Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-06-07

James H. Eye, former sheriff of
Hennepin county. former municipal
Judge OF Anoka and widely known in
G. A. r. affairs, 10 dead at the Min
nescta Soldiers homo hospital. Mr..
EGG reached Minneapolis in 1867. after
serving in the Civil war.
james McClenaghan. former mana.
ger Of the Regent theater Of Minneap-
oils. was sentenced to ninety days in
the workhouse for showing q moving
picture Aim which q jury declared was
obscene. Notice of appeal was given
and q stay Of sentence until juno Is
was granted.
Cora Merrick, aged thirty-fve. was
killed and Chris Nelson seriously In
jured in an automobile accident near
the Minneapolis city limits. The car.
driven by Joe Carr. wrestler. skidded
and smashed into q telephone pole.
Seven other occupants Of the car e.
capped injury.
L. B. Arnold. Duluth: Otto Bsrgh.
Grand Rapids, and A. p. Silliman, Hib-
bling. have been selected by Governor
Burnquist to constitute the state land
improvement board to administer the
100000 revolving fund" set aside for
clearing and breaking state land to
make It salable.
While attempting to go from one
room to another on the third story Of
the college building by walking on a
narrow ledge Of stone, John A. Sulli.
van. fourteen.year-old student at st.
Mary's college at Winona, lost his bal
snce and fell sixty feet to the ground.
breaking his neck.
Axel Meyerton of New Munich, with
q score of 961s, won first prize for
butter, and c. F. Zimmerman Of Yum
brota, with q SO score, won the prize
for the best cheese in the June con-
test for butter and cheese makers un.
der the direction Of the state dairy
and food department.
The Clapp act Is held invalid In 80
far as It attempts to make taxable al
lotted Indian lands on the White Earth
reservation In cases where the adult
mixed blood Indian had not volun-
tarily conveyed or mOrtgaged In an
opinion rendered by the United States
circuit court Of APPEALS.
Rev. Charles p. Lehnert, pastor Of
the Central German Methodist Episco.
pal church Of Minneapolis. arrested
on a charge Of making seditlons utter.
ances, has been temporarily suspended
from his pastorate by DR.. F. Il, Hirsch
Of st. Paul, district superintendent OF
the Northern German conference.
John NJ. Broome. q veteran German
editor Of Mankato. is dead. aged
ninetyone. Mr.. Broome served In the
Civil war a. leader Of the Twelfth
Kentucky volunteers. He came to Min.
nesota In 1869 and started the nrst
German paper In St. Cloud. In 1871
he took charge Of the public schools
Of New Ulm and two years later re-
moved to Mankato. where he started
the Minnesota Beobachter, a German
weekly paper.
Rev. C. l.. Lehnert. pastor OF the
Central German Methodist church Of
Minneapolis. was arrested by federal
secret service ofhcers on . charge OF
making seditious statements to the
Minneapolis Liberty bond committee.
Rev. Lehnert pleaded guilty to the
charge when arraigned before United
States Commissioner Abbott and was
bound over to the October term OF
the United States grand Jury under
bail Of $4,000.
A drastic order. based on . state.
ment from Secretary Of War Baker
that military camps cannot be main.
tanned where moral conditions arc not
Of the best. has been issued BY the
state public safety commission. which
will result In the immediate closing
Of cabarsts IN which Intoxicating liz.
uofR ars sold IN al cities In Minnesota
over $1,000 population. The comnis.
sion also ordered that al Saloons IN
The state b closed from 10 p. N. 70
50 n. that no women b served viii
drinks q any time and hat no weooo
- allowed n 'sajeoas.
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