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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
Garden City

M. M. Moss, twin city missionary
Mr.. Brumbaugh of Minnehaha church
and Millions movement at the Chris
tian church on Thursday night. Mr.
Moss was master of ceremonies and
made the main address. He also as
sisted in the special music, he being
a splendid singer. The specials were
q duet by Olrnsted and Moss, a trio
by Moss, John and Olmsted, quartet
by Moss, John, Hemsworth and Ohm
sted and solo by Mr.. Moss which
was one of the best heard in Garden
City for some time. The addresses
were all we'll received. Mr.. Osgood
proved himself a self patriot by his
most loyal remarks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
SIMON OF MAPLET0N
FILED FOR CONGRESS
viii Seek the Nomination On Demo
cratic Ticket: Has Flirted
With Nonpartisans.

Frank Simon of Mapleton has filed
for the democratic nomination for
congress in the second district. The
filing was made this morning with
the secretary of state.
Rumors connecting Simon with
congressional aspirations have been
galavanting about for some time and
his decision to file is not surprising.
Simon was once deputy oil inspec-
tor for Blue Earth county He has
been active in the management OF the
German American alliance in this
county and presided at the only meet
ling the Nonpartisan league ever held
lin Mapleton. He also was chairman
! of the county convention held by the
democrats in this city few weeks
lago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03

PURCHASES MIS-. w. II.
Lloyu spent Friday with Mrs. E. j.
Gish at LIE Sueur Center.
Miss Ruth Hurst was a guest of
Miss Mable Cheadle Saturday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davis and
daughter Orabelle and Miss Anna
Tresmer and son, Ernest were en-
tertained at six o'clock dinner at the
John Peach home Sunday.
The Christian EndeavOr of the
Christian church will serve ice cream
and cake at the town hall Saturday
evening, May 4. Every one is invited
to attend
Mrs. Alma Tresmer and son, Earn
est spent the week end at the Rotke
home
Mrs. James Peach spent the past
week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
John Mention of Kasota
Last Saturday while returning
home from st. Peter, the team of J
w. Weise became frightened at an
auto and ran away. Mr.. Weise was
thrown from his wagon and received
a broken limb and dislocated should
er. He is being cared for at the
Fields hospital at st. Peter and is
| reported as doing very nicely at this
writing.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Ransom return
ed Tuesday from an extended visit
with relatives and friends at Bryan
| Ohio.
/ Miss Eta Smith of LIE Sueur Cen
ter is spending a few weeks at the
Henry Stotz home
| Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Ransom anG
John Peach motored to Mankate
! Wednesday,
! o. l.. Ransom was a business call
er at Montgomery Monday.
Frank Matejeck spent the week enc
! with relatives at Owatonna.
Miss Margaret Burns and JOSEPH
Vonderasik of Mankato were mar.
ried at the Catholic church at Marys-
| burg Tuesday morning, April %.
Miss Elenora Groh and Franz
Matejeck spent Sunday with Manka
/ to relatives.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
ACTION BY W|DElL
ASKING FOR $1,000
Suit To Be Instituted Against
City; Claims Balance
For Bridge

AS the city council this morning
took no action on the long-standlng
claim of the Widell company FOR
$1,000 for widening the new Main
street bridge and making various al
formations from the original plans,
the matter will take the shape OF a
law suit. The complaint has already
been prepared. A. R. Pfau, Jr.
Samuel B. Wilson and c. j. Lauriscb
are attorneys for the Widell company
Notice was recently given to City At
torney C. E. Phillips that such suit
would be commenced, if the city
council at this mornings meeting
did not act on the claim. There is
still an unpaid balance of $4,000 or
the original contract, making the to-
tai claim of the Widell company
against the city $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
DETAINED BY POLICE
FOR REMARKS MADE
Elderly Man, So 1t Is Claimed,
Gave utteranCe to Tn.
Americanism

Saying that he wished to rest, a
man well along in years, with the ap-
pearance of laborer, stepped into
the police station yesterday after
noon engaged i'll a conversation in
the presence of several persons, with
the result that he was detained there,
to account for the remarks that he
made.
1t was reported that he said that
Germany was going to win the wa;
/, that tie stories of German cruelr cs
in Belgium were not true; that it
was not true that German soldiers
chopped the hands off Belgian chill
dren and that children whose hands
We're cut off from other causes were
brought over to America for The
purpose of getting money from sym
pathetic people.
| After he had been detained, he
talked in a different way, saying that
he had q son in the military service
CT the United States, and that Ger
many could and would not win. He
remarked that he did not think q
civilized people could do such things
! as the Germans had been charged
with doing.
The man gave the name of Frank
| Kramp, and said he was sixty -four
| years old and a native of Lorraine
but had come to this country wher
seventeen years old He said he useG
! to own a farm in Illinois, but had lost
this through speculation on the board
of trade. His wife was dead and his
children grown up.
| He said he had relatives in Man
I, katO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
Mapleton'

M. R. Benedict, agricultural agent
for Blue Earth county spoke at the
Baptist church Sunday evening to a
very small audience. The rain pre-
vented many from attending but when
a speaker was able to drive from
Mankato. he should have been greeted
by full house. It's asking too much
of anyone.
Miss Mary Cardle of Blue Earth, a
former teacher in our public school,
visited friends here Friday.
HI. M. Quinn is on the sick list. He
is brother to Judge James Quinn.
Miss Lial Quinn and Mrs. P. G.
Johnson of st. Paul are expected to
arrive to help With the. care of Mr.
Quinn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03

Fred Mott, who is home on fur
Tough from Camp Dodge, has return
ed from Renville, where he visited
his sister.
Mrs. Mary Noe spent Sunday a.
Madelia, visiting at the home of hel
SON in law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Mccarthy.
Wendell A. Lorentz, one of the
best-known young men of Mankato
will be among the selected men wht
will leave tonight for Camp Dodge
He is the son of F. ]. Lorentz, ant
for years assisted his father in tn
conduct of a grocery store at Fourth
land Warren streets.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
20 PLEDGE YOUR YEARS
YfW!S.S.l
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED By THE
UNITED STATES 4
GOVERNMENT

-- - fore he left Fri
dav noon for military training
camp. While in Faribault Mr.. Per
kins visited his mother and 9TH
err relatives, returning home Satur-
day evening.
A farewell party was given Satur-
dav night for Lewis Skov at ms
home. Mr.. Skov is one of the draft
ed BOYS that left Monday for Camp
Dodge, Iowa
School in district No. 100 closed
last Thursday A picnic dinner IN
the woods had been planned for the
day but on account of the cold windy
day the dinner was served in the
school house. Quite number were
present and enjoyed the bountiful re-
past.
Superintendent Detamore called 9
meeting Tuesday afternoon OF the
several schools adjacent to the Rap
idan Dam school for the purpose Of
interesting the children in industri-
al work. Mr.. Coe who has charge
of the club work in the county was
present and talked to the children or
this matter. There was large at
tendance and all seem greatly inter
ested in the work.
The last report is that Leland Nc
Donald is on his way to France.
! Mrs. Amos Frost returned home
Thursday evening from Rochester
where she went to consult the Mayo'
regarding a growth on one of he
| limbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Duffield Of Lew
isville spent Friday evening at thu
Weir hon e.
| Mrs. Flora Champagne will leave
| in a few days for her home in Ohi'
after spending couple of months
| with her parents here.
| The nych needed rain has come a
last and now we hope the weathe
man will provide us with some mic
warm weather.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
How Dan Hoau Was Outdone
By Poor Scrub Woman
SHE HAS Sc PER week
At That Purchased Liberty Ger
tifica!e; He Gets FuII$4, 900
Per Year
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
New York, April 29.-Widow Felix
O'Houlihan, who grubbed 81 week
out Of the Sc she got for scrubbing
the tiles in a Bread street skyscraper,
| to pay the instalment on rler $50
Liberty bond, was hopping and
| could not get around to the basement
] of Cooper union.
| 1t was too bad, for she would have
/ seen patriotic mayor who is paid
/ $4,000 a year for keeping Milwaukee
safe for socialism and could not
scrape cent out of the $4,000 for
! the First or Second Liberty bonds.
1t was Daniel w. Hoan-Dan, the
best Chinese omeletmaker between
! the eating cities of Waukesha and
/ Chicago the comrades of New
York how the comrades of Milwau-
kee run things.
Claims Milwaukee Is Loyal
! He didn't say much, but he sand
WICKED in crack at the brutality of
police in Milwaukee, New York and
other cities known to the almalga-
| mated rabbits of the world.
Naturally, Honorable Dan had to
explain first how it happened that
/ the bund in Wisconsin missed selling
| the whole state to Germany.
| sWhy, sir" he said "do you know
that Milwaukee is a patriotic city,"
| And, noting the shocked surprise,
/ 81 say the most patriotic city in the
United States of it's size"
/ Questions Put Up to Dan
A reporter asked Honorable Dan
how he and his comrades of Milwau-
kee liked the Third Liberty loan.
/ "You vetoed the common councils
resolution last year to buy $4,000
worth, didn't your" was the addition
al query.
Eyes, and the same thing is up
now" he replied. "We socialists
don't favor spending the city's money
for Liberty bonds unless the legis-
lature authorizes us to and at the
same times passes measure order
ing that the excess profits of CAPT.
talists during the war pay for them.
We believe the profiteers should pay
for the war"
; Couldn't Buy Bond
Asked about his own Liberty bond,
he replied:
} "No, l didn't buy either First or
Second bond You see, they pay
mayor only $4,000 a year in Milwau-
kee, and it was all l could do to live
without spending money for
Liberty bond
! "They give me raise, so now
III can buy one" answered Dan,
, who used to juggle flapjacks in one
arm establishments in the west be-
fore the $4,000 comrades of Milwaukee
elected him mayor.
!, Favors Any Kind of Peace
"I'll tell you,' said Dan, I'VE do
everything the government asks us
to do. We're the most law abiding
people in America" .
"You like peace, don't you?" said
comrade.
eyes, we look for an early peace:
we want all the countries to nego-
tate for peace right away" answer
, ed Milwaukee's Dan.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
EGGS FIFTY YEARS OLD
They Came All The Way From China;
Were Pretty Stale
limited Press Dispatch.1

limited Press DiSpatch.1
Philadelphia, April 30.-Eggs from
China-not China eggs, but hens eggs
from the orient-fifty years young
have been seized by Robert SINNERS,
agent of the state dairy and food
commission.
Eggs is eggs, but fifty-year-old
eggs, although still eggs are not
the proper kind of hen-fruit for
Philadelphia, in the opinion of MI.
SINNERS. The whole proceeding ran
in fifties. There were fifty cases of
the eggs, they were fifty years old,
and it took SINNERS just about fifty
seconds to taboo them.
The consignment was packed IN
air. tight cans and was to have been
put in cold storage at the Reading
Terminal plant until bakers needed
them for cakes. They were canned"
alright
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03

Theodore Waddell was home from
Dunwoody Institute to spend Sunday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Waddell. He was one of the high
school boys who enlisted some time
ago, and has been studying for Unit
ed States service with the radio
classes, his class to finish the work
in May Mr.. Waddell, and about two
hundred of his class mates, who An
ish the course at Dunwoody at the
same time, will leave on May II for
Harvard university. at Cambridge,
t, Mass, to complete their studies, after
+, which they will take positions aboard
ship, as assigned by the government
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
LESTER-G

ESTER-GUNN. =
Great Falls, Mont, Tribune: When
DR.. Theodore M. Gum and Miss
Faith U. Lester left the city on Sat
urday, April IS, in DR.. Gums auto
mobile they told their friends they
were going to the ranch of Miss
Testers mother about forty-five miles
north of Big Sandy. Mrs. Lester was
with them and their story looked
true enough in fact their friends do
not deny, even now, that they went
to the ranch. But they did put over
"a secret on their friends most COM
pletely and on none more completely
than DR.. r. H. Almond with whom
DR.. Gum practices as an osteopathfc
physician. They went to the ranch !;
/ they also went to Fort Benton. 1t is
the Fort Benton about which this
story will tell
Miss Lester has been in charge of
DR.. Almonds office for several
months and met DR.. Gum there. 1t
was the old story and while it all
occurred in doctors office, it took
a clerk of the court and minister
to apply the remedy for this case
matrimony. Osteopathic, allOpathic
electric, or homeopathic methods all
were futile here when only a mar
riage license would serve Dr. Gum
and Miss Lester were married at Fort
Benton by Rev. Jesse Bunch, pastor
Of the First Methodist church of that
town. They went on to the ranch
and came back to Great Falls on
| Sunday and reported as usual at the
office on Monday but told no one
about their marriage. They continu-
| ed to report from day to day until
| yesterday Fort Benton paper
! brought the news of their marriage
and when confronted with the paper
| they merely smiled and accepted con-
gratulations.
/ DR.. Gum came here first about
! three years ago. He is graduate
osteopathic physician from the schoo
at Kirksville, Mo-, and has been sue
, cessful in his practice here. He Is
a brother of Mrs. Edward S. Veen OF
4 SIC Eighth avenue north. He ex-
poets to be drafted into the army
/ with the next call. Miss Lester is o.
! one of the well known families Of
/ the Big Sandy country and is an at
tractive young lady who has beer
i for some months in Great Falls, DR.
and Mrs. Gum will reside temperate.
/ at 905 Fifth avenue north.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
APlepcE YOUR YEARS
- PLGDcE YOUR YEARS
Y.W!S.S.I
EfWRSAyINcS STAMPS
IN ISSUED By TINE 4
HUNTED STATES
10 GOVERNMENT

f<pzp II
! ISSUED y TM parade that is to
10 covERNsENT be held May IS,
--..-. to arouse inter
e ne Red Cross drive the fol-
lowing week, held another meeting
at the Commercial club rooms yes
terday afternoon, pursuant to adj
journment from last week. Reports
made by different members showed
that the arrangements are going for
ward satisfactorily, with a spirit OF
cooperation shown on all sides.
Major Lewis to Be Marshal.
Major G. A. Lewis has consented
to act as marshal of the parade, and
will select his aides from the head
quarters company of the Home
Guards. He and A. E. Quimby, the
parade master, will work together
closely in developing the plans.
Besides the various organizations
heretofore mentioned, the Mankato
branch of the National Safety league
will be invited to take part in the
parade in body.
Formation of Parade.
The details of the formation of the
parade and the line of march will
be announced as soon as they have
been worked out.
If the weather is good, so that the
sod will not suffer, the address and
program to follow the parade will be
given on the court house grounds
1t is expected that the Orpheus club
will be invited to sing several Sc
lections
Women to Ride.
The wives and mothers of soldiers
! in the service will be provided with
automobile conveyance in the parade
and are asked to bring their service
| flags with them, to carry unfurled
Just where the autos will meet the
ladies will be announced later. 1t is
| desirable to know about how many
autos will be needed, so the ladies
| are requested to notify the secretary
| of the Commercial club, who is g
member of the committee. This
should be done as soon as possible
A few have already sent in then
names
May Invite AuxiIiaries.
The committee will meet again in
a few days, when the final arrange
ments for the big affair will be
made.
1t is likely that the various Rec
Cross auXiliaries in the county will
be invited to come and have a par
in the parade
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
STOLEN CAR LOCATED
Auto Taken at Lewiston Was Founs

Auto Taken at Lewiston Was Found
at lie Sueur.
An automobile belonging to Rev. J..
E. Madden of Lewiston and stolen
from the FISHERMAN garage at that
village last Thursday night, was aban-
doned Sunday night at LIE Sueur
where the thief burglarized another
garage and escaped with a machine.
Sheriff w. E. Parr of Winona county,
in response to cards sent broadcast
following the theft last week, was ad-
vised of the recovery yesterday. Rev.
Mr. Madden and Walter FISHERMAN
went to lie Sucur yesterday after
noon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
PROGRAM
GIVEN BY THE SCHOOL
Very Interesting Entertainment
Was Carried Out At
MapIet0n
Especial to Free Press.l

MaplelOn, AQrll LS.-l He HlSl
school celebrated Patriotic day by
giving the third and last program of
the school year. 1t is useless to say
the Pastime was crowded, every
available standing place was filled.
The school orchestra was equal to
Mapleton and it's music was thor
oughly enjoyed. The little people in
colonial costume in the folk dance and
Japanese drills were beautiful and
showed a great deal or care in the
preparations. The singing by the
'Glee club Sextette was greatly ap-
preciated. The treasury of the class
es was we'll filled with coin as re-
suit of the evening.
REJECTED.
So you were rejected,
And cannot fight the Hun
With sword or torpedo
AS your brothers have begun
My son, be not discouraged,
/ God holds you in His hand,
, Your insight may be needed,
More than eyes in wars machine.
You have two mighty weapons,
| You can use every day,
! With tongue and with pen
You can fight in the fray
And help put down sedition
To herald forth the truth
And make a way for Freedom
/ And liberty for men
Your services are needed
BY the Red Cross and say?
BY the Liberty Loan
| And also the Y. M. G. A.
Just as the tiny pinion
In the watch is needed
To keep the time of day
/ So are these other movements
For the soldiers of u. S. A.
Miss Carrie Quinn, sister of HI. M
Quinn, spent Friday with her broth
er's family. Miss Quinn is deput,
postmaster at Wells.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. J. Borchert and Mis-
Mable Severson have been the guest
of Mrs. Charles Schweitzer. Mrs
= O'Neil is improving and has been re
moved from Good Thunder to TIL
4 home of her sister, Mrs. Charlie
fSchweitzer
At the meeting of the Congrega
ftional church members Thursda
evening, it was decided after du
consideration, to accept Rev. Ed
Imund Larke's resignation, and il
view of the fact that every membe
is actively engaged in some way t.
help win the war, the church will b
closed during July and August TIL
lchurch finances are in excellent con
dition. Thomas Hamp is the treasurer
The ladies of the Study club ar
planning on a huge service flag TO
/ the town to be dedicated soon. !
will contain between sixty and seven
ty stars.
Frank Cooper returned to his sta
ton as gun pointer on the Battleshi
Galveston. He took the Saturda
morning train for the east.
Mrs. NJ. A. Gilmore accompanie
: Mrs. George Hatch as far as Littl
Falls, Mimi, where she will spen
some time with her daughter, Mr.
4 Charles Jensen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
ORGANIZE CLUB AT AMB0Y
BOYS and Girls Perfect Society to
Carry On War Activity.

Boys and Girls ferIeCt ooCiety 70
Carry On War Activity.
M. HI. Coe, assistant agricultural
agent, and Miss Lou Lombard, home
demonstration agent, who are actively
engaged in forming boys and girls
clubs in the county, held meeting
at Amboy yesterday afternoon and or
ganized a Boys and Girls club with
membership of fifty, the following
officers were elected: George Grass,
president; Lyle Hemingway, vice
president; Margaret Wilbur, secre-
tary. The meeting was largely attend
ed, and much enthusiasm was dis
played. Miss Lombard also gave a
demonstration on the uses of pota-
toes. 1t is. expected that ,Amboy will
be one of the leading communities in
club work. a.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03

F. M. Currier arrived home this
morning, after spending the past six
months in California. Mr.. and Mrs.
Currier went to California last Octo-
Der for the benefit of the latter's
health. Mrs. Currier, who has been
quite i'll, remained at San Diego, Cali :
fornia, not wishing to undertake the
long journey home at this time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
IOWA man ARRESTED
Serious Charge Placed Against Bert
Lowell At Rochester.
limited Press Dispatc

Rochester, Mimi, April 29.-Bert
Lowell, fortysix years old, married
man from Eagle Grove, Iowa, was ar
rested here yesterday, charged with
transporting Claire Beihly from Eagle
Grove, Iowa, to Rochester. 1t is al
legged that he and the girl occupied
the same room over night in a Ro-
chester hotel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
Socialists to Keep Working.

limited Press DiSpatch.1
Paris, France, April 30.-Socialists
of France have decided to keep on
working on May 1, Labor Day, in
stead of celebrating.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
Cleveland

The Red Cross
sent in a num-
Der of finished
articles to the
chapter at LIE
Sueur.
Mrs. w. E.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
lRapidan:

Myson Perkins
left early Friday
morning for Fari-
bault to bid his
youngest broth
er good bye be-
fnro hn left Eri-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03

The bride is a former resident of
Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-03
PLANS FOR BIG PARADE
BEING WELL PREPARED
The Red Cross Demonstration
Booked On May Is
MAJOR LEWIS IN CHARGE
Wives and Mothers of Men In
Service Will Ride In
Automobiles

Tne committee
appointed by the
Red Cross to pre-
pare for the big
parade that is to
be held May Is,
70 oro,1ca infer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-27
$3.50 For Betrayal
of German RiOter

Chicago. March 27.-Miss Blanche
Slocum, held a virtual prisoner in
Germany since the outbreak of the
war, arrived at her home in Chicago
yesterday and told of the sufferings
of the German people, of their rising
hatred of the war and of the German
government.
THE people are literally starving
and are very mutinous." she said.
Small riots and seditious talk have
reached such proportions that the
government has posted placards
about the city of Berlin Offering a
reward of 1900 marks nominally
$500 for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of any person
participating in food riots and ut
tcring seditious remarks.
81 have had German soldiers tell
me they wished Germany would lose
the war so that they could get out
of the terrible situation. II the peo-
pie were not half-starved victims of
frightfulness there would be an i'm
II ediate revolution"