Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-09
HAPPENINGS
OF THE WEEK
IN WISCONSIN
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oshkosh - James Henry Davidson.
60. member of congress from the Sixth
district. is dead He had been ill at a
washington hospital for several weeks
with internal disorders and had been
in falling health for months Mr..
Davidson was chairman of the Repub-
Iican congressional campaign commit
fee from 1890 to 1896 and was elected
to the Fifty-ffth congress, serving
continuously to and including the
Sixty-second congress. In 1916 he was
reelected to the Sixty-fifth congress.
During his later incumbency, Mr.. Dav-
Idscn was chairman of the committee
on railroads and canals and ranking
member Of the committee on rivers
and harbors.
Madison-The war department will
establish training unit for heavy ar
tillery officers at the University of
Wisconsin, this fall, according to a re-
cent announcement, received by the
university The Wisconsin institution
viii be one of the ten or eleven of the
large institutions of the country in
which such training units will be es-
tabIished Among the special courses
which the university will offer for the
heavy artillery work are practical
gunnery and artillery fire, )" to be given
by Prof Wolff, and course in ball
Istics" by Prof. C. s. Schlichter.
Madison-The Madison field hospi-
tai company of the old First regiment,
Wisconsin National guard, of which
Maj. William Lorenz, State Hospital
for the Insane at Mendoza, is com
mander, has been praised in general
army orders issued by Pershing's
Headquarters for efficient work The
bulletin is headed Hospital Salvage
Figures That Count" The unit is the
first American field hospital to work
on German soil
Eau Claire Judge John M. Becker.
of Monroe, tried in federal court here
on a charge of having made unpatri-
0tic utterances, was convicted by a
jury. Sentence was deferred. Two ad-
dresses which Becker made last Feb
4 mary formed the basis of the charge.
The prosecution alleged that he at
n tempted to discourage enlistments.
4 Becker denied the allegations and as
serted that his criticism was directed
at profteers.
Amigo - In order to save the big
crop of wild raspberries in Langlade
county, arrangements are being made
through the Association of Commerce
to have automobiles take berry pick
ers to the berry patches in the morn
ing and return them to their homes at
night. The Amigo Canning company
Is experimenting this year with the
canning of wild raspberries.
Madison-President Charles r. Van
Hise, of the University OF Wisconsin
aas accepted the invitation of the
British government to be one of the
party to visit England and France,
learn the war conditions in those
countries and explain the conditions
IN America to the British and French.
Dr Van Hise has been granted two
months leave of absence.
Shawano = Two notable gatherings
Oh farmers will be held in this county
this month. The town of Seneca farm
eFs VIII have big melon feast" on
aug. Is, when County Agent Moore
VIII be one of the principal speakers.
oh Aug. q. the town of Morris will
nave It's annual corn roast, which will
De attended by speakers from the state
university.
oshkosh-The First Baptist church
u Albion, Oswego county, New York.
"ili receive the sum of $500 for the
purchase of bell. That is the bequest
,uaue by Mrs. Jane Jaquith Earl of
Neenah In her will, filed in probate
souTt here She also gave $500 to the
eaulhs room of the Christion Science
chdrch Of Neenah.
"aosau - Fire Chief Zielsdorf suf-
's'ea several broken ribs and cuts
aooNt the head and back when the
@u'oi cole in which he was riding
p,eF 7ed into the Wisconsin river
aHeman John Humke suffered minor
s'GIles. The accident was due to a
Broken axle.
Eau Claire-Frank Little, this city,
"l0oWer and father of six children,
luuer arrest here on a charge of a
~ ,'sus nature preferred by his 16-year-
oT.e ~ eau sil'ec. against whom the alleged
was committed
@salson-A detailed survey of the
ma, resources of Wisconsin is being
NJ M oy Maj Henry Boyden, the de
E--ieht sE.eht engineer. This survey will
p-os..e nv lne resources of the state crop
s,1 's.3s !. ha-H Henry Lenz, son of Mr..