Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20


judicial districts, are slow in coming
in, but the official returns on about
half of the counties of the state point
to the defeat of both. Milwaukee
county voted 1881 to 1S.443 to favor
the first, while the judicial amendment
received 36,14S against 1871, but the
measures lost out in nearly every
other county.
Madison-With official and complete
returns from all but II counties in the
state, the standing of the candidates
in the Republican delegate contest
stand: La Toilette slate: Thompson,
1896; Blaine, 95,042; Gross, 81, 4S9;
Krumrey, 90I64. Uninstructed slate:
Philip. 60.752; Hatton, 54,095; West,
1852; Bosshard, 1886. Independent
slate, Schultz, 1895; Strange, 1865. |
La Toilette delegates also received
substantial leads over the uninstruct-
ed slate in practically every district
delegate contest
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1919 was the smallest of any city of
its class in Wisconsin, according 10
the records compiled by Chief of the
Fire Department John Sweeney. The
loss was only $1S,925 on buildings and
contents. The loss on buildings was
S8,445, and on contents, SI0,0S0, where
insurance was carried, and $500 where
no insurance was carried. There
were ninety-nine fires extinguished by
the city fire department
Manitowoc-The J. F. Rappel Co
filed a claim against the city for
$4,000 for damage sustained to the
company's grocery stock and building
as result of a sewer backing up and
flooding a warehouse basement. The
claim sets forth that damage was due
to the blocking of Sherman creek.
public sewer maintained by the city.
Filing of the claim means that the city
will probably have suit in court, sim
liar to a pending case.
MadiSon-Reports from the war de-
partment show that Wisconsin leads
the country in the number of federally
recognized National guard units. Is
infantry and two cavalry having been
recruited in the state. New York is
second with II infantry units while
Porto Rico comes third with four.
Ohio has three while II states have
Of nj
by the federal government.
Stevens Point - Twenty-six man.
moth locomotives of the Mikado type.
FIVE new switch engines and 800 new
ore cars will be put in use on the
northern and other divisions of the
500 line, Supt. C. E. Urbans, this city,
announced. All the locomotives will
be for freight service and several will
be used on the Gogebic iron range in
hauling ore to the docks on the Great +
Lakes.
Green Bay-With the installation of
a new modern paper machine the !
Northern Paper Mills of this city be- /
comes one of the largest manufactur- |
ers of tissues in the country. The
new machine increases the output of
the mills by so per cent making the
total output so tons daily. The COM
pany does a yearly business of $780, !
600.
Madison-Salary increases amount |
ing to SCOOPS have been granted to
the teachers of Madison's public |
schools by the board of education /
after being approved by the city coun- /
Gil. The average raise is "a nor cent. /
This. with the increase of last year,
makes a total increase for local edu-
Gators of As per cent in two years.
Appleton - Shawano High school
won the debating championship of Wis
consin by defeating Sparta High school
in the final debate of the Wisconsin
Debating league. Vic
tory was awarded Shawano on points.
The winning school had its name in
scribed on the championship cup,
which it will retain for one year.
Cedarburg-C of Police Beck
man issued a warning that no more
poker playing or c~ap shooting will be
tolerated. He says that these games
were being carried on here TO the ex-
tent that some boys became so en-
crossed that they failed to come home
for breakfast, and that is going too
far for this village.
Superior-A city isolation hospital
to cost about $4,000 will be built by
the city on a new set of plans which
take the place of plans which would
have cost the city 100000. The city
rejected the first plans on
the grounds that the city could not af-
ford to spend that amount of money.
Janesville-Initial shipment of six
ton tanks will be made in a few days
to Co. 'I'' tank corps, Wisconsin Ma
tionaI guard, located in this city.
Word to this effect has been received
by Capt Claude W. Feagin. former
tank corps, A. E. F., in command of
the unit, the only one of it's kind in
the United States. Eventually the or
ganization will have % tanks. One
officer and three nOncOmmissioned
officers of the organization will be
sent to Camp Mead, May !, to take
six weeks training course at the tank
corps center there.
heboygan-Rumors of a cOnsolida-
ton of the Society of Equity and the
Cheese Producers Fedora
ton, are emph2tically denied by
Henry Krumery Of Plymouth, presi-
dent and general manager of the lat
ter organization.
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