The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief items For
Busy Readers.

8emidji.-One of the Bemidji hotels
are advertising for bell girls"
Thief River craftsmanship
Sept l, the 500 railway will place
two more freight trains on the line
from Thief River Falls and west.
Mankato.-One OF the boldest rob-
berries ever recorded in this city was
pulled off when thieves entered the
La Vogue shop and made their get
away with $1,000 worth of dresses and
| gowns.
Little Falls.-The grand jury has
returned indictment against John
Wozmiak on three counts, charging
6rst degree murder. Wozmiak cut the
+ threats of his three children at his
farm home July II.
Stillwater-Sheriff T. H. Maher ar
rested Ambrose Barry on the charge
of assaulting a young woman of this
county, the arrest being made by ST.
Paul officials at the request of Coun-
ty Attorney Thoreen.
Brainerd.-The Brainerd Co-opera-
tive Creamery company has engaged
Hermer Banson of the Albert Lea
State creamery as buttermaker. The
new creamery Is expected to begin
operations about Sept. Is.
Rochester.-Mrs. G.. H. Rogers was
very seriously injured recently by the
explosion of gasoline torch in the
cellar of her home, where Mr.. Rogers
was doing some repair work and had
three gasoline torches burning
Minneapolis Cox, 3 years
old, was killed by an automobile
driven by w. R. Landy. The child
was crossing Newton avenue and
walked into the path of the auto. A
rear wheel passed over her body.
Fairmont-A. ]. Lindenburg, Is
years old, pleaded guilty before Judge
Dean to affixing his name to dozen
or more worthless checks and passing
them on local merchants. Judge Dean
sentenced him to the Red Wing train
ing school.
st. Paul.-Governor Burnquist will
redesignate the new regiments of Ma
tional Guard in Minnesota. Instead
of calling them the First, Second and
Third Minnesota troops, they will be
called the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
regiments.
st. Paul.-"School Patriotism" a
handbook for the Teachers Patriotic
league and Little Citizens league,
written by Supt C. G. Schulz of the
state department of education, will
be distributed to schools in all Sec
tions of the state.
| st. Paula number of booze car
rying autos in the northern Mime
sofa Indian territory, confiscated by
Indian agents, will shortly be sold at
public auction. There is said to be
quite variety of cars, but the Fords
are largely in the majority
st. ClOud.-Capt John w. Carter
has been informed by Adjutant Gen
eral Rhinow that the st. Cloud COM
pany of Home Guards has been &C.
cepted into the Fifth Regiment of Ma
tional Guards with headquarters at
Mankato. In connection with the local
unit fully organized motor corps has
been formed in ST. Cloud.
Winona-Employers of women and
minors at less than Sc week in Wi
mona are liable to prosecution under
the state minimum wage law. The
warning was issued by Miss Eliza E.
Evans, secretary of the Minnesota
minimum wage commission, following
reports that the wage law is being
disregarded in many cases here.
Winona.-When patriotic Winona
men in ocular spirit organized
society known as the Yellow Dogs and
designed only to help along American
wartime activities they evidently did
not know that the name is applied to
certain definite class in the United
States which has a sinister purpose
and which is now the object of
strong campaign of opposition.
Virginia. that Idel Lay
ton, age go, and he had been living
together for the last fifteen years as
common law man and wife, Joe Vieu,
a pioneer settler near Gheen, filed
suit in district court here against the
woman to recover money he had
| placed in property she now owns. A
marriage license was granted to Miss
Layton and George Webster. Vieu al
leges that he Sold his own claim so
that he might invest the money to i'm
prove the woman's property, and says
that he stands to lose all if she mar
ries.
Duluth.-John Quincy Adams of Du-
luth was unanimously elected presi-
dent of the Minnesota State Associa-
ton OF Stationary Engineers here.
Jess Williams of Minneapolis was
elected vice president; j. F. Gould
was chosen from a field of four nomi-
ness to serve as secretary; ]. E. Mar
shall was reelected treasurer; r..
loyal, Duluth, becomes the new state
conductor; T. S. F. Hays was unani-
mously reelected state deputy, and
Mr.. Goodman, st. Paul, doorkeeper.
Minneapolis was selected as the meet
ing city next year.
Winona.-Major B. p. Rosenberg
| of this city has arrived safely in
France. He is the first of Winona's
physicians in France and from all in
dications the division with which he
is connected will go directly into the
Somme district for active service.
Bemidji-The first two tractors to
be manufactured by the Short Turn
Tractor company of this city were
| sold and delivered yesterday, one be-
ing sold to John Suckert, who owns
q farm a few<miles west of BemidJi,
and the other being to John O'Jom-
pera of Cokato. Two more tractors
will be completed soon.
Moofhead.-The demand that John
Zeigler be released from the insane
asylum at Fergus Falls, was aired in
the Clay county district court Effie