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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Sentiment Is Growing In Favor
Of Having the Fight
Made Sook

County OptiOnists NAV insist on 4
vote on the saloon question I'm Blue
Earth county before long. There is
story in the wind 20 the effect that
leading anti.saloon men have changed
their minds about waiting until year
hence end educating the people in the
mean time.
Rev. T. Il. Paden pastor Of the local
Presbyterian church. IS one OF those in
favor of Ecing ahead with the cleo
ton without delay Rev. Paden re.
marked today that many other local
anti-salOon men were also Of the
opinion that this vas the wisest
course. local committee will be or.
ganized to ascertain the sentiment of
the people through the country around
AankatO on the question Of having
an election at once or waiting for
time and carrying Oh a campaign To
arouse the anti-liquOr sentiment OF the
people. However. before any move
is made, optionfsts throughout the
county will he consulted as to what
should be done.
DIR. George Il. Stafford, superintcn-
dent of the Anti-salo0n league was i'm
Mankato yesterday. He would offer
no advice TO the OptiDnists as TO what
they should do relative to holding an
election in the near future, or wait
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Mankato Loan and Trust
Company Is the Receiver
Forthe Engesser Brewery

tween them, and they had also agreed
that the Mankato Loan and Trust
company should be the receiver they
would ask the court to appoint. The
receiver took possession of the prop.
erty today. The time for the sale
will be announced later. Meanwhile,
the business will be handled by the
trust company. II. n. Benson of st.
Peter and Pau 4 Pau of Mankato
are the attorneys for Joseph Enges.
ser and NJ. f. Stone and George L.
Olson, both of st. Peter, are attor.
neys for Edward.
The retention of the Mankato Loan
and Trust company as receiver fol
the property was wise choice. The
company is composed of reliable and
competent business men, whose long
experience renders them well quail.
fed to perform this task so as to
serve the best interests OF all con-
cerned The Engesser property Is
valued at several hundred thousand
dollars.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
JAMES DONOVAN
DEAD IN MILL CITY
Engineer On Omaha Road; Ne Was An
Important Witness in the
Sharpless Trial

Local Omaha railroad men today
received word OF the death of James
Donovan Of Minneapolis. engineer of
No. 8. one of the star witnesses in
the Sharpless murder trial. II viii be
remembered that during the trial one
Of the lawyers dubbed him Dandy
jim" He was about fifty-five years
old. His Illness must have been very
sudden. for he ran his train as usual
yesterday from st. James to Mime.
apolis. This train goes through Man.
kato at 7:25 a. m. and arrives at Min.
neapolis at 1880 a. m. Mr.. Donovan
was well known TO many of the Man.
kato railroad men. His intimate &C.
quaintance with the Sharpless family
made him a valuable witness at the
trial.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Owners Agreed 10 Have Con-
Germ in This City Handle
Property

An order appointing the Mankato
Loan and Trust company as receiver
OF the Engesser Brewing company Of
st. Peter was filed late yesterday by
Judge I. NJ. Olson of the district
court at New Ulm. rhe appointment
of the receiver does not mean that
the company is in financial Difficult
ties. II merely means that the two
owners. Edward and Joseph Enges.
ser. had agreed that the property
should be divided between them or
sold and the proceeds distributed be-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Great Bloody Battle 10 Now in
Full Swing, Says
Dispatch
Released Pr1emsyI Army win
Soon Be Fighting In
That Region
Attack By Airmen On Sub
marine Headquarters; Story
From Straits
ASSOCIATED Press Dlspatch.I

ASSOCIATED Press Dlspatch.l
London, March 24.-The british
admiralty announced that a Brit.
ish air raid had been successfully
carried out today on the German
submarines at Hoboken, three
miles outside Of Antwerp.
A dispatch from Antwerp says:
at is believed considerable dam.
age was done to both the works
and two submarines. The works
were observed to be on fire. In
all, five submarines were observed
in the slip"
Paris, March 24.-The lombard.
ment Of the Turkish Notifications
in the Dardanelles was resumed
at ten o'clock yesterday morning
by the allied fleet, according to
an Athens dispatch TO the Havas
agency. The warships were ac-
companied into the straits by a
number Of mine sweepers.
London, March IA force OF
allied troops landed on the pen
insula Of Galipoli yesterday from
the transports In the Gulf OF sar.
os, according to a dispatch from
Athens to The Daily Express.
A general attack upon the for
tificstions of the DardaneIles is to
be undertaken Immediately on the
arrival Of further French and Brit
ish warships now on their way TO
join the attacking squadron.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Cars Men Capture 100000
Austrians at PrzemysI
ARMY is IN PITIFUl PLIGHT
Forty thousand Men Have Been Killed
Since the investment Began; Food
Was Scarce

retrosrsd. March 24.-An official
Communication issued by the Russian
war office sIys: .- 1850 .--
According to figures given by Gener.
al Won Kusmanek, late commander at
Przemysl. the number of prisoners
who surrendered to the Russians was
Line generals, ninety-three officers oi
the general STAFF. $500 officers and
officials and llT.OOO men. Forty thou.
sand have been killed since the in
vestment began.
General Won Kusmanek accepted
our demands for an unconditional sur
render OF the garrison. Our troops
who entered the fortress have taken
possession of the Notifications and
begun 10 prepare lists or the prison
ers and to ascertain the amount o.
artillery and war materials captured
Our detachment. which reconnoi
tered Memel, has retired to Russian
territory.
On the left bank of the Niemen, in
the region OF Mariampol, we have re.
pulsed a German attack, infiicting up.
on the enemy heavy losses.
On the road from Kalwarva to SUI
walki, near Pllwiszki, our cavalry,
prOiitipg by the darkness and a snow
storm. captured a German convoy with
n quantity of provision wagons. The
escorts either were killed or made
prisoners.
The lack OF official details from
Przemysl Is said to be due to the
heavy snow storm that prevailed and
which broke down the telegraph lines.
Typhoid and seurvy Rage.
It is reported. however, that nearly
quarter Of the garrison had suffer
ed with typhoid and scurvy. Although
tie rations were growing more and
more limited none but a few of the
higher officers. up to the end Of jan
uary. knew that actual starvation
was impending.
The real condition of affairs was
learned by the troops when an avia,
tor. who was starting with messages
for Vienna. was shot down by the
Russians and fell within the defend
ers' lines After that there was much
grumbling in the garrison and almost
mutiny. Some of the Austrians
slipped through the lines at night and
surrendered TO the Russians.
The investing Russian forces in
creased the intensity of their bonn
bardnlent and the strain on the de-
tenders began to grow greater during
February. Many were rendered in
sane by privations and disease. The
death list was very high.
Civilian inhabitants, who had been
unable to escape when the siege be-
gan, swarmed about the forts begging
food and refuge, but the commandant
was unable to care for them. The
death OF two prominent generals In
February from typhoid tended to
weaken the determination OF General
Won Kusmanek, commander OF the
fortress.
BY the end OF February actual fam
Inc prevailed; scarcely a living ami
NAL was left. For weeks virtually the
only sustenance was obtained from
susu sunniies Of concentrated food
Continued ON Page Three.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
COUNTY OPTi0KLSTS MAY
CALL FOR AM ELECTION
How to Buy Your Drinks
And Save Coin for Wiley

To the married man who .
cannot get along without his :
drinks, the following is sug- .
gested as a solution TO the
bondage of his habits:
First.-Start saloon in your I
own house.
Second.-6e the only custo-
rrer, and you will have no H.
cense to pay. Give your wife I
So to buy gallon Of whiskey,
and remember there are sixty .
nine drinks in one gallon. I
Third.-Buy your drinks from
no enc but your wife, and by :
the time the first gallon is gone
she will have SO to put in the .
bank and 81 to start business .
again.
Fourth.-ShouId you live ten !
years and continue TO buy
booze from her and then die
with snakes in your boots, she :
will have money to bury you :
decently, educate your chill I
dren, buy house and lot, mar I
ry decent man and quit !
thinking about you. !
= + z Z + + 4. + = + 2 4 Z .
year hence. He said that local cor
Continued ON Page Three
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Bowl In MinneanoIis.

The Loyola bowling team went to
Minneapolis today to bowl against the
bowling team Of the Bertch Furniture
company OF that city. Each team has
lately won a victory over the other
aud this game will decide which is
the stronger.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
COMMERCIAL CLUB WOULD
PROTECT THE MERCHANTS
FROM Taxing SOLICITORS
Kind of Weather That
Experts Have Predicted

Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; colder tonight;
fresh northwest winds. Local
barometer hand today leaned
somewhat In the direction Of
rain. Mankato maximum tenn
perature in twenty-four hours,
closing at eight o'clock this
morning, forty-nine above;
minimum, twenty-nine above.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Blow Up Buildings.

Geneva, March N.-An uncenSored
dispatch to The Tribune from the Aus
trian border states that Austrian mill
tary engineers have blown up with dy
Mantle all the buildings between Su.
CANA Pass, in Trent, and Lake Guarda
OH the Italian frontier, which would
be I'm line with the artillery fire. The
eastern part of the town OF Revereto
is reported abandoned and all build
ings of the town are down. All per.
sons suspected of Pro-ltalian sympa.
thies were sent into the interior to be
informed ..r
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26

Berlin, March 2i.-Reports from the
Carpathian mountains indicate that
one OF the greatest and most saguin-
airy battles. of the campaign is now
raging The dispatch says: ~ great
bloody battle is In full swing in the
Carpathians. II has not yet reached
a point where definite Judgment can
be passed on the events at any point.
The conflict is likely to be waged
some days yet with equal flerceness
by both sides.
Report From The DardaneIies.
THE next few days probably will
see the released Przemysl army en-.
gagged here"
London, March PA dispatch from
The Associated Press correspondent
who witnessed the allies assault ON
the Dardanelles March is says one de
stroyer went to the bottom besides the
losses announced by the admiralty. IL
is reported that three torpedo boats
also were sunk.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Tattered German Flag.

ASSOCIATED Press Dsputch.I
London. March pa battered Ger.
man flag. the first trophy Of the kind
to be put on public display here, has
been sent to the recruiting head
quarters of the London Rifle Brigade
by Corporal T. II. Jenkin. For seven
weeks" writes the Corporal. this
flag waved i'm front Of the barbed wire
of the German trenches. Our regi-
ments I'm the trenches opposite sent
bullets into il. The flag was riddled
and the rough pole from which II fiew
was splintered. but the nag remained.
challenge to our troops. One morn.
ing. an hour before daylight, ! went
out to inspect the German sniping
pits. and found myself not far away
from that hated flag. Creeping eau
tiously forward. came to 1t. and the
face of a fusillade from the trench.
snatched IL up and turned back. There
was $50 yards between me and the
English trench, but crawled and
wriggled the whole distance. and
managed 10 dodge the, bullets"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26

Washington, March 24.--American
Consul Smith, stationed ut Batum.
Russia, and now at TELLS, informed
the state department that American
missionaries and refugees are In dan.
ger at Urumiah, Persia, where the
Turkish consul, Raghib Bey. at the
head of 700 Askaris, was recently re-
ported to have led an uprising against
the American mission. Secretary Bry-
an said today that everything pos
sible win be done TO protect the
Americans and refugees from danger
but no direct steps have been taken
vet
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26

a year hence. He said that local con-
Continued On Page Three
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Letter From Cudahy.
Did Not Encourage Plant.

The advisory committee did not
take TO the idea OF encouraging the
American Society OF Equity to locate
q plant In the city for the reason that
II was feared, that Il might not prove
a financial success. and then the farm
ers who would invest I'm II would be
losers. The percentage OF promotion
was also considered excessive. II was
thought that when the plant was erect
Continued on Page Three.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Relief Commission Endangered.

Washington, March 24.-Acting ON
advices from The Hague that the
steamer Elhand, flying the nag Of the
Belgian relief commission, had been
endangered by a bomb from German
aeroplane off the Dutch coast, Secre'
tary Bryan said today that the state
department is considering the matter
of making representations to Berlin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-04-07

Why the war is being fought?
What started it!
Why Austria declared war?
Why Russia interfered!
Why Germany joined with Austria!
Why Francessand England aided Russia?
Why Belgium was made the ''goat!'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-04-07
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-04-07
The European War at a Glance
A Book of Facts

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-04-07
DO You Knou the Truth About This Worlds War?

Its cost to humanity.
The issues at stake.
Americas untold opportunity.
Prophecy of experts on the outcome.
Its effect on the future.
The probable results.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03
THE GERMAN VIEW

In the revelations of the correspondence OF
German agents this country with the German government
and the activities of the German secret service find the
following passage from Herr Waezold German trade
in the United States in letter to his govern
ment: $4,000
1.-THE LARGE WAR ORDERS, AS THE PROBES
SIGNAL JOURNALS ALSO PRINT, HAVE BECOME
THE GREAT MEANS OF SAVING AMERICAN BUSI
NESS INSTITUTIONS FROM IDLENESS AND FlNAN-
CIAL RUIN. THIS is NOT ONLY TRUE OF THE
AVERAGE AND SMALLER INSTITUTIONS BUT ALSO
OF THE LARGER ONES"
Every business man and intelligent aborer knows that
Herr Won Waeztzoldt's statement is true
Therefore the German and it's friends in this
plies are asking choose ideness and financial RUM in
the place of the present improvement in business conditions
They us to cease trade which admittedly legal in
which Germany has always freely engaged in time OF war;
and the soppage of which would bring down the enmy
Of the allies and in addition to choose deness and financial
RUM in place of business improvement
They ask good deal 1t may be well to inquire whether
Germany Austria would do much for whether any
nation did much for any other naton and whether
any nation ought to be expected to do such thing
1t is safe to say that the smart German bushes man
would, in his secret heart call us fools if we did it.
Achambermaids union the latest We hope they won't
overlook the mermaids who make up the oyster beds
Once more has Poland drawn kng-agan with the
cards stacked before the drawing.
FROST HAS BADLY damaged North Dakota
Ears npped early.
The acid test for the small boy is at handcrab apples
are ripe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03
Confessions ofaWife

Sometimes. dear Margie, /
know, and then a little SILVER
covers my body with goose flesh,
and almost say a little prayer OF
thankfulness that / am at last on
the right. il slightly monotonous
road. Margie, / wish l could tell
everyone how insidious is temp
tation.
Nobody does a great wrong, or
for that matter, any other great
deed all at once. We have to be
trained and groomed for 1t.
when | was dancing, dining
and drinking with Will Tenney /
did not see that it was leading me
to the inevitable parting of the
ways where l would have to bid
him goodbye forever or else for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03
This is a free advertisement for Henry.

This is free advertisement for Henry.
The Times recommends to the city and county
that they sell all the big, high-prced autos they
own, and buy nothing henceforth but Fords. The
Times is prompted to make this suggestion,
through the innovation Of Mayor Fawcett, who
recently disposed of an expensive car in the
health department and replaced it with new
Ford We are also prompted by the tremendous
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03

expense accounts ON the city and county books
for upkeep and maintenance during the past
year of automobiles.
Our city and county officials most of whom
relied either on street cars or shank's mare for
transportation before they came into office, are
becoming too luxurious in their tastes 1t seems
to The Times that the folks who pay the taxes
are entitled at this point to raise up their voices
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03
EDITORIAL PAGE TT1E TACOMA TIMES
1ats the Matter With Making Our Public Officials Use Ford After Th

" good enough for an overwhelming majority OF
the people whom they are supposed to represent:
.FOrds are cheap. They will stand lot OF
knocking about. They are as tough as an Alas
kan husky dog. And they'll go anywhere.
THE CITY AND COUNTY ARE FORCED
TO ECONOMIZE. VERY WE'LL. HERE'S
A WAY OF DOING 1T. YOU WANT THE
PUBLIC TO HELP MAKE SUGGESTIONS.
PUT THIS IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03

the flowers and all the delicate
dishes that Wills gormet mind
could imagine! Those words Of
sweet flattery and the caressing
touch of Wills hand as he put
my wrap about my shoulders! l
could not think | could only feel
and be glad was alive.
II am glad, dear. that I met
Herbert just at that time. for I
know now that down deep in
Wills heart he always loved his
wife. Every other woman in his
life was only incident, as II were.
just one of the 81 varieties that
most men want to taste before
they settle down to the most
wholesome of all diets.
Herbert is wild with Joy at
the thoughts of baby. He
fingered over all those little
clothes you gave me with such
a look of wonder and Joy upon
his face that / have begun to
think that perhaps I was mistaken
about having a baby. just as l
have been mistaken about SO
many other of the important at
fairs of life.
81 am just beginning to realize
that we are not put on this earth
solely to have a good time and
have a dim vision that In full
filling natures one law l shall
find greater happines than ] have
ever found yet. / used to think
that VIII Tenney was the only
man on earth that was made for
me, and he used to say that his
first marriage was mistake, that
he had only found his true affin-
ity when he met me.
Look at us both now.i Will
has gone back to his wife, and
is apparently very happy, and +
we'll, Margie, l know thatiI am
happier with Herbert than b could
be with any other man. He al
ways stands for stability, and
land knows that's what / lack. I
did not really love Herbert when
I married him, but l knowGenow
that neither did I love WILL
zone man was the one sane and
safety first for Kitty--every1 lobe
OF my brain told me that aaaibut
the other was the embodiment of
my desire. They are 40 different
as the poles.
"Margie, am an illustration
of the fact that happy marriages
are not always love marriages. ]
am happier than was Mary, who
was deliriously In love with Jack,
and dear, think am just as
Al u~a a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03
HOW TO MAKE
HAIR GROW
NEW YORK CHEMIST GIVES
SIMPLE FORMULA

ITO destroy dandruff, cleanse
and invigorate the scalp, ward off
premature grayness and badness,
and to stimulate hair growth,
recommend this formula in pref
erence to anything else; 6 ounces
bay rum, Q ounces lavona de COM
posee. and N drachm menthol
chrystals. You can buv these In
gradients from any druggist and
mix them yourself at home or the
druggist will mix them for you. If
you choose, add a teaspoonful OF
your favorite perfume to the
above ingredients. Apply to the
scalp night and morning and rub
in thoroughly with the finger
tips"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03

happy as you are, although you
we're carried off your feet the mo-
ment you saw Dick, and yet I
married Herbert, simply because
I knew that within his strong
arms I would find sure haven
of rest.
"I don't suppose I'll ever get
over wishing for the bright lights
once In a while, but. my dear, 1t
is only once In q while that get
these longings, and the whiles are
growing farther and farther
apart"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03

III pTOCeSC.
The extravaganza has become so fragrant that
the county commissioners, in their secret session
at the court house, are trying to force other de-
partments Of Pierce county to stand some of the
expense of their great eight cylinder machine.
Commissioners Drake and Woods when they
travel about the city, ride in big, expensive ears
with hired chauffeurs to drive them.
A Ford is good enough for them. It is certain
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-03

Mrs. A. Il. Severance, who fell
and sustained serious injuries
several days ago, is doing nicely.
YOeman Homestead, No. 223,
will hold an installation of new
members at Eagles hall tomor-
row evening at 8:15. Refresh
ments will be served, and all Wis.,
iting members of the organiza-
ton are invited.