The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-13
ANT|-LEAGUERS URGE
STRINGENT BOOZE LAW
MEETING HELD IN MlNNEAPO
LIS YESTERDAY.
Of Sales and a Variety
of Measures Discussed BY the
Members; Rev. E. L. Heermance
Of Mankato Made Trustee For
the Second District; Donald Nc.
kenzie a Superintendent.

Minneapolis, January 11.-Strin-
gent laws governing the sale OF al
cOhOl as a beverage, The search and
seizure law, county option, and a
request to Attorney General Simp-
son that the liquor case us decided
by Judge Willard Of the Fourth Unit
ed States district court be appealed
to the higher courts, were among
the things discussed and advocated
at the annual meeting of the Anti
Saloon league yesterday.
divided sentiment as 10 local
option for the larger cities Of the
state and county option was shown
among those present. G. w. Stark,
reelected legislative superintendent,
will be backed by Il committee to be
appointed soon TO request the Min.
nesOta members OF congress to push
the Miller-Curtiss interstate com
merce bill. This bill provides that
liquor sent into a dry state or ter
ritOry may be seized and cOnfiscated
by authorities before il reached its
destination. At present the law pro-
Vides that the person to whom it is
sent must be caught ''red-handed"
selling it before he can, become con-
victed
Committees Are Heard.
Reports from the heads Of the va.
riOus committees recorded the prog
ress during teh past year. Special
stress was laid on the legislative
committee report, which claims that
the house and legislature have more
county option members than others.
Officers were elected as follows:
w. S. Wingate, president: A. +.
Elmquist, vice president; G. A.
Grumer, secretary; b. T. Allen,
treasurer, and p. J. Youngdahl, SUI
perintendent. The following trus-
tees were elected: DR.. b. r. Allen,
Rev.. A.. f. Elmquist, Rev. Adam
Geyman, Rev. John Grief, Rev. V.
f. Hedberg, a. p. Peterson, Rev. w.
l.. Tenney, Rev. G.. l.. Wilson, Rev.
S. b. Roberts, all of Minneapolis;
Rev. Jacob Berger, Fairfax: Rev. P.
M. Eckman, Center City; Rev. ]. S.
Stout, Austin: Rev. r. NJ. Miller, C.
r. Oaten, Duluth. Rev. J. G. Hult-
G. O. Lundquist, Mime
apols; Rev. David Morgan and
Rev. ]. A. Burnquist, ST. Paul.
Named the Trustees.
The trustees at large in the legis-
lativc districts were elected as fol-
lows: DR.. Frank Boran, first dis
trict. Winona; Rev. T.. l.. Heer-
nance, second district: l.. ID. Har-
kins, third; Father James Rearden,
Rev. w. II. MOwen, Rev. E. A. Palm
quist and b. w. Doty, fourth dis
trict; Prof. G. G. Gr,iman, w. S.
Wingate, Rev. Martin Norstad, Rev.
c. NJ. Westvig. Rev. S. NJ. Dick,
Rev. C. J. Swain, Rev. r. A. Halle,
c. NJ. Way, fifth district; Rev. Hen
ny Halman and Rudolph Lee, sixth
district: w. II. Gold, A. p Peterson,
j. w. Johnson, seventh district, Rev.
T. ii. Nelson, J. J. Eckland, eighth
district: Rev. Fl. Fl. Knudsvig, f. II.
Peterson. n. T. Mower, f. l.. Quist,
Frank Higgins and Claus Morgan,
ninth district.
Headquarters Committee.
The election of the headquarters
committee resulted as follows: w. S.
Wingate, Rev. A. F. Elmquist, DR..
b. T. Allen, Prof. G. G. Gruman, A.
p. Peterson, Rev. c. J. Swain, Rev.
e. A. PalmQuist, Rev. S. NJ. Dick,
Rev. w. S. Mount, Rev. Martin Nor
stad, Rev. s. B. Roberts, d., w. Doty
and G. NJ. Way. Assistants TO Sup
crintendent YOungdahl will be A. III.
Clark. c. w. Stark. legislative super
intendent w. /. Nolan, attorney;
Fred Nordquist, superintendent of
the Scandinavian department, and
Donald Mckenzie, Mankato.
DOVE OF pEACE uNVEpc