Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-03-28
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Watertown-Fi Fifteen hundred people
assembled IN the high school gvmnasi-
I'm here and many more were turned
away when the newly organized local
council of defense held its first as
sembly meeting. Judge ". H. Wood
ard, chairman; Prof ". H. Kiekhoe-
fer of the University of Wisconsin.
and H J. James of Fort Atkinson.
chairman Of the county council of de-
Tense, spoke, advocating quick and
thorough preparation for the third
Liberty loan campaign.
KenOsha-Jeseph Pappan. a Keno
sha man who was supposedly buried
with ceremony here some three years
ago has turned up again. Letters from
San Francisco announce Pappan is
now superintendent of a tannery there
Three years ago, a body recovered
from the lake was identified as the
body Of Pappan. 4 brother of Pappan
and members of the society to which
he belonged are now wondering who
the man they buried was.
La Crosse-The libel suit of Rev
Alfred Leslie Morse Of Waukesha
against the Modern Woodmen of
America, which grew out of the re-
cent insurance rate war when, Morse
alleges, the order DETAINED his charac-
ter by the publication of a booklet
dealing with his life as a minister in
Wisconsin towns, was settled here.
The Woodmen paid him substantial
sum, attorneys said.
Madison-Owing to the fuel situa-
ton the saloons will close in Merrill on
Sundays. The question arose as to
who should make the complaint for d
continuation of the enforcement Of the
Sunday closing law The attorney
general suggests that those who have
through custom ke3t their places open
on Sunday. be notified An enforce
ment Of the Sunday closing law is con
templated.
Racine - An Austrian employed at
the factory Of the J. l. Case ThTeshing
Machine company was roughly han
died by fellow employees, and would
have been thrown into the river had
officers of the company not prevented
it. The Austrian was ordered to kiss
the flag. which he did after crawling
on hands and knees for a considerable
distance, and then willingly cOntribu-
ted to the county war relief fund.
Madison = ANY attempt to charge
eXt0rtiOnate fire insurance rates in
Wisconsin will result in lawsuits, NJ.
J. Cleary, state insurance commission
er, has announced. Circulars have
been sent through Wisconsin declaring
the intention Of the fire insurance
companies to add 10 per cent to pres
ent rates in a large part of the western
section OF the state.
Madison-John r. Hayes, for sever
al years deputy state bank examiner,
has resigned to become assistant cash
Ter of the Merchants and Savings bank
Of this city. Mr.. Hayes has been one
Of the deputies sent out by the de-
partment for the examination of the
condition Of the different state banks
of Wisconsin. The resignation takes
effect April !.
Madison-1hat it is the duty of dis
trict attorneys to enforce the law
wherever they know Of violation and
that it is their duty to make com
plants wherever they occur is the
opinion of Atty-Gen. Spencer Haven to
Dist-Atty Ralph Smith of Lincoln
county.
Sturgeon Bay-The big government
transport which is under construction
at the shipyards here is nearing com
pletion and the launching viii take
place, it is expected, at an early date.
Preparations are being made to make
the day of launching a big patriotic
event
Appleton-Mayor John Faville has
Withdrawn from the race for election
of mayor The mayor said: CAS- the
vote for Mr. Halves at this primary
election included more than half the
voters of the city, it is not necessary
for me to run
acknowledgements will not vote on
the wet and dry issue this spring &C
cording to present indications. If the
drys are casting their eyes in the di-
rection of Menasha they have yet to
make the fact known as no prohibit
ton petitions are in circulation.
Neenah-Whistles blew and bells rang
here in formal announcement that in
dustrial Neenah had commenced work
ing for the war One-half per week,
under the Kenosha plan, will be de
voted to the raising of a war fund.
Green Bay-The Brown County Bar
association unanimously endorsed JUS
tee Marvin B. Rosenberg as candi-
date for justice of the supreme court
to succeed himself.
boygan-Dynamiting was resort
ed to break up ice jams in the She
boygan river which resulted in mum
dating a large part Of the factory sec
ton of the city.