New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-04-25

lHeSes saDpOlnteeS, together with the
governor and attorney general, will
form Minnesota's war board.
The so called "blue sky" bill, to pro-
tect citizens from INSCRIPTIONS stock
statesmen, was passed by the house
by a vote of So to 49, The measure
already had passed the senate.
The state capitol is closed to Wis
itors and the Inauguration of a system
of passes to admit to the building only
state officials and employees and per-
sons sons having urgent business with them
is being considered as a war time
safeguard.
Anton Gutgesell, twenty-five years
old, was thrown from his bicycle
against the railing Of the Twentieth
avenue bridge at Minneapolis when
his wheel skidded in the mud. He
died a few minutes later while in an
ambulance.
Lawrence Byrne, thirty years old,
an employee of the Great Northern
shops at st. Paul, and another man,
believed to have been companion,
were struck and killed by a Northern
Pacific train in the Great Northern
yards at st. Paul.
Bandits invaded Chisago City, en-
tered the postoff1ce, cracked the safe,
stole 1924 in cash and stamps, broke
into the Chisago Mercantile company
store, robbed it of merchandise valued
at more than $1,000 and fed toward
st. Paul in stolen automobile:
Fort Smelling has been chosen as
one Of four camps in the Central de-
partment of the army for training TO-
900 officers to command the first half
million troops raised for the increased
United States army. Preparations for
the camp will start Immediately.
Weakened and nearly overcome by
smoke after all attempts to arouse
him from sleep had failed, Robert
Howard was forced to leave John Tay-
lor, fifty-seven-year-old negro section
hand, in a burning shack at Inver
Grove. Taylor was burned to death.
Thomas H. Salmon, Minneapolis at
torney, has been appointed by the
governor as Judge of the new Mill
City "court of conciliation.'' or small
debtors court" This will be branch
of the municipal court, handling small
cases without court costs or formal
ties.
Minnesota railroads will ask the
state railroad and warehouse commits.
sion to permit a fiat increase on
freight rates of Is per cent, providing
the interstate commerce commission
allows the increase of the same
amount to 90 into effect on interstate
business June, 1.
Minnesota leads other Northwestern
states in March immigration, accord
ing to figures given out by Fred D.
Sherman, state immigration commits
sioner. Out of 1892 carloads Of immi-
grant movables through Minnesota
Transfer during the month 489 were
destined for Minnesota points
The public domain bill, principal
measure of the efficiency and economy
program, was definitely killed in the
state senate when the second attempt
to get a vote on it was defeated, 20 to
%. Thus State Auditor Preus worsted
| Governor Burnquist In one of the
sharpest legislative political fights in
years.
State Auditor Preus has announced
that he will call an early conference
with the state board Of control and
forestry department to outline an in
vestigation of the feasibility of the
state engaging in papermaking or fos-
tering like cooperative undertaking
by Minnesota publishers of country
newspapers. The inquiry is directed
by law enacted by the legislature.
One of the busiest legislative ses-
sions ever held in Minnesota has just
closed its work. The program out
lined at the beginning of the session
was only partly carried out, but many
important laws have been enacted.
Appropriations made total $23, 1867 1923,
approximately $4,000, 900 greater than
those of two years ago. The tax rate
for 1918 will be 80 mills and for 1919
mills, as against 2 mills in 1915 and
IL IN 1915.