Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-04-11
WISCONSIN news
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

Milwaukee-Mi Milwaukee voters on
Tuesday, April 8, defeated the day
light saving ordinance The vote
was: For repeal, S4,530; against re-
peal, 24,25S. Thus the measure was
repealed by majority of 1922. Al
most $4,000 voters expressed them
selves on the daylight saving issue,
about 10000 more than voted for
school directors, showing the interest
aroused The figures show that the
foes of the ordinance carried twenty
two wards against three for the day
light advocates. The decision of the
electorate against daylight saving
means that Milwaukee will be back
on standard time this summer for the
first time since 1920. The city has
been under daylight saving time for
four out of the last five years. In
1918 and 1919 the clocks were turned
an hour ahead under federal enact
ment. While the vote in favor OF
repeal and against the ordinance was
apparently decisive, many advocates
of the plan will argue that the Pc
culiar wording of the question" Shall
the Daylight Saving Ordinance Be Re
pealed? "-caused many of those who
favored the movement to vote Eyes"
when they meant mo" Reports from
Sheboygan are that the voters de-
cided to 1 for standard time at a
referendum on Tuesday. Racine de-
cided for daylight saving at a ref
erendum a short time ago.
Monroe-John M. Becker, ousted as
county judge of Green county in 1918,
following his indictment under the
Espionage act, and reappointed to the
position by Gov Blaine on Jan. 3 to
fill vacancy, was defeated on Tues
day, April 8, for election to the
bench. His opponent, w. A. Love-
land of Monticello, overcame a lead
of 200 given Becker in the city of
Monroe, and won by a majority of
727, carrying every precinct of the
county with the exception of New
Glarus village, where the two candi-
dates split even.
Acknowledged tobacco buy
ers lost their suit against the
Northern Wisconsin tobacco pool
when Judge E. V. Werner, Shawano,
who sat in the recent trial Of the
case at Madison, handed down de-
cision holding valid contracts made
growers. Members of the pool con-
tended that the only way growers
and buyers could do business to ad-
vantage was by drawing UP contracts
for tobacco crops in advance. indie
pendent buyers attacked the system
as unfair competition and contended
they would be driven out of business
if the practice was permitted to con.
tinue.
Madison-The famous Hurley
cleanup" of 1920, in which a force of
so federal dry agents raided every
saloon in the VIGOROUSLY wet Iron
county town, came to naught when
the grand jury at Madison returned
no bill in the investigation of the
criminal cases arising out of the
raids. The jury based it's finding on
the decision of Federal Judge Claude
z. Luse that the search warrants
used were illegal and held that there
was insufficient evidence.
Sturgeon Bay-The town of Union
Door county, again has upheld an I'M
usual tax record. For q consecutive
quent taxes. When John J. B. Del
wiche made his final returns to Coun-
ty Treasurer Emil Miller at the court
house in Sturgeon Bay for the last
year, it was found that town had kept
its reputation for another year.
Kenosha-Mother Mary Augustine,
Al, vicaress general of the Dominican
Order of the Sisters of st. Catherine
in the United States, died after a
short Illness at ST. GATHERINGS hos
pital in Kenosha. She was one of
the sisters driven out of Portugal fol-
lowing the revolution some years ago
and had been active in the work OF
the sisterhood in this country.
Kenosha-Col Ernst G.. Timme, 70,
a hero of the Civil war, secretary of
the state of Wisconsin from 1881 to
1890, auditor in the treasury, post
office and state departments at Wash
ington for more than Is years, died
at his home in Kenosha after long
Illness. He was one of the most
prominent residents of southeastern
Wisconsin.
Madison-Two fiashily dress d