The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-09
Badger News
Briefly Told

Kenosha.-Herman Roloff, ST., IA
tier of Herman Roloff of the United
States navy, given high praise for his
bravery at the battle of Vera Cruz,
died on Friday.
Milwaukee.-St State girls industrial
school building, with so occupants,
caught fire, but fire was extinguished
with little loss, though two of prison
ers escaped.
Madison.-Gov. e. L. Philip is
sued letters patent authorizing the
city of Hayward to be body corpor-
ate under the general charter law of
the state. The city will hold its first
election under the charter on April s.
Kenosha. - Kenosha contributed
more than 100000 worth of products
to warning nations in Europe when a
train of so cars loaded with automo-
bile trucks left this city for the east
ern seaboard
Manitowoc.-Officers of the Citizens
association are considering the advis-
ability of making the organization a
stock company It is planned to Is
sue 1000 shares at $40 each to pro-
mote industrial and commercial ac-
tivity.
Pembine. - The body of an un-
known man was found under a pile
81 railroad ties north of this city.
Several loaded shotgun shells and one
empty one was found near the scene,
giving the impression that the man
was murdered. No gun was found.
Manawa.-Emily E. COLLEEN won on
points for valedictorian Of the 1916
graduating class of the Little Wolf
high school of this city. Miss Mary
Delo will be the salutatorian. Miss
Alpha Witt was close third in the
race.
Wausau. Marathon county breed
ers OF pedigreed stock are affect
ed by the foot-and-mouth disease
quarantine enforced against Wiscon-
sin by other states. As result sew
eral choice animals sold to breeders
in other states cannot be shipped
Madison. - William M. Leiserson,
formerly employed by the state
industrial commission as superin-
tendent of the state free employ
ment bureaus, has resigned his posi-
ton with the federal labor depart
.nent and returned to Madison He
said he didn't like the federal work.
Superior. = Father John Under
pastor of the Catholic church OF
the Holy Assumption, barely es
capped with his life when the structure
was destroyed by fire. Going into
the blazing building to save the bless
ed sacrament he stumbled and fell
He was overcome on the way out,
'aremen rescuing him. wha less is
SIS, 900.
New London. Local police have
been unable to identify the two men
and two women who entered the Ad
vent church by way of a window and
consumed beer and chocolates on the
platform. About five pounds of candy
and several empty beer bottles were
found under the front steps, and foot
prints under one of the windows
showed how the men had entered
and other footprints at the front door
showed women had not been forced
to climb through the window.
Green Bay.-Frank Butterick, Greer
Bay, an engineer, was killed out
right, and Thomas Dare, Greer
Bay, fireman, was perhaps fatally
injured when an engine of the
freight train on the Green Bay &
Western railway went into ditch
at Forestville, a station between AL
gonna and Sturgeon Bay. ButtericF
was thrown from his engine as it left
the rails and his body was found
about four feet from the engine. He
was dead when picked up. Dare was
scalded about the body and his head
cut.
Kenosha. Sticking to his stoi,
that he had been a tool Of an
other man in an effort to burn up the
plant Of the Richard Jellier Stone
company here, Samuel Czerniak plead
ed guilty to a charge of arson In the
municipal court and was sentenced tt
IS months in the state prison. He
declared after sentence he had beer
urged to burn the plant by another
man, but he asserted he could moi
make known the name of the man
His loyalty to his partner in crime
failed to win consideration from The
court.
Waukesha Recent gifts to the his
torical collection are reported as fol
lows by Custodian ]. H. A. Lacher
Two pictures by Mrs. Elizabeth But
terrified, Brookfield; one by A. H. At
kins, sculptor; pictures of Mr.. an.
Mrs. Frederick Dreyer, pioneers o
Ottawa, by Henry Dreyer; a care
photo Of the Smith stone farmhouse
1912, by L. c. Smith; old newspaper
by Mrs. Lottie Carver; copies of oil
documents, by George PETER Un
framed pictures of pioneer men an,
women of Waukesha county are SO
licited, with biographies of same. to
gether with old utensils, papers ant
documents pertaining to early life il