Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-01-08
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Herman Kruse, employed on a
dredge on the Root River project ac
ross the river from La Crosse in
Houston county Mimi, was drowned
when he stepped off barge in the
dark. He lived at Racine and was so
years old.
The body of woman found in Lake
Michigan near Milwaukee was iden-
titled to be that of Mrs. Amanda Lien
dorff of Rockford, ILL.,, who is suppos-
ed to have killed herself in a fit of
melancholy over the death of daugh-
ter.
Wicked yeggs chose Saturday night
as a safe time to work at Chippewa
Falls. The thefts were not discover
ed until Monday when two safes were
found rified of $500 in all Liberty
bonds went along with cash.
Geo. Lubinski of Tomohawk, de-
clared that he would gladly fight for
Germany if he could get back there.
Lubinski was tried before Judge San
born and given six months in the
house of correction.
James Albers, Dane county farm
er, is under arrest on charge of we'll
poisoning. It is said that Albers
was treated a year ago for insanity.
He vehemently denies knowledge of
the crime.
Ed. Rogers of Merrimac, took the
startling view that American soldiers
should not fight Germany and that he
| for one would like to see them all
sunk on their way over. Ed. was fined
| $500 in federal court for his Bolshe-
vik opinions.
Three Stoughton boys went turtle
hunting shortly before Christmas and
had the luck to catch a number of
snappers at their ease in the marsh
mud. Some Of the turtles weighed
up to sixty pounds and the boys got
q nice price for them.
Max Burkhardt of Chicago, was CIV
en- two years in gaol by Judge Back
US of Milwaukee, for passing bogus
checks at the Miller hotel. Mr..
Burkhardt registered with woman
! friend from Chicago as man and wife.
The woman in the cast turned out to
be q spinster stenographer who works
in the Cook county building. She was
given the choice of 500 fine or six
months in JAIL
Miss Winnifred Thomas of FIT. At
kinson, mourns the loss of her twin
brother, Corp. Walter Thomas, who
died at the battle of Juvigny. Corp.
Thomas was cited for bravery when
he volunteered as a runner The
communications had all been shot
away and the only method notifying
the artillery of the company's dan.
gerous situation was for someone to
run through the barrage. Corporal
Thomas made the run saving his COM
pany and died soon after His twin
sister expected him home for Christ
mas, but
Anton Swiderski of Milwaukee,
shot craps with his friend and board
eY, Willie Runaski, a few days before
Christmas, and lost $685. Anton then
lured the boarder to a quiet place
and hit him with brick until the
latter died. Swiderski confessed his
crime ana was given life in Waupun.
He took his sentence with complais
ance but asked that he be allowed to
leave prison to attend funerals in his
family. He was told that the warden
must grant his request.
Judge Backus of Milwaukee, sem
fenced Helen Skibosh, 20, to Wau-
pun for three years. Miss Skibosh
worked days in the Weyenberg shoe
factory and played piano nights in a
palm garden. Her child will be born
within the walls of Waupun The
Judge deplored sending the girl to
jail but said he had no choice i'll the
matter, as this was her third offense.
During the last twenty years only
| ~ boh hoN horn in
prison, said Waupun attendant.
Hospital facilities are provided for
obstetric cases and the infants are
permitted to remain with the mother
until weaned. Then if relatives of
the mother do not give assurances of
bringing up such a child properly it
is sent to the state founding asylum
at Sparta.
The Chinese colony farming the re-
claimed marshes near Tomah, have
made a success of their first years
work. SIS acres are under intensive
cultivation by the Celestials. They
use limestone for fertilizer and pillow
IL inches deep. Most of the vege-
| tables go to Chicago for chop suey
| in the big restaurants. The success
OF the Chinese in producing crops
on reclaimed lands has big possibil-
tiles for those who care to farm by
squatting on the soil and working by
hand but it is not likely that the Am
erican farmer will be attracted by it.
! Disposition of recent espionage and
| liquor selling cases in Madison fed
eral court were as follows: Felix
! Novak, Eau Claire, was fined $500 for
saying, Il am German and would
not help to raise money to fight
against my own country | have no
| love for this country. l want Ger
many to win. The American flag is
| (profane language used.) Rose My
ers of Sank county, pleaded guilty to
making remark advising young SOL
diers not ito sign any papers" on
reaching camp. and they can't make
you go across" She was fined $500.
John Knipscheid of GAINESVILLE, was
| fined $500 for saying, instead of
| fighting Germany we ought to pay so
much and then quit" Edward Bed
erman of Sank county, was fined $500
for saying what do they mean by
putting the boys in cars like cattle
and shipping them off? These boys
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