The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-06-24

The First National, the Merchants
and Savings bank and the Wisconsin
Trust company of Madison, have been
merged under the name of the First
National bank. Louis NJ Hanks, presi.
dent of the trust company, will head
the new bank.
A five-day campaign Of social and
health work was conducted through
out Bayfield, county under the direc-
ton of Miss Martha Riley, director of
social work for the Wisconsin state
board of health, assisted by Miss Anna
Thompson, county visiting nurse.
Charles H. Everett, editor of the
Wisconsin Agriculturist of Racine,
who represented the Third senatorial
district of Wisconsin for one term an.
nounced his candidacy for the Repub-
lican nomination for lieutenant gov
ernor at the primaries in September.
Francis McCue, % years old, and
Francis Cunningham of GAINESVILLE,
were capsized while padding down
Rock river, and both were drowned.
The two young men had been attend
ing picnic up The river six miles.
They were upset in the wake of
launch which was making high speed.
William Jensen and b A. Nordall
were killed and four were seriously
injured when gas tank in the ma
chine shop of the Flambeau Paper
company at Park Falls, exploded. DR..
Horheim, one of the four seriously in
| jured, was burned while going through
the blazing building searching for in,
jured.
DR.. c. II. Gephart answered a call
from the kenosha hospital Walking
into the operating room, he discovered
his four-year-old son, Curtis, laying
upon the table He was overcome as
he pronounced the child dead The
childs skull was fractured when
struck by an automobile driven by
Mrs. Samuel Newman.
Watertown has a freak of nature in
a little chick, one of ten Matched from
White Leghorn eggs. The chick has
four legs, one pair in the natural posi-
ton and the other the reverse. The
chick appears to be very strong and is
the liveliest Of the bunch When
walking, it raises the hind legs but
when standing il rests on all four legs.
About fifty log drivers, mostly In
dams, reached Ladysmith having just
completed the drive for the Flambeau
River Lumber company There are
now millions of feet of logs in the
Flambeau river above the booms
awaiting the sorting crews. The
young redskins who worked on the
drive this season were paid Sc per day
and board.
When she became respondent over
a love affair, Violet Jackson, %, of
Menasha, placed the muzzle Of a 80
caliber revolver to her temple and
pulled the trigger But fate inter
vened. A blank cartridge was in the
chamber After her attempted sui
eide, Miss Jackson phoned TO a friend
who in turn informed the police. She
is now in the hospital.
The First Baptist church at Honey
| Greek, near Racine, was completely
wrecked when a gasoline stove in the
basement of the church exploded and
then set fire to the wreCkage. The
loss is estimated at $4,000 Chill
dren's services had been held in the
church earlier in the day and it is
thought that before leaving some of
them lit the burners on the stove.
Teachers of the Green Bay public
schools will receive an increase in pay
ranging from "a to Al per cent during
the next school year, it was an
nounced by Supt A, w. Burton, fol
lowing a meeting of the board of edu-
cation. The total increase in salaries
will be S50,370. The minimum pay of
grade school teachers will be $1,000,
and of high school teachers, 1880.
The First Presbyterian church of
Wausau will open a camp for boys
and girls at Clear lake beginning July
l. The Rev. f. w. Eastwood will have
charge of the camp, The younger
boys of the church will be first to
leave for the camp and will remain
there for ten days. Then group Of
girls will 20 up for ten days and the
last ten days of the month will be
given over to the older boys
Michael De Bartello, an Italian ac-
cused Of shooting Peter Malinero, in a
Memorial day fight. appeared at the
Office OF Dist Atty. Fisher, Jr, at Ke-
nosha, and confessed to the crime. He
was released on bonds Of $500 He
was charged with attempted murder
He said he had been in hiding at
Grand Rapids, Mich. The shooting
followed remarks made about Annie
De Barello, dauphter of the accused
man.
Only one Green Bay brewery has
been adjusted TO meet the new order
amendment has been declared consti.
tutional. The Hagemeistcr Brewing
company's plant has been converted
to the manufacture Of ice cream on
a large scale but the Rahr Brewing
company and the HoChgreve Brewing
company have made no plans for the
future. The two last named concerns
banged on the validity of the Mulber-
ger law, but found it was nulihed
Construction work is now under way
on the buildings of the Pride Pulp and
Paper company in Tomahawk A
steam shovel will be put in operation
TO load 10000 yards OF gravel for the