The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-10-12
Brief Items of
State News


Carl Schrandt, one of the prominent
farmers of Foley, died as the result of
injuries received several days previous
when he was kicked by horse.
Progress is being made by the Farm
ers' club at International Falls with
the plans for the public market on
Tuesdays and Fridays. Mrs John Noll
has been secured as manager.
Ernest Chambers of Birchdale, a suf
ferer from tuberculosis, is to be sent
to the tri-county sanatorium att Be.
midi. The five children of the family,
ranging in age from to IL years, will
be placed in state school
An unfortunate accident occurred
when Fred La Londe, the Belgrade no.
tel man, returning home with some
hunters from one of the surrounding
lakes, was shot in his shoulder from
his own gun. The wound is not serious.
An attack of measles cut short tho
Journey of Arthur Remington, en-
route with his regiment, the First
North Dakota infantry, to Camp
Greene, Charlotte, N. C. Remington
was removed from the train at st. Paul
and taken to the hospital.
Two auxiliaries have been added to
the Pennington County Red Cross at
Thief River Falls-the Woman's club
and the Young Ladies' club. The for
mer has been quite active in the prep
aration of knitted articles, while the
latter organization has been making
comfort kits for the soldier boys
Six Minnesota boys have been
designated as candidates for entrance
to West Point military academy.
They will take the examinations next
March. Those appointed were Arthur
w. Carolson, Austin; Francis j. Grail
ing, Spring Valley; Rudolph b. Will
kinson, Lake Elmo; George v. Lieb.
Faribault; Glendon P. Paulson, North
Mankato, and Jacob F. Kiefer, Moor
head
Martin Petcoff, former hotelkeeper
In st. Paul, who shot and killed Matt
Ozbolt in 1913, was sentenced to TWEEN
ty years in the state prison at Still.
water by Judge Orr In district court
at st. Paul It was ordered that the
sentence should run as If made on
November 26, 1913 Robert Hender.
son, negro, who killed white won.
an with whom he had been living, was
sentenced to fifteen years in the state
prison by Judge Orr. Both men plead.
ed guilty at the trial in 1913 to charges
of murder in the first degree.
It was necessary to unwind red tape
that ran from the army post at Fort
Smelling to the Office of the adjutant-
general in Washington, when Clarence
n. Lucas decided to serve his country
under his real name. Lucas enlisted
in the East and did not want his fam.
lily to know it, so he signed as Rob.
ert H. Stranger" After he had been
a member of Company H, Thirty sixth
infantry, some time, he decided he
would rather carry his own name, and
officers arranged it for him after un-
winding the tape.
After two days spent in selecting a
jury trial of the case of F. A. Mullen,
against John H. uevenney, a banker
of Morris, is on at Morris. Mullen
asks 100000 damages for alienation
OF his wife's affections. Mrs. Mullen
was granted divorce in ST. Paul in
June, 1916, on grounds of cruel and in.
human treatment. Mullen alleges that
the divorce was obtained on perjured
testimony, after Devenney had coun.
seled Mrs. Mullen IL secure a separa.
ton and had given her money and
jewels. The defendant denies the
charges.
John H. Johnson, 28-year-old farmer
brought a. tragic end to divorce suit
filed against him by attempting to
shoot his wife and then killing him.
self at his farm home near linn. Mrs
Johnson's attorney had served sum
mons on Johnson requiring him to
show cause why he should not pro-
vide his wife and three children with
alimony pending the divorce action
johnson drove to her home, obtained
a gun and began talking to his wife
Johnson fired at her, but missed She
fell to the floor. Johnson, evidently
believing he had killed her, turned the
gun on himself
Despondent over his ill health and
driven insane by. his rapidly failing
condition, Nels A. Holmberg, SO, a
farmer of Trenton township, Pierce
county, took his own life by drinking
carbolic acid at his home Sunday morn
ing.
Mrs. Emma F. Marshall has been
appointed Red Lake county chairman
for the war service committee of the
American Library association, and
assisted by ten Red Lake Falls ladies
who have volunteered their services
will endeavor to raise this county's
quota of the s1,00o.00O fund that is
being raised throughout the United
States.
Either become citizen or get out
of the country" County Attorney C. G.
DOsland of Clay county advised Ed
ward Johnson, transient laborer
fined SIS and costs for assault and
battery upon August Peterson of Glyn
don. 1t developed at the hearing that
Johnson has been in this country "a
years and has never thought OF taking
out citizenship papers.
The examination of Polk county
drafted men for the first quota of 296
men was completed at Crookston
when 200 more men were examined
Out of the entire number only thirty