Askov American., 1917-12-20
MINNESOTA NEWS
ITEMS CONDENSED
AL THE BIG STORIES AND THE
MOST INTERESTING OF THE
SMALLER ONES CONDENSED.

Mrs. II. G.. Truesdale Is the first
woman member Of the Areo club Of
Minneapolis. She has been accepted
for membership, according to w. F..
Brooks, president.
p. NJ. Kerst. chief national bank ex-
aminer of the Ninth Federal Reserve
district, has notified the Comptrol-
Ter of the Currency OF his resignation.
to take effect the first Of the year.
The Morrison county board let a
contract for the construction of the
bridge across the Mississippi river
west OF Royalton, to the Minneapolis
Bridge company of Minneapolis, for
s35, ,S90
Mrs. Fred Nelson and her 3-year-old
son Buster were burned TO death when
their farm home, north of Albert Lea.
was destroyed by fire. Pouring kero.
sene on the stove is said to have
caused an explosion.
Secretary of Labor William B. VII.
son and mediation board members who
are to investigate the present labor
situation in the Twin Cities, have ar
rived in st. Paul and are engaged on
the work of their mission.
On her way to the railway station
In WinOna to pay her annual Christ
mas visit to her sons in Minneapolis,
Mrs Johanna Brachlow, 81 yeaers old,
walked in front Of train and suffer
ed injuries from which she died
Rulon Iverson Of Hills had his left
arm torn from his body in corn
shredder on farm near Luverne. Mr..
Iverson reached into the machine to
clear the husks away when his hand
was caught and his arm drawn in.
Steve Cijas and Louis Mazar, Croa.
tfans, were arrested at Virginia as
material witnesses In the triple ak
murder case. Officers refused to COM
ment on the arrests, but said that the
state was slowly making headway in
the mystery.
Farmers are hauling heavy loads OF
wood, ties and other timber to Bau-
dette daily end the wood shortage
due to the lack Of snow has been post
poned for time. although there Is
not enough snow on the ground to in.
sure a great deal Of 1t being hauled In
by sleds.
The greatest loyalty meeting ever
held In Western Minnesota, addressed
at Wheaton by Governor Burnquist,
proved the loyalty Of that section Of
the state and represented the "Ameri-
ca First" spirit of 1,500 persons. some
from South Dakota, who drove through
the cold. stormy weather t. attend
the meeting.
Fifty-four persons. mostly men. sus.
tanned injuries when a Duluth & Iron
Range railroad train left the track at
Hinsdale. near Tower, The injured
were taken by relief trains sent from
Tower, Ely and Duluth to hospitals in
Tower and Soudan. Three coaches
slid down 25 foot embankment and
then turned on their sides.
AT hearing before Judge j. r. San
born In probate court at Brainerd the
will Of James M. Elder. disposing OF
100000 estate, dictated by him in
the form of letter to his wife a few
days before his death at Owensboro,
Ky, was declared void and invalid. be.
cause not executed in the manner re-
orired by Kentucky and Minnesota
laws
Nonpartisan league organizers have
been busy In Rice county since the
meeting in Farihault opera house De.
cember 6 and now claim to have fully
300 members in the county. Four new
men who have had charge Of mem.
| hership campaigns throughout the
northwest have arrived in Faribault
and plan systematic mapping of the
county before the holidays.
| S. h, Van SAINT, former governor of
Minnesota, opened the campaign for
a dry Minnesota at Rochester In
an address, before large audience
He characterized the fight for temper
ancc as the next great war. and
declared that II is foolish to have
whe eatless days when there Is enough
grain used in manufacture of beer to
feed the entire French armies.
What was reported to be a plot ia
foment strike on the part of Indus.
trial Workers OF the World IN tho
lumber camps OF Gemmel, Minn., be.
fore Christmas was stopped by Sheriff
Wall OF koochiching county who led
his deputies into the forest and raided
the |. w. W. headquarters, also several
illegal liquor places and arrested joe
Mccarthy, secretary OF the |. W. w.
ut that point and three other men.
After being 4S years in st. Peter
state hospital for the insane Mrs.
Baby" Anna Klein returns to her
children, who believed all this time
jhe was dead. at 645 East Central Park
place, St Paul, A remark OF an old
employe OF the city hall to the Judge OF
probate when the will Of John Klein
was probated started the Investigate tion
which led to the discovery. Mrs. Klein
Is now 73 years old and will have the
best that money can buy for her the
remainder OF her natural life.
John Rhames. pioneer Detroit busi
ness man, il dead after sudden
stroke Of heart failure He Is sur
vived by his widow and several broth
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