The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-03-14

! kellnersville, town of 500 popula-
tion near Sheboygan, was threatened
with destruction by fire when a hotel,
! theater and saloon burned, with loss
of $4,000.
Charles Birr, SO years old, a former
resident of Sheboygan, died at his
home in Ellensberg, Wash. His seven
nephews in Germany have all died in
recent battles on the French front
Leonard Sreck La Crosse, city
fireman, was fatally injured when he
fell from tree while he was cutting
limbs from wires. His head struck Oh
the cement walk.
There are $500 farms in Outagmnie
county, according to the survey which
has been prepared by the county SUI
perintendent of schools for the Coun.
ty Council Of Defense.
On the charge of remarking that if
che had 800 he would rather burn it
up than give il to the United States"
James Hin of Crivitz, was given sixty
days in the workhouse
II. W Abbott, a woodsman, was
struck and killed by a falling tree,
while working for the Langlade Lum-
Der company, near Elcho. Abbott was
recent immigrant from England.
Word has been received by Mrs p j.
link of Beaver Dam that her husband,
Col Phillip j. link, has arrived safely
in France. This indicates that mem
beers of Co M, 127th infantry, have al
so arrived
Forced to vacate their rooms in a
store building in La Crosse, the women
of the Red Cross have been offered the
use of the citys council chamber in
the city hall and announced that they
would accept.
Joe Stello. Beloit italian. has been
sentenced to five years in the state
prison al Waupun by Judge Grimm of
the circuit court. Stello pleaded gull
~ TO the charge of manslaughter in
the second degree.
Arthur Peterson of Waupaca, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson, who
recently returned from Moscow, where
he has been doing Y. NJ. c. A. work,
died in hospital at New York City
following an operation
With singing and patriotic addresses
the Bethel Norwegian Lutheran
church at La Crosse dedicated serv-
ice flag with seven stars upon it, rep
resenting young men of the congre-
cation now in service,
association, formed at a recent meet.
ing in Wausau by potash manufactu-
rers of Wisconsin and northern Michi-
gan, will meet in Appleton on April 4
to plan activities for the year
Myron Swennes, former La Crosse
high school football player, will sub
nit to an operation in a few days
to fiji himself for service in the United
States army. Swennes was one OF the
fastest halfbacks the school ever had
Neenah is without a candidate for
mayor for the coming election The
incumbent, Mayor G. b. Clark, refuses
to become a candidate An effort is
being made to secure some one before
the time for filing nomination papers
expires
The first military funeral in Apple
ton took place when Cylus Began. who
died of ptomaine poisoning at Fort
SCreven. Ga. was buried The Apple
ton company of the Wisconsin State
guard and council of defense formed
an escort
A series of lectures on Personal
Impressions of the Kaiser" will be de
livered at Beloit college by Prof, Viii
liam H. Schofeld formerly American
exchange professor in Berlin, who
is now exchange professor to Belot
college
A large number of Appleton High
School boys, who will fill mems jobs
during the summer on the farms of
the county, are fast preparing them
selves for their work by taking lessons
in Harvesting and embarrassing hors-
es and other duties.
Following the gift of 5000 acres of
land near Brentwood to the state of
Wisconsin by Frank ID. Stout, multi
millionaire, owners of 1000 acres of
land adjoining his farm have also
turned over the land for a game pre-
serve, the plot totalling 10000 acres.
The Wisconsin Buttermakers' asso-
citation at a recent convention at Madi-
son adopted resolutions urging the
national government committee on
butter fats standards to fix 80 per cent
as the standard The 16 per cent mois-
ture was denounced as unfair
Eleven hundred school children in
Prairie du Chen will be vaccinated
during the next few days because of a
smallpox epidemic Every doctor in
the community is busily at work on the
arms of the children The epidemic, it
is said, has been checked
Lieut.. William Jung is the first man
of Manitowoc to be wounded on the
western front While in action, Feb.
IS, he was shot in the hand losing sew
eral fingers, and has been in a hospital
in France since that time He was at
tached TO the One Hundred and Fifth
Machine Gun company of the Rainbow
division.
The Beloit common council has de-
creed there shall be no fireworks the
coming fourth of July. 1t also decided
to employ many teamsters to haul
ashes in the annual clearing up season.
The council believes ashes may be
hauled without loss for rs cents Der