Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-14

Madison.-Irwin Billman, once an In
structor in the University of Visions
sin, has been paroled from the federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kan, where he
was received March 4, 1911, to serve a
sentence of three years for sending OBJ.
scene matter through the mails to q
young woman student in the Univer.
sity of Wisconsin. He has gone to
Cheyenne, Wyo., where he has secured
position
Fond du Lac.-Upon the order OF
Bishop r. H Weller, the monastic abb
hey of the Order of st. Benedict
which has been housed in the cathed1
raj choir school property, has been
closed and the monks have gone to
North Chicago, where a monastery
will be established The order here
was in charge of Mon. Siegneur Franz
els, S. o. S. B. The Order of St. Benes
dict was founded by the late Bishop
Grafton.
Madison.-The state civil service
commission will hold an examination
ON May FL for boys in the Third con,
gresional district for appointment to
midshipmen at Annapolis.
Madison.-Chester c. Wells of the
University of Wisconsin was elect.
ed president of the national con-
vention of Sigma Delta Chi, journal
istic fraternity. The other officers are:
Honorary president, Chase E. Osborn.
former governor Michigan; vice-presE
dent Sol Lewis, University of Kansas;
secretary, Roger e. Stefan, Ohio State
university; treasurer, Robert c.. Low
rey, Austin, Tex
Neenah.-Neenah has added an.
other convention to the list to be held
here this summer, the Sons of Herman
holding their state convention here in
August.
Elkhorn.-The First congressional
district convention of insurgent
Modern Woodmen, held here, was
largely attended, Judge d. w Agnew
Vi w duhSoAd WdS GICCLCu pei
district chairman and Henry M. Loibl
Of Eagle secretary and treasurer. Del:
egates elected to the Springfield Qll.l
national convention on May Is and 10
are: F. J. Barker, Clinton; A. r. JoE
ley, Whitewater; Walter Corey, VIII
met: A. C. Judd Racine; G. G. Loye,
Oconomowoc; alternates, G. S. Doug.
las, Fontana; John Kerwin, Kenosha;
r. e. Miller, Racine; Charles Atkins.
Waukesha, and E. G. Eldridge, Clin-
ton.
Johnson Creek.-Edward Nelson,
sixty-two years DID, of Johnson
Greek, was probably fatally in>
jured when Northwestern freight
train, bound for Fort Atkinson, struck
the milk wagon in which he was rid
ing at a grade crossing here. Both
horses were killed, the entire outfit
being hurled several feet by the inn
pact.
Marinette-Boys smoking ciga~
rettes are believed to have started q
fire which destroyed the Thompson
school, one of the public schools
which had not been occupied for a
number of years. The loss is about
$4,000. with insurance of $1,000.
Eau Claire.-Picked squads from
nine companies of the Third regiment,
and the Tenth separate battalion will
take part in Eau Claire, May %, In q
competitive drill From these meets
prize squads will be picked to COM
pete at the summer encampment.
Appleton.-Frank Ramps, son of
Mrs. Katherine Ramps of this city,
and Henry Lentz and Frank Estepski.
both Of Menasha, were ordained in st.
Josephs Catholic church on Thursday
In the first ordination service ever
held in that church.
Ripon--In the first OF a series OF
triangular debates between Ripon,
Carleton and Dakota Wesleyan coli
leges, Ripon won the negative unani-
mously, while they lost the aff1rma,
tive. Carleton Is at the head of the
triangular. The question was, Re
solved that all corporations engaged
in interstate commerce should be re-
quired to take out federal charter on
such terms as congress may by law
prescribe, constitutionally granted"
Misunderstanding the Olson murder
case at St Paul as a justification, At
torney P A. Martineau called on q
jury here in the saloon prosecution
against Napoleon Demarsh, charged
with selling liquor on Sunday, to
clear Demarsh under the "unwritten
law" Demarsh was cleared. MART
neau said that, despite the state laws.
the constitution which gives jury
the right to be the judges of facts and
law is the best law.