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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
Barge Service Through
Panama Canal May 10

PANAMA, April SO.-Governor Goe-
thals has decided to begin a barge
service through the Panama canal
about May 10, thus bringing it into
commercial use much earlier than had
been anticipated.
This decision was brought about by
the interruption of the Tehuantepec
railroad route. The first freight to be
towed through will consist of Ha-
waiian sugar and 1t is understood this
will probably in future all be routed
bv Way of the canal
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
Sealed PRoPosAL.s


Sealed proposals for furnishing the Pub
lie Schools of the Town of Belleville with
coal will be received by the Board OF Edit
cation at a meeting to he held in School
No. 3. Joralemon street. on the evening OF
May 18th 1914. Bids will be received until
$3.50 p. m. For further particulars apply -
J. J. TURNER, District Clerk
15S Joralemon street.
Belleville, N. I
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09
RACE SUICIDE" LAW.

The new Wisconsin marriage H.
cense law Is now called the race
suicide law" and fears are express
ed that there will be no rising gen.
erations In Wisconsin unless the
law Is changed or modified. Up to
Saturday. so far as learned. there
had not been n single marriage In the
whole state OF Wisconsin in the past
three days. With no marriages the stork
will turn its back on Wisconsin and II
will soon become a has been" com
monwpalth. The condition il con.
sidered so serious that Alderman
Koerner OF Milwaukee proposed TO
introduce a resolution In the city
council asking the governor to call
a special session of the legislation
10 either repeal the law or to amend
Il so that Il will not Danish Cupid
and the stork from the common
wealth.
Our Wisconsin neighbors are un.
duly agitated. They will come to
the law In due time. Cupid will not
he driven from his job OF uniting
hearts and hands as OF yore. He
is a shrewd little fellow and knows
how 10 work his love-game success.
fully
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09

street might be vacated iext TO the
river and a municipal plant built
there.
Mayor Meyer said the city had no
money available for that purpose
now and he did not see how II
could be obtained withiut issuing
bonds.
Mr.. Gerlich thought II would cost
$1,000 TO $4,000.
No action was taken by the coun-
ell on this matter,
Engaged an Attorney.
Mayor Meyer reported that he had
engaged Attorney Harrison Schmitt
as special counsel for the assistance
OF the public utilities commission, on
the condition that he would not
charge more than 500 for his serv-
ices. The council confirmed this ac-
ton.
Chief of Police Kiugherz reported
that during the month of December.
there had been twelve arrests and
eighty-two dodgers at the city hall.
T.. NJ. Zuel, the insurance agent,
who has been taking care OF the
city pumping station risks. reported
that since the liability of an en-
ployer for the death OF an emplCye
had been raised from $1,000 TO ST.
500, he would have to have an extra
amount OF $40 as additional premi.
um for the additional 81 600 risk for
three years The council accepted
this PROPOSITION.
The saloon license of William j
Hodges, l24 South Front street, was
renewed for one year. beginning TO.
morrow.
Permit For Dance.
A permit was granted to Ray Lusk
I to hold n dance in Richards hall on
the evening OF January 3.
City Engineer Blomquist presented
n request from the executors of the
Zimmerman estate. owning the old
City hotel property. for permission
that frame structure be erected
for the storage OF lumber and other
salvage from the old building. which
was being torn down. This place Is
in the fire limits.
City Attorney Schaub remarked
that a permanent license could not
be granted, but a permit with a time
limit could.
A permit was granted with the
limit of eight months.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09

Osten mas mace comp ,tent official
and he is popular with all classes OF
people Mr.. AFRO will have to grid
up his loins II he gets away with
Mr.. Osten's large slice OF bacon.
Up to date no other shrieyalty can
didate has appeared on the surface.
There comes a rumor from the
southern part of the county that j.
w. Heritage of Shelby may be a
candidate for register of deeds. IL
Is said that Mr.. Heritage Is quietly
looking over the situation. The pres.
ent incumbent. J. G. Fowler, popular
Gloss" will no doubt enter the race
TO succeed himself.
Clerk Of Court.
II Is reported that BILLY" Bates,
ut present city clerk. may get into
the game for clerk OF the district
court A race between BILLY" Bates
and George Krost. who now holds
the place. would indeed be interest
ing. Mr.. Krost IL willing TO LET
George do it"-hold the job-somc
more. Henry Spicer has decided Il
become q candidate for county treas
urer.
There will be candidates In plenty
for the legislature. This county Is
now entitled TO but two representa-
tives In the lower house. and tn,
county Is divided In two districts
Mankato being split I'm twain. The
first, second and third wards are In
the east district and the fourth. fifth
and sixth are in the west district
Politics viii cut no figure I'm the
light that will be waged for tho
Legislative honors Blue Earth count,
VIII have one representative II
the senate.
Several Names Mentioned.
Already several gentlemen hav.
been mentioned fr this place. DIR
j. W. Andrews, John II. Holman
John p. Richards. c. J. Lauriscb
Peter Lloyd. William +. Hughes
LOrin Cray.
! II Is taken for granted that Repre-
sentative Alex Hanson will want Il
succ sed himself. II Is said tina
axe Crystal may come forward Will
candidate and possibly MapletoI
will have one also.
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ton says he found considerable oily
waste and oil-soaked meal around
the electric motor This was very
dangerous and the place should be
Kept clean.
Found Two Burning Candles.
At the time of making the in
specticn, Mr.. Nett.eton found two
burning candles in the attic over
enc of the north wing buildings. where
some work was being done. The
workmen had gone to some other
part Of the building, unaware. no
doubt. OF the danger they had left
behind. The candles were placed on
wood at one side near the top of the
stairway. The candles had burned
down very short. and would soon
have set fire TO the woodwork
around. A bad fire might have
followed and II would have been
traced directly to carelessness.
A fire occurred In the laundry
building on October 81, 1913. The
, fire was discovered about nire o'clock
in the evening. Two baskets of soil.
ed linen, standing close To one of
the drying cabinets. were found To
be on fire. The origin of this fire
was blamed to oily cloths. which
were In the baskets. II was indeed
fortunate that the fire started early
, in the evening. for. had II occurred
later IN the night, the damage might
have been great. As II was, the
loss was small.
State Carries Own Insurance.
Mr.. Nettleton says that the fac,
! that the state of Minnesota now car
, rles its own insurance and assumes
all the risk is reason enough fol-
making some very rigid rules fol-
the safeguarding of state property
lie believes that the superintendent,
should make some one responsible
for the protection of state property
with the understanding that his
| job depends on his success or failure
| TO prevent fires which could bs
traced To Carelessness.
II Is suggested that the superin
tendent make II a rule TO carry on
regular inspections. say, semi-month
! ly. and in this way conduct Q
| systematic fire prevention campaign
continually. This. he says. could he
handled very nicely by having the
supervisor of each building make
his report to the superintendent.
III says the only way TO elimin
ate the hazard of fire from greasy
cloths is To prohibit the use of then
I entirely and he recommends that the
superintendent Of the institution dc
= this.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09

the decorating without the help OF
the club. He said that what the
club had Undertaken to do was
about all that II could manage. Last
year for such an occasion as this
ten blocks of the city streets were
decorated at q cost of $50 and the
expense was split between the city
and the Commercial club.
Expense Of Halls.
Mr.. Soaring said the expense of
the halls would be three times what
81 was last year. n the Commercial
club should undertake to do the dec
Grating Il could probably not be
carried out satisfactorily. Last
years convention brought about COO
farmers to the city. This years con.
yention would be n triple affair and
would In all likelihood prove to be
a grand event lie said w. II.
Anderson had offered TO do the dec
Grating work at So per block.
Mr.. Deets observed that the con.
vention would draw n large number
of high school instructors from var.
ious parts of Southern Minnesota to
Mankato. He believed as many as a
thousand visitors I'm all would come.
Councilman GerIioh said he had
;lven s25 for the convention. He had
no doubt that II would be a grand
affair. lie observed that the Poultry
show would be in Mankato about the
same time. being from January Ii
to 22. The city certainly ought to be
decorated. He thought no block
should be left out. where the bust
ness men had given literally for the
premium list.
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49,
the University club Saturday night.
Mr.. Hin gave the principal adj
dress at the thirtieth annual ban
quet of the Northwestern Yale
Alumni association.
He nayed the educational insti-
tutions OF the country for their poor
systems and appealed 10 college
graduates to devise better methods
OF instruction.
Boy Who Works For Education.
II would rather take boy who
has had n widowed mother to sup.
port and who has had to get his
education by working for il, than to
take the graduates of our schools"
said Mr.. hin. 1.-THE boy realizes
that he doesn't know and what he
learns. he masters thoroughly.
The students of our schools are
turned out unfit for the state OF life
that they are In. have even heard
that SO inaccurate are the teach.
ing methods that because of learn.
ing to read by sight. many students
do not even know The order of the
letters Of the alphabet
To Much Athletics.
so much time is spent by classes
ut the colleges in athletics and
reunions and different things that I
am surprised that college graduates
know as much as they really do. |
do not underestimate the value Of
the trained mind because | believe
that men like John Marshall have
done more for this country than
any of those who have led the arm
les in our history.
Mr.. Hill incidentally scored the
University OF Minnesota. II hope
that the time will come when their
standards are higher than they are
new" he said Il hope that some
day they will realize that 1t ia
quality and not quantity that is
essential I would rather that they
would have 1000 or 1000 bright
students than 5000 Of the other
sort. Each year there are 500 or
WV uuilhS III zach CHESS, WHICH lS
far too many. believe that II
President Vincent Is spared long
enough that the present order of
things will be changed.
Must Be More Practical.
THE time must come when pub.
. lie educational institutions must be
more practical-that Is, that what
they teach must be sound and the
graduates accurate. II Is up TO the
college men to put thei" shoulders
| TO the wheel and to see that this
J is done. II is up to them to lead
my first advice TO all schools
would be to simplify the curriculum
By separating all facts that are so
from facts that are not so"
. A number of the leading edu.
Gators in the cities declare that Mr.,
Hill Is In wrong on his estimate OF
: the public schools. The railroad
: man Is advised to visit the schools
and acquaint himself with real con.
ditions
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09
Butter Men Booked
Meeting In Willmar
From Mondays Daily.

FROM mondays C3ht.
The thirty.sixth annual convention
of the Minnesota State Dairyman' g
association will be he'd January 90
TO 90 at Willmar.
president Cf the organization and
viii deliver the opening address.
The other officers are Chris Heen,
Csakis. first vice president; Edward
u. Ulrich. Biscay. second vice presi-
dent; r. ID. Currier. Nicollet, secre.
tary: J. NJ Jack. Stanton. treasurer,
and George y. Grout, Duluth, OFF.
cial Judge.
Address BY Mr.. Vincent.
President Vincent of the State
University will give an address on
the evening of the opening day.
Other speakers are W. A. McKer-
row. st. raul; Prof. n. +. Hanson,
Brookings. s. d.; 4. J. Mcclure.
Grand Rapids. MINI; Joel G. Wink.
ier, 81. Paul: Robert A. Campbell,
Madison, wis; f. H. Scribner. Ros-
endale. Wis; Il. +. Flint. state dairy
commissioner. Bismarck. y. D.; !.
w. Wheeler. st. Paul. and James
Sorenson, Albert Lea. MINI.
Willmar citizens will entertain the
visiting dairymen at banquet
Wednesday evening. January q. and
student actors of the Minnesota Agri-
cultural college will present the rur.
al comedy Back To the Farm -
January %.
Many Prizes for Cattle.
AZ The dairy cattle show in con.
nection with the annual convention.
prizes will be awarded on dairy bred
stock Of the Jersey. Guernsey and
Ho!stein Lredds entered from Randi.
yohi and adjoining counties. Prizes
will lie given To members Of COW
testing associations in the state who
show the greatest increase In their
ret profits fer each OF their cows in
1918 as compared with 1912. ,om.
rlete herd records for two years are
required for the competition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09
From Mondays Daily.

General Manager Smith, Chief En-
Rineer GRADER and Trainmaster Nen
gaumer OF the Dan Patch electric
line, arrived in Manka,o over the
Great Western shortly after one
o'clock today. and remained until
2:20. taking the Great Western into
the twin cities.
While here they Looked over the
tracks and the railway company's
property and walked To the business
portion or town.
II has been learned today that
IL is problematical whether the Dan
Patch lire will take over the Grea'
Western. and no contract To that
effect has been made. 1t is pre-
sumed that the officials who visited
Mankato today were here for the
purpose Of looking over the ground
with a view TO acting upon tnking
over the line.
J. ID. Dee;s, secretary OF the I'm
proyement league. has made re-
quest OF W. w. Savage TO run special
electric trains from Faribault to
Mani alto via the Great Western dur
ing the league and crop breeders
convention. lie expects 10 hear from
Mr.. Savage in q day or two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09

OF noted speakers. but these have
not yet been selected. An earnest
effort will be made TO get an en-
gagement with President Vincent
There will be an informal reception
with a program Of entertainment on
Thursday afternoon.
Grand Electrical Parade.
The local council has planned Ia
hold n grand electrical parade on
the night of Thursday. June IL.
Whether this parade will be held
only by the travelling men, or the
merchants of the city viii also play
an important part. has not yet been
determined. II may be that the
merchants will make II. In part at
least, an Industrial parade. A com
mjttee OF the Mankato u. c. T.
council will consult the merchants
on this question in the near future
The parade will without doubt draw
vast aggregation OF people to the
city from neighboring towns and the
country. II Is likely that on Trurs.
day night the aggregation of people
in the city will be greater than nj
any other time during the entire
three day period OF the convention.
With so many people In Mankato,
1T is likely that the hotel accommo.
dations of the city will be taxed 10
their capacity without taking care OF
all the visitors. and therefore the
local U. c. T. leaders have decided
to request all the people OF Mankato
who have room In their homes TO
spare TO throw them open for the
accommodation OF the city's guests.
Lodging room is all that is asked,
and those who afford that are TO be
paid for ii.
The Business Session.
The business session OF the con-
vention will continue throughout Fri.
day. On Thursday afternoon the Wis.
Ting ladies will be rendered an in.
formal reception. On Friday after.
noon there will be special pro.
gram for the wives of delegates and
other visiting ladies' to the number
OF about three hundred and fifty
in all to conclude with banquet.
Wives OF the local travelling men
will have charge of this delightful
affair. On Friday evening the dele.
gates and their ladies. together with
other invited guests. will attend n
grand ball in the new Armory
building.
II is expected that the bulk OF
the city's visitors will remain here
through Saturday. During the three
days. there will be various other
features OF entertainment. \ pro.
gram of field sports. especially
baseball, Is to be arranged. and will
probably be carried out on the fair
grounds. or possibly at Slbley park
Many OF the guests will be taken in
automobiles to the neighboring lakes
and parks.
The u. c. T. men who are labor
ing on the preparations for the
great three day affair are. using a
letter head that Is an excellent
Mankato booster. bearing the words
"Manka;o. the Capital City OF
Southern Minnesota: All Glad They
Live I'm Mankato."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09
Critic of Mad House
Hands In His Report

That proper safeguards for the
prevention of fire are not used at
the state hospital for the insane nj
st. reter Is contention embodied
I'm a report on the subject by q.
"A. Nettle.on. state fire inspector, to
J. A. o. Preus. state commissioner
of insurance.
MIR. Nettleton says that an old
dumb waiter shaft, located in the
north wing Of the Main building, was
burned out I'm May. 1913. The fire
Is supposed 10 have originated from
city cloths and mops, which were
hung In the shaft The shaft had
been abandoned for its original pur-
pose and was boarded of ut each
floor. thus making a closet on each
story. These were, not sealed up
tight as they should have been. Con.
sequently, when the fire started
at the second floor. these loose
floors I'm the shaft acted as CRATES,
and the draft carried the fire right
up to the attic. Fortunately the fire
was discovered and eXliagushed be-
fore Il communicated with the roof.
Makes Some Recomme ndations.
The report recommends that this
shaft and all other similar ones be
either torn out or sealed up abso-
lutely tight, so as to prevent
FIRE running through from one floor
10 the other as in a case OF this
kind
One of the dust chutes in this
wing was found 10 be filled up
from Easement to first floor. This.
he says. Il very dangerous. and in
order to eliminate the hazard In this
case. he suggests that these all be
cleaned out and their use discon.
tinued. that metal cans be provided
for rubbish and sweepings and that
these be emptied daily.
Mr. Nettieton reports the electric
wiring defective in the store house
and stewards Office building. He
says the building should be wired
and the wire run in conduit. Fire
was discovered in this building
about September IL. 1913. Goods had
been received en- the evening pre-.
, vious and piled in the storeroom
over night. A box containing drugs,
including tuning nitric acid, was
among the goods. During the night
this caught fire. which originated from
spontaneous combustion, and when
the storeroom was opened in the
morning. the place was full OF
smoke The fire was confined to the
case of drugs. and no damage was
done to the other goods or the
i building. This acid. he says. Is
usually shipped in separate case
but In this instance II was a small
quantity and was shipped with the
nther goods This shows. he says
that great care should be exercised
IN handling this and similar acids
so that other property Is not ex
posed.
Wiring Is Defective.
The report also states that thu
| electric wiring Is defective in the
employees building. the north de
tached ward and the superintend
ent's residence. Barrels containin;
paper should be removed from thu
attic OF TIE detention byildins-an'
sacks containing dry leaves shoult
he taken from the attic of the de
tached south ward. The attic OF tn
tuhercular ward should have gen
eral cleaning up and all old lumbe
removed. Tissue paper decoration
In the attic Of the criminal INSANE
/ ward shou'd he removed or kept Il
a metal can. 49,
: In the old dairy barn, Mr.. Nettle
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09
From Mondays Daily.

Friday evening seven members of
the Missionary convention COM
mittee met In the Y. NJ. G.. A.
building. Reports from the arrange
ment and publicity committees were
given. DIR. Andrews read n letter
answering some OF the detail infor-
nation about the organization. T.. +.
Soaring reported as chairman Of the
publicity committee that the work of
that department was taking shape
and he recommended the printing of
some application blanks, and admis-
sion tickets. A motion was carried
authorizing the committee to have
such printing done and to prepare
articles for the press. The arrange
ment committee reported that Mrs.
DIR. c. j. Holman would take charge
OF arranging for the supper. The
place of meeting has not been def.
inately settled yet. The other COM
mittees are carrying out their work
to the best >of their ability. The
meeting adjourned to meet again
Friday evening. January ot 1870
o'clock sharp.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09
from Monuay's Daily.

Collections by State Treasurer
Smith Saturday tota.ed s5i2,532.5o.
one OF the highest figures in the
history Of the Office. with the ex-
cepticn OF the time when the rail
roads are required to pay their
gross earnings taxes. The following
are some of the principal items:
st. Louis county. November settle
ment. Ss24,665.5o: Hennepin county.
November settlement. ss9.50Gls; in
terest on Massachusetts, bonds $780,.
s25: interest on Virginia bonds,
ss1,f25: Koochiehine county. Novem-
Der settlement. sl3.ss5.77; incorpor.
alton fees. December. $11.500.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-09
Played the Schools;
Classed AS Failures

From Mondays Daily.
The common school system Of the
country is a dismal failure.
have been told by schooimen
that there are pupils in the school
that do not know the alphabet.
~ the pupil does not make good,
don't blame him; blame the system.
There 10 no substitute for work.
There are t,5co men In the Great
Northern offices and some Of the
men in the higher places were born
in the section houses.
The spur OF necessity is a great
help to young men. " they haven't
got II they are likely to fall by the
wayside.
! would rather see 5000 earnest,
Woodworking students at the univer.
sity Of Minnesota than 5000 who are
uncertain in their work.
think your Or. George e. Win.
cent win 60 far toward RAISING the
standards Of the university to where
they beIong.-Hiiiisms.
st. Paul. January 5.-'"The common
and high schools Of the country are
dismal failures. ! am sorry to adj
init II but thousands OF students are
graduated each year from our
schools. believing that they have
received an education, but they have
not. Accuracy Is not taught in tho
schools, and accuracy Is the main
essential" said james J. Hill tc
ll5 graduates Of Yale university Al