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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-18
Social Dinner and Supper.

Instead Of holding a picnic yester-
day at Washington lake, as had been
intended, the members of the regular
choir. the male choir and the Choral
society of st. Peter and Paul's
church, gathered In the Loyola club
house and had a social dinner and
supper there, besides outlining plans
for musical work during the COM
ing season. Dinner and supper were
served by the lady members, covers
being laid for about sixty-five. Church
and worldly music, plays, operas,
cantatas and masses were discussed.
After the supper speeches were made
by Professor Fred Brezinsky, conduct
or OF the three organizations; Rev.
Father Hartman, who Is honorary
president; August and Joseph Bills
senbach and others. Al election of
officers of the three organizations.
which have their officials in common.
will be held in about month.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-18

the thought of his daughter being
paid attentions by a commoner, is
quite appeased and gives his con;
sent to the marriage Of the young
people. The rich tenor voice of F'iske
O'Hara was heard in several fine
songs, introduced in the piece. His
new budget of melodies included
"You and l." "The Highwayman."
Colleen Machree" and Balfe's xii
larney."
The company was well selected.
Miss Ethel Won Waldron Is a charming
lady and plays well the part of Lady
Constance Butler. Others I'm the COM
pany are: Marie Quinn, Mabel Vann.
Lou Ripley, Lisle Bloodgood, ]. p.
Sullivan, Don Merrifeld, James E.
Miller, Daniel Lawler, Charles Nc
Henry, VIM. T. Sheehan, Gerald Nc
Coy and Charles Leach. The seen
cry was beautiful and the costumes
In keeping with the production.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-18
Wanted Work Started.

Attorney A. r. Pau, Jr., stated
that the property owners desired
to have the street improved as soon
as possible. He suggested that the
council place itself on record at
,once as favoring the whole plan,
but City Attorney Schaub raised
an objection to this, stating that
the business would have to be done
according to the regular prescribed
forms for making such improve
ments. However. a resolution was
passed, instructing the city engineer
at once TO give the people their
sidewalk line. twelve feet west Of
the property line, and a motion was
passed instructing him to prepare
the plans and profile for the whole
improvement In time to be present
ed at the meeting of the council
next Monday.
Those signing the petition were
Sivert Olson, II. r. Meese, Frank
Demmen. August Wegener, Herman
F. Born, Mrs. Katie Miller. Mrs.
W.. X Franksen- Olson. Mrss Sophia
Hub. Mrs. T. Olson, Mrs. F. vogel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-18

$47.S89 .83
Current fund (overdrawn) 11,57s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05

name on the DOOR, general manager Of the ncrracal
Publishing Society. am on my way to the tram Tor
New York and have only minute. want to ask,
Doctor whether YOU have any objection TO my placing
a set Of the works Of the immortal Alexander Dumas
AlcGuirc pronounced it Dumass in your home as our
gift
The dentists gaze wandered hclpcssly from Me-
Cures eyes to mine, and back to McGurc's again
lie had been prcycd upon before. | sonowed for him
Entirely without cost or obligation, you understand,
Doctor That will be satisfactory, will it,
"Why, yes, Mr. Mcclure, but
"Ahl" said Mcclure. You say bm. | know why
you say bit, Doctor You are wondering, you are say
ing How can Mr.. Mcclure make me this gift; Is
there not some string attached to this:' answer,
Doctor no string: the complete set Of seventeen vol
umcs is yours absolutely free No string at all: Just
a little thread
He lowered his voice, and laying hold upon the den
fist S coat lapel drew him up close.
Il shall have to ask you to treat this in confidence
entire confidence, Doctor. May depend upon 1t;
The dentist nodded.
NATURALLY no firm like ours finds it pleasant to make
such a confession as this. | should not like it to be
generally known in your city But the truth is we have
been defraulcd-vou understand, dcfraudcd!
Mcclure emphasized each word with tug at the
dentists coat producing vague, helpless nod at each
tug.
"Dcfraudcd" repeated Mcclure, "prcycd upon by
a designing agent. Three weeks ago | sent an agent
into this beautiful city Of yours to dispose Of fifteen
sets Of the works Of Mr. Dumas few days after his
arrival he notified me that he had secured the requisite
number Of orders and shipped the fifteen sets here
express paid. Imagine my surprise, Doctor, when ten
days later received notcc from the express company
that the had never been removed from It's oihce
that nv agent had disappeared with what money he
could collect, and that majority Of his orders were
purely fraudulent Terrible, wasn't il, Doctor"
H.. t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY D. 1914

showed some signs Of interest. THAT
was very nice, Mr.. Mcclure
lust what the Mayor said, Doctor.
That is very nice, Mr.. Mcclure, he
said. very nice. On behalf Of the city
wish to thank YOU he said, and here
is the list. he said. took the list and
glanced it over, and if you will believe
me. Doctor, your name was the second
one.'
The dentist fairly beamed. THAT
was very nice Of the Mayor, he SAID
Very nice seemed to be the limit OF his
emotional vocabulary.
lust what thought said Mcclure
"Of course his own name was first on the
list.-he did not want to miss this splen-
did opportunity himself, but yours was
second. You see DR.. Evans, he said TO
me. He's the leading dentist in this city.
He's connoissc"r Of good literature, and
passionatclv interested in the education
Of his children Yes, Sir. he said, DIR.
Evans isn't the kind Of man that would
let fifty cents a week stand in the way
Of giving his children a chance to know
the masterpieces Of Alexander Dumas
FIFTY cents Il week. qucrlcd the doc
tor. and | could see he was making a
nervous little attempt to release himself.
~ mere pittarcc,' said Mcclure with
a wave Of his hand, "thc express charges
and the storage charges was the
Mayors suggestion. DR.. Evans IS not
the kind If man that will accept charity,
he said. He is a proud man and sensitive
on such matters. DO not offer HIM that
beautiful work as an outright gift. Tie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05

Its a present, remember, Me
Guirc continued, "thc only author
lied set Of Mr.. Dumas. Don't
pay me a cent, not cent: Just
pay the express the way the Mayor
said"
Still the dentist hcsitated. |
could see grocery bills in his eye,
and the trip he had planned to
Chautauqua, and a new stove pipe
hat to wear on Sundays. McGulre
felt him slipping, felt the line
looscning, and gave the pole a last
swift jerk.
Grasping the dentists hand
firmly, ne pressed the point OF the
pencil upon the dotted line. I'm
surprised at YOU, Doctor, he said
vigorously, Frustrating this way.
DO you want your children 70
grow up without no knowledge Of
Dumass?" McGuirc's grammar
always trcmblcd a bit in moments
Of high tension. "Do you want
them to blush with shame every
time they hear King Lear men,
toned, or the Knights Of the
Round Table; OF course not!
Sign there.
And the DENTS, signed.
Mcclure moppcl his brow as he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05

might refuse it. and feel offended al me lol giving ~"
his name Let him pay the express charges at least: let
him paw fifty cents a week for a few weeks, just few
dollars said the Mayor, just enough so that ne VIII
not feel offended Let him pay, for instance fifty cents
a week for, say, thirty-cght weeks
"Of course | saw the Mayors point IN moment.
lust as YOU say, Mr. Mayor, told him III do Just
as you say"
lie reached under his coat where he had enough con-
ccaed pockets to have carried away the contents OF an
ordinary house. and produced strctcher and con-
tract blank.
There it is he said, unrolling the stretcher with
flourish "Thcrcs the way they'll look IN your library,
seventeen magnificent volumes, hand scwcd, bound IN
rich Venetian CLOTH the only official and complete set
Of the works Of Alexander Dumass containing one book
written by Mr. Dumass especially for this set and never
before published
felt as | used to feel back on the farm when my
father drove wild-cycd lamb into the pen and pro-
cecdcd toward with the butcher knife. The dentist
wrigglcd and pulled at his watch chain he coughed he
started to say that he really must be excused as his pa
cnt was waiting for him; but to no purpose Nc
Cures hold upon his white coat frightened; his eyes
bored down into the terrified eyes before him; ne
thrust the contract forward and placed pencil IN the
dentists hand closing the fingers firmly about 1t, as one
might arrange the fingers Of a corpse.
lust give me the address to which you want the set
delivered, he said.
The dentist hcsitacd, his singers working convusvey
Evening star., 1914-04-17
MGR. LIE DtC D'URIEAN~.

>ta6 Correspond noe Of rhr Star.
PARIS. Marco 81. 1911
The natural condition of France is fer
ment. Tranquility is virtually unknown
IN this land Of many revolutions and
changes. y cynical Englishman once DE-
clared that the French are like children
who plant seeds today and tomorrow
- fhem up TO see if they are sprouting.
To appreciate the apposteness of this
COMPARISON note the successive shifts in
the form of government since the fall
o; the Bastille 125 years ago. Following
tit1t event. which virtually marked the
end OF the monarchy. there were fifteen
"strs of democratic government iuclud-
rS the first republic. the directory and
The consulate. Then came the first en-
pire. which lasted ten Years The mon
archy was next restored. and. Including
tue change from the House Of EourDon to
the House of Orleans in 1s::o. il survived
."r thirtyfour years. From ISL, to 1S5.
early four years. France was once more
republic. and then came the coup d-etat
and the second empire was proclaimed
md endured for. eighteen years. The
JmFd republic has been ia existence for
early forty-four years. Thus in al. isp-
froXimatelE.. France has GJ1Eing .t1le- post
entury and quarter been under one
t9rm or another of mouarchical govern
ments for sfxty-two years and under
81 mocratic government FOR siNty-three
ears
The question uppermost in mems IGinds
mere today is. Can this republic continue
mach longer? This is not merely aca-
defnic question II i practical state
fneut OF an issue which may ere long he
i',tt TO test in another Of the upheavals
that have beset France So sorely for
many years The fact that the third
r"pdDiic has stood tor q loAscr period
thai any other form Of government dur
ing these past L., wears may be u sign
"f ptrmanencc. Eut unfortunately since
the days of the Terror the character of
the people has not been materially
changed. This IS hot to say that an
other terror is now possible. In all prob
ability the world viii never witness again
such an atrocity and the French people
of today are quite incapable OF conduct
ing another such crusade OF cruelty and
abomination. But the political ferment
is still working here and unless il finds
vent in q foreign war il may cause Il
domestic eNrlOSiOD
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Others Favoring Amendment.

Others who advocated the amendment
were Rev. Thomas NJ Haze. superintend-
ent OF the Maryland Anji-S,noon League;
Miss Helen Hood, president uf the Hi
nois w {. T. e: Rey. v. Z. Shupp, 81
perinteudeni OF the Missouri Anti-Saloon
League; Mrs X. l. Stevenson, president
Of the Massachus sctts ". G. I. q; II. I.
I.aughbaunl. superintendent Of the Okla-
homa Anti-Saloon League; Mrs. l.. Mes
Sick president of the Delaware -Anti-Sa-
loon League: Rev. 5. r.. Nicholson, gen
eral chairman of the Friends board of
temperance: Mrs. Emma Shelton, presi-
dent of the District Of Columbia w. {. 7.
l.: H. n Pringle of Maine Mrs. Il. II.
Thacker. national superintendent Of work
among soldiers and sailors of the W G.
+. L: S. h. Horton, secretary of the Co
lumbia Religious Liberty Association of
Takorna Park. ID. C.. G. D. Longacre. ed
itor of the Liberty Magazine. and Will
liam T. Cochran of Maryland Mrs. Lena
Yost. president of the West Virginia w.
c. T. L, and Miss Rebecca Rhoades OF
Pennsylvania
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Deem Dreyfus a Traitor.

To the members of this orsanizat on
Dreyfus is still stamped with treason
They recognize that criminal methods
were employed by some OF his accusers
and prosecutors. but they will mot ac-
cept his vindicauon and the, assert that
the ..aiffaire" is not vet settled. but that
its recrudescence may come at any time
possibly NOW through the Caillaux-C Cal
mette tragedy.
Just at present the French ministry is
under a sort Of suspended sentence In
ordinary circumstances it is believed ii
would quickly collapse in consequence Of
the Caillaux scandal. but it happens tina
general election is soon to take place
organization of the government until ar
changes in the political complexion Of
lists are gleefully declaring that il will l,e
impossible Tor any leader to organize i
ministry. and predicting that their hour
Will soon strike. The socialists are
watching closely. hoping to increase
their already considerable strength.
Meanwhile the statue of Strasbotre in
the Place de la Concorde. wears its
faded wreaths and bedraggled ribbons.
while on its front hangs . circle with
these words: 'Qui Nivea France" and
heads are frequently barred il passing
this perennial reminder of the two lost
provinces. which Frenchmen still hope to
regain some day in the course Of the
shutting Vf the European cards.
q. \. LYON. JR.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Saturday We Close Promptly at 6 O'Clock
HECHT & COMPANY.

We be1eNe tins
N even It proh making time ef the with other Those
today won need \ week
saving we promise to the letter
You can't afford . overlook them
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Limited Divorce for Mrs. L. B. Jones

a limited divorce has been granted to
Lucy b. Jones from Irwin F.. Jones. A
cross bill brought by the husband was
dismissed by Justice stafford. The wife
is given custody OF the two children with
alimony of $50 per month. Attorneys
Rice iiooe and Hayden Johnson appeared
fer the wife.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Need of Federal Legislation.

William r Cochran of Baltimore. mem
Der Of the anti-saloon national headquar-
tiers committee declared that the business
men Of the country now believe in pro
hibition, but that state liquor laws are
largely nullihed by lack Of federal leSis-
lation.
Railroad employees on roads running
from wet into dry? territory Were
classed as distributing agents for the
liuuor traffic by Rev. Charles ;. Morris
of Norfolk Va The witness 4 negro
added that whisky was the curse of his
race. and tnat no crimes against white
women were committed By negroes before
1h.. civil war
Evening star., 1914-04-17
German War Predicted.

I heard yesterday positive predjc-
ton by Il we'll informed observer of cur
rent events that there would be war be-
tween France and Germany i'll two years.
Eut against that opinion is to be offset
another. voiced by an equally Intelligent
and acute observer. to the effect that the
trouble would break within France before
amy actual international conflict would
POSSIBLY occur.
TO illustrate one phase Of the situation
VIII relate personal experience Il
few evenings ago We had heard Of a
certain meeting to he held ON the left
,bank Of the Seine and wished TO attend.
by some mischance We mistook the date.
and OF arriving ~ the appointed place. q
large hall on the Rue Dautou. We found
tiat u meeting OF quite another character
vas scheduled To be held there that
r.2ht. and that oar meeting had been
man. VINO spolS" excellent English. helped
rs TO understand the situation. and ex-
tIained that the hail was 10 be occupied
Hy the 'royalsts.'
DO the royalists hold open meetings:
asked.
Certainly. he repiied we have the
night Of speech. and We have much to
say. Our organization openly declares
IT'S preference for the Duke of Orleans as
King Of France. because we believe the
present form Of government is bad and
we want change"
Learning that the meeting was 10 be
open to practically all corners and that
might attend. ] put the ladies into i
cab ard sent them home-for there was
a possibility that the police might Try
20 interrupt the proceedings and serious
trouble would then e'lsde-and returned
20 the htll With nv young friend, who
-ouched for me At Jhe door where mem-
Ders " the Organization We're taking
printed announcement slips from all
comers as admission cards.
The hail was packed, on the main fovr
and IN the galleries. with many ladies
resent. never saw = inner looking
audience at q pun}.c meeting. The peH,Ie
s. ere all Of tie better middle class and
some We're evidently highly prosperous,
there was u large proportion OF Wei
ressed Young men, thoughtful and earn
est. 1t was not a gathering of trouble
.uaker.. iALer- OF 1rnfes.nnAl agitAtors-
Evening star., 1914-04-17
League an Active One.

The meeting was held under the
auspices OF an organization styled
''Liguc d'Action Fgancaise. which pub
fishes i monthly review and conducts an
institute for the giving OF lectures. II
issues brochures aud books and prose-
eutes an active campaign for members
That same ni6nt another meeting was
being held OF the right bank near the
Place dc Ia Bastills These ''reunious
are organized whenever oc-
casion warrants. The occasion for these
two lay be judged from the following
pro IN OF addresses scheduled for the
gatu. ring at which | was present;
France and Germany" by Charles
Maurras. vice president of the lea que;
ROYAL France and Germany by octave
de Ba:raer secretary general of the
Fedora of the Seine; The Second
Empire and United GERMANY by Leon
de Montesquiou. president of the FEEDER
alton of the Seine: The Republic and
Germany" by Marie de Roux. an emi-
nent lawyer. and "CaillauX, the German,
by d'Ifenri Lagrange.
Note the climax CaillauN. the former
finance minister, whose wife killed Ed
Evening star., 1914-04-17
PRAISES DANIELS ORDER
BARRING LIQUOR IN navy
Representative of National Anti
Saloon League Speaks Before
Senate Committee.

Secretary Daniels recent order against
liquor in the navy was praised By Edwin
9. Dinwiddie. representing the National
Anti-Saloon League. at the hearing Of
the proposed constitutional amendment
prohibiting liquor traffic in the United
States yesterday afternoon before a sub
committee of the committee on Judiciary
of the Senate.
This order largely would be nuilitied
unless national legislation against the
liquor traffic was adopted, in the opinion
Of G. :. Longacre. editor of the Liberty
Magazine. because officers and men could
stll obtain liquor on shore.
The ease with which young boys can
get liquor through the mails under pres
ent conditions vas described bH II. II.
Laughbaum. superintendent Of The OKLA
houa Anti-Saloon League.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Cheers for Pretender.

ne speeches We're punctuated NH ire
nuent applause and now and then par
ticular points Of patriotic reference
evoked loud cries Of "Nive .-oi" A; the
close Of each speech the Young men at
the rear Of the hau would chant this esy
in unison. clappins their hands with each
word. References to the Duke Of orleans
were Invariably met with loud cheers
Post cards bearing the portrait Of the
favored claimant of the French throne
had been freely sold before the meeting.
ana as tine dukes name was caeeIed
these cards would be held high III the air
and waved.
The speakers spared the government il
no respect. They fiayed it as corrupt
and unpatriotic, alleging thai il was
recreant to the trust Of the people and
demanding that il be overturned and re
placed ~ q monarchy. TIE language.
was dire and strong. Yet although
undoubtedly there We're police agents lit
tie hall. 10 pla clothes they made no
sign OF disdpproNal.
My guide told mc that the membership
of the league numbers many thousands
IN Paris, bat that il Is much stronger
in the country districts. where. he sad.
the recruiting brings in a steady stream
of new adherents. Perhaps the reason
for this is that. as ] learned later. the
church influence is being thrown strong
ly toward this interest The church has
littl. reason to feel grateful toward the
present government since the act OF dis
establishment and separation. ana
thus there is no ground for doubtins
that 4 propaganda IS steadily working
throughout France III behalf of !; mon
ARCH cal restoration.
| bought a post card portrait Of the
Duke of Orleans-who lives lust outside
of Brussels most of the time. flying the
French flag over his chateau-and also
a pamphlet setting forth the origin and
the doctrine OF the league. In the open
ing sentence of this statement one gains
a clear concept Of the whole case: The
Action Francaise is born of the Drey fus
affair."
Evening star., 1914-04-17

itor Calmette the other day because
talmette was printing damaging facts
in his newspaper. Figaro. openly. de-
nounced Caillaux as a German, No
greater insult could he addressed to Il
Frenchman today. The inner signiii-
cance of this Introduction cf the Cal
mette-Caillaux tragedy into the discus
sion is that suspicion obtains here in
Paris that the Emperor Of Germany IS
very much interested in the 'affaire. II
being quite openly hinted that Nine. Gail
lauN had received valuable diamond
necklace from certain eminent hands be
yond the Rhine, and that the full probing
of the tragedy and the matters out Of
which ii grew will disclose a most un-
sayory relationship with a direct political
aspect.
The speakers at the meeting talked
earnestly in strict observance of their
topics. Between what I could catch my
s"lf aud what my volunteer interpreter
heired me to understand | quite clearly
followed the drift of the addresses The
whole point of the meeting was that so
long as France had been governed by a
king Germany had been kept in place
but that under the second empire and
the third republic two rich provinces had
been lost and France had been humiliated
by Germany and there was no prospect Of
a movement toward the restoration OF
French honor as long as the country re-
manned under republican rule.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

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Coulon that Calf thought
knows
Of Of
If OF Needham a
will
but
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to
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I
luck but 1t Is
tell They won't
OF
the is
and field AT
because when meet ball
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Johnson pitching bet the police would the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14
Notes and Gossip of the 7oroughbreds Belmont Park

uncovered this spring. Hishbridge has four
stake dates at the Springs While abroad
Hishbridse started In the Grand National
that he went to Germany, where he finished
second In three stakes.
Frank Nolans veteran New York bred
racer Sir John johnson has come back
from Kentucky, where he did stud service
at John MaddeE's Hamburg Place In the
spring, and gone into training. He is pre-.
pairing for certain stake engagements AZ
Sa' Atoga, where he has won much OF his
success
william Smith. who few years ago was
well known as the trainer Of The stable Of
his brother. George F.. Smith better known
terday. William Smith Inherited a sub
stantial fraction OF the $4,000. 900 left by
the Pennsylvania plunger after twenty
speculation. He told srN reporter that
ssas SUN sInb on sss m sss
have so much money tied up In baseball he
would buy u stable OF two-year;olds and
get back Into racing, which he believes has
Come back" for good.
looked very much as though Eastern
patrons OF stceplechasing we're In for one
OF he best years Of sport they had known
But strange fatality has pursued the good
bay and Charles Fleischmanns Owanux
have developed the habit o. bleeding. which
tion, the cracks Of the stable OF Joseph
Davis. are lame behind and laid up for the
summer, and both Relluf. winner of the
whitney Memorial and Penobscot. the star
performer OF the Wilson stable. limped out
81 the Grand National steeplechase the other
day.
There was no steeplechaslng at Belmon,
Park yesterday because The wss.sas'isr Ter, A.,
compete for cross country patronage with
the Country Club Of Brooklins. LAYERS oi