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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-07
Russians co-operated With British.


London, December 5.-The Rus
slams in Mesopotamia co-operated
with the British today in the military
operations, showing that they are
still willing to fight, according to
General Maurice.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-07
BANK ROBBED OF $4,000
Thieves Get the Money and Escape
In An Automobile.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Chicago, December 5.-Five bandits
robbed the Stockmen's Trust and
Savings bank in the stockyards dis
trict of $4,000 or more today, escap-
ing in an automobile. The clerks
were herded into the vaults.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-07
SYlMPA THETIC STRIKE is TAKING
THOUSANDS OF MEN FROM r4ElR
PLACESOFEMPLO YMENTL ! TWINS
NICE COAT OF TAR AND
FEATHERS FOR Bolts
This Fellow Is Charged With,
Having Made Seditious
Remarks
UNITED Press Dispatch. ]

Denver, Colo, December 5.
With a coat of tar and feath-
ers and the pIacard bearing
the inscription "On TO Berlin"
n. w. Bolts, is being taken
from Hugo, Colo, to this city
on the charge of uttering sedi-
tious remarks. The coat of
tar and feathers was applied
to Boots, rope was placed
around his neck and he was
forced to kiss the flag.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-07
cranted Marriaoe License

Nels Ekberg and Miss Tessie Pres
uhn, both of Omaha, Neb, were
granted a marriage license in Man
kato this morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-07
DECREE BY FLOOD
HANDED TO HOUSE
Measure Will Pass Congress
Friday, 1t Is Believed
WON'T ALTER SITUATION
No Representative of Dual Mon
archy Has Been In States
For Some Time

President Wilson's address calling
for war against Austria Hungary and
enunciatsd strongly Americans pur-
pose to defeat German power as now
constitutional was printed most
prominently by London newspapers,
and in their comment, the papers
received the address very kindly.
Washington, December 5.-A joint
resolution declaring that a estate of
war exists" and has existed since
noon today, between the United
States and Austro- Hungary and dir
Getting the entire naval and military
forces to carry on the war, was in
troduced by Chairman Flood of the
house of foreign affairs committee,
today. 1t is expected that congress
will have formal resolution passed
by Friday.
Senator Lodge will take the lead
in the senate on the resolution. He
will state that he has felt all along
that there should be unity of action
on the part of all the allies, for the
reason that we are all fighting the
same enemies.
Suffrage and prohibition are ex-
pected to pass in the house. Many
other matters of Importance were
taken up today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-07

Albert Lea, Mimi, December D.
Martin Dahl, prominent farmer OF
this county, was killed last right
when his automobile skidded and ov-
erturned on a road near here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-15
Leave on Automobile Trim.

DR.. Arthur G.. Borden and family OF
1903 Ingraham street left yesterday for
three weeks motor trip to Atlantic
City and New England summer resorts
Miss Daisy Borden. DIR. Borden's sister
who has been a house guest for the
past ten days. returned to her home in
Atlantic City with her brother. DR..
Borden's mother. Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Borden, will Join the party in the
north and return to Washington for a
months STAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-15

Dear Folks:
Va oughta been over to tn Chauf-
feurs' Club last night an saw tn eN-
element that took place when Lon
was presented with a new pair O nom
skid tires. which was tn first prize
offered by tn club to tn member
writin' TIN most scorchin' poem touchin'
on an appertainin' to tn kaiser.
TIL entertainment was for tn benefit
of TIL crippled chauffeurs of Chantllly,
France, an. everything took into con-
sideration, was one bane-up success.
However. tn winnin' OF tn hrst prize
wasn't a walkover for Lon by no
means, as expert mechanician from
a downtown garage come over Dig
with a soul-stirrin' tit-bit. entitled,
Its Tough to Leave Busy Job to GO
an Hunt a Nut" but after due dellb.
Grafton tn judges finally awarded tn
bonbon to Lon.
TIL kid rendered his own outburst.
explainin' beforehand that he didn't
hold no serious grudge in particular
against tn German folks themselves
as a aunt of his cousin, on his mother $
side. had married a Schmaltz. but thai
it was the big casino of tn empire he
was amin his guns at. He displayed
a dramatic talent / little dreamed was
in him. an managed to put such
trembly note in his reciter when he
come to tn women an children parl
that his regular Josie hada be TOOK
home in a taxi. which stood tn poor
III rascal $3.50. as she lives TAR from
tn maddenin' throng, but he never
made a whimper. simply sayfn, IF va
banker for tn spotlight va gotta pay
tn price, TIL followin' is what Lon
handed EN-:
To THE DAY, O mighty Emperor!
Come drink to THE DAY with me!
free man born who knows no King
In the land across the sea.
To THE DAY, THE DAY! THE glorious DAY
When Belgium's wasted lands
VIII be restored proper state,
And done by German hands.
When the flag Of France Will proudly "a'e
Ger Alsace and Lorraine
What you'll not drink! Then damned be ye.
I'll drink 1t Just the same!
You DID hope for THE DAY; you dreamed o.
THE DAY.
You lived for THE DAY to come
With mock and grin you toasted sin
And drank TO THE DAY with rum!
You sighed for THE DAY; you lied Tor IHf-
DAY!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-15
HINTS FOR MOTORISTS.

| Using camphor in the gasoline tank
| to prevent the formation of castcn in
| a gasoline automobile engine simply
| adds another source of carbon to the
| gasoline, and one which is more readily
broken up 1t has a tendency to add
more carbon instead of removing It,
The popping at the carburetor shows
a lean mixture and the whistling noise
indicates a leak in the inlet manifold.
Squirt oil around the joints while the
engine is running. II 1t is sucked IN
or the phistling noise changes or stops,
that is where the leak occurs. Tighten
the bolts and the trouble should be
ended. II not. replace the gasket
around the leaky joint.
Poor engine operation at low car
speeds is a common complaint, with the
usual cause in the carburetion system
Often an air leak throws out the car
buretor adjustment. SO that an insu1-
ficient amount OF fuel is fed. Wide
plug gaps. with magnetic with weak
magnets. is combination which may
give this trouble. With a battery sys-
tenn in use the ignition may be neg
lecteo "a first and the carbure1ion at
tended to, but this done the ignition
should be gone over carefully.
While fullers earth is the usual sub
stan"e emplolel TO stop cone clutch
slippage, in the absence Of it. talcum
power may prove DeneHCldi often
the slippage is due to poor pedal ad-
justment. The pedal II permitted to
touch the floor boards. might cause it.
When the leather is dry and shiny ap-
plication of neatsfoot oil is the most
common remedy. There are two clutch
bearings which should be we'll lubri
cated-the thrust bearing at the rear
of the clutch shaft and the throw-out
collar bearing.
End play in the crankshaft Is apt to
first be noticed when the car is throt-
tied down to around five miles per hour.
when so-called bucking will take place.
accomplished by knocking. II the play
is excessive the knocking will be heard
as the speed increases.
This condition may be caused by the
main bearing ends becoming fattened
or worn too much, that the shaft can
move back and forth. and as it does SO
It pounds against the bearing ends still
more. In many cars with four-bearing
crankshafts the second bearing from
the rear is designed to take the thrust
hence replacement of that bearing is
sufficient. In three-bearing shafts the
center or rear bearing usually is the
one which requires replacement. In the
/ our-bearing shafts it is best simply to
| change the one bearing instead Of at
tempting to remove the play by using
| two or three bearings with thicker
fanges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-15
DOPEY DAN AND LON
A Toast to the Kaiser

For THE DAY men went astray,
And like tiends of hell they cursed and fell
And rotted where they layl
HIS will be done. Your DAY will comet
Make of 1t what you NAV!
But when it's through remember YOU
Must repay, repay, repay!
Repay! Repay. thou Teuton king!
The world demands repay!
The widowed women by their slain,
With shrunken checks Of gray,
In anguish shrek to God on high,
Repay! Repay! Repayl
Repay those little children
Who've been robbed Of home and bread
To satisfy your lust for gain
And left with naught but deadl
Repay that pile of human bones
Who failed to ree THE DAY.
Misguided. tricked and fooled by you.
Repay. repay. repay!
Sepay those devastated lands
Those treasures swept awayi
Repay 1t all. thou monstrous mani
My God! Can you repay?
DoPEY DAN.
Note-Lon says TIL greatest hand
cap Kaiser Bill is totin' is, there ain
no bush" club to fall back on whe
ne blows in tn big show,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22
Israelites Were Fed by Bugs

Until later trip, however, the man.
ner in which the mamma was carried
to the neighbOrhood Of the fleeing Is
raelites was unknown.
However, Miss OldrOyd observed pa
tiently. She eventually surprised the
insects in the act of flying away with
the little bars of sap, or mamma, and
following in the wake of their flight
she found that the first thing a swarm
of the insects would do, if they were
frightened or met something strange
in their path, would be to drop their
mama.
Plain to Scientists.
1t is perfectly plain, now, say the
learned scientists, supporting Profess
sor Robertson, to whom Miss OldrOyd
reported and sent two dead bugs and
a sample of the mamma they had been
caught carrying away. A swarm OF
hoppers started from the forest with
load of mamma, met the children OF
Israel and dropped their load. Moses
was caught in the shower and called
upon his followers to eat thereof.
The specimen of mama sent by Miss
Oldroyd is four inches long and two
inches thick. It is sweet to the taste
and has the same food properties as
maple tree sap.
Miss Oldroyd is q member of the
faculty of Henry Thoburn college, Cal
cutta, India.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22

prominent member), the Standard Oil
interests, and the money trust" are
matters of recent history.
His command of language - both
slang and the kings English-is re-
markable. He has spent millions in
promulgating his opinions through big
advertisements in the newspapers. He
can't remember, he says, how many
times he has been sued criminally and
civilly for libel-yet he has won every
case brought against him.
A Boston newspaper once printed a
six-page attack of lurid character on
Lawson. The financier got out an in
junction, but the newspaper proprietor
barred the door against the injunction
server; the presses ground out the edi-
ton, and Boston read the story. The
effect was slight. Lawson continued
on his way serenely-although what
would be serene and ordinary for
Thomas w. would be a trip through
the whirlpool rapids of Niagara for an
ordinary man.
Started Tempestuously.
His career started tempestuously, for
he ran away twice in finally sue
cesSful effort to substitute business
for school.
Lawson is New Englander by
birth and a Southerner by descent.
Three of his uncles were Episcopal
clergymen. He was born in Cambridge,
Mass, in 1859, and brought up by his
mother after his father was killed on
q battlefield of the Civil war.
When he was twelve years old he
skipped from school and got place
as an errand boy In the banking house
of Stevens, Amory & Co., In State
street, Boston. He was speedily ap-
pretended and returned to his books,
only soon to make another break for
the realms Of trade. This time his
guardians decided they had better let
him stay at work and get sick Of 1t.
But he didn't get sick.
Instead he had a meteOric rise-if
this smile was ever appropriate. At
twenty-One ne was an operator on the
Boston street" At twenty-four he
was a man Of great wealth, and sat
around green tables with millionaires
as a director in big corporations.
At thirty he had become man to
be watched by the big financial inter-
ests, for he was "a speculative factor
of Importance"
Meantime he had turned out large
number of successful mechanical In
ventions. When hardly more than a
| boy he put on the market substitute
for playing cards, which had quite a
run of success. He also wrote, printed
and published q booklet on baseball,
| Of which he is an enthusiastic devotee.
| The book was called "The Krank: His
Language and What 1t Meant" and for
the work he invented a special paper.
blood parchment"
He took a prominent part in the
presidential campaign of 1888. In 80
days he compiled campaign history
of political parties, with facsimile re-
| productions of many letters from Re
publican party leaders expressing their
views. OF this about $4,000 copies
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22
Spectacular Career of Boston FL
nancier Who Has Been Much
in Public Eye.
RAN AWAY FROM SCHOOL
Making and Losing of Fortune Com
mon Thing to Lawson-Has Pic
turesque Command of the Eng
lish Language.

New York.-Of no man in American
history can it so truly be said that the
making and losing of fortune was a
common thing to him than Thomas w.
Lawson.
The Boston financier, who has been
the center of the political stage in the
last month, by reason of his accusa-
tons regarding wrongful use of secret
diplomatic information, to gain mil
lions in Wall street, has been kind
of financial volcano, erupting fitfully
but powerfully, for 20 years.
No one can say how many tens of
thousands have made money-and how
many more thousands have lost-by
paying heed to his widely advertised
stock-market advice.
He has been attacked savagely time
and again in the public prints, while
his own onslaughts on ''the system"
(of which he confesses he was once a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22
HOW TOM LAWSON ROSE To WEALTH.
were distributed by Republican cam
paign committees.
First Financial Undertaking.

were distributed by Republican cam
paign committees.
First Financial Undertaking.
His first financial undertaking was
the reorganization of the Lawson
Story Service company. He lost large
amount just after this successful coup
when he tried to rebuild the Rand
Avary Publishing company. But he
recouped quickly by operating in West
inghouse Electric.
He lost another fortune in southern
land "booms," especially the Grand
River Land company. Then came his
great Bay State Gas operations, which
made him thousands Of enemies and
thousands of friends. Out of the maze
of conflicting stories it is impossible
to determine just how much Lawson
had to do with what happened. Suffice
it to say that Under Lawson's master
hand the stock of this company gy-
rated to giddy heights and then sank
into the abyss, having today nominal
value of II cents a share.
Lawson's operations had now be-
come gigantic. He entered the "sys-
tem," as he himself explained, with
the object of combining all the copper
interests of the country.
Here one again becomes involved in
mass of disputed details. Lawson
sold Butte and Boston Copper stock
short from SIG a share to IS cents,
cleaning up a fortune. Then he began
to buy, and urged his friends to buy,
saying he believed in the future of the
company. He paid $40 a share assess
ment, acquired a majority of the stock,
and soon was invited to join the group,
including III. III. Rogers, John D. Rookie
teller and others of the STANDARD Oil
crowd" in consolidating all the cop
per companies of the United States.
What happened Lawson describes at
length in 'Frenzied Finance" but few
of his statements regarding the matter
stand unchallenged.
Made Great Fortune.
At any rate, Lawson pulled out with
great fortune, and changed from
friendly to hostile attitude toward
the standard Oil crowd" whom he
now vigorously denounced.
He built up a great financial "fol-
lowing" of investors and small specu-
lators, whom he influenced by spread
eagle newspaper advertisements in
f1amboyant style.
Of late years his name is not heard
so often, and his financial influence has
declined.
Besides finance, Lawson is intensely
interested in flowers, paintings, bronzes,
yachts and horses. And he has one
other great hobby-his six children.
For his wife, who was Miss Good
willie of Cambridge, he paid $4,000
to get the famous flower now called
the 'Mrs. Thomas w. Lawson pink"
He bought the yacht Dreamer and
other craft and built beautiful Mas
sachusetts country mansion, Dream
world. He bred famous thorOughbreds
on his Massachusetts farm. He took
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22
Kansas Woman, a Foreign Mis-
sionary, Makes an Important
Discovery.
CARRIED MAMA TO PEOPLE
How Moses and the Children OF israei
Were Fed During Flight From
Egypt Is Explained by
Miss OIdroyd.

And when the dew that lay was gone
up, behold, upon the face of the Wild
ernesS there lay d small, rouno thlnS,
as small as the boar nn;,d frost Of on israel
saw it, and they said one to another,
it is mama; for they visit not what
1t was. And Moses said unto tn ie,ai,
this bread which the Lord hath given
you to eat. =. But some or them leII
it until morning, and it bred worms:
:. and when the sun waxed not IL
melted.-Exodus 10.
Kansas City, Mott took a Uni
versity of Kansas woman graduate
Miss Roxana Oldroyd, Of Arkansas
City. to prove that the IsraeliteS were
fed mamma in the desert on their nignt
from Egypt-by bugs!
Miss Oldroyd is now a missionary.
Her interesting discovery was pub
lished to the world by Prof. w. H.
Robertson of the geological depart
ment of the university.
First, trees made the manna-that
was already well known in scientific
circles.
Then, second, the bugs that were
Whereabouts waxed industrious ana
served IL.
Cousins of Green Hopper.
The bugs in the case are Indian
cousins of the American green mop
per. Their average length is three
quarters of an inch, the female being
larger than the male. The bugs are
pale green. These insects, Miss
Oldroyd reports, have been observed
to attack tree in great NUMBERS
when hungry. The trees In question
excrete through the holes In their
bark made by the insects, small par
ticles of sap, which, after a snort
time, CONCEAL in oblong formations on
the outside of the bark.
When Miss Oldroyd, on vacation
tramp through the northern hills In
India, saw these small, round particles
attached to the sap-bearing trees, she
tasted of them and found them
palatable. A little probing soon con-
WINGED her that here was mamma ana
the manner Of its provision. IN tms
she was supported by scientists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22

will take it's place whenever there Is
the least excuse for doing so, the
tailored suit may be quiet as to color
and conservative as to style.
In the picture a shepherds check
and O plain cloth are presented as
sensible models for the demi-season.
And even if a decided style tendency
develops later on these suits will hold
their own, for they are built to fulfill
all that is required in practical street
clothes.
Lent is not far away, and that means
that time will soon bring leisure to de-
vote to spring sewing. New fabrics
and styles for the coming season are
already presented. Those for children
interest the home dresSmaker most {;
she feels safe in making wash dresses
for little girls because they are not
subject to last-minute whims of fash
Ion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22

standpoint of fashiOnableness one
thing is not better than another.
No one knows just why this state
of things has come about, but 1t may
be because no such attention has been
given to sports suits and one-piece
frocks that the tailor suit has been
somewhat neglected by costumers.
They refuse to make predictions, and
women are left the joyful liberty of
choosing whatever style is most becom-
ing.
Plain goods are always worn, and
checks in very pretty color combina-
lions have already appeared in smart
models. Inasmuch as the tailored suit
will give way TO the sports suit, which
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22


athletes the United States interested this said
Hubert and then with all pushing watch how will advance
proposition
a O
essential of education this big stadium and
championships stimulus the high school boys
and o
a
this matter slumber
the District but for the boys and girls Of the United States
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22

Nearly all the new styles are rather
plain, with plaits featured in skirts
and the bodice wholly or in part made
of white cotton material.
For a girl of eleven years or so this
combination Of materials has been
handed with excellent taste in the
dress shown in the picture. Cotton pop
lin or any of the moderately heavy
weaves will prove a good selection in
the striped material, and the white in
the bodice might be of thinner goods,
as India linen or percale or batiste.
The bodice is cut quite plain, Of the
white fabric, and fastens down the
front with pearl buttons. Emplace-
ments Of the striped goods are stitched
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22
INTERESTING ITEMS

One OF the largest retaining walls
in the world has been built at Ran
COON, Burma, to prevent a river shift
ing its channel.
German inventors have brought out
an automobile which travels on three
sets of movable runners instead of
wheels.
After years of experimenting Mis-
sourian claims to have perfected a
process for extracting potash from cot
tonseed bulls.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22
SPRING STYLES IN CHILDRENS DRESSES.

on to it, the edges piped with a COW
cred cord made from the dark stripes.
The sleeves are three-quarter length
and finished with bands of the same
material as the skirt.
The plaits in the skirt are caught
down at the edges for short distance
below the waistline, say three or four
inches. All around the skirt the white
stripe is turned under the dark one
and the plaits are pressed down the
entire length of the skirt, which is fin
isned with a three-inch hem. A belt
slips through small straps at the sides
of the bodice They are made Of the
dark stripe in the goods 1t is white
and fastens with two small pearl but
tons
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22

ThunderStorms are rarer in San
Francisco than in any other part of
the United States.
Skating, the origin of which is lost
in antiquity, was mentioned by q
Danish historian in 1884, and English
authorities state that in Lincolnshire
there was skating even before the
twelfth century, the custom having
been introduced there from Holland.
The Eskimos used bone skates when
they We're first discovered by the
whites. and sprobably had done SO for
centuries.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-22
Two New BIouses.

A lovely blouse Of gray Georgette
has a very full front fastening at the
side. At top, the fullness is held by a
band of beige satin embroidered In
gray silk, below which are a great
many pin tucks. The collar and GUNS
are also pin-tucked and have embroid-
cred bands to finish. Then there is
a gold georgette with a premet col
lar made of double-faced ribbon-plum
and gold. The collar is put on with
fine plum-colored side out-and the RIB
hon is turned over to show the gold.