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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-14

lly killed one day last week at Wheeler
when he was struck by rolling logs
from a rollWay on which he was en-
ployed as breaker. He was employed
by the Holt Lumber Company Tor
breaking roIlways and when the logs
started to roll down he attempted TO
get out of the way, but was struck
by one of the top logs, two heavy logs
passing over his body. He did not
speak when the logs struck him and
it is the coroner's verdict that he died
instantly. Gus Ansorge, with whom
the deceased had boarded, was APP
pointed special administrator until
more information regarding his rela-
tives can be obtained. Upon opening
his trunk it was found he had GER
tifcates of deposit amounting to over
$4,000 which will be held by Mr.. An
sorge until his relatives can be 10
Gated, if any are still living. 1t not
the money will revert to the state.
There is little known regarding his
past life except that he was born in
Restigouche county, n. B. Canada, in
I1S4S and has worked in the woods in
this county for number OF years.
1000
AS an aftermath of the riding out OF
town on rail of Barney Ward, some
twelve of the leading business men OF
East Troy have been served with a
summons and complaint and ordered
to appear before a court commission
to Delavane to, show cause why Ward
should not regain possession of prop
erty that he signed away to his w1te's
mother on the occasion he was
''mobbed." Iti-appears he married
Grace Klamath on her deathbed at a
Milwaukee maternity hospital, after
her imploring him to do so to give
their child name. The infant also
died, which left Ward the nearest heir
to her savings. 1t is said he boasted
that was why he married her. This,
in addition to other things, so incensed
her neighbors and friends that they
forced him to sign over the property
and then rode him out of town on a
rail. Ward has engaged Henry Lock
ney of Waukesha and Jay Page OF
Elkhorn as his attorneys, while T. M
Kearney of Racine, will defend the
East Troy citizens. Mrs. Ward
mother and brother are sure to be de-
PENDANTS, according to Mr.. Lockney
Who the others will be will be decid-
ed after examinations under the dis
covery statutes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-14

Miss Nettie was a tennis fan,
She we'd a man whose game was
cricket
Their infant son, by natures plan,
Kicks up all night a racquet wick
ct Vanadyl.
Dan Deemer was a strong Hughes
man;
T. r. for Mrs. Deemer.
Their tiny tot, thrO' natures plot,
Had spells of chills and fever.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-14
THE EUGENE MUSE.

Linotype Column, Chicago Tribune.)
The Camera Man wed the Movie
Queen,
This is the truth, in toto:
Their child was born with a very
bad
Enlargement of the photo.
E. M. S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-14

Beauty is said to be only skin deep,
but many woman's beauty depends
upon the size of her balance in the
bank
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-14

Three carloads of sheepshead, So
900 pounds, have been shipped from
Lake Winebago to Oshkosh in the last
two weeks. One haul consisted of
10000 pounds of sheepshead and only
127 game fish were in the net. These
being sent back into the water un-
harmed. Sheepshead are classed in
state law as trough fish," but they
command a good market at Chicago,
st. Louis and New York and other cit
ties, retailing at eleven or twelve cents
a pound.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
REFUGEES FROM PARRAL
REACH THE STATES SOIL
STORY OF THEIR FLIGHT
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

Nogales, Ariz., November o.
What appears to be pretty direct and
reliable information in regard to
the Americans that were in Parral
at the time it was taken by the Vii
la army has been brought by four
American refugees, who escaped
from the city, and after seventeen
days of journeying, largely through
the mountains, have at length ar
rived on American soil. The four
men are at hotel here, and talk
freely They were about exhausted
when they reached this place, but
they have had twenty hours of
sleep, and are now ready to give any
information that is desired. The
four men are F. ]. Hawkins, Louis
Webb, Bernard Mcdonald and A. W..
Morris.
Villa Army Entered City.
They tell how the Villa army,
5000 strong, entered the city on
November 8. The Carranza SOL
diers made no resistance. Villa
gave orders to imprison all foreign
ers that were caught in the town.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24

These four Americans escaped. They
made journey of $50 miles on foot
through the mountains, travelling by
night and hiding by day, in region
infested with Yaqui Indians and
Villa sympathizers. At length they
reached the city of Caliacan, where
they took the train and managed to
ride over the American border.
Americans May Have Escaped.
Webb and Mcdonald are inclined
to think that the eight Americans
whom they left behind in Parral
were captured by the Villa soldiers,
though some, they say, might have
escaped. Hawkins thinks all of
them were massacred. The four
refugees state that they have it on
pretty direct information that fifty
Chinese and twenty Syrians and
Turks were massacred by the direct
orders of Villa. They say that Ed
ward Koch, the German vice consul,
who fed from Parral on the ap-
proach of the Villa army, advised
all other foreigners to do likewise,
but many decided to remain where
they were.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
JUDGE v. c. HOOK HOLDS ADAMSON
STATUTE TO BE Unconstitutional
ASSOCIATED Press DiSpatch.l

Kansas City, No. November 22-The Adamson eight hour law
held here today by Judge William Hook the
United States district Judge Hook directed the Of the
Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad who brought the original action
enjon operation the Adamson law assist the
Hook instructed them invite representatives of every railroad the
country participate in the hearings before the highest court
Judge Hook this decision cites the fact that this the
many have been filed by different railroads federal district
courts parts the United States all try the
question: whether the Adamon law not constitutional That
the would the supreme the United States for final
adjudication certain public question Of grave and
pressing moment and therefore early decision by the federal supreme
court Of great importance Hence the should be
rushed through the highest tribunal Of the land with all possible
speed
The of the Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma railroad asks for
injunction the putting into effect Of the Adamn hour
law No such injunction granted the court remarkng that such
order would be appealed directly the court but the
circuit appeals whose decision the would be final
and the matter would be aucaed eventually the supreme
court anyhow therefore, the consuony Of the law passed
upon an opinion only and thus the could be taken
to the supreme court.
Judge Hook regrets the necessity of placing decision
on such record without due debera-
ton but the circumstances under which the brought
were exceptional the extreme and therefore would have
to be done.
1t expected bring the before the supreme
calendar The lower court advises the attorneys interested
in all the like that have been filed to be present the
hearing this question.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
SOLDIERS PERMITTED
REMOVAL OF PRINCES
British Troopers Are No Longer
Forced To Wear the
MuStaChe
UNITED Press Dispatch.1
HAL O'ELAHERTY.

London, November 7-[By Mail
And it came to pass that those in
command of England's new army re-
Tented, saying: wherefore we have
made burthensome the lives of our
younger officers in that we require
adornment of the upper lip, let there
be modification of our order leaving
to the discretion of the wearer the
matter of facial decoration"
Perhaps not in those words but
somewhat in that manner, the fam
GUS order requiring British officers
to wear mustaches has been placed
among the relics of the world war.
Originally paragraph 1896 of the
Kings Regulations read as follows ::
"The hair of the head will be kept
short and the chin and under lip
will be shaved but not the upper lip.
Whiskers, if worn will be of moder-
ate length"
From this ukase, have been strick-
en- the words "but not the upper lip
Hence, the British officer today may
or may not cultivate a mustache &C
cording to his own inclination or
that of his wife or sweetheart. But
here is where the rub comes in-the
chin and under lip must be shaver.
Those desiring beard are forced to
grow either a Dundreary or mutton
chops, neither of which is considered
becoming.
On the memorable day when the
mustache order was modified, barber
shops looked like recruiting offices.
Youthful lieutenants whose efforts
of months had produced nothing but
a fuzzy shadow and whose usual apol-
ogetic order to the barber was: "just
let the upper lip alone" dashed in
and impatiently awaited their turn
to say: "shave that damned thing
off -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
Campaign Of Open Air Adver-
Using Against It
RAPS MORMON CHURCH
CRY For Child Relief in France
Should Be Heard in
America
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l

Indianapolis, November 22.-"The
w. C. T. u. and the Public" was the
general topic of discussion by the
National W.. c. T U here today. A
mong the reports and addresses by
superintendent of ten of the organi-
cations departments were: Methods
of Advertising in the Open Air." by
Mrs. c. P. Lindsay, Albany, N. Y;
Relief Work." by Mrs. Leila M. Sc
wall of the department of flower mis-
sion;" Medical Temperance" by Mrs
Martha M. Allen, Forest Hills Garden
L. l.; "Mormonism: It's Polygamy and
Treason" by Mrs. Lulu Loveland
and Shepard of the National Reform
association and "The Open Door
by Mrs. Mary Davis Thompson of the
department of social meetings.
Mrs. Lindsay, who is superintendent
of the w. C.. T. us department OF
fairs and open air meetings, outlined
methods of open air advertising by
transparencies, "sandwich-men," signs
and other means of bringing into
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
SHIP sunk
many LIVES ARE LOST
UNITED Press Dispatch.1


London, Eng, November 22.-The
Britanic, hospital ship of the White
Star line, was sunk today in the
AEGEAN sea at the Zea channel. 1t is
reported that the vessel was sunk
either by torpedo or a mine. Of
those on board, fifty were lost, twen-
ty-eight were injured and 100 were
saved. 1t was a essel of 4S,15S tons,
the largest British ship afloat. 1t was
built for carrying passengers, but at
the outbreak of the war it was
pressed into service by the govern
ment as a hospital ship. The Brit
anic was conveying wounded from
Saloniki to Italy.
The Brittanic was sunk by a
mine or torpedo yesterday morn
ing in the AEGEAN sea, the official
statement says. There were LOG
survivors, of whom about twenty
were injured.
Athens, November 22.-Via Lon
don. The White Star Line steamship
Brittanic, serving as hospital ship
for the wounded soldiers of the en-
tente allies, was torpedoed and sunk
it was officially announced here to-
day.
London, Eng, November 22-That
the vessel sunk in the Adriatic was
no other than the hospital shiI
Britannica is fact well established
1t is now understood that there were
1,758 persons aboard the steamer
when she was blown up.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
Allies Are Continuing Their
Pursuit With Wgor
STORES ARE LEFT BEHIND
Germans Abandoned Food In
Their Haste; Much Railroad
Material Also
limited Press Dispatch.l

Paris, France, November o.
Word from news sources of the
Balkans indicates that the allies are
continuing most vigorously their
pursuit of the German and Austrian
force that has just abandoned the
city of Monastir in Servia. The
Teutons are fleeing towards Prilep,
with the allies closely following
The Servians are especially Jealous
in this pursuit. They are over
joyed and full of enthusiasm, now
that they actually see their own
country getting freed from the in
vaders.
Teutons Abandon Food Supplies.
The Teutons in their hasty flight
have abandoned immense stores of
military supplies, which have fallen
into the hands of the allies. There
has as yet been no chance of esti-
mating the value of these supplies,
but it is known that they come at a
time when they will do the allies q
vast amount of good The supplies
include a large stock of food. There
is also a great deal of railroad prop
erty, including engineering material
and withal, about everything that is
needed to build and equip railroads.
1t is understood that General Sar-
rail can make immediate use of all
this vast store Of booty.
The Italians are reported to be
pressing forward vigorously on the
Macedonian front, and to have en-
tered the Musa region.
Paris, France, November PA
great fog has been hindering the
operations of the troops on the
SOmme front
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
VILLA IS IN CONTROL
Bandit Has Things Pretty Much His
Own Way in Mexico.
UNITED Press Dispatch.J


Ell Paso, Texas, November o.
General Trevino, in command of the
de facto troops in the northern part
of the state of Chihuahua has with
drawn to Chihuahua City. The report
that Villa has control of Santa Rosa
liza is confirmed. The Villa power is
now running military trains between
Santa Rosalia, Parral and Jiminez,
all of these places being in the hands
of the Villa forces. Villa is reported
to be paying his men off in gold and
silver coins, many of rather old
coinage The fact that they are made
of precious metal gives them an in
trinsic value.
There is much terror among the
people around and in Chihuahua City
over the expected advance of Villa
to take posses\ion of that place.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
MILLS ARE SHUTTING DOWN
Failure to Obtain Cars Cripples In
dustries in the Cities.

Failure to Obtain Cars CrippIes In
dustries in the Cities.
G. NJ. Palmer of the Hubbard Pal
mer mill stated this morning shat
several Minneapolis mills were shut
ting down today, owing to their in
ability to get cars for shipping pur-
poses. The company which furnished
the steam coal which is used at the
mill has shut down, and only runs
about one day in the week, as no
cars are available in which to ship
the COAL Present conditions have
caused an advance of four hundred
per cent in the price of steam coal
"We are facing the most desperate
situation in regard to cars for ship
ping that / ever saw" said Mr.. Pal
mer "The tremendous volume of
business, and the big shipments OF
grain and merchandise have caused
a condition with which the railroads
are unable to cope, as they have not
kept up with the times, and are not
equipped with facilities to accom-
modate the shippers"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24

London, Nov. 22.-Emperor Francis
Joseph died at 8 p. m. Tuesday, at
Schoenbrunn castle, according to a
Reuter- dispatch from Vienna by way
of Amsterdam.
The first intimation received here
that Emperor francis Joseph's health
was again the subject of solicitation
was contained in a dispatch dated
Nov. II, emanating from Vienna
news agency, which reported that the
emperor had been suffering for some
days from a slight catarrhal affection
Subsequent reports from various
sources, more or less conflicting, rep
resented that his condition was becom'
ing worse, but none of them indicated
that his illness threatened to reach
a critical state, and from Vienna came
assurances that he was still able to
give audiences to one or more minis.
tiers, daily
What gave some credence to the
suspicion that his condition was much
graver than the official bulletins in.
Dictated was the report which still
lacks official confirmation, that it had
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publicity the temperance cause. She
scored the tobacco habit as filthy
and unhealthful, and said campaign
of open air advertising could be
waged against the cigar, the cigar
ct and chewing tobacco on poster
boards carried by men hired for the
purpose and as an offset to the bill
board advertising of the tobacco
makers. A campaign against the use
of liquor could be carried on in
similar ways, said Mrs. Lindsay.
Loud Cry From France.
Discussing relief work, Mrs. Sc
wall said: There is now loud cry
from across the sea, a pathetic cry,
from 100000 children in France,
whose fathers have given their lives
for their country, a cry from these
innocent little victims of this hor-
rible war. The French government
allows ten cents day for the sup
port of each of these children; there
is society formed in France. with
branches in this country, that asks
to have this ten cents supplemented
by another to make the child more
comfortable; some people are re-
spending to the call of this society
by contributing the amount for one
child for one or two years.
eve already have started this
work in my home state, Massachu-
sets. It seems to me that this cry OF
the children should perhaps be heard
above all others by the women OF
the Women's Christian Temperance
union whose great mother heart is
throbbing with pity for these little
ones"
Hanks Back To Young.
In opening her address on Nor
monism, Mrs. Shepard, after declar-
ing that bingham Young, first
Mormon prophet in Utah, opened
distillery which he operated as
Continued on Page Three
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
FRANCIS JOSEPH DEAD
SUDDEN END OF AUS7RO
HUNGARIAN EMPEROR

London, November 22.-The death on
Tuesday night of Emperor Francis Jo-
seph of Austria caused notable emotion
in Vienna, says the Exchange Telegraph
company's Amsterdam correspondent.
The general public was not aware of the
serious nature of his illness, according to
these reports, because of the non-alarm-
ing character of the bulletins issued.
The emperor, the dispatch added, was
feverish yesterday afternoon, being un-
able to eat his evening meal and retiring
at seven o'clock. He WIS assisted to his
bed chamber by his daughter, Arch
duches Valerie He found himself un-
able to sleep and asked that his physi-
cans be summoned. He complained of
pains in bis throat, but was in a more
restful state at nine o'clock. A few
moments later the doctors saw him and
he made gesture pointing to his throat.
A second afterward he died.
Members of the imperial family were
Immediately summoned as were the Off
Gals of state who prepared the an.
nouncement of his death.
Emperor William was Immediately in
formed, the message being sent over the
telephone which links the headquarters
of the German army with Schoenbrunn
Palace. Ntohing has been decided re-
garding the emperor's accession.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
CAUSE OF CAR FAMINE
Vast Number Are Held in Eastern
Railroad Yards.

IUnited Press DlSpatch.J
ST. Paul, Mimi, November 22.-
The car famine in the west is due
in large measure to the fact that a
vast number of cars are tied up in
the shipping railroad yards of New
York without any place to deposit
their contents. So said Commits
sioner o. P. B. Jacobson of the
state railroad and warehouse COM
mission of Minnesota, who has been
in the east, investigating the situa-
ton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24


been decided to associate the heir to
the throne, Archduke Charles Francis,
in the government of the country. and
that he was to assume the position
Dec on the sixty-eighth anniversary
of the emperor's ascension to the
throne.
Longest Reign on Record.
London. Nov. 22.-It is doubtful il
in all history there has been an active,
authenticated reign longer than that
closed by the death of Francis Joseph
When 10 years old he assembled the
throne of Austria, on abdlcatlon 81
his uncle, Ferdinand l., Dec. 2, 1S4S.
Tradition says that Pharaoh ruled
for 80 years, and there is the more
credible instance of Rameses H., De.
osiris of the Greeks, whose reign IS
reputed to have covered sixty-seven
years.
But in recorded history there has
been no reign equal in period OF time
of that of the Hapsburg, which has
Just closed. Louis XIV. of France was
nominally king for seventy-two years.
He actually occupied the throne for
little more than half a century. A
closer rival, and the only one of mod
ern times, was Queen Victoria, who
reigned sixty-four years.
Death Deeply lmpresses Public.
London, Nov. 22.-Telegraphins
from Amsterdam, the Central News
correspondent says:
vienna reports that although the
death of the emperor had been expect
ed, the news, which was printed III
special editions of the newspapers,
made deep impression on the pub
lie. A special cabinet meeting was
held. The heir to the throne, Arch
duke Charles Francis, has been for
some time in Vienna.
"a meeting of the Hungarian cab''
net has been called at Budapest. Pre-
mier Tisza will afterwards come to
Vienna"
Paris. November ga dispatch
from Madrid says the Austrian en-
bassy announced the death of Fran
els Joseph This was the first official
tonrornoonouf of bic dootb
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
Aids For the Schools.
UNITED Press Dispatch.1
Do,,I Adinn N0uor,ho

IUHIleI fTeSS DISFdtCI.1
ST. Paul, Mimi, November 22.-
State Superintendent C. G. Schulz
has prepared a circular letter which
he is sending out to the different
county superintendent, telling of
certain financial aids that the
schools need, and urging the county
superintendent to call the matters
to the attention of the senators and
representatives of their respective
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
Seventy New Banks.

United Press D1Spdtcn.J
st. Paul, Mimi, November 22.-
Minnesota has added seventy new
state banks during the fiscal year
lust ended, according to records on
file at the state superintendent of
banks office today. State banks in
Minnesota today numbered 1,O10.
The aggregate capital of these banks
are S20,308,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
ROCKEFELLER Is WRONG
Minister Declares That His Concep'
ton of Saint is Incorrect.

rtInitec Press Disnatch
Cleveland, o., November 22.-John
D. Rockefeller's conception of heaven
and the saints is all wrong. Rev.
Dan F. Bradley, pastor of one of the
opposition churches to John DIS on
Euclid avenue said today.
Recently John D. stated that st.
Paul would have been financier had
he lived in the present age.
Reverend Bradley said est. Paul
would not have known Wall street
or Fifth avenue. He would not have
been like Mr.. Rockefeller"
"Mr. Rockefeller made this state
ment under two false implications,
first that all great men are financiers
and second that the securing OF an
enormous fortune is proper"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-24
AUTO THIEF SENTENCED
Chester Rouse Is Given Chance t
Make Good at Fairmont.

Chester Rouse of Fairmont town
ship. who was arrested for stealing
an automobile, appeared before
Judge Quinn Monday and pleaded
guilty to the charge of grand larceny.
Rouse was sentenced to pay a fine
of $50, but the sentence was sus-
pended on the condition that he alb
stain from intoxicating liquor for
one wear