The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-30

Ine Omana MINISTER, VINO also Is
known as an evangelist, has had sew,
eral courses of lessons at the local
academy, if they may be called lessons,
for Mr.. Wedge, in his youth was an
adept at pngilism, and his work here
is more to brush mp his memory on the
fine points of the game than to learn
anything in the rndimentary line.
In his earlier days, before connected
with church work, the present Omaha
pastor is credited with having partici.
pated in two ring encounters with
Clarence English, the Kansas fighter,
and with Jack Blackburn, the cOlored
mixer. His record is said to be a de.
cision and draw with English, and a
four round draw with Blackburn.
Harry Gilmore, the veteran ~instruc-
tor, says Mr.. Wedge is one of the
cleverest men who ever came into his
rooms, but that the pastor does not
go in for rough work or smuggling, but
naively adds he thinks "the parson
could hit a few if he wanted to-"
Chicago, April pa national or
ganizatiOn of business men to sys.
Dramatically fight the white slave traf
fc, proposed here when the enactment
of new laws i'm Illinois became as,
cured by favorable committee report
promises to become a fact and to make
the warfare against the widespread
evil, in the courts, in securing legis-
latiOn and in secret service work the
country over, continuous, effectual anG
speedy.
The proposal was made by George H
C%urrier, publisher of Woman's World
which has already inspired legisla
ton in Minnesota, the Dakotas, ant
prospective legislation in Illinois, Iowa
Arkansas and several other states. He
also offered to aid the financing Of
such an organization if ii was rom
prised of representative men. In al
address issued here he said:
illinois statutes are now certain
to include adequate laws against white
slavery and what is needed next, FOL
the protection of our girls, is an or
ganization of business men to aid il
enforcement of the. laws and to ex
tend similar laws to other states.
When horse thieves grow numerou!
we organize TO clean them ont, On
sisters and daughters are being cap
tured by white slavers at the rate o
10000 a year and we have Just walked
up to realize it.
Impetus has been given to the step'
to provide organized protection to tn,
girls and young women of the coun
ltry by the discussion of the white
slave traffic by the archibishops o
! the Roman Catholic church at Wash
ington, April %. The archbishops
yoicing the sentiments of the churcl
in the United States, nnanimOusl,
agreed TO lend their cooperation t,
the movement. Those present were
Cirdinal Gibbons, Archbishop Riordar
of San Francisco. Archbishop Ireland o
st. Paul. Archbishop Moeller. of Gin
: e%innati, Archbishop Farley of New
York, Archbishop Glennon of st. Louis
Bishop Macs of Covington, Ky, Bish
op Foley of Detroit, Bishop Harkin'
of Providence, Mgr. Lavelle of New
York, former attorney General Charlie,
j. BOnapart, Michael Jenkins of Balti
more, Richard c.. Kerens of st. Louis
+. Walter George Smith of Philadelphia
and the Very Rev. Thomas Shahan
pro-rector of the Catholic university
st. Charles. Mimi, April eth,
school faculty and students of tn,
high school held a jubilee in Wood
man hall in celebration of the victory
of the st. Charles debating team il
the state high school debating league
Among the features were the follow
ing: Address, "The State Champion
ship Debate" Superintendent NJ. d
Aygarn; vocal duet, Misses Viole,
Haber and Evelyn De Lany; address
c.. j.. Pickert; violin solo, Adolf Zim
merman; address of welcome, Mayor
+. w. Heubach; selection, St. Charlie;
Military band; addresses by the de
batting team, Ezra Engelbart, Georg,
Kiefer and Fred Werber; vocal solo
Miss Carmen Sheeks; reading, Mrs. C
H. Robbins; instrumental duet, Mrs
NJ. d. Aygarn and Miss Lillian Nc
Elhaney; reading, Miss De Eta Rim
derknecht; high school sextette, Misse.
Lillian Knapp, Nessie Miller, Violet
Haber, Ethel Stevenson; addresses, Rev
&c. c. Engelbart and Mic. Kiefer anc
congratulations from the Winona higl
school, presented by DR.. J. J. Hillmar
Bishop Edsall of Minneapolis mad,
a short and charming address of con
graduation in behalf of the state. 4
selection by the band closed the pro
gram. Refreshments were served b,
the school, and then the young peopl,
danced until a late hour.
Milwaukee, Wis, April 26.-Details
have been arranged for the second il
the series of three great debates OF
the prohibition question between May
or David s. Rose of this city. oppos
ing prohibition, and DIR. Samuel Dicki,
,Of Albion college, the accredited rep
resentative of the national prohibi
ton party. The debate will be held al
Orchestra hall, Chicago, Friday night
April 30, and the interest that tn,
Milwaukee debate aroused in every
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