Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-31
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

tional convention of the Roosevelt
supporters in Chicago on August 5.
Their names, as announced, are: Col
John Hicks, Oshkosh; Charles K.
Lush, Madison; Wheeler Bloodgood,
G. A. A. MCGEE, John A. F. Groth and
Norman l.. Baker, Milwaukee; w. A.
Titus, Fond du Lac; c. Q. Croty, To
nah; Capt. George Rickerman, Ra-
cine; w. M. Cowles, Whitewater; W.
F. Kisow, Racine; E. J. Vanderboom,
Marinette, and James Cavanagh,
Kenosha. To a question of whether
or not there would be a Roosevelt
state ticket in Wisconsin, Charles K
Lush said: THAT will be a matter
for the convention to decide
Madison.-The state railroad COM
mission made failure Of it's
attempt to regulate public utilities
in Wisconsin, according to City At
who credits the individual members
of the commission with making an
honest attempt to carry out its duties.
The state commission, under the laws
creating it, he says, must spend much
of its time in investigating minor
things, making 1t impossible for 1t
to devote the required time to bigger
projects.
Madison. J. Collignon, Green
Bay, has filed his expense &C
count Of SO at the Office of the
secretary of state. He is Demo
crat candidate for the state senator
ship from the Second district.
Madison-George B. Skogmo, Els
worth, has filed nomination papers
at the office of the secretary
of state. He is a Republican candi-
date for state senator from the Tenth
district.
Manitowoc.-The explosion of two
tons of dynamite in store
house near here, which resulted in
the death of Joseph Mlada, bust
ness man of this city, damaged prop
erty for miles around. Windows were
broken in Two Rivers, seven miles
away.
Fond du Lac.--Warden Daniel Wood
wards nominations for the execu-
tive force at the state prison
in Waupun for the ensuing year have
been approved by ,the state board of
control as follows: Deputy warden,
R. E. Bloedel; chief clerk, Jacob
Fuss; physician, Dr. L. r. Sleyster;
chaplain, Rev. S. j. Bowling; matron,
Mrs. M. H. Schilling
Madison.-The state pharmacy board
announced the creation Of new
Office, that of state inspector
for the board. and appointed ]. c.
Neber, Milwaukee, to the position. 1t
will be the duty of the inspector to
travel about the state to inspect phar-
macies and see If they are being law
fully conducted. The board has been
conducting examinations of applicants
for pharmacy certificates. Among the
seventy nine applicants were five
women.
Madison.-Alfred T. Rogers, Repun-
lican national committeeman for
Wisconsin, law partner of Sena,
tor La Toilette, received notice of his
appointment by Chairman Hilles to
the national campaign committee. He
% al cd IN
impossible for him to accept" an ap-
pointment upon this committee. Mr.
Rogers refused to make any comment
upon his appointment, and declined to
state his reasons for refusing to serve.
ern railway was blockaded for
three or four hours because Of
freight train wreck on a bridge span
ming Root river One fiat car went
over the bridge into the river forty
feet below.
Milwaukee, joint meeting of the
American Institute of Criminal
Law and Criminology and the Wis
consin branch will be held in Mil
waukee on August 20. 80 and 81. The
first meeting on the afternoon Of
Auguet 20 will be devoted to the bust
ness of the parent organization. The
other sessions will be presided over
by Judge Alexander H. Ried, presi-
dent of the Wisconsin branch, who
will deliver his annual address at the
second session. c. B. Bird, Wausan.
will present the report of the Wis
consin branch and M B. Rosenberg
VIII mske g special report on the
Office of district attorney.
Ripon-George F. Field, aged sew
enty-five, president of the First
National bank, died after a brief
illness He was formerly president
of the Wisconsin Bankers association
and vice-president of the National
Bank association and had been con-
nected with the First National bank
as cashier or president forty-nine