The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-11

. that sres,ktonfessed TO them tlfar
The had Bitten cut the cheek .an,f'
, knew n kas worthless The patrol
man sd Mesh spoke fairly clear
EnelishC Caldwell said he asked tho
same ldestion many times OF MESH.
| not fsfig sure. because of the i'm.
/. perfsf English that the man spoke,
that DE question was fully under
stoai However, Mesh gave the same
ANGER every, time. These two. wit.
peyns had interviewed Mesh at dlf.
fesft times. ys'.-..e... = .>..s
llhe case was conducted on behalf
. o The state by County Attorney J.
lT.S Schmitt and on behalf of the
lefense by Attorney j. e. Regan.
sFrom Tuesdays Dairy. -......
4 The farmers convention called In
connection with the Equity Co-opera.
tive exchange opened In st. Paul
this morning. 49,, g.:
There was a parade. starting, at
1890 a. IN. from the. Pioneer build.
ing. where the Equity offices are To-
Gated. to the Auditorium, where the
sessions will be held. Cd. ... -
The meeting will last three days.
Morning. afternoon and evening ses-
slons will be held.
Governor Eberhart, Mayor Powers.
members Of the city council and
prominent business men and bankers
marched in the parade with hun
dreds OF farmers and elevator men
of the northwest. Seven bands fur.
nished music and there were scores
OF automobiles in line to carry the
officials and women.
Several hundred delegates from
various points OF the northwest are
In st. Paul for the convention =
Governor Eberhart opened the con.
vention at 10:45 a. m. with the adj
dress Of welcome. Mayor VIM
Powers followed and then c. W, Cor.
don gave the welcoming address
for the Association OF Commerce.
This afternoon Senator Moses L.
Clapp. Hon +. G. Dunn, Mason City,
Ia, and A. +. Woods, dean depart.
ment of agriculture University OF
Minnesota, spoke. This evening w
b. Colver and Hon. James Hanahan
will be the speakers. =
Fifteen. penalties at $40 each,
amounting to $3.50. were imposed on
the Chicago, Great Western railway
company yesterday by. Judge Booth
in United States district court.
The penalties we're In cases
brought by the government against
the Great Western for violations OF
the hours Of service law in working
telegraph operators more than. the
schedule time. s-, .. -.
The violations occurred at North.
field. Waterville. Empire. Rochester.
Renova and Eden.
John Overall. attorney for tho
Great Western said that the over.
time had been caused by late trains
and that In four cases at Renoya.
the operators had been recalled and
had been allowed two hours extra
pay; although they only. did a. few
minutes work 49,. "'a.n'
Railroad telegraph operators are
allowed to work thirteen hours a
day In day offices, and nine hours
day in day and: night offices. =.
Judge A. n. Pfau of the district
court late yesterday paroled the two
boys who some weeks ago broke into
the c. c. BrusRe hardware store at
Good Thunder The older of the
boys. Walter Schieckler, aged fif.
, teen, was p. iced under the care of
his uncle. herman Speck. living
near Good Thunder. The other.
Henry Ziegler, aged thirteen. Is to
be under the authority of his sis
ter, Miss Annie Ziegler of Shakopee.
Both the boys ar, to report to the
court at the beginning Of the next
term on the first Tuesday in Febru-
/ airy. and a full account of their be-
havior is to be given. These ar.
| engagements were made through
County Attorney Schmitt m behalf
of the state and ATTORNEY c. o.
Daley on behalf OF the boys. -,
London, December e.-Whiie d..
| the allied armies In the western
arena Of the war srope their way
forward cautiously graphing
with the Germans here and
there for slight advantages, the
great struggle in ,Russian-Poland
continues with the Germans for
the time-beins scoring the most
points.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Mrs. Mariana Johnson died at five
o'clock this morning at the home of
her son, o.. c. Johnson. S15 West
Fifth street, of old age. She was
born in Norway, October /, 1926, and
came to Mankatc July ~, 1870.