The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-29


Plans have been approved at Mani
towoc for a ten family apartment
house to be erected on the north side,
in the residential district 1t will be
the first large apartment house to be
constructed there
William T. Darling, for many years
superintendent OF The Florence
schools, has been nSmed city superin-
tendent of schools OF Eau Claire. Dur
ing the last few years he has been To-
Gated in Two Rivers.
Arthur Taylor, owner Of the Rhine
lander Bottling works, has become a
candy manufacturer, The Oneida
Candy company has just been organ
lied He expects to manufacture all
kinds of bulk and package candy
The North American steamship
company's steamer Peter Beiss ar
rived in Sheboygan with the first
cargo of coal brought there this sea
son. 1t consists of 10000 tons Of
bituminous coal loaded at Huron, 0.
Sidney Wright, "a well known team
ing contractor, was kicked and tram
pied to death by one OF his horses at
Rhinelander. Mr.. Wright had entered
the stall to put a bride on the horse,
and was found some time later fatally
injured He died a few hours later.
Melvin T. Solve, Rice Lake, has
been awarded a travelling fellowship
in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, by
the American Scandinavian foundation
at New York city. Solve, with IS
other students who have received sim
liar awards, will sail soon from New
York.
Missing for sixteen years and be-
lieyed to be dead, Elmer Osgard gave
his mother, Mrs. A. Bartholomew, a
shock when he appeared at her home
at Onalaska. He ran away from home
and joined the circus. He is now
known ac Capt. White in show circles
and is said to be one of the greatest
fish imitators known.
Frank Peters, 10, claims to have
been shot at three times while hunt
ing near his home in the Town of
Newbold, One Of the bullets passed
through his coat and shirt over the
heart. Frank Griffith, a neighbor was
accused by Peters as being responsible
for the shooting and a warrant was
issued for Griffith's arrest
Building operations were almost
suspended at La Crosse due to the
sympathetic strike of building trades
men. Contractors have refused to
recognize the new hodcarriers' union.
Some 200 brewery workers who de.
clared a strike some time ago are still
out. The open shop idea has been
proclaimed by many employers.
A months search participated in by
the police of three states ended when
Anton Lucksinger, 70, wealthy farmer
near Beloit, was located in the Pres
byterian hospital in Chicago When
he disappeared March / he carried
500 on his person and it was feared
that he had met with foul play. He
wrote his family that he had under
gone a serious operation on his throat.
Manitowoc Aere No GS7, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, promises to make the
biggest showing in the history of the
order at the Oshkosh convention. The
present plans call for marching club
Of more than 400 and it is hoped to
increase this to 500. Uniforms have
already been ordered and the mem
bers are drilling under ex-seryice OFF
GERS, The convention is set for Osh-
kosh, June z to 10.
Lewis p. Mosher, S4 years old. was
granted a divorce from Margaret
MosheT, 40 years old, by Judge Agnew
at Waukesha They We're married in
1916. The plaintiff told the court that
Mrs. Mosher had chased him about
the place with a pitchfork, Religious
differences cropped INTO their married
life Mr., Mosher said The defendant
was awarded $4,000 Of the $4,000 es,
tate of her husband
The report of the industrial com.
mission upon the work Of the state
free employment offices during the
month of March, shows that registra-
tions exceeded those of last year by
l per cent, calls for help As per cent,
and placements by IL per cent There
were registered at the II employment
Offices 1860 applicants, and calls for
14,718 men and women OF the 1888
referred to positions, 1906 reported
back as hired.
Every high school in the state of
Wisconsin will have chance to send
a track team, large or small, to the
annual intersehoasle track meet
which will be held at the University
Of Wisconsin in Madison on May o.
The meet this year will be divided
into two classes "A and "B", class
"a being for the larger schools and
class "B' for the smaller ones There
will be separate races and separate
prizes for every event in the two
classes High school athletes taking
part in the meet will be entertained
in various ways Saturday evening
the University Circus will be staged
on the lower campus All the features
of a regular circus viii be duplicated
by the university students.
Alex Falikson, granite cutter in the
enpIoye Of the Pike River company at
Amberg, Wis, was awarded $685. by
the Wisconsin industrial commission
for the loss OF an eye His doctor and
hospital charges We're awarded to him
as additional compensation.
Eeceding Of the flood which washed
over pettibonp mark al La Crosse dis