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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01
WILLOW MAKES
FAIR PLANS
Community Club Appoints Various
Committees to Start Work on
Annual Event.

The Willow River Commun ity Club
house this week to make plans for
its annual community fair which will
be held Sept. IA, at the school house
in that village. Although only a few
members of the club were present it
was decided to have a committee call
on non-members and endeavor to get
them interested in club work and to
join the club at the Sept. 10 meeting.
1t is promised that a party for new
club members and local teaching force
will be given on Sept. 81.
Early Entries Asked.
Mark Thompson of the Northeast
Experiment station of Duluth. will
judge the farm produce at the annual
exhibition this year and it is asked
by the committee in charge that ex-
hibits be in after p. m. on the day
before the fair and before 10 o'clock
on the morning of the fair. This will
enable the judges to more properly
inspect them before making a decis-
ion. There will be a program Of
sports and amusements which will
make this fair as enjoyable as past
events which have been popular
to hundreds throughout the territory.
The fair managers are Mrs. A. E.
Borchardt. who is also president Of
the club. and Paul Holmberg, agri-
cultural instructor in the Willow
River school. The soliciting COM
mittee will consist of Mrs. Ted
Thompson and Mrs. Ed Goring: ad-
vertising e. B. Linsley and Mrs.
W. c. Ehmke. Joe Dubie. under the
auspices of the American Legion will
conduct the sports program. In this
connection it is announced that all
who are eligible to enter. must reg
ister this year.
The lunch committee is made up
of Mesdames, A. Danelski. William
Ehmk Ike, Anna Anderson. Victor Price.
Joe E. Stepan. and Fred LaPlante and
Miss Hilda Thompson. Sylvia Clues
ing and Louise Councilman make up
the fish pond committee and the corn
Will DC COnduClcN w Tic
Lillian Olson. Mabel Wenstrom and
Sybil Pettijohn.
The ether committees are as fol-
lows: Refres hment-Mrs. Eerb John
son and Mrs. H. Schutt; emergency
Mrs. A. Lundgren- Mrs Cooper and
Mrs. Mary Tarnowski: membership
Mrs. E. B. Lnsley. Mrs. Albin Lund-
gren, Mrs. Ted Thompson; lunch
Mrs A E. Borch ardt. Mrs. H. Ncrtrup.
Mrs. Claire whiting. Mrs. Anna Cofer,
Mrs. F. ". Stepan: fancy and art work
Mrs Andrew Wahlstrom and Miss
Minnie Bochek: baked goods-Mrs.
Oscar Larson and Mrs. d. Burns;
canned goods-Mrs. A. c. DOckan and
Mrs. r Klatt: 1ower-Mrs. y. Jur-
ash and Mrs Lewis Patrin. The pro-
gram committee will be selected later
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01
COUNTY FAIR
DATES ARE SET
August Is to II Will be
Date for 47th Annual
Exhibit.
Premiums Amounting to
$500 Will be Awarded
to Exhibitors.

Pine county fair officials are get
ting plans all made for the Attn an
nual Pine county fair which will be
held at Pine City on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, August 10, Is, and
II. Thursday. will be entry day, and
Friday and Saturday will be two big
show days with programs both aft
ernoons and evenings. The fair man
agemeuI announces that IL has booked
something new for the grandstand
program which will include a revue.
dances. comedy and acrobatic acts.
Different acts will be given both days.
The program VIII last from one and
a half hours 10 two hours and will
be one of the best seen at the local
fair in some years.
Wedding Couple Wanted.
The fair management is looking
for a couple TO be married at a pub
lie wedding at the fair. This has
been a popular feature Of the fair
during former years when the we'd
ding has been held on the platform
in front of the grandstand at the
conclusion OF the program on Satur-
day evening.
The platform viii be appropriately
decorated for the occasion and the
wedding will be formal
In addition TO the S25 cash we'd
ding present given by the fair board
the couple receives many beautiful
and useful wedding presents from
business men of the county. The
marriage license is a present from
the clerk of court and expenses OF
the wedding are paid for by the fair.
ANY couple interested in being prin-
cipals TO this wedding are asked to
send their application to W. 5. Nc
Eachern. secretary, at Pine City at
once so that all plans can be made
as soon as possible.
Exhibitors al the fair this year will
receive cash premiums amounting to
$500 Entries in the livestock and
poultry departments should be sent
to the superintendent of those de-
partments before the fair opens tC
assure plenty of space to take care
of all the entries. B. W. Beavers OF
Rush City, is superintendent of horses
and cattle; Hans Grandt of Pine City
is superintendent of sheep and swine;
and l. F. Appleby of Pine City, is in
charge of the poultry department.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01
Border Problem.

Readers may recall the important
detail that minor fighting allegedly
took place at Ualual some months
back. That town is at the border
separating Abyssinia from Italian So
maitland. but although an interna-
tional commission years ago drew up
the line of demarcation between the
two countries. there is still doubt as
TO the political location of Ualual.
Italy said that the place was in
Italian territory. Abyssinia that it
was within her confines. Now, in
CONTINUED on Page b
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01
DUQUETTE NOSES
OUT HARVEY NINE

The Duquette boys were given a
scare in the first part of their game
with Harvey when that team took adj
vantage of the three DuQuette errors
and punched four of their seven hits
for four runs in the first and second in
ming. but thereafter pitcher Edin. who
was on the mound for Duquette. al
lowed only three more hits with only
one man reaching third and his team
mates giving him nice support and
playing errorless bali. Duquette trail
ing by score OF l 10 punched hits
for two runs in the third and went
into the lead in the fifth with three
more runs from four hits.
Pitcher Edin. who pitched the en-
tire game for Duquette. allowed seven
hits and struck out Is men 10 make
his total II2 strike outs TO date for
this season.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01
RECEIVERS FROM OPERATION

H. VI. Dempsey. the Hinckley auto
mobile dealer and garage owner. who
was operated upon at Rochester hos
pital for cancer Of the stomach last
week. is much improved. but never
theless in a serious condition He
may soon be taken TO a st. Paul hos
pital so as to be nearer home. or he
may be removed all the way to his
home at Hinckley.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01
FARM HOUSE BURNS

The Thomas Habeas farm home,
west of Rutledge. was burned last Sat
urday. with considerable loss to the
owner. The property was partly COW
cred by insurance and will be rebuilt
in the near future.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01

Mr.. Stephan's death marks the end
'of a SIS year span Of welded life Of
the respected Beroun couple. He is
survived by not only his 81 year old
wife, but by three children. Henry
Jr.. AT Beroun. Mrs. Richard Holetz,
Pine City. and Vincent. of Brook Park,
besides numerous grandchildren and
an exceptionally Erge circle of
friends.
Mr.. Stephan was born Dec. IA. 1910
at Slovaten. Czechcslavakia. and came
to America at the age of IS years,
avoiding service in the army of the
old country only TO find in America
a war TO which he volunteered three
years of his life. Upon coming to
America he went to Chicago. where
he worked at the carpenter trade. A
few years later his parents came to
America and settled for time in
Wisconsin. After working in Chi
cago for a period. Mr.. Sterhan took
passage on a boat south. to New Or
leans. BY this time he was of mill
tary age. and a few years before
the Civil war. ne joined a battery
at New Orleans. However, when the
war broke out. his sympathy was not
with the southern cause and he lost
no time in heading north to see his
sentiments on the slavery question
were like his own. Arriving at
kewanee. Wis. ne visited his parents
and then enlisted in the 9th Wis
consin Infantry, Company A This
regiment went into action. being sent
as part of the army to participate
in the seige of Vicksburg He came
through the struggle and regained
| his strength and good health which
he had been fortunate in keeping al
most until his death.
Married 6s Years.
Mr.. Stephan was married to Marie
Chloupek on MAY Is. 1867. who also
waS~a native of Czechoslavakia. COM
( ing with her parents to America at
the age of six years.
As young ambitious people they
took up the march of the middle
border" as Mr.. Stephan'S trade as
carpenter required that they move
frequently in search OF work. They
lived at Oshkosh. Wis. for a time,
then in Southern Minnesota at Silver
Lake. and Winstad After that they
moved to Nebraska where they spent
IA years and then came to Pine
county in the year 1899 where they
have lived since.
At Beroun Mr.. Stephan served as
postmaster IA years and also acted
as depot agent for apout eight years.
During later years they have lived a
retired life. where Mrs. Stephan en-
joyeG her work with flowers and
Mr.. Stephan with his garden and
fruit trees Six children were born
to them but three died during pre-
ceding years.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Armory at Pine City. Saturday.
under the auspices of the William
Machart Post of the American Legion
at Beroun. Rev D. ". Thomson of
the Presbyterian church at Pine City,
preached the funeral sermon and NJ.
B. Murray of St Cloud. past state
commander of the American Legion
was present The body was laid to
rest in the Pine City cemetery.
A large circle of friends through
out the county. and other places
where the Stephane have lived, viii
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01
BROOK PARK

-ummary-TwO base hits. II. Finn.
Forster; sacrifice hit. Perkins; double
play. II. Mcclellan To j. Harapat; struck
out. by Gustafson 10. by Olson ]. by
Libra ;: bases on balls. off Gustafson
4. off Olson 2. off Libra 4: umpire,
J1ipe Johnson: scorer. Marty: time. 2:39
fC0ntinueA on Page -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01

Sell. buy or trade through Amer
lean Want ADJ.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01

Sturgeon Lake COG w GU 70
Summary-Two base hits. slime. ].
Klar; three base hits. Price. Gay. Nell
Anderson: struck out. by CUNNING CHAM
3. by Olson 9. by Lehet 3. by John 2:
hit by pitched ball. Markus by Cunning
off Cunningham .. off Olson 3. off Le-
bet 3. off John 2; left on bases. Willow
River -. Sturgeon Lake 3; umpire. Will
cox; scorer. A. W. Carlson: time. ESQ.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01

be filed with sorrow at the passing
Of this wonderful old man
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-01
FOUR TEAMS
TIE FOR SECOND
Sturgeon Lake Defeats
Willow River to Remain
Indicated.
Denham and Rut1edge I'm
prove Standings With
Victories Sunday.
Schedule Sunday, August 4.

Sturgeon Lake at Kerrick, Denham
at ASkov, Rutledge at Brook Park,
Willow River at Sandstone.
Evening star., 1935-06-07
Hanged
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Continued From First PageD
which she acknowledged responsibility
blaming no one.
My way is clear. I have nothing
else to say"
Those were her last words.
Kitchens was bludgeOned and shot
TO death in November, 1927.
Standing on the trap door of the
borrowed scaffold. Howard protested: {:
What l did was against my will.
feel sure any one in my place would
have done the same l hope TO see
my three little ones on the other side" "
Sunshine had not yet pierced the
haze when Mrs. Carey, pale but max
ing no Outcry, was led from her cell
at SOP o'clock by two guards Two
clergymen accompanied them. mount
ing a few of the IS steps to the
platform.
She wore a black dress with a
touch of white at the collar, black
stockings and black shoes. She did
not falter in her steps. Jail officials
said. but her voice quivered as she
spoke those last 10 words. The cap
vas placed over her head and her
hands and limbs were bound
Warden Hugh D. Smith. clOSeted
out of view of the gallows, sprung the
trap at 5:O7 O'Clock.
Her body was cut down, the rope
replaced and the identical procedure
was followed for Howard, who wore
dark trousers and a white shirt. He
was pronounced dead at s am. The
official record shows he died of a
broken neck.
From start to finish the executions
we're carried out in secrecy. A Spe-
cially erected wooden framework hid
the Scaffold 1t was fixed so that
even airplane pictures were impos-
sible. Newsmen were barred. At
about 618 am. Warden Smith called
them to his Office and gave them the
announcement. Official witnesses were
sworn to secrecy.
Within a half hour workmen start
ed dismantling the scaffold to return
it to the New Castle County Work
house near Wilmington. The bodies
were placed in caskets and State
policemen escorted them to St. George
Cemetery east of Frankford. There,
six uniformed troopers acted as pail
bearers. About 70 persons were at
the graves.
Mother and son had their last
nourishment-ice cream and cake-at
2 am. prison officials said. They
spent most of the night with the two
ministers and their counsel. Frederick
Whitney, who drove away about 5
o'clock.
Evening star., 1935-06-07
MILLEN GANGSTERS DIE.
Brothers and College Pal End Bloody
Careers in Electric Chair.

BOSTON. June CP,.-New Eng
lands most ruthless gang of killers,
the Millen-F -Fsber machine-gun trio.
paid for four wanton killings early
today in the electric chair at State
Prison.
Murton Millen, 25 his brother, Irv-
ing. 81. and their college graduate pal,
Abraha Faber, died within a space
Of 80 minutes, after midnight, for
their brief, but bloody career of crime.
They were sentenced for the machine
gun Staying of Patrolman Forbes NC
Leod during a s14.500 robbery and
hold-up of the Needham Trust Co. on
February 2, 1884.
While they died, Murton's 2O-year-
old bride. Norma. was sleeping in her
cell in Dedham Jail. where she mas
been confined since last September as
an accessory. Now a widow. the
pretty daughter of a former minister
may be freed Immediately.
A few hours before he died, Murton
made a will, leaving his all to the girl
who left her country home and her
country friends to marry him. His
estate was said TO be valued at be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000.
Murton and Faber went to their
doom without a word Irving, whose
unexpected retorts during his trial
and during his confinement evoked
considerable comment, stopped before
the chair to speak.
With a slight gesture of one hand
he addressed the witnesses.
Il salute my brother. Murton.
All three were unshaven.
Rabbi Moses L. Sedar, who gave
spiritual comfort to the three men
since they we're placed in death cells,
preceded each to the chair. AS he
walked he intoned the 23rd psalm.
Faber. in keeping with Jewish Gus
tom, sat in the chair with a prison
hat on his head The hat was re-
moved as the electrodes were applied
and. as he died. it hung on the back
of the chair. The others were bare
headed.
Rabbi Sedar said the three men
parted with a final handshake. Since
before their trial. the Millens Stunned
Faber, believing it was largely through
him that they were apprehended.
"They all expressed the hope to
each they would meet again" the
rabbi said, in describing the parting:
Murton, leader of the gang, slouched
to the chair His eyes roamed around
the brilliantly lighted room. Then
the mask was adjusted. Faber walked
like man In a trance. Irving alone
showed a sign of animation.
While Murton Millen died with
friendly feeling toward his wife, Faber
went to his doom with bitterness to
the girl he had planned to marry Just
a year ago. Rose Kneller. In biting
statement he chided her for desert
ing" him In his hour of need II
was Miss Kneller who turned over a
bundle of cash to State detectives,
after Faber's arrest. saying he had
given it to her for a wedding present.
It was part Of the Needham loot.
Evening star., 1935-06-07
Bishop Ryan to Receive.

Tuesday at 4 pm Bishop Ryan
will receive parents and friends of
the graduating class in the reception
room OF Gibbons Hall. Tuesday morn
ing Rev. DR.. Frank P. Cassidy, dean
of men, will celebrate the annual
senior mass in the student chapel in
Gibbons Hall, with Very Rev. DR..
Edward G. Fitzgerald, o. P. univer-
sity chaplain. giving the sermon.
At the same time that senior week
is being held the National Catholic
University Alumni Association also
Will be in session on the campus, with
special reunions of the decennial
classes of 1895, 1905, 1915 and 1925,
Vincent L. Toomey. '09. is in charge
of arrangements for the meeting.
Clarence E. Martin, 0l, former presi-
dent of the American Bar Association
and president of the alumni aSSocia-
ton, will preside at the annual BAN
quet Monday night. The annual elec-
ton of officers will also be held Mon
day night.
Barron, president Of the senior
class of the School Of Arts and
Sciences. and J. Paul Griffin, jr., of
Portsmouth, N H., president of the
senior class of the School of En-
gineering, will lead the senior process
sion prior to the commencement eX-
ercises Wednesday, Barron will de-
liver the valedictory. Dr. Parker T.
Moon of Columbia University will de-
liver the address to the graduates.
Evening star., 1935-06-07
S|DWELLS' SCHOOL
WILL GRADUATE IS
SWarthmore Dean Will
Speak at Tonlght's
Commencement.

Eighteen graduates of Sidwells
Friends School will receive their di-
plomaS tonight at $50 clock in the
suburban gymnasium. 1901 Wisconsin
avenue. DR.. Harold E. B. Speight,
dean of men at Swarthmore College,
will deliver the principal address.
Closing exercises for the upper
school were held today at the Friends
Meeting House. 1911 l street. when
certificates for scholarship and ath-
letic awards We're given. Two prizes,
awarded in memory of Mrs. Thomas
w Sidwell to the boy and girl in the
the school during the high school
course. were won by Charles DeSaus-
sure Mackay, jr-. president of the
class, and Laura Aileen Titus.
The annual prize offered by the
Harvard Club of Washington to the
outstanding boz in the junior class
was won by Robert Henry Mcbride.
class president Mackay. Mcbride
and Mr. SidWell delivered addresses.
Yesterday closing exercises were
held for the elementary department
a. tIlt SuOuI bdIi >IIIbOl. dlIu ldSl
night the graduating class was enter
tanned by Mr.. Sidwell with a dinner
and dance.
Graduates who will receive diplomas
tonight are Mackay, Roger Has
Brouck Davis. vice president; John
Lester Barr. jr, ry-treasurer;
Josephine Louise Alexander, Minna
Ruth Blum, Walter Nicholas Brown,
jr.; Charles Winston Busby. Eliza
Cunningham Goddard, Charles Roed-
er Grant. jr.: Alan Bourne McMillen.
Margaret Douglas McNeale, Donald
LoWndes May, Margaret Boutwell,
Mendenhall, Riley Collette Moore,
Mary Forrest Nicholson, Don Carleton
Powell. William Robert Perkins, jr.,
and Laura Aileen Titus.
Evening star., 1935-06-07
MADDEN PAROLE TIME
TO END; MAY MARRY
Figure of New York's Prohibition
Era, Free Agent Soon, Will
Visit Resort.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June THE parole
period of Owen Victor Madden, pigeon
fancier and horticulturist. ends June
IS at midnight. after which he will be
free to come and go as he pleases.
According to reliable reports" says
the New York Herald-Tribune. "Mr
Madden's first action as a private citi-
zen will be to go to Hot Springs Ark,
to rejoin Miss Agnes Demby, daugh-
ter of James r. Demby, the postmas-
ter there, whom it has been said he
will marry"
Madden. to whose control the police
long sought to trace the flow of
prohibition-era beer in New York, was
under parole in connection with a
manslaughter charge dating back to
1915. He was returned to prison in
July, 1888, for violation of parole and
released year later.
Since, the records of the Parole
Board show. he has scrupulously OBJ
served the restrictions imposed upon
him.
Evening star., 1935-06-07
$2,ODO,ODO ASKED
FOR CENSUS WORK
Bureau Requests Sum for
File Index in Pension
Check.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
A request by the Census Bureau for
q S2000,0O0 slice of the $4,000, ,000,00
work relief fund to set up an alpha
betiCal card index of every person
listed IN the 1900 census was an
nounced today by the Division of
Applications and Information of the
new works program.
The huge compilation, arranged by
geographic units and families. would
be used in checking claims for old-age
pensions. The Census Bureau pro-
posed to locate the KdeXing job at
Philadelphia TO relieve the pressure
for Office space in Washington. and
TO have wider selection of unem-
ployed personnel"
Earlier, the Commerce Department,
IN its application to conduct $780,
600 census of business. had proposed
to make Baltimore the headquarters,
rather than crowded Washington.
Other Appropriations Asked.
Included in "a other applications for
a total of S2828l $40 were a proposal
for a 81 900 900 census annex here,
plans to eradicate the barberry and
the cattle fever tick and numerous
conservation projects.
The Census Bureaus application
said the 1900 survey was selected for
the index because it alone gives the
month and year of birth as we'll as
age" 1t added that recent State old
age pension legislation had caused an
increasing demand for evidence of
age by claimants. and that present
paper files are being worn out.
Another threat to the present census
files the bureau reported, is the ad-
mlnistration's security bill with an
estimated demand of age proofs 'for
at least 350.000. and perhaps as many
as 100000 applicants" the first year
and probably 100000 requests for each
of the next or 10 years"
The bureau estimated 80 per cent of
all such requests could be answered by
the index of the 1900 census, and said
the index would reduce the present
"cost per search" from 50 to 81.
In asking the $1,000 900 to erect a
census annex here, the Commerce De-
partment said it would pay for itself
in 10 years, by eliminating present de-
struction of equipment for lack OF
storage space" 1t complained that
the Census Bureau is scattered all
over Washington, with great lack OF
efficiency
The State Department applied for
S2S 260 to publish a "millionth scale
map of the United States. its territories
and possessions, by the Geological
Survey
S2,376.92O to Fight Rust
The Agriculture Department asked
s2376,920 TO eradicate the barberry,
blamed for stem rust of small grains.
IN II States. It also applied for
Sl.554000 to eliminate the cattle
fever tick by systematic dipping in
infested areas"-Florida. Texas, Loui-
sIana and Puerto Rico.
Other applications included IA
California projects suggested by the
Army Engineers: two by the Navy'S
Bureau of Yards and Docks and
scattered projects by Government
departments in the District Of CO.
lumbia. New jersey. PENNSYLVANIA
Louisiana and Washington State.
Evening star., 1935-06-07
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
TODAY,

Dinner, Hi-Y Club of Western High
School, Mayfower Hotel, pm.
Dance. Georgia State Society, Shore
ham Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Dinner dance, Alpha Epsilon Phi
Sorority, Shoreham Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner dance, Catholic University
alumni, $50 pm.
Dance, Sigma Delta Kappa Fratern-
ity, Congressional Country Club,
1890 p.m.i
Dinner dance. Benjamin Franklin
University, Arlington Hotel roof,
9 pm.
Dinner, Georgetown Law School,
class of 1925, Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting. Kit Carson Womens Relief
Corps, Soldiers Sailors and Marines
Hall, Eleventh and L streets, 8 pm.
Lawn fete and bingo party, benefit
st. Thomas Apostle Church, Twenty
seventh street and Woodley road, pm.
TOMORROW.
Meeting, United States Gypsum As
sociation, Carlton Hotel, 9 am.
Dinner dance, Phi Pi Epsilon Soror-
ity, Shoreham Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Dinner, Georgetown Preparatory
School, Mayfiower Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Tea dance, senior class, Catholic
University, Willard Hotel, 6 pm.
Dinner. Georgetown University Law
School, class of 1910, Willard Hotel,
1880 pm.
Banquet and dance, Lambda Sigma
Delta Sorority, Wardman Park Hotel,
1880 pm.
Dance, zeta Chi Sorority, Beaver
Dam Country Club, 10 pm.
Meeting, Washington Photographic
Society, Pierce Hall, Rock Creek Park
2:30 pm.