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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-02-02
Prominent Citizen.

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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-02-02

Any man becomes an ideal husband
the day his wife becomes a widow.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
TREASURY CERTIFICATE
PLEDGES $780, COO, 900
Receivable in Payment of Income
and Excess Profits Taxes-Pro-
vides Ample Funds.

Subscriptions to the issue of Treasury
certificates of indebtedness. due next
June and receivable in payment of in
come and excess profits taxes. recently
announced and not limited in amount
has reached the total of s6s0,ooo. 900
a. sum greater than subscribed for any
previous issue. This amply provides
funds for redemption of s25o,0oo.0oo OF
Treasury certificates, due yesterday.
and for other cash requirements for a
substantial period.
The issue, dated November 80. closed
last night. Secretary McAdoo an
nounces however, that from time to
time additional certificates, with June
maturity, will be issued. Banks are
urged by him to maintain interest in
the certificate scheme OF government
financing.
The certificates were payable Yesterday
and receipts began to reach the Treasury
today The quantity Of certificates OF
other issues turned over in payment OF
the new issue. unique privilege especially
termined until all federal reserve banks
have reported.
Certificates of the new issue bear par
cent interest. and, unlike others. they VIII
not be accepted in payment OF liberty
bonds issued in the future.
The government will need a large sum
of money between now and December 10.
when another liberty loan payment Is
due, to redeem $700. 900 worth OF GER.
tificates, $500. 000, 900 due December and
$500. 0.0e0. 600 due December IL, in addition
to paying huge daily war expenses and
making loans to the allies st the rate Of
$17.000.o00 day. The Treasury net oei-
ance today was $1.s54. 4.22S,oo0.
Evening star., 1917-12-01

bands for the season of 1918 or remains
in the field may be decided by the action
Of the New York state legislature in re-
gard to legalized Sunday base ball in the
state. In Rochester and Buffalo. where
the game has sunk to low ebb in the
ehabilitated il Sunday games were per-
mitted. and there Is little doubt that Syra-
cuse would replace Richmond in the Bar
row circuit II Sabbath contests were not
under the ban. Providence. Newark and
Baltimore can play Sunday games now.
so. if the lawmakers at Albany decide to
make first-day sports legal in the En-
start next season. but have good pros
poets of a majority Of the clubs finish
ing with balance on the right side Of
the ledger.
A merger of the National and American
leagues as solution of the difficulties the
ma jor circuits now find themselves in is
proposed by Ed Bang. the veteran Cleve-
team circuit. with one club each for
New York, Philadelphia, Boston. Brooklyn
and Pittsburgh for the eastern half. and
and St. Louis for the west. Aside from
the great difficulties that would arise from
inducing some Of the magnates to drop
out of the game-and the limelight7<O
make such a scheme possible. il is hard
to figure how a schedule could be arrang-
ed to have an uneven number Of clubs
in each wing of such circuit kept busy
However. the chief difficulty such a
scheme would encounter would be to over
come the objections of the magnates to
dropping the world SERIES
Evening star., 1917-12-01
GEORGIA ELEVEN ENDS SEASON
WITH HIGHEST SCORING RECORD
Atlanta Institution Rolls Up 4S1 Points in
Nine Games Against Strong Teams.
Navy Next in Line.

sistently rolled up big scores. but never
any season when such enormous
counts have been registered against
elevens ordinarily. in the same class.
against Pennsylvania. The Quakers
made a long trip with practically no
practice. and met the Georgians after
two contests. 1t was a case OF team
that was ready meeting another that
was not ready. with the inevitable re-
suit. Had Georgia Tech met Penn
sylvania the day Pennsylvania met
Michigan in all probability there would
have been a far different count.
Something of the respect for COM
missioned officers being instilled into
the Army recruits was evidenced short
between service elevens. 1t happened
that a commander in the Navy was
one of the officials. Shortly after the
contest a second lieutenant of marines
was coaching one of the teams en-
gagged. That second lieutenant accosted
thought rotten" deal had been given
his team. The commander got tired of
listening to the TRADE and showed the
lieutenant aside rather Informally and
started to the dressing room. AS he did
so an enlisted man of the Marine
with this remark in a hushed and awed
voice:
MY heavens, don't shove him, he's a
commissioned officer"
Those who heard the remark and
recognized the man the recruit was
offering the advice to as Commander
! Land of the Navy had a good laugh at
the latters expense. Incidentally Com
mander Land enjoyed the joke on him
self.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
BY n. C. BYRD.

Georgia Tech leads the foot ball
squads of the country in scoring. The
team, which boasts as its stars two of
the greatest halfbacks in. the game,
rolled up a total Of 4s1 points during
the season. which closed for it Thanks
giving day with a great victory over
Auburn, it's dearest rival. Navy counted
442 points in eight games, against 42S
points for Georgia Tech in eight games
prior t1f Thanksgiving day. Techs rec
ord, though, is better than that Of the
Navy and deserves greater considera-
ton because its record was made
against elevens much more powerful
than those played by the Midshipmen.
In their opening game of the sched-
ule the Georgians scored 33 points to 0
against Wake Forest. They won their
second contest % to and then rolled
up Al to in a contest with the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. After that
the Georgians counted big scores
against strong elevens in almost every
game in which they appeared. Here is
its record for the season:
Evening star., 1917-12-01
SALARIES Of FORNER
TEACHERS WITHHELD
Those Who Leave Public Schools to
Enter Government Employ Do
So at Own Risk.

Teachers who leave the pubic
schools to take positions in the gov
ernment employ do so at their own
risk. This was the assertion made at
school headquarters today. The inter-
probation of section of the urgent
deficiency act. made by the controller
of the Treasurv and printed in The
Star yesterday. stated that employees
of the District may not go to the fed
eral government at an increase in pay
under the lump sum appropriation"
and that in such cases the controller
of the Treasury is authorized to with
hold the salary of the person going
from one department to another with
out transfer on proper Identification
of the employees former employer.
That at least two such cases have
come to the attention of the controller
of the Treasury is known, and in each
case the salary of ,the former school
teacher has been Withheld. Action IN
future cases will depend entirely upon
the vigilance of chief clerks of the
government departments in examin-
ing the employment records of per-
sons who come to work under them. A
broader appreciation of the possible
results of teachers going into the gov
ernment employ will result in a de-
creased number of designations from
the teaching force of the schools, 1t
was said today.
. The loss of many teachers, variously
estimated at from 10 to 20 per cent of
the white force. hits the lower grades
particularly hard. as few high school
teachers have left the schools. officials
say.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
Joe Leonard Passes Up Army;
to Enlist in Naval Reserves

Joe Leonard has changed his
mind about becoming a soldier
boy. He has decided that life on
the bounding waves will appeal
more to his esthetic nature. or
perhaps he prefers the navy blue
to the olive drab of the ''dOugh-
boys" At any rate, he is not
coming to Washington to enlist
In the mechanical and repair di-
vision of the Quartermaster
Corps. which means of doing his
bit was arranged for him by
Manager Griffith mt the players
request.
In n telegram received by Grin
this morning the third baSeman
informed him that he would not
come to Washington to enlist in
the Army, ns he had planned;
that he intended Joining the
Naval Reserves in Chicago next
week. and that n letter of expla-
nation would be forthcoming.
The promised miaSlve may set
forth how he came to change his
mind regarding what branch of
the United States service he will
enter.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
BIG CONTEST IN PHILLY.
Camp Meade and Camp Dix Eleven
Clash on franklin. Field.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December l.
Franklin Field presented n martial ap-
pearance today. when the champion
foot ball teams of Camp Meade and
Camp Dix clashed in contest for the
interdivisional gridiron honors of the
season. Camp Meade was represented
by the 3l4th Infantry team. composed
of Pennsylvanians, while the 311th In
fantry. made up chiefly of New Jersey
boys. represented Camp Dix Both
teams were selected after an elimina-
tion series of several weeks and both
include several former college stars.
Several thousands enlisted men from
each camp were granted furIoughs to
attend the game and Army officers
from all sections of the east were in
Vlted to occupy special boxes The
stands were gayly decorated with
American flags and colors of the allies,
which. with their thousands of khaki
clad occupants. made an impressive
scene and reminded Philadelphians of
the famous ArmyNayy contests of for
mer years.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
WESTERN CAMPS CLASH.
Custer and Grant Teams Play Under
Direction of Vest and Stagg.

CHICAGO. December Foot ball
eleyens from Camp Custer. Battle
Creek. Mich. and Camp Grant. Rock
ford. ILL.,. met at Stage Field today in
game for the benefit of the athletic
equipment and recreation fund at the
two cantonmerts.
Thousands of soldiers from the two
camps came to. witness the game and
it was expected that one of the largest
crowds ever assembled on foot ball
field here would be present. The ad-
vance sale OF seats amounted to $780,
000
Stars of the game during their COL
lege days predominated on both teams.
the lineup Including Smith Of Har-
ward, Eddy Funk and Sward of Prince
ton, woodruff of Depauw. Shiverick of
Cornell. De Prado and Miller of the
Michigan Aggies and Gardiner of
Coach Fielding H. Yos of the Uni
versity of Michigan took the Camp
Custer team through a final workout.
and A. A. Stage. athletic director at
the University of Chicago. performed
the same service for the eleven from
Camp Grant.
While the Rockford men are said to
have an advantage in weight of nearly
Twenty-Five pounds per man. the Battle
Creek eleven are credited with SUI
|perior team play and greater speed.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
TNOP[AYERS GET
HIGH DUCK SETS
Simmons Rolls Total of 381
for Decaturs and RisIer
374 for Coppersmiths.

Two players rolled high sets in the
bowling leagues last night. Simmons,
anchor man for the Decaturs in the
Mount Pleasant circuit. and Risler of
the Coppersmiths in the Navy Yard or
ganization were the stars of the
nights play. Simmons got a total Of
ss1 in his three contests and Risler
obtained q count of s74. Simmons roll
ed rs in his nrst game. 12S in his sec
end and 13s in the third. Risler's
counts were 124, 14s and 1o4.
Teams for which Simmons and Risler
rolled won their sets. making clean
sweeps. The Coppersmiths. Risler's
club. got the long ends of their scores
easily. but the Decaturs, Simmons
quint. had a hard time getting the
margin in its first and second meet
1nga In their opener the Decaturs
scored 4ss against 4s4, and in the sec
ond got $40 to SIS.
Scores:
Evening star., 1917-12-01


1t is said that those behind the out
Jaw" proposition plan to place clubs
In Sacramento, Oakland, Stockton.
Eanta Cruz Fresno and San Jose AL
though its promoters are of the opin,
Jon that conditions in California anu
In the base ball world in general are
In favor of the launching of such an
organization at this time. 1t woulu
seem to a disinterested onlooker tnat
they must be possessed of consideraoie
hardihood to risk real money In an en-
terprise that at best is hazardous SeN
eral years ago the California state
League struggled to make a go OF IL
as an independent organization, put
hfter a rather precarfous existence i.
went to the wall Here in the east
base ball gossip now centerS around
the question of how many of the weil
established circuits will voluntarily re-
main idle Throughout 1918. II nytnihs
develops from the talk of the forma-
zion of another league on the coast II
will occasion great surprise IN tnls
section
Branch Rickey, president of the st.
Louis Cardinals club, has a orand,new
plan for the conduct of base ball in these
war times. which he will present at the
meeting of the National League in New
York this month 1t is none other than
TO turn over to the government every cent
of profit from base ball in 1915 Hickey
believes that for base ball men to seek
exemltion for the games players places
base ball in an unfavorable light and
that in such times as these all business
Is subservient to the government. IF
base ball is such a business as to make
Its continuance necessary Tor the wenare
of the nation, as l believe it to be. base
ball should rely on the government to
make the first move toward the games
preservation" Hickey is quoted as saying.
In support of his plan for having base
bali help the government financially,
s.Hy opening their books to the gov
ernment and giving every penny of profit
to Cncie Sam. the magnates would plainly
show that they desire the continuance OF
base ball from patriotic motives and not
merely to save the dollars they have in
vested in the game. Such a stand could
not but gain the sympathy of every
right-thinking man in base ball.
Hickey makes no mention of guaran-
this reason his plan Is not likely to
send the enthusiasm of the club presi-
dents for it to boiling point There
Is little doubt that a majority of the
magnates would be more than willing
10 60 through the season with an even
most OF them. judged by last season
are figuring on operating at a loss next
year, and the government Will not be
benefited by receiving merely state
meut of deficits.
II Is reported now as likely that
Hickey will appoint himself as man
ager of the Cardinals and thereby dis
appoint q score of aspirants for the
Job. It being pointed out that he could
save about $4,000. to be applied to pay
Ing the salaries of his players or pur-
chaalng new ones by SO doing. In case
Rtckeyg does return to the pilotin
game he probably Will name Jack MIL
Ter as neld captain with semi-man-
agerial authority.
Whether the International League dis.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
Bag Fifty in Days Hunt.

Former Justice Daniel Thew Wright
H. A. Kite. G. N. Ray and Britton
Brown greeted the early flight of ducks
on the Wicomico and succeeded in bag
ging fifty of them one day. The follow
ing day DR.. T. +. Neal, accompanied
Brown and Kite on the river and the
trio got forty-six ducks.
p. c. Anderson and n. S. Riley bagged
nearly three dozen ducks on a days
outing on the Wicomico at Rock Point,
while Randall Hagner and three friends
spent part of the day in the blinds and
returned with more than two dozen.
John l.. .Neurath and George F. Louis
participated in a rabbit dinner Thanks
giving day. They went to Northumber-
land county, Va, spent three days with
friends and killed a number of rabbits
and birds. s-s
DR.. Francis McQuillan. Robert Rob-
erts and. DR.. Raymond w. Fisher have
returned from trip to Radford. Va,
where they were entertained by Henry
T. Roberts and T. w. Roberts. The
three visitors. procured cunning IL
censes. and were able to enjoy shooting
birds and rabbits without fear of being
molested by game warden.
One hundred birds. fifty rabbits and
several woodcocll were bagged by the
sportsmen, who were more than pleased
with their outing.
Evening star., 1917-12-01

Hundreds of sportsmen spent their
Thanksgiving vacation on the water
! and in the fields. Those who were on
the water were in blinds or boats to
shoot wild ducks. while the others fol-
lowed the dogs over hills and through
the valleys in efforts to get few rab-
bits or quail.
Thanksgiving day always has been a
day when hundreds of gunners left the
city for nearby states. many going a
day or two ahead of the holiday, while
others had to content themselves board
ing early morning trains or steamboats,
for the one-day trip
THAT was before the days of the au-
tomobile," remarked one of the older
sportsmen< Years ago it was neces-
sary to start day or two ahead of the
holiday in order to reach points not
many miles away, but a trip that re-
uuired twenty-four hours travel in
those days is easily made in a few
hours In an automobile.
Weather conditions" he. concluded,
never, interfere with Thanksgiving
days sport, for an enthusiast will. hunt
that day during rain. snow or shine. and
Evening star., 1917-12-01
DODGERS BUY PITCHER.
Grab Dan Griner From Cardinals by
Waiver Route.

NEW YORK. December President
Ebbetts, has announced that the Brook
lyn club has obtained Dan Griner, the
big right-hand pitcher, from the ST.
Louis Cardinals by the waiver route.
Miller Huggins, now manager of the
Yankees, last season farmed out Griner
to the St. Paul club of the American
Association. where he made good
showing.
Dodgers pitching staff, which was
crippled by the loss of Leon Cadore
and Sherrod Smith, who are now in
the Army. At the National League
meeting: here this month Robbie will
try to land a southpaw to take Smiths
Evening star., 1917-12-01
Lansdowne Statement.

The Marquis of Lansdowne was in
terviewed by the Daily Express con-
cerning his letter. and said:
Il should like it known positively
that the letter was entirely my own
I consulted nobody about it. An alb
surd idea has been spread that the sug-
gestion was made by other people.
wish to deny that"
/ Lord Lansdowne declined to. discuss
the opportuneness of the letter or the
probable effect in discouraging people
concerning the purpose and prospects
of the war, and added:
"I have really nothing to add or re-
tract, and can hardly allow myself to
be catechised about it. The subject is
necessarily too controversial:
The newspapers in Germany publish
the Lord Lansdowne letter on their
front pages. telegraphs the Amsterdam
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company. The German news
papers consider it "a beginning of Eng
land getting reasonable"
The letter, the correspondent adds.
has caused general satisfaction in
Germany. where it is regarded as a
"semi-of1cial feeler,"
Evening star., 1917-12-01
W. AND ]. DOING ITS BIT.
Plays Camp Sherman Team, Ad.
! vance Sale for Which Is Large

TOLEDO. Ohio, December Foot
ball teams from Washington and JEFF
ferson College of Washington. Pa. and
Camp Sherman. Chiccicothe, Ohio, will
meet in the American Association Base
Ball Park here this afternoon in a pa
triotic game. The entire proceeds will
go to the special fund for the soldiers
to be used for athletic equipment 1t
was announced last night that ticket
sales have aggregated nearly $4,000.
Both teams arrived early last night,
Washington and Jefferson coming from
Richmond, Va. where the squad tri-
umphed over Washington and Lee on
THANKSGIVING day. The players ap-
peared in good condition.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
LONG JOURNEY FOR GAME.
Camp Macarthur Team Travels
From Waco, Tex. to Detroit

DETROIT. December 1.-The power.
full University of Detroit foot ball team,
and the eleven from the National
Guard cantonment- at Camp Mac
Arthur. Waco. Tex. meet here this
afternoon in contest that is expected
to develop 'some brilliant gridiron
work. The teams are regarded az
about evenly matched in every re-
spect. The soldiers eleven composed
chiefly of former Michigan and Wis
consin players has not been. defeated
this season. Tho soldiers share Of the
receipts 60 to the camp athletic fund.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
SOLDIERS IN OUTDOOR MEET.
Nearly Thousand Athletes at
Camp Upton Entered in Games.

NEW YORK, December 1.-The SOL
diers of the National Army canton
ment at Camp Upton. Yaphank, L. l..
will engage in track and field games on
their training grounds this afternoon.
The meet will be held under the aus
pices of the New York Athletic Club.
1t is probable that close to 1000 SOL
dier athletes will compete. among them
being many former members of local
athletic clubs. An event of interest
will be a four-mile cross country run
in which forty regimental teams of five
men each are entered. Medals will be
presented to the victors by the New
York Athletic Club.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
BY Ripley.

that species, spent the week end at
Harpers Ferry.
Bass are plentiful" was the word
they received, land plenty of them have
been seen in pursuit of bait
I'm afraid they are still pursuing
the bait" was Hurley's sad comment
when he returned with his companions
And the pursuit." he added. "is prob
ably taking the bass a long distance
from Harpers Ferry"
The sportsmen encountered muddy
water in the Shenandoah and clear wa
ter in the Potomac. They said the wa
ter was exceptionally low and the
weather SO cold that all they did was
70 Keep warm about fire they kept
burning on the rocks near the railroad
bridge.
Tom Mohler last week suggested to
his friend. William H. beavers, the pos
slbllities that confronted them in the
matter of killing rabbits in the Largo
hood.
Rabbits are so plentiful there" he
declared. that we will be able to get
more than we can carry without the
aid of dogs
Early the next morning the sports
men were at the home of Wallace NJ
Dixon, near Largo, where they were
prepared. for the slaughter. Accompa-
MED by a good rabbit dog. the sports
men went forth over the hills and
through the fields, and when they re-
turned they reported having started
The rabbits got such a good start.
however, that the gunners were una BILE
to stop them. One quail got within
range of the gun of the sportsmen and
was killed.
John Souder. the veteran angler of
Georgetown, has not abandoned the
sport OF fishing. Cold weather. rain
or snow does not affect him on the
wa.er' Nsrs ne states. states for he goes fully pre-
winters ago windy weather interfered
with his sport and left him stranded
on the rocks below Analostan Island.
Since then" commented Will Rey-
noids, John has missed very few days
on the river"
This week the fishing enthusiast has
landed numerous large yellow perch.
some weighing more than one-half
pound, and few catfish and pike.
Detective Edward Weldon has re-
turned from his fall vacation spent
with old friends and relatives in the
vicinity of Annapolis.
Birds were plentiful down there
he said. but the weather was so dry
and the underground SO thick that the
dogs were unable to work we'll"
He killed a score of rabbits, a dozen
birds, ten ducks and three squirrels.
Henry Bailey and William H beavers
visited ]. Frank Bailey. brother of the
former. at Morganza. st. Marys county.
Md, and spent an enjoyable day on
his farm. They killed nine rabbits
They are going to return to the farm
next week. with bird dogs. and make
an effort to kill few birds.
Muskrat hunting on the flats near
Analostan Island has proved interest
ing sport to Benjamin Turvey, sports
man in that section. There is a good
market here for muskrats for food it
is stated. dealers selling them at from
a quarter to 81 cents each. and the
skins bring about as much more. 1t is
stated that muskrat skins are sent
abroad and that they probably are re-
turned as parts of furs at high prices.
Evening star., 1917-12-01
Training Women for Federal Posts.

NEW YORK. December Intensive
training courses in typewriting and
stenography to train women to fill the
many vacancies in the government Of
fees and elsewhere will be started
throughout the United States.
The courses will be given daily in
stead Of three times week in 10000
schools and the pupils will be pre-
pared to take the government examina-
ton in as short a time as possible.