Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-05-23
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Fond du Lac-Unapie to reach any
kind Of an agreement after having
been out forty-one hours, the jury try
ing Raleigh A. Ives for the staying of
Herbert p Loehr was discharged by
Judge Chester A. Fowler During the
time they were out the twelve men de
voted more than 20 hours to actual de
liberation on the case. The last vote
taken by the jurors stood seven for
third degree manslaughter verdict
and five for a fourth degree man
slaughter verdict. Even though the
maximum difference between the pen
alties on the findings is but two years
Imprisonment both sides refused to
compromise The first ballot taken by
the jury was on the question OF guilt,
or innocence and stood eight for
verdict c. guilty and four for acquittal
After several hours all but one man
stood for conviction, and on the sec
ond day he was brought over to sup
port fourth degree inanslaughter YER
dict. Court officials stated that Ives
would be tried again at the fall term
of court, probably in November. 1t
was thought that it might be neces-
sary to take the case into another
county for trial at that time, owing to
the wide publicity the affair has re-
ceived here. Attorneys think there
are few men in this county who would
now qualify for jury services. Ives
will continue to have his liberty under
bail of $4,000.
Madison = The Wisconsin hay crop
will total approximately 5.369,000 tons
in 1919, according to the estimate of
Joseph A. Becker of the Wisconsin CO.
operative crop reporting service
UNITED States bureau OF crop esti
mates and Wisconsin state depart
ment of agriculturel. The production
in 1918 was 3,95000O tons. The acre
age of tame hay is estimated to be
2,7S7, 900, compared to 2.582 600 last
year, an Increase of 6 per cent. The
acreage of wild hay is estimated to
be the same as last year. $4,000 The
condition of all hay on May l was So
per cent of normal, compared with 78
per cent a year ago and ten-year
average of Sc per cent.
Madison-The Wisconsin death rate
for the first quarter of 1919 was no
higher than the average for the last
several years, despite the prevalence
of influenza, according to the quarter
ly mortality report of the state bureau
of vital statistics. The rate was 1872
per 1000 population. The death list
was 1895. The large increase in the
number Of deaths reported from pneu-
monia and influenza for the first quar-
ter of 1919, as compared with similar
reports for other years. says the
state board of health, lis offset by the
decline in number of deaths reported
from practically all of the other COM
municable diseases"
Sheboygan = The thirty-fourth an
nual meeting of the Sheboygan Mu-
tual Savings. Loan and Building asso-
citation revealed that the association
is fourishing despite lull in build
ing due to the war. The financial state
ment of Secretary w. C. Roenitz
showed a gain of more than $1,000.
A dividend of 5 1-S per cent was de-
clared. The association has capital
stock Of more than a million.
Green Bay - The centennial ami
versary of Odd Fellowship in America
viii be celebrated at the seventy-third
annual convention of the grand lodge
of Wisconsin here June 2. 8, and 5.
The Rebekah assembly will hold its
thirty-fourth annual session on the
same dates, Odd Fellows and Rebek-
abs numoerink $500 from throughout
Wisconsin are expected.
Wausau-The county board of su-
pervisors ordered that all discharge
papers of returned service men be re-
corded free of charge and that rec
ord be made of their service. The rec
ord will be kept in the Office of the
register of deeds and viii be perma-
nent. Those who have already recor :
ed their discharges will have the fee
returned.
Appleton President Samuel Plantz,
Lawrence college, has announced re-
cetpt Of check for $4,000 from the
United States government to pay for
losses sustained by the college be
cause of the disbandmeat of the S. A.
1. c. after the armistics. The amount
received from the government is still
$4,000 Short of the actual losses, it is
claimed.
Wausau - wholesale prosecutions
will result if the practice of selling to-
baceos and cigarettes to minors is not
stopped" said Chief of Police Thomas
Malone, who has learned that $50