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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23
-Four Accused
In Flint Scheme
OF Invention
One Dismissal
Granted One In
Fraud Case

FLINT ~ Recommendation by
Sherman Bean. assistant prosecu-
tor that four persons be bound
10 Circuit Court p connection With
a mystery machine promotion 10
which IL is alleged more than
100000 was obtained from Flint
residents. was deferred by the
court until April ?. because the
bondsmen from the defendants ia
away.
The four defendants are George
James. Detroit hotel and poolroom
operator. DR.. Edward Smith,
white. Flint osteopath. Carlton
Horton. white. Flint salesman. and
Mrs Marie Heth white, 7l-year.
old Detroit widow
Charges Dismissed
The charge against Charles
Leadbetter. white Lake Orion real
estate and oil promoter. was dis
missed for lack OF evidence. Wall
Ter Koepp. white. Marquette mining
engineer. waived examination and
was held TO Circuit Court
The defendants are ell charged
with conspiracy 10 defraud and
violation OF the Blue Sky Law.
The recommendations 10 bind tho
four persons 10 Circuit Court was
made AT the resumption ~ hear
ines before Municipal Judge Frank
Cain Wednesday.
Never Saw Machine
Investors testified at the lower.
court examination that they under.
stood the machine was portable
printing press. a press FOR per-
manently colorinc metals. a matted
ink mixer and medicine-mixing
device James holds patent rights
on small printing press. appar-
emily designed for printing policy
tickets. but has denied that Il was
this machine in which he was cell.
ing stock
While none 81 the investors vas
able 10 describe the machine IN
which they put their money. thew
testified that they were told Il
would be sold for 80 non 600 re-
turning them $40 10 $50 FOR every
dollar invested.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23
Allen And Anderson
Go To Hot Springs
For Spring Vacation

Two Of the Tribune's loyal ad-
vertisers, Fred A. Allen, proprietor
Of Supreme Linen Supply and
Laundry. 700 +. Alexandrine and
Fred A. Anderson, proprietor OF An
derson's Funeral Home. sos T..
Willis. left at l pm. last Friday
over the Michigan Central RR. for
Hot Springs. Ark, where they will
spend a months vacation. while in
Hot Springs, they will stop at the
Pythian Bath House. Their Detroit
friends wish them a pleasant ard
restful vacation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23

According to testimony given at
the trial. Biskner was driving on
the right hand side OF the road
when Reid apparently lost control
OF his car. the automobile crossing
the center line and hitting Bisk-
ner's car.
The plaintiff suffered severe In
iurles which kept him in the hos
pital for three months, according
TO his testimony. He was in a coma
for 30 days.
The plaintiff was represented by
Attorney X. NJ. Van Dyne, while
the defendant was represented by
the law firm OF Cook & Stipes.
The case was heard by Circuit
Judge Philip Elliott, and was the
last civil case OF the term.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23
Marie Mitchell Hurt
In Automobile Crash

Mrs. Marie Anderson Mitchell.
500 Woodland, suffered a sprained
left leg and wrerched back in an
automobile accident at Russell and
Palmer. early Saturday morning.
Mrs. Mitchell was an occupant OF
car driven by Granville Nixon.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23
Shoots At
Wife And Kills
Sista-In-Law
Couple Had
Been Separated
For 3 Months

heitg first degree murder
a'fse' Eddie Cunningham. 80, OF
~ Polk, River Rouge, was ar
nInsd in Recorders Court this
week. The defendant pleaded not
Nll'y and was held without bond
y Judge W. Mckay Skillman for
uaninailon next week.
Cunningham is charged with the
nal shooting OF his sister-ir- law.
~" Clara Bell Ellison, 26, 14l5
soaln Fort early Sunday morning.
y" Ellison died twelve hours
HG IN Receiving hospital.
Hi BY Mistake
The defendant was shooting at
~ esIanged wife, Mrs. Anna Cum
,osnam, 25. l4l5 South Fort wher
az tllison was struck by one OF
hs bullets
=, cunningham, according TO po-
~ y. had gone TO l4i5 South Fort
' are NE TWO women were en-
!, as domestics in an attempt
.snec, reconciliation. Going
J. ne second floor where the wom-
f. ~, we're working. Cunningham is
:. -. 70 have pulled a 32-calibre re-
~ ~'s' and fred three shots, one OF
~ ~ oullels striking Miss Ellison in
y y aodomen and the other two 60
,,r s cunningham escaped the
~, we" when she fell down the
:. stairway. She said that di-
~ c action was pending.
~ s1nningham surrendered shortly
~ me shooting. and made a
Az. asenent to Detectives John Hut
p,s s,on and George Rose OF the
h'nicide Squad
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23
Arraigned For Fatal
Shooting Of Friend

Porter James Jones, Is. OF 500
Brush. accused OF the fatal shoot
ing OF julius Wilburn. 80, OF $50
Medbury, was arraigned Oh MUIR
der charge before Recorders Judge
w. Mckay skillman, Monday morn
ing.
Attorney John p. Morris, coun-
sci for the defendant entered a plea
OF not guilty. Judge Skillman set
the examination for March p. and
remanded Jones to the county jail
without bond
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23

) Following the questioning FRI
day night, Fetchit made an effort
10 borrow 800 from the manager
OF the show. Failing in this. Fetch
II left on an early train for New
York.
These friends Of Fetchit said he
had expressed Dissatisfaction about
the show upon his arrival in De-
troii. ard had shown no eatisfac-
ton In the days which followed.
Instead, things seemed to Erow
worst With the actor.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23

Carter Thomas. 26. OF 936 Alex
andrine, faced Federal CHARGE
this week because he sold a sawed
Off shotgun 10 Bert swartz, pawn
broker At ssSS Hastings.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23
Given $1,000
For Auto Hurt
Bv A. TURNIPSEED

FLINT-A verdict of $1,000 for injuries suffered in
an automobile last fall awarded Donald Bskner by
a Circuit Court jury last week.
Bskner was injured Sept. % when the car in which
he was riding struck by another driven by Warren
Reid The accident occurred Corunna road.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-23
Stepin Fetchit Becomes Disguised
With Show And Does AQuck Fadeout

Stephn Fetcht did not leave Detroit early Saturday
morning to avoid further questioning by custom authori-
ties according friends of the actor whose Incidence
makes him living in films and the stage. Instead,
Fetchit left because he disguised with the show.
Three After Three in which he appeared at the Cass
theater last week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
SNOW removal.
COSTS SMALL
Fourth District to Save Tidy
Sum if Present Conditions
Continue for Winter.

Approximately $400 was spent by the
Fourth commissioner district for snow
blowing during the month of January
as compared with $500 for the same
month year ago, according to figures
obtained from the local county Office.
Plows have gone out a few times to
push snow off the shoulders and aside
from this they have seen no service.
If present conditions continue the
district will save tidy sum that
ordinarily goes for fighting drifts.
During February and March, 1885, a
total of $1,000 was expended from the
snow blowing fund, making the total
of the initial three months S23,5OO.
What happened during this and next
month of last year may occur again, SO
the district isn't counting its savings
before the winter ends.
For the county as a whole officials
estimate that snow removal for Janu-
airy will cost about $4,000 as COM
pared with $1,000 a year ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Finn Relief Program
Successful at WdaSd.

The benefit program conducted Fri
day by the Waasa-Argo Finnish relief
committee was great success, accord
ing to Paul Kaurala, committee chair
man, who reported that the school
building in which it was held was
packed.
A luncheon was served and a generous
amount donated to the cause Mrs
Wilho Maxi, after Mr.. Kaurala opened
the program, announced the numbers
A trio, composed of Alex Hanka, Ely,
Paul Kaurala, Waasa, and William Salo,
EmbarraSs, sang, accompanied by Miss
Eudora Anderson, Ely. Miss Eleanore
Laurila, formerly of Ely, played num-
Der of accordion solos,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles w. Anderson,
accompanied by Miss Anderson, scored
hit with their rendition of native
Finnish songs. Mrs. Anderson also sang
several solos in Finnish. Miss Lois
Erkkila and Miss Ellie Kaurala played
piano duet and Miss Lois Welain and
Miss Kaurala guitar and piano duet.
! Elmer Marsyla, manager of the Co
/ OPP store, and Isaac Lampaa, postmaster,
both of Embarrass, spoke. Miss Shirley
Mattson, EmbarraSS, accompanied by
Miss Anderson, sang, and Mr.. Salo and
Mrs. Heikkila contributed vocal solos
The thanks of the committee in
charge was extended for the success of
the affair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
BOY SCOUTS
Continued From Page One.)

sonal health; Raymond Berglund, Sec
ond class badge. All are from Troop
I'll. Walter Jones, a Lone Scout who
already has an Eagle Scout badge, will
receive a bronze palm.
The above Scouts were deemed eligible
to receive the awards named at a
board of review held Friday by Mr..
Bolitho Mr. Olson and Mr. Reigel.
Sunday will be Scout reverence day
and Ely troop members will join other
Scouts throughout the country in at
tending their respective churches in a
group. Special emphasis is being placed
upon the twelfth point of the Scout
law which reads "a Scout is Reverent. -
Special displays of handicraft work
are being placed in windows of several
Ely business houses.
Starting today the nations 100000
Cubs, Boy Scouts and their leaders will
celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America in an OBJ
servance that will last until February
H. The week is the most important on
the Scout calendar and its theme is
"Scouting-the American Way" of
training the youth of the nation.
Saturday night Tower, which with
Ely composes the Vermilion range dis
trict, will conduct its bean supper. A
court of honor will feature the affair,
and Committeeman Bolitho, Olson
Reigel, Murn and Dragavon will at
tend to conduct the ceremony
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TION FOR PROBATE OF WILL,
APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTA-
TIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
State of Minnesota, County of St.
LouiS-SS.
I'M pRORATE COITRT

State of Minnesota, County of St.
LouiS-SS.
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of Matt
Stefin, Decedent
1t Is Ordered that the petition for
admission to probate of an instrument
filed herein, purporting to be the last
will and testament of said decedent and
the issuance of letters teStamentary
thereon to Mary Gotchnik be heard
before this Court in the Probate Court
Room in the Court House in Duluth,
Minnesota, on Monday, March 4th,
1910 at nine o'clock A. M, and that all
persons interested then show cause, if
any they have, why said petition should
not be granted.
1t Is Ordered that all creditors of the
decedent file their claims in this Court
within four months from the date here
of, and that said claims be heard and
adjudicated on Tuesday, June 18th,
1910, at ten o'clock A. M, by the Court
in the Probate Court Room in the
Court House in Duluth, Minnesota.
Witness the HON. VIM. j. ARCHER,
Judge of Probate Court, this 5th day
of February, 1910.
Sheldon Watts, Clerk of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court
A. w. Nelson, Attorney for Petitioner,
Ely, Minnesota. 2-8-l5-22
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
BIRTHDAY BALL
RAISES $3.50
Half Listed as Net Profit to
be Divided by National,
County Groups.

Ticket sales for the Presidents birth
day ball, held here totaled $3.50, ac-
cording to DR.. John E. Thompson,
secretary and treasurer of the COM
mittee in charge.
OF this amount $47.30 was net profit,
half of which was sent to the National
Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, Inc,
and half to the chairman of Infantile
PARALYSIS, Inc, of st. Louis county to
be spent within the county itself on
fighting the affliction.
The amount raised here as listed
above does not include funds con-
tributed through the march of dimes
birthday cards which are sent directly
to the national organization via the
mails, Dr. Thompson stated.
Expenses of staging the dance, which
included SIS for 400 march of dimes
birthday cards, were listed by the
treasurer as follows: Permit, 81; or
chestra, $50; tickets and advertising
S7.25: 40 coin collectors, $40; 4OC
march of dimes cards, S.; 1000 en-
blem tabs, $3.50; postage, etc., Is cents
Total expense, $4820.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TION FOR ADMINISTRATION
APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTA-
TIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
State of Minnesota, County of ST.
LouiS-SS
IN PROBATE COURT
mo oC760l

LOulS-SS
IN PROBATE COURT
(No. 32760)
Maxi, Decedent.
Lydia Maxi having filed herein a
petition for general administration,
stating that said decedent died intes-
tate, and praying that Lydia Maxi be
appointed administrative;
1t Is Ordered that the hearing there
on be had on Monday, March 4th, 1910
at nine o'clock A. M before this Court
in the Probate Court Room in the
Court House in Duluth, Minnesota, and
that all persons interested then show
cause, if any they have, why said petit
ton should not be granted.
1t Is ordered that all creditors of
the decedent file their claims in this
Court within four months from the
date thereof, and that said claims be
heard and adjudicated on Tuesday,
June 18th, 1910, at ten O'Clock A. M,
by the Court in the Probate Room in
the Court House in Duluth, Minnesota.
Witness the HON. VIM. j. ARCHER,
Judge of Probate Court, this 9Th day
of February 1910.
Sheldon Watts, Clerk of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court
Peter MoScatelli, Attorney for Petit
toner, Ely, Minnesota. 2-8-15-22
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08

state of Minnesota could then provide
more adequately for its other destitute
citizens, recipients of old age assist
ance, aid to the blind, and aid to
dependent children, thus emitting it to
greater matched funds from the federal
social security board.
Minnesota is now paying its old age
assistance beneficiaries an average Of
about $20.71 per month, whereas the
social security board is obligated to
pay each state one-half of up to $4,000
per month. MinneSota's aid to depen-
dent children could also be more gen.
erously federally matched, if the bur-
den of providing for the dependent
children of all deceased World War
Veterans were shifted from the state
of Minnesota to the U. S. Veterans
Administration.
Minnesota would not only be relieved
of heavy responsibilities, but also would
benefit by added purchasing power dis
tributed by payment of federal pensions
to dependents of veterans, and by more
matched money from the social security
board. The total burden to society
would not thereby be increased, but
merely shifted from communities and
states to the federal government. Far
sighted economy should impel our fed
eral government adequately to provide
for the dependents of all deceased vet
Grams.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States urges your active sup
port in enacting H. R. 2726 into law.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
NOTICE OF SALE OF REMAINING
ASSETS OF
FIRST STATE BANK OF ELY,
ELY, MINNESOTA.

Bids accompanied by certified check
for 1919 of the amount thereof will be
received by the undersigned up to and
including February 9, 1910 upon those
assets of the above bank which are
described in a list which may be OBJ
tanned from the undersigned.
Right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
All bids received will be submitted to
the District Court for approval at a
public hearing on date to be hereafter
fixed, at which hearing other and
higher bids will be received. Successful
bidders must pay at time Of said hear
ing full amount of bid if $4,000 or
less; if more than $4,000 one-half
thereof with minimum of $4,000, the
balance to be paid within ten days after
hearing.
The validity of these assets is not
guaranteed as to signature, amount or
otherwise.
F. A. AMUNDSON,
Acting Commissioner of Banks,
129 State Office Bldg, ST. Paul, Mimi.
(Ely Miner, lib LIS 81, 194O.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
give NUMBER
VOL YES Slain
10 Killed in Ely Area During
Last Year; $2S5 Paid in
Bounties to Trappers.

Nineteen wolves, all of them adults,
were killed in the Ely territory dur
ing 1889, according to figures obtained
from Clerks j. P. Purdy of the Town of
Morse and William LomaSney of the
Town of Fall Lake.
BountieS collected totaled $285.
Adults bring SIS each and cubs S..
Eight were killed in the Town of
Morse and II in the Town of Fall Lake.
So far in 1910 two have been disposed
of in the Town of Morse.
Considerable red tape is attached to
collecting the bounty fee. The pro-
cedure the trapper must go through
follows:
After killing the animal, he has to
bring it to the Town Clerk in the town.
ship where it was slain. He must have
witness with him to prove that it
was killed in the township designated.
The clerk then cuts off the paws and
prepares certificate for the trapper
on each animal.
The trapper then has to find the
area game warden who must view the
carcass, determine it is wolf, and at
tach an interlocking seal in the ear.
The hide may then be taken in person
or mailed to the county auditors office,
along with the certificate.
Trappers killed $50 wolves in St.
Louis county during 1899, according to
Walter H. Bergen, county auditor, and
his books show payment of $2,751 in
bounties. The county has $4,000 re-
volving fund from which the fees are
paid and this fund is reimbursed by the
state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
BrelUers Back Cleanup
or Closeup Campaign.

At a meeting in st. Paul recently,
Minnesota Brewers, representing
large majority of the states brewers,
went on record unanimously endorsing
a cleanup, or closeup" campaign of
retail beer outlets.
The meeting was opened with re-
port by the secretary, outlining the
work done by the Minnesota Brewers in
cooperation with local enforcement Off
GERS throughout the state where clean
up proceedings had been instituted
following reports of violations Of reg
ulationS.
In general discussion which followed,
it was pointed out that direct coop
Grafton with constituted enforcement
officers is the primary pledge of the
Brewers Code of Practice" 1t was
also stated that since the adoption
of this code of practice by the brewers
of Minnesota, in November, 1887, the
brewers have aided enforcement officers
to the fullest extent. 1t was then
brought out that, because the general
public does not understand that the
brewers have no authority to enforce
the laws surrounding the sale Of beer
but must wait upon invitation from en-
forcement officers to cooperate, it would
be in the interest of the public for the
brewers to reaffirm their stand on
regulation.
The Minnesota Brewers reaffirmed
the Brewers Code, adopted in Novem-
Der, 1887, and especially that part Of
it in which they pledge their fullest
cooperation to all enforcement officers
and authorities invested with the con-
troll of retailing beer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Students Thinking
Up Tough Ones for
Members of Faculty.

Students of the Ely Junior College
will receive the chance they have been
looking for to put the faculty on the
spot with the scheduling of a Stu
dents Day.
During the day the teachers will
be displaced by the students. They
will take over the classes and the study
halls, while the faculty members will
take things easy among the remain
ing students.
With the students asking the ques-
tions, the teachers will have to provide
the anwers satisfactory to the stu
dents. The groundwork for some of
the questions is already being laid, it
is reported, with the tough ones being
placed at the head of the list.
Dale Hastings is chairman of the
committee in charge of the day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
DEADLINE ON
PLATES Near
Week Remains in Which Auto
Licenses May be Secured
Without Penalty.

Ely residents have just one week in
which to obtain their auto license plates
without payment of penalty. Deadline
for issuing plates at the regular figure
is Feb. Is.
At the start of this week $50 plates
had been issued, with another 500 ex-
pected to go out during the week, ac-
cording to Byrd Brownell, deputy
registrar These figures are somewhat
ahead of a year ago, Brownen said.
On Friday, Feb. Is, state law requires
that 25 cent penalty be assessed and
on the following day another 25 cent
penalty added to the first. For the
next month every license issued viii
have 50-cent penalty attached to it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
"NOONANISMS"
from the Baudette Region

We wish Mr.. Stain no hard luck, but
we hope he chokes.
A writer says that there should be
more candor. He is probably right, but
it shouldn't be carried too far. For
instance, tell speaker that his speech
was far too long and that it bored, and
he will be angry at you for quite
awhile.
We heard wife light into her hus-
band in front of local beer parlor the
other night, and to hear her talk you
would think that the only decent thing
for him to do was to drop dead.
Even you Farmer-Labor and Demo-
crat lads should shout a few hoorays
over governor Stassen being named one
of the ten outstanding young men of
the nation for 1889.
The 1905 were a tough decade, or
perhaps decayed is better way to
spell it.
Here is the best story we ever heard
in favor of machinery being used for
work:
An economic expert radically opposed
to labor saving machinery paused be-
fore an excavation and said to the
contractor 'it would help unemploy-
ment if you took out that digging
machine and substituted 100 men," The
contractor said, 81 have a better idea.
How about substituting 10000 men
using teaspoons
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Steel Picture ShOlUn
to 700 Persons Here,

More than 700 Ely people saw the
educational picture Making and Shap-
ing Steel" shown here last Thursday
under the sponsorship of the Ely XII
wants club. This is exclusive of school
children.
Over 500 witnessed the evening show
ing. The picture was produced by the
U. S. Steel corporation, and it received
many words of commentator from
those who saw it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Matthias POrgOreLc Pays
Friends Here O. Visit.

Matthias Pogorelc, a former resident
of Ely, who now lives in Duluth, paid
the city visit Monday, coming here
for the funeral of John Novak, former
resident of the city who died in Duluth
Mr. Pogorelc is the man who eStab-
lished the Missionary Buh museum at
the Villa Scholastica, Duluth, in which
he still takes an active interest. Du-
luth Catholic churches, he said, have
been observing the eighteenth anniver-
sary of the death of Father Buh, which
falls on Feb. 2.
Mr.. Pogorelc, who paid tire Miner
office a visit, first came to Ely on April
%, 1898, and for a time worked for the
Chandler Mining company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Gopher Likes to
Be Different.

Clinton-While coming to town one
day recently, Charles de Neui was sur
prised to see a gopher hunched up in
the middle of the road east of Clinton.
Why the animal decided to come out
of his hole in this weather is hard to
guess, especially since the day was a
cold and threatening one-probably got
tired of its bed, for its hole was in
the middle of the road
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Hold Examination for
u. s. Coast Guard.

Examination for entrance to the u
S. coast guard academy at New London,
Conn., will be held May Is, according
to an announcement received here.
Young men between the ages of II and
% years, inclusive, are eligible to take
the test, and the mental qualifications
are similar to those for entrance to an
engineering school.
Information may be obtained from
the commandant of the u. S. coast
guard at Washington, D. G.