Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-11-14
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Wausau.- coroner's jury was
summoned to ascertain the cause OF
death of George Cramer of the town
of Weston, He was injured August
"a by setgun placed in the orchard
of William Schmidt, Rothchild.
Schmidt is under Indictment for ma
licious shooting, which may be
changed to murder if the jury find
the shot to have been the cause of
death.
Racine.-Although the nomination
for the local postoffice is more than
two years away, several candidates
are working for the post. The most
prominent are George .Herzog, state
democratic committeeman; Ward C.
Clemens, former city treasurer and
state committeeman; Clarence Sny-
der and George Gates, Wilson pres
idential eleetor
Fond du Lac.-The recumbent fig
ure of the late Bishop Grafton, carved
out of white Carrara marble in Italy, is
now in place on the top of his tomb in
49, 4 o0A iAG Wing IL
exquisite and represents a full length
figure of the dead preIate attired in
eucharistic vestments.
Milwaukee, steps toward
fighting the Baker law in the United
States Supreme court will not be taken
until the committee of fifteen, ap
pointed by the 263 saloon keepers who
have fallen under the ban of the Baker
law, have decided upon what counsel
to retain and made arrangements to
apportion the expense of the action
among their number.
Madison.-Clarene H. Fertig OF Mil
waukee, a senior in the school of let
tiers and science at the University OF
Wisconsin. committed suicide at Ten
ney park. No reason is known for
the act He shot himself four times
over the heart, and then walking
twelve feet, plunged into lagoon.
Madison-To make it easier to rec
ognize freshmen and enforce the new
conference rule forbidding them to
enter saloons, the student conference
at the state university has voted to
require all male first year students to
wear green buttons Violators of the
tradition will be subject to a ducking
in the lake.
Milwaukee, storm of indignation
has followed the action OF Supt A. J,
Hutton of the Waukesha Industrial
School for Boys in bringing Roy siopR
aged Is years, to Milwaukee in a
prison suit to testify for his father
Matthew Hopp. who was acquitted OF
murder in court here.
Madison.-That the 100000 appro
priated by the legislature for state
and for highways under the direction
of the highway commission is ayaiia'
bic for present use. is held IN al
opinion by Attorney General Owen to
the highway commission.
Racine.-P. Nielsen, only Socialist
alderman, who was asked to resign by
his colleagues, has refused. He con
tinues to occupy his seat at the coun
Gil meetings.
Madison -Forty-six representative
of fourteen colleges and universities
attended the annual convention OF the
Gamma Phi Beta convention here.
Ashland All Masons in this CIT!
attended banquet in honor OF the
1nal payment OF the debt on the ASH
land Masonic temple.
Madison. The manual arts class
is distributing bird houses and feed
ing boxes for the winter over the
campus, in an effort to promote me
beauty of the university. Shrubs VIII
also be planted to prevent students
from c sting over the ''hills" there
by leaving unsightly paths.
Sheboygan. The Dairymens as
ISOLATION, furnishing two-thirds o.
the daily railk supply of 5000 quarts
| agreed to insist on its demand OF al
increase In the wholesale price q
dealers from s155 to s175 per hun
dred pounds. Milk is being shpps'
| in from varieus ufsida pOiatS