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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16

Misses M. p. and A. E. Edgerton of
Neganne, Mich, who taught school
at Sioux City, Iowa, were in the city
Sunday on their way to Redwood Falls
la.,1to visit their aunt. The family
nome OF the Edgertons was formerly
at Garden City.
w. q. Smith of Minneapolis tran
sacted business in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Mills of St Paul
visited in the city over the week end.
o. e. Atkinson and E. L. Rodine
of Stratford, Ia, were business cal
lers in the city Monday.
Miss Rose Thomas has gone to Of
iowa to spend the week visiting re-
latives.
Mrs. Mamie Person has returned
from Superior, Wis, where she spent
week visiting relatives and friends:
Miss Bertha Just spent the week
end at her home in Rapidan.
Mrs. 0. W. Walker of this city is
in Minneapolis this week visiting
friends and relatives in that city.
Fairmont Sentinel: Gus Bcosalis.
hale, hearty and genial as ever. ar
rived home from the artillery camp at
Sparta, Wis, Sunday evening and
spent the day visiting friends and
shaking hands with people who were
as glad to see him as he was to he
nome for a five day furlough. Gus
says the army suits him down to the
ground. All he fears is tiat the al
lies will have the Huns licked before
he gets over there.
Mrs. ]. r. Beatty and daughter. Miss
Belle Beatty, have returned from Lake
washington, where they spent the
week end at the summer home of At
torney and Mrs. ]. w. Schmitt.
Mrs. II. e. Carney and son, and Miss
Kate Tierney and Masters Jack and
Bill Spencer have returned from q
weeks outing at Cliff Inn, Lake Wash :
ington.
John Weidert of Adrian, Mimi. Wis
tied friends in the city yesterday.
M. Stark of Mountain Lake was a
business caller in the city today, and
is looking for a suitable location with
the intention of moving here.
Miss Vivian Bratsch, who formerly
resided here while attending high
school, is visiting friends in the civ
while on her way to Detroit. Mich.
to join her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. e. Prescott of
Des Moines, Iowa, are visiting with
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gerlich.
Mrs. George c. Armstrong and
daughters of st. Paul are visiting at
the home of ]. G. Armstrong, LeHillier.
Attorney R. S. Jones of Minnea-
polls was in the city over Sunday
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Jones and his brother, Ensign
Victor H. Jones, who is home on a
furlough.
Mrs. w. Fricke and granddaughter
Evelyn Boyden of ST. Paul, are spend
ing the week as house guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Strickland. 312 Mar
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
NELSON WILL VOTE DRY
Senator Writes Letter On Subject to
Fergus Falls Resident.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, August IA
United States Senator Knute Nelson
in letter to Ole Back, who had writ
ten him asking him to support nation
al prohibition when the bill is acted
on in the senate, made known his po-
sition today in the following letter
to Mr.. Back
81 heartily thank you for your let
ter relative to prohibition legislation.
am in favor of such legislation, for
l believe it will be one of the greatest
blessings that this country has ever
had
Zone Of the greatest curses of the
nation has been alcoholic beverages.
and because l know it is right, shall
vote for the passage of the prohibition
bill when it is introduced in the SEN
ete
"By wiping out this pernicious
practice, We can conserve food, fuel
and make our young men hundred
fold more useful to stand before the
guns in this great war for democracy
and peace"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
COUNTY LEGAL COMMITTEE
Miles Porter, William F. Hughes And
Thomas Hughes, Compose 1t.

Thomas Hughes, Compose 1t.
Blue Earth county has a county
legal committee, composed of Miles
Porter, chairman, Thomas Hughes,
and William F. Hughes, and these
well known attorneys will now give
free legal and business advice to
men of the armed service and their
families The appointment was receiv-
ed by ,Mr. Porter in letter from the
Minnesota Commission of Public
Safety, in which it was stated that
the Minnesota commission on the re-
quest of the National Council of De-
tense is appointing such legal COM
mittees in all counties.
The Judge advocate general of the
army, the Council of National De-
tense, American Red Cross, Ameri-
can Bar association, are all working
to establish a complete system by
which men in service and their
families can obtain free all the legal
advice which they may need. The
appointment was accepted by the
Mankato attorneys, who are ever
ready and willing to do all they can
to further The great cause. They will
soon receive their commissions. This
committee does not succeed the legal
advisory board, but is distinct ap-
pointment.
The advisory board is to render as
sistance in connection with the
missionaries, and the county legal
committees will furnish legal advice
after the men enter the service.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
.all street. Miss Cora Sullivan o

shall street Miss Cora Sullivan of
Madison Lake, who was a guest at
the Strickland home last week, re-
turned to Madison Lake Sunday.
Miss Margaret Neff of Marshal,
Mimi, is the guest of Miss Eta VOL
oben this week. Little Miss Neff is
a granddaughter of the George W..
Neff, who formerly edited the Lake
Crystal Union.
H. H. Perrin is spending several
days attending to business matters
at Duluth.
Harold F. Rath, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. W. Rath of Center street, returned
to his home last evening from Camb-
bridge, Mass. He enlisted in the
United States Naval Radio reserve
in February at Dunwoody Institute
in Minneapolis. In April he was
transferred to the United States Naval
Radio school at Harvard university.
He has been in the naval hospital the
past five weeks and has now received
his honorable medical discharge. He
states that the Mankato boys who
enlisted at the time he did are well
pleased with their life in the navy
and expect to complete their course
in about a week and will be assigned
to sea service soon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
NONPARTY AGENT ARRESTED
John v. Free Taken In BY the Federal
Officials

Officials
st. Paul, August 13-That no one
would have to go to France if the
Nonpartisan league got enough mem
bers by August 1, 1917, is the high
light in an alleged speech made by
John V. Free, Nonpartisan league
organizer in Wabasha county, to
Herbert Metcalfe, man within the draft
age, on July 3, 1917.
Free appeared before United States
Commissioner Samuel Whaley today
with Thomas V. Sullivan, attorney
for the league, who asked that the
hearing be continued until August
26 because the league was going to
make strong fight to free Free this
time''
free is alleged to have asked Met
calfe what he thought about the war,
and upon receiving Metcalfe's reply
that it was alright and that he was
going to see some of it. Free is al
legged tn have said that Metcalfe was
foolish to enlist, that there was no
need of the United States getting in,
and that it was better to- put the
money into the Nonpartisan league.
The accused pleaded not guilty to
the charges and was released on S.
900 bonds to appear on August 26.
Henry l.. Pruter and Edward Brock
wart, both farmers of Wabasha county
were bondsmen for Free.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
BOY FoRGER IN COURT
Sixteen Year Old Did Not Display
Much lnteIiqence

Fairmont. August PA. J. Linden
burg, sixteen years old, was dubbed
the "boy forger" by court attaches
when he pleaded guilty before Judge
Dean to affixing his name to dozen
or more worthless checks and pass
ing them on local merchants. Judge
Dean sentenced him to the Redwing
training school.
The lad appeared much below nor
NAL in intelligence, Although he said
he had after ded the public school in
Welcome and the Lutheran parochial
school here for two terms, he could
not name the county seat of Martin
county, or adjoining counties to this
enc. He also didn't know the name
of the capital of the United States.
The boys father attempted to stop
the judge from questioning the boy
which brought him a sharp rebuke
from the court
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
PLACE AT FAIRM0NT
j. X. Osgood of Garden City Agent
For Lumber Company.

]. K. Osgood of Garden City has
been named as agent for the Coleman
Lumber company at Fairmont. The
Independent of that city says:
"Mr. Stewart is succeeded as MAN.
ager of the Coleman Lumber COM
pany by J. X. Osgood, who comes
here from Garden City, Blue Earth
county.
"Mr. Osgocd has had charge of the
Hubbard & Palmer elevator, fuel
and lumber. yard at Garden City for
the past ten years.
"He is a most pleasant gentleman
to meet and is spoken of by those
who know him as a progressive and
energetic business man, who can
soon be counted upon as being
among Fairmont's most loyal and
enthusiastic boosters.
"He will move his family here as
soon as he can get suitable house
to rent. He is cousin of Rev. C. B.
Osgood, pastor of the Christian church
in Mankato, who is well known to
many Fairmont people,"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
BIDS FOR BIG CREAMERY
Eric A. carlstrom; Mankato, Is Amonu
the Lowest

Bids on the Belle PLANE creamery
to be built for the Belle PLANE Co
Operative Creamery company at Belle
Elaine this fall, were opened yester-
day, but the contract will not be def
initely awarded until after a meet,
ing of the stockholders on August Is
The following bids on the general
contract We're received, which with
the alternate bids submitted by each
contractor. made nine bids in all
Edwin Rydeen, st. Paul, $19.92S.
Elvin & Grain, Minneapolis. SIS
2O3.
Eric A. Carlstrom. Mankato, s17.-
TAO.
Lindstrom & Ronpeberg, Minneap
oils, s17,700.
John Kratochwil, New Prague, ST.
416.
Variations from the above figures
occurred in the alternate bids in
favor of Eric A. Caflstrom's bid.
The creamery, complete with cleo
trio equipment, ventilating, heating,
and ice machine will cost about $24,-
600.
Architect Albert Schippel of this
city prepared the plans.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Horses Owned BY st. Clair Farmer
Victim Of Bolt.


Especial to The Free Press.l
st. Clair, August 14.-Mrs. Fannie
Andrews, who has been at Waseca
for a few weeks, returned to this
place Monday. After short stay
here and at Mankato where she went
Tuesday, Mrs Andrews will go to
Waseca to visit. her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Hale. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hale and daughter are making prep
arations to accompany Milford Hale
in an automobile trip to Oregon
which they intend to take in about
two weeks.
Mrs. Johnson and her brother were
passengers to Minneapolis Monday,
where Mr. Johnson expects to have
his third operation the first of the
week.
Mrs. Steve Foster, formerly of this
place put whose home now is in Man
kato, will move to Davenport, Iowa.
as soon as needed preparations can
be made. Mr.. Foster and daughter
LaJune are there attending school.
Saturday night lightning struck in
Tom Bowe's wheat field and burned
two shocks.
During the electric storm Tuesday
afternoon two horses owned by Mr..
Knoll were killed. Mr.. Knoll was as
sisting Mr.. Glumm at the time stock
threshing and Mr.. Franska, who is
helping Mr.. Knoll, was out in the
field getting a load of bundles when
the lightning struck and killed the
team. Mr. Franska and a boy who
was helping him, were thrown to the
ground. Mr. Franska was unconscious
for about an hour. The team was in
sured by the Mcpherson Farmers In
surance company. About week ago
the lightning struck in Mr.. KrolPs
field, burning two shocks of grain.
Word has been received from Mrs
Johnson to the effect that Mr.. John
son had his operation Tuesday AL
though he is very sick man, he is
doing as well as could be expected.
Messrs, Charles and Ralph Hilton
and Mrs. Henry Hilton were called to
Mankato Friday by the death of Mr..
John Murphy.
Mr. Norton. an old resident of ST.
Clair, but who has been absent for
number of years, is renewing old
acquaintance at this place this
week.
Johr Kruse spent few days the
| first of the week at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kruse.
John reports the outlook for good
crop is as favorable in Swift county
as here.
] Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Brandrup and
! Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Williams OF
Mankato attended the meeting at st.
Clair Monday evening. Mrs. Brand
rup gave a talk on the great need of
girls to volunteer for nurses to take
the place of the regular nurses and
Mr.. Williams told of his trip with the
boys and gave us some idea OF
camp life
The attendance at the canning
school Tuesday was small. Out of the
five teams only four members were
present. These were Alzada Juliar
Mary Thiessen, Vida Brewer and
Monica Thiessen. The first three
were formed into team with Mary
Thiessen as captain. This team and
a team from Beauford did good work
and were chosen to represent their
respective Fdistricts at the Garden
City fair. 80
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Schultz spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Schultz
mother at Mankato.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frantz enjoyed a five
o'clock dinner at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Landmark at Mankato Sun
Gay
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16

cific coast. "The big shipbuilding in
dustry and other war enterprises
make business lively on the coast, but
trade prospects are excellent in the
interior states, too. Montana will
have a much better crop than was
expected in the early part of the sea-
son. In Western Montana and Idaho
the crops are excellent. In the cas-
tern part where failure was predict
ed a short time ago, fair yield is
now predicted"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK
Boat Was Torpedoed While In The
Mediterranean Sea.
IAssociated Press; Dispatch.

TAssociated Press DIspatch.l
London, August IA British
destroyer was sunk by an enemy sub
marine in the Mediterranean August
6. Seven of the crew were lost
New York, August 13.-The Nor.
wegian steamer Sommerstad, 1876
tons, was sunk by a submarine off
Fire Island. The crew was brought
here.
An Atlantic Port, August 13-Cap- :
hin Hanson of the Swedish steamers
that was sunk Saturday states that
the torpedo went well past the YES
sci and then turned around and came
back. The report has given belief
to the theory that the U-boats now
control their missives by wireless.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
BENTALL WHEAT H0ARDER
Socialist Claims He Did Not Know
How Much He Had

How Much HE Had
J. o. Bentall, former socialist can
didate for governor from Minneapo-
lis, who is now under sentence for
violation of the espionage act, was
among twenty-five persons reported
yesterday to have been discovered by
Vidian wye, special representative Of
the United States food administra-
ton, to be boarding flour.
The offenders who were rounded up
in Mcleod, Renville and Meeker
counties, bought several hundred dol
lars of Liberty bonds and subscribed
heavily to the Red Cross to escape
prosecution.
Bentall, who lived at Cedar Mills,
admitted holding back more than
the permitted amount of wheat, but
explained it was in scattered grana-
ries and that he did not realize how
much he had
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
FUNERAL OF MRS. SMITH
Impressive Services Were Held o.
Saturday Afternoon.

Impressive and beautiful funeral
services for the late Mrs. Mary
Smith were held at Centenary Meth
odist Episcopal church Saturday aft
ernoon at two o'clock, Rev. G. A.
Cahoon officiating. The casket stood
before the altar, and was covered
with many beautiful floral offerings.
Ladies of Minneopa Rebekah Lodge
No. - of which Mrs. Smith was a
prominent member, attended in a
body, and occupied seats near the
front of the church, directly back of
the mourners. Appropriate hymns
were sung by quartet composed of
Misses Gertrude Clements and Effie
Conkling. and Messrs. F. d. Brooks
and A. c. Edwards, Miss Joyce Case
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
WILL LEAVE FOR FRANCE
/. F. Soaring Will Work in the Y.
M C Canfaan ca...;e.

wi. -. ~. Cdnteen service.
l.. F. Soaring will leave for France
about October 1, where he will have
charge of an army canteen for the Y.
M. c. A. Mr.. Soaring has long de-
sired to get into some branch of army
service and the Y. M. c.. A.. is the
only place where he could fit into the
best advantage.
Mr.. Soaring formerly was a MEM
Der OF the Mankato normal faculty.
He was instructor in Latin until that
study was stricken from the course
few years ago. He has been active
in the organization of the Mankato
Safety league and the home guards.
besides doing great deal of work
for the exemption board and the in
duction of young men in the officers
training camps.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
BREAK IS EXPECTED
Spain and Germany May Cut OipIo
matte Relations.

London, August 13.-British officials
were eagerly watching events today,
expecting a break to occur between
Spain and Germany. Relations are
known to have been strained for
sometime past.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
PROBING THOMAS o'BRIEN
Alleged Remark Causes An Investioa-
ton BY S. p. S. Commission.

st. Paul, August 13.-The Minneso-
ia Public Safety commission today
began an investigation Of the charges
of Attorney Thomas ORrien who stat
ed that rich mems sons were exempt
ed from draft when they had no more
to do than to chase a rubber ball
about the back yard lot while widows
boys were obliged to go to war be-
cause their frail sisters were able
to exc out part of the living by
Iclerking in department store.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
eratson Was pIscharaed:

Louis Bratson was before the muni-
icipal court yesterday afternoon on
charge of assault in the third degree,
through the complaint of. Mar
sgaret Thompson. Judge w. A. Plymat
heard all the evidence in the case and
dismissed Bratson as not guilty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16

John Trenhauser,, while backing an
automobile out of a garage last Satur-
day night, caught his left hand in the
gearing of one of the wheels and
crushed it badly, two fingers being in
jured, and the thumb being so badly
bruised and broken that it was neces-
sary to amputate half of it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
BURIED UNDER EARTH
Michael BratIandt Suffered Fracture
of Several Ribs.

Michael Bratlandt, employed at
Madison Lake by the North Star Con-
crete company was at work yesterday
afternoon, when the pit caved in and
buried him under the gravel in the
ditch. He sustained bad fractures of
the fifth and sixth ribs on the left
side, and was otherwise bruised The
injured man was brought to Mankato
for treatment at the Mankato Clinic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-05
Mrs. Eliza (Perham) Stebbins.

Mrs. Eliza =. (Perham) Stebbins, 81,
widow Of Frank Stcbbins, died at her
home on High street Sunday morning,
after week 5 illness caused by an
apoplectic shock sustained Just a week
previous. Until that time she had en-
.ioyed remarkably good health and re-
tanned her faculties in an unusual de-
gree for woman of her advanced
years.
Mrs. Stebbins was born in this town
and had always lived here. She was of
a rather retiring disposition and loved
her home. but nevertheless was much in
terested in the affairs of the town. She
is survived by one grandson. Robert
Stebbins of Covina. Calf, now a student
in the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology.
The funeral was held n the homo
Tuesday at | clock, Res. John II. Sir-
gent Of the Congregational church Of
floating. The burial took place il Pine
Grove cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-05
HINSDALE, N. H.
Maj. Smith with Quartermaster Corps.

MAJ. Srn1Cn WIN SuartermaSter Corps.
The following letter written BY Mai.
H. f. Smith to his mother, Mrs. Mary
Smith of this town, was written in
France Feb. 8 and received March /:
:" Dear Mother
Just few lines to let you know I
am well and working hard. ] am not
with my company any now, having been
relieved by General Edwards to assist
the postal authorities as the mail serv
lee has been very bad over here, SO
have not seen any Of my company for
about a month and ! will probably get
back with them again while | am
over here. | am assigned with the quar-
termaster corps, which handles all of the
rations, express and mail for the troops
at the front, and over here II is one
Of the most important parts OF the
service to get the food to the men.
do not know whether will be stationed
at this place all the time or not, but il
takes lot of men to handle the ear
loads of food that are shipped out every
/ day.
After referring to a few personal mat
ters Mai. Smith closes By writing
Hoping that this finds you we'll anC
that we will BIZ together again ii I'll,
! fail, viii close.
- Your son,
=" Harry
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-05
Killing of Deer II cstigated.

Deputy Game Warden g. p yelling
ton of East Jaffrev was in town Friday
investigating the shooting Of deer
Thursday in lower Ashuelot, also seek
ing information about a deer found dead
in the river opposite the Hinsdalc wool
en- mill the same day The first men
toned animal, mortally wounded and
chased by hound dog, jumped into a
coal pocket at the Robertson Bros. mill
and died in few hours. The tracks
in the snow Indicated that il had been
followed by two hunters and although
the warden and l.. Il. Nelson of Win
chester followed the tracks until night
fall Friday no convicting evidence was
found.
The deer found in the river apparently
had been pursued and bitten by a dog
and had drowned, presumably while try
ing to cross the river. The carcass of a
third deer was found last week on
Tower hill. but evidently il had been
dead some weeks and had been 50 near
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-05
CONSTANT PAIN
AF TER EATING
The TortuIeS Of Dyspepsia
Corrected by "Fruit-a-tlVes

II. MARTINS
"For two years, suffered tortures
from Scacrc Dyspepsia. j had
constant pains after eating; pains
down the sides and bacl, and
horrible bitter stuff often came up
inmy mouth. It-ied doctors, butthey
did not help me. But rs soon as L
started taking 'I.yHiEa-tises'(orF rait
ii,cy Ia57ckl / began TO improve
and this medicine, made of fruit
juices, relieved me when everything
else failed"
MRS. HUDSON MARSHBANK.
J0c a box, for $50, trial size 25c.
At dealers or from FECIT.A.TIVES
Limited, OGDL&SBURG, N. Y,