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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
sol 0NS SEEK TO SPEED WORK OF THE ASSEMBLY AT
MADISON BY OMITTING THE USUAL WEEKEND HOLI-
DAYS WHICH HAVE BE EN- In VOGUE FOR SOME TIME

to increase the salaries of county and
district superintendents of schools
from $1,000 to $1,000 year Senator
E. F. Clark. Galesville, opposed the
bill, claiming that the advance was
too great. Action on the matter was
finally postponed to have further IN
vestigation.
The senate passed the Burke bill
for soldiers relief commission COM
posed of civil, Spanish and world war
veterans. The house voted in favor Of
increasing witness fees from So to $4
a day. 1t adopted the Roethel resolu-
ton calling upon the federal trade
commission to furnish information as
to the cause of the decline of dairy
prices with the close of the war.
REAL ESTATE BILL KILLED
1t killed the Hood bill, requiring the
statement. of the exact price for which
property is sold in case of real
estate transfer. Several appropriation
measures were passed to aid agricul-
tural organizations. One bill carries
an appropriation to the Wisconsin Live
Stock association and another to the
Wisconsin Potato Growers association.
Both measures were opposed, but were
finally adopted by substantial votes.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20

dies In FRANCE
Went From Baraboo With Com
pany | and Faced Hardships of
the Battle Front

Escaping death at the battle front,
Donald M. Duncan has succumbed to
lobar pneumonia in France, according
to a message received by his mother,
Mrs. Ella Duncan, 224 Fourth street,
Baraboo. The message from the War
department at Washington reads:
Mr.. William Duncan: We re-
gret to inform you that Corporal
Donald Martin died of lobar pneu-
monia February I. HARRIS.
Adjutant General.
On the Tuscania
The soldier went from BarabOO
with Company / to Camp Douglas,
then to Waco, Texas, later to Ho-
boken, and then on board the Tus-
cania. He was with the 21 young
men from Baraboo who were on the
ship when it was struck by torpedo
from a German submarine on the
north coasts Of Ireland on the even
ing of February S, 1918. All escaped.
Corporal Duncan was with the 10th
Supply train and after drilling in
England was sent with the others to
France. He was transferred to Com
pany F, 1o1 Supply Train, 26th Divi-
sion and saw active service on the
Toul sector. When the war came to
an end he was in the death" valley
near Verdun.
Father Dies Recently
His father, the late Engineer VIM.
Duncan, died few months ago,
while the son was ON the battle line.
Besides his mother he leaves one
brother, Douglas Duncan, both of
Baraboo.
He was aged 70 years.
A Faint Hope
The last name was not given in the
telegram which was received here.
This gives Mrs. Duncan the faint
hope that the message does not re-
fer to her son. This uncertainty can
only be cleared up by referring to the
records ats~Nashiagtpn.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
Ills OVER DEAD
WHILE AT WORK

Christ Christopher, man about SO
years of age, dropped dead Of heart
trouble while at his work in the pow
|er house. of the Wisconsin Power,
Light and Heat company at Kilbourn
at 4 a. m. on February Is.
He was seated in chair on the
lower floor of the power house, where
he was engaged in caring for the tur-
bins. His fellow workmen saw him
fall from a chair suddenly and they
rushed to his aid but found that he
was dead. A doctor was summoned as
well as Supt Landt and it was found
that death was due to natural causes.
Mr.. Christopher leaves a wife at
Kilbourn and was always regarded as
a sober and industrious man. He had
been with the company since the
starting of the plant at Kilbourn and
was first engaged in the dam con
struction work in charge Of the ex-
plosives taking away the rock for the
massive dam.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
Resolution Is Offered Which Has
for Its Object Changes in Teach
ers' Retirement Fund Law

An effort to hasten the work OF the
wisconsin legislature was made Tues
day when the assembly by a unani-
NOUS vote adopted the Markham reso-
luton providing for daily sessions OF
the legislature, except Sunday, with
the exception of once a month, when
the members will be permitted to go
home on Friday and return on Tuesday
following.
Senator Skogmo offered resolution
in the upper house for the appoint
ment of committee Of two senators
and three assemblymen to recommend
changes in the teachers retirement
fund law Senator j. Henry Bennett
of viroqua opposed immediate consid-
Grafton because he declared that the
proposition is to place the state back
Of the fund, which is a complete depar'
ture from the original plan.
DELAY ON SALARY BILL
The senate delayed the Pullen Dill
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
GIFTS MADE
LOCAL SOCIETY

The Sauk County Historical society
has received the following gifts:
Mrs. Lucy Newell Case, Hotel Dixon,
Grand Rapids, Wis, has sent a copy
OF The Barahoo Prohibitionist, Volume
l, Number /, printed Saturday, Janu-
ary z, 1882. The proprietors were S.
W. Horner and Rev. w. ]. Mckay. A
patent was used, this coming from
A. N. kellogg, Chicago. The paper
tells of a reunion at the home of Lewis
Cowles, of ]. S. Workman buying
produce, of A Ringing selling a fine
set of harness to customer in Pitts
burgh; of move by the merchants to
close at O'clock in the evening. of
the marriage of r. M. La Toilette and
Miss Belle Case, of the declination of
secretary to Governor Lusk, of the
candidacy of Col. d. E. Welch as SER
geant-at-arms of the assembly, of the
crystal wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. James
S. Cooke, and of a railroad accident at
Rathburn crossing, near La Vale,
L
Miss Hattie Henderson of Reedsburg
being injured. Among the leading ad-
vertisers in the first issue were Davis
& Jackson, Sprecher & Goodnough,
Huntington Stanley Co., w. E. Con-
way, Longley & Bloom, J. j. Valliket,
r. f. Mickey, Marriott Bros, William
Little, Jones &c Griggs, E/G Marriott,
B. S. Doty, d. D. Doane, and Kezerta
& Gillett.
H. E. Paddock of La Vale gives a
number of pictures of the cyclone at
Ironton, May 9, 1918. The wreck OF
the Ironton church and residences are
shown.
o. d. Brandenburg of Madison gives
an autograph letter of DIR. Frederick
A. Cook, the man who was supposed
to have discovered the north pole.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
PIECES
PROPERTY SOLD

On Saturday, under the direction OF
H. l.. Halsted, a number of pieces OF
property belonging to J. P. Sprecher
were sold at public auction. They
were all encumbered and some of
them were purchased by those who
held the mortgages. The sales were
as follows:
House at '615 Third avenue sold to
Thomas Baxter for SLABS.
House at Ala Eighth avenue sold to
C. M. Dubois and Martin Sprecher for
$1,475.
House at 1877 Ninth avenue went to
Price Williams for $500.
House at SIS Ninth avenue went to
TE. j. Battles for $500
House on Eighth avenue went to
G. A. Briggs for $400.
House at AIT Water street was
knocked off to William Dobratz for
$500.
A vacant lot a. the corner of Center
and Seventh avenue went to Reinholt
Kowalke for 1855.
The sale of one piece has not been
confirmed.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
TRANSFERS in
REAL ESTATE

William Niebuhr to Laverne Potter,
land in Washington; $4,000.
William M. Allen to A. ]. Goold, land
in Baraboo; $4,000.
William Zech to Paul Zech, land in
Honey Creek; $4,000
DeppeC Carpenter Lumber Co. to e.
". Adams, land in Delton; $500.
William Brandt, Jr., to Dan Crosby,
land in Greenfield; $3,500.
Mary F. Higgins to Fred A. Arm
bruster. land in Baraboo: $2,175.
David Hopper to Henry Kiester,
land in North Freedom; 81 800.
Glen Brooks to Chas. VOlz, land in
Baraboo; 81.
|. l.. Mason to J. M. Haines, land in
Reedsburg; 500.
George Greasy to Clarence Blynn
land in Bear Creek; $4,000.
James Markham to Fred Schoon
over. land in Ironton; 81.
Thomas Bjndl to L. w. Hood, land
in Bear Greek; $700
B. D. Morehouse to Archibald Nal
lon, land in Ironton; 1910.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
WOMEN MAY
HANDLE MAIL
ON R.R. TRAINS


Trains running between Chicago,
Milwaukee and Minneapolis via Port
age and La Crosse will soon have
women as rail mail clerks according
to plans which are said to be in prog
ress by the postal department.
Notices have been posted at Port
age, La Crosse and other places call
ing for examinations on March Is for
women to take positions of rail mail
clerks.
1t has been limited for some time
that women would be taken to fill
these jobs, and the announcements
posted relative to the examinations
now make the fact quite certain. The
posters announce that the tests for
examination are to include women,
and salaries are to be the same as
given men in service.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
Sau,ed off
Neus Items

An armed strike adds to the woes
of Germany.
! ! ! /
The Belgian mills are scrap piles
and who is to pay?
i + i i
Missouri will ban German language
lection notices.
: T I i !
Two students from India have
cached Madison to study farm work
J. + + +
W. r. Montague, aged 81, manu-
facturer of candy and crackers at La
Crosse, is dead.
i + tt
A resolution has been introduced at
Washington to reopen all the court
martial cases.
I + :
At Washington the senate has pass
ed the rivers and hsrbors bill s333,
100000
/ i i i
An army on Costa Rica is on the
Panama border German influence is
seen and this country may send an
army.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
MISS FLINT SAILS FROM
NEW YORK TO FRANCE
FOR Y. M. {. A. WORK


Miss Rebecca Punchard Flint OF
Madison, Wis, has sailed to join the
work of the Y. M. c. A. in France. She
is the ninth of her family to enter the
service, one brother and eight cousins
being under the colors. Miss Flint en-
ters the Y. M. c. A. work as one or
the representatives of Women's clubs,
chosen and sent by the general fedora
ton. She is a graduate of Wellesley.
Miss Flint was in Norway in 1915-1916
tutoring the children of the American
m mister at Christiania.
Miss Flint is a daughter Of Profes-
sor and Mrs. A. S. Flint, 45O North
Charter street, occasional visitors in
Baraboo. Professor Flint is an astron-
omer.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
Neu,s Notes
Round About

A pretty wedding occurred at Reeds
burg recently when Mildred Schroeder
was united in marriage to Cecil Hough
of Elkhart, Indiana. Miss Mildred is
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w
Schroeder. After an extended trip
to Niagara Falls and Buffalo, N. Y.
the young couple will reside in Elk
hart, where Mr.. Hough is employed.
X y i
A soldier monument is being ar
ranged for in Reedsburg by the Cath
olic church for the boys who went
into military service. The monument
will be in place next summer.
4. +
Spring Green will have fve-day
chautauqua this year. sometime bel
fore July 90
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
GIRL STOWAWAYS
AIDED BY OFFICERS

Margaret Smith and Bowie Bell, two
girls from Liverpool, who slowed away
on the transport Louisville, which ar
rived at New York Sunday, appeared
before the board of inquiry on Ellis
island and were detained for return TO
Europe on the ground they were likely
to become public charges.
At the same time, officials at the
Hoboken offices of the cruiser and
transport force frankly admitted that
naval officers were involved in the trip
of the stowaways.
They were in stateroom and a row
let the cat out Of the bag-the fact
they were there got to the captain S
cara
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
PRICE OF HOGS CLIMBS
IN GRANT COUNTY

John Mcmahon, farmer living west
of Lancaster, Grant county, sold a lit
ter of Poland China pigs for 1866. His
claim for the championship of Grant
county on the achievement was grant
ed by the breeders. On Monday fol-
lowing, Chris. Hartman, breeder at
Cassville, had public sale and litter
of gifts out of his offering went for
1882. The next day Edward Hen
bricks. Hazel Green, sold at his auc-
ton six gifts from one litter for 81
295, and on Wednesday Joseph Hen
bricks, Hazel Green, let go eight gifts
of one litter for $1,815.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
CAMP AND FIELD
Waiting for Word to Return


A soldier of the Second Division of
he United States army, now located
t Ceblenz as a part of the army Of
occupation in Germany, has depicted
n a humorous way his longing for
lome IN the following verses written
S a parody on "Silver Threads Among
he Gold"
Darling, | am coming back,
Silver threads among the black;
Now that peace in Europe nears
I'll be home in seven years.
I'll drop in on you some night
With my whiskers long and white;
Yes, the war is over, dear,
And we're going home, hear.
Home again with you once more,
Say-by nineteen twenty-four;
Once. I thought by now I'd be
Sailing back across the sea.
Back to where you sit and pine.
But I'm stuck here on the Rhine;
You can hear the gang all curse,
War is hell-but peace is worse.
When the next war comes around
In the front lines III be found;
I'll rush in again, pell-mell;
Yes, / will-like hell, like hell.
The above verses were copied in
letter recently received from one o.
e Baraboo boys now in Germany.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
HOME FROM
RADIO SCHOOL

Robert Curry has returned from
ing for several months in the radio
branch OF the navy at Harvard. Mr..
Curry is released from the navy, but
is still subject to call for four years,
as are many of the boys who enlisted
in the reserve force. He says all the
RADIO boys are getting out and prob
ably Arthur Peck is on his way home.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
WATCH THE LABEL
ON YOUR PAPER

Watch the label on your paper.
Be sure and renew before the date
of expiration shown thereon if You
wish the paper continued.
The News will be stopped On the
date shown on the yellow label of
your paper, as all newspapers are
now payable in advance.
Send in the money promptly if
you do mot want to miss a copy OF
the paper.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
CARRIERS TO
HOLD MEET SOON

w w. Morse, secretary of the rural
letter carriers of this county, states
that the Sauk county rural letter car
riers, sub-carriers, and the post-office
forces in different parts of the county
are invited to join the carriers in their
annual convention to be held at Reeds
burg on Saturday, February p. A
large number are expected to be pres
ent
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
MILWAUKEE, PROTESTS
AGAINST GERMAN DRAMA

No German play was given in Mil
waukee as planned. The soldiers and
public were against it. German is a
dead language in Milwaukee.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
HERE Is FINE FIELD
FOR TEMPERANCE WORK

Manitowoc county was one of the
three counties in the state totally wet
during 1918. 1t has always been wet.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20

Baraboo merchants are paying 80
cents per dozen for eggs and AZ cents
for dairy butter.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
APPLICATIONS TO MARRY

Leonard w. Briggs, Baraboo.
Alice Caroline Wilke, Portage.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
- - - - ~ - ~ - - - ~ =
TABLE 70 SOLDIERS
FURNISHED BY STATES

= FURNISHED HT ) Al Is
!. A table of the men furnished
y by each state during the war
y made by the war department
Y shows that New York led with
y 367,864 and Nevada stood last
* with 5,105 in a total of $751;
y ga. Middle western states fur
* nished the following:
X Illinois, 251, ,974; Michigan,
* 35,485; Minnesota. 99,116; =
!. Iowa, 98,781; Wisconsin, 9S,211;
* South Dakota. 1855; North
T Dakota, 25.803.
y y y y y i; y; >: !. i. y
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-04-22
THE LAY OF THE HEN

An egg Il day the old hen lays,
with which the housewife blithely
pays for books and clothes and
children's shoes and Grange and
Farmers Union dues. The old hen
pays the ROSTERS board, she buys
the gas to run the Ford; she even
buys the old mans cud, and still he
meets her with a thud, if in the feed
box she should stray, or roost upon
his new mown hay. She buys the
soap to clean the kids, the sugar and
the family lids. She's up the tirsl
one in the morn, she's out and hus-
tim in the corn before the old man
chucks his snores to call the boys to
do the chores. She's always happy
at her work; no one can say that
she's shirk. She don't belong to
any club, believes in paying for her
grup. She does her work and
doesn't care how others curl or comb
their hair. She lives to serve and
serves to live, gets all she can, is
free to give of what the good Lord
gives her. A message from the hen
to you is that there are but very few
so thoughtless for their own reward,
and few who sing and work so hard
to make this old world fit place
for the human race.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-04-22
commencement SPEAKER

1t has been announced that the
Rev. Thomas B. Terhune, D. D., of
New Albany, Ind, will deliver the
annual address at the commence
ment exercises of the Mt. Sterling
High School on the evening of June
5th. DR.. Terhune is well and fav-
orably known in Mt. Sterling, having
conducted a series of meetings in
this city some years ago, and his
many friends will be pleased to learn
that he is expected again so soon.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-04-22
POETRY FROM ONE OF OUR BOYS
KEEPING WATCH ON THE
RHINE.
The other Bird

When the other bird from the SOS.
Sits down to his steak and pie,
He proclaims his wrath with scorch-
ing tongue,
And swears he'd rather die
Than count up cans of monkey meat,
And check off loaves of punk,
That he wants to fight and hit the
gait,
And a lot of other junk.
He wears a good old campaign hat,
And a pair of russell dogs,
And has a little Madamoiselle
To share his dialogues.
While the man in arms contents
himself
With a can of old "Corned Bill"
He casually reads his undershirt
For literature is nil;
He wears a Stetson made of tin,
His dogs weight many pound
When ,nightfall comes, he builds his
"hop"
And turns in on the ground.
You read a lot of phony junk about
Y. M. c. AS
But for all the fun the fighter has,
You bet your socks he pays,
Somebody says down in "Paree"
There's "Y" there that's a bear,
But the front line troops don't
benefit
For the S. o. S. are there.
Up where the big boys scream and
And there's gas and hell and all,
They're a myrth, these red tri-
angle men,
Up where your comrads fall.
Here we'll have to pause and say
A kind word for cap,
And he is the good old Red Cross
Man,
He goes up where they scrap.
He passes all out that he has,
And does it with a smile,
While the other "bloke" grabs for
francs,
Like miser DER his pile.
Back to the bird in the S. 0. S.
With his sorry doleful plight
Who really hates to count shoe
strings,
And thinks he wants to fight.
1 crave to take these burning youths
By their soft and slender hands,
And lead them to the scene of hell
That's bound by moral bands.
But it is now too late, and they are
going back,
These boys from the S. o. S.
They will be the heroes from cover
There"
And we will stay till we rot 1
guess.
They'll tell of how they drove the
Huns,
From the Marine to the River
Vesle,
While the man who actually bit the
chunk,
Is still reading A. E. F. mail
They will tell of how they took the
heights
OF dizzy Mountfaucon,
And the siege of the Argonne woods,
OF how they carried on
Wen occupy "der vaterland"
As we are doing now,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-04-22
Or. Fl. M. WRICH It
DENTAL SURGEON

Mt. Sterling Kentucky
Office over Geiger's Pharmscy
Court and Maysville SITS. Formerly
occupied by DIR. f. A. Millard
Office Phone 237. Fees reasonable
work guaranteed. (27-1yr)
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-04-22

See our new American boy clothes
at reasonable prices. The Walsh Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-18
CALLS WORLD JAIL
KING GEORGE KEEPER
Frank Walsh Protests Against
Allowing England to Deny
Passports

New York, Aug. 1S.-Frank p.
Walsh, chairman Of the American com.
mission on Irish independence, charac-
terizeS the world as "a vast Jail with
King George V, of England, as its
keeper" in n statement issued here to.
day against the alleged acqucscence Of
various state departments in permitting
England to deny passports for their
citizens to travel in Great Britain and
its possessions.
He urges that a joint secretnriat be
set up in the league Of nations to pro.
tect citizens OF all nations instead Of
having single secretariat ''in the
shadow of the steeple of Westminster. +"
The present form of the league com
pels general sympathy with the i'm
perialistic ambitions Of England, he
declares.
He cites the case Of John A. Murphy,
Of Buffalo, n. Y, man Of "unblem-
ished reputation" and In sympathy with
tho Irish cause, who asked the American
state department for a passport from
Paris to London. The request was sub
mitted to the English Government and
denied, Mr.. Walsh says.
The statement concludes:
ITO begin true reign of democracy
in the world, the Jail doors erected
throughout the world by the passport
system must be battered down by the
democrats who understand the true
meaning Of the words liberty and free
dom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-18
TEUTON POLICE FORCE
. Is BEING M|L|TAR|ZED
Defiance Of Peace Treaty Has
Begun Already, American
Authorities Learn
HOPE ALLIES WON'T CARE
BY the Associated Press

CobIenI, Aug. 1S.-Militarizution of
Cerman police, contrary to the terms
Of the treaty Of peace, has already be-
gun, according to information reaching
American authorities. In the city OF
Cassel the police we're recently COM
pietely organized on military lines by
the Prussian government, it is said, and
are now equipped with steel helmets
and rifles and follow the routine of a
military company in their barracks
OF the 800 state police in office in
Cassel 100 have elected to be transferred
to the new organization and the re-
mainder have been given places III the
civil service. -,
The ultimate size of the new mill
tarized police organization has not oeeh
announced. Americans studying inc
demobilization and reorganization OF
the Germany army say that the signl-
fearce of militarizing police IN Ger
many is great
American officers have records OF an
announcement that the Prussian state
Nulit dl'ul' ''''''
tional government. was to organize Il
"schutzmannsChaft." or state police
force, throughout Prussia which would
be virtually military units in garriSons
with full infantry equipment but
would be under control Of the minister
of the interior and used only for the
repression of internal disorders. These
troops. according to the plan, were to
be quite apart and in excess of the
army permitted Germany under the
terms of the peace treaty.
A semiofical announcement, how
ever, states that it is appreciated that
these troops are not permitted under
The terms of the peace treaty, but the
hope is expressed that the Allies will
be reasonable and permit their or
ganization.
The Cassel incident. it is contended
by American officers, occurring long after
the treaty was signed but before the
allied and interallied commission on
military control of Germany had be-
gun TO function. shows that the PruS
sian government is proceeding to or
ranizs a military force, trusting that
the Allies will not take any action
against it.