River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31

county failed to hit the bulls eye in
the Fourth Liberty Loan. They were
examined and a record made of their
testimony. On leaving the stand they
were instructed to furnish the chair
man of the Council of Defense with
list of those who failed to buy bond,
and list Of those who bought small
bonds.
Madison - Advertisements of cut
prices on flour and window displays
which tend to increase the sale of
-four must be discontinued, according
to instructions which the United
States food administration for Wis
consin is sending to all retailers and
county food administrators. Atten-
ton may be called to particular
brand of -four, but no -four bags may
be exhibited in windows nor sugges-
tions made that mills are quoting in
creased use of flour.
Madison - During September IL, 124
persons were placed in employment
through the twenty-seven employment
offices conducted in the state under
the direction of the industrial commits
sion in cooperation with the United
States employment service. In the
corresponding month last year, 3,671
persons were placed through the four
Offices then in existence.
Marinette-Henry Maske, IA years
old, is under arrest charged with as
sault with intent to do great bodily
harm, waiting the outcome Of the seri-
Gus wound he is alleged to have in
ficted on Neil Edison, a Menomonee
man. The boy was shooting at a tar
get, one Of the shots going wild and
hitting Edison, who was working along
the street. The bullet entered his hip.
Fond du Lac-Lieut. John Smith ar
rived here after g years service over
seas. He was returned to this cOun-
try as an instructor. He reports the
members of Fond du Laos famous
Company E, which suffered so many
casualties last March, as being in
splendid spirits. All but one of those
injured have returned to the front.
La Crosse-After a journey which
took two months, William A. Stephan
arrived here from Peru in response to
a draft call, in time to head a quota
of twenty-five county registrants, who
left for Camp Shelby, Miss. Stephan,
who is a son Of John Stephan, keeper
of an inn in the town of Shelby, is a
mining engineer.
Madison-A unanimous vote of the
Wisconsin legislature is the endorse
ment given by the state to the nation
wide Win-the-War convention which is
to be held by the League to Enforce
Peace, of which William H. Taft is
president, in Madison on Nov. 8, and
10, under auspices of the University
of Wisconsin.
Madison-The state food admins
tration is preparing to get after the
hotel profiteers. 1t was announced
that if certain hotels, restaurants and
other public eating houses don't stop
boosting the prices Of food drastic
steps will be taken by the administra-
ton regulating the prices.
La Crosse - John, the little son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer G. Ander of Sol
diers Grove, ram in front of his ia
theirs shotgun just as the latter pulled
the trigger to shoot chicken for his
Sunday dinner The charge took effect
in the boys head and neck. 1t is said
the boy will recover.
Madison-Evidently struck and in
stantly killed by an automobile, the
body of Missen P. Stenjem, former
clerk of the Dane county circuit court,
was found lying in the street near his
home. The driver is not known.
Reedsyille - Fifteen days after he
had been commissioned first lieuten-
ant in the medical corps, DR.. e. G.
Cary of this city was ordered to re-
port at Ft. Riley, Kan.
La Crosse = The woman's commit
tee. La Crosse county defense council,
received five huge boxes of clothing
for victims of the Minnesota fire vic
TINS five hours after issuing an appeal.
Madison-Henry Kluehs, champion
rifeman of Middleton, Dane county,
reported missing in action in France,
was found severely wounded with six
dead Germans beside him in trench.
La CrOsse-Judge Edward Cronon,
who lost an arm in the Civil war, cele-
bpated his eighty-second birthday by
appealing to authorities to help him
get war job.
Madison-Twenty-fo head of Wis
consin Holstein cattle have arrived
safely in South Carolina, according to
Thomas A. Mosely of Clemens college
I'm that state