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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14

the saloons might be asked to close
one afternoon during the fair. He said
many people came to town to go to
the fair but "got stewed" and did not
see the fair at all. Mr. Fisher sug
gested that saloons and pool halls
might be visited and asked to close
with the stores Thursday afternoon.
]. B. Richards inquired whether
there was not a. law to close mer-
camille establishments on Sunday. The
president said there was and Mr.
Richards said he did not see why il
was not enforced. Those who violated
it should be made to close or pay the
fine for keeping open. After some
further talk, a motion was passed de-
claring it to be the sense of the as
ISOLATION that the Sunday closing law
should be enforced. The matter is to
be brought to the attention of the
city attorney. ~
The president presented request
on behalf of the club women of the
city that the stores be decorated on
October 2, 3 and with russell and
gold, the colors of the State Fedora
ton Of Women's clubs, which meets
here at that time. A motion was
passed declaring in favor of such
decorations.
Attention was called by the presi-
dent to the fact that there was but
one more of the public band con-
certs to be given. The concerts had
been a great success and the COM
mittee was to be congratulated on
what had been accomplished. There
had been as many as 1000 cars out
at the park on Sunday afternoon.
There was some discussion of the
fact that the fair association was
anxious to get volunteers to take
tickets at the booths. The suggestion
was made that it would be we'll tC
have some of the boys of Company H
do that. Mr.. Sullivan remarked that
the boys expected to be called away
on Thursday. Mr.. Taylor said the boys
were going to give drill at the fail
if they were here. He said the fail
managers had talked over the propo-
sition of being a little liberal with
Company H, if the fair should be
successful. 1t had been decided to pay
$500 for the ball game between Com
pany H and Company C, $50 for the
winning team and $40 for the losing
team.
On motion by Ed Nyquist, request
was directed to Captain G.. A. Lewis
not to have a drill of the home guard
on Thursday evening.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
TIPPED OVER THE AUTO
One Machine Bumped Another and
Then Something Happened.

One Machine Bumped Another and
Then Something Happened.
G. P. Heide of Mountain Lake
Mimi, was riding with his Ford auto
mobile southwark on Front street at
Main street yesterday afternoon about
half past three o'clock, when his car
was struck by another driven by Mrs
Dave Richards. Mrs. Richards was
driving her car westward on Main and
had turned to go south on Front
when her auto struck the back part
of the other and tipped it over. Traffic
Officer Edwards, who was right at the
place, declares that if Mrs. Richards
had made the proper kind of a turn
instead of cutting across the inter-
section of the two streets, the COL
lision would not have occurred.
The Ford was driven by Cornelius
Heide, nineteen years old, and was
going, Mr.. Heide said, six to eight
miles an hour. In the front seat with
him were Susie Heide, aged sixteen,
and Albert Heide, aged eight. In the
back seat were Mr.. and Mrs. Heide
and two little girls, Lizzie, aged six,
and Linda, aged four.
Mrs. Heide was more or less
bruised all over and her right shoulder
was hurt. Lizzie received hard blow
on the stomach and may have suffer-
ed some internal injury. Linda's left
arm was partly fractured. Albert's
face was hurt.
The Richards auto struck the back
wheel of the other and tipped the car
completely over. The hind wheel that
was struck and the wind shield were
broken. The fender was bent 1t is
said that the Richards car was not
damaged at all. Mrs. Richards had a
child with her.
Mr.. Richards had a talk with Mr..
Heide at the police station shortly
after the accident with view to
settling up the damage.
Mrs. David Richards was called by
Officer Edwards to appear in the
municipal court this morning and
answer for the manner Of the driving
of the auto that upset another at
Front and Main streets late yester-
day. Mrs. Richards was i'll and the
matter was continued to next Mon
day morning at nine o'clock Attor-
ney ]. E. Regan appeared for Mrs.
Richards.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
FClevela1nd!

GuSC F1nnlgan spent SUNDAY WIFI
relatives at Bixby, Mimi.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cheadle anG
daughter Mable, attended the state
fair Thursday and Friday.
G. L. TRULY was a guest at the
William Lapp home near LIE Sueul
Center Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Ransom enter.
tanned Mr.. John Bremsche Of River
side, California and Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Ransom at a six o'clock dinner Fri
day.
Harry Busy spent Sunday with his
parents at Ottawa
Miss Emily Denker was a guest o.
Miss Ruth Hartman Sunday.
Mss Mable Cheadle spent Saturday
evening and Sunday with Miss Ruth
Hurst.
Mrs. Lou Bartlett and son Lindel
left Sunday for visit with relatives
at Douglas, North Dakota.
Mrs. Alma Denker of Kasota spen
Sunday with relatives here.
Mrs. w. E.. Lloyd and Miss Gladly:
Flowers entertained at the home o
the former Saturday afternoon il
honor of Miss Daisy Keenan's birth
day, covers were laid for ten.
T. J. Lloyd and w. e. Lloyd re,
turned home Saturday from a week!
stay in the twin cities.
H. H. Flowers left Friday for Sas
katchewan, Canada, where he will
spend several weeks. Mrs. Flowers &C.
companied him as far as the cities.
The Misses Ina Mary Keough ant
Daisy keenan, left Wednesday fol
Earl, North Dakota where they will
teach the coming year.
Petit Brown Of Tacoma, Wash, Ia
Brown of st. Paul and Mrs. Smith
of Chicago visited over Sunday at thu
home of Mrs. Lucin Hartman.
Miss Gertrude StotZ of Minneapoli!
arrived here Saturday and is a CUES
at the Henry Stotz home.
Miss Martha Loeck Of Ballaton i:
spending the week at the home o
Henry Korn.
The following were entertained a
the H. H. Ponwith home Sunda!
evening, MI and Mrs. Henry Korl
and family, Miss Martha Loeck ant
Earnest Supp.
M. L. Cheadle returned Saturda.
from a weeks stay in st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bauer, ST.
left Thursday for Saskatchewan, Can
ada where they will visit their son.
Miss Cecilia Hermel was a Man
kato visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Louis Block who submitted t,
an operation at Mankato Friday, il
reported as doing nicely.
Miss Ida Hermel went to Mankat,
Wednesday where she will take VI
her work at nursing.
Miss Cecilia Hermel returned t,
Nickerson Tuesday after a tire,
weeks visit with her mother, Mrs.
Hermel. -....,
Rev. Geide of LIE Sueur Center he'll,
services in German at the Lutheran
church, Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hobson an,
family, Mrs. Mary Kramer and Mis-
Kate White motored to Madison LAX
Sunday, and visited at the Nick Fred
| rick home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Kercher and son
Kenneth, spent Sunday with Mankat
relatives.
Mrs. W. w. Flowers is reported a
| being very ill with pneumonia.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
Tribute Will Be Paid Club Wo-
men; Many Other Mat
tiers Considered
From Tuesdays Daily.
e = = + z = + = = + + + + +
MIGHT MAKE MANKATO
REAL "BLUE LAW" TOWN :

Mayor Lee Champlin was
asked today to make a state
nfent in regard to the propo-
sition of the Mankato Retail
Merchants association for the
enforcement of the Sunday
closing law ON retail stores in
Mankato. The mayor said
the matter had not been pre-
sehted to him yet, and he was
not ready to make any state
fnent. He remarked, however,
that the enforcement of such
laws could BE carried to such
an extreme as to tie up many
kinds of traffic that were Gus
tomarily regarded as neces-
sary on Sunday. The law could
be enforced in such a way as
to make Mankato "blue
law town.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
Taking Entries at Fair.

Mrs. c.. D. Snow, superintendent of
the household art department for the
Mankato fair, assisted by Miss
Marjorie Johnson, are now taking en-
tries for that department, and many
beautiful exhibits are being entered
The office where entries are made is
located in the basement OF the /. O..
o. F. building on the Jackson street
side.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
ENTERTAINED FOR BRIDE-To-5E
MeSdames Hugh Jones and Rober

mcSudulcS I1ueu jules duu IeOUCl
Becker entertained company of
twenty five young ladies last even
ing in honor of Miss Anna Rosquist,
whose marriage to Mr. John Reuvers
of Alton, Ia, will take place next
week Monday. The guests assembl-
ed at the home of Mrs. Jones on
North Broad street, and proceeded in
a body to Miss Rosquist's home, 1909
North Broad, giving her complete
and pleasant surprise. The time was
spent with games and music, and
the presentation of shower of gifts
was feature of the evening Miss
Rosquist was seated in the chair of
honor, and big basket, containing
Ia shower of gifts was presented to
her. She opened each parcel, and
the gift was passed around for in
|spection. Miss Rosquist was called
upon for speech, and responded
gracefully. At the close of the par
|ty nice lunch was served.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14

as photographer in the Free Press
has earned him position in the map
work department of the engineering
department, has more examinations to
take and was anxious to visit the
government bureau of printing and
engraving. Congressman Ellsworth
wrote him a letter of introduction
which would admit him, and we ac-
companied Congressman and Mrs.
Ellsworth to the camp again on Sun
day with the passport. Again fortune
favored us and George was immediate
ly found 1t was supper time and we
noticed billy goat and three very
homely dogs following the soldiers
toward the mess house. We were in
formed that they had all been brought
from Texas as mascots and would be
taken to France William" the goat,
is expected to butt the kaiser off his
throne and were told that the dogs
made up in affection what they lacked
in good looks.
Secretary of War Baker has pro-
nounced the Second regiment of
engineers one of the very best in the
United States army, and they are
possibly now on their way cover
yonder" and will, on account of their
previous training, be sent to the front
at once. There are about 1000 in the
regiment, and finer lot of young
men could not be found anywhere.
Some of the boys who lived near were
given twenty-four- hour furloughs, but
Our Mankato boys looked down at the
ground when they told us there was
no chance for them to go home be-
fore sailing. If any one thinks these
light-hearted young men have no
anxieties or do not realize what they
ere doing, they are greatly mistaken.
They were planning on going to
church the next morning and for the
last time in their native land until
peace had been declared to all the
world.
Mankato Can Be Proud of Company
Mankato can be justly proud of her
Company H, her splendid boys who
have been drafted, but most of all to
those young men who left good posi-
tions and offered themselves to their
country last April, when the first call
for volunteers echoed throughout the
land
The boys all wished to be remem-
bered to their Mankato friends and
expressed the hope that we would pro-
vide them with reading matter when
they arrived lover yonder," for even an
advertisement from home makes good
reading matter when one is home
sick
We saw soldiers and sailors every
where by the thousands, and are happy
to say that we did not see one single
man misbehave in any manner, nor
did we smell liquor or see any evil
dence of it's evil effects in our journey
of about three thousand miles.
We stopped enroute at Cleveland
for few days with friends. Ohio, the
Buckeye state and the state of my
birth, still has a fascination for me,
but the great and growing northwest
especially the North Star State-has
far greater charms as place to live
Should the writer attempt to tell
one-half of the interesting things we
saw on this very pleasant trip, it
would require supplement to The
Free Press, so will refrain from telling
more.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
Will Prevent Repetition.

London, September 1.-THE Swed-
ish foreign office promises to make at.
investigation to determine if there has
been misuse of privilege in trans
mission of German kilograms for Ar
gentine and if so to ask Germany for
an explanation. Measures will be
taken, it is said. to prevent . repe.
tition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14

lion men to France, Germany would
whip them as fast as they got there"
Also: "Every president of the Unit
ed States has been an Englishman,
excepting two. This country's policy
is virtually dictated by England"
Those were the remarks that Rev.
]. w. Swanbeck, the Swedish Lutheran
pastor of Swea township, made in the
Nelson Mercantile company's store
Tuesday afternoon between four and
five o'clock, says The Swea City
Herald.
Then things began to happen.
Quicker than you can say Old Kaiser
Bill twenty-five Americans appeared
willing, either individually or collec-
lively, to whip one German sympathiz-
er. Cool heads prevailed, and no overt
act for which the community would be
sorry, was committed, although Rev.
Swanbeck received a few blows and
was jostled about considerably
Kissed the Flag.
Frank Sayers, overheard Rev.
Swanbeck's remarks. Mr.. Sayers
grabbed up some groceries which he
had bought and left the store. AS he
went down the street he repeated the
preachers remarks. A crowd collected
on the instant and went to the store.
Men grabbed the preacher and
marched him onto the street. A flag
had been pinned to his car which was
standing in front of the store The
preacher was ordered to salute Old
Glory. He took off his hat to the flag
and then kissed it.
To quote an onlooker "He stuck his
beak square onto Old Glory and gave
her a good old lovers smack"
Started to PummeI Preacher.
Some of the hot heads started to
pummel the preacher and while few
injury, owing to the Intervention Of
cooler ones. Then there arose cries of
"Get out Of town, and stay out II we
ever hear Of anything like this again
we will summon a United States
marshal" Don't you dare take that
flag off your car" Rev. Swanbeck
asked someone to crank his Ford. mo
sir, we don't crank car for any Ger
man sympathizer," was the reply.
Very much shaken the preacher
drove of, circling a block by one of
the side streets and arriving at Holm's
store, where he hastily gathered up
some groceries, saying that a crowd
up the street was after him. He fed
out of town precipitately.
- Left Children Behind.
In his haste the preacher left two OF
his children who came to town with
him. Some of the boys picked them up
and followed the preacher into the
country in car. They caught up with
him at the August Anderson farm and
turned the children over to him. The
boys claim that the preacher apollo
gized handsomely for what he had
said. -
Rev Swanbeck's pro- German views
are well known here. His public and
private utterances have been a con-
slant source of irritation in the
neighborhood ever since the European
war began in 1914. He has continu-
ally criticised the United States gov
eminent. Had he confined himself
solely to support Of Germany, it is
likely that he would not be so badly
scorned. Numerous stories are told of
his encounters with loyal Americans.
1t is generally conceded that public
outbreak against him was bound to
come some time Some people are in
clined to think that he was fortunate
to escape as easily as he did Tuesday
afternoon. -..-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
VIEW OF VICTOR BERGER
Milwaukee Socialist Claims the Ger
man People Want Peace.

= TUnIted Press D1Spatch.1
Milwaukee, Wis, September IL
Victor Berger, editor of The Mil
waukee Leader, declared today that
the socialist party in Germany wants
peace. He is confirmed in this view
by reading the report of the inter-
view between Philip Scheidemann,
German socialist majority leader,
with United Press representative
Mr.. Berger declares that the social
list party in Germany is in favor of
the establishment of a republican
form of government in that country,
and is more thoroughly democratic
than any capitalistic party in the
world, including those of the United
States
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
NOW THE BUTCHER GIRL"
One of These Is Delivery Maiden in
WatertoWn, Wis.
rUnited Press Dispatch. |

FUnited Press Dispatch.l
Watertown, Wis, September IL
The war has given this city butch
er girl" Edna Ulrich is it. When her
brother Ferdinand was called to the
national army, she applied for his job
as delivery boy for a local butcher and
got it. "She is better than four boys"
said her boss, because she doesn't
stop to gossip along the way as boys
invariably do"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
RIGHT TO KILL STACKER
British Jury Has Established Right to
Do That,
UNITED Press Dispatch.

London, Eng. Sept. ia British
jury has established the right Of a
soldier to kill a Stacker who has stayed
at home and sought to dishonor the
soldiers wife. Such a homicide was
justified by the jury in finding Lieu
tenant Malcolm not guilty of murder
ing Anton Baumberg.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
WHAT BUYS CORK LEG

Discarded Street Car Tickets; Work
BY Young Ladies.
London, August 20-[By Mail. j
London school girls have discovered
a connection between old street car
tickets and cork legs for legless SOL
diers. Or rather, they have found a
relationship between one cork leg and
twelve thousand tickets. That num-
Der turned in at a London hospital
buys a cork leg for a crippled Tommy
and $the girls are now picking them
up off the sidewalks and begging them
from paSSengerS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
CORN CROP NOT RUINED
Statement Made BY 3. w. Snow, the
"Aqqie" Expert.

TAssociated Press Disnatch1
Chicago, September 11.-Last nights
frost, together with Sunday nights
does not presage calamity for the
corn crop, according to B. w. Snow
crop expert. The rising temperature
also is improving the situation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14

Nels Lawson of Stewart, Iowa, ar
rived in the city today. He was seek
ing to find Alex Latimore, whom he
knew fifty years ago. He said that the
last time he heard from Mr.. Latimore
was about year ago and he was
then in Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14

Merchants to close their stores on
Thursday for the fair from I p. m. to
p. m.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14

City officers to be asked to enforce
the law requiring retail merchants to
close on Sunday. r.n .
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14

" Stores to be decorated with russell
and gold, October 2, 8 and 4, when the
State Federation Of Women's clubs
meets here. ~. - .'r.. -.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14

Action taken at last nights meet
ina OF the Mankato Retail Merchants
association: -.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14
What Happened to Preacher
At Swea City, Iowa
PEOPLE MUCH STIRRED
Rev. ]. W. SWanbeck Was Made
To Salute Old Glory; His
Remarks

From Tuesdays Daily.
"If the United States sent five mil
lion men to France, Germany would
whip them as fast as they got there"
Also: "Every president of the Unit
ed States has been an EngIishman,
excepting two. This countrys policy
is virtually dictated by England"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-14

Next meeting at the call Of the
executive committee to be held at the
Hotel Heinrich with a supper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-28
Western Union Does
A Record Business
Increase in Company's Oper-
ating Revenues Last Year
More than $1O,000,000

Extraordinary business activity
throughout the country so increased
Geographic communication last year
that the volume of traffic handled by
the Western Union Telegraph Corr
pany was the largest ever reported TO-
a period of twelve months. The annual
report OF the company, issued to-day
shows gross operating rcvcnu's
amounted to s6l,9I9,l40. an increase
Of StO,7473t5 over 1915. and the sur
plus available for dividends was sl2.-
3g5.AO5, equal TO 1919 per cent on the
500, 7S6,726 outstanding capital stock.
compared with 1919 per cent earned
the previous year.
An increase Of s7,755.3sO in operating
expenses Newcomb Carlton. president
Of tho company. said was due not only
to higher prices of materials and
general increase in prices, but to large
increases in salaries and wages.
The total increase in the latter was
50, 500 900, OF which sl,l66.0o0 VAS due
to special payments TO employees in
December, 1916.
Current assets Of the company, rs
shown By the balance sheet, on Deem
Der 81 amounted TO S27.29s, 1884, of
which S3.490.934 was in cash. Net adj
dtions and betterments to plant and
equipment during the year cost 49,
O60,705.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-28
Bonbardnent
Insurance Gives
Brokers Trouble
Old Law Makes Writing
with Unlicensed Compa-
mics a Misdemeanor

New York insurance brokers are IN
a great muddle over the writing OF
"bombardment' insurance, millions OF
dollars of which have been taken out
by property owners in the metropolitan
district in recent days in anticipation
of war with Germany. Il has been
discovered that a clause IN an old IN
surance statute prohibits brokers IN
this state from placing insurance OF
this character with unlicensed foreign
companies. As upward of Sl0,OOO,OOO
of "bon,bardment" insurance has been
placed with Lloyds, of London, and
that company is not licensed to write
business here, a number Of insurance
brokers find themselves in the position
Of apparently having committed a mis-
demeanor.
The fact that the state Insurance De-
partment recently ruled that insurance
companies doing business in this state
could not accept under any clrcum-
stances Commandment" insurance risks
makes it imperative now for any prop
erty owner here who desires TO insure
his property from aerial attacks or
other losses arising from war to do
business direct with London without
broker acting as intermediary.
A meeting of four of the largest New
York houses engaged in the writing
and placing Of insurance was held yes
terday, when steps were undertaken to
find a solution of the difficulty. Will
son, Peck, Brown E. Crosby, Hall &
Henshaw. Frank B. Hall g. Co. and
Benedict e. Benedict were represented.
They have retained Wendell P. Barker
as counsel. Mr.. Barker said yesterday
that he would take the matter up with
the state Insurance Department to OBJ
tain a ruling on the question OF whetn-
er there had been a violation OF the
law. II is probable also that an effort
will be made 20 have the insurance
law amended TO meet the contingency
Insurance men said. in talking of the
unusual situation in the lombard
ment' insurance market, that they had
Immediately stopped placing such IN,
surance abroad once they had learned
Of the law preventing such procedure:
Il was intimated that the amount OF
such insurance London would accept IN
any event was limited and that even
if the law made 1t possible TO place
bombardment risks on the other side
an advance in the rate might prove
costly to American property owners
seeking accommodation. In insurance
brokerage circles it is the consensus
OF opinion that the New York and
other state laws should be altered IN
such 2 manner as to make possible
the creation of a domestic market in
"bomba rdment" and other war insur-
ance.