Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-23
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

The sixty-sixth annual meeting of
the Wisconsin Teachers association
will be held in Milwaukee, Nov. Z, 8
and 8.
The Kenosha Elks have gone dry.
The finest clubhouse owned by the
members of the order in Wisconsin
will be opened without a bar.
Mrs. Fred Stark, 80 years old, died
at her home seven miles west of Poy-
nette of pneumonia. Her 7-year-old
son died the following day of the same
malady.
An epidemic of hog cholera has
broken out in herds on French Island,
suburb of La Crosse. Local veteri-
narians have called upon the state au-
thorities for assistance
Martin Olson pleaded guilty in supe-
rior court to desertion, bigamy, per-
jury and violation of the Mann act and
was sentenced by Judge Hoppmann to
two years in the penitentiary.
The youngest of the Ringing broth
ers, Henry Ringing, so years old, died
at Baraboo OF Bright's disease. He is
survived by three brothers, Alfred T.
Charles and John.
Jens Olsen, 65 years old, harness
maker at Cambridge, ended his life by
hanging himself in his shop. He leaves
widow and two sons, one of whom
is in the military service. Olsen had
been respondent for some time.
Mrs. Sarah Hacker Prescott, matron
of Taylor Orpheum asylum, Racine,
died at ST. Mary's hospital of pneumo-
MIA following an attack of influenza.
For number of years she was en-
gagged in Y. w. c. A. work.
On account of the scarcity of coal
and the cost of maintaining a home a
large number of Appleton people
have closed their homes for the winter
months and gone into apartments.
Appleton is suffering almost a coal
panic and it is feared that if relief
does not soon come the city will be
entirely without coal.
The Wisconsin railroad commission,
Madison, has ordered the Chicago &
Northwestern road to maintain safe
ty devices at the Doty and Columbia
crossings in Neenah. 1t ordered the
road to elect suitable shelter at
Drexel boulevard about eight miles
south of Milwaukee.
Dozens of women leave La Crosse
every morning in automobiles for the
potato fields, dig their winters supply
I, and pay the farmer fair market price,
with the value of their labor deducted.
The harvest of the apple crop in Bost-
wick valley was arranged in the same
manner, buyers picking their own sup
ply.
The blue silk banner, with the Wis
consin seal embroidered on it, which
was carried by the Third Wisconsin
National guard regiment to the Mexi-
can border and again on March 26,
1917, when the Third regiment was
called into federal service, recently
arrived from France, and is now on ex-
bibition at the state historical mu-
scum, Madison.
The wartime prosperity of WiScon-
sin is evidenced in the report of nine
months failures just issued by r. G.
Dun & Co., New York. In that period
Wisconsin had 1877 insolvencies with
liabilities of $1,823,748. The number
of business reVerSeS was forty less
than in the same period in 1917 and
ffty-three less than in the first nine
months of 1916.
Three mysterious explosions wreck
ed the offices and warehouse buildings
of the Standard Oil Company
at Racine Junction, resulting in loss
of between $4,000 and 100000. No
one was injured, although scores of
men and women were passing the
buildings at the time Of the explosions,
which rocked the residence and fac
tory district.
That county treasurers who with
hold large sums of inheritance taxes
and report them at subsequent quar-
ters, will be compelled to pay interest
on the amounts so withheld, was the
statement given out by State TreasU'
rer Henry Johnson, Madison. One
treasurer withheld $4,000 of inherit
ance taxes. He will be asked to make
good the interest on this amount.
Sheriff C. N. Goerling has taken
Jesse G. and Albert Dorst of Wausau
to the commanding officer to Camp
Grant for immediate service. The
brothers registered for SeIective draft,
but evaded answering questionnaires.
They were taken into custody by Wis
consin state guards at the time the
search was made for the Kruegers in
Clark county.
At hearing at Eau Claire Mrs.
Louise Kruger and her son Frank
have been bound over to the Circuit
court on the charge of having killed
Harry Jensen of Withee, in battle
between a posse and the Kruger
brothers, alleged draft evaderS, on