Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15

out by her son. The ashes of the de-
ceased were buried at the cemetery On
Monday. The deceased was formerly
Gertrude Hardenberg and moved from
this place to California about twenty
two years ago.-Lone Rock Review.
Capt. George E. Albee, Laurel, Mary
land, has been i'll. In letter to this
office he stated he has been very i'll
for eight months and is just now able
to be out Of bed part of each day. He
says when he was at the worst, uncon-
scious for four days and nights, three
doctors and trained nurses on the job,
all said he had no possible chance to
get better, but they did not guess
right. His many Baraboo friends will
be glad to hea" of his recovery.
A stork shower was given at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dom
steich on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Grant
Haines was the hostess and twelve
ladies were present.-Portage Regis
ter.
Fred Kramer of Minneapolis was so
badly injured in the yards at that
place last week that it was necessary
to have one Of his legs amputated be-
low the knee Mr.. Kramer was for
mer resident Of this city, his parents
living on Second avenue at one time.
Rev. and Mrs A Smith Of Hum
burg] are visiting here with his broth
70 M VIC 7
They expect to spend the winter in
Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Steinke and
son Herman, and Mrs. Steinke's sis
ter, Miss Emma Wartzok, of BarabOo,
who have been visiting at the Herman
Thiede home here, left for a. visit at
Prairie du Chen Monday morning.
Sank County News.
Mrs. J. E. Johnson entertained her
Sunday-sch0ol class Of the Baptist
church at her home on Seventh av-
enue last evening after school, The
girls dressed dolls and made doll
quilts for the poor children in Milwau-
kee. Supper was served by the host
ess.
The neighborhood club met at the
home of Mrs. John Henderson on the
Island Thursday afternoon. About Is
were present. Ice cream and cake
were served. The next meeting will
be at the home of Mrs. Cecil RamOunt.
County Clerk F. A. Cooper has re-
ceived a letter from Governor Philip
bo+
needed to fill the ranks of the Wiscon-
sin troops at Waco. It is desired that
these be volunteers, not drafted men.
Just what action will be taken to raise
the 1000 has not been disclosed, but
any young man not drafted who de-
sires to enter the army may apply to
the county clerk.
Attorney F. r. Bentley tells good
Joke on a waiter employed in one Of
the big Milwaukee hotels. A banquet
was held and near it's close came the
time for the tipping. The colored
gentleman, in order to give a tip to
the tippers, placed half dollar on
plate and passed it to the one near
est him. The man looked at it for
a moment, whispered to his compan-
ion and passed the plate on without
adding to the fifty cents. The same
thing happened with the next and
the next, all the way around the
table. At the close Of the ceremony
the plate was returned to the walter
with a look as much as to say: "It is
the tippers who desire to have the
say as to what the pace shall be in
tipping"
There were 1887 laboring men &C
cidentalIy injured in one year in Wis
consin. These accidents caused 133
deaths, and 116 more were seriously
and permanently injured. The total
cost to employers for liability insur-
ance was over $21O00,000. The total
number Of days lost by laboring men
on account of temporary injuries was
287,5O0, equivalent to the loss OF time
of 1000 men for year. Temporary
injuries which caused a loss OF time
of more than a week came to 1878
employees. Fourteen per cent OF the
fatal accidents were in the bu1l1lng
trades, and Is per cent of the indem
mites paid were paid to employees in
the building trades. One Of the most
frequent causes OF the accidents IN
this trade was falling from scaffolds,
of which there were ITO cases. Fall
ing from buildings accounted for 81
more, falling from ladders Al, STEP
ping on nails 35, and slipping or
stumbling, So.
A professor at the University of
Wisconsin made some sneering re-
marks about the liberty loan last week
and later resigned" He had been
in this country about nine years, and
during eight Of those years he had
been drawing lucrative salary from
the state treasury as a university pro-
fessor. Yet he never has tried to
become a naturalized citizen, never
~ hooor1o ri Of