The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-25
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dDSLFdCLOf lOr w luu0UdSO COuAtJ,
is critically i'll at his home in this
city. Mr.. LIE Tourneaux underwent
surgical operation several months ago,
his condition improving until recently.
Green Bay.-Adam Schefdore, en-
| ployee of the Northwestern road, fell
at his home, bursting blood vessel,
and died within five minutes. He was
forty years old.
Beaver Dam.-E. l.. Philip will
be Beaver DAMS guest on Wash
ington's birthday. In the afternoon
the governor will address an audience
! at Armory K Largeadelegations are
expected from neighboring cities.
Madison.-George Herbert, a pro-
fessional dramatic man of Chica-
go, will coach the 1916 Haresfoot play
at the University of Wisconsin, accord
| ing to Business Manager Donald Ty-
| rell. Semi-fnal tryouts for the cast
will be held on Saturday.
Madison-State Superintendent G.
P. Cary appointed F. A. LaBudde
superintendent of schools of Ra-
| Budde superintendent of schools of Ra-
cine county to succeed George thinner
man, who resigned to engage in agri-
culture in the state of New York.
Beloit. Charles H. Bush, for
the last four years passenger agent
| at the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
depot, has received the appointment
| as freight and passenger agent at Ra'
cine. His successor in the Belcit Of
| fee has not been named.
! Beaver Dam. - The laborers at
Western Malleable company plant
were advised that their pay would
| be increased Is cents per day.
beginning on Wednesday. The West.
ern Malleable is one Of the largest
plants of it's kind in the United States.
/ Madison-The State Finance, Loan
and Securities company of Mil.
waukee filed articles of incorpora-
ton in the Office of the secretary
of state. The company intends to do
general loan and security investment
business. The capital stock of the COM
pany is $250,000 The incorporators
are William J. Oswald. L. T. Oswald
and Joseph Schubert.
Madison.-Jahn M. True, for TWEEN
ty years secretary Of the state
board of agriculture, and later senator
from Sank and Columbia counties, has
written to friends for ballot, so that
he can vote by mail. Mr.. True is with
his son in Maryland, and says he is so
crippled with rheumatism that he will
be unable to get back to this state to
| vote.
Neenah-The rate commission has
completed the compiling Of fig
| ures on the valuation of the property
| the city of Menasha is to purchase
| from the Wisconsin Traction, Light,
Heat and Power company in settle
ment of their lighting case. The fig
ures will be forwarded for considera-
ton to both the traction company and
| the city of Menasha. a hearing to be
he held soon after.
Green Bay.-Fifteen banks of Brown
county organized the Brown Coun.
ty Bankers Development associa-
ton to work with the farmers, manu-
facturers and others in the develop.
ment of this community. J. e. Griffin,
president of the Peoples Savings and
Trust company of Green Bay, was
elected president, and c. G. Scott, De-
pere, secretary-treasurer.
Madison.-That the Panama-Pacific
exposition commission Of Wiscon-
sin has no authority to incur ex-
pense for printing and publishing a
report of it's doings is held in an opin-
Ion by Attorney General Owen to d.
E. Bowe. secretary of the commission.
A verified report to the governor is
the only requirement of the law and no
expense can be allowed for printing
thereof.
Janesville.-Earl Phillips and Har-
old Seguneen, charged with rob-
bling the home of H. A. Jorgenson
at Evansville, were sentenced to three
years in the Green Bay reformatory.
The sentence for Seguneen was sus-
pended and he will go free. The boys
confessed to having planned robbing
a paymaster and five stores at Wood
stock, Ill. Phillips was captured in
Beloit and Seguneen at Evansville.
Madison. = State Insurance Com
missioner M. J. Cleary held a hear
ing on complaint of the Kaiser Lum-
Der company of Eau Claire and the
Turtle Lake Lumber company of Win
chester charging the Lumbermens
Mutual Casualty company of Chicago
with discrimination in dividends paid
on policies held by Wisconsin parties
and those held by parties in other
states. Evidence was presented tend
ing to show that dividends Of 25 per
cent were paid to policy holders in
Michigan and dividends of ten per cent
to policy holders in Wisconsin. The
defense asserted that the risks I'm Wis
consin were greater than in other
states.
Neenah.-James w. Brown, chief
of police here, has been suspend