River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-07-25

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Madison - The Wisconsin depart
ment of Spanish War Veterans in SEES
sion here elected these officers: ]. +.
Sugden, Racine, department command
er; S. B. Borehan, Fond du Lac, senior
vice department commander; Guy n.
Dulin, National Soldiers home, Mil
waukee, junior vice commander. Dele
gates to the national encampment,
Baltimore, Sept 3-5, are: Martin A.
Kenney, Oshkosh; Charles II. Graham,
Ripon; George H. Herzog, Racine; E.
N. Secor, Milwaukee The Women's
auxiliary elected Mrs. Dairy Sugden,
Racine, department commander.
Racine-The annual convention Of
the Wisconsin Federation of Labor
adopted a resolution instructing the
executive board of that organization
to appear before the state legislature
next fall to speak against the proposed
prohibition constitutional amendment.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing
the war policies of the government and
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The federation went on record oppos-
inb the SABBATH bill for granting citi-
zenship to enemy aliens who came to
this country as children.
Madison-GoY. Phillip has received
a call for 166 negroes, class /, from
the state of Wisconsin to go to Camp
Custer during the fve-day period be-
ginning Aug l. This is the first call
that has been received for negro reg
istrants in this state Another call
was received for 154 white men to be
sent to Beloit college Aug. Is. These
men must have grammar school edu-
cation and aptitude for mechanical
lines They will take training in gas,
engineering work, radio and wireless
telegraph.
Madison = Many complaints have
been received by the enforcement di-
vision of the Wisconsin food admins
tration that retail merchants have
been selling sugar in two pound lots
at prices from IS to 20 cents. The
food administration has ruled that all
sales of sugar in two pound lots shall
not be sold for more than 10 cents
and any merchant charging more than
that amount will be considered guilty
of violating the sugar regulations and
will be penaliZed.
Milwaukee - Federal Judge Geiger
sentenced e. L. Shimpke to three
months in the house of correction, for
assisting three soldiers to obtain
beer. The party drove out to a road
house, and testimony showed that on
the way the defendant helped provide
overalls for the men so that they
would not be recognized in their army
uniforms. The army boots, however,
told the tale after the beer had been
consumed, and federal officers shortly
afterwards arrested Shimpke.
Appleton - George Doede, indicted
fifteen months ago by the grand jury
at Milwaukee on the charge of repre-
senting himself to be a United States
secret service man. was arrested at
Oshkosh by Chief George T. Prim of
the Appleton police department and a
secret service man. Doede is charged
with obtaining money from young men
who are anxious to join the secret
service by giving them an examination
and outfit, charging them $40 and. up
for the outfit.
Madison-Gov Phillip telegraphed
the provost marshal general asking
that farm boys called into army serv-
ice be given a furlough until Aug. 10,
SO that farm work can be completed.
Recent calls have cut the supply of
help to the BONE" says Gov. Phillip.
"This state has extra crops this year.
They must be harvested. l shall issue
a proclamation calling upon people in
village and cities to aid the farmers,
even if it be at the sacrifice of their
own work and business"
Madison = That the decrease in
state bank resources of 5000, 734.S5
during the past quarter is not unusual
is the statement of A. E. Emerson
deputy bank commissioner. The bank
statement issued for 7S5 state banks
shows that the total bank resources on
June %. were $345, 1884, 9434, as com
pared with total resources on May 10,
of $34S,42319.
Eau Claire-EmiI Schiller of Grand
Rapids, was found guilty in the federal
court on the charge of violating the
espionage act by stating he wished
the war would end and the Germans
win and that America would never
have good times until the Germans
won. Schiller was born in Prussia and
came to America 81 years ago.
Waupaca-The midsummer meeting
of the Central Wisconsin Press associ-
alton will be held here July &c, and
will be entertained by the local bust
nessmen's association.