River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-01-19

i an autOmODllo WAS % oFcIWuelm-
/ ing as to result in near starvation for
/ themselves and their eight children
was revealed in municipal court here
where Mike Taborsd was ar1a'gned
after having been arrested for viola.
] ton of traffic rules. Questioning by
the court brought out that Taborski
had paid 500 down on the autcmo.
bile: that there were but two small
pieces of bread in the house, with
eight children hungry; that ever since
the car was in his possession he had
stinted on food for his family. and
that there was little furniture in the
home. Taborski's wife, who appeared
with him in court, assisted her hus-
band in telling the judge their domes.
tic affairs. The man also declared
that he had been out of work for
three months.
Madison-Martin Lemberger, char
ged with fourth degree manslaughter
in connection with the death of his
| 7-year-old daughter, Annie, in 1911
went free without trial when Judge
Hoppmann in Dane county Superior
court dismissed the charge against
him, after sustaining the plea made
by his attorneys setting up the stat
ute of limitations. 1t still remains for
Gov. j. j. Blaine to act on the pardon
application of John A. Johnson, who
has served ten years of a life SEN
tence for murder of the girl. 1t is
said that the COVE. lor will give him
| his freedom as result of develop
ments. The statute of limitations in
terposed by Lemberger's attorneys
outlaws manslaughter charge, six
years after commission of the crime.
Appleton-Young men who engage
in professional athletic games may
not attend Lawrence college at APP
pleton. That is the edict of the col.
lege faculty and three students who
are playing with a professional bas-
ketball team have been advised that
they must either leave the team or
leave school. 1t is understood that
two men will leave school and the
third will cease professional playing.
All of them have been debarred from
all sorts of college competition if they
elect to remain in school.
! Green Bay-Luxemburg has a fam.
lily of musicians which it is proud of.
They put the "hop" into music. In
other words the Hoppe family is in
big demand these days. A dozen mem
bers of this prominent farmers fam.
lily are unsteady inclined and they
have organized an orchestra which is
playing at 80 per cent of the country
dances. Even the father and mother
play in the band which the ages OF
the other musicians range from 20 te
: IA years.
d Oconto-Mr. and Mrs. James Bell
S ST., the former aged 104 and the lat
ter 102 years. and reputed to be the
states oldest married couple, were
A made homeless by a fire which com
t pletely destroyed the farm home, in
the town of Abrams. Oconto county
, which had sheltered them for over sc
: years. The house and contents were
completely destroyed, together with
= the greater part of their LIES savings
r in boarded bills.
e Wisconsin Rapids Safety records
for the year 1921, which have beer
compiled at the Wisconsin Rapids of
i flee of the Consolidated Water Power
t and Paper company, show that tn,
r 365 days were completed without /;
+ fatality at any of the company's fou
), mills. In addition to this the year ha.
t been finished with marked decreas,
= in the number of lost time injuries a
t the company's mills.
Green Bay-Samuel d. Hastings
+ Green Bay, former circuit court Judge
:. who was seriously injured by an auto
a mobile last fall, has so far recovere,
f. he is able to get about in a whee
, chair. Despite his age of nearly 81
C years the former judge has shown re
L markable recuperative ability, as hi
hip was fractured and he had scarcel
recovered from previous fall las
r winter.
n Green Bay-Several Milwaukee We
D. men have their eye on the recent
a created position of police matron o
q Green Bay. Fourteen applications TO
t. the job have been received, the ma
It jority of them from out Of town. Al
pointment is expected to be mad
within short time by the polio
y and fire commission.
" Madison-More than 13,4S5 Wiscor
Of sin farm youths were enrolled in boy