Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-20

ouu5e Evans III IederaI court to eight
cen months in Leavenworth. Kas.. ON
his plea Of guilty, made to a charge 81
violating the espionage act by print
ing seditious articles in his paper and
also failing to file with tt postmaster
TRANSACTIONS of articles printed in Ger
man in his paper.
Green Bay-In a special meeting
the Brown county board of supervisors
adopted bond issue for building high
ways at cost of $270,O0O. The chief
job will be done in the town OF
Lawrence on the Green Bay-Appleton
road, the appropriation being 500, 900
The road will be of concrete, and will
make continuous road from the Foz
River valley points to Green Bay.
AppletOn-Mayor J. Austin Halves
Of this city was the first man in Outa
gamie county to return his question
naire to the farm labor committee OF
the Outagamie council of defense
pledging ten days service. He will
do any kind of general farm work
when called upon and will give his
services free.
Oshkosh Residents of the village OF
Winneconne on the Fox river, say the
war has had serious effect upon the
summer resort business which flour
iGh IN he i, -
number of resorters enjoying rest and
recreation at the up river village is
fair it is way below the records OF
other years.
Rhinelander-P. J. Cain, county
treasurer, is the owner of deck Of
German cards, taken from a German
prisoner by his son Reuben. Lieut.
Herbert Frogner brought them tc
America at the request of young Cain
and gave them to Mr.. Cain while in
Rhinelander recently.
Antigo-Peter w. Krier of this city
has been appointed senior examiner OF
the United States employment service
and will have charge of Langlade and
Oneida counties. All laborers in his
territory will be registered at his
Office and the requirements of each
employer will be tabulated.
Madison-Secre of State Merlin
Hull is already laying plans for collect
ing the soldier vote at the primary
election in September Representa-
tives of the state secretary will be
sent to each of the environments in
this country where Wisconsin voters
are now i'll training.
Beaver Dam-The small grain crop
in Dodge county this year is breaking
all records. Oats are yielding as high
as ninety-f five bushels to the acre;
wheat forty and barley forty-fve
bushels. There has been more wheat
raised this year than for a number OF
years.
Menomonee Falls-Joseph Fellenz
found an egg in his chicken yard that
inches around and the circumference
at the middle, 61a inches. The hen
was a Plymouth Rock and a steady
layer.
Shawano-No county fair will be
held in this county this year. as the
grounds need considerable improve
ments and officials believe they can
use the labor to better advantage in
helping take care of the crops.
Green Bay-A meeting of the Wis
consin Live Stock Breeders associa-
ton will be held in Green Bay the sec
ond week in October, according to an
announcement by County Agricultural
Agent E. A. Carncross.
Kenosha-Harold Hart, manager of
the truck department of Nash Motors
company, and one of the best known
men in the automobile game in the
middle west was commissioned cap
tain in the United States army.
Oshkosh-An exhibit of the crops
grown by the boys and girls. of the
Oshkosh schools will be held at the
high school early in September under
the direction of T. G. Brown, super
visor of agriculture in, the schools.
Sheboygan--Private Henry Meyer,
son of Mrs Louise Meyer, town of
Sheboygan, died in the base hospital
at Camp Zachary Taylor from the eff
fects of a heat stroke.
Beaver Dam-The Board of Educa-
ton of Beaver Dam by an unanimous
vote decided that hereafter the study
of the German language in the public
SCHOOLS of the city will be eliminated.
Madison-An increase of passenger
fare to 4 cents is asked by the La
Crosse & Southeastern, a railroad
operating between La Crosse and
Viroqua.
Portage-Federal authorities raided
the Hagenbeck- Wallace circus at Ste
vens Point just before it left for
Portage and took $50 men from the
show as Stacker subjects. The show
left with small boys filling places of
men taken
Rhinelander-Mar Pollen, far
mer in the town Of Cassian, was shot
and instantly killed by George Tomlin-
son, on Tomlinson's farm, in Rice Lake
on the Tomahawk river. The shooting
is said to have resulted from a deb
Tomlinson owned Pollen.
Sheboygan-A canvass of the city
has been started by the police to round
up all male persons within draft age
who have not been called to the eolors,
and who are engaged in such nom
essential occupations as clerks, aar-