Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-11-01


power of the state, including the men,
oers 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 6OO.-
600 or practically one out of every
four citizens Of the state, record
which will compare very favorat.y
with any state in the Union.
Fond du Managers of the
Fourth Liberty Loan in Waupun erect
/ ed a large bulletin board on which
vas pasted the names of all volunteer
subscribers, those who had to be So
licited, 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 the top in the fourth Liberty
loan drive. The county as whole
will get one, and three cities, two vii
! lagos and sixteen townships will each
receive flag. The county has a per
centase record of close to 109 per cent,
its allotment being $3,2O1 500 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 19 and SO. The depart
ment at Washington points out that
there must be steady flow of men to
camp
Oshkosh ST. Johns English Lu-
theran church of this city will be in
cluded in the consolidation of forty
three synods of this country and Can
ada under tt e name of the United Lu-
theran churcn 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. ]. 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
| Loan, has asked that the committee
/ in charge of the district request that
United States war ship be named
'Kenosha" in honor of the showing
made by the city in this and other pa
| triotic drives.
Jefferson = Stephen A. Wicke, But
falo, who posed as an army officer,
Lieut.. John Hudson Wilson," and in
that role prevailed upon S. ]. Koser,
Watertown. to endorse forged check
/ for $500, was sentenced to seven years
at Waupun. Wicks was arrested at
| Syracuse, n. Y
Madison-Mrs Knute Lee, Deerfield,
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 Dawley, 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 LOO 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 Tne
sum of the bonds signed for is over
s1,30O.O00.
Madison - The Green county agent
has made a grasshopper catcher which
caugb+ one busbel of grasshoppers in
three-duarters of an hour.
T1..;,,ota aonar4 Seller.