The Tomahawk., 1917-08-23
News of theState
Condensed for Busy Folks

expected to be accomplished in St.
ennial convention Of the joint synods
of these and other states predicted on
their arrival there.
Favorable action by a local draft
board on claim for discharge Is not
in all cases to assure the claimant
that he's "off." The government assist
ant to each local board, the Inter
venor" for the government, is to be
on the job and, if his investigation
seems to Justify it, he will ask the
district board to overrule the lower
one.
OF the $50 men called for service in
District No. l, Stearns county, 33S
have claimed exemption, the list
shows. A large majority of the men
riage, while many of the others seek
to be excused because of the fact that
they are employed on farms or are
conducting them.
Mrs. Herb ert Flansburg, wife of
county commissioner near Brainerd,
broke her right leg near the ankle
when log fell from an old barn which
had previously been badly damaged by
a wind storm, as she passed by while
putting the sheep in the lot. She was
thrown to the ground by the log which
rolled from the building without warn
Ing.
A jury has been completed at Brain
erd for the trial of George A. Ell
der, Duluth bond broker, charged
with offering $50 to Koochiching
county official to influence official &C.
ton. The case was transferred to
Crow Wing county on the plea of the
defendant for a change of venue.
Eighty talesmen were called before
the jury was selected.
The offer of A. G. Whitney, st. Cloud,
of $4,000 or more for an acre of ground
in the State Normal school site in that
city, adjoining his residence property,
was presented to the state normal
school board in session at the Cap
itol. It was said that the commit
tee to which the matter was referred
would report unfavorably and that the
pIOpOSdl WOu1u w 1CJCCIOu'
An anti-draft meeting, widely adver-
tised by word Of mouth in the vicinity
of Hanover, lost it's standing as such
and was changed into patriotic DEM
onstration. At it's close more than 800
persons, assembled to protest against
sending American troops to Europe,
stood with barred heads in salute to
the American flag and Justify sang
s"The Star Spangled Banner" Pre-
vious to this they had cheered the men
who delivered the patriotic speeches
and had made verbal pledges OF feal-
ty to the American government.
State Auditor Preus has accepted
an invitation from Van H. Manning Of
the Federal department of mines to
assist in drafting regulations to en-
force the proposed new Federal law
governing the manufacture, distribu-
ton and handling of explosives in time
of war. Robert w. Hargadine, former
state fire marshal, also will assist and
both Minnesota men plan to go to
Washington for an early conference
with Mr.. Manning.
J. o. Bentall, candidate for COVER
nor on the Socialist ticket, who was
arrested on charges Of interfering with
enlistments and with the draft, has
been unable to obtain bond of $4,000
and is still in the Hennepin county
Jail. When arraigned before United
States Commissioner Abbott, Bentall
asserted that he was sure the Social
ist party would furnish the bond set
by the commissioner.
A well-bred little pig, sold and re-
sold at an auction given for the bene-
fit Of the Red Cross at Pennington,
brought s24 into the Golfers Of the Or
ganization.
Checks for 100000 received by
State Treasurer Rines from the st.
Paul road represent the first remit
lance of gross earnings taxes delin-
quent September 1.
A. C. O'Banion, Clay county agricul-
tural agent, has been notified that the
war department is DESTROYS of obtain
ing cavalry horses, and is willing to
purchase directly from the farmers.
Bertram Wilson, the 12-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. l.. B. Wilson of Be-
midi, landed "a 1212-pound pike while
fishing in Turtle lake. After landing
the monster in the boat, it was nee.
essary for the women i'm the boat to
sit on the fish to keep him from flop
ping back into the water. The pike
was thirty-six inches long and is a
record catch.
Richard Kayser, former efnploye Of
an East Grand Forks meat market,
has been sentenced to sixty days at
hard labor in the county jail on a
Charge Of assault. It Is possible that
he may also be taken before the Fed
eral court under the espionage act.
Kayser is a German and is said to
have made reasonable utterances
against the United States government,
and to have malgned the local soldier
boys.
There will be 30 per cent fewer men
q tho