River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-12-12

| -. VIE, Hay WdrQ, as register u u0SuS
of Sawyer county to fiji vacancy.
Mamie Osgood, Beloit, years old,
was asphyxiated by escaping gas
from a stove while she slept in her
home. The child's mother had left
the house for brief period.
To all health officers the state board
of health mailed forms upon which
they are to record the number of in
fuenza cases, deaths from influenza,
and deaths from pneumonia reported
to them during August, September,
October and November. The forms
are prepared for the federal health
service.
Victor L. Berger, congressman-elect
and State Senator Louis A. Arnold
were indicted jointly on sixteen counts
at La Crosse. Both are charged by the
United States grand jury with having
violated the espionage act. This is
the third indictment returned against
Mr.. Berger. He has been indicted in
Chicago, Milwaukee and La Crosse.
Ada Meiklejohn was granted di-
vorce from Walter S. Meiklejohn, La
Crosse theatrical man, Oct. 5. Within
a month, it is alleged, she married
John H. Wrey in Winona. She was
served with an order to show cause
why her divorce decree should not be
set aside under the law prohibiting re-
marriage within one year.
Capt. Robert Earl Symmonds, Ken
osha, son of Col. Charles j. Sym
mOnds, U. S. A., died from wounds in
a base hospital in France, Nov. %.
Capt. Symmonds graduated from West
Point in August, 1917, and went imme-
diately to France. His father was
with him when he died. They met in
a field hospital.
Three representatives of Kansas
farmers have been in Winnebago
county to purchase sixty head of
Guernsey heifers and young cows.
The party consists of T. J. Jeffords,
agent Of the "Katy" railway; d. L.
Harcourt, agent of a separator COM
pany and Mr.. Dyer, Kansas
banker.
Caught with the goods on him."
really applies to Oliver Thomas, ar
rested at Kenosha on a charge of
stealing underwear. When Oliver was
searched he was found to be a regu-
lar underwear sample case. After
the police had taken number of gar
ments from his body, they found more
in his room The stolen underwear
was worth $50.
Prof. Frederick Jackson Turner, a
native Badger and for many years
closely identified with the University
of Wisconsin, is being mentioned in
connection with the appointment of a
successor to the late Charles r. Van
Hise, as president of the institution.
Prof. Turner holds pre-eminent posi-
tion in the educational world as the
historian of the United States west
ern expansion.
Plans are being made at GAINESVILLE
for a celebration which will be held
when Company M of the Wisconsin
National guards arrive home from
France. Company M is a unit of the
Thirty-second division, said by mill
tary critics to be one of the best di-
visions in France. 1t is now part of
the army of occupation. Company M
is composed entirely of GAINESVILLE and
Rock county boys, who have taken
part in many of the big battles of the
war.
Charles e. Estabrook, attorney gen
eral of Wisconsin during Gov. Rusk's
second term and reelected in 1888;
city attorney of Manitowoc; three
times elected to the legislature from
Manitowoc county and twice from the
city of Milwaukee; civil war veteran
and secretary of the Milwaukee coun-
ty park commission, died suddenly at
his home in Milwaukee of heart fail
ure. Gen. Estabrook was born in
Platteville, Oct. 81, 1847, and was ed
ucated at the Platteville academy and
the Platteville normal school
The factory of the Maibohm Motor
company, Racine, was swept away by
fire, causing a loss of $250,000 with
about half that amount of insurance.
Seven firemen narrowly escaped being
burned to death when roof on which
they were engaged in throwing
streams of water on to the fire caved
in. The fire is Of unknown origin, it
broke out suddenly and swept the en-
tire building two stories high of brick
construction. The entire fire depart
ment was called out. The factories
of the Johnson e Son company and
Belle City Incubator company were
threatened with destruction as were
many business houses andTesidences.
The state board of control has word
from the federal government fixing
the price of binding twine, such as is
manufactured at the. state prison at
Waupun for next year as follows:
Standard, 500 feet to pound, 81 cents;
climax, 600 feet to pound, 251a cents.
The price fixed by the government is
for carload lots for cash. For this
same Irvine the state prison last wear