River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-03-16
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Green Bay.-Chris Loebel. an Odd
Fellow for forty years, died il the Odd
Fellows state home here. He was
eight--three years old
Berlin.-Alderma Peter BartoI, who
will move to Fort Atkinson. was pre-
scented with q cut-glass water set by
members OF the council at a farewell
dimes
Madison.-The wireless station Of
the university caught part Of a
message from Berlin. 4.500 miles away.
The message contained war news on
the western and eastern fronts.
Ashland.-This city was swept by
one Of the worst storms OF its
history. Snow drifts are seven feet
deep and traffic is at standstill Tele
graph and telephone communications
are impaired
Beaver Dam.-Mayor Frank ]. Mir
Zach, City Clerk A. j. Schulze. City At
torney John C. Healy, Assessor Tim
othy F. Williams and City Physician
E. P. Webb will have no opposition at
the spring primaries
JanesViile-Over 300 delegates at
tended the district rally of the
.1ndeayor held at the First PTesby-
ierian church. DR. William Shaw Of
Boston. Mass, gave the principal al
lress.
Fond du Lac.-While crossing the
railroad tracks in Oakf1eld, Earl
ana Harold Doehrig, aged four
and five, respectively. sons Of Mrs. L.
S. Doehrig. narrowly escaped being
! killed by a Northwestern passenger
train.
Superio~.-A fierce blizzard is rag
ing in northern Wisconsin and
the upper peninsula Of Michigan.
Railroad traffic is blocked by the
heavy snow and the mail service into
the copper country is temporarily
suspended Telephone and telegraph
lines are also interfered with.
Washington. - Wisconsin pensions
granted were: Gunhild Thomp
son, Deerfeld, $12: Abelcna Al
son, Ferryville, SIP; Jennie S. Roberts.
Waupun, $12; Celia F. Hinchliffe,
Monroe, $12; Louise Trepanier. Wis
consin Veterans home. $12; Clara D..
Rounseveil, River Falls, $12.
Marinette.-Leo Dargus, held at the
county jail in Menominee for
three months charged with murder,
has been given his liberty He was ac-
cused OF killing a man near Pemblne
on Christmas day. 1914. He was ar.
rested on the testimony Of two inmates
Of Green Bay ref0rmatory. The testi.
mony proved to be false.
La Crosse.-Samuel Witwer Of Ar
cadia lies in hospital in a
critical condition with broken neck.
Mr. Witwer was thrown from box
on which he was sitting in a wagon,
TO the frozen ground, when the wheels
| struck a rut. An operation was per,
formed replacing the dislocated YER
tebTae
Madison.-Pr0moter of the m2ve-
ment tC establish union religi
ous center in the University OF
| Wisconsin met to perfect an organiZa-
ton. draft of articles of incorpora.
| tiOn was adopted The name seiected
is the Union Religious Center of the
University Of Wisconsin. All the
Protestant societies working among
the students were represented.
La Crosse.-Charlie Ross wanted
drink but didn't have the price
| SO he offered to trade a Bible
for glass Of whisky The deal didn't
go through because the bartender had
Ross arrested That's the limit" said
Chief Weber. Turn him loose and
order him out of town; we don't want
him here. 1t was found that the
Bible was stolen from the city mis-
sion
Appleton.-Aithough Elwood Smith
| the Lawrence college freshman who
| served IN the British army. was
born in Wisconsin and is twenty
one years old, he will not be
able to vote until he is twenty-six
Martin kiladonk. naturalization off
Ger. has ruled that inasmuch as Smith
served in foreign army he has lost
his citizenship. An attorney gave an
opinion that it will be necessary tor
Smith to go through the same pro
cedure as any alien and that he will
have to make application for citizen
ship and wait five years before be
again becomes full-dedged Ameri
can.
Edgerton. Fire which started at
2.3O in the morning in the Par
some news stand burned itself out
at noon, after destroying a large sec
ton Of the business district, entailing
loss OF about $4,000 Other losers
were the Titus drug store. Hitchcock
jewelry store. Edgerton Cigar com
pany. McCarty's restaurant, Dali
man Drug company and Browns
saloon. The fire burned to the Edger
| tf1n bank. where it was checked by the
jar ,sviiie ire department, which sen.
aid on special train Edgerton to
bacco warehouses. the largest in the
state. were not in the fire area.
OshIcsh.-A pretty marriage was