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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-22
RUNNERS
CURTAINS
TOWELS

Who doesn't admire the cool.
fabrics for bedroom. library. tea
and nursery! And first to re-
Japanese Table Covers +3x45-
match. S1.OO a dozen. 56-inch
Table Covers at $500: match
Curtains. sos. Bed Spreads.
tanning at 1Oc a yard. All these
by blue and sometimes enhanced
very inexpensive that almost
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-22
Japanese Indoor BeQutiferS!
TABLECLOTHS
BEDSPREADS
TEA NAPKINS

sweet, cleanly. dainty Sunimcrv
room. dining room and houdoir
Spond to such a demand is Japan.
inch size, $1.75. Napkins to
runners, Csc to 81 90, Pinch
ing napkins. $1.OO. Finished
S6x1Ob-inch size. $5.9S. Cur
may be had in designs dominated
in beauty by a touch of rose. So
every woman carries out the jap
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-22
LLSLE.--COTTON---SUK
Underwear
Women Want for Summer

Qualities and prices Of (most CONE
manding Importance. Garments such
as one will not find elsewhere now, nor
here. later. Good underwear is fast 60
ing at a premium.
Gauze Boomers in flesh and white 75c
Silk-top Union Suits in pink and
white S1.25-S1.75
Bodice top Union Suits, $1:OO, S1.25
Hand Crochet Vests of Llsle- CSC
Lisle Band-top Vests SOC
Bodice Band-top Vests soc
Bodice-top Silk Vests and strap top
$2.25
Silk Knickerbockers in pink and
white $500
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-22

Euy Thrift stamps and helr bring
our boys back home,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-22

throughout
applied Japanese Runners velour and Japanese silk
widths II klch jacquard CT
and coo No effort required when cormatchng OF your
is 81 40 to S12.00
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-22
THE SMARTEE SET"

I, IS predicted that there will be no
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09

The burning question today is
whether or not Knute Nelson will
stand for another term as u. S.
senator. Some think that he
eventually will consent to such a
plan on the basis that his coun-
try needs him. 1t is known that
he prefers to retire and have a
few years of peace and quiet in
his old age. Some definite an
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09
EDITOR YET ENHANCED.

Ever since the Happy New
Year, chief of police McKercher
and the somnolent Samuelson
earnestly have tried to either
hang the editor of the Rip-saw
or to incarcerate him at Fred
Wards wOrkfarm. The Big Chief
has failed to retain the editor in
the lousy city Jail for any great
length of time.
The somnolent SamuelsOn pros
ecuted the charge of conspiring
against the morals of the dear old
state of Minnesota, the taxpayers
standing the cost. Mr.. A. E. Nc
Manus, a chivalrous knight of the
law, ably represented the defend
ant.
Despite objections and motion
ty MIR. McManus to dismiss, Judge
Smallwood permitted the case to
go to the jury. That body was
out nineteen hours and failed to
agree. 1t is believed that the real
vote stood eight to four in favor
of defendant Morrison. For tech
nical purposes, it is believed that
a vote of six to six was announced
to the Court.
A re-trial of the case is slated
for Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the
municipal court. ~ -..
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09
ITO GO CRAZY NOW COSTS MONEY
Month Against the Spouse Parents Children of Patient
in Asylum
Matt Kostamo, committed from

Matt Kostamo, committed from
st. Louis county, is hopelessiy i'll
sane and has no relatives in Am
erica. It was taken for granted
that he had nothing and would
be a public charge all his days.
In Kostamo s belongings, however,
was a letter from an old friend,
Gust Kallio, a blacksmith, resid-
ing at ,438 Lake Ave. South.
Mr. Ives followed up that one
slight, single thread with the re-
suit that Mr.. Kallio informed him
that, before commitment, Kosta-
mo had deposited 1924 with the
Toverila company at 438 Lake
avenue S., a Finnish store and
boarding house. The patient al
so owned one share Of stock, par
value So, in the Toverila Compa-
ny.
The management OF the Tower
lila Company frankly admitted
that Kostamo had assets as
claimed . 1t was agreed that in
terest on the 1924 for eight years
should be paid by the company.
Gust Kallio has been appointed
guardian for Kostanho and, as
such, will take charge Of and
turn over to the state such as
sets as the insane patient pos
sesses.
Heinrich Bachman possessed no
relatives in America and he went
insane and was committed to the
hospital long before the world
war broke out. In some way, the
name of Rev. Paul Bratzel, pas
tor of the German Evangelical
church at Tenth avenue E. and
Third street, cropped out in the
case. When Mr.. Ives got into
communication with Rev. Mr..
! Bratzel, he learned that the in
sane Bachman had over $500 on
deposit in Duluth bank. John
G.. Ross, secretary Of the humane
society, has been appointed guar
dian for Bachman and his assets
will be available for payment to
the state for his benefit.
In another case, it was unex-
pectedly found that the patient
I owned land in St. Louis county.
That property will, by due pro-
cess of law, be made available for
benefit of both state and patient.
In another case it was found
that a relative in Duluth was par
alyzed and without ample funds
for her own support but that a
husband Of the patient was in
some distant place and under leg
al obligation to provide the re-
quired $40 a month.
In still another case, it was
found that the parents of girl
! were dead and, although the
three sisters were under no legal
obligation, one living in Duluth
and entirely dependent on her
| own efforts for support, asked
time to communicate with two
married sisters residing elsewhere
for the purpose of securing coop
Grafton in paying $40 month,
thereby avoiding the stigma OF
having sister branded as pub
| lie charge.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09

credited with having the heaviest
percentage. of non-payers and
Hennepin county, containing Min
neapolis, is a close second.
The State Board of Control had
grave doubts as to the proceeds
under the new law. When Mr..
H. E. Ives was started out as
field agent, he was cautioned as
to his expenses, there being fears
that the work might not return
enough to pay salaries and ex-
penses, which state of affairs
would make a bad taste in the
mouths of the states taxpayers.
Mr.. Ives, formerly a newspaper
publisher at St. Hilaire, Mimi,
and then clerk of the district
court at Thief River Falls for
some years, naturally possessed
both intelligence and hope. He
believed that the returns for the
first year would amount to ct
least 100000, although he did
not speak his feelings out loud.
He did tell secretary Mullen that,
by August l, 1918, he would show
results in the sum Of $4,000.
Mr.. Mullen was very much from
Missouri" in the matter and bet
a hat that such would not he the
case.
Under date Of January 25, Mr..
Mullen wrote Mr.. Ives, admitting
that he was worthless as a pre-
dictor and instructing him to
buy the five-dollar hat and to
have the bill sent him.
Mr.. Ives has been in Duluth
little over three weeks and now
has his work we'll under way.
On the start, it was a good deal
like finding the end Of a yarn
in tangled skein. He makes
his headquarters at the office Of
the probate court, in the marble
lined courthouse. He digs up the
records Of insane persons commit
ted from Duluth and when he
finishes here, will 60 to the iron
ranges. He first digs up neces-
sary data concerning the cases
and then sends out about ten let
ters a day to kinfolks and friends
of the insane person. Further
action is based entirely on what
information he secures from the
recipients of those letters They
are invited to communicate in
person or by letter and a re-
sponse usually is the result.
Some kinfolks, responsible un-
der the law, try to dodge their
duty. Others are willing but ut
terly unable financially. In some
cases, as a matter OF PRIDE ana
family policy, those not at all re-
sponsible legally, show a willing
ness to pay the $40 a month,
thereby avoiding the stigma of
having a friend or loved one
branded as a public charge.
Naturally, tragedy and come
dy crop out in connection with
many cases. Some very dramatic
features are connected with many
Of them. The novelist or play
wright has a rich field for fact
and local color in many of the
eases
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09

If you go crazy and your es-
tate is worth it, you are liable
for a payment Of $40 month to
the dear old state of Minnesota
for care and maintenance. If
you or certain kinfolks are not
worth it, you are considered a
public charge and the great
North Star state pays all the ex-
penses incident to your eendi-
ton and care.
The last legislators passed an
act imposing the payment of $40
month for benefit Of patient
and state on the spouse, children
or parents of one mentally afflict-
ed. Legal liability does not ex-
tend to kinfolks more remote but
when, as a matter Of pride or du-
ty, the more remote kinfolks
are willing to pay in the $40 a
month or even any part thereof,
the kindly old state takes it with
thanks, if not smile.
Determination Of responsibility,
collection of the $40 a month and
all other matters connected with
this new wrinkle in maintaining an
insane person, devolve entirely
on the State. Board Of Control,
aided, Of course, by the Depart
ent of State Hospital Support.
R. w. Wheelock is chairman Of
the Board Of Control and Downer
Mullen is secretary. Other mem
bers are G. E. Vassly and G. j.
Swendsen.
E. w. Allen is director of the
Department Of Hospital Support
and H. E. Ives is field agent, now
working in Duluth and st. Louis
county.
The hospital for the insane at
Fergus Falls receives cases from
Duluth: St. Louis county and thu
northern part of Minnesota.
Those mentally afflicted in Ram
sey county are sent to St. Peter,
Hennepin county and southern
Minnesota are served by the hes
pital at Rochester.
When patients committed to
any of these three hospitals prove
to be incurable, they are, in due
course, transferred to hospitals
at Hastings or Anoka.
Some time ago, 70 patients
were transferred from the Roch-
ester hospital to the inebriate as
sylum at Willmar. Commitments
for inebriety are not so frequent
| at present as they were for a
time and it is not impossible that
the W;)l,nar institution eventual
ly will blossom out as regular
hospital for the insane, on L par
with Fergus Falls, st. Peter and
| Rochester.
| At the present time,. Minnesota
possesses close to $500 people,
| who are mentally out Of balance
| and in care of the kindly old
| state. Spouse, parents or chill
dren Of such parents, if there be
such and are able, now must pro-
duce $40 a month for each OF
those patients or show satisfact-
ory reason why not.
! At present, st. Louis county is
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09
GRAND ARMY BALL

On Lincoln's Birthday, Tues
day, February II, at. the new ar
mory, a grand ball will be given
for the benefit of the Drum Corps
Of the Grand Army. Helmer' s
orchestra will furnish the music
which means that feet will feel
like dancing that have not dane
ed before. Tickets are on sale at
the sail cost of $1.00 a couple.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09
PRACTICAL CONSERVATION.

At Grand Forks, N. D., a res
taurant keeper has devised a new
scheme to conserve sugar and at
the same time help the Red Cross.
Two Jumps of sugar are served
with every cup Of coffee. If the
patron does not use all the sugar
he wraps it in a package, and
places it in a large sugar bowl.
In proper time, the bowl is
weighed and it's contents paid for
by the restaurant proprietor at
the market rate, the proceeds 60
ing to the Red Cross.-Ex.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09
REDLICHT PARL0RS SHELTER BLIND PIGS
MINNEsOTA's GAME RECORD

Nine thousand deer and ITS
moose were shot in Minnesota
during the last hunting season,
according to estimates made by
Carlos Avery, state game and
fish commissioner.
About $4,000 big game hunting
licenses were issued. The COM
missioner figured two out of
three hunters failed to get any
big game, although the slaughter
was greater than the previous sea-
son. In the winter of 1867
about 5000 deer and 200 moose
were shot.
The estimates were based on
careful checks. Wardens reported
379 deer and 7 moose shipped into
Hennepin county.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09

Gentle Mary Brown, alias
Mayme johnson, was arrested a
few days ago for illegal handling
of liquor. She forfeited bail in
the sum of $100 and still sticks
out at the old stand, No. % First
avenue w.
Mary Brown is a redlight lady
entirely too tough for Superior,
therefore she comes to Duluth and
crawls under Chief McKercher' s
protecting wings.
In 1916, county attorney Me-
Kay, over in Superior, issued a
warrant against Mary Brown. At
that time she was conducting a
popular redlight house Of goodly
proportions. Mary Brown had
friends in high circles who tipped
her the news of the warrant,
which fact caused her to shake
the Superior mud from her feet
and to make a pilgrimage to the
Mesaba range where she promptly
engaged in the redlight business.
The refugee from Superior was
at Aurora for a time but finally
bought a swell dump at Bhhl
from Col. Powers who now runs
an irrigation parlor in humid old
Superior.
Early last SUMNER. dear old
Mary Brown burned out in Buhl.
She collected her insurance but
failed to pay Col. Powers ST 800
that she owed him on the swell
dump.
Going back to Superior, the old
gang greeted Mary joyously. She
strolled up and down Tower ave-
nue. like a veritable queen. She
even passed county attorney Nc
Kay but he was not familiar with
her face.
Hearing that the underworld
were snickering because Mary
Brown was at large in Superior,
Mckay dug up that old warrant
but, before he could dust it off
for service, Madam Brown again
received a tip from high up
therefore fled to dear old Du-
luth. Here she has been, ever
since last August, plying her ne
farious trade.
Chief McKercher, incidentally,
seems to have been, SO busy at
guarding the docks, getting ready
to run for sheriff, keeping his
bank account from running over
and cursing the Rip-saw, that he
could neither see nor hear (offi-
cially) the winsome Madam
Brown from Buhl.
A couple Of weeks ago, the Rip
=, saw manager told a couple of in
spectors about Mary Browns
dump at No. %, First avenue
West. The door to the long stair
way that leads up to Madam
Browns blind pig and assignation
parlors is at the rear Of the brick
building, also known as 102 West
First st. ..
This building, three stories high
on the rear and two stories high
on the front, belongs to a high
churchman named Thomas in an
eastern city. The local agents
also are high churchmen, Messrs.
Stryker, Manley & Buck. Dear
old Mary Browns dirty money~is
laundered by the agents and
owner of that joint and used in
| furthering the cause of Christ on
earth-and few personal needs.
A couple Of inspectors called
on Madam Brown, informing her
! that they were from the dear old
Mesaba range.
"Come right in, boys" ex.
claimed the cordial creature.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09

The boys went in and bought
eight bottles of beer at $1.00 a
bottle and let the beverage soak
into their systems. They also
paid so cents a drink for four
drinks of very strong whiskey.
Mary Brown told them all
about her girl friends. A couple
were present, Florence and May,
and one Of them was from Super.
ior. Her employment in the red
light trade certainly makes Mary
amenable to white slavery
charge. One Of her visitors was
an Indian, therefore she is amen-
able to Uncle Sam for selling IL
quor to an Indian. Mary wanted
to send out for "a nice little
girl" but the boys told her nay.
"What would become of me if
I got drunk here?" queried one Of.
the inspectors.
"There's room here for you
and some one to stay with you if
you wish, " replied kindly Madam
Brown.
What special pull Mary Brown
has with the police that she SHOULD
60 unmolested from August to
January in her nefarious business,
affiant sayeth not at this time.
Ignorance cannot be pleaded by
the big laddie buck. Even if deaf
and blind, sense of smell easily
would expose the dirty dump to
him.
Mary Brown may have no spe-
cial pull with commissioner Sill
berstein but she probably is wise
enough to buy her flashy silks
and ring-streaked hosiery at Ills
mercantile emporium.
Last spring, for example, a
plumber was sent to do some, re-
pair work at certain house.
While engaged at making a for
tune for the boss, a couple of dam
sells came tripping down the stair
case, redlight lady stamped all
over them. Just before they went
out of doors, a big, buxom madam
stuck her head into the hall from
a rear room and shouted:
"Girls, be sure to do your trad
ing at Silberstein 81"
Any complacency that Chief
McKercher may feel towards
Madam Browns dump may be
due to sentiment and fond recol-
lections. That same place for
merly was occupied by Anna
Cook, a comely German widow
about % years of age. She loved
a dollar above all else and many
dollar did she annex from Wis.,
, itors at her blind pig and as
signation parlors at this same No.
% First avenue w.
At one time during the comely
Annals regime, Peter the Printer
roomed in her snug little place.
He was one Of these Wise Boys
and kept pretty close tab on what
was going on. As a result, he
accumulated a large quantity o.
information, much of which he
spilled later in the ears Of a Rip
saw Inspector. .......r
One evening when Peter the
Printer came to his lodgings,
Madam Anna came to him quite
excited. ..
"You will have to get OUT OF
here" she exclaimed. "Chief
| McKercher is coming up
Peter the Printer went through
| the motions of getting out but,
instead of going far away, he
concealed himself behind an old
popcorn wagon hard by.
In a short time the Big Chief
| appeared and disappeared
(Continued ON Page ~
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09

Despite the absorption of pub
lie interest by war matters, Min
nesota promises to have quite a
warm political campaign. The
pot is boiling and the boys are
jockeying for positions and try
ing to pick winners. Dark horses
here and there are not unlikely.
The republicans ostensibly fa-
vor Burnquist for another term
, as governor. Those who are
against him are saying nothing
and saving wood, in the main.
1t is not impossible that Lieu
tenant-governor Thomas Frank
son will burst into the arena as
a candidate to succeed Burnquist.
II he does that, it is not consid-
cred impossible that the Non
partisan League will endorse him.
Charles A. Lindbergh has been
considered a probability as a
candidate for the republican nom-
ination and it has been believed
that the Non-partisan League
would favor him above all
others. Tt also is conceded that
he would make formidable op-
ponent, with or without any spe-
cial endorsement. ........
Advocates of Victor Power,
the Little Giant of Hibbing, the
Richest Village on Earth, the
man who has most successfully
pulled the whiskers of the Big
Interests, refuse to accept his fl
nal rejection as likely guberna-
torial timber. He yet may spoil
plans and smash combinations be-
tween now and next June.
Some Of the democrats seem
to favor acceptance of Gov.
Burnquist without opposition or
criticism. The Duluth Evening
Herald is credited with being fa-
vorable to that idea. Col. A. G.
Weiss, controlling owner of the
Herald, is member of the state
safety commission and not only
in position to know the inside
Of state politics but also man
willing to push along any plan
that will further his personal
honors and interests in the near
future.
It is believed by those who are
democrats from principle, rather
than policythat Minnesota should
have a strong, loyal genuine
candidate for governor. They are
not favorable to the playing Of
second fiddle to their hereditary
foes, the machine republicans, and
they believe that conditions in
republican ranks make it entirely
possible to elect a real democrat
this year.
Among the several democrats
favorably mentioned are Judge
C. w. Stanton of Bemidji, Fred
Wheaton of Minneapolis, state
senator S. B. Nelson of Luverne,
state senator James A. Carley of
Plainview, C. NJ. King of Deer
River and Tom Dwyer of Min
neapolis.
Fred Wheaton is the man who
must be credited with nearly
carrying Minnesota for Wilson
and it now~is believed he would
have succeeded had he been
properly needed and backed up
by the democratic national COM
mittee and even Minnesota demo
Gratis who had power and au-
thority in the party.
The burning question today is
whether or not Knute Nelson will
stand for another term as u. S.
senator. Some think that he
eventually will consent to such a
plan on the basis that his coun-
try needs him. It is known that
he prefers to retire and have a
few years of peace and quiet; in
his old age. Some definite an
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09
NOTORIOUS MADAM BROWN
FINDS HAVEN IN DULUTH
BANISHED FROM SINFUL SUPERIOR AND
BURNED OUT IN BUSTLING BUHL.

Redlight Lady Keeps Assignation Parlors and Bind
Pig Ummolested for Many Months-Immoral
Dump Rented From Prominent Men-Chef
McKercher Searches a Girl i'm a Linotype Shop.
Lola, the Poor Indian Girl, Rescued From
Black Brutes at Gary-Balkan Aliens $50
Uptown for Permits to Sell Beer.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-02-09
DISPLEASES COURTHOUSE
KING,

There is a suspicion that R. S.
O'Neil, county commissioner for
this district, has issued a declar-
alton of independence that is not
pleasing to Konge Odin.-Bear
River journal.