Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-14

| La CrOSSe--Harry Morris, OF Chi
cago, is in custody here charged with
making reasonable remarks. He was
arrested after struggle with officers.
Green Bay-Navigation on the south
end of Green Bay was closed for the
season with arrival of the steamer
Parks Foster, laden with COAL
Appleton--Military training at Law
renee college is now in full swing.
Drills for the various classes are now
held weekly
Neillsville-Carl Krauser, a farmer,
was found on one of the downtown
streets SO badly Afrozen that amputa-
ton of both arms and legs will be
necessary, according to attending ply
sicians.
/ Milwaukee - Fifty-four cases in
which there has been no proceedings
for five years or more have been dis
missed by Judge Geiger for want Of
| prosecution. All are of a civil ma
| ture.
Milwaukee - Judge Geiger, in the
federal district court dismissed the
cases of six subjects of Austro- Hun
gary who were seeking naturalization,
because of the declaration of war
against the dual monarchy
| Madison = Andrew E. Melville, ex-
ecutiye secretary of the food admin
Iistration board of Wisconsin, has is
sued warning as to the heavy penal
ties which any person may suffer for
the boarding of food necessities.
Madison-Blair Converse is the new
| editor of Forward, the organ of the
Wisconsin State Council of Defense.
Lawrence Meyer, former editor of
| Forward, has left to enter. the Great
| Lakes Training station.
Brentwood All cold weather re-
| ports for the season were broken here
when the local thermometer dropped
| to Is degrees below zero. The cold
| weather is aiding log companies as the
reads were frozen
Neenah-Assessed valuation of city
dollars within the past year, accord
| ing to the tax roll. Eighteen and one
| half mills has been established as the
| tax rate
Johnsburg-The general store con-
| Quoted for twenty-five years by Hen
| ry Loehr, was destroyed by fire, caus.
| ing loss of $4,000 with insurance at
| $4,000 Loehr's house also burned.
| rendering family of thirteen children
| homeless. Sparks from chimney
| started the blaze.
Neenah-Assemblym William Ar
| nemann dropped dead at his home
here. He was born in Hanover, Ger.
many, Oct. IA, 1850, coming to Nee.
nah in 1870 He was mayor of Nee
| nah in 1888 and 1893, and chairman
| of the Winnebago county board at the
| time of his death
Madison-The State Council of De-
| Tense will make report to the spe-
| cial session of the legislature of the
work which is being accomplished I'M
der it's direction. This report will
| probably be in connection with the bill
which will be presented the powers of
the council Of defense.
| Milwaukee-All records were smash
ed at the navy recruiting station, 222
| Grand avenue, when siXty-five men en-
listed in one day to serve Uncle Sam
on the sea. Scores of young men were
section of the state was represented
by the applicants sent in from sub
| stations of the local office.
Milwaukee-There is talk that Sun
| day closing may not cut much figure
before the special session of the legis-
lature after all 1t is said that neither
friends nor the opponents of the meas
ure are very anxious for legislation on
the subject at this time. In fact, there
is some talk that the question may
not be included in the call.
| Manitowoc = People of Two Rivers
will ask a Carnegie medal for Louis
Baum who rescued five boys from
drowning. The boys had ventured out
on the thin ice which broke. Baum
saw them struggling in the water and
risked his life in saving the entire
party He showed remarkable calm
ness in the rescue.
Fond du Lac - l.. F. Van Allen, a
member of the typographical union,
| has got out notification of the birth
| of a son in the form of an extra spe-
cial edition of F'The Stork News"
which gives all the usual information
regarding the youngster and his
mother, and predicts that he will be a
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