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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-14
SOLDIER TRIES
ANOVEL STUNT
Camp Taylor Boy Reaches De-
cision As To Beneficiary
Under Life Policy.

Cadiz, KY, Feb. l3.-One Of tn
cleverest stunts" that has beer
pulled off" in this section for a lonl
time has just been reported in con
nection with one Of our Trigg county
soldier boys now at Camp Zachary
Taylor.
His home is about fifteen miles
south OF here, and he has some five
or six brothers and sisters living in
this county. Recently he wrote each
one Of them separately, telling them
that he would perhaps be ordered to
France in the near future, and would
like to come home to see them all be-
fore he left, but that he was short OF
funds and wished they would send
him $40 to pay his expenses home.
Only one Of his several brothers and
sisters paid any attention to his let
ter. This one brother did not have
the money, but Immediately upon re-
ceipt Of his brothers. letter went 10 a |
friend and borrowed $40 and sent il
TO him promptly at Camp Taylor.
In few days he received a reply |
from his brother, in which the $40
Was returned, and he was informed
by his soldier brother that he did not
need the money, but thanked him for
his kindness, informing him that he
was having his life insured for SIC, 900
and had simply used this means Of
ascertaining which one Of his broth
e.s and sisters really thought the
most Of him, that he might make them
the beneficiary Of said policy, and that,
as he was the only one that had an
swered his letter and had granted his
request, he was therefore naming
him as the beneficiary Of said policy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-14
Gen. MARCUS SON
in PLANE CRASH
Little Hope for fIier's Recov.
ery--2 Cadets Killed as
Planes Collide.

Fort Worth, Tex. Feb. ~. Sec
ond Lieut. Peyton C. March, Jr., son
OF Major General Peyton c. March,
sustained fracture Of the skull this
afternoon when his airplane fell at
Taliaferro field. He Is said to have
small chance Of recovery.
TWO KILLED IN COLLISION
Memphis, Tenn, Feb. ~ It. C.
Rogers and F. B. Cooley, flying ca
diets were killed at Park field, the ar
my aviation camp near Memphis, in a
collision in Mid-air today as they were
making practice fights. They were
flying at height ofabout $50 feet.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-14
Oh! Those EIks!

The Elks will jollify tomorrow
night in point celebration Of the 18th
anniversary Of the local lodge, institute
ed Feb. IL, 1900, and of the 5Oth
anniversary of the order, organized
Feb. 10, 1868.
A great effort is being made to
eclipse all former blow-outs and ora
torical stunts will be pulled off until
there is nothing more to be said. All
members who like dull time are
to stay away.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-14
VICTIM OF
TUBERCULOSIS
Mrs. Ada Knight Dies After
Illness Of Several
Months.

Mrs. Ada Knight, wife Of John U.
Knight, died last Friday night at her
home a few miles west Of Kelly, after
an illness of some time Of tuberculo
sis. She was 80 years old, and, be-
fore her marriage, was Miss Fuller,
daughter Of Charles Fuller, well
known citizen of North Christian.
The interment took place in the Boyd
burying ground Saturday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-14
Both Killed.

Thos. Mccormick, white, aged As
and VIM. Alves, COL, aged 10, killed
each other at Henderson. After being
shot down Mccormick raised on one
knee and killed Alves.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-14
Humphrey-Shepherd

w. NJ. Humphrey and Miss Lennie
Mai Shepherd, of this county, were
married in GAINESVILLE Saturday after
noon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-14
Sale Notice.

Twill on Wednesday, Feb. 20. on
the premises Of the late Thomas NJ.
Wood, near Julien. KY, sell all the
personal property Of the deceased. to
the highest bidder. Sale will begin
at 10 O'Clock.
@. H. STOWE
Administrator
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
BRANDING TRIAL HELD
OVER FOR ABOUT week
This Will Give the Defendant an On
Portunity to Employ An At
torney.

Fairmont, May S.-The trial of
Meyer BRANDING, on a. charge of un-
lawful assembly. yesterday was post
poned week to allow him to get
an attorney.
BRANDING, who had been in The
county jail since Saturday night, was
released on $500 bail His bonds
men were S. p. Stauffer and Fred
kuehl
The continuance was at the re-
quest of the Nonpartisan league SEN
atorial candidate, who said he had
been unable to get a league attorney
from st. Paul
Most of the leagues big staff is
busy at Redwing, where Manager
Joseph Gilbert is on trial. Brand
Wig has been telegraphing and tele-
phoning for two days, but without
result
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
TEUTON NOW GETTING
FRAMED FOR ASSAULT
Lining Up Forces; Massing
Men and the Guns
.HINDIE is QUITE BUSY
Will Make Another Futile Effort
To Break The Allied
Lines
WILLIAM PHILIP SIlNMS

With the British Army in France,
May Sunless all the present signs
Of the times fail, Field Marshal Hin
denburg is getting ready for another
tremendous assault on the Franco
British line. From German sources
it has been learned that he is busily
massing machine guns, artillery,
tanks, airplanes, infantry, cavalry,
and in fact all the known devices OF
modern warfare on land, along the
western war front.
The Enemy Divisions.
There are in all 206 enemy divi-
sions on the west, and of these 100
are on the line. 1t is thought that
eighty of these divisions are fresh
and fit for battle. Of the whole FOG,
there are just twenty-five that have
as yet taken no part in the fighting.
When Hindenburg began his ire
mendous assault on March Fl, with
his great army fresh and filled with
the belief that the German plan was
infallible, it was very different from
what it is now, when the masses of
the Germans are seriously doubling
whether they are able to make their
offensive good.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
GIANT DELAY STANDS
RIGHT IN WITH KAISER
He Is Preventing the Construction
of Boats at the Hog Island
Shipyard
United Press Dispatch.l

limited Press DiSpatch.J
Philadelphia, May 8.-Twenty o.
the twenty-five ways at the Hos
Island shipyards are idle
The reason is lack of steel
The United States Steel corpor-
alton, the Bethlehem mills, and other
big steel producers are failing tt
furnish the steel required.
Here Charles NJ. Schwab is find
ing foeman worthy of his steel
The foeman is the old giant delay
and the steel mills are somehow
encouraging the giant.
Since Mr.. Schwab took charge OF
the shipbullding activities of the
country there have been signs Cl
greater speed at Hog Island, but
only three keels are being laid in q
two weeks period, instead of five
in the same length OF time, as con-
templated in the program.
There is plenty of labor. Tile
federal employment bureau has been
sending 900 workers day to Hog
Island, and could send three times
as many without interfering WITH
other industries -Four thousand men
were sent from one section of Ohio
Can Schwab get the steel?" Is
the question of the day at Hog
Island, and $4,000 workers in the
employ of the American international
Shipbuilding company are among
those who hope he can.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10

London, May S.-The government
intends to ask two judges to act as
a court of honor to probe charges
made by Gen. F. B. Maurice, who was
recently removed as director general
of military operations at the British
war office, Andrew B. Law, govern
ment spokesman, announced in the
house of commons.
Mr.. Bonar Law said the army coun-
Gil was dealing with questions of dis
cipline growing out of letter writ
ten by General Maurice.
Former Premier Asquith gave no.
tice that he would move for the ap-
pointment of a committee from the
House of Commons to investigate the
Maurice affair, instead of having the
Inquiry made by judges. The motion
will be debated on Thursday.
Misstatements Charged.
The letter of General Maurice was
written to the morning papers. 1t
charges Mr.. Bonar Law and Premier
Lloyd George with having made mis-
statements in the House of Commons
with reference to military matters,
and Gays they are the latest in a
series recently made by the govern
ment in parliament.
General Maurice recalls that Mr..
Bonar Law, while answering questions
in the House of Commons on April
%, said the extension of the British
front in France was not dealt with by
the Versailles war council and he as
serts that the chancellor OF the OK
chequer's statement is Incorrect. He
declares:
II was at Versailles when the ques-
ton was decided by the council to
which 1t had been referred"
General Maurice then traverses Pre-
mfer Lloyd Georges assertion on April
3 that the British army in France was
considerably stronger on Jan. 1, 1918,
than it was on Jan. 1, 1917, adding:
"That statement implies that Haig's
fighting strength on the eve of the
battle beginning March 81 had not
been diminished. That is not correct"
General Maurice also denies the
truth of Premier Lloyd Georges as.
sertion that there was only one white
division in Mesopotamia and only
three white divisions in Egypt and
Palestine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
DRAFT PROGRAM FOR YEAR
1t Will Include Registration of Men
Reaching Twenty one.
nited Press Dispatch.1

Washington, May S.-Provost Mar
shall General Crowder today made the
statement that the war program for
the year 1919 would probably include
young men reaching the age of TWEEN
ty-one that year. He made this state
ment TO the committee on military IF
fairs. He showed that the registration
of the young men would make it nee
essary to spend $3,000,000 more that
year, than had been estimated.
Washington, May 8.-The total num-
Der of men in the national army by
June / will be 1,247,000. This will
be one year after the draft registra-
ton. 1t is estimated that by that
time more than two thirds of the Sec
ond draft of 100000 men will be in
camp. This does not include the
volunteers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
WOULD AvENGE DEATH
OF DR.. J. p. ROSENWALD
William Ittner, Ranchman of Montana
Who Played Football With
Lieutenant.

Missoula, Mont, May 8.-The death
of Lieutenant John Rosenwald, the IA
nous football player of the University
of Minnesota, on a battlefield in
France, caused an old teammate to-
day to leave his business and offer to
take his comrades place.
William Ittner of Darby, who played
football for Minnesota and later for
Montana university, heard of Rosen
wald's death today. He was on a
ranch when the news came to him.
Ittner hurried to Missoula and told the
recruiting officers that he was ready
to enlist in that branch Of the service
which would get him to France the
quickest. He probably will be exam
ined tomorrow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
CHAPLAIN JONES TO SPEAK
New Yorker Will Address the Elks
In .Mankato Friday Niqht

Rev. Harry w. Jones, A. M. d. D.,
chaplain of the New York State As
ISOLATION, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, will be present at the
meeting of the Minnesota Elks' lodge
Friday evening. Chaplain Jones has
relinquished all his other duties since
June 1 so as to devote his entire time
to visiting Elks' lodges and delivering
war lectures without any cost to the
lodges visited except his actual ex-
penses while in the city. He was for
many years chaplain on the United
States Battleship Massachusetts and
his description of the navy in action
is not only interesting but inspiring
and thrilling. Every Elk should be
present at the meeting Friday night
to hear Chaplain Jones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
TRICKS OF BOCHE ARE
KNOWN TO The YANkS
UNITED Press Dispatch

With the American Army in
Lorraine, May 8-The boches are
evidently getting a higher and
higher regard for American Prov
ess. The boches are continually
inventing new tricks to try on the
Americans. One of the latest
is to send out single German
aeropIane, or. perhaps two of
them, to fly near the American
lines as chaIleneg. Perhaps an
American plane or two will fol-
low the chalIengers, who will
lead to a place where there will
be q whole squadron of Ger
man aeropIancs ambushed ready
to attack and overcome the
Americans by overwhelming odds.
1t requires the utmost vigilance
on the part of the Americans to
cetect these tricks and thwart
them,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
CONDITION OF WINTER
WHEAT 1874 PER CENT
Estimate Was Made by Government
On May 1; Other Cereal
Size Up.
yUnited Press Disnatch1

UNITED Press Disnatch.1
Washington, May S.-The condition
of winter wheat on May 1 was esti-
mated at 1854 per cent of the normal,
against 1876 on April 1, and 1872 on
May l, 1917, with ten year average
of S5.7 per cent. The condition fore
casts yield of 572,539,000 bushels in
1918 against a yield of 418,O78, 900
bushels in 1917.
The condition of the. rye crop on
May l was estimated at S5S per cent
of the normal against S5.S per cent
on April 1, and 88.S on May 1, 1918.
The condition indicates yield. this
year of S2,629,000 bushels against
60,245,00 bushels in 1917.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
ALLIED TROOPS A 1T FIGHT RENEWAL
PREPARING TO MEET THE HUN ASSAULT
SOLDIERS OVER There
NOT TO CAST BALLOT
[United Press Dispatch. ]

Limited Press DfSDatch-I
Washington, May 8.-The war
department today announced
through Provost Marshal General
Crowder that American soldiers in
France cannot cast ballots for the
coming fall election. To take such
vote among the soldiers in
France, the war department thinks,
would be impracticable. AS for
those soldiers who are still in
camp in America, they may cast
their ballots by proxy, or some
other method, if their states pro-
vide for such voting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
CHURCH FOLK AT MEET
ConcregationaIists Are Holding SEES
sim Az Alexandria

ConsregationaIists Are Holding Ses-
sion At Alexandria.
Alexandria, Mimi, May 8.-The
thirty-sixth annual state conference
of Congregational churches of Min
nesota opened here late yesterday,
with delegations present from every
section of the state. Devotional
services were conducted by Rev. Ed
mund Wrbitzky. Organization work
and reports of committees occupied
the first session, except for a half
hour during which Rev. ]. P. Miller
of the International commission,
spoke of the work of the church in
the army and navy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
REPORT Of EXPERTS
RELATES TO DUCATS
City Gelt Conditions Treated
In Annual Statement
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
This Is One of the Outstanding
Features; Praise Given
Officials

That the city treasury is in very
healthy condition is indicated by the
report of Mellis, Pirie & Co., char
tered accountants, Minneapolis, for
the Mankato fiscal year ending April
Sth, 1918. The assets of the city ex-
coed the liabilities, the ratio being
about ten to three. Expenditures of
the city for one year are a little
over $275,000.
A noticeable feature of the report
is the large total of the municipal
Continued on Page Two)
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
TWO CARPENTERS WANTED

Local Exemption Board This Morning
Received Call.
The local exemption board this
morning received a call from the adj
jutant- general for two carpenters to
be sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Indianapolis, Ind. Those chosen are
Joseph c. Masberg and Harold Ryk-
hus, both of Mankato. They will leave
by voluntary induction on May IL at
4:50 p. m.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
CABINET IN ENGLAND
FACING BIG TROUBLE
British Government To Ask
For Division Of House
MAURICE The ACCUSER
Recently Removed General Has
Made Charges Against
LJoyd-George

London, May S.-The Govern
ment has decided to treat Mr.. AS
quith's motion on the General
Maurice affair as vote of censure
and has issued call to its sup
porters to attend the House Of
Commons Thursday for division.
This is taken to imply that the
proposed inquiry, whether by
judges or parliamentary COM
mittee, has been abandoned and
that the matter has been left en-
tireIy to the Judgment of the
House.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
HODGSON IS MAYOR
ELECT OF ST. PAUL
Is Chosen Over Emme, Socialist,
BY Over Ten Thousand
Majority

st. Paul, Mimi, May S.-Returns
this morning in the race for mayor
gave Laurence Hodgson 21,277
votes and his opponent, julius
Emme, 1929. Two of the labor
candidates for the council were
elected and two of them were de-
feated.
st. Paul Mimi, May Sat noon
today when the full count of the
vote for mayor was in, it was
found that the total vote of the
mayor elect, l.. G. Hodgson, who
was Endorsed by the unions and
looked upon as radical, was 81
277; while the total vote of julius
Emme, the socialist candidate, was
1929. Mr. Emme at the primar-
les drew a vote Of 6.996. He re-
ceived the largest vote ever cast
in st. Paul FOR a socialist candi-
date. Mr.. Hodgson's plurality was
the largest ever received by any
candidate for mayor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
Mistaken Contempt.

It was justly said by Emperor
Charles V that to learn a new lam
guage was to acquire a new soul.
He who is acquainted only with the
writers Of his native tongue is in per-
petual danger of confounding what is
occidental with what is essential, and
Of suppOsing that tastes and habits
of thought, which belong only to his
own age and country. are inseparable
from the nature of man.-Macaulay.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
Refused to Issue Passports.

IUHIttu PTeSS DISpdtCh.1
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 8.-The
Finnish government has refused to is
sue passports to Russian subjects
within its own borders. 1t is declared
that Finland is now at war with Rus
STA and that an army of 100000 Rus
sian soldiers is approaching the Fin
uish boundary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT
Mrs. r. w. Freeman Died Recently at
Casa Verduqo, California.

Friends of Mrs. r. w. Freeman, for
merly employed as trimmer at the
Zeigler millinery before her marriage,
have received the news of her death,
which occurred at Casa Verdugo, CAL
ifornia, April IT, Her maiden name was
Ingeborg Bergum, and she was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Berg
UNI of Nerstrand, Mimi. She was mar
ried to Mr.. Freeman on December 25,
1912, at Nerstrand, and later moved to
Wisconsin. The surviving relatives
are the widower, the parents and seven
sisters The remains were sent from
California to River Falls. Wis, where
funeral services were held April %.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
FRED E. FERGUSON

With the American armies in Pic
ardy, May S.-The Americans today
opened heavy artillery attack on
the German line at several points, in
clu1ing Cantigny, Camanechy, FOn-
tame en- Sous, Montdidier and Mesnil
st. Georges. There was heavy fighting
also in the region of Framincourt
wood.
French airplanes are making heavy
attacks on the German line. In many
places where such attacks are taking
place, the ground is sea of mud.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
Shin Building Expenditure.

UNITED Press Dispatch.1
Washington, May 8.-Chairman Hur-
ley of the shipping board today stated
to congress that the ship build
ing program of the year 1919
would involve total expenditure of
1929 $4,000. Of this sum. he said
$S35,O00,000 would go into the actual
construction of ships.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
Where Is Jimmy Hall.

IAssociated Press Dispatchl
Z, American Army in France, Tuesday,
May SKINNY Hall, the famous Amer
lean aviator, is gone and the whole av-
iation service is wondering whether he
was killed or is prisoner or whether
he landed safe after the battle at
Pagney Sur Mosselle. Sanguine friends
believe he is alive and may get through
the American lines.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
John Rowe For LEGISLATURE.

John Bowe, former mayor of Cam
by, MINI. and veteran of two wars,
filed yesterday at the office of Sec
rotary of State Schmahl for state SEN
ator from Lyon and Yellow Medicine
counties. He was in the war in Eu-
rope for number of months.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
Count Luxburq AGAIN.

United Pross DiSna tcN
Buenos Ayres, Argentina, May s.
Count Luxburg, former diplomatic
representative of the German govern
ment here, of "sprulos versenkt"
fame, sailed from here today for Swe-
den on the Swedish steamer, Suite.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
ALBERT LEA Man WAS
VICTIM OF SUBMARINE
Leo Martin Carey and Four Other
Members of Armed Guard
Victims of Huns.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Washington, May 8.-Leo Martin
Carey of Albert Lea and four other
members of the armed guard were
among the eleven persons lost when
the American steamer Tyler was sunk
by a submarine. The survivors were
landed at a French port.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
BOOZE IS STORED AWAY
Quantity of Liquor Under Lock and
Key at Federal Building.

Qudnt'.y OF Liquor Ohcer LUCK anu
Key at Federal Building.
Agent Arnoldy of the federal de-
partment of justice was at the police
station yesterday, whence he caused
a large quantity of whisky to be re-
moved to the federal building, where
it is to be kept as evidence on behalf
of the state, to be used when the fed
eral grand jury next assemblies in
this city. This liquor was found con-
cealod in an automobile, wherein two
men of Alton, Iowa, were recently
found, about to start for home with
their large load of illegal freight.
These two men, Case Sorenson and
Peter Zee, have been held to the grand
jury, which will take up their cases
at the next Mankato term.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10

st. Paul, May S.-Laurence C. Hodg.
son was elected mayor of St. Paul
over Julius F. Emme, Socialist, by
one of the largest majorities ever re-
turned in that city for city official.
Hodgson more than doubled Emme's
vote and his majority was estimated
at better than 10000 votes. A heavy
vote was cast.
The charter amendment to put St.
Paul on cash basis probably was
adopted. Tabulation of this vote was
delayed by the count for mayor. 1t
was evident that the amendment was
receiving a majority throughout the
city and it was thought that the to-
tai vote would show a majority of
more than the necessary three-fifths.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
FISHERS TO HOLD MEET

Game and Fish League Will Hold
Session Friday Evening.
The Southern Minnesota Game,
Fish and Bird Protective league will
meet next Friday evening at eight
o'clock at the Hotel Heinrich. The
league viii plan to take part in the
destruction of animals that prey on
the game and the crops. This is a
statewide movement. There will be
one particular day in June, where
there will be a general hunt for such
animals.