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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
MANY MILES OF ROAD
Twenty Seven Hundred Will BE Con.
tracted For BY State Highway
~. Commission.

st. Paul, September 18.-Contracts
for the construction Of 200 miles
of highway in Minnesota next sum-
mer will be authorized by the state
highway commission this winter. Of
this TOO miles will be entirely new
road in the northern part of the
state, surveyed and constructed I'M
der the rural highway law enacted
by the last legislature.
The state department is now at
work mapping out the work for
next summer, and is arranging to
have all the surveying, stumping and
sand hauling done this winter so
that work may be y commenced
promptly on the actual road work
in the spring One of the chief de-
lays in road work this year was due
to the fact that much of this work
had not been previously done.
In connection with the surveying,
etc., the department is preparing
sets of instruction on the different
methods of road building to be en-
ployed, so that road construction
contractors may this winter know
the specifications and the road upon
which bids are to be made.
With this preliminary work done
there will be great opportunity
for road constructors, it is stated at
the highway commission office, and
so far there has been more work
than there were contractors to take
charge of it. With this preliminary
winter work it is planned that prac-
tically all the 2,700 miles mapped
out for the coming season can be
completed before fall "a.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
CLARK FOR THE SENATE
Former MankatO Man Is Named For
the Upper House BY the
Progressives.

Salem, Ore, September 1S.-A. e.
Clark an attorney of Portland, for
merly of mankato, Mimi, was noml'
mated for United States senator over
Jonathan A. Bourne, the incumbent:
by the progressive state convention
here today. The convention then
named a state ticket. Oregon does
not elect governor this year. Sena
tor Bourne, who was not an active
candidate, was arraigned by several
speakers, who questioned his pro-
gressiveness.
John w. Campbell of Douglas
county was nominated for congress
from the first district. The repub
lican candidates in the second and
third districts, who are considered
progressive were Endorsed. Presi
Dental electors also were chosen.
The platform adopted the Chicago
| confession of faith" in entirety.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
WHEN 4 MAN WILL
NOT WEAR BLLNDERS

Omaha, Neb., September 18.-Oma
has war on Washers continues I'M
abated and so does the MASKING,
although it must be admitted that
it has been curbed somewhat through
the efforts of Police Magistrate Eos
ter, who has been liberal in dealing
out the fines.
In interview Judge Foster and
Chief OF Police Dunn placed all the
blame on the sterner sex, saying that
men who are prone to mash must
be degenerate. Police Matron Gibbons
however, defends the man with the
following:
MASKING is the fault of the girl
to great extent, though / do
know cases where a good thrashing
would do great deal toward teach
ing some youths common decency
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20

If girl, known to be working be-
hind a counter, wears silk hose
worth So pair and short, tight
fitting skirts that leave nothing to
the imagination, peek-a-boo waists,
ETC., she need not think the male
population is going to injure its
eyesight by wearing binders. Girls
of the present day invite remarks
by the way they dress"
When asked for a suggestion for
the improvement of conditions, Ma
iron Gibson said:
Our grandmothers were right
They wore hoop skirts and long
sleeved waists and heavy wooden
hose | believe the cure for the
MASKING habit lies in the dress OF
the girl and that it cannot be cured
by fines, no matter how many nor
how heavy"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
FOR WORLDWIDE PEACE
Unio, That's Promoting the lnterna'
national Arbitration Meeting at
Geneva, Switzerland
IspeciaI to The Free Press.I

Geneta, Switzerland, September Is.
The lnterparliamentary Union for
the Promotion of International Ar
bitrationI met here today. The Amer
lean delegation, headed by Congress
man Richard Bartholdt of Missouri,
who is resident of the American
group, Includes Senator Theodore E..
Burton of Ohio and Congressman
Frank Plunley of Vermont; E. w.
Higgins of Connecticut and Jeffer-
son M. Lew of New York. Mr..
Bartholdt says resolution submit.
ted by him in 1909 will be brought
up for adoption. 1t calls on govern
ments to inssrt in future arbitration
treaties peamble recognizing ma
tional independence, territorial in
tegrity and absolute sovereignty in
domestic affairs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20

FOR BETTER FARMING
Dean Woods Making Arrangements for
University Extension to AgricuI-
turaI Districts.

Dean A. F. Woods of the state ag.
ricultural college will appoint a man
to a $4,000 position, in federal en-
ployment, to cooperate with the
state work in agricultural extension,
and when the appointment has been
made $4,000 annually will be avail
able from the government for farm
improvement work in Minnesota.
The cooperation of state and federal
government for agricultural improve
ment in so far as now carried on,
comes under the general federal ap-
preparation for farm management,
but the new arrangement will mark
an important step forward.
w. A. Peck, formerly connected
with the Minnesota agricultural col
lege and we'll known in Minneapolis,
who is now working in North Da-
kota under direction of Thomas
Cooper, manager of the North Da-
kota Better Farming association,
was offered the position, but Dean
Woods said today that he has re-
ceived word from Mr.. Peck that he
cannot accept.
81 am looking for a good man,
Dean Woods said. Zone man now at
work in North Dakota and one in
Montana are under consideration.
The appointment is important and
j. will require a knowledge of farm
work and of northwestern cOndi-
tions."
c. NJ. Hannis of Fargo was today
appointed to do the cooperative
work for the federal government in
North Dakota and C. F. Patterson of
Aberdeen was appointed for South
Dakota ...
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
BROWN VERSUS O'BRIEN
Fistic Argument Will Be Settled in St.
Nicholas Rink, New York City
Tonight.
Especial to The Free press.l

New York, September 18.-Young
Brown, the sensational New Yorker
who recently beat Tommy Murphy
will meet Young Jack O'Brien at the
St. Nicholas rink, this city, tonight
Brown has several important matches
on and will shortly appear in
bouts in Philadelphia and Bridgeport
The winner of the O'Brien and
Young Brown bout will also be
matched to meet Jim Driscoll before
the club offering the best induce.
mentS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
American Girl WEEDS Abroad.

London, September 1S.-The mar.
riage of the Hon. A. r. S. Nutting
son of Sir J. G. Nutting of Dublin,
and Miss Edith Allen Brooks, daugh-
ter of Walter Brooks of Is East
Seventeen street, New York, took
place at st. Georges Hanover
Square, today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
GARDEN CITY'S BIG SHOW
The Fair Will Be Held There Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday; Some
OF the Features.

The Blue Earth county fair will
be held at Garden City on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Septem-
Der "a, 25 and rs.
The association has an announce
ment in this issue. A number of
excellent features are advertised.
Hon. w. S. Hammond will speak on
Wednesday and Hon. J. F. Rosen-
valid will do likewise on Thursday.
Ball games are scheduled.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
Caruso's Bio Contract.

TSDeCldI 10 Tie Tree PTeSS.
Buenos Aires, Brazil, September
1S.-Caruso, the operate tenor, be-
gan a twenty-five day season here
today. He is to receive $4,000 for
twelve appearances.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
The Melancholy Days

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The
frosted democrat pumpkin in Maine
reminds the disappointed party that
the melancholy days are near.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
VOTE ON GOvERNORIN
BLUE EARTH COUNTY
PRIMARY YESTERDAY
rom Wednesdays Daily.

From wednesdays Daily.
( The following is the first choice
vote for the republican candidates
for governor at the primary election
held yesterday The names are in
the. following order: Eberhart, Cor
don, Lee, Spooner, Young. Faulk:
MankatD-.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
Judge Gary Coming Home.

ISDECfdI
Paris, September 18.-Judge E. H
Gary, chairman of the directors o
the Steel Trust, accompanied b.
Mrs. Gary, sailed for New York to
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
\ Z o = Z ]. = i. , r + = + I.
. LYNCH SQUARES HIMSELF.

Just before noon today John
c. Wise received the follow
ing telegram:
Minneapolis, September 49,
Regret exceedingly the un-
fortunate mistake at your city
this morning. Mr.. Davies,
secretary of committee, made
arrangements with me for stop
at Mankato by phone and
confirmed the same by letter,
but did. not Inform Governor
Wilson or party. regret
it more than words can tell.
F. q. Lynch"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
|'WOULD LIKE YOUR VOTE, BUT OH
YOU MORPHEUS!" WOOD WILSON
PASSED UP MANKATO EARLY THIS
. MORNING; HE WAS FAST ASLEEP
= + I. I. 1. I. = i. I. i. J. + + !.
: HAS HEARD OF MANkATO.

HAS HEARD OF MANkATO.
Woodrow Wilson has heard
of Mankato At 1890 today
; Mayor c. T. Taylor received
) the following telegram from
} Governor Woodrow Wilson,:
) Minneapolis, September 18.
! Hon. Charles T. Taylor,
) Mayor of Mankato, Mimi:
Greatly regret the misunder-
} standing which prevented my
! having the pleasure of meet
) ing the people of Mankato.
) BY some singular miscarriage
; of the message, had not
) been informed of the arrange
; ment. deeply regret this
} and hope that the people who
) were kind enough to come
; to the station will overlook
; the apparent rudeness. Wood
row Wilson,
. 1. + r S. 81. = i. + + 1. !.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20

To sleep or not to sleep, that was
the question.
Whether it was nobler in the mind
to suffer the sings and arrows of
outraged democrats,
Or to arise. and satisfy their long
ings. :.
To sleep, to dream, aye, there's the
rub s'253@'
For in that sleep this morn what
dreams might come,
When we have promised to appear
and fail - -
From Wednesdays Daily. 'a:i'
Such must have been the soliloquy
of Woodrow Wilson, and whether he
tipped coin to make his q decision
CT did it calmly and withea hardened
heart is not known, but he chose to
to suffer the sings and arrows of
the outraged democrats and others
and slept this morning, as he passed
through Mankato early this morning
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20

Thirty-five precincts out OF thirty
seven give Eberhart, S13; Lee,
3d.. Young, 235; Spooner, 1874; Cor,
don, II; Falk, SO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-20
Nomination Appears to Be Ger
tain: Vote Estimated;
Winner.
Manahan Wins Contest For Con-
gressman-at- Large;
Dope.
James Peterson Is Now Running
Close Up to Knute
Nelson.
Especial TO The Free Press. ]

St. Paul, September 1s.-GoVernor
Eberhart carried Ramsey county by
a majority of 2,552 over all competi-
tors. On estimates from incomplete
returns in the state the vote for gov
ernor on the republican ticket is as
, 1912-07-24

storm is likely to pass by us on the north,
in the latter it viii! probably pass by us on
the south. 1t the direction changes very
little or not at all, the storm is coming to-
wards us. The barometer is a valuable
guide it continues to fall till the most dan
gerous point has passed, when it
to rise again.
1t Is a matter OF course that precautions
should be taken from the commencement Of
the season III the way of having the ~fasten-
ings of all windows and doors examined. and
OF providing rope, nails, &c, and always
keeping such things at hand. If they are
not needed 50 much the better.
, 1912-07-24
Dear Mr. Editor.

Dear Mr. Editor.
Please publish the following in your
valuable paper.
From Saturday 14-7-Sunday DOT.
Christiausled 23O rats 365 mice.
Frederiksted 46 rats 6l5 mice.
276 rats $50 mice.
Up to 14-7-12 the fol
lowing number was killed
and destroyed. ....... 456 rats 1874 mice.
Total number of Rats -
and 1872 rats 1904 mice.
Total 2436 animals.
The traps from America are selling ex-
tremely we'll, which also can be seen in the
great increase of number of animals killed
and destroyed last week compared with the
preceding one. l will sincerely recommend
everybody to supply himself as quick as
possible with traps while there are any left.
have noticed some bright boys who have
put the rat killing perfectly in system and
have brought up to 16 rats as one nights
crop. Let US see if anybody can beat that.
Christiansted 22-7-l2.
A.. S. NORGAARD.
, 1912-07-24

Br. s. s. "Hostilius" of the Houston Lime,
Capt. Waterway, Which groun led off the
southwest point of the Island, on her wav
from South America bound to ST. Thomas
Porto Rico aud New York, after beino IA
sisted IN removing part cargo by lighters.
boats and the good ship Eduardo as we'll so
Jettisoning some $50 tons of corn. was Anal.
ly assisted in being foated by the warah,,
"Bremen" Oh Wednesday night. bnt on an ~
terlng the port got stranded oppos;te tho
engine house of Est. La Grange. After SOM
efforts were made, aud again the assistance
of the warship "Bremen'' was called (which
vessel had been lying at anchor Oh the
southslde) she arrived about noon to render
what assistance she coulh, previously having
received a letter from the Captain and Con-
slgnees, K. l.. Merwin & Co., at once used
her wireless in calling up the "Aeolus' which
ship had the same day offered her services.
but was now on her way to Jamaica.
taking q General and his staff there: she
however replied that she would return
Immediately, and so came in port lust abouk
ESQ p IN. on Thursday, the Captain and
officers of The "Bremen" having done some
preliminary work before her arrival and ad-
Vls1ng the Captain of the "Hostilius' to
tighten his vessel by landing some more
c&i 90 &ShoIe, WHICH was gone. me "A0OiuS"
tried to use her power i'll getting the Hos
tilins off, bat the steel hawsers broke, so the
job was left unfinished until the next day.
when through her c~onsignees' prompt atten-
ton to the tightening of her cargo by land
ing same in boats and lighters, she was able
to float herself with he assistance Of the a.
chors used FROM he ''Eduardo, at 4. 80 pm.
on Friday. After the vessel was surveyed by
competent surveyors, she was claimed as be-
ing perfectly e~-worthy, and quite fit to
take in the cargo and proceed. We are
glad to state that she left here on the morn
ing of the 10Th al 2 o'clock, calling first at
st. Thomas, and thence proceeding to Ponce,
Boston, and New York. The Captain whilst
regretting his misfortune, seems to have
been perfectly satisfied with his Agents to
whom he was C nsigned at this port, and
felt that they were able to do all that WIS
necessary in this case, being representatives
of LIoyds, and having q thorough knowledge
of the requirements in cases of this kind.
Frederiksted, 10Th July 1912.
, 1912-07-24
Ledig Post,

saN Plads som Sygeplejerske we'd Peters
- farm Hospital bliver ledig den l5de
August. Begyndelseslon Frcs. $500 on
Maaneden og Alderstill@g Frcs. 500 maa-
nedlig efter s, 10 og Is Aars Tjeneste.
Ansogninger indgives til undertegnede
linden lode August.
Christiansteds Observation-Disclosures, st.
Groix, den 22de JUL, 1912.
POULSEN.
, 1912-07-24

uuN wv u OuII6bRluSlOOs
Tomorrow commences the Hurricane Sea-
son according to official reckoning, while the
season is commonly counted as extending
over the four months from July to October,
of which, however, August and September
are the worst.
1t is a comfort to know that a destructive
hurricane is rare, which is partly explained
by the fact that q whole season may pass
without a storm, sufficiently powerful to be
called a hurricane, III any part Of the West
Indies, and partly from the comparatively
small extent of a hurricane, so that even
when one OF them passes through the Islands
most of these escape the heaviest part of
the storm.
For the hurricane is only the ring of NOV
ing air which surrounds the centre of
an extensive body Of air having a ro>
tary motion. This extensive body of air is
properly called u cyclone but unfortunately
this word is used in the United States
to signify quite another thing, namely that
terrible whirl of moving air which is pro-
perly called a tornado. Thus, for example,
the kilograms recently informed us of a
frightful "cycIone" at Regina in Canada, but
from the description given it is plum that u
tornado is meant, for the damage extended
over quite q narrow district, while within he
line Of the storms march the destruction
was ~frightful and complete. Those are the
marks that characterize a tornado. Some
times the destructive path is only a few
yards wide, at others more extensive, but
always of small extent compared with the
path OF a hurricane, which may be from 40 to
so miles across. Still more extensive is the
path of the revolving air of which the hurri-
r0nA forms the Pontrol rinOr fnp that
of revolving air may be several hundreds of
miles wide and sometimes even over a thou
sand miles, 1t is this vast rotary mass that
is properly called a cyclone. Consequently
we may, and often do pass through q cyclone
without passing through O hurricane. In
decd it is not every cyclone that carries q
hurricane around its centre. So difficult is
it, however, to get this Specification of the
word cyclone generally understood and ac-
copied, that some writer's on the weather
have proposed to reserve the term cvclore
for those revolving storms whose centres
develope hurricane force, and to use the
term cyclonic storm or cyclonic depression
for those which do not carry a hurricane
around their centre.
1t may be worth while to say a few words
about the signs of an approaching hurricane.
The weather is, OF course stormy, and the
wind blowing from some point between east
and north. The barometer falls, at first very
gradually, but more rapidly as the storm
comes nearer. It is a specially bad sign if
the wind shifts towards northeast with the
barometer falling at the same time. When
there is reason to fear that a hurricane is
approaching, the drift of the low clouds
should be watched. If they are coming, saw
from northeast, it should be noticed wheth-
err their direction is shifting towards north
or towards east In the fnr,nnn 49,. -
, 1912-07-24
Bekendtgorelse

TORSDAGEN den 15de August d. A.
- Eftermiddag KI. 4 afholdes paa un-
dertegnede Skifterets Kontor Skiftesamling
j Boet efter afgangne FRANCESCA VIII
LIAMS for at tage Bestemmelse ON Appro-
baton af ct eventuelt Auktionsbud paa Bo-
cts Ejenaom.
Christiansteds Skifteret, st. Croix, den
22de JUL 1912.
POULSEN, est.
, 1912-07-24
RATS.

(Froma The 7Sneee, z. RI
Rats are to be found where there is an
abundant food supply for them. Therefore
the best places to trap rats are slaughter
houses, meat markets, chicken houses, in and
around garbage cans and places where gar
, 1912-07-24
7 HE AVIS.
Ohcistiansted, St.ERoix,
"Wednesday oath July, 1912.

The 8. 8. PARMA sailed from New York
on Saturday 10th inst. at 3 p. M. having
1,750 packages for ST. Thomas, 800 for
Frederiksted and 700 for ~ChristIpnsted.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-23

for the defendant He pointed out several hypotheses that might be possible. He attacked unmercifults
 the testimony of Isaac Ogren. the first witness for the government, and he closed by appealing to the jurors to remember that circumstantial evidence had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime had been committed by the defendant
 MT. Roth closed for the defense. In voice that shook with emotion. la demanded of the jurors either ac- quittal or death for his client IT." asked no quarter Either John (, op
 CT was guilty of the coldest blooded murder or he was innocent He dwelt at length on the evidence as submitted by Isaac Ogren. and re viewed the complete evidence in d concise manner When he had fla ished District Attorney Crossley closed for the government. answer
 ing the speeches of the two atier- neys for the defense. and appealing to the jury to return q Yer .ict of guilty. Judge MuranP then charged the jury, and at 5:30 the twelve mon
The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-23

in whose hands lay the life of the defendant went out to deliberate
 Five and one-half hours later they returned their verdict. Guilty of murder in the first degree. without capital punishment"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-23

This happened twice during the eX- animation of the witness. At ten forty the defense rested.
 REBUTTAL TESTIMONY.
 MT. Roth again made motion for an instructed verdict on the grounds of insutficiency of evidence which was denied by the court. As the first witness in rebuttal. the govern ment recalled Louis Baber Most of the questions asked MT. Baber by the governments attorneys were ob- jected to by the attorneys for the defense on the ground that it was not rebuttal testimony. and ill most cases the court ruled in favor of the defendant At ten ffty-four Jerry Moore was recalled He simply elaborated on his testimony regard ing the caribou which Wimbish had attempted to purchase of him in the stand at ten fifty-eight and testified that he had been in the koyukuk since March. 1911. and had never heard of Wimbsh. whom he knew well. being there or in that part of the country. ]. K. Taylor was then called. but added nothing to the tes- tmony one way or another. W. (. Hart testified that Wimbish was ne gotiatins with him at the time of his disappearance for the purchase of a boiler which he intended 10 install on his Gilmore property. At thirteen minutes after eleven the government called it's last witness, 0. J. Nichol- son. who has lived in the Chandlar since 1906. and who as deputy mar shal employed by the government has travelled extensively through fled that although he had visited every section of the country tribu- tary to the Chandlar within the last two years. he had never seen or heard of William Wimbish in that country. and that the only negro there was known to him, and was q much lighter man than Wimbish was. according to the description of him given by the witnesses. Mir. Nicholson was unshaken on the cross-cXamination. The government rested at ll.23 a. m. The defense again moved for an instructed yer dict. which was denied by Judge ,lurano. Court then adjourned un. til two o'clock.
 THE LAWYERS TO THE JURY.
 At two o'clock the court room was packed to the doors with people crowding the hallway to catch q sound of the voices of the attorneys as they fought for what they beliet ed to be justice. John Knox Brown opened his address to the jury. In n quiet dignified manner. the assistant district attorney outlined to the jury the evidence in the case then be fore the court. He appealed to them to be reasonable. and said that all the government asked was that they consider squarely the evidence as presented and deal with the de dence according to the law as il would be given them by the judge. Mir, Adams then took up the case