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A. L. FONTAINE, Publisher.
ALIEN ENEMIES
MUST REGISTER
Over 30,000 German Residents
of Wisconsin Given Five
Days to Qualify.
DOES NOT APPLY TO WOMEN
Each Male Fourteen Years or Up
wards, Net Actually Naturalized,
Must Be Photographed and
Finger Prints Taken.
Madison. —German aliens in Wiscon
sin, estimated to number over 30,000,
are given tive days, beginning at six
o’clock a. m. on Monday, February 4.
and ending at eight o’clock p. m. on
Saturday, February 9, to appear be
fore police chiefs in cities of 5,000
population and over and before post
masters in places of less population,
for registration. Failure to do so will
result in internment for the duration
of the war and possible deportation
and seizure of property after. Regard
ing those who are required to register,
the instructions received by the vari
ous United States marshals have the
following to say:
“All natives, citizens, denizens or
subjects of the German empire or im
perial German government, being
rthiles of the age of fourteen years or
upwards who are within the United
States and not actually naturalized as
American citizens are required to reg
ister as alien enemies.”
Females are not alien enemies un
der the present statutory interpreta
tion and therefore are not required to
register. Every alien must he photo
graphed and his linger prints taken.
Their affidavits of registration are to
he executed in triplicate and are de
tailed, covering practically (heir en
tire life history and ancestorial con
nections.
New Pharmacists Admitted.
Twenty-eight out of forty-three ap
plicants for pharmacists and assistant
pharmacist's certificates before the
state board of examiners, which con
cluded its sessions at Madison were
passed. Successful candidates for
pharmacist’s permits were:
T. i. Ciuiey, M. B. Tobleske, Thom
as Flarity, Fred Marquardt, S. F.
I‘tak, E. Ellopul, Edwin 11. Pergunde
of Milwaukee, Earle Schilling of Ml
nocqua, Frank V, Sorenson of Racine,
Miss Edth Arnold of Lake Geneva, W.
F. Cameron of Superior and C. E.
I’ech of Madison, E. E. Listsky of Mil
waukee.
Assistant permits were granted to:
Robert Ilaak, L. A. Van Ells, W. J.
S. halier, Manford Goldberg, Stephen
Inkel, Mrs. Sophia Kremers, H. F.
Czenvinski of Milwaukee, Erwin Gru
ert. Raymond Anderson of Merrill, A.
•I. Hughes of Portage, A. J. Kramer
o’ Menominee, Mich.; R. E. Duxhury,
Alma Center and A. F. Radke, C. E.
liilfert. .!. C. Hassman of Appleton.
The next meeting of the board will
be held e t Madison April 10-IS.
To Own Ice and Fuel Plants.
! In* city of Oshkosh will be one of
the first in flu* state to engage in the
fuel and ice business for the benefit of
the consuming public. At a special
election held recently the proposition
of whether the city should establish a
thiol plant carried hy a majority of
1.2121 votes, and that for an ice plant
by a margin of Sol.
It is proposed by the commission
council to carry out the wishes of the
people without delay, and the first
Step will he to obtain estimates of the
eost of ice and fuel plants to he owned
b.v the taxpayers, and then issue bonds
for establishing them. The election
provides for appropriations of $20,000
for each proposition.
Under municipal ownership the city
has made large annual profits from its
waterworks, and it is starting opera
tion of anew filteration plant, costing
more than SIST,OOO. most of which will
be paid from profits of‘the water de
partment.
Will Teach Boys How to Farm,
Wisconsin high schools are to be
turned into schools of agriculture in
which the hoys will he taught the rudi
ments of farming, so that, with the
co-operation of the county councils
of defense and the county agricultural
agents, they can he placed on Wiscon
sin farms early next spring.
The idea originated in a meeting of
the agricultural committee of the Wis
consin state council of defense. This
committee was faced with the problem
of securing farm labor to offset not
only the normal shortage but the in
creased shortage due to the war.
There are 18.000 high school boys j n
the state. About 5.000 of ibis number
live on farms, and 8.000 are employed
during tlm summer in the cities. The
remaining 10.000 are an available re
serve for service on Wisconsin farms.
Normal School Courses Limited.
That the normal schools of the stole
are not authorized to conduct courses
beyond the two years of a university
course is the effect of a legal
rendered by Attorney General Haven
to George B. Hndnall. executive coun
sel. Mr. Hudnnll submitted two reso
lutions passed by the normal regents.
One in 1!'14 authorized the extension
of n high school training course for
teachers to three years. A second
resolution passed last fall extended
.ihe course to four years.
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WOOD COUNTY REPOKi ER.
Will Tel! Abcut War in Francs.
Nine noted investigators and speak
ers are to come to Wisconsin for one
week, from February 17 to 23, inclu
sive, to tell Wisconsin tacts about the
situation on the French front.
These speakers are to address meet
ings to be arranged by the state coun
cil of defense, and will speak under
the auspices of the United States food
administration/ Several laomiis a,. >
men and women especially titled for
the work were sent to France to inves
tigate conditions, and to bring back
to America the information they could
gather.
The nine speakers are to travel in
Wisconsin in groups of three, to con
sist of two men and one woman. The
following have already been assigned:
For team No. 1, Edward Trefz. for
mer secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce of tlu i United States and now
secretary of the Eos Angeles cliaiah r
of commerce; i>r. Alexander Cairns,
and a woman speaker to be assigned
later.
For team No. 2, Julius Lincoln; Mrs.
Mary IVnnypacker, wife of a former
governor, and a second man to be as
signed later.
For team No. 3, Daniel Keedo. who
was with Hoover in Belgium and has
since been connected with the food ad
ministration; Dr. Henry Coe Culbert- •
son, and a woman speaker to bo as
signed later.
Neglect to File Birth Records.
Operations of federal census agents
who are making an extendi and investiga
tion into Wisconsin birth records
have disclosed many cases of n< Jut
to file birth certificates. Correspond
ence with about 500 physicians as jn ;
reporting IPI7 births brought the re
ply in most instances that they In. I
reported all births. Checking of rec
ords by the federal agents noved.
however, that some births had escap }
record.
As chocks upon the completei, s- of
birth registration, registrars frequent
ly use the death returns of clridaer*
and especially of infants, checking un
each recorded death with the bh
records to see whether the child’s
birth had been registered.
It lias been suggested that dealers
he required to keep a record of all
sab's of baby carriages, cribs and id !■
chairs as a further check until the !
medical profession shall luvc become
thoroughly used to registration.
Several months’ work is still before 1
the census investigators working > a
records of the state bureau of vr and
statistics. Their repot t will be u.-id
by the census bureau in deciding
whether Wisconsin shall be admitted !
to the birth registration area, which i
up to date includes but a limited group I
of states, whoso birth recording is at ■
least 00 per cent complete.
Will Discuss Food Problems.
War-tpue food problems will be
given special attention bv I’.;, !, -r
farmers when they hold their am ml
roundup at the College of Agricnluam.
Madison, February 4-0.
Among the speakers on the urogram
who will stress the uecessitv far m.
creased production will be J. it. jf
mils, president of the Manitoba Ag
ricultural college a; Winnipeg, who
will discuss farm labor problems; Dr.
C. E. Thorne, director of the Ohio
agricultural experiment station, who
will discuss ins long-time experience a* -
Wooster which has been the inspira
tion of farmers and experimenters the
country over; B. H. Rawl. chief of the
United States dairy division; J. P.
< otton of the meat division of the
food administration; Hugh Hibson,
secretary of America's Belgium lega
tion; and Joseph Great, who was wi‘h
Ambassador Gerard in Berlin.
During the week a large number of
state agricultural association me bags
will be held. Among thorn will be th >
Wisconsin Soil Improvement ass< ela
tion, the Wisconsin Drain, ge as>< -lo
tion. tin* Wisconsin Dairymen's asso
ciation, the Wisconsin Agricultural il -
penment association, -the Wise uis?n
Rural Life conference, the Wisconsin
Live Stock Breeders’ assoc; ‘ u. and
lat least ten special breed rganiza
| tions.
Porklecs Day Is Proclaim;:!.
| Wisconsin is to have a porkless and: v.
In a statement issued. Stare food Ad
ministrator Magnus Swenson pioci I
j another mark on the war calendar,
j The resolution reads:
“In accordance with an order issm-d
l by Mr. Hoover. United States food ad
ministrator. the people of WDeonsin
are asked to make all Saturdays pork
less days, in addition to n • a l >s Ti:es
days and also to have at h si one
meatless meal each and evmy dev.
This is necessary in order r ! <• ;,
sufficient food to feed our soldiers at
the front.
j “We ask all patriotic citiz< ns to con
scientiously observe this order ami if
is the patriotic duty of -every I ygj citi
zen to report all persons win- vi -h - te
this order to the county fix and • 1 >n
i istrator in their respective corn;;' , r
; to the state food a'lministrator rt 1-
ison.”
Appoint Five to Faculty.
| The following appointments o: : ;, P
staff of Tie University of \v; s n
were made at the recent uniting of
|the hoard of regents:
j John 11. Richards, appointed f.-> g
ball coach for 1918; Howard Furl,
roentgenologist and instruct r }n
clinical medicine: Tobias U’.jtjml m
eher. instructor in the g; s rt'gi -.r . a
tractor course: James F. J >n! ;ns u n .
dent assistant in the Romance ' u
guage depart.nont; Miss I. ;;N ■ •
rell. Kenosha, as instructor in rlvti’ n
relief work in the extension d!vi> : ■].
Several members ..f the staff Mih
mltted their resignations in order that
they may continue their services with
the government.
Entered June 12, 1903, at Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, as second-class matter, uflfder Act of Congress of Mar. 3, 1879
GRAND RAPIDS, WOOD COUNTY. WISCONSIN, THURSDAY. January 24, 1918.
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r ’’ !e next meeting of the Federation
will be held at the Wood County
w S;:hool at two-thirty o’clock
Saturday, January 20.
' e prog am will be under the di
e . on of the Art Committee.
Rrx "'.mm:-gene Hayward will pre
; t the topic: “The Development of
. .n.-rican Art,” and illustrate it with
Lfy views.
T ss Inez Reichel will give the topic
nerican Mural Pahitings,” which
’ Ibe illustrated by slides.
jixsic w !1 1)0, furnished hy Mr. Rob
ers and by Miss Lantz.
A large attendance is desired.
BEACON
ligxUS
fl IJD
liLiJo
The members of this club are trav
eling, in their study, through the Unit
i ed Stat es, this year and on Monday
afternoon of this week their study
took them thru Kansas and Nebraska.
The club met with Mrs. L. Reichel 'at
her home on Oak street and the pa
pers on the topics for the day, were
read by Mrs. Coyle and Miss Schnabel
These papers were well prepared and
very interesting. A social hour was
enjoyed after the papers and light re
freshments served by the hostess.
About fifteen members were present.
Western District of Wisconsin.
Madison, Wis., Jan. 21, 1918.
Dear Mr. Editor:
As you doubtless know from the
press dispatches, the Attorney-Gen
eral has ordered the registration of
all natives, citizens, denizens, or sub
jects of the German Empire or of the
German Imperial Government, being
males of fourteen years of age or o
ver who are within the United States
and are not naturalized as American
citizens. This registration will be
made by the Chief of Police in all
cities of five thousand population or
over and in all other areas by the
Postmasters. The registration will
begin at six a. m. cn February 4th, and
continue each day between the hours
of 6 a. m. and 8 p. m. until the close
of the day on February 9th. All per
sons affected by the order are requir
ed to report to their respective regis
tration officer during the time speci
fied and fill out a questionnaire, blanks
V, ring furnished by the registration of
ficer. The penalty for failure to reg
ister is severe. Any person subjec*
to registration who fails to do so will
be subject to arrest and confinement
during the remainder of the War, and
I nresume in severe cases, deportation
back to Germany after the War is
over. A searching inquiry will be
made for all those who avoid or try
to evade the regulations.
My experience in registering aliens
in the prohibited areas leads me to
know that the number of such per
sons in the Western District of Wis
consin is very largely under-estimated.
A large number of people of German
birth who have been voting on their
so-called first papers, for many years
and many of them who have consider
ed themselves citizens of the Unit'd
States, are in fact not citizens. Some
for fear of prosecution because they
have voted, have failed to reveal that
they are not citizens and for that rea
Mrs. A. F. Gottschalk was hostess
to the members of the Entre Nous club
at her home on Eighth Ave., on Mon
day evening, at which time about fif
teen members were present. The pro
gram carried out was as follows:
Roll Call—Quotations —Robt. Burns.
“Isle of Crete”—Mrs. J. W. Natwick
“Highlands and Lowlands of Scot
land” —Mrs. Rockstroh.
“Music and Customs of Scotland” —
Miss’Heyward. ,
Scotch Songs—On Victrola.
Dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess at the close of the pro
gram and a social hour enjoyed.
Reporter WANT ADS Bring Results
son have claimed citizenship while
they in fact were alien enemies. There
is no intention on the part of the Gov
ernment to disturb any person who
meets these requirements if he ful
fills the obligation of the registry in
good faith. Any German of foreign
birth is not a citizen unless he has re
ceived his full second papers. For
their own protection they should be
urged to meet all of the requirements
promptly, faithfully and fully.
As this work is important in the
extreme, it is the duty of every A
merican citizen to assist the registrar
and make known to the Chief of Police
and Postmaster the name of any per
son who he has reason to believe is a
German alien enemy, and it should be
the duty of every good citizen to as
sist during the time of the registration
in making the work complete in every
respect even though he does it at a
considerable sacrifice to himself.
The registration does not apply to
Austrians but only to German aliens..
There is but one way in which we
can get this work thoroughly done and
that is by giving the entire matter
nublicity. In getting this publicity
we must draw upon your patriotism
and upon your desire to keep the neigh
borhood in which you have influence
auiet and peaceful. There is no fund
available for advertising this regis
j tration. Every person subject to re
gistration is bound to observe it, and
the law pre-supposes that he has no
tice of the registration. I know you
have been called upon to give a great
amount of space for advertising in
various matters which the Government
has desired to bring before the public,
and I expect you will be called on a
gain and again to do likewise. I ap
peal to you as a good citizen to give
this matter wide publicity in every is
sue of your paper between now and the
9th of February, and I assure you that
i whatever you may do for your country
in this regard will be appreciated.
Full instructions will be mailed to
your Chief of Police or to your Post
master within a few' days and he will
he glad to give you detailed informa
tion regarding the registration.
Y r ours very truly,
FRANK O’CONNOR,
United States Marshal.
KNITTED ROBE
FOR OSE IN
CONVALES
CENT WARD
The pupils of SS. Peter & Paul
Parochial school, have been very busy
for some time collecting yarn. Bits
of bright colored yarn, white yarn,
black yarn, in fact any color or a
mount was gladly received by the chil
dren and the yarn was then taken to
“Gi’andma Goggins,” mother of Mr.
B. R. Goggins, who has been very busy
knitting the yarn into a robe for use
in the convalescent ward of a Red
Cross Hospital somewhere. The robe
is now finished and for a few days has
been hung in the window of the Abel-
Mullen Cos. store, and the children as
well as Mrs. Goggins may feel justly
proud, as it is one of the prettiest
things of this kind yet produced and
presented to the Red Cross of this city.
The center is made up of a large red
cross filled in with white and the rest
of the robe is made up of every color
that could be imagined.
Mrs. Goggins has been one of the
most persistent knitters of Grand Ra
pids ever since the first call for knit
ting came, and many a soldier w’ould
bless her, if he knew to whom he is
indebted for the many warm socks,
sweaters, and scarfs that have been
turned out by her busy fingers. Grand
ma Goggins is past eighty years old
but is very much alive to the topics
of the day and vitally interested in
the great World War.
OFEABTSIDE
FIREMEN
The East Side Firemen held their an
nual rabbit dinner, Monday evening
which, as usual was very much enjoy
ed hy those privileged to be present.
The guests, this year w r as confined to
the two East Side Police. About fif
teen were present, and the commit
tee on the dinner certainly did them
selves proud.
The firemen have in other years held
several of these social evenings, but,
this year being a closed season for
prairie chickens, and venison having
been scarce, the dinners, so far have
been confined to this one. The citizens
of Grand Rapids are very much in
debted to the volunteer fire depart
ment and are always glad when the
firemen can enjoy a social evening,
such as the one last Monday.
The Young Women’s Club of this
city met at the home of Miss Bernice
Eggert on Third street south, Monday
evening, to enjoy a social evening.
Their motto is:
“Not what we give, but what we share
For the gift without the giver is bare
Who gives himself, with his alms feeds
three,
Himself, his hungry neighbor, and
me.”
About twenty-five members of this
organization were present and a very
enjoyable evening was spent. Very
dainty refreshments were served dur
ing the evening, by the bPstess.
These meetings are held twice a
month and occur on Mondays.
mm in
BUSINESS
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mosher left Mon
day for Antigo, where they will make
their future home. Mr. Mosher ex
pects to enter the mercantile business
with his brother-in-law, Jasper Skeel,
who is experienced in the grocery bu
siness. They will open anew Cash and
Carry Grocery store along the modem
| lines of operating that kind of a bu
siness place. Mr. and Mrs. Mosher
take with them the best wishes of their
friends in Grand Rapids for their fu
j ture success and happiness.
VOLUME 60, No. 4.
ASKS EMBARGOES
I ON THREE ROADS
Fuel Chief Would Give Food. Coal
and Munitions Right
of Way.
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CONGESTION MUST END SOON
Pennsylvania Lines in the East, Balti
more & Ohio and Reading Desig
nated— Holidays Ordered for
Cities in lowa.
Washington. Jan. 23. —A general em
bargo upon three railroads against
shipments of all freight except food
and fuel and certain war munitions
ami supplies was .requested by Fuel
Administrator Harry A. Garfield.
The request was contained in a
memorandum sent by him to Director
General of Railroads McAdoo. An
embargo was put on the Norfolk &
Western.
Mr. Garfield would have the embar
go apply to the Pennsylvania lines
east of Pittsburgh, the Baltimore &
Ohio ami the Philadelphia & Reading.
Garfield’s Memorandum.
la hi- memorandum Mr. Garfield
said :
“The press reports show that I lie
Pennsylvania railroad, with the ap
proval of A. 11. Smith, placed an em
bargo on Monday upon all freight ex
cept food and fuel. It will he observed
that those exceptions are practically
the same its the exceptions made in
The order with respect to tin* use of
fuel.
"The action authorized by this one
day embargo should be taken for sev
eral days, adding to the exceptions
certain war munitions and supplies
not only upon the Pennsylvania lines
east of Pittsburgh but also upon the
Baltimore A Ohio lines and the Phila
delphia A Reading lines, which form,
with certain Baltimore & Ohio lines,
a through route to the seaboard. Such
an embargo would be especially effee
live if it could follow immediately the
five days covered by the January 17
order.
Car Shortage Was Acute.
"During the last two months of 1917
the car shortage on the lines men
tioned was increasingly acute.
"It neutralized every effort for in
creased production at the mines. La
bor differences were adjusted and
prices resulting therefrom were fixed.
Without cars, however, eostl could not
be produced. The empty cars were
noj at the mines. The congestion of
ib track * .vas such that the loaded
cars did not reach their consignees.
"While the railroads were operated
separately, although in a co-operative
plan, they seemed to have found it im
possible to remedy this situation, and
since a director general of railroads
has been appointed we have had noth
ing but. unprecedentedly severe
weather, almost nullifying his efforts.
Must Be "Entire Cessation."
“To relieve present congestions and
to speed up the movement of coal
and coke cars to and from the mines
and ovens, it seems apparent that
there must, for a few days, be an al
most entire cessation, particularly on
the roads mentioned, of all freight,
with tlie exception above noted.
Mr. Garfield cites figures showing
loss in coal production due to car
shortages, especially on the Pennsyl
vania and Baltimore & Ohio railroads.
The fuel administration issued a
summary of the result of the five days
in which the factories of the eastern
half of the country have been shut
down.
Order Serves Its Purpose.
The summary follows:
-Our reports show that the prime
purpose sought to he accomplished by
the regulation—the bunkering of ships
and the supplying of domestic consum
ers and public utilities with coal —has
been greatly served.
“Local officials of the fuel adminis
tration in all parts of the East report
ed that domestic consumers, public
utilities and other consumers on the
preferred list in the industrial curtail
im-nj order were being given the full
benefit of the coal moving into the
consuming territory.
“A* a result of the patriotic co-op
eration of American industry, cap
ital and labor the way has been cleared
for the prompt hunkering of ships
which long were tied up at Atlantic
ports waiting to carry vitally needed
supplies to the American forces abroad
and to the nations associated with the
United States in the war.”
The necessity for some new meth
od of dealing with the coal transporta
tion problem was emphasized by score*
of reports that weather conditions
were as bad or worse than at any
time since the unprecedented period
of coal and stormy weather starter!
nearly two weeks ago. Heavy snow
throughout New York and New Eng
land. in Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and elsewhere made traffic movement
extremely slow and cut the supply of
empty cars To coal mines far below
even the subnormal supply of the last
few days.
Holidays in lowa Cities.
lies Moines, la.. Jan. 23. —Charles
Webster, fuel administrator for lowa,
issued a closing order affecting the
| cities of Keokuk, Fort Madison, Buri
i ington. Davenport, Clinton and
Dubuque. The order puts the Monday
closing regulations, general in Illinois
and the East, into effect in the citie*
mentioned, in order to avoid discrimin
ation against Illinois river towns.