Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-06-06

Just two of the more than 100 men
named to have charge of registration
in KenOsha county declined to serve
without pay. They were promptly
notified that other men would be
named to take their places.
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Percy Smith, As years old, of La
Crosse, was electrocuted as he was
working at the top of an electric pole.
The lineman received the fatal charge
when he touched guy wire which
had been grounded.
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Chicago and Milwaukee automobile
drivers who have been arrested in
KenOsha will be interested to know
that Albert Brankow, motorcycle ter
ror Of county roads, has been enlisted
as truck driver for the u S. army.
In the last two years BrankOW made
a record Of arresting more than 200
speeders.
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Scarlet fever in the state caused So
more deaths in the first quarter of
1917 than occurred in the correspond
ing quarter last year. The state board
of health, in its quarterly report on
mortality, says the situation points
strongly to the need of isolation hos
pitfalls, we'll equipped and manned.
During January, February and March,
1913 deaths were reported to the
state board of health. This is exclus-
i've of 406 still births and corresponds
to an annual death rate of 14.2 pei
1000 population This is somewhat
higher than the average for the past
ten years, but not as high as the first
quarter for 1916.
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Corporal r. Miller, Privates r. G..
Brown and Russell Mock of the En-
cheering Corps Of the Ohio National
guard who were arrested in Kenosha
t on April g.; on charges of insulting
the U. S. flag, have been sentenced
following an army court martial Cor
poral Miller will spend four months
lin the guard house at Ft. Sheridan
and forfeit two-thirds of his pay for
like period. Mock and Brown have
been sentenced to six months hard
labor at FIT: Leavenworth, forfeiture
Of all pay and at the end of penal
servitude to be dishonorably discharg-
ed from the service. The men tore
down several flags in Kenosha and
made insulting remarks as to the flag
and the government. Chief of Police
O'Hare of Kenosha, received formal
notification Of the sentence imposed
on them last week
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There have been three deaths in the
vicinity of Woodville and Baldwin, in
st. CrOix county, from what the spe-
cialists who have investigated the
matter declare to be septic sore throat
similar in every particular to the cpl
demic that ravaged Galesville, Wis,
recently. The malady so far has been
confined to mothers and very young
babies. A number of cases are being
closely watched by physicians. DR.. B.
I G. Stockman of Woodville, who at
tended some of the cases, has been
stricken, and is now in Rochester,
Mimi, for treatment Dr. Geo. Martin
Of Baldwin, is in a st. Paul hospital,
and is reported in a critical condition.
His housekeeper in Baldwin has been
and five new cases have been report
ed from Pepin
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According to figures in the office of
the state council of defense, Wiscon-
sin must furnish 700 physicians for
it's quota under the CONSUMPTION act
which will call 100000 troops into the
1 field There are in this state $500 Ii
censed physicians and it is estimated
that 1000 of these would be able to
take care of the actual practice An
4 ticipating the need Of physicians, the
state medical society began several
months ago an investigation through
out the state and in a report filed with
/ the state council it is stated that $50
4 doctors are either in some branch OF
/ the service or are ready to go. A plan
j has been suggested whereby physi-
clans of Wisconsin will be asked to
4 pledge any work he does for the pa
tient of a physician who is at the front
he will turn one third of the fee over
to the family Of the absentee. This is
/ considered fair on the ground that the
physician who stays at home should
help share the burden of war 1t is
impossible to tell how many doctors
will be called upon to go from Wis
consin to the front but the number
may be more than 700
CASSVILLE.