Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-11-05

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Observation-Disclosures has registered
5s5.443 men between the ages of Is
! and 45 years since the selective con-
scrlption act went into effect in July,
1917. This, according to Adjt.-Gen.
orlando Holway shows that the man
power OF the state, including the mem
Ders OF the National Guard and those
! already in the army or navy, who
were not required to register, makes
the man power of the state over $780,
600 or practically one out of every
four citizens of the state, r record
which will compare very favorably
with any state in the Union
Fond du Managers of the
Fourth Liberty Loan in Waupun erect
ed large bulletin board on which
was pasted the names of all volunteer
subscribers, those who had to be So
llclted, those who failed to subscribe
their full allotment and of two citi-
zens who refused to subscribe. The
bulletin board, which is prominently
displayed in the business district, will
be preserved until the soldiers return
from war
Oshkosh = Winnebago county will
receive twenty-one honor flags for go
ing over he top in the fourth Liberty
loan drive. The county as a whole
will get one, and three cities, two vii
lagos and sixteen townships will each
centage record of close to 100 per cent,
its allotment being $3,2O1, 900 and its
total subscription to date being 49,
487 $50.
Madison-A call for 1876 men from
Wisconsin may be expected in the
near future. This intimation was given
out by Maj. A. Fitzpatrick, head of the
draft department 1t is estimated that
Wisconsin has approximately 10000
men between 10 and SO. The depart
ment at Washington points out that
there must be steady dow of men to
camp.
Oshkosh ST. Johns English Luz
theran church of this city will be in
cluded in the consolidation of forty
three synods of this country and Can
ada under the name of the United Lu-
theran church of America. This mer-
ger is to take effect at New York City
Thursday, Nov. IA. The pastor of the
local church is the Rev J. S. Albert :.
Madison - The University of Wis
consin War Book, containing articles
gathered by Wisconsin professors, will
be used as one of the text books in
the course on war aims which the war
department requires for all students
army training corps men. Nine hun
dred copies of the book are being sent
to German clergymen in the state.
Kenosha - The city of Kenosha
which led the entire Seventh Federal
Reserve district in the fourth Liberty
Loan, has asked that the committee
in charge of the district request that
a United States war ship be named
"Kenosha" in honor of the showing
made by the city in this and other pa
triotic drives.
Madison-Mrs. Knute Lee, Deerfie1d
Dane county, was drowned in Lake
Koshkonong when the boat in which
she and her husband were crossing
the lake, capsized. Lee made frantic
efforts to save his wife, but failed.
Antigo--Ernest DawIey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. c. Dawley of this city,
who is serving in France, has been
promoted to the rank of lieutenant
colonel. Another son, Lieut.. Paul
Dawley, just arrived safely overseas.
La Crosse - Over HOO was sub
scribed in local banks here for the re.
lief of Minnesota fire sufferers, in two
days. Ten boxes of clothing were sent
to northern Minnesota.
Wausau-Miss Mary Larson resign
ed her position as visiting nurse in
the city schools here and will go to
Camp Sherman. Ohio, to prepare for
army nurse duties overseas.
Beloit - There were 1878 subscrib.
ers to the Fourth Liberty Loan in Be
lott and this immediate vicinity. The
sum of the bonds signed for is over
s1,9O0,O00.
Madison - The Green county agent
has made a grasshopper catcher which
caught one bushel of grasshoppers in
three-quarters of an hour.
Wausau Private Leonard Seller, |
who was wounded in action overseas
in July, is in hospital in New York |
receiving treatment.
Wausau = ]. E. Gross of Stratford |
has been arrested, charged with prac-
ticing as veterinary surgeon without |
a license.
Portage-Maj Volney E. Brewer, 70 |
years old, pioneer business man, died |
at his home here of heart disease.
Oshkosh = Reported officially killed |
in action on Sept. 8, letter has been
received from William Stegeman, Jr,
in France, stating that he is recover |
ing from wounds at base hospital |
The letter. dated Sept. 81, brought |
joy to the Stegeman Home
Washingtcn-The names of four Off |
GERS and seventy-nine enlisted men in |
German prison camps were announced |
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