Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-10
FOURTH PATRI0TICALLY CELE.
DRAFTED
City Program Draws Thousands
Mayor Marqnardt and ID. C. Everest
Give Addresses at Fair Grounds
Court House Square Attracts in the
Evening.

/ -udtO MdTquhfub ana ADs Cs EfereS
Give Addresses at Fair Grounds
Court House Square Attracts in tn
| Evening.
| Thousands of Wausau's citizens en-
joyed the celebration which the cit,
had planned last Wednesday for tn,
fourth of July, the 141st day O
American independence. Bright ant
clear, the day stood out as an ex
| ception in the weather of the pas
several weeks. People crowded tn,
main streets of the city through tn,
entire day and late into the evening
| and during the afternoon the fail
grounds was the scene of much friv
olity and fun.
At 20 a. m. there was band con.
cert at the court house square, at
tended by large number of people
after which many went to the fail
grounds to see the base ball game
between the Wausau Colts and a
team from Tomahawk, the score OF
which was Z to in favor of the
former.
Mayor Herman E. Marquardt ad-
dressed the gathering at the fair
grounds at l p. m. His address was
patriotic to the core and proved an
address of much interest, at the con
clusion of which the American flag
was unfurled by DR.. S. M. B. Smith,
who was dressed as Uncle Sam. In
conclusion Mayor Marquardt said:
eve are now about to witness the
unfurling of Old Glory, the flag De-
loved by all free men. We love it for
what it is and for what it represents; |;
for its achievements upon land and
sea. 1t heralds the heroism and
sacrifices of our Revolutionary faith
ers who planted free government
on this continent and dedicated it to
liberty forever. 1t has been sancti-
fed by the. blood of our best and brav-
est and glorified in the hearts of a
liberty-loving people, not only at
home but in every part of the world,
expressing the will of that free peo-
pie and acknowledging that they have
no other earthly sovereign than
themselves. All hail to Old Glory" :"
d. c. Everest, MANAGE of the Mar
athon Paper Mills company, gave an
address on the present war situation
He presented the situation very
graphically, showing how necessary
it is that the United States make i'm
mediate sacrifices in order to attain
later success. Mr.. Everest has a
mass OF information at hand, having
attended the international convention
of Rotarians at Atlanta, Ca, where
excellent speakers from throughout
the country were gathered.
These patriotic addresses were fol-
lowed by several racing contests.
Two bicycle races were held, the first
for young men over fifteen years. won
by Charles Green, with Rudolph Sarr,
second; and the second for boys be-
tween twelve and fifteen years, won
by Thomas Malone, Jr., with Clarence
Neubauer, second.
Other racing events and their re-
suits were as follows:
Single cylinder motorcycle race
Charles Walli, Merrill, first; William
Albers, WauSau, second
Motorcycle sidecar race-Harry
Ziebell, first; Irwin Lille, second.
Novelty automobile race-Edwin
Sloan.
: Automobile Speed race, two heats,
five miles each: First heat-Joseph
Penkwitz,. first; George Dern, second; /;
c. A. Hubbard, third.
Second heat-George Dern, first;
Joseph Penkwitz, second; c. A. Hub
bard of Merrill, third.
All the above events were very in
teresting and kept the attention of
the large crowd which had filled the
grand stand to overfiowing and which
had scattered along the fence almost
half the way around the race track.
Perhaps the most interesting of the
above named races vas the last, the
automobile speed contest, won by
Joseph Penkwitz first with seven
minutes and twenty-three seconds.
but which was reduced in the second
heat by George Dern to seven min
utes and five seconds.
George Dern was driving a Ford
car and it was this automobile which
reduced the time of the five mile
neat to seven minutes and five Sec
onds. Other cars participating were
the Overland, Chalmers and Buick.
Two bands were at the fair grounds
music was furnished.
Several volley ball games were
played by two teams, in which num-
Der l took two of the three games
by scores of Is to T. Team number
2 won one game by a score of Is to
II. The teams were lined up as
follows:
Team No. 1-Oran Liljeqvist, H. s
Wright, Clyde Weik, Brayton E.
Smith, H. G. Tank, William A. Ed
wards, E. w. Bethe, William A. Koch
Arthur j. Roller.
Team No. DIR. G. G. Anderson
A. A. Hooper, Louis C. Leak, ]. A.
Rowley, A. G. Burg, DR.. ]. V. Sengs.
piel, Adolph Holub, Oscar Binzer
Anton Grade and Arthur Kiefer.
Outside of these events several lit.
tie contests were conducted by Louis
c. Leak, Jr., and Roy Melvin fol-
children.
4,a automobile parade opened the
! evening. A large number of cars
participated in the parade practically
all of which carried the American
flag and many of which had small
flags of all those nations allied with
the United States in the war. Bunt.
ing and other decorations were useC
freely. Following the parade there
was band concert after which the
Scott street block between Third anC
Fourth streets was used for dancing
Many couples enjoyed dancing on the
pavement.
The fourth was indeed a sane one
Everyone had pleasant day anC
yet there was not lavish expenai.
ture on the many things which have
formerly made the day such an ex.
pense as a whole.