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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-29
MESSENGER BOY
STEALS WALLET

The attempt of a messenger boy 70
steal bank book containing con-
siderable sum OF money in bills from
the elevator In the Best building this
morning was frustrated only by the
prompt action Of one Of the passeng-
ers, who observed the boy grab the
book from the operators chair, where
It had been dropped by ]. J. Hasley
few moments before, and grabbing
him by the collar forced him TO re-
linguish his ill-gotten gains.
Mr.. Hasley entered the elevator, and
carelessly dropped the bank book,
from which several bills of large de-
Nominations were protruding. A mes
senger boy entered the cage and i'm
mediately spied the display OF wealth
and cautiously edged over towards it.
He turned his back towards il and then
lay low. When the operator inquired
OF the lad what floor he desired, the
demon Mercury" OF the winged gun
boats. calculated as how he would just
ride down again. The minute the car
reached the bottom floor, the messen-
ger stealthily reached back and grab
bed the coveted treasure, but another
passenger with an eagle eye second 10
no Pinkerton in the business, grabbed
the thief by the nape of the neck and
shouted in stentorian tones, "Surren-
der that money, do you hear me-"
The boy produced the bank book
which proved 10 be only an advertis
ing fake. gotten out by the People
store, 319 Twentieth street, and as
Hasley, the manager OF the concern
stood by with a large grin on his face
both the near-thief and his captor
awoke TO the fact that they had been
sold" and beat a retreat.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-29

il was thought to have been expressed
by the young man waited upon. Moth
ing to speak of came OF the interview
and the offer. Alfred Gwynne Wander
money to charity and less to ChIls-
tian causes, if some gifts to Yale
are excepted, and he has not taken
time to serve on any mission boards
az his father did.
Vincent Astor promises rather more.
The Astors are Episcopalians for gen
erations, although the original Aston
was a German, and Vincent is doubly
reinforced in Christian ancestry, and
Episcopal as well, through his mother.
The Willings of Philadelphia were
long active and liberal Episcopalians.
Vincent Astor has been confirmed, and
is reported to go, when at home in
Rhinebeck, to celebrations of the holy
communion with regularity. He has
had little or no church life in New
York city, having lived most of each
year at Newport or Rhinebeck, but
! he is said at Cambridge to have en-
/ tered 10 some extent into the life
which centres in Phillips Brooks
House, the religious headquarters of
/ Harvard university. Older men will
make. at the proper time, the same
offer to Astor that they made to Van.
| derbilt, and with the same helpful
| intention behind il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-29
Notice Of Sale.

We hereby notify Mrs NJ Wager
that we will sell the household goods
belonging to her to satisfy claim we
now hold against same for storage, at
public auction at the warerooms OF
the Robb's Express company, May /,
1912.
ROBES EXPRESS COMPANY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-29

The American Baptist Foreign Mis-
sion society has closed the year with
debt of $l7.2O5. 9S, which, with the
deficit brought over from last year,
SGl.453.45. makes a total Indebtedness
Of $7S,G59.43. The total income for
the year was s1,151.977.37, and the
total Outgo S1l691S3.35. Deducting
the amounts received from the wom-
ans societies and expended for their
work, the figures for the Foreign Mis-
sion society alone are. income $912,-
43O23, outgo 1929, 636.21.
The expenditures. apart from those
for the work of the womans societies
and those covered by contributions
I designated by the donors for special
objects of regular appropriations, were
something over $4,000 less than the
amount which the society was author
/ lied by the denomination through the
/ finance committee of the Northern
Baptist convention to expend. Thus
the board under the pressure of the
/ general financial situation has kept
well within the budget
/ Items of increase in the receipts
Of the past year as compared with
those OF the previous year were
churches, Sunday schools and young
peoples societies about $4,000; in
dividuals about $4,000. On the other
hand, matured annuity bonds have fal.
len of about 81 900 and receipts from
miscellaneous sources about S, 900 The
amount received from legacies and in.
come from invested funds remains
about the same as last year. This
board has just elected Ernest S. But
Ter of Maiden, Mass, to be its treas
urer, succeeding Charles W. Parkins
resigned.
AS result Of inquiries made through
American Methodism there has just
been adopted by the Central New York
conference a petition to the general
conference TO meet at Minneapolis
next month setting forth unprecedent
ed unrest in MethOdism over financial
matters. Bishop Cranston presented
the petition, the study Of condition:
having been made by Methodist bish
ops authority. He said that fully two
thousand men in positions TO know
faces were conferred with. The peti
ton asks that the general conference
l. Enter upon an exhaustive study
Of successful methods for the collec
ton Of benevolent and missionary
funds;
2. Either with or without a reduction
in number Of organizations immediate
steps be taken TO secure relief TO tbs
churches;
3. Until some plans can be devised
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-29
Public Notice.

Notice is hereby given 10 the public
that I will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by my wife after this
date. d. F. JENSEN.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26
From Fridays. Daily.

From Fridays Daily. .s. 49,, ~
AT the Kennedy Bridge church
yesterday was held a very success
full district convention of the Eagle
Lake district of the Blue Earth
County Sunday School association
The convention opened by devo.
tional service, led by Rev. J. George
Peters of st. Clair. Then followed
papers on the subjects of "The era
die ROLL by Mrs. Charles Schweit
ger of ST. Clair; "The Training of
the Teacher" by Mrs. Belle NJ.
Thayer; Home Department" by S.
w. Buckles of Garden City, each OF
these papers being followed by a
discussion of them by the audience.
Rev. C. B. Osgood then gave. an
address upon Decision Day." The
hour from three until four was Civ
en- over to Paul S. Dietrich, field
secretary of the State Sunday school
association, who conducted a round
table upon different phases of Sun
day school work and methods, after
which a nominating committee was
appointed and the convention ad.
journed until seven thirty. During
the intermission, the people of the
community and church entertained
the delegates and visitors with So
cial hour and supper in the church.
o. o. JuIiar Is President.
At 1880 the convention was again
called to order by S. w. Buckles,
county president, for devotional
service, after which the report of
the nominating committee was read
and accepted. The officers for this
district were then elected. Presi-
dent, o. o. Juliar, st. Clair; vice
president C. e. Bush, Madison
Lake; secretary, Mrs. Lucy McCol-
lum, Mankato; treasurer, Mrs. NJ.
Phalin, Eagle Lake.
Rev. r.. b. Jones of Garden City
then gave an address upon 1.-THE
Home, Its Influence, and RESPONSE
bility." Mr.. Dietrich gave an ex-
cellent address upon Boys Work in
It's Relation to the Church and Sun
day School" A generous offering
for county work amounting to
$17.40, was contributed by those
present.
Rev. C. B. Osgood spoke upon
"The Church and Deciding for
Christ" at the conclusion of which
he asked those who had striven to
follow Christ during the past year
to arise. Then those who had not
striven to follow Him but were will
ing at this time to do so, were ask
ed to arise. Twelve persons re-
sponded to the invitation, and after
the meeting was adjourned came
forward and openly confessed their
faith in Jesus Christ, and their will
ingness to accept Him as their Sa-
viour and to strive to follow Him.
This convention was one of great
spiritual benefit, not only to the
more than fifty delegates present,
but also to the ones in charge of it.
There are to be three more district
conventions in the county, followed
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ture played in the accustomed pleas
ing manner. After the tones OF
sweet music had died upon the au.
dience, Mr.. N. Korth arose and in
a neat speech explained the pur.
pose of the large gathering and in.
trOduced the speakers. His words
evoked the appreciation of the audi
ence who manifested by their ap
plause that they were well pelased
Now the Loyola Choral society as
sembled in front of the stage for
the first musical number, the well
known German song "Brueder reicht
die Hand yum Bunde" Both text
and melody and the rendering ere
ated an atmosphere desirable for
successful speaking. .7
Spoke on Windthorst.
Compared Windhorst With David.
Rev. Alfred J. Spirig, S. j., was
introduced as the first speaker. He
spoke on "Windhorst" Father Spirig
was at his best. In a mastery ora,
ton he unfolded before the audience
the picture of the immortal leader
and portrayed the life work of Wind.
horst, the champion of the cause OF
the German Catholics, comparing him
in his combat with Bismarck, with
David of old in his fight with the
giant, Goliath. Windhorst's nobility
of character, his unseifish devotion
to duty, his unfiinching courage and,
withal, his sincerity, uprightness
and charity were brought out in a
striking manner. 1t became manifest
from all that was said that Wind.
horst, the Pearl of Mappen, has won
for himself the admiration, not only
of the German people, but of the
whole world. At the close of the
lecture the audience, which had lis
tened with closest attention, broke
out in loud applause. The mems
choir rose and presented the next
number on the program, "Wer hat
dich du schooner Wald,' with pleas
ing effect. Thereupon the second
speaker, George Stelze of Minneapo.
lis, was introduced. Mr.. Stelze has
established a reputation for himself
as a popular orator. Last night he
was equal to the occasion. The
subject of his Grafton was Wilhelm
Emmanuel Won Ketteler, bishop of
MainZ."
Great Social Reformer.
After reciting the chief events of
his life and pointing out few mark
ed traits of his character, the
speaker began to portray the great
social reformer of the last century.
In an eloquent and forcible manner
he described the untiring efforts
and gigantic activities of this prince
of the church who though of noble
ancestry, still lived, worked and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26

your" as it was six o'clock in the
morning.
Eyes. the old man gets up pretty
early, and then / had to get up be-
fore daylight so / could catch the
chickens while they were roosting,
replied Walter Wasgatt.
At another time when Wasgatt
was alleged to have brought chick
ems to a meat dealer and was ques
toned as to where he got the chick
ems and why he sold them, he lie
said to have replied: well, you see
we have moved, and the new place
we moved to hasn't got any chicken
coop, so we had to sell the hens.
Used Adroit Methods.
The three boys have used the
most adroit methods in getting the
hens, and many of the people did
not notice the loss until an article
appeared in the papers last evening
When they counted the chickens
this morning, they found that the
number had decreased and then
it was that they began to make re.
ports to the police.
Chief of Police Donahue. confer
red with Judge Comstock this morn
ing as to what should be done with
the boys and it was decided to take
the boys before the court in few
days. .Wasgatt, who is out on pa
role, was allowed to attend the
funeral of a relative today. AS the
stealing of chickens is a felony, the
boys can be sent to the state train
ing school at Redwing. The Wasgatt
boy and his companions have been
involved in a number of question
able acts before.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26
Investigate This Wonderful Country

The league will furnish a pennant
which will be the property of the
winning club for one season or un.
til some other team wins pen.
ant.
For many years Mankato fans
have clamored for good Sunday base
ball but have never really been
satisfied with team that plays on
a hit and miss schedule and plays
unknown teams. BY this league plan,
any fan can figure for himself just
what kind of a game he is going to
will be made up and given to the
public.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26

sacrificed himself for the working
classes. Ketteler was the first to
point the way towards successful
solutions of the social question. In
a fervent appeal the speaker ex.
horted the hearers to work for the
betterment of social conditions after
the pattern of the great bishop of
social reform.
A patriotic outburst concluded
the highly appreciated effort. In con
clusion all rose and sang the Gross
or Gott!" Thus ended the remark
able Kettler. and Windhorst celebra
ton at Loyola club house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26

Plans are about completed for the
organization of Sunday baseball
league to be composed OF teams
from st. Peter, Good Thunder,
Mapleton, st. Clair, Madison Lake,
GAINESVILLE and two teams from Man.
kato, the one being the Mankato
team and one team representing the
Loyola club. All Of the above-men-
| toned towns are interested in this
league which will undoubtedly be
called the Blue Earth, Nicollet and
Waseca County Sunday league and
| it looks as though it would be a go.
1t is the intention now to call rep
resentatives from each team to
Mankato Friday and have a meet
ing to decide just what course to
pursue.
Play Twenty-Five Games.
The present plan is to open the
season on the 5th of May, play
twenty-one games, closing on Sunday
September 22nd In this way each
team would play twenty-one games,
meeting each of the teams. in the
league three times. BY having two
teams in Mankato there will be a
game here each Sunday while the
other towns will play at home one
Sunday and travel the next. The
distance between the towns is not
great and can easily be Travelled by
team or automobile which will cut
down travelling expenses to a mini
mum. Then too it is the intention
to have a salary limit that will help
to balance the league.
| Will Pay for Franchise.
At present it is. thought that the
League will adopt by laws similar
to those in the Minny league, that
each team will have to pay $50 for
a franchise and. ten per cent. of the
receipts of each game will go into
the league treasury which will be
kept in the treasury until the close
of the season when it will be divi-
ded among the different teams ae-
cording to their standing. The presi-
dent Of the league will appoint a
staff of umpires and will assign
them to the different towns each
Sunday. With this plan in vogue
there ought to be no trouble in re-
gard to umpiring.
Umpire Will Have Some Power.
The umpires will have some pow
err as there will be rules that must
be lived up to and the umpire will
have the privilege of filming players
for any misconduct and as each
team will have money in the treas
ury it is safe to say that the most
Objectionable feature of semi-profes-
sional baseball will be, eliminated,
namely, "wrangling with an umpire. :"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily. e..
Two games of basketball were
played last night at the Y. NJ. c. A.
The first game was between the
Reds and the Blues of the Bible
class, and was won II to II by the
Blues. The game was the fastest
that has been played on that floor
this season. -
The second game was played by
the Commercial college girls and the
Green Isle high school girls. The
Commercial girls won with score
of 25 to 4, although the score does
not properly show the respective
ability of 1.-The two teams. The Man
kato girls were much larger than
their opponents and Miss Klock of
the Commercial college team threw
most of the baskets. The Green
Isle girls play a fast, clean game
and deserve great credit for the
showing they made against the Com
mercials. An enthusiastic crowd saw
the two games and kept things live
ly with their roofing. r
Mankato normal boys defeated the
high school boys of Waseca in bas-
ketball last night by score of Al
to. 4. The normal lineup was &C,
Wachtler; If. Gredvig; RI, Shimota;
g, Brazier; re-, Nelson. Dayton ThSy-
err was put in in the last three
minutes of play as right forward,
and Schweikhard played right guard
in the last half. iWaseca's lineup
was: C, III. CASTOR; f, Kennedy. f,
Bennett; g, Habien; g, Hanson.
Thayer was in the game just three
minutes and in that time made three
field baskets This is the first year
that he has played on the regular
team and is showing up in good
shape. Gredvig played much fast
err game than he did a week ago,
and Nelson and Brazier, at guard,
held their men down in good shape.
At center the Waseca man out-jump-
ed Wachtler, but the Mankato guards
kept the ball in Mankato's end dur
ing most of the play in spite of that
fact. The Waseca boys were little
lost because of the size of the floor,
which is much larger than their
own. Roske, former normal foot
ball man, accompanied the Waseca
team down.
Another victory was added to the
list of the Loyola basketball team,
when they defeated the Y. NJ. G. A.
boys with a score of 80 to 90 last
night The game mostly open work,
with a great deal of passing. On the
whole it was good game to watch,
for there were few fouls called.
Conlin starred for the Loyola team,
making twelve baskets.
The lineup is as follows: Loyola:
Janda, r. f; Conlin, |. f.; Farrell, GEN.
ter; Craemer, r. g; Blissenbach, ]. g;
Power substituted for Craemer in
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26

the second half. Y. NJ G. A.: Ennes,
l. f; Sanborn, r. f; Kuhn, center;
Montgomery, |. 6; Burmeister, +. 6.
Conlin made twelve baskets, Bur-
meister seven, Farrell four, Kuhn
three, Powers two, Sanborn one, and
Blissenbach one. Burmeister and
Conlin each made one throw from
foul. .-... g.. .,... .
Today the Loyola team will go to
st. Peter where they will play Com
pany K. at the armory -.. e.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
An event of note that will be re
corded on the pages of the history
of the Loyola club occurred last
night when more than 1000 Catholic
German people had assembled in
the spacious auditorium for the pur
pose of observing the centenaries OF
Ketteler and Windthorst, the two
great Catholic leaders of the las,
century. Enthusiasm and an avow
ed intention to honor the memory
of the two men who represent every
thing that is dear and sacred to the
German mind and heart, marked the
occasion.
The Loyola orchestra with an over
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26
From Tuesdays Daily

From Tuesdays Daily
DepredationS on the chicken
coops of a number of Mankato PEG.
Die have been made here during
the last few weeks. This was dis.
covered yesterday when Chief of Po-
lice Donahue heard that some boys
had sold chickens to a few Of the
meat dealers in the city. Upon in
vestigation it proved to be the work
of small band of boys, who have
been in the habit of making inya
sions on the hen coops. Three boys
Walter Wasgatt and Alfred and Har
ry Larson, confessed to the chief OF
police yesterday afternoon to having
been the guilty ones. He had them
Hens Were Disappearing.
A few days ago it was noticed by
q number of residents here, who
keep chickens that the number Of
hens have been disappearing with.
out apparent cause or reason. They
knew that no animals had killed the
chickens and carried them off, and
so reported the thefts to the police
who Immediately began an investiga
ton.
At the confession yesterday after
noon, the three boys said that they
had stolen eight chickens from Mrs
O. N. Parmalee of Ais South Fourth
street, and had sold four of them to
p. Schweitzer. They denied, however
that they had any at home, but
when Chief of Police Donahue went
to the Wasgattpremises on East Jack
son street, he found two more chick
ems that had been taken from the
Parmalee place. The other two could
not be accounted for. A number
of other chickens were stolen at a
house near the Wendell Lorent7
store on South Fifth street, but the
boys did not know the name of the
owner. These hens had been
sold to the J. NJ. Karmany meat
market.
Fona Moon Missed Some.
Should Fong Moon, the Chinaman
chance to meet with these young
sters, he might borrow the Japanese
system of wrestling and try the jiu
jitsu on them for he is minus three
chickens which these boys kidnap
ped from his hencoop. c. NJ. Mas
tiers is also less nine chickens, which
disappeared very mysterious the
other night.
Mrs. r. J. Straw reported seven
chickens taken from her place and
later when the police went to the
local meat markets in an attempt
to find the chickens before they
were killed, found most of them al
the c. F.. Gunstrom meat market
But the poultry was already on the
counter for sale-nice big fat hens
too.
Gave Plausible Stories.
The butchers questioned the boys
before they bought the chickens, but
the lads gave such plausible an
swers that the buyers did not sus
pect that they were stolen.
When one of the boys approached
Peter Schweitzer yesterday morning
with a sack full of chickens he ask
ed: You're pretty early aren'i
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From Thursdays OaIis.

From Thursdays oaliy.
Farmers living in the vicinity Of
Madison Lake are very active in
good roads matters. Last night a
well-attended meeting was held at
the home of Henry Fasnacht to dis
cuss the improvement that will he
made on the Blue Earth,Le Sueur
county judicial road. The meeting
was addressed 10y George T. Swear.
ingen. George w. ALLYN and G. e.
Morrison, all of Madison Lake. One
hundred loads of gravel have been
pledged and the organization has
$500 in cash. This will go long
way toward improving the high.
way. The work of hauling gravel
has already commenced in earnest.
The Lake Washington Good Roads
association has opened a pit on
the Quirk place, and some Of the
finest gravel in this section will be
obtained therefrom with which to
improve the Madison Lake-St Peter
road. st. Peter should assist in
the improvement of this highway.
That city will he the beneficiary.