The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-22
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

Superior is one of the only three
places in the country. outside of th'
south, TO report a shortage of labor
The other places are Fall River, Mass.
and Akron, o.
The Advancement association Of
iMinocqua is arranging for a soldiers
and sailors reunion on July 4. 1t will
be one of the biggest celebrations in
the history of Oneida county,
The Kenosha Boiler and Structural
Iron Co. received special mention from
the Kenosha county Liberty loan com
lmittee for its work in the Victory loan
drive. Every one OF the employees took
"a bond.
I Erection of a fOur-room brick
ischoolhouse, adjoining the Jewish syn.
,agogue is being planned by the Ke.
Inosha congregation. The structure is
TO be completed about Aug l. The
REV. Hartman will have charge of the
school.
: Officers of the Kewaunee County
Agricultural association are making
preparations in an effort TO surpass
all previous programs for the county
fair, which win be held Sept 2, 3 and
a An aviator will be secured to give
flights daily
/ Although two new schools are now
beng erected in Kenosha, Mrs Mary
ID. Bradford, superintendent, has regis
tered the complaint that still more
schools are needed. Rapidly increas-
ing attendance makes the building OF
at least two more schools imperative.
says Mrs. Bradford.
President Samuel Plantz, Lawrence
college, Appleton. has announced re.
ceipt of a check for $4,000 from the
United States government to pay for
Hoses sustained by the college be.
cause OF the DISARMAMENT Of the S. A.
IT. c. after the armistice The amount
received from the government is still
$4,000 short OF the actual losses, it is
claimed.
The centennial anniversary Of Odd
Fellowship in America will be cele-
brated at the seventy-third annual con
wention of the grand lodge of Wiscon-
sin at Green Bay. June 2, 3. and g.
The Rebekah assembly will hold its
lthirtyfourth annual session on the
same dates, odd Fellows and Rebek-
abs numbering $500 from throughout
Wisconsin are expected
Wisconsin will have a good alfalfa
year in 1919, predicts l.. c. GRADER,
Madison, secretary of the state alfalfa
order The new seedlings of last fall
are in ideal condition. In 100 reports
from farmers in many sections partc-
lularly the southern counties, the con
dition is almost unanimously pro
nounced good. fine and excellent Red
clover is showing equally well accord
ing to the reports. The acreage of
both clover and alfalfa is larger than
that Of last year
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 inhu.
enuza, according to the quarterly NOR
Iality report OF the state bureau OF
vital statistics. The rate was 1872 per
1000 population. The death list was
1896. The large increase in the mum
Der of deaths reported from pneumo-
MIA and influenza for the first quarter
of 1919, as compared with similar re
ports for other years says the state
board of health, lis Offset by the de
cline in number of deaths reported
from practically all OF the other com
municable diseases"
Unable to reach any kind of an
agreement after havclg been out forty
one hours the jury trying Raleigh A
Ives, Fond du Lac. 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
third degree manslaughter verdict and
fiye for "A fourth degree manslaughtcr
verdict Even though the maximum
difference between the penalties on
the findings is but two years impris.
onment both sides refused to com
promise The frs ballot taken by the
jury was on the question Of guilt or
innocence and stood eighl for a yer.
dict Of guilty and iuui four acQuittal
After several hours all but one man
81 rtr
ond day he was brought over TO sup
port fourth degree mansaughtcr yer.
dict Court officials stated that Ives
would be tried again al the fan term of
court. probably in November II was
thought that 1t might be necessary to
take The case into another county for
trial 40 that time. owing TO the wide
publicity the affair has received At
torneys think there are few men in
Fond du Lac county who would now
qualify for jury services. Ives will
continue TO have his liberty under bail
Of 100000.
Wholesale prosecutions will result
Of the practice Of selling tobaccos and
cigarettes to miners is not stopped. %
said Chief Of Police Thomas Malone.
Wausau. who has learned that l5O
scnool boys, ranging in age from Ia
il years confessed 90 school teachers
that hey were tobacco users
June 10 has been set as Guernsey
day at La Crosse when Guernsey
breeders Of the county will have an
exhibition Of more than Zoe head oil
FLOODED cattle The flower Of The
county's herds will be shown and fifty
pure-bred bulls will be sold