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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
erom Tuesday. Daily.

At the Rural Life conference TO be
held at University farm. st. Paul.
July 27-S0. rural workers of all classes
&ill get togetherafor discussion of
problems OF vital interest TO people of
the open, country. In an address oil
welcomed can A. +. Woods. OF the COL
lege OF arricultiire.' wiil.greview the
general trend of the country life
rlovemcnt. The same morning Rev.
Mr. c. o. Denies. of McClellandtown.
Pennsylvania, will lead n round table
On rural education problems. In the
afternoon Rev. Mr.. f.. G. Hickman. "A
successful rural pastor OF Byron. Min
nesota, will present rural church
problems. Following this will he a
discussion OF rural recreation by II. ID.
Mayne, Principal of the Minnesota
School OF Agriculture. In the evening
Rev. Mr.. Denies will deliver an adj
dress entitled, "How One Community
Found Itself"
The programs FOR the other days of
the week are Just as full as that for
the first day. The whole round OF
country life viii he thoroughly dis
Cussed. the aim being To get ut means
OF making country life relatively as
profitable, useful and enjoyable as
city life may he In such a conference
the rural pastor. by virtue OF his po-
siticn OF leadership. must have large
place. The rural pastor of the future
murt he n man trained 10 meet special
conditions and he must have the sup
rort of every interest in his commun
iiy which may benefit by the country
life Improvement This means the
banker, the merchant, the school su =
perintendent. the editor. the doctor
the lawyer. ana every other progress
sive citizen.
Because all such people are inter
csted In the work OF improving couu
try life conditions. they should be
concerned about the success of the
coming conference. The total expense
CT the stay at University farm, includ.
Ing board and room on the campus
need not exceed s.. These planning 10
attend should communicate early
with Dean A. F. Woods, University
farm. st. Paul.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
From TUESDAYS Oai'v. oa4
Golden Wedding Celebrated.

An ideal day. both from national
and weather view points. greeted the
celebration of the .fiftieth wedding an
niversarv of Mr.. and Mrs. J. b. Coy of
North Mankato. II was very fitting
that Bunker Hill should be the scene
OF the anniversary's commemoration.
as more than thirty years OF their
married life had been spent there.
Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Jewson opened
their home for the event. and as the
day was mild. the beautiful lawn was
utilized. Old friends and neighbors.
and newer friends and neighbors. both
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09

ing n number of the sales force Of the
New York store and their friends.
drove across country yesterday after
noon in a large "blne Jay" pulled by
four horses. and attended the cele-
bration ut st. Clair. after which they
held picnic supper. The party was
chaperoncd by Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph
Mueller.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
Real Estate Transfer.

Register OF Deeds Gabler today re-
corded the following real estate trans
Ter: Thomas H. Dooley TO T.. A. Cole
both OF Blue Earth county. $4.050
middle % feet of lot SO. block two
Van Brunt's addition TO Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
From Tuesdays Daily.

Rudolph Robson baggage handler
ut the Northwestern depot. was badly
hurt in. a runaway accident at Mad
ison Lake last evening about eight
o'clock. lie and William Dunn. who
Is also employed at the depot. were
starting out in buggy fer home. The
horse became unmanagable. and start
ed on runaway. The animal was
soon beyond all possible control. First
William Dunn was thrown out. He wa
picked up somewhat bruised and
dazed out was not seriously hurt
Robson. who was driving. chung To
the lines, and persisted I'm trying to
stop the horse. At length he, too
lost his balance and was thrown out
the back wheel OF the buggy seems 10
have run over his head. He was pick
ed up unconscious and taken to Man
kato. where he was placed I'm n hospi
tai II was reported this morning that
he had not regained consciousness
The horse was stopped about a mile
farther on.
Late this afternoon II was reported
tfat there was little change In tho
con-ition of Mr.. Robson. He had re
gained consciousness at times.
The most serious feature of the case
seems to be that the young mans
sksll Is badly fractured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09

Young and old. were present in large
numbers. A fine dinner. to which am
ple Justice was done by all. was serv :
ed In the Gettysburg" style by the
ladies'. Following the SPLENDID meal,
pictures were taken Of the friends
present. and before the group broke.
up. both Mrs. and Mr.. Coy were pre-
sented with gold pieces as tokens Of
remembrance. Rev. r. W. Hobbs and
Rev. Warner Johnson I'm behalf Of the
frten's made the presentation. Mr..
and Mrs. Coy were deeply moved. but
Mr.. Coy responded with few appro-
rriafe words of recollection and ap-
probation. The gathering broke up
with many heartfelt expressions of
esteem end the wish that these wor-
thy people may be spared many years
TO their friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
from Tuesdays DAILY

!
At meeting of the directors of the
National Bank of commerce. held this
morning, John H. lIohmann. who was
recently elected cashier of that bank
To ill the vacancy caused by the res
ienation of J. G.. TcSrer, was elected
president, and 4. !. veigel was elect
cd cashier. to fill the vacancy caused
by Mr.. Hohmann's promotion. Mr.
Veigel will assume his duties whcnevr
successor Is appointed as postmas-
ter. 4. l.. Whccer remains vice pres
idcut and Chas q. Hocrr assistant
cashier. c. l.. OlPson, who recently
resigned as president, remains a d.
rector.
Mr.. Vcigel's selection Is a particu-
l?rly strong one. and he will take tn
the position n ripe judgment and
training in accuracy secured by eight
years service AZ postmaster of Man
kato, as we'll rs by his previous work.
lie has the thorough confidence Of
tho public and that he stands well with
I the business interests was shown by
the fact Of his election last March as
president of the Mankato Commercial
club.
The strong points that led to Mr..
HGhmann's recent election as cashier
apply with equal force in the Office
OF president of the bank. With two
1 such strong. capable and popular men
as Mcssrs. IIohmann and Veigel as
president and cashier. the bank GER
tainly will, enter upon a period of
prosperity which will make Il one of
the chief financial institutions OF this
part cf tho state. The other officers
and directors add strength to the
bank.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09

The normal school reopened today
with the usual large attendance hav-
ing been closed for the holidays over
Sunday and Monday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
From TUESDAYS Daily.

From TUESDAYS Daily.
John Zierwick. aged sixteen. in
jured his left thigh by the unexpected
explosion of toy cannon Sunday
afternoon at his home at 1908 Fourth
avenue. lie and Earl Gabler. aged
seventeen, had been shooting this
cannon off with powder that they
took out OF re-crackers. The Gablcr
boy. however. had obtained some ex-
plosiye crystals, such as are used TO
blast I'm guarries, and the two loaded
the little cannon with that. They had
the cannon on little table In the kit
chen. pointing out OF doors. In side
the mouth of the cannon was piece
of a china cleat. which they had used
to ram the cannon. The fuse was lit
as usual. but the cannon did not ex-
plode as quickly as they expected IL
10 do. and they thought the spark was
out. The Zierwick boy thoughtlessls
stood in front CT the toy. when II sud
denly went of. sending the piece of
china into his thigh.
He hastily shut the door leading
into the front part of the house. that
no one might know that he was hurt,
and ne quietly slipped away and made
his way TO the office of DIR. A. F..
Schmitt Strange as Il may seem he
walked the entire distance. The physi-
clan removed the piece Of china from
the wound and then called mp tho
boys parents. telling them what had
happened. They thus found II out for
the first time. The boy was removed
to 81. Joscph's hospital. after his
wound had been bandaged.
Edmund Lamm. sixteen year old
sen of Albert Lamm. 1916 North Fifth
street. had his right thumb burned
with powder. while amusing himself
with Z toy cannon.
Cornelius Mayer. eight years old.
son of LorenZ l.. Mayer, living on
West Vino street. got his left hand
burned by the explosion Of large
fire-crackcr Sunday evening. He had
lit the fire cracker. and when II did
not go off. he went TO il and picked II
up. Just at that moment Il exploded
In his hand. Fortunately he was not
seriously hurt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
An Account CT Marrisue.

An Account CT Marriage.
Newspapers OF Bismarck. ". D..
contained the following account OF
tho marriage OF Miss Mary Larson.
formerly employed in the alteration
department CT the George Z. Brett
store:
"Miss Mary Larson, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Olaf Larson of North
Nanksto. Mimi. and Mr.. George Tish
OF Ryder. N. d.. were united i'm mar
r!ase Monday evening June IS. AT the
home Of the brides brother. John l..
Larsen the ceremony being perform
cd bv Rev. r.. r. Alison. pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran church OF this CITY
The bride wore a pretty gown OF
white embroidered marquisette. and
carried brides roses. After the cere
mony a luncheon was served In the
invited guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Tish Ief,
tho following day for RYDER. N. D..
where they will make their home on
the 1room's farm w..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09

Washington. u. C.. July Secretary
Lansing said today that dispatch has
been received from Ambassador Ger
ard at Berlin. giving informally the
views of the German government on
submarine warfare. but that this gov
eminent has not replied. While de-
Ginning to discuss the contents of the
dispatch. Secretary Lansing let II be
known that the proposals contained
I'm II are similar TO those which al
ready had bean discussed In Berlin
Press dispatches. indicating a desire
to clarity the situation before making
a formal angwcr .cr-ctarv Lans'ry
said there had been no exchange Of
views yet. that NJ negotiation had
been entered into by the American
government. Ambassador Gcrard's
dispatch had hCcn transmitted to
President Wilson. where the decision
rests as to the character Of the in
structions tn he given tho American
ambassador In answering the inquir-
les of the Berlin official.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
From TUESDAYS Daily.

oSUVs
In regard to the litigation started by
Mayor j. l.. Lobben OF st. James 10
close up four saloons OF that city on
the ground that they are not operat
Ing under legally issued licenses, ap-
pearance was made yesterday after
noon before Judge w. l.. Comstock OF
the district court at Mankato by Sena
tor j. s. Haycraft and Albert Running
attorneys for the petitioners. and At
torney S. b. Wilson on behalf of the
respondents. An account of this case
was given in last Saturdays Free
Press. Mr.. Wilson made application
for further time, As that side had beer
handicapped by the holiday In making
proper preparation Accordingly q
continuance was granted until Wed
nesday afternoon at five O'Clock.
The petitioners claim that the H.
censes under which the saloons are
now running are illegal under the
county option law. They also cite q
large number of other legal technical
objections to the running OF the ga /.
looms.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09

n. A. Sawyer of Fairmont. while
driving his roadster on the Madison
Lake road last evening. had an auto
mobile accident. the front wheels of
his machine being torn of. He was
Obliged to leave the machine at the
side of the road until II could be
brought in for repairs. today. Luckily
no one was injured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
Hase : NJ arsl,aII.

Hase- Marshall.
Miss Theresa M. Hase Of South Da
iota and Christorher. y. Marshall Of
this civ. travelling salesman. were
married mt 1890 a. m. yesterday at
the Methodist parsonage By the Rev
w. r. Keesey. there being present al
80 Mr.. and Mrs. +. J. Thompson. Mr.
Marshall, being brother OF Mrs
Thompson Tho newlywcds took ,bs
train To New, Ulm for a short yjsi,
after which trcy will return aud make
their home In Mankato. The hes,
wishes Of all will accompany them
through life.
aluminium Shower On Miss e.
Miss Mabel Lee was guest NJ honor
at an aluminium shower last SATURDAY.
afternoon. the affair being held at the
homo Of Miss Lucia Hodgs,n ON bel.
grade hill. The guests were school.
mates OF. Miss Lee. having graduated
with her with the class of Mankato
high school 1911. and included Misse.
Eiv'ra Bierbauer. Blanche Fletcher
Mabel Rudberg. Lucy Kruse. Myrtle
Lee, and Anna Lee. The marriase M
Miss Lee to MIR. Lawrence Roebke
VIII take place Wednesday July IA
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09

The employees Of the New York de-
partment store enjoyed an outing and
picnic supper at st. Clair Monday
They were chaperoned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolph Mueller.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09
knights Enjoyed Picnic.

knights Templar and their families,
numbering about sixty people. motored
TO Lake Washington yesterday morn
ing for their annual picnic. and spent
a delightful day In the open. being en-
tertained by the families OF Gen. Gus
tave Widell. John G.. Gerlach, and G..
V. Johnson. at their pleasant summer
homes. The time was spent I'm boat
ing. and fishing. and an appetizing pic
mic dinner was served on the lawns
near the cottages. the picnickers hav-
ing brought lunch baskets filed with
good things TO eat. and ice cream. cof-
fee and lemonade being served by their
hosts. One Of the interesting events of
the afternoon was an exciting ball
game between the Fats and the Leans,
with c. v. Johnson and John Gerlach
acting as captains. The game resulted
in victory for the Fats by score of
II to Is. The roads were found to be
good
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09

Edmund Lamm. sixteen year old
sen of Albert Lamm. 1916 North Fifth
street. had his right thumb burned
with powder. while amusing himself
with Z toy cannon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09

Twenty-Five young people. includ-
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At Minnesota Lake.

Fourth OF July was fittingIy cole
brated by many of the surrounding
towns. and all who participated in the
good time" planned for the holiday
seemed to thoroughly enjoy the day
A feature of the celebration at Min
nesota Lake Saturday afternoon was
n speech by Judge w. l.. Comstock ol
this city. The horse races were also
a popular event, and John Macbeth
of this city entered his horse Scot
tie" in the free for all race. winning
first money. Many good horses were
entered I'm this race, coming from
Fairmont. ST. James and Wells.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-09

Crowds visited the summer resorts
adjacent to Mankato. Madison Lake
being a favorite because OF the Dan
Patch service and the excellent high
way. Hundreds of automobiles and
motorcycles passed along this road.
while the Dan Patch trains took other
crowds. II was an ideal day at the
lakes. cool and clear. after weeks OF
tIunlpaSa weather
Evening star., 1915-05-25
REPLY IN FRYE CASE SOON,
Berlin Advises Laws Require Mo
milton Through Prize Court.

Germany is soon to send to the
United States a formal reply to the
American note asking reparation with
out reference to prize court proceed
ings for the owners of the American
ship William =. Frye, sunk by the Ger
man commerce raider Prime Eitel
Friedrich. This information has been
cabled to the State Department by Am
bassador Gerard at Berlin, who had
been instructed by the State Depart
ment to inquire whether the sending
of the Frye case to prize court was to
be regarded as an answer to the note
from the United States suggesting thai
such a procedure was unnecessary
Germany agreed in the first place to
nav for the snip under the old Prus.
sian-American treaty.
The State Department gave ont the
following statement:
."The Department of State has re-
ca;ved a cablegram from the Amarioan =
ambassador at Berlin dated Nav 90
1915, as follows:
= -.Foreign Office states that it did no,
intend to leave unanswered the note in
the William p. Frye case. or to reply
by sending the ship to prize court 4
formal reply shortly will be sent. While
under the German laws the action nj
the prize court In Issuing the monition
is imperative, 1t remains totally inde-
pendent of diplomatic negotiations.
Evening star., 1915-05-25
Japan Relies on Good Faith of U. S.
TURKS SAY SUBMARINE
SANK RUSS WARSHIP

AMSTERDAM, Holland. May %. "A
telegram from ConstantinopIe says il
is announced officially there that a
Turkish submarine sank Russian
warship in the Black sea.
The dispatch adds that Turkey sue
ceeded for some time in concealing the
fact that this submarine was in oper-
alton, and that the complete results OF
its activities are unknown.
A wireless dispatch from Berlin yes
terday reported that a Russian war
ship. probably the battleship Pante-
Lennon. had been sunk in the Black sea
with the loss Or l,40o men. The dis
patch gave no intimation that the ves-
sci had been sunk by a submarine
Evening star., 1915-05-25
sPEYER TO KEEP HONORS.
King of England Refuses Withdraw
al as Suggested by Sir Edgar.

LONDON, May 25.-Premier Asquith
mas written to Sir Edgar Speyer a let
ter in which he characterizes as base
less and malignant the imputation
made upon your loyalty to the British
crown" referring to the desire which
Sir Edgar expressed when he resigned
from the privy council that all honors
bestowed upon him should be with
drawn, the premier says:
THE klns is not prepared to take
any step such as you suggest in re-
gard to marks of distinction which you
have received in recognition of public
services and philanthropic munificence.'
Evening star., 1915-05-25
Congratulations to Argentina.

Congratulations to Argentina.
Before the speeches by Gov. Hamlin
and Mr.. Warburg were delivered Sec
retary McAdoo read to the conference
a cablegram which had been framed to
represent the congratulations of the
government on the 105th anniversary
of the freedo mof Argentina. From the
Argentina delegation came an express
sion of appreciation for the message.
The conference, by rising vote. ap-
proved sending the following cable
gram to the President of Argentina:
The pan-American financial confer
ence, assembled in Washington, join
with you in celebrating this glorious
anniversary of Argentine independence
We extend to the government and peo-
pie of the Republic of Argentina our
warmest congratulations and our sim
cerest wishes for the happiness and
prosperity of the Argentine nation."
Secretary McAdoo's Announcements.
At the opening of the days session
Secretary McAdoo announced that the
committee on uniformity of laws
would consider the creation of an in
ternational commercial court to set
tie particularly matters arising out OF
trade disputes.
He announced, also. that a commit
tee which would take up the question
OF improved transportation facilities
TO South America would be made up
Evening star., 1915-05-25
Delegates in Group Conferences Today
for the Consideration Of Financial
and Commercial Problems
Affecting Is Republics.

The days proceedings of the great panAmecan nan
ca which opened here yesterday by President Will
the delegates eighteen American republics participating took
place partly building
Shoreham Hotel with social eaturea luncheon by William Jen-
nings Secretary State his homebetween the
program.
morning Charles Hamln governor the
board and Paul Waburg member of the federal
board delivered addresses which responded the
and American the Union build
In the afternoon the group conferences began the Shore
ham Hotel and in these the real work of the conference will be
done An elsewhere in The Star today
shows the of Salvador and it noted that that
branch bank established there by American The
details of the programs of other expected be
ve1oped in the conferences during the afternoon.
Evening star., 1915-05-25
GERMANY STILL DELAYS
SUBMARINE NOTE REPLY
President Wilson Presumes italian
Crisis Occupied Berlin Diplo-
mats Time.

BERLIN. via London. May 25.-Ger-
many's reply to the American note will
not be ready for several days. Officials
Of the foreign Office are so occupied
with the Italian developments that they
have had no time to elaborate the draft
Of the note.
1t Is pointed out that the delay in the
publication of the German reply will
give an opportunity for the public to
view the situation more dispassionately.
Evening star., 1915-05-25

of the entire delegations from Argen-
tina, Chile. Brazil. Uruguay. Peru, DR.
Vincente Gonzales of the Ecuador del
egation. and the following representa-
tives of the United States: E. n Hur-
ley of the federal trade commission.
r. G. Rhett of the executive commit
tee of the United States Chamber of
Commerce, Paul Fuller, Franklin @.
Brown and j. G. White, New York;
George W. Norris Philadelphia, and
Harry A. Wheeler. Chicago.
Freight-Carrying Facilities Urged.
An Ecuadorean delegate took the op-
portunity to voice the dissatisfaction
Of his country at the poor steamer IA
cilities between his country and
the United States and cited some
actual freight rates by ocean steamer.
which were excessively high, due, he
said, to the fact that an English COM
pany has a monopoly on the business.
He cited passenger rates also, equally
high, he said.
During this informal discussion a
spokesman from the Uruguay delega-
ton. speaking in Spanish, said that his
country had always been alive to the
transportation problem and that al
though the Argentina delegation had
brought the subject up at this conven-
ton first, the Uruguay delegation had
come with their steamship proposal
clear cut, and that he had had 1t print
ed and in his possession at that
moment.
Evening star., 1915-05-25
GERMAN FLIERS SAVED
BY BRITISH DESTROYER

LONDON. May 25.-A telegram from
Harwich says a British destroyer ar
rived there this morning, bringing
German sublieutenant and mechani-
clan from a Taube aeroplane which was
found floating in the North sea. The
aeroplane had been forced by engine
trouble to descend After the Germans
had been rescued the aeroplane was
sunk