The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-13

Mankato today 10 visit with friends
and viii visit at Rochester and
points in Dakota before returning.
Jackson Republic: Miss Conklin
OF Mankato has accepted position
as stenographer in the county au-
ditor's Office end for Superintendent
Lippitt Of the public schools. Miss
conklin is pleasant young lady to
meet and viii ably Ill her position.
Window Reporter: II. Kettlewell
was at Markato Monday house hunt
ing. and idrs. Kettleweil went up
Tuesday to assist him in the search.
They hope to be moved to Mankato
BY the FIST OF April.
from Saturdays Daily.
First hcnors in the. second annual
contest of the Triangular Statecol-
lege debating league, held last night
at ST. Paul and Mortified, were won
by st. Olaf college. 1t was the first
time since the league was organic.
ed two Years ago that any of the
three. colleges, Manchester, Hamline
and St. Olaf, was returned winner.
The frst contest resulted in three
cornerel tie.
The question debated was "Resolv
ed. that immigration to the United
States should be further restricted
by law. such restriction to be addt
tional ard substantial"
Each college was represented by a
team~ct taree men on both affirma-
tive and negative sides. g.
The negative st. Olaf team compel
Ing here with Hamline won a two
to one decision The decision which
gave the st. Olaf affirmative team
at Mortified the victory over Ma.
calester vas unanimous. -
The st. Olaf team was composed
OF Albert johnson. Olaf Odden and
Norman Zoe. The Hamline affirma.
tive team was Paul Kerfoot, Henry
Moe aud Ivan Jones. S.. ......
At Macarester college the Hamline
negative team won two to one.
Members OF the Hamline negative
team were Nathan Rushe. Alfred
Stedman and David Lundeen. The
Manchester affirmative team was
composed CT Henry Softly. Homer
Lindgren end William Greig.
The Manchester students, who ar.
gued the negative side of the ques-
ton at Mortified. were @. r. Col
Inns. J. L. Harvey and George Zeis-
mer. The affirmative st. Olaf team
was Seivcrt Thompson, Carl Nagel-
stad and Arthur Rustad. a (.
The judges az the HamIine-St. Olaf
debate were Professor John Ryan
of the st. aruI seminary, Professor
~. D. EScrBolc and Professor q. A.
Gasell OF tie University OF Mime
sofa. tSf =
The Judges at Manchester we're C.
W. Bcardrnan, Minneapolis attorney;
Professor c! Abbetmeyer of Concor-
dia college and Professor A. l..
stohn aef qaiinneapolis East high
school.isa Z st,s -
Alto Mortified othe judges were
Judge Andrew Holt OF Minneapolis,
Professor II. ]. Lewis Of Faribauit
and, Professor L n. Cochran Of Garlic
ton college. t,ll,l bnl 81 ....
The expected discussion regarding
the opening OF the college debating
league 10 Carleton and Gustavus
Adolphus college did not materialize
! at Manchester last night. q
st. Paul, March THE supreme
court has ordered the Modern Wood.
men Of America to pay to Mrs. Hat
tie Z. Pierson of ST. Paul $4,000,
this being the amount OF the life
Insurance policy carried in that or
der by. her husband, who DISAPPEARED
in May. 1905. The court holds that
Pierson Is dead, at least in contem-
plation of, law.
/ Frank p. Pierson, the husband.
took out the policy in 1892. anu
after his Disappearance, and until
the required seven-year period had
elapse in 1912, Mrs. Pierson paid all
the dues. Pierson, cattle salesman,
was employed by South st. Paul
concern.
The evidence shown that in Jan
irary. 1906, Pierson too ak consign-
msnt of cattle to Iowa and RENTED
$1,700 to the owners by draft short
ly afterwards. In March his wife re-
ceivedaa letter from San Francisco
from him. saying he was Ill and
without funds. She scraped together
money enough TO bring him home,
but the letter failed to reach him,
and II was ascertained he had gone
ito Sacramento, where he disap.
peared. The court says all the evil
dence goes to support the legal as.
sumption that he is dead. Besides
a wife, .Pierson left two children
here.
AT the trial, one Mosher testified
for the defendant that he saw Pier.
son at a hotel in Long Beach. Cal,
In 1910, and that he was accom-.
panied By. a richly dressed lady"
He said that they had registered as
Jose Romero an wife. Escanada,
Mexico. The court discredited this
story, as Mosher on cross-exan,ina.