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tional troopers. The way the wind
was blowing it looked as though the
plane, if it made a safe landing,
would never be able to stop before
it crashed through President Hard
ings tent.
The airplane descended toward the
ground as though literally hurled
from on high. Ordinarily, the land
ing speed does not exceed velocity
of 40 miles an hour. In this instance
the airship was travelling 100 miles
an hour as it swooped downward.
Death once again stared John
Craige in the face. Finally, just as
the plane was about to crash. the
pilot gained control of it, headed it
upward in the nick of time, tore the
top off an automobile which was di-
rectly in his path, lodged trees and
assembled to an altitude of temporary
safety.
The terrified native occupants of
the damaged automobile dashed away
at full speed in their car, and when
last seen were rolling madly toward
the Neg Carolina border as If pur-
sued bail the devils and hobgoblins
of antiquity.
Capt. Craige and his pilot were
finally able to make landing in a
neighboring meadow. The wind was
staked down to keep it from blowing
away. Despite the narrowing expe-
rience, the Marine publicist returned
to Washington about an hour later
in the same plane
THE following year, the Marine
= maneuvers were held at Gettys-
burg. Capt. Craige wrote half mill
lion words and flew 10000 miles in
order to carry the story of those
epochal doings to the American pub
lie. The President of the United
States again accepted the invitation
of Maj. Gen. Lejeune to be a guest
at the sham battle. A special can
vas white House" was prepared.
Plumbing was installed and hot and
cold water was provided. The near
est bath tub available, however, was
20 miles away. Capt. Craige few
down to Quantico, securely fastened
big bath tub to the bottom of his
plance, then flew back to Gettysburg
with it,
1t was during the Gettysburg ma,
neuvers that Capt. Craige again barely
missed death. He was scheduled to be
a passenger in the airplane In which
Capt. George Hamilton lost his life.
Hamilton was late in appearing at
Boiling Field that morning. Capt.
Craige secured another pilot to whisk
him away to Gettysburg. He had
completed his news scouting tour
of the war camp. and was on his way
to a belatsd breakfast, when Hamil-
toms plane arrived and crashed to
smithereene in attempting to land :
VisualizA if you can the terror
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even enjoyed the novel sensation of
soaring far above the earth in order
to greet the sun one hour before its
beams filtered down to our area of
the globes surface. If you know
Capt. Craige, ask him to tell you the
story some time at his leisure.
The coming of the Craige family to
Philadelphia dates back to exactly
one century after the landing of the
Pilgrims along rock-ribbed New
England's coast. History speaks we'll
of a certain Isaac Craige, major in
the United States Marines during the
Revolutionary War and a forebear of
Capt. John Craige. Jacob Westervelt.
known along the Atlantic Seaboard
as a pioneer builder of clipper ships.
was the Civil War mayor of New
York City-and grandfather of John
Craige All of which goes to show
urally by his love for peril and ad-
venture-a legacy which has been
handed down from generation to gen.
Grafton in his family.
AS a mere boy, Jack Craige listened
to the call of the sea, and responded.
At an age when most youngsters are
wrestling with the complexities of
grammar school geometry, young
Craige shipped before the mast on the
Kenilworth, an old square-rigger car
rying cargo of oil to Yokohama.
when a series of storms and gales be-
gan. The wind blew so violently that
1t stripped away most of the ships
sails. The sturdy vessel was blown
hundreds of miles out of her course.
After great hardship the Kenilworth
finally sought refuge at Norfolk, Va.
1t had taken the ship % days to bat
tie her way from Philadelphia to
Norfolk.
That was too slow a system of
travel to suit Jack Craige. He took
French leave Of the Keniiworth at
Norfolk. Shortly afterward, his par
ents learned where he was and young
Craige was persuaded to return home.
lack CRAIGE returned to high
y school and completed his scholastic
work in record time. He matricu-
lated at the University of Pennsyl-
vania and soon gained prominence in
foot ball and rowing. After one year
at Pennsylvania, Craige went to
Swarthmore, where he played end on
one OF the best foot ball elevens ever
well, the NEUROLOGICAL giant-275
pounds of Drawn and 81 feet of
muscle and speed-who later became
one of Americas best sports writer's,
was one of Crafge's teammates at
Swarthmore.a -,e --~
Just as Craige once responded to
the lure of the sea, he ultimately re-
piled affirmatively to the call of the
broad highway. The routine and
monotony of college life irked him.
He wanted adventure and plenty of
1T. Thus-st was that craig3. the ath-
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Usina an AIR plain In covering his news beat.

peaks. All Vt a sudden, the ship
sped through the tail Of the snow
storm and emerged 5000 feet above
the Shenandoah Valley into a zone
of sunshine and calm weather.
X 4 \ \
nN another occasion Capt. Craige
~ and his pilot raced 700 miles in
seven hours during a dark, rainy day
in which they made two round trips
from Washington to New Market Any
one familiar with flying knows the
great risks that imperil plane and
passengers during the days when
Jupiter Pluvius goes on a 5amboree.
Irrespective OF weather conditions,
however, the Marine Corps news was
dispatched to Washington and cir
culated to the far ends of the earth
by jealous writer's.
During the last four years Capt.
Craige has flown q total OF 25.000
miles in securing 100000 words of
excellent copy which he has dis
seminated regarding the annual Ma
rine Corps maneuvers. No news writ
er in all creation can tell more thrill
ing stories of the possibilities Of the
airplane as an auxiliary Of the mod
ern war correspondent than can tn Y
soldier-writer. Yes, Capt. Craige h9s
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which would possess you If the air
plane in which you were travelling
5000 feet above terra firma were to
become hopelessly lost in binding
blizzard That is what happened to
Capt Craige during the Marine
Corps sham battle at New Market,
Va, about a year ago.
The maneuvers were planned for
late Autumn. The weather turned
bad unexpectedly and Capt. Craige
and his pilot were caught in a severe
snowstorm in the neighborhood of
the Blue Ridge Mountains. The
pilot could not see what was in the
path of his speeding plane. The
danger was extreme, as the airship
was liable at any moment to crash
into the peaks. All the aviator could
do was to fly automatically by the
aid of his aeronautical instruments.
A rash gambler would not have risk
ed even q Cancelled postage stamp on
the chances of the two birdmen ever
again raching the earth.
Although the pilot did not know
any more where he was bound than
a blind Senegambian. the plane grad
ually ascended to an extreme alti-
tude. Flying far beyond the clouds,
it found safetyfahove the dangerous
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BY j. A. WALDRON.


stTF we're going to separate, it might
as well happen before we unpack
and set things to rights" said Hard
leigh
TT would save the trouble Of my
hacking up again surely" replied
Mrs. Hardleigh. But, you know.
there are some things that can't be
set to rights
"aere you go! Well. let's have
it /and done with it,"
They had returned from Sum-
mer's travel. When they set out,
their luggage had been plastered
with foreign labels, which were now
covered with less cosmopolitan signs
cf touring through various resorts of
the Pacific Coast to Honolulu and
back. They had escaped the hard
ships that European travellers some
times encounter, but they had picked
up points of marital difference on the
way.
There's no need to go over what
we've already talked about to no pur-
pose, I suppose" said Mrs. Hardleigh.
We've been gone four months. We
went away quite well satisfied with
each other, seemingly. and come back
quite dissatisfied with each other.
What's the logical solution"
Divorce. There's no other.
Perhaps"
Perhaps! Why, didn't we encoun-
TER young Frothman wherever we
went? He hung to us like a bill col
lector. Stopped invariably at our
hotels-how he managed to know
where we were to put up is lively
element of suspicion alone-and you
mooned with him wherever the moon
was visible, and danced with him
wherever there was a floor and music.
And you remember, don't you, that in
Honolulu 1 discovered you with
him -
Tn Q boat. Terrible, wasn't it?"
And Mrs. Hardleigh laughed as
Gthough she enjoyed the memory.
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Plan Great School

with bowed head, faces the cross in
prayer.
The school will emulate the great
colored institution, Tuskegee, except
that it will be entirely under a color
ed faculty. The only white man is
Father John La Fargo. the chaplain.
No person could be better qualified
than La Fargo for the task. Fresh
from Harvard in 1901. he left the So
cial whirl of Newport and New York,
journeyed to Innsbruck. Austria.
studied four years in seminary, and
became a Jesuit priest. A great
grandson of Commodore Perry, son
of a distinguished architect, and
nephew of Bancel La Fargo, one of
Americas leading artists, he chose as
his first assignment the landing place
of the Catholics in America, and for
IS years has remained there, pioneer
ing among both the white and colored
population.
A large part of his effort has been
directed toward the establishment of
the school. The opening of a good
road through the section. few years
ago, brought his goal nearer
The faculty will be recruited from
colored educators throughout the
country, irrespective of creed. They
will specialize first in a high school
course and vocational training, grad
ually advancing to higher education
and the arts.
1t is hoped that from the school
may be obtained colo ID men for the
priesthood, which has not had many
colored members. But two have been
added in the past few years, Father
La Fargo said.
( That neck of land running from
Leonardtown to Point Lookout, about
midway of which the school is stu
ated, is little known to the rest of
America. Lack Of good roads and no
railroad facilities kept it from be-
coming a place for tourists to 60.
1t is now opening, however. and those
who go there will find the ox-cart
y lContinued on Sixth PAGE -
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M Reconciliation M8

We'll, I shall sue for a divorce"
And Hardleigh looked il.
But you'll have trouble making
out a case. And what of my side of
the matter"
Your side! Haven't I been model
husband? You never found me talk
ing in tender tones to any woman"
"I never tried to. But from the
time we started out until this mo-
ment you've played golf. Where there
was no golf course, you buttonholed
every man who ever saw one and
talked in an unknown tongue-un-
known to me. You ate golf, drank
golf and slept golf. 1 might as well
have been married to golf stick.
Do you know you haven't kissed me
a dozen times in four months? And
even now you have your golf kit in
hand. impatient to get out and swear
at the balls or your luck"
Hardleigh dropped his kit in amaze
ment. why didn't you object, then,
to my playing golf?"
Mrs. Hardleigh laughed with a
satirical note. object! Why. I
think the average man who plays
golf would consider that alone ground
for divorce"
Forgive me. Abigail" said Hard
leigh, txking her in his arms with a
kiss. I'm brute! And You don't
care for that young puppy"
You mean Frothman? What a
question" And she kissed him back.
And you don't mind If l run out to
the Delirium Course for the rest of
the day, while you get the luggage to
rights? I'll stay in this evening,
dear. and we'll make up our foolish
differences"
"Of course I don't mind, dear"
And Hardleigh was off in jiffy.
He hadn't been gone 10 minutes be-
fore Mrs. Hardleigh, at the telephone,
invited Jack Frothman down to help
her get the luggage to rights.
f,ocrr;oht
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this month at Ridge, Nd.
1t will be for the colored youth of
all religious faiths, but is being
launched by the Roman Catholic
Church as a fulfillment of dying
wish of Cardinal Gibbons.
He hoped that a great school would
be founded in Maryland. somewhere
near the site of the landing Of the
Catholic Pilgrims in 1884. and that 1t
would be in keeping with the spirit
Of the colonists, who were the first
in America to guarantee both politi-
cal and Religious freedom.
1t will be called the Cardinal Glib
bons Institute. Three of the buildings
are already up and fourth is under
way.
The spot has already become a place
of pilgrimage. Several years ago a
huge concrete cross, 20 feet high, with
an image of Our Savior, was erected
on the hillside overlooking the road.
Originally designed as wayside cru
cifix marking colored burying
ground, on the road from Leonard
town to Point Lookout. it has come
to be regarded as a shrine of miracles.
1t is now a common sight to see
tourists kneeling at the base of the
cross, praying for relief from their
ills Several have reported their rheu-
matism has been cured, and some,
who have been bent for years by the
disease, after climbing up the high
bank on which the image stands,
have left walking erect and steadily.
But the priests at ST. Michaers do
not claim for it any miraculous cures
They hope that its influence will be
felt. however, and are preparing a
tablet to be placed on it with the
inscription: Jesus Christ Crucified,
the Only Solution of the Race Prob
lem" Each evening they ring the
Angelus and the deyout countryside,
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pit, did not notice the wind. Neither
did the pilot The airplane made the
trip to Wilderness in half the or
binary time. and consumed about
e-fourth as much fuel as usual.
The difficulty came when the pilot
attempted to make a landing. The
landing field was long and narrow,
adapted for fair-weather use. At the
far end were the tents of President
Harding. Maj. Gen. Lejeune and the
leading Marine Corps officers. 1t was
the first time that President of the
United States, since Lincoln, had
spent the night under canvas on an
American battlefield with our ma
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By GEORGE IL. DACY.

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During lie last 4 ge ars capt. 9rai9 has
flown 10000 miles gathering data9for
I 100000 words Of copy about marine Corps

lete, forsook the campus in order to
become a wanderer. A dozen times
in the following years Craige made
the journey from coast to coast
across and criss-cross the United
States. His travel expenses were
slight. He rode the brake rods and
slept wherever night overlook him.
Between times he worked as range
rider, cowpuncher, miner, farmer or
mule skinner. 1t was always the
hazardous jobs which pleased him the
most.
Jack Craige was an adept wrestler
and a skillful boxer. For eight sue
cessive years he held championship
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BY HAROLD KEATS.

w HAT it is hoped will be-
n come one of the great in
NM tutions for colored people
in America will be opened
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Americas DAramanL MannCpt Has Experienced Adventures Hero of Fiction
FumrFot nSnrC xGdO W%trC C@bO
ES Ran AyS Y&rQm Tveao
PnIso lCelPn sReuuddC ouagn dR uruhdn
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-01-10
KILLS
MADISON Man
Police Say He Had Been Drinking
Moonshine Leaves Wife and
Six Children

Moonshine, according to police at
Madison claimed another life Tues
day night when Emil Ladell, so, a
laborer, was struck by Northwes. :
ern train en- route from Montfort to
Madison. just south of here He died
before the hospital was reached.
Ladell is said to have been walk
ing along the railway ties with COM
panion, the latter hearing the ap-
nroach of the train but too late to
warn Ladell.
Theother man known to police only
as Rosenbaun also a laborer,. was
found several hours later seeking ref
uge in lumber yard. He was under
the influence of liquor and booked by
police as an intoxicant.
Police say Label had been drink
ing heavily and this contention was
upheld by Rosenbaun
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PRAIRIE DU SAC

M. aud Mrs. Ivan Ley and little
daughter of Arena spent the latter
part Of the week with Mrs. Alice
Conger after visiting his parents in
Rome. They returned to Arena Sun
day
Mrs. Jack Stacy and little daughter
are visiting her sister in Tomahawk.
Miss Soma Darlington has return
ed to her school in East Troy after
spending the holidays here.
Eben S. Wakeley of Chicago spent
the fore part of Vast week at the
home of hgs mdf6elt Mrs Emma
Wakeley.
Mr. and Mrs M. G. Moore eturned
from their wedding trip to Chicago
and Milwaukee Thursday evening.
Mrsr. q. J. Ragatz entertained
the Camouflage Club Friday evening.
Mrs. Clarence Stelter of West Allis
is a guest at the home Of her parents
MI and Mrs Chris Bernhard.
Miss Sybil Meisser has returned
to Waukesha where she is attending
Carroll college.
Miss Miriam Felix returned to Mil
waukee where she teaches Domestic
Science
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g Cora Parks, Nellie Promo


tee Cora Parks, Nellie Promo
REGULATIONS were given by Carson
Parks, Salome. Parks and Roscoe Pre-
mo.
Miss Lucille Hoover returned 10
Madison Wednesday after spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs r. =. Hoover
Mr. and Mrs. R. j. Hoover ente.
tanned the families of F. W. and FLOYD
Bass and Garth and Stephen Pro
mo.
Miss Trina Promo returned to Wal
worth Sunday after spending her va
cation at home
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Hart of Eo
ganville visited at the Roy Kind
schi home recently.
Mr.. and Mrs S. Promo attended
a wedding anniversary at the D. D.
Promo home in Merrimack.
Owing to the bad weather the mail
man has been unable to make his
trips as regularly as usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bittner of
La Crosse visited at the Ed. Baum
garth home recently.
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BLACK HAWK LODGE
GETS IL NEW MEMBERS

Deputy Burdick who worked at
Black Hawk before the holidays IN
the interests Of the NJ w. A. has
secured II new applications for mem
berships fer the lodge. They expect to
be initiated soon.
Mr.. Aond Mrs. Carl Andrews are
entertaining a baby boy since New
Years day.
Miss Alma Sem who visited the
John Scheiss and family over the hol
days has returned to Naperville.
Mrs. Emma Willie, who is employ
ed by Fred Haberman spent last week
at her home in Prairie du Sac.
Mrs. A. E. Rieser and children
spent New Years with her parents at
Lodi.
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FIRE DAMAGES HOUSE
AND BURNS LAD
SEVERELY. SAUK CITY

The Sank City IRE department. "dS
called to the home of Leo Schneider
on Saturday afternoon to putt out
fire which started from the explo-
sion of torch. The north end of
the house was quite badly damaged
Their little son was badly burned.
Miss Anna Baer of Sank City went
to Chicago Saturday for a visit with
relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fox return
ed to their home in Appleton Sunday
after spending two week vacation
with relatives here.
Misses Esther Lueth, Charlotte
Walenta Beatrice Won VALID and
Irene Ziemke who attend the Mil
waukee Normal returned to Milwau-
kee Wednesday after a holiday visit
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Sorg, Sr., en-
tertained the following on New Years
day: Mr.. and Mrs Henry Serg Jr.
and two daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Sorg and two children, Edwin
Gasser, and Martin GEM. A boun,
teous dinner was served the ocvasioh
being Mrs. Sorg's seventy-ninth birth
day anniversary.
Jos holden of Sank City and, NJ IS
Tillie Won Behren of Troy were mai
ried on Wednesday at the Reformed
church parsonage by the Rev. G. j.
Walenta. They expect Ito reside in
the city.
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NORTH BARABOO CLUB
VISITS BUELON HOME

The members OF the North BaTa
boo club and their families went
with we'll filled baskets to the Buc
low home Dec. 9th to remind MI
BueIov, kat it was his birthday,
They found him all ready to butcher
some pigs but he postponed the job
until the next day even though he
had plenty Of help
Miss Hazel Bick has returned to
her school duties near Loganville.
John Goerks visited several days
around Denzer and Leland.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kruger have
gone to Chicago to reside. They
recently returned from Germany and
have ben visiting hs mother Mrs.
Knabble and other relatives here
Dorothy and Robert Cone have re-
turned to Excelsior after visittng
with their father, Herman Cone.
The Simon family have been ell
pertaining the grip.
Mrs, Fred Buelow will entertain
the club Jan. 10. There is to be cleo
ton of officers.
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SUMPTER FOLKS HOLD
REUNION AT MERRIMACK

The twenty-eight annual reunion
of the Promo family of Sumpter and
vicinity was held AIT Merrimack
Wednesday Dec. rs. A beautiful
dinner and supper was served in
Guiding the old time French dish
known as Tiete cairn made by Mrs.
Thomas Parks of Merrimack. The old
est member of the Promo family lis
ing in Sank county is Thomas Pre-
mo who eighty-seven. A familiar
face was missed from the circle,
that of Mrs Modora Promo of Merit
mack who had never missed but
one reunion since they began.
Three members, Mr. and Mrs. D. II.
Promo CT Merrimack and Garth Pro.
mo of Sumpter have attended every
reunion.
There were reported one dea'',
five births and three marriages for
1923
The following officers were cleo
ted for the following year:
Pres George Promo, vice pres.
Garth Promo, D. D. Promo, Treas.
Lewis Parks, Sec. Grace Promo, Or
ganist Lucille Herr, Flower Commit
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KIRKWOOD FAMILIES
ENTERTAIN RELATIVES

Miss Goldie Towers OF the city
spent a few days of the last week
visiting at the Arthur Conan and
Henrietta Bisch homes in Kirkwood
Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy Randall and
two daughters and Mrs. Charles
Randall ate New Years dinner at
the James L. Dalling home in the city
The Misses Ruth and Rose Feltz
cftthe city were guests at the Fred
BisGh home from Saturday until New
Years night
Charles Randall was a caller at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. H. 2.
Vol near North Freedom on Monday
afternoon.
The school in Dist. No. II Baraboc
began again on Monday morning the
,7th after a two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Caflisch were
visitors at the Tracy Randall home
on Sunday afternoon.
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raining
School Notes


The training school opened agin
after the holidays, Jan. Z, with almost
a perfect attendance
Peggy Margaret Lee Atkinson, as
she invariably calls herself. little
year old pupil of the model room
whom everybody liked, has left
for Chicago where she will be with
her mother.
Miss Irene Ruskauff ann Miss Sci
ma Apple were awarded the teachers
certificate in writing Jan. 2. Sever
al other candidates were refused un
til satisfactory Improvement is made
along lines indicated by the critic.
Supt. J. e. Phillips will talk next
Friday evening at Miss Sarah wy
socki's school near Wonewoc. Miss
Martiny viii also give talk. The
occasion is a parent teachers meet
ing
Miss Skinner spent the holiday
at her home in Stevens Point, and
w l6S NAV GISOu dI IlCI ldLl1Cl 1OlIlC
in Superior. On account Of the late
trains which caused them to miss
connections both were obliged to trav
Ell all night in order to reach here
Monday morning. Miss Wood speno
several days of her holiday raca-
tion at home and the rest at Madi-
son.
The recent cold snap furnished the
desired opportunity to test the fur
mace, and it is gratifying to report
that a comfortable temperature was
easily maintained. 1t Will be remem
bered that the county board appro-
priated money for a new furnace but
investigation convinced the training
school board that the present one
could be successfully repaired, anu
the recent cold wave proved their
judgement sound.