Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-04-19

measure of credit for the arrange
ments so carefully made and so sue
cessfully carried out.
Two men We're run over and killed
by a train at the waterworks, just
west of this city Sunday last. The
men were walking on the tracks and
stepP~ from one track to the other
and were caught by the train coming
from the other direction. They were
John Bacher and Herman Brockman,
both of Milwaukee.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist Church will entertain the
ladies of the other churches in a So
cial afternoon in the parlors of the
church on Wednesday, April "a, at 8
p. M. A short musical program will
be given, and those attending are re-
quested to bring their Red Cross
knitting or other work.
Mrs. Louise Dousman, wife of G. P.
Dousman, resident of Wauwatosa
for about 20 years, died at the family
home, 1904 Vliet street, Friday, April
II. She was born at Hartford, Conn,
and leaves besides her husband, one
daughter, Mrs. Horatio Gates and two
sisters, MIS-. Stanton Park and Mrs.
B. B. Hopkins. The funeral was held
Tuesday, April Is. Iaterment was at
Forest Home cemetery.
Edward Wolcott Dousman, ", died
Wednesday morning at the family
residence, 461 Fifty-ffth street. He
was son of the late George d. Dous-
man, pioneer of Milwaukee, and the
brother of Mrs. Eugene S. Elliott and
John T. Dousman. He is survived oy
his widow, one son, Edward, Wauwa-
tosa, and two daughters, the Mines.
Homer B. Fowle, Milwaukee, and p. ID.
Gates, WauWatosa. Services will be
held in the residence Friday of this
week. Interment at Forest Home.
Sometime between Friday afternoon
and Saturday, presumably Friday
night, someone entered the High
school building and removed all the
German text books that could be
found in the desks and threw them
into the river. II he loss was not dis
covered until Monday morning and in
vestigation revealed the fact that
about half the German students had
lost their books. The monetary loss
is not great, and the inconvenience
was felt only for few hours. Regu-
lar work was resumed on Tuesday
morning. On Saturday afternoon
about o'clock, the books, about two
dozen in number, were found in the
river by the 59th st. bridge. Com
ment on such vandalism is unneces-
sary. 1t speaks for itself.
The special committee appointed by
the Common Council, and consisting of
Messrs. I. M. Hammond, Robert Rom,
E. A. Belda, w. T. Whip, and Hans
A. Koenig, have been advised by the
Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction
CO., that effective April 10th, TWEEN
ty-four minute schedule has been
adopted on the Walnut Street line, in
place of the thirty minute schedule
heretofore existing, and on Saturday
afternoons and Sundays a twenty
minute schedule. This change will, no
doubt. be appreciated by the citizens
residing along the Walnut Street line.
The committee has been reasonably
assured that just as soon as the COM
pany replaces its tracks on Washing
ton Street it will be possible to in
augGrate an eighteen-minute service.
Captain r. X. tombstone, Of Wau
watosa, director of the Liberty parade
and the Wauwatosa Committee, wish
to express to the residents of Wau-
watosa who participated and marched
in the parade last Saturday, their sim
cere appreciation for the cooperation,
enthusiasm and patriotism manifested.
Captain r. r. Johnstone wants every
man, woman, boy or girl. irrespective
to their station in life, to feel that
their individual services was very
much appreciated. Parades of this
nature are of great Importance inso-
far as they arouse interest and en-
thusiasm of all the people in the Lib
eTty Loans, and demonstrate effective
ly that the best citizenship of the
City and State are back of the Gov
eminent in its great effort and prin-
ciple in this war.