Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24

$4,000 bond. Peter Kiedrowski, 20
years old, is out on bail of 81, 800. He
! is charged with impersonating a fed
eral officer last summer, inducing
farmers in the county to sell their cat
tie at d low price. United States Mar
shall Frank P O'Connor made the ar
rests on warrants ordered by a grand
jury. Both will be ordered to appear
at the United States District court at
Madison
! Madison - Long John" Mockey,
Middleton, charged with giving liquor
to II year old Frank Macolect, who
died of exposure in a ditch into which
! he fell on his way home from the Mid
dleton railway station. is being held
! by District Attorney Harry Saulhoff
| The prosecutor is seeking to charge
MOCkey with manslaughter despite the
fact that the coroner's jury did not fix
the blame for the boys death.
| Madison 49, Resolution declaring an
open season for kaisers were adopted
by the Wisconsin Game Protection as
ISOLATION at its state convention 1t
was suggested that Wilhelm get off
the earth by the quickest possible
route. The officers were elected as
| follows: President, Dr. A. T Rass-
mussen, La Crosse; vice-president, E.
A. Cleasby, Manitowoc secretary
treasurer C. J. Allen, Milwaukee.
/ Oshkosh-In an address before the
WinnebagO County Bee Keepers asso-
citation here, H. L. McMurry, bee cul-
| ture field agent for the federal bu-
reau of entomology, warned the bee
men to take vigorous action against
| the disease among bees, known as
foul brood" evidences of which has
the spread of disease would in time
destroy the honey industry.
| Kenosha - Four enlisted men from
the naval station at Great Lakes were
| sentenced to twenty days in Jail here
1t is charged that they participated
in a debauch at the Chicago. MiIwau-
: d
company of young woman. There was
battle between the police and the
sailors and two of the sailors es-
capped The others came into court
more or less bruised.
Oshkosh-William NJ. Bray of Osh-
! kOsh. former state senator, is now a
captain in the United States army. He
| received the commission Dec. 10 at
! Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga, where
he spent the last three months in the
school for officers, training in the ma
/ chine gun division.
| Madison - Violation of federal LID
uor laws resulted in fines for three
men in federal court here. one of the
| trio also being sentenced to Jail. The
defendants were Umberta De Pra,
Baraboo, 5000 and sixty days A. A.
Morrison, Viroqua, $50; Joseph Hen
bricks, Madison, 500.
Madison-John c. Miller. Montague,
Mich, was brought here to face state
charges and to undergo questioning by
federal authorities for alleged viola
ton of the Mann act
Marinette - Private Walter Ander
son of Company l was severely wound
ed the last day of the war, evidence
that the Marinette boys were the the
fight TO the finish.
Madison-Six hours before hostili-
ties ceased Chiston Bewick. Madison,
was wounded by a bOche bullet, &C
cording to word received by his par
ents.
Madison-The city of Racine may
purchase the Racine Water works,
owned by d corporation, for $1,011500
at least that is the valuation fixed
/ by the Wisconsin railroad commission.
| The attempts of the city to purchase
the plant were inaugurated several
years ago.
| Madison - Deaths from influenza
in Wisconsin reported for October,
were 2.091. and from pneumonia SIS.
Many of the deaths reported due to
influenza undoubtedly were pneumo-
MIA.
Beloit-Beloit college has requested
Prof. George L. Collie, who is with
the Y. Nj. C. A workers in France, to
n &c
with tue college early next year.
Wausau - The Rev. Smits of Rib
Lake was fined $50 and costs after
pleading guilty TO a charge of hunting
| deer without a license.
Madison-The last of the 5000 S. A.
T. C. boys at the University OF Wis
consin, was mustered out of service on
/ Dec Is.
Madison - Otto Quale, Madison,
manager of the campaign OF Sol Levi
! tain for state treasurer in the repub-
| ican primary, has announced his can
didacy for sergeant-at-arms OF the
state senate. He will be opposed by
Frank Andrews.
| Madison - Herman ]. Veerhusen,
Madison merchant, who died following
/ fall from a train while returning
from Milwaukee, left an estate CT s40,
600. according to his wiz admitted to
probate.