Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-09-27
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Lieut.. /. S. l.. Bowen will be the
commanding officer at Ripon college
student training corps
i After sixteen witnesses had been
examined, Mrs. Stephen H. Crivits
whose husband charged that she was
insane, was freed in county court a!
Marinette.
Frank Lewandowski, % years old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewandow.
ski, of Appleton, died in the hospital
at Camp Hancock, Ga. Death was due
to throat trouble. He entered the
service last July.
The first hunting fatality for the
season occurred when Arthur Fret
burg, of Fond du Lac, 16 years old
while hunting from a boat, shot and
killed himself. His body was found in
the boat on Lake Michigan.
| Though but two days have been al
lotted for the fourth Liberty Loan
drive at Neenah, campaign managers
are confident that the city will go
| over the top in that short space OF
time. In the three preceding loans
Necnah has more than doubled her al
lotment
TO date County Clerk Cook of Mara
| thoa county has issued 700 hunting Ii
ce-.ses, while a year ago the number
was twice as large. The decrease is
due to hunters DOMINIC the khaki and
| preparing or hunting bigger game
overseas, and the scarcity of game
| hereabouts.
Widespread rumors that courses in
| the Wisconsin College of Agriculture
| would be discontinued during the com
| ing year were declared unfounded by
Dean H. l.. Russell on his arrival to
Madison from Washington where he
has been in conference with officials
of the war and agricultural depart
| ments
Charged with making seditiOus ut
| terances, George Lubunski OF Toma-
hawk was arraigned before U. S.
Court Commissioner j. P. Riley. He
waived preliminary examination and
wa. held to await the action Of the
grand jay. In default Of $4,000 bail
he was committed to the county Jail
at Madison.
L. anci5 Xavier Schilling, former
member Of the state legislature and
of the Marathon county board, was
found guilty on six of eight counts of
an Indictment charging him with at.
tempting to obstruct operation of the
selective draft and making disloyal
utterances. Schilling's attorneys filed
notice of appeal, and bonds were fixed
at 0,000.
After thirty-six years of continuous
service without mishap, Captain
RUFUS D. Sawyer, Wausau, veteran
member of the fire department, has re-
tired on a pension. He is a civil war
veteran and was at Appomattox court
house when Lee surrendered. He
was one of the guards at the execu-
ton Of the accomplices of Booth for
the assassination of President Lin
coin. Sawyer is thorough American
ana his birthday is on July 4.
Ninety-four men of Co. l, One Hun
dred Fiftieth Machine Gun battalion,
formerly Co.. G, Second Wisconsin
regiment, are reported to have been
killed or wounded in action, or miss
ing, by Maj. Charles A. Greene, who
returned to Appleton after six months
in France with the Sixty-fourth brig
ade The casualties include 8 killed,
Z seriously wounded, IS slightly
wounded, II missing and 1 gassed
The report is complete to Aug. 5.
Jack. Jungwirth, of Oshkosh, who
has been shown many courte3ies by
community war workers in Kenosha
and who had been received into many
of the best homes of the city, is in Jail
there, a confessed deserter from the
United States army. He was arrested
at the suggestion of agents of the
American Red Cross and will be turn
ed over to army officers. He desert
ca, IL IS dile2eu, from CdLlp MeIFltl,
Feb. 9.
the search continues for Leslie,
Ennis and Louis Kruger, alleged
selective service evaders, who escap-
ed from their farm near Owen after
sensational battle with government Of
fcers and an armed posse, during
which one member of the posse was
instantly killed and five others severe
Ily wounded. The secret service Office
established at Owen will be maintain
ed indefinitely and it is stated the
government will spare neither time,
effort nor money to apprehend the
three brothers. There have been re-
ports that the fugitives boarded a
train and may be many miles away;
but the general belief is that they
have gone to a stronghold In the
| woods and will fight to the death.
Frank Kruger, an older brother, who
surrendered after being wounded by
the posse, is held in Jail awaiting ac-
ton by the government. A search of