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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-03
Sail From New York

Tuesday, October %, we left for
pier 63 and sailed at o'clock on the
Panama boat; had bridal rooms on
first cabin. After sailing about two
miles we anchored for the night. We
could see Jersey City Illuminated and
the statue of Liberty by moonlight.
The statue is more imposing than
ever The blazing torch can be seen
many miles away. 1t is upon Bedlois
island, 151 feet high, standing upon a
pedestal 155 feet high, weighs 100000
rounds, or 225 tons. Forty persons
can stand comfortably in the head
and the torch will hold II people. On
Wednesday we had an awful raging
storm, so did not start out until II
at noon 1t was a most delightful,
enjoyable trip. Of course | also had
a taste of feeding the fish, Two
barrels roped together caused some
excitement. Captain Pierce sent out
a small boat to investigate and found
them empty and safe. We enjoyed
watching the flying fish skip along
above the water. Three whales took
a look at our boat.
The grand moonlight evenings were
enjoyed on the annex side, dancing
and singing and a good time in gen.
eral. The people were very congen-
ial, which helped the days to pass
by faster.
This Letter is getting somewhat
long, so had better close. Wishing
you all a merry Christmas and a
happy, prosperous New Year.
Respectfully yours,
IRMA LEHMAN GRABBORN.
Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama.
Editors Note: Mrs. Grabborn will
be remembered as Irma Lehman, her
home being near Denzer.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-03
ONE AT DOOR OF
DEATH In COLD
ATLANTIC OCEAN
William FOrkell Tells Why ALI
Should Be One Hundred Per
Cent American---America's Part

One of the most intense war meet
ings ever held in Baraboo was that Of
Friday night at the AL Ringing the
atre. One of the speakers almost per-
ished as the result OF submarine,
and the other portrayed the German
aims and cruelties as they had never
been given before in this city.
Sergt Bernard S. Wolff went to
France with the engineers. He land
ed in England, paraded in London be-
fore the king and queen, entrained in
the rain, was received by the French
and bombed by the Germans. He said
they arrived in town in France, near
the battle line, about o'clock in the
morning, and by 8 o'clock bombs were
dropped, showing how soon the en-
emy knew of their coming. Later
they were moved and were bombed
again. This time they made dug-outs
with old steel rails and these gave
them great protection when the air.
craft were sighted
The speaker said the French roads
and rolling stock need repairing bad
ly.
WHAT TO SEND THE
BOYS IN FRANCE
Mr.. Wolff says not to send scarfs to
the boys in France. Send sweaters,
socks, candy, and tobacco-and let
ters. He said they were receiving
splendid care, had plenty to eat and
were warm He had the use Of five
blankets. The stories that few would
return, that they were mistreated and
all that, were false reports and set
afoat by enemies. He said the hos
ritals were we'll equipped and the
boys were we'll cared for.
GERMANS ARE TIRED
OF THE WAR, THEY SAY
The German prisoners he saw were
young boys to large degree. All or
the Germans are tired Of the war and
prisoners seldom try to escape from
France to get back to Germany. they
are glad to get away.
HIS BOAT is STRUCK
BY A SUB-TORPEDo
lie COOK passage Oh Cne lhlo'Au AVl
America and while on the ocean the
ship was struck by a torpedo. Many
had been on other ships that had gone
down and had a presentment that
something was to happen. The crash
came without warning. Crippled, as
he was, he got into lifeboat, this was
shattered, and he was adrift in the
sea. After floating about a mile and
a half, clinging to an oar, he was
picked UP almost dead. The ship did
not sink, but got back to port.
The speaker was given applause.
THRILLS WITH HIS
DISCUSSION OF WAR
William Forkell is an orator He
has been on the platform for twenty
years, and swayed his audience on Fri
day night again and again. He whe
did not leave the theatre filled with
patriotism could not help but be a
traitor to this land.
His son is in the army, the aviation
corps, and he hoped he would be able
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-03
See Niagara Falls

On our way coming here we stopped
at Rockford to see Sergeant (brother)
Carl Lehman, and friend, Corporal
Rollie Steuber. We passed through
Chicago, Buffalo and Niagara. We
went to Niagara Falls and there is
nothing that the western hemisphere
can present in the way Of natural
winder more sublime. There is moth
ing SURPRISING in beauty, or that
equals this gem, the diadem Of nature,
Niagara Falls. At Niagara Falls, the
greatest attraction is the whirlpool.
Spanish aerOcar, on the Canadian
side, which stretches across the whirl-
pool on a span of 1900 feet, $50 feet
above the water. The trip across
takes about six minutes. The aerial
car accommodates 36 passengers at
q time.
Our next stop was New York city,
and while there we visited the cleo
trical exposition and motor show Of
1917 and the New York aquarium.
This building the United States gov
ernment erected in 1907 as a fort
In 1855 it became a landing place
for immigrants and in 1896 was con-
verted into an aquarium by the city
The total number of specimens, in
elusive of invertebrae and young fry
in the fish hatchery varies from
1000 to 5000 Some Of the many are
the COW fish, horses fish, spade fish,
and turtle weighing $40 pounds.
The hippodrome has 5,697 seats and
over one thousand persons are active
ly engaged at every performance Civ
en-. We witnessed the play "Cheer
Up" We saw Brooklyn, Manhattan
bridge and Coney island. Broadway
is most grand when illuminated by
Wrigles sign, newly donated for the
benefit of liberty bonds. 1t is great
at Central park. We saw the cap
tured German submarine N. G. s. 1t
had been stationed in three sections
and was christened U-Buy-a.Bond. 1t
required so horses and 200 men to
take the liberty loan exhibit to the
park.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-03
FROM DENzER
TO CANAL l
Mrs. Irma Lehman Grabborn Tells
of Trip to Panama---Aided in
Feeding the Fish"
CHOICE VEGETABLES
AND FRUITS ABOUND
No Flies or Mosquitoes Molest, but
Ants and Reaches Are in Evi-
dence---Powder Used to Keep
Them Away
Gatun Canal Zone.
December 5, 1917.

If | am not taking up too much
space in your paper, [ shall endeaVor
to relate or give a short description
of our Journey. We reached our des-
tination Cristobal, safely, dOcked on
October 81, Wednesday. 1t certainly
did seem good to see and be on lana
after being on sea for nine days.
We are now stationed, or rather
have been assigned government quar-
ters here at Gatun, a most beautltul
place situated about a quarter OF a
mile from the famous Panama canal
and the Gatun locks. These are a
most wonderful construction beyond
description. One of our first visits
was to see. the locks and we were
fortunate enough to watch two ships
pass through 1t costs one dollar and
twenty cents a ton per tonnage for
tships to pass through the locks.
One day we were down to watch a
transport ship pass on its way TO
England. A crowd Of people was at
the locks to remember the soldiers
The Australian and New Zealand
hound hospital ship will soon arrive
in the canal zone. The latter is what
our Panama paper, "The Star and
Herald" states.
The Vegetation
Palm trees and flowers, the prettl-
est foliage plants and bushes, adorn
This place The negroes are kept
busy all the time planting flowers and
zeeping them in trim. ADsq have
MANY butterflies, all sizes, the larg-
est | ever saw, with the most gorge
GUS cOlors. They are very vivid ana
moi easily captured The canal zone
is the birthplace of "LOrita." Lorlta
is not a girl, but is the generic name
for parrOt in Spanish. AS to native
fruits we have many unknown IN the
states: for instance, the papyas grow
on trees in clusters the size OF an Or
binary watermelon. Then we nave
he alligator pear, bread fruit, sour
san and prickly pears. Of other fruits
that grow here are grapefruit, lemon
orange, pineapples, bananas, mangoes'
cocoanuts, etc. Vegetables OF every
kind we have fresh every day. sold by
Chinaman making the trip daily, l
shall mention a few: okra, lines,
mustard plant, gnavas, yams, ebay
otes. ginger and mint. We can also
buy these fruits; in fact in the line
of everything else, at the commits
sary. This is a government store.
At the commissary we do our pay
inc with commissary books which can
be bought each book valued at fifteen
dollars.
The Climate
The weather is most delightful. 1t
is the sixth week that we are enjoy
ing life in the canal zone and must
say l am we'll pleased with this place
and am quite accustomed to the eli
mate. I often wonder whit | would
do if l should encounter one of those
Wisconsin winters again. Items in
the Baraboo News stated no rural de-
livery on account of heavy snow. This
sure sounds cold for November
Gatun is a very clean, sanitary
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-03
ERATURE HERE
DURING DECEMBER
Month Has Been Unusually Cold
According to Record Kept by
J.F. Kartack

December, 1917, was cold month,
according to the record kept by ]. F.
Kartack of this city. 1t reads as fol-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-03
MAKES UNIQUE
PILLOW GIFT

w. D. Johnson, second avenue, has
received a unique Christmas present
from his niece, Madaline Meyer, aged
IA, Reedsburg. The pillow bears the
American flag and the words:
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* * 81 * * * y

The gift my be seen at the store
of Melzl & McGann.
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-28

nice I at once suspected trap had
been laid for me"
At this point Attorney John R.
Cooper, of counsel for the defense
| objected to what Mayor Gambler
suspected, and the objection was sus-
tanned.
81 then ran down." continued the
mayor, ito the office of my son. Asa
M. Gambler, ,Ir., and he returned
with me to my office. We found
that Mrs. Hirsch was still there. but
the man had left. Mrs. Hirsch was
crying and l asked her who the man
was. She told me his name was
Cook and she bad visited at the home
of his mother and sister. She asked
me who the man with me was and L
told her it was my son. Asa C. Cand-
Ter. Jr. She then left the office.
Il at once got in communication
with my brother, Judge John S. Cand-
Ter, ard with my friend Forrest Adair
telling them | thought these people
had attempted to trap me for pur-
pose. Mr.. Adoir arranged confer
cree with Cook for the next after
noon in Mr. .Adoir's office. I went
there to hear what CoCok had to
say. He refused to talk with any one
except myself and I conferred with
Him alone.
Cook declared that he was a friend
of II. Fl Hirsch. that he had been
watching Mrs. Hirsch for some time,
had seen her come to my office and
had finally surprised us in a COM
promising position. He threatened to
expose the whole situation. telling
ire that he expected Mr.. Hirsch to
return to Atlanta in a day or two
and that there was only one way to
prevent him from telling Hirsch ev-
everything. and that was for me to
get Mrs. Hirsch out of town. He de-
manded that I secure from Mrs.
Hirsch a written agreement which
was to read as follows:
"1 agree to your proposal
"The agreement was to be turned
over to him (Cook.)
81 saw Cook again on Wednesday,
February 10, in the mayors office in
the city hall. Cook walked into the
office unexpectedly, and said you are
trifling with me. / will give you un-
til next Friday. to do what have out
lined If you don't do it by that time
I will expose the whole thing
81 told him it was no easy job to
separate a man and his wife. Cook
said he would take all the blame"
This concluded MayMor Gamblers
direct testimony.
On cross examination Mr. Gambler
denied that he knew Cook before
meeting Mrs. Hirsch.
The mayor denied that he had not
asked Mrs Hirsch to call him on the
telephone during recent confinement
in a local hospital.
In answer to further questions Mr..
Gambler said he did not see Mrs.
II = ,Jaj
rattle and the Red Cross activities
until January. He denied that he
placed his hand on her shoulder or
took any liberties with her when she
visited his office in January
Replying to questions concerning a
visit to his office on February 6 by
Mrs. Hirsch, Mr.. Gambler said she
was there not more than ten min
uses. He denied emphatically that
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-28
Found Guilty of At
tempt to Blacknail

Continued From Page one.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-28

nice I at once suspected trap had
beer laid for me-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-28
woMAN's DEVOTION TO HOME

Home duties to many women ap-
pear more important than health No
matter how i'll they feel, they drag
themselves through their daily tasks,
overdo and pay the penalty in head
aches, backache, dragging-down
pains and nervousness; they become
irritable, and finally discover that
some form of female complaint has
fastened itself upon them. When a
woman goes into this condition there
is one tried and true remedy made
from the roots and herbs of the field
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which for more than forty
years has continued its great work
among women in restoring health
after many other remedies have
failed.-Adv.
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he was in compromising position
with her when Cook came in. He
further denied that Mrs. Hirsch had
ever removed a part of her clothing
while in his office
In answer to further questions
Gambler testified that Cook did not
actually demand money from him. but
threatened to EXPOSE" the whole
matter to Mrs. Hirsch's husband.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-28
PIANO TUNING

Music is honey to the soul.
The Piano is the medium,
and wien correctly tuned
and regulated, it will require
no apologies when you ask
your musical friends to play.
Our work will please you.
THE PIANO SHOP
Is and 90 East Garden St.
Phone 791
Z. A. THOMAS, Mgr.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-28
CLASSIFIED

FOR RENT OR SALE-3s5 acres in
Baldwin Co, Ala, two miles west of
Muscogee, 30 acres fenced, 20 in cultiva-
ton. Good house. Address Thos II.
Waters. Muscogee. Fla. 1852
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
MUST PAY BILLS
WITHOUT DELAY
{. V. Johnson Says Special Assess
ment faxes Cannot BE Paid
to Him After Tomorrow.

How about your special assess
ment taxes-have you paid EN-?
No?
Then a trip to the office of c. V.
Johnson, commissioner of accounts
and finances, Moline, should be
made without delay. In fact that
official announces today that after
tomorrow, delinquent payments on
sewers, pavements, watermains and
sidewalks, will have 10 be paid at
the office OF the county treasurer
in Rock Island. To accommodate
latecomers, Commissioner Johnson
has arranged to keep open his casa
register until 8 o'clock tomorrow
evening.
More money for special assess
ments has been secured to date this
year than last, when the total de-
linquent account amounted to S39,-
900. Funds thus paid in will he
used for retiring public improve
ment bonds.
Because of the war situation, few
paving projects are proposed in
Moline this season. One or two
big jobs awarded last year, but nor
installed because of the high price
of material, will be put in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
LOYALTY CALLED
RSTESSENTIAL
States Attorney +. f.. Thompson at
h {. Banquet Says Love of
Country. Net Ancestry, Counts.

Not what your ancestors were or
your monetary standing, are the
tests by which citizens of this COun-
try are judged today Nothing in
the past counts for very much but
present loyalty and devotion to
Uncle Sam is all important, accord
ing to States Attorney +. +. Thomp-
son who was one of the speakers at
the dinner which Moline Knights of
Columbus gave last evening at the
Moline Commercial club. in honor
OF members of the order stationed
at Rock Island arsenal. The affair
was the first of a series of enter
tainments planned for the Sammies.
Major W. +. Sandford and Lieuten-
ant W A Gately were special
guests from the arsenal
History has been taught with q
wrong view and with a wrong pur-
pose We have been taught 20 hate
England We were not taught that
the thing we fought was an institu-
ton. a theory" said Mr.. Thompson.
We fought against autOcracy,
against the theory Of divine right
OF kings to rule The declaration
o. was d uOGAdI alum
that threw down the gauntlet to
any man who claims divine right.
That declaration was felt in Eng
land. France and Germany.
1t wasn't necessary fora America
TO become a military country in
order to fight against autoCracy in
the past and il never will be neces-
sary. The time has again come
when America must determine
whether democracy or autocracy
shall prevail"
Other speakers were Rev J. S.
Kelly DR. w. Z. Taylor, who said
the knights were doing much TO
promote patriotism throughout the
! country, and Lieutenant Gately,
who urged that the stay -at-hOmes
do all in their power to promote a
happy and optimistic mental atti-
tude on the part Of the soldiers and
the general public, as this cheerful
outlook and viewpoint is needed to
furnish the energy and res0urceful-
ness that is necessary to put over a
victory speedily.
Following the dinner the visitors
were entertained at the X. c. club
rooms and made to feel that all OF
the cCnveniences Of the Organiza
ton were for the use of the arsenal
soldiers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15

Tomorrow, announces o. +. Al
GeTson, Moline township tax col
lector, will be the last opportuniTy
to pay 1918 township real estate
taxes in Moline. Somewhat more
than half the taxes levied have
been collected.
The city of Moline will feel the
greatest hardship by failure OF tax
payers to pay their assessments
while the books were open in Mo
line The city is almost entirely
dependent on its share of township
taxes for money to pay genera
expenses.
If only two-thirds of the taxes
levied are collected in Moline i
means that the city probably VIII
have to wait until July for one
third of its money as the county
treasurer usually does not turn
tax money over to the city until
he closes the tax books. Of the
SIG levied on each 81 600 the city
receives 1921.
Mrs. John Sutherland. who has
been in charge of the collection of
taxes in Moline township due to the
illness of her father. ". II. White
side. states today unpaid taxes will
amount to about 100000, while
100000 has been paid in. The
total amount on the books to be
collected was $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
PAIR FINED FOR
RUNNING ACAME
Tom Harris and Theodore Shrivan-
os Plead Guilty 10 Operating
Gambling House.

Charged with operating a
gambling house at 1920 Third ave
hue. Moline, Tom Harris and Theo-
dore Skrivanos pleaded guilty be-
fore Justice F. q Entrikiu yester-
4 : afternoon and were fined So
and costs each, while six charged
with sitting in" at the pleasing
card diversion were dismissed.
A change of venue from police
court was taken TO that of Justice
t,ntTikin when the case was called
yesterday afternoon. 1t is expected
that federal authorities will take
some action in the matter, as it is
thought that gambling comes within
the provisions of the vice regula-
tons which have been promulgated
for the protection OF Rock Island
arsenal soldiers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
READY TO START ON
CITY BETTERMENTS

Preparations are well under wav
in the department of streets and
public improvements in Moline for
the annual spring drive towards
making improvements necessary by
growth of the city and by ordinary
processes of wear.
Two public improvements in
volving expenditure of thousands o.
dollars, will get under way Mon
day A third will be started as
soon as the ground has become
more dry and suitable for work.
Commissioner Ericsson today re
ceived notice that the Frazier
Davis company will resume work
on the First street Storm drain
Monday morning. That improve
ment was started last fall, but was
discontinued because OF weather
conditions.
All material for the job has now
been received and the contractors
expect no further delay The drain
will cost $27, 1880. Cities of Nc.
line and Rock Island will each pay
half the cost of the improvement.
Public hearing for the Fifty
by the board OF public improve
ments in the city hall Monda :
morning. A petition for the pave
ment was received last summer,
but because of shortage Of mate
rials the work was postponed uE-
til this year.
The hearing Monday will give
property owners who will be eX-
pected to pay for the pavement 5Il
, opportunity TO inspect the specifi-
cations ald plans prepared by In
gineer PaytOn. The proposed pave
ment runs from Fifth TO Seventh
avenue on F'ifty-tnird street and
several short stretches on inter
sectIng streets.
Notice has also been received BY
Commissioner Ericsson that the Nc
Carthy Improvement company
Davenport, is ready to begin opera
tiOns on the Twenty fifth street
paving job. Contract for that pave
ment was awarded last year. bu.
by agreement work was postponed
until this year.
Because of rain and snow Of the
last few weeks contractors proc
ably will be unable TO break
ground for The pavement thi:
= month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
TWENTY-FIVE TO LEAVE.

Approximately twenty-five draft
ed men will be sent to Camp Dodge
from Moline district on or about
March %, it was announced this
morning by John H. Coburn, clerk
of the Moline exemption board.
This number constitutes five per
cent of the original net quota of
drafted t1en in this district.
An order issued by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder notOfies the
boards in the territory contributory
to Camp Dodge that they will send
out about 375 men in five days COM
mencing March %. Definite in
structions as to the date of en-
trainment of the Moline contingent
and the exact number is expected
In a few days
Preparations are now being made
at the Moline exemption board for
the entrainment. The first % men
in class l will be selected in the
order of their liability. All of them
will be men who were physically
examined last October and ordered
to hold themselves in readiness for
mobilization. Moline's original
quota was AL and Al per cent have
already been sent to camp In the
recent order relative to the call of
men in the deferred quota the
quota of Illinois was set at 1861.
Credit will not be given in this call
for volunteers who have been in
Quoted since the last contingent
went to camp.
James B. Sawyer and Henry NJ
Rasmussen. who We're voluntarily
indicted in the infantry left at noon
today for Camp Greene, Charlotte.
\. c., for training.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
BURGLARS STEAL
FUND AT SCHOOL
Culprlts Break Into the NIL,
Building and Take Thrift
Stamps and Money.

Culprits who we're not na,r.,.,
to say the least. broke into thew
Kinley school. Moline. last even.
and took thrift stamps. Red c.
.Jr.. funds. and cash belongir. :
Miss Elizabeth Martin. prire;.' %
the loot amounting to s64fS IL ~
is a detailed statement OF wba, ', ~
stolen 'a'
United States thrift st,mo.
$44.75. y
Red Cross. il, funds. s9s3
School funds. s..
Personal funds OF Miss Egl,,h...
Martin. 81
That the burglary was cor,r,s
ted, probably by a railroad ~
ploye or tramp, is the theorv - :.
Chief Ben DeJaeger, who ID inv.
tigating the case, found a b,ol
key on the sill Of the VIM,
through which It is thought he :,
tered the building. The SIAM.
taken were for sale among tbs "
pills and were of the 25 cent vain.
having been obtained from the NJ
line Trust and Savings bank NJ.
doors to the desk OF Miss MART
had been pried open with a chissl