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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
MADE AWAY WITH
$500 WORTH OF SILK
Thieves Burglariled The Store OF ]. A.
0Chs On Monday Night; No
CIcW Left

Thieves entered the rear door ol
the J. \. Ochs dry goods store at New
Vim Monday night and got away with
about 500 worth Of silks and other
valuable goods.
II is thought that the burglars made
their getaway i'm an automobile and
were bound for the cities. and al
though the night police was on the
beat the thieves had no trouble in
making their exit from the city
The Blue Earth Post says: "Som2
time Thursday night or early Frida '
morning. the general store OF Wolf
Habein company. IN this place was
entered and silks 10 the amount OF
100000 wholesale price were taken
Entrance was effected by cutting
through a basement door and once
inside the basement access To the
rooms above was easy. That II was
the work of expert judges OF silk
qualities there can lp no doubt, for
the cheaper quaiitses1 were thrown
aside and only the higher priced pat =
terms taken. There is absolutely no
clue to the guilty parties and little
hope of their later detention"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
LICENSE TO MARRY
SECURED BY PHONE
Truman Couple Could Not Be Baked
In Their Desire 10 Carry Out
Cupid's Mandate

Vivian l.. Mullin"y and Nellie \.
Rector OF Truman wen, 10 Mamkatu
Monday to hc married. #ayS The Fair
mont Sentinel.
On applying Ia the clerk Of court of
that county for a license they were
Informed OF the chiiiiug fact that bc To-
ing residents of Martin county. he
could not issue the urC"s AIRY permit
II must issue I'm Martin county.
l!ui hove will ever find way. The
young folks were not disposed tn dc
lay the wedding dav. So they made
the necessary declarations over the
long distance telephone 10 clerk Of
Court FlyEarc. properly verified hy
the MaDkatn clerk. wh.rcupon the
young people waited AZ the church
until the first train rom Fairmont
arrived at MankatO with the license
WhcrcUpOn il is presumed that the
young people promptly presented
themselves before Il clergyman or
magistrate and assumed the weirhty
and binding vows of matrimony. and
may they be happy forever and day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
SURGEONS AND ROAD
OFFICIALS AT DINNER
Gathering in Mankato OF Doctors and
Men High in Councils OF North.
western Railway

Surgeons ana officials of the Min
nosota division Of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad will hold din
ner and gct-tOgethcr meeting this
evening at the Eks' club. They will
assemble first at the office of
the local surgeon of the road.
DR.. \. T.. Sohmer. and from that
place will go over To the Elks'
club house at 100 .. IN. There will
be fifteen To twenty doctors. The
gathering viii include Chief Surgeon
Hopkins of Chicago: n. p Wagon,
general agent. .Winona: VI. j. Boyle.
superintendent. Winona: {. I. Dixie.
general superintendent. Huron. s D.:
G. H. Young, district claim agent. HUI
ron. s. D.: &. Coleman. master me-
chanic. Wincna: X. Kearney. road
master, Mankato: ". !. Jackson. di-
vision engineer. Winona: c. r. Hell
mer. assistant superintendent. Vino
ma: ]. Johnson paymaster. Waseca /:
John Degnan, road foreman of en- :
zines, Waseca: and G. II. Johnson.
local agent. Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
SUMMER SCHOOLS
ASSURED BY RULING
Attorney General L. A. Smith Handed
Down An Opinion 10 Auditor
Ia. Preus

An informal ruling of Attorney
General l.. A. Smith yesterday will
permit the state board of control to
make contracts for the expenditure
OF approximately s5OO,O0O in improv
inlg state institutions before Aug
ust |.
An opinion was asked by J. A. o
Preus. state auditor. who wanted to
know whether he could issue war
rants for the payment OF bills con
tracted before August /. when the
appropriation becomes available.
This ruling means that summer
normal schools and county training
schools for teachers may be conduct
ed this summer. although no money
VIII be available until the fiscal years
begin In August.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21

London. May IA dispatch To the
Central News from Rome. dated
Tuesday. says:
The Giornalc d'Italia announces
that Prince Won RuelOw. the German
ambassador. aud Baron won MaCchio
the special ambassador of Austria
have demanded their passports.
Several cases and trunks belonging
To Prince Won BuClOw and Baron Won
MacchiO. which are believed To have
contained the documents of the two
embassies, already have been sent
out OF the country Neither was ex.
amined. being entitled to diplomatic
immunity from search.
The Messagero says that II is OF
the opinion that Prince Won BuelOw
and Baron Won Macchio arc only
awaiting definite instructions from
their respective governments to ask
explanations OF the Italian govern
ment concerning ltaly's purpose and
that this request will he answered by
handing them their passports.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
MAYOR LOOKED OVER
STOCK KILLING PLANT
Slaughter House That Is in Operation
At New Ulm Viewed BY Mayor
Meyer

Speaking OF Strengthening cattle and
hogs in the city limits. Mayor 4. G.
Meyer spoke today of very fine plant
for such work, that he saw yesterday
while he was In New Ulm. The plant
was constructed ON plans furnished by
the state board of health. The lot
where the Strengthening is done Is fif-
~ To sixty feet wide. and has solid
concrete floor. which drains into one
big opening. The whole thing is cas-
lily flushed. The place is equipped
with refrigeratOrs. where three
weeks supply for the meat market
can be stored The killing is not done
every day and is done only for the
owners market. The killing is done
three weeks ahead. The mayor was
inclined To think the butcher shops
nf MlDkato could not work such "a
scheme, with their narrow lots of
about twenty-five feet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
HALF OF CAR-M0NEY
WILL co To THE PARK
Mankato Electric Traction Company
Made Very Generous Offer to Com.
missioner A. G. Lack

Half of the street car receipts o.
Sunday. June 30. will be turned over
by the Mankato Electric Traction
company To Park Commissioner A. G..
Lack. for the purpose of making Sib-
ley park more attractive. +. y. Thy
Sc. the local superintendent. has made
this arrangement with Mr.. Lack, and
J. o. Schulze. president of the street
car company. has agreed to it. The
company should be heartily COM
mended for the generous spirit il
shows in standing for the improve
ment of the city's attractive features.
Everybody should make II point to
ride TO Sibley on the date mentioned
and help swell the fund that will go
toward further beautifying the park.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
AUTO STRUCK WHEEL
THREW THE RIDER
That Is The Claim Made BY Frank
Manning; His Bicycle Was Badly
Smashed

Chuck" Johnson. local chauffeur.
was driving an automobile ~ Second
and Plum streets last evening about
six O'Clock. when he Collided with a
bicycle. which was being ridden by
Frank Manning. young man living ut
1928 Fifth avenue. The bicycle WAS
badly smashed and the rider was
somewhat bruised. but he was not
seriously hurt. Henry Manning the
latter's brother. was also there on
bicycle, but he managed TO escape a
collision. The Manning boys reported
that the auto was going at about
twenty-five miles an hour and was on
the wrong side OF Che street. The
matter was reported to Traffic OfIicer
Walters. who proceeded 10 inyesti-
gate. Johnson has been up i'm court
for speeding before. Frank Manning
wants his bicycle paid for by Johnson
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
MORE BODIES FROM
LUSITANIA ARE FOUND
Remains OF Two Men and One Woman
Are Located Floating On The
Water


Queenstown. May 1.-the bodies
of three of the victims of the Lusi-
tania disaster. two men. and woman.
were recovered from the set yester-
day. The men are presumably Charles
II. Lund of Chicago and Montague +.
Grant of London and Chicago. The
woman's body was unidentified
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
WEED HOME WAS
ENTERED IN NIGHT
Some One Provided About House, But
Nothing Taken, So Far As Could
Be Discovered

Among the houses that were mys
tcriOusly entered on Monday night
was the dwelling of Mrs. Anna Il.
Weed, 900 South Second street. Mrs.
Weed sleeps with her daughter in "a
room back of the sitting room OH the
first floor. The daughter awakened
about three o'clock in the morning
and told her mother that she heard
somebody walking in the next room
Mrs. Weed thought II was merely
some of the roOmcrs upstairs. But
after day broke. the same morning
IL was discovered that the window OF
the sitting room was open and there
were foot prints outside just below il.
Nothing was stolen u Is probable
that the thief was scared oil 10y tho
conversation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
UNCLE SAM TO LOOK
AFTER THE INTERESTS
Both Austria and Italy Have Made the
Request OF United States
Government


Washington, May 19-BOth Aus
tria and Italy have asked the United
States to care for. their diplomatic
interests in Rome and Vienna. re-
spectively, i'm the event of the sew
erance of diplomatic relations. The
Washington government has instruct
ed it's embassies at the two capitals
to be i'm readiness TO do so.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
DALEY KNIFE FOUND
IN A WINDOW CASING
Attorney Has Identified the Cutler" rs
His Own Thief Was al Hughes
Residence

e. .. Daley today identified rs his
own the knife that was found stuck
In the window easement of pantry
in the residence of Judge T.. Hughes
S0f Pleasant street. Monday night
This knife was stolen from the resi-
dence of MIR. DALEY at 400 Warren
street the same night. The thief evil
IDENTIFY committed the robbery at the
DALEY residence first. where the
knife. watch and s1.25 were taken
and then used the knife, when the
window was opened whereby he en-
tered the Hughes home. He was
scared away here. leaving the knife
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
GRANTED WHITE CARD.
Representative Of Press Association
Favored by the Censors.

Walter w. Kline, special represent
alive OF the American Press associa
tion was I'm the city on business FOL
his firm yesterday. and was issued q
white card by the censorship com
mittee of the Commercial club. Mr.
Kline was making arrangements will
the local merchants for window dis,
plays OF Photographic news service o
the war. and also soliciting for pho
tographic slides for the moving pic
ture houses.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
new SYSTEM WILL
PREVAIL IN ENGLAND
This Announcement Was Made BY
Premier Asquith in the House Of
Commons Today
Associated Press Dispatch

London. May 19.-Premier Asquith
announced in the house of commons
today that steps are contemplated
which involved the reconstruction of
the government upon a broader per-
changes will not affect the position of
prime minister or foreign secretary"
said Mr.. Asquith. There will be no
change in the country's policy regard
ing the prosecution of the war. Any
reconstruction of the cabinet will be
for the purposes of the war alone"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.

Alexander TournviIie Of Green Isle.
sibIey County, 10 the Petitioner.
Alexander Tourville. a resident OF
Green Isle. Sibley county. filed pc
tition in voluntary bankruptcy late
yesterday. his total liabilities being
listed at $2.574.20. Of which $500
shows secured claims. S2.074.20 Is un-
secured. Total assets are about ST.
900. o. s. vesta OF Arlington. Mimi.
Is acting as the petitioners attorney.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
FAILED TO WASH CAN.
Amboy Merchant Paid Fine In the
Municipal Court.

II. A. Ulrich storekeeper of Amboy.
pleaded guilty I'm police court this
morning to the charge OF returning
an ice cream can. not thoroughly
cleaned. to the Sanitary Dairy OF
Mankato. The complaint was made
by Nels X. Lund. state dairy and food
inspector. Judge w. A. Plymat i'm
posed a fine of Sis and costs. This
was the minimum fine allowed under
the law.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
Flannel Shirt, VS.. Fading Bun.

saltwater Gazette: Because man
wore flannel shirt, he was expelled
from st. Louis theatre. but II he
went In to breakfast at a hotel. with
a dress suit and fading bun on. he
would be treated with much courtesy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
Started Work on Ditch

County Surveyor Allison today
started work on county ditch No. 3s.
which starts southwest OF Mapleton
and runs north around the west side
OF Mapleton and thence northeast to
the Cobb river.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
KAISER HAS TROUBLES
TAKING HIS ATTENTION
Therefore, Reply to American
Note Is Delayed
ATTITUDE OF the ITALIANS
ATTITUDE OF the ITALIANS
Their Entrance Into The Conflict Will
Have Some Effect On Teutonic
Food Supply

Associated Press Dispatch.I
Washington, May 19.-ofiicial
information was received here
that Germany's reply to the Amer
lean note will not be completed
fer at least a week. and will
probably not reach Washington
for at least ten days. u is known
that Germany will indicate her
willingness to have her subma-
rines act toward all merchant
men Just as her destroyers or
cruisers would, giving ample time
for PASSENGERS and crew to leave,
provided the merchantmen are
unarmed or II the PASSENGERS and
contraband traffic are seDarated.
Cardiff, Wales. Via London, May
t9.-The British steamer Drum
cree, which left Barry yesterday.
has been torpedoed in the Eng
lish channel. The crew was saved.
Quebec, May 19.-The Little
government steamer Christine
which was sunk with the loss of
eight lives in a collision off the
island Of Orleans last night, was
rammed by a Canadian submar-
inc. Announcement to this eff
feet was made today. How the
submarine came to ram the
steamer is not disclosed.
Ramsgate, Englsad, May 49,
The coroner's jury today returned
a verdict of "wiIlful murder
against Emperor William in the
case of John Smith, who died as
a result Of the shock following
injuries sustained in a Zeppelin
raid Monday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
Paid Fine of SIS.

Hermann Glamm of ST. Clair was
arrested late yesterday by Sheriff Os-
ten on the charge of drunkenness. He
pleaded guilty i'm police court this
morning and paid fine Of SIS and
costs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21
Answer May Pc Delayed.

Washington, May 1.-TWO impor-
tant factors, IL became known. are
working to delay for another week
Germanys reply 20 the American note
of May L., sent as consequence Of
the Lusitania disaster.
First-The next few days are ex-
pected to- decide whether Germany
will be confronted with a new mill
tary situation by the entrance OF Italy
into the war and the cutting eff of all
supplies through the Mediterranean.
Second--Interested diplomats here
believe the interim of delay will re-
veal whether the United States of its
own initiative will send a general
protest To- the allies with respect to
their alleged violations of information.
al law by interfering with commerce
between American ports and neutral
countries of Europe.
Officials here generally think the
Austro-ltalian situation may absorb
the attention of the German govern
mcnt during this week and delay the
final composition OF the reply. Such
Information as the United States gov.
eminent recently has received is of
positive nature. indicating that Italy
will soon enter the war. though in
Austro-German quarters here there
still Is confidence that a break will be
ayerted
Food Supply Threatened.
II is realized that should Italy be-
come a belligerent Germany would
lose all hope of obtaining foodstuffg
or other supplies through the Medi-
terranean and If Roumania followed
ltaly's lead. as predicted. the wheat
supply from Southeastern Europe
would be cut off,
In such circumstances of almost
complete isolation. II is explained in
diplomatic quarters. Germany would
find the submarine even more inyal.
liable n weapon for reducing enemy
supplies and commerce
The idea that the United States
will send a note to the allies seeking
notifications of their order i'm council
has its origin In quarters where tho
conviction is held that such a move at
this time. would demonstrate to Ger.
many the intention of the United
States to be equally vigorous in an
insistence on the observance OF neu-
trail rights by Great Britain and her
allies, making unnecessary an offer by
Germany TO return to the maritime
rules OF international law, IL the allies
did likewise.
Although without definite informa-
tion there Is a disposition In well in
formed quarters here to believe that
the president, who returns to Wash.
ington Thursday. will withhold any
contemplated representations to Eng.
land until Germany's reply is receiv-
ed. because of the desire to obtain a
frank understanding with the latter
country on the points raised i'm the
American note without complicating
them with the situation as between
the United States and the allies.
Were Prepared For Siege.
Associated Press DIspatch.1
Paris, May 19.-The Bois de Bou-
logne. requisitioned for stockyard
purposes in anticipation OF a second
siege OF Paris. is no longer held by
the army. The several thousand
cattle herded on the Longchamps
and Auteuil race tracks. and the
thousands of sheep installed on the
Continued on PnGe ThreA.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-21

Paris, May 19.-The Bots de Bou-
logne, requisitioned for stockyard
purposes in anticipation OF a second
siege OF Paris. is no longer held by
the army. The several thousand
cattle herded on the Longchamps
and Auteuil race tracks. and the
thousands of sheep installed on the
Continued on pnge Three.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-10-08
TO CAN FRUIT IN OVEN
BY This Method Fruit Retains Its
Shape, Color and Flavor to
Remarkable Extent.

Cooking canned fruit in the oven is
easily and quickly done, while the
fruit retains it's shape, color and ia
vor better than when cooked in a pre-
serving kettle.
Cover the bottom of the oven with
a sheet of asbestos, the same as used
by plumbers for covering furnace
pipes. This is very reasonable at any
plumbing shop. If it is impossible to
purchase the asbestos, use a large pan
in which there is about two inches
of boiling water. Thoroughly sterilize
the jars and utensils. Make the strip
of sugar and water as sweet as need
ed. Prepare the fruit the same as
for cooking in the preserving kettle.
Fill the hot jars with this, pouring in
sufficient strip to fill the jar. Run
the blade of a silver knife around the
inside of each jar. Never use steel
knife.) Place the Jars in the oven
either on the asbestos or in the open
pan Of water.
TIL, oven should be moderately hot.
Cook the fruit ten minutes. Remove
from the oven and fill each jar with
boiling strip. Wipe and seal. II the
screw covers are used, tighten them
after the glass has thoroughly cooled.
Large fruits may require pint OF
strip to each quart jar of fruit. The
small fruit will require a little over
half a pint of the sirup.-Ladies'
World
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-10-08
Where Experts Went Wrong.

At the beginning the experts said
there would be no war because the
bankers wouldn't let the nations fight,
that If war came it would be a short
one, that food shortage would put
the brake on before any one of the
combatants obtained any military adj
vantage, that Germany had no copper,
that France had no reserves and that
Austria would blow up with a revolu-
ton.
?.
The answer to which appears to be
that the bankers had nothing to say
about it, that the war will be a long
one, that there is no food shortage
discernible, that Germany has plenty
of copper, that France has plenty Of
men and that Austria is about as
stable as anything in Europe, where
everything has the totters.
The experts ought to confine them
selves to guessing how many people
will bump into each other at a given
street corner within the next year.
Kansas City Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-10-08
How to Fioht Fjeas,

Now the department comes forward
to the relief of f1ea-infested mankind.
To keep the f1eas off the person, 1t
says, the surest way is to tie sticky
fly paper around the ankles and to
sleep in beds that are isolated by wa
ter pans or fly paper from the sur
rounding terrain of the flea-fghting
ground. Washington having virtually
exterminated the flies by swatting and
trapping, sticky paper has not been
much in evidence for season or two,
but this prescription by the depart
ment of agriculture will doubtless
cause return to the commodity, and
perhaps in a short time expert advice
will be given by the fashion censors as
to the best and most artistic ways of
wearing fly paper protectors. 1t is
painful, however, to contemplate the
result when humanity is closely assem-
bled. Has the department anything to
offer in the way of a preventive of
public agglutination? - Washington
Star
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-10-08
SOME SIMPLE FOOD TESTS
How Ptomaine Poisoning Can Be
Avoided by Testing Contents OF
Can for Copper.

Chicory is not harmful and some
like it, but when we buy coffee we
don't want to pay coffee price for chic
DRY. To find out whether you are buy
ing the real thing, put tablespoonful
of the coffee in glass; pour cold wa
ter over it, and watch.
II the coffee is pure the water will
hardly be stained. If chicory is pres
ent it turns the water deep brown
color.
Here is a good test for canned
foods: Put bright, clean steel knife
in the contents directly you open the
can. Leave for minute. If copper Is
present it will be seen on the knife's
blade and you've escaped ptomaine
poisoning.
Fresh eggs will always sink In wa
ter. Stale eggs have smooth and
CLASSY shells; fresh eggs have a lime
like surface.