The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-16


mate purpose3-for the army and
navy and the police. Everybody is
buying pistols and revolvers. There
is fascination about owning and
carrying revolver. We have be-
come a country of gun toters.
IF federal laws could so restrict
every gun plant in America that a
government inspector could keep
tab on their output, checking every
firearm made and listing purchasers.
the end of toting would come. There
could be interstate laws against
shipping firearms except for mill
tary or police use. With every state
cooperating | am sure that it would
be no time before We would be rid
of this curse"
St Paul, June 1.-THE annual con-
vention of the Minnesota Odd Eel
lows began yesterday with the forty
first annual session of the grand en-
campment, at |. o. o. f. hall, Fifth
and Wabasha streets, Grand Patriarch
H. B. Shamp of Minneapolis called the
meeting to order. All the officers
were present and all but two en-
campments were represented. There
are about 5000 members in this
branch of the order in Minnesota.
The officers elected were: Grand
patriarch, w. A. Mcdowell of LII
verne; past grand senior warden,
George Engel of ST. Paul; grand
scribe, Dr. T. II. Warham of Min
neapolis; grand treasurer, w. W..
Churchill of Rochester; grand rep
resentatives, r. E. Patterson of Du-
luth and August Hohenstein of ST..
Paul.
These officials were installed dur
ing the afternoon.
Today at 9 a. m. the grand lodge
will convene at Knights of Column
bus hail. There will be more than
800 delegates.
The Rebekah Assembly, the la
dies auxiliary of the I. o. o. F., met
this morning at 8 a. m. at Wood
man hall.
This evening degree work will be
exemplifed in subordinate and Re-
bekah lodges.
The Odd Fellows will go to North
field Friday to visit the |. o. o. F.
home there. The sessions here will
conclude on Thursday evening.
There are $4,000 Odd Fellows in
Minnesota and II 900 Rebekahs.
st. Paul, June 14.-Officers of the
State Railway Employers
Protective association in report to
their members take a rap at the last
legislature.
They say that 10 bills affecting
the railroads were introduced, many
very immaterial, others for certain
which could have been
by personal application to
the officers without encumbering the
statute books, some reasonable and
good and some perniciOus because
they meant big expense to the rail-
reads without doing the public any
good.
The senate railroad committee is
criticised for not giving a fair hear
ing" on the double accounting bill"
a measure drafted by the state rail
road commission.
The bills TO enable railway en-
ployes to hold public office and still
retain their passes were withdrawn
after the governor had vetoed the
policemen and firemen's pass bill,
to see that the men who seek cleo
ton to the legislature next time are
impressed with the Justice of such a
measure.
The association is organized on the
theory that what is good for the
railroads is good for the employees.
The report is signed by Fred Smith,
G. w. Dunlap, II. e. Kemp, G. WI
McCree and A. Wemyss. i
State College, Pa, June II
Ching Tin Yang, envoy extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary
from China to the United States,
was the commencement day orator !,
at Pennsylvania state college today.
His subject was Americas Part in
the REGENERATION of China and he
paid a high tribute to the people
and government of the United States. !
This afternoon the distinguished
Chinaman will witness a perform
ance of 1.-THE College Widow" to be |
given by the amateur players of the |,
college for the benefit of the Young
Mems Christian association.
A. Q. Eberhart has Travelled more
than twenty-one thousand miles since !
he became governor. That is going