The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-05
Richard Harrington of Oshkosh, has

state senate at the fall election.
The Burger Boat Building Co. plant
has been closed and discontinuance of
work on government contracts is re-
ported from Sturgeon Bay, Green Bay
and Marine City.
Lorenzo Darling of Manawa was one
of the four men appointed sergeant in
the motor transport corps of Phila-
delphia in a competitive examination
of $50 men for the honor.
Girls and young women from Is to
"a years OF age from all over the state
attended the Older Girls conference,
held in GAINESVILLE on Nov. 29-Dec. /.
Work in the organized Sunday school
classes in the state was discussed.
Wisconsin state banks increased
their resources almost $4,000, 900 in
one year. In three weeks the Increase
was almost S11,000,000 State banks
in year added about S1OOOO,OO0 to
holdings of government securities.
Whitney Seymour, Madison, associ,
ate editor of The Badger, is circulat'
ing a petition TO submit to the regents,
asking appointment of William II.
Taft as successor to President Van
Hise The petition has been signed by
more than 200 students.
State Banking Commissioner A. L.
Kuolt of Madison has been limited to
one and one half pounds of sugar a
month for each member of his family
until Jan l. by the United States food
administration at Washington. He
was charged with cashing sugar
certificate after the time had expired.
1t is probable that Wausau will be
served by an aerial mail route, Mayor
John l.. Sell has received a letter
from the Aerial League OF America
asking the city TO give consideration
to the matter of establishing an aero
drome for the landing of planes. Wau-
sau is located on the trans-continental
airway. The mayor will appoint com
mittee
Five La Crosse men, including two
members of Co. b, Wisconsin National
guard, lost their lives in France in the
final battles of the war, according ia
kilograms received by relatives. Sergt.
Robert Hatke, Corp. Elmer Schroeder
and John Winslow, who died OF
wounds; Charles Schlicht and Fred J.
Kolb were killed in action. William c.
Hatke, a brother OF Sergt Hatke, was
wounded
Information has been received at
Racine from Madison announcing that
Gov. Philip had granted pardon "a
Sam Dumato, sentenced July Z, 1913,
to serve twenty years at Waupun pris
on for the murder of Frank Lochner a
foreman in the plant of the Belle City
Malleable Iron company. The pardon
is granted because Dumato is suffering
with tuberculosis. Dumato murdered
Lochner because of being discharged
as a worker in the foundry.
After eighty years. death has sepa
rated the Hall twins, of La Crosse
famous in that part of the country for
forty years because of their colse re-
semblance. For years the only way
by which friends distinguished be
tween them has been the fact that
William wore G. A. r. button
George was IT. i'll health at the time
of the war, and was refused by the
recruiting officer, or even this small
difference would not have existed.
Judge John M. Giblin. 20 years old
died at Sheboygan Judge Giblin was
born in the town of Rolling Prairie
Washington county, and la er moved
with his parents to Kewaskum, where
he received his early education
Thirty-siX years ago he married Miss
Julia Lane of Oshkosh and moved tc
Sheboygan Judge Giblin inauguratet
the stone pile" where law breakers
were compelled to work out the cost
of their maintenance and it was he
who introduced and aided in estab
fishing the probationary Office
The S. A. T. c. at the University OF
Wisconsin will be sent home before
Christmas. orders have been receiv
cd for disbanding of the organization
which includes 5000 men. They will
be held at Madison until the compile
ton of the first quarter on Dec. p
Rehabilitation of the S. A. r. G. In
Wisconsin will seriously impair at
tendance at the university and norma
schools, according TO educators. Al
the university there are approximately
300 army students and only 42l
Cthur male students Many army stu
dents will not continue their work
Eight OF the nine normal schools have
army students.
Secretary of State Merlin Hull car
ried off the vote honors in the recent
general election, according to com
plcte unofficial returns received in
Hull's office. lie lead the field at the
polls with 173. 800 ballots. Returns re
coived by Secretary Hull. but in which
several errors are known to eyist, fol
low: For governor Moehlenpah
Democrat, 1856; Philip, Republi
can, 155,799; for lieutenant governor
Hogan. Democrat, 92.S99; Dthmar
Republican. 165,401; for secretary OF
state r. Herman. Democrat, $3.50;
HUI. Republican, 1880; for state
treasurer-Eg erer, Democrat, S2,044;
Johnson, Republican. 1865; for at
torney general Ryan. Democrat, Sc,
293: Blaine. Republican, l66540.
latest prospective candidate mention