New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-19
BOARD ORDERS ! AID
Of sl,5l00,0O||||0' PAID.
BUM TO AID SCHOOLS OF sTATl
MUST BE TAKEN FROM APPRo-
PRIATloN FOR 1918.
OFFICERS QUIT; PROBE ENDS
New uIm's Mayor and City Attorney
Resign, Putting End to lnvestisa-
tIon Of Charge Of Dis
loyalty.

st. Paul.
The state high school board has
voted to pay in full 1917 apportion-
ulents totaling nearly $1,5OO,OOO In
state aid to high and graded schools
and teachers training departments.
This action, following the boards
order for payment of $1,O7O,921 deficits
in high and graded school aid means,
according to G. G. Schulz, state SUI
perintendent of education, : that the
after payments. the legality of which
is to be tested in the courts, must
be drawn from the 1918 aid appropri-
alton, which necessarily will be pro
rated at 40 per cent or less.
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Officials Quit; Probe Ends.
Mayor L. A. Fritsche and City At
;orney Albert Pfaender of New Ulm
nave filed their respective resigna-
ions with the city clerk there, fol-
owing, orders by Governor Burnquist
,uspending them from office pending
an investigation on charges of dis
!oyalty for having participated in an
alleged anti-draft meeting at New Ulm.
Their designations, Governor Burn
1uist said, will end the pending in
vestigation on charges of disloyalty
against those officials.
The inquiry will be conducted on q
similar charge against Louis Vogel,
auditor of Brown county and OK Of
icio chairman Of the local exemption
5oard, the Governor said, in the alb
sence of any report of his resignation
rom Office.
Named Directos Of. chiidren's Bureau.
/ William w. Hodson, Minneapolis,
has been appointed director of the
2hildren's bureau, which January 1
will become new active agency un-
Ter the State Board of Control.
Mr.. Hodson will begin his duties at
once on preliminary work and an or
:ganization Of perhaps twelve field
agents and other assistants to admin
ister the new law
t. Establishment of the state chill
siren's bureau under model statutes
| enacted by the last Legislature, ac-
cording to recognized authorities, is
Expected to make Minnesota the fore
most state among those guarding the
welfare CT unfortunate children.
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Mayo Proposal Accepted.
Regents Of the University of Min
nesota have accepted by unanimous
vote the proposal of Drs. William j.
and Charles H. Mayo for certain
changes in the contract affiliating with
he university the Mayo foundation for
medical education and research.
By these changes the regents come
1T once into absolute possession and
control of the foundation fund, amount
ing to $1,650,344.79. The trial afilia-
ton period is also ended and the
headquarters of the foundation may
be moved from Rochester to the uni
versity, or any other place in the
state, after % years.
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Hygienists Cannot DO Dental Work.
Dental hygienists" cannot be en-
2loyed in Minnesota schools to supple
ment the work Of regular licensed den
lists in caring for the health. of the
:eeth Of school children. according to
Lyndon A. Smith, attorney general, In
his ruling given in response to an In.
JURY addressed to him by the Mime
apolis school board.
So slight an operation as the pull.
ling Of baby" tooth with q string
constitutes q dental operation" un.
der the laws Of Minnesota, and may
be performed for pay only BY reg
1larly authorized dentist, according to
he ruling of the attorney general.
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New Secretary for Commission.
H. w. Libby Of Winona has been
elected secretary of the State Pub.
tic Safety Commission, following &C.
;eptance of the resignation of Score
AIRY John S. Pardee, Duluth, who has
gene to Washington to take charge
Of publicity and advertising in the
organization under II. C. Hoover, ma.
.ional food administrators.
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Health Employees on Strike.
Four employees of the state board
IF health on the first strike In the
history of the board have gone to
secure more wages. Frank Cleye,
Richard Saul, Howard Long and John
Aver, all Minneapolis men, are said
20 have struck for an increase over
.heir wage of $35 per month. They
we're employed to keep the laboratory
clean
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Ask Temperature Rule Raise.
4 petition by Minnesota railroads
asking that the minimum temperature
1t which perishable freight will be
lardled be changed from degrees be-
.oW zero to 10 degrees above zero, was
she subject of hearing in the Min.
aesota Railroad and Warehouse com.
mission. The railroads contend that
Under the 5-degree temperature :ule
hey receive much frozen fruit and
vegetables and there is no way of de.
.ecting at delivery whether or not it is