Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13

when a fiye-gallon bottle of water he
was carrying broke.
GAINESVILLE business men have barred
the "baby doll'' type of feminine as
sistant and will in the future hire only
quietly dressed young ladies.
William Schmid, so, prosperous
Maplewood farmer, took his life by
hanging himself in a barn. He was
respondent over i'll health.
Fire due to spontaneous combustion
in hay caused loss of $4,000 to the
barn of Leonard Soldner, Watertown
farmer. The family was aroused by
dull explosion and saw flames leap
ing through the roof.
Wisconsin people who have enjoyed
seeing the mail airplane in flight
from Chicago to the Twin Cities, must
forego this pleasure. The postoff1ce
department will abandon the mail
routes, congress having failed to pro-
vide funds.
The first drowning of the season at
Manitowoc occurred when Arthur
Hanson, 10, lost his life while swim
ing in the river. A number of his
companions were within a few feet
of him at the time They believe Han
son was stunned after he had dived
off q spring board.
Highway pirates, operating between
Superior and st. Paul, took the auto
mobile of Edwin Anderson, farmer liv-
ing near PatZau, on the state line,
drove it to lonely spot on the road,
and took tires, radiator, timer, starter
and part of the engine. "They left me
the tin SHE'LL" Anderson reported to
Sheriff Arthur Buchanan.
William Martin and a brother-in-
law, F. Siebert, West Bend, were each
sentenced to eight years in the state
prison at Waupun when pleas of
guilty were entered by the defendants
to statutory charge. Siebert was
charged with being an accomplice to
the crime, the complainant being a 49,
year-old niece of Martin. Both men
are married.
Edward Ramsey, so, painter of the
town of Milwaukee, was sentenced to
30 years in states prison Tuesday by
Judge Backus in special session of
the municipal court for his treatment
of four step-daughters ranging in age
from 16 to 81. The offenses alleged
have covered period of eight years.
Police learned of the circumstances
when they arrested the youngest, who
had run away.
A Nash car driven by John Som
mersberger, Sheboygan was wrecked
and Geo. Yekenowitz, companion, was
killed Sommersberger claimed at
first that the other man was driving
and that they had been hit by another
car. Later developments showed that
Sommersberger was lying in both
cases as he was driving fast while
drunk and there was no other car.
Sommersberger was severely scored
by the coroner and held for man
slaughter.
Two 15-year-old girls who were
found in a barn at Sandstone, Mimi,
with two 18-year-Old boys, will be
confined to schools where they can see
no boys, Judge Scion l.. Perrin de-
cided after hearing in Superior juve-
nile court. One of the girls was sent
to Milwaukee to enter the state in
dustrial school for girls, and the other
will be placed in Catholic school by
her parents. Parents of the boys OBJ
tanned their release on bail. Serious
charges have been placed against
them in superior court.
Overcome by gas fumes while he
was working in bucket suspended in
a dry we'll, Phillip Becker, AZ, a far
mer at Pleasant Hill, IA miles north
west of MenOminee Falls, died late
Tuesday. Mr.. Becker was working in
we'll at cheese factory. Fellow
workers recovered the body with diff
ficulty, as it was hanging over the
side of the bucket and it was feared
it would drop to the bottom if the
bucket were drawn to the top. Four
physicians worked over the body IL
hours in an attempt to resuscitate the
victim
Automobile bandits early Tuesday
held up an automobile driven by A.
H. Pribnow, Whitewater, on the Will
mot road, between Silver lake and
Camp lake. Pribnow and the mem
bers of his party, including Mrs. Prib
now, Mrs. Charles Philips, Camp lake;
Mrs. Robert Westlake, Camp lake, and
Miss Florence Pribnow, were forced
to get out of the automobile and hand
over their money and valuables The
thieves got about $40 from Mr. Prib-
now and a diamond ring from Miss
Pribnow valued at more than $100.
They forced the members of the party
to walk down the road and drove
away in the automobile, new five
passenger touring car. No trace of
the automobile or the men has been
found. There were four men in the
gang and two were masked. The
automobile, valued at $1,000, was in
sured Mr.. and Mrs. Pribnow and the
other members of the party walked a
quarter of mile to the home of Mrs.
Philips, where they were cared for
The women suffered from the shock
and fright of the holdup, but it was
said that the bandits did not do any
of the party bodily harm