The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-14
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
News of the Badger State Arranged
..............in Condensed Form..............

Milwaukee = Returns from the en-
tire state with the exception of thirty
eight precincts indicate that Judge
Emil Baensch and Christian K. Filing
son, Philip candidates for delegates
at-large to the republican national
convention have been defeated. Sam
uel A. Cook, Philip candidate, may
have been beaten also. The election
of Gov. Philip is certain, he having
run ahead of all other candidates. 1t
is probable that the delegates-at-large
may be Gov. Philip and three La Fol
lette men-James Thompson, Walter
L. HOuser and Christian Doerf1er. Of
the district delegates it appears that
twelve of the La Toilette men have
been elected. They are: Henry
Krumrey, and A. A. Porter in the Sec
ond district, J. ]. Blaine and M. B.
Olbrich in the Third district, Louis
Fons and Fred Zimmerman in the
Fourth, E. J. Gross in the Fifth, An
drew H. Dahl and J. A. Stone in the
Seventh, Henry Comstock in the
1CuCh ctuo IL. LIZ l(OUlC dl1o ~ w GIL
in the Eleventh. Ten district delegates
on the ticket headed by Gov. Philip
who appear to be winners are: George
Ingersoll and w. w. Storms in the
First district, Fred Pritzlaff in the
Fifth, VIM. Rahr and Emil Kraemer in
the Sixth, Walter Alexander and j. F.
Jardine in the Eighth, M. w. Perry
.x,I n ~, I;xz4h
F. Peterson in the Tenth.
Manitowoc-The Presbytery of Mil
waukee will meet in the Presbyterian
| church here from April II to 10. About
$50 delegates are expected.
Amigo - Plans are being perfected
for the entertainment Of delegates and
visitors during the convention of the
Women's clubs Of the Ninth Wiscon-
sin congressional district, April 27 and
20.
Fort Atkinson - Dorothy Hoffman,
the little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hoffman, has lost the power of
speech. Some time ago she got UP in
the morning apparently as we'll as
usual, but when she attempted to
greet her parents she could not speak.
JaneSville-It is noted that Clinton
went wet with it's customary thirteen
votes, when the election returns were
canvassed. For three years the vii
| lage has voted for license by margin
Of thirteen votes.
Amigo = Julius Schumann, one of
the old residents of Langlade county,
and chairman of the town of Polar,
died at his home here after linger-
ing illness.
Beloit-Miss Jeanette Wade of Wau-
watosa was elected president at the
annual meeting of the Beloit college
Y. w. c. A. Miss Maude Staudemayer
of Portage was made treasurer and
| Miss Sally Ingersoll, Beloit, secretary.
Wausau - The 1915 convention of
the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical assO-
citation will be held in this city, July
18, IS, 20 and q. The local arrange
ments are in charge of eight Wausau
druggists. The convention promises
to be an affair of considerable magni-
tude and it is expected that at least
1000 persons will be here for the
state.
La Crosse - Judge Higbee handed
down a decision in circuit court here
deciding that appropria lions from
| public funds for endowment institu-
lions are not legal and refusing to or
der the city treasurer to pay over
$4,000 appropriated by the common
council for the support of the public
library. If the decision is sustained
by the supreme court, it threatens to
close the state historical library and
all other quasi public institutions in
Wisconsin receiving public funds. The
rule laid down by Judge Higbee, at
torneys say, may be applied to agri-
cultural societies, poultry associations
and many other organizations through
out the state, if it is upheld by the SUI
preme court.
Milwaukee = Ten students and one
professor of the Milwaukee School of
| Engineering and motorman were Sc
riously injured when student spe-
cial' Interurban car crashed into
standing car at the Thiensville station
Oh the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. road. The
students were returning from Port
Washington where they had inspected
an engineering plant. The car was
going thirty-four miles an hour at the
time Of the accident. Most of the in
iured persons were taken in special
| car to Milwaukee to the Milwaukee
hospital, where their injuries were
treated.
Manitowoc-H. G. Kress, for seven
teen years and until recently postmas-
ter here, has purchased an interest in
a business college at Canton, ILL.,, and