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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02
MANKATO FREE PRESS
the LIE sueur team next saturday on

the lie Sueur team next saturday on
T, the local grounds.
ts R. R. Turritin and Rev. R. G.. Nit
'chell of Esthefville, Iowa. care visit
ing with friends and relatives here
Mr.. Turritin, formerly lived in Kasota
and conducted store here and Rev
Mitchell was pastor of the Presby.
terrain church here.
Word has been received here iof
the serious illness of Milton Wolfe,
a son of Professor and Mrs. H. e.
Wolfe of East Grand Forks, Mimi
Milton has been sick with measles
and also has an abcess on his
brain, He is in a very critical con
,dition.
A pretty wedding was solemnized
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Edge Wednesday evening at eight
O'clock, when their daughter, Aud.
rey. and Fredolph Hagberg were
united in marriage. The bride was
gowned in a white wolfe dress and
the couple We're attended by Mr..
and Mrs. Peterson of ST. Peter. The
bride and groom have both been
employed in the st. Peter state hos
pital and they will be at home to
their friends after May /, in Kasota.
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rom Fridays Daily.
Third District Club Women. !.

st. Peter Herald: Club women OF
t. Peter are making elaborate prep
rations for the entertainment of the
elegates who will come here on
lay % to attend the meeting of the
bird district federation The pro-
ram committee, of which Mrs. G..
:. kNutter is chairman, expects to
omplete its work in a few days.
rs outlined by the committee, the
rogram will consist of topics re.
ating to Minnesota. such as the aid
fyen by the state to its dependents,
. the home, to agriculturists and to
s school system. The principal ad,
ress will be delivered in the even.
.lg by Mrs. Loyhed of Faribault,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02
Modern Woodmen statistlcs.

Insurance Commissioners Preus O
Minnesota, Potter of Illinois an6
Ekern of Wisconsin have prepared 9
report on their examination of the
affairs of the Modern Woodmen O.
America, which was made public to
day by Mr.. Preus. The report show.
that for the year ended Decembe'
81 the lodge collected S14,010,099.5 5,
in assessments and paid death losse
of $f2,212.500, leaving a surplus TO
expenses and reserve of $I,797,599 so
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Funeral Held Yesterday.
From FRIDAYS Daiiv,

The funeral of Lillian Hone
schlager was. held yesterday after
noon at two o'clock at Landowners
undertaking reems and was attend
Led by a large number of friends o.
the family Rev. A. F. Winter o
the German Lutheran church con
Quoted the service. There were
many beautiful floral offerings Th
.interment was made at the Germar
Lutheran cemetery.
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Commencement at MapIeton.
From FRIDAYS Daily.

Twelve young men and womef
will graduate from the Mapleton higl
school on Thursday evening, May 90
They are Jessie Mcqueen, Ards
Gilmore, Jessie Hislop, Elizabeth
Bishop, Alice Young, Rose "Borchert
Verona Pagel, Verona Dietz, Myrlt
Greeley, and Walter McKinnon, Har
old Stroebel and Hubert Sherratt
DR.. j. F. Hoaglund, pastor of the
Methodist church at Mitchell, Soutl
Dakota, has been engaged to give th,
commencement address.
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las Mr.. Schmahl says. no tags will
be issued after January 1, 1915, I'm
less the special session acts. Tag
are now being issued at the rate. O
3about fifty a day, while in the cas-
Iof chauffeurs not week passes bu
from thirty to forty are examined
as to their fitness. This department
will also have to go out of business
Washington, April 25.-Represent
Iatfve w s. Hammond of Minnesota
opening yesterdays discussion II
support of the Underwood tariff bill
urged middle course between higf
lprotection and absolute free trade.
The democratic party is not g
free trade party" he declared. "ant
as far as can find it has never de
clared for free trade"
He undertook to show that the
Underwood bill was drawn strictly
in accordance with the tariff fol
revenue only
In a detailed discussion of rates
Mr.. Hammond Endorsed the placing
of -four on the free list.
| He explained the keeping of the
duty on wheat. while wheat -four
was placed on the free list, by hold.
ing that as manufacturing prop.
osition the millers of the United
States were able to buy American
wheat, grind it into -four and COM
pete with the finished product in
the markets OF the world.
Claims They Can Compete at Home.
ION this basis they can surely
compete at home." he said.
Representative Peters, democrat,
of Massachusetts. declared the pres.
ent democratic control of the gov
eminent was the result of the fail
ure of republicans to revise the
tariff in behalf of the consumer
Representative Fordney, republic
an, attached the sugar schedule.
THE free sugar provision of this
bill" he said, was proposed with
the assistance of Lowry, press agent
of the committee of the wholesale
grocers, which has never held
meeting, and so far as can learn
all the money expended by Lowry
in his free sugar campaign, was.
supplied by August Spreckels, presi-
dent of the Federal Sugar Refining
company of New York.
God Help the Sugar Industry"
Another Rudolph o.
San Francisco-was one of the most
ardent supporters of President vii
son during the last campaign, fnan
cially and otherwise. Between Ru.
dolph Spreckels in San Francisco
and August Spreckels in New York
God help the sugar industry"
Senators We're in informal confer
ence with reference to the tariff.
Senators Ransdell and Thornton o.
Louisiana and two Louisiana suga,
growers called on Major Leader
Underwood and pleaded for moro
inc before the proposed 25 per cen
eduction on sugar goes into effect.
The senator's declared that II
would afford considerable relief t.
he industry of Louisiana if the sup
n reduction could be made effect
We not before October /, next, in
stead OF immediately upon the bill
necoming law.
Mr.. Underwood, it is understood
assured his visitors that the reques'
'ould not be entertained.
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Died Very Suddenly.
I'm Eridav's HaiIv -

From fridays Daily.
The remains of MbstH Julia Haas
who died at a local hospital yester
day morning were shipped to Wau
kon, Ia, today for burial. Mrs. Haas
died very suddenly. She ), was. as
cending the stairs yesterday morn
ing and near the, top she became ex
hausted and sat down ito rest
breathing very heavily. .rrShe was
helped to her bed. and died a few
moments later d from acute heart
trouble. She was eighty,three vars
old. She is survived by daughter
woh lives in Willmar and three sons
who reside in Wanukon, la.
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new bank at Eagle Lake was in
Mankato on business yesterday and
fstated that the bank would open for
[ business on May g. Mr. Johnson
was formerly assistant cashier of
1.-THE State Bank OF Monticello.
Ticket Agent and Mrs. w. r.
Spornitz and his brother H. e. Spor-
;nitz returned today from Westbrook
where they attended the funeral of
mfr. Spornitz's brother, VIC. Spornitz
of Duluth. They were accompanied
as far as Mankato by another broth
er Of the ticket agent, III. T.. Spornitz,
his wife and son Robert of Milwaf
kee. ~
4Owatonna Journal: Nj. IT. Kincaid
of Mankate is now chief clerk in the
local Northwestern Telephone Ex-
Ichange, taking the place resigned by
w G. Mcknight. r. L. Smith, who
has been employed in the local ex-
change, becomes chief clerk in the
Sioux Falls Exchange and left Sat
urday for that city. His family will
remain here until May. Their depart
ure will be regretted by many
friends
Senator Thomas Pugh and SONS
John r. and Edward r., of Duluth
came down from st. Paul last even
ing and this morning were driven by
auto to the Pugh farm, where they
remained until afternoon. They re-
turned home late this afternoon.
Senator Pugh is looking and feeling
we'll and is pleased at the work ac-
complished by the adjourned senate.
of which he is an active member.
John T. and Edward III. are in the
grain business in Duluth, and have
many warm friends here and through
out the state.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: Hans Mo,
president of the State bank, went to
Black River Falls, Wis, last week
to inspect new bank building at
that place and states that that town
had just undergone terrible calam-
ity by the spring foods. great
part of the place was washed away
by the terrible force of the water.
Mr.. Mo went to number of other
towns where new bank buildings
had been recently erected in order
to get an idea for the new bank
building in Sleepy Eye. On his re-
turn home he was accompanied by
A. Norman of Minneapolis. an arch
titeet of experience, who is working
on the plans for the new building.
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Friday. May 2, 1913
Outline ofthe O'Niell Bill

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From Fridays Daily.
| House File No. 1913, the o'Neill
: bill, commonly known as the Wood.
| men Emancipation Bill" after being
amended in the senate and in the
conference committee, was passed by
+ the Minnesota legislature, during the
last days of the session just closed.
/ AS affecting the Modern Woodmen
| of America, its general provisions
authorizing secession are, that If
one-third of all the camps in the
state, now existing, shall within two
! years, at regular or special sessions
called therefor, adopt resolutions by
a majority vote of each camp, pro-
vided at least 40 per cent of all
the members of each camp voted
for said resolution, declaring that
they hereby. sever their connection
with the head camp, they may, in
conjunction with each other, con-
tinue as fraternal beneficiary so.
ciety, and may become incorporated
las a fraternal beneficiary society UNI,
der said act.
What Is Required.
! 1t is further provided that license
ito do business in this state shall
not be issued to such new corpora
ton unless it shall appear to the
Satisfaction of the commissioner OF
insurance that at least 1900 mem
bers of such camps, so severing
their connection with the head camp,
have signified in writing their pur-
pose to transfer their insurance to
the new association and to become
/ members thereof.
| { There is a further provision to
the effect that such new society
] must levy each year not less than
/ twelve assessments and that it's as
sessment rates for mortality purposes
must be ,at least SO per cent in adj
diiion to- the rates actually paid by
/ the members at the time they sever
/ their connection with the head camp,
said increased rate to be fixed by
the new association within ninety
/ days after it secures it's license from
the Insurance commissioner and it
is provided that if such rates are
not so increased the Insurance COM
missioner shall have the right TO
cancel such license.
May Retain Local Indemnity
If a. local camp votes to secede
from the head camp it is provided
that it may retain it's local identity
and the title to all its property, both
real and personal, but must account
to the members who remain with
the head camp organization their
pro rata share of all such property,
as aseertained on per capita ba-
sis.
+! 1t is expressly provided that the
head camp of the NJ w. of A.,
shall continue to be liable on the
benefit certificates of all members
SO long as they continue to pay their
assessments to the head camp in ac-
cordance with its constitution and
Fly laws.
IA When a camp has voted to- secede
the clerk of the camp shall give
written notice to all it's members.
requesting them to file written pref
erences as to whether they desire to
pay assessments to the old or new
organization and if amy member
fails to file such written preference
within thirty. days he shall be con.
sidered<a member of the old organi,
cation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02
Better Highways" the Slogan.

A largely attended meeting of tn
Winnebago Automobile club wa
cid Monday evening Better Higl
avs was the keynote. of the mee'
g. The following new officer
ere elected for the ensuing yeaI
resident. Alex Eckel: vice pres
mt, A. w. Colvin; secretary, 4
fewitt: treasurer. w. w. ,Quiggle
. irectors, j. C. Bassett, r. T.. Durgir
Y. L. Waldren, Il. o. Gulbronsor
red Duncanson. The club is ii
,od condition. both financially an
ON point of membership.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02
Petition Filed in Probate.
From fridays Daily.

A petition was filed in probate
court this morning by Mrs, Eliza
beth L. Fallenstein, asking that he,
son, Ernest, be appointed admins
traitor of the estate of her husband
the late M. l., Fallenstein. The es
tate amounts to about $1,000
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Brought Remains to Mankato.

From FrIdaV's DaiIV.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Fl. Coe of st. Pau
brought the remains of their daugf
ter, irene Coe, here this noon fo.
burial. Her death occurred in 81
Paul about three months ago. Mrs
ECoe is sister of Joseph Homer
this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02
Big. Boats Are Ordered.

THAT James J Hill has placed a,
rider for four giant passenger ocea'
ners to. cost $l5,e00,00 was cur
ant rumOr in ST. Paul The new
ones following a rumor about te'
avs ago to the effect that Mr.. Hi
as. considering such a move. TIL
let that the Hill interests orderet
he building of two boats tws
lonths ago for service on the PAM
"a canal, gives weight to the RI
Tor that extraordinary results ar
expected from the canal opening.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02
Cambria

Henry Nichols has nnfif am asdf.
ton to the blacksmith shop and Is
|using it as a garage.
Benjamin L. .Gauley is having LUNA
Der cut at the village saw mill to
erect stable preparatory to build.
ing home in the village.
There is a. great quantity Of logs
Still waiting to be sawed. Byron
Jones, the, proprietor having been
AT Tracy seeding on the home farm.
Owen Owen has bought the TEN.
.porary building owned by William
Harris now of Lake Crystal. and
expects to move it to his residence
lot soon.
Mrs. Enoch Price hass been
brought home from Rochester with.
out undergoing an operation, and
everyone sympathizes with the fam.
lily and prays for Mrs. Prices recov.
cry. 81
Spring work has commenced in
real earnest Already building is
commenced in the village. Harley
Weed has begun by digging and pre-
pairing a basement for q new house
"a by "a feet in size. He had two
carloads of lumber shipped from
Ohio and expects to erect his new
home straightway.
There will be preaching in Cam.
.bria at the. Woodman hall Sunday
evening, at 7:3O. This will probably
be the last meeting held there this
spring as the meetings have been
held during the winter only because
of the inconvenience of going fur
Their to church services. Everyone; is
invited to attend the service. Rev
L. H. Griffith will preach on "Enochs
Religion"
The Salem church has a licentiate
after being two years without a pas
tor. The new preacher is not or.
dained but the congregations have
secured his services and hope that
he will become an ordained minis
Ter soon. He. is to receive a salary
of $50 month and the use of the
manse. He has returned to Utica
n. Y. and will be back about the
second Sunday in May with his
family and household effects
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from FRIDAYS Daily.

10 Inc ffee ITeSS. since mayor
Meyer and the city council entirely
disregarded the request of the Man
kato physicians regarding the build
ng of a detention hospital, it is nov
up to these physicians to see tina
4 suitable place be provided for these
unfortunate persons. A person af
fiicted with contagious or infec
ious disease has just as much righl
o demand proper hospital facilities
IS any surgical case. He should
have just as pleasant surrounding
IS all other cases and not be com
PEELED to enter an old building, hav
ng none of the modern conveniences
IF the present day hospital.
The building about to be purchased
y the city as a detention hospital
vas shown plainly to be entirely
unfit for this purpose. In fact, | am
free to state, that neither Mayor
Meyer nor any of the city council
would be willing to send any mem
er of their own family to such q
.elace. al:
Realizing the truth of the above
tatement. the sisters of st. Joseph's
hospital have concluded to erect and
maintain suitable suite of rooms
T;et apart and used only for deten
ion hospital purposes. This they dc
If their own free will and accord
rec of any charge to the city, and
there all contagious and infectious
eases will receive proper care and
nursing, ia surroundings just as pleas.
INT and sanitary as any other part
If the general hospital.
Thinks Move Unwise.
From the above it can be clearly
cen that the city officials are max.
ing an unwise move in : purchasing
he proposed site; for surely no one
in his right mind will volunteer to
enter an old, unsightly and uHsani.
airy detention hospital when pleas,
INT and sanitary quarters are provid.
I'd at st. Joseph's,
Let us, not look at the question
rom a money standpoint. It will cost
he city at least $4,000 per year for
maintenance to say nothing about
! he repairs and remodeling. And
when all have been done. it is still an
old, unfit building.
DR.. Pratt. the. health officer, in
forms me that during 1912 there were
between fifteen and twenty patients
suffering from a contagious disease
hat were in need of suitable quar-.
,ers in a detention hospital. Now
ct us do little figuring: Cost OF
lite, $4,000; maintenance, $4,000; re.
modelling and repairs, will say, 81 500,
r a total of $500 for the first year.
Let me ask if it is, business to ex-
END this sum of money for only fif-
cen or twenty patients when better
uarters are in view
would therefore propose that
ne Mankato physicians and all
Their liberal minded persons quietly
to st. Joseph's hospital and hand
ne sisters superior a donation to
lefray the added cost of 4. this i'm
rovement.-J, A. Hielscher. NJ. d.
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This is the busy season of the
antoist. 10
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Unless taken up at the extra ses
sion of the legislature, the state auto
mobile license department will go on
of business January l, 1915.
The senate Wednesday failed L.
pass the Dunn automobile bill reor
ganizing the department and provi6
ing appropriation necessary for it
maintenance. The further licensin,
of automobiles and ehauffeurs viii
have to cease on the date named be
cause of this fact. No money is tn
main cause.
About $4,000 year is needed t,
carry on the department, and those
intrusted with THE making mp of til
appropriation bill, figuring that thu
Dunn bill, which carried the require,
appropriation, would pass, made n
provision for the amount The bill
called for license based on I'll
horse power of all automobiles, an
1t was figured that it would be mad
more than selfsustaining.
1T is the least of my troubles,
said Secretary of State Schmahl yes
terday. THE licensing of automobile
was showed on my department. fou
years ago. and il has caused me NOR
worry than anything else. TIL,
work in connection with It's condue
was something awful. No appropr,
alton has been made for. its contip
nance land when what we have i
exhausted We will simply have t:
quit"
The old license law is still on til,
books, and will remain there, but
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02

president Of the Minnesota State
Federation OF Womens Clubs. Re-
plies received by Mrs. ]. C. Clark,
the district president, and by the
members of the committee on ar
|rangements indicate that there will
be an unusually large number of
delegates present.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02
Pleasant Surprise Party. ].

Mr.. and Mrs. George Hodson were
very pleasantly surprised last even.
ing at their home in West Mankato
a number of their friends dropping
In to help celebrate their twelfth
wedding anniversary. The evening
was spent in a social way with mil
sic and games, after which an elabo
rate supper was served. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hodson were presented with a
number of useful gifts. s.,;g...y
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-05-09
NEWSPAPER "NLALICEn

The release of w. r. Nelson, own.
er of the Kansas City Star, who has
been found not guilty on charges oil
contempt of court growing out Of q
report of a divorce case, is an event
of significance in the newspaper
world. 1t is in line with the tendency
Of the courts to protect fair crit
cism.
Newspaper men will rejoice that
the Missouri courts do not sanction
attempts to make "malce" in its le-
gal sense different from its meaning
under common sense, or to imagine
malice where it does not exist
Laying aside the legal question
the public too often imagines mali
cious feeling In the newspaper. The
politician reading between the
lines" used to the roundabout bur
rowings of diplomacy, thinks the
most innocent item that the reporter
turns in to fill space, is the subter-
ranean attempt Of rival to do him
discredit.
The people who are criticised al
ways take it as much more personal
than it really is. The newspaper
man is the historian of the civic bat
ties of today. Unless some injury
has been done to him, he feels no
more personal spite against men with
whom he differs than he would if
he were telling about Thomas JET
ferson In the heat of electoral bat
ties, he may say and feel sharp
things, but it is all on the surface.
The men of other professions are
free to say the most damning things
about their fellow citizens in private,
and then to welcome the objects of
their detestation with the proffered
hand of pretended friendship. The
newspaper man, on the contrary. is
under contract and bound in honor
to tell his readers not merely the
facts of what has happened, but what
he thinks it all means. If he proves
false to that contract the people don't
want his paper. After he has full
filed this duty, it will be found that
newspaper malice" is a fiction, and
that he has only kindly feeling for
any loyal friend of the common home
town.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-05-09

County School News
BY MARY f. TODD

Miss Ethel Davis received the high
est grade in agriculture in the county
loo per cent.
Lester 0dneal received the highest
grade in spelling-100 per cent.
Dewey Scott received the highest
grade of any boy in the county, 80
per cent.
We are pleased with the work
done by the rural teachers as shown
by the diploma examinations.
A Babcock tester is used to test
a chicken to tell If it is good to eat,
was the answer given by one of the
Seward county boys at the last ex-
animation for a common school di-
ploma.
Prof. Fulton called to see about
some school business last Saturday.
tie hopes those who took the exam
ination for eommon school diplomas
will pass.
Miss Gertrude Andrews graced
the Office with her presence last Sat
urday Miss Andrews taught in dis
trict No. the past year and has been
asked to take the Superior school
this year. She has accepted the Of
fer and will teach the superior school
in district No. 81 We congratulate
the school board on its teacher Miss
Andrews motto is to hustle when
you want to. and hustle when you
don't; to say ] will. can, I must.
when you want to say won't. To
push with all her might and main,
and stop with nothing less. To push
the door vide open that leads to true
success.
We received very cordial invita-
ton from Miss Lenore Camery to at
tend her closing day of school aud
enjoy the program and the dinner.