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Evening star., 1924-10-21
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Evening star., 1924-10-21
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3:o5 p.m.-Live stock reports.
3:4J p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
4:05 pm.-Hay, feed. crop reports
specials. o
49, p.n.-Dairy market reports.
10:0J r.m.-Weather Bureau reports,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04
BOSCOBEL

Manager Chas. A Blair Of the Bos-
cobel Telephone company has closed
the deal for the purchase of now
46O-drop switchboard for the local eX-
change, to be installed in abOuJ six
weeks.
Mrs. VIM. Cook celebrated her 18th
birthday Tuesday and memories OF
the enjoyable event will linger for
months to come. A birthday dinner
in which relatives participated was a
pleasant feature and rs candles IL
lumined the feast. Mrs. Cook has been
a resident of Boscobel since 1869 and
is held in highest esteem among a
large circle of friends.
Abe Baumgartner, a well known
farmer of Hickory Grove township,
was the victim of a serious accident
occurring Tuesday. He was engaged IN
blasting stumps with sodatOl, EVl-
IDENTIFY only part of load placed I'M
der a stump was discharged and
when Mr.. Baumgartner was 1nvestl-
eating results the major portion ex-
ploded. The unfortunate man SUSTAIN
ed painful injuries but managed 10
walk home, distance of over mile.
A physician was hastily summoned 10
attend the sufferer. One hand was so
badly mangled that the thumb and
norton of the index finger were am
putated. While his face is seriously
Iacerated it is hoped the eyes are not
permanently injured. Unless compll-
cations develop it is the belief OF the
attending physician that ultimate re-
coyerV is aSSured.-D1al.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04
$4,000 Goes Begging
in Courts at Racine

Racine-Ten thousand dollars IN I'M
claimed funds is being held in the cir
cult court for Racine county and, I'M
less called for within three months,
will be advertised. Then, if the per-
sons who are entitled to the money do
not call for it, the court will order
that it be turned into the county
treasury.
Some of this money has been held
nv the court for nearly 40 years. The
amounts range from $25 to $500. All
has been placed in certificates OF de-
post. drawing interest at the rate OF
3 per cent. The original amounts
nlaced in the hands of the court have
Increased materially.
The money held by the court repre-
sents funds received in litigation over
property which resulted in partition
suits and sales and also divisions OF
property, following divorce actions.
Efforts have been made at different
times to find the persons entitled TO
the money One person, who IS en-
titled to $4,000 held by the court, his
share of the sale of property owned
by his father, has refused to accept
the amount because he believes other
heirs received more than he. This
man is saiu to be in need of money,
AS he has been without employment
for a considerable period.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04
State to Join Nebraska
in Bread Weight Fight

MadiSOn-Atty. Gen. EKern an
nounced last week that he mas JIS'
notified Atty. Gen. Stillman OIL We
braska that Wisconsin would JON IL
the request for rehearlng III INC
United States supreme court on the re-
cent Jay Burns Baking 60. case u
cision in Nebraska, which held that
states cannot regulate the minimum
and maximum weights of bread loaves.
Mr. Fkern points out that the Wis
consin statute is similar to that or
Nebraska and that if the Nebraska
decision stands the Wisconsin statute
cannot
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04
Flood Relief Suggested
by Wolf River Canal

Fond du Construction of a
small canal from the Wolf river to
Green Bay in the vicinity of Lake
Poygan in the northern section of the
state as a possible relief from high
water for cities in the territories sur
rounding the foot of Lake Winnebago,
is being agitated here. The proposed
canal would provide for a drop OF ap-
proximately $50 feet and would mus
take care of all of the, excess water
in these regions in the spring OF the
wear. A bill proposing an approprla-
ton of $4,000 for a government sur
Yey is being planned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04
Grant County Mother,
Babe Health Center

DR.. Cora Allen will conduct the next
Grant County Mother and Baby Health
Center at the Fennimore rest room on
Friday, June 9Th, from 10 a. m. I'M
til 5 p. m.
Miss Crandall, the mother and baby
center nurse, and Mrs. Fletcher, the
county nurse, are much gratified to
find, while making home calls, that
many children have been taken to the
family physician and had the needtul
corrections made, besides a large
number who have made remarkable
Improvement in coming up to normal
weight and establishing proper health
habits as a result of following the in
struction received at the center.
It is hoped all children will return
from time to time so improvements
may be noted, or further suggestions
given when necessary.
Grant county is so large that some
mothers are unable to take their chill
dren to the center Many such moth
ers are receiving much help in the
care of their children through liter
allure distributed from the State Board
of Health. Such requests should be
addressed to Miss Bessie Crandall at
Milton, Wis, with the child's name
and age.
On Saturday, June 28th, there will
be a county meeting at Mrs. Fletcher's
office in the court house, at 1870 p. M
to decide upon a location for the
health center for the coming year
All organizations are entitled to be
represented at this meeting. Already
requests have been made by clubs
from Lancaster and Platteville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04

Burglars entered the office of the
Delavan Enterprise the other night,
ransacking the plant. They secured
$3.50 in cash, but the greatest loss was
in papers and records of no use to
anyone but the publisher, Mr.. Say
lor
The Pra. du CHEN Courier announc-
es with regret the death of an old cit
izen of that town who for 81 years
was a subscriber to the Courier. There
are probably few papers that can
show names on their subscription list
longer than this.
Alois Lang, of Manitowoc, who
ranks among the foremost of Ameri-
cas- wood carvers, is working on a
block of oak taken from the timbers
of York Cathedral in England, which
was built 90 years ago. He is making
beautiful panels to be placed in the
sanctuary and chancel of st. Paul's
Cathedral in Los Angeles. Records in
England show that the oak timbers
were given by William the Conqueror
to Bishop Walkelin during whose ep-
iscopate the edifce was erected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04

A. j. Holmes of Montfort had the
misfortune to fall several days ago
and dislocated his shoulder.
Thieves entered the Pat McKillop
store at Pra. du Chen while Pat was
attending a dance. They stole couple
of revolvers and small items of value.
The business interests of Viroqua
united for three days combined sale
opening on Friday of last week. Prac-
tically every business in Viroqua had
something special to offer to its GUS
toners.
Gov Blaine announced the appoint
ment of DR.. Nina B. Glasier of Bloom
ington, as member of the state board
of health to succeed DR.. G. A. Rich
ards. The appointment is for the term
ending in 1881.
Miss Jane Boulder, aged IS years,
a pioneer and highly respected citi-
zen, passed away at the home of her
sister, Mrs NJ. Ralph, at 1890 Tues
day morning, May 27, after an illness
of several weeks Observation-Disclosures
Mail
Guldbrand G.. Vinger died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. N. o. Nell
son at the age of "a years and six
months He was probably the oldest
citizen of Argyle with one exception,
in point of age but not in residence
Argyle Atlas.
Among the 1876 Seniors at WhiteWa-
ter normal, Miss Eldeen Buster of
FennimOre had the high honor to
rank first in the commercial course
for the whole cOurSe-a truly re-
markable showing. She will teach at
TT. Atkinson high school next year.
We are proud of Miss Eldeen's rec
ord.-Times.
The Kiwanis Club of Stevens Point
adopted resolutions commencing the
sentencing of reckless and drunken
automobile drivers to Jail. The Cham
Der of Commerce, park board and
Women's Clubs of Stevens Point fol-
lowed the lead of the Kiwanis and
endorsed the action of the court in
working to make our highways safe
for travel.
"Slim" Lewis of Highland, former
University of Wisconsin baseball
player and coach, and more recently
umpire in various kinds of baseball
throughout this state and Illinois, has
signed a contract to coach Amherst
college, Amherst, Mass, according to
letter received by his friends in
Highland Lewis is at present an UNI
pire in the Midwest league.
Nose Lessard Is, died at Pra. du
CHEN having lived all his life within
radius of twenty miles. He was
born three miles from the place he
died, only a short distance from the
spot where his mother and grand
mother were born. Lessard boosted
his family never travelled, three gen
erations having confined their life
within the twenty-mile radius. They
were of Indian descent.
Fire on the Mcclure farm, on the
Black River road seven miles north
east of Pra. du Chen, which is occu-
pied by Chas. Sauers, destroyed
large barn with it's contents and a
valuable horse. The confagration
started along about eleven o'clock on
Saturday morning from unknown
cause. The house and other buildings
nearby were saved by the prompt ar
rival of eighbors.-Courier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04

Harry Pier, former employe of an
Eastman bank, pleaded guilty at Pra.
due Chen of embeZzlement of the
banks funds. He was fined $1,000 and
costs.
DR.. o. W. Joslin, formerly of
Dodgeville, has been arrested at New
York City charged with practicing
medicine without a license. He awaits
trial under bonds of $500. Police
claim they found DR.. Joslin treating
patients by means of radio waves,
using a machine he calls the Bio
Tactis." Radio experts say the ma
chine is incapable of detecting clap
of thunder ten feet off. Pamphlets dis
tributed in the office referred to the
invention as a cure-all for ailments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04

tense endeavored to show that the
girl was unchaste and not to be re-
lied upon. The trial caused great ex-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04

that copy of these resolutions be
presented to the family of the deceas-
ed and that copy be spread upon
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04

ceded her in death She also leaves
her father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Tucker, three brothers, Ar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04

Letter from Ethel Thomas HerrOld
Manila, P. l., April IL, 1924.
Dear Dad:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04

Chris Glassmacher Has Stroke
Chris Glassmacher, residing near
Tennyson, suffered a stroke of paral-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-04

The entire estate of the late Col.
H. NJ Byllesby, head of the Interstate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01
II STILL MISSING
IN RUINS OF LORA|N
Check-Up Reveals Probable
ity That More Bodies Are
Buried Under Ruins.

By the Associated Press.
LORAIN, Ohio, July despite the
unwavering belief of several city Of
ficials and military officers that all
Lorain's dead are not accounted for,
the list this morning remained the
same as last night, a total of sew
enty-two. But the Red Cross In
checking the dead and wounded found
seventeen persons unaccounted for.
They are:
Anna, Agnes, Tony and Leonard
Tumas: John Tackos. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stupe. Sidney Stirzoka, Joe Rigo. Jo-
liam Heston, Andy Hudek, John
Mahessi, Joseph Matusek, John
Megyesi and a man named Pritchard.
Stop Work ON Theater.
Work of clearing the wreckage of
the State Theater, under which Of
ficials believe are number of
bodies, was stopped at o'clock last
night because of the danger of an
adjoining four-story brick wall
falling.
ging through the lobby of the the
alter, where three floors from an
apartment above dropped. The body
OF a woman was taken from there
Sunday morning, and it is thought
that young girl who had been
visiting her and who is missing still
is in the debris. Several squads of
national guardsmen worked all night,
but had not found any one.
Starting this morning and contin-
uing through the day. theb odies of
approximately forty of the storm VIC
tins were buried. Because, he said,
the town had suffered grief enough,
Mayor George Hoffman forbade pub
lie funerals.
Those who had homes which were
wrecked will be buried from several
undertaking parlors in the outskirts
of the town. which escaped the raw
ages OF the tornado.
Thousands at Work.
Thousands of wreckers and relief
workers 18th hundreds of trucks and
wagons had not begun to scratch the
surface as far as removing the mill
hons or tons OF Wreckage is con-
cerned.
Fifteen hundred Ohio National
Guardsmen are in possession or the
property. The detachment of Cleve-
land policemen, which has been here
since Saturday night, returned home
last night.
Practically all the work OF policing
the city, the search for more dead and
almost everything else except the cleri-
cal work at the city hail. had been
taken over by the guardsmen.
Perhaps the majority of the 1000
homeless have been taken care Of
but the desolation is spread over such
wide area that no definite check can
be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Annexation Of Oldest Inhabitants
will meet July on lawn Of Christ
Episcopal Church, G street near 7th
southeast. Business meeting IL am,
patriotic exercises at noon. William
Tyler Page will deliver the address.
Frederick L. Fishback will read the
Declaration of Independence. Fam
;'ies> of members invited to attend.
In case of inclement weather, the
nesting Will be held in the parish
hal
The stafford Pemberton Dancers
will present group of dance spe-
cialties on the lawn at Mount Alto
Hospital tomorrow evening at the
garden party for disabled veterans
hospitalized in this vicinity. Direc-
tor Frank T. Hines of the Veterans
Bureau will address the party. A
program by the Army Band Dance
Orchestra will open at $3.50.
Lincoln Post, G. A. r., will meet
tomorrow. pm, in Grand Army
Hall.
W0men's City CIub-The president
and board of directors will give tea
to the delegates to the convention
Of the National Education Association
tomorrow from to 6 pm.
Rev. DR.. Hes SVEN will he spe-
cial guest and speaker at the Wapfya
luncheon tomorrow. 12:45 pm, at Uni
versity Club. Subject: bright Spots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01

city, DR.. C. B. Davenport OF Cold
Spring Harbor. Long Island; DR..
George L. Streeter Of Baltimore, d.
rectors Of departments of research
Of the institution
Maj. William Bowie, representing
the United States coast and geodetic
survey; DR.. James Brown Scott. Sec
rotary of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace; DR.. w. F..
Willoughby. director of the institute
for government research; DR.. Burton
e. Livingston. permanent secretary
Of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science; DR.. David
White. representing the National
Academy of Sciences and the United
States geological survey.
Morse A. Cartwright. assistant to the
president Of tho Carnegie Corporation
Of New York; DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, DR..
Charles F. Marvin and DR.. William
Gerry Morgan.
The active pallbearers, all members
Of the stan Of the Carnegie Institution.
were: John A. Fleming, Walter NJ Gill
bert, Clarence Reeder, Robert 3. Sos
man, Edmund A. Varela and John L..
Writ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01
3n 81 ernoriam,

BRANSoN. tribute of love and devotio,
to the memory of our dear wife and mother
SARAH BRANSON. who departed this lift
one year ago today. July !, 1923.
Your love will last as pure and whole
As when you loved us here in time,
And ut the spiritual prime
Reawaken with the dawning soul.
BELOVED HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
Mother, your quiet dream Of life
This hour has ceased;
Your peaceful soul swiftly passes By
To some more perfect peace.
son FRANK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01
N0TAbLES
WOODWARD RITES
Funeral of Famous Scientist
Held in All Souls Church.
Burial Tomorrow.

Attended by men of science and let
tiers from many parts Of the coun-
try, DIR. Robert Simpson Woodward,
one OF the worlds leading scientists
and former president of the Carnegie
Institution Of Washington, who died
Sunday at his home in the Dresden.
was accorded the last rites OF the
Unitarian faith in All Souls Church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TrDAv

An all-day and evening outing will
feature the annual picnic of the
Brentwood Methodist Episcopal Sun
day School. A special car left Mount
Rainier, Md. this morning for Glen
Echo Park, where the school me NIB err
ship and many families of the con-
gregation will spend the day, return
ing this evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01
TONIGHT

TONIGHT.
National Capital Post. No. 127. Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars, will give its
annual excursion son steamer st.
Johns 7:15 o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01

at II o'clock today. Interment, which
will be private, viii be in Rock Creek
cemetery tomorrow.
! Rev. U. G. B. Pierce, pastor Of All
Souls Church. offlciated at the funeral
services today. The honorary and
active pallbearers were officers Of the
Carnegie Institution OF Washington,
other organizations endowed by the
late steel magnate and representa-
tives from world-renowned scientific
societies and organizations. Virtual
ly every scientist and educator in
Washington at this season was in at
tendance.
Famous Bells Tolled.
AS the casket was carried into the
church, accompanied by Mrs. Wood
ward and other members Of the i'm
mediate family, the new Paul Revere
bells. only recently dedicated, were
tolled. DR.. John c. Merriam, presi-
dent of the Carnegie Institution, was
out of the city, and in his absence
the honorary pallbearers followed the
bier in the order named below:
Robert s. Bookings, Secretary of
Commerce HoovsT. andrew J Mon
tague. DR.. Stewart Patton and DR.. Will
liam III. Welc'.. all representatives of
the h-.1rd OF trustees of the CarneKie
institutions: Dr. l.. A. Bauer of this
Evening star., 1924-12-12
WOMAN SAYS SPOUSE
WAS FORMER THIEF
Alleged Broker Turned Out to Be
Jail Breaker, She Declares
, in Court.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, December 12.-Mrs.
Jennie Hagen of Brooklyn testified in
her suit for annulment before Su-
preme Court Justice LaZansky in
that borough that within two months
OF her marriage she learned the man
she had wed as John Hagen was John
Rickliffs, burglar and jail breaker.
This information came to me Oc-
tober ,, H921, when l was sitting in a
theater in Boston" Mrs. Hagen said.
Il had been married the previous
August "a. My husband told me he
was q Wall street broker. In the
theater / was told a man outside had
a message for me. My husband had
sent word that he was arrested FOR
burglary and advised me 10 go home
to my mother in brooklyn"
Her attorney, former Alderman
John o. Gempler, discovered, ii is al
legged; that Hagen was really John
Rickliffs. who had been sentenced to
serve three prison terms in the Kings
County Court, the last time in 1908.
when he was sentenced to Sing Sing
FOR 10 years. He is now serving a
Evening star., 1924-12-12
JOINT CHRISTMAS PARTY
Three Evenings Required to Ac-
commodate All interested.

\ gigantic Christmas party in three
sections is TO he staged during the
holiday week jointly by the office of
public buildings and grounds and the
Superintendent'S office of the State,
War and Navy Building. according to
an announcement by Lieut.. Col. Clar-
ence Q. Sheriff.. officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds
While the program has not been COM
pleted, Col. Sheriff. said that il
will he Il big Christmas tree party
for the families of the employees of
these two offices as represented by the
workers in 30 buildings under the
control of those two offices. II will
be held in the auditorium of the In
terror Department Building, and the
size of the force makes it necessary
to divide it into three sections. The
first will be held December 26, the
second December q and the last on
December %.
Evening star., 1924-12-12

when the directors advanced the
semi-annual rate from 2 to 21a per
cent.
Payments exceeding $1.000,000 will
be made to >khe stockholders through
a declaration of a 10 per cent extra
dividend by the Torrington Co. of
Maine, an extra disbursement of so
cents on common shares by the Ed
munds & Jones Corporation, a per
cent extra on common stock by the
Royal Baking Powder Co and an
extra of % cents share and "a
per cent. in common stock on the
common shares Of the Continental
Gas and Electric Corporation.
Evening star., 1924-12-12

A waterproof apron without string
buttons or hooks has been introduced.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
BANQUET TO MARK
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
Falls Church Gathering Tomorrow
Night Promises Large
Attendance.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, December y.
PLANS are completed for the dinner
which is TO be given at the Odd
Fellows Hall tomorrow night under
the auspices Of the citizens association
The dinner is being given in cele-
bration of the completion of the new
Lee Highway from Falls Church to
Fairfax. the organization and new
equipment of the fire department, the
proposed bond issue for a new school
building. the new bank building. etc.
The sale of tickets was most sue
cessful and there will be 1G5 people
present. Mayor II. \. Fellows. toast
master. has invited the following
men to make 10-minute speeches,
Senator Frank I. Ball Walter T.
oliver II. II. MilIard. N. L. Church
and DR.. s. NJ. Johnson, mana ging
director OF the Lee Highway Asso-
citation.
C. n. McGroarty has arranged music
by a double quartet, consisting of
Mrs. Macon Ware. Mrs. Scott ~Ryer,
Mrs. Irene Moncure, Mrs. John
Evening star., 1924-12-12
FENG TO QUIT ARMY POST.
Resignation Made Conditional
Upon Chang Withdrawal.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEKING, December 12.-Following
the recent announcement that Chang
Tso-Lin, the Manchurian war lord
would resign the inspectors general
ship of the three eastern provinces,
Feng Yu-Hsiang, the Christian gem
eral" has formally resigned his army
command.
II is reported that the provisional
government of Tuan Chi-Jui has
granted Gen. F'eng a months sick
leave. The Christian general" it
was said, intends to visit Japan dur
Ing the month. 1t was semi official
ly stated that the government is
offering Gen. Feng n mission TO study
military affairs abroad, with the title
of commissioner.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
Dolls as Beau Catchers.

Among some of the tribes of Mex
leo years ago the unmarried women
carried a doll to tell the world they
were on the lookout for a beau and
husband. It is a remnant of this
custom that is responsible for the
doll craze that has been felt in Eu-
rope and the United States since the
war, it is stated.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
AIRPLANE CURE SHOWS
GIRLS Improvement
Deaf Mute Talks and Hears After
Series of Nose
Dives
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
c III / c A GO, December 12-Miss
GWendoline Caswell, q deaf mute,
whose speech and hearing were
restored, partly at least, after a
series of nose dives in an airplane
Tuesday, continued to improve today.
At the studio of Gibson, Sykes and
Fowler, where the girl is employed,
1t was said she was talking quite in
telligibly and that her hearing ap-
peared to be. good. Trained to speak
without hearing, she is startled and
delighted by the sound of her own
voice.
Miss Caswel has arranged with
Pilot Burley to take her UP every
week. She is confident her hearing
Will be fully restored