Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-12-06
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work on government contracts is re-
ported from Sturgeon Bay, Green Bay
and Marine City.
Girls and young women from Is to
"a years of age from all over the state
attended the Older Girls conference,
held in GAINESVILLE on Nov. 29-Dec /.
Work in the organized Sunday school
classes in the state was discussed.
Wisconsin state banks increased
their resources almost S25,00O,OOO in
was almost $11,00O,000. State banks
in year added about s1O,0O0,OOO to
holdings of government securities.
Whitney Seymour, Madison, associ-
ate editor of The Badger, is circuiat-
ing a petition to submit to the regents,
asking appointment of William H.
Taft as successor to President Van
Hise. The petition has been signed by
more than 200 students.
State Banking Commissioner A. E.
Kuolt of Madison has been limited to
one and one-half pounds of sugar a
month for each member of his family
until Jan. 1, by the United States food
administration at Washington. He
was charged with cashing a sugar
certificate after the time had expired.
1t is probable that Wausau will be
served by an aerial mail route. Mayor
JoEp L. Sell has received a letter
FROM the Aerial League of America
asking the city to give consideration
to the matter of establishing an aero
drome for the landing of planes. Wau-
sau is located on the trans-continental
airway. The mayor will appoint a COM
mittee.
Five La Crosse men, including two
members of Co. Is, Wisconsin National
guard, lost their lives in France in the
final battles of the war, according to
kilograms received by relatives Sergt.
Robert Hatke, Corp. Elmer Schroeder
and John Winslow, who died of
wounds; Charles Schlicht and Fred J.
Kolb were killed in action. William G.
Hatke, brother of Sergt Hatke, was
wounded.
Information has been received at
hacine from Madison announcing that
Gov Philip had granted pardon to
Sam Dumato, sentenced July z, 1913,
to serve twenty years at Waupun pris-
ON for the murder of Frank Lochner, a
foreman in the plant of the Belle City
Malleable Iron company. The pardon
il granted because Dumato is suffering
with tuberculosis. Dumato murdered
Lochner because of being discharged
as worker in the foundry.
After eighty years. death has sepa-
rated he Hall twins, of La Crosse,
famous in that part of the country for
forty years because of their colse re-
semblance. For years the only way
by which friends distinguished be-
tween them has been the fact that
William wore G. A. r. button.
George was in i'll health at the time
of the war, and was refused by the
recruiting officer, or even this small
difference would not have existed.
Judge John M. Giblin. 70 years old,
died at Sheboygan. Judge Giblin was
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Washington county, and later moved
with his parents to Kewaskum, where
he received his early education.
Thirty-six years ago he married Miss
Julia Lane of Oshkosh and moved to
Sheboygan. Judge Giblin inaugurated
were compelled to work out the cost
of their maintenance and it was he
who introduced and aided in estab-
fishing the probationary office.
The S. A. T. C. at the University of
Wisconsin will be sent home before
Christmas. Orders have been receiv-
ed for disbanding of the organization,
which includes 5000 men. They will
be held at Madison until the compile
ton of the first quarter on Dec. Il
Decentralization of the S. A. T. C. in
Wisconsin will seriously impair at
tendance at the university and normal
schools, according to educators. At
the university there are approximately
300 army students and only 421
other male students. Many army stu
dents will not continue their work.
Eight of the nine normal schools have
army students.
Secretary of State Merlin Hull car
ried off the vote honors in the recent
general election, according to com
plete unofficial returns received in
Hull's Office. He lead the field at the
polls with 1880 ballots. Returns re-
ceived by Secretary Hull but in which
several errors are known to evist, fol-
low: For governor Moehlenpah,
Democrat, 1856; Phillip, Republi-
can, 155,799; for lieutenant governor
Hogan, Democrat, 92,899; Dithmar,
Republican, 165,401; for secretary of
state - Herman, Democrat, 82,649;
Hull, Republican, 1880: for state
treasurer-Egerer, Democrat, 82,044 !;
Johnson, Republican, 1885; for at
torney general-Ryan, Democrat, &c.
1893; Blaine, Republican, 166,540.
Axel Johnson, Turtle Lake, is the
1atnst nroSnactivn candidate mention