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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
PARCEL POST WAGON
CRACES THE STREET
Brand New One Has Been
Shipped For Use In
MaGkat0

A brand new parcels post wagon
has been received by the Mankato
post office. II has come all the way
from York, Penn, and Ia made in &C.
cordance with the latest government
specifications. II Is six feet six inches
long by four feet wide. II Is screened
The body Of the wagon is painted a
medium coach green. The running
gear is cardinal red. One its side in
large golden letters are the words
'U. s. Mail Parcel Post" II is In
deed a neat rig. II will be driven by
one Of the substitute carriers in
Mankato and North Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
CHARLES C. SCHULZ
REMAINS IN PLACE
School Superintendent Is Re.
Appointed BY Governor
Elect Hammond

ST. Paul, Dec. 2.-Governor Elect
Winfield S. Hammond announced that
he will reappoint Charles q. Schulz.
state superintendent OF education.
This Is the first appointment made
by Mr.. Hammond and his action In so
speedily settling on MIR. Schulz as his
own successor came as a decided sur.
prise In political circles. Before the
announcement was made Mr. Schulz.
who Is in Duluth, was notified by the
governor elect and accepted the ap.
pointment
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
THREAT OF STRIKE
MADE BY DAWSON
That Is The Claim Put Before
Inquiry Board BY Governor
Ammons ..
tAssociated Press dispatch. )

Denver, December 2.-In Decem-
Ter, 1912, John X. Dawson OF the
United Mine Workers OF America,
notified Il. ii. Ammons, then COVER
nor-elect, that coal miners strike
would be called during his admins
tration, so the governor testified be
fore the federal Industrial relations
commission here, today. The COVER
nor declared that but for the demand
for recognition Of the union. the
strike could have been settled.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
MEETING OF MoosERs.
This Gathering 10 Being Held In
Chicauo Today.
Especial to The Free Press.l

Especial 20 The Free Press
Chicago, ILL.,. December IA meet
ing OF the executive committee OF
the national progressive party Is
being held In this city today. Issues
of national character are being con-
sidered; and it is expected that
the defeat OF November will be
analysed and new campaign plans
made. II is understood that while
the conservatives are to lead what
they call real radical movement In
the United States. II has been limited
that II the colonel refuses to drop
Perkins. the radicals will look for
other leadership.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
s,amp Ea,nine Continue.

Manksto's stamp famine continued
through today. Business kept on. how
ever. Some. who had stamps. furnish
ed them to others for accommodation.
Much busins IS requiring the stamps was
done without them, but accounts were
kept of the uirstamped documents. with
view to squaring things up as soon a.
possible.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04

More than the expected number
attended the banquet at the Saul
paugh last evening, the opening
event OF the annual meeting of the
Southern Minnesota Medical asso-
citation. An extra table had to be
provided and plates were laid in
all for about two hundred. Most
OF those attending the banquet were
visiting and local physicians, but
there we're many invited guests out
side OF the medical profession, and
not a few ladies'. these being most
wives of physicians.
During the supper the gathering
was delightfully."- entertained with
vocal and instrumental music The
tables we're deliberately decorated
with green ferns and carnations.
The visitors were welcomed to
the city by Mayor 4. c. Meyer. The
mayor spoke with pride of the beau
ties OF MankatO, declaring that this
city had points in its favor that
could not be equalled by any other
city of the same size in the state of
Minnesota. He spoke of the schools,
the improved and well-kept streets
and other features OF which local
citizens were Justly proud.
Auto Tour For Ladies'.
DIR. {. J. Holman arose and an
nounced that the ladies OF Mankato
had planned an automobile tour for
the visiting ladies on Wednesday.
All the ladies' who wished TO take
this tour about the city were re-
quested 10 assemble at the Elk's
club house at half past ten o'clock
on Wednesday morning. DIR. Hol.
man announced also that the ladies
were invited TO come with their hus'
bands to the lunch that would be
given at the Presbyterian church
during the noon hour on "Wednesday
beginning at 1915 p. m. The guests
were likewise invited to attend the
performance at the Grand theatre
on Wednesday afternoon, opening at
2:45 p. m.
DIR. J. w. Andrews, on behalf oil
the Mankato Commercial club, arose
TO repeat the welcome that had al
ready been extended to the icity's
guests by the mayor. He remarked
that Mankato had a good live Com
mercial club, and one that not only
talked but acted. Referring TO the
mayors remark about the beauties
OF Mankato. DIR. Andrews declared
that Mankato had more and better
paved streets than any other city
I'm Minnesota Of. its size. He would
not even make an exception OF Al
bert Lea. He declared that Mankatc
had always been and always would
be the metropolis of Southern Min
nesota. He spoke of the recent en-
trance of the Dan Patch line into
the city and said Il was expected
that this line would reach out and
connect Mankato with st. Clair and
other towns during the coming sum
mer. The doctor spoke also OF the
growth OF the Southern Minnesots
Medical association since II wal
formed three years ago by the merg
ing of another association of the
same name with the Minnesota Val
ley Medical society.
Address BY the President.
The principal address Of the even
ing was that OF the president DIR
Hugh +. McCaughey OF Wlnona. DR.
McGaughey said:
"The tubercular we have always
with us. therefore. I make no apollo
ny for discussing subject familiar
TO all, the county sanatorium. j
Continued ON Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
Adams Case TO the Jury.

The case OF Mabel w. Adams
against the city of Mankato, the j.
b. Nielsen Construction company and
Gust Frank. went to the jury this
afternoon and the matter Of Anton
Isandig against the City of Mankato,
was commenced.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
CLAIMS FLOWERS LEADS.
Declared In ST. Paul That He viii
Be the Speaker.

The election Of II. III. Flowers OF
Cleveland as speaker OF the next
Minnesota house is virtually assured
by the action of Spencer j. Searles
Of Carleton, who yesterday pledged
himself to vote for the candidate.
says The st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Searles has been put down hereto
fore as a Gordon supporter
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
PREVENT INFECTION;
BUILDING SANATOR|A
Address Delivered Last Night
BY President McGaughey
OBLIGATION or the STATE
Southern Minnesota Is Backward In
Its Fight Against Spread Of the
Terrible Disease
OBLIGATION OF the STATE
Doctors Elected New
Officers for Society

President-Dr. A. =. Dodge,
lie Sueur.
First Vice President-Dr.
M. S. Henderson, Rochester.
Second Vice President-Dr.
]. L. Williams, Lake Crystal.
Seeretsry-Dr. w. 7. Ad-
ans, EIgin.
Treasurer-Dr. G. r. Mer.
rift, ST. Peter.
Next place Of meeting Red
wing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
FIVE NEW ORDERS.

Mayer Brothers Company Starts Out
This Month Real Fine.
The Mayors Brothers Company
machinists, has begun this months
business with five new orders. One Of
these is from the board OF education
Of Glendale. Cal, for flfty-pound
hammer, to be used by the manual
training department of the high
school of that city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04

Sou itpbbhSes
London. December 2.-Russian-Po
land Is still the center OF interest In
the war situation. so far as military
operations are concerned. Reports
from rival headquarters indicate that
any decisive results on either side
are still in the balance, although
on the face OF known facts the
conviction is growing that the Ger.
man general, Mackensen, has done
at LODI what General Bazaine in the
Franco-Prussian war failed to do at
Metz. He saved his army, after II
was encircled by the enemy. But
Il is equally clear that the German
tactical plan for the taking Of War
saw has again failed. according to
prevailing opinions here.
Activity Along Russian Front
Whether a counter invasion OF
Silesia has been rendered imposs-
ible for the present remains to BE-
seen. Little activity along the Aus
trian front is reported. The excep-
ton is an assertion from Vienna
Of an Austrian victory with the cap
ture of quantities OF prisoners ana
munitions of war along the southern
line. but there is nothing to indicate
that Russia has given way in her evil
dent intention Of invading the rich
German provinces by way Of Cra-
COW. The latest official Vienna re-
ports declared that calm prevailed
on the Cracow front, but that fight
ing continued in Carpathians.
Critical In servia.
London, December "A dispatch
from Sofia, Bulgaria, to Reuters
says that reports received there In.
dictate that the situation in Servia
is critical. The Servian army, II is
declared. has been withdrawn from
Belgrade. Telegraphic communica-
ton between Belgrade and Nish.
present location OF the capitol has
been interrupted. .-..f
Kaiser's Own Regiment Made Good.
Berlin, December IA German Of
fetal statement. issued this after.
noon. claims the capture Of strong
French position In Argonne forest
by Emperor williams own regiment.
The text OF the communication fol-
lows: "In the western theatre OF
war the enemy made Insignificant
advances which were checked. In
the forest of Argonne strong point
of support OF the enemy was taken
by the wurttemberg Infantry regi-
ment No. 100. his majesty, the kais-
er's own regiment. On this occa-
sion two officers and about 800 Of
the enemy's troops were made pris-
oners. -c..s..
Enemy's Attacks Repulsed.
There Is no news from Eastern
Prussia. and in Northern Poland the
battles are taking their normal course
In Southern Poland the enemy's
attacks were repulsed. The report
circulated in the foreign press that
the $4,000 prisoners taken by US
at Kutno are included In 10000
Russian prisoners reported by Us
previously is untrue. In the battles
of wiociawek, Kutno. LODI and Low
log the eastern army has taken be-
tween the eleventh Of November and
Continued on Psxe Two
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
The Military Operations Show
No Decisive tendencies
German General Saved Army From
Capture; Did What Bazaine Did
Not Do At Metz
eavy fighting is resumed In the

eavy fighting is resumed In the
ion Of the Argonne forest to-
I'd the eastern end Of the bat
line in France, and II 10 ap-
aren't that the conflict is marked
Nth great violence. In Belgium
The infantry fighting is resumed,
although Il Is not clear whether
the Germans have begun another
general movement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Washington, December 2.-Sec-
rotary Bryan today invited
Charles N. sehwab, president OF
the Bethlehem Steel company, TO
the state department and gave
him the views Of the American
government on the building Of
submarines In this country for
the European beIliserents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04

Washington, December a.
Proposals for the creating Of
neutral zone In the waters Of
the western hemisphere and con-
serving rights Of neutraIs, will
be laid by the United States be-
fore the governing board Of the
Pan-Ameriean union which con-
slsts Of the diplomatic repre-
sentatives Of twenty-one Ameri-
can republics.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09

beautiful gowns. There Is great Sc
oreoy as to the characters they will
represent at the ball. and as to the
entertainment Of the royal party"
Selecting n Queen.
few weeks before the date of the
fete the queens are selected for the
two carnivals one held In Colon and
the other in Panama. AS Panama is
much larger and finer city than Colon
the carnival held on the Pacific side
of the Canal is much more elaborate
and costly. The queen is elected by
vote sometimes by the Carnival Com
mittee and at others by direct vote
of the people. She must be both
young and beautiful and she usually
comes from one of the wealthiest and
most aristocratic families of the 18th
mus There is the greatest rivalry
among the candidates and hundreds
Of dollars are often spent in the en-
tertainment of voters by the parents
of the girls who are UP for election.
The girl herself takes little part in the
entertainments except to appear for
awhile to greet the different constitu-
ents. After the queen has been Sc
lected a number of entertainments are
given in honor and her court selected
a drawing of the lottery. which. by
the way, takes place in a room on the
lower floor of the home Of the Bishop
| Of Panama--that is, he occupies apart
ments in the same house, the Sunday
before the Carnival. and the money
won at these drawings is always spent
| during the fete.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09

hundreds Of people watch the antics
of the "mummers." This church, by
far the finest on the Isthmus, was
many years in the course of construc-
ton. Finally, in 1851, Luna Victoria
became Bishop Of Panama. lie was
negro. the son of a freed slave who
had made some money for himself in
the business Of burning charcoal along
the banks of the Rio Grande. The
charcoal burner gave his son the
chance for an education, and the son
developed SO we'll that he was taken
into the priesthood. There he dis
tinguished himself as a student. He
was the first native Panaman to be-
come bishop of the diocese. Although
he remained here only eight years h
pushed the work on the Cathcdra
with such zeal and contributed so lib
orally to the fund for building that il
was completed on December 3rd.
1850. 1t was consecrated on April 4.
1896. The church is. perhaps. two
hundred feet long and has great Moor
ish towers. 1t is one of the most
sacred spots on the Isthmus yet dur
ing the carnival the merrymakers
surge around its walls and dance or
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09
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turban. The Jamaica women with
their stiff starched skirts. and the
Spanish women with their red and
yellow ribbons mingle with the crowd.
The Americans who live In the Zone
and the tourists, too, are soon drawn
into this vortex Of gayety, and on one
occasion the writer saw two MIDDLE
aged American women engage in
lively confetti battle with two young
Panamans, At home these ladies'
would have disdained such foolish
ness" The young American men
along the Canal have come TO look
forward to the carnival with almost as
much pleasure as the Panaman, and
they take a lively interest In It's sue
cess-in fact. several Of them have
served on the Carnival Committee.
Carnival Nights.
The night professions are the pretti-
est, and the reckless fashion of send
ing off fireworks along the line would
drive an Am erican policeman into
At OF Mysteries Many Of the houses
are wood, yet every carriage carries It's
supply Of sky rockets and fire balls
which are discharged as the process
| sion passes through the streets. The
writer has seen the balls OF FIRE land
! on beds tables and wooden floors. yet
/ few, If any, fires have resulted from
] It. While the fiery balls are flying
through the air Greek fire Of various
colors is burned on the street and cal
ciun lights are thrown on the vehicles.
The city is as light as day. Several
bands play during the evening and
hundreds Of people sing This contin
urs far into the night. The select
go to the masked ball at the National
Theatre. where the queen and her
court hold a reception. There Is dan
cling until daylight every one OF the
four nights; then Panama goes home
to sleep and wait another year for
her great fete.
The honor Of being queen carries
with II more or less prestige, and any
doings of carnival queen in later life
is always chroricled by the newspa-
pers. for Panama's Carnival Queen IS
never forgotten by the people who
were her vassals for four gay days.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09

When the great day arrives the
coronation ceremonies are held in the
National Theatre with all the dignity
Of a real coronation. After the queen
Is crowned she Is the sovereign of the
people during the fete, and around
her and the god Momus the populace
make a play at the old game Of SOW
ereign and people. Everywhere the
people salute her as they do royalty,
and as she drives through the streets
all hats are raised in her honor. There
Is a parade every day and every night,
and the native dances are done on the
plazas all day long. Men go about the
streets in fancy costumes stopping
now and then under the window of
some fair senorita and singing a love
song to the accompaniment of gull
tar. Often rivals meet at the window
and there is n make-believe duel with
wooden swords while the crowd wells
| itself hoarse with delight over the
grotesque fencing of the masked fig
ures. Every carriage in town Is en-
| gagged, sometimes weeks in advance,
| and traffic in the principal streets Oft
| en- becomes so congested that the
! horses can not move faster than a
walk. The sidewalks, too. are crowd
| ed with merrymakers carrying bells,
+ tin horns, rattles and every conceiv-
able thing which can be used to make
a noise.
About the Old Cathedral.
The greatest crowds gather around
the Cath dral plaza. and there on the
steps of this interesting old church
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09
The United States Gov
eminent Undertakes
Interesting Tests and
Experiments in Home
Baking A Model Bak-
cry and Kitchen Estab.
ished At Washington
Helping the Everyday
Housewife.

. OUSEWIVES who do their own
baking may take heart. That is
they have occasion for fresh in
terest If 1t Is ever their luck to
turn ont bread, pies. cake or biscuits
that are not AL that they could desire
in nghtness and flavor.
The explanation lies in the fact that
Unose Sam has gone in for home bak-
Inc. Maybe 1t Is to be construed as
merely one more evidence of that
paternalism on the part of the ma
ttonai government which we hear
moro or less criticized sometimes, but
IN any event 1t is brand new depart
ure and Interesting as all new things
ere apt TO be.
In order to properly play the role OF
advisor to the bread makers in Amer
lean homes Uncle Sam has establish ed
at Washington a model new bak cry
and has installed therein an expert In
baking who Ia making all manner of
tests and experiments for the benefit
eS her sisters throughout, the land.
Nor need It be supposed that this
uew scheme IN behalf of better house
teeping has no Significance for those
women who are so we'll versed In
doupest5o accomplishment that they
never have any upeaSaness as to the
kantcozne OF their bsasings Tho gov
nkNpent is gaing&to tell even thess
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II I1Ng5T W@53Il~2S [2z7cv|2S Lo11Ss3 ~ Ilae
c5Do2Ge H2x 0r%e~ arm IoTeTZST7

OF puncture anything that is hung on
them.
on 'hese pegs, which are set in the
board. sharply aslant, are hung china
dishes and all manner Of kitchen
utensils such as cups and pans Of tin,
porcelain, copper, granite ware ana
aluminium. The larger pieces may be
suspended by the curved handles II
they have such appendage or eacn
may be balanced on the end or q
sturdy peg just as man hangs his
hat on the peg OF a hat rack, whereas
plates and saucers are supported IN
perfect security on several of the slen-
der pegs set closely in row.
Baking by Rule of Thumb.
As result of her work for the gov
eminent Miss wrestling has become
great advocate OF baking by rule of
thumb. She comedies that not every
housewife has need of an expensive
and dellcately poised balance such as
Is in use in Uncle Sans kitchen but
contends that every woman who bakes
should have some kind of a scale and
weigh her materials. Temperature
she declares to be the very keynote
Of successful baking. Not every house
wife may be able to have the advan-
tage of electric ovens and gas ovens
such as Miss Wessling uses but every
housewife, she argues, can afford
thermometer and the time necessary
to keep watch on II when bread is In
the oven.
The loaves which Miss Wessling and
her assistants bake in the experiment
nj bakery under the shadow of the
Washington Monument, do not con-
form in size to standard bakery loaves
nor yet to the homemade article as
most of us know It. But that Is purely
an administrative detail, so to speak.
In order to have bread which could
| be made complete and tested in one
day 1t was found advantageous to pro-
vide small loaves and so the officiaI
baker had made for her use number
of pans which produce baby loaf
one weighing less than half pound
With every batch OF test bread that
goes into the ovens-made. perhaps
with a new and unknown class or
four--there goes also what IL known
as IA standard loaf. made In the ac-
! cepted fashion with regulation ingrsdi-
ents and It Is by comparison with this
standard.loaf (baked at the same time
under the same conditions) that the
attributes of the new bread are de-
teruAlnad aud is qualifications judged.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09

made from chestnuts bread so appe-
tizing that every person around the
Agricultural Department Is as eager
to get sample as the average woman
was to obtain a piece of Miss Jessie
Wilson's wedding cake. 1t goes with
out saying that such novelties as this
chestnut bread are more or less ex-
pensive to produce but folks who have
the means will probably consider It
well worth while.
Aid for the Average Housewife.
This brings us rather precipitately
TO the underlying policy of this whole
bread making overwhelmingly the
desire on the part of the government
TO aid the average. everyday housewife
who is mistress of her own kitchen.
Uncle Sam, striving to serve the whole
people feels that he has no time to
pander to the needs of those people
whose food Is prepared by French
chefs. A novelty such as the
! aforementioned chestnut bread will
be stumbled upon every now and then,
no doubt, but It will be by accident
or in the line of regular research and
not because any time and effort has
been specifically devoted to a quest for
such innovations.
To prove how sincere Uncle Sam Is
In his ambition to render aid to bread
baking at the source 1t may be recited
that Miss Wessling works all her
bread by hand Just as does the old
fashioned housewife who produces the
kind OF bread that mother used t.
make" The Federal baking expert
could have. for the asking, all tn,
latest bread-making machines and
other pew-fangleG appayafis tol