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The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
CARRY FIGHT BEFORE SoLoNS
Statewide Prohibition Contest to
Come Up in Alabama.
Especial to The Free Press.


Birmingham, Ala, December, 2l.-
1t was learned today that plans are
under way in this city to join with
Mobile and Montgomery in an at
tempt to carry the statewide prohibi-
tiOn fight before the Legislature when
it meets next month, making local
option the biggest question TO come
before the Alabama Legislature. Gov
ernOr-elect O'Neal was elected on a
local option platform and it is planned
to make it impossible for him to have
it enacted into law. The large cities
have been much dissatisfied with
the spread of prohibition and have
made no attempt to carry it out. In
the rural counties and small towns
sentiment is overwhelmingly in favor
of prohibition, and they will prob
ably remain under that law.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
OPEN IN A FEW DAYS
Concrete Bridge at the Dam About
Ready for Service.

The reinforced concrete wagon
bridge over the dam at Rapidan has
been completed, and the railing on
the sides is being put in place. 1t
is expected that the bridge will be
thrown open for travel in few
days. 1t is open for foot traffic now.
The roof has been placed on the
power house, and the work of put
ting the machinery in place will be-
gin at once.
Work began today, tearing down
the old mill, which has lately been
used as a hotel, and the other build
ings are also being torn down.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
LAND SENATOR STORY
RIGHT IN BUNK CLASS
GOVERNORS FRIENDS DO NOT
TAKE ANY STOCK IN YARN.
Ed Smith Laughs at the Report
That Mr.. Eberhart Would Seek
Place Now Held BY Moses e.
cIapP; Secretary Preus BIames
Newspaper Correspondents in
Washington.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: "All
bunk is the answer friends of Gov.
ernor Eberhart and Senator Clapp
in st. Paul give when questioned re-
garding the story sent from Wash
ington yesterday that the governor,
who is now i'm the east, is ambitious
TO go to the seuate and may try to
get there by defeating Senator Clapp
this winter.
e. Il. Smith, chairman of the state
central committee and close friend
Of the governor, laughed heartily
when questioned about the matter.
He was not inclined to talk for pub
lication, but he thought there was
TO foundation for the story; that the
governor had no such intentions and
that it was generally conceded that
Senator Clapp would be reelected.
AS far as the Hennepin delegation
is concerned, he said, practically all
of them are pledged to vote for Mr..
Clapp.
Nothing to IT," Says Rich.
There is nothing to the story as
far as Eberhart is concerned" said
w. w. Rich, who looks after Sena-
tor Clapp's interests when the lat
ter is in Washington. "Eberhart
knows that Mr.. Clapp was regularly
nominated by the republican con-
vention and that the legislative
members were elected with that
knowledge. l do not believe the
governor has any such thought at
all, and if he did, he would not go
down to Washington to spring it,,
but would sound some of the legis-
lative members at home.
THE governor has just been elect
ed by handsome vote and has a
bright future before him. but lot
of his friends are the friends of
Senator Clapp also, and the COVER
nor would not run any chance of
hurting his political future by get
ting into hopeless fight just at
this time when it would mean that
he would lose the friendship of a
great many of Senator Clapps
friends"
Mr. Rich said furthermore that
considerably more than a majority
of the senators and representatives
elect were publicly pledged to vote
for the reelection of Senator Clapp.
Preus BIames Newspaper Men.
J. A. o. Preus, the governors ex-
ecutive clerk, said he knew the
Washington correspondents and
thought that they made up the story
just because the governor did not
give them anything else to write
about. Mr.. Preus ridiculed the story,
but thought that the governor might
have dropped some facetious remark
about the delights OF life in Wash
ington and that this may have been
repeated and enlarged as basis for
the story that he would go after
Senator Clapps job.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
SCHOOLS IN SPELLING BEE
FaribauIt, Owatonna and Northfie Id
Are TO Contest

Faribault, December 21.-The pub
lie schools of Faribault, Owatonna
and Northfield are making arrange
ments to have a spelling contest be-
tween the pupils OF the three schools
The list of words selected are mostly
Of words in general use and the num-
Der to be used is 1,2G0. All the pu-
pills Of these schools are required to
take part in the contest. The best
twelve of each school will be chosen
Us the team to represent the several
place in Faribault some time in Feb
ruary.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
THEY WILL SELL AUTOS
Charles Hoerr and Carl Eckman to
Engage in Business.

Charles Hoerr and Carl Eckman
have formed partnership to go in
to the automobile business, and have
secured the agency for the Hudson
car. They have received Hudson
80, which is a handsome car, and ex-
pect car with a torpedo body soon.
They expect to open a garage in the
spring, and there is a possibility of
new building being erected on
Main street for their use. Mr.. Hoerr
will continue with the National bank
of Commerce, but Mr.. Eckman will
give his entire time to the business.
He is an expert with a car.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
Meet of County Trcasurers.

st. Paul, December 21.--A score of
county treasurers met yesterday in
the council chamber to talk shop.
They represented the County Treas.
urers' Association of Minnesota, of
which J. G. Mitchell of Fairmont is
president, E. A. Highum of Preston,
secretary and A. p. Brana of Glen
wood treasurer
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
Want Equal Rights for Jews.

Especial TO The Free Press.I
st. Petersburg, December 21.-A
new bill designed to give equal
rights to the Jews was received by
the duma committee which defines
til rights of Russian subjects in Fin
land. 1t is framed to overcome OBJ
jections in the bill which was re-
Gently rejected.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
TWo.Ieuued Pjq,

st. Paul Pioneer Press: New York
is boasting that it has a pig which
chews tobacco. Wish the tobacco
chewing pigs out this way were so
rare as to be notable.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR SERVICE
Mankato Commandery Members vii

Gather on Christmas Day.
Members of MankatO COmmandery
No. 4, Knights Templar, will hold
Christmas services at their asylum
on Sunday, December 25; beginning
at IL o'clock a. m.
Sentiments of the Christmas OBJ.
servance will be expressed by Sir
Knights ]. w. Andrews, j. A. Han
cock and Charles A. Chapman.
All Sir Knights in Mankato and
those within the jurisdiction of Man
kato Commandery No. are invited
to participate.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
Hearing on Lambert Tree Will.

Especial to The Free Press.1
Chicago, December 21.-A hearing
on the will of the late Lambert Tree
was begun here today. He left al
estate valued at over $5,OOO,OOO.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
Fighting Among Themselves.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: 1t seems
that even the catalogue houses dis
agree over the parcels post plan,
each one fearing 1t will aid the other.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
AMOUNT PAID WAS $1,000
Sum Handed Miss Agnes CouahIan
By Thomas A, Shcrk.

BY Thomas a. Shcrk.
The amount paid by Thomas A.
Sherk in settlement of the action
for breach of promise brought
against him by Miss Agnes Coughlan
was $4,000. The money was paid
i'll gold, and was taken to the court
room In three sacks.
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
BAD Euds sin BAD.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: A New
York physicial says bad egg is
just as nutritious as fresh one. We
refuse to swallow that
The Mankato free press., 1910-12-23
Takes Over Another Theatre.

The American Amusement com
pany has taken over the Princes
Theatre at New Ulm.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-27

education; the
old examinations,
which had gov
erned admission
to public service
for ages. were
abolished and
modern eXamina-
tons adopted;
public schools
We're ordered es-
tablished in every
part of the en-
pire in accord
ance with these
new ideas, and
wherever schools
We're established,
compulsory edu-
cation was also
established, pro-
viding that each
child should have
at least two
years of school
ing.
OF course e,
there were pro-
tests against this
program. There
are standpatters
in China who
take no stock in
the progress of
the west and
who are still sat
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-27

sweeping movement for change, supported by
general feeling that only complete regeneration Of
national life could the country. 1t the gen.
eral feeling ALSO that China could take it's time
to bring this about-Japan and Russia and the vari-
other powers momentary threatening
but China must become strong quickly. These
victions not Of the few, but of the many; it
was the conviction of the great common people of
China we'll as its most progressive statesmen
Changing China's Educational System
g o, in 1904 the governing powers determined to
- about the regeneration of China. Their first
steps were for complete revolution of the educa-
tional system. commission appointed to
study the educational situation and it reported
promptly. recommending national public school
system based upon the schools of the United States
and Germany. In 1905 edct issued abolish
ing the traditional educational methods of 1000
years: ancient lore aside, and modern
learning substituted; subjects which had been taught
for many centuries eliminated and their places
given TO the twentieth century subjects of western
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-27

isfied with the an
cient order OF
things. There We're
also the strict Con-
fucians to reckon
With; they opposed
any changes that
would eliminate the
teaching of Con-
fucianism from the
new education. To
the former the gov.
eminent has said,
China must so
Forward; to the
latter. various con-
cessions We're made
and place is still
given in a smaller
way to Confucian
teachings and a
Confucian univer.
sity was established.
In the twelve or
fifteen years since
the establishment
of the new school
system, the inhu,
ence of the new
movement has al,
ready been wonder.
full, Notwithstanding
the fact that public
education as we
know it in America
is years and years
from complete rea-
lization. The move.
ment has Influenced
every phase of ma,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-27

year. and from the families of China's progress
siye business men and officials still others.
All, there must be at the present time thou
sands of Chinese students in American institutions
and that college is rare which does not enroll one
of these sons of orient. So far has this
great movement for modern education gone that
it includes Chinas young women. After keep
ing them for centuries in strictes secuson, leading
families sending their daughters abroad for ed
cation along with their sons. A notable case IN
point the arrival here of the three
daughters of one of Chna's influential states
men, Tang Shao vi and their enrolment in lead
ing school for young women. Tang himself was edu
Gated in this country being one OF the first group
OF boys sent here to acquire western knowledge
1t is significant evidence OF the influence OF Amer
lean training upon this distinguished man that he
now sends his daughters to attend American col
leges.
The Cause of the Invasion
ID ACK of this invasion of the United States by Chi
- young men and young women is a great rev
ouon in the attitude OF the Chinese towards things
modern and western and great change in the spirit
of its people. Only few years ago China kept itself
apart from the world; it tried to shut itself in not
only by great wall of stone and mortar, but also
by greater wall of prejudice against prog
ress and hatred and misrust of the foreigner espe
cially the foreigner from the west The Chinese be-
lieved that only ancient things good; they be-
lieved that their ancestors ages before. had
soned all knowledge and settled all human ques-
tons, not only for their time, but for all time
With such belief it was not strange that
Chna's intellectual and social life was narrowly cir
scribed; it not strange that it bitterly ana
begerenty opposed progress.
But then came succession OF national catastro-
Plies and repeated humilatons. In various short
wars with western powers China dsgracefuly
beaten and forced to relinquish territory and pay in
IDENTITIES. In the years 1S94-95 came crushing
defeat at the hands of progressive Japan, and then
followed the Boxer troubles, when Chinese pride
was wretchedly HUNDRED by the powers OF Europe
and America There came dark days for China:
it's future seemed uncertain and the threat OF dis
memberment and thu loss OF national character
doomed ahead. Not only Chinese statesmen
and leading business detected by the situation
but the whole people we'll
With this detection there seemed to con-
viction that something wrong with the old order
of things and that China itself and cut
loose from ancient tradition if it would itself
from still further humiliation and final disntegra-
ton. Out of this conviction there suddenly
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-27
By B. K M A N N

~ IN commerce and trade it's standards
of living its patriotic spirit it's mill.
tary and naval defense. Recently Rev.
Chas. Aubrey Eaton of New York made the state
ment on the authority of men who know China that
this great nation has advanced more in the last
years than Japan in the last fifty. Undoubtedly
China has recognized its weakness and is fully
aroused to make herself what she should be.
The United States has played proud part in this
regeneration of China, especially in bringing about
the establishment of education for the old,
which is the great beginning of it ALL In the very
earliest times the United States gave welcome to
Chinese students who came to attend its colleges.
Long before the present influx young and young
women eager to learn ways came in good
bers Among the Older statesmen OF the present
time in China are many who are graduates OF Yale,
Harvard. Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania
and other institutions Tang Shao VI who has pre-
viously been mentioned is one of them; the Chinese
minister is another many of the who doing
its business are likewise former students of Ameri.
can schools To these and to their American
training much OF the success of the new movement
is due. To them. ALSO is due to the fact that the
public schools of the United States, with those OF
Germany, were taken models for the Chinese
system
Why United States Schools Favored
W7HEN the United States government generously
RENTED to the Chintse large share OF the in-
demnity awarded because of losses suffered Boxer
uprsings. it fitting that this remission should
the way to further recognition OF the American
education influence Instead of putting the RENTED
millions into it's general treasury China set it aside
endowment to pay the expenses of special
body of young to be the United States
to be educated. When these young return
China they will be given positions OF Importance in
the government service; measure what
their influence, and through them the influence OF
American ideals, will be upon the future of China.
The plan for the education of young Cinnamon
the United States contemplates system OF rotation
that will maintain about four hundred students IN
the United States at all times once the scheme is in
full operation. The students will come this
try at the rate of hundred year for four years
and after that at the rate OF fifty year nasmuch
as the course of instruction to be pursued covers
eight it will be hat at least four hundred
students will always be hand. The significance
OF this American traini for great bodies of the
picked young men of China and the incidental IA
milarty with American products and equipment that
must invariably result is emphasized when it is
taken into consideration that so per cent of these
students will specialize agriculture mechanical
engineering mining, physics, chemistry railroading
architecture and banking. The remaining one-ffth
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-27

MISS EMILY TANG
Daughter of an eminent Chinese
statesman. one of the many high
born Chinese girls coming to the
United States for an education.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-27

TROM every trav-
eler who visits
China comes
the testimony that
this long dormant
country is awaken
ing to a sense OF its
opportunities and its
power. We have
evidence of it even
here in the United
States, thousands OF
miles away from the
orient, in the invas-
ion OF a great host
OF young Chinese.
come not to intlict
a yellow peril upon
us. but to learn the
ways OF western
progress and civiliz-
alton for the inn
provement OF their
own country when
they return. Re-
Gently the Chinese
government sent a
large group OF
young men to enter
the colleges and
universities of the
United States; they
will be followed by
other groups, for
China plans to send
a hundred young
men a year for sew
eral years, then
fifty a year, and
maintain continually
at least 400 students
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-27

at least 400 students in American edu-
cational institutions. From the yari-
Gus American missions in China come
other hundreds of young men every
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-27

tional life-its moral standards, it's
commerce and trade, it's standards
of living, it's patriotic spirit, it's mill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-28

farmers organizations will be the
subjects for discussion. Representa-
tives of these various lines Of activ-
ity in the country will describe what
has actually been accomplished.
'The Country School, the Press
and the Library" will be the subject
of the round table February 10 This
conference will be distinguished by
the character Of the addresses, which
will consist primarily of the expert
ences of those in intimate contact
with Wisconsin country life rather
than discussions by those brought
from other states. It is believed that
many of the problems in rural life
are being solved by the existing Wis
consin institutions and that a confer
ence in which these experiences may
be exchanged will result in much
good.
The conference is held during the
period of the ten days farmers
course at the college of agriculture,
and those in attendance will have an
opportunity to get in close touch with
the economic phases Of agriculture as
presented in this course.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-28
Country Life Conference Called.

Country Life Conference Called.
A call for the first Wisconsin coun-
try life conference to be held at
Madison under the auspices Of the
College Of Agriculture Of the Univer-
slty OF Wisconsin February 1915, has
just been issued by Dean II. Il. Rus
sell The purpose Of this conference
Is TO bring together those who are
interested in the social aspects of
country life and to describe what has
been accomplished through various
agencies in this state
The two days program will include
general discussions Of the social and
economic problems Of country life in
the state, and each afternoon will be
devoted to round table conference
on particular topics. On Tuesday,
February IA, the functions Of the
church, the business man, and the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-28
Plan Social Service Work.

At the closing session of the Wis
consin Federation Of Clutches and
Christian Workers a committee was
created to be known as the social
service commission Of the Wisconsin
Federation of Churches, to be con
posed of Is members.
The members named are: Rev.
U. G. Humphrey, Milwaukee, superin-
tendent of the Wisconsin Anti.Saloon
lague; Charles j. Galpin, Baptist uni
versity pastor, Madison; Prof S. W.
Gilman, professor of commerce, Uni
versity Of Wisconsin; Prof. r. c..
Chaplin, professor of political economy
at BelOit college and author of the
Russell Sage Foundation book on the
Workingmen's Budget; President w.
0. Carrier of Carroll college; Rev. R.
FL. Edwards, Congregational uniyer-
sity pastor, editor of a series of
studies in American social conditions;
j. G. Rosebush, professor Of econom-
les at Lawrence college, and M S.
Dudgeon, secretary of the Wisconsin
free library commission. These nine
members were empowered to elect
the remaining six members.
The functions of the commission
will be along the following general
lines, its specific work to be deter
mined by the commission itself.
First, to increase the acquaintance
! Of the people Of the churches with the
facts Of the leading social problems,
such as the labor problem, child labor,
the liquor problem, poverty and the
social evil, to be done by the publ.
cation Of literature, the holding Of
meetings under the auspices of the
commission, and in such other ways
as the commission may choose.
Second, to serve as an advisory
committee in matters Of the relation
ship between the churches and social
! betterment movements
Third, to investigate any moral,
social and industrial conditions Of an
aggravated nature and to report its
findings.
Fourth, to represent the federation
at hearings of legislative committees
in support Of opposition to proposed
| legislation in the name of the Fedora
ton Of Churches and Christian Work
ers, it being understood that a four
fths affirmative vote of the whole
| commission shall be necessary before
such action be taken
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-28
WHEN HER BACK ACHES.
A Woman Finds All Her Energy and
Ambition Slipping Away.

Lancaster women know how the
aches and pains that come when the
kidneys fail make life burden
Backache, hip pains, headaches, dizzy
spells. distressing urinary troubles
all tell Of sick kidneys and warn you
Of the steal thy approach Of diabetes
dropsy and Bright's disease Doan $
Kidney Pills permanently cure all
these disordres.
Can Lancaster sufferers desire
stronger proof than this woman s
words
Miss Sadie Smith. Fennimore, Wis,
says; Il have no hesitation ia re-
commanding Doan Kidney Pills. as
they have benefited me greatly. For
some time | suffered a dull ache III
the small of my back aud severe pains
in the kidney regions Headaches