Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-04-21

GRANT COUNT
Frederick Nelson, SO, died at Beloit
Of sleeping sickness. He had been i'll
Tor ten days, being III state of coma
curing that period. Only once, twelve
hours before his death, did he appear
to be gaining consciousness, re-
lapse following soon afterward.
William Luedtke, so, died at Me-
nominee hospital as result of being
kicked by a COW at his home in Pesh-
tigo. Luedtke was kicked between the
shoulders Two ribs were split and
his backbone and spinal cord injured,
resulting in paralysis of both legs.
Four men applying for citiz nship
papers at Hurley were denied the
right because as aliens they claimed
exemption from the draft. Judge G.
~ Risiord also denied the petition of
another man, of Finnish extraction,
who is prosperous farmer in Iron
county. This man is unable to speak
English.
Within twenty-four hours after he
was arraigned in municipal court on
a charge Of robbing Joseph Bobich of
1920, James Macarthur, Hurley, was
on his way to Waupun to serve Is
months. When arraigned Macarthur
pleaded guilty in order to be sentenc-
ed at once and to "get the thing over
with" he said.
An interstate band Of alleged whis-
ky sWindlers, headed by university
trained men, whose operations in Mil
waukee and Racine are said to have
cost saloonkeepers of the two cities
$4,000, which was paid for thirty bar
rels Of spring water, was revealed by
the arrest of Lyle Swisler and Will
liam Finch of Seattle. Swisler is
lawyer and graduate OF Vanderbilt
university, he declared.
Condemnation Of the shipment OF
ripe olives seized in Milwaukee dur
ing a recent poison olive" scare, was
affirmed by Washington officials. The
shipment was seized on information
furnished by the bureau Of chemistry
of the U. S. department of agriculture
and was destroyed by court order fol-
lowing examination which showed
that guinea pigs fed from three bot
ties died. The olives were in glass
containers
That both of the constitutional
amendments have probably been de-
feated was the indication at Madison
from official returns which have been
received at the secretary of states Of
fee. Thirty-five counties gave a vote
Of 1852 for and 45.021 against the
salary amendment. Milwaukee coun-
ty has not been reported, which will
give a 21,000 majority in favor Of the
amendment, but it is not believed this
return will be sufficient to save the
salary amendment. The same coun-
ties show mat the judiciary amend
ment fell behind by a vote of 81, 139
for and 39,061 against.
A rejected AUTO lift probably cost
the lives Of Mrs. julius Kutz and her
four children who were burned to
death in the Kutz home near Della
van last week Mrs. Kutz had been
visiting at the home Of her father a
mile away. AS she started to walk
home, occupants of an automobile Of
fered her a ride. She declined. By
the time she reached home the house
was a mass of flames. In attempting
to rescue the. four. children, ranging
in age from : months to years, all
met DEATH 'lle husband working in
a field saw the flames, rushed to the
house and carried the burned babes
to the open air He was so badly
burned himself that he is not expect
ed to live.
Five Lawrence college students,
three girls and two boys, have been
expelled for the remainder of the
school year as the result of a vaca-
ton escapade in which visits to Rus
cell Sage hall, a dormitory for girls, |
and cigarets, played prominent parts. |
According to information from the
college Office the young people were
discovered in Russell Sage hall, +
'vh;ch had been closed during the va
cation hy the dean Of women who i
o1;c'ted til" reformation that they had
found q ke- C:@a~at ashes were found
N the bui'''ug. The following morn |
ing the girls We're discovered in a
com in tho ao~mitOry. 1t is alleged I
thew were helped to enter through a
window by the boys. Cigaret ashes /
were also found in the girls rooms,
it was said. Action in the case was
'olavrd for several days because of
conflicting stories said to have been
told by the young people implicated.