River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-15

| district chairman and Henry M Loitl
4 Of Eagle secretary and treasurer. Del.
egates elected to the Springfield Gll.l
national convention on May Is and 1e
are: F. ]. Barker, Cliaton; A. r. Jol.
| ley, Whitewater; Walter Corey, Will
met; A. G. 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, Gin.
/ ton.
Johnson Creek.-Edward Nelson,
sixty-two years old, of Johnson
Greek, was probably fatally in
jured when a Northwestern freight
train, bound for Fort Atkinson, struck
the milk wagon in which he was rid
ing at grade crossing here. Both
horses were killed, the entire outfit
being hurled several feet by the i'm.
pact.
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-presi.
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.
Waukesha.-Thomas H. Taylor ran
his new automobile into a passen.
ger train. He jumped and escaped
injury, but the machine was demol.
! ished.
Marinette-The Thompson school
a small building used as an aux.
Hilary public school, was destroyed
by fire; loss, $4,000. The fire was
started by boys smoking cigarettes.
! Waukesha = Thomas H. Taylor
narrowly escaped death when his
automobile ran into 500 line passen.
ger train. He jumped and was unin.
jured.
La Crosse.-Asserting that he muir
dered Mrs. e. A. Yattre in a fit
OF insanity last September, two sisters
of John Peterson have come here from
Seattle to attempt to secure pardon
! for him.
Appleton Jacoby was at
tackled by game cock, which drove
it's spur into his eye, binding it.
Grand Rapids.-Rev. Fred Staff, pas.
tor Of the First Congregational church
for eight years, has resigned and will
go to Santa Anna, Cal
Tomah. = Eleanore, four-year-old
daughter of William Zimmerman, was
burned to death in brush fire raging
near the home of her father, six miles
west of Tomah.
La Crosse.-Oscar Olson was blown
to pieces on his farm at Big Creek.
near here, while attempting to remove
g stump.
Madison.-These students were
honored by initiation into the or
der of Friars: Carl Harper, J. S. Os-
born, D. L. Jones' l.. E. Martin, Charles
Cebilius, c. A Norem, r. P Hammond,
X. A. Bennett, Stanley Hollen, Ralph
Bradish, w. c. Dittmar and Harold
JennesS.
La Crosse-Believing that it was
impossible for Charles Boucher of
this city to have committed suicide
while in box car with large sum Of
money the Minneapolis police have
been asked to investigate the death
Ripon.-In the first of a series of
triangular debates between Ripon.
Carleton and Dakota Wesleyan col
leges, Ripon won the negative unani-
mously, while they lost the affirma-
tive. Carleton is at the head of the
triangular. The question was, Re
solved. that all corporations engaged
in interstate commerce should be 4
CURED 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 a
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. Marti-
neau said that, despite the state laws,
the constitution which gives a jury
the right to be the judges of facts and
law is the best law.
Grantsburg- searching four
days for a pair of valuable bird
dogs. DR.. ]. E. Burgan found them
caught in a wolf trap three miles from
his home.
Marshfeld.-Alma Mas, twenty
two, killed herself by drinking car
bolic acid. Her fance. living in Sc
attic. Wash, had married another girl
Neenah.-Miss Freda Kline, a nurse
at the Clark hoSnita1 covoS IJorro,,