Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-02-22
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Important Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

county were hauled into court last
week and fined from 500 to $500 each
for violating the liquor laws.
Thieves used pick to break tho
door of the News Pub. Co. at Neenah
but found only $4.08 in the cash till
A much larger sum in the safe was
left untouched.
The federal government swore ont
warrants Tuesday against the Prairie
du Sac Brig. Co., alleging the manu-
facture OF intoXicants. The proceed
ure IN such cases is to seize the plant
Charges have been filed with the
industrial commission that women
have been forced to work under
''sweatshop" conditions in Kenosha
factories. Cold and dirty rooms and
SIS wages are alleged.
1921 records of the state board Of
health show the lowest death rate to
date for tuberculosis. The rate for
each 100000 population last year was
1873. The year before the rate was
SAG. The decrease greatly encourages
those who are fighting the plague.
Associate Justice A. J. Vinje, Mad
ison, succeeds Hon. Robt. G. Siebec-
ker, whose death occurred Saturday.
preme court of the state Justice Sic
and law student. One man said: HE
had a profound sense of right and
wrong"
E. T. Klug, highway commissioner
of Dodge county, and A. Perry, Ju-
neau, narrowly escaped death by
drowning when a closed car in
1uh ri
the ice on Rock river. When the car
began to sink the men broke the
glass on the windshield and clam
bered to safety.
Prof Charles K. Leith, chairman of
the geology department of the state
university, has gone on a two-months'
trip to South America. He will in
spect mines of high grade iron ore
in Chile for an American company,
and will then cross the Andes to Ar
gentina, and up to Brazil, to inspect
other mines. This is the second trip
to South America for DR.. Leith.
Electa Dextotor and son, Chauncey,
Oneida Indians on a reservation near
Green Bay, were fined $40 and costs
with the option of 60 days in Jail for
beating up a tax collector named
Baird When Baird went to collect
taxes from the redskins they laid him
out The Indians fought the case
cleverly and vigorously, evading trial
for nearly a year.
Joseph Reda, Dane county farmer,
whose place was raided and two dis
tills, barrels of mash and 20 gal
Ions of moonshine found, was fined
$500 and costs on plea of nolle
cOntendere. Mrs. Reda is on a pleas
ure tour of the United States with
two of the children and said to be Wis
iting in New York. The remainder
of the eight children are at home with
their father.
The state board of health advises
all automobile owners to open the
garage door before they start the en-
CINE running Six persons were
killed in this state in 1921 from car
bon mOnoxidc gas poisoning, result
ing from the gas from gasoline en-
CINE exhausts. Working near the eX-
haust of an auto engine; not having
garage pits ventilated; leaky systems
for closed cars heated by eXhausts,
running engine in closed garage; all
these and other unsafe practices cause
death. Artificial respiration is hrst
aid to people overcome by deadly
carbon monoXide gas.
The attorney general has ruled that
sheriffs may not be reimbursed LOT
expenses incurred in arrestlng ana
serving commitment papers on pris-
oners charged with violation OF the
law E. S. Jedney, district attorney
at Black River Falls requested the
ruling. eve think it beyond the
power of county boards to proVlue
for allowance of such expenses III du-
dition to salary" the OPINION reaus.
The sheriff, according to MI. JeoneS'
had nersisted in his contention that
axnanses were due him for serving
papers on parties in divorce ACTON.
After heing out for twelve hours,
Jefferson Jury trying Reuben Strop
and Herman Yoss for arson, reported
disagreement, eight for CONVICTION
and four for acquittal The jury was
dismissed and the case will be urea
again in September. The men are
charged with burning the farm nome
of Max Schlosser, Harrington. II
was alleged that three men set nre
to the house the night of August .,
1921. after attacking Mrs. Schlosser
and cutting off her hair. herman
Freitag. alleged third member OF the
trio. was granted a separate trlal.
A confession made by the men was
repudiated by them. They alIeseu
third degree methods in extorting IT.
Gov. Blaine, at a recent nearl ny,
hardened five convicts, rejecting the
applications of five others. Allreo
Wehrley, II, youth SENTENCED, ,, IN
Marathon county in 1916 Tor kllIns
his father, was granted a commute
ton of sentence. Otto Meyer. Mli nN,ao
kee. sent up for five years Tor ouls.
larry. was conditionally pardoneo On
account of his wife and chilaren pe,
49, Sas+it,,ta A sentence of is years
being served BY James Guinea, Mil
wauIee. sent up for second degree
murder, was COMMITTED to IA years years
to expire in July. There was evidence
to indicate self defense. Ralpn JeM
ell. sent up from Walworth county =, ~
Nav 1921, for larceny and purgia ~
to serve % years in Waupun' nau lris
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