Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-10-01


Kruger homestead, in which he was
wounded. Leslie %, and Louis, 26, are
still sought.
Madison-A naval section of the
students army training corps, con-
sisting of 800 men of selective service
age, who voluntarily enroll in the unit
will be established at the University
of Wisconsin Oct l, to train engineer
and deck officers for the navy, accord
ing to an announcement received from
Washington. OF the 300 men in the
naval section, $50 are to be electrical
or mechanical engineering students
The university is one of two Wiscon-
sin institutions which will have naval
S. A. T. c. sections. The other is Mar
quette university, which will have a
quota of sixty men.
Oshkosh-Otto Spaedtke has been
officially reported as having died of
wounds received in action. He joined
Co. F of this city in 1917, when only
II, and went across with the Rainbow
division. He was wounded July 80
He was the oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Spaedtke. A brother is in the
navy. Official notice has been receiv-
ed here verifying unofficial reports of
the deaths of Sergt. Elmer Bulls,
Louis Suess, Sergt. Richard Procknow
and Corp. Walter Thorne.
Wausau-Matt Wagner of Marathon
has received a telegram from the Red
Cross informing him that his son, Ray
P. Wagner, a member of headquarters
ambulance company, 1917 Sanitary
train, is being held in prison camp
at Mainz by the Germans since Aug. 4.
Private Wagner was the auto driver
for Major Dirk Bruins of Milwaukee,
who is in the same camp. Wagner en-
listed and left Wausau a year ago.
Oshkosh - Capt. Robert P. Board
man, son of Brig.-Gen. c. r. Board
man, is home from Fort Sheridan
awaiting orders for assignment as in
structor at one of the middle west col
leges in the training of student mill
tary corps. Since his return from
service in France he has been serv-
'ng as an instructor in a battalion of
men training at Sheridan.
F'rederic-After being in operation
here for a month during which time
over 500 barrels of dill pickles were
packed, farmers in this vicinity re
ceived $4,000 for their cucumber crop
from the factory, which has closed
for the season. One farmer also real
of cucumber tract.
Kenosha - The common council of
KenoSha refused to sanction the
"skip-stop" plan of the railway COM
pany. The council held that the lines
of the company were too short and it
was just as important to assist the
war workers in getting them to their
places of employment as saving fuel,
which in this case would not be much
Madison = According to telegram
received from Food Administrator
Hoover by the Wisconsin Food Admin
istration, the maximum price for wet
beet pulp direct from the factory is to
be 80 cents a ton, for wet pulp out of
the silo the maximum may be $1.25 a
ton, and for dry pulp $40 ton f. o. b.
factory
Madison = Edward Rogers, a rail
road bridge carpenter, was arrested
at Marrimac and brought before
French on the charge of violating the
espionage act He was held to the
grand jury and furnished $4,000 bail
Waukesha-Capt. Daniel j. Martin
of this city, commanding the Second
battalion, One Hundred Twenty-eighth
infantry, writes that he was gassed at
Juvigny, but hopes to return to his
command soon. Earl Ch1istoph of
Waukesha is in the hospital, ne also
having been gassed
Neenah = Although two Neenah
boys, DeForest Kevill and Charles
Nelson, have been officially listed in
the casualty reports as severely
wounded" both are known to be re-
covering nicely in French hospitals.
Menasha Menasha's Red Gross Mo-
tor corps is getting into the game with
a vengeance At the present time they
may be seen working in overalls at a
.ocal garage dismantling automobile
engines Grease holds no terrors for
these young women patriots.
Marinette-The seventy-first annual
session of the grand encampment of
he l. o. o. f. of Wisconsin and the
.wenty-sixth annual session of the de-
oartment council, Patriarchs Militant,
will be held in Marinette, October T..
, and 8.
Madison-Lieut W. c. Weiss, com
handing officer of the University of
Wisconsin training detachment, has
received official notice that officers
training camps have been thrown
open to civilians over Is and less than
rs.
Madison-In ruling to the district
attorney of Ashland county, Atty
Gen. Spencer Haven held that a Dem
ocrat who had been nominated on the
Republican ticket must continue as
the Republican candidate.