The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-24

E. w Partridge. son of the owner
Of the Hillman store in Chicago, died
at Lake Geneva.
A thorough investigation of the
bakeries of the state has been under
way for three weeks.
Orders to move the first of the Wis.
consin troops to Waco, Tex, were re-
ceiyed at Camp Douglas.
To wipe out dissension in Wiscon-
sin officers of the Wisconsin council
of defense met at Milwaukee
Charles Dingman, twenty-eight
years old, was drowned while swim
ming in Rock river at GAINESVILLE.
Wisconsin farmers are battling for
the privilege of growing the new pure
bred Wisconsin hard winter wheat.
Guy D. Golf Of Milwaukee has been
appointed major in the Judge advocate
generals department at Washington.
The old brick-through-the-w indow
stunt netted a robber $500 worth of
jewelry from the J. Well store at Mil
waukee.
Some of the engineer companies or.
ganized by the st. Paul Railway en-
ployes in southern Wisconsin have ar
lived in France.
Philip B. Whitehead, named first
lieutenant at Fort Sheridan, is the son
of former State Senator John NJ.
Whitehead of GAINESVILLE.
Three wisconsin guard companies
will go with the Rainbow division" to
France. The companies are E, F and
G, Second Wisconsin infantry.
Two were drowned aud four others
barely made shore when some one
rocked the boat" in which picnic
party was riding at Lake Denoon.
Charles Makowski, two years old,
was probably fatally injured at Racine
when a wheel of wagon driven by
Ernest Klenkert, Racine brewer, pass.
ed over his body.
Robert HI. Mathews, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Mathews of Green Bay, has
been accepted in the aviation corps
of the army. He expects to go to At
lanta for training.
Clayton A. Bush, yardmaster of the
Milwaukee road at La Crosse, was adj
vanced to station master of the ter
minal at Milwaukee. J. T. Greenwood
of Milwaukee succeeds him.
Mrs. Peter Balasa, twenty-seven
years old, Racine woman, died at
Kenosha from a shock caused by be-
ing struck and slightly injured by an
electric car three days before.
Rutherford Ross, aged twenty, of
Decatur, ILL.,, was arrested at La
Crosse, charged with passing forged
check in the Illinois city. A girl of
sixteen was arrested with him.
Fred T. Wilson, the hermit of Dan
berry, aged sixty-seven years, was
sentenced to serve one year and one
day at Fort Leavenworth for uttering
hreats against President Wilson.
John E. Mason, fifty-nine years old,
biggest crockery merchant in Fond du
Lac, dropped dead at Marquette,
Mich, where he had gone to attend a
wedding. He leaves a wife and two
sons.
A statewide investigation Of the
manufacture of ice cream in the state
has been started by State Dairy and
Food Commissioner George Weigel as
the result Of discovery that glue has
been used in its manufacture.
Kenosha had comedy Of errors I'M
usual in police circles when Mrs.
Nell Mclaughlin of New London,
Wis, walked into the police office and
put an end to an inquest over what
was supposed to be her own body.
When arraigned in the federal
court at La Crosse as registration
! 'dodger, George W1cklund, aged thir-
ty, living at Maiden Rock, told the
court God had appeared twice in vi.
sion and ordered him not to register.
The Fifth Wisconsin infantry units
of Milwaukee, including Companies A,
B, 1, K, the machine gun company and
the headquarters company, command
ed by Colonel Peter F. Piasecki, have
been notified to entrain for Camp
Douglas Friday morning.
Eight registration dodgers arrest.
ed in the western district Of Wiscon-
son. received sentences of from ore
day to thirty days in federal court at
La Crosse. The 1aen We're ignorant,
some being foreigners, who could not
read or write the English language.
Steve Robek and Frank Ellie, both
from Milwaukee, are in jail at Racine
charged with highway robbery in day
light. 1t is charged that they forced
Amet Mammet Of Lakeside, at the
point of pistol, to disrobe on de-
serted street, and with his new suit
went $50.in cash.
The Anti-Sa1oon League of Wiscon.
sin, replying to statement from Gov.
error Philip of Aug. Z, in which he
said he would call special SEES ion Ct
the legislature to consider the Sun.