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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-14
Vernon Center

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bupdick returned
Saturday evening from short Weddlne
trip which was spent in the cites, ano
are busy getting settled for Housekeeping
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Leslie Cooper were ir
Mankato today Wednesday, attending
the wedding of James Cooper and Miss
Ethel Oxreider. The ceremony TOOK
place at the home of Commissioner and
Mrs. Thomas Foley at three o'clock, Rev
G. A. Cahoon officiating.
Miss Esther Nelson went to Minneapolis
SATURDAY. where she began commercial
college course. When completed she will
be employed in the McMicheal Insurance
office.
The Masonic hall will soon display a
service flag containing three stars hav-
ing ordered one week ago. Members
from the lodge who are in Uncle Same's
army are Joe Turner in the aviation
CORPS Canada Harold Bowen, Camp
Cody, Company Fl. and Lieutenant t. g.
Clement. Camp Pike, Ark.
F. L. Cooper has three nephews who
are in various training camps. Bert
Cooper in the Field bakery and Donald
Cooper a private both are at Camp Cody,
Deming, N. Mexico. Clifford Cooper
sergeant in the Machine Gun company
having enlisted in the company at Grand
Forks, N. Oak. He is in New York City
awaiting to go across. 1t is two weeks
since he last wrote home and his com
pany ay have embarked ere this. The
second Minnesota regiment is up to the
standard required and are ready and
ANXIOUS to get into active service Com
pany III is the best drilled company in the
regiment of which they are justly proud
The entertainment at the opera house
Wednesday evening, December H. bids
fair to be one Of the best entertainments
ever gwen here. rne program will please
everybody and will consist of readings by
Mrs F. Roy Cooper of Truman and Miss
Elna Meyers of Good Thunder. Songs
that never grow old illustrated by living
pictures will delight everybody.
The Masons on Saturday evening with
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DEATH AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Laura Alice Cavett Passed Away
Last Evening.


Mrs Laura Alice Cavett, passed
away last night about 8:45 o'clock
after a lingering illness with Bright's
disease and complications, death oc-
curing at the home of her on-in-law
and daughter, DR.. and Mrs. w. G.
Sutherland, 238 Lincoln street, where
she had been cared for since last
August. She had been ill since April
and was confined to her bed for the
last two months.
Deceased was born in Jennings
county, Indiana, on November 4, 1850,
and was fifty-seven years, one month,
and two days old at the time of her
death. Her maiden name was Miss
Laura Alice Raney, and she grew to
womanhood in Indiana, and was unit
ed in marriage to Mr.. Denton A. Cav
EFT. They moved to Minnesota in
1882, and settled on farm near LIE
Sueur where they made their home
for MANY years. Seven years ago
last March they moved to Garden City,
where they continued to make their
home.
Surviving relatives are the widow
er. and three children. Mrs. Suther-
land of this city; Miss Jessie R. Cav
EFT, Minneapolis: George L. Cavett,
Garden City; two brothers, Waldo L.
Raney, st. Paul: Ebert D. Raney, Wy
conda, Mo. The remains were ship
per to Garden City this afternoon, and
funeral services will be held at the
family home tomorrow afternoon at
two O'Clock.
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least The disturbers ere first taken
in charge at the armory, and later
turned over to the local authorities and
jailed.
Two other squads, those of DIR. G,
A. Dahl and Corporal Ike Tempkins,
were ordered to special duty this
morning. Dr.. Dahps squad was sent to
keep order at the street car barns
where rioting was feared The Temp
kins' squad was among those ordered
out on patrol duty in automobiles, fol-
lowing street cars to prevent dis
order.
Sworn in as Deputies.
Several st. Paul companies have
been sworn in as deputy sheriffs.
They are carrying clubs and sidearms,
but they have no rifles or bayonets.
The Mankato boys have no bayonets,
but they have their Krags and sixty
rounds of ammunition per man. The
Morris boys have the old style IF
Springfields of As calibre, like those
that Company G has been using for
drills, and the Morris boys have cart
ridges for these weapons and also
bayonets.
Serious disorder does not seem to
be expected now, but the boys are
here to back up the government.
No one can tell when the boys are
coming home. The general trend of
the talk is that they may be through by
next Tuesday, but we cannot tell 1t
all depends on how the controversy
develops.
There was rumor in circulation
this morning that Captain G. A.
Lewis was about to be made major
of the Sixth battalion. First Lieuten-
ant Roy Allison was in command of
Company C.
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DEATH TAXES INVENTOR
Richard Russell, Maker of Road
Grader, Died In st. Paul.

Richard Russell, formerly we'll
known in this city, and the inventor
OF the Russell road grader which
is used extensively in all states of the
union, died Tuesday morning at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Ella 7 -
ring, in st. Paul, where he had been
living for some time He was born
in Hartford, Washington county,
Wisconsin. and came to Mankato with
his parents, when they settled here
many years ago. He grew up in this
city, where he attended normal
school, and was classmate of the
late Frank Piper, who recently died
in Minneapolis. He was married to
Miss Alice Gretz at New Ulm in 1880,
and they made their home in Marshall
county for many years. W
Surviving relatives are the chill
Mrs. Walter Hubbel. Alexandria;
Mrs. Joseph Lauterback, Redwood
Falls; Miss Kathryn Russell, Seattle;
William Russell, Marquette, Mich;
brothers. James Russell, Marquette
Mich: NJ. B. Russell, Ceresco: John
Russell. Chicago, VIM. Russell, st.
Paul; Ed Russell, Boise, Idaho; sis
tiers, Mrs. D. Hanna, Chicago; Mrs.
Ella Rotring. st. Paul. Funeral serv-
ices were held in the Pro- Cathedral,
Minneapolis today, and the remains,
accompanied by the mourners, ar
rived in the city this afternoon. In
terment was made in the family lot,
Calvary cemetery
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the exception of the secretary elected al
new officers as follows: w. NJ. II. c
Kraus, s. W., J. r. Mobiles; j. W.. w,
w. Griffith; treasurer F. H. Barnes
secretary, A. c. Gray.
Vernon Center and Ceresos apportion-
ment to the Y NJ. c. a. fund was $500
The people responded freely and the
amount was over subscribed to about $50
Red Cross seals are on sole in most
of the business places i'm the village and
everybody will purchase as many as then
means will permit to help fight the war
on the tuberculosis in the state.
T. D. Hays has disposed of all his
onions. The last several hundred bushels
were sold from wagons among the farm
ers and to the merchants in the several
surrounding villages.
Will Barnes and little son Wendal
wera down from Cedar, Mimi, last week
visiting the formers father and other
relatives in the village. They left Saturday
morning for Rochester where Mrs. Barnes
is ticking treatment at the Mayos' clinic
having been quite poorly for some time.
Miss Liza Wilson, primary teacher in
the Garden City school. spent part of
the Thanksgiving vacation with relatives
in the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Wilson and baby
boy, who are down from Manner Sas-
katchewan, Canada, to spend the winter
spent the week END and Sunday at the
G. NJ. Warren home.
Mrs. Agnes Spence, the night operator
at the Central telephone office left on the
four o'clock train Saturday afternoon for
Truman, to attend the funeral services
of her cousin Lee Olds, soldier boy
who passed away week, ago at Camp
Pike, Ark, and whose body was brought
home to his parents for burial A brother
who is training at Deming, New Mex,
was telegraphed the sad news with the
nope that he would be granted a fur
lough so as to come home.
Miss Florence Biggs is substituting for
Mrs. Spence at the tepephone board, and
makes very obliging, efficient central
Charles Force was having dental work
done in Amboy Saturday. His grandson,
Robert and Danald Gray and Harold
accompanied him.
AT the pleasant home farm of Mr.. and
Mrs. Starbuck of North Vernon. happy
house party of relatives enjoyed the past
week. In the party We're Mrs. Dayton
of Nevada, Iowa. Mrs. F. r. Elwood and
daughter Ivadel of Ames. Iowa, and Mr.
and Mrs. Harlan Elwood of Minneapolis,
all of whom left for their homes the
first of the week except Mrs. Dayton who
is making an extended visit with her
and daughter.
Mrs. l.. c. Rev and daughter returned
on the evening train Saturday from
Mankato where they had been visiting
since Thanksgiving with the formers
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James Pepper.
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fax. Heavy snowstorms have set in
seriously impeding the work of rescu-
ing injured and recovering the bodies.
A snowfall, however, is aiding the fire.
men quanching flames. Special trains
bringing doctors, nurses, and medical
supplies are arriving and other trains
are leaving with the injured for nearby
towns having hospitals. There is wreck
and ruin on all sides. Business was
suspended, schools and colleges were
closed until after the New Year.
Washington, December Five
thousand are believed to have been
from naval commander reaching the
navy department early today. The
navy dispatch said these figures have
not been verified.
Guard Is Landed
Further in the report the officer
said he landed a guard to aid the city
authorities in policing the city and
relief work.
The naval commander said that he
witnessed the explosion from point
fifty-two miles off Halifax and pro-
ceeded to the harbor. All of North
Halifax was destroyed. Three ships
were sunk and many damaged.
Boston. December IA Special Red
Cross relief train is starting for Hall
fax this afternoon.
Washington, December Fear is
entertained here for the safety of
American Minister Watts at Halifax.
The American consul at Sydney is
about to investigate.
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Napoleon

The Sterling and Grapeland Red
Cross have adopted novel and i'm
portant method The short days have
caused them to meet in the forenoon
about 1920. Each member takes
something for the noon lunch and a
few dishes for one. The hostess fur
nishes coffee and perhaps another
warm dish. The lunch is then served
Criterion stvle on trays which the Ia
dies themselves fill from the well filled
dining table. The ladies take home
their own dishes and the work of the
day is interrupted as little as possible.
Byrle Busse and Louise Schwietzer
are enjoying CD the chickenpox.
Mrs. w. Prentzlow visited her
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HOERR CASE DECIDED

Supreme Court Has Handed Down
Decision in the Action.
The Minnesota state supreme court
has handed down a decision in the
case of Julia G. Hoerr, respondent
VS.. William G. Hoerr, ct al, defen-
dants, William G. Hoerr, ct al, APP
pellants.
The syllabus is as follows; One.
Under G. S. 1913, Sec. S03S-S099, the
court may decree owelty to equalize
partition though the co-owner re-
ceiving the larger share does not
consent that his interest be charged
with it's payment.
Two. Owelty should not be decreed
unless equitably necessary. In view
of the report of the referees, which
has somewhat the effect of a finding,
and the evidence offered on the
hearing which resulted in con-
firmation, it is held that owelty was
properly decreed and that the parti-
ton was fair.
Judgment affirmed.
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7ivoh
From Fridays Daily.

from friodyS DAILY.
Lieutenant Leslie Morse, and father
of Mankato visited the J. Cate home
Tuesday.
Miss Luretta Harvey, who is at
tending school in st. Paul, enjoys
school very much.
Remember the following dates
Friday night for the Red Cross at the
rchool house, Saturday evening, De-
| cember Is, for the Farmers club
the Christmas program, December 81
Keep these evenings free, December
IL, Is and q.
Ole Nelson, the furnace man OF
Mankato, is putting in a furnace at
the P. j. Harvey home.
Mrs. P. J. Harvey and May Harvey
will be the hostesses for the Ladies
Aid in January.
The ladies spent last Friday after
noon at the school house cleaning up
from their last sale and supper We'd
nesday evening. The proceeds from
the sale and supper and the articles
of the Aid and Sunshine club amount
ed to a little over $50.
Friday was Tivoi day at Mankato.
The next farmers meeting will be
Saturday evening, December Is.
Mrs. C. Russell of Eagle Lake is
spending this winter with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Guy Ford.
Next Tuesday evening those who
wish to join the Red Cross will be at
the school house. There will be
organize a club il any will join.
Remember next Tuesday evening,
December IL.
The school children are working
hard upon their Christmas program
which will be held at the school house
Friday evening, nemeber Fl. Everyone
come.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Broas entertain
ed their sons Charles and John and
families and the formers son, An
drew, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Henry Wilkinson arrived
Wednesday evening to visit his
brother Walter.
Many are suffering from colds and
coughs and sore Threats.
Mrs E. Mosher arrived home Sun
day after staying with her daughter,
Mrs. Earl Tabor, a short time.
MISS II WIN was lcCOhIly AuI L
in an accident, is recovering.
The recent snow is keeping the
young children busy coasting. Some
were wondering how Santa's reindeer
could make their trips but had de-
cided he might come in an airplane.
The Ladies' Aid that was held with
Mrs. Edison Van Buren, Wednesday
afternoon was much enjoyed. About
sixteen partook of dinner, after which
the afternoon was spent in sewing.
Bible verses were given by those who
The following pupils in district No.
were neither tardy nor absent for
the school month ending December 4.
Mary Hoagland, Lola Cate, Elsie Ford,
Eva Barton. Dorothy Jaeger, Frieda
and Marie Schimek, Buelah and
Effie Van Buren,, Floella Pettis, Anna
and Margaret Baumgartner, Annie and
Bertha Tacheny, Kenneth Jesse, Will
liam and Walter Larson, Stephen
Harvey, Carol Ford, Ray Macbeth,
Raymond Jaeger, VERNE Mates,
Henry Tacheny, John Baumgartner,
RAYMOND Miller The daily attend
ance for this month were thirty
showing an increase of three.
remember any verse in the Bible no
one giving the same verse. Among
those who attended were Mrs. Olaf
Larson and daughter Miss Selma, and
NI,,a CIoro MochQr
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Mrs. C. E. Gasaway of LIE Sueul
county, daughter of l.. L. Scott OF this
city, who recently underwent a Sc
we're operation at st. Joseph's hos
pital, is reported as making a good
recovery, and is now able to sit up
Belgrade Congregational church,
North Manufacturer. Aylesworth b.
Bell will preach in this church at the
new change of hour, 2.30. The Sun
day school meets at 1880, Christian
Endeavor at 1880. There was a
splendid ATTENDANCE last Sunday aft
ernoon and it is hoped the same in
terest will manifest itself at all the
services.
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Sheriff Osten was at Lake Crystal
Yesterday afternoon.
Misses Marie Fleming. Lydia Annis
and Julia Nelson, students in Man
kato, have returned to their homes in
Vernon Center to spend the week.
end.
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ROCK SAID NOT GUILTY
Charged With The Failure To Pay
His Board Bill.

Sheriff Osten yesterday arrested
Clctus Rock of Garden City charged
with failure to pay his board bill at
the Hotel Shepherd. The bill is al
legged, amounted to $2770, and had
been due for some time His trial
was fixed for Monday, December 10,
and for failure to furnish his bond
for 500, he was placed in the county
Jail, awaiting his hearing. He plead
ed not guilty this morning.
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SOLDIER BOY DIES

Clifford Halverson of Butternut VAL
ley, Victim Of Measles.
Clifford Halvorson, son of Halvor
Halverson, of Butternut Valley, died
at Fort Deming, N. NJ, yesterday. He
had contracted a case of measles, and
had almost recovered, when he suf-
fered a relapse, which resulted in
his death. He was sent to Fort Dem
ing with members Of the first draft
contingent.
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INTERNAL MACHINES
Explosions Occur on The Northern
Pacific Trains

PACIFIC Trains.
UNITED Press Dispatch.1
Fargo, N. d., December 1.-Two
explosions of internal machines on
Northern Pacific trains within the
past few days is causing great deal
of uneasiness
One of these explosions occurred in
an express car at Windsor, N. D., on
passenger train No. Z Another ex-
plosiOn occurred at Bismarck.
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MANKATO FREE PRESS

father Fred Cramer at the hospital in
Mankato Saturday.
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Major, G. A. Lewis.
Captain, Roy Allison.
First Lieutenant, Bud Cain.
Second Lieutenant, John r. Snow
Adjutant to Major, Roy w. Bates
First Lieutenant in Medical De
partment, DR.. G. A. Dahl.
Top Sergeant, r. r. Hamilton.
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Workers Forced to Watch
Baby Burn to Death
STREETSLINED WITHDEAD
Gruesome Sights; People With
Eyes Out, Faces Gashed;;
Limbs Torn Off
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

lASSOCidlSu ITeSS
From Fridays Daily.
Halifax, December Up to noon
thee had been no change in the
police estimate Of 1000 dead and
about the same number Of injured,
two thirds Of whom are suffering from
cuts from flying glass.
Esmond Berry a St. John postal
clerk, was at Richmond during the
catastrophe. He said, at was ter
rbIe. The people were dying like
flies. Some of them came to our place
with their noses shot off, eyes put
out faces gashed, limbs torn and
bodies distorted"
"On one occasion while we were
working around a building we could
see little baby fifty feet underneath
the burning mass crying for aid. We
could not get near the baby and
watched it burn to death. Women and
children were lying in the streets and
hundreds must be buried in the de.
bris."
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CHAPTER XVI.
"You Are-Myselfl'

= ND as had planned l then &C
N complished. / discovered that
A Lightfoot at pasture. and I
quickly had placed the saddle
upon him and had turned him down
the mountain to choose a safe path for
both himself and me. l did not look
upon those cradles of fragrant boughs
III which the boy Robert had lain at
rest beside his great friend. the Gou-
vcrncur Faulkner, from whom he had
stolen faith and affection.
"Why did not you also steal his
pocketbook as he lay asleep beside
you, Roberta, marquise Of Cree and
Bye?' / questioned myself, with scorn
and torture. as good L.ghtfoot crashed
down from that Camp Heaven into the
dark night
And on we rode, the large horse
with the woman upon his back. for q
long night, through fragrant thickets
that caught at my riding breeches with
rose tendril fingers and under thick
forests of budding trees, through
whose branches Of tender leaves the
! wise old stars looked down upon my
bitter weeping with nothing Of COM
fort, perhaps because they had grown
Of hardness Of heart from having
seen so many tears Of women drop In
the silence of lonely night.
Then came dawn and noon anc
twilight, through which pushed
forward the large horse with grea
cruelty, only pausing beside stream!
to allow that he drink Of the wate
and also to throw myself down on m!
face and lap the cool refreshment lik'
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Do You Practice Thrift?

The art OF acquiring means consists
mainly of thrift. It Is In every per.
sons power to practice this art. TO
try to recount the values OF thrift
would be to try to enumerate the re-
suits Of many virtues.
The best start in life that parents
can give their children is to teach them
thrift.
Thrift makes strength. The strong
men in any community ore men OF
thrift.
Thrift begins to be acquired when
pnc distinguishes between luxurieS
and necessities and schools himself to
do without luxuries.
Wastin. cent a day wastes S3.G5 q
year. This would buy the usc OF ai-
most $50 at per cent interest
The thrifty man does not have to
haunt the FREQ employment bureau OF
| feed his family on mush and milk.
Thriftincss with money means inde
| pcndencc OF the pawnbroker and thu
lonu shark, Thrift Of time enables :
man. Ii he so wishes, to acquire lib
eral education.
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Concluded on Page Four.
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Henry c. Frick on Suecsss.

'The secret of my success!" sa1q
Henry G. Frick. There is no secret
about success. Success simply calls for
hard work, devotion to your business
at all times, day and night. was very
poor. and my education was limited. but
/ worked very hard and always sought
opportunities.
"To win in the battle of life man
needs, in addition to whatever ability
he possesses, courage, tenacity and de-
liberation. He must learn never to lose
his head.
"But, above all. hard work Is the
thing. For six years, from 1889 to
1895, when I first took hold Of the Car
negie steel business. / did not haye Q
days vacation. l reached the Office
every morning between Z and S and did
not leave until g. My example had an
influence upon the others. Carnegie
often remarke to me, You do get worh
out of those men, They worked pc
cause they saw that IL was then the
chairman Of the company-worked. =
B. G. Forbes In Leslie's.
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INTO boAeV ss0'
side the feet of those two great gentle
men and served them in their cO:nmu-
nications while the heart in my breast
vas going into death by slow. cruel
torture.
The exact meaning OF those papers
and words of business / did not know.
but once l observed my Capitaine the
Count de Lasselles throw down his
PENCIL and look into the face OF the
Gouverneur Faulkner with great and
stern astonishment.
1.-THE work Of grafters, Captain Las
selles, with a woman as tool. But
vet don't see just how it was that she
worked it. My secretary of state. Gen
eral Carruthers, and / have been at
work for weeks, and we could not
catch the exact fraud" made answer
nv Gouverneur Faulkner with cold
sternness.
81 was warned in Paris that beautf
| full American women were very much
! interested in the placing OF war con-
tracts, NJ. lie Gouverneur. | fed upon
! q tusbcat from the ship that escape
! some for whom l had letters OF intro
luction which l could not ignore.
s.It was your capitaine. the Count dc
Lasselles. whom that Madam Whit
worth sougl5 upon the ship, Roberta
l said to myself.
j II think women are alike the worit