The Tomahawk., 1917-07-26
$tat&fleW$i11 Brief
poinas Of Last Few Days Throughout
Minnesota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.


while trying to rescue girl. She was
saved by boatman after the others
sank.
The State High School Board has
voted to 2 to pay Immediately the
state high school and
graded school aid deficits of 1914-15
and 1876, totaling $1,O7O,193, from
available funds.
Dean William R. Appleby of the
school of mines Of the University of
Minnesota is in Washington 10 try to
obtain exemption for students in his
school in order that they may COM
plete the course.
Arrangements for the hearing in the
boundary dispute between Minnesota
and Wisconsin have been completed
before Commissioner D. E. Roberts in
the district court at Duluth and the
taking of testimony has begun.
Representatives of state charitable
institutions, city and county relief
and correctional societies, and all
other agencies interested in welfare
work have met in St. Paul to form a
Central Council Of welfare workers.
Residents of East Rochester were
terrorized when Mike Slis, an insane
man, escaped from the state hospital
and armed with a club smashed i'm
several windows and attacked a num-
Der of citizens. He finally was over
powered.
The coal shortage situation in the
Northwest is acute. Instead of 2,00O,-
900 tons monthly, which experts agree
is the minimum of receipts at Duluth
that would be necessary to tide the
trade over, receipts are running at less
than half that tonnage.
Socialists lost after a bitter debate
and the State Federation Of Labor, in
session at Faribault, voted 1856 to So,
pledging support to the government in
the conduct of the war with Germany.
An appeal for a deeper seriousness
and realization of the meaning Of citi-
zenship has been made by President
Marion r. Burton of the University of
Minnesota i'm his maiden address be-
fore an all-university convocation at
the university armory.
War department officials probably
will be asked to authorize the use by
the Minnesota home guards of the reg
ulation army uniform, with the excep-
ton that the collar insignia will be
made up of the letters IN. H. G. in
stead of "Minn.," as in the case of the
national guard, or ~. S. A. as in the
regular army.
DR.. J. l.. Byrnes has pronounced as
true case of aphasia the ailment of
we'll dressed man found wandering
near the farm of Sebastian Taylor,
near Wolf, Mimi, with only "F. J.
K" stamped on his grips to indicate
his identity. "F. j. K" is feet
inches tall, has light wavy hair and
blue eyes and can only say that he
must be lost.
One hundred and thirteen indict'
ments have been returned by the Fed
eral grand jury against men who failed
to register June and are now held
in the St. Louis county jail or have
been released on bonds.
C. L. Dooke, Socialist lecturer, has
been arrested at an International Falls
theater on complaint of Attorney F.
J. M. Partlin, a Spanish war veteran,
on a charge of delivering lecture
tending to discourage enlistment.
The Minnesota, formerly owned by
the Hill railroad and steamship in
terests, the largest American freight
er afoat, though special lure for
German submarines, has made its
first trip across the Atlantic and back
again successfully.
Dr.. William J. Mayo of Rochester,
Mimi, one of the famous Mayo broth
ers and an officer i'm the medical re
serve corps has been called into &C
tive service by the War department
and is in Washington. He is serving
as an adviser to Major General Will
liam c.. Gorgas, surgeon general of the
army.
All Oliver Iron Mining company
Omitted States Steel Corporation) en-
ployes, if they have been employed
by the company for the past fifteen
months, who have joined any branch
of the United States war service since
April i are to receive half their regu
lar company pay while i'll the govern
ment service.
Support Of the government wal
loan, the Red Cross and the admin
istration food conservation program
was urged as the war contribution OF
those who stay at home by speakers
at a dinner which closed the first day S
program at the annual convention at
Saltwater of the Minnesota State AS
sociation of Letter Carriers.
Mystery surrounds the poisoning OF
seven persons in two Winona county
homes. While several Of them are
recovering, at least one is critically
i'll and others are still in danger. The
poisoning took place at the homes OF
Frank Drussell and c.. w. Vogelson
adjoining, few miles below the city
Physicians suspect milk poisoning.
The Red Lake Falls Commercial
club. by unanimous vote has recon-
mended that the City Council take