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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06
SMITH BRANDS FRASER
STORY As FALSEHOOD

st. Paul, August 3O.-Attorney
General Smith is staying in his of
fee and attending to business during
the primary campaign, but he is
watching his opponents statements.
In a reply Thursday to charges by
Thomas Fraser of Rochester, his OPP
ponent, Mr. Smith dominates Mr.
Fraser as a member of the Ananias
club.
Mr. Smith brands as false" state
ments that his department has paid
$4,000 for outside assistance this
year. He says:
"A statement is being circulated
by the campaign committee of Thorn
as Fraser, candidate for attorney
general, which states in effect that
$4,000 has been paid for attorneys
fees "for legal assistance outside
the attorney generals office $.
in the year 1912"
Says Statement Is False.
This statement is false. Not one
cent of the attorney generals con-
tingent fund has been paid out dur
ing the year 1912 for lawyers fees,
nor has one cent been paid from any
fund whatsoever in the attorney
generals control except that the leg
islature provided $4,000 for paying
the expenses and attorneys fees of
the express rate cases. Out of this
$4,000 but 5000 has been paid in
1912 for attorneys fees, and $4,-
1882 of the $4,000 was on hand at
the end of the fiscal year, July 81,
and nothing has been paid from that
fund since. The attorney general is
not, paying out a cent for legal as
sistance outside of the office, except
ing for the express rate cases and
is doing this pursuant to the express
act of the legislature, and to the
extent of only 5000"
Candidate For Nomination.
Attorney General Smith succeeded
G. T. Simpson, who resigned, and is
a candidate for the nomination. He
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06

Governor A. o. Eberhart has
named September Is to 81 as seed
corn week for Minnesota, recon-
mending that each farmer in the
state appoint a day or days during
the week to select seed for his grain
for the following year. The procla-
nation reads:
"The year 1912 was surely a pros.
porous one to the farmers and bust
ness interests of Minnesota. An
abundant crop was resultant from
the combination of enterprise and
favorable conditions. In the spring
of 1912 there was grave danger of
seed corn shortage. Careful test
ing and grading of seed corn en-
abled the state to plant reasonable
acreage which is giving fair promise
of successful crop. ..s.
Profit BY the Situation.
ut behooves us, however, to profit
by the situation in which we found
ourselves last spring and to use
every effort to avoid its repetition
All who observed seed corn week last
season and selected seed corn early
and stored it carefully, have seed
VI SIiohS SCiAHlhdllHS 9udiIIiCo, oh"
those who did not heed these sugges.
tons were obliged to pay very high
prices for seed corn of inferior quail.
ity. Thus many have been handi
capped throughout the season by
having poor stand of corn, and
others by having corn that is not
adapted to their conditions. Early
selection from the field from varie.
ties that have proved successful in
the community is the only safe
source for seed corn.
''The corn crop is now worth
about $3O,OO0,OOO annually to Mime
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06
SWEET MUSIC FOR
THE FAIR VISITORS

Pat Sheehan is busily engaged in
cleaning up the grounds, repairing
fences and painting. He has a force
of men assisting him.
The association needs new exhi
bition hall for poultry, and If finan.
cially able will erect such building
another year.
Secretary John A. Johnson is daily
in receipt of letters from exhibitors
who want to enter exhibits, and the
spaces in exhibition hall have all
been engaged for some time. Man.
a factor in bringing many exhibitors
to the fair as the city is accessible
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'YEGGS' BLOW SAFE At
!. WO0LWORTA cO.sT0RE
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
When Manager j. c.. Brown of the
F. w. Woolworth Five and Ten Cent
morning he met a rather discourag
ing sight The safe had been blown
open and the money gone, while
soap and splinters were scattered
everywhere near the office enclosure
at the rear of the store. "Yeggs"
had broken into the store last night
or early this morning and taken
about 5000 in cash from the safe.
The yeggs gained entrance to the
store from the rear. After using
a long box upon which to stand,
they reached up to the transom
above the rear door, broke the
glass and then after putting the
arm inside unhitched the clasp
which held the transom, and en-
tered.
Poured in the Dope.
They soaped the cracks in the
safe, poured in the nitroglycerine,
and touched off the cap, which
sprung the door from it's sockets.
The safe is directly under the desk
in the office apartment, and the
desk was badly smashed, while
splinters were thrown against the
walls, and the soap smeared on the
desk and walls. A cash drawer in
the desk, was pried open and smash
ed, but there was nothing in the
drawer. Neither was there any
thing in the cash register.
Mr.. Brown stated today: that he
thought there was no doubt about
their being experts. AS an illustra-
ton of the care which they used in
order not to excite any attention,
they placed the glass which they
knocked out of the transom, in a
bucket on the ground outside.
There was hardly sound, and no
one reported this morning of hear
| ing any explosion. 1t is evident
| from their methods that they had
spotted" the place before and knew
the exact location of the safe and
1 the kind of transom above the door.
Secured Tools From Carpenter Shop.
They secured the tools from the
carpenter shop of the Omaha rail
road. The window was broken open
and a wrench and two large wood
chisels taken, while the other tools
were scattered in every direction.
However, these three tools were the
only ones taken. When Peter Paul
son came to work there this morn
! ing, he found the tool chest open and
the tools lying on the floor. He re-
ported the matter to the police sta
ton Immediately. There was no
clue except these tools, upon which
to trace the yeggs.
Mr.. Brown was in the store about
eight o'clock last night and looked
over things to see that there was
nothing wrong. At that time every,
thing was in shipshape order. This
morning, however, the rear door was
wide open, although it had been bolt
ed the night before. The key was on
the inside, and the yeggs, in leav
ing, simply opened the door instead
of crawling through the transom
again.
! : The safe at the j. NJ Karmany
meat market was blown open a few
months ago, and some think those
who turned that trick" came back
and repeated the performance last
night.
1t was reported on the street
today that the yeggs had been
captured, but the authorities state
that there is no truth to the rumor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06

The Mankato Fair association has
made arrangements this year to
have music in the exhibition hall, so
that all viewing the exhibits will be
entertained while in the building.
This will be a pleasing feature and
add greatly to the entertainment of
visitors,
Arrangements were completed to-
day for the erection of a new hor-
ticultural hall, which will be built
near exhibition hall. This building
will be of concrete blocks, in size
24x48 and will be an imposing struc-
ture. Those who visit the fair will
be charmed with this new hall.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06

once served as acknowledgement
During the past two months Mr..
Smith has been kept busy answering
questions relating to the corrupt
practices act and the statewide pri-
mary. Mr.. Smith is interested in
educational affairs as well as legal.
He served as superintendent of
schools in several cities and is a
member of the board of trustees of
Carleton college, Mortified. For a
number of years he was connected
with the national bureau of educa-
ton and during that period wrote a
number of reports which were re-
ceived with high favor by educators
everywhere.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06
Ponies and Horses,

I have been asked great many
times II ponies are really more intel.
ligent than full sized horses. They
certainly appear to be. But the In
telligence of any horse will develop
under petting and human compan-
ionship. and there is no doubt that
other horses. If given the same privi-
leges that ponies enjoy and If their
size admitted Of their being handled
and managed in the same way. would
prove equally intelligent. Outing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06
DEATH OF MRS. LEARY
From Mondays Daily.

Mrs. Patrick Leary of Decoria.
died Saturday afternoon at the ripe
old age of seventy-eight years. De-
ceased is survived by husband
and four children, Miss Honora
Leary, living at home, James of st.
Clair, Mrs. Mary Goble of Smith
Mills and Mrs. l. Thissen of
Decoria. Mrs Leary is the last
of family of eighteen. The funeral
al will be held at ten o'clock to-
morrow at st. Clair.
Mrs. Leary was well and favor
ably known by a large number of
friends in her locality. She was an
honest and faithful mother and her
departure will be sadly missed.
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DIED WHILE ON JOY RIDE

Elysian, September Mrs. ELL
ingsworth, a widow, aged about sixty
five, was attacked by heart failure
here Saturday while riding on a
merry-go-round and fell to, the
ground. She never regained con-
seriousness and died today. No bones
were broken and her injuries were
inconsequental and death is attrib-
uted to heart disease
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06

this is "a fair question: and / am
glad to give you an opportunity to
furnish us with a key that will en-
able the people, all of them, to see
the hidden microbe in your volum-
inous confession of faith"
The state herald., 1912-08-16
WATER RIGHTS IN RIO eRANos.
President Wants Commission to Study
Conditions at Ensle Dam.

Washington President Taft has
written Governor Shafroth. suggesting
the appointment OF commission TO
study the facts concerning the contro-
versy over water rights In the Rio
Grandc watershed. TO determine the
effect granting rights OF way would
have upon the government interests In
the Engle dam reclamation project.
He suggests as members OF the com.
mission the state engineers OF New
Mexico and Colorado. the chief engl.
neer of the reclamation service, the
photographic engineer OF the gcologl.
cal survey rnd an engineer to repre-
sent the III Paso Water Users Asso.
citation. and n representative OF the
Denver Chamber OF Commerce.
II Governor shafroth approves, the
commission viii be organized immedi.
atoiy. In closing his letter TO the gov.
crnor the President writes:
Il desire 10 Co all possible 10 fur.
thor the development OF the state OF
Colorado. aud trust that you will dc.
eide 10 cooperate TO that end In tho
manner augrcSted."
The state herald., 1912-08-16
Three Drown In Reservoir.

Monlta.-K. Il. Benton. carctaker OF
tho Sanchez reservoir In costiila coun.
~. John ]. Argo. his assistant. and
Robt. Barry. caretakcr OF cuiebra.san.
chez intake hcadgaies. were drowned
Tuesday afternoon In Sanchez roser
yolr when the Haiiboat from which
they were fishing was capaixed. No
one Witnessed tho accident. and tho
facts were not discovered until We'd
ncadny. whom telephone calls from
headquarters of the cos,illa Estates
Development Company failed TO elicit
any response. Barry leaves n wife
and two children and Benton n wife
TO whom he was married last Deeom.
Der.
The state herald., 1912-08-16
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST week
,Eo1a1 1r ,nr0p-AN- r>ycN-o
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN.

Reports say Mexican rebels have
been entering Texas from Mexico re-
Gently and stealing and driving away
horses.
At the Supreme Council meeting of
the knights of Pythias at Denver, the
age for admission was changed from
twenty-one to eighteen years.
Seeking to trace the troubles of su'
gar factory builders and promoters in
Idaho to the Vaccinations of the "su-
gar trust" the government has opened
the Salt Lake end Of the hearing.
San Francisco is to have a hall o!
fame. The twenty native sons and
daughters of California who have done
most to reflect glory on their state
are to be glorified in art glass and
sculpture.
Prominent among the subjects for
deliberation at the Trans-Mississipp
Commercial Congress, which meets in
Salt Lake Aug. 27-30. is the slogan,
"See America First" The discussion
will follow an address on the subject
by Louis Hill, president of the North
ern Pacific railroad.
Sickening stories of cruelty alleged
to have been practiced on the inmates
of the Idaho State Industrial school
have been told to the governor and
state board in the course of the inves-
tigation this week. The weapons with
which alleged beatings Were said TO
have been inflicted, were shown to the
board. They were slabs of sole leather
with handles.
The Supreme Temple Of Pythian
Sisters, an auxiliary organization OF
the Knights of Pythias. held a four.
day session In Denver. 4 few minor
alterations in the ritual were made.
after which 1t was voted to make no
further changes for ten years. Off.
GERS elected for the coming year fol-
low: Supreme chief, Ida NJ. Johnson,
Central City, Colo; supreme senior.
Cora NJ. Davis, Union. Ore: supreme
junior. Lily Samuels. Oakland. CAL:
supreme manager. Elizabeth Hutch
inson. woodfords. Me-: supreme protec-
tor. Ida Mckinney. Cleveland, Ohio
suprem guard. Pocahontas Bond.
Three Rivers, Mich.
The most important business trans.
acted by the supreme council. Knights
OF Pythias. In their meeting at Den.
yer. was the election OF officers for
the ensuing two years. The following
officers were elected: Supreme chan.
cellor, Thomas J. Carling. Macon. Ga:
supreme vice chancellor. Brigham S.
Young. Ada. Ohio; supreme prelate.
the Rev. Joseph II. Spearling. Sewa.
nee, Tenn: supreme keeper OF records
and seals. Fred +. Wheaton. Minneap-
oils. Mimi; supreme master OF ex-
chequer. Thomas d. Meares. Whining
ton. n. C.: supreme master at arms.
Frank A. Dodsoe, st. John. n. B.: su.
preme inner guard, Douglas S. Wright.
Vlcksburg. Miss: supreme outer
guard, Harry A. Wadsworth. Philadel.
phia. Pa Members of board OF con.
troll to serve until 1917. Charles F. s..
Neal, Lebanon. Ind. and William A.
Owen. Covington. Tenn.
The state herald., 1912-08-16
GENERAL.

The courts will be called upon TO
pass on the viii OF Col. John Jacob
Astor. who went down with the ri.
tanie.
Chicago street car men favor n
strike by nm s.93e TO III vote unless
their demands Tor higher wages are
granted.
Failing 10 meet the interest due on
ita mortgage bonds OF 10000. 900. tn.
Chicago Electric railroad. one of the
biggest in,crurbnn lines in the country.
was ordered sold by Judge GelEcr In
the Federal Court nj Milwaukee.
Railroad gross earnings of all Unit.
cd States roads making weekly re.
ports for three weeks In July. make a
favorable comparison with those OF u
year ago. the total aERreRating fs3.
5ia,7ii. an inereaso Of "a per cent.
A police fund Of $4,000 Ia being
raised for the defense Of Charles Beck.
or. the police lieutenant charged with
Navigating The murder OF Herman
Roaenihai. In New York. according 10
Information in the hands OF District
Attorney whitman.
The price OF beef N soaring at tho
atockyarda In Chicago, 4 three car.
load lot of heavy black steers sold for
fi0.i0 hundred.
Senator Joseph ". Dixon Of Mon.
tana was selected chairman of the nn.
tlonal committee ~ the progroaaiy,
party at meeting.
The state herald., 1912-08-16


that Jack Johnson will be given per.
mission TO box In New York.
Jim Flynn. the Pueblo. Colo, fight.
Ing fireman. has gone to San Fran.
cisco. where he will meet Charlie
Miller on Mission Day.
Baseball 10 In fair way to dlsplne,
cock fighting and sports OF n similar
nature In the Philippines according TO
William Pierce Gorsuch. Instructor IN
the department OF Chicago. who re.
turned recently from the islands.
whore he lcctured before the teachers
assembly OF Bngulo.
Miss Margaret lawier. eighteen
years old. won the ib0mile endurance
contcat Of the Kcnosha. Wis, Motor.
cycle Club. Although the only woman
entered. Miss lawicr carried off all
the honora against field of twenty.
onc men. Five men finished with per.
feet scores but their time was not au
good NJ that made by Miss l.Awlor.
The state herald., 1912-08-16
SlGNE cARLZEN ASSAULTED AND
SLAIN AFTER DESPERATE
BATTLE FOR LIFE.
BODY FOUND IN WEEDS
AUTOPSY REVEALS SIX TERRI.
BILE WOUNDS IN HEAD AND
LONG CUT IN ABDOMEN.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-With hat-pin as her sole
weapon of self-defense, Miss Signe
Amelia Carlzen fought for her life and
for her honor as long Us she retained
an ounce of strength and conscious
ness and succumbed to the brutal at
tack of her slayer only after she had
broken her weapon into two pieces.
with one part probably still in the body
of her assailant.
In one lifeless hand, when the body
OF the girl was found on the prairie in
south Montclair, where she was bru-
tally murdered and outraged Friday
night, was tightly clasped the head
and about two inches of the pin. This
indicated clearly to the police that ;he
girl had struggled desperately against
her slayer. and the vigor of her CT
tack might have saved her and routed
her assailant, had not the pin broke in
two.
Miss Carlzen was q young woman OF
unusual strength. She had always
lived an outdcor life, and. although
possessing much feminine charm, was
as active and as strong as most men
who live out OF doors.
Autopsy performed upon body of
murdered young woman reveals six
wounds on various parts of the head,
almost any one of which would nave
caused death, ard distloses that Gs-
saiiant mutilated her abdomen
Ogla Kaiser. twelre.year-old daugh.
ter OF Joseph F. Kaiser. dairymau.
living about mile from the place
where the murder was committed, de-
scribes strange man. who was loiter-
ing about the scene Of the crime and
who may be the murderer.
Belated discovery by the coronera
deputies OF a portion OF hatpin
clasped in the right hand of the muir
dered music teacher. indicating that
the remaining portion of the pin may
be imbedded in some part of the body
OF the criminal.
Police infer from the fact that Miss
Carlzen's watch stopped at S:13 O'Clock
that hour.
Bloody finger prints on the inside
OF the watch case will be photo
graphed for the purpose OF Identified.
tion in the event arrests are made.
Fred b. Cowden. dairy hand arrest.
ed as a suspect. was released after &c.
tablishing n complete allbl.
The state herald., 1912-08-16
Negotiations May Settle Water rioh,

PaliHade. colo.-Dcp9ndcn entirely
upon the result OF the negotiations be-.
tween the PnilEado and Mesa county
irrigation districts and the reclamation
service is the future OF the 5000, 900
government canal Officials OF the
service and the ditch boards hayo
made several propositions and eoun.
ter proposals.. and thoro IL good
chance of mn amioahle agreement be.
ing reached by which sufficient water
may be obtained TO make possible the
construction OF the High Line canal.
The state herald., 1912-08-16
What He 6ouuht,

A Syracuse business man living d
one OF the suburbs decided To civ,
up his spacious back yards to the rais
ing OF currants as a profitable sid,
issue. SO. wishing to absorb all The
information he could acquire on ths
subject OF the currant industry. be
went down town one Saturday after
noon recently and returned with hi,
arms full OF books.
We'll. Teddy" inquired his enthusl.
astic spouse. ms he dumped the vol
umes on the table. did you succeed
In getting what you wanted?"
Sure. ! did," he replied. proudly
pointing to the books. II bought q
whole years edition OF STANDARD
work on current literature "-Er
change.
The state herald., 1912-08-16
That Ono Ihlna Laeklna.

Lady Augusta Gregory. the able ~
ardent apostle Of the modern Ind
movement, is fond Of telling the II
lowing real Irish story:
1T was the wedding day OF Pat at.
Bridget. and they were having
church wedding. 1t was a grand 4
fair. Pat was dressed with pate:
leather shoes. white vest and fiamlrl
tie. Bridget shone attractively
many colors. The ceremony was owe,
and the happy pair walked down u
aisle, out into the street, where
great crowd greeted them with dellgh,
Once seated within the cab, Brldgs
leaned over to Pat and said, In a lou
whisper. Och. Pat. II we could onl
have stood on the sidewalk ami wa;ei
ed ourselves pass. wouldn't It har
been hiyin'."
The state herald., 1912-08-16
x. p. Grand Lodge Elect. officers.

Denver.-At the annual meeting OF
the Knights OF Pythias grand lodge.
the following officers were elected
and installed for the ensuing year: c.
VI. Kellogg. Denver. grand chancellor:
A. +. Hollenbeck, Trinidad. vice
chancellor; W. S. o'Brien. OF Denver.
grand keeper of records and seals:
@. II. winchell. Denver. grand master
OF the exchequor: George Clark. Den.
yer. grand master.at.arms: Il. II. Coul.
ter. Greeley; grand inner guard; W.
T. Baldriek. Trinidad. grand outer
guard.
The state herald., 1912-08-16
Investor. Coming to Colorado.

Denycr.-Eastern farmers. attracted
by the reports Of Colorado's 100000.
900 crops. are looking this way. Forty.
four Nebraska and Iowa farmers ar
rived In Denver few days ago en-.
route TO the San Luis valley with the
intention of buying land and bringing
their families to Colorado. Later they
visited Colorado Springs. where they
were Joined by ten other prospective
investors. This is said to be the larg-
est number OF homoscekcra who have
come TO Colorado In one party for two
years.
The state herald., 1912-08-16
FOREIGN.

sanio Domingo IL now monaocd by
u widespread revolution.
An explosion OF black damp ana coal
dust In the Lorraine SHAFT af the coal
field IN the village Of Gertho. Ger
many. four miles from Doebum. kircd
100 miners
The police Of Paris are wrestling
with n now species Of orlminal-the
burglar broker" The broker adyer.
uses, quietly. "butRlarioa done neatly
and with dispatch"
The state herald., 1912-08-16
,s.,o,.os Lien Aoslp., o. L. xn.

For, colllns.-Thc orman conntrue.
ton Company. which has done much
Of the work In building the Denver.
Laramie n Northwestern railroad has
filed lien ngalnrt tho company aud
levies against tho property In the
county The work claimed TO have
been done amounts TO tiii.7ss.07. Of
which tG.pi5.si Ia Atlll due The com.
pany flies n lien Tor tho latter amount
and for fi.2ss.li interest. also interest
from July "a, 1919. until the claim Ia
paid,
The state herald., 1912-08-16
Work on Taylor River Dam.

Gunnison.-Uncle Sam has started
preliminary work on the Taylor River
dam with dozen or more men. They
expect to put larger force of men
and teams. and cement machinery to
work as soon as the preliminary work
Is finished. This dam. when complot'
ed. will furnish power for all the
state. there being practically no limit
to the power that can be produced.
The state herald., 1912-08-16
WEEKS EVENTS
COLORADO
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

August 19-24.-InternatIona Photo-En-
gravers' Association, Denver.
Sept. 3.-Convention National Associa-
tion State Game Wardens. Denver.
September S-7-Jefferson County
Fair, Golden,
September s-6 = Arkansas Valley
Fair-Rocky Ford.
Septemb 6-"Sugar Beet Day" in
Denver. Delegates from all sugar beet
districts in Colorado will be in attend
ance and participate in a special pro-
gram.
September 11-13-Fremont County
Fair and Driving Club-Cahon city.
September 1921 - Colorado State
Fair-Pueblo.
Sept. 1s-2o.-san Luis Valley Fair. Ala
mosa.
September 24-27-Crowley County
Fair. Sugar City.
september 24-27-Las Animas County
Fair--Trinidad.
Sept 24-26.-Colorado State Medical
Association Pueblo.
Sept 26.--opening Weld County Fair.
Greeley.