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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
WOULD STOP SPECULATION
Congress May Take Over Control of
the Food Situation.


Washington, April 3O.-Congress
has turned it's attention to legisla-
ton to give the federal department
of agriculture complete control over
the food situation. The proposed law
would give the secretary of agricul-
ture the entire control of supplies of
food the country over. 1t would give
him also the power to regulate prices.
It would give him authority to prevent
the boarding of food by spectators,
and to compel the cold storage houses
and other places where huge quanti-
ties of food have been stored to place
this food on the market as the depart
ment might consider for the best in
terests of the country 1t would also
place in the hands of the secretary
the powers necessary to stimulate the
production of food throughout the
country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
zuhrah Buffers Incorporate.

Zuhrah Temple association, capital
lied at 100000, for the principal pur-
pose of erecting a home for Zuhrah
temple of Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
in Minneapolis, today filed articles OF
incorporation in the office of Secre-
tary of State Schmahl. Incorporators
are James D. Shearer, j. Francis
Walker, William S. MacGregor, Edge .
F.. Comstock, George X. Belden, Vivian
ID. Jones, Norman B. Patten, Joseph
Allen and Dawson Bradshaw. The as
sociation has plans to build near Lyn-
ssie avenue and Seventeenth street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
DEATH OF MRS. JOHN GINTER
She Was WeII-known Lady Who Re-
sided in Belgrade.

Mrs. John Ginter died this morn
ing at eleven o'clock at st. Joseph's
hospital She was born in Germany
and came to this country with her
parents when she was nine years old
The survivors are her husband, Mr..
John Ginter, her son, John Ginter, Jr.,
and daughter, Mrs. F. G. Buchholtz.
The funeral will be held Monday at
ten o'clock at the st. Mitchell church
in Belgrade township. The remains
will be at the home of John Ginter to-
morrow afternoon
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
Should Use More Fish.
limited Press Dispatch. I

JTTItU T'TtSS DISpatCn.1
Washington, April 27.-Secretary
Thomas Redfield this afternoon ad-
dressed to congress a request for an
appropriation of $4,000 to be used in
the work of getting the public to use
fish more largely in their diet, for
the sake of conserving the nations
food supply.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
GUARDSMAN WAS SHOT
Minneapolis Soldier Attacked q,
Strangers in Mill District.
limited Press Disnatchl

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 28.-John
Kalkhoven, national guardsman on
guard duty in the grain elevator
district, was shot last night by two
suspicious looking strangers, whom
he called upon to halt. The strang-
ers, instead of hating, fed behind
some box cars, where they opened
fire. This is one CT several attacks
that have been reported in the ele-
vator district, where thousands of
bushels of wheat are stored. Re-
Gently the movies, pool halls and sa-
looms of this district were closed by
order of the Minnesota public safe
ty commission.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
RAISE IN THE SALARIES
Great Northern Employees Given
Consideration BY Hill.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatt

I<tSSOCIdt eU 7 tSS lTSPdtCI1
st. Paul, April pa salary in
crease, in some cases as high as 25
per cent, and aggregating over ST.
100000 annually, will be granted May
Il to several thousand employees of
the Great Northern railway, "such
as clerical forces and others that
not in the past received general adj
,vances," President Louis Hill an
nounced today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
LaFoIIette Amendment Killed.

Washington, May latter an
hours debate, the proposed La Fol-
lette amendment to the conscription
bill, so as to have the matter submit
ted to a referendum, was lost by a
vote of 6S to 4. The four who voted
for the referendum amendment were
Senators Gore, La Favor, Gronna and
Vardaman.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
SEVEN SUSPECTS ARRESTED
Thought to Have Connection With
Connery Disappearance.

I. 7
Minneapolis, Mimi, April 27.-Sev-
en- suspects are under arrest on the
charge of having had something to
do with kidnapping the Minneapolis
patrolman who suddenly disappear
ed. The suspects are jailed at Lit
tie Falls, Olivia and Eau Claire.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
Ego Gambling in Chicago.

Chicago, ILL.,, May AT a meet
ing of the egg exchange here today
1t developed that much of the egg
trading was done on paper, just as
has been done with grain. Fictitious
trades are numerous and are not
followed by any actual delivery. Egg
gambling is like wheat gambling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
MURDERED IN NURTH DAKOTA
Hired Man Shoots Caldwell and Wife
Then Turns Gun On Himself.

Dickinson, N. D., May flames
Caldwell, made known in 81. c. r.
lost identity case and wife were
murdered last night by a hired man,
who committed suicide Immediately.
The tragedy occurred at Taylor, N.
d., followed the discovery that the
hired man made an attempting attack
on Caldwell'S daughter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
REAL ESTATE
Transaction Involving Upwards OIL
$4,000 Recorded with County
Reuistcr

@TUJOOU ntCOTNCN VIII CUUNIy
Register.
Real estate transfers %crc record
ed today by Register of Deeds Cab
Ter as follows:
Anna Boesch of AmbOy as admin
istrator of the estate Of I,hn Sails
bury to H. W. Busse OF Shelby town
ship, 10000, north, half Of north
west quarter Of section Il and south
east quarter of southeast quarter Of
section 10, Shelby township, subject
to railroad right of way.
John II. HaenZe of the city of
Mankato to Augusta Z. McGOvern of
Blue Earth county, $4,000, west S775
feet of lot s, block &c, Manhato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
SINKING of the Vacuum

Washington, May 1.-The Ameri-
can government obtained its first Of
fetal information of the sinking of the
American steamship Vacuum in a
cablegram received by the state de-
partment today
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
Death of John Urban

John Z. Urban of Pleasant Mound
township died last evening at one of
the local hospitals. Death was due tc
cancer of the stomach, from which he
had suffered for some time His son,
Leo Urban. was with his father at the
time of his death.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
Night Session of Senate.

Washington, April 27.-It is prob
able that there will be a night ses-
sion of the senate, and that at that
session there will be vote on the
CONSUMPTION bill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
BRIDE OF WEEK DEAD
Death Takes Mrs. Maude Curtiss O

Winnebaao, MINI.
Mrs. Maude A. Curtiss, twenty one
years of age, and bride of about
week. passed away at one of the
local hospitals yesterday, and the
remains were shipped to the home of
the parents in Amboy yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Curtiss was form
ally Miss Maud Cross, and was
married to Mr.. Curtiss a short time
ago. Upon their return from their
honeymoon they went to house
keeping at Winnebago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
Agreed Upon Demurraue CHARGES

!NSSOcIattU TfeSS I"SOatCh.
Washington. April 21.-The raiIroa Dis
of thecountry and the chief shippers who
We're represented in the National In
dustrial Traffic league have agreed up
on one hundred per cent increase in
demurage charges oyer the rate in eff
feet prior to December l last
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
MEN ENROLLED WITH TEDDY
Approximately $4,000 Ready to Fight
Under His Command


New York. April 27.-Approximately
1913, 600 men have applied and been found
to meet the necessary requirements for
membership in Colonel Theodore Roose-
velts proposed army division, it is an
nounced at enrolment headquarters,
which were opened several weeks ago
with the former presidents approval.
Only fifty of the applicants, it is said
are under twenty-five years of age. None
below this age is being accepted. OF the
total 5000 are negroes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
PAYS TAX OF $1,489,37O
That Sum Assessed Up Against Es
tate of James j. Hill

nat SUM assessed Up Against GS-
tate of James j. Hill.
L. w. Hill has paid into the
Ramsey county treasury Inheritance
tax in the sum of 81 ,489,370 as the
Inheritance tax on the estate of his
father, James J. Hill. Ten per cent of
the amount will be turned over to the
state treasury.
Regulate the Foods.
Washington. Arril 30.--War- time reg
ulation of foods is demanded by SeCrr-
tary of Agriculture Houston. \ bill
giving the desired powers to the agri-
cultural denartmcnt was introduced in
the house today by Chairman Lever of
the house agriculture committee
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
AVIATOR WAS MARRIED HERE
Willis Haviland, Who Was Victorious
in Fight With Germans.

Paris, April 30.-American ayiators
have again emerged victorious from
battle in the clouds with German
airmen, it was learned here yester-
day.
The heroes of the encounter were
Willis Haviland Of st. Paul and
Charles c. Johnson of ST. Louis, who
are under the command of Lieutenant
William Thaw.
Mrs. Haviland, wife of the aviator,
is a niece of Miss Ida Martin of Man.
kato. She was born and brought up in
this city and was married here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
Putnam For ATTORNEY General

William T. Bell, political writer for
The st. Paul Pioneer Press, says
that Senator Frank Putnam of Blue
Earth is talked of as candidate for
attorney general
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
Money For the Militia.

All the members of Company H. Man.
kato, who went south June 10 and came
back when the company returned will
get fifty cents extra for each days serv-
ice The total amount will be in the
ncighborhood of $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
Applicants For Training Camp

Ten and more applications for
membership in tho officers training
camp were received today by the
association in Mankato. A number
OF applicants came from out of the
city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04

Mrs. O. H. Warner of Lake Crystal,
sister of D. o. Tenney, was in Man
kato shopping yesterday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04

NAVIGATION Opens Tonight.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Duluth April 30.--Navigation viii
open at midnight tonight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04

Henry Evans is blowing with the
tractor for George Scheurer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30
Company IN" Is
Ready for France
Bayonet Drills and Instructions in
French are Preparing the Boys of
Infantry Squad for Life at Front

BY the time the Sammies of Com
pany "M" reach France they will be
ready to meet all emergencies. Their
present training at Camp Douglas will
enable them to "parlevous with
French maidens behind the lines as
well as "strafe' German youths they
meet in "No-Man's Land''
From eleven to twelve o'clock each
morning they chatter French under uni
versity professors in desperate at
tempts to catch the whang" and the
twang' of the language of the
poilus. They are succeeding, too.
Several of them, including Sergeant
Gallagher, are already able to carry
on a conversation in "high" French
without once reverting to the Glow"
vernacular, SO much more common
among civilians as we'll as soldiers,
both at home and abroad. But more
important yet, the soldiers of Com
pany "M" are learning the difficult
art of going F'over the top" Under a
West Point cadet they are mastering
the use of the bayonet and so
rapidly that they will be able in a
short time to defend both themselves
and the Stars and Stripes.
This gratifying news is brought in
recent note from Captain Dayton,
who also reports that the "boys'' left
both pursuits on, Friday to entertain
their old friends, William Frazier and
Postmaster German. The time was
more pleasurably if less proftably
spent and convinced the visitors that
the members of Company "M'
were learning to be royal hosts as
we'll as loyal soldiers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30
ENTERTAIN AT COUNTRY HOME
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jensen Prove
Royal Eosts to a Large Party of
Kenosha Relations and Friends.

A Sunday de luxe was enioyed by
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Jensen, of near Central Park, when the
latter entertained party of relatives
and friends with an outing in the
country. At high noon dinner was
served in the beautiful dining room
of the Jensen home. Decorations of
garden flowers combined with a regular
country menu to make the luncheon a
real affair and a rare treat for al who
were privileged to enjoy its bountiful
variety. The afternoon was spent in
bathing along the beach, after which
a weiner-roast at sun down ended the
festivities of the day. The guests at
the merry making inclu6ed: Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Russell, Charles Benson and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Koplin,
Fred Raiman and family, and Swan
Peterson and family. At late hour
they left the Jensen country place
in motor cars and returned to their
respective homes in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30
Kenosha Troopers
Contented and Happy

Kenosha troopers take to soldering
Just like a duck takes to water and
every member of Troop E is well, hap
by and contented. This is the message
which Sergeant Zenas Pitcher Of the
Kenosha company brought home with
him from Camp Douglas when he came
Saturday after the first month in camp.
tTroop E is getting along great, =
said Sergeant Pitcher. EThe boys
have learned already what it means to
be a soldier and they are as well fed,
happy and contented troopers as are
to be found at Camp Douglas. The
boys are liking it better every day.
With a good healthful camp and an
excellent cook they have nothing to
wish for except that they might be
moving a little closer to orders to go
where there is real fighting"
Sergeant Pitcher declared that no
orders had been received for the
troops to move south and that he had
no reason to expect that any such
orders would be received in the very
near future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30
LEDIN SILVER WEDDING.

Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Ledin, 961 Sa-
lem avenue, celebrated the twenty-ffth
anniversary of their marriage by enter
tanning company of fifty of their
friends and relatives at their summer
home at Powers Lake Saturday even
ing. A social hour with dainty refresh
ments made the evening a pleasant one
for all who were present. Most Of the
guests were from Kenosha but among
them were Mr.. and Mrs. =. Ledin of
Chicago and Mrs. Johnson and Miss
Esther Johnson of Moline, ILL.,, the
mother and sister of Mrs. Ledin. At a
late hour the guests departed wishing
the host and hostess many happy re-
turns of their anniversary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30

phere' to count in, too. We all get up
at 6 a. m. and have a French breakfast
(the most unsatisfactory thing about
the French-it Invariably consists of
nothing more than coffee and bread
stale.) Then we work around camp at
various odd jobs, road work, repairing
barracks, etc, for two hours. Next we
drill for an hour with our rifles, trench
drill, regulation and commands. The
rest of the morning we attend lee
ture on the different parts of auto
trucks, etc.
9 After lunch we drive the trucks in
convoy from l to 6 at night and this
is the hardest part of the day. The
roads are terrible, the dust is binding
and the trucks are heavy an@ hard to
manage (hard rubber tires), so it is
no cinch.
"Our daily trips are increasing now
and tomorrow we go on an all-day trip
in big loop. So we see a lot of the
country around here and it is we'll
worth seeing.
scissors is Wrecked by Shells.
81 have been to Scissors lately and
saw where the fighting was going on
full blast last February The town is
almost a complete wreck and no repair
work has been started yet. All along
the road we could see old trenches,
bemb-proofs, barbed wire entangle-
ments and so forth. The fighting has
been especially active along this Sec
ton of the front lately. It is a com
mon sight for us to see an aeroplane
being shelled with shrapnel and I
counted seven observation balloons in
the air the other day.
On our ride yesterday afternoon we
saw whole colony of German prison
ers. There is a regiment of French
colonial troops (Algerians) camped
right near US. I went over to an avia-
ton camp which is nearby lately and
had great time watching the planes.
Beachey and Art Smith in their prime
would look like amateurs compared
with these men in their ordinary daily
work They don t live very long, how
ever. Every now and then we hear re-
ports of a plane missing from the
hangar.
We have 24-hour furlough at the
end OF this week and free transporta-
ton to Paris. Then we return and 90
to work at the front. Think shall 90
to Paris, as it will be my last chance
for at least three months. [ can It say
where my section will be located on the
front, bu; any way my address will be
changed. So far haven It had a letter
from anyone in the States and I
would sure like to get one. Any papers
or magazines would be greatly appre-
clated even though they are a month
old.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30
LONG RESIDENT DEAD.
Mrs. Amelia Barth, Eighty-six Years
Old. Dies at Hospital Sunday
Evening from Senility.

Mrs, Amelia Barth, the widow of the
late John Barth, and long time resi-
dent of the city of Kenosha, died at
the hospital on Sunday evening at
eight clock from general weakness,
occasioned by her advanced age. Mrs.
Barth, who for many years has made
her home at 267 Lake avenue, was born
in Germany and at an early age came
to Kenosha. She was married to the
late John Barth, to which union were
born two children, both Of whom live
in Chicago. She was member of the
German Lutheran church and was well
known among the German population
of Kenosha The funeral services
will be held Tuesday afternoon at the
Mischler Chapel, after which interment
will be made at Green Ridge cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30
DENNIs-wALLAcE NuPT1ALs.

Miss Georgiana Dennis, formerly
teacher in this city, and Walter Wallis,
well known in Kenosha society, were
united III marriage on Saturday morn
ing at the home of the BRIDE IS parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Dennis of White
water. Rev. Lugg of that city offici-
ated and impressively pronounced the
ceremony that linked the destinies of
bride and groom. Relatives and close
friends Of the principals were the only
guests at the wedding. Following the
nuptial service a bridal breakfast was
served. The bride and groom will re-
side for the present on Sheridan Road
and will be at home to their friends
after October 1st
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30
Speedster PROVES
Samaritan to Sleuth
Motorcycleman Frazier Goes Into Ditch
and is Brought to Physician by Man
Whom He Attmpted to Arrest.

Gratitude and justice alternately
swayed Motorcycleman w. J. Frazier
this morning as he was puzzled as to
whether he should file affidavit against
a speedster who returned to justice ,af-
ter he was without the reach of the
law, because he saw that the sleuth
needed his assistance. Frazier was on
the lookout on the Geneva Road about
three o'clock Saturday afternoon and
was trailing Ford which was travel
ing at least forty miles an hour.
Without any warning the car stopped,
perhaps because he heard the warning
horn of the policeman, but the stop
was so abrupt as to place Frazier in
the perdicament of running into the
ear or taking the ditch. He chose the
when the speeding motorist saw that
his pursuer was injured, he, although
safe from detection, returned to help
the officer.
Harry Wallis, who proved to be the
speedster and the samaritan, as well,
placed Frazier, who had his right knee
and ankle badly bruised, in the Ford
and brought him to Kenosha. Not
even here did his care for the unfort-
innate officer cease, for Wallis took
Frazier to the Office of DIR. Holm,
where the wounds were dressed and
the bill was paid by the erstwhile
speedster The injuries are not all seri-
Gus and Frazier is on the streets to-
day although he limps considerably.
Wallis explained that he had not
heard the electric horn summons Of
Frazier to halt and although he admits
that he was perhaps little beyond the
speed limit, it is not certain that an
affidavit will be fled. Tt is a case of
confused justice and leniency will prob
ably be extended to a man who risk
ed detection in order to offer assist
ance to an injured pursuer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30
X. K. K. CLUB AT SILVER LAKE.

Everybody was happy" at the K.
K. K. Club picnic held at Silver Lake
on Sunday morning and afternoon
And why shouldn't they have been?
There were thirty three Of them-33-
on an outing made nearideal by the
wisdom of the weatherman and the wit
of the managers in charge Of the pro,
gram for the day. Laughs and eats
featured the entertainment for the
occasion and convinced all the partici-
pants that old Epicurus was al
most right when he said: "Eat,
drink, and be merry, for tomor-
row you must work.
The grand procession of cars left the
club rooms at $3.50 a. m. and arrived
at Silver Lake somewhat more than
an hour later At 1115 boxing match
was staged between chit 'em Low
Reder and '3Texas'' Pfarr Reder was
slightly overturned and consequently
took the count early in the first round.
Pfarr was somewhat tired from his ex-
ertions but recovered in time to knock
out a chicken dinner served about noon
at the Silver Lake Hotel. At lis p.
m. Boylan's Colts faced the Phillip s
Stars on the baseball diamond and
ran away with them to the tune of
s to 7. The rest of the afternoon was
spent in contests. of varied nature,
featured by Clausen's record run
through the quiet streets of the vii
lage. The festivities closed with the
annual ducking of 'sFat," the club IS
goat, in the blue waters of Silver Lake.
At 5:45 P. M. supper was served.
The luncheon was followed by speeches
from President Kramer and Elk
President Boylan. In the course of
the evenings ceremonies, the latter
was presented with a bouquet of roses
as an appreciation of his efficient
services in directing so well through
the year past the destinies of the x.
K. K. Club. At 600 p. m. motor cars
assembled at the Hotel Porta-Cachere
IF it has one-and returned the re
vellers to their respective homes
g Somewhere In Eenosha.1
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30
MARRIED AT PARSONAGE

Miss Theresa Peterson, of Iron Noun
tain, Mich, was quietly married to Ray
mond w. Cartwright, Of Kenosha, Satur-
day evening at the parsonage of the
Grace Lutheran church, the Rev. Fl. K.
Gephart, D. D., pronouncing the cere-
mony. Only few friends were pres
en- at the wedding but Immediately fol
lowing it Mr.. and Mrs. Cartwright left
for an extended wedding trip te visit
relatives at Iron Mountain and other
points in Northern Michigan After
their honeymoon they will return to
Kenosha where they will be at home to
their many friends after September Is.