Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-07

AS the result of hearing held by
the Oshkosh fire and police board, the
charge that Capt, James Angie, OF
the No. hose company made utter
ances in connection with the Liberty
Loan drive, was not sustained
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When Henry Nelson, farmer near
Ashland, heard a bullet whistle by his
head while he stood near his house.
he walked out upon the road to in
vestigate. Two horses belonging to
several Ashland men were found dead
in an adjoining pasture. They had
been shot by three boys ranging in
juvenile pastime with % caliber
rifle.
After the longest trial ever held in
Rusk county the jury in the case of
1.-The state VS. John H. Mccormick,
fLadysmith merchant found the de-
sfendant guilty of first degree murder.
Motions for a new trial were immedi-
ately made Mccormick, on the stand
told a strange story of life OF wan
dering and adventure. He had been
married before coming to Wisconsin
land his first wife was ChOctaW In
dian. The woman deserted him in the
gold rush to Alaska in 1898. Not once
did McCormicks nerve break during
the trial although the cross examlna-
ton was most severe. His attorneys
claimed that Ida Kimball Mccormick
died of self poisoning.
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200 delegates from the various Con-
Ngregational churches in the state were
in attendance at the annual meeting
held at Ripon on four days of last week.
Morning, afternoon and evening pro-
kgrams were given Among those MAX
shing addresses we're: the Rev. H. R.
Hogan, Sparta, the Rev. c. c. Rolin-
lson, the Rev. C. E. Ewing, the Rev. A.
10. Stevens, DR.. R. w. Cannon, Chicago,
Rev Everett Lescher, Minneapolis, the
Rev David Thomas, Sheboygan, R. p.
Hutton, DR.. Newell White, Chicago,
the Rev. T. NJ Shepherd, Milwaukee,
Rev. Robert Hopkins, Fond du Lac,
flames NJ Artman, Chicago, the Rev.
Arthur C. Ryan, Chicago President
Melvin A. Bannon, Beloit College, the
Rev R. F. Merritt, Ashland, the Rev.
H. E. Peabody, Appleton, Ozoro S.
Davis, Chicago. A wide range of top
les embracing theological and practi-
cal problems comprised the program.
w. D. Brush of the office of indus
trial Investigations, forest service,
Washington, d. c., spent couple of
kdays at the Forest Products laboratory,
Madison, while en- route on tour of
Wisconsin and Michigan to obtain de-
lfinite information on the amount and
quality Of certain species of wood used
lin manufacturing establishments. 1t
Ipresent he is collecting information es-
lpecially concerning Eastwood. Wis
Hconsin produces more Eastwood than
Eany other state in the union. Large
Rquantities are shipped to other states
where it is manufactured into a great
variety of articles. The soft uniform
texture, lack of odor, and white ap
pearance of Eastwood make it suitable
for many purposes. Although it is
mot strong, it is used extensively by
manufacturers of trunks, largely be-
cause of it's light weight. Information
las to the amount of standing timber,
where it is located, the price that is
Ebeing paid and what the wood is used
for will prove very valuable inform
hation to lumbermen and manufacturers
of wooden articles in supplying their
needs or changing the location Of their
manufacturing plant.
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The widow and three children of
I(Walter Rasmus Jensen, who lost his
life at Kenosha, on July 1, this year, in
an attempt to save Lance Bowman,
English athelete and his wife, Mary
Bowman, from drowning in Lake Mich
igan, have been remembered by the
Carnegie Hero Medal committee. By
the latest award of that body they will
be presented with a Carnegie medal
of silver in memory of the husband
and father now dead among the heroes.
On that fatal Sunday afternoon Mr..
Jensen, with his family, went to the
shore of Lake Michigan to enjoy an
outing of swimming and beach pas
time. Mr.. Bowman and his wife were
in the water, considerable distance
from shore Both man and woman
were good swimmers but, caught in
the undertow, were hurled beneath the
surface of the lake. To relieve their
fdistress Mr.. Jensen swan out to them.
AS he was about to pull the woman
from danger he too was caught in the
powerful swirl of water. All three
drowned Away into the night the
bereft wife and children walked along
tho sands of the shore hOninp that