The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

After giving birth to twins, Mrs. Jo-
seph Tomazewski, Crivitz, Marinette
county, died of influenza. The babies
also died.
r. G. Knutson has formed branch
of the International Brotherhood OF
Maintenance of Way Employees and
Railway Shop Laborers at La Crosse.
d. w. MacWillie, La Crosse county
fuel administrator, has called for a
popular vote of street car line patrons
for and against the skip-stop plan.
The Hortonville Review has been
sold by Robert w. Wright to his
brother. Lloyd, who published paper
at Bear Creek until called into army
service.
Because of so many cases of influ-
enza Beloit college student school was
closed on Tuesday, Dec. II, until after
the holidays This does not apply to
soldiers.
The Cereal Products Co, Manito-
woe, capital $1000,000, has filed arti-
cles of incorporation. The incorpora-
!
Seuglaub and Emil Herch.
The second 100-foot tug for the gov
eminent was launched at the Leath-
cam G. Smith shipyards, Sturgeon
Bay. The govern. mt contract was
cut from twelve to nine tugs.
Claude Albert Lindsey was arrested
at Kenosha charged with impersonat-
ing a soldier of the United States. He
was turned over to the federal otll-
Gals. His home is said to be in Chi
cago.
The people of Kenosha, through the
patriots fund will adopt 200 of the
fatherless children of France the COM
ing year. An appropriation of $500
has been made to take care of the
children.
The annual convention and fruit
show of the State Horticultural soci
ETY. will be held in Madison, Jan. s, 8,
and 10. The fruit exhibit will be
staged in the main corridor of the
capitol building.
Marshal Cousins, Eau Claire, has as.
sumed his duties as banking commits
sioner at the capitol He is well
known national guardsman and sue
ceeds A. E. Kuolt The name of MI
Cousins will be submitted to the sen
ate for confirmation in January.
The estate of the late President c.
r. Van Hise, University of Wisconsin,
consists of $155000 personal property
and $4,000 real estate, according to
the will filed for probate. The prop
erty is bequeathed to Mrs. Van Hise
and daughters, Jeanette and Alice.
The American cafe, Superior soft
drink emporium, was raided by the
police and in a box of coal by the
kitchen range was found thirteen half
pints and two pints of whisky. Max
Rosenberg, alleged proprietor of the
cafe, j. Belisle and Edward Hubeck,
employees, were arrested on a charge
of violating the liquor ordinance.
Dean e. A. Birge, vice-president of
I the University of Wisconsin and mem.
Der of the faculty for thirty-tve years,
was promoted to the presidency at
/ special meeting of the regents, to
succeed DR.. Charles r. Van Hise. The
appointment is made on condition that
DR.. Birge be permitted to retire in
! 1920, when he will be 20. Dean Birge
has accepted.
Henry C, Baker, Racine, chief of po-
lice, demands that specific charges be
preferred against him to the police
and fire commission following the
common councils action in demanding
that the report to the common coun-
Gil by the special committee
appointed to investigate alleged
immoral conditions besmirched
his character and reputation as chief
of police and he insists that the mat
ter be thoroughly gone into to the
satisfaction of the citizens of Racine.
Great increases in livestock produc-
ton were disclosed by the reports
which are being filed with the state
food administration at Madison. These
reports show an increase in the num-
Der of cattle and hogs during the war
period of from IS to AZ per cent Re
ports from forty counties incomplete,
fourteen counties fairly complete and
! five counties complete show that the
number of hogs have been increased
in the state in the past year 2212 per
cent, and the number of pigs between
/ two and six months of age 43.S per
cent. The number of cattle of ali
kinds have increased IS per cent and
the number of dairy cattle 1872 per
cent.
Five members of the 1917 legisla-
ture joined the military or naval serv-
ice. DR.. A. j. Pullen,, Fond du Lac.
senator from the Eighteenth district,
joined a medical unit. Assemblyman
/ George ID. Whiteside, Stevens Point,
head of the house committee on public
welfare, went to France with a medi-
cal unit. Assemblyman ID. S. Burnett,
| Wausau, Spanish-American war veter-
an, went to France as an engineer.
/ Assemblyman William A. Campbell,
Milwaukee. donned a Jack" uniform
within a few days after the war deca-
ration and gave up his seat in the
I lower house. Senator William Bray,
Oshkosh, went into training at Camp
Hancock, Ga, in the fall of 1918 and
was commissioned a captain in the
United States army, Dec. 10, 1918.
A petition from the Sun Prairie
Woman's club, to Gov. Philip and the
/ wisconsin legislature will ask for