The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-08-14

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bilities OF the cradle" Miss Minnie
Parker, Mankato; 1.-THE Primary De-
partment in a Small Sunday School"
Miss Jessie Sanborn, Mankato;
Through the Week Activities OF
the Sunday School," w. ID. VIII.
lard Of Mankato; Essentials OF
a Sunday School Program" NJ
W. Deputy. Mankato; "The Sun
day School Equipped" Frank
Watts. Mankato: Duties Of the Sun.
day School Officers" Robert Haedt,
Eagle Lake. A. NJ. Locker, state
superintendent Of Sunday schools,
will conduct a round table and sec.
tional conferences will be held. Mrs.
o. z. Akers OF Lake Crystal will con
Duct the Elementary School" sec
tion; Mrs. F. W. White of Amboy
will have charge Of the conference on
Secondary Department Work" and
j. III. Robinson of Vernon Center will
have charge of the work In the
adult Department" ...r
The appointment OF committees will
be made at the Saturday afternoon
session also.
The Song Service.
Saturday evening Rev. w. f. Evans
will conduct the song service and DR..
]. A. Hancock and F. Lyle Soaring
will give addresses.
The regular Sunday morning serv.
ices will be held In the churches and
the delegates will have the privilege
of going to whatever church they
choose. The Sunday afternoon ses.
sion will open at two o'clock and
after the presidents address reports
Of the officers and department super.
intendents will be heard Reports OF
committees and the election of OFF.
GERS will also take place at this ses.
sion. A. NJ. Locker will speak on
Forward Steps for Our County"
Dr. Ira bishop Of Mapleton will give
an address on Home Department
and Family Altar" Thomas Hughes
OF Mankato will speak on Training
for leadership" and Jay Sherk OF
Mankato will speak on Organized
Class Activities" Mr.. Locker will con.
duct a question box at the close OF
the afternoon service.
At the closing service, In the even
Ing. Mr.. Locker will give an illustrat
ed lecture, Charles Harlem of Eagle
Lake conducting the song service.
From thursdays Daily.
Martin Kittleson, aged nineteen
living at 4l3 Belgrade avenue, was
drowned while swimming in the
river this afternoon about 2:15
o'clock. The victim went In bath,
ing with three other boys on the
North Mankato side OF the river
his three companions being Arthur
Leonard, aged IS; Donald Caldwell
aged fourteen, and Joseph Johnson,
aged twelve. This was between the
foot OF Sherman avenue and the foot
OF Cornelia streets about three-quar.
tiers Of mile above the Main street
bridge. The four boys had left their
clothes on the North Mankato side
and had gone into the water In or
der to swim to the other side. Al
that place the water Is about as
wide as at the bridge and the cur
rent Is strong. Leonard. Caldwell
and Johnson proved that they had
swimming powers, equal to the task
They crossed, but Kittleson Jagged
behind.
Heard Him Cry Out. ..
They heard him cry: "Oh, | can
not swim!". BY this time they had
crossed. They looked back and saw
him struggling. Leonard plunged
into the water and started to swim
toward him. Several other boys
we're on q log. that projected on,
from the North Mankato side. Leon
ard yelled to these boys to form q
chain and get Kittleson. They cried
back that they could not swim
They were undressed. KittlesoI
was swept past by the current about
twelve feet out from the log. Among
these boys were Holgar Lund, aged
fifteen; Harold Betke. aged four
teen; Barney Ferminich aged thir
teen; Erick Williams, aged thirteen
and Evar Williams, aged eleven
The boys were badly frightened, go
out of the water, rushed into theil
clothes and got dressed. Befort
Leonard could get near his drown
ing chum the latter went under
after being swept down stream
about twenty-five feet from the poin
where he first called out In alarm.
| s, .,. Boys Gave Alarm.
Leonard, Caldwell and johnson
quickly swan to the North Mankate
side Of the river. BY that time the
other boys had spread the alarm
and some men had come down tt
the waters edge with some ropes Il
try to get the body out Of the wa
ter. ,..
| Martin Kittleson Joined the force
OF the Ringing circus. when the
troupe was in Mankato. Last Sun
day he left the circus at jamestown
North Dakota, and came home. .
The boys father. is dead. He
made his home at 413 Belgrade ave
nue. with his mother. Mrs, MARTINS
4 Kittleson; his brother. Carl J. Kit
tIeson, Clerk at tie freight office o.
the Chicago and Northwestern; ant
his two sisters, Miss Mary B. Kit