The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-02-05


west coast OF England is treated in
Berlin as an achievement OF the ut
most importance. 1t being the opinion
of German navy men that 1t Is likely
to make the British policy of starv.
ing out Germany recoil on Great
Britain
Torpedo Boat Sunk.
Berlin Iwirelessl, February L.
Reports TO the Overseas News agency
from Paris say that the French
torpedo boat 2l9 was sunk off Men
port, Belgium. II is reported also
through the same source that Ger.
man aeroplanes succeeded in throw.
ing some bombs on the French town
of Baillsul. nine miles east of Maze
brouck, near the Belgian frontier.
London, February IA message
from Southport. a seaside resort of
England in the Irish sea, eighteen
miles north OF Liverpool, says n Ger.
man submarine. supposedly U.2l, was
seen of there this morning.
sheiled Russo Military Place.
Berlin tWirelessl, February l.
OFFICIAL dispatches received I'm Berlin
from Constantinople announce that
the Turkish feet on January &c sue.
cessfully shelled Russian military
place on the west coast of the Black
sea.
London. February l.-IIeavy fight.
ing has been resumed along the
Warsaw front in Poland. after long
period of comparative inactivity.
From Mondays DaiIv
As the result of having his hand
scratched by q barb on wire fence
at Sioux Falls. s. d., an May 26
last. Ernest II. Schmitz, sixty years
old. died of blood poisoning last
night at 1856 o'clock at his home.
S04 North Broad street. Mr.. Schmitz
was travelling salesman in the
employ Of Omaha lightning Rod ami
| Electric company. lie and his fam.
lily lived in Mankato since year
ago last March.
Mr.. SchmitZ thought very little OF
| his injury at the time, but after
few hours the hand began to swell
and grew very painful He at once
/ sought medical aid in Sioux Falls
and then came home to Mankato.
In spite of all that could be done for
taken 10 eminent specialists at no
chester and at Chicago.
lie Is survived by his wife. three
sons and a daughter. namely, +.
T.. Schmitz. Minneapolis; G. r.
Schmitz, Morristown; and l.. w
Schmitz and Miss Cora Schmitz. both
living at the family home in Man
kato.
Mr.. Schmitz was affiliated with the
! Masons and with the Illinois Com
| merciat Mems association.
A brief funeral service will take
place at the residence tomorrow
morning at nine O'Clock. conducted
/ by Rev. Plantikow of the German
| Evangelical church. The body viii
then be shipped for interment In
the family lot at Dumont, Iowa.
r-om Mondays Daily
| Walter Daniels, well known as
land man and former member of the
| city police force, a resident OF the
city during the past twenty-five years.
may file for mayor. Mr.. Daniels
was asked today whether the report
that he would file was true, and
he said he was considering the mat.
ter. He said quite a number OF
people had been talking with him on
the subject.
A. G.. Lack, the city councilman
and druggist. said today that he was
still considering the matter of filing
for mayor and had until the eight.
zenith of March to make up his mind.
II he fled ut all II would he or the
last day for filing.
] As forecasted recently In The
Free Press, A. l.. Daily, famed for
his excellent work on the interior
of chimneys, fled for member of the
city council today. This was the
first filing to be made for the COM
ing municipal election.
! J. ID. Richards stated today that
he did not know whether he would
be a candidate for mayor He stated
that number OF people have re-
lquested him to file for the nomiha.
tion.
From Mondays Daily.
I Two, prisoners were received at the
7lne Earth county jail last Saturday
evening, both from St James.
Sheriff Lindquist brought !. Mar.
quardt Holmes. who had been bound
over TO await the action of the
district court. the commitment an
nounced. on the charge OF stealing
Ia green mans overcoat" and s31.6O.
the property OF John ]. Krautz.
The same evening the sheriff went
down town and picked up Joe II.
3oerr. on whom a fine OF five dol
lars had been imposed by Justice
of the Peace Clements of St James.
for shooting on fire crackers I'm the
:, city limits. Boerr Is nineteen years
old. He was allowed by the justice
to 60 that he might get the money
to pay the fine, but came to Mankato.
where the sheriff found him conven-
ieutly near the iail and nut him in