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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
death CLAIMS ANOTHER
'MANKATO RESIDENT
rom Mondays DAILY.

Death claimed another CID and well
known resident OF Mankato last Satur-
day night when George +. Wagon
passed away at his home, us North
Broad street, after a lingering illness
with n complication OF diseases. hay
ing been confined To his bed for the
past ten weeks. and his death occur
ring about SIS. Mr. Wagon was born
in Mankato on June IL. 1868, and grew
up here. obtaining his education in
the city schools. He attended the first
Mankato school. which was held i'm a
little leg structure on the site where
the Union school Building now stands.
On MAY 1. about thirty years ago. he
was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Deuser also of this city. and they
went 10 housekeeping here. Mr.. Wag-
, en- was an uprighI and industrious
man. and made a nice home for his
family. While employed as baggage
mar AT the depot for the Minneapolis
< st. Louis railroad, which was the
! road then passing through Mankato,
he suffered very distressing acct
dent. which crippled him for life II
happened sixteen years ago the TWEEN
' tIttu vi tilS ilNilil. tiiht al - w Sioit
train left this city. and To obiEc tho
baggage man Mr. Wagon consented 10
take his place on thu run for the day
Being unfamiliar with the stops he
miStook Il slowing up of the train at
crossing near Watervillc as Il stop
at a station. and made ready 10 put
| eff bicycle which was billed 10 be
| unloaded there TIL, sudden start on :
ward OF the train threw him from the
car. and the suction drew him under
| tho wheels. feet first severing both
Of his feet completely from his body
| During the following years Mr.. Wagon
worked as gatekeeper for the North :
western railroad for s)me time, and
| later assisted in the Wagon meat mar
| ket. For the past year he has been
unable to do anv work and his death
came as relief to in ense and pro
| longed suffering. The surviving rel
| afives are the widow and one SON
| Frank. residing at the family home
two daughters. Mrs. F. w. Mosher OF
! New Tim and Mrs. j. A. Wintheiser OF
this city. two brothers. Herman Wag-
en- of Winona and Jake Wagon of this
| city. The remains will be at the home
where they may be viewed by friends
tomorrow until the funera, which will
be held at the house at p. m, and
will be in charge of the fremen. de
ceased having been member Of Hose
! Company No. for years last Inter
ment will be made in tie German
Lutheran cemetery in the family lot
beside the remains of his father and
mother.
The funeral of the lae George
Wagon will be held Tuesday after
noon at two o'clock from the home
! on North Broad street. ant the mem
bers of the Mankato fire department
are asked to meet al the ire station
in time to go in a body to TIE funeral
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
MARRIAGE ct NJ. E. Parsonage.

Miss Ethel Pearl NrandoW am Mt.
Harry b. Davis. popular Young people
CT Window. were united in marriage
last Saturday evening AT the Metho-
dist parsonage. the ceremony being
performed by Rev. Wilbur Il. keesey.
the pastor. The young people left ON
the late train for a wedding trip To
Spirit Lake. la. and upon their return
will make their home AT Window.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
Death of Frank Coo.

l.. c. Diamond this morning re-
ceived a message announcing the
death of Frank COe. sen of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Coe. which occurred at
Colorado Springs Deceased wa s
twenty three years old. and was one
of twin sons. his twin brother, Frank
Coe. having died in st. Paul about
three months ago. The remairs will
be shipped to this city for buria. The
deceased is nephew of Mr.. AM Mrs.
Diamond
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
Return From Lake Vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo l.andkamer, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Spicer. Misses Helen
Landkamer and Laura Dauber. and
Messrs Charles Huettl and Ollie Wag-
ner. returned to their homes in this
city last evening after weeks outing
at Duck lake. where they occupied a
summer cottage
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
From MONDAYS Oany.

Joe Weber sixteen years old. liv-
ing on farm two and half miles
northeast Of Madison Lake. was
struck and knocked senseless by an
automobile at Madison Lake Sunday
morning at $40 o'clock. He was rid
ing Il bicycle at the time. and had
just come out of church. The auto
was being driven by Gust Schueier.
armer from German lake. One wheel
CT the auto passed over the young
mans head. He was taken to the
home of the owner of the farm on
which he lives. Daniel Brown. and DR.
George r. Fusina was called. II was
found that tnr boy was not so badly
hurt as was at first supposed There
were no fractures in the head or else
where. There was slight concus
sion of the brain
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
From MONDAYS Daily.

Frank Bartlett, engineer on the
Omaha railroad since 1892. expired at
his throttle early sunday morning.
while the passenger that he ran was
proceeding on its regular trip from 81.
James to VI 'uneapois. The fireman.
r. A. Martinson. Minneapolis. discov-
clod Nh Bartlett to he dead. while the
train was two miles west of Lake
Crystal. about five o'clock in the
morning.
Mr. nartl"ti's home IS ut SO TuS-
carora street. -. Paul. For some time
he had been taking treatments for
neuralgia with Or l.. f. Penny of 81.
Paul. When the train was approach
ing Lake Crystal YESTERDAY morning
tie fireman thought he noticed thai
the engine was pett'' front
He saw hat the enginy"r :, ,aning
out of the cab windov 49," fireman
thought the engineer oking al
the front part OF the engine and he
asked him if il was getting hot in
front There was no response. Then
the fireman shouted at the engineer.
and. as there was still no sign of rec
oenition from the engineer the fire
man went over 10 him and perceived
that he was dead.
Tne body was brought to Mankato.
where il was cared for at the Land
kamcr undertaking rooms. Here the
fireman described certain symptoms.
and Coroner A. G.. Liedlotf was salts
fed that the man had died of neural
gia of the heart No postmortem was
held. Relatives were notified. and the
body was taken to st. Paul in the
charge of the dead mans two sons in
law. Clarence Garden of St Paul, and
Elmer Larsen OF Sioux Falls.
Mr.. Bartlett was native of New
Hampshire and was ffty-fve years
old. He is survived by his wife and
three daughters. Mrs b. b. Hall. Mar
tins Ferry. Ohio: Mrs. Clarence Car
den. HOS West Seventh street. 81.
1 Paul, and Mrs. Elmer Larsen. Sioux
, Falls.
/ When Mr. Bartlett got into his en-
CINE at st. James to start on the run
to Minneapolis. he was pleased u
know that another engineer was
deed heading" back to that city. Mr..
Hartlett. remarked. 81 am glad that
you are on the train. for | may need
vcu In run the train, before | get tn
Minneapolis" However, that other
engineer did net take the train to
Minneapolis. This was done by Ed
Welsh of St Paul. who was trans
: ferred for the purpose at Lake Crys-
: tai.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
F-o-o MONDAYS Daily.

Mayor 4. G. Never made pinch
about midnight Saturday al a dwell
inc in the Second and Byron street
hciChbCrhood. This vas boarding
place. where fight had occurred.
Two Young men had been pitching
into" "A third. and the latter had a
very bloody nose. AS the mavor p
preached the two attackers fed. but
the bleeding participant in the fray
stayed until one of the young won
en- brought his hat The mayor in
structed the young man to appear in
police court this morning. He said
today that the man gave the name
Of Schmidt" There is little doubt
that every one of the trio can readily
be found. if the police have to 60
after them.
Neighbors have complained of the
uncommon amount of noise in that
dwelling each evening. and it is un-
derstood that the tenants have been
notified TO leave on the first of next
month
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06

Misses Mildred Fritz and Clyde
Hoerr are spending few days out J.
ing at Point Pleasant.
j. r. Reynolds is spending a few
days with his sister al Hastings.
Mrs. ID. o. Tenncy returned Sunday
from Z three days visit to Minneap
oils.
The Misses Faith Graham and
Georgia Riley spent Saturday and
Sunday at FONT Pleasant. Madison
Lake
Miss Dorothy Scott has been the
lake guest of Miss Mable Bangerter
Al the Bangcrter cottage AT Lake
Francis.
Mrs. r. ". Moshcr Of New Ulm is
a guest in the city. having been called
here by the illness and death %! hcI
father. g. r. Wagon.
Herald. S.ayton: Mrs. 4. ~ Grass
left Monday morning for Mankato
where she viii. spend a few weeks Wis
ting relatives and friends.
Faribault News: Miss Sue IIaaf
and Miss Agnes Beauprc l"ft Eunda!
for MaEkato and lie Sueur to visit
with friends and relatives for week
Mrs. Francis Nichols. who spent tho
part week as a guest at the home Of
her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs
Loren Clark, 1iS Clark street. return
ed today to her home at Worthing,
tOT.
Mrs. c. l.. Lucas left for Peoria
ILL.,. yesterday. where she will sp .nl
two weeks vacation
Mrs. Lou Baker of Minneapolis re,
turned to her home today. havin:
spent the week END at the home o
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
Eror, Monf,v's OaIiv

Thomas |. Griff. bachelor recluse.
go Fulton street. was. committed to
the hospital for the insane at 81.
Peter by Judge Evan Hughes CT the
probate court this morning. His
strange actions have been alarming
the neighbors for some time. Late
Saturday he was taken to the county
Jail by patrolmcn Lippert and Bell
At times there he seemed fairly ra
tional. but at other times his actions
were exceedingly queer. Last night he
would not go to bed. but stood up in
a cell. with his hands folded in an at =
titude of prayer. until he became
thoroughly exhausted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
Entertained at six O'clock Dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Davies very
pleasantly entertained at six o'clock
dinner yesterday at their home on
Clark street in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Marquette of Moline. ILL.,. and
Mrs. w K. Riddle of Eustis. Fla. Gov
ers were laid for fourteen. Mrs. Rid
die and Mr.. and Mrs. Marquette will
spend the month OF August at Lake
View cottage. Lake Francis. the sum
mcr home of Mr.. W y. Davies.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06

The Albert Lea cnautauqua began
weeks session Saturday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06


! an account Of whose death appeared in
Satu-dav's Free Press
Mss Ruth Nelson of Winona is the
euest of her sister Miss Harriet Mel
son.
| Miss Julia Ulmar. saleslady at
kron's .eader store. has resumed he-
duties after two weeks VACATION visit
Nth relnt'ves at Cuba City Wis. and
! Minneapolis.
w. H. Anderson and Otto Throdahl
were at the state fair grounds Satnr-
dav. wat"hipr tn" exhibition of fro
fighting hv the Minneapolis and st
Paul fire denartmenis a building be-
in~ set fire for the purpose
Wheat went IN cents bushel in
: tho local market todav.
Or. L. W. Ncvirs was killed i'm an
auto accident in Minnea pOlis yes.nr-
dav. when his car overturned on Fx
! celSiOr boulevard Ho wae vel
known dentist of the mill city.
/ Quite force of men, mules ant
grading Dhernalia arrived in the
city tits afternoon and went owe
through North Mankato to work M
the road between this place and Mic.
oilet.
petition was filed today in the of
flee of Judge of Probate Evan Huehe
for the administration of tho e-t"t,
of the late John Mccomb of Med,
township. The estate amounts L
$500.
Traffic Officer Waters late Satur
day received from J. II. Termath n
LIE Sueur telephone message b,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30
PEMBINA COUNTY HoNORED.

North Dakota has taken the lead in
the line of Boys and Girls industrial
contests and state institute work. For
this reason the federal government bas
donated considerable sum of money
for the further advancement of this
work in our state. The agricultural COL
lege has the work in hand and has en-.
gagged two extension leaders VINO will be
sent over the state to organize clubs and
work for the betterment of our boys and
girls.
Six counties in the state have been Sc
lected for this experiment and Pembina
county was one Of the six chosen.
Miss HELEN Sullivan has charge of
the club work for boys and girls in
Grand Forks, Pembina and Dlckey coun.
ties. She will organize clubs and take
up subjects vital to the interests of an
agricultural community. Miss Sullivan
will spend the last week of each month
in Pembina county. About ten central
clubs will be organized.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30

trying to get possession under the law
be was opposed by California company
who wanted the beach themselves. Mr..
Mckenzie won out in the local district
court. but the California company then
applied to the federal court of the dis
trict Of California and got an injunction
against the Mckenzie company of which
Mckenzie was the receiver.
Mckenzie refused to obey the injunc.
ton and was later sentenced to spend q
year 10 the penitentiary in California,
for contempt Of court. AS matter Of
fact he spent the year in California but
not in prison. But that was what the
California crowd wanted, just to banish
Mckenzie. We doubt however. il in the
outcome that anybody really made any.
thing out Of the venture-except Rex
Beach.
Beach represents in history that the
Mckenzie company was attempting to
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES,

According to statistics avail able the
government will be hopelessly short in
its balances at the end of the fiscal year.
Where they will I've at at the end of two
years more is problem. The admins
tration has been running behind ever
since they adopted the new tariff, aud
now. with the war tax added to what is
left of the regular revenue producing
duty on imports they are still going be-
hind.
For months the receipts of the treasu-
ry have been falling short of expendi
lures at rate reaching at times more
than million dollars day. According
to official estimates the deficit will pro.
badly amount to one hundred million
dollars by July LIST, the end of the fiscal
year.
We look for s'lnore war tax" 10 be lev.
led shortly, and the foreign product is
still being shipped in free of duty. On
Saturday train Of twenty three cars Of
Canadian cattle passed the port of Penn
bina, valued at $40, and if these ami
mails had been imported under the Re.
publican tariff it would have saved a
good many war revenue stamps.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30
THE TRUE STORY
OF 1.-THE SPOILERS"

The story Of "The Spoilers" as written
by Rex Beach while founded on facts,
was also full of fiction and colored to sell
the book and make good story. 1t is
of local interest as Alex. Mckenzie, who
for many years was large factor in our
state politics is one Of the principal
characters under the name Of. "McNa.
mara" The real facts in the case are
briefly, that gold was discovered on the
beach at Nome. The location of claims
on such a beach below high water mark
was a new proposition under the law, as
generally speaking such land belongs to
everybody and no one person can get q
title. Mr.. Mckenzie was the head of .
company Of eastern capitalists and IN
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30

deficiency but all were sent to the dead
letter Office to be returned to the senders.
The most aggravatlng form Of collecting
government revenue is by stamp taxes.
Where the seamps are confined to legal
documents, notes, etc. the general pub.
lie, however. sre not bothered much as
they rarely have occasion to stamp such
papers. But when it comes to letters.
everyone sends letters and the cost and
botheration of keeping on hand and ap.
plying two different sorts of stamps
must again make the victims think of
Sherman's definition of war. When a
man buys package of tobacco, or
cigar while he is really paying war tax
he doesn't mind it, but one cent war
stamp looks like real money, besides the
bother.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY
r.1a1s. sa.ee FER A7z&va4
{. A. Wardwell. G.G. Thompso
WARDWRIL q THOMPSON.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

The week has been full of bloodshed
with but little change in the situation.
After attempting to retake "Hill co.
which the Germans lost about ten days
ago, without success, they suddenly
turned their attention to the country
along the User canal which is defended
mostly by British troops and launched a
very heavy attack, and drove British
back across the canal for considerable
distance. In this attack the Germans
used shells filled with asphixiating gases
with considerable effect. The British
then rallied and drove the Germans
back for a considerable part of ground
lost. The Germans. however. still hold
at one point on the bank of the Ypres
canal.
This has been one of the bloodiest
conflicts of the war. The Canadian
troops we're in the thickest of the fight
and their losses are very considerable,
thought the exact numbers are not yet
known. Many names of officers killed
and wounded have already been pub.
lished, considerable number of whom
we're residents of Winnipeg, and the
western provinces.
In the Carpathian mountains the
fighting IS going on bitterly with vary.
ing successes. Reports vary except that
they agree in great loss of life on both
sides.
The allies have made q successful
landing on the Gallipoll peninsula at the
Dardenelles and claim to have made pro-
gress. The Turks say that they have
defeated the landing armies and taken
10000 prisoners. We guess that in the
art of lying that the Turks are equal to
the rest Of the fighting factions.
A French cruiser was torpedoed in the
Adr,atic sea, and nearly all hands lost.
The submarine was Austrian.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30
THE EQUITY IN TROUBLE.

The Equity Cooperative Exchange
Company is IN trouble, and the attorney
general has brought action to nulify its
charter and have receiver appointed to
close up its affairs. This concern was
organized to handle grains of all kinds,
and to eliminate the elevator charges.
Like many of these private concerns or
ganized to help out the farmers, the pro.
motors feether their own nests, 1t is
charged in the indictment, and then
come the clash. Our last legislature
had hard job to keep down the ''Ierm.
inal Elevator" scheme, which We consid-
er equally as unreliable as other schemes
of a similar nature, that have proved
nothing but bubble when put to test.
The charges against LOTUS and his as.
sociates are many, and includes that the
capital has been absorbed, earnings mis-
used, false reports, defrauding the ship.
pers of what vas coming to them on
grain shipments. and many others, that
seems to be we'll founded.
II this action against the Equitable
Company proves true it should serve as
lasting lesson to farmers not to give up
sure thing for an uncertainty. The
same is equally true OF the peddler and
stranger who offers you something bet
ter than the local dealer at less money.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30

Letters received from Canada now
bear a war stamp" This war stamp
costs one cent and is not postage
stamp but is a distinct and additional
cost for sending letters, and must be ap
pied to each envelope. The first week
the law into effect thousands of letters
we're sent to the dead letter Office be.
cause the war stamp was not affixed.
The persons to whom the letters we're
addressed we're not allowed to pay the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30
SOME FARM STATEMENTS

BY an "ARriculturalist."
The following statements are largely
peculiar to this valley.
The soil of the Red river valley is just
as fertile as it ever was.
Just as goods crops of wheat and other
cereals are now raised in the Red river
valley as ever were raised.
1t is q physical impoesibility to tex
haust" the soil of the Red river valley.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30

steal the CLAIMS from a lot Of poor miners.
There were some minors interested but
they were up against the question of
title, and most of them at least were
Just holding either to sell out or directly
hired to hold.
In the films. the picture makers have
given "McNamara" considers bly, better
character than did the original novel.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30

small part of his land. In that way he
caa keep his land clean from weeds, and
if he will do that nature will do the rest.
This valley will always be- a wheat
country, and wheat is perhaps the best
crop farmer ever raised, because ii
brings the cash quicker and easier than
any other. But we will later raise the
same amount of wheat from less acres
and the other acres will produce just so
much extra of other crops.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30
Official Directory ,

II ~ + 4 + + + +
{ Official Directory
U Senators 4 Sre2na ScGnmber
{ U s Represen- il + Heieeson
{ Governor-L B Hanna
seeretany Of s9stsnThonas f5ane Han
state Treasurer-John Steen
Attorney General,H J Linde :
! Railroad Com a a = = M. anderson
missioners " II Stmtsman
! Supt Of Pub Inst-E Taylor +
! Com Ayr & Labor-W { Giibreath 1
! Judges Of Supreme 4 4 : 4 9f%fs 9G9istian !
! F EB ! esss essss ]
! Judge 7th Jud. Dist-W Kneeshaw !
+ \ J McFadden. Neche.
REPRESENTATIVES !.
: ,=t District = Mssss' assssn% p1a1fos nsase'
): ,..,. - to" ] !
States Attorney--Wm McMurchie i
Clerk of Court ID Winlaw i
Sheriff-Chas Atkinson i
Auditorium. W. Felson i
! Treasurer Il Gibson i
Register of Deeds--Geo Roadhouse i
. County Judge-H G Wick i
; Surveyor-Herman Campbell i
/ Supt of SchoOls-Cha flOtte Jones i
5 Coroner-Frank w. Deason i
Public Admin Ellis Thorwaldson i
(1st-A r Purdy, toilette /
/ 2nd-J X OlafsOn, Gardar i
: CCliiity 3rd-Adam Norton. Caval'r i
s No"' rs 4th-W Watts Leroy i
; l5th-JOs Morrison Drayton 4
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS !
Judson I.aMoure Jr Collector I
\ Robert Morrison Special Deputy i
I ! 4 HcGonnaehie E GanHes Deputies !
p J Thue Immigration Inspector
i
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-25
Phone Your Orders Early

the goal line for the winning score.
Records do not show when Kelley
was taken out OF game on account
of an injury or for any other reason.
His tantaliZing smile made him
yeritable nemesis to all opposing play
ers and no matter how hard he was
hit he always got up wearing a smile.
He was a small man, but was a mar
velous open field runner, being able
TO keep his feet under the worst
conditions, He was well liked by his
opponents off the field for his gen
tlemanly manner, but on the field
he was dreaded, owing to his ability
to show up his would-be tackler.
Last year he was the coach at the
Southeastern Normal of Oklahoma
and, with a bunch Of green men,
managed to turn out a credtable
team. He is a hard worker with his
men and is a good Judge of an ath-
lete.