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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
PETIT LARCENY CHARGE
That Is What Tom Olson, Watch
Thief, Pleaded Guilty To.

That Is What Tom Olson, Watch
Thief, Pleaded Guilty To.
Tom Olson, the stranger recently
arrested on the charge of stealing a
watch from Edward Troskey. the sa-
loon keeper, was allowed this morn
ing to plead guilty to the charge of
petit larceny in the municipal court.
A fine of $3.50 was imposed by
Special Judge Harry Johnson and
paid. /.
Troskey is again in possession of
the watch. A prisoner at the city jail
fisbed it out of one of the toilet bowls
and tried to sell it to Troskey. who
recognized it as his own. 1t is believed
that Olson, after stealing the watch,
threw it into the bowl to escape proof.
John r. Albrecht and Ed Sonve, both
Of Mapleton, arrested on the COM
plant of William Auerbacher. a
travelling man, on the charge of as
sault in the second degree, were be-
fore the court today, but the cases
were dismissed on account OF want
of prosecution.
Leo vogel, farmer near st. Peter,
pleaded guilty to the charge of
reckless driving and paid a fine of
SIS and costs. He ran into man at
Front and Main streets yesterday aft
ernoon, slightly injuring him. 1t is re-
ported that Vogel failed to stop.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
BARRIERS At BANQUET
SMOKER AND SPEECH
Enjoyable and Instructive SEES
sion Was Held BY Tonso-
rial Gentlemen

Southern Minnesota BARRIERS, num-
bering about forty-five, were in at
tendance at the banquet and program
of ten Southern Minnesota BARRIERS
association, which was held at the
Hotel Heinrich last night. That the
BARRIERS are a patriotic class of men
was evidenced by the red, white and
blue badges worn, but even in times
of peace the BARRIERS show their, pat
riotism by their red, white and blue
barber poles, which mark their places
of business.
The banquet was served in the
main dining room, after which ad-
journment was taken to private
parlor, where a smoker was enjoyed
and a program of speeches given
Phil Landmark presided as chairman
of the evening, and the first address
was given by ]. E. Reynolds, who
spoke of the barber trade as one OF
the Oldest in existence, stating that
Biblical records told Of the popular
ity of the BARRIERS in the times be-
fore Christ, the Prophet Ezekiel hav-
ing referred to the BARRIERS in terms
of praise and encouraged men to pat
ronize them. He told of the evolu-
ton of the trade from the old MUIR
derous weapons of ancient barberdom
to the modern, >up-to-date and san1-
tary shops, such as dot Southern
Minnesota Apt and interesting talks
were also given by members of the
BARRIERS board, including Nick Spen-
ger of St. Paul, president; Carl Gus
tafson of Minneapolis, secretary;
Walter Dunlap of Duluth, treasurer;
J. L. Kiefer of Sleepy Eye; Harry Van
Vie of the Koken Barber supply
company of st. Louis, and DR.. Henry
Vogelpohl of this city.
Peter SPENCER of Amboy, in short
talk stated that he was proud OF the
fact that although he was born in
Germany he was an American citi-
zen, and declared that the United
States was the best country on the
face of the globe. He stated that il
was the duty of all to stand by their
country, regardless Of the land OF
their birth.
The association went on record as
favoring the present law in regard tC
the renewals of BARRIERS licenses, re-
newals being made each year at q
cost of twenty five cents paid to the
state. They also favored an amend
ment, making it compulsory to keeI
shops in a sanitary condition. The
association is made up of employers
and employees. Frank Koenker Of
this city is president Of the associa-
ton.
The BARRIERS are DESTROYS of en-
listing public aid in their efforts te
create better sanitary conditions ano
the elevation of the trade. 49,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
Sessions to Be Held in Kato
August rs, 70 and 30
COVERS MANY COUNTIES
ThoseWho Suffer From Epidemic
Of Year 1916 Asked To &
Be Brought

Survivors Of the infantile paralysis
epidemic of 1916, will be examined at
clinic to be held in Mankato on
August %, 29 and Sd and September 1.
This will be under the auspices of the
state board of health. This clinic will
care for cases in Blue Earth, Waseca,
Steele, Nicollet. lie Sueur. Martin.
Jackson, Watonwan Freeborn, Fari-
bault,- Brown and Mobiles counties and
parts OF. Cottonwood and Scott coun-
ties.
All those who have any cases to
bring to the clinic are requested to
notify DR.. A. V. Denman, health Of
ficer of Mankato, as soon as possible
by telephone or mail of the date when
these cases will be brought. The
building in which the clinic will be
held will soon be definitely selected. 2
Free clinics for examination and
treatment of infantile paralysis cases
will be conducted by the state board of
health throughout Minnesota. DR.. A. j.
Gillette, professor Of orthopedic surg
cry, university medical school, will act
in an advisory capacity to the state
board of health without salary in this
work. DIR. Willard P. Greene of the
division of preventable diseases, state
board of health will supervise the
medical part of the clinic work.
+ No Surgical Work. ~
No surgical work will be done. No
plaster casts will be applied, but the
need for such treatment will be pointed
out at the clinics. Then the family
physician may refer cases able to pay
to any specialist he may select, and
INDECENT cases may be referred to the
state hospital for INDECENT crippled and
deformed children.
Graduate nurses, specially trained in
the after-care of infantile paralysis
cases, will be stationed at various
places where clinics are held, to sup
ervise and carry out, in cooperation
with the family physicians, the proper
treatment of cases in the district
From time to time one of the state
experts will revisit these places and
re- examine all cases under the super
vision of the district nurse, and, when
necessary, make changes in BRACES or
SUecldl HuSCl0 GACtIloCO ifiuu lily AAAAS
All Caes Are Urged to Be There.
| Families in which there are persons
suffering as a. result of infantile par
aIys.s, not now under the. care OF
physicians, are urged to send their
cases in charge of responsible per-
f~or, 20 the clinics for examination
physicians are invited to attend these
clinics, whether they bring cases for
examination and free consultation or
not. l 10 a1 sd
Daily clinics are to be held between
10 a. M, and p. m. ALE clinic WORK
/ is to be free of charge. aosjq f1i
The state board of health wishes to
make thorough examination OF every
survivor of the 1916 epidemic and al
so those who have any degree of dis
ability, however slight, as a result OF
poliomyelitis during previous years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF
Bert Charles With Armed With
Sharp File and Poison. p

Bert Charles With Armed with
Sharp File and Poison.
Declaring that other people were
after him to take mis- life, Bert
Charles Wirth, forty five years old,
walked into the police station late
yesterday and asked to be locked up.
He said he thought he might as well
end his own life on account of trou-
BILE he had with others, and he show
ed a file with one end of it sharp
ened to so fine a, point that a slight
blow could easily infiict a mortal
wound. He also had a bottle of poi
son, which had evidently been sold
to him for moutf-wash, the direc-
tons, prescribing one teaspoonful to
pint of warm water. It appeared
quite evident that Wirth was de-
mented and he was locked up by
himself, but was allowed to have a
pipe apd tobacco.
Wirth used to be known to people
Of the vicinity of Eagle Lake. He
said he had been working on a dairy
farm near Fargo, and had gone from
there to Marshall, Mimi, to see his
daughter, who had been ill. His
wife, he said, died about two years
ago. For six years, he said, he and
his family lived at Morgan, Mimi.
The girl is understood to be about
fourteen years old now. He said he
came from Marshall to Mankato with
a view of getting another job.
The man later in the day was taken
before Judge Evan Hughes of the pro-
bate court and committed to the in
sane hospital at st. Peter, where he
was taken by Sheriff Osten and
Deputy Nerdahl. 1t developed that the
correct way to spell his name was
thus: Bert Charlesworth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
CARRIES SIX WOUNDS
BUT READY TO FIGHT
Corporal Ernest Grimes Says
He Will Be Real Fit to Do
Another Bit

London, August 2-(By NALL
Lance Corporal Ernest Grimes is
wounded again, his sixth time, but
says: "Pll soon be ready to go back
and do, another Bit
Grimes enlisted in the regular army
in 1910 and was drawn from India
when the little army settled down to
the first winter of trench warfare.
His first wound came at Hill Sixty
when he was hit by hand grenade
fragment. Five months in hospital
The second, a bullet wound in the
arm, took six weeks to repair. Last
summer, on the Somme shrapnel
ball hit Grimes in the leg and put him
away for two months, and another
grenade wound in the back suffered in
the fighting at Moquet Farm, sent him
to the hospital for the fourth time.
A man with four wonud stripes is
usually retired into some nom com
Blatant job, out of danger, if he is still
of some use to the army. But Grimes
thought he could do more damage in
the trenches so he went up again and
was wounded in the foot by shell al
Lesboeufs.
His latest wound came in the big
push at Messines. An explosive bull
let hit him in the left leg.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24

George Pass Jr.,i spent today at
Fairnont, attending the opening of
bids for construction work planned by
George Pass & Sons, architects.
Mrs. III. C. Finger and son Sylvester
will leave tomorrow noon for Morgan
to spend two weeks with Mrs. Fingers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Camp
bell.
A. C. Ochs and family of Spring
field motored to the city and visited
with friends, returning home yester-
day.
Mrs. D. B. Brooks and SON Harold
returned to their home in Mime
apolis after visiting with Mrs. Brooks
aunt, Miss Ida Martin, for some three
weeks.
Misses Esther Wagner, Anna Hartig
and Catherine ILL have returned from
a vacation trip to Minneapolis, West
brook and Lake Okaboji, making the
trip home by automobile
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Andrist are
entertaining the latter's mother and
nephew, Mrs. d. L. Kutzler and
Donald Kutzler of West Concord, who
will spend the week as their guests.
Miss Inga Carlson, saleslady at the
George E.. Brett Inc. store, returned
yesterday from two weeks vacation
trip. during which she visited friends
at Minot, Deering and Enderlin. N. D.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F.. Force of Yer
non Center were guests last evening
at the horne of Mayor and Mrs. l..
l.. Champlin, while enroute home from
Clear Lake, s. D.. where they visited
relatives -
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Wiltgen, Mr.
and Mrs. Grubber and Miss Anna
Kruger autoed to Springfield Sun
day morning spending the day with
the latter,s parents, returning home
the same day.
Friends of Judge Walter Plymat
who with his wife and child, has beer
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
DEDICATION DAY IN MAkkATO
Occasion Will Be Celebrated In Man.
kato September 1.


Saturday, September 1, has been
decided upon as Dedication day fo1
the young men who have been draft
ID into the United States service
The Minnesota Commission of Public
Safety has set this day aside for q
general celebration in honor of these
men, and will give them full recogni-
ton for their willingness TO serve
their country.
Attorney s. B. Wilson, who is the
local representative of the State
Commission, and president Of the
Blue Earth County Safety Commits
sion, has called a meeting of the
county commissions which will be
held at his office on Friday after
noon at 1870 o'clock. to make ar
rangements for the Dedication day
celebration to be held in Mankato
The matter will be taken up with the
home guard and safety league, and
all organizations handling war mat
ters 1t is proposed TO have pro-
gram of speeches and music on Dedi-
cation day.
Similar celebrations will be hell
in the county seat Of every county III
Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24

st. Paul Pioneer Press: "Mrs. J.
S. Robertson, Miss Julia Presley be-
| fore her marriage and for many
years a resident of st. Paul, who has
spent much time lately in California
and Shanghai, China, is now at La
Jolla, CAL, where she is making her
| home" 1t is exected that Miss Char
lotte Presley and her nieces, the
! Misses Ruth and Hazel Presley, will
spend next winter in California.
Owatonna Peoples Press: DR.. w. H
| Harrington, a former Owatonna boy
and a brother Of Mrs. s. R. Nelson, OF
this city, has enlisted in the service
of his country and is assigned with
| the rank of captain on the officers
reserve medical department. He is un-
| der orders to report at Fort Riley
| August 81. DR.. Harrington has been
practicing medicine at Wakita, Okla
homa. He and his wife arrived in
Owatonna last Saturday afternoon
and are making visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. S. R. Nelson, and relatives and
| friends. He expects to make visit
with his uncle DR.. Harrington at Man
kato before going to Fort Riley. He
will be in the city several days.
Mrs. NJ. Seger of Lewisville was one
| of the many out of town ladies shop
ping in the city yesterday.
Mrs. George w. Mead and daugh-
ter, Effie, have gone to the cities to
remain for couple of weeks.
w. R. Clark, manager of the Elks
club, has gone to the Lake Superior
| country on account of hay fever.
Miss Hazel Snow left for Minneapo-
| lis yesterday to take a course in
nursing in st. Barnabas hospital.
| Miss Olive G. Devens of st. James
was morning arrival in the city.
Mrs. j. E. Lappin and daughter
Phyllis, of Winona are guests at the
Rev. Nordgaard home.
John Van Liew of Van Vert, Ohio
is taking his annual sojourn at his
summer cottage at Point Pleasant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
.EMPLOYE OF PHONE
CONCERN FOUND DEAD
Harry Anderse n Of Minneapolis
Was Killed BY Train At
Albert Lea

Albert Lea, Mimi, August 21.-
Harry Anderson, 642 buchanan street
Northeast, Minneapolis, foreman of
the appraisal crew of the Northwest
ern Telephone company, died at a
hospital here yesterday. He. was
found lying on the Rock Island rail-
way right-of- way, both legs and a
hand having been cut off by a passing
train. 1t is known that he carried con-
siderable money with him, none of
which could be found.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
MERRILL.WINGEN.

Minneapolis Tribune: The mar
rage of Miss Genevieve Wingen and
Lieutenant Louis harrington Merrill
of the reserve officers civil engi-
neers' corps took place Saturday
evening at $3.50 o'clock at the home
of the brides cousin, Mrs. H. S.
Helm, 1890 Girard avenue south. The
Rev. W. H. Cook of Hutchinson,
MINI, officiatebl Miss Josephine
Wingen as her sisters maid of hon
or wore a gown of pale green tulle
and silver Mr.. Ernest Fleuter act
ed as Mr., Merrill's best man. The
bridal gown was of white tulle and
silver trimmed with silver lace.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Merrill will
be at home in Des Moines, Iowa aft
ar August 81
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
LAwLER NOT PussYFooTING
Well Known ST. Paul Man Speaks
Plainly at Montgomery Meeting.
Hon. Daniel w. Lawler of st. Paul

Plainly at Montgomery Meeting.
Hon. Daniel w. Lawler of st. Paul
spoke at a loyalty meeting in Mont
gomery, Sunday He said among
other things that "this is time for
plain English, and it is too late to
discuss the reasons why we are at
war with Germany. No nation had
grosser provocation or was more
grossly insultedx before the state of
war was recognized by congress, than
the United States. Germany MUIR
dered American women and American
babies on the Lusitania, it attempted
to bring about an invasion of Amer
lean soil by Mexicans and Japanese,
lit promised Mexico a slice Of Ameri-
can territory. it graciously gave
American ships the right to sail the
high seas provided the Stars and
Stripes were painted on their sterns,
it filled the land with spies, it bribed
public men and newspapers, it. TO-
mented strikes, blew up public works,
burned mills, elevators and factories.
and the supporters of the kaiser in
this country are now openly preach
ing treason and rebellion
Mr.. Lawler paid his respects to the
anti -drafters and kaiser adherents in
terms unvanished and unmistakable
His grilling of Fritsche and Julius
Moerisch was something terrific. .
In conclusion, the speaker said that
next year would be bad one for
traitors and towards. He paid a
tribute to Senator kellogg and Sena-
tor Nelson for their splendid loyalty
in supporting all the war measures OF
the Wilson administration, and said
that he was still of the opinion, an
nounced by him some months ago
that the democrats Of Minnesota
ought to call state convention and
pledge their support to Senator Mel
son for reelection. Personally, he
declared himself opposed to the cleo
ton of any man on any ticket who
was not, first of ALL good American
citizen and whose loyalty was not
spotless as the loyalty of million OF
American soldiers who a year from
now will be shedding their blood and
offering up Their lives on the battle
fields of Europe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
HoLD.UP ARTISTS CAUGHT
ST. Paul Police Rounded Up Pair in
Thirty Minutes.

St. raul Police ROUNDED Up Pair IN
Thirty Minutes.
st. Paul, August 21.-While fifteen
patrons stood at the bar in Charles
Peterson's saloon, 1853 East Seventh
street, last night, two unmasked band
its entered, backed the customers
against the wall with revolvers and
emptfed the cash register of its, con-
tents, amounting to about s45
The robbery occurred at 9:15 p. m.
At 9:45 p. M, Tom Jones. of Chicago
and Andrew Saur of st. Cloud were
locked up in Central police station
and identified by Peterson and others
in the saloon as the robbers.
They were arrested on the Third
street bridge by Detectives Fabian,
Mcmahon, Cummings and Grace.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT.

Miss Frances Mildred FranKSOn,
daughter of ietentnetaoin shrdlu lu
daughter of Lieutenant Governor and
Mrs. Frankson, 1349 Midway park
way, st. Paul, will soon be married
to Claire w. Merchant Of Candy,
Minn. Their engagement was an
nounced yesterday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24

Mrs. Minnie c.. Hubbard left yes
terday for the twin cities. where she
will attend to her property interests
and will go from there to Lake
Sarah, where she win spend a. svaca-
tion with friends. ,,..I
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24
WHEEL WAS STOLEN
Property Belonged to William Kreuser,
Thirteen. Year Old Boy.

Thirteen Year Old Boy.
William Kreuger, thirteen year old
son of Rev. G. Kreuger, is looking
for his bicycle, which was stolen on
Tuesday of last week. The boy used
the wheel to deliver papers. Last
Tuesday morning he left the wheel
standing in front of the Hubbard mill
Office building, while he went inside
to deliver papers. When he returned
it was gone. He spied the wheel last
Friday and his brother saw it Sun
day afternoon, when man was rid
ing on it on Main street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24

Miss Marie Schultz has returned
from visit with friends in Minneapo-
lis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24

Miss Grace Brazier is spending sew
eral days visiting in the twin cities.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-11
AShlanderS Should
Live los Years

SiXtYone burials, of which twenty
one were of non-residents, occurred
in Ashland during the year 1916.
This means that of permanent pop
ulation of about 5000, forty passed
away during the past year. Both
marriage and birth totals exceeded
the death total by over twice.
The professional statistician would
probably figure somewhat as fol-
lows: Forty deaths to a population
of 5000 means that one out of 106.
died. Therefore every Ashlander
who is content to live in Ashland
should live to be LOB years old.
During the last three months of
the year fifteen were laid to rest In,
Ashland cemeteries, of which four
were non-residents.
OF the total buried during the year..
thirty-one were buried in Mountain,
View cemetery, twcntyrthree in ASH
land cemetery and seven in Harga-
dine cemetery.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-11

beyond the then present supply. The
result was that a procession of COM
panies quickly followed the Vita
graph, Biograph, Edison and other
very early concerns into the produc4
ing field. A great number of these
sprang up around New York city
However, the middle west was at the
same time making her contributions,
and Chicago in particular became a
producing center of considerable
consequence.
At least two of the pioneer pro-
ducing companies established their
parent plants in the Windy City"
These were EssGnay and Selig, both
members of the old trust" The
history Of the early beginnings of
either of these companies is replete
with the hazard and chance which
has characterized the birth of prac-
tically every factor of the industry.
In this respect the publicity de-
partment of Esscnay has furnished
me with some very Interesting data,
which further investigation proves
in the main authentic-a compli-
ment that can but too seldom be paid
q nraco oUant
George K. Spoor, president of the
Essanay Film Manufacturing Com
pany, like the magnates of Vita
graph, mentioned in my last chapter,
first entered the industry as a manu-
facturer of motion picture devices
and equipment, rather than as pro- /
ducer. He became the financial !
hacker of two inventors, E. H. Am
met and j. j. Bell, the former hav-
ing perfected an ingenious camera
and the letter projection device.
This led Speer, as a natural con-
sequence, to manufacturing films of
a short length-from % to $50 feet,
perhaps. He was concerned only
with such subjects as he could read
lily secure on the streets of Chicago,
or occasionally the lake. This was
before the general advent of the
film drama. A ship under full sail,
or pouring clouds of black smoke
out of its funnel, horse race or a
few feet of an athletic contest, were
counted among the best drawing
cards Of that time.