The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-01-15
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

tne DflOGeS at speed OF elSHl lulleo
per hour or under or be subject to fine,
according to ruling of the Neenah
city council.
A vote in favor of incorporation was
taken by the village of Royalton.
request has been made of the state
for a charter to permit the establish
ment of a bank in the village.
Members of the Racine fire depart
ment will, beginning Feb |, have one
day off in three. With new men added
to the department the membership will
be increased from forty-seven TO fifty
three.
Under auspices of the Rhinelander
Womans club, class in citizenship
has been formed there for the instruc-
ton of women voters. Supt. M Boyce
of the Oneida County Training school
has been engaged as instructor
Oneida county, of which Rhine
lander is the county seat, gained more
than $l,000,000 in new capital during
1919, according to figures just made
public OF this amount $450000 is in
vested in timber or timber products,
Thousands of chickens, pigeons,
guinea pigs, cats and rabbits were
placed on display on the opening day
OF the annual show of the Sheboygan
Poultry and Pet Stock association,
Entries are from all parts Of Wiscon
sin
The Cloverdale Dairy farm owners,
near Merrill, tried the experiment last
summer of raising suntlowers for en-
silage, planting 16 acres. The enslage
is coming out in fine shape and is
proving excellent feed for their dairy
stock
Fire early destroyed a large ice
house at Powers lake, near Kenosha
The damage is estimated al 100000
The place had a storage capacity of
10000 tons of ice and had been par
TALLY filled It is suspected that the
blaze was of incendiary origin.
With the passage OF the Sweet bill
by congress the ITO wounded soldiers
attending the University of Wisconsin
as government students will receive
an increase of $26.250 a year in pay
ments. Several of the federal students
have already received their increase
checks.
Eau Claire is to have a sixth bank.
Water street business men have ap-
piled to Madison for charter to es-
tabish a bank on Water street and
most of the stock has been subscribed.
The Eau Claire State bank will open
Tor business there within a few weeks,
making Eau Claires fifth banking in
stitution, having been organized re-
Gently.
DIST. Atty. Roman Heilman and
Chief of Police Shaughnessy, Madison,
have hit upon a new method Of stop
ping the automobile speeding in Mad
ison and Dane county They propose
to not only fine the driver OF the speed
ing ear, but lock up the car for
given time, probably for as many days
as the number of miles the car is go
ing above the speed limit.
In spite of the fact that increases
amounting TO $50 per month have
been granted in the past eighteen
months the Manitowoc city tiremen
are back with a petition to the council
asking for a further increase Of $50
per man per month. The matter has
been referred to the committee on fire
and police II is expected that should
an increase be granted the policemen
will file similar request.
For the second time in six months
LOUIS Ruehl, La Crosse. detective tor
The Milwaukee road, was found no
guilty Of murder Ruehl was charged
with second degree murder for shoot
ing and killing Fred Bunker on March
IS last in the Ia Crosse railroad yards.
He swore that he shot in seIi-dciensc.
Since his acQuittal at the first trial,
Ruehl has been working for the Mil
waukee road at Winona, MINI.
Mrs. Adolph Anderson is near death
in a hospital at Belot suffering from
burns received in an explosion OF kero-
sene which she was using TO start a
fire in the kitchen range at her home.
Her husband was painfully burned in
extnguishing the fire which had
spread and was threatening to destroy
the house. Mrs. Hans Anderson also
suffered burns received in smotherlng
the flames. in her daughter-ln-ldW
clothing.
More than $l25,00O is being eXpend.
ed in eastern Wisconsin on new toll
circuits for the Wisconsin Telephone
company according 10 an announce
ment from the district managers Office
al Appleton. About l,230 miles of cop
per wire is being used to increase the
number OF lines available for long dis
lance telephonng. In addition eNten.
siye ealargements in central ONCE
equipment is being made. Nearly So,
900 is being expended in Appleton and
similar amounts will be spent in Fond
du Lac, Green Bay and Oshkosh.
Charged with the murder OF his
nlother.in-law, Mrs. Neltie Duties, Dr.
John tIeudenberg OF Markesan, was
served with warrant signed BY VII
liam Perry, brother OF the dead
woman. Mrs. Duties was the fifth
member of the family who, it is as
serted, died under battling circum-
stances. Shortly after her death last
November an inquest was begun. Dr.
G. Ii. Bunting, professor of pathology
at the Uni .elsity Of Wisconsin per