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Germany and the United States at war! President Wilson will so declare at the session of Congress this evening! United States will raise from three to five million men. Don't forget the City Hall meeting. If you love your country and are ready to stand by your President show your colors at the City Hall tonight.

War is declared! House votes 373 to 50. Senate votes 82 to 6. War resolution signed at 1.13. Nine Wisconsin Congressmen go wrong. Voted against the resolution. Austria is at war with the United States! Final break came yesterday. Ashlanders are showing their loyalty. Scores of Ashland young men are responding to the call of their country. The Ashland Machine Gun Company is re-. cruited to its full strength, 75 men. Wallace Kennedy left last night with the Duluth Naval Militia for Philadelphia, being a member of the First Division. Arthur. C. Carlson, local manager of the Bartles-Dadmun Co., left for St. Paul Saturday to join the company of which he is a member. Fr. Harry S. Ruth, pastor of the Episcopal Church, wrote to the Adjutant General informing him that he offered his services as chaplain and would be glad to serve wherever ordered. City Commissioner Stanley Smith, Lieut. of the Ashland Machine Gun Company, will leave the latter part of the week where he will report. Earl Wharton has joined the Navy. Has rank of Lieut.

Wisconsin will furnish quota without drafting. Veterans of 98 pledge support to President. Ashland boys are showing patriotic spirit. Young men in large cities are marrying to evade war service. Different conditions prevail in Ashland. To take care of soldiers. Public meeting is called for Friday night at the City Hall to devise ways and means to raise a relief fund for soldiers.

Lieut. Smith left this afternoon for Fort Sill. War will end in ninety days! Lloyds is writing policies! Ashland to have Auto Reserve Corps. Every auto owner in the city will be asked to join and to give his auto and time if necessary.

Ashland may furnish Company of Infantry. If sufficient number of additional enlistments are secured Ashland will probably furnish an Infantry Company. Free rides for

Ashland Patriotic Society. Organization was perfected last night to see to it that monotony of guard life is relieved with soldiers stationed in Ashland. Executive Committee: Ed. Quistorff, J. E. Doherty, Gus Johnson, William Upthegrove, Otto Premo. Other members: Mayor Clarence Dennis, Ralph Brown, Kirk Miles, A. D. McDonald, C. A. Lamoreux, G. F. Merrill. This committee to proceed to look after the soldiers stationed in Ashland on guard. More gardens - fewer vacant lots. College boys are having military drill at Northland College.

Birth records high in demand. As the result of the war and the fact that many Americans are going abroad to fight for Uncle Sam in the trenches. Raise food and show your patriotism. County Agricultural Agent Post gives a lot of wholesome advice to the citizens of the County during the food crisis. Horse meat must be labeled. England allows the sale of horse meat for food but demands that it be not labeled cow or sheep.

Honorable discharge to married men. Married men belonging to Ashland and Wausau companies may receive an honorable discharge upon application. Eagles to give benefit. Proceeds will be equitably distributed between the soldier boys of the Ashland and Wausau Companies. Opportunity open to enlist as officers. Young men desiring to enlist in the Officers' Reserve Corps may procure necessary blanks from Secretary Ralph Brown. Applicants from Wisconsin go to Fort Sheridan. Quota of Wisconsin 2,000 officers. Fifteen men from Ashland to go to Fort Sheridan to have special training to fit them for officers.

Many are joining the Regulars. Twenty have applied from Ashland. A score of Ashland young men have already made application for Officers' Reserve Corps. More wanted. Ashland boy gave his life for country. Nels J. Yderstad of Mason dies while in the service of his country. Served in both Army and Navy. From sickness. Son of the Rev. and Mrs. H. Yderstad of Mason, formerly of Ashland. He received his early schooling in Ashland. Died in Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va., of spinal meningitis. Feed a Soldier is slogan of Boy Scouts. Ashland Boy Scouts will assist in the cultivation of lands for the raising of crops. American troops leave for trenches in a few days. County Defense Council met last Monday. Several important matters were discussed at meeting of County Defense Society. Still room for 1,500 more men. Applica- tions for commissions still coming in but there is room for many more to train at Fort Sheridan. Louis Johnson the first to pass. Ashland young men who are candidates for the Officers' Training Camp are ordered to report at Duluth for examination. Mr. Johnson is the first young man to pass. Thomas Bardon, Jr. and Edmund B. Shea went to Duluth. Arthur Lindquist and Edward Thorsen also left for Duluth.

Provisions are made for 5,000 men. Preparations are being made at Fort Sheridan for the training of 5,000 men for the Officers' Reserve Corps. List of applicants on hand with the local Committee: Ira Catlin, J. L. Farrow, Louis Johnson, Arthur Lindquist, Lyman Pool, Edwin Thorsen, Leonard Swanson, Harley Monk, Joseph Jacobson, Felix A. Piniachowski, Robert Wheeler, Edward Saari, Joseph Paul, Jacob Olson, Henry Dennis, Lewis Warner, Ian Cartwright, Maynard Burlingame, Thomas Bardon, Jr., Edmund Shea, Robert Hogan, A. Willey, Edward Poppel, Arthur Strong, Woodling Hauser, John Wagner, Charles Schrank, Victor Whittier, John Egan, Frank Hahn, B. J. Shaver, Louis Bernier, Gustave Villing, J. A. Mathews, William Buffam, Leo Piniachowski. Earl Oppen likes the Navy. Ashland young man reports that he likes life in the United States Navy and is aboard the Battleship Texas. Students at Officers' School to receive pay. Congressional Committee reports favorably the bill authorizing pay for students attending Officers' School. Joe Falk at the Great Lakes Station. Formerly employed in Joe Woodhead's drug store.

County Defense Council to be formed. All members of the County Board will be here Tuesday and it is proposed to organize a real, live working body. Chairman, Carl Rudquist. Clinton Marchessault has enlisted in Medical Corps.

Young men at Glidden organize. The patriotic young men at Glidden have started an organization of a military company. Will offer their services. Fourteen circles of the Red Cross formed.

Appropriates $1,000 for Defense Council. County Board unanimously appropriated $1,000 for use of County Defense. Ashland boys ordered to Fort Sheridan. Edmund Shea, Thomas Bardon, Jr., Robert Wheeler.

Will leave tomorrow night. Ed. Thorsen, Arthur Lindquist, Henry Dennis, Ira Catlin leave for Fort Sheridan tomorrow. Last call for officers is issued.

Ed Saari ordered to report at Fort Sheridan. Only one day for registration. All males between the designated ages will have to register on the dates fixed by Pres. Wilson.

More Ashland boys at Training Camp. Bremmer Peck has joined other boys at Fort Sheridan. Lawrence Dopp, - Richard Dennis and Walter Joyce at Fort Sheridan. Draft Bill passes Senate. Ashland will have Company of Infantry. Capt. Tomkins is authorized by the Adjutant General to organize Company of Infantry. June 5th is set for day of registration. All men between 21 and 30 will have to register.

Will protect the enlisted employees. Employees of Omaha Railway enlisting for military services to have rights preserved. Lyman Pool is appointed Corporal. At Officers' Training Camp. Patriotism due for awakening. Many do not know or fully realize why we are fighting. Liberty is the principle.

Take steps to organize new company. The first meeting to organize new National Guard Company to be held Thursday evening. Even aliens must appear and register. Every male person between the ages of 21 and 30 inclusive must register his name and age on Tuesday, June 5th. Prospects bright for new company. Volunteer and join the new company. Young men of the required ages to join the new National Guard Company will not be conscripted. Soldiers to attend Divine Services. Rev. Fr. Ruth of the Episcopal Church has extended an invitation to all the old and young soldiers of the city to attend Divine Services next Sunday. New Kaiserhof of Chicago is. now the Hotel Atlantic. Recruited to full war strength. Ashland Machine Gun Company is now officered and recruited to full war strength. Capt. Claire Tomkins, 1st Lieut. Arthur Childs, 2nd Lieut. Stanley Smith, 2nd Lieut. Roy Kelly, 1st Serg. Albert Korsmoe.

To organize new company tonight. One hundred recruits are needed for the organization of the new Ashland Company of the Wisconsin National Guard. Capt. Scott and Carl Rudquist are bending every energy to build up this organization. Armin Ziehlsdorf leaves for Jefferson Barracks. Start made for new company. William Upthegrove - named as Captain and W. E. Otis and Thorwald Thorsen Lieutenants. Many are joining the Regulars. Prominent

Hibbard, Clarence McDonell. U.S. Navy recruiting office here. Lieut. Clyde Coddington, U. 8. N., has opened a Recruiting Office here for the U. S. N. in Post Office building. Liberty Loan is explained. Wisconsin's share is 33 millions.

June 5th may be last day to volunteer. Army and Navy will probably be filled by conscription after that date. Germany is watching our Liberty Loan. Red Cross campaign next week. Hundreds are needed at dynamite plant. Park Dolan to enter Medical Service. Young men should enlist in Home Company. You cannot be excused June 5th. Must register.

Teachers are leaving to enlist. Thirty-two enlist past month from Ashland. Elmer Freestone. Ninety-one applicants rejected. Navy enlisting many recruits. Harry Warner donated use of his auto to make trips. Fifteen join new company.

Election laws apply June 5th. All saloons must close. New names are added every day. Forty-three young men of Ashland County have already joined the new company. More joining daily. Four local students stop school to serve. Miss Helen Dodd, Linus T. Roehm, C. E. Cooper,

Detailed report of the registration for Ashland County. City of Ashland, 10 wards: total registered, 1,334; *aliens, 211; *enemies, 6. *Included in total. Totals in the County: registered, 2,581; of these, aliens, 529; enemies, 33. Howard Bretting has joined Aviation Corps. Guards not called until July 1st. Lack of equipment.

State has 211,461 on Honor Roll. Grand total of registration. Getting ready for second draft step. Every citizen in death grapple. If you cannot fight for your country on account of age or disability you can fight by buying a Liberty Bond. No hope of Allied victory in 1917. America

Washington are making plans on a three-year war basis. Russia won't fight under present conditions. Russian Soldiers Workmen Council says imperialistic demands are keeping the war going when peace can be secured. I. W. W. men will fight the Federal Government. Getting ready for second draft step.

Slackers will be arrested by tonight. A wholesale roundup of men who refused to register is taking place today. Must show their registration cards. Men of conscription age must show their registration cards before they will be permitted to enlist in the regular army. Registration report is completed. 1,133 men who registered in Ashland County do not claim exemption.

Ashland County shows its patriotism. Citizens of Ashland County once more show their loyalty to the country. Subscribe $355,950 of Liberty Bonds. Exceeds quota by $143,950. Is mustering in the new company. Captain Tompkins has already sworn in 40 members.

Only two boys from Ashland in Artillery. Men at Fort Sheridan: In Infantry: Edwin Thorsen, H. M. Dennis, Ira Catlin, Edward Saari, Lyman Pool, Edward Mercer, Arthur Lindquist, James Mathews, George Appleyard, Roy Hough, Thomas Bardon, Jr., W. Labonte, H. Aldridge, Louis Johnson. In Artillery: Edmund Shea, Bremmer Peck. Army recruit week June 23-30. Need 70,000 men. Want maturer Officers' School. Next Officers' Training Camp will be filled by men 31 to 44. No young men are wanted.

Red Cross fund $3,500. No solicitation. Voluntary contributions. American trenches on French firing line chosen. Our troops will occupy a position between the British and French sectors. Four miles in length. Red Cross fund over-subscribed. $80,000,000. Pro-German organizations working hard.

Only Ashland exceeds Loan Allotment. Allotment $211,000. Subscribed $358,450. Clergymen of Ashland to aid in food saving. To preach conservation. Accredited enlistments to stop June 30. Last day for enlisting.

Recruit rally to fill quota of new company. Reserve Fleet is open for ex-sailors. The Exemption Boards will be very strict. You will have to show you are indispensable to the industry. Furst detachment of American troops lands in France!