The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
Judge w. F. Booth Told the
Federal jury Today
OPENING OF THE TERM
Number of Causes Appear On
United States Tribunal
Calendar
From Tuesdays Dairy.

From Tuesdays Dairy.
Judge Wilbur F. Booth of Mime
apolis in the course of his charge to
the federal grand jury at the opening
of the October term of the United
States court in Mankato this morn
ing dwelt at some length on the i'm
portance of investigating the reports
of seditious, disloyal remarks and
propaganda, which would include any
sort of a hindrance to enlistment in
the service of the country. He said
hundreds of thousands of young men
had gone over the seas for duty
Those at home must see to it that
these soldiers are not stabbed in the
back and that nothing of the kind at
home shall be tolerated. The foreign
enemies would be taken care of by the
army and navy, but the domestic
enemies, those who were disloyal at
home, must be dealt with in the
strictest manner by the enforcement
of the laws.
The grand jury included the follow
ing: J. C. Jackson, Morgan; Ben Pet
erson, Amboy; E. M. Backer, Luverne;
Albert N. Tyrholm, New Richland;
James Reader, Montgomery; John AL
bert High, st. Peter; H. A. Miller
Welcome; John Parcels, Balaton
Harry Hedreen, Lafayette; Amund
Flo, Rapidan; Bert E. Ferguson, Ken
meth; Perne Silvernale, Currie;
Thomas Marsden, Lewisville; ]. j.
Jenzen, Mountain Lake; M. McCourt-
ney, LIE Sueur Center; A. Pilling, Ed
gerton: H. c. Peterson, Sleepy Eye;
Thomas Stringer, Porter; Charles
Strebel, Arlington; Henry w. Hahn
Gaylord
Several of the petit jurors were ex-
cused. Two were excused because they
were spending their time selling
Liberty bonds. These were L. n. Odds
of Wells and M. o. Page of Beaver
Creek
Boost Liberty Bonds.
Liberty bonds came in for a share
of boosting by the court also when
the matter of naturalizations was
taken up Three were admitted to
citizenship: Ernest Peterson, B. A
Naken and Carl o. Olson, all of Man
kato. All three were told both by
Examiner Robert S. Coleman and the
Judge himself that they could best
show themselves loyal and patriotic
towards their adopted country now by
buying liberty bonds. Other applica-
lions were disposed of as follows
John o. Augustson, Mankato, dis
missed; Albert Aomer, Joe Riedel
Max Gender and Louigi Colongioli
all of Mankato, continued; Ed Jones
Lake Crystal, continued; G. Grannls
Rapidan, passed. Twenty applications
by Germans for American citizenship
were continued indefinitely, as they
cannot be taken up while the wal
lasts.
The Civil Calendar.
There was also call of the civil
calendar and cases were disposed o.
as follows:
John P. Galbraith, trustee of the
estate of Andrew E. Carlson, bank.
rupt, VS.. Sam D. O'Neill and ]. H
Billion, for trial.
John P. Galbraith, trustee of thu
estate of Harry M. Anderson, bank
rupt, VS.. Henry A. Burke and Edward
A. Webster, passed, removed to st
Paul.
Vivian Dittman VS.. Chicago Grea
Western Railway company, continued
settlement pending.
Parelius Peterson, father of ]. Ped
erson, VS.. Chicago, Milwaukee and ST
Paul Railway company, passed, settle
ment pending.
Chicago and Northwestern Railwa,
company vs. Marshall Milling com
pany, to be transferred to Minneapo
lis.
John P. Galbraith as trustee il
F. A. BeltZ, passed.
Frank Scobie VS.. New Ulm Publish
ing company, for trial
William Smiley VS.. Francis o. LIE
and June Lee, for trial, settlemen
pending.
J.P. Sjostrom VS.. Henry E. Hanson
for trial. mCfon to continue pendins
John P. Galbraith, trustee VS.. tn
Lincoln County State bank of Ivan
hoe, for trial, motion pending t
transfer to law calendar and try b
jury.
Fred Smith VS.. John A. Miller fo
trial.
David c. Armstrong and John 7
Hathaway VS.. county of Faribault, fo
trial.
Officers of the court present in
cluded: Alfred Jaques, st. Paul, dis
trict attorney; ]. NJ. Dickey, st. Pau
assistant district attorney; william
Anderson, Minneapolis, assistant dis
trict attorney; Joseph A. Vessel, S
Paul, marshall; Charles l.. Spence
st. Paul, clerk; G. E. Bredeson, Mar
kato, deputy clerk; William J. Cor
way, ST. Paul, crier; Charles E. Mao
Namara, Minneapolis, reporter; 4
Quimby, Ben Williams and Lyle Scar
ing, Mankato, bailiffs.
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