The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-08-06
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MadlsOn.-This was pay day at the
state capitol and state employees kept
Treasurer Henry Johnson and his
assistants busy during the hours the
treasury department was open. About
100000 was paid out for work during
July.
AppletOn.-Postmast of the first,
second and third cla1s cities of the
state will convene at Appleton late in
September or early in October. A
program is being arranged now for
the meeting. Gustav Keller, Apple
ton postmaster, is president OF the
Wisconsin association.
Neenah.-Frank Krzvcak, four years
of age, was saved from drowning in
the Fox river by grasping fish pole
extended to him and being pulled to
safety The boy was playing about
a dock when he slipped and fell in.
Nearby fishermen witnessed the &C.
cident and gave the necessary assist
ance.
Oshkosh.-With a strong northeast
wind blowing late this afternoon fire
was discovered in the lumber piles or
the Diamond Match company. Quick
work by the entire fire department
aided by good luck averted what
looked like a dangerous blaze. Thou
sands of dollars worth of lumber were
in danger, four large piles being de-
stroyed.
heboygan.-Alfred l.. Summers,
secretary of the Association or
Commerce here and editor OF
magazine, was probably fatally in
jured when speeding his automobile
along a concrete roadway. With him
in the machine were M. F. Ries, Oscar
Loebel and Charles Canisius, business
men, who were seriously hurt. Sum-
mers lost control of the car and it
shot from the roadway, turned over
and rolled down an embankment.
Sheboygan-The fifteenth annual
convention of the Wisconsin State
Association of Stationary Engineers
officially closed with an election OF
officers and a banquet. The officers
follow: President, Charles Bindrich.
Milwaukee; vice-president, George H.
Wallace, Racine; secretary, Robert
Fem, Sheboygan: treasurer, Joseph
Weyper, Stevens Point; conductor,
William Funk, Milwaukee,; doorkeep-
er. Joseph Taddy, Green Bay; state
deputy, (recommended), F. G. Ruck,
Milwaukee.
Sheboygan. - George Truttschell,
city elevator inspector of Milwau
kee, was drowned at Boulder, when
a large muskellunge capsized the ca
noe in which Truttschell and Oscar
Mittlestaedt of Milwaukee were fish
ing. Mittlestaedt said they were troll
ing from the canoe when Truttschell
got a strike. Truttschen was trying
to tire the fish when it suddenly
swan to one side, making hard pull
and capsiZing the canoe, throwing
them into deep water. Mittlestaedt
came up near the canoe and held on
to it until rescued. Truttschell did
not rise and when rescuers arrived
they found that his head was stick
ing in the mud in the bottom of the
lake.
arinette.-Struggling in deep wa
pied daughter of Wilton Smith, saved
the life of Irene Gablon from drown
ing, but nearly gave up her own life
in the attempt. Miss GablOn and 9TH
ers were wading in the water when
she got beyond her depth. She
screamed for help, but none Of her
companions could swim and therefore
dared not go to her assistance. The
Smith girl was passing and, hearing
the screams, rushed into the water
sinking girl Miss Gablon grabbed
hold of her would-be rescuer and both
went down. Miss Smith beat off the
terrified girl, grasped her hair and
pulled her near dock where others as
sisted both to safety. The heroine
tainted when she was pulled out of
the water.
La Crosse.-Wealth alumni an
nounce a plan to finance the higher
education of La Crosse high school stu.
dents. To the graduate who desires
to enter college, but has not the
means, money will be loaned up to
5000 year for four years on no secur-
ity except the students record in the
school and his honor After he goes
to work he is expected to repay the
loan. superintendent Benezet, Prin-
cipal Mccormick of the high school and
a committee of the alumni, of which
Frank P. Hixon. millionaire financier,
is chairman, are working on the plan.
A considerable sum has been sub
scribed, and it is said that enough will
be available to inaugurate the system
this fail. To obtain this assistance
young man or woman must have
shown special application in the high
school, must have definite aim in life
and must be considered worthy of con-
tidence.
Kenosha-The body of the old man
who hanged himself at the Hansche
farm in the town of Somers was iden-
tilted as that of Guido Fuchs. aged