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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
Board of Directors Meets and
Fix Fair Date For Middle
of September
ALL THE OFFICERS RE-
ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY
Plans for the Biggest and Most At
tractive Fair Ever Held Dis
cussed by Beard

Rusk county will hold its annual fair
at Ladysmith on Sept. 10, II, II and l3
this year The date has been placed
two weeks earlier than usual and
ahead of the Chippewa Northern Wis
consin Fair. 1t will follow the, Rice
Lake fair. 1t is hoped the weather
will be better than ut the last fair and
every effort will he made to make it the
best and most attractive of any fair
ever held in the county or this part of
the state.
The old officers were reelected at
the meeting of the board Of directors
of the fair association held on Satur-
day. the first meeting following the am
nual meeting.
The motion to re-elect was carried
unanimously and on the motion of
Vance " Miller, the secretary was i'm
structed to cast the unanimous ballot
of the directors for the Officers as fol-
lows
A. c. Thompson, president.
Iver Bergstrom, vice president.
Frank II. Stare, secretary.
II. w. True, treasurer.
On motion of Mr.. Miller these Off
GERS were made the executive board to
transact and direct the business of the
association at times when the full
board was not in session.
Means and methods for making the
fair big Slccess were discussed and
the executive board will at once go to
work on the program for the coming
fall
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
FIRST HARD SNOW STORM
HITS HERE THURSDAY

The first real storm of the winter
began its work at 4 o'clock Thursday
morning and ragged all forenoon, let
ting up shortly after II but the wind
did not die down until i'll the early
evening. Trains were generally late
and there was no business except that
actually necessary, in the city Coun-
try roads are badly drifted. Mail car
riers had hard job Thursday and oW-
ing to the drifts and that many people
had made no effort to clear away the
snow, there was only partial deliv-
cry in the afternoon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
PUNCHED THE KAISER
How Phil KOehIer was Prevented
From Licking Wilhelm HOhen-
zOllern When Both Were Youths
i'm AlSace

How. as a youth in the German ar
my, he was prevented by officers from
giving a trouncing to the present kai-
ser was told to delegates at the road
school here by Philip Koehler, of La
dysmith. highway commissioner from
Rusk county. says the Milwaukee
Journal.
MI. KOehler, according to the eX7
plantations he gave of the affair, was
native of Alsace When the Germans
got control of the territory in 1871, he
was compelled to enter the German ar
my for the required military training.
\ member of cavalry. he and other
youthful soldiers were going through
hurdle drills.
My horse" said Mr. K0ehler re
fused to make the jump and a typical
overEearing riding master galloped
alongside and struck me with whip
with such force that it drew blood.
There was a young man i'll the com
pany who laughed and said, It's good
for you, you blockhead !!
Il was young and hot-tempered and
started to make him eat
his words 1t was not until we had
been separated by officers and | was
in the gUardhOuse that | learned that
the youth | had attacked was Will
helm, later to become head of the inn
perial German government"
Mr. kOehler said that his son is now
OH his way to France.
May God grant that he was not
the unfortumatcs aboard the
said Mr.. Koehler. Il want
him to land in Germany and help
carry out the job | started when / was
a youth
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
THRIFT STAMP CLUB
AT SULPHITE MILL

War Thrift week continues through
to Saturday evening. In the county
the work has been especially good
since the warmer weather but the
storm of Thursday stopped most of the
action.
The most decided and important ac-
tiOn in the city was the organization
of a Thrift Stamp club by SO per cent
Of the workers in the sulphite mill at
the Menasha Paper Co.'S plant this
week. These men are alive to the
needs of the government. Significant
too is the fact that four of these men
are classed as alien enemies and two
of these men have bought 50 War Saw
ings stamps in large quantities. That
is something for the Kaiser
These are the men who have joined
the Thrift Stamp Club: Clyde Clark.
Geo. Kukuczka. John Verhyen, John
Hoff. VIM. Wyatt George Preston,
Paul SzWet Geo. COWhOut, A. j. Win
nige. Anton Petrick Peter Kluz, Mich
Khaman. John prohosh, Amos Free
stone. Daniel Wilson, Frank Stevens,
John Nitzel, Albert petan, Clifford
Dinnel, Dave Brakeman, Wilfred
Baribeau, Bert Kendall, Ray McQuil-
Ian, Roman Farbach Sylvester Cor
riere. VIM. Polinski. f.. Pilot, Steve
Gross. VIM. Ferguson, jim Anderson,
]. III. Redwine, Emile Miller, Paul
Brown, Tom BOrick, John MacewSki,
Joe Stimitz, VIM. Raschke, Ira Car
men, Chas. .JennesS, Alex Bergevin,
Hans HendricksOn.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
WANT LADYSNIITH DELEGATES

Ladysmith has an opportunity to be
represented at the meeting of the Ma
tional Security League at a Service
Congress to be held at the La Sale
hotel Chicago Feb. 20, II and %. The
League has sent to f. Nj. Doyle, secre-
tary of the Ladysmith Chamber of
Commerce, three sets of credentials for
delegates and he is endeavoring to find
men who wish to attend. This league
is the great patriotic organization, with
former president Taft, and others OF
nation wide prominence interested,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
Death List of TOrpedoed Trans
port TuScania Reduces the
Number of Badger
Dead
TOTAL TOLL OF DEATH
is NOW FIXED AT 267
Barron County and Chippewa Each
Contribute One to the Heroes
Buried on Scotch Coast

Slowly all the week. the news def
port Tuscania has come to the people
of the country Each day has reduced
the number of the dead from WiscOn-
sin. until complete list made by the
war department ON Wednesday showed
that twelve men from the state had
been lost. This is the list:
Orville n Casper, Milwaukee.
Raymond Butler, New Richmond.
Charles +. Swanson. ROthchilds.
Fred A. Rudolph, Milwaukee.
Homer Llewellyn Anderson. Cumber-
land.
Russell B. Bennett. Plainfield.
James Z. Hawley. Neenah.
Otis Hutchins, Whitehall.
Otto MOwrey. KenOsha.
Claire Metzenbauer, Chippewa Falls.
Alvin y. Collins, Markesan.
latest information is that there were
267 men in all lost. III have been
buried on the Scotch coast, of which
131 were identified.
The early reports had many more
Wisconsin men missing than came later
when the news from all the landings
was collected. The property loss and
its consequent hardship Oh the men to
follow until the equipment has been
replaced was great.
Heard From Her Brother
Miss Evelyn Burnham was a happy
girl on Saturday evening when she re-
ceived a telegram from her parents in
Barron that the war department had
wired that her brother, Harry, member
of Truck Co. +, of the 10th Military
Supply train. on the Tuscania, was
safe in Ireland.
Many others in Ladysmith had
friends in towns of Wisconsin, some of
them with relatives on the Tuscania,
and they were anxious as to their
fate. Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Lane, who
came from WauShara county, where
MANY Of the men in the units on the
vessel were enlisted were anxious over
many friends and neighbors from
Wild Rose, WautOma and POy Sippi.
Delay in sending Battery r across
and the fact that the. 127th Infantry
was still at New York was gratifying
to the parents and friends of the six
score of young men of Rusk county
who are in those units. The boys of
the battery are on the way to the sea-
port from which they will sail for
France.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
MRS. r. S. JOHNSON

] Mrs. Il. $. Johnson passed away al
the Abbott hospital at Minneapolis
Monday afternoon. She had been
acutely i'll only since last October ant
while many knew of the seriousness oi
| her condition the shock of the news tt
her wide circle of acquaintances and
close friends, came with greater
of the stomach
With the life and growth of Lady.
| smith, she and her husband and family
had been so long identified. coming
here in 1900 when there was only hope
and imagination to cheer one in the
wide stretches of wilderness and
Scared and slashed landscape of the
cut-Over country: and where she was
friend and helper to scores of strug-
Cling ones in the new village, that her
death was felt as loss to the whole
community.
And so, when in the worst storm of
the year, it was permitted to these old
friends and neighbOrs to pay the last
tribute Of the living to the dead, there
was no lack of auditors at the funeral
held at the family home OH Thursday
afternoon at 3 O'clock
After death the remains had been
brought to Ladysmith. Flowers in
great number, beautiful roses and
floral pieces. attested the loving re-
membrance of friends. The last spok
Ell words for the dead were uttered by
Rev. Grant V. Clark. the new pastor
Of the Congregational church, who de-
livcred an eulogy at the home. In the
husband. two daughters, DR.. Robert
NJ. Lea, and Art Foster brother of
Mrs. Johnson, was taken to Appleton.
he old home, where ii was placed in a
vault until spring.
Mrs. Johnson was born Carrie
Luella Foster, in the state Of New York,
on Aug. IA, 1857. Early in life she
came to Wisconsin and there in New
were married Aug. 80 1877. They
lived in New London, then in Appleton.
and in 1890 came to Ladysmith. Mr..
Johnson was and still remains the
of the Ladysmith branch of
the Menasha Wooden Ware Company
and under his charge were all the great
holdings of the company in this section.
He was active i'll community life and
served the city as it's mayor. In all
this work, Mrs. Johnson was a help
mate in every true sense. To them
came two children, daughters, Bertha,
now. Mrs Ashmun, and Miss Gertrude.
The pail bearers were Harry Ballou,
W. +. Thompson, +. /. Hughes, j. O.
e. NJ. Worden and n. j.
Smith.
Among those who came to the funeral
were the officers of the Menasha
Wooden Ware Co, from Menasha, f.
Lake, president W. III. Miner, vice
president and VIM. Austin, general
In respect for the dead and as a last
tribute to her memory, all business
houses, mills and shops closed from 3
to p. m. Thursday.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
NEXT LIBERTY LOAN

The next Liberty Loan drive will be-
gin April l according to information
received in a letter to L. G. Streater of
the Rusk County Bank, Tuesday. 1t
is understood that the organization of
the county will be under full headway
by that time and the result will be
equally gratifying.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
Two Day Program

10 100 a. IN. Preparation of Recipes
for meatless days conducted by
Miss Elizabeth Amery.
(a) Potato.
(b) Beans.
(c) Fish.
I'D Chicken.
Lectures will be given on prepar
ing potatoes, beans and chicken
and methods OF preparing fish
will be demonstrated.
2 100 p. m. RemOdelling Of Garments.
Conducted by Miss Agnes Roeing
(a) Conserving OF materials
which are needed most.
(b) Renovation and cleaning of
those materials.
(e) Using materials to best adj
vantage in making over.
(Patterns given ont.)
Breads.
Starting Bread.
10 100 a. IN. How to cooperate with
Relief Organization in Sewing and
Textiles.
200 D. IN. War Breads.
(a) Yeast Breads that save "A
wheat flour
.(b) Wheatless quick breads.
Every lady within driving distance
of Ladysmith should mark Feb. 18th
and Goth on their calendar as days re-
served for attending this important
Food School,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
POTATO GROWERS
FACE FAILURE
Chronic Car Shortage Makes
Movement of Seed South
ward Impossible

Confronted with the most disturbing
situation that has ever been faced by
the potato growers Of all the country,
efforts are being made by the state Off
cials to bring all the influence to re-
lieve the car shortage and make it
possible to move thousands of bushels
of Wisconsin potatoes to market.
If this is not done the loss will be
tremendous. 674 cars are wanted for
the 500 Line alone. The Green Bay
road wants 1000 cars. Here in Rusk
county it has been impossible to get
cars and thousands of bushels are
ready for shipment to Texas and other
Southern points for seed but no cars.
The State Railroad Commission has
appealed to Director McAdOo for help.
Two cars of potatoes have left Rusk
county in the last three weeks. There
is no hope of getting any cars for
weeks more.
The effect on all the industries is
the same With saw mills it has been
impossible to get cars to move prod
ucts and 16 per cent of the requirement
was supplied in January.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
WAR FOODS SCHOOL AND
DRESS DEMONSTRATION

A committee from the Ladysmith
WOmen's Club consists Of Mrs. II. III.
Hinton. Mrs. w. NJ Vaughan and Mrs
\. G. Thompson, cooperating with the
Rusk County Agricultural Agent, have
arranged the following program to be
given at the Women's tw0-day Food
School, which will be held in the domes-
tic science room Of the Ladysmith high
school on Tuesday and Wednesday,
Feb. 10Th and Goth. All ladies in Lady
smith and surrounding community are
most cordially invited The meeting
is absolutely free.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-15
Seed Potato Stock

There are now 7f, members of the
Wisconsin Certified Seed Potato Asso-
citation and Ladysmith has been desig-
mated as one of the central points in
seed organization. X. T. Hazelburg,
inspector for the Northern district has
inspected about 5000 bushels of Green
Mountain and some Triumphs at Lady
smith, Pembine, Bayfield,, Woodruff,
North Crandon, Rhinelander and
Selmo.
1t is the aim of the Association to
supply Wisconsin growers first and
then any surplus will be sent to other
states asking for seed.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-08

forward by Germany [ simply recall
the huge burly figure of Wangen-
helm putting away at a big cigar and
giving me his account of the historic
meeting. Why waste time in discus
sin the matter?" Why, indeed, save
that lies iterated and reiterated some
times come to be accepted as truth by
the unthinking
In attempting to fix the responsible
ity for the war on Great Britain, the
Crown Prince repeats a lie which
wiser Germans long since discarded.
One need only refer to the LichnOw-
Sky memorandum and to Foreign Sec
rotary Won Jagows admission in his
reply thereto that the question of
war was with England a matter Of
minutes" meaning that having ex-
hausted every effort to avert war
through Sir Edward Grey, her ambas-
sadors at Berlin, Vienna and st. Pc
tersburg, and finally through the king
himself, Great Britain came into it
only when Belgium was violated.
Prince LichnoWslIy has graphically
described how Sir Edward Grey
continued to search for rev expe-
dents up to the last moment" and,
again, how up to the very last mo-
ment I had hoped for a waiting atti-
tude on the part of England" The
Grown Prince nevertheless declares
that Belgium was only a pretext for
Britains entry into the war. If such
a pretext had been wanted it was
Forthcoming when on July 81, 1914,
President Poincare wrote to King
George directly asking for England's
support, to which the King gave what
Lichnowsky admits was a discourage
ing reply. All this is an old story, bat
it calls for reteling in view of the
Crown Princes repetition of a long
abandoned falsehoOd.
AS for the American soldier, he is
not wasting time on trying to get
through the Boche head what Amer
lea is fighting for He is too busy doing
Kaiser and the Kaiser's family, includ-
Kaiser and the aiser's family-includ-
ing and particularizing upon this same
Crown Prince. The American soldier
knows the Beast and it's beastliness
and also is not ignorant of the Crown
Princes own offences against honor
and decency in these parts of France
which he has contaminated with his
presence.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-08
BOOST PRODUCTION
British Soldier and Priest Ask Work
men to Increase Products for Boys
cover There"

Rousing addresses were delivered at
noon today to employees of the Skin
ner Chuck Co. and Traut & Hine Mfg.
Co, by Captain J. Milton Spate, a
British army officer, who has seen &C
tive service in the fields of France,
and Rev. Joseph Sullivan, an officer of
the ordnance departm ent. The
speakers have been commissioned by
the ordnance department to impress
on the factory employees their patriotic
duty to the government in the pro-
duction of war munitions or materials
going to that purpose. Captain Spate
told the audiences that the men in
the field need arms and munitions and
without them the cause of the Allies
will be lost. He appealed to the
workmen that their patriotic duty re-
quircs them to cooperate with the
government to obtain increased pro-
duction. Rev. Sullivan, whose home
is in Chicopee, Mass, has been with
the ordnance department some time
and has been engaged in the publicity
work.
Tomorrow and Thursday the speak
ers will address meetings at Landers,
Frary & Clark's factories.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-08
BUYING BONDS.

Did you hear about the man in
v Jersey who gave his neighbors
d example in the matter of buy
bonds by placing the following
i before his house?
My House Needs Painting
BUT
Uncle. Sam Needs the Money.
I VIII Buy Liberty Bonds.
Have You Bought a Bond?
here is a great lesson in that sign.
speaks of self-sacrifice, which we
st all practice if the Fourth LIB
y Loan is to 'go over. Reports
IA all over the country indicate
It the total to date is far below
at was expected. We must WAKE
! New Britain is doing it's sabre,
there are many communities
| ch have not done as we'll as they
hld do. Now, more than ever,
re must be an oversubscription of
loan, so that the kaiser may know
at we think of his peace "feelers".
swer him by buying a bond. If
have bought one, buy more!
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-08

ing in these columns. Now if, though
working under such conditions, the
operators were able to be uniformly
efficient, why can that record not be
maintain at all times? The public
is patient. 1t is willing to wait a
long time, if necessary, for connec-
ton, but it does not relish the idea of
being given an insolent reply by an
operator when she is asked to give
some report on a certain call. All
that the subscribers ask is for the
operators to be courteous
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-08
TOO DRUNK FOR TRIAL
Prisoner Charged With Assault Has
Fine 'Hold Over" TOday-Theft
Case Is Tried.

When the cases of Joseph and
jacob Gazek and John Skoozolek was
called before Judge John H. Kirkham
in police court this morning Joseph
Gazek, stood up and Wobbly on ac-
count Of liquor and the case was put
over until tomorrow. They were
charged with assault They had a
party last night and got into a fight.
Joseph carried his party along.
After shopping last evening Joseph
Grigol dropped into a saloon for a
drink. Joseph Schneider asked him if
he had rags in his package and he
said mo" and trouble started
SchIcibcr said he pushed Grigel in
the nose and he went down. A fine
Of SIS was imposed on Schneider for
assault.
The adjourned case of George
Wright, charged with theft of a pint
and half of Whisley, was tried and
no conviction, Wright was fined SIS.
lie took an appeal. Patrolman Frank
Moore testified that he saw Wright
coming from the cafe at the Hotel
Heloin about ESQ Monday morning.
patrollnan Moore went into the hotel
&nd chased Wright. Wright was
ca"~ht AID said he had been to the
re1j".0@ room. Later tho Whislley
VS. found 5;Dsta'rs. Then Wright aG-
r'i"ed tal1ing t. Commemorative testi-
nonT was given by Sergeant Hart.
Jano Austin and Elsie Campbell tcsti-
1,o1 That Wright entered the bar
th"oUoh the door which was un-
70 Ead Previously lie had rung
tou'l" Of ha1le - attract the attention
o. tna night cle~l1. Attorney p. =.
NcD>~0.'&72 was cou~s"} for Wright.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-08
PLOT EVIDENCE IN
MORGAN EXPLOSION
Authorities Find Letter, Signed
"Heinie" Predicting Destruction
of SheIi-FilIing Plant.

Washington, Oct. S.-Evidence
tending to show that the explosion in
the T. A. Gillespie shell-loading plant
at Morgan, n. j., last week was
caused by enemy agents has been
discovered by government operatives
in a letter predicting the explosion on
Friday night signed "Heinie" and ad
dressed to a man in Sonora, Mexico.
Agents of the department are in
vestigating, but they are inclined to
question the genuineness of the letter
which was picked up in the railroad
station of a New Jersey town.
Stories told by wor kmen at the
shell-loading plant of notices posted
several days before the explosion,
warming of some accident to follow,
tend to confirm the theory that the
explosion was not accidental. On the
other hand, agents of the department.
of justice now believe the first explo-
sion occurred in workroom rather
than in the powder magazine, and this
is taken to indicate that the first ex-
plosion may have been accidental
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-08
MORGAN REFUGEES
ILL WITH INFLUENZA
Epidemic Attacks Territory Devasted
by Explosions OF t n T-Red
Cross to Rescue.

New York, Oct. 8.--A fragment of
what will happen in the devastated
regions Of Europe when the Hun
standards finally drop dust
disclosed itself yesterday at South
Amboy. and Perth Amboy, N. j.,
when thousands of citizens of those
blast shattered cities returned to their
hOmes-homes, in most cases of desc
lotion and ruin.
Afoot, in trains and by automobiles
the staggered back from the dozen
nearby places that had succored them
in their time Of distress, only to be
met by a spectre of "Spanish" in
1ucnza plague that has already
taken toll nearly as big as that Of
the explosion which drove them
forth. The number of cases of the
disease officially reported has
jumped two hundred per cent. in the
last twenty-four hours.
Two hundred and fifty cases of in
fluenza were reported in the explo-
sion district up to nine o'clock last
night, according to the Red Cross
headquarters. Six hospitals have
been established in South and Perth
Amboy, with forty Red Cross nurses
from New York city and New Jersey
in attendance More than a score
The closing of schools, theaters
and other places of public assenb-
age, made first on account of the
danger from q big explosion, will be
continued because of the epidemic.
DR.. Royal S. Copeland health commits
sioner of New York city, has sent
aid and skilled help to fight the
plague is coming from nearby citieA
that have suffered from it.
An instance of herOism on the part
of the men of the Coast Guard on duty
around the plant took place just be-
fore noon yesterday. A call was issued
for volunteers to remove a nine car
| trainload Of INT that was in the path
way Of flames from burning debris
| They were on q, siding, the tracks
leading to safety being partly
wrecked Lieutenant J. E. Stika, of
the Second company; Assistant Mas
ter's Mate Noble and Seaman Grimes,
all one-time railroad men, volun-
teered. Entering the burning area,
they skilfully manoeuvred the dan
gerous train load out of the danger
zone and to a place Of safety in deep
cut between two ehilIs more than a.
mile from the flames.
The Coast Guard detachment to,
which they belonged was first ON the
scene, IL WAS Sstlu, oOV VI CtISA11 ic1NILIS
come from the Battery and from 168th
street in two hours They are under
Lieutenant Commander McCann. Sea-
mar Charles Kaplan, reported injured
on Sunday. is il a serious condition
in the Lakewood hospital having
been hit in the head by shell frag-
ment.
Near the spot whence they removed
the 7 N T is a string of heavy coal
cars, some Of, them turned on their
side and thrown far from the rails
by the explosion; all Of them wer-
scorChed.