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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10
GOOD WORK.
GOOD WORDS

Mayor G. T. Thuerer has received
letter from Fred Vogel, Jr., Milwau-
kee, chairman state membership cam
paign, which congratulates Dr. Thuerer
and the other workers in the county
upon the splendid showing in the
Christmas membership campaign for
the Ped Cross. Mr. Vogel says he ap-
preciates the fact that the campaign
was carried on under adverse condi-
tons, which makes the showing all
the more creditable. The quota for
the state was $4,000, and it has
reached 45O, 900, or approximately IS
per cent over the quota, with several
chapters to be heard from Mr.. Vogel
says he greatly appreciates what has
been done.
In Sank county the memberships
have reached 1884 and Dr.. Thuerer
says they will go over 1000.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10

home.
Mrs. Frank Haugh has been enjoy
ing visit from her uncle, Frank
Krouse, and nephew, Freddie Sobek,
of Muscoda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kuykendall and
son Leon were visitors on New Years
Day at the F. Kuykendall home west
of town. Miss Vera spent the day
with her friend, Mildred Carr.
Peter Daley has returned from
spending some time at the Clyde Eden
home, near La Vale.
Several from here attended the Jesse
Smith funeral in Reedsburg.
Bobby Cady celebrated his sixth
birthday on January by inviting in
several of his little friends to help
him enjoy the day. Games were in
dulged in, refreshments served and a
good time had. The guests left some
nice gifts as remembrances Of the
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10
AIMS OF GERMANS
IN THEIR OWN WORDS

How many of the readers of The
News have followed it's advice and
sent to Washington for the new pub
LEGATION, free to those who ask for it,
showing the war aims of the German
autocracy in their own words? Here
is one of the provisions. 1t is a quo
tation from the German, in the new
170-page book issued by the Commit
tee on Public Information, entitled
Conquest and Kultur:
"By right of war the right of strange
peoples to migrate into Germanic set
Elements will be taken away. BY right
of war the non-Germanic population in
America and Great Australia must be
settled in Africa. By right of war we
can send back the useless South Amer
lean romance peoples and the half
breeds to North Africa
Copies may be secured free of charge
by application to the committee on
Public Information, 10 Jackson Place,
Washington, D. c.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10

occasion. Miss Dorothy Snulus spent
occasion.
Miss Dorothy Shultis spent We'd
nesday at the home of her teacher,
Miss Title Haugh.
Mrs. H. N. Winchester spent Sun
day and Monday at the Cady home
here.
Wilbur, Merlin and Irwin Skinner os
the city spent g day here with their
cousin, Mildred Carr.
Miss Martha Schacke of Madison
spent day or so visiting her friend,
Miss Grace Cady.
Some from here attended the San
Huntley auction on Thursday.
Miss Edna White attended party
on Saturday evening at the Getting
ton home in Winfield.
Lee Shultis and family spent New
Years at the Nelson Brice home in
Dellona.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10
EAST REEDSBURG

Mrs. Charles Montgomery and son
Willie of Dellona were callers last
Thursday at the Frank Haugh home.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Meyer of Reeds
burg and Aug. Tietje of Milwaukee
were recent visitors at the FL. Tietje
home here.
Mrs. Anna Scoon and son Alfred
spent New Years at the Kinsley-Mc-
Clure home in town.
Miss Georgianna Shultis spent sew
eral days of her vacation with her
friend, Alice Woods.
Dorothy Shultis spent Wednesday
with her teacher, Miss Title Haugh.
Carl Woods returned Monday to
Madison, having spent his vacation
at home.
Willie Haugh has been visiting his
cousins at the Haugh home.
Mrs. Campbell and daughters Mary
and Hause and son Norman were New
Years guests at the B. D. Woods
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10
NELSON CASE
MAY GO To i. S.
HIGHEST COURT

The Nelson draft conspiracy case at
Madison may be carried to the United
States. supreme court at Washington.
Federal Attorney A. G.. Wolfe, dissat-
isf1ed with the ruling of Judge Car
penter, yesterday sent an appeal to
Attorney General Gregory setting
forth his grounds for asking interpre-
tation by the higher court, and asking
to sue out writ of errer.
The grounds of the dismissal of the
case was the ruling by Judge Carpen-
ter that the citizens not in the coun-
try at the time of the passage Of the
draft law were not affected by the
registration law, and not compelled
to register. It is claimed by District
Attorney Wolfe that an opinion by
Attorney General Gregory refutes this.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10
WHERE ARE THESE
YOUNG men?

The following is the list of ques-
tionaires mailed from the local board,
Sank County, Wisconsin, and returned
from the post office as unclaimed and
William J. Latotzky, Baraboo, Wis.
Joe Cindrich, So. Center street.
August LEVITT, 121 Walnut street.
Matt Bicanich, Walnut street.
Guy Patrow, Water street.
David B. Ovans, Spring Green, Wis.
Thros Ellos, 121 Walnut street.
Monte Wales, Baraboo, Wis.
Barney Nicks, clio Ringing Bros.
NJ. Colaf, Reedsburg, Wis.
Lewis G. Sommers, Ableman, Wis
Charles A. Nedin, Commercial hotel
John Farris, Seventh avenue.
Edward J. Temp, Baraboo.
James Armstrong, Baraboo.
George Gregson, Hazelton, Ida, and
Jacob P. Kessler, Prairie du Sac, R.
I.
Johannes M. Olson, Baraboo.
Frank j. Ward, BaraDOO.
Andrew Petersen, Baraboo.
Lawrence B. McGilvra, Baraboo.
Edward G.. Stone, Baraboo.
Joseph Cironak, Baraboo.
Harold Edwards, AT Eighth ave.
Francis j. Moffett, Lime Ridge.
Lewis F. Schoenbauer, 305 Fifth ST.
George Smith, clio Ringing Bros.
Charley Anderson, Second ave.
George Escalara, Baraboo.
Mike Antonio, Baraboo.
Walter Greenwood 10 Ringlings
Thomas G. Alexandris, Baraboo.
William Maahs, Ableman.
Albert W. Woods, Baraboo.
WILDER CAHOON.
Member local board
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10
YOUNGEST SANINIIE, 16, RAN
AWAY FROM HOME TO ENLIST

Robert C. Reeve of Waunakee, one
of the twin sons Of the railway station
agent at that place, is the youngest
soldier in Uncle Sans army. Not yet
16 years of age, he ran away and
joined the colors to fight to the limit
for Uncle Sam Rather than go to
school, he made his way in ten-below-
zero weather to an enlisting station
in Iowa and is now in camp at Jeffer-
son Barracks, Mo.
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PRAISE FOR KAISER
RULE PROVES COSTLY

Alleged to have said, WED be bet
ter off under the rule of the kaiser, "
Frank j. Busch, merchant, Mankato,
Mimi, was fined $780, given three
months jail sentence, ordered to buy
$1,000 worth of liberty bonds, give
S10O to the Red Cross, $50 to the Y. NJ.
C. A. and $50 to the Knights of Colum-
bus war work fund.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10
PAYS HEAVY FINE

A Green Bay dispatch dated Deem
Der 20 says: Over four dollars per
word is what August Fraiport of this
city had to pay for making disparag-
ing remark concerning the Red Cross.
Here's what he said when approached
by a Red Cross solicitor: "You are a
dirty beggar and the Red Cross is a
miserable humbug. | sit in my house
and red my paper What a humbug it
is" The judge fined RAPPORT $107.43.
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e. lC(:INEER HOPES u. S.
SHIPS WILL SINK; JAILED

w w. Short, passenger engineer
on the Santa Fe was arrested at San
Angelo, Texas, charged with violation
of the espionage act. The complaint
alleged Short hoped every armed
merchant vessel would be sunk; ev-
cry automobile carrying United
States flag be burned" and that he
would rather work for the kaiser
than for Wilson. They jailed him.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10

hearted traitor and should face the
firing squad. It's the president against
the kaiser; Woodrow against Bill;
heaven against hell.
It's whale of job we've tackled
but we're no pikers or four fiushers
or excess baggage or false alarms.
Well never sheath the sword until
that God-forsaken gang has been beat
en- down and has its tongue hanging
OUT
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FOR
uAnnItGE LICENSE

Vincent L. Phelan, Bear Creek
Rosetta Ring, Franklin.
This is the first application for a
marriage license in the county under
the new law. The applicants must
wait five days before the license can
be granted, their application being
posted in the courthouse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10
LIKE ROTA AFFAIRS
Soldiers Rate Topeka Entertainment
as al Good Stuff"

Rota club entertainments for the
soldiers are rated as AL good STUFF
by a captain of the community house
investigation committee who visited
the party at the Chamber of Com
meree-Rota club community house
Sunday afternoon.
This captain said that so Tar as l
can see there is absolutely nothing to
find fault with, either in the way the
entertainments are handled or in class
of the entertainment itself. l. think
that the Rota club parties are whole
some and Just in line with the whole
aim Of the Fosdick commissions en-
deavor to give the boys clean enter
tainment and amusement"
Even the policemen are pulling for
the entertainment by telling all the
soldiers they see on the streets of the
fine times that are had by the frater-
nifty of olive drab at the Topeka COM
munity house. The entertainments
are expected to be kept up for the
duration of the war.
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SANTA FEE NOTES
Notes and personals from Santa Fe
by Frances Jones. Telephone $3.50.

Alfred L. Foth, formerly a machinist in
the Topeka shops, left Saturday for San
Francisco, where he will be In the navy
yards.
John Norton of the paint shops who
spent the week end with his sister, at Cot
feyville, Kan, has returned to work.
r: I. Woodward Is improving after four
weeks spent at the company hospital.
Alvin Winters, boilermaker at Argentine
has returned after several weeks spent in
a hospital at Las Vegas, N. Mex.
James Gilard of the paint shops spent
Saturday in Kansas City where he took
the examination, applying for enlistment
as a painter In the navy yards.
Erwin Saylor who spent the past week
In Chicago on business for the passenger
department of the company, has returned
home.
Harry Goodrich, foreman of the valve
gang, who has been i'll and off work three
months, returned Monday.
Two B. & o. engines have recently been
received at the Topeka machine shops for
repairs. 7-..~ --.- SO
Dave Jones of Camp Funston spent the
week end in the city; Mr.. Jones was for
mnssrly with the auditor Of disbursements
Miss Lynn Wyatt has returned from Gin
cinnati, Ohio, where she was called by the
illness of an aunt Miss Lucia Wyatt who
was also in Cincinnati, has returned.
Mrs: J. A. Bost1c spent. Monday in Kan
sas City, Mo, on business.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Of the B. of r. T.,
have postponed the social affair to have
been given Wednesday for Mrs.. Earl CAT
ferty of Lawrence. Mrs. Gafferty who has
been quite i'll is slightly better. ---4
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OAKLAND NOTES
$. Notes and personals from Oakland
by Frances Jones. Telephone $3.50.

: py FRANCES zones Ieiepnone So50.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Mailman have re-
turned to their home, 403 Winfield ave-
nue., after a twelve days visit in Elk
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. W, Taylor 465 Poplar
avenue, spent several days of last week
visiting in Hartford, Kan.
Roy W. Nelson has returned to his work
in Silver Lake after spending the week
end with his family.
The Win One class will meet Thursday
afternoon at o'clock at the home of
Mrs. J. B. Spickeimire, Ill Winfield ave-
Miss Blanche Baird entertained with
a house party for number of friends
Saturday and Sunday at her home west
of the city. The young people had sup
being followed by party; The guests
Saturday evening were: Miss virginia
|. Goodell. Miss Blanche Baird. Miss Jose
phine Oakley.A Miss Florence Ridinghood,
Mr.. Cable Wilson. Mr.. Joseph Cochran,
Willis Shehi, Mr.. Burton skinner. Mr.:
Charles Griswold, Mr.. Austin Slower and
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Hall. Sumner street,
are expecting as guests Mrs. Joseph VII
son and daughter, Miss Josie Wilson. both
of Sioux City. S. D.
avenue, has returned to /her home from
Stormont hospital. where she recently I'M
n an Is RnT I0r OF
bill, Wyo., were guests last week of Mr.:
Ludington's parents. Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Ludington, Chester avenue Mr. Luding-
military service. Mrs. Ludington will re-
main here for some time.
The Standard Bearers missionary class
OF the Oakland Methodist church will have
meeting Monday evening with Mrs W.
[. HamilI, Wabash avenue. Arrangements
will be made for an ice cream social to be
ing June Is.
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: BY DAISY NEIL

Mrs. Russell Cave, formerly Miss
Virginia Meade, has resigned her po-
sition as dietitian ond manager of the
College of Industrial Arts state dor
mitories at Denton, Tex, and July L
will become first assistant to Miss
Emma r. Baher, directress of the
dining rooms at Whittier hall, New
York city.
Whittier hall is a place of residence
for the women students of Columbia
university and was completed in 1908
at an. expense of over million dol
lars.
Miss Baher is a trained dietitian of
wide experience and has under her
supervision the management of two
large dining rooms and two large
cafeterias.
This summer Mrs. Cave will share
the teaching of institutional manage
ment at the Teachers college with
Miss Baher, besides helping her in
acknowledgement aof her other work.
Mrs. Cave is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. NJ. Meade of Crane and
Western avenues. Before she became
dietitian in the college at Denton,
Tex. she was assistant in the depart
ment Of domestic science at Manhat-
tan Agricultural college from which
she graduated a few years ago. She
was married last summer to DR.. Rus
sci Cave of Kansas City, who is now
IN overseas service.
The Red Cross card party given
Saturday Afternoon by the members
of the Tuesdays Bridge club, was very
much success and all the club mem
bers shared equally the responsibility
of making it so. Mrs. Thomas Myers
is president of the club and Mrs.
Frank Squires is treasurer. There
were probably 500 people present.
D Mr.. Charles Steinberg and Miss
Maude McVey furnished music while
the crowd was gathering.
Numbers were given to all as they
came in and several valuable gifts
were drawn by those whose numbers
were chosen. A ham, the first prize
drawn, was awarded to Mrs L. l.
Kiene. Mrs. Edwin Kistler won the
first prize at bridge. There were six
prizes given for the six highest scores
at bridge.
Tho auction sale was an important
feature of the afternoon A white
cake sold for over five dollars. a abv
bond brought eighteen dollars, dozen
eggs from Mrs. Myers farm sold for
dollar and a half. a basket of fruit
for four and half. and several sacks
OF flour for twice their value. The
money taken in from the sale and
the admission is almost $500.
The great surprise of the afternoon
was not able to be presented A really
live White Leghorn rooster was to be
dressed in Red Cross uniform and
auctioned to the highest bidder. The
rooster was from the farm of Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Myers. His clothes
were made by fashionable dress
maker and trimmed with pecoing.
But he refused to wear his uniform.
He laid down and would not get nm
until his Red Cross cap was removed,
SO he had to be turned loose again IN
the barnyard on the farm. where he
Immediately began to crow.
There were many pretty new gowns
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Leayenworth to attend the commence
ment and alumnae meeting at Mt. St.
Mary's academy.
Miss Matte Ringing and Miss AL
lena-Grafton are expected home in a
few days from a trip to New York
Mrs. Charles Curtis, who is spend
ing a month with relatives in To-
peka, is the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. M. Baird, in North Topeka
at present. She will be with Mrs.
Rome Colvin in Polk street later.
Miss Erma Larrick Of Lenora is at
tending Washburn summer school.
DR.. and Mrs. w. 1. Waynick have
gone to Colorado for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Minor have re-
turned from Cleburne. Tex, where
they visited their son and daughter.
Mr.. F. A. Savill, who has been i'll for
five weeks at his home, is improving.
Bishop Wise wishes to meet all the
girls of Grace cathedral at O'Clock
on Tuesday evening in the Guild hall.
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present at the party Saturday after
noon and a number of attractive mid
summer hats which, with the decora-
tons of red ramblerss blue larkspurs
and white daisies, made very pretty
setting for the interesting program or
music and aesthetic dancing, the
bridge and the auction, with which
the afternoon was taken up.
x x X
Mrs. Lillian W. Mitchner, state pres
ident of the w. C. T. u, says that the
success of the war work campaign for
the raising of $4,000 in the state
is assured. Every organization in the
state is raising its quota of the fund.
In Mitchell county they expect to
raise $500 towards a field kitchen.
Endorsements of the financial drive
undertaken by the w. c. T. u. have
been received from Governor Capper,
Mrs. H. o. Garvey, Attorney General
S. NJ. Brewster, DR.. Wilbur Mason and
others over the state.
Miss Genevieve Mcmillan was
hostess at a very informal luncheon
Saturday at her home in Fillmore
street, in honor of Miss Sue Louise
Bell. who left Sunday to occept a gov
eminent position in Washington. The
guests were a few intimate friends of
Miss Bell.
y y y
Mrs. Paul Walker has been elected
a member of the national field COM
mittee of the Y. w. c. A. Mrs. Wal
ker has been engaged in Y. w. c. A.
work for over a year and has met
with great success. She is chairman
of the Y. w. C. A. hostess house and
war work committees. Mrs. Walker
takes the place made vacant by the
resignation of Miss Annie B. Sweet,
who will leave soon for overseas serv-
ice.
): X y
Miss Esther Thomas will entertain
the Alpha Phi alumnae Tuesday after
noon at her home, 514 Jefferson
street.
X X X
The Frances Willard w. c. T. U.
will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs.
G. W. Greenwood at 1880 o'clock. A
program will be given at Inglesids
| at o'clock. Everyone is requested
to bring flowers.
Mr. X
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hayes expect
to leave Topeka for a permanent res
idence in Tulsa, Okla. Mr.. Hayes left
few VIC ks ago for Tulsa, where he
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WANTED-FEMALE HELP

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US in the sale of the New International
Ency iopaedia. New edition, "a volumes
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necessary. Either local work or travel
position. State your qualifications and give
references. Drdd, Mead & Co., publishers,
Kansas City Mo.
WANTED-5O dining room aud lunch coun-
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family help for Topeka and country homes !;
chambermaids; cooks: Kitchen helpers; wo-
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wANTED-Heip at College Hill Laundry.
Phone 1922
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Looking Blackboard In Stete
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

pretty home wedding took place
Wednesday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Cav, when their niece,
Miss Annabel King, was united in mar
rage to Mr. Edgar Carol Clark. The
ceremony was performed at half past eight
by the Rev. Mr.. Harlan Of the First
Christian church.
Tue attendants were Miss Jessie King
and Mr.. Harry King, brother and sister
of the bride, and Miss Dora Clark and Mr..
George Clark, brother and sister of the
groom.
Mrs. z. n. Anderson gave picnic Mon
day afternoon complimentary to Misses
Minnie Rich, Sadie Shay and her brother,
Mr.. Orlando Murray. Those present were
Miss Walsh. Miss Mayme Duffey, Miss
Ella Ramsey. Miss Hattie Ebrigght. Miss Ms.
Upright. Miss, Minnie Rich, Miss Sadie
Shay, Miss Clara Ebright, Miss Susie
Dick, Miss Lulu Mckee, Mr.. Roger Van
Hook Mr.. Fred Gahagan, Mr.. Orlando
Murray, Mr.. Meryl King, Mr.. VIII Dick,
Mr.. Paul Roehr, Mr.. Bert Roehr, Mr.. Day
Carr, Mr. Malcomb Gerard. Mr.. Earl Case,
Mr. Clark and Mr.. Olan Dolman-
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Do not question a servant or child
about family matters.
Questions Answered by Alicia Hoyt.
Miss Hoyt will answer in this col
umn all questions on matters of ETH
quette addressed to her in care of this
paper. If a personal answer is de-
sired enclose a Scent stamp.)
GLADYS: I have. in my time. seen
few women wearing rings on their
thumbs-in fact, am acquainted with
a woman who wears her wedding ring
on her left thumb; but 1 think it a
very silly practice. and it must be most
inconvenient. Women who do such
things have but one object in view-to
attract attention. In the days of our
grandmothers, it was customary and
fashionable. 20 wear rings on the first
and second fingers, and even now one
sometimes sees the middle finger so
decorated; but hand looks awkward
and unattract iye to me if rings are
worn on any but the third and fourth
fingers And on these fingers. too.
they are less in the way, since we use
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there and forwarded to the officials
of the international organization. The
resolution also declared the Chanute
Rotary club did not consider Kansas
City a safe place in which to hold
the International convention which
opens June "a.
John Bechtold, convention secretary
of the International Association of Ro-
tary Clubs, admitted having received
a copy of the Chanute organizations
resolution