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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-14

A place ought to be found on
Americas oat of arms for the knit
Journal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-14

The German Imperial Chancellor
is getting to be a pr procession Albany
Journal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-14

Every enemy alien at large offsets
a soldier at the front.-Wall Street
Journal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-14

Governor w. E. Lindsey and Ad-
%jutanl General James Baca have
zone to Linda Vista to pay an Of
fetal visit to the New Mexico SOL
diers who are training at Camp
Kearney. They have a number of
important business matters to look
after on This visit Antonio Luz
cero. secretary of state, is acting
governor during the absence of Gov.
ernor Lindsey.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-14

Patriotism was once defined as the
last refuge of a scoundrel. but it is
the first camouflage of traitors and
near-traitors.- Springfield Repub-
lican.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16

Albert Rydeen is spending several
weeks at the J. M. Bennett home in
the country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
INQUIRY WAS,.C0NDUCTED.BY
BERLIN NEWSPAPER
Three thousand and More of Fair Sex
Employed As Conductors On Street
Railways Managers of T~ransporta-
ton Lines Praise Females Who Are
On Payroll; What Has Been Done in
Capital Street Cleaning Department
From Fridays Daily.

Berlin, January 25.-GCorrespon-
dence of The Associated Press]-One
of the Berlin newspapers has con-
Quoted an inquiry as to how m
have succeeded in doing mems work,
and to what extent they will be kept
at such work after the war. The
leading electrical company of the
country replied hat it was now en-
ploying four times as many women
as before the war, and its factories in
general had favorable results with
women workers.
The STRENGTHENING department
reports that women have done well
as teamsters on night work, but they
have not yet been employed in actual
STRENGTHENING, there being enough
men to do it. The omnibus company
has been employing women only for
a short time, but it reports itself as
satisfied with them, both as drivers
and as conductors. The leading local
express company, which also handles
much baggage and other heavy OBJ
jects, says that it has some women at
work, but it finds that they are not
suited for such heavy work; they are
also hindered by their clothing in
climbing upon and out Of the wagons.
Women On Street Railways.
The Berlin Street Railway company
has substituted women for men to
the extent of one-half of the m
on it's payrolls; $500 of it's 400 con-
ductors are women, 450 Of the 1850
motormen, 400 of the 1000 employees
in it's workshops, including those en-
gagged in washing cars, and 200 of the
500 office employees. The company
says: SIN all these positions the
women are doing satisfactory work,
which varies little from that of the
men,"
The post office reports that it has
taken on a large number of women,
especially in the smaller offices, and
that they have given favorable re-
suits; but it is not intended to retain
them permanently after the war.
The state railway management
enumerates a great number of posi-
lions in which it now employees wo-
| men and praises the good will, in
1stry, zeal, and in many instances
the achievements" of the women, but
it complains that the irregularity of
their work, the frequent changes in
employment, have a disturbing eff
feet. The management adds that
many women who have done salts
factory work will be retained in the
service after the war, but that in
general the employment of women by
the state roads will be only temper
airy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
GRAND JURY IN SESSION
County Inquisitors Met This Morning
And Listened to Charge BY the
District Judge
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Twenty-one grand Jurors assembled
in the district court room at eleven
O'Clock this morning. Twenty-three
was the number that were to have
been summoned, but it was found
that one of the names drawn was that
of a man who was not a citizen. One
of the twenty-five actually summoned,
Albert Richter Of Mapleton, was not
able to be present, because the Mil
waukee railroad was still snowbound
between Mankato and Mapleton. TIVE
others, e. T. Champlin of Vernon
and Frank Thurston, ST., of
Garden City, were excused. This left
nineteen. Henry Zimmerman was
chosen as foreman and j. J.. Flachsen-
har as clerk. A. E. Quimby was NAM
ed as baliiff.
Judge Comstock's charge was mere
}y Jan explanation of the duties and
obligations of the jurors under the
law. There was no forecast in it OF
any particular task that lay before
the jurors. 1t was understood, how
ever, that the grand jury would take
up the matter of saloonkeepers sell
ing liquor to minors in MankatO. The
recent sensational incident of the
Mankato high school boy getting
| drunk is well known. 1t is understoof
that boys have been grouping to-
gether to get liquor through one o
| their number.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
ENDORSED BY KNIGHTS
Pythian Order Has Declared Itself in
Favor OF Standing BY President OF
United States
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The knights of Phythias have
pledged themselves to support Pres
ident Wilson in the present crisis
and any trouble that may follow:
Minneapolis, Mimi, February Z,
1917.-Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Presi-
dent of the United States, Washing
ton, D. c.. The Order Of Knights of
Phythias, founded in the city of
Washington during the darkest days
of the Civil war, proclaims loyalty to
country and nobility of manhood and
citizenship as it's cardinal principles.
The supreme lodge, incorporated by
special act Of congress, at it bien-
NAL convention held in Portland,
Ore, August, 1916, unanimously
adopted resolutions seeking peace
throughout the world. With reference
to your action to preserve our ma
tional honor and conserve the in
tegrity of nations and international
law and amity, we pledge the infu-
ence and support of this great
American fraternity numbering over
Loyalty to flag and country is a
Phythian declaration that is m
phasized in owe seven thousand
lodge rooms and welded in the hearts
and lives of our entire membership,
who recognize as their first duty
unquestioned allegiance to country,
to government, and to the constitut-
| ed authority under which they enjoy
! citizenship. John ]. Brown, supreme
! chancellor; Fred M. Wheaton, SUI
preme keeper of records and seal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
Cleveland

The public school at this place was
closed for several days last week on
account of the big blizzard.
LaZina Watt visited with Arabelle
Davis, Saturday afternoon last.
John Bauer and Charles Block
transacted business, at st. Peter last
Friday.
George Whips of lie Sueur Center
is a guest of his sister, Mrs. Charles
Cooke.
The telephone office at this village
was a very busy place during the big
blizzard last week. The faithful tele-
phone operator, Miss Jessie jerks re-
ports having over forty long distance
calls in one day while the south bound
train was stalled here.
The street commissioners had a
crew of men out Monday clearing the
big snow drifts out OF the streets sc
people can get into town. Some OF
the drifts are over six feet deep.
Allen & Denker, the leading
drygoods store here are having a big
clearance sale from February 1 tc
February. 10.
Mrs. William Z. Lloyd took the
train on the Omaha road "wednesday
at st. Peter, for a visit with her par
ents in st. Paul end also to attend the
auto show.
Miss Mae Flowers spent the week
end with her cousin, Mrs. Leo l.
1etcher.
Mrs. Calvin B. Hurst who was II
very i'll health the fore part of tho
week is somewhat improved at this
writing.
The southbound passenger trair
which is due here at 2:16 p. m. was
snowbound near the Eugene Smith
farm about two miles east of towr
last Wednesday night and was un'
able to get away from there unit
, Saturday noon. Some forty passengers
and trainmen were compelled t.
spend the time in this village. Those
not having sufficient food supply were
fortunate in obtaining breakfast 2
the Eugene Smith home. Mr.. Smith
and others succeeded in conveyin'
the asseng to the village Thurs
day morning. They were a joll.
crowd and with the exception of
few frosted noses and ears. contract
ed on the way from the train to tn
village they were none the worse TO
the nights experience.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
MAJOR CLEMANS STANDS BY
THE GENERAL
Declares That Latter Was Right When
He Refused to Permit Evangelist to
Conduct Services in Army On Border;
Chaplain Speaks in Very High Terms
Of Members of the Second Minnesota
Regiment
UNITED Press Dispatch.l
From Thursdays Daily.

FROM thursdays Daily.
Chicago, February 7.-Major E. G.
Clenans, Chaplain Second Minnesota
Infantry, who has seen six months
service with his regiment at Llano
Grande, Tex, is in the city confering
with DR.. J. b. Hingley, secretary of
the board of conference claimants OF
the Methodist Episcopal church.
Major Clemans has just been must
cred out and returns to his work DIS
field agent of the board which is
seeking $15, 100000 for preachers
pensions, has been with the Minnesota
national guard for thirty years.
In an interview DR.. Clemans said:
81 thoroughly endorse the stand
taken by General Funston in not al
lowing the Baptist evangelist to con-
duct revival meetings in the army
camp at San Antonio, Tex. Not that
l am opposed to any religious work
among the soldiers, but because sol
diers are subject to routine and dis
cipline. Their time is not their own,
and at any moment they may be
called away from camp for days and
weeks to march and maneuver which
would prevent such ~evangelistic
meetings being regularly held. An
evangelist hits right and left at sin,
and they would become personal, an
evangelist may refer to individuals
and impair the discipline Of the sol
diers. The great mistake that most
speakers make is to assume that
-oJJ:ox, o,o xyDpcn fhon onu nthor
men. The fact is that the average of
the morality of the men elsewhere.
This is what General Funston meant
when he said to the Baptist evange-
list II would not want any one to
preach that soldiers were lost" He
was not referring to the doctrine OF
"hell." l have been chaplain OF sol
diers for twenty-five years and
there is no power in the army that
would prevent me from preaching any
doctrine that l believed to be true. Ii
the Baptist evangelist wanted to dc
any revival work in San Antonio, he
had plenty opportunity to do it in the
city. The whole deplorable thing was
a tempest and a teapot, and to those
who know the facts in the case the
Baptists are doing a silly thing in ap-
pealing either to congress or to the
president regarding General Funston's
prohibition of evangelistic services
in the army camps in Texas.
All the opportunities necessary tc
preach to the soldiers in the city were
given without them coming into
camp. The chaplains were competent
and able to conduct e~vangelistic serv'
ices if they thought proper without
any outside interference. Major Glenn
ans said: A regimental chaplain mus
not be a "snooper."
He must be able to observe without
observing too much.
He must be able to center attention
on athletics and be a good bench
manager for his team.
He must be willing and prepared
to loan money.
"I loaned hundreds of dollars tt
the men of the Second regiment, ant
Pm proud to say for them that ever!
dollar was paid back"
Above all he must make his appea
to the men of his regiment as a MAJ
and not as a minister.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
Elgle.Lake
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
The worst storm in years has been
raging. The old settlers say they
have never seen so terrific a storm
since coming to Minnesota. The
roads are impossible in places and
temporary roads are being made
through the fields. The rural mail
carriers are taking forced vacations
on account of the road conditions.
Mr.. Haigh of the state road store
is buying cream TO help supply the
Sanitary dairy at Mankato.
Mr.. J.. w. Arnold, who vas to
speak at the Methodist church Fri
day evening on the subject of "a dry
| state and nation, had to postpone
the lecture on account of the biz
zard.
Glenn Burgess has gone to Mime
apolis to the North American Tele-
graph college where he will take UP
shorthand. typewriting and teleg-
raphy. Since his injury he has i'm
proved slowly.
Mesdames Gately, Harris and Pet
erson visited at the home of James
Wagner, Sunday.
Mrs. Reak, who is now very i'll
was taken to one Of the local hos
pitfalls at Mankato.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bremen Wis
tied at the home of George Hurting
Sunday.
Mrs. Arnold is sick with a bad cold
Little James Wagner had his ton
sils removed recently and is getting
along very nicely.
No new cases of smallpox in the
village.
Maude Austin, who teaches a
Minneopa, did not have any schoo
last week on account of the snov
blockade.
The snow has drifted arounC
groves and buildings ten feet high.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
Kerns
From Thursdays Daily.


There is little through this country
now but hugeN snow-banks.
II. A. Hanson and Mr.. LorentZ
have been trying to keep the road
open in this district while Ray Rist
and the Burnetts are kept busy with
the lower end of the road.
All have gone back to early times
and are almost out of the mail serv-
ice unless a good neighbor happens
in town and carries out mail for
those in his vicinity.
Mrs. Lucy Culp was on the sick list
last week.
Kate Smith is sick at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Henry Goodridge.
Little Earl Grice is recovering from
the injury sustained when he broke
his arm.
Miss Stella Steel stayed with Pen
elope Hanson last Thursday night.
The Equity club will hold their an
nual meeting at the home of Chester
Steel Wednesday evening, Febru-
airy IA. Everyone is invited to at
tend and all members are urged to be
present.
Clarence Grice is visiting relatives
in North Mankato.
Eward Budde and George Loucks
stayed in town the after part of the
week and through the kindness of
Arthur Fletcher were entertained at
the Y. NJ. G. A.
Archie Currier and Fred Peterson
were unable to get to high school
Thursday and Friday.
NJ. AT.N- ILL.,
tives at Morgan last week and was
caught in the storm and did not
get home until Monday.
r. E. Grice has been having trouble
with one of his knees and has it in a
plaster cast.
C. c.. Busby and wife moved to
North Mankato Saturday and will
live in the Stewart house. Their
son Harry and daughters Carrie and
Beulah are now staying with them.
Jane Parry was unable to get out
home the latter part of the week.
G. w. Johnson is very busy these
days looking after a large number of
little lambs.
There was no church Sunday and
no school Monday.
Raymond n James DUCKS used
their skis last week when they went
to school and did not mind the snow
banks at all.
Louie Heise was called down to
the armory to a business meeting of
Company Fl.
Adolph Heise started out to get
the neighbors cream Monday and
was several hours on the road, hav-
ing to change horses three times.
John Johnson and Guy Trask have
been trying to keep the north road
open and have a great deal of shovel
ing to do near the parsonage.
Ned Rist of Mankato drove out to
his land for hay Saturday and had
to shovel tons of snow before he
could get through.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
DEPRESSES THE SOLDIERS
Germans Do Not Like Break With
the United States.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

IUnlted Press DlSpatch.I
At the Front of the British Army
in France, February 9.-News of the
break between Germany and the
United States has slowly filtered
through the German army and now is
known to the privates on the west
ern front. The already depressed
spirits of the German soldiers have
sunk to a low ebb since the receipt
of this information. The general de-
spondency is evident from the way
in which the prisoners talk. The
frame of mind of the average Ger
man soldier is this: .'What is the
use of fighting now?"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16

ents in regard to physical defects
found, rs; children having unclean
bodies and clothing, 80; cases OF
pediculosis found, four; children ex-
cluded, having infectious diseases, %.
Thirty three Graduates.
Superintendent Sperry reported
that there were thirty-three gradu-
ates of the junior department of the
high school, and diplomas for these
were ordered. The graduates are
Evelyn Budde, Vera Cote, Ruth Hoxie,
Iva Holum, Wilmar Jacobsen, Eliza
beth Kober, Frances Kober, Della
Kopp, Norman Olson, George Olson,
Oliver Olson, Jacob Radofsky, Lydia
Scott, Myrtle Wilkins Joyce Wildes,
Fern Vickerman, Opal Burrill, Eva
Crane, William Donahue, Gladys Ell
lingson, Madelyn Garner, Friedrich
Hollstrom, Florence Johnson, Floyd
Jones, Hazel Kidder, Mary McGrath,
Lura McAllen, Blanche Swenson,
Martha Vogel, Ruth WEIGH, Lillian
Weaver, Eleanor Wildes and Grace
Jones.
Leon l.. Giles of Albert Lea, agent
for the Hedman Manufacturing COM
pany of Chicago, appeared before
the board to interest the members in
the purchase of an F. and b check
writer and protector. Mr.. Giles had
one of the machines with him and
made a demonstration of it. He said
three of the Mankato banks were
using it. He stated that in the past
year, statistics showed that there
had been a remarkable increase in
the amount of money stolen through
false checks in this country from
half a million to thirty-five million
dollars. The board took the matter
under consideration.
The board passed a motion provid-
ing for the renewal of the Smith and
Underwood typewriters of the com
mercial department of the high
school, at an expense of $40 per ma
chine, and for disseminating the use
of the Fox machines.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
MRS. BETTY PAUL DEAD
Aged Lady Passed Away at the Home
of Her launhter.

VI TIT CdUSHtOF' Z
Mrs. Betty Paul died last evening
at $50 o'clock at the home of her
daughter, Miss Lydia Paul, 1919 North
Fifth street. The surviving relatives
are six children, as follows: Mrs.
Herman Busse, lie Sueur; Charles
Paul, LIE Sueur; August Pau, Nan
kato; Mrs. Ed. Busse, Ottowa; Mrs.
Fred Bach, Henderson; Miss Lydia
Paul, Mankato. Deceased was seventy
four years of age March 26 OF last
year Funeral announcements will
be made later.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
James Murphy of Lake Crystal is
visiting friends in the city.
John Markston of Lake Crystal
was a business caller in the city to-
day. ~
Mrs. H. J.. Kluge of GAINESVILLE was
a business caller in the city today.
w. l.. Aker of Minneapolis was in
| the city today, attending to insur-
'ance business.
Lynn Jones is attending the auto
show and t~ransacting business III
the twin cities this week.
Attorney Miles Porter is spending
a couple of days at Vernon Center,
attending to business matters.
Messrs. w. Zumwalt and Homer
Miller of Vernon Center are. in Man
kato, doing jury duty at district court.
Miss Margaret Classick, who "a
the guest of her mother, returned yes
terday to ST. Paul, where she is en-
ployed. qll .tI-
Fred Mertersdorf, George Merters-
dorf and Edward Annis of Vernon
| Center, were business callers in the
city today. gfe .sfgf..
r. M. Richardson, representing the
Johns-Manville company OF Mime
apolis, was a business caller in the
city yesterday. g.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Champlin of
Vernon Center are guests at the home
of their son and daughter-in-laW, Mr..
and Mrs. L. L. Champlin.
Sidney Cahoon left for ST. Paul yes
terday where he will spend q few
days visiting with his brother, Guy,
who is attending Hamline university.
Rev. and Mrs. J.. NJ. Balm leave to-
day for New Orleans They will al
so visit in Ell Paso and go to Cliff
ton, Arizona, where they will visit
their daughter, Sarah, who is teach
ing in the public schools in the ca
pacity of art director. They will be
gone a month.
Mrs. Fred Martin of Watertown
S. D., formerly Miss Lima Grout OF
this city, is spending a couple OF
weeks in the city, visiting at the
homes of Mrs. Edward Stevens ano
Mrs. Lynn Jones. Mr.. Martin is at
tending the automobile show in Min
neapolis, but will arrive Friday fol
a visit with friends here.
M. NJ. White, former proprietor o
the North Front street new and sec
ond hand store, will leave tomorrow
for Moose Lake, near where he VII
lease a farm home adjacent to his
farm lands recently purchased. Al
soon as he finds a suitable Location
his family will join him, and the.
will live on the leased farm while
the residence is being built upol
, their w farm lands.
Rev. L. Flaren OF Spr1ngheld
Mimi, will preach at Trinity Lutn.
eran church this evening at T3O
Tomorrow forenoon thero will be de-
votional meeting from eleven u
twelve and in the afternoon at wv
O'Clock. Rev. N. Kleven OF North
J field will preach. There will be fore
noon, afternoon and evening sessions
!, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Come
to the meeting this evening and yo'
!, will hear all about the coming eva
!, gelistic services. We expect twelve
ministers and laymen to take part II
the meetings.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
BLIZZARD AFTER BLIZZARD
That Is What Happened Up Around
Alexandria.

Minnesota weather may have been
bad for a couple of weeks past, but
in current slang it "has nothing" on
the weather in South Dakota. Mr..
Fred Waite, a young gentleman of
fourteen years, who is now located at
Alexandria, described the recent
storms in the following vivid style
when writing to his sister in this city:
Gust a line to tell you about the
weather. 1t is just n blizzard after
another. We had. a peach of a biz
card last Wednesday and / just got a
seven foot drift shoveled through to
get to the barn, and now we are hav-
ing another blizzard. You'd laugh to
see me crawl out of my improyised
tunnel, which I made with my hands.
1t goes straight down under the side
of the hay shed, and when / get there
| crawl through a window into the
barn. The snow is above the caves
of the hay shed, and piling up at the
rate Of 3.44441001 inches in every
three and 59~321-60000 minutes"
Albert Rydeen is spending several
weeks at the J. M. Bennett home in
tho country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
Women Must Propose.

!Associated Press Dlspatch.J
London, February 9.-Speakers at
a suffrage meeting here were Of the
opinion hat women will have to
propose after the war because many
men will hesitate to come forward
owing to their being cripples.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
INDIANS GO TO WASHINGTON
They Are Taking Up Verbal Cudgels
For Their Tribesmen.
FUnited Press Dispatch.l

st. Paul, Mimi, February o.
Nineteen Grow Indians representing
5000 of their tribesmen living neal
Billings, Mont, will pass through the
city tomorrow on No. ] passenger
train Of the Northern Pacific on
a special car. They are on
their way to Washington to present
themselves before the department OF
the interior in regard to certain
land rights OF their tribesmen.