Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-03

Madison-Ip the presence Of ~.
oers of the fs1hsly, the faculty Of III,
university and visitors from All sorts
OF the United States, Charles Richard
van Hise, president of the University
OF wisconsin, was laid TO rest in the
family lot in Forest Hill cemetery.
me last rites were impressive. The
funeral cortege was one of the largest
ever held in the city. Men and women
prominent in educational and political
MI or the state came from every sec
t.'.se OF Wisconsin to pay tribute to the
man who had done SO much for the
great state institution. Bishop Sam
uel Fallows of Chicago oficiated at
the library and DR.. George G. Foster
pastor of the Unitarian church. con
Quoted the services at Forest Hill
cemetery. The services were public.
Three thousand uniformed members
of the s. A. T. c. formed the guard
OF honor
Madison-Ta rates range from
7.2 to 40 mills in Wisconsin's varioas
cities and the assessed valuation of
property ranges from CAS- to 11C per
cent. according to report of the tax
leVles and rates in the states 12S cit
les prepared by the municipal refer
ence bureau of the University of WIS
ccnsin extension division Tables pre-
sented in the report show the popula-
ton, assessed valuation, per cent of
/ true VqllYa total oronorol of oro,,
eral city taxes, school taxes, special
assessment, income taxes and tax
rates in all the cities of the state.
The material was prepared in answer
to the demand expressed by city off,
Gals for such tables to assist them in
preparing budgets.
/ Madison-Changes have been made
by the state food administration in
wheat milling regulations Millers are
allowed to store wheat ninety days
instead of sixty, and they may keep
a ninety days supply of unsold wheat
on hand. The may sell ninety days
supply of wheat flour to dealers and
bakers instead of sixty days stock I'M
between contract and delivery of
wheat flour has been extended from
thirty to ninety days. Gluten and self
rising fours may now be manufac-
tured without a permit.
La Crosse-Thirty-se years after
he started in La Crosse as a printer,
D. B., Worthington, owner and publish
err of The Beloit News, came back for
his first visit as witness before the
federal grand jury. Mr.. Worthington
is one of four notable newspapermen
who started their careers on the old
+ La Crosse News. The others were
Henry e. Legler, late public librarian
of Chicago; Alexander Nevins, one of
the editors of The Chicago Herald and
Tribune, and w A. Bowdish, for a
generation connected with Milwaukee
newspapers.
Marinette-C Colon Seibel, son CT Pa
troll Officer Joseph A. Seibel, and his
cousin, Harry Kennedy of Milwaukee,
formerly of Marinette, were wounded
in the same battle in France Seibel
arrived at Camp Dodge, Des Moines,
Ia, few weeks ago for treatment
and is expected home on furlough
soon His cousin is expected at the
same camp from overseas in the near
future
Beloit--Rover, faithful little black
and tan dog and the family pet at the
John M. Moss farm, seven miles north
west of Beloit, is dead. The whining
and barking of the animal woke the
Misses Minnie and Jessie Moss and
their brothers, Lewis and Gilbert,
while flames were consuming the
house The family escaped. but the
dog was burned.
Racine = Miss Enid Allen, former
Racine girl, has been cited for BRAY
cry at the battle front. The head of
one of the divisions of the Y. M. G. A.
writes to the Rev G. A. Capwell, I'M
Gle of Miss Allen: THE work of your
niece, Enid Allen, at the battle of the
Marine, has won for her a special rec
ommendation She has made splen-
did record for herself.
Madison-M. A. Kent, of the Uni
versity of Iowa has been appointed
athletic coach at the University of
Wisconsin to assist Coach G. $. Low.
man in football, baseball and basket
ball He has coached at Haskell and
carleton colleges, and for the past five
years has been basketball coach at the
|, University of Iowa
Fond du I,ac-John Horn was found
guilty in the Circuit court OF violation
of the espionage act and fined $lOO
and costs. Horn was charged with
saving that Mai A. NJ. Trier, who was
killed in action in France, deserved
to die. The jury recommended leni-
ency.
Kenosha - The Kenosha county
board unanimously passed resolution
for the erection of new county court
house and jail The cost is estimated
at S35O,0OO and the work is to be
started just as soon as the building
season opens in the spring
Rhinelander- Samuel Wolfgram OF
Lenox is alleged to have refused to
participate in peace celebration.
Unknown persons daubed his store
front with yellow paint.
Manitowoc Henry Mulhoiland'
county food administrator, VINO mas
been serving without pay and VINO ex'
meets to continue his duties, present
ed a communication to the county
hoard asking that he be paid 5000 for
his work. Az present no compensa'
ton is allowed for this office.
La Crosse-Over 400 persons IN the
western district of Wisconsin. fnclud-
inc Inn in La Crosse, are being investi-