Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-22

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Wisconsin lead mines of which nine
resulted fatally, according to the BIZ
ennial report of the industrial commits
sion. These accidents resulted in a
loss IF 1854 working days. Badger
iron mines, the report declares, had a
much better accident record 1.-The
most serious aspect of the high ac-
tcident rate in mining" the report
says, is that large proportion of
these accidents could have been pre-
vented through better mine arrange
ments and more thorough education
of miners in safety first practices
MANY accidents would not have oc-
CURED had the best methods of tim
bering, handling of explosives, hosting
and tramming been followed. Shaft
accidents, which usually result fatally,
can be almost entirely eliminated
through better equipment in shafts,
better hosting facilities and the rigid
enforcement Of good operating rules"
Men engaged In mining underground
soon forget the great hazard in their
vocation and especial efforts are need
| ed to protect and educate them against
becoming victims of their own disre-
/ gard and unsafe practices, the report
1 says. 1uG Ol the SIdIG. dC-
cording to the report, employ approx
mately the same number of men as do
! the lead and zinc mines, but have
much lower accident rate
| According to the Madison State jour
NAL, Ringing Bros, formerly of Bara-
boo, are now facing the greatest circus
war OF their business life. A syndi-
cate Of circus owners has been formed
| that has obtained control OF six indie
pendent attractions, which it is said
will be larger than the Worlds
Greatest" The new circus combine
is owned by the Ballard, Muggivan &
Bowers company. They purchased the
| Sells-FlOto circus, which ranked next
to the Barnum organization III size.
They obtained this property for $780,
Geo. The Yankee Robinson circus fell
! into their hands, and they also own the
| Walter L. Main circus and have an OPP
ton on the Sparks circus. They also
own the Hagenbeck-W Wallace, John
Robinson and the Howe London shows.
Chas. Langner and wife and Will
lam Ludemann and wife, all Of Neenah,
have brought suit for $4,000 against
the local traction company injuries re-
juries received last July when their
auto was nit by an interurban. $4,000
damages was done to the car aud each
party wants $4,000 for personal in
juries, they say.
The Crawford q lake steamer, $40
feet long, 81 feet beam and 80 feet deep
went on the rocks near Milwaukee
last Tuesday 1900 tons of anthra-
cite in the hold were thrown in the
lake in an effort to tighten the ship.
The cargo would require seven trains
of 20 cars each, so tons to the car, to
carry it away.
Mrs. Gottleib Nerling, 30, Kenosha,
mother of four children, plunged
from the fourth story of a hospital to
her death. The woman had given birth
to her fourth child six days before
She sent the nurse from the room to
obtain ice and then jumped from an
open window
Mrs Harvey Klein, Sc, Watertown,
was burned with her dog and parrot,
her only companions An overheated
stove caused the tragedy Firemen
found the body at the foot of the stairs
indicating that the old woman had
plunged headlong.
A spark from the cord on a light |
socket ignited gases from motor car |
engine and caused fire in the Raab |
Motor company garage at Sheboygan. I
Three cars, a Buick, Studebaker and I
a Dodge were burned the total loss be-
ing $4,000.
A Portage jury tried Max Meyer and
found him not guilty although ten gal
ions OF home made wine were found
in his cellar The defense admitted /.
the wine but claimed that it
was for medicinal purposes.
An effort TO relocate the northern
boundary of Illinois may take a strip
OF the Beloit business district into
Illinois if successful The strip, three
blocks wide, contains property val
ued at $3,419855
Dan Morris, alias Sullivan" and
Tony Albrick, the Pollock Kid were
sentenced to ten and fifteen years re
spectively for robbing the, Abraham
poolroom at Superior of $4,000 i'll cash
A pal turned states evidence.
Ben Rose, SUPERIOR charged with
moonshining, killed himself in jail
by slashing his throat with a razor.
He had entered a plea of not guilty.
Rose led an exemplary life and was
the father of eight children.
Anton Klien, Ripon, has a standing
offer OF $4,000 from Efrem Zimbalist,
the violinist for violin he owns.
Klein entertained the celebrity at din
ner and the offer followed when he
showed the prize.
Andrew Johnson, Al, DeForest far
mer. shot himself fatally. while des-
respondent. He used a rifle the bullet
passing through his body and penet-
rating the wall OF the room
Alma Hoppe, Milwaukee, whose
home Was blown up by gas last spring
received $1,000 damages from a jury
the Milwaukee gas company being |
the defendant