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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16
Butternut Farmers Interested;
viii! Push Luce Line
MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT
This aoai Will enlcr Township 10
N,rsh,ast Cornsr; Air Ro a
To Minneapolis

Farmers oil Butternw I'd a well.
attended massmeetin' g. the town
hall last evening to Sir the report
of the committee : has had under
consideration the proposed electric
railway line To be built through that
township by the Luce Electric rail.
way company of Minneapolis. This
committee, consisting of II. NJ. Green.
Sam Hlellickson and Alex Hanson,
made favorable report, stating
that the project was feasible one
and that in the opinion of the com.
mittee the investment was safe for
stockholders.
Address BY Luce.
The meeting was addressed by Vice
President Luce of the company and
II. l.. David, also connected with ito
concern. A special committee was
appointed to solicit stock sales in the
neighborhood. The following were
named TO assist Mr.. David RI. WI.
liams, Carl Wilson, II. S. Halvorson,
Ed. Roberts and William Schlabin.
all the way from Nicollet to Fairmont
would be built in twenty-four months.
He told how meetings had been held
all along the proposed line, and
spoke particularly of that at Nicollet,
where another committee had been
appointed to- sell stock.
The proposed line is to enter But.
ternut township at the northeast
corner. II will be an air line north
and south.
Will Raise The Money.
1t Is expected that the $4,000
worth of electric railway stock will
be disposed of by tomorrow night.
A resident of Butternut asked one
of the officials OF the company why
they did not seek an entrance into
Mankato. The official replied that
1t was a difficult matter to build a
line in and out of this city. He re-
marked that the Omaha road had
the best grade in and out of Man.
kato.
The proposed electric line has
caused no end OF comment at Lake
Crystal. Business interests are sit.
ting up and taking notice.
Meeting at NicolIet.
Colonel +. ID. Luce, vice president
of the Luce Electric Short Line, adj
dressed a meeting at the opera house
in the village of Nicollet yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Luce explained tn -
his company proposes to build an
electric line southwest from Mime
apolis by way OF Wayzata, through
Sibley county and Nicollet county.
passing through the latter county via
New Sweden. CRANKY, NicolIet and
crossing the Minnesota river 1t Jud.
son. From there the road viii pass
through Butternut township IN Blue
Earth county, crossing the Watonwan
river at Cresco and then on 10 Fair
mont, and down into Iowa.
interesting the Farmers.
The object of Colonel Luce's adj
dress was for the purpose of inter
esting the farmers along the line. and
the business men I'm the villages suf.
ficiently to induce them to buy suf.
ficient shares Of stock to finance the
proposition. The company has al
ready constructed a line to Wayzata
on Lake Minnetonka, and has an.
other one projected to st. Cloud.
A committee of Nicollet business
men went down to Minneapolis last
Thursday to look over the plant OF
the company at Minneapolis, and in
yestipate its condition
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16

Toxic. Jan. 14.-Japan heroically is
meeting n double affliction-famine in
the north and earthquakes and vol
canic eruptions In the south.
Ten million persons are in need OF
food in Northern Hondo and Hokkai-
do and there have been many deaths
from starvation.
In the south the islands OF Kiushiu
and Shikoku are in the grip of seis-
mic disturbances. Craters suddenly
have discharged great volumes of
flaming rocks and ashes. carrying de-
struction and terrifying the Southern
empire. Ashes are falling as far
north as Osaka,
Although the fate of the Inhabitants
OF Sakura island is not certain II is
believed that the great majority OF
them have escaped In boats to the
mainland.
Many OF the people of Sakura have
escaped from the danger zone in a
MANNED and burned condition.
The cruiser Tone has sent a wire
less dispatch to the effect that Sakura
has been entirely evacuated.
Numerous Heroic Rescues.
The police and soldiers of Kagoshi-
ma made many heroic rescues. The
men and women. accustomed TO par
ticipatiok Il the festivities TO commem-
crate the eruption OF lIT9. did not
realize the extent of the disaster and
II is feared many of them were killed
before reaching the seashore.
Thousands. pursued by a rain of
fiery stones. knelt on the beach half
submerged i'm water and gesticulated
wildly to the steamers and fishing
boats.
The heat is described as internal.
Junks report that stones fell kissing
into the bay.
The refugees from Kagoshima fed
across land heaving with rapid sue
cession of quakes. The whole south
ern half OF Kiushiu is enveloped in
ashes and smoke Sakura Jima. how
ever, appears to De tnt Onty NOiNdHo
dangerously active at present.
The emperor Is profoundly distress.
ed over the disaster and has ordered
additional warships to proceed imme-
tiately to the affected district.
Report Great Eruptions.
Advices from Nagano. capital Of Ma
gano prefecture, and Asama- Y anna, in
the island of Hondo, report great erip.
tions.
Asama-Y anna is lofty volcano about
ninety miles northwest of Toxic.
with a crater about 1000 feet in d.
ameter. The scene is described as
sublime. smoke and flames soaring
thousands of feet into the sky. In the
Utsunsmiya district the sky is over
cast and every roof is covered with
white ashes.
Many crevasses formed at Kago-
shima, and owing to the -snakelike
movement OF the surface OF the earth
the fugitives were forced TO advance
on all tours. Thousands took refuge
on top of the famous Mount Shiroy-
ANA, fearing a tidal wave. Many OF
the houses at Kagoshima collapsed
and there are three feet OF ashes in
the street. They are said to contain
poisonous gases.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16
SEED EXPO TO HOLD
FORTH At CITY HALL
Fair Will Be Held On the Third
Floor Of Building
ARRANGE FOR SNORT COURSE
All Classes Are TO Alternate Between
$50 and Twelve O'clock Each
Forenoon

II has been definitely decided TO
hold the seed fair. connected with
the triple convention next week, in
the city hall building on the third
floor. This is a large room, ex-
tending the entire length of the
building and lighted by windows on
three sides. Light is very i'm.
portant factor in judging grain of
any kind. Professor c. r. Shum-
way will take charge of this room on
Saturday and will have the neces-
sary tables. racks and other furni-
ture installed as soon as possible.
Farmers, who have exhibits for the
fair, should make their entries at
this place on Saturday, and Mon
day.
The Short Course.
The arrangements Tor the agricul.
tural short course to be held each
forenoon during the convention have
been completed. The work in corn
will be In the hands. of Professor
Shumway and will take place In his
rooms In the high school building,
where all conveniences are at hand.
The live stock work will be done
at the Allyn garage on Second
street near the opera house. This
feature will be in charge OF experts
from the state agricultural college.
Stock from the surrounding farms
will be brought in for demonstration
purposes.
Glasses Will Alternate.
The short course in both corn and
stock will occupy the hours between
$3.50 and twelve o'clock each fore
noon. The classes in corn and live
stock will alternate. Each person
enrolled in the classes will spend
part of the morning studying corn
and the rest studying cattle. While
some are studying corn. others will
be studying cattle, and then the two
classes will change places.
There Is also to be short course
in domestic science for the wives
and daughters of farmers who are
attending the convention. This will
be held in the high school between
ten and twelve o'clock each fore
noon, and will be in the charge of
Miss Erickson, teacher OF domestic
science at the Mankato high school.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16

County Board To Meet.
The board OF county commission.
ers win meet tomorrow morning too
open bids on the Lake Washington
judicial road.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16
Funeral of Mrs. A. n. Dobbjn.

u"c'" " WITS ~ Tfs OUpuTN.
The funeral of the late Mrs. A. II.
Dobbin will be held at the home in
Decoria township at 1890 o'clock and
at 2:3O at the Presbyterian church
tomorrow. Rev. T. Ross Paden will
conduct the services.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16
!: Kind Of We0|heT ThQI
|: EIpeTGH0Ve Predicted

Fair tonight and Thursday
moderate temperature; brisk
westerly winds. Mankato max
imum temperature In last
twenty-four hours, twenty-three
degrees above; minimum,
eighteen below.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16

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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31

There is more Catarrh in this
section Of the country than all 9th
er diseases put together, and until
the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced 1t a 10
cal disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pro-
nounced it incurabIe. Science has
proven Catarrh to be constitution
al disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure. manufactured by F.
j. Cheney Ca.. Toledo, 0hiie, is
the only Constitutional cure on the
market. 1t Is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to teaspoon
full. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case 1t fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take. Halls Fa mily Pills for con-
stipation.-Adv.
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portance have been occupied by the
left wing of the allies, while along
practically the whole rest Of the from;
as far as the French eastern frontier
the allies progress continues.
THE German losses are terrific"
In dispatch from Amsterdam q
correspondent of the Central News
quotes the representative at Ostenf
of the newspaper Tyd to the effect
that thousands of wounded Germans
are returning from the battlefelds ir
Flanders. Loaded into all kinds of We
hicles, the sad procession of wound
ed men is moving northward; those
not too seriously wounded are travel
ing on foot.
Thousands Of unburied bodies GOV
Or the battlefield, the correspondent
continues, and no one can form al
adequate idea of the awful number o.
victims falling every moment in thi,
mad fight.
Between Leps and Middlekerke The
Germans have ceased firing because
their shells would kill German troop
as we'll as the soldiers of the allies
Consequently only hand to hand fight
ing is taking place.
A Daily Telegraph correspondent
sends a dispatch from the Belgian
frontier that the Germans are makin&
preparations to retreat from theil
! present positions in Belgium. The!
are removing their wounded from
Bruges to Brussels and are throwing
up Entertainments all the way along
the proposed line of retreat from Os
tend.
"All that has been said regarding
the severity of the fighting around
Dixmunde," continues the dispatch
has been too mild. Dixmunde itsel
IL In ruins and not single house i.
standing in the adjacent villages o
Beerst, Keyem, Essen and Vladsloo
All five places are practically sham
bles, the streets heaped with German
dead left behind in the retreat forced
by the allies artillery.
MANY German stragglers have
been found in a condition of hyste
ria. shattered by the ordeal through
which they had passed. A sign OF
Generalization in the German ranks
Is the number of deserters and strag
glers seeking sanctuary beyond the
Dutch border. The German authorities
have sent out patrols especially to
prevent these assertions"
The official bulletins are as follows
FRENCH.
ION the extreme left foundations
brought about by the Belgian army
IN the lower valley OF the river Ysel
have compelled the forces OF the en-
envy which had passed this river te
withdraw. They were subjected to g
violent cannonade by the Belgian and
French artillery during their move
ment of retreat.
1.-THE Germans endeavored Thurs
day to deliver very violent counter at
tacks on the French and British army
corps which were progressing to the
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
DID CHILD wake
CROSS OR FEvER|Sh?
Look, Mother! If tongue is coated
give california Syrup of Figs" 10
clean the bowels.

Mother. Your child isn't natural
~ cross and peevish. See if tongue
is coated; this is a sure sign its lit
tie stomach, liver and bowels need
a cleansing at once.
When Hstless. pale, feverish, full
of cold, breath bad. throat sore does
MT eat. sleep or act naturally, has
stomach-ache, diarrhoea. remember,
a gentle liver and bowel cleansing
should always be the first treatment
given.
Nothing equals California Syrup
Of Figs" for children's ills; give a
teaspoonful, and in a few hours all
the foul waste. sour bile and fer
menting food which is clogged in
the bowels passes out of the system,
and you have well and playful child
again. All children love this harm
less, delicious fruit laxative" and
1t never fails to effect good inside"
cleansing. Directions for babies.
children of all ages, and grown-ups,
are plainly on the bottle.
Keep it handy in your home. A
little given today saves a sick chile
tomorrow, but get the genuine. Asa
your druggist for 50cent bottle of
california Syrup of Figs" then
look and see that it is made by the
california Fig Syrup Company"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
400 MEN FLEE IRELAND
Arrive Here In Search of Work, Fear
hn Britain

Arrive Here In Search of Work, Fear.
ing CONSUMPTION by Britain.
New York, Oct. 31.-Four hundred
Lrishmen, from sixteen to twenty-five
years old, came over from Queens
town in a body on the steamer Cedric,
which has just reached here.
They declined to say if they had
come to America rather than enlist
In the British army, but did say that
tey came to the United States to look
for work.
1t was reported among the other
passengers that they had left Ireland
because an Irish labor leader had
convinced them that the British gov
eminent was soon to enforce conscrip-
ton in Ireland.
According to recent mail advices
from Dublin the emigration of Irish
men of military service age has been
heavier this fall than in many years,
and that it is giving the authorities
some uneasiness.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
Your Fall Cold Needs Attention

Your Fall Cold Needs Attention.
No use to fuss and try to wear
it out. 1t will wear you out in
stead. Take DR.: Kings New Dis
covery, relief follows quickly. IT
checks your Cold and Soothes yotr
Cough away. Pleasant, Antiseptfc,
and Healing. Children like it. GET
soc. bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery and keep it in the house.
Our family Cough and Cold Doe
ter writes Lewis Chamberlain, bf
Manchester, Ohio. Money back ff
not satisfied, but it nearly always
helps.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
FIGHTING Near Mexico City.

Fighting Near WexIco CITY.
Mexico City, Oct. 31.-Fighting was
resumed again near San Angel, on
the outskirts of the capital, between
followers of Emiliano Zapata to the
Constitutionalists.
Colonel Fragoso captured Tizapan
whic his connected with the capita
by an electric car line, and drove Gen
erai Tacheco to the nearby hills. TiZ
apan has been in the hands Of tbs
Zapata men for several weeks.
The government says that the fight
ing was forced by the followers OF
Zapata and that its troops were com
PEELED to resist in order to protect the
capital.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
Move Nav Force ,talv,s Hand.

Paris. Oct. 31.-News that Turkey
has Joined issue with Germany and
Austria against the allies overshad-
owed everything else here. The bring.
ing into the conflict Of the Turkish
army. numbering between 100000 and
100000 men, Is expected to imme.
diately force Italy's hand. France
has looked to Italy to dominate the
Balkans, and she cannot do so II she
remains idly neutral in the present
crisis In European affairs.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
Apply Sloan's Freely For Lumba


Your attacks of Lumbago are
nearly so hopeless as they Sc
You can relieve them almost b
stantly by a simple application D
Sloan's Liniment on the back K
loins. Lumbago is a form of r d
matism, and yields perfectl 4
Sloan's, which penetrates quic8l.
all in through the sore, tender mus
eles, limbers up the back and mak1e
1t feel fine. Get bottle of Sloa4'
Liniment for 25 cents of ANY drug.
dist and have it in the house 4
against colds, sore and swoll$f
joints, rheumatism, neuralgia, scidt
lea and like ailments. Your MO
ney back If not satisfied, but III
does give almost instant relief.
Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
Why Not Publish It?

When you want a fact to become
generally known, the right way is
to publish it. Mrs. Joseph Kallans.
Peru, Ind, was troubled with belch-
ing. sour stomach and frequent
headaches. She writes, 81 feel Ii
my duty to tell others what Cham
berlain's Tablets have done for me.
They have helped my digestion and
regulated my bowels. Since using
them J have been entirely WE'LL
For sale by all dealers.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31

There are many times when one
man questions aEother's actions and
motives. Men act differently IN
der different circumstances. This
question is, what would you dc
right now if you had a severe
cold? Could you do better than to
take Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy
1t IS highly recommended by peo-
pie who have used it for years
and know it's ylaue. Mrs. o. T.
Sargent. Peru, Ind, says, Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is wortp
its weigh. in gold and 1 take pleat-
ure in recommending it," For sap
by all dealerS.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31

purpose of descending upon the city
suddenly in force and arresting the
peace delegates and generals who are
known to be hostile to the present
government in Mexico City. The
charge that such a move was contem.
plated was denied by the representa-
tives of CarranZa.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
Keep the Stomach & Liver He

A vigorous Stomach, '
working Liver and regular
Bowels is guaranteed II you use r
Kings New Life Pills. They
sure good Digestion, correct Cons
patton and have an excellent tor
effect on the whole system-Pur
your blood and rid you OF all Ib
poisons through the Bowels. On
25c. at your DruggistvAdv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
Duke of Brunswick Wounded.

Berlin, Oct. 31.--Off1cial reports re
eelved here state that Duke Ernest 81
Brunswick has been seriously wound
Cd In the fighting in the Argonne
forests, France, and that his wife ha'
been called to his bedside. The Duke
Of Brunswick Is a son-in-law of the
kaiser
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
German Submarine Sunk.

London, Oct. 31.-The Daily Mails
correspondent on the allies left win
reports that a German submarirJ
boat which attacked the British ba,
tleship Venerable off the Belgia
coast had been sunk.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
ENGLAND Warns Turkey.

Constantinople. Oct. 3l.--In antici.
patton of the possible invasion of
Egyptian territory British Ambassador
Mallet, acting under instructions from
his government. has informed the
grand vizier that If the Turks cross
1he crontier II would mean war with
be Entente powers.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
FLOODS SNEEip
BACK GERMANS
IIi2s Open SIaIces Along the
User Canal.
TEUTONS LOSE HEAVILY
Artillery Fire Completes Havoc IN
Retreat of the kaiser's Forces Near
Oixmunde.


Oixmunde.
London, Oct. 31.-Artif1cial floods
of a far more dangerous character
than any caused by the natural rise
of a stream, aided the allied armies
| ia Flanders to rout the German forces
that had crossed the river User With
in the last week and refused to be
lisIodged in spite of a most terrlhc
cannonade from the land and sea bat
teries.
Without a sign of warning the In
vaders found themselves suddenly IN
front of madly rushing walls OF wa
ter, the work Of the Belgians, who
had opened the sluices of the User
canal.
Themselves forwarned by their
commanders, the allied forces had
withdrawn slowly as the time for In
undating the territory occupied by
the Germans arrived. The latter, how
ever, were caught in the surging tide
es it rolled over the battlefield and
engulfed them.
Thousands are believed to have
drowned before the signal was sound
ed for a general retreat across the
river Many more were washed to
their death when the German forces
had already begun to fall back, while
hundreds of others were torn to
pieces by shells from the heavy Bel
gian, French and British artillery
which had been mounted in positions
that commanded the retreat across
the river. The onrushing waters made
a reply to the cannonade from the
German batteries impossible.
On the line between Dixmunde and
Newport, in Belgium, the German at
tacks delivered by other units than
those who Jared so poor.y on the
User, were repulsed, according to the
official French statement issued in
Paris, with heavy losses. At La Bassee
the British troops found themselves
under the heavy onslaughts of the in.
vaders' artillery and infantry, but at
no point were they compelled to fall
back.
Further south there have been few
important actions along the great bat
tie front, although the French claim
to have occupied number of villages
after engagements around Albert and
Arras. Progress is also claimed by
the French upon the heights Of the
right bank of the Aisne, down stream
from scissors and in several sections
along the Mouse to the south of Yer
dun.
The Amsterdam Telegraf states
that fierce fighting between the Ger
mans and the allies was restarted in
Flanders. Heavy firing was heard and
German troops continually were NOV.
ing to Zeebrugge, where the garrison
had been reinforced by 1900 ma.
rines stationed near Heyst.
A dispatch from the spondent
Of Reuters Telegram company at
Paris says:
1.-THE news is excellent | am able
to state on the best authority that
the efforts of the allies are being
crowned with success.
''In consequence of the opening OF
the sluices of the User canal thou.
sands of Germans were caught. Those
who escaped drowning were harrassed
by the artillery.
0C1y,n voinfc Of ayfra i'm
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31
II ALWAYS Does the Work

Il like Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy better than any other,
writes R. E. Roberts, Homer City
Pa 81 have taken it off and q
for years and it has never failed
to give the desired results" For
sale by al; dealers.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-10-31

northeast and to the east of
"At the end of the day our tro(
had, Notwithstanding. continued tt
forward movement in the direq
which had been assisae1 them,
had also taken possession OF varf
points OF support.
The British troops. assaulted
several points to the north of
Bassee by superior forces, resum|
the offensive with energy and reed
ouered to q considerable extent 4
ground Welded to the enemy. AT Sc
eraI other points on their line OF CO.
bat the British troops repulsed
attacks Of the Germans, inflicting J
them important losses.
ION the remainder Of the fr
there has been no general action,
" partial offensive movements
our part as we'll as on the part of
enemy. We have made progress
most everywhere. notably before d
tain villages between Arras and
bert: upon the heights Of the rig
bank Of the Aisne. down stream fre
scissors aud here and there aloEg-t
Mouse to the north OF Verduu'
GERMAN.
"Our attacks to the south of N
port and to the east OF fpres
being successfully continued. Ell
machine guns and 200 British
diers have been captured.L
In the Argonne forest our tro
have occupied several block hot
and points OF support.
ITO the northwest of Verdun
French attacked without success.
the other parts Of the western "
heater and in the eastern arena {
situation Is unchanged"