Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-26
Badger News
Briefly Told

Sheboygan Falls, was awarded $l,ooO
heart balm in a threshing machine ro-
nance. Olga was pretty girl When
she met Otto Fenner, also of She
boyaan Falls. Otto is thirty-one years
old, the owner of threshing machine
outfit, an automobile and fine horses.
Following a ride in Ottos car, came
the announcement of the engagement.
The wedding was set for June, 1913.
When that time arrived, however,
Otto asked that the wedding be post
poned. May Z, 1914, was the new date
selected. Later the ceremony was
postponed until August. When that
time arrived the young man said ne
no longer loved Olga. When Olga
testified that she had spent $3.50 in
the preparation for her trousseau ana
her mother swore the girl had so
wasted away her friends no longer
recognized her, she was awarded the
$1,000.
Green Bay.-Frank Deviley, age
about forty, shot and fatally wound
ed his wife, Josephine, aged about
thirty-eight, later putting bullet
through his own brain. Both were
rushed to local hospital where Mr..
Deviley died some time later. Shoot
ing took place on Jackson street.
Frank Deviley having followed his
wife from downtown district Mrs.
Deviley about month ago instituted di-
vorce proceedings against her hus-
band and she was on her way home
from a conference with her attorney
when shooting occurred. 1t is believed
Mr.. Deviley was temporarily de-
ranged at the time of attempted muir
der and suicide. Physicians were not
in position to state whether woman
would survive attack.
Madison.-A number of important
changes with reference to the state
tax commission are contemplated III
joint legislative investigating COM
mittee bill, abolishing the present tax
commission, which is to be introduced
at an early date. In place of the pres
ent tax commission, the bill provides
for one tax commissioner, who will
receive a salary of $4,000 year. In
addition, however, the governor and
the state treasurer will act in an
eX-officio advisory capacity, so that
the new body in reality will consist
of three members.
Kenosha Arthur Sonnenberg,
twenty-one years old, risked his
life in Lake Michigan and rescued
James Clay, twelve years old, from
drowning. Clay was fishing on the
south pier and lost his footing. Son.
nenberg, with all his clothes on, dived
into the water. He towed young Clay
to the breakwater and, holding him
with one arm, caught his other arm
about the piles of the breakwater and
hung on for nearly ten minutes until
the two we're rescued by members of
the Nenosha lifesaying crew.
Beloit.-Seven members of the Be-
Ioit college senior class were elect
ed to membership in Phi Beta
Kappa at a meeting of the Beloit
chapter of the honorary scholastic
fraternity Miss Esther Wade of Wau-
watosa was the only Wisconsin stu
dent honored. Others elected to mem
bership we're Miss Alice Lowry, Oak
Park, H.; Miss Esther Owens. Tracy,
Mimi; Ellis Denney, Aurora, ILL.,;
Holmes Ferris, Princeton, ILL.,; Corne-
Illus G. Cunningham, New York city,
and Levitt R. Barker, Clinton. Ia.
Beloit.-Eighty goods of the fresh
man and sophomore classes partici-
pated in the annual Beloit college
girls May festival, staged on the lawn
of Emerson hall, the women's dormi-
tory. The program consisted of SYM
bolic, folk and Maypole dances by
the young women in costume. Miss
Florence Farman college women's d.
rector, had charge of the pageant.
A crowd of more than one thousand
witnessed it.
MISUNDERSTANDING Philip Adjt.
Gen. Orlando Holway, Assistant Adjt.
Gen. John S. Salesman and Lieut.. P.
G. Wrightson, head of the military
department of the University of Wis
consin, reviewed the 1,400 troops in
the university battalion and hospital
corps The university band led the
two divisions.
Neenah.-"Red" Cleveland, an anna
teur aeronaut, attempted to make
a balloon ascension at Waverly
beach. The parachute failed to open
and the balloon sailed six miles before
the gas was entirely out of the bal
loon and it fell to the ground. Cleve-
land was entangled in the folds OF
the balloon, but was uninjured.
Ellsworth.-The annual encamp-
ment of the ST. Croix Valley. Vet
Grams association will be held here
June 2, and A. Department Com
mander S. A. Cook of Neenah is one
of the notables who have promised
to be here.
Manitowoc.- body of Harry
Kennedy, aged thirty-fve, said to be
Milwaukee man, was found on the
Northwestern tracks in the local yards
here
Racine.-Jitney operators are form