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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
YOUNG Men WERE INJURED
Auto They Were Riding In Left Road
Smashed the Fence.

Vernon KaSper, son OF JOnn haS
per. a farmer living south OF Mad1-
son Lake and a friend. Matt Baynes'
of that village are both confined TO
their homes with severe bruises and
cuts as result of an auto accident
which occurred Saturday night about
nine o'clock. The escape OF the
young men from serious injury seems
nothing short of a miracle.
According to the story the young
men tell they were at the nine mile
turn on the Madison Lake road and
driving toward Mankato when the
lights on their machine suddenly
went out. The car was big Haynes
six cylinder machine and before the
men could bring it to stop the car
left the road, smashed into the fence
and rolled completely over. The
young men crawled out from under
the car and were taken to Madison
Lake by passing autoist.
: Young Kasper suffered several
gashes on his hand and arm but no
bones were broken. Matt Baynes was
cut and bruised on his leg, suffering
the more severe injuries of the two.
Eow the men escaped without more
serious injuries however, is myst-
cry. Both are reported to be getting
along nicely. Vernon Kasper is home
on a furlough from Camp Custer
Mich, where he is stationed with the
United States troops.
F. NJ Otto of this city drove past
the scene of the accident shortly aft
err it happened and stated that the top
windshield and body of the car were
bent and smashed badly. 1t appears
that the machine struck the fence
and rolled completely over: For {
heavy, six cylinder machine to per.
form feat of this kind would indi-
cate something of the speed with
which the car must have struck the
fence and turned turtle.
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BODY OF MISS W|RIC
TAKEN FROM water
EXPLOSION IN LAKE LAUNCH
CAUSED HER TO LEAP
Could Not Swim and Assistance
Failed To Reach Drowning
Young Lady
From MONDAYS Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Willing workers, dragging the lake
un0er the direction of Chief of Po-
lice Ed Ario of Mankato and Matt
Kane of Madison Lake. found the
body of Violet Wirig, nineteen year
old girl who was drowned in Madi-
son Lake early Saturday afternoon.
The body was found shortly before
six o'clock, after it had been in the
water for the greater part OF three
hours.
Immediately after the word OF the
tragedy had been received in Man
kato, Chief OF Police Ed AriO, Chief
Phil Leas of the Fire department and
Harve Hoffman of the Northern
States Power company drove to the
scene with the pulmotor. The body
of the girl had not yet been recov-
cred when they arrived and the men
assisted in the work of recovering
the body.
PuImotor Was Used.
Men in boats, dragging the bottom
of the lake with lines on which large
fishhooks were attached found the
body and brought it to the shore
where the pulmotor was used for
some time in the vain hope that it
might be possible to bring the girl
back to life.
AS was stated in The Free Press
Saturday night, the accident occurred
about 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon
as the party of young people were
going from the CopOnanning landing
across the lake to point near Point
Pleasant. In the motor boat were
Mrs. R. o. Nelson, Miss Isabelle Pet
erson, Miss Violet Wirig and Arnold
Anderson, a young man from Tracy,
Mimi, who was visiting at the lake.
When the boat reached the middle
of the lake an explosion took place,
but just what caused it is unknown.
One of the ladies in the boat stated
that Young Anderson lighted match
to see how much gas he had. He
states, however, that he was not
near the engine when the explosion
occurred.
CO. -,cc--1e frightened.
ned, and apparently think
ing the boat would sink, Violet Wirig
leaped from the boat. AS she did SO
she threw Isabelle Peterson into the
water also. Anderson assisted Miss
Peterson back into the boat but was
unable to reach Miss Wirig, who could
not swim. Cries for assistance brought
a number of boats out from Point
Pleasant and the party in the launch
were taken ashore. AS the launch
was steel and there was little infiam
able material aboard, it would have
been impossible for the boat to have
burned or sunk from the explosion.
Miss Violet Wirig was well known
and popular lady OF Madison Lake
and her tragic death will be incurred
by large circle of friends and ac-
quaintances. Funeral arrangements
for the young lady have not yet beer
completed.
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From Mondays Daily.
Tommie Wood. weighing 400 pounds
on scale in Mankato, was the center
of attraction at Point Pleasant yes
terday, and today he came to this
city. He spent few minutes here
Saturday evening en- route from st.
Cloud to Point Pleasant. A crowd
gathered wherever he stopped for a
moment.
Yesterday afternoon there was big
splash in Madison lake when Tommie
dove into the water. He cut swath
that would have done credit to the
launching of battleship. During the
afternoon he floated about on the wa
ter like a certain kind of soap that
is SO well advertised. He bobbed on
the lakes surface like a cork.
Tommie always carries a smile that
is as sweet as rose and as charming
as an eighteen year old maiden. He is
a singer and accomplished along va
rious amusement lines. The guests at
Point Pleasant yesterday afternoon
enjoyed the variety stunts he pulled
off. If any money is collected at his
performance the money goes to the
Red Cross.
Wood tried TO enlist in the navy. He
was rejected. He tried to get into the
army He was again rejected. '"Too
much weight. said the recruiting Of
ficers. However, Major Yost appoint
ed Tommie a civilian recruiting Off
cer-and Tommie is doing his utmost
for the country.
Tommie was born in Brainerd. He
weighed seventeen pounds at birth.
For a number of years he has been
living in ST. Cloud, and is the heaviest
stakeholder and biggest booster for the
Pan Motor company. He is travelling
in one Of their cars. He is accom-
panied by H. L. Davies, engineer and
demonstration for the company. They
are going to Des Moines where they
will have one of the company's autos
on display. Mrs. Davies accompanies
her husband.
Tommie is a single man. He is
twenty three years old, and as yet no
girl has captured his heart. He says
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effective as that of the men.

effective as that of the men.
Already an organization is well I'M
der way in Mankato, committee
having been named at the mass meet
ing of women at the Y M. G. A., last
Friday. Tomorrow picnic will be
held in Sibley park when the women
will complete the organization for
this city.
Yesterday afternoon seventy five
women of Judson township organized
to help in that locality. They will
center their efforts on getting the
men to the polls on election day
State Senators William A. Camp
bell of Minneapolis, and Richard
Jones of Duluth addressed a mass
meeting in the Lutheran church, at
Judson, yesterday afternoon.
The Judson women's, committee is
as follows: Mrs. Evan Wigley, chair
man; Mrs. George Austin, Miss Es-
ther Evans, Miss Florence Johnson,
Mrs. Owen F. Jones, Mrs. David w.
Bowen, Mrs. Wallie Meredith, Miss
Bessie Roberts, Mrs. Arthur Williams
Mrs. Alfred Anderson, Mrs. Vernon
Markham, Mrs. c.. G. Jones, Mrs
David Davis, Mrs. John V. Ellis, Mrs.
William Shanahan and Mrs. D., H.
Evans.
Miss RoZette Hendrix, state presi-
dent of the w. G. T. u, arrived here
this morning and will help direct the
work among the women in the Blue
Earth county campaign.
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SERMONS OF pADEN
PRAISED BY SCRIBE
MANKATO PASTOR PREACHED
AT VERNON SUNDAY
Words Made Deep Impression
On the Hearts of Those In
Congregation
Especial to Free Press. ]

Vernon Center, August 13.-Rev.
T. Ross Paden of Mankato occupied
the Methodist Episcopal pulpit Sun
day morning and preached one of his
soul inspiring sermons which just hit
the right spot and seemed especially
opportune at this particular time.
Everyone present must have been
impressed by the significance of the
great principal which he so beauti-
fully portrayed which will be an in
SEPARATION for a better and broader
brotherhood. Vernon people feel as
if Mr. Paden was almost a product
of this locality so long have they
been intimately acquainted with him
and his estimable family. His mar
riage some twenty years or more
to Miss Madge Sewers, one of Yer
mons fairest daughters, cement the
tie Whenever possible the Padens
come back to the old homestead of
the Sewers for their summer and
during that time Mr.. Paden fills his
old pulpit in Sterling. Amboy. Winnie
bago and here where he is always
greeted with large numbers of his
former parishioners and admiring
friends.
A crew of men have arrived in
town, pitched their tent Ca box carr J.,
and are painting the trustle and
railroad bridge south of town.
Mrs. Harry Shelby of Tower, N. d.
in a letter to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Brown of West Vernon,
stated that her husband who is in
the automobile business, has been
drafted and expects to be called to
the colors the first of September.
Mrs. Shelby and little three weeks
old son Kermit will return to her
parents home to stay until her hus-
bands return.
During the past week the four lit
tie girls who are giving fine enter
tainment, the proceeds of which goes
to the Junior Red Cross, have filed
two engagements and their treasury
has been increased bountifully. Mrs.
Washburn was patroness on one oc-
casion and presented them with a
dollar and Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Barnes
who have been entertaining house
party had the girls give the enter
tainment in compliment to their
| guests and with the Barnes usual
generosity, gave the little entertain
ers four dollars.
Miss Grace Roe is down from Win
nebago enjoying short vacation with
| her cousin, May Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Petrich and
| Myr0n Randall, Jr., and Miss Lizzie
Weber made up an auto party and
spent Sunday at Interlaken.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Busby OF
West Vernon have entertained a
house party of relatives from Iowa
during the past week, transportation
via the auto route.
! Mr.. and Mrs Bates and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Bates. and Bonnie Ben
nette were Sunday guests at the Ami
/ Keitzer home in West Vernon.
4 S. J. Thurston, who lately returned
from California was caller at the
F. H. Barnes home Sunday. Before
leaving he presented Mr.. Barnes
with quart of pure grape juice made
from California's famous grapes.
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FARMERS MUST USE CARE
Should Not Thresh Grain While Wet,
Saws County Club Leader.

1t is found that in spite of the I'M
favorable weather conditions of the
past week, many farmers have contin
ued to thresh wheat and other grain,
which was in a wet condition and not
ready for the machine, according to
M. H. Coe, county club leader
1t is especially important this year
as a conservation measure that all
grain be in proper condition before it
is threshed. Considerable waste in
threshing will occur unless the grain
is dry. With wheat, considerable loss
from bin burning will result if the
grain is threshed while damp or wet.
The Hubbard Milling company reports
that it has had much wheat brought
in the last few days which could not
be accepted because of it's poor con-
dition. Farmers are urged to use spe
cial care to make sure that all grain
is in proper condition before it is
threShed or stacked.
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LETTERS FROM BOYS
In THE ARMY CAMPS
From Mondays Daily.

FROM MOIludy Ddlly.
Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Hammet are III
receipt of the following letter:
;. FLYING Cadet Irve Hammett writes thal
he is flying every day now since .lIy
have the new ships in readiness at hicn
field, Texas In a letter to his motner
he describes a trip he took one morning
last week. o,o,o
this morning and may be. gone enlIty
minutes" and so we filled the SNIP WIN
sras and got it all ready and l got in ana
sailed away. Up, up over Waco and away
out over the country, over a smai toWn
the air was fine. The sun was just ABOVE
it and 1 could look down on the sun ana
tbe whole world, 1t was perfectly glor-
ious The ship run so smooth and was 50
easy to control. did few flgure eights
and sailed along over another smaii toWn
came back over Fort McArtnur WEI t,e,,t
thousands of soldiers were moving ABOUT
and sailed over Waco again and settleo
down on the flying field just as easy as
sitting down in basket ~ eggs. W.
gone just forty minutes 5 Was s d
much better than. the old 'standa rds, :.
cause the Curtis has an eight cyilnder
motor which is much smoother than inc
old four cylinders. The ships rae nucil
have to move the stick so much ana
they answer to the controls better ana
are easier to land. Landing is the naru-
est part of our preliminary flying. MOST
peonle think you just come down ana
land. but you have to judge your speed
the wind and your height or you'll land Ian,
hard and bounce and then you get pa t,Ss+
ed out. But if it is done right you just
settle down. the wheels and tail settle
at once and you don't even get a gar.
nm getting this pretty good and was
landing for a mark Friday, stopped rig .1
on the marx two out of three times cut.
ing off at 500 feet up. that's pretty fair
and tomorrow will start on, some, more
accuracy stuff. It's nice and cool here
now. only 100 in the shade and no shaoe
Int aft mat it is better than it was last
Weal< did all nv washing this morning
and guess I'll go take it in now as it's an
drv and we'll bleached. So goodbye 1of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
MODERN POULTRY
PRODUCE BUILDING
PLANT 70 BE ERECTED THIS
FALL;;..COST, $4,000
Armour Company IS Behind This
New Project; Bids Are Being
S0ught! For

One of the largest and most mod
ern poultry produce buildings In
Southern Minnesota will be erected
on the Armour company grounds, at
the foot of Elm street this fall. at
an estimated cost of $4,000. Many
improvements and alterations will be
made at the present buildings, the
rev building and changes being made
necessary by the rapidly increasing
business of this department, which
was inargurated last. fall.
Will Be Thoroughly Modern.
The new poultry building will be
S5x65 feet ground dimensions, one
story and basement, of concrete and
brick construction. and will be thor
oughly modern in every way. 1t will
be erected on a part of the COM
pany's ground facing Rock street.
Work of erecting the new building
and remodelling the old one will be
started in September. The plans
were prepared by Architect R. C.
Clark of Chicago, and are now out for
bids.
Business Is Extensive.
At the present time the poultry de-
partment is handling from 1000 to
1900 pounds of poultry each day, and
when nicely started with the addition
al facilities and room it is expected
that from five to eight thousand
pounds of poultry will be handled
each day. The poultry business
proved a great success from the start,
and during the first season. includ-
ing October, November and Decem-
Der of last year, and part OF January
this year, over 100000 pounds OF
poultry was handled. The egg bust
ness is also an important item.
The Egg Business.
Fifty seven cars of eggs were hand
led during the egg season., starting
last April, and which is salmost over.
There are five hundred cases of eggs
in a car, which means 2S,5O0 cases
or $4,000 dozen eggs. or 10,26O,0OO
eggs. The market reached extends
to all parts of Southern Minnesota,
and Iowa points.
Women to Be Employed.
Owing to the fact that it will be
hard to secure men workers on &C
count of the war it is expected to
employ large number of women in
the poultry house, as soon as the
plant is enlarged, and it is estimated
that about twenty five or thirty pick
ers will be needed to pick feathers in
the picking room. The new building
and improvements will be valuable
addition to the industrial life of
Mankato.
o. H. Webb is manager of the poul-
try department at the plant.
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Indian Lake,

Word has been received of the safe
arrival in France of Ed. Smith, son of
U. G. Smith of Sioux Falls and brother
of Mrs. Lee Plumb.
Miss Harriet Ash OF Madelia has
been visiting her relatives at Lawn
Grove during the past week. She re-
turned home on Saturday evening.
Mrs. Lee Plumb who has been ILL.,,
| is rapidly recovering. Her little son
has been named Lloyd Allen.
Mrs. Theresa eraser and family
Of Mankato and Miss Lillian Kotthoff
of White Bear visited their relative,
Mrs. Ralph Keenen last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Odin of West Mankato
were callers at the Spring Valley
farm in company with Mr.. and Mrs.
+. o. True on Sunday.
Each of the American soldiers at
present stationed in England has been
honored by a personal letter from
King George. Harry keenan, sent his
letter home as he has habit of do
| ing with valued keep sake. A note
as follows accompanied the letter.
Dear Mother and All: / am having
the time of my life seeing wonderful
| things. Feel fine and enjoyed the
| trip but cannot write more SO goodbye
Harry. This was written on the back
of King Georges letter which was as
follows: R
"Winsor Castle. Soldiers of the Uni
ted States. The people of the British
Isles welcome you on your way to
take your stand beside the armies of
many nations now fighting in the Old
World the great battle for human
| freedom
"The allies will gain new heart and
spirit in your company. l wish that
could shake the hand of each one
of you and bid you God speed on your
mission. George R. l." =
| Another short but very interesting
letter was received last week from
him as follows. Dear Mother: We
are long way apart but / am hav-
| ing a good time with plenty to eat and
a good enough place to sleep. We had
a pleasant trip over without even a
single bump all the way. The ocean
| is about as expected 1t is sure some
/
first few days, most of the boys were.
never supposed it made fellow
| feel so dreadful, the only thing could
keep on my stomach was both hands
Albert Peterson of Fairmont was on
/ the same boat and we sure had some
great visits. This is a lovely country.
/ It's good deal like Minnesota only
the ways are so different We rode
on funny little railway with cars
about as big as Mankato street cars,
drawn by such a funny, snorting,
| little engine. The box cars must
hold about ten tons. They look like
| the toy trains in the stores. But they
sure have fine horses here. Most OF
the horses are Clydes and they wear
brass harnesses too. They are i'm
mense fellows, would make Ben look
| like spring colt 1 have only seen
one two horse team since / have been
there. Well l haven't much time but
will write again soon. l want you all
to write to me. Try to write every
day among you. Goodbye, Harry c,
Keenan,.
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AER0PLANE FOR THE
Big MANKAT0 FAIR
It Is Quite Certain That Machine
Will Fly From the Mill
City Here

Colonel G.. A. Lewis has had an in
terview with Major Tost in regard to
securing from Mayor weaver, who
is in charge of the aviation headquar-
tiers in Minneapolis, an aeroplane for
the Mankato fair. This, plane will
consist of complete field equipment
and ready foB service, including Sc =
eral otor trucks and body of men
to man the machine. 1t is possible
it will be driven by it's own power
from Minneapolis to Mankato. If SO, it
will land on the fair grounds. 1t is
quite certain the plane will be a fea-
ture of the fair.
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RITES FOR ]. ]. MURPHY
They Were Held at ST. Johns Cath
olic Church This Mornino.

They Were Held at ST. Johns Cath
Ollie Church This Morning.
Funeral services for the late ]. j.
Murphy were held at st. Johns Cath
Ollie church at nine o'clock this morn
ing, the ceremonies were solemn and
impressive. Rev. Father Robert
Hughes said the mass, and special
music was rendered. Those who act
ed as pail bearers were c.. p. Muir
ply, John Lynch, John Holman
Merritt Coughlan. w. P. Grimes, and
Frank Busch. The funeral was large
ly attended by relatives and friends
The remains were taken to ST. Clair
for interment.
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FINE OF $1OO FOR BLOW
Thomas Dorgan Allowed Temper
Get Better of Judgment.

lnomdS OoTgdn AiioWSu ctnPST "
Get Better of Judgment.
Thomas Dorgan, clerk at the Saul
paugh hotel, was before Judge w. A.
Plymat in the municipal court this
morning and was fined 500 and costs
amounting to $103.65 for assault in
the third degree. Dorgan was arrest
ed on the complaint of Frieb Nienow,
bookkeeper at the hotel, whom he
assaulted and struck in the face Sat-
urday afternoon. 1t appears that a
slight alteration occurred over the
accounts between Nienow and Dor
gan.
Angered during the dispute, Dorgan
struck the bookseeper in the face,
giving him a terrific smash on the
side of the jaw. This morning it ap-
peared that Nienow had suffered a
broken jaw and several of his teeth
were loosened. He is small man
and crippled so that he was unable
to defend himself.
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mo one loves a fat man." The size of
his neck is twenty one inches; chest,
sixty eight; waist, seventy-two. He
is six feet four inches in height. He
is light on his feet and is "some step
per-" ~ \
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Wood. His father weighs 800;
his mother 1870. He has two sisters,
Mrs. Ella Scott and Miss Mildred
Wood, the latter being an accomplish
ed musician. Both are of normal
weight.
Tommie has weighed as much as
500 pounds. The loss of ten pounds
does not worry him.
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WILL BE INTERNED

Fellow Who Represented Self As
French Recruiting Officer.
HdSt. Paul, August 12.-The depart
ment of Justice today announced that
A. R. Lanskello, a German alien of
Mankato, arrested charged with rep
resenting himself as French recruit
ing officer, probably will be interned
for the balance of the war.
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Shipped Chickens to Indies.

F. A. Neubert, the well known
poultry man, shipped a large ship
ment of high class, pure bred chick
ems to customer in the West In
dies.
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Hail Is Destructive

Little Falls, August 13.-Hail de-
stroyed over $50 windows in this city
this morning. No damage was done
crops outside the city however.
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WOMEN ARE INTERESTED
They Are Now Organizing to Fight
For lry County

The women of Blue Earth are or
ganizing for the county option cleo
ton, and, according to dry leaders,
the women's organization will be as