Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-06


! 1917 This, according to Adjt.-Gen.
! Orlando Holway shows that the man
power of the state, including the mem
bers 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 600,-
900 or practically one out of every
four citizens of the state, record
which will compare very faVorably
with any state in the Union.
Fond du Lac-Managers of the
Fourth Liberty Loan in Waupun erect
i ed a large bulletin board on which
was 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 cltl-
zens who refused to subscribe. The
bulletin board, which is prominently
displayed in the business district, viii
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 a whole.
will get one, and three cities, two vii
lagos and sixteen townships will each
receive a dag. The county has per
centage record of close to 10S per cent,
it's allotment being $3,201 800 and its
total subscription to date being So
487,650
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 flow 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 enc of the text books III
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.
Jefferson = Stephen A. Wicke, But.
falo, who posed as an army officer,
Lieut. John Hudson Wilson," and III
Watertown, to endorse forged check
for $500, was sentenced to seven years
at Waupun. Wicks was arrested al
Syracuse, N. Y.
Madison-Mrs. Knute Lee, Deerfeld,
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..
end Mrs A. G. 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 $1,100 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
$780, 900.
Madison = The Green county agent
has made grasshopper catcher which
caught one bushel of grasshoppers in
three-quarters of an hour.