Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-01-10

Gus. Men on Aug. / yielded chances
OF getting living wage by striking to
pursuasion by three government off,
cials on strength of promise to salts
factory adjustment within three
weeks Men are now laid off by en-
pioyers and within ten days some will
be without food and fuel. Any effort
TO hasten award will be greatly appre-
ciated."
Fox Lake-The village of Fox Lake,
with population of between $50 and
900, has had a remarkable health rec
ord for the year 1918 Only six
deaths occurred during the year, and
not one was caused by influenza. Two
of those who died were over the age
of S5, two between the ages of IS and
20, and two We're children under l
year of age. The last death on record
occurred Oct 5.
Madison-Almost 1000 students are
back at the university this quarter.
About $500 students have registered
Total enrolment last year was 4,O43.
The men are back in their fraternities
and the women again are in Chad
bourne, Barnard and Lathrop. More
than 400 old university men are back
from training camps and it is estima-
ted that more than one-half of the
S. A. T. G. men have returned.
Madison Summons and informal
tion were issued at the request of Dis
trict Attorney Sauthoff against the
Madison Railways company on evil
dence furnished by A. C. Sundstrom
and Frederick Kiigust, alleging failure
to heat cars properly. 1t is alleged
that in car leaving South Madison
at $50 a. m. on Jan the temperature
was IL degrees below zero.
liquidated a debt of $4,000 to three
banks of the city, wiping out it's en-
tire Indebtedness. Henceforth the
affairs of the city will be conducted on
cash basis, according to Mayor JOS
eph Fisher. The major portion of the
money borrowed was for school budg-
cts.
Madison-The Beavers, a fraternal
benefit society, with headquarters
here, took over and reinsured the bus
mess of the National Fraternal league,
of Green Bay. which for sixteen years
operated in the Fox river valley and
has fifty locals in Wisconsin with g.
600 members and carries $4,000,000 in
surance The home Office at Green
Bay is taken over by the Beavers.
Portage-While hunting rabbits at
Water Mills, near Portage, Miss Kath-
arine Allen accidentally shot and in
stantly killed Robert Hart, Is years
old. The lad was sophomore in the
Tomah High school. He was the son
of Leslie Hart of Tomah and had just
recovered from pneumonia.
on-Announcement was made
at the university that Prof. Charles X.
| Leith, head of the department of min
| eralogy at the university, had been
called to Europe to give advice at the
peace table. This is the fourth man
to be called from the University of
Wisconsin faculty.
! August NJ. Gavin, col
lector of customs has announced that
the duties collected for December,
1918. exceeded that of December, 1917,
by S1,997.45. The receipts for Deem
ber, 1917, were $1S, 1906, while the
receipts for December, 1918, were S15,-
1861.
La Crosse - Camp Robinson, near
Sparta, which served as an artillery
training field during the war, will be
used this winter as an ammunition
storage camp. Quarters are to be
provided for 800 to 500 soldiers and
thirtv-six officers. Already several
carloads of dynamite have arrived at
the camp.
Superior-Bids will be advertised
for this spring for dredging an anchor
age and turning basin just inside the
Superior entry of the Superlor-Duluth
harbor The cost will be around $780,
600 and an appropriation of sS6O.O00
is available The work will make the
Superior entry one of the best.
Oshkosh - Numbers of Oshkosh
women who were employed to take
the places of men in industries who
were called to war have been or are
being released, but thus far the fem
mime labor market does not appear to
be congested.
River Falls-The state normal
school here opened on Monday, Jan 3,
after having been closed for more
than two months on account OF the
influenza epidemic.
Beloit - Herman A. Mason was
found dead in the cellar OF his nome
here. He has been i'll and 1t Is tnougnt
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