Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-23
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NEWS BREVITLES

Madison.-Had they known 1t,
Wisconsin automobilists might have
sped ninety miles an hour or
more, provided their machines were
! capable of it, at any time between
July % and Aug. l. and would nave
been immune from court punishment.
! The former speed limit was twelve
! miles an hour. The legislature ex-
| tended the limit of fifteen miles, but
| after this law was officially published
the legislature on July % passed an
other act which suspended the law
which repealed the twelve mile an
hour law. From July % to August l..
| the day the latest law became effec-
tive, therefore, there was no statute
regulating the speed of automobiles.
Oostburg. Ashland limited.
south-bound passenger train on
the Northwestern road, collided
| headon in fog near here with the
/ northbound local. All passengers were
thrown violently from their seats and
( severely bruised. The engine crews
! escaped by jumping Both locomotives
were badly wrecked. Because of the
fog both trains were proceeding slow
! ly. This prevented a disaster. The
wreck is said to have resulted from
the failure of the local train to make
the siding at Oostburg.
Marinette-The body of John B.
Wertelewski, aged fifty-one, Pol
ish farmer of Pound, Marinette coun-
ty, was exhumed on suspicion he had
been murdered. Mrs. Mary WerteleW-
ski. his widow, and four children, are
now being held at the county jail in
connection with the death. Mrs. Wer-
telewski was charged with first de-
gree murder before Court Commits
! sioner L. M Evert, and the case was
adjourned two weeks. Wertelewskt
was found dead by his wife. Dr. Do
hearty of Pound, who was summoned.
gave a certificate of death from heart
failure He alleges he made an ex-
animation only to determine If the
man was dead.
neutrality-suspicious. of dele
gates from Wisconsin to the Am
ericen mining congress to be held in
Chicago on August 1929 were an
nounced at the governors Office as
follows: J. w Murphy, Platteville;
H. S. Timball, Platteville; Robert 1.
DugdaIe, Platteville; Sherman Harms
| Platteville; w. N Smith, PIatteville;
w. A. Jones' Mineral Point; William
Crawford, Hazel Green, and Henry F.
Cochems, Milwaukee.
Neenah.-The police in the en-
tire eastern part of Wisconsin have
been ordered to search for Royal
Luebben, 6 years old, son of Arthur
Luebben, who was kidnapped by a
woman, it is said who met the boy in
a moving picture theater, bought him
candy and spirited him away in an
automobile. The father, who has been
separated from his wife, made
search in an auto, but was unable
to locate the child.
Appleton-The Medina road in
the town of Grand Chute, run
ming west from the city limits of
Appleton for a distance of Two miles,
will be the first in the state to secure
state aid under the new highway law.
In two days $500 in cash was raised
among the farmers and others inter-
ested in the road.
heboygan.-Because the COM
panions OF Paulo Zulo, the young
Italian found dying on the highway
here, as a result of being struck, it
was thought, by an auto, are reluctant
to tell how the accident happened, the
authorities are investigating.
Manitowoc-Ed Burns, the Mani
towoc county man reported miss
ing from his farm in Outagamie
county, has been found in a hospital
at Appleton, where he went on ac-
count of a nervous breakdown
Neenah- Official information has
been received by the post4nast
ers of Neenah and Menasha that
postal savings banks will be estab-
lished in the twin cities on Sep
TENDER 8.
Kenosha. Stripping their rings
from their fingers and offering
them to be pawned to furnish bond
to gain the release of man supposed
to be a chauffeur, five Chicago women
had a fearful time in the police office.
The party had been taken into Gus
tody on a charge of violating the
speed ordinance, the car going at a
rate of more than fffty-two miles an
hour, it is charged
Grand Rapids.-Kenneth Hill,
nine-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George M. Hill, drowned in the Wis
consin river while bathing with his
brother Leslie and other boys. Ken
meth walked out on an iron pipe into
the river, lost his balance and was
swept beyoRf help before his compan-
ions realized his danger.