Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-06-01
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

gang OF four robbers attempting to rob
the store of Lemmenes & Hull. two
blocks from the state prison, and a
gun battle in which more than thirty
shots were fired, ensued. The robbers
opened fire as soon as they were dis
covered The firing took place at 8
a. M. and dozens of persons aroused
by the noise thought that prison es-
cape was being attempted The men
escaped in an automobile which they
had parked block away.
Madison-The total value of dairy
products in Wisconsin for 1919 was
S273.953, $500, as compared with
$19O,235,S14.72 in 1917, an increase in
two years of $S3.717,S71.31, according
to George j. Weigle, dairy and food
commissioner, who has just completed
his biennial report on dairy statistics
The remarkable increase during the
two years-more than 40 per CENTS
due partly to raise in prices of dairy
products, but also to an increase in
the amounts produced.
MadisOn-L. r. Jones, of the staff of
the agricultural experiment station of
the University of Wisconsin, was the
only botanist in the country to be
elected to the National Academy of
Science at the meeting held in Wash
ington- Mr.. Jones, one of the fifteen
nationally known scientists to be
honored this year, was elected largely
in recognition of his investigations of
disease resistance in plants land his
work as a teacher on plant pathology.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Ides was severely
burned while draining the gasoline
from his automobile. The fluid caught
tributed to cigarette that Mr.. Ides is
said to have forgotten to remove from
his mouth. The garage in which the
car was standing was destroyed. The
loss is 5000. Mr.. Ides was taken to
the Kenosha hospital. He will re-
cover, physicians say.
Marinette-The Marinette and Me-
nominee Paper Co. will rebuild it's
third dam here with concrete and ex-
poets to complete the job about the
first of the year. The construction of
the dam will, it is believed, do away
with the menace of the ice jams in
the spring. Besides the new dam
which will replace an old timber dam,
the company will erect new and
larger Office building.
Madison-The railroad commission
approved the report of the State Board
Of Cancellation, fixing the hourly wage
for platform men on the street car
system at Sheboygan at At cents. The
previous wage scale was As cents.
The railroad commission finds that no
adjustment of the street car rates is
necessary to take care of this increase
in wages. Sheboygan has a Scent
street car fare.
Fond du Lac-A motion will be
made for a new trial of the Rev. G..
~ oCI ldC1 P1O,OUV SldnucI suit
against Frank Gruett, president of the
Rosendale Telephone company and a
member of the Rev. Mr. Gerlach's
parish, counsel for Gruett announced
here. A jury in circuit court here
awarded the Rev. Mr.. Gerlach a ver-
dict of $4,000.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have been
awarded by George Brothers for the
erection of a modern theater and ar
cade which will cost $250,000. The
building will be L shaped, with en-
frances on Eighth and Jay SITS. The
theater will have seating capacity of
1900. Ground will be broken for the
structure about June J..
Sheboygan-A fire at the plant of
the Sheboygan Fibre Furniture Co. re-
suited in a loss of from $35, 900 to $40,-
900 in contents of the building and
about $4,000 to the building, according
to officers of the company. The blaze
started through spontaneous combus-
ton in a bale of cotton on the second
hoor of the factory.
Sturgeon Bay-A camp of SO stu
dents o. Chicago university, headed by
several professors and instructors,
will spend the summer here studying
the geographical conditions. A camp
site has been selected near the city.
Robert Swanton Plat of the uni
versity was here to make arrange
ments for the camp.
Whitewater-Dr. Arthur E. Midgley,
20. prominent local physician and for
mer lieutenant colonel with the med
ical staff of the First division, shot
himself through the heart DR..
Midgley was gassed in Franz. and
had been in poor physical condition.
He Is survived by a wife and daughter.
Antigo-The Amigo Gun and Game
club received another shipment of fish
fry for the lakes and streams of Lang
lade county, and planted them in Pick
erel lake. The shipment consisted of
twenty cans of pike fry.
Waukesha-George H. Wilbur, 80
years old, president of the Wilbur
Lumber company, surprised his
friends by bringing home a bride. He
was married in Chicago to Mrs.
Martha O'Neill of that city, an old
friend of the Wilbur family.
La Crosse-Gomplying with his last
wish, the ashes of DR.. George d.
Powell, retired physician and former
scout of the plains, were scattered on
the water of the Mississippi river at
st. Paul. Two sons, George Powell
and Frank Powell, scattered the ashes.
Maiden Rock-A. J. Mumford was
saved from being gored to death by a
bull by his shepherd dog. Bob. Mr.
MumwOrd had lust succeeded in tying