The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16

n DuOSel OF 9OO,UOU mas Deen dp
propriated to remodel Music hall, one
of the oldest buildings at the uni
versity. The hall will have an in
creased seating capacity of 500.
A letter mailed from Hungary In
May, 1916, has just reached Joseph
Ornstrin. merchant of Appleton from
his parents He has heard nothing
from them in the meanwhile.
The tug Terrier, built at Manitowoc
for the Emergency Fleet corporation,
has been accepted after trial trip.
1t is the first of six tugs to be com
pleted at the Burger Boat Co. yards.
Henry Ford was a visitor in Mari
nette. He arrived with his son Edsel
Ford and five other men. They were
returning after an auto tour through
the Upper Peninsula mining region.
Green county's most modern dairy
farms, purebred Holstein and Ayre-
shire herds were inspected by so
Louisiana and Mississippi men who
came 10 Monroe on dairy observation
special from Madison.
Increase of telephone rates and re.
adjustment of schedules were author
lied by the Wisconsin Railroad com
mission for the Columbia Telephone
company and the La Crosse lnterur-
ban Telephone company.
The Kenosha county highway com
nlissioners have approved the states
selection of II miles of Kenosha coun-
t. roadway which will be incorpora-
ted in the states $500 mile addition
to the 5000 mile trunk line system Sc.
lected in 1917.
Theodore Christianson, well known
weather prophet OF Conoyer, predicts
that the coming winter will be only
slightly colder than last winter. He
says the first snowfall in northern
Wisconsin will be Dec, g. 1t is said
that Christianson has never yet failed
on a weather prediction.
The estate of the late United States
Senator Isaac Stephenson of Mari
nette, totals 1924, 241.65, according to
the inventory filed with the tax com.
mission by John Harrington. The
total tax, which has been paid on this
estate, is $26S,228.27. Inventory of
the estate shows that Mr. Stephenson
disposed of $2,791,675.S7 by will and
$4,432, 56628 under trust deed.
The season for making beet sugar
in Wisconsin ic at hand and tho 70 otto
ries at Menomonee Falls, GAINESVILLE
Madison and Chippewa Falls are being
placed in readiness to receive, shred
and boil the crop. The beets have
grown well this season and the dry
and hot spell of midsummer is said
to have resulted in large percentage
OF sugar content. New factories are
planned for Oshkosh and Green Bay
Charles w Nash, head of the Nash
Motors Co, Kenosha, has been named
head of a new corporation formed in
Indianapolis, with capitalization of
$6,000,000, to manufacture a new car,
to be known as the Lafayette Mr.
Nash's association with the firm will
be in an advisory capacity, leaving ac-
tive management TO ID. Mccall White
and Earl c. Howard. While Indianapo-
lis will be the manufacturing center
for the company, all chassis units will
be made at Kenosha.
The plan for $4,000 in scholarships
in vocational education was approved
by the state board of education. The
plan provides for annual distribution
of fifteen scholarships at $500 and
ninety awards at 500 each. An ex-
penditure of $4,000 for new teachers
to be distributed among the normal
schools was provided by the board
Regulations for the assignment of war
veterans under the soldier educational
law to out of the state institutions
were adopted as were regulations in
respect TO correspondence courses
taken under the educational act.
Former Congressman Charles H.
Weisse, president of the Charles
S. Weisse company at Sheboygan
Falls, was instantly killed in that city
when a wall in the ruins of his plant
fell suddenly, burying him in the
debris. The Weisse company had been
destroyed by fire, causing a loss of
over $150,000. Only one wall was left
standing. A party was set to work
10 go through the ruins OF the plant
which had been used as a tannery,
and salvage such material as could be
found Mr.. Weisse entered the ruins
on a tour OF inspection and while
watching the men at work, the remain
ing wall collapsed Unexpectedly
Richard Wick, aged 81, who was neal
Mr.. Weisse, was thrown into one OF
the tanning watts, and was drowned
Six other workmen were seriously in
jured. Mr.. Wesse was So years OF
age. He was the head OF the tannery,
and also president of the Sheboygan
Press Publishing company. He was
long prominent in political circlmes in
Wisconsin, and leader in the demo
cratic party Mr.. Weisse was elected
to congress in 1902. and reelected
three times after that. He entered the
race in 1910 for United States senator
against Senator Robert M. La Fol
lette, by whom he was defeated
Since that time he has not held pub.
lie office.
Exemption from compulsory mill
tary drill is being granted at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin this year to re.
turned soldiers who have fulfilled the
legal requirements through service in
the war. Two years OF drill are ordi