The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-10-20
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS

Airplane traffic rules nau tnelF
first airing in the police court in Madi-
son, when a complaint was registered
that a flyer in his cruising about the
lakes had frightened way the ducks.
Hunters protested to the police, but
lacking means or powers to enforce
airplane regulations, the traffic may
continue legally The aviator, how
ever, agreed to skirt the birds by larg-
er margins hereafter.
Miss Lauretta Knapp, II year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Knapp,
of Beloit, is recovering from bullet
wound through her right arm and side
which was accidentally inflicted by
Richard White, year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. George White. The child, I'M
noticed by his parents, climbed to a
high shelf while Miss Knapp was visit.
ing at his home, got his fathers SO
caliber revolver and pulled the trig-
ger.
A fistic encounter between Alvin
SchmitZ, II, a student at the Green
Bay Vocational school, and Principal
Harvey Stewart and Instructor Leon
Ewald, resulted in a warrant being
sworn out by the student against
Stewart and Ewald on an assault and
battery charge According to the prin-
CipaPs story, Schmitz became unruly
and created a disturbance in class
room. A scuffle followed during which
both Ewald and Stewart attempt to
subdue Schmitz.
Playing with shotgun may cost the
life of 6.yeaTold Charles Charland,
Cobban, Chippewa county. The gun, a
16guage, was leaning against a wall.
The little boys fingers were not strong
enough to pull the hammer, but he
set his foot on the trigger. His foot
slipped and the hammer fell, discharg-
ing the gun. The powder and shot
entered the left side of his chin, tear
ing away the feshy part He was
taken TO the Chippewa Falls hospital.
Contracts for insurance under the
workmen's compensation act are to be
construed without exception to grant
full coverage for accident or death,
despite any other agreement between
parties, the industrial commission
says in a circular explaining changes
in the law made by the last legis-
lature. The commission may by
written order give its consent to par
tial insurance of a risk, however. The
purpose of this amendment is said to
be to illuminate disputes between in
surance carriers.
Duck and geese raffles which in
past years have been quite in style
at country road houses are barred this
year by District Attorney Young of
Green Bay, who has issued an edict
that any salOonkeeper promoting
game of chance will be prosecuted to
the fullest extent of the law. A num-
Der of the roadhouses have been stag
ing the game raffles every Sunday,
Deputy sheriffs invaded the ruralite
districts over the weekend and at
least a half dozen rattle houses were
given their final warning.
Contract has been established with
2,703 veterans in Wisconsin as a re-
suit of the cleanup campaign, the vet
Grams bureau at Washington has an
nounced. Most of these veterans
would have been unable to get their
claims before the bureau for immedi-
ate adjudication, but for the cleanup
campaign, it was said. The veterans
with whom contact has already been
campaign were divided as follows:
Green Bay, 1000; Superior, 1913; La
Crosse, 1853; Oshkosh, 12O, and Fond
du Lac, 300.
Bank robbers, believed to have been
the ones who recently robbed the
Eagle State bank, robbed the Farmers
and made their escape with bonds and
securities estimated at not more than
$4,000. The methods employed in the
robbery were almost identical to those
in the Eagle bank affair. Before at
tempting to blow the safe, the robbers
cut all telephone and telegraph con-
nections in the city. L. c. Pieper,
cashier of the bank, stated the yeggs
broke through the front door, got into
the safety-deposit vault and rifed the
boxes.
Cultivated crops in Wisconsin made
a substantial gain in September, with
an increase of 100000 bushels in the
prospective corn yield, 100000
bushels in the potato yield, and AGO.
600 pounds of tobacco. Cabbage, how.
ever, declined 10000 tons from the
August estimate and onions $4,000
bushels. Corn established new Wis
consin record The estimated produc-
ton Oct. was set at SO, $685. 900 bushels
compared to 82,S63,00 estimated Sept.
/, 86,044 900 produced in 1920 and a
five-year average of 80 1868 600 bushels.
Entire freedom from frosts in Sep
TENDER is said to have insured ripen-
ing of the crop to the northern limits
of the state.
Thieves broke into both the North
western and 500 line stations at Birch
wood and escaped with a small
amount Of money from the 500 depot.
In both places windows were broken
TO gain entrance, A large gum ma
chine was stolen from the 500 station.
The Rev A. l.. Drake, Lake Geneva,