Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-07-01

saileds for Liverpool so that her baby
might be born under the British flag.
Mr.. Howilt formerly lived in, Kenosha,
but left for England when the shops
laid off the workers. County authori-
ties arranged for the passage.
! Mayor Thomas E. Welsh of James,
Vile was fined $40 and costs for speed
ing. eff you were Thomas e. Welsh,
citizen, would consider dismissirg
the complaint on the evidence sub
mitted," said the court. But on &C
count of the office you hold you must
pay the penalty"
| School construction and improve
ments VIII be the leading topic at
! town Eoo3d meetings through Brown
county July s, according to Supt Sey-
mOur. Improvements apprOximatlng
$4,000 are planned in the county. The
town of Belleview plans construction
of new building at a cost of $4,000.
Pulaski will build additions to both
grade and high schools.
Mrs Betha French Bennett, grand
mother of the first white baby born in
the Klondike and widow of Capt.
James Bennett, civil war veteran, died
ter. She was 80 years old at the time
of her death Mrs. Jesse Edgren,
daughter of Mrs. Bennett, was the
mother of Mae EldOradO Edgren, first
white child born in the KlOndike OF
Alaska.
Approximately half as many child
labor permits as were issued in 1920
have been granted this year, the in
dustrial commission announces, while
pointing to last years record as the
highest number given since Wiscon-
sin has had child labor law More
than SO per cent of all children under
II in Milwaukee were employed on
child labor permits last year, and
nearly as large percentage was en-
ployed in some other cities of the
state, the commission reports.
Women will not be given equal vOt-
ing and council rights with the men
Of the English Lutheran church, &C
cording to the final stand taken by
the last business session of the sixth
biennial English Lutheran synod at
Sheboygan. The paper on woman SUI
frage and it's implied privileges of
| preaching, teaching and holding office
In the church by the Rev. c. c. Nor
hardt, will be revised for that purpose
and the matter will be taken up at
the next convention, two years hence.
Four men were seriously burned,
one probably fatally, in an explosion
of tar paint at the plant of the Keno
sha Foundry Co., KenOsha. The ex-
plosion occurred in the dipping room,
where red hot pipes and tile were be-
ing dipped in mOulten tar. Gas formed
in the small room and the blast sent
a shower of flaming tar over the four
men who were working near the tank.
Other employees fought the flames
with fire extinguishers and prevented
damage to the plant.
Neenah citizens are taking the gar
bage situation in their own hands
since the failure of the common cOun-
Gil to remedy a situation that has
caused the city health officer to
threaten resignation. The people are
permitting a local contractor to build
lhOme garbage incinerators. The in
Generators are army style, of brick and
in three sizes. They are being erect
ed by Jacob RAM, who went to France
with the Thirty-second division and
constructed over 800 incinerators for
the division.
Spend a dollar for gas and get &C
quainted with your nefghbor," is the
slogan adopted by Appleton Chamber
of Commerce for a campaign to make
Appleton people acquainted with Outa-
gamie county and to give automobile
| rides to persons who do not own auto
| mobiles, and who have little or no OPP
portunity to get out into the country
| The plan is to have 200 automobile
owners devote a half day to driving
families, not related to them, over the
1 country, covering from fifty to seven
| ty-five miles.
Four persons were killed when the
coupe in which they were riding was
struck by a southbound Milwaukee
road flyer at the Truesdell crossing,
| ten miles west of Kenosha. Members
of the train crew declared the auto
mobile drove directly in the path of
the train, despite the warning bell
which was ringing, they said. The
car was totally wrecked, and the bod
! les of the victims strewn along the
railroad track. All were killed in
stantly, with the exception of a four
year old girl, who died a few moments
after help arrived.
The will of Bishop James Schwe
bach, disposing of an estate valued al
$4,000, was filed in the La Crosse pro
bate court. The will was drawn by
the bishop himself Feb. "a, 1910. 1t
| was written in long hand on both sides
of a single sheet of paper. The wit
nesses were the Rev. John N. Rapp,
the bishops secretary, and the Rev.
/ "A. Phi. Kramer, vicar general of the