The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-13
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

wheels passed over his mead.
Three Rhinelander men, Frank ku-
tel and William and John Collier, were
each fined $50 and costs in municipal
court on their plea of guilty to having
Venison in their possession.
When Wolfgang Roth left to join
the army few days since he was the
fourth son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Roth, Bloomer, to become United
States soldier in this war.
A game protection organization has
been organized at Oshkosh for Winnie
operative in Outagamie. Its purpose
will be the conservation of fish and
game.
Rev. John Hardcastle, for nineteen
years pastor at Platteville and Big
Patch, resigned to take up new work
as president of the national general
conference of the Primitive Methodist
church.
The Dennessen company, grocers,
Green Bay, were fined 800 by State
Food Administrator Magnus Swenson
for advertising wheat flour for sale.
The money will go to the Green Bay
Red Cross.
Rudolph Tanks, La Crosse, saloon
keeper, was arrested by Frank O'Con-
nor, United States marshal, on a
charge of violating the federal fuel
less Monday order of last winter. He
was placed under bonds.
Wausaukee remains dry. At the
slring election the vets apparently
had majority of two votes. An in
vestigation REVEALED that two challeng-
ed voters were not eligible, giving vic.
tory to the drys.
j. w Jones, new president of the
board of education of Racine, made
his first recommendation the prohibi.
ton of the teaching of German Ian.
Guage in Racine schools and public
schools OF the state.
Less than an hour after a baby son
was born to her parents, Elizabeth
jeanette, 17-months Old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Phillips, De
Pere, died as the result of eating poi
son which she thought was candy.
Carl Wright, De Pere, was severely
injured when a Fordson tractor, which
he was driving tipped over as he was
trying to negotiate steep hill. Mr..
Wright jumped only to land under the
capsizing machine.
The sewerage system of Holcombe,
Chippewa county, an unincorporated
village, installed by real estate firm,
is held to be the property of the tax
payers in an opinion by Attorney Gen
eIal Spencer Haven. Town officers
may make repairs.
The Rev. Henry T. Sell of Evanston,
former editor of the Adcance and a
prominent religious writer, has accept
ed a call TO the pastorate of the First
Congregational church at Kenosha.
He succeeds the Rev Theodore r.
Fayville, recently called to Oshkosh.
Undersheriff William COLI, was
nearly killed by blow from a club on
the head struck by Frank Davis, a
prisoner held on a burglary charge,
who was trying to fight his way out
of tn eOshkosh Jail. Davis went back
to his cell at the point of a revolver.
John Schmitt, enemy alien, who re-
Gently pounded up his watch crystal
and put it into fellow prisoners
breakfast food was sentenced in SUI
perior court TO five years at Waupun.
Schmitt made a full confession. A
similar charge by the federal govern
ment is being held against him
Appeton's last horse mail delivery
was abolished last week when Robert
Schmiege, carrier in the Fourth ward
was instructed to dispense with his
horse and deliver mail on foot. Be.
cause of the length of the route and
Oh lance from the postotiice this car
rier has been provided with a horse to
save time, but the high cost of feeding
the animal has made it necessary to
abolish the service.
State Fire Warden Charles Good of
Superior discovered that the fire which
did over $1,000 damage to the Peter
Cooper school at Ashland, was set by
two boys, Homer Payne, IL, and Nor
man Welde, 10. The boys when ar.
rested confessed they had set fire to
the school in four different places and
gave as a reason that they thought
they would not have to go to school
burned.
Wisconsin has taken the lead over
all other states in the Union in collect
ing and preserving those records that
show the part the state is playing in
the great war. The war history com.
mission, which was appointed in
March, 1918, TO direct the work of or.
ganizing local committees in the diff
ferent counties, reports that all but
twelve now have their committees or.
ganized and are on the JOB collecting
and saving their war records.
Pleading necessity for protection of
public health, the city OF Manitowoc
has appealed to the Federal govern
,hent in it's efforts to secure oil for
sprinking of streets this summer and
has asked the state highway commits
ion to back up its petition.
Information from sources believed
authentic is that special agent of
Gov. E. l.. Philip has been sent to
Ashland and is trying to obtain evil
dence against the men who tarred and
feathered William Landraint, former