Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06
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HAPPENINGS
OF THE WEEK
in WISCONSIN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Green Bav-Green Bay men for the
| first time worked alongside of women
in the shop of the Brown County Red
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 rec
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 will
show just how many people in Osh-
kOsh can not read or write English
and how many are not citizens.
Acknowledgement 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
to telegram received by the father
from the war department. Sergeant
Klema, who was % years old, enlisted
in a Racine battery two years ago, and
later was transferred to the marine
corps.
Wausau-Application 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 he 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-
ceiye 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
he 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 stain placed on
he name of the French, young
Erenchman from Green Bay, 20 years
Did, insisted on being arraigned before
the court under the name of Oliver
Murray. He was charged with rifing
express packages and was sentenced |
20 six months in jail.
Racine-The feeding of 20 months |
old child with four hard boiled eggs |
within short time caused commissions |
and resulted in death. Charges made !
Ny the mother and father of the child |
relative to the cause of death resulted |
in post-mortem examination and it |
was declared overfeeding had caused |
death.
Kenosha-S. Smolenski, member of |
the March 20 quota of selectmen, re- |
fused to go to Camp Custer, saying |
that he was a soldier of God" and |
would not kill another man. He was |
sent to Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, 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 GeHrse |
Scheer, as a volunteer committee, |
class in first aid. has been formed TO !
spread knowledge for preventing acct |
dents.
Clintonville-Ernest Bannicke, enc |
my alien, was arrested here by civil |
and taken to Milwaukee. |
1t is charged that Bapnicke had in his |
possession seditious literature, as well |
as blue prints, lists of army camps and |
other matter arousing suspicion.
Beloit-Beloit schoolboyS have form
ed pig clubs and will raise pigs this
summer. 1t is expected that the city |
council will amend the ordinance pro- |
hibiting pigpens in the city and en-
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