Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
JACKIE BAND
BRINGS CROWDS
Great Musical Organization of
Naval Training Station
Comes to Ladysmith
MUSIC AND SPEECHES
DRAW TWO AUDIENCES
Gym Hall Not Big Enough to Care for
the People Who Came to
Hear

Closing it's tour of the state, to stil
up patriotism of the people generally
and to create new interest in the L. S
Navy as well as to establish local
chapters of the Navy Relief Society
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
tion band came to Ladysmith Sunday
morning. There were two concerts at
the auditorium of the highschOol gym
and both were attended by audiences
which packed the hall and in the after
unable to gain admission.
The band was one section of the big
one at the training station, which has
800 pieces and was organized and
trained by John Philip Sousa, the
famous band leader, and is the largest
musical organization of its kind in the
world The section coming to Lady
smith was of 40 pieces managed by
Chief Yoeman. A. O'Maliey and led
by Harry RatZik.
Navy Relief Society
Lieut.. Moore was the organizer of
the Navy Relief and advance agent for
the men. He arrived in the city Satur-
day forenoon. A local chapter of the
relief society was started with tenn
pOrary organization of which j. A.
MichaelsOn is chairman, Chas. Kir-
wan, vice-chairman, j. 0. Sinclair,
treasurer and f. NJ. Doyle, secretary.
A large number of signatures were re-
ceived for the memberships which are
at the option of the member, 81 for
membership, So for another grade and
$25 for life membership. The funds
go to the dependent families of the
sailors killed in the government SER
vice.
1t was the intention of the men to
have a street parade and drill and an
outdoor concert as well but the wealth
er was so cold as to make this impos-
sible. The county had been thoroughly
covered by the scouts of the Ladysmith
Chamber of Commerce, Saturday, and
there were many farmers and resi-
dents of neighboring towns to attend
the concert and to hear the speaking
but only a part of them were able to
get into the hall. Acting Mayor Geo.
Luell appointed HI. w. True and l.. NJ.
Soule special officers and for time
they and Chief LOzier had their hands
full with the crowd. No children I'M
der ID were permitted to go in, as
there were too many adults who were
left out as it was. Capt. Galloway, of
the Home Guard was the efficient
,dOOrkeeper.
How the Band Could Play
In the afternoon the hall was packed
and the chairman asked that those
present please remain away in the
evening, the result being that almost
the entire crowd at night differed
from that of the day.
And the Jackies could play! They
simply made the air vibrant with the
class of music that Stirs one to the
soul The seXtet sang and played and
a big sailor with a German name and
of German ancestry, sang an Irish
song that called for encores and much
applause After the first part of the
vice-president of the Chamber Of Com
merce. introduced the speaker, Julian
Nolan. of Chicago, who appeared in
the place of Martin Gillen. of Racine,
whose work on the platform on this
trip had been the one of the big fea-
lures Mr. Gillen could not be here
but found worthy substitute in Mr..
Nolan who held the attention of his
audience. both afternoon and evening,
as he traced the work of Prussia for
more than 200 years in the aggrandize-
ment of the kingdom into empire by
theft and conquest, always with flu
ture war in sight. and, finally to begin
this war for world-power.
Question of Loyalty
The speaker went into the question
of loyalty and said that 80 per cent OF
the Germans were loyal and that the
other five per cent should be convinced
by firmness as well as gentleness. One
should not judge that Chicago was
disloyal because it's Mayor VIM. Hale
Thompson, he said, was charged with
disloyalty and Wisconsin could not be
called disloyal on account Of the atti-
tude of LaFOllette.
| The evening concert was shortened
by the necessity of getting in at 9:2a
for Chicago where the jackies were to
return to their camp. They travelled
in two Pullmans but ate at the Hotel
Baker, where Mrs. Baker served din
ner to both the band and the speakers
and some fifty guests from Ladysmitl