Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-04-05

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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 win
show just how many people in Osh-
kosh can not read or write English
and how many are not citizens.
Racine Sergeant 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 81, according
to telegram received by the father
from the war department Sergeant
Klema. who was % years old, enlisted
in Racine battery two years ago, and
later was transferred to the marine
corps.
Wausau-Applicatio has been made
for the pardon of Theodore Sternberg,
who was found guilty of manslaugEter
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 ne owns two farms,
which need his personal care
Madison Between fifteen and TWEEN
ty additional instructors viii 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
as the first group of soldiers to re-
ceive 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
the heaviest stockholders in this com
pany, which is capitalized for 100000.
Madison Women war workers rep
resenting forty-nine counties OF Wis
consin called iii conference at Madison
! by the Woman's Committee of the
Council of Defense last week, passed
resolutions asking the President and
\ n IN oil f.a to.
lease for consumption all excess sup
plies of train now in their possession
Because he was patriotic
and refused to have a stain placed on
| the name of the French, young
Frenchman from Green Bay, 20 years
old, insisted on being arraigned before
the court under the name of Oliver
Murray. He was charged with rifiing
express packages and was sentenced
to six months in Jail.
! Racine-The feeding of a 90 months
old child with four hard boiled eggs
within short time caused commissions
and resulted in death. Charges made
by the mother and father of the child
relative to the cause of death resulted
| in a post-mortem examination and it
was declared overfeeding had caused
death.
| Kenosha-S. Smolenski, member of
the March 29 quota of selectmen, re
fused to go to Camp Custer. saying
that he was soldier of Cod and
would not kill another man. He was
sent to Fort Sheridan, H.. where he
will be afforded an opportunity to ex-
plain his objections to army officers.
Sheboygan Under the supervision
of Dr. c. H. Stannard as chairman. and
Drs. r. Gunther. w L. Thompson, j.
p. Zohlen. Harry Heiden, and George
Scheer, as a volunteer committee,
class in first aid has been formed to
spread knowledge for preventing acci
dents,
Madison State Dairy and Food
Commissioner George J. Weigle has
called three-day conference Of seal
ers of weights and measures 10 be held
here April %. "a and Is. There are
now thirty-six city sealers in the state.
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-
courage piggeries and pigs.
Madison Ralph Peters, member
of Co. G., Madison, was burier at sea,
according to letter received here
from members Of the company who
are now in France.
Horicon-Dr. r. NJ. Nelson of Hori-
con has received a call to report at
Fort Riley, Kans., for service In the
medical corps.