Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-30

ner in this city on Dec 15, 1917. again
! occupies cell in the county jail.
where he denies the charge OF murder
and claims that he never saw Warner.
Hamilton is soon to be arraigned in
the Circuit court for new trial. The
belief is that he will be discharged, as
the state attorney has no more evil
dence than at the first trial. and the
Supreme court held it insufficient for
conviction
Racine-Mrs. L. c. Hahn became
executrix of the estate OF Theodore w.
Johason who died four years ago leav-
ing an estate valued at $4,000 now
worth $4,000. The property mostly
personal was ordered turned over to
Mrs. Hahn after Judge Michael Sheri-
dan of Milwaukee had examined the
final account of John D, Rowland, pub
lie administrator. Mrs. Hahn was
named in the will as executrix and
principal legatee. The will was re-
fused to probate because of the claim
that the signature was not Johnson's.
Superior-The first arrest for sale
of denatured alcohol here, resulted in
the sentence of Fred Smith to the
Douglas county workhouse for three
months, by Judge F. S. Parker of mu-
nicipal court. Smith pleaded guilty to
selling denatured alcohol in whiskey
bottles. According to Detective Viii
liam Mead, Smith purchased the dena-
tured alcohol for SIPS a gallon and
retailed it in bottles at 81 a pint A
| five gallon can and Is pint bottles of
alcohol were confiscated by the police.
| Marinette-The convention for the
Ninth district of the Wisconsin Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs will be held
! in Depere May 27 and %. Mrs. Joshua
Hodgins, this city, will preside. Dele
gates are expected from Algoma, An.
| tigo, Appleton, Crandon. Depere, Dun
bar, Green Bay, Kaukauna, Kewaunee,
Marinette, Oconto, PesEtigo. Sturgeon
Bay and Wabeno. The club at Depere
has prepared an interesting program
of entertainment and large attend
ance is anticipated.
Oshkosh-Teachers at the Oshkosh
Normal school have not joined the
American Federation of Teachers and
indications now are that they will
turn down the proposition. Efforts
were meeting with fairly smooth sail.
ing until circular letter was received
by the teachers in which there was a
statement indicating that the Oshkosh
Normal had federated. The teachers
are up in arms over the wording of
the letter.
Sheboygan-The Eastern Wisconsin
Electric company has requested the
common council to join it in petition
ing the railroad commission to imme-
diately put into effect in this city
new schedule of fares. The company
proposes to raise the cash fare on city
lines from to cents. but Offset the
Increase by selling tickets at fifty for
$3.50 or six for So cents, giving regu
lar passengers cent fare.
Appleton-The ambition of the Rev.
Father Wunibald, Capuchin mission
airy stationed at ST Joseph monastery
here, to return to the Caroline islands,
from which he was driven four years
ago by the Japanese, is about to be
realized. Father Wunibald has been
ordered to go TO Germany and expects
to be back on the Caroline islands
within few months.
Manitowoc-Miss Julia Steiner, Is
years old, of this city, is charged with
concealing the death of her newly
born infant. The girl was in the hos.
pital for two weeks, being removed
there when she became i'll. Physicians
who attended her said that she had re.
gently become a mother
Hurley-August Toniola and Celes-
tia De Stafani, both of Hurley. have
resolved to make another attempt at
marriage. Toniola has been married
once before and his wife now has her
third husband. They have family
VI SEVEN. a NC uAdn - II EdAS OAu
and the woman 81.
JanesvilIe- Efforts to overcome the
housing shortage here are being
shown through the newly opened
office Of the building inspector, f. J
Blair. In three weeks licenses ito
build "a dwellings have been issued,
Most of the houses will cost between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Beloit-The Rockford and Interur
ban railway again will file petition
for an increase in passenger rates
from 2.6 cents mile to 3 cents per
mile between Beloit and Jane vile.
The Wisconsin railway rate commits
sion has just refused one request.
Ashland-Thirty thousand cords Of
pulp wood viii be RATED across Lake
Superior this season from Nipogon bay
to Ashland. 1t viii 60 10 Tie pulp