River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-10-21
Badger News
Briefly Told

MadisOn.-Clarence Kellogg, clerk
of the state supreme court since
1878, and assistant Is years be-
fore that, died of apoplexy His wife
died two weeks ago of the same dis
ease.
SuperiOr.-Sentenced by Judge F.
A. Geiger at the last term Of
the United States district court,
four federal prisoners are to be re-
leased, having taken the poor mans
oath. Each of the men violated In
dian liquor laws.
Appleton-Frank B. Schultz OF
Milwaukee was elected president OF
the Wisconsin Association of Post
masters here. Other officers: Vice
presidents, Thomas H Ryan, Wau-
sau; Matt Stapleton, Rhinelander;
DR.. Hall Steen, Johnson's Creek; w.
H Froelich, Jackson; secretary-treas-
urer. Henry Kaempfer, West Bend.
Madison.-The first complaint un-
der the law passed at the last
session of the legislature, governing
the railroad commissions power to
regulate the construction and opera
ton of high tension power lines. was
filed with the commission. The Cross
Plains Electric company of Dane coun-
ty has high tension wire from Cross
Plains to Black Earth, paralleling the
telephone lines of the Black Earth
Electric company.
Davenport to attend the midwest
conference on preparedness, Con-
gresham Thomas F. KOnop de-
clared his position on national de-
Tense He said: IL am in favor of ma
tional preparedness, but l am not in
favor of waste. My plan is to have a
large navy, with many submarines anL
scout boats. l think army officers
should speak at high schools and uni
versities to teach students the rudi-
ments of military training. | think
standing army of 100000 men is
enough"
Madison-!The grand encampment
of the /. o. o. f. closed with
the election of officers. The fol-
lowing delegates were chosen to rep
resent the grand encampment for the
coming year: Fred Williams, Milwau-
kee, grand patriarch; George Gerlach,
Viola, grand high priest; w. G. Reilly.
OsceOla grand senior warden; j. M.
Ostrander, Mineral Point, junior war
den; G.. w. Rhodes, Madison, grand
marshal; J. H. G.. Baumann, MilWau-
kee, grand sentinel; j. w. Christen-
sen, Berlin, grand outside sentinel;
James Fathers, GAINESVILLE. grand
scribe; ]. w. Salter, Unity, grand
treasurer; J. G. Oates, Darlington,
trustee.
Madison. Applications for par
dons were heard by Governor Phil
ipp as follows: Charles Johnson, Mid
dletOwn, sentenced to Waupun for ID
years; Elida NAHUM, Eau Claire SEN
fenced in April, 1913, as incOcrigible,
to the Industrial School for Girls until
twenty-one years Of age; Thomas Val
lier, Milwaukee, sentenced in Janu-
airy, 1907, for 25 years; Jess Houge,
sentenced in January, 1915, from
Trempealeau county for ten years; l.
o. Showalter, sentenced October, 1910,
for Ia years from Grant county; A. Oh
son, StOughton, sentenced for one
year; William Smith, Marathon cOun-
ty, sentenced in February, 1914, Cor Ia
years on a conviction of second de-
gree murder; c. Siegel, Columbia coun-
ty, sentenced to three years for resist
ing an officer.
Green Bay-Milwaukee men W ere
elected to the highest offices in
the Wisconsin Baptists association At
the closing business session of the
convention here. The list includes:
Honorary president, E. J. Lindsay,
Milwaukee; president, F. II. Lindsay
Milwaukee; vice-presidents, F. r Bar
| Der, Warrens, and John Wiecher, Ra
cine; recording secretary, G. 9. Al
| born, Milwaukee; assistant recording
secretary, ]. l. Malott, River Falls;
| treasurer, H. w. Bardenwerper, Mil
| waukee; auditor, E. w. Bond, Mil
waukee; auditor, G. G. Hosmer; his
| torian, E. D. Edmunds, La Crosse. e.
/ j. LluuSdy LIDS DSGu p4 COlNCAN AL -
years and his son now replaces him.
Members elected on the ordination
committee are: w. T. DOrward, Mil
waukee; S. w. Phelps. Green Bay; r.
| Mayo. Honey Creek; E. P. Brown,
| Beaver Dam; D. d. MacLaurin, Madi-
son; F. w. Kamm, Milwaukee. To
further church work the association
recommended a fve-year program OF
aggressive spiritual activity with these
practical goals: Million additions to
churches; a missionary force OF 5,OOO
men and women in America and the
non Christian world; $2,000,OOO of en-
dowment for ministers and mission
airy benefit board; $6,000,OOO for addi-
tional educational endowments and
equipment at home and abroad; an
nual income of $6,O0O,0OO for missions
and beneyolence.
Kenosha.-George Koscak, defend
ant in the famous dynamite" case