River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-09
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of the bar of Kenosha county, has
been chosen president of the Kenosha
Bar association. City Attorney John
G. Slater was named vice-president,
James E. Tully secretary and Henry
]. Hastings treasurer.
Madison.-A tabulation compiled
by II. v. Cowles, supervisor of
assessments, shows that there are co.
SIT automobiles now registered in
Wisconsin, with total valuation of
$3,986,3O5, showing a gain of 59.11 per
cent.
Racine.-Four-year-old Frank Ga
iecki, while playing with a crowd
of children near the Mead street
bridge, was pushed into the wa
ter and drowned. Heroic effccls
on the part of Thomas Doyle, passsf
by, to rescue the lad were unayaif
ing.
Depere.-Running jitney bus be-
tween Depere and the fair grounds.
Sheriff Vanden Heuvel has been
instructed by the district attorney
to place the driver under arrest
for operating without license. This
is the first arrest in the state for VIC
lation of the new jitney act
OconOmOWOc - Speaking at the
chautauqua here, DR.. Frank Dixon
of Washington, D. c., paid tribute
to President Wilson on his control of
the present crisis. 1t was received
with applause. His suggestions for
citizen soldiery training among boys
was also received with approval.
Madison. - The attorney general
advised the district attorney Of
Medford that it is violation of the
statutes for a person to operate a
motor car on railroad tracks without
the permission of the company own
ing the tracks. The district attorney
says man is operating such a car
between Rib Lake and Chelsea on the
500 railroad, carrying passengers be-
tween those two places and charges
SO cents a trip.
Observation-Disclosures university
officials confirmed the story of
the retirement of Rev. Joseph Grim
melsman, S. j., as president and ap~
pointment of Rev. H. G. Nooman Of
the ST. Louis university in his place.
Grimmelsman is to leave in a few
days fo~ Loyola university, Chicago,
to rest. Father Patrick Murphy of
Gesu parochial school here, goes to
LoyOla faculty.
Oconomowoc.--A lone robber held
\ L
and got away with s47.4f in cash
and about $500 il pay checks. He
missed $125 in a sack. With a pistol
pointed at his head, Earl Campbell,
a night operator, was forced to stand
with his hands up while the robber,
who was unmasked, ritied the office.
The bandit was about five feet seven
inches in height, about Twenty-Five
years old, and we'll dressed He wore
dark blue suit and blue cap.
Appleton.-Fire of unknown orr
gin came near wiping out the vii
lage Of Black Crack. Three small
shops owned by G. F. Rush and three
barns burned before the blaze was eX-
tinguished, one of the barns starting
to burn 200 yards from the other after
the first fire had burned out Fred
hartman, owner of the last barn to
burn, was burned severely. The fire
department of Seymour gave aid. En-
gineer Nelson, working on the state
aid highway, probably saved the Wis
consin house by pulling shed away
from between the hotel and the
burned barn in the rear, with trac-
tor.
Racine.-Walter Specht, Milwau-
kee, engineer, was killed in a
head-on collision of two Chicago, Mil
waukee e st. Paul freight trains be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets
in this city. Specht was on incoming
train and did not see double-header
until two met at a sharp curve. His
engine crashed into the other train.
The fireman jumped while Specht was
caught in mass of broken steam
pipes in the cab and crushed. His
body vas badly scaIded before he
could be rescued. The three engines
were knocked from the rails None
vi IuS QUIET u1Su1U0IS OIL Tie train
crew were injured. misunderstanding
of orders is given as the cause of
the accident
Milwaukee.-An explosion during
experiments to find a process of
manufacturing potash caused in
iuries which proved fatal to DR.. Fred
ericb c. Gillen, 919 New Hall street,
prominent physician, and may result
in the loss of both eyes of his brother,
William H. Gillen, a contractor. The
experiments were being conducted in
the yard of Doctor Gillen's home The
cause of the explosion is unknown.
The men were engaged IN pulverizing
feldspar, a stone Of northern Michi-
gan, which was to be the chief in
gredient in their formula. Doctor Gil
len had discovered the properties of
feldspar with relation to potash some
years ago. When the European war
broke out, curtailing this country's
supply of potash. the brothers began