Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-06-12
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

| man vi a anu ANdpIus-IOTl EuWdT0s
trolley car. saved the life of little Luz
! ellie SSoddard at Port Edwards The
ckild was discovered sitting on the
| track and Mr. Nash put on the brakes
| and threw the power into reverse but
too late 20 stop the car before it
| reached the child However, he
climbed 20 the front of the car and
managed TO push her between the rails
and the car passed over her without
! inhicting any injury. Mr.. Nash him
self received painful injuries when he
lost his hold and fell from the car.
Marinette-The plant of the Pesh-
was damaged to the extent of about
| $4,000 by fire. The Peshtigo fire de-
| partment was unable to cope with the
blaze and the motorized department of
| Marinette responded and saved the
new paper plant valued at over $780,
| 600. The flames originated in an old
barn and the wind carried them to
the paper mill. A large dryshed was
destroyed and the engine room and
| pulp room damaged.
| Fond du Michael Fismis, Al
who was sentenced by Judge James
| f. Tully in Kenosha to ten years in
Wsupun for attempting an assault
upon 17-yearold Margaret Refs at
| Jacobs Island, Kenosha. committed
| suicide by hanging Fismis had been
| left by a deputy in the local jail for
| safekeeping while awaiting train con
nections for Waupun. The prisoner
used his trousers belt, attached To
| grating of the cell
Menasha--The, charges against John
| Westburg and George Prange, alleged
! members of the liquor ring whose OPP
| erations were barred by recent arrests.
were dropped in municipal court here
! when Charles Schultz. proprietor of q
local drug store said to have been the
scene OF one of the gangs raids, said
! he could not positively testify as tc
! the exact nature or amount of the
| liquor taken at the time Of the theft
! Manitowoc-The Peerless Furniture
| Co. of this city, of which Walter Blake
Of Appleton is d member. has organ
lied, secured a plant and will begin
! manufacturing at once. One of its
chief products will be toys, the com
! pany controlling several patents,
! which. it is believed, will enable it to
supply part of the trade that former
~ was supplied from Germany.
Madison Gov. Philip vetoed the
Seyerson bill, providing for a surtax
on incomes to raise money for the
university and normal schools, and
also the Pullen bin, which sought to
| increase the amount of aid 10 county
| training schools from $4,000 to $4,000
year All other bills passed were
signed and the legislature adjourned
sine die.
Madison Sgurd 4, son of Samuel
Field Blue Mounds, was killed when
special Northwestern freight train
| crashed into truck in which Sigurd
and his father We're riding The head
Of the boy. an only child was severed
from the body The child was thrown
| out first, his head striking the track
The father suffered several broken
ribs.
La Crosse-A. A. Schroeder former
chief engineer of the John Gund Brew
| ing Co. is dying in Rochester. Mimi,
/ hospital from injuries sustained when
his automobile was wrecked on a steep
hill near Rochester Raymond Rach
sustained a broken collar bone and
s c. Schelbe escaped without injury.
The party was en- route TO St Paul
Narinette- Mrs. Katherine Stiles
Laughton of Menominee has created
scholarship fund of 81 900 at the
! Wisconsin Minine school, PlattevilIe.
IN memory of the late Lieut. r c.
/ Laughton. member of the class of
1916. The scholarship will be payable
in sums of 800 at each commence
ment for ten years.
Brentwood While driving his auto
mobile from his home at Cameron. 10
Get his sister who had undergone an
| operation for removal Of her tonsils
at Rice Lake hospital Walter Der.
ser. "a years odd, was seized with APP
( rendicjiis and died within a short
time Mr.. Berger was a former serv-
ice man
| Darlington Leo Mcdonald. IT. pres
ident Of the graduating class Of the
local high school. is convinced that
accidents do not come sjnsly. His lett
avn vas broken when he fell in a
pole veulung contest and within d
week his other am was broken while
cransing an automobile