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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-12-15
JOHN BOWIE DECORATED
Former Candy Resident Awarded
War Cross For Bravery.
e Tuacd,use 1,nu

From Tuesdays JaiIy.
John Bowe, former resident of
Candy, who went to France in the
early part of the present war vol
unteered to serve in the French
army, has been decorated with the
war cross for his bravery in the
trenches. Bowe, as soldier of the
Thirteenth Minnesota volunteer in
fantry, was present at the capture
of Manila in 1898 and was awarded
a congressional medal by the United
States war department.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-12-15

DR.. A. Wohlrabe is spending the
week in Minneapolis, attending medi-
cal clinics.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-12-15
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-12-15
LATEST QUOTATION
BY WIRE
Mill City Wheat Close

Minneapolis Dec.13. The
close in the mi! city today was:
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
John T. King.
(Hartford Times.)

We can imagine-in fact we have
what is practically admission of it
in the publications of Saturday morn
| ing-that some Of the men who voted
for John T. King and against Judge
Henney for membership on the re-
publican national committee disliked
the course they followed. They fol-
lowed it because they had to.
And the fact that they followed a
course to which they were personally
opposed casts a glaring light upon
the powerful figure which Mr. King
has become in the republican politics
of Connecticut If some of us
| those of us who, in matters of gov
eminent, remain concerned with
principles and ideals-view him as
also a sinister figure our feeling may
be easily understood
The discarding of Judge Henney
and the enforced acceptance of Mr..
King is significant of the Connecti-
cut republican organizations return
to the attitude or rUthlessness and
arrogance which characterized it for
so many years and which was only
subdued, not eliminated by demo-
cratic victories in tho state and i'll
the nation. Mr.. King is essentially a
"practicar politician. To him poll
tics exists as a fold for the accom-
p1ishment of partisan and personal
purposes. He possesses ingenuity, re-
sourcefulness, energy, organizing abil-
ity and a certain crude faculty of
psychological diagnosis And he is
not greatly hampered by anything
else.
With such endowments he is able
to manipulate, control and discipline
many manufacturing even men of
the highest standing in the common
wealth. Of this his success on Fri
day is impressive demonstration.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
Is Our Prosperity Ethical?
(NeW York Tribune).

Again and again in foreign COM
ment on the United States reference
! is made to the fact that this cOun-
/ try is enriching itself with war profits
! The charge that we are selfshly tax
! ing advantage of Europe's misery is
/ thrown in our faces, as though the
Am erican people were guilty Of some
dishOnOrable act. This same note
of criticism runs through much Of the
propaganda of American pacifists and
German sympathizers.
Just what these critics would have
America do is not clear. That the
belligerent nations should seek sup
plies in this country is both. natural
and inevitable. That the market thus
opened should have relieved the in
dustrial situation which followed the
election of 1912 was simply in accord
ance with the laws of trade. The
failure OF American industry to
respond to such an opportunity would
have been mere shortsightedness or
sentimentalism. It would have meant
much suffering and want in our own
land, and it would not have lessened
the suffering of Europe: it would have
increased that suffering
So far as this carping criticism of
.,
merely represents the state of mind
Of those who are disgruntled at being
smut Off from share in American
trade. So far as the accusation is
made by sentimental people at homo,
1t would appear to be inspired by q
preconCelVed notion that in general
1t IS unethlcal for one portion Of hu
mainly to be prosperous while others
are In misery.
But would not such moralists make
more Roadway if they applied their
criticism to individuals rather than
to the American people as whole?
! There was never a time in anv ma
ton, either in war or peace when
some individuals were not Drosnero,1s
while others were in want LET the
charge Of unethical profits be made
specific It cannot be denied that
! certain spectators have amassed s,rd
den unearned fortunes by methods
which are unethical. But such
! methods are just as reprehensible in
times of peace as in war time. So
far as our national prosperity has
| been gained by methods which would
! be right in peaceful times, the occa-
sion Of that prosperity is mere &C
cident of history, and it is as foolish
to indict nation because of this
accident Of a foreign market as it is
for the Democratic party to claim
credit for it because it happened to
save the country from that party S
laundering economic policies.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
Something Lacking.
(HartfOrd Courant).

The rest of the state is looking
with interest at the growth made by
Bridgeport in the past two years.
Factories come up over night, like
mushrooms; the tenements do not
keep pace with the demand and tents
are used to shelter employees. All
who care to work can get good pay
and yet, now and then, the Bridge
port newspapers show that not every
one is prosperous.
Here is a case in point. Two wild
ows, each with three children, had
a joint home on Bridgeport's east
side until they were evicted by their
landlord. Then relatives offered to
take the children, but after the man
ner OF relatives, they soon tired Of
the task and sent the children back.
Then a charity organization became
interested and sought to have the
children committed to an institution
when it appeared that they could
not be committed because the chill
dren are not neglected nor are they,
in the strict sense of the word, de-
pendent because their mothers are
able to work. All this time the wom~
en- are unable to find a rent within
their means because Of the demand
for tenements in the city. What are
they to do? If Bridgeport is unable
to solve the problem then there is
something lacking in Bridgeport.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
Cork Legs and Board Bills.
New York SUM

! A gentleman in Paterson, N. j.,
| whose brother-in-law owes him S54
! for board, has seized as security for
| payment of the bill the debtors cork
leg, valued at $3.50. Placing a valu-
alton of only $50 on a cork leg is
ridiculous. cork leg is worth more
than leg of flesh and bone. prop
erly articulated and operating in full
harmony with the other members Of
the natural body.
What does cork leg know of the
twinges Of rheumatism? Does it's
foot ever go to sleep"? 1t cannot
bleed Or blister. Fall overheard, and
a cork leg will buoy you up-though
perhaps as a life preserver in the
water wooden head, being at the
drowning end, were better.
1t is an unskilled artificer who
cannot give to a cork leg a lovelier
shape than the Creator gives to the
props Of men. If a cork leg is ever
bowed, it is only to match an imper-
feet model which, clumsily moulded,
is not even amenable to processes of
correction. You cannot pay board
bill with a leg born on you. A cork
leg is worth $50 times $3.50, and to
seize it to guarantee settlement of
$50 obligation is proof to complete
lack Of sense of proportion.
Did nature ever make a hand half
as clever as Captain Ned Cuttle's
justly celebrated hook?
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
MISS SILLIMAN HOME
American Girl Arrested In Turkey for
Espionage Says She Was Detained
TemporariIy-Was Treated Well.

New York, June 13.-Miss Mary
Silliman, a teacher in the American
School for Girls, at Constantinop1e,
and who was arrested on April on
suspicion of espionage returned here
today on the steamship Ryndam
from Rotterdam
Miss Silliman said that her arrest
which occurred in April, am ounted to
nothing more than temporary deten-
ton on nominal charge which the
Germans in many cases prefer against
foreigners entering the country until
their status can be investigated. She
was on her way home from Turkey,
she said, where she had been doing
Red Cross work under Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau, wife of the American
ambassador and was soon able TO
clear herself of the charge She WIS
soon after taken i'll, however, and
remained several weeks in German
hospitals, where, she said, she re-
ceived the best of attention. Miss
Silliman declined to discuss conditions
either in Germany Or Turkey.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13

fame in this line has gone all over
the world and the navy of almost
every nation on the globe has profited
by his studies. In our own navy to-
day there are some f1fty-one inven-
Fiske. He has left his mark behind
him in more ways than one, and as
he is still a young man at sixty-two
Admiral Fiske, although retired by
Congressional provision, will not
voluntarily give up all interest in the
American Navy. He may be always
commanded in times when his SER
vices and experiences are needed in
advisory capacity.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
,egan with Bryan and ended

began with Bryan and ended with
Roosevelt. The progressive party is
virtually memory, and Bryan in the
democratic party is at the hopeless
nadir of his influence. The conserva-
tive elements Of American society,
affrighted by the reactions caused by
Europe's commissions are seeking in
both the republican and democratic
parties to safeguard established in
stitutions and promote the higher de-
velopment of natiOnalism among a
composite people; these elements, be-
cause of the conditions of the time,
are nearer control of the government,
whoever may be the next president,
than before in Is years. Property,
meanwhile, is digging for itself
trenches in triple rows behind the
screen of national defense against
oversee invasion and the prepared
ness cry, which is justified to a de-
gree, Is still the rare opportunity
Of predatory wealth to refortify it's
lines against the next great upheaVal
of democracy in America.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
Putting Tt On Prosperity.
Waterbury Democrat.)

The one wish common to all man
war shall end soon. All neutrals and
most belligerents have talked a good
deal about a, great sea fight which
would decide the fate of Europe. Now
the biggest naval battle in the history
of the world has taken place with a
loss of over 1000 lives, more than 25
ships, and at a cost of 66,0OO,000.
And the only things which it seems
to have decided are that the end Of
the war is further away than ever and
that the nation which can keep it
self in the best financial condition
will win the War-sOme time. There's
another sea battle to fight probably.
The more. money the more battleships
and prosperity will have to work all
the harder to pay the price. Is it any
wonder that the statesmen of Europe
are worrying about the future popu-
latiOn Of their respective countries?
Conserving babies is a very popular
subject everywhere. We look upon
baby saving as a measure of the altru-
ism OF the century. Saving babies
seems to counterbalance, in some mys-
ferrous way, the sin of sending adults
to death, 1000 to a sea battle, or by
ten thousands, as at Verdun. But
When the posterity about which we
are all now so anxious faces the bur-
Den or paying the war debt, what is
poslerlty going to think of our twenti-
etn century civilization?
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
Preparedness.
stamford Advocate).

Time and again the pacifists--Hen-
ry Ford, Bryan and other dreamers
of beautiful dreams-argue that pre-
paredness" will necessarily lead to
war. But they are dead wrong," to
use the evryday vocabulary Ger
many was "prepared" to the minute,
and she was not attacked, and would
not have been in hundred years, had
she minded her own affairs as we'll as
the other great powers have minded
theirs of late years. Other European
nations had to arm to certain de-
gree to be ready for her menace. 1t
was the attitude of the Prussian mill
tarists that prevented any neighboring
Power from sleeping nights. In this
country, different conditions rule We
can arm and train our young men. 1t
is our duty. Also We are not Obliged
to plunge into war until our people
acting through Congress decide it is
inevitable.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
lessons Learned in Mexico.
(Thomas T. L~syan in Leslie's. J

Army rules and practices have had
to be considerably revised as a result
of the experiments of the expedition
into Mexico. Army officers found that
instead of adopting the newer meth
DDS of warfare, they were compelled
to revert to Indian fighting The ex-
petition thus presents the anomalous
spectacle of tho most modern in1ple-
ments of war, such as the wireless and
siege guns, working in conjunction
with individual cooking and washing
and pack mule transportation. The
men have been thrown so often on
their own resources for cooking that
probably every one could qualify as
an assistant chef pack-mule
kitchen is the most important i'm
proVement adopted by the army in
Mexico in the cooking line. The mules
can follow the cavalry anywhere and
get there before dark, assuring the
men of a hot meal Usually, how
ever, the men, on their forced march,
es, cook their own meals. The cav
airy saber has been useless in the
campaign. The cavalry rifle proved
too long, suggesting a return to the
carbine, which oscillates less in the
boot when packed on a horse. 1t
was found necessary to adopt a bet
ter system of hobbling horses. Smaller
horses were found desirable. Where
ever possible the hunter type, suit
able for park and cross country rid
ing, was abandoned in favor of the
smaller native ponies of the West and
Southwest, which were able to shift
for themselves. Bacon, coffee and
hard tack, with a little sugar. and
salt, known among army men as the
iron ration stood every test of the
campaign. Automobile trucks DEM
onstrated their efficiency. Standing
beside the pack mules. they seemed to
sym bolize the connecting link be-
tween Indian fighting and modern
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
PLAN SEPT. BANQUET.

At the monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the New Brit
ain Christian Endeavor Union at the
Y. M. c. A. last evening it was voted
to hold the next meeting the second
Monday in September. At that time
a banquet will be given to which the
pastors of the churches, the directors
of the union and the executive COM
mittee of the flying squadron in the
campaign for millions are invited.
The plans for the coming winter will
be discussed. The committee in
charge of this meeting is composed
of A. H. Parker, chairman, Miss
Anna Ward and Rev. Earl B. Cross.
The annual meeting of the union
will be held in September and Miss
Miriam Macy will be in char At
last nights meeting the annual re-
port of the work of the Burritt Mis-
sion was read and plans discussed
for the continuation of the work. 1t
WAS voted to send two DELEGATES to
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
The Wreck of RadicaIisIn,
(Springfield Republican,

"llllan Allen White, who identi-
mes himself as one of the radical
Sect1on OF the progressive Dartv de-
scr1bes with the utmost candor the
situation in which the nartx ie ,of+
The radicals from the Wosf c0u1d d.
nothing at Chicago against Perkins
because perkins had paid his good
money for the party and in him rest
ed the title of the party AS for the
colonel, he was blameless; with
great forbearance he has been cutting
off the dogs tail an inch at a time
''to save the feelings of the dog"
Mr.. White admits that both Mr.. Per-
kins and Mr.. Roosevelt are high
minded and spotless patriots who seek
the welfare Of the country; but to
night he sadly concludes, "the radi-
calls stand on a lonely and rather
dreary shore, looking at the ebb tide
and the wreck" This is at least
kindly in treatment of the Perkins
Roosevelt management at Chicago,
and there is little suggestion even Of
bitterness on account Of the result
1t was left for Miss Ida M TarbeIl,
spectator, to express the fierce re-
sentiment many felt at the tragic fl
asco OF the progressive convention, in
Wrltlng that sit was a great and
noble-heared body and it's tremen-
dous fight deserved a better end than
the cowardly stab its leader gave it
IN the message which its chairman
mercltully and wisely withheld" I'M
III almost the moment of adjourn
ment.
Mr. White evidently has no hope
that Mr. Roosevelt will run as a can
d1date on the progressive ticket, and
Gov Johnson's refusal TO be nomi-
nated FOR vice president may now be
interpreted as due to his belief that
the old leader was about to abandon
the party. 1t IS a question of political
Importance what is to become of the
voters represented by this years
progressive convention at Chicago
Mr.. White seems to think the radi-
cal group eventually will divide be-
tween Hughes and Wilson, for they
are too much middle class to work
with the socialists.
If it were not for the sharp divi-
sion on the question of preparations
for war between citizens of progress
sive views, the country might now
witness a new grouping of these radi-
cal followers of Mr.. Roosevelt with
the Bryanites and Henry Fordites
But the war is the cause of Develop
ments which render the combination
OF the middle class" radicals of
the older parties more than ever, i'm
practicable.
The radical democratic movement
in American politics has, for the time
being, spent its organized force It
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely
questions as discussed in ex-
changes that come to the
Herald Office.
A Stolen Story.
(Westerly SUM.

"A story stolen boldly from the pub
lished work Of the late Frank Norris
was recently accepted by the editors
Of the Atlantic Monthly and appears
! in the June issue Of that periodical,
the 1mposture having been discovered
too late AS the literary thief en-
ployed a pen name and his true iden-
tity has not been discovered, the At
lantic can only give publicity to the
matter and apologize to It's readers.
Although this example Of plagiarism
/ in it's comp4etest' form IS only one
of number on record, the wonder
IS that thefts of this sort are not per-
petrated oftener. OF all countries,
the United States is the home Of the
short story. The number of them
published is legion. It is manifest1y
impossible for an editor to acquaint
himself with all that appear in print
in a single year, let alone all pub
1ished in ten, twenty or forty years.
1t would appear to be comparatively
easy for a stolen story of extra good
quality to pass an editorial sanctun
unchallenged. If this were the
whole of the matter, bold literary
thieving might be frequent But the
real danger comes after publication
Although n1ne-tenths or a magazines
readers might be none the wiser,
among the other tenth there are apt
to be persons or at least one person
who had not only read the story as
first published but who would, recog-
nize it and would notify the maya
zines editors. 1t is this possibility
and even probability that restraints
the plagiairst, who knows that he
risks exposure even though he may
employ pseudonym. Another rea-
son for the comparative infrequency
Of fraud Of this kind is that the
tempted man, realizing the limited
opportunity and incapable Of original
literary production is apt to drift into
more profitable forms of theft.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
You Can't Lose This PenciI-Here's a
Chance to Get One of Those
Nifty Clip Pencils, Free

Every man who knows how an
noying it is to reach for the lead pen
Gil that isn't there will welcome the
chance to get one Of those can't-lose-
me vest pocket clip pencils.
All you have to do, the American
Tobacco company announces is to
get a tin Of Tuxedo, and the dealer
will hand you q pencil free. It's the
real thing in pencils, too made by
E. Faber, enamelcd metal case, adj
Unstable lead, rubber tip and nickel
plated clip to hold the pencicl in the
pocket.
The only stipulation is that YOU
don't put it off too long, as the sup
ply Of pencils may run out. Watch
for the tobacco shop with the Free
Pencil Offer displayed in the window,
and step right in and demand yours.
You'll only h2vc to pay the usual
Tuxedo pricc-I0 centS--for. the to-
bacco, and the pencil costs you moth
ing.
This offer the tobacco people say,
is to induce more smokers to try
Tuxedo and see how good il is.
Judging from frequency with which
that green and gold package pops
into view wherever you go, almost
everybody must know about Tuxedo
already.
It seems to grow more popular
year by year. It's naildnces. SMOOTH
ness, sweet flavor and frEcGk m from
"bite" have made Tuxedo a big ia
vorite among the most critical and
fastidious smokers, and hundreds of
famous Americans in all walks of lie
have testified to its superiority.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
COTTON USED IN MAY.
Almost 100000 More Bales Than
Year Ago.

Washington, June 13.--Cotton used
during May amounted to 574,S67 run
ming bales, the census bureau today
announced. That compares with
493,798 bales used in May year
ago.
Cotton used for ten months ending
May 81 was 5,335,573 running bales,
compared with 4,5S5,9S1 a year ago.
Cotton on hand May 81 in consum-
ing establishments was 1878, 094
bales, compared with 1,799,3 year
ago, and in public storage and at COM
presses also, $50 bales compared with
2,439,708 a year ago.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13

Anyone who read the book, or saw
the play, Daddy Long-Legs," will
mourn the death of it's author, Jean
Webster. 1t took a woman with a
girls heart to add such a worthy
contribution to contemporary litera-
ture. Her gifts to American litera-
college graduate, and by her simple
aFd charming manner Of story telling
her name was revered in thousands
Of homes
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13

q, BY virtue of a tax warrant to mo
directed and now in my hands, this
day levy said warrant upon certain
parcels of land and factory standing
in the name Munro Eastwood Pen Co.,
upon the land records of said town,
upon October l. 1913. described as
follows; one factory, building lot
one and two-thirds acres OF land, etc.,
on map of Seymour par kon file at
the town clerks office in said town
said tax amounts to $158.26 with in
terest and on the 9Th day, August,
1916 at o'clock p. M, of said day, I
will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder at the public signpost
in said town, all or so much of said
property as will satisfy said tax war
rant and all charges thereon.
Dated at Newington, June 6, 1915,
CHAS. w. BELDEN,
Collector.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-13
THE NAvY'S Loss.

! Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, on
sixty second anniversary of
b, goes into retirement after
useful service in the United
Hayy 1t is difficult to recall
more capable officer, a
voted attache' of the Ameri-
" than this man who has
ed SO many useful works to
nerance. AS a navigator,
A. Fiske will ever be a.
I inspiration to those who
Ms footsteps at the Naval
AS a military genius he
fame at Manila Bay where
biting officer Of the Petrol he
praise of his captain and the
bn of Admiral Dewey for
conduct. These are side
Admiral Fishes career, for
he is a navigator, and in
he is a military man, his
ices have been given to the
the role of inventor. His