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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
LETTERS FROM The
BOYSIN WAR CAMPS
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. Ole Nelson is in receipt of a
letter from her son, Howard Nelson,
Brownsville, Texas, October s, 1917
Dear Mother: Your letter received
today and was glad to hear that the
Mankato boys are safe in France.
wish now that had stayed with them
for | might never have to go now at
all, and that's what l want most of
all.
Now to tell you little about our
hike. We left Fort Brown Tuesday
morning ct seven fifteen going up the
river the whole second battalion,
three companies in all. Each COM
pany having two tool wagons, one
kitchen or ration wagon, and one
wagon to haul our equipment, we
did not carry our heavy marching or
der, and there was one water wagon
and one hospital wagon for the bat
TALON. We marched as if we were in
France keeping to the right of the
road so as'to let the meeting troops
pass without trouble. Each COM
pany taking turns as advanced guard
/ seen some things on this hike that
I didn't see in Minnesota. One thing
we people in Minnesota do not know
what poor people and poor farms are.
Most of the farm houses are built of
sticks drove into the ground side by
side and you can see through them.
They have only the ground for a
floor and the winds for a roof. The
houses are not larger than fourteen
by eighteen feet and most places you
will sec from three to eight children,
how they live l do not know. Some
of the better ones are plastered with
mud and weeds. l seen some
chimneys built out Of sticks, built up
like q log house with mud inside. We
passed a number of small school
houses on our way home. While we
were hay ng a rest two Mexican boys
passed uc and we stopped them and
talked to them, they could talk a lit
tie English but not much, one of them
had two English books and could
read a little.
One place we came to small hill
as if going over a railroad track, but
instead of being a track we found a
ditch full of water, it looked funny to
me to go up hill to a ditch but there
is a lot of funny things in Texas.
One thing every weed you touch
has thorns on, trees and all even the
carp you catch in the river are that
way in Texas. A little while later we
came to a place where the river was
higher than the road. There being a
1evee about four feet high to keep
the water in the river, if it was not
for the levee Brownsville would be
mostly under water for the river is
very high now. We have been very
busy building up levees in town as
well as in the post.
Our hike lasted three days in all
making ten miles each day. We pitched
our pup tents twice and two nights in
them we were sure glad to get back to
camp again.-Love to all, Your son,
Howard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19

Mrs. Evan Hughes was today ex-
pected to arrive home from Spring
Valley, where she has been visiting
during the past ten days.
Fred w. Kruse left this afternoon
for New York to buy goods for the
Kruse company stores. This is his
second purchasing trip this fall.
Or. J. S. Holbrook il leaving this
CIV ming to attend the American
Railway Surgeons meeting at Chicago
and will be gone week.
Attorney S. B. Wilson left this
morning for Winnebago, where he
will speak at a Liberty loan rally
meeting.
H. C. Connor, conductor on the
Great Western, was called yesterday
to Winona, on account of the serious
illness of his mother
Mrs. Mary Dimland leaves today for
Minneapolis where she will make her
Laurence G. Hodgson, St Paul,
reached the city today. He will speak
before meeting of men at the Guild
House of st. Johns Episcopal church,
following supper at $50 this even
ing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
ALLEGED WHEAT THIEVES
They Were Rounded Up Ry Sheriff of
Cottonwood County.

They Were Rounded Up BY Sheriff of
Cottonwood County.
Window, October 12.-The Reporter
says that on Wednesday morning
Sheriff Peterson got a call from John
A. Johnson in Selma township to
come out and see if he could trace
the thieves that had taken wheat
from his granary. The sheriff picked
up Chris LETTER and went out there
immediately. After an investigation
the sheriff found trail that led to the
elevator at Delft. There he learned
that four young men who had been
working in the neighborhood had
marketed two loads of wheat 1913
bushels. Some the men had been
working for Ben Poland, a neighbor,
and as he was away visiting in Da-
kota, they had taken his teams to
haul the grain. They sold the wheat
in the name of Mr.. Poland and took
check payable to him. Three of
the men were located at once and
brought to Window, where they will
be held until they can have a hear
ing. Mr.. Poland refused to endorse
the check for them and we under
stand the check, amounting to 1925,
was found in their possession, and
Mr.. Johnson will not lose anything by
the transaction. The fourth member
of the party had disappeared when
the sheriff went after him, but he
will doubtless be found and brought
to account.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
PRIZES FOR CANNED GOODS
Awards to Be Made BY The National
Food Garden Commission

Awards to Be Made BY The National
Food Garden Commission.
The Mankato public library has to-
day received from the national
emergency food garden commission
of Washington bundle of storage
manuals for distribution in the food
saving campaign. These manuals
are free and when the supply at the
library is exhausted. additional
copies can be had by readers of this
paper by writing to Charles Lathrop
Pack, president of the national food
garden commission, 210-220 Mary
land Building, Washington, D. c.
The commission has been conduct
ing a nationwide food saving cam
paign since last March and is now
offering $4,000 in prizes for the best
canned vegetables grown in war
gardens. This has resulted in the
organization of war garden exhibits
throughout the country. P. S. Rids-
dale the secretary of the commission
says there are still a few prizes and
national certificates of merit to be
apportioned to this state and that
officials of war garden exhibits or
fairs should communicate with the
commission at once.
A close estimate, based on early
reports to the commission, say the
women of the country have placed
6O,0OO,O 900 jars of canned stuff on
the pantry shelves this year and that
food conservation records have been
broken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
DEATH OF MRS. OLE PAULS0N
Heart and Kidney Trouble Caused Ar
Elderly lady's Demise.

Mrs. Ole Paulson died about 1:20
a. M, today at the home of her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Emil Thyse, 1905 North Fifth street,
after two weeks illness with heart and
kidney trouble. She was born in Nor
way, and would have been sixty eight
years of age next December. About
thirty years ago she came to America
with her husband, and they lived at
Madelia for many years. About eight
years ago Mrs. Paulson came to Man
kato, and made her home here. The
surviving relatives are to daugh-
tiers, Mrs. T. Keech, 1918 North Sixth
street, Mankato; Mrs. Emil Thyse,
1905 North Fifth street; and one son,
Gilbert Paulson, of Montana. Funer-
al services will be held Monday aft
ernoon at two o'clock at the home,
Rev. o. J. Arthur officiating. Inter
ment will be made in the Norwegian
Lutheran cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19

George Pass, ST., of the firm Of
George Pass & Son, architects, is
spending couple of days at Orton-
vile. Mimi, attending to business
matters. / II
A. R. kits of Fergus Falls was a
business caller in the city today
Mrs. J. Ingerser and daughter of
st. Peter were shopping in the city
yesterday.
George C. Borchardt, a land man
of Minneapolis, was a business caller
in Mankato yesterday.
Architect II. C. Gerlach left today
for Minneapolis and st. Paul, to at
tend to business matters.
Mrs. /. B. Fisher has returned home
from Crookston, Mimi, where she at
tended the fuueral of her father.
Jacob Simonich, who visited friends
in the city for the past several days,
returned to Minneapolis yesterday.
Miss Minnie Dethloff left this morn
ing for Minneapolis, where she will
visit with friends for several days.
f. M. Corbett, assistant superin-
tendent of the Great Western, located
at Redwing, was visitor in the city
today
Conductor j. F. Stacy of the Great
Western is back on duty after having
taken a vacation of ten days to two
weeks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
PRETTY BROWN.EYED
GIRL IS COMMANDER
How French Maiden Organized
Women's Company At
Lowell, Mass.
UNITED Press piSpatch.J

Lowell, Mass, October 13.-Un-
known, unheralded, few weeks ago
Emma LIE Clair, pretty, brown eyed
French girl of twenty years, stood
before a loom in a big knitting fac
tory here.
Today she is commander of prob
ably the only woman's military organi-
cation of it's kind in the country,
Company A, First Woman's regiment
of Massachusetts.
The regiment numbers 100 and is
increasing rapidly. Under Miss LIE
Clair's guidance these girls are learn
ing the meaning of military discipline
and how to shoulder a gun.
1--WE want to drill; to be ready if
we are needed" Miss LIE Clair said
in speaking of her command. "At
least we can be used as messengers
and can help in the war in many
ways"
Later this girl commander plans tc
organize other companies throughout
the state
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
ISENT TO THE GUARD
HOUSE THIRTY DAYS
That Sentence Melted Out to
Ralph Van Lear at Camp
Dodge
From Saturdays Daily.


For refusing to obey general san
itary order posted at the base hos
pital at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Ralph
Van Lear, son of Mayor Thomas Van
Lear of Minneapolis, is spending
thirty days in the guardhouse, dis
patches from Des Moines today said
quotes The Minneapolis Journal.
Young Van Lear was at the base
hospital along with other men from
his battery of 337th regiment, when
he declined to observe a precaution
posted for all soldiers to protect other
men. His reason for refusing to obey
an order generally observed by every
man in the entire cantonment to
which it applies was not made known
1t is believed by some of the artillery
men that "obeying orders is not in
Van Lear's line the Des Moines dis
patch said.
Officers generally decline to talk
of Van Lear and his presence in
camp, believing his motives in dis
obeying orders and criticisng condi-
lions arise from a desire for public
ity,' said the dispatches.
Young Van Lear recently attracted
attention by condemning the food at
Camp Dodge as "disgusting" and un-
fit to eat and calling the cantonment
unfit to live in, at the same time send
ing to Des Moines restaurants for his
meals. This criticism brought a volley
Of protest from other Minneapolis
dra # pd man who dooIarod tho food
was palatable, wholesome and abund-
AIT, and that the cantonment was
clean and comfortable.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
ARRESTED WITHOUT
REASON IN WINDOW
D. M. Jones and Brother Joseph
Were Victims of Business
Jealousy
From Fridays Daily.

What appears to have been case
of petty professional jealousy, and a
vindictive recourse to the law, is re-
ported by D. M. Jones, who has just
returned from Window.
Mr.. Jones, VINO is a well known
business man and piano dealer of this
city, together with his brother,
Joseph Jones, also well 4-nown here,
have been conducting big piano sale.
Mr.. Jones' agency extends over a
considerable portion of the state, and
includes the towns of Window and
letters. During the sale Mr.. Jones
sold twelve pianos to people at
letters. This appears to have aroused
the ire of one Mr.. Gillian, a local
piano dealer of Window. When D. M.
Jones and his brother were attending
a moving picture show at Window
last Tuesday night they were called
out of the theatre and arrested, on
complaint of Mr.. Gillian, who charged
that they had been peddling and
hawking pianos without license.
Luckily Mr.. Jones had 5000 and
put up his bond, otherwise both Man
kato business men would lave been
compelled to have spent the night in
required to have license. Both D. M.
fore the Window court the next
morning and asked adjournment OF
the case until Friday morning, so
they could get an attorney. J. e.
Regain was engaged to handle the
case, but when the Jones brothers
and their attorney appeared in Win
dom court Friday morning the case
was dismissed as there was no evil
dence against them, and Mr.. Gillian
did not appear.
There was no just cause for the ar
rest of the Mankato men, as piano
statesmen are not peddlers and are not
rquired to have license. Both D. M.
Jones and his brother Joseph Jones
resent the arrest made at Window
without just cause. They have a good
standing as honorable business men in
Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
SUES MAPLETON VILLAGE
Otto SchWeer Seeks Several Thousand
Dollars; Damages ALLEGED.

Otto Schweer Seeks Several Thousand
Dollars; Damages Alleged.
Otto SchWeer, who has farm just
north of town in Beauford township,
and who recently lost several head of
cattle as was noticed in last weeks
paper, has served notice of damage
on the village dads, claiming that the
loss was due to the discharge from
the Mapleton sewer system, says The
Mapleton Enterprise Mr.. Schweer re-
cites his claim for damages by asking
for $1,000 which he presents as the
decreased rental value Of his place,
he then asks $4S3 for cattle lost; SIS
for loss of milk and 800 for medical
service and burying dead animals.
The village authorities do not &C
knowledge the business of the claim in
any particular. They state that the
animals died from black leg and that
other farmers not living below the
sewer outlet also lost animals from
the same disease,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
From Saturdays Daily.

home with her daughter-i law, and
bids goodbye to her friends.
Miss Marion Salisbury, who teach
es school in Minneapolis, will arrive
tonight to spend the weekend as the
guest of Miss Matte Jewson.
j. c.. Bethel, secretary of the
Lakewood Chamber of Commerce,
was ir the city yesterday and call
ed at the Commercial club office.
Dr. A. G. Long, representing the
state board of health in Mankato, has
returned from st. Paul, where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
State Sanitary association at the st.
Paul hotel.
George Brown, Jr.. representing B.
Heller e Co., of Chicago, importing
and manufacturing chemists, was in
the city yesterday and called on
members Of the school board and
business men.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Currier will
leave for Los Angeles this evening
to remain during the winter. Mrs
Currier will be there until spring
but Mr.. Currier will probably be
gone a month or more.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19

Maybe So" she said. "But would
like to get home. When | get home
you must come and see me, and / will
show you some newspaper stories
about Papa that I have saved. Yes, the
circus life was lively but it grew tire
some, and we had to work rain or
shine. The circus and theatrical people
have a picnic now, and do not have
the hardships that we had in the old
days" And so Sc was left with her
memories.
Mr.. Williams was among the first
bare-bac riders in circus life. He is
remembered by early day folks in
North Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
From Saturdays Daily.

Miss Abbie Peters, visiting nurse of
the Mankato schools, and Miss Mary
Cornish, visiting nurse of the rural
schools of Blue Earth county, have
been in st. Paul attending the Mis-
sissippi Valley tuberculosis conven-
ton.
E. w. Goldenstar, civil engineer,
returned last evening from Lamber-
ton, where he completed a survey for
the proposed sanitary sewer system
to be built there. The city intends to
construct about forty blocks of sewer
in the near future. The contract for
the work will be let within a few
weeks. The city is very anxious to
get as much of the work completed as
possible before the severe winter
weather.
c. d. Reed of Comfrey was BUSH
ness caller in the city today.
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Mrs E. Mosher and daughter, Mrs
Earl Tabor, and son Gerald, visited al
the B. L. Miller home Wednesday aft
ernoon.
Miss M. Cornish of Vernon Center
now visiting nurse, was at Tivol
Thursday.
Hirim Shindle visited Mr.. Barton
Sunday
Misses Minnie and Elsie Larson ar.
rived home Thursday evening ant
returned to Mankato Sunday to re-
sumo their school work again.
Mrs. Hattie Cummings and daugh'
tiers, who have been visiting at the B
Miller home, left for Mankato Sun
day to return to her home at Bis
marck, North Dakota.
All regret that Rev. l. Stevens anc
family, who have been in this Sec
ton for the past two years, are leav-
ing us. The best wishes go with them
The new minister filled the pulpit
Sunday, at Eagle Lake and Tivoli
Everyone is busy digging their po-
tatoes. The potatoes are reported tC
be good this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Peters and chill
dren of Mankato called on Mr.. ano
Mrs. G.. Beschnett, Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Peters is a niece of Mrs. G. w
Beschnett.
Effie Van Buren, is reported on the
sick list, we hope to see Effie out
soon.
Edgar Jensen was a st. Clair visi-
tor Monday.
Miss Minnie Miller and nephew
Raymond, called at the G. w. Besch-
nett home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Miller trans
acted business in Mankato, Tuesday
afternoon.
The Tivoli Farmers club will meet
next Saturday evening.
The teachers of the Sunday school
classes are asked to have their schol-
ars know their lessons well enough
so when they are called upon, they
can recite them without any hesita-
ton
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19

w. E. Evans, pastor of the Welsh
Calvinistic Methodist church, will
leave this evening for Lime Springs,
Iowa, to attend the quarterly meeting
of the Welsh church there. He will
return Monday evening.
Mrs. w. J. Dunn and daughters have
moved to st. Paul. Miss Sarah Dunn
teaches at the Crowley school.
Attorney and Mrs. Arthur Schaub
have moved to st. Paul, and Will
make their home at 1876 Laurel ave.
Mr.. Schaub will continue practicing
law and will have offices at 800 %
Bremen Arcade, st. Paul. Mr. Schaub
has long lived in Mankato-in fact he
was born here. He will occasionally
return to the city to attend to BUSH
ness matters and will be given an
opportunity to greet his friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schaub departed for st.
Paul today.
Attorney w. F. Hughes spent the
day at Fairmont attending to legal
business.
Mrs. William Ellis left for Mime
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
NORTH SIDE GROCER
WAS BADLY INJURED
W. H. Groh Fell Down Stairs
Sustaining Broken Bones in
Arm and Lea

w. H. Groh, proprietor of the Groh
grocery on Belgrade avenue, North
Mankato,, suffered serious accident
yesterday, which will prevent him
from attending to his usual work for
some time to come. He was attempt
ing to take fifty gallon barrel OF
vinegar into the basement of his
store, but lost his footing when the
barrel slipped out of his grasp, and
he fell sustaining broken bones in
his right arm and right leg. He was
taken to st. Joseph's hospital, where
the broken bones were set, and was
resting today as well as could be ex-
pected. #.'
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apolis this morning where she will
visit with friends several days.
H. A. Long of Sterling accom-
panied by his daughter Bessie are
spending the day in the city.
Mrs. George Kraus of Medo spent
the day as the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Richard Collins.
Lee Baird of Minneapolis is spend
ing several days attending to BUSH
ness matters in Mankato.
Misses Mae and Grace Mattin of
Blue Earth were in the city today,
visiting friends and shopping.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
ATTEMPTED JAIL DELIVERY
Criminal in Cook County Jail Was
Leader of the Plan.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Chicago, October 12.-Information
given by convicted thief seeking i'm
munity frustrated an attempt at Jail
delivery among the prisoners in the
Cook county Jail, plans for which were
fully Investigated today. According
to the informant, Edward Wheen, in
dicted for murder in connection with
the recent pay roll robbery, was the
man involved in the plan. He was
leader of group of criminals. Eight
hacksaw baldes, a knife and a long
rubber hose bound with wire were
found.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
new TAX REVENUE AGENT

c. e. Boulder of Frisco Has Taken
Charge in St. Paul.
G. e. Boulder, San Francisco, has
taken charge of the office of the in
ternal revenue agent, st. Paul, as
successor to w. w. Anderson, who
left a month ago for San Francisco
All the men under the agent, as
well as the deputy collectors of in
ternal revenue, are engaged in MAX
ing inventories of the stocks of liq-
uors and cigars in Minnesota on
which there is a new war tax.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
TEIGEN SURRENDERS SELF
Young Man Who Is Charged With
Making Seditious Remarks.

WAKING SeuiIIOuS REMARKS.
Ferdinand A. Teigen, until recently
an organizer of the Non-partisan
league, indicted by the federal grand
jury on charges of disloyalty and
attempts to hinder tn edraft, present
ed himself in Minneapolis for arrest
yesterday.
Ever since last Friday, when the
grand Jury returned the indictment,
United States marshals have been
looking for him. He has been in ST.
Paul much of the time consulting
with attorneys and preparing to give
himself up, it was said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
BANKS MUST SHOW INTERETs
Aid the Liberty Bond Sale or Lose
State Deposits.

khC Douu SdiC VI GOSC
State Deposits.
State Treasurer Henry Rines was
directed by the state board of de-
post yesterday to withdraw immed-
lately all state funds from banks
that assume an Indifferent or disloyal
attitude and to deposit the funds in
banks in the same localities which
are enthusiastically supporting the
government in the Liberty bond sale.
The resolution which in effect can
cells the designations of state deposit
tories failing to aid in floating the
new Liberty loan, was offered by F.
E. Pearson, state superintendent of
banks
Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith
today ruled informally that Mime
sofa state banks are prohibited from
investing more than Is per cent Of
their capital and surplus in Liberty
bonds,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
VEIGEL is THE CASHIER

Holds Position in New Metropolitan
Bank in st. Paul.
The Free Press is in receipt Of a
card announcing that the Metropoli-
tan bank of st. Paul will open for
business on Monday, October Is.
The officers are G. l.. Sorenson,
president; E. L. Thornton, vice presi-
dent; A. j. Veigel, cashier; Benjamin
F. Knauft, assistant cashier. Mr..
Veigel is a former resident of Man
kato and was for two terms post
master in this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
Soldiers Subscribe For Bonds.

Lieutenant Leroy Bowen Of Camp
Robinson. Sparta, Wis, Seventeenth
Field artillery. sent message today
stating that the enlisted men in his
company had taken out $4,000 in
Liberty Loan bonds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-19
BREAD TICKETS ISSUED
Vatican Population to Be Put On Strict
Economy Diet.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

UNITED Press Dispatch.l
Rome, October 12.-Pope Benedict
today authorized the issuance of bread
and sugar tickets to the whole of
vatican population. Six hundred cards
were issued The vatican will exercise
strictest supervision to prevent pos
sible evasion. The cards are those
issued by the Italian government.