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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02

were in the city shopping yesterday.
DIR. G. N. Weyer is in Minneapolis
attending clinics and lectures at the
State Dental association meeting
there.
DR.. A. J. Hancock has gone To AM
boy to address the Parents and
Teachers association there.
Mrs. Eta Coulter Greene, the do
mestic science teacher at the normal
is in Lamberton TO address teachers
institute.
DR.. c. p, Peterson, DR.. M. R. Coult-
er, and DR.. William Standish left for
Minneapolis this morning, where they
will attend the state dental conven-
ton.
Judge w. L. Comstock, past grand
master of the A. o. U. W., and w.
B. Davies, delegate, returned last
evening from Minneapolis, where
they were attending the grand lodge
meeting. There had been quite a
contest on the proposition of in
creasing the rates, and it appeared
likely last evening that the proposed
increase would be defeated. George
G.. Krost, another delegate, is ex-
pected back tonight. -
Department Commander Van Camp
en- Familiarity known throughout the
state as Uncle Charley" of Rochester
is spending the day in the city and
will give an address at the campfire
to be held in the Mankato armory
this evening. Mr.. Van Camper is the
department commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic and was to give
an address at Winnebago last evening
but missed connections here yester-
day noon. He attended the George
Washington entertainment at the Ma
sonic hall last evening and by invita-
ton made a few patriotic remarks to
an interested audience. While in the
city the commander is a guest of Mr..
and Mrs. j. G: Perry, SIG Nicollet av-
enue. former residents of Rochester.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
BROTHER or MANKAT0
MAN DIED IN HOTEL FIRE
Lewis F. Edwards Performed Heroic
Act in Notifying Hotel Guests Of
Their Danger
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily. z.v ,,,sy, 49,
Attorney A. G. Edwards returned
Saturday night from Minneapolis
where he had been to identify one of
the bodies found in the Kehwood hotel
fire, he having been previously in
formed that it was his brother He
found this to be the case. 1t appears
that his brother, Lewis F. Edwards,
was rooming at that hotel and upon
the night of the fire was down town
returning at about 1880 p. I'M, He dis
covered the building afire and at once
began to notify the guests and room
ers. Having notified the proprietor he
continued to spread the alarm and in
some unknown manner was caught in
the fire. His body was not recovered
until the sixteenth about Ave days art
er the fire. 1t is not decided yet
whether he will be buried in Mankato
i'm Colorado. beside his mother.
Mr.. Edwards expects his sister from
Colorado tonight on the evening train.
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HE is ACCUSED OF STEALING
SACK OF MAIL
Pouch WasThrown Off Omaha Train at
Worthington; Missed; It Contained
Seventy Packages Of Letters; Round
ed Up BY Postoffice Inspector; CIew
Obtained From Woman in Restaurant
At Sioux Falls, S. D..
From Fridays Daily.

Worthington, February 23.-The
night OF January %, 1917, mail
pouch containing seventy packages
of letters, that came into Worthington
on Train No. 80 from Sioux Falls and
which was to have gone out on Train
No. /, disappeared. The pouch was
thrown off along with other pouches
and it was taken during the time it
lay here waiting for the other train,
not very long, but long,. enough for
the thief to make away with it.
The disappearance of this pouch
was mystery until Tuesday when
United States Mail Inspector V. C.
Babe appeared in Worthington, an
nounced that the thief was in Jail at
Sioux Fails, and that he had confessed
to having Stolen the pouch in question.
Accompanied by Assistant Postmaster
]. G. Mott, Mr.. Babe went on still
hunt for the pouch which the thief
said he had hidden under the platform
of the Omaha freight depot.
Search With ShoyeIs.
Armed with shovels the two men
made search and finally discovered
the missing pouch buried in the snow.
1t was. taken to the postoffice and
opened. The thief had rifled a few of
the letters, but, most of them were
untouched. Moisture had penetrated
the pouch, but the contents were dried
out and most of the letters were for
warded. 49,
The self confessed thief under ar
rest in Sioux Falls is Byrle Enrich, a
&c Of
The elder Enrich was at one time
postmaster at Ayrshire, Iowa, and
at that time his son was clerk in the
postoffice. e.
Enrich Junior has long series OF
postoffice robberies charged UP
against him, at Canton, and, Yankton,
S. D., at Spencer, Iowa, and now comes
the confession about the ,Worthing-
ton affair. aiiiis 81 4 ar ec
Long On His Trail.
Mr.. Babe has been on his trail for
some timeband now has the evidence
with which, to conduct a vigorous
prosecutions Enrich was tried in Sioux
City for robbing the Spencer office,
was convicted June 81, 1916, ana
sentenced to payt,a fine of 500. This
fine was paid in part by Emrich's
father. Then he was let off. Mr.. Badie
says he proposes to see that Enrich
lis put away for mot less than five
years. The cases against him are
clear. ig as Sle5
Enrich was arrested in Sioux City
Thursday, February Is. Babe had
been on his trail and, finally landed
his man through information from q
young woman who had cashed> a
check for him. ina restaurant and
with whom he had kept company.
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Napoleon
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Miss Florence Hanna, who has been
visiting relatives here and at Minne-
sofa Lake for the past four weeks,
returned to her home at Wood Lake,
Nebraska, last Saturday. ~ 4
Mr.. l. A. Lownes received word of
the serious Illness of his father and
departed Friday in company with his
sisters. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. jacobson
and his brother, Robert, for the faith
er's bedside.
Mrs. Clinton Fernald and little
daughter are the guests at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Adams this week.
Miss Ards Gilmore departed Mon
day to join Mr.. and Mrs. George
Nerbovig in their new home in Sioux
Falls to be gone about three months.
Miss Gilmore will be greatly missed
from church and lodge musical circles
where she has always given so freely
of her talent. Her hosts of friends
here wish her success and speedy
return,
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FORMER SAINT JAMES
LADY DEAD IN MEMPHIS
Over Dose of Morphine Said to Be the
Cause of Mrs. Thornton's
Demise

st. James, February 24.-The st.
James Independent publishes the
following:
The Independent office yesterday in
death of Mrs. J. j. Thornton, Jr. at
her home in Memphis, Tenn, reached
the independent office yesterday in
communication from that city.
Only matter of few weeks ago
we published the account of a d.
vorce having been granted Mr..
Thornton from mis- wife and the an
nouncement that the lady, who was
we'll known to many st. James peo-
pie, had been found dead in bed,
comes as a most tragic climax to the
situation. The following account we
reproduce from the. columns of The
Memphis Commercial Appeal of Feb.
18th:
"Mrs. Eu Nese Thornton, defend
ant in a suit in which her husband,
J. J. Thornton, was granted a divorce
ten days ago, yesterday morning was
found dead in her room at the home
of DR.. Walter l.. Rucks, 800 Avalon
avenue.
physicians said death was due to
an overdose of chloroform. She had
been dead several hours when the
body was found. IT,
"Mr. Thornton was notified i'm
mediately and was completely over
come. When he recovered from the
first shock of the news, he took
charge of the body and said he would
take it to his former home at St
James, Mimi, for burial. He said
his former wife was victim of in
somnia, and before their separation
frequently used chloroform to over
come her affliction. He is, local
manager of Bradstreets and is for
mer president of the Rotary club.
"The body was found at 1890
o'clock. when Mrs. Rucks entered
Mrs. Thornton's room to see why she
had not been to breakfast. The
body was lying on the bed, and a
bottle of chloroform, from which only
small amount had been used
was on dresser. Another bottle
and supply of absorbant cotton were
found in the room.
Mrs. Thornton, according to
friends, had been in good spirits and
udu plduuCu Tip " NCW IOIh
Her room was somewhat in disorder
from packing, and she apparently
expected to leave Immediately.
"She spent most of Saturday morn
ing at the piano, according to
friends, and Saturday afternoon de-
voted much time to shopping ane
! motoring. She seemed to be in q
jolly mood when she retired Satur-
day night
Mrs. Thornton had planned triI
| to New York in the interest of seen
afio and magazine work in which she
twas engaged. She was well known
in Memphis as literary woman and
connoisseur, and had written num-
erous scenarios and stories for the
Nineteen Century Club Magazine.
"She expected to return to appeol
at the hearing of the divorce suit
which she had appealed. She wa:
~ rs-re-f-f 'e<F- -sr-se 81 - 49,
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is Borchert are also in Minneapolis
this week.
The Johnson school in Sterling is
noted about here for having such a
large number of its former pupils
residents of this locality. On Thurs
day about thirty of these met at the
beautiful | home of Mrs. and Elk
Mayer Dobies at an early hour bent
on spending the day and enjoying
a sumptuous dinner. The house was
beautifully decorated for the accas-
sion. Pictures of George Washing
ton we're draped with flags inN con-
spicuous places. Flags large and
small, with numerous little hatchets
were used in the parlor, living room
and dining room, while the chande-
liers and open doorways were dec
Grated in red, white, and blue bunt-
ing The center piece for the tables
was. large birthday cake and the
proverbial cherry tree and Ratchet.
Small hatchets were used as place
cards. It was altogether a merry
party and although all are growing
gray their hearts are as young as
they used to be and many were the
scenes of happy school days recalled.
Several could not be present on ac-
count of the roads or sickness. Late
in the afternoon they left for their
homes feeling younger having re-.
newed their youth by talking over
old times. The guests who brayed
the dangerous roads were, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Roberts, Fred Hicks, j.
C.. Morris, John Morris, John Drews,
Fred Roberts, William Mcqueen, Al
Greig, John Johnson, Tom HOWE
son, Mesdames Howieson, Faley,
Stevens and daughter, Miss Roberts
and James A. Morris, Miss Helen
Decker and Mrs. c.. E. Decker.
Messrs. j. L. Stevens, Ned Decker
were unable to be present on account
of poor health.
Mrs. G. G. Fetterman is again on
the sick list.
The married peoples dance at the
opera house Monday evening was at
tended by fully two hundred people
who remembering a like accession a
few weeks ago were bent on having
good time. The old time dances of
IWCuly yCdlO dSo "OtO tuS oAoNi
and grey hairs and rhuematic joints
were forgotten as the strains of reel
or schottische floated to the ears of
the company who grew younger ev-
cry moment. Supper was served by
the Rhineharts. All departed for
their homes in the early hours,
tired but happy.
Miss Eleanor Rogers of Mankato
attended the Masonic party Thurs
day evening.
Misses Glance and Florence Hanna
and Mr.. Charles Borchert of Mime
sofa Lake attended the Masonic par
ty. Mrs. Charles Borchert was unfor-
tunate enough to cut her hand vers
badly and could not be present.
Mrs. E. E. Roberts of Sterling at
tended the Masonic party and spent
Friday with Mr.. and Mrs. E. San
born.
Mrs. Ed Sanborn is greatly i'm
proved and is able to sit up little.
Miss Ards Gilmore spent Friday
and Saturday at her home here
before her departure to Sioux Falls
with her sister, Mrs. Nerbovig.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
ONE POTATO; TWO BEAKERs

Monroe, Wis, February PA po-
tato passed as legal tender for two
glasses of beer here today. The Gus
toner, having drained his glass, drew
from his pocket genuine white po-
tato about the size of a hens egg and
deposited it regretfully on the bar.
The bartender rang up the cash regis
ter, deposited the tuber, and then
turned to the customer. IL haven't a
bit of small change; better drink the
rest of it up" he suggested. The Gus
toner agreed and thus the entire po-
tato was squandered
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02

hoping for a reversal of the decision
of the lower court.
"Mrs. Thornton was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Miehler of
Pearl City, Ill. Mr.. Thornton noti-
fed them of the death of their
daughter and will await advices from
them before completing funeral ar
rangements. Mrs. Thornton was thir-
ty-five years old and removed to
Memphis with her HUSBAND about
seven years ago. 49,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
DAVIS WAS AGAINST :.
BONE. DRY MEASURE
Representative From the Third District
Says He Is Not in Favor of
Prohibition
From Fridays Daily

TToHl fridays Ddiiy.
Washington, February 23.-From
statements made by Representatives
Van Dyke and Davis of Minnesota,
who voted against the "bone-d dry
amendment to the postoffice appropri-
alton bill, forbidding liquor shipments
into dry territory, it appears they vot-
ed the same way for entirely differ
ent reasons.
Mr.. Van Dyke said he was iH favor
of nation wide prohibition notwith-
standing his vote yesterday. "
"The Reed amendment was not an
honest prohibition proposition" said
Mr.. Van Dyke, "the breweries of the
country wired here urging members to
vote for it. shall vote for nation wide
prohibition when it comes up in the
house, but this piecemeal does not ap-
peal to me-"
Mr.. Davis said he had always been
opposed to prohibition.
81 >can see no reason why / should
change my position on that question:
said Mr.. Davis, "and therefore voted
against the amendment"
The "bone- dry prohibition amend
ment adopted yesterday will not af-
feet the District of Columbia.
Apparently by an oversight the
amendment referred only to "any state
or territory" of the United States,
but says nothing about government
reservations.
Heretofore in legislation to be ap-
piled universally throughout the coun-
try it has been the practice to include
cor the District of Columbia"
An attempt was made yesterday to
amend the provision by including the
district, but it failed because prohi-
bition advocates did not desire any
change and thus run chance of de-
feat in delay.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
WAS PIONEER SETTLER
Mrs. Mary Fox, Mother of Louis Fox
@ - of Mankato.
From fridays Daily.

TtOtt Tti0ay SdIys s.sf-
st. Peter Herald: Death removed
from the midst of this community an
other of it's piopeer mothers, Monday
afternoon, when Mrs. Mary Fox
answered the final summons. She died
at the home of her youngest son,
John Fox, Who resides on the old
homestead in Traverse, were she had
lived nearly fifty years. az
Deceased was born in Germany, and
was over eighty years of age at the
time of her death. She-c came to this
country when about eighteen years of
age, and lived for some time in the
South, later moving to Wisconsin.
While there she was married to
they moved to Nicollet county, set
Ting on a farm in Traverse township,
where they lived and conducted the
farm until the, death of Mr.. Fox about
nine years ago. John Fox was then
given charge of the farm, and his
mother made her home with him.
Always willing to. help, the needy
she lived a true Christian life and
went to her final sleep secure in the
knowledge that she would be at peace
full rest. A good mother and kind
friend, many silent tear will be shed
in her memory.
She is survived by five sons. and
daughters. The children are: Mrs. j.
F. Driver, California Joseph. Lake
Prairie; Henry, st. Peter; Louis,
Mankato; John and William at. home.
She also leaves two brothers, Joseph
and Frank Winkler, living in, Wiscon-
sin.
/ Funeral services were held yester-
day morning from the Middle Lake
Catholic church, Father Wagner of
Nicollet, officiating. InteTment was in
the church cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
From Fridays Daily.

Will Rees, farmer of Cambria, was
in the city today on business.
Attorney J. w. Schmitt went to the
twin cities today on business.
Robert Just Of Vernon Center was a
business caller in the city today.
Henry Kraus and Lee Cox of Vern-
on Center were in the city attending
to business matters today
DR.. J. w. Andrews is expected
home tonight from st. Paul and
will remain over Sunday. !.
Miss Frances Wingen of st. Clair
was a guest Of Miss Grace Naylor
of Walnut street yesterday
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Thomas and
daughter, Miss Mabel of Lake Crystal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
Seward Indorsed For JUDGE.

The Lyon county bar has indorsed
Attorney v. B. Seward for the judge
ship of the new judicial district to be
created by the legislature, comprising
the counties of Pipestone, Lyon and
Lincoln.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
will Be Some Joke.

Duluth Herald: If no war now
comes between this country and
Germany, it will be huge, joke on
the owners of those ships that were
disabled by their own crews.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
WILL DISCUSS GRAINTRADING
Matter Will Come Up in the House
on Wednesday, Next.

st. Paul, Mimi. February "a
whether trading y in grain futures
shall be made illegal, and such bust
ness on the Minneapolis chamber of
commerce thus dealt a death blow.
will be the subject up for considera-
ton in the house next Wednesday.
when the bill of L. o. Teigen of Jack
son will come up as special order
Macon beacon., 1917-10-26
Landscapina Fundamentals.

Every owner of bit Of soil should
make limited study of the art Of land
scaping so that fundamental mistakes
are not made. First, do not plant your
space all over, as though 1t were an
orchard. Leave an open center for
lawn or even bare soil and plant
only about the borders and in varying
widths. Never cumber the center with
trees or shrubs. Mass the planting by
placing many of kind together; do
not space regularly 80 each will appear
lonely or have an orchard effect II
matters little IL they grow together in
a mass-nature so disposes them. This
effect is more necessary In shrubs than
trees but even trees should interlnce.
In a small garden some or even all Of
formality must be had but In place
of size we need little or none. In the
large places we should avoid straight
lines. If one will follow these few sim
pie rules he cannot go far astray in
planning his own garden.
Macon beacon., 1917-10-26
FEELS LIKE She
DID 40 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Sarah LaVery Had Begun
to Think Her Time for
This World Short.
JOINTS ALL SWELLED
n Wouldn't Take Ten Dollars q Bottle
for the Good This Tanlae 10 Doing
Me-" She Declares.

" was on the fat Of my back In bed
with nervous prostratiOn when l start.
ed taking Tanlac. but now l feel as
well as I did forty years ago." said
Mrs. Sarah Lavery, 5SS Hagrun street,
Nashville, Tennessee.
" had been In bad fix this way
for a long time" she continued. my
stomach would give me severe pain
and l had fearful sick headaches and
attacks OF dizziness. My kidneys were
affected and l began to have rheuma-
tism of the very worst kind. My joints
were all swelled and my hands were
puffed up. l was so nervous and un-
strung that I had begun to think my
time for this world was short.
swell, sir, wouldn't take ten dol.
lars bottle for the good this TanlaC
is doing me, feel twenty years
younger already. My nerves are as
quiet as a lamb, can eat anything
want without the least bit of trouble
and my rheumatism Is disappearing
l can do my knitting now since the
swelling has gone from my hands and
joints and am in good humor all
the time. feel like nothing but Tan
lac could have done all this for me
and I want everybody to know about
It,"
There is Tanlac dealer In your
| town.-Adv.
Macon beacon., 1917-10-26
limo to Eiuht Mice.

The time to fight mice Is when you
house Is still rid Of them. First make
a hard and fast rule that not crumb
of food Is left exposed in kitchen,
pantry or cupboard. See also that In
the bedrooms Of your home no waters
or other tasty bits are left where Il
mouse might get them and thus find
encouragement to take up his perma-
nent abode there.
The next thing to do is to cut off the
means of entrance to your home, and
this 81 done by seeing that there are
no loose passageways into the cellar
or open cavities in the wall or loose
woodwork. AS final resource you
will perhaps have to choose between
mouse trap and a cat. 1t all de-
pends on your affinity for the feline
pet which you will do. But remember
that, whereas permitting mice to lodge
In your house was formerly only an
act of slothful neglect, 1t Is now one
of the crimes of wastefulness, OF
which no patriotic woman should bt
guilty,-Exchange.
Macon beacon., 1917-10-26
An Army Dentist.

A gunner OF the Garrison artillery,
who had successfully passed black
smiths course. was home on furlough,
wearing the hammer and plncers on
his arm, when he was accosted by Il
civilian, who asked what the decora-
tion was for.
"Oh," replied Tommy, I'm an army
dentist"
II see" said the civilian. "Of course
the pincers are for extracting teeth.
But what Is the idea of the hammer?''
well, you see, it's like this. Some
Of the chaps are bit nervous, so we
use the hammer to chloroform them
WITH" WAS the reply.--London Tit
Bits
Macon beacon., 1917-10-26
KEEP BEAUTY OF ROADSIDE
Some Towns Appreciate the Value Of
Permitting Flowers and Shrub
berry to Grow on Highways.

In many charming countryside the
town rOad-destroyer with his bush
scythe garners the beauty and leaves
bleakness, singularly unkempt re-
suit of an attempt to clean up.
Sometimes it is the village improve
ment society itself, meaning well, that
sends him forth, says the Boston
Transcript. More often it is his indi-
vidual sense Of responsibility to the
office whose salary he is expected to
earn. He, too, means well, and would
he greatly indignant If told that his
labors tended to drive prosperity away
from his district. Yet such is without
doubt the fact. The summer visitor
loves the country for its wild tangle,
its untrammeled growth, its bosky
tells and its friendly shrubbery which
crowds into the road itself, Haunting
dewy fragrance in his face as he
walks. When the day comes that he
returns and finds in place of these
along his accustomed walks dry brush,
bare stubble and clumsily unkempt
cleanliness, his soul revolts and on
the morrow he seeks fresh woods and
pastures new. Some country towns
seem to have realizing sense Of this
purely utilltarlan side of the value of
roadside beauty. They build good
roads, but they take care to leave the
roadside growth untrammeled that
those who pass may enjoy 1t. 1t Is
business asset.
There is more to 1t, too, than the
fact that sertimentalists and nature
lovers come to worship this beauty
The school children Of such town
20 to school along roads lined with OBJ.
ject lessons not only in beauty but ir
natural science, lessons which they
learn without knowing it and which re
main With them all their lives.