River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-21
WISCONSIN
STATE NEW S

Mrs. Mary McGovern, rs, Oconto,
resident for forty-seyen years, died
of paralysis and bronchitis. Mrs Ro-
saIa Maigray, SO, died at Oconto,
where she lived for seventy years.
H. B. Cowles, for the past eight
years income tax assessor, Dane
county, died at his home in Madison
of Influenza He was graduated from
the University of Wisconsin in 1906.
He was 50 years old.
The sawmill Of the Girard Lumber
Co., operated at Dunbar, east of
Rhinelander, for thirty years, has
ceased operations. The plant will be
dismantled and the machinery ship
ped.
Archbishop S. G.. Messmer, Milwau-.
kee, of1ciated at the funeral of Rev.
Fr. Anthony V. Mueller, Madison
priest, who died in Milwaukee. Many
clergymen from all over the state at
tended the funeral.
DR.. N. K Mills, Ashland, govern
ment physician on the Bad River In
dian reservation, died of influenza.
He formerly practiced in St. Louis
and saw service in the Geodetic sur
yey in Alaska and the Philippines.
Miss Ruth Lakeman, widely known
newspaper woman and society editor
of the Kenosha Evening News, was
crushed between two motor trucks
during the peace parade. The liga-
1, hod
torn.
Harry Lang, Is, died in the Madi-
son General hospital of gunshot
wounds while hunting rabbits with
four young companions at Maple Bluff.
A coroner's jury will determine wheth-
er he was the victim of his own gun
or that of a companion.
Effective Nov. Is, street car fares
for cash in Madison will be cents.
High school students will be sold ten
tickets for so cents, adults will be sold
nine tickets fob so cents, children I'M
der IL, cents. The railroad commits
sion has approved the rates..
William Schroeder, member of the
firm of Engelhardt & Schroeder, acct
dentally shot and killed his wife at
their home in Fond du Lac. Mr..
Schroeder has just returned from a
hunting trip and had his gun standing
in the corner. He was about to put his
gun away when it bumped against the
chair and was discharged, the charge
striking Mrs. Schroeder in the back
and killing her instantly.
Chippewa Falls is probably the only
city in the state that has found it nee
essary to impose ban against public
gatherings after the ban had once
been lifted with relief of the influenza
situation. Schools, theatres and dance
halls have been closed for a week be-
ginning Monday, Nov. IL. The ban
was lifted week ago after it had been
in force for three weeks. An unusual
ly large number of new cases devel-
oped among school children.
Simon B. Thelander, 36, native of
Sweden, is without a country. He ap-
piled for American citizenship Oct. 81,
1915, at Minot, N. D., and obtained his
papers. Later he moved to Racine,
where he registered under the selec-
tive service act, Sept II. He ap-
peared before the exemption board
for permission to withdraw his citizen
ship papers. The request was granted
This action bars him from ever becom-
ing a citizen of the United States.
Although nothing has been decided
regarding disposition to be made of
the student army unit, at the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin, there is a general
feeling that the corps will be disband-
ed after the end of the first quarter.
H. J. Thorkelson, business manager of
the university, said there has been
no permanent contract drawn as yet
between the university and the ma
tiOnal government. He said that the
present contract will carry until
Jan. l.
Milk prices at La Crosse will be
regulated according to quality The
county food administrator, at a con-
ference with milk producers and dis
tributors, fixed the price at IL cents
for milk containing per cent butter
fat, to 15 cents for that testing per
cent. The prices were based on prices
paid by creameries for butter fat, max
ing allowances for value of skim milk
and cost of delivery The food admin
istration will require distributors to
have shoppers of bottles stamped to
show amount of butter fat contained.
The Republican state central com
mittee expended $9,2S606 in the state
campaign, and received contributions
of $6,795.42, according to its report,
filed with the secretary of state. The
Democrats expended $604956, incur
red obligations of S6,687.64. Large
numbers of prominent Republicans of
the state united to help put the ticket
over. The largest contributions were
from George A. West, state chairman,
who gave $1,000 and F. j. Sensenbren-
ner, Neenah, prominent in the Wiscon-
sin Manufacturers association, who