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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
OFFICERS ARE RECHOSEN
William Wittrock Is Reelected President
OF the Mankato Co operative
Dairy Association

Officers and directors of the Man
kato Cooperative Dairy association
were reelected at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders yesterday
afternoon at the city hall, as follows:
William Wittrock, president; August
Schultz, vice president; Anton
Oberle, secretary; John j. Miller,
treasurer; E. A. Farrar, George
Scheurer, A. F. Sharp, August Thrun;
A. L. Veigel, manager; NJ. A. Schons;
buttermaker
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
REDUCE BABY MORTALITY
Efforts of Chicago Club Women Will Be
Directed Along Those Right
Lines
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. n

st. Paul, February 9.-Local club
women have Joined hands in a fight
to reduce the morality rate of babies
under two years old and an educa-
tional campaign has been inaugurated
which local leaders of the movement
believe will go far toward bringing
about the desired results.
1t was announced today that the
campaign will continue until March
4, when baby week." national
movement. will be observed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
ORGANS WERE SWITCHED
What Physicians Found Who 0pel a!ed
On Young Lady For
Appendicitis
UNITED Press Dispateh.l

Columbus, Ohio. February 9.-Phy-
sicians who operated on Miss Edith
Bodkin for appendicitis found her
appendix on the left side and the
heart on the right side. They say
that as far as they can see her health
was not impaired by the uncommon
location of the vital organs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
BALK ON CONsCRIPTIO
Miners Conference At Lancaster, Eng
land, Much Opposed To Extension
OF military Act
Associated Press Dispatch. ]

Lancaster, Eng. February 9.-At
the miners conference here the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted: "The
conference expresses its opposition to
the spirit of CONSUMPTION and deter
mines to exercise vigilant scrutiny
of any proposed extension of the mill
tary service act :"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
TOUR OVER WAR FRONT
Newspaper Men Are Invited BY German
Officials to Make Three
DAYS Trip
hunted Press Dispatch. ]

Berlin, Germany, February 9-That
the German people and officials as
well are becoming more confident of
speedy settlement with the United
States of the controversy over the
sinking of the steamer, Lusitania, is
made more evident by an invitation
that has been extended here to Amer
lean newspaper correspondents to
take a tour oyer the German war
fronts during the next three days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
Repo. That the State Il s Irer
Is to Be Removed $
Office 5
Governor Is Said e Con-
sidering the Applications
Presented
Bright Lights and Cafes Said to
Be Cause of Clerks
Undoing >
LUnited Press Dlspatch. j

ST. Paul, February 9.--Walter
j. Smith, state treasurer, involved
in the troubles growing out of
the forgeries confessed by r. c.
Pickit, deputy state auditor and
clerk to the state board of invest
ments, may be removed from Of
flee. This statement was made
today by Governor Eurnqufst.
The governor cad the state
treasurer would certainly be re-
I moved if the charges against him
should be proven. "If some tax
payer would lodge formal COM
plant" said the governor, "a
special commission would at once
be appointed to investigate the
case of the state treasurer, and
ascertain without delay whether
or not he was guilty of malfeas-
ance in office. On the findings of
this commission would depend
the question whether or not the
state treasurer was removed"
St Paul, MINI, February 9.-Rob
ert C. Pickit, former clerk in the Of
flee of the state investment commits
sion, was araigned in the police cour
here today on the charge of forgerie
to the amount of $4,000. No plea wa:
entered, and on the motion of Count,
Attorney r. D. O'Brien, the case wa
continued to February 16' at 8 a. NJ
The court having no power to fix bal
at the present juncture, Pickit wa
taken back to the county Jail.
1t was learned from Chief of De
tectives Wells that as soon as Stat
Treasurer Walter j. Smith Is vel
Continued. on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
concIave of Democrats.
limited Press Dispatch.l

LUnited Press I)lspatch.I
st. Louis, Mo-, February AL
though the nomination of President
Wilson to succeed himself seems like
a foregone conclusion, the national
democratic committee has called a
conclave of leading democrats to take
up that matter during the four days,
June IA to II.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
Bachelors Must Go to War.
Iunited Press Dispatch.l

London, Eng, February 9.-With a
view to enforcing the new conscrip-
ton bill, Lord Kitchener today made
public an order for all qualified bach
elors in the United Kingdom between
the ages of twenty-one and thirty to
report for military enlistment on or
before March ] next.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
Cow Testing Association.

limited Press DiSpatch.J
Mortified, Mimi, February 9.-Two
COW testing associations were to be
formed at meeting of the North
west Holstein Breeders association
which opened a session here today
Professor W. A. McKerrow of the
state veterinarian college, DR.. S. H
Ward state veterinarian and Gaylord
Hancock of the Mortified high school
will talk
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
EBERHART TO THE E AND
Former Governor Opposed the Merging
OF Examiners Department With
That of Auditor
[I-nited Press Dispatch. !

st. Paul, Mimi, February 9.-For-
mer Governor A. o. Eberhart ap-
peared before the state efficiency and
economy commission and opposed
the merging of the state examiners
department with that of the state au-
ditor He also declared that in his
opinion the matter of supervisig ques-
tons relating to the health of the
commonwealth should be left sep
arately in the hands of the state
board of health.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
NAVY YARD RETIREMENT
The Senate Has Passed Resolution
Appropriating 100000 For That
Particular Purpose
[Associated rress pispa tch.

Washington, February 9.-The sem
ate has passed a resolution making
100000 available for re- equipping the
Mare Island, and New York navy
yards; and also the bill increasing
by three hundred the entrance class
at Annapolis. The bill will now go
to the president for his signature.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11

have followed up some clues present
ed to them by the British ambassa-
dor, Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice. 1t
is said that by means OF the dicta-
phone some very interesting CONVEX
sations by such agents in Boston have
been overheard and are now in the
hands of the authorities.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
BELGIUM HAS REJECTED THE
PEACE OFFERED BY GERMANY
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

complete restoration of Belgium, to-
gether with the payment of a large
sum of money by Germany for the
restoration of property that was de-
stroyed in the war, if, in return, Bel
GUM would grant to Germany special
trade concessions These proposals,
it is said, were fatty and instantly
refused by King Albert.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11

London, Eng, February Bel
GUM has fatty rejected the terms of
a separate peace offered by Germany.
This news comes from Rome, and is
said to be based on reports from the
Vatican. The news is said to have
been given to Pope Benedict by
Cardinal Mercier of Belgium. 1t is
reported that the kaiser offered the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
MUCH ANXIETY FELT OVER THE
FATE OF SEVEN TRANSATLANTIC
LINERS OWNED IN OLD ENGLAND
Eleven German Princes
Killed IN This Conflict
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

L =
+ London, February 9.-News-
+ paper records in London show
j. that war mortality among Ger
: man princes is assuming
J. alarming proportions. Prince
j. Macmillan of Hesse, the kai-
+ ser'S nephew, is the eleventh
j and latest member of the
= German royal families to
> be Kill e d. The others
j. killed since the war began
+ are: Princes Frederick Will
+ helm of Lippe, Ernest of Lippe,
: Henry xLVI of Reuss, Fred
l. erick of SAKE Mieningen and
+ his son, Ernest; Victor WaIrad
Z. of Waldeck, William of Frug-
+ ges, Frederick of Rechteren-
j. Limpourg, Charles of SoIms-
= Eraunfels and William of Car
i olath- Beuthen.
4 n. 4. =. Z.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11

Boston, Mass, February 9-It is
believed that the activities of German
agents, who seek to blow up NUM-
ton plants in the United States and
Canada, has been transferred to Bos-
ton. 1t is said that this discovery
is the result of work on the part of
government secret service agents, who
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
CLAIM THAT BOSTON is BEING
USED BY GERMAN SYlNPATHLZERS
FOR ACTION AGAINST CANADA
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l

Boston February 9The federal authorities engaged with reports
mpa the direc-
this
district
Billings collector
the followed Anderson capital Their would
o
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
General Villa Driven out.

IAssociated Press Dispatch,1
Ell Paso, February General
Villa and his band have been driven
out of the Canyon De FL Nido, in
Western Chihuahua.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
(:+, 1Nhe *
Schools

Melvin, Earls Petree and Raymond
Read We're welcomed into the order.
Among the speakers We're Senators Key.
flttman and Beckham: Representatives
Harrison, Dent and Flood: Judge Howry.
Assistant Attorney General Graham, J..
c. Smith and J. c. Capers Representa-
tive Sisson of Mississippi was toast
master. Howard Dix Of the local
Donald H. McKnew was chairman of
the committee on arrangements.
Delta Tau Delta gave a dance recent
ly at the chapter house.
Phi Mu recently entertained at lunch
con Mrs. G. 3. Pierce, Mrs. f. r. Jelleff
and the Misses ingalls,. Caesare. Hen
derson, Allen. Voorhees, and Edith Ault-
man.
Gamma Eta Chapter of Delta Tau
Delta has pledged Benjamin Mosby Nc
kelway of Columbian College.
The pelts recently gave a house
dance. Mrs. Mann. wife of the minor
ny leader of the House of Representa-
tives. was the chaperon.
Privates William w Marin and Ira
u: 1.ucal have been added to the roster
of the Coast Artillery Company.
The Coast Artillery Company will
make its second trip to Fort Washing
tt,".,n today for gun and plotting drill
Inc amount of infantry work neces-
sary for coast artillery company has
been about covered, and the majority
OF the time will be given over now to ar
tillery subjects.
!, Several Of the leading members of
the Dramatic Association. dissatisfied
with the policy of the present organ
lzation. are preparing to secede and
form a dramatic club similar to the
Calcium Club. formerly in existence
at the university, it is said.
Inc Dramatic Association will pre-
sent Green Stockings a comedy by
y. r. Maron. as the season play.
Members of the Chemical Society will
he unable to inspect the Alexandria
suiphurlc acid works, glass works and
fertilizer plant this year on account
of recent ruling barring visitors from
the plants. A trip to Baltimore will
be taken April 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

Jefferson Bradley School held its sec
ond meeting March "a in the kinder
garten room Of the Jefferson School.
Miss NJ. J. Jarboe is its captain and
Miss Bitzhugh it's assistant captain.
1t was decided that the girls would
earn their uniforms by selling boxes of
burnt almond chocolates, which their
captain was appointed to buy. Satur-
day, April 1. the girls toured some
of the public buildings. Another
girl was admitted. making in all eight
cen enrolled as probationers. Two
were absent, one because of death in
the family. and the other will give her
excuse this week.
Troop 4, Red Rose, Noel House
Miss Treat, Captain.
Girl Scouts OF Troop met at Noel
House gymnasium at their regular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Human Thoroughbreds.

FROM the Rochester Post Express.
AS nobody knows when a great man
has been born. SO nobody can tell when
a mighty movement has begun. In
fact. it commonly happens that be-
ginning with a blare of trumpets fiz-
zles out in infancy like a bull moose
party, while a movement unheralded
and unnoted slowly grows into a
ence between a toadstool and a tree,
and all the mighty and enduring
things-great nations, religions, par
ties, fortunes-have begun treelke, so
quietly that few foresaw their final
greatness.
Out at the San Francisco exposition
recently a handful of illumined minds
met together to establish a registry
for human thoroughbreds. The plan
is to pick out such grade humans as
measure up most nearly to eugenic
standards and register them as the
founders of glorifled race. By
selective mating for six genera
lions their posterity is expected to
have eliminated all taints and
traces of degeneracy and disease. and
with them the strain of golden-age
thoroughbreds will begin.
When this improved order of human
ity is fairly established, century
and a half from now. of how little
consequence In comparison will be the
u. A. RS, the Colonial Danes, the
S. o. V. and similar associations of
ordinary cross-bred mongrels, scrubs
and grades. Those superb, pedigreed
full bloods. registered medaled and
tagged, will have everything their
own way in the nobIer competitions
of life. Among us. they Will not be
of US, but patterns of perfection, Greek
statues vivified, super men and WON
en-those superlative finished prod
ucts of human evolution of which the
world has dreamed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

meeting time. Annie Kyle and Blanche
Hulbear received their tenderfoot ex-
animation. and found that they had
successfully passed. After short
meeting 1t was decided to take a hike
to the mouth of the Eastern branch.
They paced half way back and walked
the rest of the way When they got
back they babe their captain goodbye
She has gone to Panama for month
They will now have Miss Harlow and
Miss Blair for leaders.
Troop 1O-Mrs. F. P. Wilcox, Cap
tain.
Troop 10 learned to put on bandages
at its last meeting. when they also
had an interested visitor. They are
planning to spend a week in the coun-
try camping during vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Troop z, Forget-Me-Not-Mrs. ].
Chester Pyles, Captain.

After the regular meeting Friday, March
"a they had the tenderfoot ceremony.
MISS Cora Neal presented twenty-eieht
girls with their tenderfoot pins Laura
Merrill, leader of Patrol 3, was presented
with an attendance pin for having at
tended every meeting for year. Patrol
Leader Harrington received proficiency
badge for music
app. Pyies and Lieut. Clark surprised
the troop by having the flag which Mrs
Lowe gave them a short time ago mount
ed with a brass eagle at the top and pre-
scented by Rev. David CovelI Mrs. Call
other friends, We're visitors Al tbe re
quest OF the guests the troop gave the
nag drill after which light refreshments
were served
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Troop II.

We did not hold very long meet
ing. on account of the church having
q prayer meeting. After dues had
been collected and everybody was
uaTked present We walked down 10
rile eliipse, where we took our running
test our sCoUtmaSter sad every
paN did 1t well, making II in about
ir.-e and one -half minutes scout
meeting viii be as usual at pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
COLLEGE woMEN's CLUB.

The hostesses of the College wom-
ems Club for tomorrow afternoon have
departed from the customary tea and
will hold reception before the pro-
gram in the ball room of the Raleigh
from to 4:40, in honor of special
guests. The hostesses of the afternoon
are from the following middle western
colleges and universities: Wooster.
Lake Erie, Ohio State. Cincinnati, O. err
lin, wesleyan, Western. Western Re
serve, Purdue. De Paw, Packers In
stitute, Franklin, Butler and Southern
Indiana Normal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

D. c. II. a. r.
Mrs. Frank Foster Greenawalt. state
regent. D. c. Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, has called for Thurs
day 10 a. M, at Continental Hall, the
most important meeting of the year to
the District D. A. +. Chapter and COM
mittee reports will be received, election
OF state officers will take place and
other important business will be trans
acted The president general. Mrs. Will
liam Cumming Story. will address the
meeting and Mrs. Greenawa1t will pre-
side. The election of state officers will
be held at pm. All District Daugh-
tiers are earnestly requested to be pres
emf and vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Troop 80.

George Davis of Troop % was our
& Lest last week. He was accompanied
b. friend. Clarence Schafer and B.
Shaw passed their tenderfoot tests and
also took the scout oath. After the
meeting We had very fine base ball
game. We have formed a ball team
and expect to play very soon. Last
Saturday Irving Malonev invited the
troop to the Leader Theater."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Troop 6. Pansy, Petworth-Mrs.
A. Mooers, Captain.


Troop of Petworth celebrated its
second anniversary Friday, March "a,
at the residence of the captain.
a feature of the evening was the
beautiful music furnished by the 'Mu-
steal Mccarthy Family" who volun-
teered their services to the Girl Scouts
Between eighty and ninety guests were
present. including the parents. Mrs.
o. = Rafter. the national vice presi-
dent, and Mrs. II. A. Colman. the local
held commissioner. were both present,
the former presenting the following
girls with tenderfoot and second ella IS
badges: Rita Ea stburI, second class;
Elizabeth Rice. Hazel Smith. Margaret
Caffee and Hope Nichols. tenderfoot
Mrs. tolmau presented the following
proficiency badges: Rita Eastburn and
Isabelle Cote, Iaundress; Katherine
DAVIS, music. and Helen DAILY, Helen
Gleason and Thurza Suffer- naturalist.
After the reception short comedy
sketch, entitled No Men Wanted" was
given by Gertrude Coon, Melba Jones
and Eunice Haden. After the installa-
,,on or new officers, the captain Mrs.
Mooers, presented the retiring officers
and the secretary who was elected for
second term with little pins, and a
summary of the years work was told
by the captain. Mrs. Mooers was taken
completely by surprise when her small
est scout. Thurza Suter, presented her,
on behalf of the troop, with gold
piece. and Melha Jones stepped for
ward with a beautiful birthday cake,
on which two candles cleaned An
original jingle accompanied each pres
entation.
Eunlce Haden made charming
Turkish fortune teller in a little booth
fitted UP for the occasion The nartv
concluded with dancing until a late
hour
The refreshment committee received
many compliments. Mr.. Nichols add
ed greatly to the comfort of the guests
py sending camp chairs. for which A
vote OF thanks is due. Letters of re-
greet We're received from Mrs Henry
L. Ralney, who expected to be present
70 conduct the presentations, and Miss
Neal and several of the captains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
~ @BE8&&&S;iS}2S;e

which will be heightened into two or
three nights by some. The troop is or
Canizing a base ball team, and an exhi
hition to be held before the parents
and friends of the scouts. Tomorrow
night the troop will meet and discuss
plans for the coming exhibition"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
L. c. S. SILVER SPRING.

L. c. S. SILVER SPRING.
The Ladies' Cooperative Society Of
Silver Spring met March 1s at the
home of Mrs c. H. Warren, Mrs. viii
liam +. Newman presiding. Miss Alice
Harwood gave a paper on "pronerty
Rights of Women" dwelling especiallv
upon the laws of Maryland in this re-
spect. Miss Barbour played selections
on the violin, her rendition of Bee
lhoNeh Mlhuet IN Il, Dvorak'S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Troop l6-Miss Ruth Brown, Cap
tain.

Initiation was discussed, but no decision
was reached. at the last meeting of Troop
IL. a motion was made and carried that
4 girl asked to Join the troop must be in
roduced 10 ali Of The members before
beng voted in. Catherine Caldwell was
voted IN ar the last meeting. and another
motion was made and carried that only
three visitors may be allowed every Other
week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Troop IL, Daisy-Mrs. Norman
Jones, Captain.

meeting was held last Friday nipbt
az the home of the captain As many Of
the girls are working for their proficiency
badges IN cooking, Mrs. Jones asked MANY
questions and explained much concern
ing TINS part of the work. 1t was decided
uldt the troop give benefit at Polls
soon. the exact date to be decided later
to raise the money for new suits which
VIII soon be needed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

Editor-This is a splendid piece Of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Troop 1s-Mrs. ]. B. Kelly, Captain.

AT the last meeting Of Troop Is, DR..
Mary Holmes continued her series of
surgical talks. The subject of band
aging was presented most interesting
ly 10 the girls and they look forward to
the next lesson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
S. FRANKLIN CHAPTER, D. A. r.

. + ftANhIIIN 01iEti FIX, d a. X.
Sarah Franklin Chapter. D. A. r,
held it's March meeting at the home
of Mrs. Mahlon A. Winter, 1917 Il
street northwest. Mrs. James Z. Null
care, the regent, presided.
The chapter was pleased that one of
its members, Miss Ada Garrett. had
been appointed a page to the president
general. to serve at the forthcoming
session of the continental congress
The vice regent. Mrs. Edmund S
Wolfe, read letter from Mrs Mary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
LEXINGTON W. c. IT. TT

y, Ecklngton Union. w. c. T. u, met
Iuesday at the home of Mrs. Howard
dement's. Several reports were suh-
mitted by local superintendent sbo,,-
ing progress along their lines Of work
lhree District superintendents were
present. MIS- Tyndall spoke on the in
nuence OF the press and the advance
ment that the cause is recaivina -
various newspapers and periodicals re-,
iusihg TO accept liquor advertisements
Mrs. Williams, District parliamenta-
ran, gave short drill. Musical 'selec
and Master Daniel Cooper.