The Mankato free press., 1915-03-26
Apparatus Not Sufficient 10 fiehi
The Flames sriy,,,.
from Monusy's oaily.


marble capitol Of Minnesota II with
out adequate fire protection. This
fact was established by an investiga.
tion conducted by 8. d. Works, insur-
ance commissioner. and made public
Saturday.
THE only inside fire protection Is
confined 10 the sub-basement, with
the exception OF one PyreneN extin-
guisher located In the Office OF the in
suranCe commissioner, and a three
inch pipe running through the sub
equipped with fifty feet of ,two-inch
hose" said the report. =
The System Is Never Completed.
The fire protection system of the
building was never completed. Valves
were never prt In for hose connec-
ton on the two risers which reach
the upper floors. There are four ad-
d:tional places whcre risers could be
carried Up into the building"
Mr.. Works said the system should
he completed with at least five stand.
pipe hose connections on each floor.
He said Pyrine extinguishers should
be provided in every department.
mo definite route is set for the
nisht watchmen," said Mr.. Works.
"A watch man service without proper
supervision Is of little value, and Is
not recognized by insurance under
writer's. There should be reporting
stations established for the watch
men. Hourly patrols OF the building
should be made at night, on holidays
and Sundays
Speaking of the old capitol, he said
q fire would spread rapidly through
it. lie said sprinkler system
should bc installed there.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Dye re-
turned Sunday from visit of several
days in the twin cities. On Friday
night Of last week they had the pleas
ure of hearing Kriesler, the famous
Austrian violinist, who appeared at
Minneapolis In connection with the
Minneapolis symphony orchestra.
They speak in very high terms OF Afr.
Kriesler's artistic ability. AS stated
in recent press dispatches, Mr.. Krics-
Ter has just returned from the seat Of
war in Galacia between Austria and
Russia. He was an officer In the
Austrian army and ut the outbreak
of hostilities was called To the colors.
lie was very seriously wounded i'm
one Of The early engagements and
was given leave of absence for n few
months I'm order to fully regain his
strength. At the time he was wound.
ed he succeeded in killing his Russian
antagonist.
While in the twin cities. Mr.. Bye.
who is the designing mechanical en-
gineer OF the Mayer Brothers cont
pany Of this city, spent considerable
time i'm studying factory construction
and shop equipment arrangements
with a view Of utilizing the knowledge
construction OF the new iactoiy for
Mayer Brothers company, work on
thus obtained In the designing and
which wilyl be commenced early In the
spring. Mr.. Bye states tina: Il is the
intention OF the Mayer Brothers COM
pany 10 combine utility. permanency
and artistic ability i'm the new fac
tory, so that when completed Il viii
be nDted for one of the finest fac
tories in the United States. and this
reputation itself will he no small ad.
vertisement for the Made In Man
kato. U. s. A." line OF products.
C.. II. Estes. travelling salesman for
International Harvester company.
living at 495 Glenwood avenue, SUI.
fered a bad fracture of the bone of
the right leg above .the knee in
fall on Icy part OF the sidewalk at
Second and Hickory steets Saturday
evening. about 1880 o'clock. Mr.. Estes
was on his way home and was carry
ing his grip. He was picked up by
two other members of the local u.
c. T. council and was taken to his
home I'M hack. An N-ray examina.
tion revealed the fact that the frac-
ture was rather vertical than hori-
zontal. and n bad fracture to heal. 1t
is. expected that Mr.. Estes will be
obliged to remain at his home for
eight weeks on account of the injury
and il is feared that the knee may
stiffen.
Mr.. Estes tells OF a very interesting
that he had with another
travelling salesman recently at
hotel in Blooming Prairie. His
friend, who hailed from Minneapolis,
told of a letter received by a Mime.
apolis lady from her sister In Ger
many. The letter in the main would
lead one to believe that the German
people were doing well, living com.
and confident OF the success
OF the German arms. One passage In
the letter called attention TO the war
stamp on the letter. and asked the
recipient OF the letter how she liked
il, The letter went on to advise the
recipient to soak the stamp OF the
letter and preserve the stamp as q
as Il was not likely that
there would be another issue like
il. The lady receiving the letter
steamed the stamp of. as suggested;
and under the stamp were found the
words. 1--WE are starving" II seemed
that only by concealing those words
beneath the stamp II was possible TO
get the terrible statement past the
government censor. se.
Mr.. Estes does not remember who
he travelling man telling of the letter
was, but believes he would recognize
him II he should meet him again.
Mr.. Estes will endeavor to find out
particulars about the letter.
Fred Deef. a farmer OF pecoria.
called at The Free Press Office late
Saturday and told of two Inventions,
nr0dtcts of his n.vu iupan,,tfy Ona a.