Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-21
STATE NEWS

other cities. The bill provides that
any person who shall sell or give
away any intoxicating or malt liquor
to any woman, or who shall allow any
woman TO loiter in any saloon or any
place where intoxieants are sold, shall
be declared guilty of a misdemeanor.
The bill provides a fine of not less
than $50 or more than 500, or a Jail
sentence from three months to one
year as the penalty If this bin be-
comes a law IL will hit Milwaukee
hard because of its large number OF
palm gardens and fashionable restau-
rants and hotels.
Beloit.-E A. Howell, aged sixty,
died Unexpectedly following an opera
ton. He was for twenty-five years
agent of the Northwestern railroad
and resigned two years ago. He
served as mayor and alderman. and
was Knight Templar and member of
several other fraternal organizations.
Racine.-The city council has de-
cided to extend the city limits by
taking in about 1000 acre not In
cluded in the city at present. Lake
side. a fiourishing manufacturing
suburb, will not be included.
Marinette.-The firemen of Mari
nette presented petition Offering to
drop the pension fund if the city
would increase their pay. Their petit
ton was turned down.
Oshkosh-The twentieth annual
convention of the Northeast Wis
consin Teachers association opened
here with an attendance of about
one thousand teachers. The al
dress Of welcome, given by Mayor
John G. Voss, was responded to by
President A. c. O'Neil, principal of the
Oshkosh High school, who favored
putting the seventh and eighth grades
into the high schools, making the
course six years. DR.. P. P. Claxton of
the University of Tennessee took up
the relation Of education to individual
and national wealth, and showed how
both classes of wealth were entirely
dependent upon educational advance
ment.
Milwaukee The smallest and
youngest prisoner brought to the
Central police station was charged
with a serious offense Isadore Aber-
son, aged fourteen, an understood boy
in knee pants, was arrested by De-
tectives Kruse and OGorman, two
of the giants of the police force,
charged with stealing a horse from
Frank Martini. The boy Is alleged to
have sold the horse to a North side
horse trader Isadore was taken TO
the Detention home.
Crandon-The action against John
c. Mars, former district attor-
ney of Forest county, for embez-
Element, has been dropped on motion
of Acting District Attorney A. c. UNI
brett of Milwaukee, and Mars has been
arrested on another warrant charging
embezzlement. Mars started an &C
ton of criminal conspiracy In the sum
of $4,000 damages against parties In
Oconto and Marinette counties. This
is civil action.
Wausau.-A grandfather and
great ~ nave NdhCh buI
a marriage license in this city.
They are Mike Wentland of the town
of Cassel and Mrs Helent Olejniczak
of the town of Emmett. He is sixty-six
years old and a widower and she is
seventy years old and a widow twice.
Manitowoc.-Capt.B Barney Sweeney,
one of the oldest vessel captains on
the lakes and an old settler of this
city, who for years was in command
of boats of the Goodrich company
died after a lingering Illness at the
age of eighty-three years Captain
Sweeney commanded number OF
Goodrich boats at the time they were
first put into commission. His last
command was as captain of the
steamer Virginia which place he held
for a number of years.
Marinette Arthur Harris, aged
twenty-three, was instantly killed az
the Badger hill location, south OF Ish'
peming, Mich, when he was caught
In a conveyor leading from a shar
to an ore crusher.
Marinette.-F present indica-
tons the breakup of ice on Green
bay will be the earliest in many
years. Fishermen report the ice has
gone out north of Chambers island,
which at that time of the year is al
most unprecedented.
Sturgeon Bay.-Fire damaged TO
the extent of several thousand
dollars the factory Of the Crazy
Canning company. The wing contain
ing the office and warehouse was de-
stroyed. The loss is covered by in
surance.
Manitowoc.-Orders have been re-
ceived from the state railroad com
mission postponing the hearing for
condemnation proceedings Of the
plant of the Manitowoc Water Works
company to February Is,
Columbus.-August Riecbart, drig-
er for the Kuech Brewing COM
pany. while driving a three-horse
team, was thrown from his wagon IN
a runaway and the wheels running
over him he was killed.
Madison.--A joint annual meeting
of tie Wisconsin Academy OF Science,
Arts and Letters, the Wisconsin
Archaeological society, and the Wis
consin Natural History society will
be held here February IS and II.
Thirty-seven of the faculty Of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin are on the pro
gram. and nine out-of-town speakers.
Racine-The Wisconsin and the
Citizens Telephone companies are
soon to consolidate. More than a
year ago Adam Olweiler Of New York
came here and bought all Of the stock
of the Citizens company, except 81
shares.
ukesha.-Kenosha High school,
represented by Miss Alleen Shep-
herd. won the oratorieal contest
of the southeastern circuit at Carroll
college, her subject being The Pass
ing Of the White Swan" Columbia