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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-12

From saturdays C&-...
Lew Fiero will leave this evening
for Saline, Kan, where he is teaching.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dennison Of
Amboy were shopping in the city to-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson of
Crookston are visiting relatives in the
city.
Ben McGregor, cashier of the
Mapleton State bank, was business
caller in the city today.
F. N. Kessey, who spent New
Years at the home of Rev. N. Nord-
gard, left for Waterloo today.
Mrs. A. ]. Kessey and granddaugh-
ter, Marlys, left for DEBORAH, Iowa.
after having spent the holidays in the
city with Rev. Nordgaard and family.
A. H. Spaulding of the Buckeye
farm, Charles Brooks, w. R. Adams,
Mr.. Yaeger, DR.. M. B. Wood, Henry
E. Hance, Messrs. Barker and Lasby
and others returned today from ST.
Paul where they attended a weeks
farmers course at the state univer-
sity.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schendel o.
Rapidan, who spent the past week
visiting in Rochester, were in the city
today, enrCute home.
Fern Burmeister has returned T.
Madison, Mimi, where she teaches
school, after vacation visit hero
with her parents.
Frank Certsman of Morgan was q
business caller in the city today.
Misses Pearl and Martha Epson Of
Lake Crystal were shopping in the
CITY today.
Victor Jones has returned to Madi-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-12
LITTLE GIRLS WERE BURNED
Fire Occurred While the Parents At
tended the Movies.

-.
UNITED Press Dispatchl
Ell Reno, Okla, January GA
double funeral was scheduled to take
place here today, that of the two little
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Jones, aged four and eight years, who
were burned to death in the family
home last evening, while their parents
were attending the movies.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-12
COMING OF THE TROOPS
Lieutenant Herb Hauck to Reach
Here Monday or Tuesday.

Mrs. Herbert Hauck received the
following telegram from her husband
Lieutenant Hauck of Company H:
Houston, Texas, January 5.-Left
Llano Grande yesterday. Will arrive
in Mankato Monday or Tuesday.
hours leave of absence"
The regiment will pass through
Waseca via the Minneapolis and st.
Louis road.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-12
Judson

Froc Saturdays DanY.
John B. Jones was a delegate to
the Christian Endeavor convention
held at Iowa Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. d. c. Evans are the
proud parents Of a ten pound boy
born December 26.
William and Owen Jones drove to
Mankato Wednesday on business.
Conner Evans and family took din
ner with relatives at Lake Crystal
New Pears day.
Mrs. H. J. Roberts of Mankato has
been visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
Black, also her son, ]. H. Roberts on
the farm.
Miss Alice Gustafson entertained
her lady friends at her home during
her vacation. Light refreshments
were served. All enjoyed the after
noon very much.
Mrs. Herbert Crane Of Minneopa
spent Christmas week with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs W. c. Johnson.
G.. V. Peterson has been suffering
from pleurisy for several days, but is
reported some better. Dr. Wentworth
of Mankato was called.
Mrs Vernon Markham returned
Saturday from a weeks visit in Iowa.
Mr.. Rodekuhr and his daughter,
Marguerite, returned Tuesday from
a weeks visit with relatives in Nor
gan.
Mrs Ruth Roberts was called to
Lake Crystal to care for her mother,
Mrs. Edward Lewis.
Dave Roberts is hauling logs to the
saw mill, preparing for his new home
in the spring.
Willard Wigley is an assistant in
the Farmers State bank.
Edwin Evans returned from Da-
kota this week, where he has been
attending to the affairs of his brother,
who died recently.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
MY FOUR YEARS


7 or 1880, and a substantial supper
before going to bed.
The Germans are wonderful Judges
or wines, and Mt any formal dinner
use as many as eight varieties The
best wine is passed in glasses on trays,
and the guests are not expected, OF
course. to take this wine unless they
actually desire to drink It. I know
one American woman, who was stop
ping ut princes castle in Hungary.
and who on the first night allowed
the butler to Nil her glass with wine
which she did not drink The second
evening the butler passed her sternly
by. and she WIS offered no more wine
during her stay in the castle
Many of the doctors who were with
me thought that the heavy eating
and large consumption of wine and
beer had unfavorably affected the
German national character, and had
made the people more aggressive and
irritable and consequently reader for
war Meat-eating nations have al
ways ruled veFetarians. The infu-
ence OF diet on national character
should not be underestimated
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
SEPTEMBER "RICHMOND"
OF HISTORIC VALUE

The September edition of Rich
mond the handsome periodical issued
under the auspices of the Richmond
chamber of commerce. Is one of the
most creditable ever issued
1t is so full of facts Of historic i'm =
portance and of timely and educative
illustrations that every person who
likes to keep facts and figures about
his city at hand should place this
number in his files COR future refer
ence.
The edition is devoted principally
to the celebration OF the semi-cen-
tenntal of the founding OF the cham
Der, and the editor, James NJ Cecil,
was fortunate in procuring pictures
especially applicable to the occasion.
painting OF Richmond as IL ap-
peared fifty years ago embellishes the
cover In red brown tones The Capt.
toll stands out in bold relief, while the
river, its banks guiltless of smoking
factory chimneys, is clearly seen in
all its windings. Cows peacefully
chewing their cuds are shown in the
foreground where now residences oc-
cupy the entire area Another illus
tration of historic merit shows the
city in flames at the evacuation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
RICHMOND JEWS TO
OBSERVE SUKK0TH
Services This Morning at ii O'Clock In
Beth Anhaha Tcmple-Dr. Caltsch
Preached Last Night.
MARKS CLOSING OF ITsHRI.
Feast OF TnbernaCics Lasts Eight Days
and First Two and Last Two Days
Are Regarded as Holidays by Or
thodox jews.

Services for the celebration of Suk-
koth. or the Feast of Tabernacles,
were held In Beth Anapa synagogue
yesterday evening at o'clock. Rabbi
Edwin n. Calsch preaching the ser
mon. Services will be held again this
morning at II o'clock at Beth Ahaba
synagogue and by Keneseth Israel and
Sir Moses Montefore congregations.
The reformed Jews only observe the
first and last day as holiday. but the or
thodox Jews keep the first two and
last two days holy.
The Feast of Tia bernacles began yes
terday at shutdown and brings to n
conclusion the cycle of sacred services
which mark Tishri. the seventh month
of the Jewish year. The celebration
of Sukkoth continues for eight days
The festival is brought to an end by
Shcmini Atzereth. or the Feast Of
Conclusion. and SImchas Torah, or the
Rejoicing of the Law. the latter mark
ing the end of the reading of the
Torah. which has been read in the
synagoguea in weekly portions on each
Sabbath during the year. Sukkoth is
especially a harvest festival and is
designated in the Bible az the Feast
of the Ingathering
The special feature Of the celebra-
ton of this festival is the dwelling
in booths. Al the synagogues booths
are erected and garnished with fruit
and flowers, and in these temporary
structures a part OF the religious ser
vice is conducted This is in accord
ance with the Biblical injunction for
the people of Israel to dwell in booths
for seven days to commemorate the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

dwelling of the Israelites in booths, or
temporary structures, during their
passage through the wilderness after
the fiightSrom Egypt. In olden times
when the Jews dwelt In Palestine the
people from all parts of that coun-
try made pilgrimages to Jerusalem
during Sukkoth. and there at the Tenn :
pie made their offerings OF fruits and
flowers and voiced their Thanksgiving
for the bounteous harvest. The Jews
were commanded to take palm
branches and willows, the myrtle and
the citron, and with these types of
food and fruit to rejoice before the
Lord These festal plants, and the
booths associated with the Sukkoth
FESTIVAL. have been retained in the
ritual of the reform Jews as sugges-
tive of spiritual lessons. Many ortho-
dox Jews still take their meals during
the festival in booths constructed in
their homes. and all religious services
are conducted in these temporary
structures.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
STOPS AND
CHARITY STEPS IN
wife and Three Children of Once Popu-
lar Brooklyn society Man
Destitute.

New York. September ac.--In a con-
dition of semi starvation. the three
children of Mrs. Maude Keenan, Dahl
sren. divorced wife of one of Brook
lyn's once popular society leaders. were
taken from their mother today by the
officers of the Brooklyn Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children and
committed to charitable organiza-
ton.
The social workers found the three
children with their mother huddled in
an apartment that had been denuded
of it's furniture by an instalment fur
niture company from which 1t had
been purchased The only food was
part of a stale loaf of bread. The
children, Eta. eleven years old,
keenan,. eight and winthrop. four,
were scantily clothed and emaciated.
Their bed was mattress on the floor
Mrs. Dahlgren tearfuly protested
against the removal of the children.
She said she and her husband VIM
throp Dahigren, grandson of the late
Rear- Admiral Dahlgren. United States
navy. had been divorced moro than
year ago and that lately, because of
business reverses, he had been unable
to keep up payment of alimony.
Mrs. Dahlgren was back in her rent
and had been served with dispossess
notice, the gas in their apartment had
been cut of for some time and boxes
had taken the place of the seized fur
niture.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
BUILDING INSPECTOR
BUTLER IS 0PTIn|ST
Thinks Outlook for Improvement II
Construction Is Getting Beyond
GIimmer Glass.
BRIGHTER DAY BY DAY
Report for September Shows Decrease
Over Same Month Last Year, BuL
Prospects Are for Later Gains.

Inspector Butler let's nothing stand
in his way as an optimist. He is al
most like the Philadelphia lawyer who
IL is said could see through n brick
wall.
II stick by what / said last month,
said Inspector Butler yesterday. Il
said then the month of September
would show up better than it did last
year, and my report bears me cut by
showing a decrease of less than a half
million dollars, and we had a large
number of big buildings on our re-
port last year. There are a lot OF
things tending to keep building down
at this time--the high price of materi-
al and the scarcity of men for private
work All this, at least the latter, will
be over in a short while. and then we
may expect to get back to normal con-
ditions at least"
From a layman's standpoint one
would say the report fro September is
not encouraging. but 1t is Just what
Mr. Butler says. and all look for the
best A summary of the report IS:
New Structures.
Four brick dwellings, two frame
dwellings. one brick store, nine frame
sheds, thirty three private garages, one
apartment house, one office building
total. 81.
Alterations and Repairs.
Nine brick dwellings thirty frame
dwellings, ten brick stores, three ware
houses, one frame shed. five private
garages. one hospital, one school: to-
tai. 60.
Total number Of examinations and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
COL UMplA MN WIFI
CARE FOR REFUGEES
S1

rvagfinr+oa. S4rt AZ The an
pofntnen OF Edward r DIVINE pro-
lessor of social economic ut e*olum-
bit university IN New York and one
OF The leading social workers of tho
Tr7itNd States. - the noNtion ~ chief
Of the bureau OF refugees and homo
RELIEF. sander the American Red Cross
commission 70 France. r. announced
today. A cable 5ust received hy tha
Red Cross war council in Washing
ton from Major Graveon "a e Muir
rhg, hes Il Of the commission. reports
that DR.. pevine is n he Tn charge
OF all relief work outside the city Of
Paris. The ca BILE is as follows
I'm the various departu4 eute out
side the s. inc there are some $4,000
refugees embracing all classes and
ares except able bodied men Al
though employment at good wages is
general. these refugees are ffa44rt F.a-
less in an unfortunate con ALTON be-
cause fthe conplete loss Of their
possessions when driven out 81 the
Invaded TERRITORY Theq have since
been living in excessively conReated
quarter and. nec ess arlly. under very
Hnsanitarv conditions
The Red Cross homes 90 aid the
authorities 10 lesson this congestion
by supplying furniture 80 those who
in this way could move into better
quarters by com pleting buildings al
ready partly constructed ard even
by furnishing portable houses Of
cheap construction v-t7pu necessary.
Ak temporary makeshtft
IIc IL ls proposed To establish in con-
nection with the French authorities
health centers from which useful
1Frri ear he tite-1+ In et1rf1 Il way az
fully to conserve the selsrespect and
independence Of those who accept II
There are many voluntary agencies
- well as public relief authorities.
sAhFonsh whem the Red Cross ca n give
s1sfetance-
ES -Dr, Devine's immediate task will
- to coordinate those agencies an
sAxyange for constructive relief for
&bcse victims OF the war who cannot
YET Dc returned 70 their own homes
Later 4 In hoped that there will be
AAundant nprortnnits for them 10 be
in the hrsy and fruit
tektens In which they lived before
Y ves.*
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

reports from January ! to August 81,
1917, $50; during month of September,
1917. 70: from January / to Septem-
Der 80, 1917. b67
Amount Of new work from January
to September 80, 1917, s3.105, 93400;
amotnt of repair work from January
to September 80, 1917. s62s.543.0o;
total amount of work authorized from
January ! to September 80, 1917, So
7S4. 477.00.
Decrease In new work in September.
1877. as compared with September;
1915. amounts to s121.39f.00; decrease
In alterations and repair work in Sep
tember, 1917, as compared with Sep
TENDER, 1916, amounts to s122.2s4.O0.
making net decrease in all work au-
thorized in September, 1917. as COM
pared with September, 1916, s243,-
G75.00.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
Health Officers Busy.

Especial to The Richmond vfrgtnian.
Newport News, Va. Sept. 30.--Ths
Newport News health department.
United States public health surgeons
and Red Cross officials and nurses
stationed here have launched a cam
paign against tuberculosis The Red
Cross probably will erect a small pub
Fc hospital for the treatment OF in
digent patients. AT present there In
no place where tuberculosis patients
can be cared for.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

POLLARD & BAGBY
PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK
THE PITTS FURNITURE co,
PETIT & co.
RADCLIFFE & TANNER
RoUNTREE BROS.
RoUNTREE- CHERRY CORPORATION
ROBERTSON PARKER co.
sYDNoR PUMP AND WELL co.
SYDNOR & HUNDLEY
TANNER PAINT AND OIL co.
HORACE S. WRIGHT co.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
DANISH STEAMERS
TO UNLOAD CaRGOEs

Special to The Richmond Nirgiuian.l
Newport News Sept. 30.--Held up
here for the past three months, FIRST
by tho refusal Of the British to grant
them unmolested passage TO the other
side and later by tho United States ex-
port embargo the Danish steamers
tfe Kuud Second and Harald have
left for Savannah Ca to discharge
their cargoes Of oil cake. The oil
cake was loaded at a gulf port late
last spring.
There now are bout half dozen
other steam era, Swedish and Dutch,
held up here on account Of the export
embargo The sworn declaration OF
the masters and agents that the car
rrc7 are not intended for the GermaH
h~s had no weight with the Cove
ntent officials
Whether the s~~ee Danish stea
were ordered to unload by the
States authorities or whether the
being unloaded in order that they
be put in another trade by their t.,
ers II not known here
Fire. the origin of which never was
explained, was discovered on the Uffe
about six weeks ago The blaze was
placed under control by the ships
crew and harhor tugs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
OAAWLLE CONVENTION
DECLARES AGAINST
COORDINATE COLLEGE

(srecisl 70 The Richmond Virginian.)
Dauville Va. Sept. 50--The Demo
Gratis of Putsylvania and city OF Dan
VILE on Thursday afternoon in dele
gated convention at Chatham nomi-
rated TWO candidates for The house of
delegates from the county and one
from the city. Delegate \. z. Glenn
ent was rcrominatcd. but Posey J.
fiuraley. an attorney holding residence
I'm the county and maintaining his Of
Zee ln this city, ~as nominated for
the ether scat, defeating Delegate Il,
b. Dodeoa for d denomination. G. F.
.oveIacc was also "A candidate for the
county 0ominatjoa The city delega O.
.en nom laatea John ", Carter. sr..
a retired business man for the house.
who Will succeed Delegate Bergman
Green who did not seek denomination.
Tho nominations were made unani-
NOUS amid enthusiasm.
The convention which was very
representative one consisting Of 100
delegates was presided over by State
Senator George r Risou. II seemed
ghc irony Of political fate that the
convention over which he presided
should have adopted resolution
strongly condemninE the coordinate
college for women movement. especial
Il since Major Rison was co-paron
with Hon \ Z. early, OF Greene
Of the coordinate bill Herewith Is
the text of the resolution adopted:
we condemn as unwise, unneces-
sary iueEpedient and eNtravagant the
proposed coordinate college for wo-
uIsn at the University OF virginia.
Tho state At present has four lnstttn-
uons OF higher learning for women 1t
lis an unnecessary hfth wheel to estab-
Hsh another and the energy. money
and brains that would be expended in
this contemplated coordinate college
could be utilized to far greater advan-
taEe In the Improvement Of those in
stltutons already esta hlished. More
over we believe that the primary and
graded schools, especially in the rural
communities are at thus time more
deserving 81 consideration than ad-
diunhaI coheees.
g beheN" further that the prIn-
Elp3e oI coordination Is nothing more
iron co~cduehttonr foWit; the inter
nHingHng ~ the sexes in educational
INSTITUTIONS rms we beleVe TO be
Bad IN principle thoroughly wrong In
practice and absolutely harmful to the
students OF both sexes In such insti-
tuuohs
such policy II adopted, would, in
our Judgment, produce untold evil to
the prestige ana standing OF the Uni
Nerslty OF virginia, and 10 the young
men and women of this state.
We instruct the members OF the
Rouse OF delegates today nominated
TO oppose with their votes and infiu
ence any such policy as has been urged
upon the genera assembly for the last
several terms ny most active and
V.gilant lobby and we request our
senator from the TwentyAfourth sem
aterial district. Of which we compose
the whole and our senator from the
Twenty-thlrd senatorial district of
which we compose the greater part,
also to vote and work against this
measure"
Other resolutionss adopted in the
committees report to the convention
congratulate the country upon Demo
cratic administration Of its affairs and
express pride In it's record until now
wv hen under the Ieadarshio IF o,r
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-11
Rat STRONGHOLD,

Within the last generation a unique
sat colony has grown up in South
Georgia, a group of bleak and barren
islands, of about 1000 square miles,
IN the Atlantic ocean several hundred
miles east of Cape Horn. In the three
months of the short warm season lit
tie tussock grass grows, and this for
merly supported a considerable number
of rabbits, with a few small mammals
Of other species. In the last century
the island became the center of the
whaling industry. With a favorable
summer, several thousand whales are
brought to the nine stations, and the
carcaSSeS, after the outer blubber has
been stripped off, are set adrift along
the shore. The first rats, escaping
from sealing vessel, were introduced
% or 80 years ago. They found the
best of shelter in the peat and tufts Of
grass, and, with an unlimited food
supply in cold storage in the enormous
field Of rotting flesh, they have null
tiplied in millions, Notwithstanding the
rigors of the winters. At the time
when the rat is being fought as a great
menace to the worlds health the de-
velopment of this rat stronghold offers
problem Of peculiar interest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-11

By JACK VEIOCK, International News
Sports Edtor.)

(By JACK VEIOCK, International News
Sports Editor.)
When ball player commences to
bat over thirty in Old Father Times
league, it is the general belief that he
has seen his best days.
The rolling years take the youth
full snap and ginger out of the arms
and legs of the average player past
thirty years of age, and he turns into
the path which leads him back to the
minors or to retirement.
But there are exceptions to every
rule and in the major leagues today
there is a sprinkling of players well
past the thirty-year mark who are
still blocking Old Dad Times lusty
wallops and getting away with it, while
ambitious youngsters grow weary
camping on their trails, waiting for the
chance to step in and take their places.
Hinchman, Ames, Vaughn, 'Toney
Chief Meyers and Buck Herzog are
among the past-thirty players in the
National league, who are still in there
winning their cakes on the diamond,
while Terry Turner, Eddie Plank, Stan
age and Jimmy Austin are American
league veterans who refuse to be
downed by the scythe of the white
bearded old gent who turns the hands
of the clock.
But two of the most remarkable
players in many respects are Gavvy
Cravath and Dode Paskert of the
Phillies, both outfelders, and both
apparently good for few more sea-
sons in the big shop. Cravath has
been the biggest surprise of the two,
because he has managed a comeback
after he was labeled, wrapped and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-11

an attitude of the strictest neutrality.
He did not enlist for that would inter
fere with his ball playing. Instead,
he wandered into court in Washing
ton recently and asked that his name
be changed to "MacAltrock." Nick be-
lieves the little dash of Scotch will
deceive the dear old public and save
him from many unpleasant moments
on the ball field.
Eyes, that's straight about changing
my name" said Nick. 81 can't take
any chances these days and if the fans
don't take kindly to that Mac stuff, l
am prepared to carry it further. AS a
last resort [ shall go into court and
have my front name changed to Mi
chael. How would Michael MacAlt-
rock sound?"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-11
FEEDING PUMPKINS ON SIRUP
Process Is Simple and Plants Grow
Very Rapidly When They Are
Kept Well Supplied.

Pumpkins, squashes and melons can
be made to grow very rapidly by feed
ing them on strip, and this feeding
process is quite simple. A concen-
trated strip is prepared by dissolving
sugar in water in several jars or
crooks. The water may be heated to
make the sugar dissolve more rap
idly, but the sirups must not be al
lower to boil.
A fruit that has well formed, but is
still young and small, must be chosen
Two crooks of strip are placed beside
it, pressed into the earth SO that they
shall not be upset. Some pieces OF
cotton string or small lampwicks are
cut long enough to reach from the
squash to the bottom of the crooks.
With a penknife two Sits are cut into
the thickest part of the stalk of the
SQUASH, and the ends of the wickS are
inserted. The holes must not connect
with each other or go through the
stalk. The other ends of the wicks
are dropped into the strip. Then you
have only to wait and watch the
squash grow,
1t is necessary to stir the strip once
in a while and to see chat there is
always plenty of it in the crooks.