Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-11-19

ms eliminates groups of eastern
states such as New York and Massa-
chusetts, which have been building
surfaced roads for about thirty years.
This is taken from "Good Roads, the
official publication of the Good Road
association of Wisconsin. The author
ity for this statement is R, A Wood
all of the Automobile Blue Book.
Madison-In an effort to reduce I'M
necessary calls on physicians because
OF influenza, the United States Public
| Health service has issued a bulletin
calling on the people to learn some
thing about the home care of patients
| III with the disease. Physicians every
where have complained of the large
number of unnecessary calls they
have been compelled to make because
of the inability of many people to dis
/ tinguish between the cases requiring
expert medical care and those which
should readily be cared for without
physician.
Beloit-A federal probe of the ex
plosion at the Stewart-Warner gren-
ade factory that resulted in the death
of one man and serious injury of five
persons, is under way. Within an
hour after the terrific blast that en-
dangered lives of $50 employees, many
of them women, guards were thrown
out and no one allowed to enter. Fed
! oro in 6nhr
closely for traces of bombs or internal
machines. The blast occurred in a
coredrying oven.
Superior Chippewa Indians are
preparing for elaborate burial rites to
be held at cemetery here where the
bones of nearly 200 of their tribes
men have been inferred again after
being removed from their former rest
ing place near the harbor. The old
Indian burial ground is being convert
ed into the site for an industrial con-
Germ and the company engaged in the
work is placing the skeletons of the
redmen in the new cemetery.
La Crosse-Three of the five brew
cries in La Crosse will be converted
into plants making products deemed
essential in time of war after the ban
goes on the brewing industry Dec. l.
The two largest plants, owned by the
John Gund Brewing company and the
G.. Heilman Brewing company, will be
closed and await resumption of the
brewing industry after the war.
Marinette = Word came here from
Athelstane, Marinette County, of the
death of Charles Wall, the fourth
member of the family to die within
few days, Mrs. Wall and two sons
died few days before The whole
family succumbed to influenza. Mrs.
Hardiman, sister of Mrs. Wall, who
made her home with her, died, and
her husband is critically i'll.
Oconomowoc - Leo Ziervogel, aged
4 years, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Zier-
vogel, was painfully burned when his
clothing became ignited from the can
die in pumpkin lantern with which
he was playing.
Green Bay-Volunteer subscriptions
amounting to $21,S00 have been made
by Green Bay corporations to the
United War Work campaign previous
to the formal opening. Brown coun-
TVS quota of the war fund is $112,500.
Madison-The Northern Wisconsin
Veterinary association met at Chippe-
wa Fails and discussed ways and
means of handling live stock under
present conditions. State Veterinari-
an O. H. Eliason made an address.
Madison - Herman J. Verhusen, a
clothing merchant, died from the eff
fects of fall from a passenger train
returning from Milwaukee. He, was
62 years of age.
Oconomowoc-T. T. Cronin, city at
torney, will leave in a few days for
Camp Taylor, KY, to enter the artil-
Ilery officers training camp, for which
he recently passed examination.
Ashland Ashland voted overwhelm-
ingly to return to the aldermanic form
of city government. The vote was
1910 to asa.
West Bend DIR. Sebastian Keller,
50, who practiced medicine here for
forty-five years, died at Spokane,
Wash
Green Bay-Capt A j. McCarey, a
Green Bay physician with the Fourth
division, has been appointed director
of ambulance companies to fill vac
ancy caused by illness, and he is now
assistant to the divisional surgeon of
the Fourth army, it was learned by his
wife.
Milwaukee Milwaukee county will
receive S219, 343.6S from the state and
federal governments for maintaining
the roads. This viii constitute the
last money the county will receive for
this purpose until I9zO.
Madison A romance that had its
beginning in the little war-torn town
of Noyan, France, year and half
ago, eliminated here in the marriage
of Lieut.. Leslie B. Rowley and Nine.
Marguerite Barrial du Breuil of Paris,
q. Red Cross nurse.
Milwaukee-Adjt Gen. Orlando Hol-
way of Madison has announced that
Wisconsin has 125.000 men fighting in
this war, $4,000 soldiers and 10000
sailors. Of this number Milwaukee has
furnished $500 soldiers and 1000
sailors.
Oshkosh = Announcements have