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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
High School Notes. /.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON memo oers OF the
Junior and Senior classes were
called upon iE genera! assembly to
give sheir opinions on T. terary
Societies for the n. s. Miss, Dixon,
on instructor, sent ont by the Pal
mer Writing Co. also spoke.
Friday evening "'All ofs. Sudden
Peggy" most pleasing comedy,
Was presented At tbs Templs Thea
tre by the members q the kr4duats
lug class. The. cast OF characters
wAs:-- 4
Peggy O'Mars Rose Torbol
Lord Crackenthrope
Richard Herring
Lady Crackenthrope
Mildred Smith
Millicent Keppel Bernlee Mark
James Ksppsl Jack Maxcy
Maj r Phipps Nathan Buzard
Parker William JOanls
Mrs, Colhoun Esther Christlansen
Jack Nenixs Ray DeMars
The. players were coached by Miss
Edna overly, and all did excellent
work and shs play was one OF the
best ever given by thst members OF
she Washburn High School. Much
credit la due Miss OVERLY as well
IAs she. playsrs, and thanks IL due
Miss Stefan and Mr.. Madden for
their kind assistance. 20 I
Washburn seat nve CT ntestspts
to the contests in penmanship.
typing and shorthand, held ~ the
Ashland High School Saturday.
The decision of the penmanship
con test has not as yet been au !
nounced. Washburn won third
place 10 the Junior typing contest
aud our. con testapt .Miss Eva Erick
son will go. to Il Whitewater some
tims this month TO compete for
further honors.
Miss Lucille Ssgal 10 entertaining
her cousin Leonard Segal OF Minnea
polls ct her home this week.
/ Owing. 70 the unusual amount
OF work caused by the class play
last Friday she T.: N. T. did not
not come. However shere will be o
double Issue this week.
Friday evening of this week the
biggest social event OF the H. s.
year will take place--The Junior
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
Store Robbed

The Dhooge Palace Of Sweets
was entered last evening by
burglars and the cash register
was broken into and about five
dollars in change taken .
William Doucette noticed the
burglars leaving the building
and notified The police. They
were probably of the amateur
type.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
To Close Early

After May 18th the Washburn
Post Office force will work on
shorter hours. permission hav-
ing been granted by the Post
Office department to open the
WashburH Post Office at 8 o..
clock in the morning and close
st z o'clock in the evening.
These new hours will be put
into effect by Postmaster John
O'Sulliyan beginning May Is.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06

Mrs. Phillips and children are
visiting at River Falls this week Ut
the home of her mother.
For Sale The LeaQuee property
on 9Th Ave. w. Large house, %
acres land. Easy terms. For par
ticulars inquire of Nick Kurschner,
Phone $751;. #.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
Timber Workers Of Three States
Walk Out to Enforce Demands
Plant of the Ken6eld- -LamOreaux Com
paay in This City Closed Down
for Repairs.

demanding All eikHS AouI
working day with the same rate
of pay as was formerly paid for
ten hours work the timber work
ers of the states of Wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota walked
out on May 3rd, to enforce their
demands. Plants are idle in all
parts Of the three states and it
begins to look as if the battle
would be a long drawn, out affair
for both sides seem determined
to stand pat.
Woods work as well as saw
mill and factory work issaffected
by the, strike. Some of the
strikes are under the direction
ofthe timber workers of the
world while in other places the
men are not affiliated with any
organization, but have walked
out just the same to enforce
the demands.
Last week the Kenfield-Lam-
oreaux company of this city was
served with a petition by its
men as the eight hour 0ay, the
demand having been Uade for
May 3rd, but as the company
had planned to shut down for
some necessary repairs the plants
were closed down last Saturday
afternoon at five o'clock and
will remain closed untiI the re-
pairs have been completed, when
the plant will resume running
again.
In statement made to the
men by a telegram, M. S. Lam
oreaux, president of the COM
pany, stated that the Kenfield-
Lamoreaux company would be
willing to giant the eight hour
day if other competing box maxi
ing plants in the country would
adopt the same schedule, but
that to compete against other
plants that have not adopted the
eight hour schedule could not be
done and would mean that the
plant would have to close.
Notices were also posted by
/. the company to the effect that
! old employees would be rehired
! again when the company had
completed their repairs and
were ready to operate again.
Company men say they are
) determined to have the eight
hour day with the same rate of
pay as they received for the ten
hour day. 1t is said that an Or
} 9anizer has been here the past
week organizing the men and
. that more than one hundred men
had joined the union.
The mill of the Wachsnuth
Lumber company as well as the
mill of the Schroeder Lumber
company at Ashland are among
those affected by the strike and
the ,tie-up in those places seems
complete.
Thousands of men have been
!. thrown out of employment as q
result of the strike and the
! effect is bound TO be felt for
some time after affairs have
been adjusted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
Nor. Luth. Church

Services Sunday morning at
1890. Sunday school at noon.
English services in the evening
81 7:30. Services at Engoe at
2:30. Vikings meet at the
church next Wednesday even
Ing.
Chr. christensen, Pastor
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06

Capt. Peavey and wife motored 10
Ashland Tuesday afternoon.
FOR SALE House, Radiant
Home coal stove, lawn mower and
chicken coop. Big ba, gains. House
can be purchas d as it stands. Mrs.
G Wright. 1w.l
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06

Mrs. Matt W4hamaki was bitten
quite badly by dog the first Of the
week and is laid up as q result.
The grounds around the Catholic
church buildings are being inn
proved the work being done by
volunteer help. Quite an improve
ment is being made.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06

40 acres about 6 miles from city.
sandy loan. one acre cultivated, 4
acres brushed, about 300 cords Vi
Maple and birch. 86 apple trees,
good spring. Mortgage to Federal
Land Bank $500, for sale cheap.
$500 down and balance 2nd mort
gage. Andr. Serge,
l26 w. Bayfield, st.
Phone 273 r.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
Methodist Episcopal Church
S: d. w. Davis, Pastor.

Sunday school 9:45 q. m. Mrs,
F. L. Beers, Supt. Public wor-
ship IL q. m, Epworth League
7:l5 p. N. Methodist Brother.
hood meets the second and fourth
Friday evenings of,each mon.h
8 O'Clock. Mothers Day Services
will be observed Sunday morn
ing at the hour of public wor'
ship.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
Swedish Lath. Church
A. Road. Pastor.

Services as follows until further
notice.
Washburn May 9, l0:3O .. m.
Bayfield, May 9, 1850 p. m.
Ashland May l6 lO:30 q. m.
Washburn May l6 7:30 p. m.
Bayfield, May 23 lO:3O q. m.
Ashland May 2s 1880 p. m.
Birch Lake May so, 1880 .. m.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06

GRAY Thompson returnsd Monday J
from EauClAirs where hsew WAS callt d
to attend the fpperal OF lis grand
mother, whose death occurred ON
Friday.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
Washburn, Wisconsin. Thursday. May 6th 1920.

by. Frank Klock. Drummond;s
Clifford Smith. Russell; John
Schett. Charles Jackman. Trip;
Robert Little. Barnes; Sam
Lingren, Hughes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
Confirmation Services at Nor. sLuth.
Church Next Sunday
Large Class Of Confrnants to Join
With the Church. Appropriate
Exercises.

sNextSunday q large class O.
Pupils will be confirmed at tn,
Nor. Lutheran church in thi'
city and appropriate service,
have been arranged for the day
The following is the program
Prelude
Hymn No. !
Altar Service
Hymn No. 43-1-2
Address to the Congregation
(Norwegian) {
Examination
Hymn, No., 43-S
Choir. Selected
Confirmation
Hymn No, 43.4 d
Address to Confirmsnts (English)
Choir \
Altar Service
Hymn, No. "A
Distribution Of Certificates
Postlude
Communion service at 800
Below we give the namessof
lconfirmanta: T,
English class
Martin Anderson, Rudolph
Erickson. Donald 4 Floness.
William Hanson, Malvin johnson
John johnson. Robert Jacobson.
Theodore Martinson. Charles
Mitchell. Lothardl Moland. Pearly
Moe, Martin Nelson. Clarence
Ness. Alvin Ross. Elmer Score.
Engvald Scamfef, Barksdale
Young. Alma Anderson. Fern
Anderson, Amelia BergQuist.
Emma Bender. Anna Larson.
Carrie Larson. Lillian Larson.
Myrtle Molnaa. Naomi Nelson,
Elyie Omen. Alice Prestgard,
Helen Robey, Elsie Smith, Hilda
Sampson.
Norwegian class
Alfred Broughton, Oluf Dags-
gard, Arthur Holmen. Norval
Moland, Mable Bratlie. Mable
Dagsgaard. Marion Langerud,
Nora Thoreson.
Two of the confrmants are
sick and unable to attend. One
was called higher up.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-17
Retailers Make
800 Profit
On Vegetables
Wholesalers Say Farmers
Have to Dump Goods
Because Dealers Insist
ON Keeping Prices Up
Onions a Clut ON Market
Large Supplies. of Goods
Reach City, but Not in De-
mand; Condemn Peaches

Some produce retailers made from
100 to 800 per cent profit on sales of
fresh summer vegetables in this city
yesterday.
The Tribune ascertalned this by in
quiry based on the farmers market
report on wholesale prices, issued by
the Division of Foods and Markets, a
state authority. The retailers prices
come from the upper West Side, in the
nineties.
Farmers around New York are dis
couraged because they can't sell their
produce, and in some instances have to
dump it," HerscheI H. Jones, director
of the New York Office, said.
Wholesalers complain the retailers
are responsible, in not giving the pub
lie the benefit OF lower prices. They
say nothing would be wasted and the
farmer would have a market for all his
goods if the retailer sold at q reason
able price, because then the demand
would rise to meet the supply.
In the Wallabout Market in Brooklyn
cabbage sold wholesale at rrice that
figures down to one cent head, but re-
ing the price from seven to ten cents
a head
Vegetables Sell al. Sacrifice
vegetables Oh hne quality SOLD at
sacrifice prices and poor stuff was al
most given away" the states report
says. "Many farmers were forced to
take their loads back home, and in
some instances where the weather con-
ditions have damaged the quality of
the vegetables they were simply
dumped.
Between 500 and 500 farmers from
Long Island, Staten Island and New
Jersey have been in to the Wallabout,
Gansevoort and Harlem markets daily
with their trucks and wagons, bring
ing an average of about 1000 tons Of
fresh vegetables day. At the same
time great quantities of vegetables and
fruits have come to the Washington
Street wholesale market by rail and
beat from all over the United States,
and by truck from nearby districts. In
spite of this supply the demand seems
to have been slight.
Thousands of packages of vegetables
have arrived from western and central
New York, Orange County, Long Is
land, Staten Island, New Jersey and
Virginia"
A dealer at farmers market wag-
New-York tribune., 1920-07-17

What was more. Nimbleheels hadn't
taken any run. He had been sitting
right beside the spot Peter mad Jumped
rom and had jumped Immediately
after Peter.
"Hurrah!" shouted all the little neo-
pie, "Hurrah for Nimblehcels!"
Try again, Peter! Try again,"
cried Johnny Chuck.
Peter shook his head. He felt hum
pie and very, very foolish. And h.
wa was wise enough to be honest about it
NO." said he, II won't try again be-
cause know that can't bent the
Jump | have just made. | was sillv to
boast in the first place. But I w3uld
be still more silly to keen trvinc ~
90 what know~1 can't do. ri never
boast again about my jumping. If +
could jump half as far for nv size as
Nlmnleheels can for his size | would
World" vic oie"s
. "Aurrah for Peter Rabbit" c~;ed
Danny Meadow Mouse. "Hurrah for
good loser!"
Everybody Joined with uannv
MEADOW Mouse, and Peter felt better
ihen Nlmbleheels the Jumping Mouse
gave an exhibition of Jumping such az
nons of them ever had seen before
Copyright, 1920 by. T w. Burgess,
Inc next story: "Nimbleheels Jumps
for His Lite '""'ps
New-York tribune., 1920-07-17
by Thornton W. Burgess

If Peter Rabbit had stopped to think
or II he hadn't been provoked because
Nlmbleheels the Jumping Mouse had
taken the attention of the other little
people away from himself, he wouldn,t y
nave made that foolish remark about
nelng able to make longer jump than
me one Nimbleheels had just made
No sooner were the words out of
retcf's mouth than Chatterer the Red
squirrel who delights in making
"Boasterl Boaster! Let's see Won iumn
further than Nimbleheels! WeIl have
a jumping. match between Peter Rab
bit and Nimbleheels."
shouted all the others. s0A'
II don't feel like jumping" renl;ed
Peter GROSSLY. Besides, it wouldn't
De fair Tor me to jump against one SO
much smaller" 'N
You're afraid! You don't dare
Jump against Nimbleheels! taunted
Chatterer the Red Squirrel in the most
provoking way.
"I'm not afraid. but il wor1Jn,, !.
fair" retorted Peter.
II Nimbleheels is willing YOU ought
TO BE- asserted Happy Jack. "kre
you afraid to jump against Peter?" he
ADDED, turning to Nimbleheels.
Msmbleheels shook his head "No y
said ) ne, "Im not afraid. Peter needn't '
mind because I am so little"
That settled it, There was nothin,
Tor Peter to do but agree to iump
How he did wish he had held his
tongue. But he was in for it now and
the only thing for him to do was to
Jump his very best. If he refused to
Jump he would never hear the end
1t was agreed that Peter shonld
jump first. Now Peter is very GOOD
Jumper, for his hind legs are long and
meant for jumping. He went back a
little way, ran as fast as he could and
when he reached certain spot ees
upon he jumped with all his might. II
was good jump. 1t was the best
9ump Peter ever had made in all his
life and Peter knew it.
Inc instant he landed he turned to
sec just how far he had jumped. A.
he did so he caught glimpse of some
thlrg passing over his head and sec
ond later there was little ,hud amone
the dead leaves three feet beyond him
Peter whirled around to see Nimble-
heels sitting there smiling at him 1t
di9nt seem possible, but there he was.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-17
Newspaper Thief Gets
Long Term i'm Prison
Thirteen Months to Three Years
Imposed by Judge, Who
Warns Other Offenders

Michael Lime, of 3 Chatham Square
was sentenced yesterday in Special
Sessions to serve from thirteen months
to three years in the city reformatory
for stealing newspapers. He stole So
worth of papers July from in front
Of the store Of Jacob Finkelstein, 1O2
East 103d Street, and was convicted
of petty larceny
Justices Murphy, Herman and Sal
mon, before whom he was tried, an
nounced that they intended to impose
prison sentences on all offenders CON
yicted of stealing newspapers. A rep-
resentative of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association who was in
court said that the district attorneys
OF New York and Kings counties had
promised to cooperate in the effort to
catch and punish newspaper thieves.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-17

cred potatoes would drop TO ss
rel in three weeks. wholesale esi-
yesterday were from $40 to slopeaee op.ees
the morning and from $3.50 ''ss to ~ =
the afternoon. The retail pr;,s y
$3.50. sss
Lettuce and green pea ah;nu..
were exceptionally high this week ''sv'.' 81
demand for lettuce was so Iigbs !. 3
the market was almost at stsndss;si' ;s'
The following figures show w. ~
wholesale prices dropped during W y.
day and the prices demanded bv y =
tailers on the West Side: e
Beets, a bunch, Wholesale, sx !.
cents; retail, cents. "
Carrots, bunch, wholesale. az
cent: retail, cents. !
Lettuce, barrel, wholesale. stss
40 cents; retail, $3.50, reckoning ~ 2
40 to so ten-cent heads to a barrsiI sI0n
Peas, bushel, wholesale. II "a
rs cents; retail, 1925, reckoninc sa
25 pounds to bushel, at Is cent, ~ !
pound.
Radishes, bunch, wholesale. 2 esr..
to l cent; retail, 5 cents.
Rhubarb, bunch, wholesale. c,,..
to IA cent; retail 8 and 4 cents. ''''''
Spinach crate, wholesale. sfes
% cents; retail, 81, reckoning tvs,..9 y
five pounds crate, z1 three pounds e
% cents. ~
To-day the division of foods -,
markets will give out report show;.aa s.a
that according to wholesale prices
vegetarian should find the cost Of H.
ing far below last year.
These are the figures: String hear,
bushel, so to rs cents in 1920. sra;ss.
SIPS, to s1.75 in 1919; wax beans 4
cents to S1.25, against 81 .25 to So: bsa.,
a bunch, 8 to 3R cents, against 3 and
cents; cabbage, a head, 8 and 4 cent,
against 8 and 10 cents; carrots.
bunch, 3 to 3lz cents, against IL ta ;
cents; caulifower, a barrel. $3.50 y
So, against s4 to $6; lettuce, barre
81 to s1.50, against sl.25 to sl.75.
The New York City Department a,
Health condemned several carloads Il
Georgia peaches last week because tbsy
were in bad condition. Addition
shipments are expected this week fron
Elberta.
Thousands of baskets of onions ara
arriving daily from New jersey. hut
are not in demand. Storage houses arc
filled with Texas and California
onions.
Cucumbers were sold at 81 barrel,
New-York tribune., 1920-07-17

Men Of the Italian squad, under Act
ing Captain Michael Fiaschctti, began
yesterday to unravel tho tangled
threads Of the East Side feud that
reached it's climax yesterday morning
before dingy little restaurant at 81
Kenmare Street. Alfredo Grassland,
living at al First Avenue, walked out
of that restaurant, where he had had a
rendezvous with two women, and met
the charge of double-barr shotgun
fired at his breast at close range.
Last night Fiaschetti and his men
had progressed this far toward solu-
tion Of the crime:
They had arrested man known to
the police as Jerry Ruberto, of Sd Suf-
folk Street and had charged him with
the murder.
Two Shotguns Found
They had discovered on the cellar
steps of the restaurant, two sixteen
gauge shotguns; one loaded, the other
with both barrels discharged.
They had also taken into custody
woman known as Loretta Leroy, also
ID Nltty ~ NluoCPPC SAlA0liOB
proprietor of the restaurant; Pasquale
De Fina, alias Patsy Cans, who was
with GRASSLAND just before he was
killed, and Wilson Jackson, a negro
chauffeur who drove the wounded man
to Bellevue, where he died. All these
are held as material witnesses.
Another woman, who was sitting with
Kitty Flynn, Grassiano and De Fina at
the table which Grassland left to meet
his death, is missing. The police want
to question her, but the only descrip-
ton they have obtained of her thus
far is that she was known as Buster"
All of those questioned yesterday by
Fiaschetti and Assistant District At
torney Joyce insisted that they knew of
no reason for the murder.
1t is rumored, however, that few
nights ago in the same restaurant
Grassland and Ruberto had fought over
a woman, the latter coming out second
best. When the man was arrested yes
New-York tribune., 1920-07-17
Staten Island Bus Hills
Telegraph Pole; Z Hurt
Steering Gear Jams as Big Ma
chine Dcscends Hill
Near Concord

Seven persons We're injured yester-
day morning when a city bus, operat-
ing between Port Richmond and Con-
cord, Staten Island, left the roadway
while descending Grove Road to Hooker
Street, Concord, and crashed into a
telegraph pole. The bus was filed
with passengers.
Abraham Fay, OF 262 East Second
Street, Manhattan, driver of the bus,
told the police the jamming of the
steering gear was responsible for the
crash. The injured, all of whom were
either cut by glass or bruised, were:
Fay, the driver; Helen O'Reilly,
twenty..nlne. of Dongan Hills: Ru-
dolph Anderson, twenty-eight, of Aero
Park; John Johnson, forty-two, so Lin
coin Street, West Brighton Nellie
Anglin, twenty-six, Dongan Hills; Mar
tin Stoltz. forty-three, 100 Henry
Street, New Brighton, and man named
Barnum. They were all taken to the
Staten Island Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-17
Man Arrested Charged
With Restaurant Murder
Jerry Ruberto Is Accused of Killing Alfredo Cras-
sano With Shotgun He Left Cafe; Cabaret
Singer and Three Others Held; Seek Woman

terday ne had two scalp wounds and an
injured wrist, but couldn't seem to re-
member where he got them.
Had Date With Girl
BY the guns on the cellar steps. de-
tectives found guitar case, which had
evidently been used to transport the
arms to the scene of the murder
Kitty Flynn, who says she is a cab
aret singer in an uptown Chinese res
taurant, said she had date with Gras-
siano and De Fina in the Kenmare
Street place early yesterday morning.
She and Buster" she said, came down
town together in a taxi and on enter
ing the place found the two men at a
table in conversation with four others.
Presently she told the police De Fina
and Grassland Joined her and Buster"
and chatted for few minutes, when
Grassland said:
OTIS hot. | want fresh air."
These were the last words he was
ever to speak. Wilson Jackson, the
negro chauffeur, said that he had seen
De Fina and Grassland in the restau-
rant, and knowing them to be possible
fares was waiting in front of the place.
He was browsing at his wheel, ne said,
when the shotgun Went off.
The negro insists that he saw no one
shoot, but did see Grassiano drop to
the pavement. A moment later, he
said, the Flynn woman came running
out of the place, screaming:
mike! Mike! Why did you go out -
They bundled him into the car and
took him to the hospital. In the con-
fusion Buster" vanished.
Served Four Terms
Grassland, the poiice say, had been
only four months out of Jail. Records
show he had served four terms for
burglary and truck thievery. His father,
who identified the body yesterday, said
his son never came home except to
extort money from his family.
De Fina told the police that he was
a truck driver by trade, but that he
had not worked for four months.
All of the witnesses held insist that
Grassland had no enemies and none of
them can think Of any reason why any
one should have tried to kill him.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-17
frenchn1an Eager
To Prosecute Son
Who Evaded Army
His Other Boy Won Honors
at Front; Y. S. Opens War
Upon Me1, Who Dodged
Service; 7,572 Gases Up

A general round up and prosecution
OF war slackers will be begun early
next week by Colonel Francis G. Caf-
fey United States District Attorney
Henry ID. Mildeberger, Assistant United
states Attorney, who is in charge of
the preparation of prosecutions, an
nounced recently that there were 1872
stacker cases briefed for prosecution
In the Southern District of New York.
- A French Canadian father of two
sons, one of whom was gassed in
France and the other escaped service
IN the United States Army through
representations as to his age, called
the other day at the office of the Fed
eral District Attorney and said that he
would aid the authorities in the prose
cution Of his "derelict and unpatriotic
SON. The District Attorney declines
to give out the name of this man.
A clergyman said that member of
his flock, "a young man, who ought to
be stood in front of firing line" had
lodged the draft. He supplied in
formation as to the whereabouts of the
alleged Stacker
J. c. Hatcher, representative of the
War Department at Washington, has
been collaborating with Mr.. Milde-
berger in briefng the complaints
against draft dodgers. The War De-
p-'A nient ldSl Monday sent cabinet files
to Mr.. Mildeberger for the purpose of
filing and indexing all Of the 1872
cases and the work of briefng the
cases is now completed
Leroy w. Ross, United States At
torney for the Brooklyn district, has
begun his crusade against war slackers
and the Federal courts of both the
Manhattan and Brooklyn districts will
be busy during the next two months
in cleaning up the slackers' docket.
The charges against draft evaders
range from misrepresentation as to agc
and physical condition to failure to
appear for medical examination. Hun
dreds of young men, who had been Of