The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-04
STATE NEWS



Methodist Episcopal church is finished.
After dinner, which was served by
the ladies of the church, the confer
ence members resolved themselves
into memorial meeting.
Madison.-Jerry Hoke, son of Mel
Hoke Of lola, was killed between
Spring Green and Lone Rock,
when his automobile turned turtle. he
was caught under the car and crushed.
A man named Higgins, who was with
Hoke, escaped unhurt.
Ashland.-Mother Superior Tabitha
of Fort Wayne, Ind, who is the
head of the Poor landmarks OF
Jesus Christ of the United States, and
her assistant, Sister Seraphina, to-
gether with Is other visiting sisters,
are in the city on their annual re-
treat.
Waukesha.-Two women and man
were injured. one perhaps fatally,
in an auto accident near Mer.
ton corners. Mrs. Paul Jerks, Merton.
may die. A young brother and sister
Of Paul Jerks are less seriously hurt.
The machine ran off the road and
turned over.
Sparta.-What is believed to be the
first case under the Wisconsin
fraudulent advertising law (section
'1747k) was tried here The defendant,
Max Mauser, who is conducting rail-
road wreck sale," pleaded guilty to
making deceptive and untrue state
-nents in his advertising and paid
fine of $25 and costs.
Racine.-F. G. White of Chicago,
visiting in Racine, was relieved OF
his purse and valuable papers by
two pickpockets who jostled against
him in a street car. He fol
lowed the men as they left the car,
and was threatened with a beating.
A letter carrier found the papers and
the empty purse in letter box.
La Crosse. = Becoming confused
when she saw train approach.
ing, Julia Kindhammer, eleven years
old, of Dresbach, jumped out of the
way Of one trAin only to be hit by
train coming in an opposite direction.
She was killed instantly. The girl
was on the way to the depot, prepar.
ing to return home after spending the
day with friends.
Kenosha-Mrs. George. Gallo, Ital-
ian, risked her life here in an
effort to save her small son, Michael
Gallo, who was run down and killed
by switch engine. The woman saw
the boy playing on the railroad track
in front of an approaching engine She
rushed on the track and grabbed the
child in her arms, but the engine
crushed both of them.
added to the Catholic diocese of
Superior in the church of SIS. An
thony and Margarita, composed OF
Catholics in the eastern end of the
city, practically all of them Belgians.
A building is now in process Of con-
struction and Rev. A. Rudolph, now
connected with another Superior par
ish, will be in charge.
Neenah.-The twenty-sixth annual
reunion of the Twenty-first reg
was held in the S. A. Cook armory in
Neenah, with 55 members in attend
ance. The annual campfire took place
with speeches by Mayor G. B. Clark
of Neenah and Mayor N. Remmel of
Menasha and Department Commander
S. A. Cook.
Edgerton.-Beaten and robbed Of
$25 was the fate that befell Will
liam Goldthorp, farmer living
near Edgerton, when he hired man
in the city and then drove to his farm
with him. Three shots were exchanged
between the farmer and his assailants,
who made good their escape. The
farmer and the stranger were near
their destination when another man
appeared and requested to be taken
along. Both men Immediately at
tackled Mr.. Goldthorp.
Sturgeon Bay.-Some question has
arisen in Door county as to
whether the insects which have ap.
pCo1 gu CACl . al . ICdlly LILY WOA1AAS'
Some people call them an ordinary
caterpillar. The department Of agri-
culture describes the worm as ~
smooth striped caterpillar about an
inch and a quarter long and quarter
of an inch in diameter" The best way
to get rid Of them is to pillow deep
furrow about the field and scatter dry
straw in it and set the straw af1re-
This is the cheapest means and has
proved successful.
Racine.-After IL days of constant
fear on the ocean, Mr. and Mrs. An
drew Johnson, their two children, and
Mrs. Anna Peterson and son, Clarence,
accompanied by Mrs. Julia Sorenson,
have arrived safely in Racine and re-
late narrowing tale of their return
from Europe. They tell of their pass
age on the Scandinavian liner Fred
erick VIII, which slipped through the
German and English war vessels, car
rying no lights and running through
the English channel where the coast
lights had been extinguished
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