The Tomahawk., 1917-12-20
BOARD MAY PROBE
CHARGES LODGED
SAFETY COMMISSION MAY TAKE
COGNiZANCE OF COMPLAINT
AGAINST KELLER
PETITIONS ASK DRY STATE
Over 5000 Citizens Signify Desire
For Lid on Minnesota Saloons
For Period Of War.

For Period of War.
St. Paul.
investigation OF the activities of
! Commissioner Oscar Keller, St. Paul.
in connection with the street railway
| troubles, may be ordered, according
to H. b. Libby, commissioner-secre
| tary, on a resolution from the S.
Paul Builders exchange. Complaints
| of disloyalty in scattered localities
and against various individuals are
awaiting presentation to the commits
sion, he added, but are not of char
acter to be made public in advance Of
| definite action.
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Petitions For Dry State,
| More than 300 petitions with up.
| wards of $4,000 signatures asking ar
| order to close all Minnesota saloons
| during the period of the war have
| been presented to the Public Safety
Commission, H. w Libby, commits
sioner-secretary announces.
The monster petition is the result
of efforts by the Woman's Christian
Temperance union organizations in
| many cities of the state. Inasmuch
as the petitions continue to pour in,
Mr.. Libby said it was doubtful wheth'
er any definite action would be taken
on them at once.
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State Hygiene Body Formed.
The Minnesota Social Hygiene Com
mission was organized formally at a
meeting in Minneapolis for the pur-
pose of assisting in tie control OF
venereal diseases, and in the better
| enforcement of law governing social
conditions in Minnesota and to pro-
mote the education of the people in
social hygiene as well as to afford
protection and employment to the So
cially unfortunate.
Officers were elected and commit
tees to carry on the work in the vari-
Gus branches of the organization were
appointed.
Charles S. Somers of St. Paul was
elected chairman; w. F. Webster,
Minneapolis, vice chairman, and Dr.
Henry Wireman Cook, Minneapolis,
treasurer. The executive committee
will be composed of the officers and
the chairmen of the various commit
tees.
The University Board of Regents
will be requested to permit the use
of offices in the medical buildings OF
the university as headquarters for the
commission.
1t was estimated that the commits
sion would require about $4,000 an
nually to carry on it's work success
fully
A system for the tabulation by
numbers of patients probably will be
adopted. By this method all cases
must be reported to the commission
by the attending physician until the
patient has been cured
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Officials Removal at Issue.
Whether disclosures in an invest1-
CATION of Aitkin county drainage
bond sales are sufficient to warrant
removal proceedings against any or
all county commissioners, Governor
Burnquist said, will be referred to
Attorney General Smith. .
Complaint by T. L. Smith and 25
other Aitkin county citizens that
more than 100000 of county ditch
bonds at 51a Per cent interest were
not sold to the best advantage and
that the county affairs were not be-
ing handled properly resulted in the
inquiry by the state public examiner,
who reported to the governor that the
commissioners acted within the law
in technical sense.
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To Get 80 Cents on Dollar.
Creditors of the defunct Osseo State
bank probably will be paid 80 cents
on the dollar, F.. E. Pearson, state
superintendent of banks, has an
nounced. The statement followed his
application to the Hennepin county
district court for an order directing
payment of an additional Is per cent
to make a total of so per cent divi-
bends to date. He said that other as
sets would probably make possible an
other dividend of 10 per cent. AS
result of the Osseo bank failure,
Cashier J. B. Thompson was SEN
fenced to state prison for embezzle'
ment
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Ask Wasener's Reinstatement.
Petitions carrying more than 10000
signatures asking the reinstatement
of Sheriff John Wagner of Ramsey
county have been circulated in labor
circles and will be presented to Gov
ernor Burnquist in a few days, George
Grenville of the st. Paul Trades and
allow opnoupcoS