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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
ARREST NEGROIW0hAN
CHARGED WITH THEFT
Young Man Claimed That His
Pocket Was Picked
Last Night

George Cavett, a young man OF
Garden City, complained TO the night
police that q negro woman had rob,
bed him of twenty-one dollars in the
Omaha railroad yards between ten
and eleven o'clock last night. He
said there were two negro women
present at the time OF the robbery.
The police set out from his de-
scription to find one Mrs. May
Smith. but Il was found that she had
left the city. However. they picked
up a Mrs. Van Wrinkle, who lives In
the city at the foot OF Jackson
street. This woman declared her
innocence. A warrant, however, was
obtained. that she might be brought
before the municipal court, and her
case looked into.
Chief Klugherz stated today that
he was greatly Handicapped in hand
ling such cases by the fact that there
was no cell at the police station
where women could properly be i'm
prisoned. The one apprehended last
night was not locket up. but her resi-.
dence was found out, and she was
ordered to appear at the station this
morning. This she did.
The young man stated that this
was not the woman that picket his
pocket, but she was with the thief.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
PUT NADITCH PETITION DENIES Theft STORY
Presented to the Board Of County Com
missioners BY S. B. Wilson
and Others

At the regular meeting OF the
Blue Earth county commissioners
yesterday afternoon, a petition
signed by S. B. Wilson and others
was presented for a tile ditch IN
Butternut Valley, which will be
known as County Ditch No. So. The
matter was set for hearing on No
vember 13 at 2 p. m. #s
Ivan Bowen presented the matter
of a COW, owned by c. w. Carlstrom,
which fell into County Ditch No. "a,
and was killed. The cost OF the
COW was $3.50 and the owner asked
to be reimbursed. The board re.
ceived advice from the county attor.
ney that this was q matter to be ad.
justed between the owner and the
contractor.
This morning the board inspected
Swartout hill and the county poor
farm. ..
A letter was received by the board
from the state highway commission
requesting that the board decide
what work should be done. for which
state aid would be requested. before
Nov. Is.
An adjournment was taken to Nov
~ at 8 a. m.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16

revenue has raised four hundred
million marks, and II Is expected
that the fund will grow to eighteen
hundred million marks. On the twelfth
day of August five thousand rings
were deposited on the altar of the
government. The gold Is melted
down by the government and coined
Another interesting item is the
news of the burial with military
honors Of two French soldiers, who
died in a hospital at Lippstadt. These
soldiers were captured in a precari-
Gus condition on account OF their
wounds, and afterwards died in the
German hospital in spite of all that
could be done by medical science TO
save their lives. Before dying they
expressed their heartfelt appreciation
Of the care given them by their en-
emies. After their death they were
buried with military honors by Ger
man military societies.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
Ephraim Little and Alexander Hunter
Say They Robbed No Store,
Clear Lake

Ephraim Little and Alexander
Hunter, the two negroes in the
county jail, awaiting action by the
grand jury, which meets on the
eleventh day of November, on the
charge of assault in the first degree,
were both asked by a Free Press
representative today. whether they
had anything to do with the recent
burglary of a store at Clear Lake.
Both denied that they had anything
to do with It. Little admitted that
he and his companion met John
Mees who was afterwards arrested
and found with the stolen goods and
said they fed him at Clear Lake. He
said, however, that neither he nor
his companion was in Clear Lake on
the night when the robbery occurred.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
Secretary Garrison Hands
Warning to Governor Hunt

Washington October 1-Secretary Garrison teegraphed Gov
Hunt of Arizona that the sending the militia Naco
Douglas proposed by the would greatly compcae
the places and that the federal forces doing
everything possible short of invading Mexico that possibly be-
done Towards end of his lengthy telegram Governor Hunt
Secretary Garrison says IAN consdcred side
precpae conflict the American forces and the
Mexans with ultimate consequences that oree and feel
that you should give the eaves the response
by you this respect before determine to do
Mexico City October 4-By Courier to Vera Cruz-TLe seiz
of the Mexico Tramwas company lines by the
men today was made the point of the bayonet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
ENLARGE DINING ROOM
improvements al Hotel Heinrich Are
Said To Be Contemplated BY
Ed. Zimmerman

II is understood that extensive i'm
provements are to be made at the
Hotel Heinrich. No plans have been
prepared as yet, but It Is said that
the dining room viii be enlarged, more
sleeping rooms added. and there will
be Other notifications that will make
the hotel more popular with the
travelling public, II such a thing is
possible. II Is said that these changes
viii be made about the beginning Of
the new year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
REPORTS RECEIVED TODAY FROM
WAR ZONE ARE NOT FAVORABLE
TO ALLIES; AUSTROS in ACTION
Women Give Up Jewels 10 Aid
Cause of Germany, Is Story

War news direct from Germany
is being received by Kruse Brothers,
the well known clothlers, from their
uncle, Henry Kruse of Lippstadt,
Westphalia, who has been sending
them The Patriot, published in that
city.
One very impressive item is the
announcement Of the donation OF en-
gagement rings, wedding rings and
other rings by frances, brides, so
ciety leaders and others, who, in
return, are given iron rings by the
German government, with the in
scription, Gold Gave For Iron"
The iron rings are worn by the
decipients, who thus show that they
have sacrificed jewels to aid in their
country's cause.
Raised Millions Of Marks.
II is stated that the German gov
eminent through this channel Of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
ELECTION IS CONCEDED
F. F. Ellsworth Certainly Will Be
Chosen to Represent the Second
District in Congress

F. F. Ellsworth, the republican
nominee for congress in the second
congressional district, has recently
delivered addresses before the Com
mercial club at Ruthton, at the agri-
culture fair at Walnut Grove and at
the Truman fair. Mr. Ellsworth is
greeted with enthusiastic audiences
everywhere he goes and the pros
poets were never brighter for this
district to get back into the republi-
can column again this fall. His cleo
ton is conceded by everyone who
has given the congressional situa-
ton any attention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
TAKING UP OFFENSIVE
HITTING THE ADVANCE
Allies Are Moving Toward The
Coast, Is Report
TEUT0ES DO PLAN A Menace
They Propose To Make II Decidedly
Interesting For The French
Left Wing.
1EUTOHs DO PLAN A MENACE

Operations In Belgium are now Of
first importance, for the Germans hav
Ing captured Antwerp and occupied
Client, are pushing forward to the
coast.
The French and British, according
TO the latest French official communi
cation, are holding back the German
right wing. Indeed, the French lay
claim to notable progress.
The Belgian government has been
removed to Havre, France. King Al,
bert Of the 6elgIans remains with his
army.
The Berlin official statement an
nounces that $4,000 Belgian soldiers
still are in Antwerp as prisoners. II
adds that 10000 Russians have been
killed or wounded near Przemysl.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
PLACED ON PROBATION
Mamie Nutting, the "6irI Hobo" Who
Ran Away From Her Mankato
IL Home

Mamie Nutting. self-confessed "girl
hobo" who ran away from her home
in Mankato, disguised as a boy
pleaded guilty to vagrancy in police
court, at st. Paul yesterday and was
given q suspended sentence OF thirty
days In the workhouse.
Efforts to communicate with the
girls parents have failed, according
TO the probation officers. In suspend
ing sentence the court placed the
Girl en- probation, says a st. Paul
paper.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
Hearlno on Tax Matter.

County Auditor Kennedy today re
ceived from J. G. Armson. chairman
OF the state tax commission, letter
setting October 81 at 1880 a. m.
as the time for a hearing Of the
Mankato committees and others who
wish TO address the commission in
regard to the recent ten per cent In
crease In the real estate assessment
of villages and cities OF the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
MAY KNOW OF MURDERER.
-Four Witnesses Are Being Held At
owatonna BY Police. .. -,

Owatonna, Mimi, October 14.-Four
witnesses are being held here in the
belief that they know the where
abouts Of II. Lucas, wanted for the
murder OF Philip Meehan. The police
believe the men are conspiring to
withhold information. Advices from
Rochester indicate that a suspect re-
sembling the description Of Lucas
is being held there Local authori-
ties will investigate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
Paid Fine For urunxenness.

Gerald Baldwin paid fine of IS
in police court today for drunken
ness. In addition to paying the fine.
Baldwin had suffered the further
penalty for his spree of having a
bad bruise on the head. II is un-
certain whether he got this In a
fall or In fight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
Soft Answer.

Mrs. Nerves--Kitty. II you don't stop
making that dreadful noise at your
phy ! shall have to punish both you
and frankie. Kitty 0udiclally)-well.
l'm sure we would make a lot more
noise than ever then.-New York Jour.
nal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
WIN Erect New Dwelling.

A. M. Stein has purchased the
David cans property at 722 South
David Evans property at 722 South
eru residence on the lot in the spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
October l4.-There !

October l4.-There is
hope in London that the anniver-
sary of the battle of Jena. in which
the French gained a victony over
the Prussians and Saxons, just l08
years ago today, may be celebrated
along both battle fronts by the
events recalling this great and de-
cisive struggle. But, whatever the
outcome. only the briefest reports
are received here of what is trans
piring in Belgium, France and
Russian.P Poland. The latest off,
cial Paris communication declares
there is no report except the nota-
bic advance in the region of Berry
Bu-Bac, while Petrograd gives out
the cryptic statement that warlike
operations continue to develop
along the Vistula and San rivers
as far as Przemysl and further
south as far as Dneister. A great
battle along this front is believed
to be starting.
Vienna reports that the Austrian
offense continues successful to the
north and south to Przemysl and
that Jaroslau, an important for
tress, taken by the Russians sew
eral weeks ago. has been reoc-
cupied by the Austrians.
A dispatch from Nish, servia,
relates that acting on Instructions
of the German general staff,
Austria has concentrated on the
banks of the River Drina, the
greatest army yet sent against
Servia in a final and supreme
effort to crush that country. Fierce
skirmishes are already reported
and a big battle is said to be immi.
nent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
Reports From Paris

Paris, October 1.-the follow
ing official announcement was
issued here this afternoon.
I'm the Belgian field of opera
tons there were some encounters
during the,night of October II and
Is, end during the day of the
thirteenth in the region around
Client, ethe English and French
troops have occupied Ypres.
"First-On our left wing as far
as the Disc the operations are de.
veloping normally" D..
"SecoBd-On the center, prev.
ious reports of the progress ol
our armies in the region OF Berry
Au-Bac have been confirmed.
"Third-On our right wing
here is nothing new"
Germans Were Taken.
London, October IA dispatch
10 Reuters from ostend says: Fol
lowing violent engagements near ouai
vecht and Nellie. more than six hun
dred Germans were killed and q
large number OF others wounded
French marine fusilers charged with
bayonets and took four hundred Ger
man prisoners. The enemy was
obliged to retire. but the battle began
Continued on Page Two
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
Sees Great Advantaoe.

He saw a great advantage from
the new act in the maintenance OF
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-03
LAURA JEAN lIBBBY
 BOARDING WITH HIS GIRLS FAMILY

'NThe day is fixed that there shall
 A strange mysterious guest;
 The time do not lznow-he keeps the
 date
 So all I have to~do is work and wait,
 And keep me at my best,
 And do my common duties patiently.''
 If the young man who would a.-woo- ing go makes up his mind that the best way to learn a. sweethearte dis position is to live under the same roof with her, board with her family, he will learn of many shortcomings of sessed. What his prospective mother in Jaw doesn't find out isn't worth knowing.
 She is quite wise to the fact that he has half dozen suits of clothes when two she considers a plenty; that he is extravagant in gloves and nec2zties. Of course she doesn't pry into his pri- vate affairs, but how can she help seeing a line or two from his mothers $ letter which he slipped into 9. book in tending to pocket it later, but quite forgot it? Books must be dusted; stray Jettels fall out.
 Why will mothers write with such emphasis to their sons: My dear boy, I hope and pray Sthat you are OutgTOW1TlEst your 3YSt1fO11SSs3-Z 4sls. p10d0 with you by pen as only a mother can to overcome your fondneSs for wine and keeping late hours. In them so much ttenptatfon lies. am sending you a little more money that you may be enabled to make both ends meet and present a good appearance before Miss B. and her folks" No won der the future mother-in-law is pre- gared to find in the young man who is courtfng her daughter a spend thrift, a wine imbiber-lax in his choice of companions and incompetent to support a wife. She knows that his sanctimoniolRs manner is a cloak which he can put off or on at will; that the prospects are they would have to support him if he became a fixture in the family instead of the daughter having a good, strong arm to lean upon and a. husband who can and will provide for her wants.
 Truly hath it been said, Familiarity breeds contempt The scales of love may fall from the eyes of even the girl who is most infatuated if she notes a disposition on the young man $ part to find fault becausey the coffee sometimes Is weak, the steak under done, her little brother making too much noise with fife and drum. or the cough of her father sleep destroying. Moreover, he has a, twenty-five dollar a week appetite for the payment Of only seven dollars per week board. It is a considerable strain on the aver age girls nerves to entertain a. lover morning, noon and evening" It usual Iy ends in the abrupt breaking off of the love affair, or quick courtslhip, terminating in matrinony. For the man aware that he has faults it is hazardous to board with the prospec- tive-in-1aws before marriage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-03
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pa11a.

went out to buy sum Segars for pop to-day and was Running hoam with the change, beeing a dime, and who calm running up to me but Mary
 Watkins, with a lot of pin weeis in her hand, saying, O Benny, no you'll buy a pin wheel for the benefit of the
 poor chi1dren's fresh air stssiety, you always have muny, don't you, Benny.
 W1ch don't alwways, ony dfdent say so, thinking, G, if buy wun for
 a sent and pop gives me sent be- foar I give him back his change, l can give him the sent back with the change and he will nevvir no the diff
 frents.
 AwI rite, III buy wun, I sed, and
 she gave me pin wheel and gave her the dime and she sed, O, thank you, and startid to run away, and I
 sed, hay. wares the change. wares the change, and she stopped. saying, wy, you nevvir get change wen you
 buy enything for charity, but Of corse if you don't wunt to give the poor
 yure muny back. dident Say wuntid it back, did I,
 I sed. And keep avn going hoam
 with the pin weel, wundiring wat 60
 say to pop wen I gave him the se- gars. Wich dident say enything to
 him, jest handing him the segars, and pop sed, Thares a littel change goz with these. I bleeve. Yes sir, sed, say pop. Say 1t, sed pop. Is it evvir rong to give to charity. I
 sed.
 serteny not. sed pop, wares my change.
 Wat, nevvir, sed Are you goin' to give me my change or do you intend to stand thare gab- 1 beling awl day, sed pop. Bekause I gave sumthing to char 1 ity avn my way hoam jest now, I
 sed.
 For the 18th and last time, how about my change, sed pop. That's wat I gave to charity do | you see this pin wse1, I sed. Do you see this slipper, eed pop. | Yes sir, sed. wen yure going to feal it, sed pop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-03
WHEN HIS LOVE CooLs

Dear Miss Libbey:
 I had a sweetheart whom kept steady company with for over a. year. I love him dearly Of late he has be- gun to make excuses about calling, and even disappoints me altogether on the evenings he said he would come When I call him up on the phone, he gets some one else to an swer it who tells me he is busy and cannot talk to any one. When I write him letters he does not answer. When see hiTn 1le explains that he'd rather take a whipping than answer a letter.
 My folks are sure he is cooling off. wouldn't have that happen for any thing in this world, for all of my hap piness is wrapped around him. He used to often hint about marrying, but not of late. He never came straight out aslking me
 Please tell me what to do He has not been to see me for nearly three weeks now. Should I call at his boarding place to find out why?
 ANXIOUS MARION.
 It would seem that yours is a one
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-03
COTTON EXPORTS BEAT REiOoRD
with Quanfaty Less eThan in is1a, value Was Highest in History.


 washington. D. C.. Aug. s1-Fur- ther evidence that commercial ac- ttvit1es are not as bad as some people would have the public believe is con tained in nsures available today at the bureau of foreign ana domestic commerce of the Department of Com merce. showing that the exports of raw cotton from the United States in the fiscal year ended June 80 beat all records from standpoint of value. The value of the exports aggregated $620. .00D, ,0Oo.
 Measured by quantity, the exports for the year were a million and a half bales less than those of 1912, the to- tai for that year being 10, ,445 bales. compared with 9,165,000 for the year just ended. The average ex- port price pound last year was 12.S cents. The price in 1912 was 1o.2, and 14.5 in 1911. which had been the high-record year in value Of cotton exports
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-03

testimonial. '' = Mrs. LAWRENCE MAR TIN, 12 King St., Westbrook, Maine.
 Mansion, Wis. -tE At the Change of Life l suffered with pains in my back and Joins until could not stand. also had night-sweafs so that the sheets would be wet. I tried other medicine but got no relief. After taking one bot tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I began to improve and I continued it's use for six months. The pains left me, the night-sweats and hot flashes grew less, and in one year was different woman. I know have to thank you for my continued good health ever since. 2 ' Mrs. M. J. BRowNELL, Mansion, Wis.
 The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled in such cases.
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl- dentsall Lynn, Mass Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a WOman. and held dn. akEksa 2eaaR Rdeseas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-03


 her way from the sound, crying aloud at the top of her voice for assistance even though she knew no sound could carry to the men. She found herself standing upon a pebbly little beach that snatched serene crescent of wa ter from the ocean. Straining her eyes, she could dimly see a large row boat at the tip of the crescent, its ob- Jectve point being obviously a beauti- fully slender yacht anchored we'll out
 Lucille waved her arms in the air wildly running up and down the beach in desperation as she saw her oppor- tunity for escape from the terrible jun gle receding. Her throat was racked from the dry sobs whichs escaped her. cowardice and folly.
 Suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks. her fists tightly clinehed as she pressed them against her breast !" It Is coming backr' she gasped. for she made out that the boat had stopped; that it was being turned.
 Over and over again she repeated it. SKe had been seen at the last mo- ment and was going to be taken away. And the prayer was not even finished before the boat grounded lightly. at her feet and she found herself speaking fo a heavy featured, youngish man who was evidently in command of the yacht
 There was something. sinister about the man whose eyes were fastened upon her face in such bold admiration that she instinctively drew away.
 Suddenly he turned to his men. roughly ordering them to prepare for the row out, then assisted Lucille to a seat alongside himself. Try though she would she could not feel the joy that seemed natural as the boat slip ped through the water propelled by the sturdy oarsmen., She studied them keenIy. Rough, powerful men. they were, but she was woman enough to know them to be the sort easily han dled by a beautiful woman-the weak CT the easier And she saw that the captain was heartily ydis1iked. She no t1ced also that two of the oarsmen had faces that showed signs of recent bat tering. The intuition that had served her so well before told her Captain WethereII for such was the name he used in introducing himself. had-been 8 party to this
 There was something uncanny, mys- terious, about the yacht. especially about one staterooRa which was always locked-save once. when Lucille caught glimpse of a man who looked like a Chinaman. But she could not be sure. The door was closed quickly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-03
DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCE

Dear Miss Ldbbey:
 am a. young man twenty-nine years old live all the year around in this place-to which many strang- CTS come to pass the summer Re- cently a very beautiful young woman came to the best hotel to stop few weeks. should judge she is near my age. She singled me out at once, and I could not help but see the look of admiration in her eyes. We town people always pass the time of day with. even strangers wS encounter. So I said good morning on several occa- sions to the lady. I have heard that she remarked that was just the style of man she has been hoping to get for a, beau. Should I, thus Encouraged, endeayor to meet her socially?
 ED. It is well to be particular in any af- fair where strange woman Is con- cerned She may be married or be- trothed If you are really srnitten with her, secure an introduction through the landladY, and ere you go as far as declaring your love or nak- ing extravaga promises, exchange references. Then take time to know each other fully