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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
COT HER Freedom
FROM REV. DARNELL
Former Wisconsin Minister Makes A
Statement Declaring kinship To
Ruth Soper's Child

A special from Chicago to the Min
neapolis Tribune says: Doris Vaughn
Darnell was granted an absolute d.
vorce yesterday from her husband,
the Rev. James Morrison Darnell.
She was given $500 alimony. One
hundred dollars were allowed as o
licitor's fees and the defendant was
ordered TO pay the court costs. Her
maiden name was restored. -
The suit for divorce was based on
statutory charges. No effort IA
made to defend Darnell from the
charge that he and another woman
had lived together as man and wife
directly following his marriage to
Miss Vaughn. Investigation showed
that he had married or pretended TO
marry three and possibly four
women.
Darnell voluntarily surrendered 10
States Attorney Maclay Hoyne yes
terday and confessed the p~arentage
of the child of Miss Ruth Soper.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
OF 0. PETERSEN
IS DEAD AT AMB0Y
Old Resident Of Minnesota and Well
And F~ayorably Known; ID Years
OF Age

Peter Peterson. an old and re.
sEected resident of Amboy, and
father of Otto Peterson Of this city,
died Tuesday evening ut st. L.uke's
''Ospital in ST. Pail, after two months
I mess. death being caused by q
general breakdown in health. de.
ceased being seyenty-four years of
age. Mr.. Peterson was born in Den.
mark and came to America TO seek
his fortune when Il young man. lie
'ocated i'm Minnesota. where he was
married. and made his home in this
state. becoming a prosperous farmer.
g leaves many friends who unite
with relatives I'm sympathy ut their
bereavement. For the past three
years he made his home with his
son, C.. l.. Peterson, at Thief River
Falls. Four children survive, Otto
Jefferson of this city: G.. l.. Peter
son Of Thief River Falls: Miss Kate
Peterson OF Amboy: Mrs. Ben Pet
,rson. The funeral will be held
at l o'clock tomorrow from the
resbyterian church at Amboy. with
interment in the cemetery at that
place. Among the relatives at Am
ooy to attend the funeral are Mr.
sad Mrs. Otto Peterson OF this city:
C.. L. Peterson of Thief River Falls
and Mrs. X. J.. Peterson of Minnea
polls.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
VAN FLEET
MASONS IN CHARGE
Former Resident OF Markato and
WateryiIIe: Died In City OF
Minneapolis

The Minneapolis Tribune today
contains Il likeness of Chas. F. Van
Fleet a former Mankato man. and
SAYS:
Funeral services for Charles f.
Van Fleet. who for three years was
'oorkeeper of the Minneapolis Lodge
No. a., b. p. o. T., were held yes
terday afternoon at the Masonic
Temple, conducted by the Masons.
The remains were taken to Water.
vile. Mimi. last night for burial.
Mr.. Van Fleet died at the North
western hospital Monday as the
result of a fall at his residence BAG
Columbus Avenue, Sunday night"
Mr.. Van Fleet was well known
in Mankato and Waterville. He
was connected with the old Mankato
Citizens Fire Insurance CO., with
Offices in the Free Press building.
He owned a farm on Lake Tetonka
at w~aterville and was living there
when the Andrews Opera company
also lived there and had a summer
resort on the lake. Mr.. Van Fleet
went TO Minneapolis several years
ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
BLUE EARTH BRIDGE
CLOSED 10 TRAFFIC
Necessary Repairs Are Being Made;
Ice Men Will Do Hauling Over
The Frozen River

At noon today the Blue Earth
bridge was closed to traffic, in or
der that Contractor S. A.. Rouse
might repair it. This interiors with
he plan the ice men had of doing
their hauling OF next summers ice
yer the bridge before it was closed
for repairs. The long spell of mild
Gather, made it appear likely that
the icemen would not be able TO get
the ice cut and hauled in time to
give the contractor time to finish
the bridge after they were through
and before the ice on the river
became unsafe for crossing. So the
ridge has been closed and the
repairing has begun. The ice men
will have 10 do their hauling across
the ice on the river, though that
is not so convenient as to use the
bridge. This may result in a little
higher priced ice next summer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
American Coast Defenses Cost
$50 Millions
RUMoR saYAM's RETIREMENT
lIIiteracY Is Fast Disappearing In This
couriry: Opinion Of National
Educational Board

Washington reports say that both
the Wilson and. Clark presidential
bOOms are developing for 1916.
After the close OF the war. II Is
stated on high authority. hat Kine
Albert OF Belgium will visit the Uni
ted States.
Russia is still sending enormous
masses OF men to within easy reach
Of various points OF her long fight.
ing line.
War was nOt such n costly under.
taking forty years ago rs IL is today.
The FrancO-American war. which
lasted l90 days cost Germany Sl50..
6dC .000 for an average lighting force
Of 1850. "a. The Bocr war. IN which
the English army averaged S00.0ad
md which lasted 30 months cost 81.
90, 0n0.0 CO. The war in the Far East
cost Japan $500. 600. 600 and Russia
$T70.0o1.0C1 not counting lost ships.
The lack OF stirring battles at the
present stage is attributed by the
British commentators largely To the
determination OF the allied command.
crs to content themselves with hold.
ing their present positions until the
PROJECTED ring OF armies Is consider
cd sufficiently strong to strike q blue
which they hope will prove decisive.
Sewing machines have replaced
typcwritcrs in an%ti-sufrrage head.
quarters IN several states. il Is
officially announced. Volunteers are
busy under the direction OF the
RED Cross In turning out bandagos
and other materials for use on tn"
hattleields of Europe. Tho proposal
has been made that a truce with the
suffrage supporters be sought during
the European struggle.
According TO Secretary of War Gar.
rison. the United States has invest
ed $3.50. 000, 100 In coast d~efences. The
Treat trouble seems 10 he the lack
of men 10 hold them. Congress win
he asked To make an appropriation
Funicient 90 carry ont the pans
which Secretary Garrison has I'm
mind.
During the past week rumors have
bcen received tn the effect that Sec.
rotary Of State Bryan wants 10 re-.
tire from the Cabinet TO III himself
for his presidential boom two years
hence. Regardless Of reports TO the
contrary. friends Of Mr.. Bryan dc.
clare that he Will not cancel his
Chautauqua engagements for the com.
ing spring and summer.
The United States Bureau of Edu.
cation has been compiling statistics
OF illiteracy among both adults and
children In the country, tending to,
ward this conclusion that illiteracy
Is fast disappearing and hat at the
present rate Of progress the public
schools OF various kinds, will wipe
II out in this country in another
Pcncraticn
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Sir Jas. Mackenzie Has Method
To Simplify Military Affairs
Tuber Is Dipped Into Salt Water and
Placed On Foil When On The
Battlefield

London. January 2G.-tCorrespond.
ence of The Associated Press)-The
use OF the telephone as an aid to
surgery by communicating to the.
operator the noise Of contact OF
knife. forceps or probe with foreign
bodies imbedded in the flesh, has
been discovered and perfected by
Sir James Mackenzie Davidson. who
says his method will do much to
simplify military Surgery.
The X-ray. says Sir James. has
serious limitations. II shows the pres.
cncc OF the foreign body. but gives
no idea OF The depth this body has
penetrated or Of It's relation TO the
parts among which IL has lodged.
Surgeons often fail to find the object
seer In silhouette on the nuOrescent
Green
II Is not necessary TO have a man
full of shrapnel brought from the
trenches 10 demonstrate the use Of
the telephone in surgery. as a potato
and n nail do quito as well. The
surgeon uses a double pair Of receiV-
ers. such as worn by wireless opera.
tors. One pr the telephone wires is
attached to Il piece Of platinum foil.
In n real operation. this foil Is
held in place on the patients skin by
plaster or bandage. In the expert.
ment. the potato Is dipped into salt
water and placed on the foil. TIC
the end Of the other telephone wire
is attached a small. sterilized silver
wire, which in turn is made fast to
the knife probe, needle or fOrceps
used in sounding the wound or In.
cision.
When the surgeons instrument
touches metal. whether in flesh or in
a potato. n dlstano and unmistakablc
grating noiso results. This mean the
foreign body Is discovered.
There exists a popular fallacy that
il is necessary To remove not only
bullets but every scrap OF metal from
the wound. But experience has shown
that the human body does not mind
a little metal. and the removal oil
bullets Is often too dangerous TO at
tempt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
STATE AUDITORS ELECT
THEIR new OFFICERS
Shepard Of Lyon County Named To
Head Associationand ]. B. Connolly
Secretary and Treasurer

Cigars were passed without fear of
violating the corrupt practices act at
the opening session Of the Associa-
ton of County Auditors Of Minnesota,
at the senate chamber Of the old CAPT.
.ol yesterday. says The Dispatch.
Following the report Of the retiring
officers and committees, Ernest r.
Sheppard Of Lyon county was elected
president and Arthur A. Caswell of
Anoka county, vice president; e. NJ
Berg of Todd County and ]. ID. Con-
nelly of Carver county were re-
elected secretary and treasurer, re.
spectively. Auditors from thirty-six
counties responded to roll call.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22

The annual meeting of the South
ern Minnesota Teachers association,
which will be held ut the normal
school in this city February Is, 10
and 90. viii be marked by an eXcep'
tionally interesting program during
the sessions which continue over the
three days. Among the noted speak.
ers who will be present or this &C.
cassiOn are J. Adams Puffer of Bos.
ton. considered the greatest authority
in this country on vocational guild
ance, will give two addresses. the
first on The Boy and His Job" and
the second on The Job and the
Boy" Prof. L. G. Elliot, head of the
department of education Of the Uni
versity OF Wisconsin will deliver a
stirring message On The Measures
of Merit of Teachers. Miss Theda
Gildemeister, OF the Winona state
normal school will give an interesting
address on Interpretation of Children
Through Literature" Miss Glide
meister Is said 10 be one OF the most
inspiring teachers in the STATE, and
her subject viii be the same as she
used i'm an address before an inter
national meeting of educators in
Brussels, Belgium.
DIR. NJ. u. Price. president of Pills
bury academy viii lead the meeting
OF the superintendents and principal:
ON the evening of Thursday, Febru
| airy Is. and has arranged a very
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Plead Guilty to Conspiracy.
fSoaotot 20 ,rha Erea cro4a

tSpecial 10 lns free iress.i
Fort Smith, Ark, January 20
Seven defendants In the Prairie
Creek coal mine conspiracy cases
pleaded guilty when they appeared
for trial at the federal court today.
Those pleading guilty included Peter
Stewart, a former president Of the
United Mine Workers Of America
district twenty-one. and Fred Holt,
former secretary of the district
union. All are charged with con-
~spiracy against the government. They
will be sentenced this afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
SOUTH MINNESOTA TEACHEPfi
HOLD MEET here Next NJ I'll
To Last Three Days, n Held
At Mankato Normal School Building;
j. Adams Puffer of Boston On the
Program; Other Noted Speak
ers Will Take Part

comprehensive and stimulating pro.
gram.
The Round Table discussions have
been arranged with great care, and
the committee i'm charge has been
fortunate in securing leaders Of ex-
ceptional ability. Subjects to be dis
cussed and the leaders of discussions
are Normal Training and Rural
Schools" Miss Margaret Bieri, with
Miss Mabel Carney as principal
speaker: Mammal Training and Art"
Vernon Cooper; Music" Miss Fanny
Pitcher; High School Organization
and Management" Supe. J. c. Davies;
History Prof. ]. NJ. Mcconnell:
High School English. I and H." Miss
Thompson: High School English III
and w" Miss Emily Brown; Inter.
mediate Grades" Miss Gildemeister;
Primary and Kingergarten." Mrs. +.
Logo: Agriculture" w. l.. French;
Home Economics" Miss Mabel J,
RASMUSSEN; Organization and Disci.
pine in the Grades" Supt. II. A
Johnson I~"sclence," l.. W. Striekler,
Foreign Languages" Miss Mary IL
Kraft: Grammar Grades" Miss Caro-
Ign Robbins: Mathematics i'm the
1 Grades" Miss Anne Swenson.
The music for the convention vii
be under the general direction oi
Misses Pitcher and Williams. Printed
! programs will be issued the latter
, part of next week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
SCHERER WILL FILE
FOR THE MAYORALTY
A. G.. Lack Undecided and Mayor
Meyer Is n.CommittaI As Yet;
Election In April

Although the coming city election
is still u good distance away, the
political pot Is beginning to simmer
In q way that foretells some active
bubbling, after the fire has had a
little more time to heat the water.
George w. Seherer. the well-known
launderer, stated unequivocally to-
day that rumors that he intended
20 file for mayor were true. He
viii file.
A. G. Lack OF the city council,
n whose name is familiar in con-
nection with the local drug bust
ness. stated that he had not yet
made up his mind whether to file
or not. For a long time there have
been current stories that he would
become a candidate.
Still more conservative is the pres.
emit incumbent of the chief executive
chair OF the city. Mayor A. G. Meyer
...eels joyous over his vistory In the
light for lower gas and electric light
and power rates but when he a ask
ed today whether he would be acandi
date to succeed himself. he remarked
that that matter was too far In the
future TO talk about yet.
A. l.. Daby Of the fifth ward. one
whose long residence and active
labors in this city have made him
q very familiar figure. stated that
he would file for a seat in the
city council.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Senator J. W. Andrews will
Handle This Matter In
State Senate
I Measure Becomes Law Sibley Park
Will Be Most Attractive Place in
The State; Makato Interested

City Attorney Arthur Schaub Ia
now drafting n bin for n law to allow
the damming up of the Minnesota
river just below the mouth of the
Blue Earth, i'm order to carry out n.
T. Browns idea of having a lake at
Sibley park. The bill will be present.
ed in both houses Of the state legisla.
ture at the present session and at
the same time. in the house by Rep
re%sentative John G.. Gerlich and In
the senate by Senator ]. W. Andrews.
After permission has been obtained
from the state II will also be neces-
sary to get tho consent of the war de-
partner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
FOUND CONDITIONS
SATISFACTORY He RE
Labor Inspector Visits The Local
Factories Where Girls Are
Employed

Miss Caroline ID. Manning, inspec.
tor Of women and children of the
Minnesota state department of labor.
was In the city for two hours yes
tcrday, looking over conditions in
come OF the local factories. Among
the places she visited were the
hugo shirt factory. where sixty girls
ere employed: the Pay Candy com
pany. where there are fifteen girls.
and the candy factory of Rosenberg.
or & Currler. where there are nine
teen girls. Miss Manning expressed
satisfaction at the conditions under
which she found all the girls work.
lg.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
ANDREWS
INTRODUCES BAND BILL
n Passed Win Give Mankato and Cities
OF This Size Money For The
Purpose

A letter was received today by
The Free Press from Senator J. w.
Andrews that he had introduced a
bill drafted by City Attorney schaub.
for n law giving cities of Mankato's
class a right to levy a tax, not
exceeding half a mill. for the main
tenance OF a band. II this bill be-
comes a law IL will give the coun-
ell Of Mankato the power OF raising
$4,000 annually for hand purposes.
on n valuation of si.4OO,000. This
matter was recently taken up by
the Mankato Commercial club and
a COMMITTEES was appointed to push
the project.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
SUDDEN DEATH IN
|. c. LAST eve MING
Wife Of County Commissioner Davis
Is Taken Away Bv An Acute
Illness

Mrs. Evan ]. Davis. wife of County
Commissioner Davis. died at $50
last evening at the family home at
Lake Crystal, after n short but very
acute illness. The source of the trou.
bic, which was with the digestive or.
cans, is not known. Mr. and Mrs.
Davis were in Mankato Friday morn.
ing and took q meal at a restaurant.
II was not long after that that Mrs.
Davis was taken violently Ill. Be-
fore that she had been in very good
health. Mr.. Davis said today that he
did not attribute her illness to that
meal.
Mrs. Davis was attended by Drs.
John Williams and III. j. Lloyd of
Lake Crystal and DIR. Strickler OF
New Ulm was called In consultation.
All that medical science could do TO
save the life of Mrs. Davis was done,
but all the efforts OF the physicians
proved unavailing.
Mrs. Davis is survived by her hus-
band and two brothers, John +. Jones
of Cambria, and William Richard
Jones. who made his home with Mr..
and Mrs. Davis at Lake Crystal
The family had been established at
Lake Crystal since last November.
Before that the family home had been
on a farm in Cambria. II was in
Cambria that Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
were married twenty-five years ago
Mrs. Davis maiden name was Laura
A. Jones. She was a daughter OF Mr.,
and Mrs. Ellis Jones of that town.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been completed. 1t will
probably be held oil Friday from the
Calvinistic Methodist church at st
Peter, under the management OF the
pastor, Rev. David Edwards. Mrs
Davis was a prominent member Of
the Ladies' Aid society OF thai
church.
Mrs. Davis was a nurse In st. Pet
er prior to her marriage to Mr.. Da
Wis. and she kindly gave her service.
to friends for many years during Ill
ness. She has hundreds OF warn
personal friends who will regret he
sudden taking away.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Ameriean Steamer Held UP.

tsne~,s, a. Tha tres prees
Washington, January 20.-The state
department has requested the BRIT
ish embassy to furnish Information
why the American steamer Green.
brjer. from New York to Bremen,
loaded with Gotten. and under certi-
ttcation of the British CONSUL OF
New York. which was stopped by q
British cruiser and sent under the
British flag to a British port and
retained two days before allowed
To complete her voyage to Bremen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
new FREIGHT TARIFF
IS IN EFFECT TODAY
Increased Rate On Some Commodities
viii Be Twenty-Five
Per Cent
Especial to The Free Press.J

washington. January 20.-New
rates fled by practically all OF the
railways west of the Mississippi river
and east OF the Rocky Mountains
withdrawing the privilege OF ship
pers to concentrate into carload ship
ments ut certain points less than
carload shipments of butter. eggs,
cheese and poultry. by the Inter
state Commerce Commission went
into effect today.
The increased freight charges on
those commodities are about 25 per
cent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Arrests at Roosevelt. New Jersey.

Roosevelt. N. j., January 20.-
Mayor Hermann announced today
that warrants had been issued for
the arrest OF twenty-five deputy sher.
IFS who were involved in the shoot.
ing yesterday of nineteen striking
laborers at the American Agricul.
tural Chemical Company's plant. The
charge will be manslaughter, II Is
said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Turks Claim Victories.
Especial to The Free Press. !
$40, Iauua ~ oO-TwO

London, January 2O.-Two vic
tories over British forces operating
near the head of the Persian gull
are claimed by the Turkish war OF
flee in a Constantinople statement.
1t is asserted the British attempted
n surprise attack but were ~repulsed
and the loss was n hundred killed
and wounded. In n cavalry engage
ment near Tigres, the British are
reported to have withdrawn with
heavy losses.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Faribault's Shop Burns
Ispe.in: 20 The Free press.I

Faribault, January 20.-Ander-
son & Sons foundry and machine
shops burned this morning. Five
thousand dollars loss. Impossible
to replace the valuable patterns.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Ferguson Was Elected

Especial tn The ircc lrcss.I
Minneapolis, January Pop. Nj.
Fersu.on. of Manksto was elected
treasurer of the Minnesota lnue-
pendent Telephone Association
this afternoon. All the old officers
were reelected.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22

, London, January 2o.-Ger-
, man airmen delivered the long
}. predicted attack on England
, last night.
, From the base presumably
, in Germany they flew YER
, the North Sea to the eastern
, coast Of England, where for
? nearly four fours, from 500 p.
; m. until about midnight they
= circled owe a group Of some
2 six English towns, which are
3 only a little more than 100
3 miles from londan, dropping
3 bombs at will. SO far az has
been learned today four or
Q five persons were killed by
, these missiles and about as
? many more were wounded.
, Whether the air crafts were
, Zeppelins or aeroplanes is net
yet definitely established. The
, increasing belief in London
, this morning is that possibly
2 aeropIanes took part in the
!. attack.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Another Shock.

Mont. Beliard. France, January To-
The second earth shock occurred here
late last night and was so severe the
inhabitants we're shaken from their
beds and crockery was smashed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
earthquake in France.

ISperisi To- the tree Press.I
Montbeliard. France, January ~
Two earthquakes occurred yesterday
SO sever that the Inhabitants were
shaken from their beds and crockery
was broken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Another Earthquake.

Is.eeiai 20 The Free Press.1
London. January 20.-An earth
quake occurred at Berne and Zurich
in Switzerland. The famsge was
slight. Il