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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
FOR MONEY
MADE BY kATO|ANS
DELEGATION IN BEHALF OF
MINNE0PA STATE PARK
Road Betterment; Bridge Wanted and
Cash With Which to Finish the
Pavilion; Committee Also Sought
Light On Regulation Of the Water
Overflow From the Minnesota and
Red River Valleys

County Auditor G.. L. Kennedy,
County Commissioner Thomas Foley
and Attorney Thomas Hughes put in
a very busy day at the state capitol
yesterday. Their trip was for sew
eral propositions. in which the Man
kato Commercial club is interested,
- They appeared before the senate
finance committee in regard to get
ting through a bill to appropriate
$S,40O for the betterment of Minneo-
pa park. For up-keep of the park
$500 is wanted, and $1,000 to finish
the pavilion. The other $4,000 is
asked for the improvement of the
state road through the park, togeth-
er with a bride across the creek.
County Surveyor Allison has ,esti-
mated that to fix up this road in all
respects as mapped out would cost
about $1,000.
The committee also went before
the state highway commission. An
effort was made to get the commits
sion into as liberal a frame of mind
as possible towards Blue Earth
county, in distributing the money for
the state roads. There are many
places in Blue Earth county where
state roads need improvements.
Flow of Water From Red River
Another matter that the committee
went to St. Paul to see. about was
that of the regulation of the flow of
water in the Minnesota and Red Riv-
er valleys. Representatives from
various counties of Minnesota and
North and South Dakota have been
holding conferences in st. Paul in
regard to this matter. The subject
is by no means thoroughly threshed
out and the Mankato committee was
somewhat in the dark as to just
what was contemplated, even after
attending one of these conferences
for q time. The committee appear
ed at a hearing held yesterday on
the matter by one of the committees
of the house. The subject was not
clearly before the committee, and
the committee took an adjournment
on that matter to a week from next
Thursday night. 1t is possible that
tend that meeting.
Mr.. Foley brought back a copy OF
the bill that is now before the house
on the subject. This will be thor
oughly studied out with members oil
the advisory committee of the Man
kato Commercial club. This is a
bill to provide for the formation oil
drainage and flood control districts.
One point on which the Mankatc
COMMITTEE was quite solicitous was
that there might be danger of water
being sent down the Minnesota an6
causing floods there, just to prevent
floods in the Red river valley.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
BILL KILLED
ACTION BY SOLONS
Lower House Voted This After
noon to Postpone Measure
Indefinitely
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

st. Paul, Mimi, March THE low
er house of the Minnesota legislature
today killed the statutory statewide
prohibition bill, by voting to postpone
it indefinitely. This motion was passed
by a vote of 81 to As. The anti-liquor
men who voted for the motion to post
pone this bill indefinitely vas that
the bill might have the effect of in
juring the chance of the prohibitions
amendment being adopted by the peo-
pie in the fall of 1918. Representative
John G.. Gerlich and H. M. Green of
Blue Earth county voted for the mo-
ton to postpone.
The senate committee or public
health today recommended the possage
of the bill forbidding the sale of
cigarets to minors, and for licensing
all cigaret dealers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
PUT BAN ON FOOTBALL

That Is What Senator J. w. Andrews
Would Like to Do.
DR.. ]. w. Andrews, who voted for
the boxing bill two years ago. ex-
planning his vote for the repeal, yes
terday in the senate, declared that
he had found out, beyond a shadow
of doubt, that his constituents. do
not want this law He added. how
ever, that in fairness TO the boxing
law, it must be said that 'tAere are
many more football deaths than box
ing bout deaths. ! would be in fa-
vor of a law sufficiently sweeping to
prohibit the playing of football" he
said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
REVOLT WAS STARTED BY GERMAN
AGENTS IS THE CHARGE MADE IN AN ARREST
Associated Press Dispatch

Havana, Cuba, March T.
Direct evidence is claimed to have
been discovered showing that
the Cuban revolutionary move
ment' was fomented by German
agents. 1t is claimed that this in
formation has been gained in the
arrest of DR.. Louis Divina and two
members of the Cuban congress.
Letters are declared to be in the
possession of the authorities
showing that the rebels were
promised aid from Germany.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09

German agents in the United
States, it is said, were busy maxi
ing collections for the aid of the
instruction. An American organ
ization known as the Iron Cross
legion a relied upon by the,
rebels for support.
1t is believed that the backbone
of the i~nsurrection has been
broken with the capture Of the
rebel leader was expected to ar
rebel leader was expeced to ar
rive here today under heavy
guard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
WAS THE OLDEsT0DO FELLOW
Or. 5. H. mitchell Had That Distinction

Or. S. H.. Mitchell Had That Distinction
in Minnesota; 10 Dead.
neapolis a few years ago the oldest Odd
Fellow in Minnesota, is dead at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. James: A. Swett,
at Los Angeles. He was eighty eight
years old. and had been IN Odd Fellow
sixty-three years and a. member of the
Methodist church seventy-hye years. He
practiced medicine IN Minneapolis thirty
the ODD Fellows. for three years. The
funeral took place at Los Angeles and IN
terment was in the Odd Fellows ceme-
terry there. The pd1ibearers were all
former members of 81. Anthony ledge, No.
40. I. .. O.. F.. Of MinneAroIis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
N WERE IDENTIFIED

Those That Were Handled BY Fritz
koib and Hans Schwartz.
Hoboken, N. j., March Fritz
Kolb and Hans Schwartz, arrested in
connection with the alleged plot to
destroy war munitions for the en-
tente allies, were today held for the
grand jury without bail. Two bombs
found in Kolb's room were identified
by the prisoners in court.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
SHIP BUILDING MUST SPEED
Otherwise Government Will Take Ov.
er Company Plants.

UNITED PreSS DISpdtcn.I
Washington, March 7.-Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels today stated that
unless something could be done to
speed up the execution of the govern
ment ship building contracts, the
government would avail itself of the
new law giving it the right to seize
upon and use private ship building
yards. Secretary Daniels made this
announcement today after a confer
ence with Secretary of Labor Wilson
and Samuel Gompers, president OF
the American Federation of Labor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
FRISCO WAS THE BASE
That City Used For Action to Stir Up
Trouble in India.
UNITED Press Dispatch

Tinted Press DISPATCH.
Washington, March lit has been
learned that San Francisco has been
used as a base of action by those who
have been plotting to. stir up an in
%surrection against the British govern
ment in India. Some Hindocs who have
been suspected of doing this work in
San Francisco and are now not to be
found, are understood to have been
acting in conjunction with the alleged
plotters now under arrest in New
York.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
ENDORSED LAFOLLETTEACTION
Monroe and Greene County Officials
Say Senator Did Right.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

IOHIItu fT6SS DlSpdtCn.1
Monroe, Wis, March 7.-Seventeen
officials of Monroe and Greene coun-
ties today signed a joint statement
indorsing the action of Senator La
Toilette in opposing the armed neu-
trality resolution. The statement is
signed by practically all the officials
of these two counties. 1t commends
the senator's position in opposing the
movement to turn over the peace-lov-
ing citizens of the United States,
"body, boots and breeches," to John
Bull for his own use.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
Prepare to Drill Recruits.
n'nifnd Press Dismal fob 1

Washington. March with a view
to the possibility of being confronted with
the task of drilling and making soldiers
out of half a million raw recruits in the
near future. the department of war has
sent instructions to the commanders of
the various military DEPARTMENTS to Sc
lect officers ami have them ready to he
assigned to tits duty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
FEARED A POLICEMAN
That Is the Testimony BY Sister of
Charles Cunningham.
IUnited Press Dispatch.1

UNITED Press Dispatch.1
Rochester, Mimi, March An in
~teresting feature of the tetimony that
was taken today at the coronor's in
quest over the death of Charles Cum
ningham, who was found dead in the
county Jail, his head showing the
signs of having been beaten with some
blunt instrument, was what was said
on the stand by his sister. This sis
ter stated that her brother had point
ed out to her a certain member Of the
police force, who, the brother feared,
was liable to do him great bodily
harm.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
Speed Up Return of Men.

San Antonio. March 7.-Orders
were received by the Southern de-
partment headquarters today to
speed up the return movement of
state troops from the border so all
organizations will be home for mus
ter out by April l." State troops
still on the border approximate 3d.
900 men.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
BlOCKERS ARE PRAISED
WILSON IS CRITICISED
FRIENDLY ATTITUDE OF THE
GERMAN PRESS TOWARD q
THE SENATORS WHO
FILIBUSTERED
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

80
Amsterdam, Holland, March 7.
Senator Stone, Senator La
Toilette and others who blocked
the passage of the armed neutral
ity bill in the senate are lauded
to the skies by the German press.
These senators are praised for
their grit in standing out against
''the unscrupulous ambitions Of
President Wilson, who, it is said,
would plunge his country into the
horrors Of an insane war" The
Lokal Anzeiger Of Berlin refers
to President Wilson as a megalo-
maniac.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
EIGHT HOURS OF TALK
Arguments to Be Made in Harvester
Dissolution Suit.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.J

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.J
Washington, March THE hear
ing on the. governments antitrust
suit to dissolve the International
Harvester company was continued to-
day by the supreme court. Three
hours is the time usually allotted
by the court for arguments, but in
this case, owing to the Importance
of the issues involved, the time was
extended to eight hours.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
WANTS STONE REMOVED

National Defense Society Asks Him to
Quit Foreign Relations Committee.
UNITED Press Dispatch.1
New York, March 1.-The National De-
Tense society has formulated a demand
for the removal of Senator William J..
Stone of Missouri from his present po-
sition at the head of the foreign rela-
lions committee of the. senate. The de-
mand has been sent to Senator Thomas
s.. Martin of Virginia.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
shoe Manafaeturer pies.

Milwaukee, March 7.-Adolph w.
Rich, seventy-four years old, president
and treasurer Of the A. w. Rich Shoe
company, died of heart disease after
an illness of two weeks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
BUSINESS Man Ends IRE.

Milwaukee, March louis C. To-
dell. afty-two years old, well known
business man, was found dead with .
bullet through his temple In q down
town hotel. He had been ailing for q
year and it is believed he shot him.
self while Respondent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
CRUISER STRUCK MINE
Russian Boat Was Badly Damaged
In Gulf Of Finland.
III 0uH OF NT'U0
Associated Press DiSpatch,1

" ASSOCIHC6U TTESS DISpdICH.1
Berlin, Tuesday, Wireless to Tuck
erton, March THE Russian ar
mored cruiser Rydrik struck a mine
in the Gulf of Finland, and was bad
ly damaged, according to Stockholm
reports. The Overseas News agency
says the warship shortly afterward
was locked at Cronstadt, on the
Gulf of Finland. The Rydrik was of
1880 tons and she carried 999 men.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
Will Retain Saloons.

st. Charles, in the heaviest ballot
ing in history, yesterday voted to re-
tain it's six saloons. The majority was
ninety-seven, as compared with forty
six in 1916 and seventy-seven in 1915.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
Wise Choice.

"Of two evils, which should we
chooseT" asked the Sunday school
teacher.
'The one that is least likely to be
found out" replied little Bobby Bright.
philadelphia Record.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09

Library BoanL MeetInQ,
Last evening a regulsr meeting of the
library boali was held lose present be-
Rev. Nels Nordgaard. lie meeting was
short, and devoted to transaction OF
regular business.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
DENOuNCEs AUsTRIA's NOTE
italian Press Puts Ii Down As Braz'
en- Impudence.

Rome, Italy, March THE Italian
press regards Austria's manifesto in
regard to attacks on merchant ships
by submarines as a mere piece of
brazen impudence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
SELECT ENLISTED MEN
They Will Be Given Commissions
in Army That May Be Raised.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Washington, March THE war
department has directed that be-
tween 5000 and 5000 enlisted men
of the army be designated on their
military attitude, not by examination,
for commission as company officers
in whatever army may be raised.
Orders have been sent to each regi-
ment to select sixty men who will
be eligible for a commission up to
and including captains.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
Edison viii Resign.

IUHIIEU FTGSS DISpdICT.1
Washington, March Tt is under
stood that Thomas A. Edison win resign
from the naval advisory board If the
naval experimental station is not located
at Sandy Hook. J
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY
A. Craver Filed His Papers Wit
The Court Clerk Indau

the Court Clerk Today.
William A. Craver, q local shoe deal
err and repairer. filed a voluntary peti-
court here today. His total liabilities are
IS. 3O2. 90. of which $3.50 are secured
claims and $2.741.S2 are unsecured. To
tai assets mount to $500, of which $3.50
represent exempt property. Miles Porter
of Mankato is the attorney.
John Temple has been appointed re-
ceiver of the stock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
STUFF over Contract.

AT a late hour this, afternoon the suit
of Elmer f. Burnett against Peter Herr
strom overha contract for a farm land
trade was still on trial in the district
scurt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09

JAMES A. o'GoRMAN.
New York, March Formal de-
NAL that he participated in the SEN
ate filibuster to defeat the presidents
armed neutrality bill was issued by
former United States Senator James
A. O'Gorman, who said he used no
more than five minutes of the senate's
time during the last three days of the
session and never objected to a vote
on the measure.
He refused to sign the senatorial
manifesto that a majority favored the
bill, Mr.. O'Gorman said, because the
senate measure differed from that
adopted by the house, which ne
thought should be supported in refus-
ing to authorize the president to "em-
ploy other instrumentalities" in addi-
ton to arming ships.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
Seven Die In Hotel fire.

Vancouver, B. c., March 7.-Seven
persons were burned to death when
the Coquahalla hotel, Hope, B. c.. was
destroyed by. fire.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
GERARD DENOUNCES
CERTAIN SENATOR
Says Germans Would Place Him
Before Firing Squad.

New. York. Nov. 25.-Dcclaring that
il "A certain United States Senator"
were in Germany and should adopt
the attitude there that he has adopted
toward the government here, 'he
would be stood up against a wall
while ten sentries fired bullets into
his body, which then would fill a
trench" James w. Gerard, formerly
American ambassador to Germany.
addressed the graduates of Thomas
Hunters Grammar School, No. 35, at
their annual dinner and reunion at
the Astor Hotel.
After paving his respects to the
certain United States Senator" Mr..
Gerard advocated the erection of a
masthead in City Hall Park, from the
top OF which the body of the man
who recently placed bomb aboard n
troop ship should be dansled for three
weeks at the recess hour as a warn
ing.
The allies wait on u.s." said Charles
f. Hughes. a graduate of the school.
The question whether we win this
war or not is a question which must
be answered by our resources and
our men. Thus is given to the United
States very important, if not a con-
trolling. voice in the world situation.
We must. to n man, stand behind our
military and naval forces as a single
person imbucd with the sririt of and
determination for certain and merited
victory"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
SHIPPERS ADVISED
TO Hold SOFT CORN
Failure Of Railroads to Make De-
liveries Is Cause.

Chicago. Nov. 2j-There Is believed
to be large open interest in Decem-
Der corn. There is still considerable
time in which to allow shorts to even
up their position. but any buying in
the pit causes sharp and pronounced
advances in this future. There has
been a big trade in December corn
for sometime past and it has been
mainly in the way of shorts covering
and longs disposng of the holdings.
A message was received from
Washington late Saturday which
says that the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has been advised
that a large amount of soft corn is
arriving at the big grain markets in
the Middle West and that ii is in dam
ger of spelling. This is owing to the
congestion at terminal points. The
message says further that it is re-
ported the railroads are unable to
deliver the corn promptly to drying
plants where it can receive proper
care. and that this corn is especially
liable to get out of condition while
being held by the trade during warm
spells. In order to prevent spoiling
of such soft corn it is recommended
that, unless cold weather sets in,
farmer and country shippers delay
the movement of such soft corn from
the fields unless conditions at the
point to which the corn is shipped are
such that corn can be given quick
attention in the way of drying il out.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
DESCRIBES SPIRIT
OF REFORMATION
Alonzo 7. Jones Says individuality
Keynote of Lutheran's Belief.

The meeting OF the Washington
Secular Lesr':" at Pythian Temple
yesterday afternoon was devoted to
discussion Of the Protestant RcfOrma-
tlon. the quadgicentenniaI of which has
been celebrated during the past year.
An address on THE Reformation was
made by Alonzo T. Jones, author of a
number of works on the subject.
The speaker pointed out that the
recognition and denunciation of the
evils of the Roman Church was not
peculiar to the Protestant Reformcrs.
but that they were not content to con-
denim the evil practices and still de-
fcnd and Justify the church itself.
lie found in the proposition of
Nycliffe that each Individual is re-
sronsible for himself to God without
Intermediates the most vital and
fundamental idea of the reformation,
from which came the doctrine of the
reformers that the Christian church
is not a visible organization but an
invisible fellowship and relation.
Following the address the subject of
the reformation was discussed by II.
+ Lindas. Dr. ]. ]. Shirley, Evange-
list Green, Mr.. Tuite. and John ID.
Bradley. president.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
SO.YEAR-OLD WIDOW
Held Up BY negro
Woman Phones for Police While
Thug Searches House.

New Bedford. Mass. Nov. 25.-Mrs
David Kentton, So-ycar-old widow of
the late David +. kCnttOn, for years
prominent in the whaling industry
here. was held up at her home at
North and County streets by an arm
ed negro.
The aged woman, whose housekeep-
er was out, leaving her alone in the
old house, was preparing to return
when she was suddenly confronted
by the negro, who levclled a revolver
at her, demanding S500.
Mrs. kentton explained that she
paid bills by check and had pracu-
calIy no money In the house.
When he left the room to search
the house she tclephoned to the po-
lice and squad of officers surround
ed the house. They found the negro
hiding in closet.
An old fashioned revolver and sew
eral rounds Of ammunition were found
on him, as well rs small amount
of money and jcwelry which Mrs
ECntt0n identified rs hers.
He gave his name as Marshall Scott,
10 years old. The police say he has
a record for breaking and entering.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
Fl. MYER CANDIDATES
TO GET COMMISSIONS
Review on Parade Ground Today
Will Conclude Training Period.

At Fort Myer this afternoon at 3
o'clock a review and graduating ex-
ercises on the parade ground will mark
the conclusion of training for the regi-
ment of candidates to be commissioned
in the Officers Reserve Corps of the
national army.
President Wilson attended exercises
of similar character August 13 last.
when the Fifth Provisional Training
Regiment was commissioned, and may
be present today.
The program includes an opening
prayer by Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman.
chaplain of the Senate: music by the
Marine Band, an address by Secretary
of War Baker. more music, and the
delivery of commissions to about yO0
men. The proceedings will conclude
with a benediction after the singing
of "Over There" by the regiment.
Many of the men scheduled to re-
ceive commissions are members of So
cially prominent families.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
SAYS U.S.LEADS
WORLD IN WAR
MUN|TloN FIELD
Norwegian Writer Says All
Nations Are Watch
ing America.

chrlstiania, Nov. 25.-The part of
the United States in the war is the
subject of a continual stream of ar
ticles in the Norwegian newspapers
Norwegian interest in things Ameri-
can has always been keener than in
the other Scandinavian countries, but
it has never been more pronounced
than now.
The newspaper Morgenbiadet, which
has never been quite SO fayorably
disposed to the Entente as most Of
the Christiania newspapers, has
shown a strong pro-American bias
since the entrance of the United
States into the war. In a leading
editorial it says
America's Position.
America is now the focus of war
preparations. The experiences of
three years war on all fronts are
being profitably assimiliated. and the
most systematic military training is
being practiced under Franch and
English officers. Special commissions
from Europe superintend the manu-
facture of all that is needed by sea,
by land, and in the air. Ammuni-
ton is being driven on with unhea rd
or tntensity. standardization of air
machines. experiment with new wea-
pons, new. technical inventions NJ
every field. If there is any place
where We can learn things it is in
America today.
Norwegian naval and military at
taches should be at once sent TO
America. In the future Norway
VIII have to obtain more OF her war
material from the United States. and
1t Is very important to strengthen our
legation In Washington"