The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-01

situations connected with the NorWe-
gian Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America.
Crookston.-T. B. Degman, superin-
tendent of this division of the Great
Northern, has been transferred to
Seattle. The vacancy is filed by l..
M. Davis of Grand Forks, former
trainmaster of that city.
Hawley-Six horses were burned
to death when the barns of the Eel
ton consolidated school were de-
stroyed by fire. Six large carryalls,
used for taking the children to and
from school, also were destroyed.
Cloquet.-The horse donated to the
Red Cross by AL Provost, now in the
National army camp at Camp Dodge,
now belongs to William Peterson OF
this city, the sum of 5000 being real
lied for the society from the sale
of the animal.
Demidji. Fully a thousand regis
tered delegates and several hundred
visitors will have to be entertained
by the people of Bemidji June Is to
16, when the Goth state convention of
the Minnesota Sunday School associa-
ton is to be held in this city.
Bemidji = The Bemidji Military
band has been officially designated
as Eleventh Battalion band of the
Home Guard by an order issued bv
Major Loring of Crookston. The band
will take part in the summer en-
OF h0 T oh I'M
reservation July to T.
Lewiston.-The National Nonparti-
san league meeting here was delayed
eight hours because of breaking of
large bottle of formaldehyde in the
hall short time before the meeting
Just how the bottle came to be in the
hall and how it happened to be bro
ken has not been determined.
st. Cloud - The Court of Honor
lodge held a county convention here
and elected the following officers:
County chancellor, Mrs Nick Branch;
county recorder, Mrs. Catherine
George; county treasurer, Mrs. David
Alexander P. ]. Seberger was elect
ed as delegate to the state conven-
ton, with Carl Koch as alternate.
st. Paul-Plans for the main build
ing of the woman's state reformatory,
Shakopee, were finally approved at a
conference between the state board
of control, state architect and the
board of women visitors. The struc.
ture will include the administration
offices and will cost about 100000.
Bids Oh the building contracts prob
ably will be received next month.
Work will be pushed to completion.
Hutchinson. = August Mueller of
Lester Prairie entered plea of guilty
to the charge of blackmail and was
sentenced to an indeterminate term
in the ST. Cloud reformatory by Dis
trict Judge c. M Tiff. Peter Felt
mann, farmer, living near here, found
a note demanding that $4,000 be left
in his rural mail box If he desired
to escape arrest because of the al
legged fact he had a German flag is
his possession Mueller confessed
writing the note.
St. Paul-An agreement has been
reached between Secretary of War
Newton D. Baker and Judge Advocate
General Enoch w. Crowder for a
course of action which will relieve
| the men Of the Second Minnesota ar
tillery from personal draft under the
selective service law. This agree.
ment provides the regiment shall be
designated for federal service, but
| will not be called into service, nor
| will any promise be made or any
date set for their being called.
st. Peter.-Nicollet county's draft
quota, which left for Camp Dodge,
contains 26 farmers, 3 teamsters, 3
carpenter, teachers, telegrapher,
2 nurses, 2 clerks, l dentist, l paint
| er, 1 printer, brakemen, machin-
lists, 1 road boss, 1 linotypist, book
binder, chauffeur, 1 miner, under
| taker. The st. Peter Business Men 8
association gave a banquet for them
at the armory and l company acted
as as escort to the train.
st. Paul-More than half the 3d.
433 deaths in Minnesota reported in
| 1917, or exactly 1850, were from
preventable diseases. tuberculosis
| led all other diseases in the class,
and cancer and pneumonia, tied in
second position, were charged with
1900 fatalities each. January led
other months last year with 2,491
deaths, and August with 1859 deaths
was last on the list. More than 1000
deaths occurred during each of the
| first five months Of the year, and
June with 1880 led the remaining
months.
st. Paul.-Charged with being dis
loyal, Judge J. F. Martin, Mantorville
of the Dodge county probate court
has been suspended by Governor
Burnquist pending an investigation
J. M. F. Cooper, also Of Mantorville
was appointed acting judge. Judge
Martin is accused of publicly stating
his opinion that the war is all wrong
and that the President is insincere
and otherwise being disloyal and dis
couraging enlistments. The com
plant on which his permanent re
moval is asked is signed by eigh
Dodge county citizens and was filed
with the State Public Safety com
mission.
st. Paul. - The Minnesota Retail
Hardware association held its con
vention in ST. Paul. Officers elected
for the ensuing year are: President
10. v. Hanson, Rochester; vice pres.
dent, H. E. Thielman, st. Cloud; sec
rotary, H. o. Roberts Minneapolis
treasurer, H. G. Hertz, St. Paul.
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