Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-12-27

After giving birth to twins, Mrs. JO-
seph Tomazewski, Crivitz, Marinette
county, died of influenza. The babies
also died.
r. G. Knutson has formed branch
of the international Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employees and
Railway Shop Laborers at La Crosse.
D. w. MacWillie, La Crosse county
fuel administrator, has called for a
popular vote of street car line patrons
for and against the skip-stop plan.
The Hortonville Review has been
sold by Robert W. Wright to his
brother, Lloyd, who published a paper
at Bear Greek until called into army
service.
Because of so many cases of inf1u-
enza Beloit college student school was
closed on Tuesday, Dec. II, until after
the holidays. This does not apply to
soldiers.
The Cereal Products Co., Mantle
voc, capital $1,00O,0OO, has fled arti-
cles of incorporation. The incorpora-
tors are Daniel C. Bleser, Otto H.
Seuglaub and Emil Herch.
The second 1OO-foot tug for the gov
eminent was launched at the Leath-
cam G Smith shipyards, Sturgeon
Bay The govern. mt contract was
cut from twelve to nine tugs.
Claude Albert Lindsey was arrested
at Kenosha charged with impersonat-
ing soldier of the United States. He
was turned over to the federal Off
Gals. His home is said to be in Chi
cago.
The people of Kenosha, through the
patriots fund will adopt 200 of the
fatherless children of France the COM
ing year. An appropriation of $1,000
has been made to take care of the
children.
The annual convention and fruit
show of the State horticultural soci-
ETY. will be held in Madison, Jan. 5, 8,
and 10. The fruit exhibit will be
staged in the main corridor of the
capitol building.
Marshal Cousins, Eau Claire, has as
sumed his duties as banking commits
sioner at the capitol He is well
known national guardsman and sue
ceeds A. &. Kuolt. The name of Mr..
Cousins will be submitted to the sen
ate for confirmation in January.
The estate of the late President C.
r. Van Hise, University of Wisconsin,
consists of $155, 900 personal property
and $4,000 real estate, according to
the will filed for probate. The prop
erty is bequeathed to Mrs Van Hise
and daughters, Jeanette and Alice.
The American cafe, Superior soft
drink emporium, was raided by the
police and in a box of coal by the
kitchen range was found thirteen half
pints and two pints of whisky. Max
Rosenberg, alleged proprietor of the
cafe, j. Belisle and Edward Hubeck,
empolyes, were arrested on a charge
of violating the liquor ordinance.
Dean E. A. Birge, vice-president of
the University Of Wisconsin and mem
Der of the faculty for thirty-five years,
was promoted to the presidency at a
special meeting of the regents, to
succeed DR.. Charles r. Van Hise. The
appointment is made on condition that
DIR. Birge be permitted to retire in
1920, when he will be 20. Dean Birge
has accepted.
Henry G. Baker, Racine, chief of po-
lice, demands that specific charges be
preferred against him to the police
and fire commission following the
common councils action in demanding
his resignation. Chief Baker declares
that the report to the common coun-
Gil by the special committee
appointed to Investigate alleged
immoral conditions besmirched
his character and reputation as chief
of police and he insists that the mat
ter be thoroughly gone into to the
satisfaction of the citizens of Racine.
Great. increases in livestock produc-
ton were disclosed by the reports
which are being filed with the state
food administration at Madison. These
reports show an increase in the mum
Der of cattle and hogs during the war
period of from 18 to ~ per cent Re
ports from forty counties incomplete,
fourteen counties fairly complete and
five counties complete show that the
number of hogs have been increased
in the state in the past year 221a per
cent, and the number of pigs between
two and six months of age 1873 per
cent. The number of cattle of all
kinds have increased 18 per cent and
the number of dairy cattle 1872 per
cent.
Five members Of the 1917 legisla-
ture joined the military or naval serv-
ice. DIR. A. j. Pullen,, Fond du Lac,
senator from the Eighteenth district,
joined medical unit Assemblyman
George D. Whiteside, Stevens Point,
head of the house committee on public
welfare, went to France with medi-
cal unit Assemblyman d. S. Burnett,
Wausau, Spanish-American war veter-
an, went to France as an engineer.
Assemblyman William A. Campbell,
Milwaukee, donned a lack" uniform
within few days after the war decla-
ration and gave UP his seat in the
lower house. Senator William Bray,
Oshkosh, went into training at Camp
Hancock, Ca, in the fall of 1918 and
was commissioned captain in the
United States army, Dec 10, 1918.
A petition from the Sun Prairie
Woman's club, to Gov. Phillip and the
Wisconsin legislature, will ask for
more stringent laws covering the car