davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
CHERRIES ARE DUE
SAY The DEALERS
Commission Men Report That First
Car Of Missouri Fruit Coming
Later In Week

Local commission houses report
that the first car of Missouri straw
berries will be on the market the lat =
ter part of the week. coming from
NeOsha, Missouri. The scarcencss oi
the berries the past few days. is at
tributed to the fact that the shipping
from Arkansas was about over. and
shipping from Missouri just com
mencing. The first car OF cherries 20
be sold at auction this spring will be
offered for sale at Minneapolis to-
morrow morning, and local commits
sion merchants will secure some OF
these early cherries for their trade.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
LINOTYPE OPERATORS
SAW THE KLEIN FIRE
Young Men Employed al NIGHT Sent
Alarm TO The Police and Fire
Stations

Two young men employed at night
rs linotype operators in Charles X.
Mayors establishment on the second
floor OF the Free Press building are
rivals of Ferdinand Hainze Of the
Zimmerman bakery for the honor OF
being the first TO give the alarm Of
the fire In the Klein furniture store.
These two are Merrill Kimbla and Paul
Arnemann. Kimble tells how he look
ed out OF fhe window on the Jackson
street side and saw the glare of the
fire reflected from the windows ON
the opposite side of the street. lie
ran out into the rear room and saw
where the fire was. Then he called up
the police station and told about il.
At the same time Paul Armenian call
ed up the fire station. Both the young
men rushed out and were ready 10
assist the flremen when they came.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
HAS TAKEN HIS GOLD
TEETH out OF PAWN


II will be recalled that several weeks
ago story was published I'm The
FairmOnt Sentinel telling about
stranger with hard luck story who
called on Charles Altenberg and sold
his gold teeth I'm order 10 get some
thing to eat. reserving the right TO re-
deem the molars as soon as he was
able.
Mr.. Altenberg Is just I'm receipt of
letter from the man stating that he
has job at Pella. Iowa, and enclos-
ing the money necessary TO get his
teeth back
II am glad 10 send You the money"
says the writer. ''and thank you very
much for your kindness. SO please
send the teeth back as soon as you
get this letter"
Needless to say Charley promptly
complied with the request and the
down -and-outer In again enjoying eat
ing his three meals a day with full
mouth OF grinders.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
0. G. JOHNSON DEAD
LONG Time RESIDENT
He Was Victim OF Cancer OF Stomach.
The Funeral VIII Be Held
Tomorrow
From Wednesdays Daily.

Ole c. Johnson. resident of Man
kato for the past forty years, died
last evening at one of the local hos
pitfalls. death being caused by cancer
of the stomach. He was born Decem-
ber Il. 1853. and was comparatively
alone in the world at the time of his
death, his aged mother. with whom he
had made his home for many years.
having passed away last fall. Since
then he had made his home with the
family of Charles Nelson i'm lie Hitler.
The funeral will be held tomorrow.
May 81, at 2:3O p. m from the UNDER
taking rooms of Kelley. Harries e.
Gosewich. Rev. Henry Moss. pastor of
the Trinity Norwegian Lutheran
church officiating. The pallbearers
will be men who have been co-labor-
ers with the deceased when he work.
cd in the brick yards. Interment will
he made In Glenwood cemetery.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
Dan Patch Electric Road Put
Under New Management
DEAL HAS lust BEEN CLOSED
Two Big Companies Are Now Interested
In The Enterprise: Plans Made For
The Future

Minneapolis bankers and eastern
associates will put S75O.OOO into IN,
Dan Patch" line They will rush al
unfinished work tO completion, add
equipment and plan extensions. They
win get the new cutoff into the Sey-
cnth street terminal into full opera
iion at the earliest possible date. says
The Minneapolis Journal
Stevens. Chapman & Co, Mime
apOlis. the General Electric company
New York. and the J. q. White En-
sineering corporation, New York
each has taken S250.OOO of an issue
uf $3.50 d0O OF three year six per cent
notes. The notes are based on a bond
issue ~ 81 100000 deposited today
with the Minneapolis Trust company
trustee. the bonds in turn based on a
mortgage filed today with the secre-
tary of state.
Roads Ownership Unchanged.
The stock ownership and direction
uf the road remains unchanged. It's
officers will ~ the same. But the j.
g.. White Management corporation, an
auxiliary company of the J. &. White
Engineering corporation. will manac =
the property. Representatives Of the
J. G.. White Management corporation
have been on the ground since last
fall.
IN accordance with n plan worked
our by Eugene NJ Stevens OF Stevens
chapman 4 Co. that firm having I'm .
dcrwritten S25O,O0O of the notes. the
eastern underwriters. who are equip
mcnt manufacturing companies. took
the remainder Jointly. conditional
upon being given management of tho
road.
To Make City Traction Center
That the plan will establish Mime
apnlis as the coming great suburban
electric station line center of the
northwest and that Il foreshadows ex.
iensive and intensive development Of
the traffic field contiguous to the city
.nd throughout Minnesota is the in
ference drawn locally from the iden-
ifcatiun with the Dan Patch" prop
crty OF two OF the greatest electric
equipment manufacturing companies
in the United States.
NnPn MT. SttNellS nTSl ialu lHt " %
nancial plan before the General Flee
tric and j. G. white concerns. eight
months ago, they agreed TO make in
vestigation. The White interests.
which are among the largest in the
world. sent Joseph X. Choate. vice
president of the Management corpor-
alton. to Minneapolis. in the company
of J. W. Burke. engineer for the White
companies. The General Electric com
pany likewise sent expert engineers
over the property.
Capital Is Stoo,0o0,oo
The General Electric company. own
ing plants at Lynn and Pittsiield.
Mass: Erie. Pa: Harrison. y. j..
and elsewhere. Is n corporation Capi-
talized at 500, 900. 600 and its officers
already were familiar with the gen
eral field. This corporation. which
employs nearly 10000 persons. al
ready has heavy investments here in
the form of the National Lamp and
Carbon companys plant in Northeas'
Minneapolis. besides which II main
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
MURPHY IS MADE THE
SUCCESSOR OF HILL
Duluth Man Elected The Secretary Of
Minnesota Public Health
Association

st. Paul. May 26-Dr. |. j. Murphy
Of Duluth. Mimi. has been elected sec
retary OF the Minnesota Public Health
association. To take the place of DIR.
II. W. HILL who leaves soon for Can
ada on seven months leave of ab-
sence. DR.. Murphy has been assist
ant health commissioner at Duluth for
five years and also has served as
county health officer of st. Louis
county. The election was held yester-
day
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
TRADE SCHOOL HAS
PUT ON The EXHIBITS
National Association Of Manufacturers
Has Made An Interesting Display
In New York
IsneeIal to The Free rress. ]

New York. May 26.-One OF the
most interesting features OF the an
nual convention of the National Asso
citation of Manufacturers Is the ex.
hibit of the vocational training schools
Demonstrations of their work In car
pentry. plumbing, electricity and othe.
trades. is made by the pupils OF the
New York public schools and provo
cational classes II is the first elabor
ate exposition of the kind. All trades
are included and the walls have becn
decorated with panels from the Board. :
man Trade school of New Haven.
Conn.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
NATAL DAY OF QUEEN
GLOOM QUITE THICK
No Congratulations Were Received
From Germany On the Occasion Of
Her Anniversary


London. May 26.-Queen Mary
quietly celebrated her forty eighth
birthday today, receiving the felicita-
tions of King George and the royal
household and court There is noted
the absence OF congratulations from
German cousins, and the war has cast
its gloom over the occasion. The queen
was Princess Victoria of Teck. Her
marriage to King George. then Prince
of Wales, took place July G. 1898.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28

New York, May 26.-The Dutch
liner Ryndam, which sailed from
this port for Rotterdam with sew
enty seven passengers and a mil
lion dollar cargo, was badly dam
aged in a collision fifteen miles
southwest Of Nantucket Shoals
lightship, at four o'clock this
morning, with the tramp freighter
Joseph j. cuneo, which sailed
from Boston last night for Bar
acoa, Cuba. The Cuneo was also
badly injured. her bows being
smashed In.
The Ryndam, the wireless re-
ports indicate, was struck aft
with such force that hold No. 5
was filled almost Immediately.
The water flowed freely into the
engine room, ard began to creep
up in hold No. 6. 6. o. S. signals
flashed from the Ryndam's wire
less and her passengers transfer
red hastily to the cuneo. One
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
AMERICAN STEAMER NEBRASKAN WAS
TORPEDOED OFF THE COAST OF IRELAND
DUTCH LINER RYNDAM
INJURED IN COLLISION
IAssociated Press Dispatch ]

hundred and sixty Of the Ryn-
dams crew Of two hundred were
likewise put aboard the freishter,
leaving only forty men aboard the
liner to navigate u.
United States battieships in the
vicinity answered the wireless
calls. At seven o'clock, three
hours after the collision, the bat
tleship South Carolina was stand
ing slingside the Cunei. The
Ryrdam's passengers, and those OF
her crew transferred to the Gu
neo, were taken off by the South
Carolina. a battleship was then
directed from the Newport navy
yards TO convoy the stricken liner
TO New York.
New York. May 26.-A wireless
says the steamer Ryndam was
seventy -four miles east Of Am
brose Channel Lightship at p.
m, and may reach New York at
9 p. m.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
BRYAN NOT INVITED
TO CLARK WEDDING
Only Member OF Cabinet Who Is Not
Asked 10 Attend This Social
Function

bowling Green. Mo. May 26.-Wil-
lam Jennings Bryan. secretary of
state. Will not witness the marriage Of
Mss Gcreyieyc Clark. only daughter
of Sneaker Champ Clark. To James
Mclllhany Thompson OF New Orleans
in Bowl ng Green ON June II. The
reason Is that lie will not he invited.
This was made known in Bowling
Green yesterday and confirmed by Il
member Of the speakers official fam
lily. Mr. Bryan will be the only man
prominent In official life who will
not receive an invitation To the wed
ding.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
WAS GLAD To Get HIS
COIN AND WATCH BACK
Charles Johnson OF Mankato. Robbed
In Minneapolis. Refused TO Prose.
cute the Thieves

The Minneapolis Tribune says that
Charles Johnson. Mankato. was so
glad to get his money back after he
had been robbed Of s55 and his watch,
that he wouldn't prosecute August
Coos and Jack Anderson. charged
with the theft. The two men were
charged with vagrancy and sentenced
10 ninety daYs each
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
WET AND DRY MEETINGS.
Both Factions in Fight Will Tu
oose the Oratory.

Loose the Oratory.
Oratory Of two varieties will be
turned loose In MankatO tonight and
tomorrow night Wet and dry meet
inps will be held-the former at the
Mankato Theatre and The latter at
the Armory +. j. WnliEgtOn OF Mich
ifan will speak for the vets and the
drys have three speakers scheduled
They are Senator q. A. Lende oi
Candy: John +. Cunneen of Chicago
and Dr. @. n. Stafford of Minneapolis
Father Colbert of Winnebago will not
speak for the drys. He will not take
part i'm the county option fight i'm Blue
Earth county.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
WOMAN is pARoLEp.
Mrs. Florence Tackles Treated Nicely
By Portland Court.

Portland, Ore. May 2G.-Mrs. Flor
ence Tackles. formerly of Mankato,
Mimi, convicted Monday of attempt
ed manslaughted. was paroled yes
terday. Mrs. Tackles, at her divorce
hearing. drew revolver and fired
at her husband Yho was testlfying
The shot went wild and struck a
woman court stenoRrapher
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
Martin Peterson Suffered
Fall; fractured His Ribs

railroad
is
which said
hs
told medical attention
q
aided and this afternoon resting easier
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
Thirty paxa In Iail.

George McCuen pleaded guilty Ia
the charge of petit larceny In the
municipal court late yesterday and
received a sentence of thirty days in
the county Jail. McCuen stole three
pairs Of pants from the Salet store
ON North Front street.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
Harry Kittle recovering.

Harry Kittle. the well known trav-
cling man has returned to ST. Peter
after a stay of several weeks in a
st. Paul hospital. lie is recovering
from his illness and his many friends
will hope for his speedy return to
health.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
Taken 20 Ct. Cinud.

Frank Wesley. the young man who
was sentenced To the st. Cloud re-
formatory last Monday. for attempt
ing To pass forged check In the sum
OF SIS NJ the First National bank, was
taken To ST. Cloud today by Deputy
Sheriff Nerdahl
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
Voted Money For Bridge.

The Blue Earth county board late
yesterday voted an appropriation of
5000 to help in defraying the ex-
pense of replanking the Minnesota
river bridge nj Main street.
The Mankato free press., 1915-05-28
wul Move 10 mankato.

Captain +. J. Nenno of New Ulm
federal revenue inspector. is making
arrangements TO move to Mankato.
He is son of j. n. Nenno of this
city.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31
Little is heard from the Dardanelles,
but from meager reports it seems the
allies are slowly progressing.
WORLD CONDITIONS BEYOND
DESCRIPTION

Let any careful student of world
events now transpiring stop n d
thoroughly consider the times in which
we are living - wars, rumors of war,
trouble, unrest, industrial strikes, Gala
mites, disasters, destruction; uncounted
multitudes of women and children wan
dering, dazed and destitute, with only
some slight belongings snatched up as
they flee in terror from their burning
homes; with people living upon the roots
and branches of trees, and perishing in
tens of thousands from hunger; with
thousands of towns and villages in ruins
and ashes; with vast areas ravaged and
despoiled by the tramp of soldiers; with
more than 21,OOO,0OO men engaged in
destroying each other, and with most
of the nations of the world of any con-
sequence embroiled in the struggle with
100000 of Europe's finest manhood
lost during the past twelve months in
killed, wounded, and missing, and with
the United States trembling on the
verge of war! Is it possible to con-
ceive of the picture?
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31
ROOSEVELT ADVOCATES PRE-
PAREDNESS

In speech before the Panama-Pacific
Exposition on July Fl, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt spoke of the danger to this
country of the lack of military prepara-
ton, his contention being that strong,
well-trained regular army is a means of
defense and protection. Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke with all his old-time fire and vig-
or, and his speech is considered one of
the most powerful protests against the
present policy delivered before the
American public in years.
The following extracts are quoted:
II firmly believe that there should be
universal military service for our young
men, on the Swiss model"
81 advocate preparedness against war
as the best type of peace insurance.
Preparedness for war may be not only
the best but the only corrective for the
spirit of militarism. Switzerland is the
most democratic of republics and the
least militaristic; and yet, relatively to
it's size, it is the one best prepared
against war. In Switzerland, the boys
are trained during their last few years
in the public schools, and after they
graduate from the public schools they
serve with the army for four or six
months, and then for eight or ten days
every year for the next ten years.
"This training and service, so far
from hampering the Swiss or Switzer-
land industrially, has added enormously
to the industrial efficiency both of the
individuals and of the nation, and their
social efficiency ALSO"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31
COMMANDER REASONABLE AND
COURTEOUS

The American steamship Leeldn0aO
was sunk by German submarine on
July 25, off the coast of Scotland. The
vessel was bound from Archangel, Rus
sia, to Belfast, Ireland, with a cargo of
flax, which is regarded by the German
government as contraband of war; Ac-
cording to official statements, the rules
of visit and search were followed to the
letter by the submarine commander, and
due precautions were taken for the
safety of the crew before the vessel was
torpedoed.
No serious complications are antici-
pated over the occurrence. Should Ger
many always show the same considera-
tion in her submarine warfare, there
would be no difficulty in American re-
lations.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31

dren, hurled into the waters and unable
to keep afoat, sank to their death.
A great many who, happened to be
on the upper side of the boat when it
went down clung there like flies until
rescued.
Relief parties were rushed to the
scene, and passage was drilled through
the steel hull, by the use of acetylene
gas, to the death chamber. During the
day the bodies were removed at the rate
of one per minute.
Nets had been stretched across the
river to catch floating bodies, but it is
believed many drifted down the stream
before this precaution was taken. 1t
is impossible to get a correct idea of the
number lost, but the present estimate is
nearly 1900 dead, with almost 400
missing.
All Chicago was stunned by the
tragdedy, and the question on every lip
was,~ 'Who is to blame?' All kinds
of conflicting stories have appeared in
the daily press, but one fact stands out
with perfect clearness: the vessel was
allowed to become loaded to the extreme
limit, while the ballast tanks were i'm
properly filled. In this way, it became
top-heavy, and careened over.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31
IMPROVEMENT IN STEEL
INDUSTRY

A decided recovery in the iron and
steel industry of the country is reported,
many plants now operating in full capa-
city. The improvement since the be-
ginning of the calendar year is phenom-
email, conditions being, in many in
stances, 300 per cent. better than in
January. While war orders constitute
negligible quantity. Increased buying
in structural lines is gratifying, and the
railroads have begun buying material to
a certain extent.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31
LIVING CESSPOOLS OF FILTH

The following racy account of an in
cident in an Ohio town, under the
caption, Don't Disgrace the Hog" is
both vivid and picturesque:
eff woman's look could kill, there
would have been dead fellow here Mon
day of last week. A certain lady was
about to pass the Harger meat market,
and when she was about in range with
the door, it opened, and pint (more or
less) of tobacco juice was sprayed from
(shall we call it man's?) mouth,
just missing her face. In fact, spray
did strike her, to her great disgust and
Indignation.
'The fellow grinned as though it were
great joke. If some people must
make hogs of themselves with the filthy
weed, let them look before they expector-
ate in the public streets"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31
PLANS TO DEVELOP ARMY AND
NAVY

President Wilson has at last recognized
the need of strong army and power
full navy as means of police protection
for our vast seaboard. He has called
for reports on the subject from the
heads of the war and navy departments.
The army plans, according to Washing
ton reports, look to the building up of
an army of half million men, regulars
and militia, which could bear the brunt
of the fighting in an emergency, while
a great volunteer army was being train
ed. It is claimed that the millions of
American men capable of bearing arms
are now cas- powerless to stop an in
vasion as an undeveloped gold mine in
Alaska would be to stop a panic in Wall
Street."
President Wilson is seeking informa-
tion from all possible sources, and parti-
cularly desires the navy to stand on an
equality in modern efficiency with that
of any other nation of the world.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31

murder, robberies, and outrages against
foreigners as we'll as Mexicans through
out the country. In despair, we again
appeal for relief for suffering, starving
Mexico, powerless to save itself, in the
agony of destruction by it's own un-
worthy offspring, supplied with arms
and ammunition from the United States,
the country to which unarmed Mexico
looks for salvation"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31
GENERAL STRIKE THREATENED

The past week has been marked by
strikes around the plants of the Stand
ard Oil company, at Bayonne, N. j., ac-
companied by rioting, in which three
men were shot dead and many injured.
The men have now voted to return to
work, upon promise of an increase in
wages.
According to reports, an agreement
seems to have been reached in the Re-
mington Arms strike at Bridgeport,
Conn.,, but it is now predicted that there
will be an immediate general strike of
machinists and metal trades workers
engaged in the manufacture of war
munitions throughout the country" un-
less the demands of the men are COM
piled with, it seems, are primarily for
'an eight hour day and an increase of
wages to the minimum figure set by the
union"
That this agitation is the result of
German influence through secret agents
seems generally believed, although it is
difficult to secure tangible evidence
That there is a widespread and we'll
organized movement afoot looking to
the prevention of munitions reaching
the allies seems all the more evident
from the fact that three Cleveland firms
engaged in turning out arms and sup
plies were this week notified by govern
ment officials of a plot to blow up their
plants.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31
TWO MILLION DIVORCES

Bishop William H. Moreland, in an
address at the Worlds Congress last
week, on Marriage and Divorce, said
that two million American homes de-
stroyed in fifty years is the record of
the divorce court. Bishop Moreland
urged the federal government +c as
sumo jurisdiction over marriages ard
take steps to prevent secret weddings.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31

then it is about time some man was
strong and brave enough to break the
rule. Viewed in the light of succeeding
events, the far-seeing craftsmanship
and courage of William Jennings Bryan
in washing his hands of the affair when
unable to convince his chief of the folly
of his course, seems all the more pro-
nounced.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-31
APPOINTS COLORED ATTORNEYS

That Mayor Thompson of Chicago is
not controlled by race prejudice is shown
by the fact that he has appointed Ed
ward H. Wright, colored attorney, to the
Important position of first assistant cor
poration counsel. Two other colored
attorneys have also been appointed to
positions on the city law department
within the past three weeks. It is also
reported that Edward H. Morris, col
ored attorney and former state legisla-
tor, will either be appointed member
of the board of education, or member
of the public library board.