Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07

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| : HAPPENINGS :
: OF THE WEEK :
| : In WISCONSIN :
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| Madison The woman's committee of
the Wisconsin State Council of De-
fense, means to go out after the girl
Stacker. The idle girl, the girl with no
definite plans for the future, the girl
who is not now preparing herself for
useful work, is 10 be the object of a
| definite campaign to be carried on
| through the speakers bureau of the
woman's committee Girls are to be
urged TO fit themselves either as
nurses or teachers or stenographers in
all three of these professions there is
a great dearth Of proficient workers.
Ripon-Dr. Henry Coe Culbertson,
| formerly president of Emporia college,
! Kansas, and at present associated
with Mr. Hoover in the work of the
| United States food administration, has
| been elected president of Ripon col
lege, and has accepted. He succeeds
DR.. Silas Evans, who recently resigned
to accept the presidency of Occiden-
| tai college at Los Angeles. DR.. GILBERT
son was born in Cincinnati, July IL,
| 1874.
Wausau Stanley Jarocha and Jo-
seph Gorzezyk, Pullman, H., are held
here for the United States department
Of justice Among their effects were
found copies of The Finnish Mystery
The men are alleged to be disciples of
| Pastor Russell and members of a
group operating throughout Wiscon-
| sin.
| Green Bay-George p. Reidenbach,
| postoffice inspector of Green Bay is
! the original Thrift stamp and War
Savings certificate travelling salesman.
His operations are confined to selling
War stamps to passengers aboard rail
road trains while travelling over his
territory in Wisconsin, parts of Illinois
and Michigan
Sheboygan-The children of the pub
lie and parochial schools have pur-
chased $8.53S,5O in Thrift and War
Savings stamps, Fred Look, local d.
rector of war savings societies, re-
ports. OF the 4,438 school children,
1903 are war savers Several classes
have been awarded 100 per cent ban
ners
Couderay-Many settlers with a dis
lance of fifteen miles of Sucker creek,
near here, are collecting their sum-
mer's supply of red horse and suckers.
All the men have to do is to kill the
fish with a club and throw them on
the shore wi a fork 1t is an easy
matter for one man to get 100 pounds
of fish in few hours
Birchwood-To advertise their live
have formed sales association thru
which men will make their animals
known throughout the state. An as
sessment of 2 per cent on all sales
made by members is to pay for the
advertisements contracted for by the
association
GAINESVILLE - All the actions against
the BeOlit, Delevan Lake and James
vile railway company which were in
stituted to recover damages for the
building and operation of the interur-
ban railway on the streets on the west
side of the city have been dismissed
by Judge Grimm of Circuit court
Madison-Thirty-fiv graduates and
former students of the University of
Wisconsin were recommended for
commissions in the United States army
at the close of the third officers train
ing camp at Rockford. All were rec
commended for commissions as second
heutenants.
Kenosha-Peter Norbut, former Chi
cago man. and member of the draft
quota from KenOsha county, attempted
to end his life by leaping into Lake
Michigan He is being held in Jail,
but may be sent to camp later Ply
sicians say Norbut has worked almost
constantly over the war.
Madison-A. H. Hirst, head of the
state highway commission, has the
honor of collecting the largest number
of Liberty Loan subscriptions in the
state capitol. Although the quota for
the state capitol was not more than
800, 900. over $4,000 has been sub
scribed Mr.. Hirst collected SAL, 900
Marinette The Atlas hotel, Wau-
saukee, owned by Anton Jicha and the
Albert Jicha buildings were smeared
with yellow paint after the report had
been circulated that the men had re-
fused to buy Liberty bonds
Shawano-Judge E. V. Werner has
been appointed one of the delegates to
the convention of win the War for
Permanent Peace, to be held in Phila-
delphia on May 16 and IT,
Madison-Dr. H. NJ. Kallen, instruc-
tor in philosophy at the University of
Wisconsin, has resigned to go into
war service. He will leave soon for
England.
La Crosse-The local chapter of the
Wisconsin Loyalty legion organized
secret service TO Investigate reports of
disloyal utterances by residents of the
county. Judge Cameron L. Baldwin
heads the bureau.