Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-12-02
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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West Bend-Raleigh Ives was found E
| guilty of fourth degree manslaughter IL
and sentenced by Judge Martin Lueck d,
TO two years at hard labor at Waupun, W
| for the shooting of Herbert Loehr at IL
Fond du Lac last March. Ives and v;
Loehr were friends but upon discov- W
cry by the former that Loehr was in O
innate with Mrs. Ives, an alteration b
| ensued which resulted in the shoot ii
ing. A jury in the previous hearing IL
of the case at Fond du Lac failed to al
reach verdict. C,
Green Bay Construction of addi- p
tional dock front and the installation Il
| OF a new steel electrically operated
bridge have been ordered by the G.
| Reiss Coal company on its Fox river K
property in Green Bay. The capacity c.
| of the docks when the improvements a.
are completed will be 100000 tons OF p
| coal The unloading devices to be in II
stalled will take 10000 tons of coal d
from boats in twelve hour day. a
Madison = Gov. E. L. Philip de- "
elared Friday, Dec. 5, as Actors Me Il
mortal day, urging the people of the L
state ito give their generous support
to the theatrical profession to whom
we are indebted for much both in
time of war and in peace" The proc Il
lamation was made on request of I
actors organizations as part of 4
movement to recognize certain date
in honor of the profession.
| GAINESVILLE - Timber wolves are so =,
numerous in Rock county that farmers
are being forced to abandon raising
| purebred animals. DepredationS dur
! ing recent weeks have Influenced the =
county board to boost the bounty from :,
| $40 to $25. The wolves invade pas
lures, barns and chicken coops and :,
are bold enough to come to the out =
skirts of the city. ~
Madison-A resolution, offered by "
George F. Comings, Eau ClaSe, rec
ommending release of imprisoned
conscientious DIRECTORS, urging repeal -
| of the espionage law and denouncing .
| the league of nations, was killed by the :,
Equity association, at its convention IT
here. The association adopted reso- h
luton opposing compulsory military o
service. "
Neillsville-The city council en-
| ployed Byron T. Clifford as consulting
engineer to furnish expert service in
fighting the proposed raise in light "
rates, in the case pending before the J.
railroad commission, brought by the =
Wisconsin Minnesota Light & Power :,
Co. The company is now collecting a :,
20 per cent surcharge on every bill. -
Mansion - R. D. Chamberlain, Ju y
neau county poor commissioner and
/ two women were killed, when the au
tomobile in which they were riding a.
was struck by a fast Milwaukee road =
passenger train and demolished The h
bodies were so badly mangled that it IT
was difficult to identify them. The y
motor car was thrown fifty feet. g,
Tomah-Instead of moving the local =,
plant or arranging for transmission of
power to this city from another gen
Grating station, as ordered by the 81
state railroad commission, the Wis -
| consin- Minnesota Light and Power Co. 4
sold it's Tomah plant for $4,000 The 3
purchasers are L. w. Barnes and h
Phillip Bennent, this city. II
Green Bay-With the first unit of a
new factory finished, the Northern
Corrugating company has let con- ~
tracts for the erection of a duplicate a
addition to the building, in order to p,
double its output of sheet metal prod b
ucts The building work done thus II
far cost $4,000. d
Il
Company l. Neenah's ma
tional guard unit, has been reorgan-
lied. Capt. Ralph Dietz, First Lieut.. +,
Ray Vanderwalker and Second Lieut.. o
Dick Jagerson have received commits 2,
sions. But thirty men are lacking to a.
bring the company up TO peace time .:
strength. lis
| GAINESVILLE = John Powell, aged "a.
was killed here by the Chicago and q
| Northwestern midnight mail train. "
| Working as switchman, Powell step "
ped off one track to escape switch NJ
engine, and was struck by the limited. I'm
He died on the operating table at the
hospital
Manitowoc-Th Manitowoc county q,
| board adopted a resolution submitting n
to a vote at the spring election the NJ
issuance of $3,00OOO0 bonds for per-
manent road improvements. The pro-
! gram calls for construction of liz Il
miles of concrete. p
$,
Juneau-By a unanimous vote, the a
| Dodge county board of supervisors
adopted a resolution for S5,00O,O00
bond issue for permanent highways, n
and fixed Dec. % as the date for ref III
erendum on the question. al
Madison-Contrary to reports that
| have appeared in some papers, State fl
Treasurer Henry Johnson has issued a g,
statement which places the second a
Monday in March as the earliest that T
any payments may be made under the n
$40 per month soldier bonus. In
Birchwood-Fully 10000 deer hunt
ers will be in the forests between r.
here and Winter, 80 miles from here, d
during the deer season. To provide c
accommodations for the hunters, the a,
Milwaukee road is giving the use OF v