River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-02
Badger News
Briefly Told

! odist Episcopal church, a prOpos-
al for campaign for an increase
| of $150,000 to the endowment fund,
| the interest to be used to pension re-
tired pastors, will be urged If the
! project carries, it is likely that one
| of the members Of the conference will
be appointed to lead in the campaign,
/ which will mean a change for some
! important pulpit. Among those men
| toned in case the project proves &C
ceptable are: Drs. J. S. Davis, Hart
ford; W. P. Leek, Beloit; Perry Millar,
GAINESVILLE; III. Tirpett, Appleton. The
| official program fO' the conference,
which con~cnes in Racine, September
/ 8, will be sent out within week.
Antigo.-E. f. Burns OF Stanley
was elected president of the Wis
consin Ginseng Growers associa-
tion at the annual meeting here J.
| E. Neffe of La Crosse was chosen vice.
president; George Maxwell of Amigo,
second vice-president, and H. j, Sleeps
of Rice Lake, secretary A
paper on diseases OF ginseng plants
was read by Professor Brann Of thu
state university. NJ G.. Eberlein OF
Shawano, ]. H. Koehler Of Wausau,
and H. ]. Sleeps were appointed as
a committee to investigate the fcasibil-
ity of establishing a selling agency in
China and to report at the next meet
ing.
Fairchild. - Charged with dyna-
hitting the Eau Claire river and
residents. The boy weighed a pound
killing muskellunge, Albert Lain, Emil
Lain, John Klemak and George Lain
of this city paid a fine of $500 and
costs and were sentenced to two
months in jail. On their promise to
assist the state conservation commits
sion in conserving wild life OF Eau
Claire county tn Y were placed on pro-
baton for the Jail term. The men
were apprehended by Conservation
Wardens c. Il. Asmuth and 3. p. Lam
ming.
Madison.A report received by y.
G. Packer, director of division OF
immigration of the state depart
ment of agriculture, from the de.
partment of commerce and labor,
gives the percentage Of CONNER ial
failures for 1914. OF forty-nine states
Wisconsin presents the most remark
able record, having 1880 firms en-.
gagged III business and a percentage Of
failures less than one half of | per
cent. Only one state-South Dakota
with but one-fourth the number Of
firms, exhibits so gratifying a show
ing.
Green Bay.-Perry c. Wright, al
legged embezzler Of big sum OF
money from the United Building
Loan and Savings association and
National Fraternal league, waived
reading of the information in NUM-
cipal court and rendered a formal plea
Of not guilty 70 the information charg-
ing him with embezzIing $4,000 from
the savings association. September Il
has been set as the date for the hear.
ing. Wright was taken back to the
county jail N default Of $4,000 bail.
Fond du Lac.-The annual con
vention of the Young Peoples so
cieties of the Wisconsin district OF the
Evangelical synod of North America
came to close here with an autOmo
bile ride. Officers were elected for
the ensuing year as follows: PresL
dent, Rev. S. Lefkobics, Port Wash
ington; vice-president, Rev. +. T.
Barth, Sussex; secretary, Rev. Hugo
Weycholt, Brillion; treasurer, Miss Ia
bitha Ritzmann, Monroe.
Kenosha-Harry Bushline, for
mer farm hand, employed by Ray
mond Powell Of the town Of Bristol
secretary of the Kenosha county board
Of education, has disappeared 1t is
claimed that he forged at least TWEEN
ty checks in the name Of Powell, and
it is said that he realized several hun
bred dollars on the forged paper.
Eau Claire--Caught in an edd]
and carried out into midstrean
Nels, the fourteen-year-olds son of John
Froseth, a Imer, drowned in Chip
pewa river few miles below here
Nels and a younger brother were In
wading The younger brother faint
ed when he saw his brother drowning
Beloit.-Two former Beloit men
who went into Italy to fight fol
their mother country have been killed
in battle The men are Miccione Sar
ina and Vito Laudicina. They worked
in the foundry OF the Fairbanks Morse
works and left Beloit last spring
New London.-While crossing thf
main city bridge Frank Schoenrock
mason contractor, was attacked b.
two young bandits, but beat them Of
and escaped.
Nenah.-At the Clark hospital in
this city q son was born tc
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hook, Menashs
and half and has been placed in az
incubator.
Menasha.-Joseph Schneider and 10
seph Echrich have been charged witt
netting fish in Little Lake Butte des
Mortes. .#%
Maugton.-Clarence Isaac Crawford
was killed by being run over by