The Mankato free press., 1915-05-21
| Georae Kaiser Was Made the
Victim of "0ips"
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Thieves. brought to the city with
out doubt by following the circus.
piled their trade In petty way With
no small success in Mankato yester-
day. Probably the biggest loser o..
all was George Gaiser. employed as
foreman by the Widell company, Mr..
Kaiser had gotten on the five o'clock
train for st. Paul. together with his
crew, when he discovered that his
purse had been taken from his pock-
ct. His total loss included sS5 i'm
money. the railroad tickets TO st.
Paul. and the Grea; Northern pass
for himself and men from st. Paul
to Trenton. n. ID. lie was on his
way to Trenton TO take care of some
construction work for the Great
Northern. He was able To get a new
pass when he arrived in ST. Paul.
IL was in the same crowd that
James McGuiggan OF GAINESVILLE also
lost his purse This contained a
cashiers check and SO i'm money.
Thieves at Candy Kitchen.
Quite a haul was made by thieves
at the Mankato Candy Kitchen. Here
coat and cap. belonging TO Theo-
dore Boosalis: suit. watch and Il
cap. the property of George Willis,
and box of cookies and bottle of
grape juice. were stolen from an
ante-room. back OF the serving
room. The theft was not discovered
until nj 4. n.
believed that the thieves had sneak
ed In from the alley hack of the store
and taken these things. while the
store people were too busy to watch
what was going on. aside from the
work they were doing. The box of
cookies, with the contents about half
gone, was found in an alley back of
the Rex cigar store. The coat stolen
from Boosalis was blue and the suit
taken from Willis was gray. The to-
tai value of what was stolen at this
place is estimated at 800.
Were on Street Cars.
There was a story afiOat today that
three pickpockets were on street
car as 1t went out TO the circus
grounds passing Marshall street
about 1880 p. IN. II is stated that the
three got off at Marshall and were
followed by two other men. who had
missed money from their pockets. \
Fred Johns of Kasota. young
man employed as lineman by the
Northwestern Telephone company.
was walking along South Front street
this morning about $50 o'clock.
when In some way purse containing
SIG was lost from his pocket. The
purse was in the hip pocket OF the
trousers. Mr.. Johns was at first in
clined to think the loss was a mere
accident. but later he had suspi-
cion that his pocket may have been
picked. He thinks the loss occurred
not far from Main street He prom
ises reward to anyone who will
return the purse TO the North
western Telephone Office.
Robbed Of S71.
William Campbell. employed on the
boat that is being used in the estab-
lishment of the new tile factory I'm
West Mankato. was robbed of s71 Mt
the circus grounds !. yesterday. lie
had just stepped up to the box Office
to purchase his ticket. when he OBJ
served that his roll of sT1. purse and
all. had disappeared from his hip
pocket. He and a companion al once
accosted a stranger I'm an automo-
bile about the matter. but the latter
soon showed them that they had no
proof that he was the guilty one. Mr..
Campbell is boarding at the home of
Andrew Crane. 122 State street.
From Fridav's Daily.
st. Paul. May 14.-Otto Bremen. st.
Paul capitalist, urges support for
president Wilson i'm expressing his
opinion In regard the situation be-
tween the United States and Germany
arising from the sinking of the Lu-
sitania
Il am proud of President Wilson. -
he said. ''am heartily in accord with
his attitude and think il is a mater
of congratulation for all of us that he
Is the executive of the United States
at this time.
Duty OF Americans.
The duty OF every American citi-
zen is clearly to refrain from any ex-
preston which might increase the
strain OF the present situation and to
stand firmly in support of the presi-
dent"
Mr.. Bremen is a former city assem-
blyman, has been a candidate for
mayor OF st. Paul. and Is one of the
most prominent German Americans I'm
the northwest.
Support the President.
Rochester, n. Y. May 14.-At the
conclusion of a meeting of the German
American alliance held here. Presi-
dent William Otto issued the follow
ing statement:
Although the organization did not
take definite action. the sentiment was
In favor OF unqualified support of
president Wilson I'm whatever action
he takes.
The German Americans of this city
are neutral I'm every respect and none
OF their societies will take action an =
tagonistic to the policy of the admin
istration.'
From Fridays oarrv.
Shortly after eight o'clock this
morning the skies grew SO dark that
IT was impossible to do ordinary desk
work without turning ON the lights.
A heavy rain shower was expected
but this did not materialize, though
some heavy drops fell. The heavy
darkness lay over the city for nearly
haif an hour. and then the skies be-