The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

East Grand Forks-Sacred> Heart
church has fifty-five star service flag
and hung it from the rectory.
Winona.-Fifty Polish girls are leav-
ing Winona for France for work as
nurses with a Polish regiment.
Morris.-The last of the old wooden
buildings which formerly comprised
the state Indian school here has gone.
The building has been wrecked, leay-
ing only modern buildings.
Warren.-A Home Guard company
was organized here with sixty-nine
members, and it is expected that the
whole city band will join the company
as the battalion band unit
st. Paul.-Visitors from all parts of
Minnesota and other states in the
Mississippi valley were in ST. Paul
to attend the three days convention
of the Mississippi Valley Historical
association convention.
Observation-Disclosures police have
been asked to watch for a Ford car,
license No. 1868. The Car is a 1914
model. 1t belongs to A. Hallquist of
Brainerd and was taken from his gar
age during the night.
Bemidji.-Thurber Lewis, the IS
year-old Minneapolis youth, who has
been preaching Marx socialism in
the vicinity of Bemidji, and who was
arrested at Wilton on federal war
rant, has been held to the September
term of the grand jury under bonds
of $1,000, furnished by two Bemidji
business men.
Litchfield.-Oscar Peterson, EN-.
ployed on farm near here, was killed
by bull Peterson was attempting
to separate the animal from others
OF the herd. He struck the bull with
blacksnake, and the animal turned
on him, knocking him to the ground.
The bull fell on him with his knees,
crushing him to death
st. Paul-Sereeant Clarence X.
Foucault of BemidJi. VINO had charge
of the army recruiting in that district,
has been recommended for the next
officers training camp by Major John
ID. Yost, head of the Minnesota re-
cruiting service. Sergeant Foucaults
work has been so satisfactory to his
superior that he was highly recon-
mended
apolis.-Lieut. Arthur r. Cav
lord of this city was killed in action
In France April %, according to a
telegram received here from the war
department by his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edison S. Gaylord Lieut.. Gay
lord is the first Minnesota officer who
graduated from the first reserve Off
GERS training camp at Fort Smelling
to be killed in battle.
st. Cloud.-Members Of the local
fire department have presented the
city council with their RESERVATIONS.
to become effective May 10 unless
their demands for a raise of $40 is
granted. The annual budget has been
made up and the council declares it
is impossible to meet the demands of
the men. No action has been taken
by the commission on the resigna.
TONS
Washington. The loss of the Amer
lean steamer Tyler, sunk by sub
marine, was reported to the Navy de.
partment by Vice Admiral Sims. The
dispatch said eleven men were lost
and that the survivors were landed at
French port as previously stated in
news dispatches. Five of those lost
were members of the armed guard.
one of whom was Leo Martin Carey.
Albert Lea, Mimi.
Fairmont.- Meyer BRANDING. Non
partisan league candidate for the state
Senate from this district, was arrest.
ed in Waverly township where he
was again making a speech. He was
brought to the Martin county Jail
here. County officials, it is claimed,
had received orders not to allow any
Nonpartisan league meetings, while
A. c. Townley and James Gilbert,
league leaders, are under Indictment.
st. Paul.-Not knowing of the death
on March of Attorney General Lyn-
don A. Smith, Georgetown university.
Washington, d. c., today telegraphed
Daniel w. Lawler of st. Paul, author
lz1ng him to tender Smith an honor
airy degree of doctor of laws. Mr..
Lawler last January proposed that
the honor be conferred upon Mr.. Smith
as a former student of Georgetown
law school who had distinguished
himself by service of exceptional mer-
it to the state of Minnesota
Bemidji.-A grooming baby, lying in
the grass close to the Charred bodies
of its mother, brother and sister, was
the only survivor of a fire tragedy
near Grygla, "a miles from here.
Mrs. Walter Wing and her three chill.
dren were alone in the cabin when
it caught fire. Neighbors who found
the baby near the debris believe that
Mrs. Wing took the child out. and,
placing it in the grass, returned to
the cabin for her other two children.
She failed and the trio persisted.
Mankato, -Discontinuance of the
teaching of the German language in
the five normal schools of this state
forthwith was ordered by the state
normal school board, in session here.
Faculty members for the various nor
mails were selected.
Minneapolis Seventy-five per cent
of the war crosses awarded the brig
ade by the French government have
been won by the One Hundred and
Fifty-first battalion, United States
field artillery, formerly the First Min
nesota, according to letter received
here from Lieut.-Col. William H.
Donahue
Red Wing.-N. S. Randall, Non
partisan league organizer, who re-
Gently was convicted here of having
made disloyal utterances in a uublic
address, was sentenced to nav a fine