The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-08-29
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State


His body was taken from the river by
| his son.
Mrs. Emily Froehlich, Sheboygan, 81
| years old, died in st. Nicholas hospital
as a result of injuries sustained when
| she fell down the cellar stairs of her
| home.
A large number of Winnebago far
mers met at the courthouse at Osh-
| kosh to form an organization of a
county union of the American Society
of Equity.
While walking on the tracks of the
| Northwestern road in the notherp
part of this city, William Perkins, Be-
lott, was struck by train and in
stantly killed.
Ray r. Dalton of La Crosse, for ten
years leading travelling salesman in
| the northwest, was victim of the tor
nado at Tyler, Mimi. His son Tim
othy, who was riding in an automobile
with his, escape.
In alighting from the east bound 500
| limited at Hawkins before the train
had stopped moving, Matthew James,
13-year-old Ladysmith boy, was
thrown to the ground, sustaining a
broken left shoulder.
A Rhinelander meat market which
had refused to contribute to the county
| patriotic fund, has been given a coat
of yellow paint. This is the first time
citizens of Rhinelander or the county
have applied yellow paint.
Joseph Whackett, aged AS while
threshlng near Randolph, slipped and
fell into the cylinder of the threshisg
machine. His body was taken out ter
ribly mangled. He leaves a wife and
seven small children.
Charles II. Mohr, Jr., of Portage, ar
raigned in United States court at
| Madison on charge of violating the
espionage act thru alleged disloyal ut
| terances, was bound over to the grand
jury in $4,000 bail
Owing to the scarcity of policemen
and firemen at Neenah the commits
| sion has changed it's bylaws so as to
permit the hiring of men who have
not been residents of the city for three
years as was formerly requierd.
Grand Rapids City Engineer A. T.
Thompson has received information
that his brother, Lieut.. M. T. Thomp+
son, was killed in action July Is, prob
ably in the fighting near the Marine,
although details cannot be ascertained.
Irwin and Herbert Hoops of the town
OF Speaker are twin brothers, born
| Aug. 4, 1897. Both registered in Wau-
sau for the selective draft under the
recent order. Herbert at once volun-
tarily enlisted for service as a machin-
| list, and will leave soon for service.
An injunction restraining the city
of Sheboygan from proceeding with
the paving of North Thirteenth street,
has been served on the city officials by
property owners who object to the
paving at this time because of the al
legged excessive cost.
Dr. d. j. Twohig, Fond du Lac, re-
vealed TO the medical world a sue
cessful method of treating gangrenous
appendicitis. soft rubber tube in
pendiX stump has been used with sue.
cess by DR.. Twohig in over 200 cases,
Three weeks after losing her hus-
band, who died of disease, Mrs. Elmer
Christensen, formerly of Neenah, suf-
fered the double affliction of seeing
her 4-year-old daughter Lucille killed
before her eyes when "a severe storm
wrecked their home at Tyler, MINI.
When Mrs. Michael Lange of Mad
ison received word from the war de-
partment that her husband had been
killed in action, Mrs. Raymond Nichols,
her cousin, rushed to console her
While in the LANCE home Mrs. Mich
OILS also was notified that her husband
had been killed "over there"
A honor roll tablet to accommodate
at least 1000 names will be erected in
the Watertown downtown district
The matter is now in the hands of
Aid. w. J. Beurhaus, following a fight
carried on by the Watertown News for
the city to build such recognition to
the fighting boys. There are already
600 Watertown men in France or in
camps in the United States
Mrs. Nora Kosterman, "a, of Racine,
was probably fatally burned when an
automobile in which she was seated
caught fire while the gasoline tank
was being filed Her body was en-
veloped in flames, which were extin-
c1ticbod NV bar husband who bod both
hands and arms burned. Both are in
a hospital. Physicians say the woman
cannot live.
His two sons, Werner and Helmuth,
in active service in France, Rev. John
G.. Runge could not resist the call of
his country and has resigned as pastor
of the Lutheran church in the town of
Sheboygan Falls to enter the service.
He preached his farewell sermon last
Sunday and among other words said
that he felt his country needed him
more than his congregation.
Lieut. Col. John b. Schneider, who at
one time was captain of Co. | of Nee
nah and later major in the old Wiscon.
sin National guard, has been wounded
in the fighting in France, according to
a message received by his wife. His
wounds are not believed to be serious.
Rhinelander's new scarifier has com.
menced tearing up the surface of sew.
eral city streets. 1t is being operated
by a tractor. Following the compile
ton of the tearing-up work, a re-sur-
fscing'process will take place, and the