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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-02
RED CROSS SAVES
 CHILDREN FROM ENEMY GAS BOMBS
With Cooperation of French Government, Tots Get
 Proper Treatment.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The Red Cross war council has received the following report from Red Cross headquarters in France:
 "As an example of activities in be- half of the civil population of France, we have established temporary childrans' shelter at Toul, city in bombarded by the enemy.
 "Gas bombs were being used by the Germans and the inhabitants of the nearby villages were obliged to. wear face masks to escape asphyxlatlon. This mode of protection, however. is not feasible for children, and it was found necessary to send the children away at once.
 "The prefect of the department telegraphed to worker at Paris that 75O children had been suddenly thrust upon his hands and that he needed immediate assistance. The next day eight workers left the Red Cross headquarters, a doctor, an experienc- ed nurse, two auxiliary nurses, a bacteriologist, an administrative di- rector and two women to take charge of the bedding, clothing, food, etc.
 "They found that 21 of the chil- dren were infants under one year and the remainder were under eight years. They were herded together in an old barracks, dirty, practically unfur- nished, and with no sanitary appll- arces. Sick children were crowded in with the we'll and skin disease and vermin abounded.
 "Within two days the children had been thoroughly cleaned and trans ferred to new and clean barracks. Medical care had been given and nurses secured for the babies, suit able food provided and a classification of all the refugees made to prevent the separation of members of the same family. The organization of an institution for the care of these chil- dren has been worked out.
 "The French government has pro. vided a new brick barracks of ten buildings, situated on hillside a mile from Foul, and will furnish coal water. light, rough labor, beds and bedding, rations and transportation of supplies.
 "The Red Cross is to direct the work of supplying doctors, nurses and installing sanitary apparatus. Twelve shower baths have already been sci up. Supplies are being provided fol recreation. education and the voca' tional training of children.
 "It is expected that four or five hundred more children will come ir the near future, and the Red Cross is planning to increase it's staff to care for this number. The children vii be kept here as long as conditions re- main such that they cannot return tt their homes."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-02
CUBA TO PROVIDE
 AIR SQUADRON
 FOR THE ENTENTE
Colonel Coronado Completes Plans For Organization
 and Equipment.

Havana, Cuba, Sept. 1.-Colonel Manuel Coronado, member of the Gu ban senate and editor of the newspa- per La Discussion has added a new phase to Cubas alliance with the Unit ed States in the war against Germany by organizing an aviation unit which it is announced, will be offered to France, with complete equipment, ir the near future. Though other means of cooperation have assumed shape here since Cuba's declaration of war against Germany on April 8 last, it is believed probable, from the en- thusiasm shown by it's members, that the "Escadrile Cubaine," as the flying unit will be called, will be the first body of fighting men from Cuba to serve on French soil.
 Colonel Coronado's plans called fo, body of twenty-five trained aviat- ors to comprise the escadrille, but al ready thirty-three youths, who are rep resentatives of the best families of Cuba, have volunteered to take the prescribed aviation course and indi- hvidually to bear the expense of their airplanes and equipment. Many of the volunteers for the escadille are graduates of French universities, anC all speak French and are aviation en- thusiasts. Senator Coronado has just returned from New York, where h. conferred with officials of the Aero club of America and airplane manu- lecturers over the details of the es cadrille's organization.
 q believe that the escadrille will be the most practical and at the same time the most appropriate way of show ing Cuba's sympathy with the cause of the allies," said Colonel Coronado The colonel has asked the navy de- partment in Washington for an ar arrangements by which the Cuban avi ators may undergo their preliminary training at the Navy aviation school at Pensacola, Fla.
 While for obvious reasons the details of many of the cooperative war meas ures of Cuba and the United States are not permissible of publication, sub- stantial progress has been announced
 officially here in the co-ordinativc work of the Cuban and United States army and navy general staffs.
 Cuban military commissioners will shortly announce the promotions of 2S8 officers in the Cuban army, in keeping with the enlargement of the islands activemilitary force for pos sible duty later in Europe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-02
WOMEN NOW AID IN FIGHTING lN::::.:..
 IIia. WORLD'S WARS
Particularly As Drivers of Motor Cars Do They Help
 Behind Lines.

Headquarters of Women's Auxiliary Corps Behind British Lines in France, Aug. 2O.-(Correspondence of the As sociated Press )-Before this war the | only military sphere for which wom 1 en were thought eligible was nursing | the sick and wounded. Even that | privilege was vehemently contested, l and it is barely sixty years since Flor 1 llsence Nightingale won for her sex liberty to- perform that service for | their country.
 It is not unnatural that women | should for the first time in this war | have demanded more active part | than it was previously thought pos sible for them to play in military op- l seratiOns. For this war differs from any previously waged in it's call on the whole population instead of on a comparatively small section of fight ing men. It is a war in which not only every man capable of fighting is needed to face the foe, but the ener- gies of every remaining individual of the population is nedeed to grow food, to make munitions, to keep up
 the shipping, or to maintain civil Industries.
 Women, as we'll as men, are com ,pelled to take larger part than here tofore, and they have not been con tent to confine their efforts to civil occupations. There are many em: bloyments in connection with the army itself which they felt as cap able of performing as men, whereby they could release men for places In l the trenches and firing line. The army itself has gradually cast | aside it's masculine traditions, and after first allowing, has gradually come to welcome the help offered by l the women in jobs hitherto thought of as altogether outside their prov ince. In the war office in Whitehall, l only 156 women were employed in July, 1914, by the end of 1916 this l number had risen to 5,500, or, includ- l ing the cable and postal censors, to l nearly 7,700. l From the early period in the war | the services of women were enlisted as clerks in the recruiting offices, ! after many hundreds of them by vol untary service had shown their apt itude for this kind of work. Before the war the work of regimental rec ord offices was entirely performed by
 soldier clerks; the employment of of women for this work has long since
 been universally adopted.
 Women drivers in the army's motor transport have now become common place. There was an even greater
 innovation than that of employing
 women as army cooks, for not only were women automobile drivers un-
 heard of in the army before the war,
 but they were extremely rare in civil life.
 The experiment of women chauf-
 feurs for army work was at first tried
 on small scale; then in February,
 1917, the experiment was sanctioned
 by an army council order, which laid
 down the hours of work rates of pay and general conditions of service for
 "superintendents. head drivers, me
 chanic drivers, and garage washers" :" Altogether over 400 young women have thus far enlisted under this cat
 egory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-02

Myers of Helena, Fred w. Keiser ot Siloam Springs. Cyril l.. Kline of Tex arkana. Samuel McNutt Nance of Fort Smith, Meek c. Singer of Warren, Frank P. Hall, Jr.. of Fayetteville, William s. Fox of Pine Bluff, Martin L. Close of Appleton, of infantry; Second Lieuts. Martin l. Close of Appleton and John wv. Coventon of Oakland of cavalry, and Second Lieuts. Lawrence c. Honeycutt of Nashville, John M Abernathy of Forrest City, and Robert w. Pollard of Hope, of field artillery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-02
GERMAN ADMIRAL HAS CONFIDENCE
 IN SUBMARINES

Amsterdam, Sept. 1-Confidence in the effect of unrestricted submarine warfare is expressed by Admiral Rein hardt Scheer. commander of the Ger nan battle fleet, in an interview in the Leipsic Tageblatt, the admiral de- claring that he expected "everything" from 1t.
 "This confidence" says the admiral,
 is shared by all submarine command ars and no difference of opinion, ex- ists about it in our navy. It would be mistake to name a definite date, but l am fully convinced that if the rate of sinking continues as at present : he day must come when England will recognize that the war does not pay" Questioned about losses of subma rines and as to antisubmarine meth { ods, Admiral Scheer said:
 With most ideal obstinacy the English miss the mark and so far we have only been met with guns, nets 1. md mines and not with any new anti submarine appliances. I can confirm the statement recently made regard ing our losses, which, on the average, are two to three monthly and are more than equalled by new construc- tion.'
 Regarding Americas support of Great Britain, Admiral Scheer had this to say:
 "I do not underestimate it, neither do attach too much importance to it. The Americans may make them selves unpleasant by means of in creased supplies of airplanes, tech nical material, etc., but they can hard ly harm us seriously from a military point of view and they will never be- come dangerous. They will no more be able to turn the scale in favor of the entente than Italy or Rumania." Admiral Scheer expressed his con- viction that the submarines will have decided the issue of the war before America is ready to send . large army to Europe.
 Il
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-02
GRAND FLEET MOVIE SHOWN.

London, Sept. 1.-An official film of the kings visit to his Grand fleet, Showing Admirals Beatty. 'Sturdee, and other naval heroes, in investiture in a battleship, and many other incl dents of the royal inspection was shown at the Scalia theatre.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-02
IRISH CONDEMN RESTRICTIONS.

Dublin, Sept. 1.-Representatives of the liquor trade from all parts of Ireand met here and demanded the withdrawal of the liquor restrictions which have paralyzed the only Irish industry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-02

The first charge of dynamite, as the explosive is now known, was prepared in 1868.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23
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WHAT PIE FOR
THANKSGIVING?

Who ever heard of real Thanksgiving
dinner without minee pier
) 1t can't be done.
! There may be cakes and cookies and pud-
dings and all kinds of sweet things but unless
There is mince pie there just isn't any real
Thanksgiving dinner.
+. And since it takes mince pie to top eff
the feast dinners, wouldn't it be good idea
to have mince pie to top off many of the
,other good meals1 Wouldn't it just make
the meal on many occasions'
/; ouprobably know, NONE SUCH MINcE
MEAT comes in an up to date package
form-secure from handling; is moderate in
,pricc and becomes three times the package
weight when you add the necessary moisture.
1t is the economical way to buy m!nce
meat because it prevents waste.
The package recipes are good for pies,
cakes, buildings, and cookies.
| Try NONE SUCH War Pie-no top
lcrust. Saves -four, shortening, labor, money
half the crust. Helps the U. S. Food
Administration.
! The pie that is good enough for Thanks.
giving dinner is good enough for all Ofhe,
lunches, suppers, and in
the dinner pail. Try it with None SUCH
/ MNcE MEAT.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23
Indian Lake

Walter Dodge is helping in the corn
husking on the Tall Oaks farm in
Martin county. Walter has worked on
that farm before not only at corn
husking but doing many other things.
Mrs Young, mother of Harvey
Young, overseer Of the poor farm who
spent part of the summer with her
daughter in Wisconsin, is spending the
winter with her son at the poor farm.
Harvey Young was out on business
Thursday in Decoria for the interest
of the Y. M. c. A. war fund.
Will Watts has added new Max
we'll car to his equipment.
Louis Watts who has been suffering
with blood poison is now recovering
nicely.
The four youngest children of Viii!
Watts have recently all gone through
the ordeal Of having their tonsiis and
adenoids removed.
Will Street and family of Decoria
spent Sunday with the family of Lee
Plumb.
Ralph Keenan, went to Garden City
with his car Sunday, he took with him
Frank Watts who was to preach
there. They were accopanied by Mrs.
keenan,.
The section of the Sunshine club
that met with Mrs. George Painter
Thursday afternoon held a large and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23
PUT IN PLEA NOT GUILTY
Dr.. C. A. A. JoshIyn and House.
Keeper Before Judge Com.
st( ok This Morning

DR.. Charles A. A Joshlyn and his
housekeeper, Ada Bartsch, appeared
again in the district court this morn
ing on the charge of abortion, and
both pleaded not guilty. AS neither
furnished the $4,000 bond required by
the court, Judge Comstock remanded
both of them to the custody of the
sheriff. Both are to stand trial.
The jury that tried the suit OF
Daniel L. Williams, farmer of Cambria,
against Robert Zimmerman, store
keeper at CORTLAND, was out two
hours this morning and brought a
verdict in for the defendant. The
plaintiff sued to recover for a quantity
of wood and other merchandise that
he claimed to have furnished, with
out receiving his pay. S. B. Wilson
and F. E. Morse were attorneys for
the plaintiff and Somsen & Dempsey
for the defendant.
A jury was next impanelled for the
trial of the action in the matter of
the estate of Frederick Herzberg, de-
ceased, Bertha M. Mullen, appellant,
against Richard HerZberg and Ernest
Herzberg, representatives, respond
ents. c. o. Daley is attorney for the
appellant and Thomas Hughes for the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23

Boys of the both infantry, for
merly Company H of the Minnesota
national guard at Mankato, are per-
fectly contented and happy at Camp
Cody, according to AL Huettl, who
together with Charles Bosacker of
Elysian, recently received an honor
able discharge from that unit OF the
service on account of physical dis
ability.
Huettl tells of the tents in which
the boys are starting out to pass the
winter. Each squad has a tent, with
floor, IA by IA feet, boarded at
the sides, and with stove in the
middle. Eight men, including the
corporal, have their cots and bags of
straw in each tent. At night they
fill up the stove with wood. In the
morning they poke up the fire, and
get things warmed up. The mer-
curry never gets down to zero there,
even in the dead of winter.
The tents of the officers are
equipped with electric incandes-
cents and it is expected that all OF
the mems tents will soon be likewise
equipped. There are electric lights
also in the cook sheds and mess
halls, the bath houses and the tot
let's. These are frame buildings.
Wood and other supplies are
brought to the camp by rail. A train
runs right through the center OF the
camp.
There are now $4,000 to $4,000
men at the camp. There is hospl-
tai that will accommodate 1000. There
were about 500 patients there at the
time Huettl left.
Y. M. c. A. Is Praised.
/ The Y. M. C. A. gives the boys
plenty of amusement and recreation.
Nothing is more highly appreciated
than the moving pictures. Singing
by uuartettes and other music help
to while away the leisure house.
AS for instrumental music, Huettl
says that two members of the Jazz
orchestra, Bert Cooper with the
violin and Ted Bosacker with the
guitar. have them all beat. These
young men both play and sing.
There are baseball and football
games between teams of the differ
ent companies and different regl-
ments.
Herman Kortz is now one of the
four cooks. Cooper is also cook
and is a fine pie baker. But it takes
| Cook McGovern to make the pan
I cakes for the boys in the morning.
| And. Huettl says, it surely takes
/ Cook Larson to make the Mulllgan
stew and brown gravy.
The boys go once in while to
! Deming, which is mile and a
half from the camp. Deming is a
busy place. 1t is bone dry. The only
kind of beer the fellows can get
there is root beer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23
An1boy

Mr.. and Mrs. William Wojahn will
celebrate their silver wedding next
Saturday at their fine country home
Many guests have been invited and a
royal good time is anticipated.
August Hensline and wife motored
to Mankato Saturday on business.
The first number of the high school
lecture course Will be given at the
opera house on Thursday, November
%, by Robert Temple. The press
speaks very highly of him and all
acknowledge that no better platform
speaker could be. secured.
Will Hensline and wife motored to
Mankato on business and pleasure.
The jurors of the high school pre-
sented play entitled, "Kindling the
Hearth Fire" at the opera house Fri
day night. The house was filled by an
interested audience and all who took
part should feel highly congratulated
with their success.
While Irving Maine and his two
sons Glade and Glen were coming
from Mankato III their automobile
some accident to their engine set fire
to the machine and it was hot fight
to subdue the flames, but no serious
damage resulted although the car had
to be left at the Amboy garage for
repairs.
It's about time that the authorities
of Amboy got busy and enforce the
ordinance against fast driving of auto
mobiles through the streets before
some one is badly hurt An auto driven
by a. couple of these fast drivers eX-
ceeding the speed limit and on the
wrong side of the road very nearly
ran over Young boy Sunday evening
who was riding on bicvcle. The boy
just had time to jump off but the auto
ran over the wheel and badly damaged
1t. a few DAVIS in the county Jail would
teach the guilty to observe the law.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23

profitable meeting. The ladies greatly
enjoyed the social hour. Red Cross
knitting was as ever very much in
evidence. Lunch was served by the
younger ladies.
The Ladies' Aid of the Decoria
Congregational church met with Mrs.
Harvey Young at her home at the
poor farm on Wednesday, November
IA. There was a large attendance OF
both members and visitors. A good
lunch was served and a fine sum OF
money was received.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23

Many Mankato business men
motored out on the st. Clair road
this morning to the scene of the
automobile accident to DR.. G. j.
Holman, and at one time this
morning there were fifteen cars
stopped at the scene of the acct
dent. The road where the acct
dent happened, opposite the
Buckeye Farm" is quite dan
gerous. 1t has been built up, and
has a drop on either side of
about four or five feet, and the
roadbed is not very wide. When
two big machines pass each other
at any time the drivers must
use considerable care in order
not to get too near the edge of
the road. DR.. Holman's big Hud-
son Six car is nothing but a mass
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23

Faribault, November 20-Demur-
rers against all the indictments re-
turned by the grand jury against E.
B. Ford and Elizabeth Ford and Jake
Spartz filed by Lucius A. Smith,
their attorney, in district court this
morning, were argued by him and
overruled by Judge A. B. Childress.
Mr. Smiths demurrer was an at
tack on the form of the indictment,
his contention being that in no cases
| wereIE they definite in the charges
brought against the defendants. He
stated that this is new law, and
that there is no word descriptive of
the crime alleged, as there would be
in the case of the larceny or arson.
! He said that the language of the
/ statute had not been followed, and
that on the whole the exact nature
of the charge was not clear and that
the defendants would be at dis
advantage in planning their defense.
The first statement made by Mr..
S~'ith applied to the indictment
against Jacob Spartz. The demurrer
was oVerruled and Mr.. Smith said
that in the case of the Fords the
sa.- statements applied, and he
thous-t that in these indictments
the argument for the demurrer was
still stronger in that the Indictment
does not say that The Referendum
is owned or published by them.
Court OverruIes 1t.
Judge Childress said that it was
not necessary to cite the section OF
! the statute, and that all the court
| has to do is to examine the language
employed in each case, and see
what the effect would be. If it were
of a tendency to bring contempt on
the government or to discourage
men from enlisting, then it would be
| violation of the statute.
The Judge also held that the in
dictment did not need to specifically
state that they were the owners or
publishers of the papers.
| Mr.. Smith had withdrawn the
pleas of not guilty made by the
Fords Saturday, and after the de-
murrers had been overruled he was
permitted to enter them again.
Mrs. Ford was not present in court
: this morning, her attorney walVlng
! her appearance. She went to Jail
Saturday afternoon, as she threat
ened to do, refusing to allow any
person to go on her bond. Mr. Ford
furnishes bond, signed by his wife's
father, Samuel Lukert, and by t. A.
Taylor of Dundas. 1t is understood
that Mrs. Ford's friends, including
her husband, urged her to accept
bond, which was readily available.
but she would not listen to them, and
to end the argument after the party
came down from the court room,
struck off towards the Jail.
| Others in Court.
| The men who were arraigned Sat
urday and who did not make their
pleas were brought into cour5 again
this morning and were entered pleas
of not guilty, with the exception OF
William Van Hout and Oliver j.
Smith, indicted under the dislnyaltv
statute. They are represented by
Robert Nee, who asked more time
before making a plea and was given
until this afternoon.
1t was stated by Sheriff Livings-
ton that Ed. Bosky, editor of The Ref
| erendum, would be in court at one
o'clock for arraignment under the in
! dictment.- 1t is not known who will
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23

Photo by ANDERSON
of wrecked metal, and is a COM
plete loss. This morning it lay
at the side of the road e-'b2nk-
ment where it had fallen and
burned up, the frame work Of the
wheels sticking up in the (. :, as
the machine had turned COM
pietely over. The grass for
space of over a hundred feet
around was burned to a crisp.
The machine was insured with
the E. M. Zuel company for
$500.
John Anderson took a photo
graph of the burned auto. He
was accompanied to the scene
by l. B. Fisher & Theodore Will
liams. The above cut was made
from the photograph taken by Mr..
Anderson. Sd.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23

Rev. o. J. Arthur left last evening
for Norseland where he will attend
the meeting of the ST. Peter district
of the Minnesota Lutheran confer
ence. The meetings began last night
and will last until Thursday. Rev. o.
]. Arthur gave the opening address.
c. o. Mund who recently moved to
that place will be installed as pastor.
DR.. P. A. Madison and several other
pastors will be in attendance
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23

Rose Mary Lamm returned today
from Owatonna where she has beer
visiting at the Krier home over Sun
day.
Harry McShane of. Letcher, So
OAK, was guest at che home OF
George Koenig yesterday, while en-
route to Rochester.
Mr. and Mrs. John Weidert returned
to their home in Adrian today, the
latter having made good recovery
from an operation performed at one
! of the local hospitals.