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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-10-03
WOMAN NEAR BRUNO
COMMITS SUICIDE
Mrs. Ben w. Miller Ends Own
Lite With Rifle Illness
the Cause.

An awful tragedy occurred
Monday when Mrs. Ben w. Mil
Ter. living four miles southwest
of Bruno. ended her own life by
shooting with 35 special Rem
ington. The bullet entered her
heart and passed thru her body,
lodging in the ceiling of the
room in which the tragedy took
place.
Mrs. Miller was Bohemian
and 33 years old the day before
she ended her life. She was mar
ried and had three children. the
oldest being 8 years, the next Z
years and the youngest about
four or five months.
She had been in poor health
the last few months, complaining
of severe toothache at times. and
this. friends and neighbors be-.
lieve. is the only cause Of her
rash deed. She was apparently
always jolly and happy.
As near as can be ascertained
the tragedy occurred at 10 o'clock
Monday forenoon. Mrs. Miller
was alone in the house with her
baby while her husband and the
two other children were out
working in the garden. The
seven year old boy went to the
house intending to get 4 drink
Of water when he found the door
locked. He then called his
father who broke the lock and
entered. Upon entering the bed
room he found his wife in j pool
Of blood, with the rifle at the
side, the deed having been done.
The baby was lying on the bed
besides. unawares Of what had
/ transpired.
/ The children were Immediately
taken over to the home of their
neighbors, w. M. DeMaris, where
they have since been cared for
and County Coroner Gottry was
called. After examination he
pronounced it suicide.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Miller and chill.
dren moved TO the farm where
the tragedy occurred. four years
ago, from Excelsior. near Mime
apolis. and while of small means
| like so many new settlers. they
were comfortable and had gotte,
! a good start IN building up i
i home. The house was neat ana
cozy.
i Mrs. Miller was born at Silver
Lake. this state. The body was
laid to rest in the Bruno cen,e-
terry yesterday.
The sympathy Of friends Is ex-
tended to Mr.. Miller. and the
children, who are perhaps not
old enough to fully realize the
loss in this. their great hour of
sorrow and sudden bereavement.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-10-03

IDC CdIC iui aiiu wv iiot bNCi
crowd the growing birds.
The laying hens should be
culled very carefully and the
birds which are too heavy or too
light should be discarded. Also
close watch for lice should be
kept.
Remember that it is the pullet
that has grown we'll ms a result
Of good care and feeding that
will lay the eggs this winter.
Dairy Shortage
Last week we called attention
to local dairy records and the diff
ference between the best and
poorest cows in each herd. The
present and future demand for
dairy products and dairy stock
will not permit us to slaughter
any dairy animals that can pos
sibly be wintered over in fair
condition. The shortage of dairy
products and dairy stock does
demand, however. that we breed
these poorer cows to the best
dairy sires available and produce
more dairy stock that will be
profitable producers. That we
can do this is proven in every
community where good dairy
sires have been used.
Labor Situation in Pine County.
A report from Is communities
in the county on the labor situa-
ton disclosed the following fig
ures:
The first question was: How
many cleared developed acres
idle on account Of no help?
Twenty-three of the twenty-five
communities reported none, one
reported S per cent and one re-
ported so per cent.
The second question referred
to the extent that women and
children are working beyond
their strength more than usual
Is of the Is communities reported
none. 2 estimated the extra bur.
den that women and children are
carrying by 5 per cent. 2 by 1(
per cent, by Is per cent and
by IS per cent.
The third question referred Il
the men labor shortage. II oi
the rs communities reported ns
shortage or surplus, a reported
10 per cent shortage. / reported
Is per cent shortage, 2 reported
20 per cent shortage and one re
ported 40 per cent shortage.
The above report indicate.
that farm women and children
are working more than usual be
yond their strength. that ther,
is practically no cleared land o,
any value which is idle for til.
lack Of help, and that the actua
man labor shortage for the coun
ty is approximately 10 per cent
These facts have been trans
mitted to the u. s. Department
Of Agriculture and War Depart
ments for a basis Of deferrins
classifications in the new drafr
SO that the man power in Pine
County will just be sufficient 4
maintain normal production.
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-10-03
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAvIANS
Interesting Items From Far
and Near About People
From the North.

On Tuesday of this week
a new institution under the
name of the Danish Trade Office,
was opened in Washington for
the purpose of taking care of all
the transactions which have, un-
til Oct. come under the jur.
isdiction of the commercial ad-
wiser of the Danish legation.
The new bureau will cooperate
with the merchants guild of
Copenhagen.
"Exen" Will Race.
The yacht, "Exen." which for
merly was owned by Emperor
William of Germany, but whose
present owner is the wealthy
Norwegian merchant, Christof-
fer Hannevig in New York, will
take part in the races now being
arranged by the New York Yacht
club. The boat is one of the
swiftest afloat.
From Writing to Rivets.
Ernst Skarstedt, widely
known Swedish publicist living
at Eastsound, Wash, has OBJ
tanned employment in the ship
building wharves at Seattle and
admits that it is more profitable
to drive rivets into new ships
than to write for newspapers
and magazines.
Adopts New Method.
The American treatment of
diabetes has been introduced in
Denmark by DR.. Christen Lunds-
gard, who until recently was in
this country as a fellow of the
Observation-Disclosures founda-
ton; the physician who for some
time was taking a postgraduate
course at the Rockefeller Insti-
tute, is now acting head of the
medical staff of the Rigshospital
in Copenhagen.
Killed in Accident.
Sergeant James G. Madsen, a
young soldier Of Norwegian pa
rentage, whose home is at Win
throp, Mimi, has been killed in
a railroad accident in France.
Shortly before, he was wounded
at Chateau Thierry.
New Invention.
p. Stramberg, a Swedish sec
tion foreman at Rosewood. Mimi,
has invented a device for the
cutting off of weeds growing
along railroad tracks: the device
can be easily attached to an en-
gine, and Mr.. Stromberg thinks
his invention will be of some
usefulness.
Traffic Resumed.
The steamship traffic between
Denmark and the United States,
which has been at a standstill
for some months, will now be re-
sumed, according to an announce
ment made this week. Three of
the ocean liners of the Scandina-
yian-American Steamship Co
are in New York. Passenger
rates are now s275 on first class,
s215 on second and $136 on third
class.
Made Tong Journey.
Mrs. R. Hansen, Norwegian
Seattle woman, has just returned
from a trip around the world;
she was accompanied by her
daughter, Ruth, and during the
Journey thru Russia, the two la.
dies had some highly exciting
and sometimes quite dangerous
experiences. A son of Mrs. Han
sen. serving in the American
d;plomatic corps, is stationed at
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Swedish congregation at Stroms-
burg, Mont, was found dead last
week, back of his barn. While
nothing directly indicates that
murder had taken place, the
authorities insist that Mr.. Olson
came to his death in violent
manner. and Investigations are
being instituted.
They Say He's Innocent.
A. H. Grammer, a Norwegian
residing in Howard county, Neb..
has been sentenced to death, be-
ing convicted of having killed
Mrs. Lulu Vogt in St. Paul, Neb.
A number of citizens all over
Nebraska insist that miscar-
riage of justice has taken place;
that Grammer is innocent. and
that a new trial should be given
him. Petitions to that effect
have been addressed to the gov
ernor.
Cannot DO 1t.
A number of patriotic organi-
cations among Danes in America
have invited Prince Axel of Den
mark to appear before them. In
dications are that whatever the
young mans personal sympa-
thies may be-and they are
known to be strongly pro-Ally y
he cannot, being the representa-
tive of a neutral dynasty, comply
with wishes that he deliver ad-
dresses before organizations in
terested in winning the war. 1t
is a safe guess that he will de-
cline all invitations of this nature
as the complications he might
cause Denmark, could be very
far-reaching.
Was Here in 1907.
Prince Erik of Sweden, young
est son of King Gustaf V, died
last week of pneumonia, devel-
oped from Spanish Influenza.
The 29-year old prince was we'll
known in this country. which he
visited in 1907 at which time un-
precedented attention was paid
to him. especially during his so
journ in New York.
Sunk in Danish Waters.
/ The Swedish gunboat. Gun.
hild," has been sunk by a Ger
man floating mine in Skagerak,
according to a Skagen dispatch
to Politiken. Copenhagen. The
commanding officer and 18 mem
bers of the crew perished, and
the correspondent who sent out
the story added that there were
rumors of another gunboat hav,
ing been sunk in adjacent wa
ters.
| Endorse League Idea.
/ Christiania dispatches an
nounce that Norwegian women
have endorsed the plan for q
/ league Of nations after the war
Similar action has been taken by
the women Of Sweden, according
to the American Committee or
Public Information. 1t appears
that President Wilson's senti.
ments in connection with the
proposed league have been fully
endorsed by these women.
Wants Swedish Ore.
/ That Germany is contemplating
the probable loss of the iron de.
posists on the Lorraine front
from which she draws so large q
proportion of the raw material
| for her munitions, is indicated
by a London report. published in
the New York Sun, which says
that Germany is making ap.
proaches to Sweden with the
view of drawing on the iron ore
in that country. If this is so. il
lis expected the Allies will init.
ate a series OF. protests.
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bonds.
There is to be preaching SER
vices in the Messenger school
house Sunday afternoon. oct. 13,
at 5 o'clock. also communion inn
mediately after.
School is to begin next Mon
day in the Maxey neighborhood.
They have fixed up Miss Hanks
house to use for 4 school until
one can be built.
Mr.. and Mrs. Staley and Nh.
and Mrs. Jensen Of Minneapolis.
were visiting at the Bartelts
home from Saturday until Mon-
day. and were also hooking q
land with the intention of buys
ing later On.
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Cause Unknown.

Rev. C. A. Olson. pastor of a
Swedish congregation at Stroms-
burg, Mont, was found dead last
week, back of his barn. While
nothing directly indicates that
a murder had taken place, the
authorities insist that Mr.. Olson
came to his death in violent
manner, and Investigations are
being instituted.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-22
Are Submarines Outlaws
By CARL RUSSELL FISH, Professor of American History
in the University of Wisconsin.

The oldest provision of international
law Is that war vessel, destroying a
merchant vessel, either enemy or neu-
trail, must provide for the safety of
passengers and crew. This the sub
marine cannot do. In some instances
submarine has purposely destroyed
them. This was deliberately advised
by Count Luxburg, German Ambassa-
dor to Argentina.
The United States recognized the
ity of blockade depends on proper
notice, on it's being effective" and
on it's being conducted according to
recognized rules. The British block
AIDE was duly announced, has been al
most 100 per cent effective, and, with
few exceptions, is conducted as was
our own blockade of the South in the
Civil War. Some disputed points
have been agreed upon; some have
not. None involve life; the evidence
for all exists. Great Britain has Of
fered to submit doubtful cases to ar
bitration. They will finally go before
the Hague Court, and the property in
volved will be given to whoever makes
the best legal case.
The United States holds the German
blockade Illegal; because it has not
been one per cent effective, because il
is conducted with absolute disregard
IF international law, and because it
violates the first principles of human
ity, upon which international law is
founded. The German government did
not defend it's practices as legal, but
argued that it's violations of law were
in retaliation for violations by Great
Britain, and that they were justified by
necessity.
The United States denies that any
act Of one of two fighting nations
justifies the other in illegal actions
against neutrals. The neutral main
tains his case separately against each;
each must be judged by its own acts.
If one nation is allowed to cast in
irrational law to .he winds, because
it thinks it's opponent has, law ceases
to have any meaning.
Still more destructive is the doc
trine of necessity Law admits the
argument of self-defense against the
charge of murder but in that case
the court judges the evidence. II
every individual or nation is allowed
to determine what is necessary, they
will constantly decide that anything
| convenient is necessary. Their own
| opinion becomes the guide of action,
their wish is substituted for law.
| Our dispute with Great Britain has
| been conducted with recognition of the
supremacy of law. Differences OF
| opinion are being determined by the
regular processes of law. Germany has
overridden the fundamentals of law.
! She has made it a contest of strength
alone. If she succeeds, law between
| nations vanishes. The only way Of
maintaining our rights, now or in the
| future, is to deal with her as law
abiding citizens and nations have al
| ways dealt with brigands and pirates:
| that IL by force.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-22
Cheese Factory at Sheldon

Early spring will see Il thriving
cheese factory doing business at Shell
don. The opening of this factory
makes thirteen factories III our county
we'll distributed over the entire terri
tory. The stockholders and patrons of
the Sheldon Creamery Company met
with County Agricultural Agent House
holder on Saturday last, and by vote
of sixteen to one, decided to open the
business as a cheese factory.
The plant is now equipped with both
cheese making and butter making appa-
ratus. Lotus Stassel was elected presi-
dent; Chester Sergeant, secretary /;
Tom Mccain. vice president E. w.
Cox, treasurer; e. E. Carman, Max
Albert and w. S. Sergeant, directors.
The directors asked the county agent
to locate for them married man to act
as cheese maker.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-22
CHEESE FACTORY
WILL BE BUILT
New One IN Town of Grow is
AsSured-SheldOn Will
Open Up

Farmers in the town of Grow met at
the A Van Den Heuval residence
with County Agricultural Agent House
holder on Friday evening last land
perfected the organization of the Grow
Farmers Cooperative Dairy Associa-
ton. The Association adopted plans
for a strictly modern cheese factory
building which will be full two stories
}6X2S with boiler room 12X2S. The
upper story will be fitted up eventually
us a home for the cheese maker.
ISadOre Guns. Geo. Van Den Ellen.
Geo Vanderloop. Joe Crabb and Cliff
ton Woodbury. were elected directors
and by unanimous vote of the stock
holders they were appointed as Il build
ing committee.
Material will be purchased ut once
and hauled TO the proposed site of the
factory which is at Geo. VanderlOOp'S
corner.
The factory when complete will be
one Of the very best i'll Rusk county,
and is located in one of the most prom
Using dairy sections which should event
ualIy mean that the factory will ham
die 1000 lbs. of milk per day.
The CurtiSs duet furnished music.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-22
LOYALTY BIG MALAY VIRTUE
Danger and Adventure Appeal to
These People Who Are Different
From Any Others in Orient.

The Malay cities of Malacca and
Singapore have grown away from their
birthright of old native ways and Gus
toms. They have taken on a charac-
ter peculiar to themselves that is
unique and interesting. but they are
not at all typical of the federated
states or of the peninsula as whole.
An inland trip of some length is al
most necessity for anyone who
would get glimpse of the Malay life.
Such trip would take the traveller
to any one of a score of villages or
little cities, each as like the next as
one pea is like the other, save for
some detail of river, jungle or hill.
In such untraveled neighborhoods the
Malay remains very much as the Lord
and his environment have made him.
He is a different individual from
any one else in the Orient. He has
neither the servility nor the Difference
to caste that belong to the lower class
natives of the near East, nor the in
dustry and culture Of China and Japan.
lie Is an Independent, erratic, shift
less, proud, indolent individual, fig
ure that lends itself readily to TO-
nance, victim of q thousand super
stitions, with little culture and a con-
siderable amount of poise and self.
possession.
The Malay is romantic because his
virtues are the virtues of a feudal So
ciety. He is brave, enduring, courte.
Gus, reserved and hospitable. He has
n real appetite for danger and adj
venture; nothing lifts him out Of his
habitual sloth and dullness SO quick
ly as an undertaking that has a spice
Of peril about it. Under such circum-
stances he will prove cool and faith
ful as long as there is life in his
body. Loyalty he counts as chief of
the qualities to be admired.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-22
BUY GUERNSEY SIRES
FOR RUSK co. HERDS

A splendid start towards the estab-
lishment of a Guernsey center was
made last week by Ed Rheingans. of
the town of Flambeau, w. III. Meyer,
town of Grow, and Sam Dean, town of
Grant, all of whom live east of Lady
smith in the same community.
These gentlemen accompanied by
County Agricultural Agent House
holder, made tour of Eau Claire coun-
ty last Tuesday and Wednesday in
search of the best pure bred Guernsey
sire that could be bought. Sam Dean
purchased three-year old registered
Guernsey sire from the r. c. Bundy
farms whose breeding is hard to beat.
The dam of this bull produced $40
pounds of butter fat last year under
very ordinary farm conditions. The
sire of the animal had two tested
daughters averaging 40 pounds of
butter fat per year as. two wear olds.
Back of the immediate ancestry there
are grand parents and great grand
parents with records that are far
dpofC tHS dt SIdSS. Iol tuiidtC ihuCC'.
is Nh Dean and his neighbOrs in Sc
curing an animal of such rare blood
lines.
Mr.. Rheingans purchased young
registered sire from the Coffin farms
near Eau Claire. This animal while
not Il striking Individual has some Of
the best blood of the Guernsey breed in
his make up. W. H. Meyers has not
purchased as yet. but is considering
several of the animals inspected on the
trip. These men have the welfare of
their community at heart and have de-
cided to give their neighbors the adj
vantage of using the sires just pur-
chased
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-22

The wages of every workingman and
the price obtained by the farmer for
every bushel of wheat depend upon
the freedom of the seas.
Freedom on the seas is just like
freedom on land; it means nothing if
one person or nation is free to treat
another just as he wishes. Real free
dom means that all people shall have
equal rights upon the seas, protected
and regulated by known and accepted
rules of law If we had allowed Ger
man submarines the kind of freedom
they demanded, American industry
would now be wrecked and the Amer
lean farmer would be fortunate to get
fifty cents for his wheat.
Great Britain and Germany are
trying to starve each other. This is
a perfectly legal war object. 1t is the
siege method, which has been en-
ployed from the beginning of civilized
war. No great nation has ever before
been besieged, because mechanical
means for doing it never before ex-
listed.
When a nation is conducting siege,
it is allowed to stop all trade of neu-
trails with the besieged area, on con-
dition that recognized rules are com
piled with The action of Great Brit
ain and Germany is to be judged ac-
cording to the methods they employ.
Great Britain has laid out certain
zones" on the seas, blocking entrance
to Germany from all seas except the
Baltic. All vessels found in these
zones" are brought to British port
and searched. Those on the way TO
Germany are held Those for other
countries are allowed to go on, if
they contain nothing of use to Ger
many. This prohibition includes goods
to be shipped overland to Germany
from Holland or Denmark, or over the
Baltic from Norway or Sweden. 1t in
cludes also goods for use in those coun-
tries to take the place of their own
goods shipped to Germany. II, for in
stance, Holland ships all her own lard
TO Germany, intending to supply her.
self from America, Great Britain con
siders this an evasion of the blockade
and stops the extra American lard
shipped to Holland.
No lives are imperilled in this work
All cases of vessels stopped are
promptly tried in regular courts. Elk
cept in the case of goods universally
acknowledged to be contraband, all
losses are paid for
Germany has laid out zones" cut
ting off Great Britain, France, and
Italy from all the world. She has an
nounced that any vessel found in
these zones, going anywhere, with any
cargo. is liable to instant destruction
by her submarines. 1t is not. as is
sometimes stated, only vessels carry
ing munitions The submarine has nc
means of telling the innocent from the
guilty. 1t it makes mistake, no court
can make it right later, for the evi
dence is destroyed on the spot, The
essence of law is that acts shall be
examined by courts. In destroying
evidence, the submarine is an outlaw