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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-01

sugar factories; has third lowest
rate of mortality as compared
with other states; markets more
pedigreed seed than any other
state; there is more corn per acre
than any Mississippi valley state !;
the pea packing industry repre-
sents 40 per cent Of the entire
country; farmers own go per cent
Of the automobiles; has the larg-
est tannery in the United States :;
the largest creamery in the
world; is said to have more good
hotels in the small cities than any
other state; has the largest zinc
and oxide plant; has the larg-
est or dock and largest grain ele-
vator in the world; furnishes over
half the cheese manufactured in
the United States; has more dairy
cattle than any other state; has
more silos; produces enough cram
berries to make 100000 good
sized cranberry pies; brings about
10000 acres of new land uner
the plow each year; manufactures
about $6O,OOO,0OO in value Of lum-
ber each year, mostly hard wood
now, and still has about 100000
acres of farming lands waiting
clearing; has one four-year course
high school for every day in the
year; about $50 state graded
schools; 6,643 one-room schools; :;
% country training schools for
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-01
DOROTHY DUCKS.

If a big man in Duluth looks
sad and lonely these days, bear in
mind that it may be due to the
fact that dainty Dorothy Hill, has
ducked out of Duluth and taken
herself and furniture to Seattle.
Madam Hill, for many moons,
was Duluth's most popular and
efficient redlight lady. She came
to the Zenith City because the
U. S. marshall and the Douglas
county prosecutor got too hotly
on her trail. She resided for a
time in John A. Stephenson's
stucco flats behind the Holland
hotel. She also was at No. 1913
First avenue w. Then she
favored the Marotta flats on East
Second st. After that, she con-
Quoted a most seclusive and ex-
elusive redlight dump and blind
pig at No. 800 West Third St., a
mansion owned on earth by good
Deacon Hubbard.
Demands of society and prom
inence given her by the Rip-saw,
caused Madam Hill to go to the
West Baden Springs, a great social
center, where she rested and re-
cuperated for few weeks. Re-
turning to Duluth, she took quiet
quarters in fiat on West Fourth
St.
The owner of that flat has an
aversion for ultra-popular society
ladies so, only three days after
the Rip-saw's announcement of
Madam Hilps new location, she
was compelled to lift up her
Oriental rugs and shove ont her
Circassioan walnut furniture and
go hence. She loaded up the lot
and pilgrimmed to Seattle, a
''skOOkum" town.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-01

teachers; 1858 teachers; sol, 900
person Of school age, and other
things too numerous to mention. "
Former mayor Konkel's auto
mobile store fails to keep him
busy, therefore he has plenty Of
time to wall over how Superior
is going to smash since he was
pried from the helm. There is a
proposition on foot to rename
Uncle Joe and call him Jeremiah,
the Weeping Prophet. Concern
ing Mayor Baxter's cleanup,
Uncle Joe, alias Jeremiah, says:
eff we are going to have a
cleanup campaign, let us make
it thorough. And the cleaning
need not all be- done in the
Fourth ward and the gambling
is not all done down there. There
is a leading hotel in the city that
is run on a wide-open scale.
Gambling is carried on openly in
a number of places. Prostitutes
still ply their trade at the old
haunts. Superior is just as clean
now as it was under my admin
istration; and it was just as clean
under my administration as it is
now. Camouflage does not make
a clean town. Let us have done
with hypocritical pretenses. Let
us either have law enforcement or
admit that we don't want law en-
fOrccment.
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SINFUL HOTELS ARE SUPPRESSED
Cleanup Superior
State Celebrated Its Seveniet Birthday TuesdayFOrmer


SUPERIOR, May 31.-(Spcial
the Rip-saw) )-Mayor Baxter is
emphasizing his cleanup cam
paign by seeing to it that several
hotels and rooming houses, with
odoriferous records as to compla-
cency in sheltering immortality,
are not given licenses. The mayor
and chief McKinnon have made
proper recommendations to city
clerk Beckley and he is following
them as applications for licenses
come in. &c..
In some cases, the authorities
refuse because the proprietors
have failed to accept the recent
invitation to become members Of
the Mayors going-away-party. In
other cases, the proprietors have
not been invited to leave Super
ior but their hotels are too shy of
good reputation to be permitted
longer lease of life with safety to
the public welfare.
Places refused new licenses so
far are as follows:
The Omaha hotel, formerly
known as the Leslie hotel, at 719
John avenue, 81 rooms.
The Raddison hotel, 728 Tower
avenue, 20 rooms.
A hotel at ITO Winter street,
20 rooms.
Some time ago it was an
nounced that the America cafe,
Rosenberg & Colt, would be put
out of business in the interest of
public decency, if a human posi-
bility. A legal fight may mark
the passing Of that hell hole.
The time soon will be at hand
for arranging John Barleycorn' S
funeral services. 1t is certain
that he will be given one Of the
biggest wakes" ever known in
the history of the booze business.
Undertakers, orator to deliver the
burial Grafton, choir, pall-bearefs
and the more prominent mourners
are a matter of exhaustive detail.
; Last Tuesday, May %, was
Wisconsin's birthday. The good
old Badger state was just 70
years old-three score and ten.
An eminent editor of a Wiscon-
sin agricultural journal lists a few
of the states accomplishments as
follows:
wisconsin was the first state
to hold Farmers Institutes; has
the oldest horticultural society /;
greatest number of stock breed
ers' associations; leads IS pota-
to growing state; grows about
100000 pounds of tobacco
every year; ranks third in pro-
duction of cabbage; has five beet
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ernor and his plunderbund j
hlOckinp at every turn

ernor and his plunderbund is
blocking at every turn.
Burnquist's idea Of American
freedom is builded largely upon
the belief that there must be a
privileged class-a class that can
make such laws as they desire and
which can readily disregard all
laws that stand in their way. That
is what Burnquist has been teach
ing and practicing ever since he
became the accidental governor
of Minnesota.
Governor Burnquist cannot get
away from the belief that the
State of Minnesota and all it con-
tains belongs to the select few,
and that it is rank treason for
others to break in-the select few
supplies the governor with the
anews of war, and therefore are
entitled to all Of the emoluments.
If you have. any doubts about
this, look over the governors
record in every dispute between
employer and employe; see the
violation Of his oath of office in
the Hibbing affair; watch his
actions toward the non-partisan
league, and many other things
that go to prove that Burnquist is
not the governor Of the people Of
the state.
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THE Lesser STORE SUED FOR $4,000

Further allegation is made that
charge, arrest, prosecution and
trial of the plaintiff were exten-
sively published in several papers,
including the Duluth daily papers,
thus circulating the false charge
and sensational trial through
Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin
and elsewhere.
''By reason of the premises"
reads the complaint, "the plain
tiff has been greatly injured in
her credit and in her reputation,
and has suffered great humilia-
tion and mental and bodily dis
tress. For a period of about two
months she was prevented from
transacting her usual business
and doing her usual work, which
time reasonably was worth $50,
which sum is claimed as special
damages.
"The plaintiff was compelled to
employ and did employ attorneys
to prepare for and conduct a de-
fense to said charge and indict-
ment at the trial of said case, and
was reasonably compelled to pay
and did pay for such services and
expenses, the sum of $500.
"By reason Of the facts above
set forth, plaintiff has sustained
general damages in the sum Of
Ten Thousand $10,000) dollars.
"Wherefore plaintiff demands
judgment against the defendants
and each Of them in the sum Of
$10,760.00, together with the costs
and disbursements of this act
ion. -
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HIBBING SPURNs HALDEN.

In the fear that the customary
big majority in Hibbing is in
jeopardy, County Auditor Halden
has his paid emissaries working
here night and day. Halden gross
ly insulted the people of Hibbing
in his servitude to Big Business,
and now he is trying to rub it in.
The Mesaba Ore.
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The craft of the Grand Old Re-
publican party in Minnesota is
torn with trouble and dissession
from stem to stern. The old ship
is leaking badly and there are
grave fears that she never will
reach port in the capitol building
next November.
1t was a sad day for Minnesota
republicans when Gov. Hammond
died and Burnquist the Little was
tumbled into his place. He was
without preparation for guberna-
torial responsibilities and even
without knowledge Of men,
methods and conditions in state
affairs, especially politics. He
was a small town, man, a bush
Lacquer. Nothing but meddling
and muddling have really char
acterized his incumbency of office.
Poor, pitiful Burnquist the Lit
tie is doomed to defeat in the June
primaries and Charles A. Lind
bergh, unless he be murdered be-
fore then, viii capture the nomi-
nation and head the republican
ticket in the coming campaign.
Loyalty is the one big trump
card that the reactionaries and
autocrats are attempting to play.
They are branding Lindbergh as
disloyal and greater traitor than
Judas, Benedict Arnold or Jeffer-
son Davis. They are bolstering
up Burnquist the Little and trying
to make the masses believe that
all the patriotism Of Jefferson,
Washington, Andrew Jackson and
Lincoln are reincarnated and CEN
tered in the man now rafting
around in the chair once occupied
by John Lind, John A. johnson
and even w. S. Hammond.
Nothing but foul murder can
head off Lindbergh's s nomination.
Back of him, there are $1,000
farmers, organized, active and
amply providing real money for
campaign purposes. This does not
include thousands and thousands
who are not organized and who
are not sustaining members of any
organization.
Hardly a member of organized
labor in Minnesota will vote for
Burnquist. He is considered the
arch enemy of organization for
those who work with their hands.
All of that class may not vote for
Lindbergh, for the democrats have
two very respectable guberna-
torial candidates in the field, and
those not pledged to Lindbefgh
may vote for democrat, but not
Burnquist.
With the farmers, members of
organized labor, many small busi-
ness men and a host of independ-
ent voters lined up for Lindbergh,
bankers, corporations and ma
chine politicians now in control
Of the G.. o. P. in Minnesota in
deed have a hopeless prospect.
All this is why Charles A. Lind
bergh has been refused and denied
the right to address the voters Of
st. Louis county. That candidate
has made thirty speeches to the
voters in other parts Of Mime
sofa, without hurt or hindrance.
If he were talking sedition, at
least some of those thirty speeches
! would have caused his arrest long
before this.
Last Monday night, Mr.. Lind
bergh was billed to speak at the
old Armory. The Shriners broke
| the contract and the meeting was
| called off.
Woodman's hall was secured
for a meeting Tuesday night. Un-
i der orders of chief McKercher,
that contract for a hall was
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-01
L[NDBERCH'S CANDIDACY
SCARES OPPONENT STIFF
BURNQUIST'S NEMESIS is NOT PERMITTED
TO SPEAK IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY. @..

Clamor of Dsloyalty Sent Up Against Little Falls
Man by Big Interests, Professional Patriots
and Machine Politicians-Halls in Duluth and
Cloquet Closed Against Republican Candidate
Local Agent of Heaven Spouts Buckets of
BloOd-Lndbergh Gets Much Sympathy. -
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shopping on her Thursday aft
ernoon off. The jury was out
only short time and brought iii
a verdict Of not guilty.
1t was a popular verdict.
The case commanded wide at
tention. 1t was the talk Of the
town. Sympathy and sentiment
were entirely on Miss Eastman's
side. But, although proven inno-
cent, some very intelligent and
prominent people still believed
that she really was guilty.
April 4, a young woman who
was employed by a prominent
Duluth family, entered the Leiser
store and rendered a check in the
sum of 500, purporting to be
signed by E. P. Alexander, in
favor, once more, of Esther Holm
gren. Writing was similar to
that on the other forged Alexan-
der checks. The young woman
was arrested, after which she
confessed that she uttered all the.
checks, including those laid to
Betty Eastman's door. She was
about % years of age and, ap-
parently, did not appreciate the
gravity Of her acts. She also
declared that she did not read the
papers, therefore never knew that
an innocent girl had been in jeop-
ardy for those illegal acts. Some
Of the money secured on bogus
checks was donated to the church,
some given to relatives and some
spent for personal needs. She
pleaded guilty to forgery on in
formation and was paroled to a
family by Judge Fesler.
That sudden, unexpected, most
sensational development doobly
cleared Betty Eastman's name
but it could not wipe out the
anguish caused her and the harm
done her. Now comes her de-
mand for monetary compensation
for what she suffered, through no
fault Of her own, whatever.
The complaint recites that the
Leiser Company is a corporation
organized under the, laws Of Illi-
nois but admitted to the right and
privilege of doing business in
Minnesota. The company's busi-
ness is that of conducting a store
for vending dry goods and wo-
mems wearing apparel at retail.
Benjamin Blumental is and has
been agent and manager of the
store, which is located at No. q,
w. Superior St.
The allegation next is made
that, on November %, 1917, Mr..
Blumenthal and the Leiser COM
pany, wilfully, wantonly, falsely
and with malicious intent to in
jure the good name, reputation
and credit of Miss Eastman, and
without probable cause, swore out
complaint before the clerk of
the municipal court charging her
with uttering a. forged bank
check. A description Of the
check then follows in the COM
plant.
1t then is recited how Betty
Eastman was imprisoned in Jail
for three days and compelled to
give bail in the sum of $500; how
the defendants on January 5,
1918, falsely, wilfully, wantonly
and malicieusly, and without
probably cause, secured her in
dictment by the grand jury of
!St. Louis county; that afterwards
the plaintiff was compelled to
undergo trial jury on charge
OF forgery in the second degree,
said trial starting February and
ending February 7, 1918. On said
last date the prosecution termin-
ated by fact Of the jury returning
verdict Of not guilty.
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Betty Eastman has started a
damage suit against the Leiser
Company and manager Ben Blu
menthal in the sum Of $40, 10000,
together with costs and disburse-
ments Of action.
This. .goodly sum of real money
is specifically demanded for al
legged injury to health, impair
ment of credit, damage to repu-
tation, humiliation, mental and
bodily stress, incident to arrest,
Imprisonment, indictment and
trial on false charge of forgery.
The summons~in this big suit
was served May Is by Andrew
Nelson and John G. Cedergren,
attorneys for Miss Eastman. The
Leiser Company will fight the
suit and has retained Ben NJ.
Goldberg.
Thus begins another chapter in
one Of the most absorbing, sensa-
tional and, at one time, mysteri-
GUS cases that ever puzzled the,
authorities and interested the en-
tire city.
Late in 1916, a check in favor
of A. Helen Moberg, purporting
to be drawn by E. P. Alexander,
was cashed at Gray's dry goods
store. That check proved to be
a forgery.
Inquiry of Mr.. Alexander Sc
cured a list Of former servants.
Betty Eastman's s name was in the
list. She was exhaustively inter-
rogated by the police and samples
of her handwriting secured. They
thought there was a similarity in
signatures but the saleswoman at
Gray's said Miss Eastman was
not the girl who passed the check,
therefore she was released.
At later date, similar check
for $40 was passed at an East
End drug store, purporting to be
signed by Max Shapiro. That
check proved to be a forgery.
November q, 1917, young
woman entered the Leiser store,
bought a dress worth $3.50, ten
dered a check in the sum of 500
purporting to be drawn by E. P.
Alexander in favor of Esther
Holmgren and endorsed by her.
She was given the dress and $3.50
in change. That check turned
out to be forgery.
Manager Blumenthal reported
the forgery to the police and the
police at once jumped to the con-
clusion that Betty Eastman was
the guilty girl. She was appre-
hended, thrown into Jail, roughly
questioned and repeatedly called
on to furnish specimens of her
handwriting.
A salesWOman at Leiser's was
cock-sure that Betty Eastman
bought the dress and cashed the
check. The young woman laid in
jail three long, weary days, over
Thanksgiving Day, and finally Sc
cured release under $500 bail. In
due course, she was indicted by
the grand jury and then brought
to trial before Judge Fesler, Feb
ruary 81. The case was most
hotly fought. Andrew Nelson,
like a plumed knight, defended
the young woman aggressively
and determinedly. County attor-
ney Greene put. in every ounce of
official zeal, energy and skill that
ne possibly could to convict the
accused.
Miss Eastman denied the
charge. She proved that she was
not up town the day the forgery
was committed. One reason why
she was not up town was that
her previous experience with the
police had given her a dread of
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BALM FOR FALSE ARREST
ASKED BY BETTY EASTMAN
STARTLING CHAPTER IN ONE OF DULUTH'S
MOST SENSATIONAL CRIMINAL CASES.

Prominent Mercantile Firm Must Defend Itself
Against Claims of Worthy Young Woman Who
Suffered Unjustly-Trial Faced on Charge of
Forgery Ends in Legal Acknowledgements
and Confession Of Another Young Woman
Doubly Clear Innocent Girls Good Name.
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The youn6 lady across the way says
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