The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-21
Henry D,.;,-' r1eisbbein IS nominated 60

i San Antonio report says Wiscon-
sin soldiers are fighting the humps at
J the border.
A. C. Greayes, of Sturgeon Bay, was
drowned while swimming when only
ten feet from safety.
Carl Meske, aged 81, 934 Fourth
street, was drowned at North park
bathing beach, Oshkosh.
Andrew Refs, ex-treasurer Brown
county is accused of embezzling $237.3O
from Anna Bickowiak, while acting
as the girls guardian.
The John Habier Hemp factory at
Waupun was destroyed by fire early
July II in the morning, with loss OF
$4,000 unprotected by insurance.
The body of Hiram Foltz, with nc
marks, was found near the Northwest
ern railway tracks in South Beloit. 1t
is believed death was from natural
causes.
L. Udivich, Sheboygan, son of Mr..
and Mrs L. Udivich jumped from the
dock into twenty feet of water, while
with a group of boys, and drowned.
He could not swim.
The new Wisconsin capitol in pro-
cess of erection for ten years, will be
completed by Jan. 1, 1917. Secretary
Lew T. Porter of the capitol building
commission reports.
Charles Stabel, manager of a mer-
rygo-round with a Kenosha carnival,
pleaded guilty to forgery in the NUM-
cipaI court and was sentenced to one
year in the state prison.
The largest deposits of Beloit bank;
for year are reported June 80. The
increase is $7O1, 1876. The total de-
posits of the three commercial banks
and the mutual savings banks are
$685. 66.
An operation was performed upon
Arthur Marotz, Shawano balloonist
whose skull was fractured when he
fell while giving an exhibition at Sha-
wano. Marotz is in critical condi-
ton, although he may recover
In an effort to SAGE boy who had
fallen into the river, Alderman Miles
M. Shepard of Depere did not stop to
remove his spectacles or hat before
jumping into the water after the
youngster. He succeeded in saving the
life of the boy.
Littmar Larsen, who was formerly
the county surveyor of Brown coun-
ty and now a travelling salesman, saw
ed Miss Florence Cayze, daughter OF
S. G. Cayze, from drowning in Green
bay when the young woman became
exhausted while in bathing at an
amusement park.
One of the cases which Judge Ian
dis will have to deal with is that OF
Bob Shields, alleged white SLAYER
from Superior Shields, a prominent
resident and politician of that city, is
charged with transporting woman
from Chicago to Superior for immoral
purposes.
The. Kenosha Rifle club, over fifty
in all, have applied to the war depart
: ment for the organization of field
battery in Kenosha with the under
standing that machine guns will be
furnished by the government and the
battery subject to call for service in
time of war.
The gun, clothing several trinkets
skull and a few bones OF Paul nj.
Siegert, who disappeared from nome
on May %, were found in a swamp
half a mile from his home in the town
of Weston. The body had been dis
membered and parts of it carried
away by animals.
Charles Oblitz, whose home was at
Crystal Lake, and whose wife obtained
a divorce in April, was found dead
with his head blown off by a shot
gun. Beside the body was note pin
ned to a photograph Of his Oldest
daughter. The note said: This is
the girl l did this for
Sam Bobo, aged q, of Ladysmith,
son of Pierce Bobo, went to his room
and shot himself through the heart
with a .3S-calibre rifle. Dependency
over family troubles is believed to
have been the cause of suicide.
Two hundred miles of hiking is worth
it when a bride of week is waiting
at the end of the journey, according
to Edwin Karbe, member of Com
pany C. who reached Sheboygan, &C
companied by Carl Hoehnke, also &
member of the Sheboygan militia com
pany. after walking the entire dis
lance from Camp Douglas.
Margaret Elsen, three years of age.
of Merrill, H., was killed; Barney
Guerin, forty-fve years old. suffered
a fractured skull L. H. Willet re-
ceived broken hip, and A. A. Elsen
was badly bruised when Mr.. Willet
lost control of an auto he was driving
near the station of Erna, and the car
backed into a ditch. turned turtle and
pinned the occupants underneath.
At the Republican state convention
held at Madison, Wis, the following
ticket was named: GOyernOr-Eman-