NO
waste in the marketing of farm nroa
ucts will be the dominant theme Of tba
fourth national conference on mario.
ing and farm credits called to meor
in Chicago December and 8.
80
Through her attorney, Charles
O'Connor Of Chicago, Helen Nor,on
Bayly, daughter of Mark Morton =
wealthy resident of Lake Foresr n,
has sued for divorce in the Lake. conn
ty circuit court charging deserrion.
Reconciliation with her husband
after year of estrangement. came tn
Mrs. Q. A. Gilmore of MaryviIe Ma
who shot and killed Ella Shlpus ba
cause of jealousy,
Samuel GOmpers made reply ia Son.
ator Sherman at Washington. Sbsr
man denounced him in the senate H.,
public nuisance" ut is impo.sibra
for me to be arbitrary or tyrannicalr
said Mr.. Gompers, for there are M
such powers vested in the president ~
the American Federation of Labor"
Lawrence Crist, eleven years od
and Arthur Stanford, eight worn
drowned in Pike lake, Indiana. Mrs
A. II. Stanford, mother of Arthur and
Mrs. Elmer Crist, mother of the Other
boy, We're dragged from the lake nm.
conscious. Leila Crist reached the
shore unaided. The five were bathing
William r. Wilcox, chairman Of the
Republican national committee an.
nounced that Colonel Roosevelt will
speak in Maine September > and and
in Battle Greek, Mich, September 40
The first consignment of DIVES
brought from Germany by the sUbua.
rine freighter Deutschland has been
received by a coloring company in
New York. The Deutschland's cargo
is estimated to have included abmr
200 tons of dyes, valued in excess NJ
100000.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

The Wisconsin soldiers are interest
ed in new reports that are in circula-
ton regarding the probability that they
viii be sent to the border for active
patrol duty Immediately after their re-
turn from Leon Springs to Camp VIII
son at San Antonio. While no Off
cial announcement has been made Of
such plans the regular army officers
with the Badgers express the opinion
that this Is to be the program. Ex-
perienced officers declare that the Wis
consn and Illinois troops will be need
ed to relieve the men now on border
duty.
NO organization can stay in the
same place any long period Of time
without suffering decentralization" de-
clarei an officer. by this / refer to
a lessening of discipline and general
efficiency. They must be kept busy,
on the 20 in some manner or other"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
BADGER STATE NEWS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD
IN A FEW LINES.
FRENZIED LOVER KILLS TWO
Farmer Near Waupaca Commits Sui
eide After Taking Lives of
Sixteen-Year-Old Girl
and Her Mother.

Waupaca-Frenzied because 16-year-
old Elizabeth Luft is said to have re-
fused his offers of love, Bert H. Drew,
45, farmer six miles south of Wau-
paca, shot her and her mother, Mrs.
Adam Luft, and then sent bullet into
bis own breast. Drew was a bachelor,
who had lived twenty years in the
community. Since the death of his
mother last spring the members of the
Luft family. who were close neighbors,
occasionally visited him. Elizabeth
Luft Wa his frequent companion, but
81 Drew s infatuation grew she resent
ed his advances, it is said. Three shots
were sent into the mothers body, any
one of which wiuld have proven fatal.
A single bullet through her heart
killed the girl.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

Bottles art in demand among the
Badger troops. but the men want 'em
empty, not full The bottles are being
used as rcceptaclcs for various creep
ing things whlcl are tJund here IN
abundance and Whi-n are being sent
Ia friends nt home. Whether these
friends Will be plea. ed TO receive them
is another question.
Scorpions and snakes are the most
common of the many kinds of reptiles
and snakes found here, but there are
many others in the collections which
have been made in the Badger camps
a full.grown armadillo, captured by a
squad from Company D. FIRST regi-
meut, is among the captveS.
Privates George KeSsler and Joe
Schalla Of Company K have gained the
titles of champion snake hunters of
the snakes measure from five 10 six
ana a half feet in length. There was
a water moCaSsin, spotted adder bun
snake and q whipsuake in the catch
John Manning of Company u was
bitten. 10y scorpion as he was picking
up wood near the Kitchen When his
hand began To swell Ae went to The
First regiment hospital, where he was
given medical aid. Jthn CzakoS of
Company X, who was bitten by scor-
ZION the first day IN camp. has had
his hand lanced twice. Infection set
in because he did NOT seek medical aid
immediately after tho accident, not re-
aHzing what had bitten him.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

Chippewa Falls-A 500 freight en-
CINE boiler exploded five miles west of
the city, badly scalding Engineer Ar
thur Giese. Minneapolis; Fireman
William Gonyea, Owen, Wis. and
Claude Merrill, Chippewa Falls. The
crown sheet of the boiler blew off and
caught the victims in the cab, blowing
them out and scalding them from head
to foot. They managed to get TO a
farm house a quarter of a mile away,
and were brought here to a hospital on
a special train sent out. Gonyea is
dead and Merrill is not expected to
live
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

Observation-Disclosures grocers finally
won their fight against a change in the
name of the Wisconsin Retail Grocers
and General Merchants association,
at the annual convention here, when
the proposal to change the name to
the Wisconsin Retailers association
was turned down by narrow margin
of nine votes. Federal legislation was
asked by the association to curb fraud
ulent advertising. Bankruptcy for
debtors owing less than $500 was de-
clared unfair and congress was asked
to pass a national statute making it
impossible for such men to find relief
in the United States court r. w RE
gelman, Racine, was elected president
and Wausau was elected as the place
for the 1917 convention.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Happenings
of the World
Tersely Told
European Var News

Maj. Norton Mattos, the Portuguese
minister of war, announced at Lisbon
that Portugal soon will participate in
the war, fighting on the side of the
entente allies.
General Won Bothmer's Austro-Ger-
man army, which retreated from the
Strypa river. is making a strong stand
north of the Dniester, between the
Zlota Lipa and the Narajowka rivers,
and furious fighting is in progress in
that district, according to a dispatch
from Petrograd.
Passengers on the Cunarder Alau-
MIA, which arrived at New York from
London, told Of seeing a damaged Brit
sh destroyer enter followed by a Brit
ish cruiser against whose free board
was dashed a shell-torn German sub
marine.
Since the Russian offensive was in
augurated, and up to August L, Gen
eral Brusiloff's forces captured more
than 35S,O00 men. the war office an
nounced at Petrograd.
The French and British striking
with terrific force in three directions
on the Somme front, have stormed
nearly three miles of German trenches,
driving forward at points to a depth
of 800 to 500 yards, according TO an
official statement from London.
Five villages have been captured
from the Bulgarians by the Serbians
and French forces in the Balkans dur
ing the last fortnight, according to the
official statement issued by the war
office at Paris.
The italian advance guard is only ID
miles from Trieste, according to dis
patches to London from Geneva. The
greater part of the Austrian fleet has
sailed from Trieste for an unknown
destination. Italian troops have en-
tered the suburbs of TOlmino.
The Russians have captured Jablo-
nitza, one of the most important gate
ways through the Carpathians to the
Hungarian plains, and have taken
nearly 1900 additional prisoners, ac-
cOrding to Petrograd.
The Italian dreadnaught Leonardo
da Vinci has been blown up in laramie
harbor, Italy, with a loss of 300 mem
bers of her crew, according to a Paris
dispatch. The explosion followed the
outbreak of fire aboard.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Neenah Mayor Heads LEAGUE.

Oshkosh-Racine was chosen as the
1917 meeting place of the League OF
Wisconsin municipalities, which ad-
journe4 after three-day session here
with an attendance of about 225 having
been registered. The following officers
We're elected at the concluding BUSH
ness session; President. Mayor c. B.
Clark, Neenah vice-president, Mayor
II. W. Adam, Beloit; secretary treas
drer. Ferd II. MEG regor, Madison IRE
elected).
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

Madison.-Ihe supervising teachers
institute viii Ice held in Madison two
weeks August % until September s.
The department of public instruction.
which is holding the institute felt that
much profit would be gained by the
getting together of the state superyiS-
ors to see what had really been
accomplished during the past year.
Although this meeting is primarily
The supervising teachers. still il will
Include teachers In normal schools,
county training schools &nd high
schools During these two weeks the
department Of public instruction will
really turn itself into an Institutional
school for supervisors who have been
inspecting state schools all yeur. aud
now VIII have chance to benefit 9TH
ers by their experiences aud learn
from the results OF others. There
we've 81 Of these supervisors appointed
last year who really form the connect
ing links between thr state department
and the rural schools bur almost a
hundred teachers are expected to at
tend the institute
\ number of people outside of the
department of instruction Will he rep
resented, such rs the and-tuhercular
association Of Milwaukee. which will
have day to discuss the sort of work
it is doing and rs relation to general
school work. One OF the big features
of the program viii be the explanation
of the state school finances that is,
IT,. administration Of the state funds.
In connection with the nature StUdy
aud agricultural class field ana boat
trips VIII oe given.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Field HOSPITAL Drills.

Wagon drills and first-ald drills are
taking up the time of the field hospital
members. This branch of the Wiscon-
sin force has not made a permanent
camp, as they must be prepared TO
move on short notice. They have not
established a hospital, as there is a
mules, auI ali of them are broken for
service.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
City Blamed for Rrldne Death.

Milwaukee-The city was held negli-
gent, in failing to provide proper lights
and signals at the State street bridge,
by the coroner's jury which conducted
an inquest into the death of William
II. Blanchard, who drowned when his
auto went into the river while the
bridge was open few nights ago. The
jury's verdict viii probably make the
city liable for damages.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Guard Healthier Than Regulars.

Reports issued here show that in
spite Of the supposed lack Of training
of the National Guard the health Of
the $500 men on the border showed
better record than the men in the
regular army during the week ending
August 3. During the week the per
centage of sick In the guard was u lit
tie over l per cent and there were no
deaths recorded. In the regular army
the sick rate was over 2 per cent.
There were six deaths during the
week
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Charge Fair Exhibit Fraud.

GAINESVILLE - Officials of the James,
vile fair have discovered that two ex-
hibits in the fine arts department were
owned by the same woman, although
entered under separate names. and
That she had purchased most of the ar.
ticles which she exhibited as her own
work. Her prizes totaled $40. 1t is
charged that she has worked the
game at a score of fairs, including the
state fair.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Mexican Var Nezvs

General Funston in Il telegram re-
ceived at the war department at Wash.
ington recommends the immediate
withdrawal of the Pershing expqd-
ionary force from Mexican territory
A bond issue of $130,OOOO0O 10 meet
extraordinary government expendi.
lures due to the Mexican situation
was unexpectedly recommended to
congress at Washington by members
of the senate finance committee, with
the concurrence of the treasury de-
partment
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Potatoes Reported Poor.

Stevens Point-The potato crop this
year is verv much in doubt. accord
ing to J. w HicAs. Prentice, president
of the Wisconsin Potato Growers as
ISOLATION The rains following the
extreme heat and drouth caused the
potatoes to sprcAt n the ground or
become disfgursd with excrescences.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
lewis PAYS Creditora in Eull.

Racine-F. Lee Norton, assignee Of
the L. P. c. Motor company, with liza
bilities of 100000. has settled up the
bankrupt estate by paying the credi-
tors % per cent. William Mitchell
Lewis, president of the concern, sent
his personal check for the balance,
thus paying all creditors in full. The
Lewis family recently sold all interest
In the Mitchell Lewis Motor company
for $5,000,00O
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
VIII Sell EGGS as Euus.

Kenosha-An egg is an egg. So de-
cided the Wisconsin Grocers' and Gen.
eral Merchants association at its
meeting here. when it voted down a
resolution providing for sale of eggs
by the pound. A resolution providing
for selling bread by weight was adopt
ed, however, as was a resolution ask.
ing the legislature to provide for the
licensing of trading stamp companies.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Plaque Stops Baby Show.

Platteyille-As a result of an ad-
dress here by DR.. G. W. Henika of the
state board of health, on infantile pa
raIysis, the better babies contest,
which was to have been a feature at
the fair during the last week of Au-
gust, has been abandoned.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

La Crosse-Health officers here are
aroused over the report published in
Madison that one death due to infan-
tile paralysis had occurred in this city.
No eases have been reported and a
gigilant watch is BEING kept. No com
munication is being held with Winona,
where the disease exists.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Aids Quick piphtheria Tests.

Madison-A new and quicker meth.
cd for handling diphtheria media for
physicians of the state has been put
into effect by the state laboratory Of
hygiene. BY this process the labora-
tory is enabled to return reports of
diagnosis from eighteen to twenty.
four hours earlier than before.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
Manitowoc EDITOR Dies.

Manitowoc- John McFarlane, head
Of the Citizens Publishing company, of
this city, and publisher of the Mani
towoc Daily News, for sixteen years,
died at the age of So. He was city
editor of the Racine Times for fifteen
years.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

Anugo-Howard Goodwin. this city,
who suffered shell shock and concus-
sion Of the spine while with an am
bulance corps in France, is recover.
ine in an English hospital He expects
to be sent back to Canada before long.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
BADGERS to Get Outing.

1t is planned after the return of the
Wisconsin troops to this place to
send them for ten days outing To
Landas park at New Braunfels. 80
miles distant. The stay there will be
more of picnic, but drills will be held
as usual. The park is great recre-
alton ground, where an abundance Of
buthlng opportunities prevail.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

Neenah - John Hunt, a Neenab
business man, received a package con.
tanning a sum of money from an I'm.
known person, the package having a
Pennsylvania postmark. Mr.. Hunt ia
of the opinion that it is conscience
money, some one having swindled his
father years ago.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26


appropriation bill at Washington. He
sent to the house a message making it
plain that this action was entirely due
to the Incorporation into the measure
Of the provision that retired officers
should not be subject to the articles
of war.
The chairmen of the big four" rail-
way brotherhoods by a vote Of approx
imately to l accepted President VIII
sons plan TO avert the threatened rail-
way strike. Thirty-one executives
representing as many individual rail-
roads, heard this plan outlined by the
president at the White House at Wash.
ington. The executives declared they
stood by the managers committee and
were opposed to settlement by any
means other than arbitration.
The child labor bill was finally
passed without debate CT record vote
in the house at Washington. il now
goes to the president.
The administration bill creating a
shipping board and appropriadn- S"-
100000 for its use in goyernmeat ils'
chase or operation OF ships. vas
passed by the senate at Washington b!
u strict party vote of IS to II.
The publication at Ws>l.a-'4 V-
the note sent to the British severn
ment on ALru % by Secr..--s [@-'
sing protesting against the
of English war vessels iu
waters shows that the state ae.'.t
ment at that time considered tae 4a,
ter of graver consequence chan 8-s
generally believed.
The Philippine bill as reparie'. --''
conference, with the Clarke
ment providing for independents -
the islands within four year, "A.l---'
ed but containing promise -
dom whenever the Filipinos laEe @
onsrated their ability to Tai-'..- j.
stable government, finally *as ~
proved by the senate at WaSA.a-.3'
President Wilson at Waslia-..l
nominated F. J. II. Won Eu-t a-
East Palatka, Fla, to be dife. g.. %
the mint, succeeding Robert =" w. u
ley, now director of pubucits -o 20"
Democratic campaign commlEJee.
President Wilson at Wasmn=5'- ~.
many accepted for the United S'A''s
the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
Hodgensville. Ky. authorized ~ =
recent act of congress-.
President Wilson's latest propose
to settle the railroad dispute IS
cording to reports from Wasflll-=..
for the roads to grant the men tel'l0
raril. he eight-heur day and also -.
time and a half Tor overtime iI,S
be tried for several months a%d -
effect on the earnings of the hnes
be examined By federal inyesusa'0'
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
De Soto Man Dies suddenlx.

De Soto - Just as he replaced a
clock which he had been repairing
most OF the afternoon. Arthur A.
James. ascd So. a farmer residing near
Retreat, succumhed to an acute attack
ot heart disease.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26
State Fair PROGRAM Complete.

Misunderstanding o. E. Remey
of the Wisconsin state fair has an
nounced the program of days in con
nection with the big exposition to be
held here Sept. 10 to 16. Various days
have been designated as follows: Sun
day, Sept. 10, Music day; Monday,
day, Sept. II. Childrens day; Tues
day, Sept. II, Fraternal and Interurban
day; Wednesday, Sept. 10, State and
Governors day; Thursday, Sept. IA,
Milwaukee and Labor day; Friday,
Sept. IS, Automobile day; Saturday,
Sept. 16, Automobile day. State and
Governors day will be one of the two
BIGGEST days of the week. Gov E. L.
Philip and all living former governors
Will be among the guests and it is ex-
pected that other well known men will
be in attendance.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-26

Harvey Wild, superior regimenral
dUartermaster Of the Thlrd regiment.
has been in the state troops for Is
years.
Since Company X. Third infantry.
fomah. lost TWO Of its Indian members
by rejection for phyiscal disqualified
ton il contains oniy SIX. They are
Corporal Herbert and Privutes Ray
and Noah Sickles. Edwaru De Monte.
Michael Cloud. Charles Brunet and
Frank La Motto. All had been mem
bers when the mobilization order came
except Brunei, no enlisted June ID.