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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-05-30
ARTHYDE

Miss Esther Morrison of Moose
Lake. came last Thursday to visit at
the Fenstermakers.
L. w. Cronk has purchased a new
Ford truck from garage in Carl
ton.
Members of the Community club
met at the home of Mrs. Asa FenSter-
maker last Thursday to help cele-
brate her birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Coolidge and
family spent Sunday at Clyde Hut
chin's.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Standish and
family, the Misses Hulda Johnson
and Harriet Hoppe spent Saturday
evening at Asa Fenstermaker's.
Mrs. A. Ova and baby visited Mrs
Mullin Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ. Olson and fam
lily visited at the Morris Rudd home
in McGrath Sunday.
Miss Hulda Johnson and Leonard
Thomson visited at the Ivar and Vic
tor Palmquist homes in Milaca Sun
day.
Mrs. Ilingson and Mrs. Ova visited
Mrs. D. M. Olson Wednesday after
noon.
Tom Adams and children were Will
low River callers last Thursday.
N. E. Fenstermaker has moved his
mill to the setting north of town
where he has commenced saving
ties.
The 500 Line bridge crew is putting
in a culyert in Birch Creek
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-05-30
CLOVERTON

Several from here went to Pine City
Sunday evening to meet with the
county commissioners Monday.
Mrs. Joe Snelson and daughter,
Elma, were callers at the Hahn home
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Lanning and
children left Thursday for Valley
Junction, Iowa.
Mr.. Hahn received word of the
death of his brother last Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. H. ]. KINNEY moved to Su-
perior Tuesday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-05-30

Use American Want Ads, your neigh
Dor does.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-05-30

organize project groups, for the COM
ing Child Development project given
by the Minnesota agriculture EXten-
sion Service through the Pine county
Extension Service and Farm Bureau
Every woman who wishes to take this
project please attend.-TownshiI
Chairman.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-05-30
BREMEN TOWNSHIP

William Mecl, John Gerard and nep-
hew James visited with the formers
parents and friends over the week
end, returning Tuesday. Little James
will remain with his grandparents
for the summer.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-05-30

male quartet. Instrumental music,
Berglunds. 4:15-Closing song, Audi
ence.
All the Sunday schools in the North
District are urged to attend. Every
body is welcome. Bring your basket
dinner. The Windemere Ladies' Aid
will serve coffee. Come and help make
this convention a success.
H. A. STARCH, Pres. North Dist.
MERLE STREET, Secretary
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
NE GRO HEALTH
WEEK BEGINS

DR.. Francis c. Rothert, OF the
Children's Bureau, Department Of
Labor, and DIR. Algerhon Jackson,
director Of the publih health de-
partment at Howard University,
will be the principal speakers to-
morrow night at the special oh.
servance of National Negro Health
Week by the Federation of Parent
Teacher Associations TO be held in
the auditorium of the new Garnet
Patterson Junior High School.
The week of March 81 to April 2,
has been set aside as the week of
health observance among negroes
throughout the country.
Next week will find the local
schools observing a vacation on
account of Easter and there will
he no programs for division 1913.
The health week program was in
auspices Of the annual Tusk1gee
Negro Conference and the National
Negro Business League.
The officers of the federation
ave: George A. Parker. president;
Mrs. Mae Richardson and Clarence
Tignor, vice presidents; Mrs. !. NJ.
Lewis and Miss Beatrice Jackson,
secretaries. and T. w. Short, treas
urer. Members OF the executive
committee are: Mrs. Mary Lewis,
Mrs. Gertrude Johnson. Miss Sadie
GaskinS, Smith Wormley, j. C..
Payne, George F. Roy and West
Hamilton.
The Washington times., 1929-03-26

a year later he was discharged
from the hospital and sent to the
Soldiers Home where he remained
for year when he was returned
to the hospital. In the meantime
he had received discharge with.
out honor" from the Army.
He became an exemplary patient
at st. Elizabeth's and was allowed
parole. He used his parole time to
"straighten out" the matter of his
discharge from the Army and obtain
the honorable discharge lie thought
he was entitled to receive. The
Government also owed him two
months pay which he sought for
many weeks to collect
Shot Tive Clerks
Exasperated by the buck. pa ssing"
he was subjected to In the War
Department, in 1904 OBrien lost
his temper and his patience and
shot two Government clerks in the
office of the Adjutant General. In.
stead of being tried on the charges
he was again committed to the
asylum and placed in Howard Hall,
the ward provided for criminal
patients. ~
Today he faces a jury in Justice
William Hits court TO try to
prove to them that he is Of sound
mind and is entitled after 35 years
The Washington times., 1929-03-26

to go in search of his wife and
children whom he has not seen
for 2S years.
He tells a straightforward story
of his Incarceration at the hospital
and says that the only excuse the
hospital officials have given for
retaining him is that he has a
criminal indictment pending against
him.
He is represented by Attorneys
John A. Savage, who has been In.
terested In the case by the Amer
ican Equity Association.
Reasonable Excuse
O'Brien described in detail to the
jury yesterday his treatment at the
hospital during the past 35 years. He
is 66 years of age now, and apollo.
gizes for his lack of expression at
times. He says that when a man
spends Is years behind 2O.foot wall
associating with madmen, he has a
hard time keeping himself together.
He was willing to pose for press
photographers yesterday, bat was
shielded by three attendants of the
hospital, who apparently still regard
him az dangerous character. His
physician. DIR. John f. Lind, Of the
hospital staff. refused to allow him
to be photographed, although he pla.
Gated photographers with the re.
mark that he Twill be turned loose
tomorrow and you can get all the
pictures you want"
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
SCHOOLS
INCREASE

As a result OF business survey
being conducted under the direction
of J. A. jackson, Of the BureFu Of
Domestic Commerce Uf the United
States Department of Commerce,
and fostered by the National Negro
Business League, founded by the
late DIR. Booker T. Washington,
there have been recorded 200 colored
technical engineers, 400 manufac.
turers. 1,SOO real estate dealers, 1900
undertakers, 5000 physicians and
surgeons, $500 hotel and restaurant
keepers, $500 retail dealers and
80, 900 BARRIERS and hairdressers in
the United States.
For preparation for their progress,
the colored people enjoy 2S recog'
nized first.class colleges and uni
versities, while 154 schools Of junior
grade and secondary status are
distributed through the Southern
States,
The group claims so banking and
financial institutions, "a banks and
IL bonding. mortgage and loan COM
panies.
Added to the farm and city prop
erty accumulated and the churches
erected and maintained during the
two generations since emancipation,
which Is to he celebrated April l6,
the colored people are credited with
steady and substantial progress.
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
D. c. SCU[P [PTORS.
To EXHIBIT

Four Washington sculptors will
be represented in the exhibition
of contemporary sculpture arranged
by the National Sculpture Society
for the California palace Of the
Legion of Honor at San Francisco
from April to November. 1929.
They are Henry K, BushBrown,
1900 block G. st. n. w; Margaret
French Cresson. 1900 block Nine
teeTith st. n. W.: Adelaide Johnson,
zoo block of Maryland Ave. n. E.,
and Vichen Won P. Totten, $500
block Sixteenth st. N. w. The
formal opening of the exhibition
will take place about April 20.
THE exhibition is as broad and
inclusive as we can make 1t" says
A. A. Weinman, president Ct the
society. 1T is an educational
event. which is why it is free 10
the public, and sculptures which
vary from the academic are in.
cluded not only because they repre-
sent a phase of modern sculpture,
but also because the best examples
of them are artistically valuable
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
Soft Corns
Money Back Say All Druggists, II
MO0ne'S Emerald Oil Doesn't DO
Away With All Soreness and Pain
In "a Hours.

Get bottle of MOOne's Emerald
Oil with the understanding that If
it does not put an end to the pain
and soreness your money will be
promptly returned.
Don't worry about how long
you've had 1t or how many other
preparations you have tried. This
powerful penetrating oil is one
preparation that win help 10 make
your painful aching feet 90 healthy
and free from corn and bunion
soreness that you'll be able 10 20
anywhere and do anything in alb
solute foot comfort.
So marvelously powerful is
MOOne's Emerald Oil that thousands
have found it gives wonderful re-
suits in the treatment of dangerous
swollen or varicose veins. All drug.
gists are selling lots of it.
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
Cedar Rapids Claims u.
Hard Luck Champion

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, March 26
G.N.s).-Hard luck came in gobs to
Frank E. Smith. IS. but he lived to
tell the tale.
Smith lighted an oil stove to heat
water. The explosion which followed
blewIout the entire rear OF his house.
He escaped with slight burns. Fire
apparatus. en- route to the scene, got
stuck in the mud.
Firemen said they thought Smith
made a mistake and used gasoline
instead of kerosene.
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
Two st. Johns College
BOYS Missing on Hike

Relatives OF two st. Johns Col
Iege students believed to be hitch.
hiking their way to Florida. were
searching for the boys today.
The boys, John C'Maek'D McIn.
erney, l6. of the first block Of
Girard st. n. H.. and Frank j.
cTorch') Greatorex, IS. Of the first
block of .Evarts st. n. f.. have not
been heard from since they played
hockey" from school last Thursday
The disappearance of young Nc.
Inerney has caused his mother, Mrs.
John j. Gibbons. to suffer a nerv.
Gus breakdown.
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
AOVERTIsEmfNT
DANDUUFF GOES WHEN /.
ODOULESS zEMO IS USED

IL you have dandruff. apply cool
ing. soothing Zemo to the scalp.
This amazing antiseptic liquid.
which is invisible and odorless, will
quickly cleanse the head. 1t also
brings relief from itching skin,
pimples and Eczema. II clears the
skin. as nothing else can. Get a
bottle Of Zemo today. Keep 1t al
ways on hand. All druggists. 35c.
Soc and 100.
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
New Chinese Minister
Presents Credentials

The new Chinese Minister, Chao-
Chu WI. rendered his credentials
to President Hoover yesterday
MIR, Chao.Chu WI Is the first
representative to this diplomatic
post appointed by the present
Nanking government
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
Asylum Patier,t for 35
Years Seeks Freedom

Thrty-five years ago, William Joseph OBrien, young
private Army and veteran of the Geronimo campaign
passed words with second lieutenant and instead of
being court martialed sent to St Eizabehs Hospital
At the time he only 80 of and in the prime Of
his man
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Priest and Scholar,

The scientific world loses a colorful
figure through the death of the Rev.
Francis A. Tondorf, director Of the
chronological laboratory of Georgetown
University.
Father Tondorf served and sacrificed
himself at the altar of science with
priestly devotion and tireless labor. He
passes from the scene of his studies
worthy member of that distinguished
company of brilliant intellects who,
under the banners of the Society of
Jesus. have followed the hard roads of
scientific research to the far frontiers
Of knowledge.
The scientific history of the Jesuit
order has been outstanding, its con-
quests of the mysteries OF nature being
excelled only by its educational and
missionary activities. These three have
gone hand-in-hand from the beginning
Wherever the Jesuits have gone they
have brought not only the Gospel but
education and civilization. Members of
this order have made their most notable
contributions to knowledge in the fields
of physics, chemistry and astronomy.
pressing continuously further and fur
ther into the dark places of these most
fundamental Of sciences. The labora-
tories of their colleges have been out
posts in this eternal battle Of the
human mind against the mysteries of
nature-and Father Tondorf at George
town was the commanding oflcer Of
one of these outposts.
The circumstances of his death were
such as fittingly to complete the picture
Of his life. He was found in his room
at the college, where it was his prac-
tice to labor far into the night over the
difficult mathematical formulas of seis-
mology, with his head resting on the
desk upon which was an open volume
of mathematics. His passing was hardly
less dramatic than If he had fallen on
the altar with the opened Bible before
him His scientific accomplishments
and interests were parts of the pattern
of his priesthood.
1t was Father Tondorfs practice to
arise at o'cAfk every morning to say
Evening star., 1929-12-01
"OUR YOUTH"
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d. IL. D.
Bishop of Washington

life that demanded the exercise of its
militant qualities. He did not seek to
attract the anemic and colorless type.
His call was to men who were capable
OF making courage one of the essential
elements Of their religious faith and
practice. The early centuries Of the
Christian church were marked by a
spirit of heroism that is rarely disclosed
today. That the Christian religion as a
philosophy of life has in it no appeal to
youth is untrue to the facts in the case.
Some one said recently that mo one
really gets interested in religion before
35." We do not believe that either OBJ
servation or experience confirms this.
Over against 1t, one of our college preSi-
dents in an address to undergraduates
stated that culture must in these days
recognize religion as an aspect of the
human scene, be intelligent about it
whether appropriating it or not" An
other distinguished college president
maintains that a comprehensive knowl-
edge OF the Christian theory Of life is
indispensable to one who claims the
elements Of culture and refinement.
II our SeminarieS in their present con-
stituencies give any indication of the
type Of men who are seeking the min
iStry, we venture to affirm from an ex-
tended observation that they have in
their class rooms today a finer, more
virile and more manly type than they
have known for a generation. We feel
more hopeful about our divinity stu
dents than we have for many years.
The Christian religion, rightly in
terpreted, does in very peculiar sense
make its appeal to youth. In a very
real sense it makes a greater appeal to
the imagination of youth than to those
of the older generation. That the great
Master felt the appeal of youth Is evi-
dent in the Gospel narrative. His closest
companion was the youthful disciple,
st. John. It was written of young
man who came to Him that Jesus
looking upon him loved him." We may
not forget that He, Himself. was young
man, even at the time of his crucif1xion.
He possessed all the ardor and enthuSi-
asm Of a young man. He disclosed all
those qualities that belong to youth.
We suggest that more intelligence is
needed today in presenting the high
claims of our Christian religion to our
youth than to any other type of listener.
The hope of the church's future resides
in its youth, and the home must join
with the church in making the Chris
tian religion so real, so practical. so
vital and appealing that it shall ire
sistibly attract and hold the allegiance
Of the youth Of our generation.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Antitrust Suits Against Movie
Companies to Test Out the Law

practices is now very wide. The two
new suits raise the total number of De-
partment of Justice motion picture
suits in the current period to eight.
Four of these eight are Of major i'm
portance. All four have been brought
in the United States District Court of
the southern district of New York. Two
Of these four have been decided. One
was lost by the Government and the
other was won. The one that was lost
was to restrain motion picture pro-
ducers and distributors from acting
jointly in certain ways regarding credit
conditions and the like among motion
picture theater owners. The one that
was won was to restrain motion picture
producers and distributors from jointly
trying to oblige motion picture theater
owners to submit certain disputes to ar
bitration and to abide by the results.
The judge held in effect, in this latter
case, that the results, for the most part,
were probably fine and grand and
broadly beneficial, but were secured by
economic coercion and were accordingly
Oppressive" and illegal.
The two new suits, just brought, 60
even deeper into the structure of the
industry. They allege, both in the field
Of motion picture production in studios
and in the field Of motion picture ex-
hibition in theaterS, the existence Of
corporate mergers which tend to create
a monopoly" Out of these suits, 1t is
expected, there will be much legal
illumination cast upon the pathway of
mergers in general.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Unfit Motorists.

survey conducted because Of the ris-
ing tide of motor accidents indicates
that ten per cent of drivers in eleven
States. comprising nearly one-third of
the motor car population Of the coun-
try, are unft to operate automobiles.
During the past nine months accident
figures have reached unprecedented
heights, and the survey has disclosed
that more than ninety-ive per cent Of
suspensions and reyocations of permits
are for driving while under the influence
OF liquor and reckless driving. In the
eleven States covered by the survey
there were 7,173,11I registrations, while
77,704 permits were revoked. The ten
per cent estimate for unfit drivers was
arrived at after study of these figures
and interviews with motor vehicle COM
missioners in the various States.
1t is, indeed, depressing state of af-
fairs when figure as high as ten per
cent can be arrived at solely through n
study of the accident and revocation
rolls, for it is obvious that if an estimate
is made of the number of stupid, dis
courteous and reckless operators, who
through no fault of their own escape
mishap, the total of the unit would
grow into huge proportions. And while
Washington's record in so far as acci-
dents and reVocations are concerned
may be good it takes poor rank with
other cities in the matter of its large
number of potential accident breeders.
The National Capital unfortunately
seems to harbor an undue number OF
road hogs, drivers who turn without
Evening star., 1929-12-01

signal across a line Of trahic, drivers
who pull from the curb without giving
heed to moving trafic, drivers who in
the rush hour morning or evening will
stop, likewise without signal, in the
middle of the street, to discharge gayly
CO -ssengers, and drivers who be-
lieve that the rCI light means q chance
for forty winks of sleep, but lose track
and take sixty, while exasperated
operators behind them seek to wake
them from lethargy.
Driving an automobile is, after all, a
matter of consideration and courtesy,
assuming that the driver has mastered
the mechanics Of operating his car. If
he has not learned the fundamentals of
car operation he should never be
granted a permit. OF course, there is
no way for the inspector who passes on
his ability to tell whether he is courte-
Gus or not, and that is probably the rea-
son that so many inconsiderate drivers
are granted licenses.
The police can act, however. after the
discourteous motorist shows his tend
encies. There are regulations which
provide that an automobile must be
driven as near the right-hand curb as
practical, that make 1t mandatory to
give a signal before turning and that
take cognizance of and penalty from
those who defiantly and unnecessarily
obstruct traf1c. A few arrests for this
type of offenSe might solve to a large
degree the problem of moving with ex-
pedition Washington's heavy volume Of
travel.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
The ShelbY.KellY Trial.

Refusal by the Department Of Jus
Pherson investigation to the District
Commissioners comes as an additional,
though not unexpected complication.
The Commissioners were not seeking
the records to satisfy their curiosity.
Their hope was that out of them there
might be taken evidence either to sup
port or to refute the grand jury charges
made in its special report against In
spector Shelby and Lieut.. Kelly. The
records were and are valuable for their
bearing on an issue that is vitality i'm
portant to this community. 1t is un-
fortunate that, compiled as they were at
public expense, their usefulness is now
ended in so far as the collateral phases
of the Mcpherson case are concerned.
The Department of Justice takes the
stand that much of the testimony re-
ceived in It's investigation was confiden-
tial in its nature and volunteered by
witnesses with that understanding. The
witnesses were invited to tell not only
what they knew, but what they had
heard. Some of them had heard
great deal. None of them testified un-
der oath. To divulge their testimony
would be q breach of confidence. AS
the Department of Justice has nothing
but that testimony and as its Bureau of
Investigation is not permitted to arrive
at or to transmit to any source theories
or conclusions, 1t has decided that it
can offer nothing to the Commissioners.
The Shelby-Kelly trial will proceed
without the Department Of Justice re-
ports. 1t should proceed with all pos
sible speed. The Commissioners have
evidently decided to constitute a special
trial board, with themselves as the mem
bers. AS such they can subpoena wit
nesses, but these cannot be forced to
testify. Thus the proceedings, which
originated with legal body, clothed
with proper power and authority, must
be carried to their conclusion before an
extra-legal body. whose Jurisdiction is
confined to the Police Department and
whose function is merely to enforce po-
lice discipline. The charges against
the accused were drawn by body that
no longer exists. AS individuals, the
members Of that body cannot be made
to testify. The overt acts with which
the accused are charged are alleged to
have taken place within the grand jury
room, and are therefore regarded as
secret. The acts Of omission with which
the accused are charged are apparently
matters of opinion.
Faced with such difficulties, the trial
boards task is not one to be envied.
But it should no longer be delayed and
the sooner it Is over with the better.