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Evening star., 1916-12-26
ONE KILLED, SIX HURT
|NSTREET ACCIDENTS
Colored Boy Run Down by Auto Dies
in Casualty Hospital-In-
juries to Others.

Thomas Pinkney, colored, seven years
old, 1916 G. street northeast. was
knocked down by an automobile at 9Th
and H streets northeast yesterday aft
ernoon and so seriously hurt that he
died at Casualty Hospital without hav-
ing regained consciousness. The police
learned that the automobile was owned
by Adam Ehshlager, 1889 p street, and
operated by John Fletcher, also of that
address.
Witnesses of the accident said the
machine was moving at moderate
speed and the boy ran directly in
front of it. He appeared in front of the
car so suddenly, it is stated that
Fletcher could not prevent the accident.
An inquest will be held at the morgue
this afternoon.
Motor Cycle Policeman N. w. Warren
of the Tenleytown district yesterday
afternoon was thrown from his machine
when one of its wheels struck a sewer
cover at Wisconsin avenue and 7 street.
He received such severe injuries to his
face that it was necessary for him to
be relieved from duty.
Karl Scherer a member Of the motor
cycle force of the eleventh precinct,
was injured at 1lth and VI streets yes
terday as a result of collision be-
tween his motor cycle and motor de-
livery wagon of the Anton Fischer
Company. He received first-aid treat
ment at the Office of physician and
was taken home. Joseph Henson,
chauffeur, who was in charge of the
delivery wagon, will have to answer q
charge of colliding.
The automobiles of Aksel Wichfeld,
1746 Massachusetts avenue, and Frank
II. Nolte, Wyoming apartments. col
lided at Massachusetts avenue and 18th
street about 1870 o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Nolte was operating his car, while
the Wichfeld machine was in charge of
Z. c. Grimm, 2131 o street. Slight dam
age resulted
Evening star., 1916-12-26

Nodaks-Eastman Goods and Others.
Columbia Photo Sup. Co. 1894 N. Y. ave
Evening star., 1916-12-26

About 1,l00 kinds of insects make
their homes IN the oak trees.
Evening star., 1916-12-26

American. Il. i. Ave. and LIST 81.
TODAY THE CHORUS LADY sta.
Cast. celebrated Paramount Sia-c Play.
Evening star., 1916-12-26

ToNIGHT-B BESSIE BARRISCALE, IL
THE PAYMENT" Triangle.
Evening star., 1916-12-26

Crandall's Apollo. 624 III ST. NE.
r0DAY-GAIL KANE and ARTHUR ASH
LEY. in THE MEN SHE MARRIED.
TOMORROW LOCKWOOD and
MAY ALLISON. in BIG rREMaINE."
Evening star., 1916-12-26

Olympic. 1431 You st. NV.
TODAY ROBERT EDESoN. in THE
LIGHT THAT FAILED No. Cartoon
Comedies by Wallace A. Carlson.
Evening star., 1916-12-26

Reunions Of the various classes, in
Guiding the pioneer class of 1873, the
Evening star., 1916-12-26
|Special Film Features

Circle. 2IO5 Pa. Ave. Th. w. 953.
( TODAY-MME. OLGA PETRONA, in "EX-
J TRAVAGANCE.' Also Comedy.
} TOMORROW-MAT els - MARY PICK
! FORD. in LESS THAN TIE DUST"
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MOBILES ARE TAX FREE
Discovery That Was Made in Rostock
Germany: They Will Help The
Needy Soldiers
IAssoclated Press D:spatch. /

Berlin, May BIN the midst of the
widespread discussion that goes on
nowadays concerning the taxation,
someone has discovered that in the
city of Rostock in Mecklenburg, there
are considerable number of per-
sons, many of them belonging to old
noble families, who under laws ex-
tending back into the middle ages are
tax free, even today.
Their existence became known
when the landtag Or legislature OF
Mecklenburg suggested more or less
hopefully that these "exonpts" might
at least be willing to subject them
selves to some kind of an extraordi-
nary war tax so long as they had not
to pay any of the peace taxes. Al
50 it was pointed out that many who
had been in the exempt class for years
had, long ago, voluntarily subjected
themselves to the taxes paid by their
fellow citizens.
Back to the landtag came the de-
cisive answer: 1.-The officials and
! nobility of Rostock to accept taxa
/ ton duty, since they are not prepared
to help cover the budget of Rostock
from their incomes. They announce
themselves as ready in place of the
war tax, to place at the disposal OF
the authorities considerable sums to-
ward the support of the needy fami-
| lies of soldiers"
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having, relieved judges of their du-
ties when they were i'll or could not
take up matters in their jurisdic-
tiCn, Hn
Judge Quinn is recognized as one
of the ablest Judges in Minnesota.
He is a forceful character on the
bench. He has presided over many cri-
minal trials and civil actions. He is a
fair, impartial judicial officer. That
he will receive strong support in
Southern Minnesota counties is con-
coded by those who are best able to
judge.
The decision Of Judge Quinn to be-
come candidate for the supreme
bench will necessitate his with
drawel from the contest for renomi-
nation in the seventeenth district. At
the present time Attorney b. G.. Dean
is candidate for the iudgeship in
that district, but it. is understood that
two other filings for the place will
be made within few days. Possibly
j. T. Knox of Jackson and Attorney
Palmer of Fairmont will get into the
race.
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mail order house has no interest in
the welfare of the community more
than to draw away money from it.
Money spent in the adjacent city or
village stays in the community, to
circulate over and over again. Ger
many. hedged about by enemies and
largely confined to it's own resources,
has shown remarkable financial and
industrial strength during the war,
which her financial men assert is due
f, to the fact that the money for war
munitions and supplies of every kind
! is spent at home, where it keeps
| circulatiDg and increasingly supplying
the government as well as industry
with funds If the money sent to mail
order houses was spent in this COM
munity, how much more would be in
circulation here, to be paid out for
comfort and necessities for
our churches and our ben
evidences, for lettering the roads,
for larger inducements for competi-
ton in farm OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, and
for the purchase of the products of
the farm.
! Our local business men can meet
opportunity. On the other hand, they
ought to be able to furnish as good
market for the products of the farm
as the farmers can find anywhere, and
the evidence is that they do"
Speaking Of community picnics he
said:
! N"I am in hopes that the committee
on the coming Fourth of July celebra-
ton will make a strong feature OF
the proposed community picnic on
that day. Such gatherings, held not
too infrequently, in various scenic
! and convenient parts of the county,
participated in by our business men
and their families, and by the farmers
and their families, would help to draw
city and country together in a close
community of interests that could
not help but be lasting and fruitful"
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Members of Sociology Body
Spent Day at Faribault
we're IN CLASS ROOMS
Visited the Several State Insti-
tutionS and Gained Much
Information
From Wednesdays Ga1y.

Mankato normal school students of
sociology class ], under the leader
ship and supervision of their in
structor, G. S. Peterson, enjoyed a
delightful and profitable field trip to
Faribault last Saturday, visiting and
studying the various institutions.
The party left Mankato at $50 a. m,
over the Chicago Great Western in
a special car, and arrived at Fari-
bault at 1871 a. M
The School for the Deaf was the
first institution visited, and the stu
dents remained there until ten
o'clock. They viewed the equipment
and extensive dormitories: observed
class room work in the trades, and
methods Of teaching deaf children
under the supervision of very compe-
tent teachers; witnessed various evo-
lutions of military drill by deaf boys,
this drill having been introduced this
year and the exercises being almost
perfect and of great interest; visitetl
the fine library and chapel, which is
built in the form Of theatre.
DR.. j. N. Tate, the superintendent,
acted as guide to the Mankato party
and explained the work of the insti-
tuition. He gave several demonstra-
tons of the sign language for the
deaf
Miss Vera Cannon, often referred
to as the Helen Keller of Minneso-
ta,' demonstrated her reading abili-
ty, her dizziness at the typewriter,
her skill in crocheting and fancy
work, and other matters. There are
about 100 such deaf blind people in
the United States, thirty of whom are
in institutions, and uniformly in
schools for the deaf
Visited the Feeble Minded.
From 1915 a. M, until 8 p. M, the
student party and instructor visited
the School for the Feeble Minded.
Dr. E. H. TrOwbridge, assistant SUI
perintendent of the institution, in
the absence of Dr. A. G.. Rogers, who
is i'll in St Paul hospital, acted as
guide, and Miss Mclean, head of the
training department, assisted. The
time was spent in visiting the school
departments and grades, observing
teaching methods: industrial work;
basketry, in which class the people
make baskets worth as high as sew
eral hundreds of dollars each; lace
classes; tailor shop, where all the
clothes for the inmates of the insti-
tuition are made; printing shop, net
work; weaving; gymnasium exer-
cises, and work in music.
During a short intermission a bur
fet luncheon was served to the Man
kato people, after which work of the
day was resumed. At assembly ex-
ercises the feeble minded orchestra
and band rendered music. DR.. Kuhl-
mann, director of the research de-
partment of the institution talked-on
1.-The Extent of Feeble Mindedness in
Minnesota. Miss Dewitt, field work
er, explained her visits to the homes
of feeble minded, and the study OF
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Judge James H Quinn Of Fairmont
is candidate for the Minnesota
state supreme bench. This fact was
made known today when the judge
sent his fling papers to Secretary
of State julius Schmall in st. Paul.
Several weeks ago Judge Quinn
filed for re- election in the seventeenth
judicial district. Since then strong
pressure has been brought upon him
to seek the higher position on the
supreme bench. In fact, delegations
have called upon him at Fairmont
and importuned him to become q
candidate; also he received many
letters and kilograms urging him 10
file for the place.
Judge Quinn is fifty eight years
old. He was born in Wisconsin and is
of Scotch Irish decent He has lived
in Blue Earth, Martin and Faribault
counties fifty-three years. He was
county attorney of Faribault county
for five terms. He has been on the
district bench nearly twenty years.
He has presided over courts in
thirty four counties III Minnesota,
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From Wednesdays Daily.


Mail order houses proved to be the
subject that attracted the greatest
interest at the mems gathering in
the parlors of the hgregational
church last evening. The topic that
had been chosen was Co operation
Between the City and Country" and
this brought out talk on mail order
houses. AS soon as the discussion
turned on that subject, nothing else
was talked about during the remain
der of the evening
H. C. HOtaling, editor of The Blue
Earth County Enterprise, who read
the leading paper, stated in the after
discussion that the Mapleton furni-
ture house at Mapleton, 10 which he
was interested kept on the counters
the price catalogues of the two big
mail order houses OF Chicago, and
was not afraid to let its customers
know ali about those prices.
There were others who told of Ger
tain prices that the mail order houses
had quoted, and which seemed com
paratively low. e. f. Soaring, secre-
tary of the Mankato Commercial
club, told of meetings OF the advisory
board of that body, when facts were
brought forth showing that the quality
of goods sold by mail order houses
was poorer than that Of goods sold
by Mankato merchants.
Campaign of Education.
Miles Porter urged that q campaign
of education be taken up among the
farmers of the country surrounding
Mankato in regard to the catalogue
houses. He said some Of the manag-
ers of the catalogue houses had boast
ed that in ten years they would wipe
off the map all the farm villages an(
farm cities, all of the farmers doing
|, their buying in Chicago.
Others who took part in the meet
ing were Rev. Edward Constant
pastor of the church, who presided
Thomas Hughes, A. W. Randolph, H
B. Armstrong, A. T. Heidei and Judge
Evan Hughes.
Mr., Hotaling's paper was in part as
follows:
I'm our own state probably the best
illustrations of cooperation between
city and country are furnished al
Wheaton, Saltwater and Mortified
At Wheaton magnificent community
building was recently dedicated to
the wants of that particular COM
munity. In the buildings are to be
found all those utilities which con
tribute to the happiness and pros
perity of not only the city but the
farmers living tributary thereto. II
saltwater cooperative market has
been provided wherein the farmer is
given an opportunity to dispose OF
whatever he produces The manager
in charge keeps a close tab upon the
wants of various sections of the
country and is able thereby to turn
into cash much produce which would
! otherwise be wasted.
Apples Left to Rot.
IN our own community year after
year we have seen 49, apples
left to rot upon the ground because
( of, no place to market them, while
people in the adjacent states of North
and South Dakota have yearned fol
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From Wednesdays Daily.
Surprise Shower Party.

Mrs. John Wintheiser was hostess
last evening at a prettily arranged
surprise shower party in honor OF
Miss Nora Fitzgerald, whose marriage
to Mr.. Frank Wagon will take place
at St Johns Catholic church on May
g. The affair was held at the Win
theiser home on Fourth street, and
about sixteen young ladies had as
sembled when Miss Fitzgerald ar
rived, taking her completely by sur
prise. The gift parcels were hidden in
different hooks around the rooms. and
the prospective bride was told to
hunt for them which she did TO the
merriment of all, and finally dis
covered handsome linen tablecloth
and set of napkins 10 match. y
social evening was then enjoyed
closing with the serving of delicious
lunch.
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NORMAL CLASS WILL
VISIT STATES PRISON
With Instructor G. S. Peterson
Party Is to Go TO StiliW alter
Saturday
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily. Gtr a..
G. S. Peterson, instructor in So
GEOLOGY at the normal school, will
conduct field trip of students in
sociology class two to the Minnesota
state prison at saltwater, Minnesota,
on Saturday of this week, May 6.
The party will leave Mankato over
the Chicago ST. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha railroad at SOP a. M, arriv-
ing in st. Paul at 1850 a. m, and
will leave ST. Paul at Sis a. M,
over the electric line, arriving at
Saltwater at a m. Returning they
will leave Saltwater at p. M, ar
irving at st. Paul at 2:50 p. M, leave
ST. Paul at 455 p. M, and arrive at
,Mankato at 8 p. m.
Program of visit and inspection for
the day:
New state prison in South Still
water; visit main building; adminis-
tration offices; warden's new home;
cell houses; trade and industrial
departments; Irvine factory; farm
machinery factory; store houses of
raw materials; spinning, balling, and
other departments of the Irvine fac
IOIs ilOu lOuIluTleS, hospital anu
clinics; greenhouse; school and train
ing departments; study prison
methods Of administration and super
visions bills of fare; offenses; federal
prisoners of whom 100 are at Still
water; woman's ward, where sixty
five women are confined; colored
prisoners Of whom 100 are at Still
water; discipline, rules, sentences;
contract labor; paroles and pardons;
thaplains; physicians; matrons; en-
gineers; dollhouse keepers; guards
and watches; dining hall administra-
ton, dormitory supervision; shop
rules; grading rules; library rules and
equipment; recreational centers.
Those who will take the trip Sat
urday are G. S. Peterson, instructor
in sociology; Mildred Allen, Hazel
Campbell, Elsie DanielsonA GLADYS
Hanna, Beulah Hulberg, Margaret
Humble, Lillian Jensen, Pearl KEN
holz, Esther Kleist, Frances Kos
moski, Pelagia Kosmoski, Pearl Mill
er, Bernice Morrow, Hannah Noun
tain, Henry Roust, Hazel Sharp.
Dorothy Scott.
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COOPERATION BETWEEN CITY And Z
COUNTRY; DISCUSSION BY MEMS CLUB

| the fruit thus left TO decay. Much OF
| this loss might have been prevented
| by cooperation among the fruit
growers in raising apples of the same
variety whereby the buyer could
come into the community and pick up
la carload of the same character. This
| is also true Of potatoes and were all
| the farmers in given neighborhood
| TO plant the same variety so that
carloads could be purchased which
would run uniform, buyers could be
more easily secured. This has been
tested out in the cattle line at North
| field where 1900 Holsteins can be
found in single community.
THE saltwater operative market
| is endeavoring to educate its patrons
along these respective lines and
while its market has not proved self
supporting it has proved of great
value to the community and the
! businessmen of that city have been
more than willing to make up the
slight deficiency at the end of the
| cemented the friendship between
city and country and proven to the
| farmers that the home businessman
| is truly interested il his welfare and
| success. Far more so than the distant
mail order house which neither as
sists in local taxes nor in the upkeep
, Of the home, church, school, but
| which grinds down it's employees,
forcing them to live on starvation
wages and to exc out an..existence by
questionable methods
Rea! Center of Co. operative Effort.
Mortified is the real center of
cooperative effort in our state and
| the leaven therein incucated en-
| braces not only the educational field
| but the religious and commercial life.
| The farmers are made members OF
the Commercial club, memberships
| being offered at half rates. Then a
great community picnic is arranged
| for each year in which the farmers
and business men mingle freely with
| the result that a better feeling, a
better understanding of one another
| is brought about and greater con-
! fldence in one another instilled There
has been an Interchange of ideas, farm
| life has been made more attractive,
property has advanced in value and
all concerned are more prosperous
than ever before, bank deposits hav-
ing advanced fifty per cent in the
| last five years The highways have
been improved and what is better
than ALL there is a unity of feeling
which cannot be broken by selfish
souls whose main object in life seems
to be to arouse dissensions."
Work Of Commercial Club.
MI. Soaring also read paper
wherein he spoke of the work of the
Mankato Commercial club in the i'm
provement of country highways
around Mankato, the award OF prizes
fer agricultural exhibits and other
work that brought the farmers into
closer touch with the city. He also
spoke OF catalogue. houses, as follows
The farmers can help the city by
being loyal to it and always ready to
speak friendly word for it, and by
patronizing it's business houses in
preference to mail order houses The
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the family and hereditary conditions
of their inmates. The MankatO party
then visited the wards of the cuSto-
dial departments Of idiots and low
grade imbeciles, seeing all the types,
including the broad-headed and mar
row headed types, or the macro and
micro cephalic heads, as they are
called. Epileptics are also confined
here. There are also three large
farm colonies on the cottage system
basis for the higher grades of feeble
minded.
School For the Blind.
The School for the Blind was Wis
tied from 3:15 p. M, until p. m. The
time was spent in viewing all the
equipment, and the wonderful New
York Point Library for the deaf
This is the library for all of the deaf
of the state, with branches in Min
neapolis, ST. Paul, and Duluth DR..
and Mrs. J. ]. Dow acted as guides
and explained the work Of the insti-
tuition. DR.. Dow spoke briefly on
"The Work of the State of Minneso-
ia for the Blind" Following his talk
an excellent program was given by
blind students. consisting Of vocal
solos, pipe organ solos, choruses Of
male and female voices, readings,
and demonstration of reading from
the New York Point system for the
blind. There were also demonstra-
tions of the writing system for the
blind. The visitors spent some time
in observing the class work, indus
trial work, weaving, etc, of the blind
students.
Seeing the Town."
After this the party broke up into
groups and spent the remaining time
in seeing the town." the fine high
school, St. Mary's School for Girls;
public buildings, etc. Returning to
Mankato the party left Faribault by
special Great Western car at 1850
D. NJ, arriving here at 9:45 p. m. The
day was considered very well spent
by all who made the trip, and was a
broadening experience in the matter
of gaining knowledge at first hand.
Citizens in general would find such
a trip profitable, and every one
should have some knowledge of the
state institutions. Those making the
trip Saturday were:
G. S. Peterson, Clara Anthony, Ar
mella Bartholet, Esther Bishman,
Lena Cady, Oscar Cutkosky, Alice
Dobbin, Myra Dodge, Gertrude Eich-
staedt, Cora Elliott, Bertha Esser,
Grace Glover, Charlotte Halvorson,
Mary Healy Cert rude Hunter Con-
evieve Huschke, Anna Jacket, Fern
Kinney, Gladys Lee, Mary Lloyd, Sell
ma Lovold, Naomi Lundberg, Ethel
Mckay, Lois Mclean Ruth Mcguire,
Anna Michels, Pearl Miller, Shirley
Murphy, Marie Nelson, Hilda Nome
land, Emma Prochaska, Chris Rad
cliff. Henry Roust, Agnes Rudbery,
Hazel Sharp, Ursula Sherlock, Ber-
nice Stensrud, Marian Sweeney, Hill
dure Swenson, Cora Wendelschafer,
Alice Vision, Villa Wolford, Sarah
Heller
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Thinks War to End Soon.

lUnlted Press Dispatch.
New York, May "a report was
circulated here in financial circles to
the effect that prominent Briton,
whose name is not given had ex-
pressed the belief that the European
war would end after few months.
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Patriarchs MiIitants VIII Celebrate.

PatriarchS MilitantS VIII Celebrate.
Patriarchs Militant branch of the l.
o. o. F. will celebrate the ninety
seventh anniversary OF the founding
of the order with service in church
next Sunday.
Canton ColfaX No. g. Patriarchs
Militant of this city will hold joint
celebration with Owatonna and Albert
Lea Cantons next Sunday in this
city. if the weather is good, very
large delegation is expected from both
places.
Brigadier General August Hohen-
stein. department commander of ST.
Paul. with his full staff. together with
other officers from Minneapolis and
St Paul, will be here.
1t will be a full dress uniform af-
fair. which will form in the Odd Fell
lows hall at two o'clock, march to
the congregational church where
Rev Edward Constance will preach
the sermon for this occasion at 2:30
p. m, the members of Mankato lodge
No. is, Blue Earth encampment No.
s and Minneopa Rebekah No. ~ and
all other Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
in the city are cordially invited to
partake in the celebration next Sun
day, May 7.
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Oldest Yale Graduate Dies.

Springfield, Mass, May 3.--Dr. David
Fisher Atwater, ninety-eight years old,
Oldest graduate of Yale university,
died at bis home In this city.
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FROM Wednesdays Dall~.
Mrs. Phillip Miller OF North Fourth
street is very seriously i'll and lit
tie hope is held out fer her recoy-
cry.