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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
Z. N. Osborn, Well Known
Citizen, Hangs Self at His
Home Tuesday Morning

E. H. Osborne resident Of Sank
Centre for over twenty years took
his life by hanging early Tuesday
morning.
About four weeks ago Mr.. Osborne
was severely hurt about the head
when a truck he was repairing back
ed onto him, since that time he has
not been his usual self and it is
thought that this accident is respon-
sible for his rash act Tuesday morn
ing.
Mr.. Osborne had been despond-
ent for several weeks. The body was
found hanging in the woodshed by his
son-in-laW, Mr.. Pryun shortly after
TOO A. M. Deputy Coroner A. F,
Moynihan was summoned and after
examining the body decided an in
quest was unnecessary as it was
clearly a case of suicide.
Elisha Hamlin Osborne was born in
Polk county Iowa Sept. 13, 1860 and
was ga years, months and Is days
of age at the time of death. He was
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Osborne
pioneers of the early days in Iowa
he was the second son of a family Of
eight.
Mr.. Osborne grew to manhood or
farm near Des Moines, Iowa, anc
January 7, 1885 was united in mar
riage to Laura A. Youngerman, alst
a resident of Polk county. Five chill
dren were born to this union two. Of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
Federal Government Has
Issued Warrant for Arrest
of And. Fl. HendricksOn

Andrew H. Hendrickson, pioneer
Kandota township farmer, candidate
for nomination for Congress from
this, the Sixth congressional district,
on the Farmer-Labor ticket last fall
and vice president of the now defunct
Little Sank State Bank, has been or
will be arrested on a Federal War
rant charging him with irregularities
in connection with the Todd county
Credit Company, operated in connec-
ton with the bank. and of which
Credit Company Mr.. Hendrickson was
the active head.
The Todd County Credit Company
is Minnesota Corporation and plac-
ed it's loans through the Federal In
termediate Credit Bank of st. Paul
associated with the Federal LAND
Bank.
Alta the time of the Little SauB
Bank failure it was persistently re.
ported that there were many irreg.
ularities in connection with the TodC
County Credit Company's business
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
FIRST WIND STORM
OF SEASON THURSDAY
LARGE NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN
CHURCH NEAR LONG BRIDGE
DESTROYED
NOMINAL LOSS In CITY
TUESDAY NIGHTS SNOW AND
SLEET CRIPPLES PHONE
AND LIGHT SERVICE

This section of Minnesota was Wis
tied by a severe wind storm with
tornado proclivities Thursday eve
mig OF last week about 900 O'Clock.
The wind did not last long and
there was no damage done in the
city proper, but the summer cottages
and other buildings in Country Club
addition were given severe test for
= few minutes. The Falk cottage, a
shell owned by William Otto and the
garage On the V. T. Conklin prop
erty was most seriously affected. A
portion of the west side of the Falk
cottage was blown in, the Otto shell
was placed in a tree, the Conklin
garage was scattered all over the
Country Club Golf links and one
OF the Conklin cottages was nominal
ly damaged. D..
Inc storm was more severe north
west of Sank Centre. The large
Norwegian Lutheran church at Long
Bridge was completely demolished, at
a loss of $4,000; the barn, 36x7O, on
the John Peterson farm eight miles
north of the city was. RACED; the barn
4Ox100 on the Stucke Bros, farm
near West Union was destroyed and
two horses and two bulls were killed.
On the Eric Thornquist farm near
the Long Bridge church all of the
buildings except the house were de-
molished; the school house in the
Warner district was turned half
around; the barn on the farm of E.
o. Witsoe near Little Sank was quite
badly damaged and the barn, 39xSO,
on the Chris Schwanke farm near
Grey Eagle was blown down and
| three head of cattle killed. As far
as the Herald has been able to ascer-
tain there was no injury to human
beings.
Tuesday evenings snow and sleet
/ storm played havoc with the North
western Bell Telephone Company's
long distance lines east of Melrose,
something over 200 poles being brok-
en-. Local Manager Bob Schwalen
! stated to the Herald last evening that
| Tuesdays storm was the most dis
astrous to the telephone company in
years. Long distance service to the
Twin Cities is badly crippled but sew
eral crews are at work and the dam
age will be completely repaired in a
day or two.
The high line pole system of the
Northern States Power Company east
of Sank Centre was completely put
out of business, the Herald under
stands. Sank Centre was not mater
tally affected becaue Manager John
McGibbon of the Sank Centre light
and Power system Immediately put
the local plant into service. The
value. of the continuation of this
plant is splendidly illustrated by this
storm. Towns to the east and west
of Sank Centre served by the High
Line system are still crippled and will
be for several days.
The local plant has it's troubles
when the peak load is on about 500
P. M, and it is necessary to shut off
the power circuit for a time, as the
Herald discovered Wednesday eve
ming.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

whom survive, Earl Osborne and Mrs.
Orva Pruyn (Ruth) both of whom
were home when tragedy occurred.
The other three children died in
infancy, and Mrs. Osborne passed
away August 16, 1921.
Besides the two children, Mr.. Os-
born leaves three brothers, James of
Linden, Arizona; Frank of Chickas,
ha, Oklahoma; and Wilbur of Witch
ita, Kansas and one sister, Mrs. Leo
ia Scott of Los Angeles, Calf, also
two grandchildren Lauraine and Max.
inc Pruyn. |-
Funeral services were held at the
Berggreen Undertaking Parlor al
1880 Wednesday morning with Rev
s. s., Wyand officiating. The re-
mains accompanied by Earl Osborn
and Mr.. and Mrs. Pruyn and chill
dren left on No. IL Wednesday moor
for Valley Junction, Iowa, where the
last rites will be held from the Meth
odist church with Rev. Adams Of
floating.
Friday afternoon at 2:3O intermen
will be made in Jordan beside those
of Mrs. Osborne who passed away
a few years ago. --/
Mr.. Osborne was a kindly, genia
soul, upright and honorable in hi
dealings with men. The children
have the sympathy of Sank Centre
friends in their sad bereavement.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
DAVIS MURDERER
BELIEVED CAUGHT
POLICE THINK WALTER E. BUCK
LEY, IN SALTWATER CON-
MITTED CRIME
CONVICTED OF ASSAULT
ARRESTED AT LITCHFIELD ON
ANOTHER CHARGE AND
SENT TO PEN

The police believe they have solved
the mystery of the murder of Harry
Davis.
Walter E. Buckley, formerly of
st. Paul, and now serving sentence
in Saltwater prison, is said to be the
man who shot Harry.
Buckley had been at liberty under
bail on an assault charge preferred
against him by Minneapolis authori-
ties. He was arrested at Litchfield
a few days after the Davis murder
and on the day he was supposed to
appear in the Hennepin county dis
trict court to answer to the charge
against him. He was arrested
through reports of train officials who
notified the authorities that while on
the train running out of the cities
he had exhibited revolver and had
tried to shoot a train detective who
sought to disarm him.
1t was a day or two after the
Davis murder and the authorities
suspicioned that he might be the man
in the case from the fact that two
or three of the girl employees of the
Kresge store in their statements to
the police about the case had said
that the man they saw dashing out OF
the stairway after the shooting had
Every dark beady eyes," 1t seems that
Buckley has such eyes and so he was
taken to st. Paul for Identification
The girls could not positively identify
him, although they thought he re.
sembled the man. For lack of other
corroborative evidence he was re-
leased from the Davis murder charge
but he was taken to Minneapolis
where he pleaded guilty to the as
sault charge and was sentenced tt
/ Saltwater.
An acquaintance of Buckley, how
ever, tipped off to the st. Paul police
that he was really the man who sho
Davis and gave them some other in
formation which has justified the pc
I, lice in issuing a statement that il
Buckley they have the murderer.
! When Buckley was disarmed aftel
trying to shoot the railroad detective
/ he had two pistols. One was a 3:
and the other a 38 calibre. Davi
was killed with 32-calibre bullet.
A charge of first degree murder i
to be brought against Buckley. Thi
! is the extreme charge and the penalt,
on conviction is life Imprisonment
Long Prairie Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

and representatives of the Federal
intermediate Credit Bank spent
much time in Little Sank going over
its affairs. It is alleged that the
Todd County Credit Bank placed
in the neighborhood of 100000 in
loans through the intermediate Cred
it Bank. The intermediate Cred
it Bank representatives called a num-
Der Of farmers on the carpet to make
settlement on paper held by the In
termediate Credit Bank which sew
eral farmers claimed they had never
heard of before, charging forgery.
The Herald has not learned the
charges set forth in the warrant. Mr.
Hendrickson will be taken before the
United States District Court at Fer.
gus Falls, where his bail will be fixed
Mr.. Hendrickson has been well
known citizen of Kandota township
for years-a leader in fact-and the
Herald sincerely hopes he will be able
to extricate himself from his predica
ment,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
Mrs. Carl Lembke Passes
Away at Ripe Old Age Of IS
Deceased a Resident of Sank Centre
Since 1920 = Husband and
Eight Children Survive

Mrs. Carl Lembke, whose critical i'll
ness was reported in the Herald of
last week died at the family home in
this city Thursday, April %, 1925,
aged 85 years.
Sophia Ode Lembke was born and
grew to womanhood in Germany :.
She sailed for America in October,
1866 and arrived at Naperville, III I,
Jan. 80, 1866. Most of this time was
spent on the ocean making the trip
across in an old sailing vessel.
The deceased was united in mar
riage to Carl Lembke at Naperville,
Aug. a, 1866. They resided at Nap
erville until 1878 when they removed
to Freedom county, Minnesota, where
they settled on farm. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lembke retired from the farm In
1899, and moved to the city of Al
bert Lea where they lived until
they came to Sank Centre in Septem-
Der, 1920, where they have have since
resided.
Mrs. Lembke was the mother OF
eight children, seven sons and one
daughter, all of whom are living, as
is the aged husband. There are sc
grandchildren and 16 great grand chill
dren. There is one surviving brother
Ernest Ode of Oswego, Ill. Death was
caused by a complication of diseases
as result of old age. She had beer
confined to her bed since March 27
During her last illness all of the
children had visited her at Sank Cen
tire, but it was impossible for three
of them to be present at the fun
eral which was held April 26, con
Quoted by Rev. Stein, pastor of Zior
Lutheran church. Mrs. Lembke hat
been a lifelong and devout membel
| of the Lutheran faith. Burial wa
made in Greenwood cemetery.
Six grandsons officiated as pail
bearers: Herbert Lembke, Sank Cen
ire; Harold Lembke, Appleton, Mimi.
Roy Lembke, Minneapolis; Franl
Lembke, Delano; Russell Lembke, st
Paul, and Oren Hall. Minneapolis.
/ Others from out of town attendin,
the funeral were: Mrs. R. Wideman
Mrs. II. Little, Chamberlain, S. D.
niece and grandniece; sister of MI
Lembke, Mrs. Fred Schmidt, an,
som Henry, and daughter, Mrs. E
Rein, and daughter and son-in-law
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
Sank Centre Ladies Are
Attending Club Convention
Sixth District Federated Organize
tions Being Entertained at
Paynesville

The various Women's Club organ
izations of Sank Centre will attend
the goth annual meeting of the
Sixth District Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs at Paynesville today and
tomorrow, April 20 and May 1.
The Sixth district officers are
president, Mrs. E. Everett Clark, st
Cloud; vice president, Mrs. w. c.
Cobb, Brainerd; recording secretary,
Mrs. Willard Freeman, st. Cloud;
treasurer, Mrs. U. S. G. Henry, Park
Rapids.
The Booklovers' Club of Paynes-
vile, will be the hostess Club. All
sessions will be held in the City Hall.
A very interesting and instructive
program has been arranged.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

Mr.. and Mrs. John Doublehamer, all
of Albert Lea, MINI. The children
attending the funeral were: Fred
Lembke, Chamberlain, S. D.; Mrs.
W. B. Hall, Minneapolis; Oliver
Lembke, Appleton, John Lembke,
Pine River,
During the few years Mrs. Lembke
had been a resident of Sank Centre
she had endeared herself to those with
whom she came in contact. The Her.
aid joins other friends in extending
sincere sympathy to the family in
ir-bereavenant
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
REV. BROWN DEAD

This Thursday morning Mrs. j. h.
Law received a card from Mora,
Mimi, stating that Rev. w. j.
Brown, pastor of the Congregational
church of this city prior to the com
ing of Rev. C. S. Sparkes, had passed
away. Mr.. Brown suffered paraly.
tic stroke several years ago and new.
err fully recovered. Since he retired
from the ministry he has been sue
cessfully operating a dairy stock
farm at Mora. The deceased has 6
host of friends in this city. At thi!
writing, Thursday, 2:45 P. NJ, funer
al arrangements have not been com
pleted.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
DISTRICT MEETING

Monday evening in Sank Centre
at the Community Club rooms
Standard Oil representatives of the
Fourth district held meeting.
Those from out of town attending
were: E. N. Shallenberger, Assistant
Manager of Minneapolis; Geo. M.
Day, Sales Manager, also of Mime
apolis; w. G. Schmidt, Bertha; Peter
B. Nelson, Eagle Bend; Robert
Bartylla, Browerville, w. j. Bailey,
Long Prairie; Chas. Young, Holding
ford; A. A. Fox, Albany; Leo Hoe
schen, Freeport; Jos. A. Brown and
Martin Athmann of Melrose; and
E. E. Taylor and H. F. Luedtke- OF
this city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
COOP. PRODUCTION
GAINING MONTHLY
SAUK LAKE CREAMERY MARCH
BUSINESS SHOWS HEALTHY
INCREASE
PATRONS RECEIVE $22,34O
PATRONS LIST WHOSE CREAM
CHECK FOR MONTH EXCEEDS
FIFTY DOLLARS

Sank Lake Cooperative Creamery
made very substantial gain in pro-
duction during the month of March,
manufacturing 54,661 pounds of but
ter as against ,52,401 in the same per-
cd year ago, a gain of 1890
pounds. For this butter the patrons
received $22, 340-51 cents per pound
for No. 1 butterfat and 48 cents for
No. 2. The following is list of
the patrons whose cream checks ex-
ceeded $4,000 for the March butter
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
CLASS PLAY TONIGHT

The Senior Class play, "Greer
Stockings" will be presented tonight
Thursday, at 8:15 in the Junior Aud
itorium. A large number of tickets
have been sold and those without re-
served seats are urged to get theil
seats early. Don't miss this corkine
good comedy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
COUNTY LOSES NOTHING

On Thursday, April Is, County
Attorney VIM. Wood received a check
for $4,000 from the New Amsterdam
Casualty Co., and a check for $4,000
from the Integrity Mutual Casualty
Co. in full payment in the failure of
the Little Sank State Bank. The
county thus does not lose a penny i.
The companies were the two surety
bond companies that furnished the
bonds to protect the county deposit
in the bank.-Long Prairie Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
DIED IN MINNEAPOLIS

Wednesday of this week A. V. SUIT
ton received message from Mime
apolis conveying the news of the
death of an uncle, J. S. Sutton, who
passed away in Minneapolis. The de-
ceased was pioneer of Sank Centre
but for the past S5 years has resided
in Minneapolis. A wife and three
daughters, Mrs. Mamie Marsh, Mrs.
Louells Crawford and Miss Bertha
Sutton are the immediate family left
to mourn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

Miss l.. M. Rode left Sank Centre
for her home at Wadena last Satur-
day where she attended the Golden
Wedding anniversary of her parents.
Miss Rode is expected to return to
Sank Centre Thursday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

F" Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Smith and
family who have occupied the Morse
apartments on Main street since
coming to Sank Centre last fall NOV
ed last Friday to the Dirnberger res
idence recently vacated by Louis
Bergman.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

Jos. M. Sauer is moving his farn-
lily and household goods today, Thurs
day from the Gingery house to the
Wahlstrom residence on the corner
of Third and Ash streets.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Art Weisner left
last Saturday for several days. visit
at Pennington and Owatonna. They
will return today, Thursday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Riley of Glen
wood spent Wednesday night in Sank
Centre visiting among relatives and
returned to their home Thursday
morning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

Only 19c for regular soc Lox
Fast Tube Repair Kit at the Gamble
Auto Supply Co., st. Cloud, Mian-
Adv.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

Miss Hermoine Robbers who is
teaching at Osakis spent Sunday in
Sank Centre visiting Miss Inez
Brown.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

Dewey O'Gara spent Wednesday at
Willard transacting business in the
interest of the O'Gara garage.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30
PLAN TO COMBAT BANDITS

Todd county bankers met at Long
Prairie last week with Sheriff John B.
Burns to plan a countrywide organ
ization to combat bank bandits.
With the organization of this
county, the number of counties spon-
soring organized "gun squads" in
Minnesota, is brought to seven. The
others are: Waseca, Watonwan, Mar
tin, Pine, Kanabec and Meeker.
The Todd county organization will
include every town in the county and
Sheriff Burns announced that def
mite arrangements are being made to
give yeggman "hot reception"
Clark Brown of Glenwood spent
Sunday in Sank Centre visiting
among relatives and friends.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-30

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New Britain herald., 1925-06-26
THREE EXECUTED
 AT PRISON IN KY.
One Doomed Man Dies Protest.
 ing Innocence

State Penltentiary Eddyvile, Ky, June 12e Rl-George. Farrell Rlch- ard Nedhouse and Elmer Hall, the Bourbon bandits" who killed Frank Buchanan in an attempted bank robbery at Clintonville one year ago this month, paid in full for their crime today. Calmly and with steady tread, the three Newport, Ky, youths entered the death house be tween midnight and dawn" and were electrocuted; one with a good bye on hls lips. another silently and the third protesting his innocence.
 Goodbye, everybody. God bese you all" Farrell, the first 10 go, said az he was taken into the death chamber at 1928 o'clock this morn ing. He was given three shocks and pronounced dead at 12:42 o'clock.
 Three minutes later Newhouse, the youngest of the trio and the father of two children, was brought In. He watched the preparations for his ex- ecution in silence and after being given three shocks, was pronounced dead at 12:57 o'clock.
 Two minutes elapsed and Hall walked in. May say something?" he asked the warden. Given permis- sion, he said: q did not kill anyone If I have to go I'm going innocent He walked calmly to the chair and was pronounced dead at 1:l0 o'clock
 The bodies were sent to relatives at Newport today for burial.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-26
Holy Year Visitors
 Worry ROme's Linguists

Rome, June 2s OP -- The linguis- tic attainments of policemen. taxi chauffeurs, hotel employees and other workers who have to cater to the needs of Italy's vast tourist population have been severely taxed this year - sometimes be- yond the breaking point by the influx of Holy Year visitors.
 Hotel managers, porters and val cts who once were able to satisfy their clients by passing acquain- tance with Italian. English, French and German now are frequently re- duced to conversation by eloquent gestures. Hotel notices and other tourist information posters which until this year had been printed in three or four languages, now in some cases boast of as many as six or seven.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-26
Playground Experts Seek
 Better Municipal Music

New York, June 2s P -- A mu- nicipal music committee, which is 10 work nationally to secure more and better music with the aid of municipal appropriations, was an nounced today by Joseph Lee, pres ident of the Playground and Re creation Association of America, under whose auspices the commit tee has been formed. The commit tee reports a recent survey by the National Bureau for the Advance ment of Music, according to which 210 municipalities appropriate an nually nearly s2.00OO0O for music while 2S others spend nothing at all for this purpose. It also calls at- tention to the power of music in building citizenship and community morals.
 The activities for which appro- priations will be encouraged Include open air band concerts, community orchestras, municipal organ re- citals, civic auditoriums, commun- ity singing and civic opera.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-26
SPRINGS BIG SURPRISE
Plotter Against Trotzky Causes Furry In Court When He Admits All Accusations

Moscow, June 26. R--Max Von Ditmar, one of the three Germans who were placed on trial yesterday charged with plotting against the lives of Leon Trotzky. M. Stalin and other Bolshevik leaders, created a ! sensation at today's session of the trial by confessing guilt to every count in the indictment against him. Won Ditmar gave full account of his activities and related in detail the organization and work of the German monarchist society known as "consul." He explained that he learned while in prison the real mo- tives of the organization. which was not guided by nationaS patriotic aims but which was a mere weapon in the hands of group of politi- clans bent on noting their own selfish ends.
 As a nobleman and a convicted nationalist, Von Ditmar asked the court not to identify him with Dr.. Karl Kindermann and Theodore Volscht. the two other defendants in the case.
 He said he had now learned that they were agents of the German political police.
 A German witness named Bau- mann, alias Vertz. said as a mem Der of the "consul," he had parti- cipated in a plot of the organization to annihllate the whole of the gen. eral staff of the French army of oc- cupation at Essen in 1923.
 Tides are 54 minutes later each day.