River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-06-24


the receipts were 10000 tons. Dur
ing the first ten days of June, only
three cargoes OF soft coal had been
received at this port, and no hard coal
at all. There are plenty of boats. in
fact iron ore shipments at Ashland
this season are away ahead OK last
year, but the inability of the railroads
to get coal to Lake Erie ports, is the
continued cause of the shortage, which
will be very serious for the northwest,
if conditions do not change.
Green Bay Only one Green Bay
brewery has been adjusted to meet the
new order of things now that the
eighteenth amendment has been de-
clared constitutional. The Hage-
meister Brewing company's plant has
been converted to the manufacture OF
ice cream on large scale, but the
Rahr Brewing company and the Hoch-
greve Brewing company have made no
plans for the future. The two last
named concerns banked on the valid
ity of the Mulberger law, but found 1t
was nullified.
Kenosha-Michael De Bartello, an
Italian accused Of shooting Peter
Malinero, in a Memorial day fight, ap
peared at the Office of Dist. Atty.
Fisher, Jr, and confessed to the
/ crime. He was released on bonds OF
$4,000 He was charged with attempt
ed murder. He said he had been in
hiding at Grand Rapids, Mich. The
shooting followed remarks made about
Annie De Bartello, daughter of the ac-
cused man.
Wausau - The First Presbyterian
church of this city will open camp
for boys and girls at Clear lake be-
ginning July /. The Rev. F. W. East
wood 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 a
group of girls will go up for ten days
and the last ten days of the month will
be given over to the older boys.
Green Bay-Teachers of the Green
Bay public schools will receive an in
crease in pay ranging from "a to A
per cent during the next school year,
it was announced by Supt. A. w. Bur
ton, following q meeting of the board
of education. The total increase in
salaries will be $50.370. The minimum
pay of grade school teachers will be
81 200, and of high school teachers,
$500.
Racine-The First Baptist church at
Honey Creek was completely wrecked
when a gasoline stove in the base
ment of the church exploded and then
set fire to the wreckage. The loss is
estimated at $4,000. Children's serv-
ices 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.
Menasha - When she became
respondent over love affair, Violet
Jackson, %, placed the muzzle of 80
caliber revolver to her temple and
pulled the trigger. But fate inter-
vened. A blank cartridge was il 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.
Neenah - II. B. Sands. formerly
prominent in local business circles
was sentenced to eighteen months in
the state prison at Waupun when he
entered a plea of guilty in municipal
| court. to an indictment charging him
with having participated in the at
tempted robbery of liquor from
Schultz Bros. Drug company at Me
| naSha.
Watertown-This city has freak
of nature in little chick, one Of ten
Matched from White Leghorn eggs.
The chick has four legs, one pair in
the natural position and the other the
reverse. The chick appears to be very
strong and is the liveliest Of the bunch.
/ " men Wdlh4uS, II tLS iAAA4NN iNeoH
but when standing it rests on all four
| legs.
Kenosha-Dr. c. H. Gephart an
swered call from the Kenosha hos
pital 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 child's skull was
fractured when struck by an automo-
bile driven by Mrs. Samuel Newman.
Park .Falls-William Jensen and 3.
A.. Nordall were killed and four were
seriously injured when gas tank in
| the machine shop of the Flambcau
Paper company here exploded. DIR.
Horheim, one of the four seriously in
jured, was burned while going through