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I is is is is is is is is is of a a a THE OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937 RESCINDS PERMIT TO HOLD PARK PROGRAMS, of Public Recreation Spot for Private Advertising Is Banned by Law, Says City Attorney Permission to hold outdoor programs in Menominee park sponsored by Oshkosh merchants was rescinded by the park board this morning by a vote of 3 to 1 on ground that advertising for private purposes in public parks is against the Jaw. Voting over the protests of A. G. Cone, president of the board, who said 10,000 people witness the Commissioners Maxey, Below and Berger said they were in accordance with the written communication of City Harry E. Meyer to Mayor C.

A. Wiechering. of established amusement enterprises were reported to have complained that the programs drew patronage away from their business. "I vote for the people. The people are the only ones that are kicking," Commissioner Cone declared.

HAD NO ALTERNATIVE Other members of the board declared they had no alternative. Commissioner Berger said, "That's why we have a one-horse town. We put a damper on everything that comes along." Mayor Wiechering submitted a communication calling attention to an opinion rendered a year ago by former City Atty. Lewis C. Magnusen, which advised the mayor to refer complaints to the park board with the request that programs being held at that time should be discontinued.

"I hereby advise you that I concur in this opinion," City Attorney Meyer declared. "The park board should be advised by you of its duty to require a discontinuance of these shows at once, Using the public parks of Oshkosh for advertising of any kind has been refused consistently, and to allow this use of the parks free of charge to one group of taxpayers, against the interests other taxpayers, is not permitted by law." OFFERS TO WAGER A private argument developed between Commissioners Below and Maxey as to whether or not the former had favored the permit. Mr. Below offered to bet Mr. Maxcy a hat that he had not been present when the vote was taken.

Commissioner Maxcy failed to take him and thereby made a saving. Inspection of the minutes by City Clerk James S. Chase showed Mr. Below was absent from the meeting. Franklin Post and R.

L. Horneffer, WPA recreation leaders in Menominee park, secured authorization from the park board for Supt. George Burgert to purchase material for new boxes and stakes for 10 horseshoe courts, in for a county tournament 1 Aug. 29. The cost was estimated at $38.

Permission was denied for a sixhour bicycle race to be held in Menominee park the same The recreation leaders requested that the park road to the rear of the bathhouse, leading through the north end of the park and back to the Merritt street exit should be closed from noon to 6 o'clock in the evening. Park board members declared the race would be too dangerous to children. ASK FOR BUBBLER The board was asked to install a water bubbler in the playground at Menominee park to avoid the danger of accidents involving children crossing the road to get a drink. Consideration in connecition with the 1938 budget was promised. Improvements to tennis courts in South park were discussed and over for investigation by Commissioners Berger and Maxcy.

According to a report by Frank Klabunde, park superintendent, 13,258 persons used the courts during July. Commissioner Maxcy contended tennis players were not getting a "fair deal" in comparison with funds spent for other departments of recreation, particularly golf. RETURN FROM CONVENTION OF PAID FIREMEN Leo Girens and Chester Sickels returned Thursday after the annual convention of the Wisconsin Paid Firemen's association at Wisconsin Rapids as delegates representing the Oshkosh fire department. The convention will meet next at Eau Claire. Sessions were held Aug.

3, 4 and 5. Chief George J. Revland was expected to attend as delegate at large from the local department but duties of his office kept him here. SUSPECT HELD, WILL BE QUESTIONED continued to hold a Linden, man without charge today in connection with the questioning, Arthur Jamieson, cashier of the State Bank of Poy(nette, in an attempted robbery July 20. The suspect was taken into custody by federal officers yesterday following information obItained by Sheriff Harry Hibner vol Columbia county and G-men.

An attempt by two men to pawn .38 caliber revolver at a Madison pawnshop last week started officers on the trail of the pect. The pawnship operator turned the gun over to federal officials for examination to determine whether it was the same one used in the wounding of the Poynette bank cashier. DENIES CHARGE OF DRUNKEN DRIVING Clarence Wilburth Pleads Not Guilty--Says Companion Operated Machine "Wilburth drove the car." "Hutchins drove." Municipal Judge Henry P. Hughes looked from one to the other. "One of you is lying.

Which is it?" Clarence Wilburth, 616 South Fifth street, Milwaukee, an ploye of the Winnebago county courthouse project, was charged with driving while under the influence of intoxicants but insisted this morning he cannot drive, although he owns an automobile." ADMITS DRUNKENNESS Hugh Hutchins, 211 Central avenue, pleaded guilty to drunkenness but denied being the driver Thursday noon on Highway 41, about eight miles north city. The dispute was not settled and Judge Hughes continued the case until this afternoon. According to a Winnebago county sheriff's department report, the car occupied by Wilburth and Hutchins forced the automobile operated by D. K. Allen off the highway.

Julius Holtz and Harold Nielsen, county motorcycle officers, said they found the men asleep in the automobile. Questioned by Dist. Atty. Lewis C. Magnusen, Hutchins testified he met Wilburth at a High street hotel and tavern yesterday morning.

He said they left, intending to go to work, and he could not remember but somehow they got to Nee- nah-Menasha. FORCED OFF ROAD D. K. Allen was sworn and testified he was driving north when another car headed south forced him off the road to avoid a collision. He returned a short time later and saw the same car parked in the center of the road, with heavy traffic passing, and the two occupants apparently asleep.

Mr. Allen could not positively identify the driver, but the district attorney said he would produce a witness later today who could. Hutchins was fined $10 and costs or 15 days on the drunkenness charge. Joseph Kempinger, 1036 Eighth street, pleaded guilty to driving recklessly yesterday afternoon on the West Algoma street bridge. He was fined $10 and costs.

FORT ATKINSON MAN NAMED AGENT HERE Edwin E. Kuenzi, agent for the Chicago Northwestern railway at Fort Atkinson for the last 14 years, will come to Oshkosh Monday to be company agent here. He will succeed F. M. Newton, who has been retired on a pension.

Mr. Newton said that his successor has been with the company for 25 years or more, beginning as a telegrapher. He was located at Oakfield, and during a period of several years worked as an "extra" telegrapher, with assignments at various places. SHIPMENT OF 5,000 BLACK BASS PLANTED IN LAKE WINNECONNE A shipment of 5,000 small bass, all about two inches in length, reached this locality this morning from La Crosse, and were immediately planted in Lake Winneconne. The fish planting routine was handled by the Winneconne Business Men's association, under the supervision of Conservation Warden Albert F.

Dunham. The black bass were taken from land-locked sloughs along the Mississippi. Other plantings of black bass, taken from sloughs at Gills Landing, have been made previously, but this was the first allotment received here from the Mississippi river area. FIRES OCCUR THOUGH MERCURY SKYROCKETS Fires occur, even on the hottest day of the summer. Firemen answered three alarms this morning.

The first was at 8:38 o'clock from the home of Otto Schumann, 40 Boyd street. Chief Revland said rubbish caught fire at the back of the garage, causing slight damage. Shortly before noon firemen were called to a grass fire at the Home Fuel and Supply Company, 114 Ceape street, and a fire caused by a short circuit in the car driven by Victor Bethke, 1424 Oregon street, on lower Main street. WILL LET CONTRACT FOR VENETIAN BLINDS County Clerk A. E.

Hedke today issued notice that the courthouse building committee will be in session next Monday morning at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of awarding the contract for Venetian blinds and window shades for the new Winnebago county courthouse. John C. Ballenbacher, chief architect, is expected here from Chicago, to meet with the committee and advise which proposition will be to the best advantage for Winnebago county. Bids on blinds and shades were received and tabulated earlier this week, OSHKOSH FORGING AHEAD, SAYS IOWA MAN VISITING HERE Frank Kelly of Mason City Remarks On Progress--Cites Effect of Railroad Retirement Law Frank Kelly, of Mason City, visiting in Oshkosh at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Earl Dewing, 93 Algoma boulevard, is of the opinion that Oshkosh forging ahead, with changes and progress that are substantial.

Oshkosh has experienced "over night' boom, he remarked, mentioning that he has watched Oshkosh since the early 80's, and he declared he believes Oshkosh is well prepared for the future. "Some of your old plants are gone; but others have taken their places." Mr. Kelly considers the employment situation here is better than elsewhere, especially for young people, "I think that fewer young people are unemployed in kosh than in any city this size. may be working for small wages, but at least they are working. There is an old saying that we creep before we and that's true about those trying to reach the top of the ladder in the economic world." LIVED AT BARABOO Mr.

Kelly, who spent his boyhood at Baraboo and lived in the state up to 1907, is chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at Mason City. He is employed by the Chicago Northwestern railway. He reported that pension retirement, made mandatory for many old-timers, has resulted in promotions for many individuals, who have been engineers and conductors. Their new positions involve responsibilities of an executive capacity, and are a reward for long, efficient service, Mr. Kelly said he is boosting Wisconsin as a "vacation spot" for the retired pensioners, many of whom never took a vacation of any length in the past.

"Where is a good place to go?" they ask, and when Mr. Kelly hears them make the inquiry, he has a ready answer: "Go to Wisconsin!" Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. H.

L. Haven of St. Petersburg, Mrs. Kelly's sister, have been visiting in Wisconsin for three weeks. They will be joined here tomorrow by Miss Margaret Kelly, who has been in Florida, and next Tuesday the four will leave for southern Minnesota, enroute to Mason City, Ia.

RESIDENT OF MAUSTON REACHES CENTURY MARK Mauston, Wis. Mrs. Sarah Hauen, of this city, celebrated her 100th birthday today with members of her family. A large celebration for friends and relatives is planned Sunday. Mrs.

Hauen is in good health, friends say, and is still able to read the fine print of her family Bible. Mrs. Hauen was born in Norway, and came to the United States in 1864. She has four living children, the oldest 73, and six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. BANK CLEARINGS CONTINUE TO GAIN Bank debits in Oshkosh again registered an increase during the week ending Thursday, Aug.

5 over the corresponding week of 1936. Figures sent today to the federal reserve, Chicago, by George Greeley, secretary and manager of the Oshkosh Clearing House association, were 525.67 for the week. For the same period of last year the bank debits totaled $2,360,882.65. The government of Ecuador has placed a tax of $100 on persons desiring to explore the public lands of that country. The fee is good for six months.

Oshkosh Woman Says Former Husband Was Massacre Survivor Mrs. Henry Billmeyer, 1006 South Main street, a resident of Oshkosh since 1933, read with much interest the recent news stories in The Northwestern, containing information about General Custer's last stand against the Indians, June 25, 1876. She persued the story from Washington, D. printed Tuesday, which told of an old diary written by of the soldiers who died in massacre, and she Yhone found pleasure, also, in reading Supt. C.

C. Bishop's report of his visit to the famous battlefield, published Wednesday. Hers was more than a casual interest, for in her possession she has newspaper which bear out a to all indications- contradicts what history says of the battle. History says that there was no white soldier who survived; the accepted version is that Custer and all of his men died in that "last stand" against a superior force of Indians. Mrs.

Billmeyer firmly believes that Frank Finkel, her former husband, now deceased, fought in that battle, and "lived to tell about it" because his wounded horse dashed frantically through the Indian lines and carried him out of reach of pursuers. BELIEVES STORY TRUE Could this be true? History says otherwise, maintaining that Custer's entire force was wiped out. Mrs. Billmeyer is certain that Frank Finkel told the truth. He had a reputation for honesty, and his story was believed without question by residents of Dayton, where he lived after his army service and where he died in 1930.

Before he died, Frank Finkel told nis story to interviewers, and appeared as speaker at a Kiwanis meeting. His facts always the same; he never bragged or exaggerated on what he considered was his "true" story. Those who knew Frank Finkel readily believed his claim that he was the lone survivor of the Custer massacre, but beyond that there has been no official proof. However, there are certain developments which, indirectly at least, give support to the Finkel story. Among these are: Rain-in-the-Face, Red Cloud and Crazy Horse, Indian chiefs who fought in the battle, in statements at various times, all asserted that one trooper, severely This corresponds to Finkel's wounded, got through, their lines.

story. Was he the man? The American Legion magazine of April 1927 printed a story of the west, including a description of Custer's battle, in which an Indian participant was white quoted: horse "One enlisted a escaped this trooper somehow managed to ride through the encircling attackers and dash up the He was pursued for a distance, and the chase abandoned. The were of the opinion he committed suicide later, believing that capture was in- evitable. ADMITTED BY INDIANS It seems to be a common agreement, among Indian historians, that a white man escaped through their lines, but there is no information as to what happened to him afterward. Frank Finkel could not prove his story with official records, for several reasons: He had enlisted under age, and therefore had to use an assumed name "Frank Hall." Army records have not contained information to support the story.

Frank Finkel never received his discharge. He asked for it army when he got to Fort Benton, some time after the battle, and was denied it because he could not produce two witnesses, to attest his service in the army. Those who knew him in the army were dead. He was close-mouthed about his adventure, and the story might never have come out, except one time he interrupted a debate about Custer's battle, giving an opinion of his own. Some- DONALD HORST IN ORPHANAGE Here is Donald Horst as he sat orphanage in Chicago where he was strange case involving a "kidnaping" who claims the boy as her son, frem the home of Mr.

and Mrs. birth, and turned him over to police, BODY OF SHAW TO BE EXHUMED FROM GRAVE TOMORROW Post-Mortem Examination will Be Conducted in Viroqua Funeral Home in Presence of Authorities Madison- (U.P.) -Atty. Carl N. Hill announced today that the body of Orla Shaw will be exhumed tomorrow from its month-old grave at Viroqua, in an effort to determine the cause of the Soldiers Grove farmer's death. Hill, counsel for Harold Best, 15.

accused of slaying his 13-yearold sister, the postmortem 'examination would be conducted in a Viroqua funeral home by Dr. C. H. Bunting, University of Wisconsin pathologist, and Frank Kozelka, state toxicologist, in the presence of Crawford and Vernon county authorities. GRANTS PERMISSION Permission for exhumation of Shaw's body was obtained by Hill from Judge Jeremiah O'Neil following a hearing at Prairie du Chien Aug.

4. Mildred was found shot to death in her bed June 4. Two weeks later Shaw, the girl's uncle, died in a Richland Center hospital. Hill, backed by the expert testimony of Dr. W.

F. Lorenz, University of Wisconsin psychiatrist gave Harold the "truth serum" test, and Dr. S. B. Pessin, Madison pathologist, sought to exhumation order to clarify the cause of Shaw's death.

Dr. Pessin indicated it was poison. One Richland Center physician said Shaw may have suffered a nervous breakdown after hearing rumors that he had been intimate with Mildred. TO ANALYZE BODY Following the post-mortem examination the body will be brought here for further chemical analysis in state laboratories. Hill demanded the autopsy on the ground that if Shaw did not die a natural death, authorities should determine whether it was suicide or murder.

Harold has been held in Crawford county jail since June 5. He twice has confessed the crime and subsequently repudiated the confessions. Lorenz and Prof. J. H.

Mathews, University of Wisconsin criminologist, believed the boy had confessed the crime because he wanted to "shield" his uncle. WITTMAN PREPARES FOR NATIONAL RACES Local Birdman Makes Trial Flights in 'Chief Oshkosh' and 'Bonzo' ments are made, Wittman said. FOR THOMPSON TROPHY S. J. Wittman, Oshkosh speed flyer, has made preliminary test flights in both of his racing ships, Chief Oshkosh and Bonzo, getting them in readiness for participation in the National Air Races at Cleveland, Sept.

3-6, inclusive. The midget plane, Chief Oshkosh, has received Wittman's on performance, but as yet has not had a chance to check its speed over a measured course. The Oshkosh flyer made a trial flight last Saturday with Bonzo, his larger plane which has been completely rebuilt since it burned last year. There is still some finishing work to be done on that ship, and there will be no test flight for speed until all adjust- The big ship, Bonzo, is the one in which Wittman will compete in the Thompson trophy race at Cleveland. Prize money will be available in the Thompson qualifying race, as well as the cup race itself.

In the qualifying race, contenders must prove the fact that they can travel at least 225 miles an hour. The Chief Oshkosh plane will be the busiest of the two, for it will be entered in possibly two events each day. The Oshkosh ship is classed with planes with motors of 397 cubic inch displacement, but it will be entered "out of its class" in the 550 cubic inch class, and others. Wittman will fly his own planes to Cleveland. He has planned to leave Aug.

30 or 31, flying the Chief, and will return to Milwaukee on a transport airliner, and then come to Oshkosh to fly again to Cleveland, in Bonzo. MEETING OF MATCH WORKERS SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON United Match Workers local No. 20,385, with a membership constituting striking employes of the Wisconsin Match Corporation, scheduled a regular meeting this afternoon at Oshkosh Trades and Labor hall, with plans to prepare for a "long stand" on their demand for increased wages and improved working conditions. An announcement from the Wisconsin labor relations board, on plans to send a representative to reopen negotiations between the company and the union, was expected late today. The information was expected to come through David Sigman of Two Rivers, who represented the strikers in recent negotiations.

Sigman was reported to have arranged a conference with the labor board at Madison on various matters, including the Oshkosh match strike. general, the situation was reunchanged since Thursday. ported, union called watchmen out of the plant as a result of refusal both parties to arbitrate I wages. WHEELSMAN DROWNS, IS CALLED SUICIDE Chicago- (P) The federal board of marine inspection here reported today the drowning of Wheelsman John Chapman, 50, off the steamer Sherwin in Lake Michigan was called suicide by the ship's captain, T. Howard Saunders.

Chapman, of Buffalo, N. drowned Wednesday night off Twin Rivers Point, according to the master's report. The body was not recovered. The steamer, an ore carrier, was enroute here. WIDOW OF VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR DIES Mrs.

Betsy Anne Booth Passes Away at Daughter's Home After Long Illness Mrs. Betsy Anne 92, widow of George F. Booth, Civil war veteran, died this afternoon at 12:40 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lillian Kellett, 316 Central avenue. She had been in failing health a long time due to her advanced age.

Mrs. Booth was born in England, Oct. 20, 1844. Her parents came to this country when she was 3 years old and after a short time spent in Indiana they came to Oshkosh to reside in 1840. She was marrice, her.

in 1867 to the Mr. Civil Booth, war. who He had died in fought 1908. in They lived in Minnesota for a number of years and 36 years ago returned to this city and Mrs. Booth had lived in Oshkosh since that time.

WAS AUXILIARY MEMBER She was a member of the G. A. R. auxiliary. Survivors are a son, J.

C. Booth, Saskatchewan, Canada; two daughters, Mrs. Kellett, Oshkosh; and Mrs. Carl Neubauer, Davenport, 20 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Marcella Hobart, Oshkosh.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the daughter's residence. Burial will be at Riverside cemetery. Friends may call at the home Saturday afternoon and until the time of the services. DEFENDANT DENIES INTENT TO DEFRAUD A jury was to be struck this afternoon after Edmund Werch of the town of Black Wolf pleaded not guilty before Municipal Judge Henry P. Hughes this morning to a charge of selling five cows, a calf and a horse with intent to defraud the holder of a conditional sales contract.

Werch waived preliminary examination. Dist. Atty. Lewis C. Magnusen appeared for the state and Thomas C.

Reed for the defendant. John Quint, 365 Main street, had his preliminary examination set for Monday morning at 10 o'clock on a charge of selling an automobile with intent to defraud the holder of a conditional sales contract. J. R. Olson.

He was released on his own recognizance. Manuel and Jesuss Herrara, brothers vacationing here from Nebraska, paid costs of $3.25 each and had $50 fines remitted on charges of fishing with rods and reels without a license on the Fox river Sunday. They were arrested by Albert F. Dunham, conservation warden. SHORT NOTES Townsend club No.

1 will hold a council meeting this evening at o'clock at the Edward Peterson home, 279 Merritt street. Dr. Armin George Weng, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran church of Elgin, Mrs. Weng and their daughter, Elizabeth, and son, Armin George are visiting the former's parents, the Rev. and Mrs.

G. M. Weng. Dr. Weng will occupy the pulpit of Christ Lutheran church next Sunday at the English service at 10:45 o'clock and Mrs.

Armin Weng will sing. There will be German services the usual hour, 9:30 o'clock at which the Rev. G. M. Weng will preach.

Sunday school for the children of the primary department and united worship for other children and adults will be held Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the Street Methodist Episcopal church. The Rev, Earl E. Allen will speak on the subject "More Than Enough." A part of the service will be consecration of visitors helping in the every member canvass. Mrs. Elmer Lautenschlager and Miss Marguerite Johnson will sing a solo "Whispering Hope" and "In Heavenly Love Abiding." Mrs.

Florence Breaker, organist, will play "Lullaby" by Schumann and "Berceuse" by Offenbach. "Nearing the Home Land" will be the subject of the Rev. Wittenborn's sermon Sunday morning at the 10:30 o'clock service at the First Fundamental church. There will be a communion service after the regular morning worship. At 9:30 a.

m. the Sunday school class will consider the subject "God Feeds a People." The new superintendent, Edward Johnson, will be in charge. Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock there will be Bible study on the Book of Judges, showing with pictures scenes took place thatho while was being governed by the judges. The story of Sampson will especially be covered. APPOINTED JUDGE Madison- (P) -Gov.

Philip F. La Follette today appointed Richard Prittie of Ashland as judge of the municipal court of Ashland county, succeeding the late Thomas Humphrey, FARMER IS HELD ON HIT-AND-RUN DRIVING CHARGE body asked, "What do you know about it?" and he replied, "I was there." That remark led to further inquiry and drew the story from him. Finkel's first wife never knew the story. He never told her. The story might also have escaped notice of his second wife, now Mrs.

Billmeyer, except that she discovered an old clipping which told of his participation in the battle, as had been told years ago in the debate. She inquired about the story, and gained the full informa- tion, RAN AWAY FROM HOME Frank Finkel and a chum ran away from home in Ohio, according to the story, and enlisted in the army. Finkel was in Custer's organization sent to the plains to fight the Indians. In the height of the battle, a bullet struck the butt of his gun, sending a splinter of wood against his forehead, just over the eyes, cutting a deep gash. The blood flowed into his eyes and nearly blinded him.

He carried that scar in later years, and called attention to it when he told his story of what happened. At almost the same moment he was hurt, another bullet struck his horse in the flank, making the animal frantic with pain. The horse galloped wildly away, and there was nothing fo. Frank Finkel to do but to bend low and hang on. As he rode through the ranks of the Indians, he was struck twice by bullets.

One of them smashed one of his feet, creating an injury that crippled his foot permanently. The other bullet struck him in the side, and progressed through his body, finally lodging in his abdomen. This bullet, Mrs. Billmeyer said, was removed in later years, when its irritation bothered him. OUTDISTANCEL INDIANS The Indians chased him, but fright-crazed horse outdistance pursuers, and he was able to reach the hills and go into hiding.

He made a tourniquet out of a blanket to stop the flow of blood. After hiding for four days, with practically no food and no water, the escaped trooper approached a cabin in the woods. When he asked for aid, he was curtly refused, and told to be on his way. He pleaded he was so weak he could not go on, and as he slumped in the saddle, the cabin occupant came forward with a gun to investigate. Mr.

Finkel said he was helped into the hut, where there was another man in bed, ill. The man in bed gave instructions on how to treat the wound in Mr. Finkel's foot, and when all other methods failed, the flow of blood was stopped by pouring hot pitch on open sore. The two men in the cabin were uncommunicative. They told nothing about themselves, but the armed man was called "Bill." Here is another angle of mystery for the story: Were these men trappers, or were they outlaws hiding out? Mr.

Finkel never found out. He was permitted to stay, there to recuperate. When was nearly well, and could hobble about, the man in the other bed died. Mr. Finkel and the remaining occupant dug a grave on a knoll.

CARVED INITIALS ON STONE Desiring to honor the dead, Mr. Finkel suggested that they erect a cross. He asked the dead man's name, and the companion replied, "It's none of your damned business!" They finally compromised when the man said the initials were Mr. Finkel laboriously carved these initials on a stone, and placed that as a marker. Mrs.

Billmeyer hopes that some day some one will report the finding of a stone in Montana, with the initials on it. She feels a discovery would be proof of an important part of Mr. Finkel's story. Later Mr. Finkel, guided in the right direction by "Bill." set out for Fort Benton.

He boarded a boat bound downriver, and when he reached Bismarck, N. he saw a newspaper, and learned for the first time that Custer's soldiers had been wiped out in the battle, and that it was considered no one survived. He went to St. Louis, and then proceeded west to Dayton, where he lived for 50 years. He was considered one of the pioneers of that community, honored and respected by all.

LARGE ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED TO FEATURE TRUCK DRIVERS' PICNIC Several hundred are expected to attend a picnic for members of Truck Drivers local No. 126 of the American Federation of Labor and their families Sunday at Leonard's Point. Membership in the organization numbers about 350, The program will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning and continue all day. It will include a ball game in the morning for the men, a tugof-war for the men, and games for the children. Families will carry their own lunches.

Ice cream, crackerjack, and beverages will be served free on the grounds. Clarence Fischer is general chairman of the entertainment committee. The committee will be assisted by the officers, as follows: President, Edwin Kargus; recording secretary, Al Zimmerman; financial secretary and treasurer, Clarence Gall. Plans are being made to hold the picnic as an annual event, of which this is the first. Gilbert Kuepper of Calumet County Is Bound Over Following Preliminary Examination Today Gilbert Kuepper, Calumet county farmer, appeared in municipal court this morning for prelimiary hearing on a charge of hitand-run driving in an accident with Walter Koeller of Menasha July 28 and was bound over to plead to an information Aug.

14 at 10 o'clock in the morning. Koeller said he was struck from the rear by another car on Highway 114 in the town of Menasha. According to testimony of Irving Stilp, county motorcycle officer, Kuepper admitted he was involved in a collision at the time and place named by Koeller. MOTION DENIED Kuepper did not take the stand during the examination and a motion by his attorney, Leo P. Fox, of Chilton, to dismiss the complaint for lack of evidence was denied.

Koeller stated his car caught on After extinguishing the flames, he said a he reported the accident to Menasha police. He admitted the car was still in running order. Officer Stilp said Chief of Police Alex Slomski of Menasha received a "tip" on the license number. Kuepper was identified as the owner and the car was found to have been damaged about the front end, Stilp testified. Dist.

Atty. Lewis C. Magnusen appeared for the state. The defendant continued at liberty on his own recognizance. WATCHES WEDDING RINGS Cuske Meyer Mfg.

Jewelers and Diamond Setters 59 Main Street 2nd Floor Climb a Stair and Save Money SECOND VICTIM OF COLLISION IS DEAD Milwaukee (P) Alex Palkowitz, 18, of Cudahy, died here yesterday, the second fatality of an automobile-motorcycle collision Wednesday night. Edward Godfrey, 17-year-old Cudahy youth, was riding on the cycle with Palkowitz, died shortly after the accident. FOR SALE Wirehaired Puppies Pedigreed Show Stock ART IMMEL, BRANDON, WIS. ELEANORE WHITNEY TO MARRY DOWNS Hollywood (AP) Marriage to Johnny Downs is listed on Eleanore Whitney's 1939 calendar of things to do, she revealed today recuperated from losing a wisdom tooth. She and Downs are a steady combination at filmland functions.

NOTICE! TO ALL TRUCK DRIVERS IN OSHKOSH: Local No. 126 Will Raise the Initiation Fee to $10.00 on September 1, 1937. Al. Zimmerman, Secy. WOMEN FORESTERS MEET NEXT WEEK Milwaukee- -Mrs.

Elizabeth M. Mehan, publication editor of the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, announced today the group would hold its quadriennial national convention here Aug. 12- 14. Planing Mill Blocks $5.00 Per Load F. M.

Spellman Fuel Co. PHONE 1285 POSTPONE OPERATION ON THOMAS MOONEY San Quentin Prison, Calif. -The prison physician postponed a gall bladder operation on Thomas J. Mooney today "because there would be such a hue and cry if he were to die under the knife." "If he had been anyone else we would have operated," Dr. L.

L. Stanley said. "But we decided to wait and see if the infection would clear up." He has been kept under ice packs and attendants a said his condition was improving. Mooney is under life sentence for the preparedness day bombing outrage at San Francisco in 1916. callis and is the labor cause celebre organizations, of radi- who charge that he was "framed" and persecuted for his labor union activities.

He was stricken with the gall bladder ailment early this week, only a short time after he was returned from a San Francisco hospital where he was treated for stomach ulcers. ALWAYS CRITICIZED H. Burnham Page, 29, was granted a divorce in Dane county circuit court today on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment after she testified her husband criticized her drinking and smoking, then criticized her when she abstained. Her husband slept late in the morning and then played golf in the afternoon. she also told the court.

Circuit Judge A. C. Hoppmann granted the divorce and permission for her to resume her maiden name, Arline Findorff. down to his first meal in St. Vincent's taken to await the outcome of the and a birth hoax.

Mrs. John Regan. born out of wedlock, "kidnaped" him a Horst, who had reared him since.