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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-07-06

plishing anything. They were pa
tiently awaiting their turn to enter
the Colonial hospital, where Alice
was to submit to an operation for
the removal of her tonsils and ade-
noids, when scarlet fever broke out
in their boarding house. and the five
children of the proprietor coming
down with the disease. The children
were removed to a hopsital, the house
quarantined, no one leaving the place
until all their clothing was fumigat-
ed. DR.. Boxer of the Mayo staff is
the health officer, and she closed the
boarding house, and told Mrs War
rem to take her daughter home, and
in two weeks to return for the OPP
erations. -..-,
Mrs. Henry Good, and eldest son,
Edmund, and Mrs. Ward and son,
Gordon, took the four o'clock train
Monday for Rochester where the boys
will submit to operations for the re-
moval of cheir tonsils.
Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick" The Red Cross meeting, sched-
uled for Monday evening, is again
postponed. Although general calls
were given on all lines, many had
not heard it, and many came from a
distance to attend the meeting, and
were disappointed for the second time.
Miss Faye Snider, former Vernon
girl, who has been public school
teacher in the Owatonna schools for
two years, has accepted fine posi-
ton in the Minneapolis schools. She
is in the cities now attending the
summer school at the university
Mrs. Snider, who is visiting another
Vernon for a visit with old friends,
daughter in Wisconsin, will return to
before moving to Minneapolis.
Mrs. Will Pfeffer and little daugh-
ter are down from Easton on a visit
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Weir, in Sterling, and numerous
other relatives in this vicinity.
Alice and Harold Zumwalt had a
joint birthday party Wednesday aft
ernoon at which were invited the
boys and girls in the Sunday school
classes of the Methodist church. Mr..
Force took the youngsters out in his
car to the farm home of the Zum-
waits, where they spent a most hap
ply afternoon.
Miss Ruth Cornish of Balboa
Heights, Panama, will arrive home
about July Is. The boat on which she
sails will leave Panama July /. Miss
Cornish has been teaching in the
government schools in that far off
land, for two years.
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From Saturdays Daily.
Observation-Disclosures,

Miss Mildred Rosenberg, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Rosenberg,
At West Seventh street, and Mr.. Ro-
bert Becker, son of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
d. Fritz of 313 Range street, North
Mankato, were united in marriage
this afternoon at three o'clock in the
First Baptist church parsonage, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. r.
w. Hobbs, the pastor. Miss Anna Ros-
|quist was bridesmaid, and Mr.. Her.
bert Becker, brother of the groom,
was best man. The bride wore a
beautiful gown of pale blue silk pop
lin, and carried shower bouquet
of white brides roses, and the maid
was attired in dainty gown of pale
green wolfe, and carried an arm bou-
|quet of pink carnations. Following
the services the bridal party and
friends went to the home of the
groom's parents, which was prettily
decorated with flowers and foliage in
honor of the event. A reception was
held and congratulations received and
late this afternoon a wedding dinner
was served to a large company
Of relatives and intimate friends.
After a short wedding trip Mr. and
Mrs. Becker will return to Mankato
to make their home.
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BAR OUT LIQUOR ADS
Newspapers Cannot Circulate Booze
Puffs i'm Dry Zone.
TUnited Press Dispatch.1

limited Press Dispatch.1
Washington, June 30.-Liquor ad-
vertising or liquor soliciting by let
ter, postal card, circular, newspaper
or publication of any kind will be
barred from the mails by "Act of
Congress" after tomorrow when adj
dressed to anyone in dry territory.
Anyone knowingly" sending a
liquor ad in violation of this act OF
congress, whether publisher of a
newspaper or his agent or any liquor
dealer or his agent, is liable to $1,000
fine and Imprisonment for six months.
For any subsequent offense a years
Imprisonment may be imposed.
Newspapers and magazine readers
in dry territory are likely to receive
their papers censored" of liquor ads
by the liberal use of shears on the
part of news dealers. This practice
is already in effect in Georgia.
Not only states which are COM
pletely dry but dry counties, towns
and even wards in subdivisions of
any state or city otherwise "wet" are
closed to liquor advertising or solicit
ing by mail.
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London, June 15.-[Correspondence
of The Associated Press.l-A trans
atlantic line of airplanes carrying
passengers between New York and
London in two days, at a total cost
of about one dollar a mile was pre-
dicted by G.. Holt Thomas in an ad-
dress which he delivered before the
Aeronautical society of Great Britain.
To complete the rosy forecast,
prothetic films were displayed show
ing the departure and voyage of a
transatlantic airplane and also the
dropping of mail pouches at postal all
stations between London and the
north of England.
Mr.. Thomas, who has had large
experience in flying and building air.
craft, said that airplane mail serv-
ices could be established CONNER
cially. "a special aeroplane will en-
able the business man to leave Lon
don in the morning, transact his
business in Paris, and be home to
dinner again." he said sit will take
him to Bagdad in day and half or
New York in two days"
The cost from London to Paris, he
added, would be just over dollar
per mile running one machine each
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SENT TO STATES PRISON
Cleo DeHaven Was Before Judge
Comstock This Afternoon.

Comstock This Afternoon.
Cleo DeHaven appeared in the dis
trict court today and pleaded guilty
to the charge of forgery in the Sec
ond degree. John Temple appeared
as his attorney and spoke of his hav-
ing tuberculosis and the need of his
being where he could receive proper
treatment. The defendant said he
wished to return to his home at ST
Paul. Judge Comstock 5 thought il
would be better that he be not per-
mitted to return home, as his father
is poor man and not able to afford
proper treatment. He therefore SEN
fenced him to the state prison al
Saltwater for an indeterminate per-
iod, where there are ample hospital
accommodations and medical care
DeHaven claimed to have, contracted
the disease while in the st. Cloud re-
formatory.
The Bridget Riley estate case is
still on trial.
Judge Comstock will hold a special
session of the, ,Watonwan county DIS
trict court in this city at eight O'Clock
tomorrow morning, and several OF
the county officials of that county VIII
be present. 1t, is expected that E. c.
Weitzer will plead guilty to the
charge of taking 800 belonging to
the Northwestern Catalog company
and that Guy Ward will plead guilty
to charge of theft or forgery, and
that both will ask for imme date
sentence.
The calendar of the district court
will be called Monday at 2 p. IN.
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way and with four machines it would
work out at seventy-fi five cents. A
profitable charge for passengers
would be twenty-five dollars. A mail
letter of one ounce could be profit
ably carried for one cent and three
pound parcel for seventy-five cents.
A passenger could go from London
to Marseilles in eight hours instead
of twenty three, at a cost of fifty
dollars or mails could be carried for
two cents an ounce.
Constantinople could be reached in
twenty hours for $125 a passenger
and mails at five cents an ounce.
Dealing with farther distances he
pictured Ceylon as being only two
and quarter days from London,
Toxic four and a half days, Sydney,
five days, Capetown, three and half
days and Vancouver three days.
Lord Cowdray, the chairman of the
meeting said he believed Mr. Thomas
estimate of costs to be near the mark
and that it would not exceed dollar
per mile. In his opinion commercial
flying was bound to come and come
quickly and it would not require
government assistance after the first
five or six years.
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OWNERSHIP OF CHECK
Police Chief Started An Investigation
of One For Twenty.

A stranger whose name is Bill
Wagner, and whose home is at Polo,
ILL.,, was one of those locked up yes
terday afternoon by Officer Andrew
Lundberg for being drunk. He was
held until today to investigate the
ownership of travellers check for
$40, that he had in his possession,
and which was issued May 5 to Sam
S. Sigman of Estherville, Iowa. The
prisoner claimed that he bought the
check from someone for SIS, but as
the check is worth it's face value
anywhere, Chief Ario did not under
stand why anyone should sell it for
less. His investigations developed
the location of the real owner, and
he had telephone talk with him.
Mr.. Sigman said that he lost the
check at Humboldt, Iowa. He said
that man who found it tried to get
it cashed at bank. The bank de-
sired to telephone to Estherville be-
fore paving it and asked the man to
come a little later, but he never came.
Mr.. Ario will send the check to it's
rightful owner Wagner had no mon
ey, and only such baggage as a wan
derer usually carries.
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SELECTS THE SHOTGUN
| ROUTE FORIA|s Finish
Howard De Weese Sentenced
To Death For Wife
Staying
Associated Press Dispatch.]
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Salt Lake City, Utah. June 90
Howard De Weese, sentenced to
death for the Staying Of his wife last
September, has chosen to be shot
rather than hanged at the laws hands
July 6. He is resigned to his fate and
says he hopes that no steps will be
taken to gain a new trial or a re-
prieve.
The laws of Utah provide that a
person sentenced to death may
choose the way to ole. Before decid-
ing upon being shot, De Weese
asked a prison guard questions rel
ative to the calibre of the bullets,
stating that he did not want the
marksmen to ""play" with him but to
make death instantaneous.
De Weese eloped with the wife of
Harry W. Fisher, haberdasher, from
New York. They went to Reno and
Pacific coast cities to live. Last Sep
TENDER the pair who had married at
Reno after Mrs. Fisher obtained a
divorce, came to Salt Lake City.
A few days later neighbors became
suspicious and the apartment was en-
tered. They discovered the body of
Mrs. De Weese, her features smashed
by fiatiron which lay on the bed
beside her.
A few months later De Weese sur
rendered to the Chicago police In the
interval between his surrender and
trial, he confessed to numerous burg
laries and boosted that he was the
greatest diamond thief of the last
decade. He asserted that his wife was
slain by robbers with whom he for
merly associated, who had tracked
him and his wife to Salt Lake City
and, when he was out, committed the
murder to, obtain $4,000 worth of
jewels which De Weese said he had
stolen @'-1 @i
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SUPREME COURT DECISION

Lower Tribunal Has Been Sustained.
The Minnesota state supreme court
has decided the case of the National
Bank of Commerce, respondent, VS..
George Tolan, ct al. appellants.
Per Curiam-Plaintiff claiming UNI
der a chattel mortgage brought an
action in replevin to obtain possess
sion of two horses, and was award
ed one of them by the jury. De-
PENDANTS appealed from an order de-
nying a new trial. The evidence is
ample to sustain the verdict, and we
find no errors prejudicial to defend
ants in either the rulings upon the
admission of evidence or in the charge
to the jury.
Order affirmed,
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BURIED IN GLENWOOD
Funeral of Frank @. Severance Held
This Morni1u.

Funeral of Frank @. Severance Held
This Morning.
The remains of the late Frank O.
Severance arrived in the city from
Sioux City at 6 a. M, today, accom-
panied by the widow and daughter
and by two sisters of the widow, Mrs.
Gibson of Randolph. Nebraska, and
Mrs. Flanagan of Minneapolis. They
were taken directly to Glenwood
cemetery, accompanied by Mr.. and
! Mrs. w. C. Henlein, and family, who
met the party at the depot, and brief
services were held at the cemetery,
led by Rev. T. Ross Paden. The re-
mains were then inferred in the Sew
erance family lot, where the father
and mother of the deceased lie. The
widow and daughter and sisters left
on the noon train for Sioux City. The
funeral services were held there, at
eight o'clock last evening, the Order
of Railway Conductors having
charge.
Mr. Severance was taken sick Fri
day last with pneumonia, and returned
home. The next morning he was a lit
tie worse, and doctor was called and
the case diagnosed. He was better
Saturday afternoon and Sunday, but
Monday the Inflammation got into the
other lung, and the stricken man
failed rapidly in spite of all efforts to
relieve him. He carried $4,000 of life
insurance, besides leaving consider
able other property.
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M. w. Keith OF AmbOy spent last
night in the city.
Miss Ida Douglas of Amboy was &
Mankato shopper today.
Mrs. l. B. Pitcher and children
spent the day at St. Clair.
d. w. Chamberlain of Minneapolis
was in the city over night.
Mrs. J. Stinchfield of Truman was in
Mankato yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. B. B. Scripture of Winona is
the guest of Mrs. Robert Johnson.
Mike Sheehan of Madison Lake
was in the city on business today.
L. P. Kelly and wife of Madelia
were guests in the city over night.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Olson of Bricelyn
were Mankato visitors yesterday and
today.
Miss Grace jerks of Ledyard, Iowa,
spent few hours in the city yester~
day.
Lester Fleming if Garden City was
transacting business in the city to-
day. T
S. d. Shepard of Garden City trans
day.
Miss Clara Billet of Good Thunder
paid her Mankato friends visit yes
terday.
Mrs. Thomas Bowles of Vernon Cen
ter took a trip to the county seat city
yesterday.
F. G. Schweppe of st. James paid
Mankato a business visit yesterday
and today.
Mrs. Frank Walser of Minnesota
Lake visited friends and relatives in
the city today.
Charles HI. Griebel leaves tomorrow
on his trip to New York City and 9TH
er eastern points.
Mrs. Eva Davis and Mrs. w. Ba-
hame of Lake Crystal were in the
city shopping today.
Mrs. G. w. Cirnish of Vernon Gen.
ter was attending to business mat
tiers IN the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs o. r. Wolf of Fair
mont spent last night in the city, leav-
ing early this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs e. Dieudonne of
GAINESVILLE were in the city attending
to business matters today
Mrs. R. o. Wigley, Morgan Wigley
and Mrs. F. l.. Koch of Lake Crystal
shopped in the city yesterday
Miss Josephine Clark will leave to-
morrow for Minneapolis, where she
will spend two weeks visiting friends.
A. H. Grover and family of four
of Zumbrota autoed to the city yes
terday afternoon and remained over
night.
Misses Agnes Crane and Ruth NJ
and Rela Clark of Lake Crystal paid
a short visit to Mankato friends yes
terday
M. Backman of the firm of Back
man Brothers, LIE Sueur. mitored to
Mankato today, to attend to business
affairs.
Miss Louise Pierce of Minneapolis
IS q guest at the home Of her broth
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LIVED Up lO2 YEARS
DEATH IS THE VICTOR
Jacob Franciscus, Belle Plaine,
Succumbed Last Night
LONG RESIDENT There
Was Grandfather of WeII-Kn0Wn
Newspaper Man In This
Community
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Frank Franciscus, city editor of
The Daily Review, today received a
telegram announcing the death at
Belle PLANE of his paternal grand
father, Jacob Franciscus, which oc-
Cured last night at his home at the
advanced age of 102 years. The de-
ceased was born on the line between
LuXemburger and A1Sace, but always
considered himself a Luxemburger.
He was carpenter by trade, and
worked at his trade for several years
in Paris. He came to America in
1860, poor in purse, but rich in
strength and abmition, and with his
family, who accompanied him, located
near Belle PLANE on a claim. His
sons and daughters, of whom one son
and four daughters survive him, 10
Gated near by as the years went on,
some in the village. His wife was
taken from his side about the year
1900.
Mr.. Franciscus was born January
|5, 1915, which was during the reign
|Of the great Emperor Napoleon. AS
la lad he heard the roar of the guns
lat the battle of Waterloo, but little
realized then how that battle changed
the destiny of nations. He antedated
all of the great modern inventions,
the telegraph, the telephone, rail-
roads, steamships, etc. He lived to
witness more progress in the world
than was seen in any two or three
centuries previously.
Retained His Faculties.
The deceased retained his health
and faculties up to the end, and his
death was due to the general break
down of old age, rather than to the
ravages of disease. He did not wear
glasses, his teeth were sound, his
head retained it's protection of hair,
he had the full use of all of his
senses, and enjoyed the society of
others. He had smoked for ninety
five years, and took his wine with
considerable regularity, thus defying
the arguments of those who claim
that the use of these tend to shorten
life He did not chew, however.
When tea and coffee were intro
duced into Europe, Mr.. Franciscus
was youth in Paris, and with two
or three companions thought they
would try the new drink, which had
just found it's way from the F1owery
Kingdom They took the tea leaves
and treated them to pepper and salt
and poured on hot water, for at that
time few people knew how to pre-
pare the dish as the Chinese did.
Consequently, he did not like the new
connection Many other incidents of
his young days could be related.
When he was a boy, the change from
knee breeches was being made in
linens costumes
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ISSUE
BEFORE THE U.S.SfNATE
Efforts Are Now Being Made to
Modify the Food
Measure
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch


Washington, June pa deter
mined effort to modify the food bill
now before the senate so that it will
be free from any prohibition provi-
sions or leave it so as to grant the
president authority to permit the use
of foodstuffs in the manufacture of
beer or light wines, was begun today
by the administration when Presi-
dent Wilson conferred on the ques-
ton with Senator Martin, the major
ity leader, and Senator Gerry. Pres
ident Wilson, according to Senator
Rehlan of California, with whom he
conferred regarding prohibition leg
islation, desires that he shall have
authority to stop the manufacture OF
malt and vinous liquors in case OF
an emergency, but he does not be-
lieve in Immediate prohibition.
Washington, June 29.-Beer will be
saved from the bone dry clause in the
food control bill. According to the
statement of senators whiskey is
doomed. 1t is now though that the
house committe will not insist on the
bone dry clause in the bill, and will
agree to the manufacture of vinous
and malt liquors. Should the bone dry
clause he insisted upon, it is under
stood that President Wilson will veto
the same, owing to the fact that there
has Just of late been a great demand
for permission to manufacture beers
and wines.
The president is in favor of the
continued manufacture of beers and
wines, believing that to shut off their
manufactu would be an infring-
ment on private rights, but he holds
that whiskey and distilled liquors are
unnecessary
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The following letter has been re-
ceived by former Judge w. F.
Hughes:
South San Antonio, Texas, June
%, 1917.-Hon. w. F. Hughes, Man.
kato, MINI. Dear Mr.. Hughes: AS
you may remember / told you that I
thought of joining the aviation sec
ton of the signal corps. Enlisted in
Mankato the 9th, took the oath at
Jefferson barracks the 18th of April,
was equipped and drilled there until
the 25th, was sent to Ft. LeaVen-
worth where was drilled in signal
ling and was finally sent to the avia-
ton school at FIT. Sam Houston, San
Antonio, Texas. Arrived the 10th OF
May and was sent to the provisional
aviation school, which has since been
officially named Camp Kelly in honor
of young lieutenant who lost his
life by falling short time ago. We
have quite camp of tents, and about
six thousand men, all aviators. The
first thing an aviator seems to have
to learn is fatigue duty, and he is in
structed thoroughly the various uses
of pick and shovel. Also X. P. which
is more commonly know as kitchen
work, such as peeling potatoes,
cleaning pans, etc. Briefly we are in
structed in various similar duties and
between times drill. Did my work
with others for about two weeks and
then was fortunate enough to be
chosen together with twenty-five
others out of the camp, to attend a
school for supply sergeants. Went to
this school for two weeks, passed the
examination with the highest mark
in the class, 991 and was assigned to
the fourteenth squadron, which has
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-07-06
REVENUES SHOW GAIN
Receipts For May Demonstrate Big
Advance Over April.

Advance over April.
Washington, June 30.-Comp1ete
figures for internal revenue receipts
for May show an increase of $118,-
723,560 over the corresponding month
in 1916, a large part of the difference
being due to new income taxes.
Corporation and individual income
taxes for the month gained more than
SOL 100000, of which corporation
taxes totaled $6O,OO0,0 200. Receipts from
spirits jumped from s11,999,737 to $15,-
S64,184.
Tobacco netted $9,s12,5S4, an in
crease of nearly $2,000,0OO. Revenues
from theatres, museums and concert
halls decreased nearly one-third Mu-
milton manufacturers contributed ST.
639,6O1.
For the eleven months ended May
81, total receipts of S571 ,324,093, were
$190,000,000 in excess of the same
period last year. Revenues from spirits
increased nearly $30,000,OO0, tobacco
more than $14,O00,0O0; income taxes
nearly $145,O00,000.
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HOWARD CHAMBERLAIN
PREPARES FOR AVIATION

since been changed to the nineteenth.
This is quite interesting work as we
practically have charge of the entire
supplies of squad, and there is con-
siderable responsibility involved
when we stop to consider that it
takes about 100000 for the unit
equipment. This will give you an
idea of what l have been doing, but
just now there are too many chances
for advancement to remain supply
sergeant and have made application
for commission. Have sufficient
education to pass and if can pass
the physical examination see no rea-
son why l can not get through. Am
going up with the captain Monday
morning; also go up with one of the
lieutenants. They are all fine men
and good steady flyers, although
there are occasional accidents. One
plane fell today about a thousand
feet, was a complete wreck. Our mail
system is not developed to very
high degree of efficiency and conse-
quently have lost several letters and
packages, so am enclosing stamps
and wish you would have the letter
registered. Is very hot here, sand
blows continually, scorpions, taran-
tulas, centipedes and rattlesnakes
(not mentioning the multitude of in
sects) all compete with each other to
see which will get the first bite or
sting, but am feeling fine, have plenty
to eat and a place to sleep. Howard
w. Chamberlain, nineteenth Aero
Squadron, S. c., Camp Kelly, South
San Antonio, Texas"
Mr.. Chamberlain resided in this
city for some time. His friends here
will be glad to know that he is
making good.