Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-16
HAPPENINGS
OF THE WEEK
In WISCONSIN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES;

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Green Bay-Edward Tetzloff, retired
FARMER, Depere, was arrested on
charge of violating the espionage act.
| According to evidence in court he
made sarcastic remarks to a represen-
tative of the Liberty Loan committee
Judge Monahan suspended sentence
after Mr. Tetzloff had subscribed So
$50, one-tenth of his estimated wealth
He also consented to give 500 to the
Red Cross, Knights of Columbus and
Y. M. C. A.
Racine = Byron B. Northrop, SO
years old, dean of Wisconsin bankers,
died at his home in Racine Death was
due to shock received when he fell
week ago and broke his right hip
Mr. Northrop was born in New York
in 1880, coming to Racine county in
| 1912. He attended colleges in Wis
consin and Michigan, graduating from
the University of Michigan in 1855.
Rhinelander-Th following officers
were elected here at the annual meet
ing of the Wisconsin w. C. T. u;
President, Mrs. Mary Scott Johnson,
Superior; vice-president, Mrs. A. w.
| Warren, Stoughton; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. E. w. Follett, Marsh
field; recording secretary, Miss Julia
Hutchinson, Waupaca; treasurer, Mrs.
Ida M. Cooke, Green Bay.
Madison-"If you have any unused
sugar certificates please return them
to the sugar committee at the state
capitol so that the sugar may be redis-
tributed where it is needed" is the
plea Of the Wisconsin food administra-
ton. 1t is only through such cooper
alton that the committee is able to fur
nish sugar for home canning purposes
and other emergency cases.
Oshkosh On a hurryup call for
nurses for Camp Grant to assist in the
effort to control Spanish influenza, five
Oshkosh nurses were secured in four
hours time and they were on their
way to camp. The volunteers were
Misses Anna Bodden, Ellen Allen,
| SudIlOlIS CASE, AHA Navy duu AlICt
Giroux. All are graduate nurses.
Madison-Adjt Gen. Orlando Hol-
way has received calls from the fed
eral government for 1865 men. They
are to entrain in the f1ve-day period
beginning Oct. 81. OF this number, g.
453 men are wanted for general serv-
ice at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg,
Miss, and LAP for general service at
Jackson Barracks, Louisiana.
Racine-The county board of super
visors voted to accept and maintain a
100-bed hospital, which is to be con-
structed through private subscrip-
tions and a $4,000 appropriation from
the Racine county war chest. The
board has also unanimously voted to
purchase 100000 of the fourth Liber-
ty Loan bonds.
Madison = Ninety-one S. A. T. c..
men from the University of Wisconsin
left for officers training camps Of
these seventy-five went to Camp Grant
for infantry training, eight to Camp
Hancock, Ga, for machine gun, and
eight to Camp Taylor, KY, for artil-
lery.
Sheboygan-M Kitty Schwartz,
Sd. wife of Peter Schwartz, threw her
self in front of train on the Mil
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body was cut in two. Only rec
-. ', 10 " ought back from
Sacred Heart sanitarium at Milwau-
kee seemingly improved in health.
Madison-The railroad commission
has announced an increase in rates
for the Wisconsin Gas & Electric COM
pany. The cities affected by this in
crease are Kenosha, Burlington, Wa
tertown. Menomonee Falls and
TWENTY-FIVE or thirty smaller towns
and villages.
Observation-Disclosures Waggoner and
Dart. Camp Grant soldiers, were ar
rested here on charge of rif1ing the
Mushroom of the Myers hotel barber
shop. No passes were found on the
| men. who refused to give information
concerning themselves. One had near
| " S100 when searched.
Green Bay-The city of Green Bay
has reached a $50 per cent subscrip-
ton in the fourth Liberty Loan. The
volunteer plan has proved success
full in Brown county. Out of 1851 al
lotments over 1880 were completed
| without personal solicitation.
Madison-H. S. Siggelko, Madison
attorney, who was nominated for at
! torney-general on the Prohibition
ticket a month ago, filed a declination