The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-28
William gtone. Kenoshan arrested


for the sale of intoxicants. Saloon
keepers took their pleas to a La
Cross attorney, but gained no salts
faction and Cashton remains dry.
Grocery stores at Sheboygan must
stop the sale of near beer and other
beverages of that kind, or face prose
cution, according to action taken by
the common council, Saloon keepers
will be issued licenses, many already
obtained permits TO sell Intoxicating
| liquors
Commissioner of Banking Marshall
Cousins, Madison, has approved an
amendment to the articles of incorpo-
ration of the Wisconsin Trust Com
pany Milwaukee, and the First Trust
Company, Milwaukee, consolidating
under the name of First Wisconsin
Trust Company, and increasing the
capital from 100000 to 100000.
Edmund Brelowske, months old.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs Louise Brelowske.
Utica, Dane county. met death by
strangulation. His mother had left
him on the bed. Returning she found
that he had crawled down to the foot
of the bed and had caught his head
between the iron crossbar OF the bed
and the mattress and was hanging.
Money has been raised by Wausau
automobiles to open up section of
road in the town of Flieth. which will
give road from Wausau to Mosinee,
on the west side of the Wisconsin
river. The Chamber of Commerce,
which is fathering a general plan of
road improvement, also will expert
ment with gravel on several streets in
| Wausau.
The office of the e, T. Neuens Lum-
Der Co., Fredonia, Oaaukee county,
was entered by burglars. two safes
blown open and $3.50 War Savings
stamps, $50 diamond glass cutter, rail
road leases, insurance policies and
other valuable papers were taken.
After ransacking the Office. the ma
RAIDERS set fire to the building which
was saved
Judge Belden, Racine, of the First
judicial circuit has refused the ap-
pOintment as commissioner to Den
mark, rendered him by Judge Halsey
of Milwaukee. to take dispositions in
the case Of Theodore Johuson's will
The will leaves an estate of $4,000 to
Mrs Thomas Hahn Of Racine. A con
test over the will is being heard in the
Supreme court.
After travelling more than 400 miles
by automobile and motor boat the
state conservation inspectors consist
ing of Secretary of State Merlin Hull,
State Treasurer Johnson, Attorney
General Blaine, and accompanied by
Lieut. Gov Il. F. Dithmar, have re
turned TO Madison after two weeks
inspection of state owned lands in
northern Wisconsin.
Zion City police played havoc with
the Kenosha-Chicago beer caravan"
when fifteen special policemen from
that city hid behind barn, and sur
prised the drivers of fourteen trucks
carrying beer from Kenosha to Chi
cago. The trucks were covered with
canvas, but the police arrested twenty
six men, held the trucks, carrying
more than $4,000 pounds Of beer
The quota of sixly-fve members for
a unit In the Wisconsin National guard
Tor Fond du Lac was filled when six
young men signed The company,
known as Co. Il, will contain only
about half the number of old Co. Il.
Capt. A. X. Burnett, who served with
the one Hundred Fiftieth Machine
Gun battalion, Forty-second division is
to be in charge Through his efforts
the company has been formed.
Mrs. Nick Vamosh, as, living at the
Highland settlement, near Ashland.
was instantly killed when struck by
lightning while standing in a field OF
oats. Mr. Namosh and her husband
had been shocking oats. They We're
hurrying to finish the work before the
storm became too fierce They were
! holding opposite sides OF the same bun
ole when the accident occurred, but
Mr. Vamosh was only dazed by the
bolt
Owners of elm and maple trees who
find small reddish OF light colored
lunches on the leaves viii! have to rest
as easily as possible for a while. says
G.. l.. Fiukc, entOmologist At the Wis
consin experiment station, Madison,
for no control measures for this par
tcular trouble have been found. The
lunches are gals caused by small
mites which look like tiny spiders.
They live within the gals and cannot
b. reached by sprays,
Following an announcement from
The Wisconsin Gas and Electric Co.
that the company would give the city
OF Kcnosha no estimate on the pur-
chase price for the public utilities, city
officials announced mat the state rail.
way commission VIII be called on 20
set price on the street car lines gas,
electric and heating plants, A vote on
whether the people favor public own
ership will be held Sept 2 II the
citizens favor public ownership an
other election on whether the until.
ties shall be purchased will be held
in April, 1920.
The board OF vocational education
in Rhinelander has authorized the
purchase Of turning lathes. gas en-.
gines and other machinery to be used
in the additional courses Of sheet
metal work, gas engineering and gen.