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Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09
CERMANY'S
BIG PUSH
Imminent
Huns Are Reported Ready
AT Last to Launch Their
Western Offensive.
AUSTRIA TO TRY ITALY
Simultaneously With the
German Attack On the
Western Front.
AUSTRIA TO TRY ITALY

{ By international News Serviee.)
Washington, March s.-Germany
is ready to launch the great West.
ern offensive, according to Italian
official adviees received this after.
noon from Switzerland. The Cen
trsi Empire" the dispatch states has
completed military preparations and
the beginning Of the offensive against
the entente is imminent.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

Charity may cover up a great
many things, but ii fails to cover up
what the girls leave uncovered when
they wear their low neck shirt waists
Falmouth Outlook.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09
REPORT NEXT WEEK.

Forty-four negroes in Class have
been notified 10 report at the court
house next Wednesday morning,
March lS, for physical examination
for selective draft.-Paducah Sun.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09
HUN DEFEAT.

Washington. March S.-A severe
defeat for the Germans on the Bel
gium front was reported TO the Bel
gian legation in an official dispatch
tonight. -
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09
GOING TO PARIS. KY.

Rev. Ward Russell, pastor Of the
Christian churches at Pembroke and
Trenton. has resigned 20 take effect
April /. He will 90 TO a church in
Bourbon county.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09
ENEMY ALIENS
BL1tcH OF FIFTY-FoUR GIVEN
NEW QUARTERS AT TREN-
TON, N. J.
(By International New. ssrvies.)

New York, March S.-Fifty-four
enemy aliens were transferred this
afternoon from Ellis Island to Tren-
ton, N. ]. The transfer was nee
essitated by the occupation Of Ellis
Island by an army and navy de-
tachment.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

The first chapter Of the stirring
serial cover The Top" appear in
to-day's paper and the succeeding
chapters viii appear from time to
time. Watch out for them.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

Americans are widening out their
front on the South side Of the st.
Mihiel Salient, where its just 20 miles
into French territory between Toul
add Verdun.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

Manager stockley has some big
attractions coming for next week.
Note the Annette Kellerman ad. on
Yage three.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

Armin Kaiser has enlisted at Ev-
nnsville and is armin' to 90 cunning
for his namesake.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09
NO ATROCITIES
SO FAR REPORTED AS PERPE.
TRATED ON AMERICAN
PRISONERS.
CBy international New. serviee.)

Washington, March S.-No in
formationof atrocities practiced by
Germans against American prison
ers has reached the War Depart
ment. This department is made full
ly acquainted with the treatment ac-
corded American prisoners through
the Red Gross.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

Look out for Hopkinsvills's first
Sunday paper in the morning.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

II you think the Kentuckian Il
n good thing, push IL along.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

Daily Kentuckian and Courier.
JdrNhal both ore year for 81.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

Mrs. Lizzie Gish Seargent has
gone 20 Pensacola TO visit Mrs. Henry
Perkins.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09
EDITORIAL COMMENT

lRsA. .ss 10 you fail to get the
)IEkntuekisn promptly. And n you
have . news item, phone Il to the
same number.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-09

Fair and warmer satur-
I day
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
REVOKES LIGHTLESS OR
DER; WARNS AGAINST
WASTE

Revocation of the .lightless night
order has been made by the United
States Fuel Administration. The re
vocation is promulgated with the un
understanding that there shall be nc
eXtravagant or wasteful use Of light
generated Or produced by the use OF
coal or other fuel for Illuminating
purposes i'll the streets, parks or other
public places of any city, village OF
town. or for interior or exterior
illumination of stores, store windows
places of amusement, or other build
ings, public or private
While the order isN rather indefinite
and leaves much latitude for inter
probation, it effects Ladysmith very
little for the reasons that the cleo
tricity used here is practically all
generated by water power. Lady
smith has no white way" or cluster
lamps upon it's streets and very few
electric signs that would come under
the ban, anyway.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
DIES AT HOSPITAL;
SON 5 DAYS OLD
Dewey Tremblay Goes To Hospital
Same Day His Son
Is Born

Taken to the hospital the day his
son was born, the death, only five days
later from pneumonia, of Dewey
Tromblay, aged 20. at st. Mary's hOspi-
tai Monday morning, was particularly
sad and tragic.
Dewey had been employed until re-
Gently by the FOuntain-Campbell Lum-
ber Co. as brakeman on their logging
train, resigning this position te-g go to
Stevens Point and take position as
500 Line brakeman. He had been en-
ployed there about a week when he
was taken sick with influenza and was
sent home Arriving here Tuesday of
last week, he went to St. Mary's hos
pital the following day. A son was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. TrOmblay, at
their home in this city the same day.
The terrible shock of her husbands
death at such a time has proven al
most more than the wife can bear and
she has been very low.
The parents of the deceased survive
him, and he also leaves five sisters,
Evelyn, Grace, Lucy, Leda, Lorraine,
and one brother, Leonard.
The remains were taken Tuesday
night to Withee, where the funeral
and burial were held Wednesday.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
WILL HANDLE
TRENCH MORTARS
Seven Rusk County Boys Enter
That Branch at Camp
Nichols, La.

Lawrence Cox, of Sheldon, who left
recently for Camp Nichols, La.
writes the News-Budget giving the
present address to forward his paper
to, and informs us that he and the
rest of those in his contingent have re-
ceived their uniforms and that they
have been assigned to the Ninth
Trench Mortar Battalion. Rusk coun-
ty sent seven men to Camp Nichols at
the time Cox went there and all are
doubtless in the same branch of the
service.
The letter was written Sunday and
Lawrence says it was a real "gasless
Sunday" for him, with not even a lady
friend to gas" with. Of course, that
would hit Lawrence hard The boys
had fine chicken dinner Sunday,
which was some consolation.
Speaking of the country, he says
THE nights are real chilly down
here There's oceans of little ants
and mosquitoes The mosquitoes
seem to be the ordinary variety, such
as we have up North, except that
think these have bills in both ends.
This country is awful fiat and it
doesn't seem any trouble at all to
rain"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
DEATH OF MRS. l.. CHAFFEE

At st. Mary's hospital in this city
Tuesday forenoon occurred the death
of Mrs Lucretia Chaffee, more gener-
ally known as Grandma Chaffee. .
Kidney trouble and other ailments
due to her age were the cause of death.
Deceased was one day over 63 years
of age.
She leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Maud Crosby, of Franklin, Neb., and
Mrs. Jessie Thornton of Ladysmith,
and an adopted son. Gustus M. Chat
fee, who is with the American army III
France. Her daughters were with her
in her last moments.
The body was shipped to Franklin,
Nebraska, where the funeral services
were held in the Congregational
church and interment made in the
Franklin cemetery.
Lucretia Titus was born Nov. IL,
1875. in Bradford county, Pa, and
was married in that county to Mr..
George M. Chaffee Feb. 13, 1873.
They came to Nebraska a year later
and lived on farm near Franklin un-
til March, 1906 when she moved to
Franklin with her husband. There
they resided until Mr.. Chaffee's death
in 1915 Mrs. Chaffee moved to La
dysmith May /, 1917, living here until
her death. She was baptized into the
Christian church in 1879 and later
united with the Congregational church
faithful
Christian.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
SPEAKS GOOD WORD
FOR NAVY Y. M. C.. A

Great Lakes Naval Training Station,
November s, 1918.
Editor: I am located at Great
Lakes Naval Station, Camp Perry, 7th
Regiment, and am writing to you to
speak good work for the work of the
Navy Y. NJ. G. A. at this station.
They have the best sort of entertain
ments for us, in the shape of movies,
boxing events and athletics of all
kinds
Their huts of which there are % at
this station, are our homes when off
duty, and believe me we surely appre-
ciate the chance to write letters to the
home folks in them.
We also enjoy good music, have en-
tertaining games and good reading
matter, and enjoy thousand and one
little privileges that a feller appre-
ciates when he 'needs friend"
The Navy Y. M. CA. has proved a
friend to the boys in the recent "fiu
epidemic also, and many are the lads
who will remember what they did fol-
us.
Now I wish the old home paper
would print this letter and ask the
home falks not to foget the ''Y'' wheI
their financial campaign opens in No
yember. They will work with the X
C.'s War Work Community, Y. w. G
A., Salvation Army, American Library
Association, and the Jewish Welfare
people for common fund, and it vii
all be for the boys in the camps.
Hoping you will give this space,
FLOYD B. SABIN.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
HOUSEHOLDER
HELD AT N. Y.
Former County Agent May Not
Be Able To Get To
France

G. NJ Householder was held at New
York when the first and premature re-
port of peace was received, after he
had received sailing orders and was
already to embark for France A. A.
Hadden received a letter from him
this week. giving this information and
stating that all shipments of men
overseas had been suspended. One
ship, two days out, had been recalled,
Mr. Householder stated, while another
transport loaded with men and ready
to leave New York, was unloaded of it's
human cargo and held pending result
of peace negotiations.
Mr.. Householder was required to
report at headquarters every morning
at 8, but after that was free for the
day and was given an excellent
opportunity to see New York. He also
said the demonstration over the peace
report, that was afterward found to be
unfounded, was the widest celebra-
tion he had ever seen.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
CHRIST KLOPFENSTEIN
IN ORDNANCE CORPS
Carl j. Schmidt is at Camp Raritan
With Him; Brother Only 40
Miles Away

Private Christ Klopfenstein, from
this city, sends in his subscription to
this great family journal from
Camp Raritan, Metuchen, New Jer-
sey. where he was recently transferred
from Peoria, ILL.,, where he spent two
months. He is in the Ordnance de-
partment and says 'all we do is ham
die ammunition He writes:
my brother, Peter, is at Camp
Mills, Long Island, which is only 40
miles from our camp. / visited him
last Sunday and learned that he was
expecting to go to sea at any time.
'We have fine bunch of officers in
our camp. Carl ]. Schmidt and
were the only ones from Ladysmith to
go to Peoria and we are together here.
1t seems good to have some one with
you from your home town.
whether we will get to go over
seas or not will depend on the deyel-
opments Of the near future"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
SHELDON BOY
TELLS OF BATTLE
Saws All Ground Needs Is Har.
rowing And 1t Is Ready
To Plant

Experiences at the battle front are
told in the letter just received by Mrs.
Mcmillan, of Sheldon, from her son,
Albert, who has been fighting with
the American forces in France.
Leaving out personal matters, the
letter reads:
Somewhere in France,
Oct. IL, 1918.
My Dearest Mother: Just few
lines to let you know that L am still
alive and well after my second expert
ence at the battle front. | have taken
out another $50 Liberty bond and am
sending you the two that l bought
first.
Believe me, the first front that |
was at was bad enough, but it cannot
compare with this one. There is a
hill over here that you probably read a
whole lot about in the paper. Well, |
was on this hill.
| don't think this war can last much
longer, at least / hope not anyway.
While l am writing this letter the
a
me, and believe me the ground is sure
tore up. All you would have to do is
harrow it and it would be ready to
plant, and this was all done by shell
fire Can you imagine it? You can
tell something from this what damage
they do to the towns.
People cannot imagine what war is
like until they get where it is and then
they will heartily agree with General
Sherman.
Don't worry about me as | will be
back some day and then we will be
happy again, Well, / will ring off for
this time, hoping you are all well.
| remain as ever your true and low
ing son,
ALBERT.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
HAVE WISCONSIN'S ROADS
IMPROVED IN 1918?
The Wisconsin Highway Commission
Again Asks For Information
From the Travelling
Public

The Wisconsin Highway Commission
has this summer received consider
able number of letters, most of them
saying a good word for the state
trunk highway system, it's marking
and it's maintenance. Some of, them
(just as vaIuable) have called to the
attention Of the commission faults in
the operation of the state trunk high
way law, bad road conditions, inefti-
cient patrolmen, poor markings, etc.
These letters have been a real service,
but the trouble is there have not been
enough of them.
The commission and the counties
have worked hard this summer to inl-
prove conditions on the main lines Of
travel, and wishes that more Of the
citizens Of Wisconsin, would write it
as to what has been accomplished or
as to where the work of the commits
sion and the counties has not sue
ceeded
The commission desires information
as to bad or dangerous stretches OF
highway on the state trunk highway
syst EN-, wrongly or incOmpletely
marked portions, giving the exact To-
cation, and any suggestions as to
possible improvements. If you have
had an accident, let us know the place
and the reason.
Letters containing favorable eX-
pressions are also appreciated. Esti-
mates Of the increased speed in miles
per hour made possible by the main
tenance this year over that OF last
year, or instances of reduction in the
time required to make certain trips
this year over last year are OF especial
interest.
The division engineers of the COM
mission estimate that the average
time of making any trip has been SEN
sibly reduced this year over last and
that the average increase in miles per
hour taking the state as Whole)
which person can safely travel this
year as compared to last year is at
least seven miles Does your eXper-
ience on certain trips or the average OF
all your trips check this figure, or is
it high or low? Has anyone been
able to do better hauling or more
hauling, or to haul by different meth
DDS due to better road conditions
brought about by our maintenance,
than he could in 1917?
1t is not much trouble to write
letter and the commission would be
glad to have you write the facts OF
your experience with the state trunk
highway maintenance this year fairly
and honestly SO that it may benefit by
your criticism and have better
knowledge Of how the system has
worked out than it can possibly have
if the ordinary man does not let it
have his experience. Won't you help
us to do the best we can for Wiscon-
sins roads-yOur roads!
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
Ladysmith Drops All Cares And
Streets Are Thronged All
Day Long
ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDS
FOR GENERAL HOLIDAY
Victory Over Germany and Coming of
Peace Makes the Day Greatest
Holiday i'm COuntry's
History

Ladysmith threw all business cares
go down into history as the greatest
gala day Ladysmith has ever eXper-
fenced. Peace, with complete defeat,
of the enemy, was the best news any
one could get and as soon as the news
was definitely verified, SO there was
no danger of another premature cele
bration, all restraints were abandoned
and the citizens gave themselves up to
the greatest jollification they had ever
participated in. Many people were a
little slow to enthuse, on account of the
hoax of the previous Thursday, but
the certainty of the truth of the re-
ports was soon established and by day
break every whistle in the city was
blowing and every other noise device
that anyone could think of was soon
on the job.
People thrOnged the streets cheer
ing, bowling, laughing mob; dignified
matrons danced ON the street and all
were kids" again for once.
All mills closed down and every bust
ness place in the city was closed. The
Chamber of Commerce was open.
Saloons in the two wet towns of the
county, Tony and Weyerhaeuser, were
closed for the day.
School had been scheduled to open
Monday morning and a few children
went to the schoolhouses, but were
sent home and told there would be no
school until Tuesday morning.
In the afternoon monster parade
was pulled off, starting at the high
school, 1t was fully mile long, led
by city officers, followed by the fife
and drum corps, State Guard COM
pany, three G. A. r. veterans (John
Corbett, E. e. Emo and j. G. Huddle-
ston), members of the local Red
Cross, Ladysmith band, school chill
dren, dump carts and great number
of automobiles crowded with people.
One auto was dragging the kaiser
along in a coffin.
The Ladysmith band played on the
streets all day and late into the even
ing. An effigy Of the kaiser was
burned OH one OF the monster DOn1lreS
staged i'm the evening.
What happened in Ladysmith Mon
day was a sample of what was going
on throughout he country and
throughout all the allied nations.
The greatest war in the history OF
the world has been won by the forces
in defense of democracy, the liberty
and rights of the many as against
autOcracy, the divine right Of kings to
rule, and the principle that might
makes right For the parents, wives,
sweethearts and friends of the brave
boys overseas, it meant that their
loved ones would no longer face the
terrible deaths or manning of the bat
tlefield, and that in all probability
they would be able to welcome them
home in due time when they return
triumphant
Monday was truly the happiest day
Columbia has seen in many year IL
not in it's history.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
LETTER FROM
JOSEPH BRITTEN
Writes That ''Flu" Is Now
Raging in England
Tribute To Bob
Sands
Killingholme, Oct. 21, 1918.

Killingholme Oct 21, 1918.
M. II. Bell,
Ladysmith, Wis.
Dear Friend: Received the re-
ceipt for payment of my subscription
to the News-Budget today and was
glad to hear from you. l am getting
the paper regularly now; have got
about a half dozen of them already.
Was very sorry to hear that Bob
Sands was killed and in losing him
you have surely lost one of your best
citizens. We have to expect all kinds
Of bad news now and we are prepared
for it.
You no doubt think l am in France
yet Well, / am not. Killingholme is
in England. Where it is located, you
will have to guess; it is not on the
map. No. / have not married any
French or English girls either, and
don't think / will There are lots of
good looking ones, but they are SO diff
ferent from ours The average Eng
lish girl is better looking than the
French girl, / believe, and | am not
exaggerating things much when l
say that they simply go wild over the
Yanks
l haven't seen any Ladysmith boys
since l left the state but l sure would
like to see some.
The Spanish 'fu" sure is causing
some trouble all over now, and it no
doubt is Hun-planted disease, but we
viii show them that in spite of all the
devilish things they do we will make
them come to time before very long. or
take what is in store for them
Well / must close for this time, be-
cause / don't have much time to
write. I am having some trouble
with my left eye. / got an infection
in it while ago and | have it band
aged up for the third time in the last
month
Hoping you are all enjoying the
best of health | am,
Yours truly,
JOSEPH BRTTTEN.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
Churches Reopen Sunday Morn
ing And Unique Theater
Monday
INFLUENZA CONDITIONS
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
Alarming Reports That Plague Was
On the Increase Here Denied BY
Health Officer

Ladysmith removed the ban on pub
lie gatherings of all kinds Monday,
timing it just right for the big celebra-
ton. Churches were allowed to hold
day services Sunday,
The Unique theater re-Opened Mon
day, after nearly five weeks of suspen-
sion Of business. Lodges have re-
sumed their meetings, pool rooms and
bowling alleys are again running.
Ladysmith public schools resumed
Tuesday morning.
While at no time since the influenza
plague has been general throughout
the country has the disease attained
alarming proportions here, as COM
pared with many other localities, and
while most of the deaths that have
occurred here have been of people
coming here from other places already
sick with the ailment, Ladysmith was
one of the first cities to clamp on the
lid on all public gatherings Lady
smith put the ban on before the state
ORDER was issued, precautions being
taken that made it unnecessary to put
into effect the very stringent quaran-
tine and general tying up of business
that many towns had to do that let
the contagion get beyond control be-
fore "safety-first'' measures were ta-
ken.
Health Officer Bugher informs the
News-Budget that there is no founda-
ton i'll the report that influenza is on
the increase in Ladysmith and that
the schools are to be closed again at
once. This propaganda" seems per-
sistent, and it is time the hysteria was
aIlaVp1
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
MUST HAVE LABEL TO
SEND CHRISTMAS PARCEL

No parcels can be sent to soldiers
overseas without the overseas label
which can be secured from the local
Red Cross if some soldier boy "Ovel
there" has sent you the required cou
pom containing his address. This cou
pom address entities you to one of the
Christmas boxes, which must be re-
turned to the Red Cross when filled
for shipment. This is the only way
you can send Christmas package to
a soldier boy in Europe.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-15
CHICAGO CELEBRATED
IN RECKLESS STYLE
LYLE MeCoFis0n Writes That Enthllsi
asm And Exc tesnent There
Knew No Bounds

Chicago evidently celebrated the de-
feat of the Huns and the coming of
peace Monday more vociferously and
with a little more reckless abandon
than almost any other city of the coun-
try, according to all reports. Lyle Nc
Corison. of this city, witnessed some
OF the excitement i'll the metropolis
this week by his mother, a portion of
which is as follows:
Great Lakes, ILL.,, Nov. u, 1918
Tuesday noon.
My Dearest Mother:
Your telegram arrived yesterday af-
ternoon and was greatly appreciated.
1t conveyed wonderful meaning to
me mother. 1t meant that at last
your anxieties were at an end; that
you are proud to have three sons who
have helped and that your joy was un-
bounded.
Oh isn't it great! / can hardly be-
lieve it is true, but it is. We got spe-
cial liberty yesterday from noon until
this morning at eight. What we
found in Chicago / can hardly find
words to express The whole town
had gone crazy-they were mad.
There was a parade on every street
nothing very orderly either-auto-
mobiles running around with tin cans
wash tubs and anything that would
make noise tied to the rear. Bells
were ringing, whistles screaching
women screaming, men yelling and
bells on street cars going continually
Their enthusiasm knew no bounds
never saw so many drunken women IL
all my life