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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
Crippled Telegraph and Tele.
phone Bring Mea,gre Reports
From Big District Devastated

Twenty-one known deaths, more
than one hundred injured, and prop
erty damage to an extent as yet ull-
estimated, resulted from series OF
tornadoes that struck several towns
and sections of southeastern Kansas,
north central Oklahoma, and southern
Missouri, late yesterday.
Colgate, Okla, the county seat or
Cole county, a town of $500 inhabi-
tants, reported 13 deaths, 100 persons
injured, and the entire western por-
ton of the town blown away. 1t was
the mining section Of the town the
tornado descended upon, where the
buildings were largely miners cabins
and others Of light construction.
200 Houses Destroyed
At Coffeyville, Kan, the extent OF
the tornado's fury is not known. The
only report of and substance gotten
out of there before all communication
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
Others in An Automobile Are Wounded
While on Sallk County Side Of
Wisconsin River
King Henry, Dells City Undertaken,
Receives Fatal Bullet i'm His Heart
---Bound for Dance at Fern Dell

young men ever in his employ. A
few days ago the young man was in
Baraboo and while here enlisted in
the Baraboo company. Others from
Kilbourn have also joined the local
company
District Attorney Called
District Attorney James H. Hill was
called to assist in the investigation.
Leo Blackburn and Freelan Bartlett,
undertakers with A. S. Kingsford,
were also called to Kilbourn to assist
in caring for the remains.
The others in the car were Archie
Showers, Sergeant Loomis, Private
Lafferty and Tommy Bresnan. Two
of these were also slightly wounded.
OF the most seriously wonded Ka-
mowski is saloon keeper and Kali
ser is an iceman.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
Continued on page Two.)
HIT:
one KILLED.
Windstorm at Uniontown, Pa,
Wrecks Tent Of Barnum &
Bailey Show--Animals Stampede

At Uniontown, Pa, at least one per-
fifty injured, six Of them critically,
when a windstorm struck the circus
grounds on which Barnum & Bail(E's
circus, owned by Ringing Brothers,
was showing late Friday afternoon,
wrecking the big tent Six huge ele-
plants, with a number of circus
horses, frightened by the accident,
stampeded through the grounds, in
juring many in the crowds and wreck
ing smaller tents The body of Mrs.
Mary Hileman, So, of Addison, Pa,
has been taken from the wreckage.
Buried Under Canvas Top
More than $500 persons were crowd
eded under the big tent when the
storm struck out of clear sky. The
first intimation of danger came when
the huge canvas structure suddenly
began swaying. Many began rush
for the exits, but before they could
escape a big centerpole snapped and
the huge piece Of canvas came crash
ing down, carrying the other poles
and the seats with it. Terror imme-
diately broke loose among the ami
mails, and their frightened roars add
ed to the commotion.
The six elephants broke from their
trainers and rushed wildly among the
PROSTATE scores of people, trampling
many women and children. While the
trainers were trying to capture these
mammoth beasts, seven horses broke
loose. Fearing the cages imprisoning
the lions and other animals would
break, Gordon of trainers was thrown
about the menagerie. They succeed
ed in holding the cages intact.
Many Children Caught
The alarm was sounded and prac-
tically every resident of Uniontown
rushed to the grounds Frantically
cutting through the canvass they were
able to save many lives. Scores OF
unconscious forms, many of them
small children, were extricated with
in the first few minutes after the tent
felN A half hundred physicians,
rushed to the scene from Uniontown
and the surrounding country, worked
heroically among the injured. A cir
Gus official last night placed the
shows loss at $4,000.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
GOOD PRICES
ARE PROMISED
President Wilson Says that Pro-
lection VIII Be Given the Farm
ers--No Intention to Minimize
Price

Spring wheat growers Of the north
west were assured by President Will
son in personal interview that the
government intends to protect farm
ers in marketing their crops and that
prices will be guaranteed high enough
to stimulate production. The farmers
representatives were told that the
government hopes permanent market
ing reforms may grow out of war
time measures. It is not the present
intention to fix minimum prices, the
president said.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
Sixth Tornado Sweeps
Down Upon Towns in
Kansas and Other State

was cut, was that 200 houses had been
demolished.
1t is feared that numerous deaths
had occurred.
Drake, Okla, suffered five deaths
and the destruction of two residences
and the schoolhouse. A school teach
er, hearing the tornado approaching,
marshalled her charges into storm
cellar, and probably saved many lives,
for the building was razed over their
heads.
Moore, Kan, 25 miles from Kansas
City, was seriously damaged by a
twister that took three lives. Proper
ty damage there had not been esti-
mated.
Death and Damage Widespread
From Ottawa, Kan, came a report
that many farm houses in Franklin
county had been wrecked and num-
Der of persons injured.
Lehigh, OKLA, near Colgate, was
hit by the same tornado that struck
the latter town. 1t was reported,
wniie none w~a4 killed, eeTeral per
sons were injured and extensive
property damage done.
Buffalo, Mo-, Lebanon, in the same
state, Coffeyville, Kan, and other
places report storms and deaths.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
KICK OF COLT In
ILLINOIS KILLS

August Waterstreet, brother of w.
F. Waterstreet OF Spring Green, was
killed at Morrison, Ill.,, by the kick
of horse. The animal struck him in
the face.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
], S, WORKMAN
READS POEM AMID
LITTLE GREEN TENTS
Rev. c. E. Weed Presents the Evo-
luton Of the Idea Of Liberty in
Three Of Its Phases

Patriotism on Memorial Day was at
a high key.
The fact that the nation is at war
intensified the enthusiasm.
The day was cloudy and rainy part
of the time but the program was car
ried out as arranged. In the morning
many automobiles formed on Third
street, and when the procession rolled
away it bore the members of the G.
A. R., w. R. c., kindred organizations,
and many visitors. There were many
automobiles in line and they present
ed an inspiring sight as they were di-
rected toward the cemeteries.
At the Baraboo cemetery W. d.
Porter, M. Hoover, John w. Herring
ton and Nathan Farnworth, assisted
by many others, decorated the little
green tents with the beautiful blooms
of May. The usual exercises were
held at the G. A. r. lot, j. S. Worth
man reading the following:
The City of Surcease
BY Richard E. Burton
They do neither plight nor wed
In the City of the Dead,
In the city where they sleep away
the hours;
But they lie, while DER them range,
Winter blight and summer change,
And hundred happy whisperings
of flowers.
No, they neither wed nor plight,
And the day is like the night,
For their vision is of other kind
than ours.
They do neither sing nor sigh
In the city where they lie,
Where the streets have grasses
growing cool and long,
But they rest within their bed,
Leaving all their thoughts unsaid,
Deeming silence better far than sob
or song.
No, they neither sigh nor sing,
Though the robin is a-wing,
Though the leaves of autumn march
a million strong.
There is only rest and peace
In the City of Surcease,
From the failings and wailings
meath the sun;
And the wings of the swift years
Beat but gently Ger their biers,
Making music to the sleepers, every
one.
There is only peace and rest;
But to them it seemeth best,
For they lie at ease, and know that
life is done.
Decorating the Graves
The graves in the Baraboo cemetery
were marked by E. L. Palmer, Daniel
Worth, Jr., and Loran Elwood. In
the Catholic cemeteries the decorat-
ing was done by W. J. Power and J.
F. McGinnis; in the Westfeld ceme-
terry by William Stackhouse, and in
the Fairfield cemetery by G. R. Ca
fiisch and Arthur Attridge.
Exercises at the Church
On account of the rain the exercises
in the afternoon were held in the First
M. E. church instead of Ochsner
Grove. The orders marched to the
church, the members Of the Grand
Army of the Republic occupying a
place of honor in the pews. The
church was well filled by an eager
company.
Mayor G. T. Thuerer presided and
G. A. Melz1, with Miss Margaret Cat
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
BARABOO YOUNG MEN
TAKE VICTIM AND
OTHERS TO HOSPITAL
Bride at DeIIs City Is Protected by
Platoon from Portage--Claim
They Followed Strict Orders

King Henry, a. prominent business
man of Kilbourn, was shot to death,
and two others with him in an auto
mobile were wounded Friday night by
bullets from the rifles of Portage ma
tional guardsmen on duty at the big
bridge over the Wisconsin river, when
the driver ignored the soldiers COM
mand to halt.
There is no charge the autoists at
tempted to tamper With the bridge.
Henry died instantly, his heart be-
ing penetrated.
Joe Kaiser, struck in the shoulder
and head, and Steve KamoWski,
wounded in the arm, are expected to
recover. A message from the hospital
to which they were hurried stated
that surgeons had pronounced their
injuries not dangerous. Both are Kill
bourn young men.
Start for a Dance
It is said there was a party of six
men in the motor car, bound for a
country dance at Fern Dell. They
left Kilbourn about II p. N.
After the shooting the car proceed
ed about a quarter of mile from
the Sank county end of the bridge,
on the road to Baraboo. There it
stopped and was overtaken by an auto
party of five Baraboo men, homeward
bound from Kilbourn. They gave
what assistance they could, taking
the wounded men back to the village
hospital.
King Henry, the dead man, was as
sociated with his father in the furni-
ture and undertaking business in Kill
bourn. 1t is said he was soon to be
married.
Three Shots Heard
Night watchman Weber of Kilbourn,
who investigated the shooting, said
two Of the guards fired. One soldier
was on the roadway and the other on
the railway track of the bridge above
the roadway.
The guardsmen claim they simply
obeyed their strict orders to shoot
when challenge to halt was disre-
garded by anybody on or about this
important bridge. They are members
of company F, third infantry, Wiscon-
sin national guard.
The Baraboo men stated they heard
three shots fired.
Picked up by Baraboo Car
AS the shots were fired Baraboo
automobile driven by Justice Adolph
andre, and carrying Howard l. Pot
ter, Mark o. Reinhart, Roy W. Turton
and James l.. Fleming, neared the
spot, following the Kilbourn car. They
heard the shots and soon came upon
those in the tragedy. Another car
containing Alderman EFT Ross, Peter
Lauer and Milton Lewis, of Baraboo,
came soon after, all leaving Kilbourn
in quick succession! The Baraboo
residents took the dead undertaken
and the wounded back to Kilbourn and
to the hospital.
The car containing Justice andre
and his friends left Baraboo soon aft
er 10 O'Clock, just at the clost of the
show at the AL. Ringing theatre.
Employed in Jacobs Shop
King Henry was employed in the
L. NJ Jacobs barber shop at Bara-
boo for about three years, and quit
something like three years ago to en-
gage in the undertaking business with
his father. Mr. Jacobs says he was
one of the most friendly and likeable
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-11
ALLIES REVIEW PLEDGES
OF UNITY OF ACTION
Result OF Conference Of Entente Pow.
ers at Rome Reaches Common
Solution of Problems,

Paris, Jan. 3. -- Although no COM
munication has been made pubic re-
garding the conference of the Allies.
says Rome dispatch to the Temps.
private conversations with some of
the principal figures in the confer
ence leave no doubt that the result
Is fully satisfactory and that the rem.
resentatives separate in full accord.
the French premier, M. BRAND, said:
Our visit has been most fruitful and
was timely Many difficulties of de-
tail had arisen since the last confer
ence and in all directions the attempt
was made to becloud the relations be-
tween the Allies-without mentioning
public events that are known to every.
one. 1t was necessary to Obstinate
the fogs and overcome the difficulties
ana ind common solution to accord
with present and future events"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-11
SWEEPING DECISION
FAVORlNG PROHIBITION
United States Supreme Court Declares
Webb-kenyon Law Constitutional
Cant Ship Liquor to "Drys."

Washington. Jan. 10.-~ln the most
sweeping of all decisions upholdins
prohibition laws the supreme court
has upheld "a constitutional and valid
the Webb-Kenyon law prohibiting,
shipments OF liquor from wet" ia
dry" states. 1t also sustained West
virginia's recent amendment to her
law prohibiting importation in inter
state commerce Of liquor for personal
use,
After having been vetoed BY Presi
dent Taft. who held II unconstitu.
tional, and having been repassed by
Congress over his veto, the law was
sustained by the supreme court by q
vote OF TO 2. Leaders OF the prohs
hition movement declare the decision
is to their fight second only in i'm
portance to the proposed constitutional
amendment.
Lawyers for liquor interests who
heard the decision admitted IL upheld
and applied the law in its fulles,
sense"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-11
ARGUMENTS BEGUN IN U. S.
COURT ON RAIL LAW CASE
Test Involves constitutionaIity of
Adamson Act-Dscision Is Expected
In Few Weeks.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Argument was
begun Monday in the United States
supreme court on the test case in.
volving the question of constitution
ality of the Adamson law. 1t is in the
form Of an appeal by the department
OF justice from a decision of Circuit
Justice W. c. Hook at Kansas City,
upholding the claim of the Missouri,
Oklahoma & Gulf railroad that the
law is unconstitutional and void.
1t was expected that the argument
would be continued all day today.
Mondays hearing was the first on
the merits OF the Adamson law in any
court. Judge Hook having decided the
case without formal hearings in order
to expediate the appeal for the su.
preme courts final determination. A
decision is expected within a few
weeks at most,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-11
ADOPTS SUBSTITUTE FOR HITCH.
COCK RESOLUTION AFTER
THREE DAYS DEaATE-oNE
DEMOCRAT OPPOSED.
LEWIS SEES U. S. IN WAR
iF STRUGGLE CONTINUES
Democratic Whip Makes Sensational
Declaration During Discussion In
Standardization A. Approved,
by Vote OF 40 to II, Does Not
Indorse Entire Message.

Washington. Jan. 8. -- Approval oi
President Wilson's request for state
ment OF peace terms from the Euro
pean belligerents was voted by the
Senate at the conclusion of three days
OF stirring debate, Democratic leaders
suddenly decided to accept form oil
resolution that would not commit the
Senate to Endorsement OF the whole
OF the Presidents note and 10 Re-
pnblicans of the Progressive group
Joined the majority In making the vote
| 48 to II.
Senator MARITIME of New Jersey was
the only Democrat to vote In the neg.
alive.
Lewis Predicts War.
Discussion of the subject reached q
climax with q sensational declaration
by Senator Lewis, chief spokesman
for the Democrats, replying to Repub.
lfcan criticism Of the President q
course. Without referring directly to
the submarine controversy, the sena.
tor said the United States could not
keep out Of the war IL 1t continued
and that America would not again ac-
cept misconception of orders or zeal
OF officers as an excuse for an injury
to citizen or property.
The chief objection urged against
the original resolution offered nv Sen.
ator Hitchcock was that 1t would in
dorse the Presidents offer to join In
u movement to guarantee world peace
and his declaration OF tho interest OF
the United States In small nations.
Republicans joined Senator Lodge and
others In this connection.
Substitute Resolution.
The resolution adopted was pro-
posed by Senator Jones, Republican.
OF Washington and was accepted by
Senator Hitchcock as substitute for
his own. 1t resolves:
THAT the Senate approves and
strongly indorses the request by the
President In tho diplomatic notes OF
December Is to the nations now en-.
gagged In war. that those nations state
the terms upon which peace might be
discussed"
Debate Ends Suddenly.
The compromise ended debate when
1t appeared certain that action would
be deferred.
The Hitchcock resolution read as
follows:
THAT the Senate approves and
strongly Endorses the action taken by
the President in sending the dipu.
matte notes of December is to the ma
tions now engaged In war suggesting
and recommending that those nations
state the terms upon which peace
might DO discussed"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-11
NEW INTERNATIONAL CODE
Is TO PROTECT NEUTRAL.s
Principles Being Worked out on BASIS
on Lessons From War--Wilson and
Lansing Original Proponents.

Washington, Ian, "A new interna.
tional code to protect the liberty OF
neutrals' Ia being worked out by lead,
Ing North and South American experts
on the basis Of lessons drawn from the
present war.
President Wilson and Secretary Rob.
ert Lansing are the original propon.
ents.
Ways and means Of formulating in
terms the new principles will be dis.
cussed at meeting Of international
lawyers In Havana. Cuba. Jan. 70.
The new code" will endeayor e.
mals 1t impossible for tho world ever
again to have "Lusitania case" in
yolving nentrals and will try to pro
vent such trespass on neutral rights as
Great Britain has practised In mail
seizures, detention OF neutral ships and
the like.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-11
Prisoners Cut or BY Fire

Frankfort. Ky. Jan. 2. An un,
known number OF negro prisoners. g.
amated by prison authorities to be rs
many as so. were cut off from escape
by FIRE which started In cell house
a.. the Oldest building in use at
the state reformatory at Frankfort,
Dynamite has been ordered from the
city workhouse to blow hole In the
wallis In an effort to release men held
In cells which must each be unlocked
individually before the occupants can
escape. The blaze WAS discovered
shortly before IL O'Clock.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-11
ARREST CHICAGO POLICE HEAD
CHIEF HEALEY CHARGED WITH
BRIBERY AND ExToRTIoN.
Immediately Released on 100000
aond--Had Handed In His
Resignation.

Chicago, Jan. 10.--Superintendent OF
Police Charles G. Healey, Lieutenant
Martin White and three others were
arrested and warrants were issued for
three other policemen by States At
torney Maclay Hoyne. Healey was
Immediately released ON bonds OF
100000. The charges against him
are extortion, bribery and conspiracy
Mr.. Hoyne issued a statement In
which he said great majority" OF
the captains and lieutenants OF police
OF the city were involved In the scan
DIAL. ia
Chief Had Resigned.
The chief, whose recent resignation
was accepted to become effective next
Thursday. was arrested at his home
Lieutenant White, Thomas Costello
alleged go-between and personal agent
OF the chief; Mike de Pike" Heitler,
ao-called King" of the former West
side resort district. and William Skid.
more, politician and saloonkeeper,
were arrested In raid on Costello's
office. ..... .. .
According to Mr.. Hoyne. they were
engaged In dividing about $1,000 col.
lected In tribute" Some of the
money, he said, bore the serial num-
bers previously noted by his agents
while II was In the possession of re-
sort keepers.
Healey would not comment on the
charges. Mr. Hoyne said he had seiz-
ed documents bearing OH the cases.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-11
FoksHANI FALLS UNDER HAIL
OF TEUTON SHELLS AND FOUR
THOUSAND PRISONERS
ARE TAKEN.
NEW RUSS-RUMANIAN
DEFENSE LINE PERlLED
In the Riga Region sIavs Are Vic.
torSous Taking Sixteen Cannon and
Eight Hundred Prisoners--lm-
portant Danube Town of
Galatz In Jeopardy.

Berlin, Jan. 10.-Another OF Roumar
MAS fortresses has fallen into the
hands of the Teutonic Allies. Keeping
up their intensive forward movement
along the railroad line into Moldavia,
Field Marshal Won Mackensens troops
have taken Fokshani and with it near.
ly 1000 prisoners and some cannon
and machine guns. At last reports the
invaders we're pursuing the defeated
Russians, In spite of snow and cold
weather, while the troops Of Archduke
Joseph of Austria were pressing back
the Roumanians eastward into Media.
via betwee nthe Putna and Oftuz val.
leys.
Danube Town In Jeopardy.
The capture OF Fokshani, which lies
on the railroad Is miles northwest Of
Galatz, apparently places this impor.
tant Danube town in great jeopardy.
The Russian war office in its last
communication does not mention the
capture of Fokshani but records a re-
pulse of the invaders northwest of the
town in the region of Ponticheschi,
where they are said to have suffered
heavy casualties.
The repulse of Teutonic Allied at
tacks at several other places, notably
a short distance from where the Buzeu
river enters into the Sereth south
west of Galatz, also is announced.
In the region of Riga, the Russians
have taken trenches from the Germans
near the village of Kalnzen and in
addition captured prisoners, machine
guns, mortars and one heavy battery.
In three days battle in this region
the Russians have taken 16 cannon
and about 500 prisoners.
In Volhynia near Novoselki and in
Galicia north of Zborow the Germans
have attempted advances against the
Russians but were repulsed, according
to Petrograd.
In the other theaters there still is
little activity except by the artillery
and patrol parties.