The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
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Milwaukee.
William Pryne, for thirty-five years
a sufferer from asthma, took his own
life at Oshkosh.
William Rapp, aged thirty-six years
and life long resident of Kenosha,
died suddenly in the city jail.
Joseph Seibiorski, ten, and Evelyn
Holmes, nine, were drowned in the
Mississippi river at La Crosse.
Frederick Wagner, eighty-two, resid-
ng ten miles east of Wautoma, was
found hanging to his bedpost.
Dick Jones, laborer in Red Granite
.uarries, accidentally fell sixty-five
eet into a stone pit and was instantly
illed.
Fred G. Babcock, aged f1fty-nine
years, long prominent in the political
life of southern Wisconsin, died at
Kenosha.
The Wisconsin state board OF phar-
macy has concluded its examination.
Out Of the seventy-seven applicants
fifty-ive were successful.
Six persons narrowly escaped death
Shen the automobile of c. e. Wright,
3eloit, Wis, was wrecked on drive,
way on the Wisconsin university
rounds.
The government authorities at La
Crosse struck their first blow at the
legal liquor traffic among soldiers
when Charles Lavigne of Kilbourn
was arrested.
Windows for half a block around
were broken and the grocery store of
Sam Latino was wrecked when mid
night explosion rocked Milwaukee's
little Italy"
Charged with failure to register for
CONSUMPTION on June 5, two Town Of
Schley young men were lodged in the
county jail. They are James Becker
and Robert Butts.
President J. w. Crabtree Of the
state normal school has resigned to
accept the secretaryship of the Ma
tional Educational association with
headquarters at Washington.
Three hundred alien enemies had
their pictures taken, their finger
prints made and applied for permits
to remain in the Land of the Free"
in the circuit court at Kenosha.
Green Bay is in less danger Of coal
famine next winter than perhaps any
other city in Wisconsin, according to
reports following recent meetins Of
wholesale and retail coal dealers.
Over 100000 cans Of peas are being
turned out daily by the canning factor
les located at Mount Calvary, Fair
water, Brandon and Ripon. The plants
are operated twenty-three hours
day.
Five boys, aged seventeen to twen-
ty, were sentenced to one year in the
Green Bay reformatory for the al
legged theft of an automobile. aban-4
doned at Oshkosh after long joy
ride.
Wisconsin is one of the small group
of states in which the national board
for historical service is supervising
series of prize competitions on the
subject "Why the United States Is at
War"
About forty Chippewa Indians re-
siding on the Couderay Indian reser-
walton here have enlisted in the Saw
Ter county company, soon to become
a part of the new Sixth Wisconsin
regiment.
Mrs Elizabeth Obertine, aged sew
enty-two years, prominent Union
ri hna ri
disease in an automobile on the road
south of Kenosha and died few min
utes later.
Lawrence Sharkey, thirty-six years
of age enlisted for the service in the
United States navy but the call for
him to come to service failed to ar
rive and he drank two ounces of car
bolic acid at Racine.
Three alien enemies, Z. j. Fisher,
Christian Bunk and Alfred Steinseif-
er, all of Kenosha, are in Jail as re-
suit of their declining to make pro-
per answer in an examination for the
ISSUANCE Of alien permits.
Arrangements have been made by
the authorities of Manitowoc for
the purchase of suitable property
site for the Goodrich shops, practical
ly forced from their present location
by federal shipbuilding activities.
Organization of Company NJ of Fond
du Lac of the Fifth Wisconsin regi-
ment was started, the nucleus being
formed by eighty-f1ve men from Com
pany E, Second regiment, which was
recruited in excess of war strength.
George f. Imig of Sheboygan was
elected president of the Wisconsin
Association of Optometrists and Will
lard R. Venus of Madison secretary
treasurer and j. M Johnston of Port
age director of education, new Office.
Casper Volts, of Milwaukee, aged
forty-two years, for years repair
man for the Chicago and Milwaukee
ond Pan1 Railway cor,apopu