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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-12-20

and swung on his jaw with my fist.
His head went up against the iron
bunk with sickening sound and he
crumpled up and fell on the deck, the
blood pouring from the cut in his head.
} felt sick and faint thinking that he
| had been killed, but it would not do
/ to show these signs of weakness on
my part, so without even moving to-
ward him / ordered one of the men to
| look him over and see If he was all
right. He soon came around. From
| that time on he was the most faithful
man in the section and greatly respect
ed me. The rest Of the men growled
and mumbled and / thought I was in
for terrible beating. Lying close at
| hand was an iron spike about eighteen
inches long. Grasping this, turned to
the rest, trying to be as tough as l
! possibly could:
IF any of the rest of you buns
think they are boss around here, start
something, and I will sink this into
his head" Although I was quailing
underneath. still | got away with it,
arc from that time on was boss OF
! my section.
| Now every man was smoking or
chewing tobacco. Pretty soon the hold
became thick with smoke, and I was
/ gasping for breath, when the voice of
! the foreman came down the compan-
ionWay:
Turn out on deck and give hand
/ loading the horses. Look alive or I'll
come down there and rouse you out
| pretty --=-- quick"
We needed no second invitation and
lined UP on the deck. | looked over
! the rail. On the dock were hundreds
/ of the sorriest looking specimens of
horse flesh I have ever laid eyes on.
These horses We're in groups of ten
or twelve, being held by horsemen from
the New Jersey stockyartls. A lot of
the men who had shipped as horse
men had never led horse in their life,
and it was pitiful to see their fear
The foreman let out a volley of oaths
for them to move quickly, and they de-
clded TO accept the lesser evil and take
o chance with the horses.
Then the work Of loading COM
nenced.
have been in a cavalry regiment
when hurry-up orders We're received to
eptrain for the Mexican border and
helped to load eleven hundred horses
ION trains. The confusion On that dock
/ was indescribable. The horses were
loaded by three runways. My gang
and / were detailed on the after run
way. The foreman was leaning over
the rail, glaring down upon US and
now and then giving instructions mixed
with horrible oaths. He had a huge
| marlinspike in his hand. On the dock
was the second foreman, in his large
sombrero, a red neckerchief around
his neck. wearing blue shirt with the
sleeves rolled UP to the elbows, and
1 In his right hand coiled lariat. 1t
die ones. heart good to see him rope
] the horses which broke loose. Upon
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-12-20

his face blanched almost white, and
his eyes popping out of his head. Be
tween gasps he informed us that a
whole section of stalls, "a in all, had
been carried away between decks, and
that the horses were loose. He said
three negroes in his gang were caught
in this stampede.
The foreman mustered most Of the
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
No Ground Glass i'm
Texas Soldiers Food
Official Report Says Camp
Travis Rumors Are
Unfounded

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April S.-In-
vestigation of circumstances surround
ing the dissemination Of reports that
ground glass had been found in food
served to soldiers at Camp Travis was
started tonight by officers of the South
ern Department, u. S. A.
In an official statement issued to-day
at departmental headquarters reports
that glass had been found were denied.
and 1T was asserted that Major Noel
Gaines, U. S. A., who had been quoted
as saying that glass had been found,
had been relieved from an assignment
as special investigator and was under
gong treatment for nervous attack"
at the Camp Travis base hospital.
In another statement issued at the
hospital tonight Major Gaines reit-
Grated that ground glass had been
found, adding that his complete report,
with proof attached, had not vet
reached Genera Allen. He said he had
been sent to the base hospital over his
written protest"
The statement issued at department
headquarters characterized ground glass
reports as "senseless," and asserted
that the only aliens employed at the
camp laboratory were enlisted men who
could have no access to any analysis
or other investigation of food products.
Major Gaines was quoted last night
as saying that investigation by him of
laboratory reports that no glass had
been found had developed that two
Germans, an Austrian and Turk were
attached to the laboratory staff. They
had been dealt with" he said, and in
subsequent analysis glass was discov-
cred
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

then. but "Old Nick" had another that
proved to be his trump card. He mini
ed his own business.
ocH1o9 me tne cigar store prospered, and
"Old Nick" lone and somewhat tim
orous Chinese in the very centre OF
white gangdom, told his numerous
cousins of the spendthrift habits of
these. swashbucklers he dwelt among.
On his advice they gave up their toll
some laundries and came to live upon
the dollars that the Bowery Boys were
throwlng about so recklessly.
Chinatown was started, and grew
apace-,likewise gambling, the favorire
recreation of the tired Chinese buc:-
ness man. Therein "Old Nick" had
dlgsed pit for himself To the rat
tie of the buttons he lost his capital,
ms store, his home and his self-csteem.
Turning Point in His Career
BY ways known only to the denizen
OF Chinatown he managed to survive
by his own resources during the hey
dcy Of the community. The climax
Of prosperity that came with the
Ratchet men was the turning point in
"Old Nick's" career
For Chinatown's tong wars were too
numerous and deadly; it's gambling too
notorious. Police raids and finally the
trm hand of its own merchant class,
quelled such disturbances etrectuallv.
CHINATOWN began to dwindlc, and thc
pickings for "Old Nick" grew poor.
When he was stricken yesterday he
had gone to the Mott Street address to
inquire for white woman who had be-
trlended him in the past.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax

He was tall and black and brawny,
and he looked rather alarmed in his
place in line at army recruiting head
quarters, when Corporal Mccarthy be-
gan to explain to each applicant the
obligations of the soldier
"You men know" quoth the corporal,
chat you are enlisting for the dura-
tion of the war"
The darkey's eyes rolled white with
alarm.
"No, suh," he exploded, 81 amt doin'
no such thing, boss. l amt iistin' for
no wah. Use lisrln' faw de stevedo'
regiment"
Somehow the question as to whether
Paris asked Vienna to discuss peace
terms or vice versa, moves US about as
much, after the Presidents recent ut
tcrances, as the continually recurring
query concerning the identity of the
man who hit Billy Patterson.
There is no safety anywhere these
days. You can't keep the burglars in
Jail, nor can you keep them out, once
they make up their minds to get in, as
the shattered door OF the old Bronx
County Jail in the courthouse will tes-
tify.y
This institution has been without ten
ants for some time, until recentlywhen it
was taken over by the Red Cross. Mem
bers of this organization returning to
their work yesterday morning discov
cred that some burglar had spent his
Sunday at work, and had broken in and
carried away cash box containing
about $50. Police believe that the job
was done by some former graduate"
of the jail, familiar with the construc-
ton and general plan Of his alma ma
ter.
Attired in brand new suit and car
rylng an armful of bridal presents,
Estil Davis. young farmland, was
standing by the side of blushing coun-
try lass at Greenville, Ky. The min
lister had just finished the ceremony.
Suddenly there came the deep baying
of dogs. Davis turned pale and then,
imprinting kiss on the lips of the
new Mrs. Davis, he gave jump and
vanished into the unknown. A few
minutes later a sheriff's posse arrived
with two bloodhounds, whose barking
party the sheriff explained that Davis
and stolen his wedding garments as
we'll as the presents he had bought his
tiancee. Then the hounds took up the
trail again and Davis was overhauled
and had to be "subdued," the officers
say.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Sued for Separation,
Says He's Not Wed
Monroe, Comedian, Asserts He
Did Not Remarry Wife
After Divorce

George w. Monroe. comedian. ar
peared yesterday in the Supreme Court
as defendant in a suit for separation
brought by Mrs. Anna r. Monroe.
All parties concerned admit that Mrs
Monroe was at one time the lawful
wife of the stage funny man. Mr. Mon
roe claims, however. that a divorce
granted in 1912. severed the tie. Mrs
Monroe. on the other hand, alleged in
her suit, which came to trial Yesterday
that after the divorce was granted she
and the actor met. patched up their
troubles and resumed the relationship
OF man and wife This time She be-
lieved herself to be, she says, his com
mon law wife.
The actor. in his answer to his wife's
complaint, alleged his belief that tho
divorce proceedings "took" the first
time, and insists he sees no reason for
the present action, there being no "Mra
Monroe that he knows of" to sue him
for separation or anything-evon back
alimony. "''N"
The case will be continued to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
''Old Nick" Falls Dying at Spot
Where He Founded Chinatown
Chinese Whose Store at Mott Street Was the Start of
New Yorks Famous Oriental Colony Had Sunk
From Prosperous Merchant to Panhandler

"Old Nick" reputed to be the founder
of Chinatown, is dying in Gouverneur
Hospital. lie suffered a hemorrhage
and fell unconscious yesterday at 6
Mott Street, headquarters of the Chi
nese Masons. 1t was on that very spot
that he established cigar store two
generations ago that was the nucleus
of the present Chinatown.
Only the bare tradition Of the Chi
nese pioneer of Mott Street survives.
Even "Old Nick's" real name was lost
in the i'll luck that overwhelmed him,
and "Old Nick" was content to have it
so. for from the high estate of founder
and prominent citizen of Chinatown
he had fallen to the equally unique po-
sition of panhandler. For that celes-
tial nook off Chatham Square had never
and none since.
day concerning "Old Nick's" history:
and the Bowery Boys and the Dead
from Five Points to Cherry Hill "Old
neighbochocd.
His Venture Successful
He started cigar store at Mott
Street, making his own cigars He was
honest, thrifty and indefatigably in
dustrious. Those were not qualities
held in high esteem in those parts
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Three Arrested on
Desertion Charges
Brooklyn Boys Deny That They
Attempted to Evade
Service

Patrick Russo, seventeen, of 153
Ninth Street; Robert Hickey, twenty,
Of 3e7 Enfield Street, and Alexander
Peirme, twenty, of 1 Windsor Place,
all Brooklyn addresses and all mem
bers of the 106th Infantry, stationed
at Spartanburg, S. c.. we're arrested
by Detectives Donnelly and Pegman. of
the Fifth Street station, Brooklyn, last
night, charged with desertion. They
will be turned over to the military au-
thorities and returned to Camp Wads-
worth. They have been missing since
April l.
Russo was found at his own home, the
ether two at the home Of Peirme. When
placed under arrest the men declared
they had no intention of deserting. All
three were in uniform and made no
effort either to deny their identity or
elude arrest.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
What Is Going On To-day

ONE MEAL WIIEATT4ESS
Free admission 10 the American Museum Of Natural
History. the New York Zooloxlcai Park the Mel :
rois'litan Museum OF Art the Van Cortlandt PARK
Aiuseuin. the American Museum OF Safety and thr
Aquarium ~
TiIhD LIBERTY BOND DRIVE.
Circus. Madison Square Garden
Bazaar for tho benefit Of tho Holland A ncrica
Homes for belgian widows and Orphans. Waldorf
Astoria D.
Meeting u Stage childrcn's Fund.
study day Of tho Theatre Club or New York Hotel
Astor. D. ~
Meeting Of tho Society for Political Study Hotel
Address aud demonstration by Mrs Rohsrt Marshall
Grimm on ''Hc2strotion and Election before ths
Nonens Republican Club OF the City Of Nry
fpih. DcmoIlcC's, p m.
Meeting of the Manhattan club Defence Coromit,.c
clubhoun. M1.iypn Avenue and Twenty y.al,th
street. p ~. ''N'"
Addresses by. Ieutenan, Colonel r. Frazer Iy,,r,.,
and ottsr", at dlnnot Of tho Casualty and Sur,tv
club Drug and Chemical Club 20 u m
Dinner u tho jingueno's N Now York Hotel riaxa
y. ''
Adaiesse9 " William IT, Walsh. Or. William j..
New YORK Hudpg Monagcra' Association. rnrL
Adirrssrs W Major Cenefai J. Franklin Bell H.,
John n. Finiry and Lieutenant Adrlen dc Ds,h
mann, et meeting NJ ths Frtu,ch f~NWt, I'm Am,r
ica. residence of Mr.. and Ars otto IT, knLm' 4
y =
Addfcsses by Mrs Florence Kelly and Miss Eleanor
~. Liiis I'M "fhDd Labpr mud Vocational Guild
bncr, AZ rntifef6hcc of The NrsaIah foisl FDrylco
League, Church ~ tie Mcssish Park A,euu, and
Thirty lDlrth Street. slb Y. LA
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
|. w. WIS Suspected
Of Jury Tampering
Federal Agents Investigating
Affair in Judge Landis'
Court
tStaf Correspondence

CHICAGO, April 8.-Efforts to get a
jury to try the I. W. w. leaders under
Indictment will be resumed next Mon
day in Judge Lands's court. To-day
the lawyers for the government were
directing Department of Justice agents
IN search for the ringleaders of a
group Of Socialists whose conversations
with members of the first venire caused
Judge Lnndis to dismiss the entire
body of 200 on Saturday.
Frank Ncbecker, special Assistant
Attorney General, in charge Of the case
against the !. w. w., said to-day that
the government was seeking evidence
upon which to indict suspected Social
lists and /. w. W. members on the
charge of jury tampering
l.. G. Russell and Albert l.. Carpcn.
ter are being questioned by the De e.
partment of Justice agents. Carpenter
ls under indictment in Idaho on the
charge of jury tamperng in connection
with the prosecution there of members
Of the |. w. w.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Untermyer Asks
Justice for Loyal
German-Americans
Unfair, He Says, to Hold
Them to Opinions When
u. S. Was Neutral
By BRIGGS

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. April g.
Samuel Untermyer, who opened the
Liberty Loan campaign here tonight,
urged his audience to treat American
citizens of German birth with fairness
and not to take opinions they might
have expressed while the United States
was still! neutral as the measure O!
their present sentiments. He referred
to the recent lynching of Robert p.
Prayer, in Collinsville, ILL.,, saying:
"Tt is to be hoped there will be nc.
repetition of the shocking incident re.
ported from Illinois. Such Incidents
give the enemy the opportunity t.,
claim that in this country men hav,
no respect for law"
A subject generally avoided as un
pleasant and unpopular, ne continued.
was one which ought to be dealt with
frankly
II refcr," he said. "to the un-Ameri-
can treatment accorded in certain sec
tons OF the country to loyal American
cltlzens OF German birth in the face
OF the repeated, eloquent and states
President against the folly, weakness
and injustice of hate and bitterness
Ihey are made to feel that their low
atty and sympathies are ouestionea
Such feelings are unworthy of the
great cause to which we have dedicate,3
our lives and our fortunes.
Never mind now how we came into
the war or how our sympathies NAV
have been divided. Different people
were OF different minds. We ali were
deceived by the widespread propagands
conducted by Germany.
"Why, then, condemn men for tho;r
then existing honest difference of opin-
ION as to the merits Of controversy to
winch we were not then party and at
tlme when many OF us, including our
patient, peace-loving Pres sdent, still be-
lleved in the sincerity of German
protestations.
ut is stupid and vicious to test the
patriotism of our adopted citizens bv
their feelings or sympathies as be-
tween the then beligerents before we
entered the war. Unless we draw the
line more sharply at that point we will
lose much of the harmony of feeling
ana unity OF action so necessary to sue
cess. Nothing is more natural or more
pralseWorthy than that during that trv-
ing time these patriotic Americans
should have loved and trusted the land
of their birth second. and that their
hearts should have gone out to her and
to their beloved ones who were FIGHT
ing under her banner
They now know, as the rest of us
know and as none Of us then know and
few of us then believed, that all Of
Germany's protestations that this was
not war OF conquest were insincere."
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Refused,
Buenz Says He's
Read y for Prison
Hamburg-American Direc.
tor Contradicts Doctors
Who Said He Was Ill

Judge Harland B. Howe, of the Fed
eral District Court, decliued to recon-
mend to Attorney Genera, Gregory that
DR.. Karl Buenz, managing director of
the HamburgAmerican Line, receive a
respite, commutation or pardon yester-
day, after hearing evidence for two
days as to the mans physical condition.
If Buenz had received respite it
would have further stayed the eighteen
months sentence imposed in the Fed
eral District Court two years ago, when
the German was found guilty of maxi
ing false manifests Cor ships carrying
supplies to German raiders in the
North Atlantic.
Until the arrival Of the mandate from
the United States Supreme Court deny
ing further review and ending all the
appeals by means of which Buenz has
evadcd Imprisonment for two years no
action will be taken 20 commit him to
Atlanta. This mandate is expected to
arrive here late this week.
Dr.. Buenz, in a statement read to the
court by his counsel, ex-Judgc Walter
array of physicians who had declared
that his many ailments would result
fatally ii he were sent to prison.
Ready to Go to Prison
He said he believed himself in fit
condition to start for Atlanta, and ex-
pressed his willingness to go.
The statement in part said:
"Since the writ of certiorari in his
Court of the United States, and there
fore the findings of the Appellate Court
confirmed, Dr. Buenz has repeatedly
declared his intentions to his lawyers
that he was entirely prepared and will
ing to go to the Atlanta penitentiary
to serve his term. He has, however.
been persuaded to consent to a rcprevc
for q short time to the execution of
sentence by Executive clcmency and
now has instructed his lawyers to de-
clare that he thinks himself strong
enough to go to the Atlanta peniten-
tlary in order to serve his term
nile in SO far as he knows, this
declaration may not meet with the ap-
proval of the medical experts wny
examined him as to his condition. he,
not being an expert himself, has the
impression that the trip to Atlanta
VIII not necessarily endanger his life,
provided that the transportation would
be carried out under the best obtain
able conditions and under the care of
his trusted valet, Karl Hemplc.
Asks Few Days Grace
"Dr. Buenz, therefore, is entirely
ready and willing to enter upon the trip
at the order of competent authorities,
but at the same time would ask that
nc kindly be given a few days at least
tor preparations for the journey"
Judge Howe said, after the statement
had been read, "IIis letter has con-
siderable ring of manliness about it."
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Mayor Tells How
Alien Was Lynched
Testihes He Opened Door to
Mob, Thinking Prayer Had
Been Removed

COLLlNSVILLE, Ill.,, April 8.-Mayor
j. II. siegel, of Collinsville, was the
principal witness to-day when the
Coroner's inquest into the death of
Robert p. Prayer opened here. Prayer.
an enemy alien, was hanged last Fridav
by mob after it had been asserted
that he had made disloyal remarks.
To-day's session was secret, but it
was learned that the Mayor told the
lnquistors he had been informed that
Prayer had been removed from the
City Hall by the police because it was
feared he might suffer violence at the
HANDS Of the mob. II said he told tho
mob that Prayer had been removed, and
that when he opened the door, with tho
intention Of admitting one Of their
number for the purpose of scarchin,
for the prisoner, the whole mob rushed
IN, found Prayer and the lynchinR fol-
lowed.
At the close of the hearing TODAY il
wns announced that no session would
be held tomorrow. but that hearings
would DC resumed Wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Explosion Follows
Fire I'm New Hotel
In Seventh Avenue

An explosion which followed the dis
covery of q small fire in the DYNAMO
room of the new Pennsylvania Hotel.
at Seventh Avenue and Thrty-third
Street last evening, partially wrecked
six buildings facing the hotel on Thir
ty-third Street, and threw the entire
ne1ghborhood into panic which lasted
hours. The police, fire marshal and
Federal authorities are making an in
vestlgation, but up to an early hour
this morning had failed to discover the
cause either of the fire or the explo-
sion.
The shock of the explosion. which
was heard for a mile or more in every
direction from the new hotel building.
caused the greatest excitement in ths
pennsylvania Station, directly across
seventh Avenue. Several hundred tray
ellers were in and about the station.
and Wild rumors that it had been
bombed caused several women WAITING
Ior their trains to faint.
reserves from four precincts and a
detachment Of soldiers from nearby
Srmory We're lmmedimate!y sent to the
scene OF the explosion and established
a danger zone with a two-block radius
AT one time the police estimated there
were more than 100000 persons about
their lines.
The fire, which seemed only triaing
when discovered, spread across the
street to several auto trucks belonging
to Gimbel Brothers, located at the rear
OF the hotel. Four of the trucks were
destroyed before the tiremcn got the
names under control
IN the six buildings on the north
side of West Thirty-third Street every
pane OF glass was broken, and one. oc
cupled as a book store, was so badly
wrecked that nearly every volume in
the store was ruined. Twenty-two
horses stabbed in another of the build
;ngS were almost stampeded, but we're
hnally led to places of safety.
Three alarms of fire brought Fire
Chief kenlon. AS soon as the firemen
located the blaze they ordered all elec-
trlc power in the neighborhood shut
off '''"o
e. NJ. Statler. who is to lease the
hotel when it is completed, and Surer-
lntendent Smith. in charge of the
structure at present, made an inspec-
ton OF the dynamo room as soon as the
ire was cxtinguished They could Of
ter no explanation, however. They de-
med that there had been any trouble
which might have led a labor agitotor
TO cause the explosion
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Nine-Year-Old Boy Killed
BY Fireman's Automobile

angelo Paradefe. nine years old Of
2O76 First Avenue, was run over and
instantly killed yesterday by an auto
A. Hartman, fire lieutenant, attached 4
to Engine Company 81, on East 1llth
Street. Eye-witnesses declared tho ac.
cident to have been unavoidable and M
arrests were made.
Hartman had been riding with his
family and was taking the machine
back to the garage at First Avenue and
loSth Street. Just as he was turning
IN from the street, the Paradefe boy
its wheels passed over him.