The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-08-25
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

James Rhodes was arrested at Shell
Lake charged with shooting Leonard
| Jackson and several others in his
watermelon field. Jackson, who lives
at Spooner, is said to be in a serious
condition.
The funeral of Private William u.
Parker, the first Park Falls boy to
lose his life in the world war, was held
there and the remains We're laid to
rest in Nola cemetery with military
honors. Private Parker died in France
in March, 1918.
Frank =. Race, Oak Park, and r. H.
Anthony, Glencoe, H., cantered into
La Crosse on the first lap of a 1900
mile journey on horseback. They plan
10 cross Wisconsin, Minnesota, South
Dakota, Nebras ska. Iowa and Illinois in
seven weeks
Eight Eau Claire men have applied
for the position of chief Of police, left
vacant when Elmer Sundby was shot
to death by a bandit. They win be
given preference over other applicants,
the police and fire commission prom
i5es.
More than $50 in pennies, nickels
and dimes was found in the pockets
OF James German, beggar, when the
police stopped his operations on a
down town street corner at La Crosse.
Because Of his age, Judge Brindley
save German a chance to leave the
city
At a meeting u tne Oconto common
council, it was decided, Is to 4, to pur-
chase 20-acre public park site on the
bay, just southeast Of the city. The
matter OF a park for the city was pre-
viously left to the board of public
works, which recommended the pur-
chase Of this property for $4,000.
An epidemic of typhoid fever is re.
ported at Misnitott, north of Manitow
&c. Eight cases have been recorded
Nurses have been dispatched to the
village and residents have been adj
vised to boil drinking water. A sam
pie of the water has been sent to Madi-
son for analysis
Federal narcotic agents raided
Chinese laundry at Superior, arrested
Woo Gu, 2S proprietor and seized a
quantity OF opium In the arrest OF Woo
Gu, police believe they have broken
up dope ring, alleged to have done
an extensive business at the head of
the lakes
The first United States naval re-
serve force unit in Wisconsin to be
completely organized, was mustered al
Sheboygan when Lieut. Ralph S.
Smith, commander OF the q. S. S. .
Hawk and aide, the commandant of
the Ninth naval district gave il Of
fetal statusIt was officially designated
as First division of the Second battal- |
ion L. S. N. r. f. department of Wis |
Consin
Jake Kafnetka, known as a modern |
hermit, arrested for the murder of Carl |
Wenzauer, rich bachelor farmer near
Mosinee, pleaded guilty to {irst degree |
the state penitentiary at Waupun by
Judge Alexander H. Reid in circuit |
court at Wausau Kafnetka told the |
court that he had suffered from severe |
headaches, and that he killed Wen
zauer during one of those spells He |
expressed regret for his act Wen |
zauer who lived alone, was killed by |
shot fired through window of his |
home
A resolution opposing the removal |
Of Civil war veterans from the Milwau-
kee home and asking the Wisconsin |
congressman to support the move to |
make permanent the temporary sus-
pension of the removal order, was |
adopted by the Association of Civil |
War Veterans of Jefferson, WSlworth |
and Waukesha counties at jefferson !
E. c. Heimstreet was reelected presi- |
lent Of the association. other officers |
he veterans present had reached their |
eightieth year,
While many industries are suffering |
depression in business, with result |
ing unemployment, the shoe manufac- |
turers of Milwaukee report a shortage |
of experienced workers in their es |
adjustments. Following the slump in |
shoe manufacturing at the close of the |
war, a large number of boot and shoe |
workers drilted inta the smaller towns |
and rural sections and engaged in |
other lines of industry Milwaukee
has thirty-two shoe factories, making |
it one of the largest shoe manufac
turing centers in the country
A serious epidemic affecting cattle
in parts Of Barron county has been
discovered. The technical name for
the afflction is hemorrhagic sept. |
cemia The disease produces hemor
rhages that are fatal and the symp
toms are indicated by nasal hemor
rhages. Vetnarians announce there |
is no known cure. Vaccination is the
only preventive measure and DR.. j, A. |
tombstone Of Brentwood has already
yaccinated 500 cattle in the vicinity Of /
Maple Grove and Africa, Barron coun
IT, Every effort is being made to
stamp out the disease
So low is the water in the Mississ-
ippi and Black rivers at La Crosse that |
car was able TO ford the waters in
French slough, flowing between the
two rivers, driving down the bank at
Coyotes skff ferry and up the shore
on the island after crossing the river
bottom The water in the deepest spot |