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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
ANIMAL HOLSTETN
MEETING IN DECEMBER

The Rusk County Holstein Breed
ers' Association plans to hold their an
nual winter meeting during the month
of December this year. There has been
considerable discussion as to where
this meeting should be held this year.
The executive board will meet in a
short time and set a date and place
of meeting. Farmers interested in the
Holstein breed of cattle, throughout
Rusk county should decide where they
wish to have the meeting held. The
town which sends in the best offer of
cooperation will be awarded the meet
ing.
Last years meeting was held at In
gram The business men of Ingram
cooperating with John Curtis, enter
tanned the Association royalty. In fact
many members were SO we'll pleased
that they are asking that Ingram be
selected again this year as meeting
place. The matter will be held open
| for a few days and the county agent
will be pleased to hear from various
towns in the country interested in the
meeting.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
ON
TWO FED. ROADS
Route Through Sawyer will Run
By Way of Bruce, Raids
son and COuderay.

Ladysmith will be on two great Fed
eral highways. One will run east and
west through the county. There will
be third cutting in to the east and
west road at Bruce and running north
just east of Exeland, then to Raids
son and to Couderay, Sand Lake and
then within three miles of Stone Lake
and into Hayward. Thence it goes on
to Superior.
The Ladysmith- Hayward road will
follow the picturesque Chippewa river
valley route to Radisson, thence the
Couderay river route northwest for
about 10 miles, passing through part
of the Couderay Indian reservation,
which will be of historical interest to
the tourists. This road will have easy
grades. be the shortest through the
country and will give settlers in the
southern part of Sawyer county more
direct route to the county seat than
any other route that might have been
suggested, being shorter and easier
built and maintained on account OF
the good drainage and road making.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
MCCORMICK is SENTENCED
PRISON FOR LIFE

Judge Quinlan at 2:15 o'clock Fri
day afternoon sentenced John III. Nc
COrmick to be confined i'm the states
prison at Waupun at hard labor fOF
the rest of his natural life and that
the first day of each year be solitary
confinement.
Mccormick looking sleepless and
haggard, said before sentence:
81 realize nothing can say at this
time will be of any use. / hope
to live so that the time Will come when
l can prove to the world / am innO-
cent.
Mr.. L. E.. McGill asked for an arrest
of judgment until counsel could pre-
pare argument and affidavits to show
that certain members of the jury had
expressed themselves vehemently as
believing the prisoner guilty and there
fore Mccormick had not been given &
fair trial.
The motion was not granted.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
Beginning Thursday Every The.
ater and Show House in
Country Contributes
PRICES ARE RAISED
ALL OVER COUNTRY
No More Free Tickets For Uncle Sam
Stands at Every Theater Door
Making Everyone Pay

| Every time you go to the motion
picture show hereafter, you pay some
thing to your Uncle Samuel to help run
| the government For every ten cent
| ticket he sells Manager Martin, of the
| Unique. has to turn over one cent ano
when the price goes to fifteen or TWEEN
| ty cents he pays two cents tax. Ado
| that to the cost of films and the high
er rates paid now and Mr.. Martin is
| looking hard at the problem of success
| full operation of an amusement enter
prise.
This tax has made an increased adj
mission necessary. The managers OF
motion picture houses throughout the
United States have all practically
joined to put the price of admission fol-
all ten cent shows to fifteen cents and
| the twenty cent shows to quarter
Some of them simply add the tax to
the cost of each ticket.
Of all the tax laws this is one of the
most serious to the public and the own
ers Of places of amusement. Every
show of every character whether pro
| fesSiOnal or amateur, including the
alter given over to the spoken drama
motion pictures, an opera house, caba-
ret or circus or any place in the guise
of a place of amusement, has to pay
tax on it's admissions. The govern
ment has gone into the show business
and the collection of the tax is a job
of a serious character. The manager
| of the place must make a monthly re-
port and settlement with the govern
ment and if he does not eight years in
prison confronts him.
There are exceptions to this but only
| when the entertainment is given for ed
ucational, religious or charitable pur-
pose, or for the benefit of a fraternal
or charitable organization.
| Ladysmith has but one theater reg.
ularly operated. 1t has presented and
| does present constantly good pro
gram of pictures and has been given a
| fair patronage although it cannot be
said that this is strong amusement
going town. The added tax will be
| paid in the admission
| The man with the pass or anyone
who gains admission in any way but by
paying, unless a bona fide emplOye OF
the theater, will have to put up the
same tax as the one who buys the
ticket The large theaters have raised
their prices generally throughout the
country as the tax of ten per cent hits
| the high-priced theaters the most.
*The law went into effect ON Thurs
day of this week.
| The prices to be charged at the
| Unique hereafter will be raised SO that
| the and 10 cent shows will be 10 anC
| Is cents and the 5 and Is cent shows
| 10 and 20 cents.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
ARTHUR H. MCCORMICK FOUND GUILTY OF POISONING HIS WIFE
MASS MEETING ON
LIGHT QUESTION

At last after many weeks OF waiting
and some discussion there is to be ac-
tion on the proposition made back in
early September that the people of La
dysmith meet and talk over the ques-
ton of lighting the city A mass meet
ing has been called for Friday even
ing, Nov 8, at the highschool gym.
Ten days ago the Meyers interests
presented proposition to the city for
a lower schedule of lighting. The city
council at it's meeting last Friday took
up the proposition and passed reso-
for a public discussion of the matter.
The schedule will be presented at that
time
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
WIFES ESTATE
NOW COMES UP
Conviction of Mccormick Leaves
Way Clear to Probate Or
iginal Will.

Where does the conviction of A. H.
Mccormick leave the remnant of the
estate of his wife? That is an impor-
tant question. When the will case was
ended year ago the court had set
aside the will made by Mrs. McCor-
mick leaving all her property to her
husband The defense was given all
opportunity to appeal and the time of
that appeal was extended so as to COW
er the period of the trial for murder.
The presumption was that if McCOr-
mick was freed from the charge, then
an appeal would have weight and he
stand chance to come into possession
of the estate as a clean-handed legatee.
To free him from the murder charge
was to in effect give him his rights I'M
der the will.
There is a petition now in county
court for the probate of the prior will.
The document itself does not exist or
it has not been found. Who destroyed
it or made way with it is matter un-
known. But the contents of the will
are known and the attorneys for the
Kimballs will make an effort to prove
it. The principal legatees are Mr.. and
Mrs VIM. Kimball.
When Mccormick came into the
eXecutorship of the estate, he gave a
bond in the sum of $4,000. His sure
ties were the Maryland Casualty Co.
The attorneys of the Maryland Casual
ty Company in Milwaukee are Blood
good, Kramer & Bloodgood. Of this
firm is Albert X. StebbinS. The surety
company is interested as if McCOr-
mick was not found guilty it would
eventually pay nothing to the estate
since it's client had been indicated
A demand has been made on the sure
| ty company to turn over the assets of
the estate to the Special Administrator
| Geo. Stine. Hence Mr.. Stebbins ap-
pearance in the case with a fee from
a casualty company to defend McCor-
mick.
The bond it is believed vii be suf-
! ficient to cover the sums which are
| claimed have been used by the convict
ed man urlawfully But that is a mat
ter for accountants and any other
statement is conjecture.
| The Mccormick case has cost Rusk
county a large sum of money, from
$4,000 to $4,000 it is estimated but
| this will not be known until the re
| turns are all in.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
CIRCUIT COURT GETS
DOWN TO BUSINESS
Civil Docket is Being Cleared Up
Rapidly-TwO Jury Cases

Immediately after the trial of Nc
Cormick was completed circuit settled
down to busines to clear the docket OF
the civil actiOns.' So rapid had been
the progress at noon Friday that Judge
Quinlan said he thought the calendar
would be cleared by Saturday night.
The case of Sigfried Nordlund VS.
Jonas Eskola i'm two actions were
joined by stipulation and evidence ta
ken. 1t was case involving the eX
change of Rusk farm for land in New
York state which had not proved as
represented according to plaintiff
There were many witnesses and as
none of them could speak English an
Interpreter was appointed. j. w
Carow for the plaintiff was given ten
days to file a brief and Z. M. Thomas
for the defense an equal time to file
answer.
Herbert Drain sued Albert Coey fol
team of horses. There are many de
tails to this case and it took the fore
noon of Friday. The jury at noon
IcIucTCu IL NcIulCL VI Pic.oo s'oihdSSe
for the defendant.
The case of +. A. Hulquist VS.
Charles Swanson is being heard.
Judge Quinlan put the case OF the
remonstrance of taxpayers against
the Rusk County Farm Drainage Sys
TEN over. 1t will be heard by Judge
Wickham. Ben. Apker, of Chetek, who
is president of the system was IN
town.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
Paper Makers Case Ended BY
Changing the Charge to
Simple Assault and
Battery
EACH ONE ASSESSED
S108.79 BY THE JUDGE
First Stentence by Judge Quinlan
Passed During Halt i'm Me-
COrmick Trial

The six men charged i'm the original
information with assault with intent
to do great bodily harm came to the
bar of the circuit court shortly after
five o'clock Monday afternoon. New
informations were read to them charg
ing them with simple assault and bat
terry. Upon this all six men changed
the pleas they had made two weeks
ago Monday and entered pleas Of
guilty.
They were fined so that in each
case, the fine and costs reached the
sum of $10S.79. The costs varied and
Judge Quinlan took the lowest cost
account as a basis and added fine of
$100 When he was through this was
the result.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
BOTTLING WORKS SOLD

III. f. Lybarger sold the Ladysmith
Bottling Works yesterday to Thomas
& Connor, proprietors Of the Rice
Lake Bottling Works, who will con-
tinue to operate the plant here. The
new proprietors plan extensive inn
provements and will enlarge and in
crease the capacity of the plant.
Mr. Lybarger and wife expect to re
main here until after hunting season
after which Mr.. Lybarger will resume
work at his trade as linotype machin
ist-operator, probably somewhere il
the west
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
COURT RECORD

A. J. CarOw VS.. John G. Young. Set
tied.
A. e. Hawley VS.. M. A. Brosius ct al
Settled.
D. o. Stine VS.. Albert Holak and Julia
HOlak. Judgment for plaintiff.
Federal Bridge & Structural Co. VS.
n. p. & Mfg. Co. and Fay Esther Me
Lean. Non-appearance OF defendant
Judgment for plaintiff.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
JOHN SNYDER
KEPT FROM FRONT
Will Not Be Permitted to Go Back to
Fight After Hospital Recovery

Mrs. Will E. Smith, of Ladysmith,
is in receipt of letter from her
brother. John Snyder, who is at Bex-
hill-on-Sea, Sussex, Eng, in which he
saws he is getting on fairly well re-
covering from shell shock.
II hope the war will soon be over
and | will see you all again Don't
worry any about me Lilah. | am all
right in every way but they think
could not stand the noise any more at
the front.
.'The Americans here now are hav-
ing great time and | see a few OF
them
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
DEATH OF MARTIN KANE

Martin Kane, aged As, who moved to
Ladysmith from Tony some seven years
ago died Tuesday. Mr.. Kane was a
man with great many friends. He
leaves a wife and three children, two
sons and daughter. The funeral was
held from ST Mary's catholic church
Friday morning and interment i'll
Riverside.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
TWO DIVORCES ARE GRANTED

Court found time this week to grant
two divorces. Belle Kleinert, whose
petition was heard last week was
granted absolute divorce from her hus-
band, Adolph Kleinert. Gertrude Stew
ems, whose husband is somewhere in
North Dakota was granted a divorce
and $15 each for herself and child and
$25 counsel fees.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
FINED FOR HIS MINK FUR

Clarence Harmon was brought be-
fore Justice Reeves on Saturday and
fined $50 and costs for having fur of
mink in his possession. He had no
trappers license. Game Warden SOule
made the arrest.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
MUCH WORK ON THE 500

There will be much work done on
the 500 north of Ladysmith this win
ter. Two new spurs will be built be-
tween Stone Lake and Brownlee Sid
ing Crews are now grading and sur
facing at Brownlee. Several camps
will be established.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
CHEESEMAKER'S WILL MEET

The Central Wisconsin Cheeseman's
ers, Buttermakers and Dairymen's Ad-
vancement Association will meet at
Marshfield Nov 81 and %. A fine pro-
gram has been arranged.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
FIREMAN KILLED AT BARRON

Roy James, fireman on the Blue
berry, was killed at Barron Wednes-
day night when through 500 freight
into the locomotive
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
Judge Quinlan's Sentence

Judge Quinlan faced large audi
ence when he gave the men their SEN
tence. The court room was crowded
with people waiting for the redirect
examination of Mccormick. 1t was
the first time the people had heard
the judge since he came to Rusk coun-
ty, to hold court, except in the most
formal manner.
II cannot understand how you boys
were so misled," he said. 'Under the
laws of the state Of Wisconsin you
have perfect right to meet and argue
with men in cases Of this character. /
don't believe you went out there to
commit crime You knew they had
guns and arming yourselves with
clubs was not a defense against that /;
the only way was to get guns for your
selves or not to go at all
He said he recognized that the men
had families. III one of the men had
killed strike-breaker he would be
tried for murder and not for assault.
He said it was hard to punish them
without injuring the innocent. He
then imposed the fines given above.
Reasonable Time to Pay Fine
The men were remanded to the sher-
iff but on the statement of Mr.. Carow
they were told they might have reas-
enable time to get the money to pay
the fines and costs and the bail would
be continued in force. Ed Phalen who
has no bondsmen went back to Jail.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02

In default of the payment of the
fine and costs as set down, they were
ordered to serve at hard labor in the
county Jail not to exceed sixty days.
Plea Of Guilty to Assault
When the cases were called McCOr-
mick had stepped from the stand, the
state having finished the cross exam
ination and his counsel had asked for
few minutes conference with their
client During the recess the judge
called the papermakers' cases. 1t took
a few minutes more to get them gath
cred as it had been understood that
the hearing would be at 5 40 p. m.
When the men were all lined up at
the bar with Ed Phalen at the head,
Dist. Attorney Falge read the infor-
nation and made a statement as to
the crime which had been originally
charged.
]. w. Carow made a plea for the
men. He stated that the boys had no
intention of injuring the men when
they went out there on the Tony road
on the night of Sept. IL and had
armed themselves with clubs as it was
well known some of the men who had
been brought here as strike-breakers
had guns He said the explosion came
when Stoffels had pulled his whiskey
bottle and knocked William Phalen
down. He spoke of the mems families
and their generally good record here
tofOre.
Mr.. Falge made few pencil marks
on Mr.. Carow's statement calling at
tention to someone having cried out,
sILy;u +bo
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02

McCORMICK'S STORY
McCOrmick's own story as told on
the witness stand on pages A and
) this issue.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
Most Celebrated Case in. History
of Rusk County Ends in Con-
viction for First Degree Murder
DRAMATIC SCENES AT TRIALS END

iel Matheson. the White Cloud saloon
keeper will not go to the man who has
been tried and found guilty. The game
is lost; the wheel has stopped Oh a
blank
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22
THE ELIMINATED TRAINS
Rniironds' War Board Tells of Savings
Made by Cutting Down Passenger
Hauling Service.

People iwho are disgruntled over the
curtailment of passenger train service
in this part of the country may. or
may not find consolidation In the re-
port to the government Just made by
Fairfax Harrison. chairman OF the
Railroads War Board. The report
claims that the railroads OF tho United
States. as part OF their efforts un-
der the direction of the War Board to
make available maximum Of trans
portation energy for the movement, of
ireisht necessary for the successful
conduct OF the war have eliminated
passenger trains aggregating 1881
02s miles Of train service per year.
Ihis, the report claims. Is done to save
man power, fuel and motive mower
which can thus be applied to the trans
portation OF necessities. The elimina-
ton Oh passenger service as now re-
ported will make available for other
purposes over 1.120,0O0 tons OF coal
Many railroads. especially west Of
the Allegheny mountains are still to
be heard from. The railroad systems
In the Eastern Department have cut.
service. thus saving 1918 tons of
coal per year. The Pennsylvania sys-
tenn eliminated 100000 miles OF train
service, thus saving 1886 tons of
coal. The New York Central plans to
save $4,000 tons Of coal. The Erie
the Baltimore G. Ohio 1.16S.596, and
the Chesapeake G. Ohio $50, 1000. Tho
Southern Railway has cut out l,s00.-
600 passenger train miles and will save
97.oS2 tons of coal. Roads in New
England have arranged to eliminate
i,S47.332 passenger train miles with
saving OF 256.724 tons of coal The
Boston and Maine cut out 2.llS,s4 miles
OF service, the New Haven l.f07,OO4.
and the Maine Central 442,670. The
Marquette and the Wabash, the only
roads. reporting as yet from the Cen
trail Department, have eliminated to-
Eether S46.6o0 miles Of service and
planned to save 1855 tons OF coal.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES
Industrial and Building Activitic. ir
Various Parts of the Old
North Stafe

Rockwell has a new bank. which
will go down in history as the Bank
Of Rockwell. DR.. G. w. Choate has
the honor OF being the first president
and T. r. Garner is cashier.
The Farmers Milling Company has
been incorporated at Middlesex with
$4,000 capital to build and operate
Touring mills.
The Piedmont Commission Com
pany. of Charlotte, has secured the
necessary buildings in which to manu-
facture damask towels and will at
once install $50 looms for that pur-
pose, the same with other machinery
having been purchased
The G. H. Y. Hosiery Mills, of Con-
cord. are building an addition to their
factory which with the fifty new looms
to be installed In the same will enable
them TO increase their daily capacity
TO 500 dozen pairs of hosiery.
The Thomas Company has been In
corporated at Dunn with $4,000 cap
ital stock to do a land development
business
Goldsboro is to have another COM
bination cotton ginning and grist mill
ing establishment. E. G.. Outlaw and
d. NJ. Prince. will erect and operate IL.
The Winston-Salem Morris Plan
Company (banking). has been incor-
porated with authorized capital OF
$4,000. George w. Coan is the presi-
dent OF the company.
The Savings. Loan and Trust Com
pany. OF Monroe, has completed plans
for the erection OF three-story bank
building which will be modernly
equipped from cellar to garrett.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22
THE DREAM-EYED MULE
Ffourishes In Missouri. Natural Homo
I'm South With the NeEro-The
Virginia Variety.

writer. in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. discoursing on the interest
ing subject OF mules tells us that no
one knows just when that gentle,
dreamy-eyed animal broke into history,
but he edged or kicked his way in
somehow or other. has held his place
for some years. and one OF the late
chapters in which he figured was the
torpedoing OF the Armenian.
He is distinctly an American pro-
duct. There are mules abroad. but they
are not real mules. The companions
ship of the negro and the climate Of
the Southern States and the southern
portion OF the Central States are re-
CURED to bring the mule to his full
development
The Southern planter depends al
most altogether on Missouri for his
mules. Roughly speaking, mules are
divided into classes. the cotton and
ter. grade, the huge. well-built animals
tons OF the far South. while the cot
ton mule is smaller and better adapted
for use in the cotton fields
Assuming that the above division Of
the mule kingdom is correct it may
be said that the sawmill and lumber
men OF Virginia use thousands OF the
sugar mules" while for farm work
the cotton" variety is mostly in de-
mand. However. all Of the mules do
ing business in Virginia do not come
from Missouri. Thousands OF them are
raised in this State. most OF the farm
ers raising their own supply on their
farms. and they can raise them Just
as handy as they can hogs.