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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-07
KNIGHTS At FARieAUlT.
Columbian Organization Celebrated
Anniversary Of It's FOUNDING

Fartbault. Mimi. May f-Knigbts
OF Columbus OF this city celebrated
the eleventh anniversary of The or
canizaticn OF the local branch Sun
day afternoon and evening. About 300
members or the order from Albert
Lea. Owatonna. Mortified, Montgom-
cry. Austin and the twin cities were
I'm attendance. A large class or can
didates were initiated after which a
BANQUET was served to about 500
members OF the order The anniver.
sary address was made by Rev.
James NJ. Reardon of st. Paul
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School Track Nee

Fr~n TUesdaye DAILY
The Grammar School Track meet.
under the auspices OF the Y. nj. C. A..
will be held on the 18th or the 22nd
of May. at the Mankato fair grounds.
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Attorney II. l.. Schmitt is attend =
ing court at st. James.
Esther HOlum spent last evening
en- business at St Peter.
Attorney J. w. SChmitt is attending
district court at 81. Peter.
Attorney Miles Porter went to Yer
non Center on business today.
! Frank Cramer Of Mapleton left
Mankato today on a trip to California.
Miss Lizzie Peters of Mountain
Lake was shopper I'm the city today.
Edmund Jones of Lake Crystal was
a business caller In the city last even =
ing.
Miss Mabel lie Due OF ST. Peter
/ has been the guest OF Mrs. 4. w.
Owen.
Miss Althca Baker of Hayneld.
Miss. Is a guest at the home OF DIR.
and Mrs. T. Solverud
George Schwickert and DIR. George
Foelschow came to the city last night
, from Watervillc To attend the May
festival
{. +. Ilelmer. assistant foreman Of
the Northwestern railroad. with head
quarters at Winona, left Mankato to-
day for Tracy.
Mrs. A. Schallcr returned to her
home AT Redwood Falls today, after a
visit with her mother. Mrs. v. Deu-
/ Der on Fourth street.
j. A. Hamilton OF Iowa Falls. Ia.
spent yesterday and today as n guest
at the home 70 Mr. and Mrs. +. A.
Cote on Carroll street.
w. II. Brownlee OF Blue Earth was
I'm the city on business last evening
and visited at the home of his sister.
Mrs. +. A. Cote on Carol street.
Mrs. ID. l.. Hoffman OF Minneapolis
who has been visiting with her par
cnts on North Fifth street. left for
her home AT Minneapolis this morn
ing
DIR. +. T. IIeidel. Charles Steiner
and i. S. I.anges are making ar
rangements for trip to Texas. to
look over lands with view TO inves-
ting I'm them.
&. Coleman. master mechanic OF the
Chicago q Northwestern. and II. r..
Durham, roadhouse foreman Of the
same road, both of winona. were I'm
the city on railroad business today.
Attorney Arthur Schanb is spend
ing the day at st. James. where he
appeared In district court as attor-
ney for Mr.. Stain OF Canada, VS.. Sell
Ter OF Minnesota. Attorney Laurisch
appearing for Mr.. Seller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bobnert, for
merly OF Chippewa Falls. Wis.,. who
have made their home ON North
Front street the past year. will move
back to Chippewa Falls this week.
and are packing their household goods
for that purpose. expecting to 80 this
week. - r 80 e3htfiiiaf'
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Taylor and
daughter Miss Lucy, left today for an
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Twister Is Feature
Building Was Lifted
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
= Ten hours rainfall, 2 IS
= inches.
= Collapse OF wall Of new
= building for retail farm nipple
3 ment store on North Front
= street.
& Lifting and moving a barn
4 from its foundation on North
= Second street.
& CAVERN Of storm sewer at
= foot Of Plum street.
+ Trees blown down near Rap
+ idan dam.
= Destruction Of fruit tree
q blossoms, flowers and garden
= vegetables.
= Earth slides on Fourth, Rock
= and Main streets.
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Dane 'ns Party.

Dancing Party.
Although the bal storm of last
evening threatened To spoil the dane
ing party at the Eiks' club. the people
who had planned on attending were
not TO be deferred, but came In auto
mobiles and hacks. and about fifty
couples were IN attendance. The or
Chestra from the Grand Theatre fur
nished excellent music for the dance.
which continued until n. an. with a
short intcrmissiOn for refreshments.
which were served mt 1880 D. m.
This affair marked the close of the
most successful May Festival given
under the auspices Of the ladies OF
the ST. Johns Episcopal church. The
afternoon pros ram was also largely
attended. a five o'clock luncheon being
served II tho guests at about thirty
tables. Tho musical program during
the afternoon was pleasing feature
and included piano solo. 1.-THE But
ierIiy.' by GricC. played by Miss Dor
othy Comstock vocal solos by Mrs.
l.. w! Owen and Eleanor Quimbv. and
piano numbers bv Mrs. Catherine Won
Ewcrtsen. Miss Marie pfefTer played
~ group of three piano solos. "Pathe-
tiquc." by Beethoven. "Traumeri." by
Schumann. and War Dance" bv Hell
Ter. All performers were enthusias =
tically applaudrd and Obliged to re-
spond to demands for encore num-
bers. During the programs yesterday
and last evening. the proceeds were
about si15.
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REFUSED THE DIVORCE.
Mrs. Minnie kalier Was Denied Sen.
aration From k@sssS,..,st

N"s' was Oenseu Sep.
arstion From hvsband.
Juuee w. Ia Comstoek today dled
decision refusing Mrs. Minnie Kali
icr divorce from her husband.
Wendelin Kaller. Both are Of Man
kato. The plaintiff alleged cruel and
innuman treatment, but the court
held that there was no proof Of thar
Inc court also filed decision a.
v'ding an estate In the case of Julia
Y. Hoerr w. Charles o. Hoerr. both
OF Mankato ~ So
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From tuesdays Daily

From tuesdays OaIiv
The latest agricultural bulletin.
No. So. Is out. and Is unusually large.
being devoted TO report of the prog
ress of farmers clubs. and sug-
gested programs for 1915. The re-
pCrts show that there are eleven
farmers clubs in Blue Earth county.
and five I'm Nicollet county. The
greatest number OF clubs In any one
county is twenty-four in Grant
county. Bennington and Red Lake
counties are the only ones without
clubs. Bcltrami county. Que Of the
most northern counties In the state.
has eighteen farmers clubs The bull
letin contains "A large amount OF In q.
formation OF value To farmers clubs.
and cuts are shown of prize winning
exhibits of farmers clubs at county
fairs I'm Grant and Rice counties last
fall. This might be suggestion to
our Mankato Fair association To offer
special prizes TO farmers clubs for
the best exhibits of farm produce.
Fifty subjects for debate and DIS
cussion arc given. suitable for club
meets. and also 1i3 subjects for pa
pers. beside programs for farmers
club study courses. In dairying
home problems, and farm and bust
ness problems. many answers are
given. Every subject OF practical value
To farmers Is covered. and II Is sIg
Sestcd that the secretary OF each
farmers club should write for
book. Any club interested. and wish
ing to have enc of these bulletins
should write to the agricultural d.
vision OF the University or Mime
sofa for a copy.
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Uiman Samsentftner.

Miss Ida Ulman. daughter of Jo-
seph Glman OF Indian Lake. and Mr..
Paul Samscntftner were united in
marriage at eight o'clock this morn
ing at st. Peter ana Paul's Catholic
church by Rev. Father Spirig. They
were attended by Miss Genevieve
Samsentftner. sister OF the groom.
and by Mr.. Otto Ulman. brother of
the bride. Following the ceremony
they departed on "A wedding trip to
Arizona.
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being driven along the right side Of
Main street. II was being used by
the driver to take Mrs. White home.
IL was rig belonging To the Hilger
livery. Mrs. White was able TO make
her way to Steiner's drug store and
from that place she was taken home
by MIR. Hilger himself in another rig
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From -uesdaY's Oany.

Aberdeen. S. D.. May 1.-THE latest
development I'm the license fight IN
Aberdeen Is the announcement that
IL the license forces carry out their
plans to institute contest In circuit
court OF the election In which Aber
deem voted out the saloons on a tic
vote. aud the court holds majority
of the votes cast were In favor OF
license. steps will Immediately be
taken to put I'm municipal saloon
i'm Aberdeen.
A municipal saloon Is operated a;
Lennon and Lcnnox. :. d.. and one
was operated for a year at SissetOn,
until that town went dry. Under this
plan. company is formed which
takes out licenses for all the saloons
permitted under the state law. In
Aberdeen the number Is Is. and the
license that would be required from
the municipal saloon would be s19.
500. the saloon license here being
$1.10O.
Under the plan. manager has
complete charge. After paying all ex-
penses. including the licenses. the net
profits made by the municipal saloon
are divided between the city govern
ment and the school district
At Lennon. which is entitled To
two saloons, the municipal saloon is
making a profit OF from $4,000 20
$4,000 year. although Lennon is
In a Homestead country. which is not
thickly settled. Advocates OF the mu4
niciral saloon proposition for Aber-
deem argue that the saloon would pay
net profit OF from sI50.00a to $780,
CcJ year. and that within four
years the city aud the independent
school district OF Aberdeen would be-
free OF debt from the profits derived
from the saloon.
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From Tuesdays oailv.

FROM iuesusys OsHN
NJ. Il. Garvey of Gracevllle. =. III.
| Jordan of Benson and A. w. Keyes
1 of Seaforth, Mimi, are prisoners In
the county Jail at Redwood Falls.
charged with setting fire TO hotel in
| Seaforth at "A. m. on April while
the place was filled with guests. Gar
yey and Jordan are land dealers
widely known I'm western Minnesota.
The three we're arraigned OF a charge
OF arson I'm the first degree In the
municipal court OF l.amberton Mimi,
today.
state Fire Marshal Il. w. Hardness
since April and today the complaint
was issued. II charges:
"That Garvey and Jordan purchased
/, the hotel In February.
That the two then increased th"
insurance from $4,000 to s7.0HO and
ostensibly sold the place TO Reyes.
who conducted the DiaCa. .
THAT the sale was subterIuge
and was made simply for the purpose
of throwing suspicion from the SILL
e.;
EoteI Destroyed BY Fire.
ON the morning OF April I. The com :
plant says. Keyes. at the instance
of tie other two men, .'e. lire to the
DC! ding and the structure was de-
etroy ed Twenty guests were asleep
i'm the place and just escaped. The VIII
lage fire department could d. nothing
To stop the fire.
The guests by hurrviug - the front
entrance escaped injury IN. lost most
If I. eir belongings.
business men OF ScarUrih wcr, the
first TO suspect that the hotel was set
ON fire. according To Mrs. Minnie Nil
bradt. postmistrcss there.
One OF them told village official
that KcyPs WAS more fully dressed
than the others who escaped from
the hotel. and that he was the first
tC DO aroused. lie seemed To take tho
affair calmly. according to those who
saw him.
Inquiry BY Insurance Companies.
The village officers who heard the
story told the state fire marshal and
about the same time the insurance
companies began an investigation
Keycs WAS unknown In the town ami
had been In charge OF tho hotel less
than two weeks when IL was burned
The building with its furnishings
was valued at about 100000 and was
the only hCtcl i'm the village that
was equipped to care for a travelling
trade. The business men were in
Censed that the building should be
destroyed because the. think there
Is little chance that Il will be replaced
with another hotel.
Entire First Floor AbIaze.
When the fircmcn reached tho
place after the alarm was sent out
by Reyes. the entire first floor Of the
building was ablazc and there was
no opportunity tO tell In what part of
tho luilding the fire started.
Reyes left the town after the hotel
burned. according TO Mrs Milbradt
The Investigations had been watched
eagerly by residents OF the town but
u was late yesterday when the news
Of the arrests reached the village.
Carney and Jordan were known in
Seaforth because OF their land deal
ings. but were not often there. Their
arrest was surprise. Mrs. Milbradt
said
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CALL FOR BANK STATEMENT.

Comptroller Of Currency Has Sent
Notice 70 all Nationals.
Washington. May 4.--The comp
troller OF the currency has issued a
call OF the condition OF all national
banks at the close OF business May 4.
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From Tuesdays Daily.

Auto Club Banquet.
The Mankato Automobile club will
hold their annual banquet at the Saul
paugh hotel on tIonday evening. May
10. nj seven o'cl"ck. Following menu
viii be served:
Cunsomme
Radishcs Din Pickles Celery
Roast Beef Drowned Potatoes Gravy
French Peas I'm Cream
Dinner Rolls
Cabbage Salad Apple pic u In mode
Coffee Cigars.
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From rueeaay.. osiiv.

r. u. Gregg, bridge engineer. Of
MINNEAPOLIS. was In the city today
comforting with Mayor A. q. Never
In regard to tho erection OF the new
bridge across the Minnesota river at
Main street. Mr.. Gregg made the
proposition that he would draw tho
plans for the bridge and superintenJ
its construction for Ave per cent OF
the total cost. MFR. Gregg has been
stopping at the Saulpaugh hotel
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From TUESDAYS OaIiy.

From TUESDAYS Daily
What might have developed into n
serious accident occurred Mt the first
hill leading To the Rapidan dam last
Sunday forenoon. when Claude Mel
son and John Slitta were driving
around the bend in the formers au-
tomobile, and collided with a young
man who dashed around the curve
on motor cycle. The man was thrown
from his motor cycle. and when first
picked up was thought to be quite
badly hurt. He was placed In the
automobile by Mr.. Nelson. and Mr..
Slitta, aud hurried To a doctor I'm this
city. After an examination II was
found that no bones we're broken, and
u was said that he would be all right
IN few days. The young man gave
his name as Harry Friedman of Map
Teton. The automobile driven by the
young men was somewhat damaged.
From Tuesdays Daily.
The Fairmont Sentinel relates this
story:
I'm the early days OF the country
jurymen didn't rank as high In the
scale OF knowledge as they do today
Indeed. Judge Quinn says there has
been a noticeable Improvement I'm the
last ten years. due to some extent
In the care OF county commissioners
In listing men OF known intelligence
and character Illustrative OF the
good men nd true who served
the cause of Justice I'm FaribauIt
county In the early days, prominent
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Mineol1. n. Y. May Five Jurors
to try Mrs. Florence Carman for the
murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey have
been chosen today. One hundred ad-
dittonal talesmen were present from
which to select more jurors. Mrs.
Carman's active part I'm the selection
OF jurors is one OF the chief features
OF the second trial.
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London, May d.-The British
steamer Minterne from Cardiff
for River Plate with 5000 tons OF
coal was torpedoed OF Sciliy
islands Monday. Two firemen
were killed and the second enai-
neer injured. One wounded man
and the remainder Of the crew
were landed at Pexance,
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Reports were circulated today stat
ing that Captain +. r. Buyer. for
merly head OF the Salvation Army of
this city. had dropped dead on the
streets at Grand Forks. n. d.. last
Saturday. but upon inquiry by The
Free Press II was found that the man
who had dropped dead was Adjutant
George wolverson. :, assistant. The
captain Is still alive and az hearty
as ever.
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londcn. May Am official
statement says the British troops
are advancing into the interior
Of GaIiipoli peninsula. ....-
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Chicago. May i.-Georgc C.. Per
kins. aged thirty eight. Mankato Sc
cured a marriage license here today.
lie Is to wed Mrs. Lora Williams.
twenty six also OF Mankato.
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Claims OF Victory Exaooerated.

Unofficial advices from Russian
sources assert that the German
claims OF a victory are exaggerated.
Although II Is admitted that the
movement was an Important one. u
Is conceded In London II II Is true
that the Russian front has been
pierced the war will bc greatly pro-
longcd.
simultaneously with the new at
tack on tho Russian front. Austria
resumed operations against Monte
negro. The bitter claims To have re-
pulsed the Austrian attacks all along
Tho frnni
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-18

There was not an inch of ocean
within their lines that was not ablaze.
A fragment of driftwood could not
have ioated into that vivid sea with
out being detected by hundred eyes.
But those steady, unshifting ligL rs
told the Conyngham the secret story
of the hidden transports. Though the
destroyer's men could not even have
sighted the tops of their masts In the
brightest light of day, they could
count the fixed light beams, distant as
they we're.
Ia the war and navy departments
they made up estimates from the code
report. When 1t was done the chief
Of staff nodded. "Of course our in
formation assured us that they would
send at least 10000 men. Now that
we have an idea how many transports
Pey'vs got, we are sure Of 1t. And
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-18

they are Drngng vast munitions"
| The Alabama, sister ship to the
Kearsarge, by haphazard fortune got
| between two enemy scouts and the
main fleet and accomplished by sudden
attack what she never could have ac-
| complished by speed. She sank them
within twenty minutes and returned
without injury. 1t was thirteen inch
guns against eight inch, and the story
my ships went down like pasteboard
under the fire of the turret guns on
| the American vessel.
| On the same day, almost at the same
| hour, the scout cruiser Birmingham, at
the other end of the enemy line, sent
report that the destroyer Bainbridge,
| tiniest of the division, had driven her
| two eighteeninch torpedoes home and
| sunk an armored cruiser that had fall
| en- out Of line to repair some unknown
/ injury to Its machinery. The Balm
| bridge did not tell its own story. The
little boat and her men We're blasted
into nothing within ten minutes by
battio CfhlSeT tudt utu LuEheu 10 pTO-
tect her mate.
These disasters, that might have
been appalling to lesser sea power,
left the great navy of the coalition I'M
shaken. Steadily, imperturbably, 1t
kept on Its way.
SO there came the day when coasters
and small craft sped wildly into the
shelter of Boston and New York har-
bors, into Long Island sound and into
the Delaware and Chesapeake bays.
They had seen the enemy.
Next morning, in a gray transparent,
peaceful April dawn, watchers on the
coast gazing across the empty, fat At
lantic to the immense half circle Of the
horizon, saw innumerable tiny objects
just sticking up above the rim of the
sea. Through the glass they seemed to
be little perches of skeleton iron built
In the deep ocean.
Set at beautifully precise distances
apart, they dotted the sharply outlined
edge of water and sky north and south
far beyond vision.
Innocent and quiet they appeared as
they stood there growing slowly, very
slowly, up out of the far sea.
And the roaring presses, spouting
forth extra editions east, west, north
and south, told the United States Of
America;
'Iayaders Appear Off American Coast"
(To be Continued)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-18

ing enemy as If the feet were an army
moving along a populous highway Of
the land
The nation watched the implacable,
remorseless advance breathlessly, ap-
prehensiYely, but behind its apprehen-
sion there was hope. Surely, surely"
men said to each other, "our splendid
sailors will get at themw
Accustomed by its history to expect
thrilling deeds OF dash and enterprise
that should wrest success out OF d1sas-
ter. the United States waited for the
deed
1t came. Out OF the far Atlantic
came the story. 1t came from the bat
tleship Kearsarge and went to the
Chester, 1t was passed on by the Ches-
ter and picked up by the Tacoma, and
the Tacoma tossed 1t Into the air and
sent 1t IN tim coast. 4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-18
Live Stock Market.
Pittsburgh. Sc

Pittsburgh, Sept Is.
CATTLE-Receipts light; market steady;
good to choice, s9as.25: good. SS.85aS.90; me-
dium S7.75aS.35; tidy. sSaS,50; fair. $6a76O;
common, S5a6: common to good fat bulls,
s. 75a7; common to good fat cows. S3.50a
$50; heifers, s5a750.
HOGS-Receipts, eight loads; mark ct
ruled steady at quotations; prime heavy
hogs, s7.7oa7.75; heavy mixed, $.SoaS; prime
medium weights, $8.5oaS.60; best heavy
Workers., ss.5oaS.60 good light Workers., $3.50
al 75; pigs, as to quality, 81; grassers, s6a
6.75; common to good roughs. s6a6 Is
stags, S5a5.25
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts light,
market ruled steady on sheep and lambs;
receipts of calves light and market slow;
prime wethers, Sc. 20a6.S5; good mixed, SIS
a6.1e; fair mixed ewes and wethars, SSa550;
cuIls and common, s2.50a4; spring lambs.
s5a5 90: veal calves. $s,50a11.6o; heavy ami
thin calves. Soas
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-18
AUTO KILLS GIRL IN STREET
ChiId's Sisters Try Without Success
to Draq Her to Safety.

Dundee Lake, N. j., Sept. 1S.-Ellza-
beth Won Blarcon, aged six, of Market
street was instantly killed when she
was struck by an automobile owned
and operated by John Stafford, a real
estate operator of Hackensack. The
child was returning from St. Michael's
parochial school with her two sisters
when the accident occurred. The two
girls were holding their sister by the
dress and attempted to take her out Of
the path of the automobile, but failed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-18
ROSELLE WORKERS NOW QUIT
Five Hundred Follow Example of the
Strikers In Elizabeth

Elizabeth, N. j., Sept. 1S.-Promises
OF the Socialist leaders to cause a
spread of the Elizabeth strike to fac
tories employing skilled laborers were
fulfilled when 800 employees of the
Watson-Stillman factory at Roselle
walked out
The Watson-Stllman plant has been
working day and night for more than a
month on large war orders, and com
pany officials who declare the men to
be well paid are indignant at the atti-
tude of their employees.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-18
T0DAY'S MARKET

New York. Sept. IS.
FLOUR-F'irmly held.
BUTTER-Steady; receipts 1884; cream
cry extras, 90 score, 2sa26Ac.; creamery.
higher scoring, 2s14z7c.; firsts, Aa25hc.
seconds, 22a231ac.
BGGS-Firm: receipts. 1874; fresh gath
cred, extras. 2914a31c.; extra frsts, 2Sa2sc.
1rsts, Ga2714c.; seconds, 2s11a25c.; nearby
hennery whites, fine to fancy, 39a40c
nearby hennery browns, 33a55c.
HEEsE-Steady; receipts. 1,121; state.
whole milk, fresh, fats. white and eolored.
specials. IAN al5c. do, average fancy. 14kc.
POULTRY-Live firm; western chickens,
broiIers, 2oc.; fowls, 15a16c.; turkeys. 15c.
dressed. steady; western frozen roasting
chickens 19a23c.; fresh fowls, Iced, 121ha
1sc fresh turkeys. iced, 1bal6c.