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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-09-21
BEFORE THE RAILROAD COMMITS.
SION OF WISCONSIN

In the Matter of the Application of
Big Falls Power Company for a
Permit to Construct, operate and
Maintain a Dam in the Flambeau
River and for a Certificate Of
Public Convenience and Necessity
for the Purchase of Site for said
Dam and Flowage Rights in Con-
nection Herewith.
NOTICE OF HEARING AND ORDER
FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, Big Falls power Com
pany, a Wisconsin corporation. has
heretofore filed with the Railroad
Commission of Wisconsin an appli-
cation for a permit to construct, OPP
crate, and maintain a dam and for
the issuance to 1t of certificate
OF public convenience and necessity,
for the purchase of a site for said
dam and flOwage rights in connec-
ton Herewith, in accordance with
the provisions of Chapter 81 Of the
Wisconsin statutes, said dam to be
located upon Section 35, Township
SO, North of Range 5 West, Rusk
County, wisconsin, for the purpose
of producing hydro electric energy to
be by said applicant transmitted, de-
livered and furnished for heat, light,
water, power, or street, or in
terurban electric railway service
to or for the public, the same to be
generated, distributed and sold by
applicant as a public service corpora
ton, and said application complying
with the requirements of Chapter 81
Of the Wisconsin Statutes;
NOW THEREFORE,, in accordance
with the statute in such case made
and provided, NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the Railroad Commission
of Wisconsin will hold public
hearing on said matters at it's office
in the Capitol, in the city of Madf-
son, on Tuesday, october 2, 1917, at
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He further testified that he called
"Help.' and then went out.
Pn1a 70 Soo,,n WIFI, IannhSOu

Help. and then went OUT.
Rode to Scene With jacobson
"When / got out there l got out of
the car and went over to the Tony
road. A bunch of men came out OF
the brush. There were three or four
of them well four anyhow. Three Of
them had clubs. Somebody said Here
we are l pulled out and went down
the road"
That's what Elmer Prouty said. The
court room was very quiet. Here was
one of the men, the first who had
been there. PrOuty said he worked at
the Menasha Wooden ware Co.'S mill
Tuesday, ate his supper, went about
town. and rode out to Tony in Aug.
Schanke's car with Fred Weideman
and Art Kilgore. He had five beers,
came back to Tom Bakers place in
Ladysmith. Art Kilgore went in with
him, the others drove away. Two men
were there He drank ginger ale.
jacobson came in later, and "said
something to some one Some one
said something about fight and call
ed out, Come on and get in the car"
He said he was not sure it was Jacob
son. He and Art Kilgore went out.
The rest were in the car.
Six i'm JacObsOn's Car
Jacobson drove the car, continued
Prouty, answering District Attorney
Falges questions. There were six in
the car. Three on the front seat.
Butch" was already in the car, and
some one he did not know. Something
was said about cleaning them up"
What did you think you were go
ing to do?" asked Mr.. Falge.
We'll. | was going to take rider
was the answer.
You thought you were going to see
fight didn't you?"
We'll. yes"
half and the machine prouty testifi-
ed, was run off by the side of the. road
where they stopped the motor, and put
out the lights. He wasn't there five
minutes when he pulled out"
1t was evidently no place for min
listers son.
Zone young fellow called out" said
Prouty. as l started where you go
ing?' he says. | says, Down the road.
and kept going. They were standing
in the road when | left
The defense asked as to the time he
went out in the car and PrOuty said
about II o'clock There were no moon
but it was light. Asked if he knew
jacobson ran an auto livery and
might have driven out there for hire.
he said he didn't know.
Jacobson Had No Club
Arthur Kilgore rode out with Jacob
son. Atty CarOw wanted to know
from Mr. Falge, If KilgOre had been
Informed that he was entitled to an
attorney and that his testimony might
be used against him. Mr.. Falge said
Mr. Kilgore appeared voluntarily
Then Mr.. CarOw wanted to know If
he had been promised immunity. Mr.
Falge said no.
why don't you arrest him?' asked
Mr. CarOw.
I'll take care of that" said Mr..
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trampled and got the other clubs, five
the next morning near the place. There
was blood around there. some pools
of blood. hair and other signs of the
fight. The sheriff identified each of
the clubs as the ones he found and
named the places where he picked
them up. They were marked as ex-
hibits
He found evidences of two automo-
biles which had been placed off the
road about 800 feet away from the
scene of the fight. From tire marks
he had afterward identified the ma
chimes as JacObson's and Ed Behrens'.
He did not find on examination that
men were on both sides of the road
There were bushes ON one side only
and no concealment except on the
south side.
Tony Whiskey ON the Scene
Sheriff Dodson found three whiskey
bottles on the scene Two were pint
bottles, one a half pint and two of
them were half or two thirds full. One
bottle was found in the brush
That ended the testimony.
Attorney CarOw asked Falge to
have KilgOre arrested.
Mr.. Falge said heawOuld take care
of that when ready.
Here Mr.. CarOw moved the dismiss
al Of the case on the ground of no evil
dence to show Jacobson committed an
assault or was present when the as
sault occurred, and if he were guilty
of anything, it was only of being an
accessory which was quite different.
There was a somewhat heated pas
sage between Mr. CarOw and Mr.
| Falge over this motion.
''If you hold this man on this evil
dence no one is safe from arrest" said
Mr. CarOw.
jacobson Held
Justice Reeves ordered Jacobson
held on the ground that there was prob
able cause to believe the prisoner
guilty Of the Offense as charged. He
Over-ruled the motion of dismissal on
the ground that Jacobson had knowl-
edge of what he was going out for.
Bail was fixed at $1,000. Effner
Nelson and L. LaBerge signing as sure
ties
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Falge.
Kilgore testified about going to
Tony. having drinks and coming back
to Bakers place, corroborating Prouty,
Jacobson came in at Bakers He
talked with some one. Earl Grover
and Johnny Morning were in the
place. They did not go out in the
car. Some one said.
"Come on we're going to take
ride"
Kilgore got in the car. There were
six in the car. They were:
Wilbur Jacobson, driving.
Elmer Prouty.
Paul Barfnick.
Butch Stranski.
A stranger, a plumber, (since iden-
tiled as VIM. Dege.)
Arthur Kilgore.
They left Bakers about H. got out
in the country, put the machine back
off the road and walked to another
road. Going out, it was said they were
going to meet some fellows and have
a scrap.
Kilgore and the rest met another
crowd Of fellows in Tony road. He
knew some of them. Ed Behrens
was there, Fred Rahut also. He saw
Irish - he saw clubs after he had
been there a few minutes. He did not
have club himself and he did not
see jacobson with club.
Waited for Victims
They all lined up on the road, on
both sides, waiting about Is minutes.
Kilgore did not see Jacobson after
~ hO oft rl1o
about II 80. 1t was done so quick
there wasn't much to it. 1t took about
minute. He saw man lying on the
ground and beat it for the car with
jacobson.
Did you rush with the other fell
lows" asked Mr.. Falge
NO"
What made you quit?"
1T was all over in minute, or a
half a minute said KilgOre.
He said jacobson drove back. He
did not remember on what seat, back
or front, he rode in. He went right
home when he got to town.
On cross examination KilgOre said
he ran for the car when the fight
started and Jacobson was there with
the car cranked and ready to start.
The others piled in and they drove off.
He testified that the car was about
half block from the scene. Reply
ing to Mr.. Falge's question he said it
was all little hazy and that he prob
ably wouldn't have been there if he
had not been drinking.
Sheriff DOdsOn and Some Clubs
Mr.. Falge piled up a bundle of
wicked looking clubs on the Squire's
table. He called for Sheriff DOdsOn.
I'VE just wanted him to identify
these clubs,' said Mr.. Falge.
The sheriff took the stand.
He said he was called by Mr.. Bal
lou about 1 30 Wednesday morning.
He went to the Kirvan house, to the
paper mill, back to town. took Culver
to DR.. landmarks and about 80 was
at the scene of the assault, ~ miles
east of the city on the Tony road. He
picked up two of the clubs there by
the side of the road where there was
evidences of the dirt and ground being
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took me to Dr. Landmark. He dressed
my wounds.
Clubs and Moonlight

Clubs and Moonlight
On being questioned Stoffels said he
could not tell whether Phalen had a
club or not. He recognized no one else
He did not know jacobson. The night
was clear, stars were out, the moon
was shining and he could distinguish
faces. He did not see Culver; he was
too busy himself. The blow that
knocked him out was on the back of
his head 1t was probably between
IL 80 and II 80.
Attorney CarOw pressed the witness
as to whether he was drunk OF not. He
answered no" He was not in the
habit of singing. He wasn't singing
that night. He might hum a little
ditty to himself" when he was sober
he said in answer to CarOw's ques-
ton if he sang when he was full.
StOffels said he saw TessendOrf
jump out of the road into the brush.
Mr.. CarOw was somewhat sarcastic
and insistent on pressing questions
concerning moonlight saying finally
you know there was no moon that
night, don't your
Culver followed StOffels. He had
worked about a month at the Menasha
paper mill. He was moving his fam
lily here from Kalamazoo, where he
had worked year AMI a half. lie
corrobOrated Stoffels testimony as to
the walk to Tony and the time, but
three beers. On the road home they
stopped twice and took a little drink
from pint bottle which he had car
ried. Culver was evidently the good
fellow for StOffels had testified Cul-
yer paid for all the drinks. His shoes
hurt him and he was walking in his
stocking feet.
Rolled Over and Feigned Dead
Culver recognized no one in the sa-
loon at Tony except the bartender.
When the saloon closed they left for
home. He was behind Stoffels and
Tessendorf First thing he knew
men jumped out around him, coming
from the bushes. He was knocked out
by the first blow.
Il fell on my face" he testified.
4 was out. Then l came to. They
were beating me with clubs on my
head and body. I've showed the
welts. l had called Help" l rolled
away and lay like dead and the men
went away. They had yelled Kill
Il heard an automobile drive away.
Then | got up, looked around, saw
no one, and walked to the Kirvan
hotel. Some one telephoned to Bal
lou This some one was identified
as Woodwork, night man at the hO-
tel. Culver was taken to DR.. Lund-
marks office and his wounds dressed.
Mr.. CarOW cross examined him.
Culver strenuously denied he was
drunk Asking about the whiskey
they were bringing home, Atty. Car0W
inquired:
Did you bring it back for the fell
lows here?'
NO sir" replied Culver" "a fell
low likes to take drink in the morn
ing or before supper; that's what we
|gOt it for"
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NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
COURT FOR RUSK COUNTY:
In the Matter of Estate of Andrew G..
Madison, Deceased.
IN PROBATE
Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue and in pursuance of an order Of
license made in said matter by the
County Court of Rusk County ON the
18th day of August A. d. 1917, the
undersigned administrative will on
the 9Th day of October A. D. 1917, at
2 o'clock p. M, at the house located
on the premises hereinafter de-
scribed in the Town of Thornapple
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Life, Accident, Compensation,
steam boiler, Fly wheel. Fire, Light.
ming WindstOrm and Tornado insur-
ance written in the best Companies.
B. e. French.
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NINE MEN IN
CLUBBING PARTY

Continued from page II
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"HOme-Made" SilO Will Make

It cannot fall to pieces and requires
or expense to keep it durable am
Hoops are so constructed that the
more pressure than the iron hool
It will not buckle or get out of shat
It has a door construction which is
times, but is easily removed at
the silage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
BRITISH WATCH
FOR SEA RAIDER

New York, May 22~-Information
that the British naval authorities sus-
pected that a German sea raider es-
capped from a German port and was at
large was brought to America today
by an arriving Belgian relief steamer.
The Belgian captain said his vessel
was fred on by a British cruiser on
May Is of the north of Scotland. The
relief ship halted and was examined
by the Briton. The latter explained,
the Belgian captain reported, that the
relief vessel. which carries four masts,
was mistaken for four masted raider
which was believed to have left Ger
many under the guise of merchants
man. s - =
Another Belgian relief steamer ar
riving reported sigting Zeppelin. the
L-30, off tles dutch coast, on April %,
headed toward the British Isles. On
the following day the Belgian ship
l,~as halted by a German submarine,
which permitted her to proceed. -
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
MILITARY. COMMITTEE
APPLAUDS STATEMENT
OF MINISTER OF WAR

PARTS, May 12.-The plain and un-
ambieuotfs statement made by Minis
ter OF War Painaeve before the mil
itary committee Of the chamber of
deputies yesterday has made a very
strong impression and 1t is considered
likely that the government can obtain
q postponement of the interpeIlatdons
until next week II 1t so desires M.
Painleve was rountily applauded-
rare event In committee meetings
after he had frankly explained the
immediate results OF the French Of
fensive and the eventual consequences
expected "a
The statement follows.
Tn the Champagne the enemy, after
bombarding the position which we
captured yesterday north Of Mont
Carnfllet and at the Casque and the
Teton, made infantry attacks against
thes three sectors. He was repulsed
everywhere and suffered considerable
losses without obtaining any result
The number of unwounded prisoners
taken by us yesterday reached 1000.
of whom % are officers.
There was intermittent artillery
fighting on the remainder of the front.
On the Vauclerc plateau the artillery
fighting was violent
Enemy surprise attacks at various
points were repulsedL In the course OF
Tids we took Is prisoners
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
Recreant Attorney
Explains Absence

ID. -
Attorney Walter F. Foley. who
aroused the indignation Of Judge Reed
in the superior courts last Friday by
failing to appear when his clients di-
vorce case was called. visited the
courthouse this morning in answer to
a summons by. the court. Attorney
Foley said he was Ill last Friday and
therefore unable to be present. He
had a conference with Judge Reed in
the Iatter's chambers but nothing re-
garding the result Of the talk was an
nounced.
Attorney Foley had been retained
by Joseph b. DanIico OF this city who
wanted a divorce from MaxjoFte Clark
Damioo, When DaInico complained
to the court that his lawyer was not
on hand, although he had been paid
in advance, Judge Reed questioned
Damico and awarded bym = deegae>
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
MOBILIZATION OF
ALL C0NvEYANCES
ALREADY STARTED
Arrangements Made for the
Transportation Of Food
stuffs in County.
LARGE TRUCK OWNERS
TO BE PAID FOR CARS
pxsl".1-ssNr1'>eI,-z ---z.Frs-Fns
Duplicate Wooden Bridges
in Case of Destruction
To Be Stored.

The first active mobilization OF
conveyance units under military plans
for the transportation of foodstuffs,
engineering supplies and military
units under emergency has begun in
Fairfield county under the direction
of the National Council Of Defense
In charge of thisswork through out
the county is Hermann G. Fleitmann
Of Stamford, chairman of the Trans
portation Committee Of the Fairfield
County Resources Mobilization Bur
eau, designated as the official arm OF
the National Defense Service here.
Announcement made by FIeitmann
yesterday disc1oses that all vehicles
in the country will be tabulated into
three classes: the pleasure car, used
for hasty transportation Of persons;
the trucks for heavier transportation;
the motorcycles for dispatch pur-
poses.
Upon the army plan, details OF
which have been furnished by the
United States Quartermaster's de-
partment at Governors Island the
county will form one large division
being divided into units of 100 and
again into subdivisions Of ten vehi;
Giles.
Bases will be@designated IN such .
manner throughout the county thai
assembly will not block the roads ol
the county and equal distribution ac,
cording to Typographical and physica,
requirements will be made.
Under the direction of staff officers
captains and ieutenants, the divis.
ion will move in army order an6
mobilization and concentration viii
be effective Immediately upon call
through telephone and telegraph ex.
change wires which will be assigned
by the United States government.
Immediate mastering into this ser.
vice will begin, drills will be called
and alarms will be given, until the
system is in perfect working or.
der
Officials in this city today declare
that it is believed sufficient cars will
be volunteered to equip the count!
without resorting to conscriptior
methods. In the case of pleasure cars
their owners will be permitted tt
drive them. The same applies tt
motorcycles which will be operated
by their owners. In the case o.
larger trucks pay will be granted fol
luelT use " OWHeIS, WIZ Will Ue per
mitted to keep the regular drivers
used in commercial work at the
steering wheel.
This is the first announced at
tempt to bring together the reserve
units of this or any other county il
Connecticut for emergency and sup
ply train work connected with thu
military preparedness.
It is further planned by United
States officers to have duplicate
| wooden bridge structures for ever.
important water crossing, ready a
emergency bases, the parts of which
| will be so numbered that in loading
| them and transporting them by mo
tor vehicle no confusion will resul
and immediate repairs may be mad
| to any damaged structure or iron o.
| concrete now in operation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
BRAZIL TO MAKE WAR ON. CENTRAL
POWERS, is DEMAND OF PRESIDENT
in STIRRING MESSAGE TO CONGRESS-

Rio Janeiro, May 22.-President
Braz has sent a message to congress
recommending the revocation of the
decree of neutrality in the war be-
tween the United States and Germany
Congress is expected to accept the
recommendation by large majority.
The message declares that the or
der to the Brazilian authorities en-
joining the observance of neutrality
was only intended to have effect until
congress met. 1t continues:
To-day, in consideration of the fact
that the United States Is an integral
part Of the American union, in con-
sideration also of the traditional policy
of Brazil which has always been gov
erned by a complete unity of view with
the United States and, finally, in con-
sideration Of the sympathies of a great
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
SOCIAL WORKERS PLAN TO GUARD
AGAINST LOWERING OF STANDARDS
OF HOME LIFE in WAR UPHEAvALS

Charity orgaIizations In Bridgeport
have protested against the proposed
introduction Of child labor upon
farms and the entrance Of women of
the home into factory work.
At meeting Of the Committee Of
Eleven appointed recently by the
united public and private charity So
cieties and organizations of this city,
held at The Stratfeid yesterday q dis
tinct note of warning was sounded
against these two features of the
mobilization Of resources in America.
1t is held that the average farmer
does not want boy labor, and that but
IL out of 1900 interviewed signifed
their, willingness to take them to work
in Fairfield county,
1t is feared that If women unac-
customed to such effort enter factory
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
Corset President
Defendant in Suit

George E. Halves, president of the
Hawes Corset Co., which went into a
receivers hands some time ago, is
the defendant in two suits brought by
Receiver Henry G. Sherwood of the,
concern. Sherwood claims he signed
notes as '.accommodation endorser''
for Halves and was compelled to pay
when the notes went to protest.
In one suit Sherwood says two notes
for total of $4,000 were given and
property in Fremont street, pledged as
security. Marie Lucille Hawes is
named as co-defendant in this action.
In the second suit the amount of the
note is $1,000 and Hawes is the sole
defendant All three notes were pay
able to- James Staples & Co. The
actions are returnable to the superia@
court, June term.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

Portland Me- May 22Perssten reports since the
declared that German submarine Eng
land waters given official recognition today oca
inquiry was begun.
The report received last night and public,
that submarine running awash off Island
Machas Today reported they
submarine, 200 feet long, off Sequn light :
The observers Herman Spinney Clarence Per-
kns of Bay Point who south of the light
Mains strange craft at point west the light
The report of night camefro m two guards
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
TRUMBULL GIRLS
LEAD IN FIGHT
ON FOREST FIRE
Clad in Boomers, They Dis
count Efforts to Men In
Beating Back the Flames

Trumbull, May 22-That Kipling
was right when he said the female of
the species was more deadly than the
male, is the consensus of opinion
among the men folk Of Trumbull to-
day. When every available male resi-
dent in the district had fought unsuc-
cessfully to stem the spread of a
fierce forest fire, which started Satur-
day and is still smouldering. it took
a force of female Amazons clad in
athletic bloomers to successfully com
bat the flames.
The fire broke out Saturday in a
section in the rear of John RadcIiffe's
property, near the Long Hill depo.
and famed by a brisk wind spread
north. Tongues Of flame leaped high
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
Disinherits Son
Because Daughter
Supported Home

The WIN of Louisa T.. Engelhardt.
who formerly resided at 1853 Steuben
street, was today fled for probate 1t
bequeathes the entire estate, estimat-
ed at about 5000. to Louisa F. Engel-
hardt, cutting off from inheritance
Henry L. Engelhardt. a son.
In the language of the will the rea-
son for such dtsinheritance is: 'I pur-
posely omit to give anything in this
will to my son Henry F. Engelhardt
because my daughter has contributed
her earnings towards the expenses of
my home and I wish in this way to
recompense her att least in part"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

into the air and drew the attention of
people. for miles around.
Fire Warden Seeley and a large
force of men struggled for hours to
stop the progress Of the flames, to no
avail. A militant female spirit, who
has always scorned the vaunted su-
periority of the opposing sex, organ
lied the women Of the town.
Clad in bloomers, the female squad
took up the task of the exhausted fire.
men with unexampled vigor, stopped
the spread of the fire and finally ex-
tinguished the flames, which had de-
stroyed about 100 acres of valuable
timber. IF the man are called to war,
the maintenance and safety of Trum-
bull is assured.