Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10

Cross chapter The men were men,
bers of the Kiwanis club, and they vol
unteered to give one evening a week
to sewing and other tasks. Their req
ord the first night was to produce 800
pads, used in the hospital beds. There.
were twenty men on the job, and each
one agreed to induce one more to re-
spond for duty next week.
| Oshkosh - Five hundred Oshkosh
women are making house to house
canvas of the city carrying with them
two sets of cards to be filled out. One.
set relates to war gardens. The other
is intended to cover the status of each
family as regards Americanization so.
that when completed the canvas viii
show just how many people in Osh-
kosh can not read or write English
and how many are not citizens.
Racine-Sergeant Fred Klema, son
of Martin Klema, farm implement deal,
er and farmer of Caledonia, Racine
county, was killed in battle some
| where in France March q, according
| 10 d I6l6SIdIu ISCClhS0 ny Tic ldlu6T
from the war department. Sergeant
Klema, who was % years old, enlisted
in Racine battery two years ago, and
later was transferred to the marine
corps.
Wausau-Applicatio has been made
for the pardon of Theodore Sternberg,
who was found guilty of manslaughter
| in December, 1916. and sentenced to
seven years in prison for the murder of
his father-in-law. The petition asks
clemency because of his splendid pris-
| on record and because of his advanced
age, also because ne owns two farms,
which need his personal care.
| Madison-Between fifteen and TWEEN
| ty additional instructors will be added
to the staff of the College of Engineer
ing to carry on the instruction of the
| 400 drafted men who are to be sent to-
| the University of Wisconsin on April
S as the first group of soldiers to re-
| ceive two months technical training
in the university classrooms and shops
| for special artisan work in the army.
| Green Bay Converting of several
| thousand acres of cutover lands in
northern Wisconsin into sheep ranch
es is being undertaken by the Wiscon.
sin Sheep and Dairy Cattle company
which established headquarters in
Green Bay. Wisconsin and Minnesota
bankers and business men are among
the heaviest stockholders in this com.
pany, which is capitalized for 100000.
| Madison-Women war workers rep
resenting forty-nine counties of Wis
consin called in conference at Madison
| by the Woman's Committee of the
Council of Defense last week, passed
resolutions asking the President and
| Congress to compel all brewers to re-
lease for consumption all excess sup
plies of grain now in their possession.
| Kenosha-Because he was patriotic
and refused to have a stain placed on
| the name of the French, a young
| Frenchman from Green Bay, 20 years
old, insisted on being arraigned before
Murray. He was charged with rifing
express packages and was sentenced
to six months in Jail.
Racine-The feeding of a 20 months
old child with four hard boiled eggs
within a short time caused commissions
and resulted in death. Charges made
by the mother and father of the child
relative to the cause of death resulted
in a post-mortem examination and it
was declared overlooking had caused
death.
Kenosha-S. Smolenski, member Of
the March 20 quota of selectmen, re-
fused to so to Camp Custer, saying
that he was soldier of God" and
would not kill another man. He was
sent to Fort Sheridan, H., where he
will be afforded an opportunity to ex~
plain his objections to army officers.
Sheboygan - Under the supervision
of DR.. G. H. Stannard as chairman, and
Drs. t. Gunther, W. L. Thompson J.
P. Zohlen, Harry Heiden, and George
Scheer, as volunteer committee,
class in first aid has been formed to
spread knowledge for preventing acci-
dents.
Madison = State Dairy and Food
Commissioner George J. Weigle has
called three-day conference Of seal"
ers of weights and measures to be held
here April %, "a and 25. There are
now thirty-six city sealers in the state.
Beloit-Beloit schoolboys have form
ed pig clubs and will raise pigs this
summer. 1t is expected that the city
oil will Ne