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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
OFFICERS COMMISSIONS
GRANTED MANKA7O MEN
Ivan Bowen Captain; Joseph Stein, EN-. Grogan,
And L. H. Morse Are Selected
For Lieutenants

Fort Smelling, Mimi, November %.
Commissions for approximately ESQ
students in the second reserve officers
training camp were announced today.
The Mankato men receiving com.
missions are:
Captain, Ivan Bowen, artillery re-
serve corps.
First lieutenant, Joseph r. Stein.
First lieutenant, L. n. Morse.
Second lieutenant, E. M. Groean, In :
fantry.
Oscar Seebach, fifty years old, Red
Wing, Mimi, and Fletcher lockwood,
twenty four, Minneapolis, are the only
two men given the rank of major.
Eighty eight men are awarded cap
tainces and there is larger percent
age of first Ieutenants than among
the graduates of the first officers
training camp.
About seventy commissions as pro-
visional Iieutenants in the regular
United States army were awarded and
between forty and fifty commissions as
first and second Iieutenants in the
nom flying branch of the United
States army signal corps.
Partial List of Officers.
UNITED Press Dspatchl
Fort Smelling, Mimi, November 90
Following is a partial list of the COM
missions awarded to students of the sec
ond officers reserve training camp;
Majors of infantry-Oscar Seebach,
Redwing; Fletcher lockwood Minneap-
oils. Fli
Captains of the Field Artillery-Ivan
Bowen, Mankato; R. w. Turner, Fair
mont
First Lieutenants of Infantry. N.
Campbell, Owatonna; j. McBee George.
Winona; e. S. George. Winona r. H.
Untnam, Blue Earth J. r. Stein. Man
kato; Il. H. Morse. Mankato; A. n. Bur-
nap, Chatfield; d. H. Leudtke, Fair
mont; E. E. Pfeiffer, Fairmont; B. E.
Hugen, Austin; F. G. Babcock, Kasota;
r. B. Manahan, 1Chatfield; w. F. Back.
Redwing.
First Lieutenants of Field Artillery
T. o. Streissguth, Gaylord.
Second Lieutenants of Infantry-G
Gates, Rochester; e. G. Parker, Brown s
Valley; E. M. Grogan, Mankato; E, c.
Prairie; r. L. Dean, Fairmont T. E.
Sargent, Redwing.
Fog Helped French.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l
With the French Armies On the
Western Front, November pa
dense fog enabled French troops to
make a brilliant forward dash, net
ting considerable gains of territory
east of, the Chemin des Danes and
south of Juvincourt. The French have
captured the last of the German OBJ
servation points on the Chemin des
Danes sector. q
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
DEATH TAKES MRS. l.. M. HANNA
She Was Among the Pioneer Resi-
dents of Mankato

uCnIS OF mdTkdIO.
Mrs. Louise NJ. Hanna died at seven
o'clock this morning at the residence
of Mrs. Henry Wilkinson in West
Mankato, where she has been making
her home. Death was caused by
paralysis, with which she had suffered
for some time past. She was born in
Clinton, n. Y, and was sixty mine
years old last January
Her maiden name was Miss Currier
and she came to Mankato in 1867
being married here to Milton Hanna
about forty years ago. Mr.. Hanna
formerly was in the grocery and
restaurant business in this city, and
died several years ago.
The surviving relatives are four
sisters, Mrs. James Karmany, city:
Mrs. George Wilkinson, Lake Wilson
Mrs. Cora Wigley, st. Peter; Mrs
George Cole, Nicollet. Deceased was
judged incompetent some time ago
and DR.. w. A. Beach was appointed
as her guardian.
A lawsuit concerning her, the title
of the case being William A. Beach
guardian of the personal property anG
estate of Louise NJ Hanna vs. J. r
Weeks and Belle Weeks, his wife
which was to have been held this
morning. was postponed until Mon
day at II a. M, on account of Mrs
Hanna's death.
Funeral services will be held at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Beach
420 Warren street tomorrow afternoon
at two o'clock, Rev. T. Ross Paden Of
floating. Interment in Glenwooi
comeferv
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
FAIRCHILD is ARRESTED
Man Charged With Contempt OF
Court; Echo of Macbeth
Case

T. C. Fairchild, employe Of the Bur-
lington railroad, well known to many
people in Mankato, was arrested in
this city last night by Sheriff Osten
while visiting here. He has been want
ed for a year past on the charge of
ignoring the summons Of the district
court of Blue Earth county to appear
as witness in November, 1916, in the
case of the state against Ralph Mac
beth. He is charged with ignoring
this summons and going over into the
state of Wisconsin. He was taken
before Judge Comstock late yester-
day and his bond was fixed in the sum
of $500. He furnished this bond. He is
to appear before the court on Decem-
Der to answer to the charge of con-
tempt of court.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30

just between Baltimore and Wash
ington, twelve miles from each city.
1t is very hard to get away from
camp but if l can am going to take
in some of the sights. 1t seems
strange to be so far from home but
if | come out OF this war alive it will
certainly be a great experience for
me. They signed me up as store
keeper and clerk By the way they
are rushing the engineers through
don't think it will be long before | will
be in France: Am going to try to get
home for Christmas. VIII probably
get nine days furlough. Will try my
best to get away. They hold regular
church services at the Y. M. c. A.
and you would be surprised at the at
tendance. Taking it all together l
never met finer bunch of men in my
life tina nthere is in this engineering
Dept. They are mostly civil engi-
neers, men of experience and older
than | am so / consider myself very
fortunate in joining that department.
The next day after | joined they
stopped enlisting men for that corps.
When anyone tells you a soldier
doesn't have to work they are mis-
taken because we get eight hours drill
day besides other duties. Get up
at $50 and go to bed at ten. We
had to set our watches ahead one
hour when got here. If there is
anything a soldier needs it is foun-
tain pen, the pens here are on a
bum. Am glad you feel the way you
do about me joining the army for |
am not the only one risking by life.
Will try to get home Christmas.
Write often because letters are about
our only pleasures Glen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
WANTED KAISER AS KING
Woman In FaribauIt Is Alleged
To Have Expressed Such
Sentiment

Disloyalty having resulted in indict-
ments on fifteen counts each against
the publisher and owner, and three
against the editor of The Faribault
Referendum, J. E. Palmer, assistant at
torney general, went to Faribault yes
terday to assist County Attorney
James M. P. Mcmahon in the prose-
cution Those indicted are E. B. Ford
and his wife, Elizabeth Ford, as pub
Usher and owner, respectively, and the
counts against Ed Boskey, as editor,
are based on publication in the pa
per which it is alleged tended to dis
courage enlistments in the military
service. Mrs. Ford refused bail and is
in Jail.
Mary F. Grim, a Faribault woman of
German descent, pleaded not guilty to
an Indictment accusing her of dis
loyal utterances. The charge was
based on the testimony of Phoebe
Rogers and Alice Mott, Faribault
women, who asked her for a subscrip-
ton to the Liberty loan. The indict-
ment accuses her of having said:
Il hate that stick of a President
Wilson, and l wish the kaiser was
king of this country. love the kaiser"
William Van Hout is charged in an
other indictment with having made
this utterance:
"The first man shot should be Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson, the next man
shot Johnny Bull, and the next man
shot should be the president of
France"
Oliver Swift also was indicted, be-
ing accused of saying:
"The United States would not have
got into the war if President Wilson
had listened to Senator R. M. LaFol-
lette and W. J. Bryan, and they had
warning from Germany to keep out of
the war zone but the United States
did not have sense cough to keep out. "
Other indictments were for various
offenSeS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
LETTERS FROM THE
BOYS IN CAMPS
From Saturdays Daily.


Leo Butler is in receipt of the fol-
lowing letter from his brother, Bill
Butler, at the school instruction at
the United States marine barracks
a Quantico, Va:
"Quantico, Va, November 16.-Just
few lines to let you know that l am
still alive and looking for line from
you. At the present time l am
temporarily detailed in the dispen-
sary ofsthe machine gun battery. The
doctor and chief pharmacist mate
are trying to get me transferred to
that battery. If | land it, l will go
with them wherever it may be, which
the way things look-will be Haiti,
San Domingo or France within the
next month or so. / certainly wish
that | land it, as it is just what
want, and / will always be working
in my line, which will be a great help
and education to me for my future
life.
This is a pretty good place. We
100 feet long and 20 feet wide There
are about forty of us here, all that
came down from the Lakes together.
We have good chow, better than we
did at the Lakes by far For instance,
we had oyster stew for supper this
evening. So you see we are not
starving by any means.
This place is sort of organizing
placed for the marines. They come
here from every corner of the earth
and form regiments, then pull out for
some place else. They do not stay
here long. If man stays here three
months, he thinks he is doing a life's
term, because, if he is not on the
move, he is dissatisfied.
Twill close, hoping to hear from
you soon. With love to all at home.
AS ever your brother, BILL
+ + j j.
Mr.. and Mrs W. E. Davey are in
receipt of the following letter from
their son Glen, Camp Meade, Md,
who enlisted on November s, in the
Engineering corps:
Dear Folks: We finally arrived at
Camp Meade, Md, after a thirty six
hour travel from ST. Louis and we
are in the army for good now. John
Dwyer is still with me and by request
were both assigned to the same
company and they claim it is the best
company in the camp. 1t seems
strange to eat out of those tin dishes
that are issued to us by the govern
men. We all line up and they dish
our food out for us. We are well fed
get all we can eat. We have to wash
and keep our dishes all polished /
like it better here than at Jeffer-
son barracks. We have regular single
iron beds with straw mattresses and
springs. ut we don't get any too
many blankets, will get two more to-
night. John and make our beds up
| together so have more covers that
way. You can't imagine the size of
this place. 1t covers six square miles
and there are 10000 soldiers here.
| They are divided UP in seperate COM
panies SO every. body has just to do
with his own company We are in
! Company A, Twenty third engineers.
/, All the Twenty-third engineers in the
United States are here and there are
only about 500 so all the rest are
/ drafted men, Yesterday morning we
got into Washington and had time to
] look around the CITY, Got good look
at the capital Washington is the
cleanest city | ever saw, and the most
beautiful buildings. Camp Meade is
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
ON BURNS DAY
Program Will Be Carried Out,
But Not On Large Public
Scale
From Fridays Daily.


For some time there has been talk
that, owing to the war and also to
the lack of sufficient hall accommoda-
tions, no Burns celebration would be
held this year In view of the fact
that the anniversary of the ploughboy
poet has been observed unbrokenly
for sixty years in this locality, it was
thought that g. break at this time
would mean the ultimate breaking up
OF the organization entirely, says The
Mapleton Enterprise. A meeting of
the executive committee was held on
Tuesday morning, when by vote of
five to two it was decided to observe
the anniversary so that the chain of
years might be unbroken and the
fathers who established the custom
should not be forgotten in their de-
sire to establish here a shrine to the
memory OF the peoples poet that time
should not dim.
1t was realized, however, that the
celebration could not be on the scale
of those of recent years and that
owing to hall accommodations the
uullUeI dlIeuuluS WOulu VI utC6SSlIy
have to be restricted to members of
the club. The program will be entirely
of home talent, thus holding down
the expense and bringing it back to
the original simplicity of the pioneer
celebrations, which were held at the
homes Of the various members of the
club.
This does not mean that the pro-
gram will be less interesting than in
the past, as there is much talent in
this community and it will simply
bring to life the resources of our own
young people, and if they will take
hold as did their parents it is ap-
parent that program will be given
that will be greatly enjoyed 1t is
planned to have a supper with the time
honored haggis, followed wiz. the
program at the Pastime theatre and
preceded by the usual bonspiel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
Makeup Of the Bodies in
Minnesota Decided
IDEA IS AMERICA FIRST
Meetings Will Be Held in Every
Precinct For Educational
Purposes
From Fridays Daily.

Formation of war boards" in every
county in the state, to furnish CO.
operation in every campaign connected
with the prosecution of the war, will
be the next work of the American
First association of Minnesota organ
lied at the statewide loyalty meet
ings in the twin cities last week
Announcement of the organization
plan was made today by President F..
w. Murphy and Secretary r. w. Har-
gadine of the association. The Of
ficers made an appeal for general CO.
operation in the associations plan to
mobilize the citizenship of the state,
and enroll the whole people in the
working membership of the associa-
ton.
Makeup of War Board.
County organizations will consist of
one person from each voting precinct,
headed by war board of eight
members, as follows: County vice
president of the American First asso-
citation, person selected by the vice
president chairman of the county
chapter of the American Red Cross;
public safety director; chairman of
the Liberty Loan committee, chair
sioners; county superintendent of
schools, and chairman of the county
Y. M. c. A. committee.
Within a short time the officers of
the association will meet in ST. Paul
to consider at length the future work
of the association, but in the mean
time the county committee will be
expected to proceed with the organi-
cation of their county.
Meet in Each School District.
Meetings are to held in each school
district in the state, to which every
person within the district shall re-
ceive a special invitation. At these
meetings the case of the government
shall be fully presented, and every
person, whether male of female, fifteen
years of age and upward, will be
asked to pledge himself in a definite
way to the support of the government
in the great work it has undertaken.
The form of this pledge and the mat
ter of membership in the American
First association will be worked out
more fully at the meeting of the Of
ficers. A complete roster of each
precinct will be made. The school
house campaign will be scheduled to
open on the same date throughout the
entire state and will command the
service of more than 800 speakers.
The association invites all those
who desire TO assist in the campaign
as speakers to volunteer their serv-
ices. Arrangements will be made so
that the same speakers may address
three or more meetings on the same
day and evening.
Will Unity Efforts.
An effort to coordinate Minnesota
organizations, engaged in patriotic
service, will be made by representa-
tives of the Public Safety commission
at luncheon Monday noon at the
Minnesota club. The announcement of
the conference was made today by G.
w. Henke, publicity director of the
commission, who said the undertaking
is along lines laid down at a meeting
Saturday in Chicago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
GARDEN CITY STORIES
PICKED UP BY SCRIBE
Number of Interesting Events
Have Occurred In That VIII
lage of Late
Especial to Free Press.l

Garden City, November 23.-The
following contributions in cash have
been received for the Y. M. c. A. war
fund: M. F. Crane, $25; George Rich
ardson, $40; Miss Clara Boynton,
SIS so; Miss Eliza Wilson, S.; j. j.
Duffield, So; Mrs. J. F. Osgood, ST.
Mrs. Hattie Duffield, $1.2O; e. H.
Monroe, SIS; Mrs Calista Richardson,
ST. Mrs. r. Rector, 81; H. A. Bixby,
l$5; Mrs Byron Thomson, 25 cents;
Hankie Pew, 16 cents.
| Mrs Homer Waite was taken SER
iously i'll Wednesday morning. A
trained nurse from Mankato is in at
! tendance.
The following pieces were turned
into the Red Cross headquarters last
week. Z bath robes, 5 pairs pajamas, 5
bedshirts, 10 IT. bandages, 20 leggings,
2 bed jackets, pairs socks, 2 sweat
ers, 2 mufflers, pairs wristlets.
+. The w C. T. U. social meeting
was a. great success. A short in
structive program was given. Mrs.
/ Chapman, whose son Mayo is in the
navy, read something of their lives
and work. A poem was given by
Miss Mills. Mrs. Jessie John gave a
short talk on their trip to Camp Dodge
to visit their son, Lieutenant John.
Mrs. Matte John read Red Cross
article and Mrs. Johnson gave good
talk and reading. Refreshments
were served and 1911 taken in.
Mrs. Jessie John said in part: eve
| have read so much in the papers about
there being no place at Camp Dodge
where a mother, sister or friends can
see her soldier boy that l am glad to
| tell you at present there are very nice
places for these very meetings. First,
there are many Y M. G. A. buildings
! in camp, every one of them painted
green with the triangle in the gable
that they may be easily seen. Here
YOU find a ladies' waiting room, a
library and the large main room where
there are plenty of seats and every
convenience for visit. Most Of the
companies have a recreation room IN
their barracks. In Company d, 35lst
| infantry, we found it large light
room well heated by a furnace in the
| center a piano, plenty of books and
| tables to read at which makes it quite
comfortable, and although you cannot
see your soldier alone it is fine place
| to be entertained We enjoyed it all
| immensely The men looked healthy
and happy. They were whistling and
singing about their work and every
thing was clean and neat Those
we talked with thought the life siren
uous, but great. Now mothers and
sisters, write letters, good, long and
newsy letters full of cheer and home
| things. These will do more to make
our boys happy than anything else in
our power.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will hold their annual sale and Will
serve a chicken pie dinner in the
church at noon. The sale of fancy
articles begins at $50 prompt Don't
| forget the date December l. Here
, is an opportunity to buy that Christ
mas present.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

Yesterday being the seventh we'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Huettl few friends and rela-
tiyes surprised them at their home,
ia North Broad street, and helped
celebrate the event. The evening was
spent playing cards and at a late hour
Mrs. ,Huettl served delicious lunch
which the guests brought with them.
They presented Mr. and Mrs. Huettl
with a token in memory of the
event and before leaving wished them
many more happy days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30

Mrs. Adolph Bahma of Lake Crystal
was shopping in the city yesterday.
Miss Catherine Franklin of Blue
Earth was a Mankato shopper today.
E. w. Goldenstar spent yesterday
attending to business affairs at Nicol-
let.
Attorney W. F. Hughes spent the
day in St. Paul attending to business
matters.
John Jones has returned from Co.
lumbus, Wis, where he spent the
summer.
Emil Hage of New Ulm was
business caller in the city yesterday
afternoon
w. P. Marsten, ST., and William
Graft of Lake Crystal were in the city
on business yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Guy Green of Wellsville, New
York, niece of Mrs Laura French is
guest at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
j. w. Andrews.
William Greenwood, cashier of the
Farmers State bank of Welcome,
transacted business in the city yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. C. E. Gasaway of LeSueur will
arrive tomorrow and will undergo an
operation at one of the local hospi-
tai next Monday.
Mrs. A. d. Jones and grandson
Lynn Jones, left yesterday for Revillo,
S. D., where they will spend the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Miss Wilhelmina Poepke, who
teaches school in St. Peter, arrived
today to spend Sunday with her sis
ter, Miss Martha Poepke.
Mrs. J. J. Freeman of ST. Paul has
arrived in the city to be in attend
ance upon her mother, Mrs. Catherine
Schroeder, who is ill at her home.
Mrs. Gene Mead of Lake Crystal
was in the city on business yesterday.
Miss Lillian Helleckson of Lake
Crystal visited friends in the city to-
day.
Miss Evelyn King of st. James, who
spent the past five days visiting at
the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. George Pass, ST., returned
to her home today.
G. E. Latta, travelling salesman for
the Stevenson Mills of South Bend,
Indiana, has returned from busi-
ness trip of three weeks spent in the
northern part of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Laffey and
children of Beauford, and Miss Rose
O'Brien of st. Paul, arrived in the
city this morning, to be present at
the funeral of the late Kenneth
O'Brien.
Mr. and Mrs. |. n Griffith have re-
ceived a letter announcing that their
son Meredith, who recently enlisted in
the United States regular army, left
Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, this week,
and is now at Fort Hancock, New Jer-
sey.
John Graham of Fulton street, an
old resident of this city, was taken
to a local hospital today, where he
will undergo an oneration for eve
trouble, and it is thought it will be
necessary to remove the afflicted
eye.
Clare Fowler arrived home yestcr-
day from Camp Dodge to spend
day with his mother. He has been
in the commissary department and
reports that he likes the army life.
He is now to be transferred to the
regular army at Camp Pike.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
E,eleLake

Archie Alderman, mail carrier be-
tween Eagle Lake and st. Clair, had
what might have proven serious accloehl
While filling the tank of his car early
Thursday morning the fumes from the
gas were ignited by his lantern. The
flames caught on to the cushion of the
front seat and but for Mr.. Alderman S
presence of mind the barn with it's con-
tents would haze been destroyed. He ex-
tinguished the blaze by the use of an
old overcoat that happened to be at
hand.
]. l.. Cummins of the firm Cummins
and company, is spending few days
hunting big game in the northern part
of the state.
The work on Mr.. Robertson's new res
idence is progressing nicely. Mr.. A. II.
Pressnall is doing the remodeling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
MANsLAUGHTER is CHARGED
James Baker, Attendant at the
! Feeble Minded School Arrested

James Baker, Attendant at the
Feeble Minded School Arrested.
Faribault, Mimi, November %
James Baker, an attendant at the
state school for the feeble minded, is
under arrest on charge of man
slaughter in the second degree, fol-
lowing accusations that through his
negligence Raymond Bauce, twelve
year-old inmate, was scalded to death.
Judge A. B. Childress has called a
special meeting of the Rice county
grand jury tomorrow to consider the
case and meantime County Attorney
James p Mcmahon and Assistant
States Attorney Farmer of st. Paul
are investigating.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
SUITCASE WAS TAKEN
Complaint Made to The Police BY
Clifford Shores.

Clifford Shores, located in Rapidan,
reported about noon today at the pol
ice station that his suitcase had been
stolen in local saloon He had
left the suit case there about ten
o'clock this morning. and when he
came back to look for it about two
hours later it was gone, and those
in charge of the saloon had no idea
what had become of 1t, not having no
ticed it. Shores said the suitcase
contained pair of pants, pair of
leather shoes, three pairs of overalls
and one leather vest.