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City Clerk of All Kinds Neatly SA $1.50 Per Year. Done at This Office In JOB PRINTING SUBSCRIPTION THE WAUWATOSA NEWS Advance, $1.25 VOL. XIX. WAUWATOSA, OCTOBER 26, 1917. NO.

37 PAUL HUSTING DIES IN HUNTING MISHAP RECEIVES DISCHARGE OF BROTH. ER'S GUN WHILE SHOOT. ING DUCKS. ON OUTING ON RUSH LAKE Passes Away at Farm House Six Hours After Accident-Elected to the Senate in November, 1914. Was 51 Years Old.

ville. May Get Military Training. Appleton--Lawrence college will a course in military tactics if have President Samuel Plantz, who is going to Washington next month can get the military authorities to detail an officer and equipment. Ripon, Oct. States Senator Paul O.

Husting, democrat, was accidentally and fatally snot Sunday afternoon by his brother, Gustave, while duck hunting at Rush lake, near here. Senator Husting died at 10:45 o'clock Sunday night at the farm house of C. A. Blackburn, near Pickett. The senator remained conscious while he was being taken to the Blackburn home.

Before doctors reached his bedside, however, he became unconscious and did not know those about him again. He realized, on the way to the Blackburn home, that the end was near. Senator Husting and his brother, Gustave, were rowing in separate boats when the tragedy occurred, the boat of the former being just ahead. The senator saw a flock of ducks and called to his brother to shoot. The senator suddenly rose from a stooping position, evidently thinking that the shot would pass over his head.

His brother, aiming at the ducks, pulled the trigg'r. Senator Husting was in direct line with the shot, and the full charge penetrated his back at close range. He fell back in the boat. His brother hurriedly rowed to his side and then to the shore. Friends were summoned and the senator was taken to the Blackburn farm house.

At first it was thought the shot had penetrated his shoulder, and that perhaps he had not been fatally injured. Several physicians were summoned. They saw that the senator was in a critical condition. Senator Husting was the first United States senator from Wisconsin to. be elected by a direct vote of the people, defeating former Gov.

F. E. McGovern in November, 1914, by 967 votes. He succeeded Isaac Stephenson in the senate on March 4, 1915. His term expires on March 4, 1921.

His first political office was a district attorney of Dodge county, to which he was elected in 1902 and re-elected in 1904. He was elected to the seate senate in 1906 and re-elected in 1910. Soon after he went to Washington, the senator became one of the administration leaders. He has been Wisconsin's heroic figure since the United States declared war against Germany. Throughout his brief career at the national capitol he stood squarely back of President Wilson in all matters pertaining to a vigorous and successful prosecution of the war.

He was Wisconsin's spokesman in the United States senate on the side of America, and his stand won him many friends among republicans and democrats who did not support him when he ran for election. The senator waged an uncompromising fight in his own state to check the work of German propagandists. He was born in Fond du Lac on April 25, 1866, a son of John P. Hustting and Mary M. Husting, nee Juneau, his mother being the fourth youngest of sixteen children born to Solomon Juneau, founder of Milwaukee.

His father emigrated from the grand duchy of Luxemburg to the United States in 1855. Senator Husting moved with his parents to Mayville, in 1876, where he received a common school education, and at the age of 17 years he became successively clerk in a general store, railway postal clerk, mailing clery in the Wisconsin state, prison and assistant bookkeeper in the office of the secretary of state. He entered the University of Wisconsin Law school, passed the state bar examination a and was admitted to the bar in 1895. He is survived by his mother, six brothers and a sister--Otto his private secretary; Max, South Dakota: Leo, in railroad service at Kaukauna; B. A.

and P. J. Husting, who are attorneys in Fond du' Lac; Gustave and Mrs. Belle Lamoreaux, both of May- Farmer Accidentally Shot. Grand Rapids John Imthos, a farmer living six miles northwest of Babcock, while hunting, accidentally himself in the left shot armpit, the shot lodging in his shoulder.

PAUL O. HUSTING HARRIS EWING 0. 5. Senator from Wisconsin, Who Was Accidentally Killed by Brother While on Hunting Trip. HUSTING DEATH THIRD OF PROMINENT STATE DEMOCRATS IN YEAR The death of Senator Husting maks the passing of the third member within a year of a group of prominent Wisconsin democrats, who were instrumental in carrying this state for President Wilson when he was a candidate for the democratic nomination in 1912.

John A. Aylward, United States district attorney for the western Wisconsin district died at Madison, Nov. 12, 1916, and William H. Wolfe, who succeeded Mr. Aylward died suddenly at a gathering of democrats in Madison, Jan.

10, 1917. Senator Husting, Mr. Aylward and Mr. Wolfe were close political friends for many years and they were among the first in Wisconsin to take up Woodrow Wilson's cause when he decided to become a candidate for the democratic nomination for president. BELIEVE SIX ARE DROWNED Rescue Auto Drags Many Into River in Acident at Green Bay.

One Known Dead. Green Bay--One woman was drowned, and it is believed, at least six others lost their lives in the Fox river here when two automobiles, one a big government demonstration truck, being used to lift the other car from the water after it had plunged off the bank, left the approach of the Main street bridge in the heart of the downtown district. The woman known drowned was Mildred Martin, 24 years old, of Green Bay. When the touring car in which she was riding with Richard Mantz, a railroad man of this city, reached the approach of the bridge the driver lost control and the machine went over the edge and down the embankment. Several hundred pedestrians rushed to their rescue.

Mantz swam to shore after a hard struggle, and the big motor truck was pressed into service and utilized as a draught apparatus. It was run upon the approach of the bridge and one end of a rope fastened to its front and the other to the car in the river. Several people boarded the truck and others took hold of the rope to aid in pulling the touring car from the stream. Instead of backing up, the truck suddenly shot forward, sweeping a dozen persons into the river. Ropes were thrown to the strugglers in the water and six are known to have been rescued.

At the police station no definite information as to the exact number thought to be drowned was available. The second tragedy occurred while banks and streets were lined with hundreds of people. According to any information available it was the worst catastrophe in the history of the city. Makes Potato Record. Stevens.

Point--The record yield of, potatoes in Portage county produced on the farm of A. A. Miner, of the town of Belmont. Mr. Miner dug 1,910 bushels from a field of eight acres.

The largest potato weighs one pound, ten ounces. CHANGE DRAFT PLAN NEW REGULATIONS FIX STATUS OF ALL MEN WHO HAVE REGISTERED. DIVIDED INTO FIVE CLASSES Men Without Dependents Will Be Called First Unless Vital to War Industry--Date for Next Increment to Be Jan. 1. Washington, Oct.

draft regulations, postponing the physical examination of the remaining 7,000,000 draft registrants until they are called for military service, and assigning the men to five classes, thus determining the order of their call to the colors, were announced 1 on Saturday by Provost Marshal General Crowder. It was indicated that January 1 will. be the date of the next call. Under the new reguiations it whil be possible for a registrant to determine whether he will be called in the first 500,000 additional men to be summoned, the second 500,000, or later contingents. The changed system will reduce the labors of local boards by 80 per cent by reversing the present process of first conducting physical examinations and then hearing exemption claims.

Hereafter all economic questions will be settled before the physical examination is held. Here is the new system in a nutshell: Five classes of draft registrants are established approximately as follows: First--Men with absolutely no dependents. Second--Skilled farm laborers or others slightly less available for military service than the first class. Third--Skilled laborers and men whose work is deemed vital to war industries. Fourth--Married men with children whose families are wholly dependent upon them for support.

Fifth--Cripples, mental defectives. and those specifically exempted from military service. Registrants will be assigned to one of these classes. Under the new system local boards will send out to each enlisted man on its list a questionaire or catalogue of queries to be known as "No. 1,000." going into minute detail as to the family life, responsibility and adaptability of the individual.

These questions have not as yet been made public. The Individual fills in the blanks with answers and returns the questionaire to the local board. After that the local board decides in what class to put the selected man, notifying him of its verdict. The man, if not satisfied with the decision of the board, may appeal to the district board, which will then review the matter. The district board's verdict in event of appeal will be final.

CREWS OF U. S. SHIPS SAFE Americans Report Boat Attack on U. S. Vessels- Reach Port on French Liner.

An Atlantic Port, Oct. on three American sailingships by German submarines were reported by their crews, who reached here on a French liner. Captain Mortensen of the three-masted American bark, Paolina, of 1,198 tons, said that his vessel was fired on by a U-boat, but not hit. The Germans then came alongside, looted her and sank her with bombs, he said. Another crew, who said they were from the American schooner Crockett of Philadelphia, reported that three months ago their ship was torpedoed by a submarine near Brest, but did not sink.

The Germans looted her and then abandoned her, and later, they said, she was towed into Brest and sold. She had a cargo of oil. -Also on the same liner was the crew of the four-masted schooner Henry Lippitt, 893 tons, of Philadelphia, whose sinking had previously been reported. 11 SHIPS SUNK BY RAIDERS 150 Lives Lost When Germans Destroy Vessels in North Sea--Two British Destroyers Lost. London.

Oct. hundred and fifty lives were lost on Wednesday when five Norwegian, one Danish and three Swedish vessels were sunk by two German raiders in the North sea. The Brifish admiralty statement of Saturday stated that a total of 135 officers and men of the British destroyers Mary Rose and Strongbow were lost when those two vessels were sunk by raiders. The Mary Rose and the Strongbow were convoying the merchantmen when the attack 00- curred. The Aftenposten of Christiania has estimated that 16 Norwegians.

17 Swedes and 97 English were killed. in de de de WHAT YOU CAN DO On "Conservation Week" OCT. 28 TO NOV. 4. 1.

Go to church on "Conservation Sunday," October 28. and hear what your minister has to say about food servation 2. Find out why we must eat corn and other things in place of wheat; why we must eat fish and chicken and other things in place of beef, pork and mutton; use less sugar; use less fats. 3. Eat corn bread for dinner every day for eight days.

This will give you the corn bread habit. 4. Eat no beef, pork or mutton on "Meatless Tuesday." October 30. Chicken or fish are permitted. 5.

Attend "Conservation" speakings on Wednesday, October 31. 6. Study conservation window displays and watch for merchants' conservation sales on "Merchants' Conservation Day," Thursday, November 1. 7. Eat no beef, pork or mutton on "Meatless Friday," November 2.

Fish and chicken are "permitted." 8. Sign your country's pledge to save food to help win the war. 9. Get others to sign the pledge card. 10.

Hang the food administration window membership card in your front window to help get other people. interested in food conservation. 21 21 TO END HIGH PRICES HOOVER DECLARES "CORNER HAS BEEN TURNED" IN COST. Asserts Wholesale Prices Are Much Lower Now Than Years AgoBlames Retailers. Washington, Oct.

Administrator Hoover announced on Thursday "that the corner has been turned in high prices." He has gone as far as he can in price reduction, he says, and assails the retailers for not doing their part. The next congress will probably be asked to give him power to force the retailers to abstain from profiteering. Mr. Hoover says: "Most of the essential commodities should, one after another, continue to show reductions between now and the end of the year. The food administrator has no control of either the grower or his organizations, nor of the great majority or "The distribution chain lying between the warehouse, wholesalers, commission men and manufacturers of prime commodities has required 8 great deal of study and development for its proper regulation, and these regulations are coming into force now." Mr.

Hoover said he had every hope the retailers will co-operate, as the farmers and other food handlers are co-operating, to feed the nation and the allies at reasonable prices. Everybody along the line down to the retailer, he declared, already is helping. But retail prices do not by any means reflect the wholesale prices. 4 ZEPPELINS ARE SHOT DOWN German Airships Which Attacked England Are Destroyed by French Gunners and Airmen. Paris.

Oct. at first It was thought that the visit of the Zeppelin fleet to France was an independent raid, carrying out the threat made in a German wireless message to destroy Paris in reprisal for French air raids on German towns, it now is generally believed that these eight Zeppelins, four of which were destroyed or captured. were returning from England, that they had lost their bearings. The log book of the Zeppelin which landed intact shows that she had been to England, and prisoners from three other airships confirm this. Of the four Zeppelins lost two were destroyed and two were forced to descend.

The two disabled airships, under attack by aviators and anti-air defense posts, descended in the Saone valley and were forced to land in the neighborhood of Sisteron, in BassesAlpes. 12,000 Desert Kaiser Army. Washington, Oct. than 12,000 German deserters have found refuge in Switzerland, according to the Swiss paper Bund, official cables as serted valley They APPLETON DEFEATS COMMISSION FORM POPULAR VOTE AFTER HEATED CAMPAIGN BEATS SYSTEM BY 582 MAJORITY. TO ELECT MAYOR IN APRIL Plans Are Now Being Made to Select Likely Candidates--First City in County to Oust Plan After Trial for Seven Years.

Appleton- -Appleton is the first city in the United States to oust the commission form of government by a speclal election. After one of the most bitter political fights ever engaged in here, a popular vote of 2,073 to 1,491, a majority 4 of 582, decided against the commission form. of the 500 cities in the country to adopt the commission form, Appleton takes the lead in eliminating the system altogether. It has been in effect here seven years. Opponents of the system declared that had they been beaten at the election they were arranging for individual recall of some of the officers, as was the course pursued in an Ohio city which tried to shake off the commission method some time ago.

Plans are now being made for the selection of likely candidates to take up the regular municipal chairs to be Alled at the April election. Until that time the commission system will continue in effect. Six aldermen are to be elected for one year and six for two years. No mention has as yet been made of a candidate for the mayoralty. The entire campaign preceding the popular ballot was fraught with intensive fervor on both sides.

A public debate was one of the features and as points were made pro and con ripples and then hurricanes of applause swept across the hall, filled with hundreds of citizens who set a precedent in municipal government. GERMAN AT U. DECREASES A Falling Off of 42.9 Per Cent in Enrollment Is Announced--French Increases 14.2 Per Cent. Madison -A decrease of 42.9 per cent in enrollment in the German classes at the University of Wisconsin has been announced by Dean E. A.

Birge. At the same time the enrollment of university French classes has increas, ed 14.2 per cent. The greatest de' crease in the German class enrollment this fall has been in the elementary sections, and the number of students in these classed dropped from 775 last year to 287 this year. The total number of registrations in the university German classes this year is 757, against 1,326 last year. The number of German instructors has also been decreased proportionally.

Dean Birge declares that the war and a change in the uni ersity language requirements have been the cause of the decrease. The war, however, he blieves, is the leading factor in the decline. BYRON NELSON IS INDICTED Federal Grand Jury Returns Bill against Congressman's Son for Violation of Draft Law. Madison--Byron Nelson, son of Congressman John M. Nelson, of the Third district, is under indictment as a slacker.

The federal grand jury returned a true bill again Nelson, tie specific charge being wilful violation of the draft law. Nelson is on his father's ranch in Canada and a representative of the United States marshal will be sent after him at once, to bring him to Madison for trial. Nelson went to Spring Coulee, Alberta, in June without registering here, and in August was married there to Miss Anita Pleuss, Madison. Nelson is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Pastor Receives Call. La Crosse--Rev.

Finch A. Clarke of the North Presbyterian church has 1 re. ceived a call to the First church in Wausau. He is a graduate of Carroll college. His decision has not yet been made.

Would Give Bond to Kaiser. Racine The Racine Liberty Loan committee will present a $50 bond to Kaiser Wilhelm if he will come to Racine to get it. Fox River Mayors Organize. Oshkosh -Mayors of the Fox river organized permanently here. will sift the coal situation.

VANCE M'CORMICK Vance McCormick 1s chairman of the newly created war trade board which! Is charged with the duty of preventing! trade with Germany and its allies. RUSS MOVE CAPITAL MOSCOW TO BE NEW SEAT OF: GOVERNMENT. Berlin Announces Capture of 5,000 Prisoners on Moon Island--Two German Ships Sunk. Petrograd, Oct. government: has definitely determined to move to: Moscow in the very near future.

The new offensive operations by the Germans, resulting in the capture of Oesel and Moon islands, and the threat: of all invasion of Esthonia may be responsible for the decision to remove the government to Moscow, the ancienti capital. Berlin, Oct. Russian infantry regiments totaling 5,000 men were captured on Moon island in the Gulf of Riga, it was announced officially on Friday. The island is not completely in possession of the Germans. Petrograd, Oct.

German torpedo-boats were sunk in the mine field in Moon sound. The Germans on Wednesday began to land troops on Dago island, south of the entrance of the Gulf of Finland. In the naval battle of Wednesday in which the Russian battleship Slava was sunk, two German trawlers were' sent to the bottom and hits were ohtained by Russian battle ships on German dreadnaughts. The statement says that not less than ten enemy dreadnaughts of the newest Katser and Koenig types took part in the battle. SENATOR HUSTING IS KILLED Wisconsin Man Is Accidentally Hit by His Brother While Hunting Near Rush Lake.

Milwaukee, Oct. shot in the back by his brother, Gustave, while hunting duck near Rush Lake, Sunday morning, United States Senator Paul O. Husting died at a farmhouse at Picketts, near by. late Sunday night. Senator Husting recently returned to his home at Mayville, after the close of the extra session of congress, where he was one of the leadIng supporters of the administration's war program.

Senator Husting, a Democrat, was born at Fond du Lac on April 25, 1866. He was elected to the United States senate to succeed Isaac Stephenson fu 1914. Be a food fan. Help make wheatless meals and meatless meals a fad during Conservation Week," October 28 to November 4-and then keep up the practice until the war is over. Eat less sugar.

Save fats. Teuton Sallors in Revolt. Washington, ct. diplomatic dispatches received here on Thursday report mutinies in the Austrian navy and clashes between Ause trian sailors and crews of the German submarine fleet based at Pola. which officers on both sides have in been killed and which resulted in decision to change the base of the Gert man flotilla.