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The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
Judge of District Court Favors Re-
election of the Governor

District Judge Charles w. Stanton
of Bemidji in an address in his home
town Thursday night warmly advo-
Gated the re- election of Governor
Burnquist by a big majority. Judge
Stanton is democrat, and he advo-
Gated the reelection of Governor
Burnquist on patriotic grounds. The
address was delivered before a large
meeting of delegates of Commercial
clubs at Bemidji
Judge Stanton f1ayed the malcontent
of the state who seek to create class
distinction among the people and to
array one class against another, in
Guiding the socialists, the l. W. w.
and members of similar organizations,
whom he declared to be pro- Hun in
their sympathies
politics is not adjourned" Judge
Stanton declared Politics and pa
triotism now go hand in hand, and we
should re-elect the loyal governor
who has stood by the president, has
enforced the laws and has supported
the policies OF the United States in
the war;"
Judge Stanton said that he might
be criticized by some of the demo-
Gratis for the position he has taken,
but that his first duty at this time
was to his country.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
!. w. Allen, Struck Brakeman On the
Head With Whiskey Bottle.

J. w. Allen was this morning SEN
fenced to sixty days at hard labor in
the county Jail for drunkenness and
assault in the third degree. Allen was
brought to the city hall last night
from the Omaha depot, where it ap
pears that he assaulted one of the
brakemen on No. which reaches
the city at 5:55 o'clock bound for st.
Paul.
According to accounts of the affray,
Allen ATTEMPTED to enter the train
while under the influence of liquor
The brakeman refused to allow him
to get on the train in that condition.
Two other men, also carrying sew
eral under the "belt" came up at
the same time and while the brake
man was refusing to let them board
the train. according to reports, Allen
pulled bottle of Virginia Dare whis-
key out of his pocket and struck the
brakeman a heavy blow over the head
with it,
The bottle was heavier than an
ordinary one of the kind and the
blow might have caused serious in
jury. Allen was taken to the sta
tion at once 1t is reported that aft
er boarding the train the brakeman
tainted from the effects of the blow.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
Garden City

Clifford Fleming of Lake Crystal
was in town Monday, having brought
an auto truck load of furniture for G.
W. Johns store.
On Monday telegram was re-
ceived by L. D. Mills stating that his
son Erwin was dangerously i'll with
pneumonia at the hospital in Indiana
polls, Ind. He has been in Indiana
polls in the government motor school
for about two months. Mrs Mills
and j. G. Olmsted left on the 4:50 p.
m, train from Mankato enroute to
Indianapolis on Monday They were
taken to Mankato by E. H. Monroe. A
message was received by Mr.. Mills
on Wednesday morning saying that
Erwin's condition was improving.
Mrs. Earl Osgood of Lake Crystal
was a guest of Mrs. Nettie Osgood for
several days this week.
The box of clothing for the Bel
gians was packed this week at the
hardware store. A goodly number of
garments were brought in for this
purpose.
Mrs. J. G. Olmsted is keeping house
for l.. d. Mills while his wife is
away. Mrs. Emeline Crane is stay
ing with her.
M. F. Crane and L. E. Fleming were
Mankato callers Monday
: D. H. Stringham arrived in town
Monday to attend to the shipping of
his household goods.
The Royal Neighbors spent very
busy day Wednesday cleaning and
freshening the M. w. A. hall. They
take pride in keeping the hall in
good condition.
Do not forget the missionary meet
ing to be held with Mrs. Julia Thurs
ton on Saturday, October IL. Mrs.
Ida Mills is leader of the meeting.
On Wednesday evening of this week
Garden City people had the great
pleasure of hearing a program given
by the Orpheus club of Mankato. 1t
was a delight from the first number
to the last. Following the musical
program DR.. Helen Hielscher of Man.
kato gave a very comprehensive talk
branch of the Red Cross. Next Mrs.
H. A. Patterson, also of Mankato,
gave very stirring talk upon Red
Cross work in general. John Regan
brought message based upon our
duties as Americans in the Fourth
Liberty loan. Following these talks
the election of officers took place.
They are as follows: Mrs. Hattie
Chapman, chairman; Mrs. Ida Mills,
vice chairman; Mrs. Mayte John, Sec
e. H. Monroe, treasurer and
E. M. Call, the fifth member of the
executive board. Last, but by no
means least came the reports. A
great amount of completed garments
were reported and a balance in the
treasury of over two thousand dol
lars.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
Some Excitement Was Caused At
!, Springfield, Minn., Recently.

So notorious has the Springfield
booze trade become that it was nee
essary for a special agent of the
Safety commission to visit that vii
lage recently. says The New Ulm Re-
view. N. I. Lowry of Dassel was on
the lookout for cars loaded with booze
and bound for dry territory. Without
any diff 7ulty he located one at the
rear of the, Zollicoffer saloon. He
confiscated the liquor and took the
names of the parties, who were
from South Dakota. They agreed to
report to the Safety commission
whenever notified At the Schuter
beer depot MI. Lowry got into a dis
pute with the manager, who became
very abusive and to quiet him Lowry
used the, butt end of revolver on
his head. Christ Melde's car was
well loaded with booze and while be-
ing followed out of the city he be-
came excited and ran into a ditch
northwest of Springfield and some
what damaged the car. Mr.. Melde was
ordered to appear before the Safety
commission in st. Paul. The illegal
transportation of booze from Spring
field to dry territory has become an
every day occurrence. According to
the special agent this must stop.
Will it?
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
Soldier From Mankato Is the Victim
Of Spanish Influenza

Word was received IN tie city this
morning of the death of Lieutenant
August Gredvig, Mankato young
man, who died October 8, at Camp
Lee, Virginia. 1t is thought that
Lieutenant Gredvig was victim of
Spanish influenza. No definite word
was received as to when the body
was shipped north and it was not
known if the remains would arrive
today or later.
Lieutenant Gredvig was in a stu
dent officers training camp at the
time of his death and had already
received his commission. He is
survived by his mother, Mrs. G. O..
Gredvig of 1923 East main street, and
by one sister, Mrs. Carl Stensrud, and
by three brothers, o. A. Gredvig of
Powell s D., A. @. Gredyig and T. j.
Gredvig, both of Eskline. s. D.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
FORMER St. peter
MAIDEN IN OPERA
Olive Fremstad, the great Swedish

Olive Fremstad, the great Swedish
dramatic soprano whose name has
ridden high in the rosters of the
Metropolitan opera house, New York
the Chicago Auditorium and the
Boston opera house during the past
twelve years, was born in Stockholm
Sweden, and spent part of her child
hood in Christiania, Norway, until
twelve years of age when her par
ents brought their family to America.
After spending few months in Chi
cago, they moved to st. Peter,
Minnesota, near Minneapolis. Olive
was the eldest of family of three
girls and two boys, and her father
and mother were both practicing
physicians. Her father was also ac-
tive in religious work, and Olive,
who was musical from early child
hood. played the organ for him at
religious meetings when so small
that blocks of wood were fastened to
her soles to enable her to reach the
pedals. Her parents were strict in
overseeing her education, and as a
result of her application, she began
to teach piano pupils at an early age.
When they moved to Minneapolis
she increased her individual earn
ings by singing in as many churches
as could be compassed in a Sunday.
AT that time her full, powerful voice
was rated contralto, although it
afterward rose to- dramatic So
prano, and when she made her first
appearance On the stage it was as
Phoebe in a local amateur presenta-
tion Of Gilbert and Sullivan's III. M.
S. Pinafore." Soon after, she went to
New York, where she compensated
for her singing lessons by playing
accompaniments on the piano for
lessons of other pupils. At the same
time she earned her maintenance by
singing in Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
With accomplishments came ambi
tion, and the future prima donna
went to Europe and studied with
Lilli Leham for eighteen months.
After demonstrating her accomp-
Hshments in concert, she was en-
gagged for opera, and after seasons
in important cities her earnings
enabled her to spend many months
in Italy, where she acquired further
polish vocally. Returning to the
grand opera stage she triumphed in
nearly all Of the capitals of Europe,
and became an international figure
before returning to- her homeland,
America, to sing at two Metropolitan
opera houses. Among the roles in
which she has been declared pre-
eminent are "Salome," Isolde in
Tristan and Isolde" Kundry in
''Parsifal," Santuzza in "Caval1eria
Ructicana" and the title role in
"Tosca." 1t is in the latter that she
will appear with the Chicago opera
at the st. Paul Auditorium on Octo-
Der Is.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
Soldier Boys Abroad Save, Food Same
AS Folks at Home.

With The American, Army in
France, September 16.-[By MALL
The boys over here are not going to
let the folks back home excel in this
game of Hooverizing.
The boys have been getting letters
from the folks in U. S. A. telling
about food saving. Some fathers
and mothers and sisters and brothers
were going without things they want
ed, that the fighters might have
more
To show it's appreciation of econ
omy back home, the army has begun
a similar campaign to save grub"
as they call it in the ranks.
The campaign is one of saving
without denial. Men cannot stand
the strain over here if they are de-
MED enough food. But they can save
without being stingy.
There are several ways of going at
Saving grub in the army.
One is to avoid over -helpings at
the camp kitchen or the mess. The
cooks in the army are good scouts
and are proud of their creations, and
when doughboyN shoves up his plate
for meal, the tendency, is for the
cook to get enthusiastic and dish
out more than any normalgman can
eat. They are much more careful
about helpings now than formerly.
and if a mans belt is not tight after
his first plate of Chow he may go
back for more.
They're utilizing surplus fat in all
meats for cooking grease. instead of
just frying it away into smoke.
Crusts and dried bread will make
good materials for various dishes
probably there'l be more puddings
than usual in the army now 1t won't
make the doughboys mad
The. American army has better
"chow" than any other in the army
now, and the men in it realize that
they are under obligations to the
rest of the allies to economize on
the food
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
Re-Enforcements Have Been Hurled
Forward Each Side Of Argonne
FRANK T TAYLOR

With the American First Army,
October 10.-Heavy fighting is report
ed to be in progress in the Romagne
sector where German re- endorsements
have been hurled forward on each
side of the Argonne forest pocket in
an endeavor to protect the troops that
are Withdrawing in the center.
More than 200 allied airplanes,
composing observation and battle
planes attacked the Germans at
Domvillers where large forces had
been concentrated last night AS a
result of the attack. it is reported
that the Teutonic losses were exceed
ingly heavy.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
:. B. Bassett Made An Inspection In
This Section Yesterday.

L B. Bassett in charge of the Min
nesota grain threshing division of the
United States food administration to-
gether with F. R. Larson, government
inspector, spent yesterday in this
county inspecting threshing machines
with M. r. Benedict, the county agent.
Mr.. Larson reported practically all of
the Blue Earth county machines do
ing good work and in good repair.
Mr.. Larson suggested minor changes
in most. cases, and the threshers
readily agreed to meet these require
ments.
Mr.. Larson's work is helpful both
to the government and to the thresh-
ers in that he is often able to locate
difficulties that the threshers had not
thought Of. He stated that one of the
most common faults he found was of
thresher using worn and hooked
teeth which wiIonot thresh clean in
some kinds of wheat
There is a heavy penalty of $4,000
attached in case of threshers disre-
garding the requests of the threshing
inspectors, but Mr. Larson stated that
it had not so far been necessary to
resort to this. Special attention is
called to the fact that the food admin
istration requires the use of canvas
under the front of the machine.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
TRAFFIC COP BEHIND
THE FIGHTING Line.
He Is About the Busiest Man
Found In War Zone; His
Authority

! With the Americans on British
Front in France, September 25.-[Cor
respondence of the Associated Press. I
One of the interesting characters
seen on the roads behind the line is
the military policeman. He is sta
toned at every crossroads, regulat
ing traffic with all the gestures of a
professional traffic policeman in
New York or Chicago, but in a khaki
uniform and with red brassard on
his arm as the badge of his authority
Everything from a gigantic motor
truck to a sputtering motorcycle
comes within his jurisdiction The
haughtiest staff car, with its proud
staff flags and its red capped pas
sengers, is subject to the law. as laid
down by that firm arm in khaki
1t is motley pageant that he
marshals. There are big closed cars
containing generals; there are great
open cars filed with young staff
officers of lesser rank, but alert, en-
ergetic, and keen. There are evenly
moving ambulances with doctors sit
ting calm beside the driver. There
are huge .lorries, long columns of
them.
: All day long the rush of traffic on
these great main roads continues.
Towards night the roads are some
times quieter, but there is still ac-
tivity. All through the night, the
lorries plod en- their way backward
and forward, the cars dash by, the
dispatch riders come and go. There
is no rest. Layer after layer of white
dust settled on the houses and the
fences. Day after day the machinery
behind the war goes whirring on
growing constantly more complex and
powerful
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
Preacher At lie Sueur Not Permit
ted to Proceed With That
lanuuaoe

Rev. Potthof of Jordan, German
Methodist Episcopal preacher, deliv-
cred a funeral service in the Hun
language over the body of an Ameri-
can soldier boy and the American
flag, at LIE Sueur yesterday, according
to members of the local guard COM
pany who were in attendance, says
The st. Peter Herald. Lieutenant J.
N. Dondelinger, it, seemed, was the
only person in the audience who had
presence of mind enough to stop the
sacrilegious rites, which he did per-
emptorily. The people of lie Sueur
seemed backward in stopping the
sermon, but several thanked Lieuten-
ant Dondelinger later for his fore
sight According to reports, no one
suspected that the German language
would be used, and Rev. Potthof act
cd entirely upon his own initiative
He used English in completing his
address.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
Two French Women Criticised Short
Hair and No Mustaches.

Two fFcnCn women = CrttiCtSeo SNORT
Hair and No Mustaches.
With The American Army In France,
September 14.-[By MaiL1-Two ro-
tind old French women stood in
doorway of battered house watch
ing number of American soldiers
stationed in the village for rest.
The boys had just come out of the
trenches after repelling heavy Ger
man attack and they were making the
most of repose to wash clothes,
catch "cooties," and talk over how
they had handled the bOches.
The two old women were watching
the boys carefully 1t is always in
teresting to find out the views Of old
French people, particularly those who
have been within few miles of the
lines ever since war broke out.
These fat old women were veterans.
Hence their opinions were sought.
They were careful about their views,
chary of criticism. They liked the
American boys, they said emphatical-
ly. They, were "bons garcons. bons
soldats," good boys and good soldiers.
Everything they said was of the same
nature.
"But you are like all the French
people, Madame, always. compliment
tary. You never say what you really
think. We want the truth"
This provoked one old woman to a
statement Looking around to see that
no one was listening, raising her
round good -natured face, she said in
a low but emphatic voice, 'I'll tell
you, monsieurs, they're fine boys.
brave soldiers, all right in every way,
but they cut their hair too short and
and don't have any mustaches.
French soldiers have long hair and
must cheSo
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
Claims He Said "kin" Instead o.
"king'' to Loan Committee,

Fairmont, October 10.-Louis Han
son of Welcome, who was recently
arrested on the charge of disloyalty
and who it is alleged told the Liberty
bond solicitors when they called on
him to buy bonds that he would con-
tribute no more money to assist in
fighting his king, appeared yesterday
before Judge Everett and waived ex-
animation and was bound over to the
district court
At the time when Mr. Hanson was
first arraigned he pleaded not guilty
and his examination was postponed.
Hanson claims that in his alleged
statement he said he would not con-
tribute any more money. to assist in
fighting his kin, while the committee
understood him to say king.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
WeII-knoWn Painter Passed Away
Late Yesterday Afternoon.

Louis Magnus Gronquist of 314 Van
Brunt street died at his home at four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, death
being caused by dropsy and leakage
of the heart from which he had suf :
Tered for over year. Deceased was
born in Sweden on February Z, 1852,
and grew to manhood and was mar
ried in that country. He came to
America with his family in 1880 and
settled in st. Paul, Mimi, where the
family made their home for num-
her of years. In 1894 they moved to
Mankato, and continued to make
their home here.
Mr.. Gronquist followed his trade as
painter, and engaged in business, the
firm name being Gronquist & Endi-
colt, and the firm becoming promi-
nent and popular decorators and
painters. The wife and children were
all at Mr.. Gronquist's bedside during
his last illness and were with him
at the time of his death. He was a
splendid gentleman and held in high
respect by a large circle of friends
and acquaintances.
Surviving relatives are the widow;
and the following children: Mrs. En-
ma Palmer, Spokane, Wash; August
A. Gronquist, Minneapolis; Mrs. Ida
A. Duffey, Van Brunt street; Louis e..
Gronquist, city. Two children rre-
ceded their father in death, Mrs.
Cara e Freeberg,. who died at Spc-
kane, Wash, on May "a, 1912. and
Magnus A. Gronquist, who was killed
In railroad accident on July 2S. 1916.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Sunday afternoon. Inter-
ment will be made in the Swedish
Lutheran cemetery.
Rev. A. w. Kuehl of the Advent
church will conduct the funeral serv-
ice
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
They Thought They Were Going to
Have Real Nice Jobs.

With the American Army in
France, September 12.-[By Mail.]-
In the division they figure
that they've Spoiled lot of good
German jobs, by keeping the boches
back where they belong.
1t is this way: The Germans were
so sure they were going to walk
right through the division. and the
French divisions next to it, that they
appointed boches to all kinds of jobs
in French cities to be captured. A
tank commander who came through
in his armored car, thinking the
allies were surely on the run, was
captured and got real peevish be-
cause being a prisoner. he could not
be town mayor of Chalons.
Documents captured showed that
other German officers with influence
had been put in charge of ware
houses and supply depots were to
have been captured.
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
csatemcnt Made BY Sin Eric Geddes
IF the British Admiralty


cf the British Admiralty
Washington, October live can
not win this war by talking of peace"
was the emphatic assertion today of
Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the
British admiralty here for important
naval conference with American Of
ficials.
Sir Eric said if talk of peace should
become general it would paralyze SOL
diers in the field, impair production
of munition workers and injure the
morale of the allied peoples. ~
"T want peace" he said, "but it
must be a peace with mo Next
Time" written across it. To get US all
talking of peace and the time when
all arms will be grounded is just
what Germany wants.
"I am not interested in how much
longer Germany can hold out. What
interests me is how great whipping
we can give her. The allied navies
and allied armies will bring peace.
Let the kaiser talk while Foch shoots.
Unconditional surrcsder' are
words that would show some under
standing of the allied language. When
Germany has Slearned that language
thoroughly, including the words
PREPARATION, restitution and good
faith she will have gone far enough
in her lesson to justify peace talk"
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
American Boys Garner the Hun
Hounds and Helmets.

With The American Army In France,
September 16.-EBy Mail 1.-THE
American army is gradually being
populated with boche dogs. At the
same time the United States soon
will be thickly populated with boche
helmets.
The fighting American is Just as
ernest in his souvenir hunting as the
peaceful American. Practically every
doughboy, herefore-whether from
town or country-made it a point to
pick up boche helmet somewhere
during his advance from the Marne to
the Vesle. The German soldiers cast
aside the heavy helmets in their re-
treat, and they were scattered broad
cast over the Marne valley, on and
across the Ourcq to the Vesle. By
pasting the address on the hat to-
gether with forty cents postage, the
American fighting man can send his
sweetheart or mother souvenir di-
rect from the battlefield And. all of
them have done it or are doing it.
About the dogs. The boche left
them behind, just as he did the he'll
NETS. When the Americans entered
Bouvardes, Sergy, Cierges, and var
ious other towns, they found, the boche
dogs lurking about in the cellars and
dugouts their late masters had been
driven from. A dog can't help being
boche, SO the doughboys don't hold
against him the fact that he is one.
The deserted dogs were fed. They
quickly made friends with the Amer
leans and were adopted by. various
companies. The dogs now are just as
good democrats as they were auto
Gratis. Each bears some sort of Ger
man name A chaplain has little
black dashund he calls Minnie" The
after part of her name is "Werfer."
The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
E. MuIverhiII, Would Be Land
Buyer, Before Court.

Fairmont, October 10.-B. E. Null
verhill, the "rich land buyer" who got
Fairmont land men to taxicab him
around the country while he picked
out choice section or two, Tuesday
night appeared before Judge Dean to
plead guilty to checking on a bank
where he had not passed sufficient of
the needful under the little barred
window
The Judge gave him an indetermin-
ate term in Saltwater, the maximum
being one year.
Mulverhill. an Iowan. was brought
over from Blue Earth by County At
torney H. ]. Frundt and Sheriff Freer.
He has been in Jail there since his
check cashing visit to Fairmont.