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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-07-13
CHANCE TO BE BLIND IN
SELECTING DRAFT ARMY
Numbers In Tiny Capsules to Be Drawn
BY Blindfoded Person-Further
Announcement Expected.

Washington, July 11.-Chance will
be blind In selecting the new national
army to fight Germany.
The patriot who most desires to go
to the war may be passed when the
day for drawing comes, and he who
hopes most that the tiny capsule con-
tanning his number may not prove a
"bitter pill' and fall into the hand
of chance, may find he has been called
to the colors.
While all the regulations to govern
the forthcoming army lottery have not
been announced, it has been learned
that the numbers of registered citi-
zens are to be drawn by a person
.blindfolded. Who has been selected
to do the drawing is not knewn, but
1t probably will be some officer of
the army.
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Painting Of Lincoln Stolen.

New York, July 1.-THE portrait Of
Abraham Lincoln by the German ar
list, w Hausmann. which was hung
at the head Of the grand companion
way on the neutrality-suspicious. liner
President Lincoln ever since the YES
sci was launched, was cut from the
frame by thief shortly after the YES
sci was taken over by the United
States and put in drydock here, 1t has
been learned. Tn theft was discover
collect the 100000 worth of paintings
On the various seized German ships.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-07-13

Order for Hearing Petition for Adj
ministration, and for Adjusting Of
Claims.
State of Wisconsin, County Court,
Rusk County
In re Estate of Harrison d. Floyd,
DECEASED.
In PROBATE
1t appearing by the verified petit
ton of James A. Floyd, of New York,
N. Y, among other things that Har-
rison D. Floyd, Of Ladysmith, in said
county, lately died intestate, leaving
estate in said county upon which it
is prayed administration be granted;
Therefore it is Appointed and Or
dered, That said petition and mat
tiers therein be heard at the special
term of said court, appointed to be
held at the court house in said
county, in the city of Ladysmith, on
the oath day of July 1917, at the
opening of court on that day, or as
soon thereafter as said matter can
be heard.
1t is Further ordered, That the
time within which the creditors of
said deceased shall present their
claims against such estate for ex
animation and allowance, be and
hereby is fixed and limited to Four
Months from the date hereof;
1t is Further ordered, That all
claims and demands against said
deceased be received at the court
rooms of said court on any day
hereafter until the expiration of the
said four months and be examined
and adjusted at the regular term
Of said court appointed to be held
at the court house in said county,
in the city of Ladysmith on the 9Th
day of November, 1917, at the open
thereafter as the matter can be
heard;
And it is Further Ordered, That
notice hereof be given to all per-
sons interested, by publication here
of for three consecutive weeks in the
Ladysmith News-Budget, a newspa-
per published in said county, the
first publication to be made within
fifteen days from the date hereof.
Dated June %, 1917.
By the Court,
D. w. MALONEY,
Judge.
[SEALl
j. w. Carow, Attorney.
(First publication June 20, 1917.11-13)
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Mlnnesotans to Des MoInes Camp.

Des Moines, Iowa, July linen for
the heavy artillery service will be
trained at the Thirteenth division can
torment here, according to word re-
ceived from Washington by army Off
GERS In charge Of construction of the
camp where men drafted from Mime
sofa, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Iowa
are to be concentrated
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PRESIDENT is TOLD IN LETTER
FROM FOOD DIRECTOR THAT
FARMER. FACES SLUMP IN
PRICES.
LOT OF CONSUMER Is
HELD NEEDLESSLY HARD
5peculators Reap Harvest In Profits
While Legislators tumble With
Measures Under Consideration.
Senate to Vote on Food
Bill July Fl.

Washington, July IA report on
the food situation prepared for Presi-
dent Wilson by Herbert Hoover, hold
ing that both the farmer and the con-
Stunning public are suffering while food
spectators make unearned profits
from the delay in enactment of food
control legislation has been given out
at the White House.
Unless strong and efficient govern
ment action is Immediately taken the
food administrator reported the farm
ers will face slump in wheat prices
and consumers will be caught in sit.
uation even more serious than that
which already is resulting in actual
under nourishment" in the great con-
Stunning centers.
Spectators ReapIng Harvest.
The Spectator, 1t is declared,is TAX
ing large part Of the prices now paid
by consumers.
1--WE are practically helpless to SAFE
guard either the farmer or the con-
sumer," concludes Mr. Hoover, until
the pending legislation is passed.
The report, in the form Of letter
to the President, was issued through
the Public Information committee
with the statement that publicity was
given it "in order that the country
may know how serious and far-reach-
ing the consequences may be both to
the farmers and to the consumers, OF
the present delays in passing the pend
ing food legislation"
A Senate agreement to vote on
President Wilson's food control bill on
July 81, five weeks after its submits
sion to Congress as an urgent war
measure, was followed by the issu-
ance from the White House of re-
port by Herbert Hoover, declaring that
the public is threatened with serious
losses unless food control authority is
given quickly to the federal govern.
ment.
Democratic senators secured the
agreement for vote only after they
had consented to strip the bill Of some
of It's more drastic features, includ-
ing the stringent prohibition provi-
siOHS
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-07-13
Chinese Leader In German Pay.

London. July 1.-THE North China
Daily News declares 1t is virtually es
tablished that General Chang Hsun
leader of the imperialist forces, is In
German pay. says Reuter- dispatch
from Shanghai. If the monarchial
movement had succeeded, the newspa.
per continues. the rupture of relations
between China and Germany would
have been cancelled.
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[SEAL]
State of Wisconsin, In Circuit Cour
Sor Rusk County

State of Wisconsin, In Circuit Court
For Rusk County
First wisconsin Land Mortgage
Association, a corporation, Plain
tiff, VS.. Angel Moseff and Cveto
Moseff, his wife, Defendants.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO
THE SAID DEFENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within twenty (2O) days after
service of this summons, exclusive
of the date of service, and defend
the above entitled action in the
court aforesaid; and in case of your
failure so to do Judgment will be
rendered against you according to
the demand of the complaint, of
which a copy is herewith served up
on you.
j. w. Carlow,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
P. O. Address: Ladysmith, r u k
County, Wis.
Note: This is an action for the fore
closure of a real estate mortgage.
The summons and complaint are
on file in the office of the Clerk
of Circuit Court for Rusk County,
Wis, at Ladysmith, Wis. The real
estate affected by this action is de-
scribed as follows: Northeast quar-
ter of the northwest quarter (neA
Of nwA) of Section No. thirteen
(13) township No. thirty-three (33)
north, Range NO. six co West,
Rusk County, Wis.
J. w. CAROW,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
(First publication July 6, 1917. 12-17)
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FRENCH WRECK KRUPP PLANT
Airpianes Destroy One-fourth of Essen
Factory, Report.

Amsterdam, July Lies Nouvelles
Of Maestricht, Holland, reports that
Dutch workmen who were laid off at
the Krupp works on account of the de-
structton of buildings in the recent
French air raid assert that a quarter
of the Essen plant was destroyed. The
material damage is placed at millions
of francs and it is said 100 employees
were killed and hundreds of others in
Guiding as French prisoners wounded.
One and possibly two French air.
planes dropped bombs on Essen. The
official German report of the raid said
only two bomb holes were found
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-07-13
Move to Invoke Senate cIoture Rule

Move to Invoke Senate cIoture Rule.
Washington, July IA recurrence
of opposition to prohibition legislation,
together with stubborn protests
against the proposals for government
regulation Of the iron, steel, cotton
and other industries, completely up
set the plans of Senate leaders here
and promised to force important re-
vision of the measure. Failing again
to secure unanimous consent for linn
iting debate or setting time for a
vote, the leaders submitted the mo-
ton to invoke the Senate cloture rule
Tor the first time
Evening star., 1917-12-23
Strange Christmas Beliefs.

II EGENDS and myths without number
10 have become associated with the
celebration of Christmas, and this is
strikingly true of the myths more or
less faithfully believed in by the plain
and devout country people of Europe.
Among some of the peasantry of France
is strange belief that Ioaves of bread
baked Christmas eve will remain fresh
for ten years. 1t is also believed by
some of the simple folk that during the
whole of the Christmas holidays por-
ton OF bread should be left on the table
day and night, because the Madonna
may come to share it.
For some reason not to be explained
there is a superstition among French
wives in some of the country regions
that no bread must be baked between
Christmas day and the Feast of the Cir
cumcision. ANY infraction of this rule
is supposed to bring disaster on the
household.
There is a peasant belief of age-Iong
standing that If the cattle on the farm
be given drink Immediately after the
midnight mass of Christmas their
health viii continue good throughout
the year. and there is another belief
that If seed wheat be wrapped in a ta-
biecloth used for Christmas dinner a
profitable harvest viii be insured one
OF the very old Christmas beliefs is tina
a cold bath Christmas day will protect
the bather against fevers and toothache
throughout the year.
Evening star., 1917-12-23
Mock Orange and Khaki.

IT HE Usage orange is serving its
country Wei. The wood OF this
tree IS furnishing dye for khaki and
olive drab cloth. Scientists have long
known that the humble but plentiful
tree was capable of distinguished serv-
ice. but few persons believed that it
would give itself. or at least its vel
low juices. TO the military service.
When the dye shortage was felt in
the United States soon after the be-
ginning OF the war. the statement was
MADE on nigh scientific authority that
the Usage orange would produce one
of the few natural dyes which might
permanently compete with the aniIine
colors, the manufacture and sale of
which mas been monopolized by the Ger
mans. The dye of this wood is not an
orange color, but light yellow which
can be made 10 yield se&s-ra.i- SHADES as
desired.
The mock orange. though common in
the vicinity of WashinEton. is most
plentiful in those parts of the west
where the settlers demanded a stout.
thrifty, quick growing hedge tree. The
Usage orange was equal to those re-
quirements and was extensively planted
in the form OF d-breaks in the
hitherto treeless regions and was also
planted as hedges around fields to
serve the place of fencing.
The word 'khaki' is of Hindustanee
origin and signifies dust color"
Evening star., 1917-12-23

cold and my. feet were nearly frozen.
The fire would not burn for some rea-
son. SO we were all forced to crawl un-
der the blankets to get warm. The chief
Of our section called that night and told
, me the hospital chief would send me to
Paris the next day. I waited around
that place all day long. taking to my
bed every once in a while to get
burn. Several times 1 walked outside
and talked with members of the Amer
lean engineers. who were running the
trains there. The regiment is COM
posed entirely of American railroad
men from the far west.
Just had lunch. but it isn't exactly the
same thing here at home. The men
All seem to vie with each other in see
ing who can whistle" their soup the
loudest- One young fellow has them
all beaten. and he usually sits beside
me.
Taking up my letter where I left on
for lunch. at five that night they hus-
tied me into a long hospital train. I
didn't know where I was going and
didn't care much, was SO cold. After
four hours we arrived at Bar-le-Duc,
where was taken from the train to
hospital. and told that the next day I
would be sent to Paris. Well, the next
two days are rather hazy to me. but
know I spent them in different hos
pitfalls In and around this town.
The boches have been raiding this
town, and in the middle of the night
there was an alarm and they pulled me
out of bed and made me take refuge in
a cave. was there two hours. Final
ly was informed that they had re-
ceived no orders to send me to Paris
and l must stay in the hospital here for
a week or two. had bronchitis by this
time. for that nearly always follows
a dose of gas. I was feeling pretty rot
ten, lonely and homesick, and didn't
care what they did with me-. So they
sent me to the Hospital Central. on the
outskirts of. Bar-le-Duc.
am in a ward with fifteen other men.
Evening star., 1917-12-23

celebrations, which came conveniently
near, with the result that the festivities
soon developed into a queer, but pic
turesque conglomeration of Christian
and pagan elements
Days before the eve of Christmas.
housewives, and. in fact, all the wom-
enfolk of each Polish household. from
their preparations. Elaborate cakes OF
every kind are made. and no material or
exertion is spared. each housewife AK
ing deep pride in the success of her
culinary efforts. The festivities start
with a feast called the vigil. which be-
gins as the first star aopears in the
evening sky. This feast consists of ira
ditional Polish dishes, which, to the
foreigner o. stranger to Poland, appear
quite remarkable indeed. No nfeat is
allowed in Difference to the FAST which
has been observed for some little time
But a number Of fish dishes, gotten UP
in very elaborate way. some of them
stuffed with spices, others baked. grilled
etc. are included, also cabbage prepared
in a special way, and then. chief of all
noodles with poppy seed. without which
the feast would be incomplete.
WATERS are served and all the mem
bers of the household go. around. every.
body breaking of a little bit and eating
II with the other person. and wishing
each other success and happiness. When
is absent, such wafers are sent In a let.
ter, part being eaten by the person who
sends 1t and the other part by the one
who receives the letter.
In the rural districts Christmas Is
suggested to the country people weeks
before. through the visits of monks a,
different households, to which are thus
Evening star., 1917-12-23

"gassed," We don't get much to eat
outside Of liquids. am coming on
pretty good except for my nerves. My
eyes are all right, but Jump at the
slightest noise. 4 keep dreaming OF
those shells. This is called sheh-shock.
Our, men have had very hard work,
and when not working at night We
have helped out another section.
I am expecting to hear any minute
just whore am going to rest. Il Will
ChanttlIy maintained by wealthy Amer
leans. Anywhere Will suit me. just so
I get away from the SOUND OF these
devilish shells. They are singing In
know where am going will let you
know by cable.
Hospital Central, 'Rar-le-Duc. Novem-
/. In my last letter I told you. how had
landed IN a hospital at verdun. Since
that time. and 1t was about ten days
ago,-I have progressed about sixty Kill
orneters toward Paris and the Ameri-
can Hospital, = where j Will prooapiy
have to stay a couple of weeks before
beginning my sconvalescence While
making the sixty kilometers I have
passed through. staying at least TWEEN
ty-foiir hours and sometimes three
DAYS. in no less than four dit erent hos
pitfalls before reaching my berth mere,
where have been since November !:
The experiences has not been at all
pleasant. bat am glad that have had
it. since now ] know from personal ex-
perfence just how the wounded which
We carry IN our ambulance from the
trenches to the first hospitals finally
reach the base hospitals. away back In
the interior. Tho worst of it has been
the loneliness and the. lack of anything
to5read or to pass the time away, with.
But my French has improved thou
sahd per cent.
Owing to the fact that have had a
dose OF gas. ! was not rated AZ Q
.fHalsed9. -, but as q sblesse,s which has
been better. We were given better at
Evening star., 1917-12-23

as the ace of spades. in bed near me.
He is fianked by two Algerians. A
full-blooded Arab. eleNen French poilus
and yours truly complete the tout en-
semble" The Singalese is a pretty good
sort-clean and a real gentleman. He
speaks broken French, and it is pretty
hard for me to understand him. but
manage to get the most of what he
says. He says he has four wives and
that he had an awful time to preserve
peace and harmony in his household.
He was glad the war came along to cut
the Gordian knot. He confided to me
that he had enough of women and that
after the war he intends to get rid of
them-how, he didn't say-and live
thereafter in single blessedness.
The AlgerianS are queer fellows, ltv-
ing entirely by themselves and to
themselves. The Arab twice q day
makes his salaams toward Mecca. and
maintains a lofty and dignified mien
toward the rest Of us poor mortals less
fortunate in birth than he!
The poilus are like their kind all
over France-kindly, considerate and
thorough gentlemen. One of them hap
pens to be from our section and knows
what we went through at Verdun. He
has told the rest, and consequently
am their comrade and am on an equal
footing with them.
At Verdun we had the worst sector
of that section of the front. 1t was
horrible there. and sometimes at night
I awoke shuddering from some Of the
scenes that / had run upon during the
day. Our division and also my section
in now zen repos." We left four ann
balances behind. They had been
smashed beyond hope Of repair by
shells.
After am discharged from the Paris
hospital / want to take week at Nice
and get thoroughly warmed up before
returning to the front. It Is now time
for my afternoon nap.
Evening star., 1917-12-23
Morris on Putting the Squirt in Experts

that all a soldier had to be was q esns
tieman. But nowadays that's already
a thing OF the past. The way Germany
fixed things with her long distance
cannons. her liquid IRE, gas and Zep-
pelins. q soldier don't have to be 20
q chemist. an engineer and a general,
all around hustler
I'm fact. Mawruss." Abe said, "a Ger.
man soldier don't need to be a gentie-
man at all. because when it comes to
stealing chateau furniture. destroying
cath hedrals. burning houses and chop
ping down fruit trees. any experience
as q gentleman wouldn't be much of
q help to German soldier
That's what I am telling you. Abe.
Morris declared. Germany has made
war a business. r'undertand. and she
figures that a gentleman in the war
business is like a gentleman in the
pants business. He amt going 10 make
any more or better pants by being .
kcnliemdus dtl1 IL We nv
going to win this war. Abe. we should
ought to stop beefng about German
soldiers not being gentlemen and take
into consideration the fact that while
German engineers. chemists. inventors
and submarine builders may not know
whether you play lawn tennis with
cue, mallet or full deck OF fifty-two
cards, including the Joker. Abe.~
what is an expert to do. Abe?" Nor
ris asked. "If he goes to work and
recommends the government TO give an
inventor an order for his invention.
he's taking big chance that the In
vention wouldn't work. and you know
as well as I do. Abe. most American
experts play in terrible hard luck. You
take these here military experts which
gives expert opinions about what Is
going to happen next on the Balkan
front, y'understand, and a Teller could
make quite a reputation as a military
expert by simply coppering their pre-
dictions"
Well. them military experts amt
really experts It all. Mawruss." Abe
said. They're just crickets. like them
musical crickets which knows every
thing there is to know about-we would
say. for example-playing on the fiddis
excepting how to play on the fiddle"
"Aber what is the difference between
a professional expert and a profes-
sional cricket anyway" Morris asked.
"A professional expert is a felier
which thinks he knows all about .
business. because he tried for years.
and he never could make a success OF
it," Abe replied, whereas a profess
sional cricket is a feller which thinks
he knows all about business because
he tried for years and he could never
even break into it,
And how could you expect to get
from people like that an opinion which
amt on the bias?" Morris concluded.
Copyright. 1917, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate-)
Evening star., 1917-12-23

street. one of them old shipbuilding
advice expression on his face. and says.
'Nu. Hurley. How are they coming?'
which it don't make bit Of difference
to such a fe1ler whether Mr.. Hurley
would say: SO. So Pretty good or
.Rottenp y'understand. he might Just
so well save his breath. on account
the good advice feller is going to get
it off his chest anyhow.
You're lucky. at that the good ad-
vice feller says. because I just met
your assistant designer. Jake Rashkin.
and he tells me you are getting out
a line of whalebacks in pastel shades
well, why not?' Hurley says.
"'why. notv the friend exclaims
You mean to tell me that you don't
know even that much about the ship
building business. that you would ac-
tuaIly go to work and make up for the
fall trade line of whalebacks in pas
tel shades? Honestly. Hurley, I must
say dIu sui Pi isci a. w. <hio AOA
the next twenty minutes he gives Hur-
ley the names and dates of six volun-
tary bankrupts. all of whom started
in the shipbulding business by max
ing up line of whalebacks in pastel
shades, together with the details of
just what them fellers is doing for
living today from selling cigars on
commission downwards.
Naturally, Hurley hustles right back
to the shop and tells the foreman that
If they amt already started on that
last batch of whalebacks in pastel
shades. not to mind, and he spends the
rest of the afternoon getting his op-
orators busy on a couple of hundred
oiI-burning boats in solid coIors, like
reds. greens and blues. Tho conse-
quence is that the next day at lunch
another old friend comes up to him.
which used to was in the shipbuilding
business when the record from New
York to Liverpool was nineteen days
ten hours and forty-five minutes. yum
derstand. and says: NJ. Hurley? How
is the busy little shipbuilder today?'
pretty good, Hurley says,-Tm just
getting to work on big line of oil
burners in solid colors like reds. greens
and blues
mo" the old ship builderrsays.
Sure Hurley tells him. and after
they have said NO.! and Sure a cou-
pie of dozen times. it appears that IL
a new beginner in the shipbuilding
business lays in stock of plain col
ored oil-burning boats. he might just
so well kiss himself goodbye with his
shipbuilding business and be done with
1t. Also it seems that the only line
of goods for new beginner in the
shipbuilding business to specialize in
is whalebacks in pastel shades, Abe.
and that's the way It goes"
"At that we're whole lot better off
as England was when she started in
as a new beginner in the war business"
Evening star., 1917-12-23

perts. as what big experts they are
on such articles"
Take this here Lewis machine gun.
Col. Lewis puts it up to the Army ex-
perts. y'understand. naturally them ex-
perts says: Well. IL we are such big
ought to know a whole lot more about
machine guns as Col. Lewis. and what
does that Schlemiel know about ma
chine guns anyway so they sent Col.
Lewis a notice that they would not be
responsible for goods left over thirty
days. and the consequence was Col.