The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06

AS no other charge was made against
him he was ordered to pay a fine
of $40 and costs. He paid the fine
and was released.
| 1t was also reported that he as
saulted two boys in his drunken ca
rousal, but of this he remembers moth
ing Liquor had very peculiar ef-
feet on him as he is not quarrel
some man and was never known to
do anything OF the kind before. He
says that this is the first time he
! has ever been drunk.
| Members of the commission ap.
pointed four years ago by the state
! to investigate the subject OF work.
| ingmen's compensation are being
| sued individually in Hennepin coun-
ty district court for the amount due
for printing the report of the COM
mission. The legislature has made
no appropriation to pay for the re-
port and the commissioners, who
served without pay are declared re-
sponsible for the bill by the Review
Publishing company of Minneapolis,
which has named H. " Mercer,
George NJ. Gillette and w. E.. Nc
I Even, former labor commissioner,
las defendants in suit for $579.06,
now on trial before Judge Charles
S. Jelley. In defending the suit H.
w. Mercer declares that the men,
bers of the commission were officers
of the state, appointed by the gov
ernor, and cannot be sued. The
copies of the printed report were
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| Legislators at the 1911 session, but
no additional appropriation for the
work of the commission was made
and the $4,000 appropriated by the
1909 legislature was exhausted. The
printing company was paid $4,000
! before the printing was done.
| st. Peter, Mimi, November %
Members Of the local Johnson men,
orial commission have selected a
site for the statute of John A. John
son, former governor of Minnesota.
lit will be erected on the lawn of
the Nicollet county courthouse, and
will face the principal street of the
late governors native city.
The statue is to be a replica of
1.-THE memorial erected on the grounds
Of the state capitol. After the dedica-
| ton of the st. Paul memorial the
state commission found that it had
$1,000 remaining in it's treasury 1t
Twas voted to turn this amount over
to st. Peter, and arrangements were
made with Andrew O'Connor the
sculptor, to furnish a duplicate sta
! tue
Several sites for the memorial were
proposed, but that on the court
house lawn was finally decided up
on. The advantages urged by the
members of the commission was that
the statue would have a central To-
cation and that it could easily be
cared for. The action is subject to
the approval of special committee
appointed by the st. Paul commits
sion.
Washington, November 29.-Jo-
seph G. Cannon is to be the guest
of honor at a banquet which is eX-
Ipected to eclipse all other banquets
that ever have been given in the
national capital. James Tawncy,
former representative from Mime
sofa and one of Uncle Joes" first
lieutenants when the Illinois man
was speaker, together with former
Representative James Kennedy of
Ohio, are the movers in the affair.
| 1t is proposed to have the dinner
near the close of the present ad-
ADMINISTRATION when former Speaker
Cannon retires and in order that
both President Taft and President
lelect Wilson may be present. Be.
sides. having served longer than any
other speaker in the lower branch
of congress, Representative Cannon
has occupied his seat for nineteen
terms, or a period of thirty-eignt
years. His friends in the capital,
| both in and out of congress, are
legion and Mr.. Tawney today de-.
lclared the serious problem which
confronted him was to discover how
all of those friends and admirers
could be accommodated.
Washington, November 29.-n is
stated upon the best authority that
one of the features of the presidents
message, which has received it's
finishing touches, will be the EN-.
phasis laid upon an enlarged navy
for Uncle Sam.
The president favors at least three
new great battleslips, and his re-
quest will be based upon report
prepared by Secretary of the Navy
Meyer and Assistant Secretary Win
throp and various chiefs of the navy
department.
recommendation for the number
Nf ,sro
be in accord with the battleship pol
icy, an increased number being
asked for to Offset the reduction
made last year in the naval appro-
priation bill. "-E
The case of Dolly Davis against
George Goldberg, both of ST. Peter,
was brought up in the municipal
court this afternoon and settled. The
plaintiff alleged that the defendant
had made certain slanderous re