Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-07-26

fatally injured at Merrill when at
tackled by trick bear owned by her
husband. She was badly torn about
the face and neck.
Michael Ronosski, 105 years old,
Menasha's oldest resident, is dead. He
is survived by two daughters, thirteen
grandchildren and twenty-four great
grandchildren.
The midsummer'meeting of the Gen.
trail Wisconsin Press association will
be held at Waupaca July rs, and will
be entertained by the local business
mems association.
Rev. John Phillip Gordon, of Re-
serve, Sawyer county, the second In
dian ever ordained Roman Catholic
priest, has announced his intention to
run for congress as a republican in
the Eleventh district of Wisconsin.
While his father lay bedridden
Reinhold Harder of Watertown took
poison and died in the next room, less
than ten feet from his fathers bed
side. The son had been called for
draft examination.
July draft calls have created a seri-
BUSINESS in the farm labor situation in
Waupaca county. Farmers employing
deferred class men, hoped to retain
their men until after the harvest, but
these have been included in the CALL
That the decrease in state bank re-
sources of $3,070,7 34.85 during the past
quarter is not unusual is the statement
of A: e. Emerson, deputy bank COM
missioner. The bank statement issued
for 785 state banks shows that the
total bank resources on June 20, were
$345,352, 39434, as compared with total
resources on May 10, of $348, 423, 1915
At Milwaukee Federal Judge Geiger
sentenced E. L. Shimpke to three
months in the house of correction, for
assisting three soldiers to obtain beer.
The party drove out to a roadhouse,
and testimony showed that on the way
the defendant helped provide overalls
for the men so that they would not
be recognized in their army uniforms.
The army boots, however, told the tale
after the beer had been consumed, and
federal officers shortly afterwards ar
rested Shimpke.
Many complaints have been received
by the enforcement division of the
Wisconsin food administration that
retail merchants have been selling
sugar in two pound lots at prices from
Is to 20 cents. The food administra-
ton has ruled that all sales of sugar
in two pound lots shall not be sold for
more than 10 cents, and any merchant
charging more than that amount will
be considered guilty of violating the
sugar regulations and will be penal
lied.
George Doede, indicted fifteen
months ago by the grand jury at Mil
waukee on the charge of representing
himself to be a United States secret
service man, was arrested at Oshkosh
by Chief George T. Prim of the Apple
ton police department and secret
service man. DOede is charged with
obtaining money from young men who
are anxious to join the secret service
by giving them an examination and
outfit. charging them $40 and up for
the outfit.
The Wisconsin department of Span
ish War veterans in session at Madi-
son, elected these officers: J. F. Sug-
den, Racine, department commander;
S. B. Borehan, Fond du Lac, senior
vice department commander; Guy N.
Dulin, National Soldiers home, Mil
waukee, junior vice commander. Dele
gates to the national encampment,
Baltimore, Sept. 3 to 5, are: Martin
A. Kenney, Oshkosh; Charles H. Ora
ham, Ripon; George H. Herzog, Ra-
cine; e. N .Secor, Milwaukee.
Gov. Philip telegraphed the provost
marshal general asking that farm boys
called into army service be given
furlough until Aug. 10, so that farm
work can be completed. Recent calls
have cut the supply of help to the
BONE" says Gov. Philip. This state
has extra crops this year. They must
be harvested. l shall issue a procla-
nation calling upon people In villages
and cities to aid the farmers, even II
It be at the sacrifice of their own work
and business"
Gov. Philip has received a call for
i66 negroes, class J., from the state Of
Wisconsin to go to Camp Custer dur
Ing the fYe-day period beginning Aug
This Is the first call that has been
received for negro registrants in this
state. Another call was received for
l54 white men to be sent to Beloit col
lege Aug. Is. These men must have
grammar school education and apti-
tude for mechanical lines. They will
| take training in gas, engineering work,
| radio and wireless telegraph:
The annual convention of the Wis
consin Federation of Labor at Racine
adopted a resolution instructing the
executive board of that organization
to appear before the state legislature
| next fall to speak against the proposed
prohibition constitutional amendment.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing
the war policies of the government and
of the American Federation of Labor.
The Federation went on record oppos-
! ing the SABBATH bill for granting citi-