Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-21
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

brought action against the American
Unity Publishing Co., Chicago, pub
fishers of Tolerance, and Jacob Brown,
alleged agent of the company, for
$4,000 damages because of the publ
cation Of his name as member OF
the Ku Klux Khan. 1t is alleged in the
complaint, filed in circuit court Mon
day. that because Hahn'S name was
published as a khan member, he SUI
fered a great loss of business among
the Catholic and Jewish people OF the
city. 1t is also charged that the pub
fishers of the paper and their agent,
Brown, had circulated papers con-
tanning this statement at the entrance
of st. Roses Catholic church, which
is directly across the road from Dr.
Hahn's home.
Loot which is expected will run in
to hundreds of dollars is lying III
Rock river near the Racine street
bridge at GAINESVILLE just out of reach
of police officers, who have been try
ing to tow the receptacle containing
the articles to shore. AS soon as po-
lice can examine at close range the
fountain pens and jewelry they be-
lieve that they will be able to identify
much of it is having been reported
stolen from homes and business houses
in GAINESVILLE during the last SIX
months. Police have no clues as to
who disposed of the loot in the river
or when it was put there. A thorough
examination is being made.
A horrible accident occurred at
Argyle Monday afternoon, as re-
suit of which Milton Hendrickson OF
Lamont, is in a critical condition at
st. Francis hospital at Freeport. A
crew harvesting ice from the river
were using a circular saw. The young
man in attempting to dislodge the saw
from the ice to move the outfit, some
how slipped against the blade, which
plowed into his foot, penetrating well
above the ankle The bone in the leg
was broken about half between the
ankle and knee. He was rushed to the
Freeport hospital and although he
lost an enormous amount OF blood ne
is expected to recover.
Major w. f. Lorenz and his IL
American companions were released
from the jail at Progresso, Yucatan,
Mexico, Wednesday afternoon, Presi-
dent Gales of Mexico last week cabled
Gov. John j. Blaine. President Gales
government for the detention of the
high Badger official and declared that
every courtesy would be shown Major
Lorenz on his return to the United
States. The state department at Wash
ington, however has not received Of
fetal notification of Lorenz' release al
though it was stated that his freedom
was expected momentarily.
oil &c
son." DR.. E. V. Brumbaugh, city
health officer, told the K. of c. Lunch
con Club Wednesday noon, and advised
all members of the organization who
have not been vaccinated within the
last years to be vaccinated. DR..
Brumbaugh declared that the death
rate in the city could be expected to
decrease as more hospital facilities
are added He added that last year,
out of 544 deaths, more than $50 were
of persons who did not live in Madi-
son. The work of the city health de-
partment also was outlined
A barrel of ripe, rosy apples and a
girl-that is the story of the downfall
of Leonard Ryan, held at Chippewa
Falls on a charge of check forgery.
Ryan, police say, forged checks on To-
cal merchants and on firms in sever
al Wisconsin cities. Christmas came
along and Ryan sent a Chippewa
Falls girl the apples as a gift. She
betrayed him and Sunday police ar
rested him in KilbOurn, ending a
search that extended over period Of
nearly three months
Heart balm of $4,000 is demanded
in suit filed at Madison last week
by Myrtle Powers against Kelley Mey-
ers, foreman of construction crew,
for alleged breach of promise. Miss
Powers alleges that Meyers promised
to marry her in June, 1924, at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and that she had made
preparations for the ceremony. She
said he paid her railroad fare to Mad
ison in August, and in September re-
to make her his wife.
Practically all big sawmills in nor
thern Wisconsin are now operating
day and night, furnishing employment
for large numbers of additional men
who would not ordinarily be employed
at this time of year. These plants will
continue on a double shift basis tor
many months, and it is expected that
the lumber cut in the vicinity of
Rhinelander will be the largest in
years.
An embargo on importation of live
poultry from New York and New Jer-
sey into the state of Wisconsin was
announced Tuesday by the state de-
partment of agriculture. Action was
taken by the department because of
the existence of the contagious dis
ease known as European fowl pest IN
poultry in the two eastern states.
Pinned under half a barrel of beer
when his car went into a ditch and
hit telephone pole a Fl Atkinson
garage man was picked up in a seri-
Gus condition near that city. He was
taken to the local hospital and the
six kegs of beer and wrecked car are
now at the county Jail at Jefferson.
With the death of Russell Mckay,
80, woodsman. of black smallpox at an
Ashland hospital, the city health au-
thorities have announced that all chill
dren and teachers expecting TO con-
tinue school must be vaccir ated at
once. There is but one case of small
pox in the city
Harry Coldwell. engineer on the
500 Line train which was derailed
near Chippewa Falls Dec. 20. resulting
in eight deaths, became respondent
and hanged himself in the celalr of his
home at Minneapolis He was held
bIameless for the wreck.
Mrs. Joseph Minskey. so. wife of
Wautoma srocer, was instantly killed
when she fell 20 feet from the rear
second story porch of their home.
crushing her skull She is survived by
her husband and seven children.
Fred Toelle, a cheesemaker near