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The Washington times., 1927-11-19
To TEAR
THINGS OPEN
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Remus seemed rather pleased
over the sensation he created
shortly before the adjournment
Friday, when he broke into a wild
| rage and almost came to blows
in court with the chief prosecutor,
Charles P. Taft, and his assistant,
Carl Basler, whom he flayed mer-
cilessly in torrid TRADE.
Enraged BY Taft
Enraged because Taft charged
| there were other reasons besides
| his conviction on a liquor violation
| charged that caused his disbarment
| as an attorney in Illinois, Remus.
| shaking with rage, and his usually
resonant voice rising to a hysterical
| falsetto, screamed at Taft:
Il would wreck you physically IL
| had you in the corridor"
And Remus, a compactlv built
| 200-pound man, who prides himself
in the fact that he keeps in perfect
| physical trim by boxing several
rounds with prisoners in the jail
every morning, looked as if he
meant what he said.
He gIared at Taft, his face Ivid
as he shrieked:
"A nice statement to ne made
by the son of the Chief Justice OF
the United States.
He knows that no court Of tus-
tice would tolerate such a preiudiced
statement as that the Illinois bar
was waiting 10 years for a chance
TO disbar me.
1T has been the pleasure Of this
defendant to be before the high
chief justice, but the specimen as
given by this off-shoot of that great
renowned character is pitful."
Charges Whisky Drinking
Young Taft, a former Yale foot.
ball player and captain Of the
basketball team, controlled himself
with difficulty, but Basler did not.
force Remus to stop his villifica.
ton"
Remus literally shook his fist
| under Basler's nose as ne shrieked:
When YOU We're on the eastern
trip during the taking of deposi-
| tionsI YOU drank pints and pints OF
| whiskE-you did So"
| Basler again appealed to the
court, but Remus continues: Muir.
! der is the charge. My life is at
stake. will show by proper evi.
/ dence Mr.. Basler. that you drank
! liquor by The pint. not the ounce
! The court reprima nded Remus and
warned him he may lose his right
to he Co.Counsel for himself in the
tflai II he persisted in induleing in
personalities.
Has More Charges
In his cell today. Remus declared
] he will nor be stopped. That he has
. other charges to make and that he
will back them up by evidence"
+ He said he would make the omen.
ing statement for the defense on
/ Monday. after Taft delivers the
States opening argument.
The jury was taken last night on
an inspection "trip to the scene of
the murder, at Eden Park, where
on the morning OF October s. Re
mus shot and killed his wife as she
was on her way to court TO divorce
him.
The jury also visited Remus $
dream palace" on Price Hill. close.
ly guarded by baiIiffs. the jury will
he sequestered at a hotel over the
week end.
The jury is comprised Of two
women. one a girl of %. and =
matronly looking woman of So, and
eleven men.
There are thirteen jurors. one Of
whom is an emergency juror who
VIII act only in the case of illness
or some other good reason incapac,
itates one of the regular jurors.
Il am well pleased with the
looks of the jury said Remus
Il think they'll give me a fair
! deal"
The Washington times., 1927-11-19
STORM REPAIRS
ARE BEGUN
Livers' Head Fractured
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ton, and another 100000 damage
in nearby Maryland towns.
A check up by the police shows
that 372 structures were damaged
Or destroyed by the storm in Wash
ington alone. while in Alexandria,
City Manager Paul Morton has
found twenty.six homes of white
people rendered uninhabitable and
forty.four occupied by colored were
shattered.
Colmar Manor Hard Hit
Colmar Manor probably suffered
more material damage to houses
than any other section of nearby
Maryland, and many Of the homes
there will have to be rebuilt,
All of those injured were we'll on
the road to recovery today, and it
was believed that there would be
no deaths to add to the list of the
casualties. The one death, that of
a colored woman struck by light
ming, was considered a collateral
fatality,
The Washington times., 1927-11-19
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEET

Better Sunday schools for Mary
land and Delaware will be the Oh
ject of two-day meeting OF the
The Washington times., 1927-11-19
VIII Write From Honolulu

He was out of sight Of the airport
in less than five minutes.
His last words TO the mechanics
and attaches at the airport We're:
Boys, I'll do my best and you'll
know in a day or So
Previously he had said to friends
at the airport:
I'm write YOU from Honolulu late
tomorrow afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02
NONE OF HER BUSINESS

Companionship is a big word in
marital bliss and for that matter it
is very important in making things
go around harmoniously in many
angles of life. Just what the causes
are when man and wife do not agree
as much as they should are often
difficult to know but lack Of COM
partnership likely is a big factor.
Here is a case where there was surely
lack of it:
Ten rules of conduct imposed by
her husband were cited by a New
York woman in bringing suit for a
separation from her husband who is
a tailor, bookkeeper, insurance agent,
landlord, and bird, flower and fish
fancier.
Of the ten points the wife said she
could remember only seven:
Never ask for more than one
pair of shoes a year.
Never ask for more than one
dress a year.
Never ask for anything unreal
sonable.
To serve her husband meals at
any time.
Never visit his place of bust
ness unless notifying him in ad-
vance.
Never to interfere in his bust
ness.
Never to go to any amusement
places without him.
The woman deposed further that
her husband spent most of his in
come on birds, flowers, dogs, and fish
all of which he kept in their apart
ment. -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO
MEET JUNE IA, Is AND Is
Representatives of 277 Commune
ties in Minnesota Will Assem-
BILE at the Amory in Minneapo-
lis.

Minneapolis, June 1.-The League
of Minnesota Municipalities, in which
277 communities of the state hold
membership for cooperative effort in
the solution of city and village prob
lens, will hold it's annual convention
in the Kenwood Armory, Minneapolis,
June IA, Is, and 16.
A municipal exhibition in which
many state departments and munich
palities will take part will occupy
10000 square feet of space. Austin,
White Bear Lake, Hibbing, Mime
apolis, Robbinsdale, Saltwater, and
Thief River Falls have already en-
tered exhibits, as have the state de-
partments of conservation, education,
game and fish and health. Among
other displays will be those of the
Minnesota League of Women Voters,
Boy Scouts of America, Minnesota
section, American Water Works Asso-
citation, Minnesota Conference on Pub
ference, and the Playground and re-
creation Association of America.
There will also be an exhibit from
the University of Minnesota.
There will be luncheon meetings
each day for the following groups:
Mayors, city or village clerks, attor-
neys, engineers, health officers, fire
chiefs, police chiefs, and park super
intendents. superintendent of water,
gas, heat, and light plants will have
joint meetings with the Minnesota
Conference on Public Utilities and
the Water Works Association. The
health officers will be invited to at
tend the sessions of the Minnesota
Sanitary Conference, which will be
conducted on the same three days.
The president of the league this year
is Charles F. Keyes, president of the
Minneapolis Board of Estimate and
Taxation.
Permanent headquarters of the
league are at the Municipal Reference
Bureau of the University of Minnesota.
Norris B. Lambie is executive secre-
tary.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02
UPKEEP OF HIGHWAYS
rs TREMENDOUS TASK
Maintenance Forces Getting
Roads Back to Normal Mil
lion for Regraveling.

Some idea of the big task involved
in maintenance of the Minnesota
trunk highways is contained in. a
bulletin from the State Highway de-
partment. That the maintenance di-
vision of the department is busy and
is getting results is evident from the
rapid improvement in the highways
of many counties since the weather
settled and gave the crews a chance
to do something.
To give an idea of what the main
tenance forces have to contend with,
in addition to difficult weather con-
ditions, the bulletin points out that
the average trunk highway carries
heavier traffic than was carried
by any thoroughfare in the world
before the advent of the automobile,
except a few of the main streets in
maintenance this year is $4,500,000
and of this $4,250,000 will be spent
on the 6,100 miles of unpaved road.
A total of S65 local maintenance
patrolmen are employed, and this
spring they have been putting in full
time. Each man furnishes a team
and equipment, and cares for about
six miles of road. Besides frequent
blading and smoothing of the sur
face, the patrolmen spend large part
of their time hauling gravel to fill
chuck holes and weak spots.
The work of the patrolmen is sup
plemented in many places with mo-
torized graders and in some parts of
the state motor patrols have entirely
supplanted the horse drawn graders.
every district hauling gravel and
cinders on weak stretches that are
too long for the local patrolmen to
repair.
About 500 miles of highway will
be regraveled this year. Most of
this is done by contract, a number of
these contracts having been let by dis
trict maintenance superintendent
this month. About $1,OOO,OOO will be
spent for maintenance graveling.
"It will be impossible to replace
all the gravel lost during the muddy
period this year,, Commissioner c..
M. Babcock states. eve will, how
ever, do as much as possible. The
gravel which has gone down into
the dirt is not total loss. 1t will
help to make a solid foundation.
Some roads where gravel has dis
appeared may be soft and slippery
after rains, but unless there are very
long wet spells, we hope to keep all
trunk highways passable during the
summer"
Maintenance men are not much in
evidence on the pavements. Although
the average paved highway carries
three times as much traffic as the
unpaved trunk roads, the paved roads
get only five per cent of the total
maintenance allotment. Most of this
goes for snow removal, other items
being shoulder repair, cutting weeds,
and cleaning bitches. Repair of the
slab itself is the smallest item in
paving maintenance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02
MINNESOTA FARMERS
FAVOR ST. LAWRENCE
WATERWAY PROJECT

J. S. Jones, executive secretary of
the Minnesota Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, in statement issued this week
at St. Paul, declared that Minnesota
farmers were exhibiting an active
interest in the st. Lawrence Water
way project and that this subject
would be discussed by competent
speakers at a number of Farm Blu
reau picnics during June.
Mr.. Jones, in making this announce
ment, submitted the following five
distinct advantages that the Mime
sofa farmer sees in the st. Lawrence
Waterway project:
% Direct benefits due to lessened
cost of transportation of products
shipped overseas or in coast-wide
trade.
(2) General lift of agricultural pri-
ces due to the fact that world mar
ket conditions, less the cost of trans
portation, set the home prices for
leading export commodities.
90 Direct and indirect benefits to
the farmer to the extent that he is a
consumer of imported products NOV
ing more cheaply by the st. Lawrence
than by present routes.
(4) Benefits that come either from
enlarged world markets for products
not now exportable, or in certain
cases, particularly in the eastern
states, relief from the pressure that
farm products in less favored sections
exert on prices in the more favored
sections as for instance, when Mon
tana potatoes crowd the Twin City
markets and force down the prices of
potatoes to Minnesota growers. IN. B.
| This was an actual situation of few
years ago and if it had been pos
sible for the Montana farmer to raise
| some other and exportable crop, say,
barley, he would have cleaned up his
land just as we'll, avoided lot of
grief for himself and would not have
| flooded the potato markets of the
Middle West).
50 BY bringing the industrial area
closer to the farms of the Middle
West the distance between producer
and consumer is shortened and the
producers market is directly i'm
proved.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02
More Copies of the
Special Edition
1Oc Per Copy

There was not as many copies
of the Greater Minnesota" edi-
ton of the American ordered by
individuals as had. been antici-
pated and we therefore have a
number of copies left. Now that
you have looked the edition over,
and if you think it is worth send
ing to a prospective settler of
Pine county, somewhere in Iowa,
Nebraska, South and North Dako-
ia or elsewhere, it might be
good investment to spend 10c for
a copy. Or better yet buy sew
eral copies and send out and help
boost the county and state that
you are living in.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02
SEWING CLUB MEETS AT
HENRIETTE

The first meeting of the Sewing
Club was held the other day in the
laboratory of the Henriette school
as reported by Astrid Swanson. Miss
Evelyn Bergman, county club agent,
acted as chairman during the election
of officers. The following were elect
ed: Mary Eastman, president; Evelyn
Hanson, vice president; Margaret
Hoflin, secretary; Fiola Fore, treas
urer; Astrid Swanson, reporter. FL
len Nordbye and Birdie Pervorse were
chosen for the program committee.
The meeting was adjourned by sing
ing, ooh Me! Oh N.Y."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02
DON'T DRIVE INVESTORS
AWAY
Protecting Property of Non.res-
ident Cottage Owners Means
Much to Minnesota.

From time to time the Ten Thou
sand Lakes Association has received
letters from nOn-residents who own
cottages on lakes of Minnesota, pro-
testing that their property has not
received proper protection from the
local authorities. "This of ITSELF"
says H. C. Hotaling, state tourist COM
missioner "has prevented good many
persons from building summer homes
and investing their money here and
1T behooves the authorities, especi-
ally in the lake districts where there
are many cottages, to see that the
same are protected from petty thieye-
ry during the absence of the owners.
These non-residents have built hun
dreds and hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of fine buildings in
Minnesota, all of which share in car
rying the burden of taxes and any,
thing that will have a tendency to
restrict this sort of investment is
regretted"
AS an indication of just what the
situation is, a prominent Iowa lum-
herman who has been coming to Min
nesota each season for many years
writes:
II own a cottage in central Mime
sofa in which 1 spend about three
months each summer and I do not
recall a single year but that cottages
in our neighborhood have not been
broken up during the winter months
and guns, fishing tackle, bedding, and
other articles stolen. To my know
ledge there have been but three
arrests for these thefts. This same
condition obtains in many portions
of the state.
ut would seem that the authorities
are not big enough for the job or
are unwilling to give the matter the
attention required. 1t would also ap-
pear from the class of articles stolen
that the thefts, in our vicinity at least,
are largely by local talent, and it
may be that the officials have been
slow to prosecute not desiring to get
in bad with their neighbors.
"The Ten Thousand Lakes Associ-
alton publishes the fact that hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are
brought into Minnesota each year by
tourists and those who own cottages.
l know this is true, as l have per-
sonally spent several thousand dol
lars in your state in the way of taxes,
labor and living expenses since have
been making my yearly trips and it
would be lot of satisfaction to feel
that proper authorities were at least
making an effort to give my proper
ty and that of my neighbors protec-
ton during the time we must, of
necessity, be away from our cottages,
earning money to spend in your state
during the summer months"
con the WHOLE" says Mr.. Hotaling,
"the property of the nonresident
has. been carefully guarded and the
tourist given every courtesy possible
as Minnesota realizes that if it is to
build up it's army of out of state
visitors, it must practice the Golden
Rule and it is doing so in treating
the visitors as friends who some day
will become, in many instances, per-
manent residents"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

A road may be built ever so good
but if it is not properly maintained
it is only a matter of a few years
before it goes to pieces. Dragging at
the proper times and keeping the
road in good shape makes it much
the cheapest in the long run. Good
maintenance is about ninety percent
OF the road problem and for that
reason it is very essential that men
who know how and take a pride in
their work are kept on such jobs.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

The addition of the new garage
building at the south end of Main
street in Askov village adds to the
appearance of the street and gradu-
ally new substantial buildings are
being added that give the village a
metropolitan appearance and builds
for permanence. Practically all folks
here take a pride in the appearance
of their buildings and lots and this
will eventually make for a beautiful
village and community. Cleanliness
and neatness cost practically nothing.
but they show industry, home and
civic pride.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02
SHOULD COOPERATE FOR
THE Law

Sometimes when folks have been
to Chicago on a visit for a few days
you can hear them tell about how
things there are running wide open
that moonshine, or other alcoholic
drinks can be purchased everywhere
and that it is just like in saloon days,
only now they do not pay the license.
A. A. Stagg, who has been physical
director of the University of Chicago
for "a years-a little more than just
mere visit-declared at hearings be-
fore the Senate Judiciary Committee
that the prohibition law protects
youth. Here is what he said:
GOD only knows what conditions
would be-, with the enlarged freedom
which young people now have, if pro-
hibition were not in existence.
There would be an immeasureably
greater amount of drunkenness and
debauchery than there is now.
"In fact, it is my conviction that it
is the greatest sort of blessing that
prohibition has been law during
this unstable period when the youth
of today have such vast freedom.
at is this breaking down of the
home and this responsibility on the
part of the parents toward their chill
dren which creates the problem of
today, and not the Volstead Act. The
statement that prohibition has pro-
duced these conditions is an absurd
ity and pure bunk.
1.-THE trouble with prohibition is not
prohibition itself, but that it has not
been given a fair chance. Before
there should be any consideration of
a change in the Volstead Act there
ought to be an honest and conscien-
tious effort made to enforce the law
''This is not just my opinion; it is
the opinion of some of the officers
of the University of Chicago, and I
have reason to think it is the opin-
try who are interested in giving the
youth of the country every chance to
grow up under the most favorable
conditions, something which it cannot
be truthfully said they now have.
81 come before you with no bias, and
I am a member of none of the organ
izations that wanted me to come here.
1 was born in poor neighborhood of
factory workers given to beer drink
ing. and as a boy I used to see the
heads of nine out of twelve families
in our block drunk and fighting.
saw multitudes of key parties and saw
young men drunk. The whole point
of that is that some say you can't get
drunk on beer. Well, I saw the boys
and men get drunk-and women, too.
Chicago thirty-four years and before
prohibition I used to see scores of the
men drunk, coming along Fifty-fifth
Street and Lake Park Avenue in Hyde
Park. Since prohibition 1 have seen
very few drunk.
"There has been an immense
change, and l know a large number
of students personally. Furthermore,
l am convinced that there is not any
thing like the amount of drinking in
the middle west among the younger
generation that there was before pro-
hibition
GAS to obeying the law, whole lot
of folks haven't been playing the game
on the square nor according to the
rules. This whole nation should set
aside personal wishes and cooperate
for the law l think it is terribly
important that a moral wave, a re-
ligious wave, sweep this country.
Parents are running away from their
responsibilities"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

cessity of continuing the appropriate
observance of Memorial day and hon.
oring the fast thinning ranks of the
soldiers. Following his address the
battery fired salute which closed the
exercises.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

A sure and quick way to find out
if there is a sale for that second
hand article you have is to try an
American Want Ad.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

If anybody in these parts can keep
up with European government we are
not acquainted with the gentlemen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

It's a small man that hides behind
a woman's skirt these days.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02
ATHLETIC HONORS GO
TO PINE CITY SCHOOL
High School Does Well in Various
State ,Meets.-Hay Speaks Be.
fore Large Memorial Day Crowd
at County Seat.

Pine City high athletes again came
in for a fair share of honors in the
various state meets in which they took
part. At the Hamline relays held
some two weeks ago, first place was
won by the Pine City team which took
part in the two mile relay. At the
Carleton state high school track meet
Troolen won first in the discus throw
with los feet. He also won fourth
place in the shot put Wesley Flaten
won fourth place in the 100 yard dash.
At the State University meet, Troolen
again won first in the discus throw
and Wesley Flaten won fifth place in
the high jump.
In the track and field meet held at
Mora on May 2Sth, Pine City also won
first with total of Al points. North
Branch won second in this meet with
% points and Cambridge won third.
Cambridge won the annual base ball
game from Pine City This meet is
known as the Little Eight meet and
is an annual classic in high school
circles Over a thousand persons
witnessed the event at Mora.
A large crowd gathered at Pine
City on Monday to witness the Me-
mortal day exercises. At p. m. a
parade was formed consisting of the
Pine City battery mounted and the
band together with many cars deco
rated for the occasion. Phe parade
proceeded to the cemetery where the
graves of all ex-service men were
strewn with flowers and taps sounded.
The streets of Pine City have now
been provided with uniform flag deco
rations and presented very neat and
attractive appearance for the occasion.
The county monument was also deco
rated with an evergreen wreath inter-
twined with poppies. After the pa
rade the main exercises were held at
the park with Howard Hay as chief
speaker. Mr.. Hay spoke in his usual
vigorous manner, emphasizing the ne
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

No man can produce great things
unless he is thoroughly sincere in
what he is and does.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

Making the road safe for pedestri-
ans is a real problem.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

We wish somebody would invent
system of checking up on third-class
mail
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-02

With some plugs it's all work and
no hay.