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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Woman Confesses to Arson.

Ashland.-A striking example of
what a mother will do for her children
was shown in Circuit court when Mrs.
Mary Stoltz of Park Falls said she set
fire to her house on June "a to save
her children. The residence was near
the railroad track and she said this
was the only way she could see to
keep her children from endangering
their lives. Judge Risjord accepted
the statement and suspended sentence
following plea of guilty. There was
an insurance of $1,000 on the building
and Mrs. Stoltz knew this insurance
would apply on the mortgage.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
FARMERS ASK FOR LAB0RERS
Free Employment Bureaus Receive
Many Requests-Supply INSULT
Client to Meet Demands.

Madison.-"Men who know anything
about farm work can get employment
at good pay right now" said Chair
man c. H. Crownhart of the industrial
comission, In speaking of the employ
ment situation. in our free employ
ment Office at Milwaukee the mail
each day brings fifteen or twenty re-
quests from farmers who want men.
These jobs on farms pay from $40 to
S35 a month with board Most of the
farmers expect to pay transportation
from Milwaukee to their various loca-
tons. While these calls for help are
pouring into the Milwaukee office, the
applicants for jobs on farms are total
ly insufficient TO supply the demand"
For more than a year the industrial
commission, through its free employ
ment Offices at Milwaukee, Oshkosh,
Superior and La Crosse, has been try
ing to help the farmer to solve the
problems of help.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
FARMERS QUARREL
ENDS IN TRAGEDY
PlERSON HALSEY is KILLED BY
NEiGHBOR IN HAYFiELD
NEAR AMIGO.
SLAYER ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
Shooting elimination of Dispute over
Lease on Hay Lot-Halsey
Was Son of Milwaukee
Circuit Judge.

Athens-A dispute over twenty
four acre hay lot resulted in the MUIR
der of Pierson Halsey and the suicide
of Herman Becker, prominent farmers
near Athens.
The tragedy was the elimination of
series of quarrels in which PICKER is
said to have been the aggressor. Two
years ago Becker leased the land in
question to Halsey. At the expiration
of the lease Halsey decided to en-
force the two-year extension clause.
This clause was the cause of the quar-
rel Becker is said to have made
threats against Halsey.
Halsey declared he would stand on
his rights, exercising the option of the
lease, and he proceeded to cut the
hay. He was working in the field
when Becker came with his shotgun,
loaded with buckshot shells. He ap-
preached to within twenty feet and
shot Halsey in the left side, some shot
tearing through the arteries of the
neck and another entering the chin.
1t is said there was no quarrel at the
time of the shooting.
Becker then went to his own house
carrying the gun. He Immediately re-
turned to the barn, stood the double
barreled gun up against a grindstone
and shot himself, the buckshot charge
tearing a hole in his left breast.
HalSey was 40 wears old and a son
of Circuit Judge l.. w. Halsey Of Mil
waukee. He was a graduate Of the
University of Wisconsin law school
and practiced law in Milwaukee before
coming to this section. Becker was sc
years old, and bachelor
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Fight lnfantiIe Paralysis.

New Richmond.-The Swear old son
of John B. Johnson died in this city
of infantile paralysis after forty-eight
hours illness. This is the only case
thus far reported in this city. The
city authorities on Monday began a
Commercial club, local physicians and
citywide campaign to exterminate
barn flies which, it is now agreed by
medical men, carry the contagion. Pla-
cards are posted all over the city
warning people of danger of epidemic
and telling them how to proceed to ex-
terminate flies most effectively.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
3.2C0 GuhRDSMEN IN CAMP
Seventeen Special Trains Required to
Carry Wisconsin Militia to
Camp Douglas.

Camp Douglas. -Wisconsin's 5000
troops are modified here for the sum-
mer campaign maneuvers and instruc-
ton by regular army men. With them
came 200 horses. four field guns and
trainloads of provisions and supplies.
The men entrained at thirty-four cities
and are now all in camp.
1t took seventeen special trains for
the mobilization. These, combined in
to larger units at sub-concentration
stations, make only ten trains. Seven
ty-seven day coaches, nineteen bag
gage cars, eight eighteen-stall palace
cars and three thirty-foot fiat cars con-
stitute the rolling stock.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Lessen Garden Work.

The farm garden may be arranged
40 that much Of the work can be done
with horse tools, reducing hand labor
to the minimum. The suburban and
back.lot garden are necessarily some.
what different and will require moro
hand work. In any case the plan
should be TO have the rows long and
perfectly straight. 80 that. whether
horse or hand tools are used. the gar.
den may be worked to the best pos
sible advantage.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
State Labor Body Elects.

Oshkosh. The Wisconsin State Fed
Grafton of Labor at its concluding SEES
sion here chose Superior as the meet
ing place for next year and elected the
following officers: Organizer, Frank j.
Weber, Milwaukee,; secretary treas
urer, ]. j. Handley of Milwaukee;
board of directors. Frank Metcalf and
Henry Ronkle of Milwaukee. Peter
]. Jensen of Oshkosh, A. 7. Ladue of
Eau Claire and H. L. Strong of Mad
iSOn.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Maize Silaqe for Horses.

Maize silage, properly put up and
preserved, Is most valuable feed
for horses both from an economic
standpoint and also the results
gained in health and digestion. BY
feeding horses a ration OF silage at
all times enough should be saved
each year on the ration bill to more
than pay the silo investment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
CultlvstinQ Slow Corn.

II the corn Is slow In coming up
and the weeds are getting start,
cultivate the rows just as though the
corn was up. In weedy field this Is
an important item, for 1t holds the
weeds in check and loosens the soil.
thus allowing the suns rays to pene-
trate deeper and warm It more quick
ly.-C. =. Bull.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
VICTIM OF CYCLONE DEAD
Rock County Man, Injured Last No
vember, Lived Eight Months
With Broken Back.

Janesvile.-Bert r. Wood, 80 years
old, died at the home OF his mother
Mrs. Ida S. Wood, in the town Of Har.
mony, after living eight months with
a broken back and ribs. During a Sc.
we're wind storm which visited the
Wood farm and vicinity last Novem-
Der, Wood was pinned under huge
barn, which was toppled over by the
wind
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Find Body on Coach Top.

Green Bay.-The dead body of John
Paulson, young man, was found on
the top Of coach Of Northwestern
passenger train arriving here. It Is
believed the man was struck on the
head as the train passed under a
bridge
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
STRANGE Condition.

To the one who stops long enough to
give the matter the serious thought It
deserves. II seems a strange thing that
so many farmers are content to live
the long summer through without en-.
joying the daily succession OF fresh
vegetables which they might so easily
have.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Injured In Auto Accident.

Racine-To prevent being run down
by switch engine at an unprotected
crossing, Alice Thompson, young
girl, turned the automobile she was
driving and struck a freight car The
auto turned over, seriously injuring
the girl and her aunt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Genesee Wants Bio School.

kesha.-Meetings are to be held
In the town of Genesee to consider
consolidating all town schools into one
large building. A. Thompson of the
state superintendent office will
speak.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Settle Madison Strike.

Madison.-The carpenters strike.
which has been in progress since June
/, has been settled Work on the new
capitol will be resumed at once. The
workmen lost $4,000 in wages and the
total loss by the strike was approx.
mately $150,000
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Sllaue Facts,

Maize when preserved as sllage can
be stored much more cheaply in less
space than any other roughage. In ad.
dition, stored In this way 1t will keep
indefinitely, and Is always ready to
feed. Ten tons OF silage occupies no
more space than one tor OF hay. One
ton OF hay is worth about two and a
half tons OF silage
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Honor Racine Woman.

Racine.-Mrs. William d. Thompson
of this city was awarded the associate
members woman's whist trophy at
Lake Placid, N. Y. Her partner was
Harry II. Ward of New York Mrs.
Thompson is one Of the most expert
players in the middle west.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23
Catch LARGE STURGEON.

Port Washington.-Smth Bros. OF
this city caught a sturgeon weighing
176 pounds. The fish was 6 feet s
inches long and required four men to
land it, had to be shot twice before
being overpowered.