Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-25

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Green Bay-Charges of mieTanage
ment of the Brown county tuberculosis
sanitalium and extravaganza in han
ding funds and ill-treatment of pa
tients, which were lodged against SUI
perintendent Emma Rosenbohm in
March by Adella Taylor, a nurse, were
dismissed as unwarranted by a special
investigation committee of the county
board.
Manitowoc-Death by elecTocution
was the fate of Louis Krumforst an
employee of the Maribel Lumber com
pany at Maribel The accident hap
pened while Krumforst was making
an investigation Of trouble on the prl-
vate telephone line cor nected with the
High Falls Power co lpany lines be-
tween Green Bay and this city.
Stevens Point-Judge Park dismiss
ed the suit begun by ex-Mayor f. A.
Walters against Edward McGlachlin,
T. L. McGlachlin and Carl w. Mason,
asking $4,000 for alleged libel by a
Stevens Point newspaper. The court
held that neither of the two articles
cited in the complaint was hbelous.
Madison - Frank Weston, insurance
agent, has been appointed a natiaonal
field commissioner for the Boy Scouts,
and will have charge of the work in
Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. He
will give up his business here and
serve the scouts without pay for the
duration of the war.
Racine-Racine county has appro-
priated an additional $4,000 for the
building of the concrete road along
the lake shore between Racine and
Milwaukee. The total appropriation
is $4,000. The cost of the work was
estimated at $4,000.
Madison Attorney F. ]. Shuttle
worth, of Madison, Republican, making
loyalty his issus in announcing his
candidacy for congress against Con-
gresham John NJ Melon, said:
When Prussianism is destroyed, de-
mocracy will have new birth"
Wausau-The Wisconsin Valley Flee.
trio company has submitted proposals
to Marshfield to acquire control of the
electric lighting plant at that place, to
reduce the rates and increase the eff
cheney of the '"rTice 1t is proposed
TO e}tAer lease or purchase the plant.
Black River Falls - Hundreds af
acres of pine timber, one of the few
tracts of original pine left in Western
Wisconsin, burned in a forest fire
which swept over the territory be-
tween Shamrock and Millstin in Jack
son county.
Green Bay-Following his pleading
of guilty in municipal court, George
Lemke, of the town of Morrison, was
fined $500 on a charge of advising his
father, Frederick Lemke, not to sd
the United States in the prosecution
of the war.
Brentwood - Because of the large
number of volunteers with which
WashbuTn county is credited there
was no call upon that district for a
draft quota May $3.50. This is the
second time Washburn has been ex-
empt.
nelander-William OPelka. who
was arrested on a charge of using alb
usive language against the United
States, was sentenced to buy $50
worth of Liberty bonds or serve ninety
days in Jail. He bought the bonds.
Manufactured are rumots that
the c. & n. w. expects to make Mari
nette a division point and the fact that
quite a few railroad families have To-
Gated in this city during the past few
weeks lends some credence to it.
OconOmOwoc-The Milwaukee coun-
Gil, Boy Scouts of America, has pur-
chased a 40-acre tract of land on Sill
yer lake, which will be used as train
ing camp and outing place for the
scouts of the Milwaukee branches.
Marinette - The Marinette-G Green
Bay Manufacturing company has fol-
lowed the example of the NJ. C NJ.
Box company and has begun to employ
girls for light work in the factory
Madion-To date ASS of Wisconsin's
2,S03 physicians have been recon-
mended for commissions as army sur
geons. A quota of 100 is required of
this state by July l, 1918.
Menasha-Herbe.t Rosenow, Mena-
sha boy. has been gassed Somewhere
in France. and has been in the hos.