Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-16

MattOOn, Charles Meyers, IS, is
dead following a fight with his son,
John, 80. The son claims his father
threatened him with pitchfork and
he .retaliated with hammer.
LOndOn-Admiral Sir David Beat
ty has relinquished his position as
commander in chief of the grand fleet.
He may be offered the post of sea lord.
The grand feet was largely respons-
IDLE for Germany's downfall.
PetrOgrad-This city is p1acarded
with signs saying: Down with Lee
nine and horse flesh. Give us the
Gear and pork" There is plenty of
| food in Russia but no transport. But
etz area are working.
o.
Berne-The Bolshevist Rothenzieg-
ell has left Vienna with 1000 civil
guards to join the Reds in Hungary.
Efforts to impose a Soviet govern
ment upon Austria are bitterly met
as the allies could ruin the country
by shutting off its food should it join
with Russia.
o.
Munich-Complete severance from
| the old German imperialism, as de-
clared still manifest in the Ebert
| Scheidmann government, and the re-
sumption of "brotherly connection
with the Russian and Hungarian peo-
pie is announced in the proclamation
of the new soviet government for
Bavaria. Long live the world rev.
olution!" the proclamation concludes
%
Rockford, Ill.-Rev. James M. Oar
nell is wanted again. 1t is charged
that he deserted his second wife, Mrs
Ruth Soper Darnell, to elope with
Miss Mildred Wood of Elgfn, Ill.,
aged Is. Darnell married Doris
Vaughn of Chicago, while tied to
Ruth Soper and served a prison term
for bigamy He then went back to
his legal wife.
! San FranciScO-A bill for gas led
to the arrest of Ephraim Northco ::
and Miss Francis Cronin, a nurse
charged with the murder of Miss
Inez Reed. The doctor had been sus-
pected of malpractice and when h
rented an Oakland house under an
assumed name of ''F. Francis" the
police watched the place. They
searched during the occupants abb
sence and found burned absorbent
cotton and a woman's underwear in
the fireplace. 1t is claimed that DR..
Northcott hired a car, bribed the
chauffeur and threw Miss Reed S
aIi
to talk.
| AmSterdam-Berlin becomes more
degraded every day. Formerly q
model of order and cleanliness, it is
now sluttish and dirty Some of the
best streets now recall nothing but
slums. Hawkers have made a pigsty
of the city. The booty of thieves and
the stocks of receivers of stolen goods
are offered. Beggars throng the en-
frances to the underground stations,
and vendors of indecent leaflets and
picture postcards corrupt youth with
their wares. One of the worst fea-
lures is that most of the hawkers are
in uniform, although it is evident that
they have never seen military serv-
| ice.
o
CObIenz-Authorize figures on the
Meuse-Argonne battle, Americas SUI
preme achievement in the war, are
now available. Gen. Pershing had
under his command % divisions of
Americans numbering 631 ,405 troops
and four divisions of rench number
ing $4,000. The total was 769 .4O5.
The total casualties were 1859
Americans and 1000 French. 1883
Americans were killed, 8,8O5 report
ed missing (most of these since re-
ported dead) 1882 wounded, 1864
gassed and 1929 shell shocked. The
battle lasted AZ days. The enemy line
| was penetrated 321a miles. 1850
| square kilometers of French terri
tory containing $50 towns and villag-
es were liberated. 1928 guns firing
100000 rounds were used before the
infantry made it's assault German
casualties exceeded 100000. Captures
included 316 officers, 1913 men, 46S
guns. 1T trench mortars and 1854
machine guns. The air service was
| largely American with 40 French fly
ers and an experienced group of Ital-
ian bombers assisting. sos planes
were available Sept. 26th. On arm
istice day there were ATS. 1879 Amer
lean planes were shot down and %
balloons. The enemy lost 400 planes
and so balloons. The Americans used
142 tanks and the French 70. The
Americans lost %. tanks and the
French rs.