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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Herbert Rosquist Narrowly Escaped
Instant Death On Tracks.

iiSSoiI DSQtft Vii
Herbert 'Rosquist, ten year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. O. ]. Rosquist Of 1909
North Broad street, narrowly escap-
ed death yesterday noon when lie
accidently ran in front of moving
street car. He was crossing the
street from his home to the Franklin
school us ia large motor truck was
passing, and as he lodged around the
truck he came directly in front of
the street car, the car striking him
with such force as to knock him down,
the impact breaking the light on the
front of the car and the force of the
blow rendering the boy unconscious.
Had it net been for the quick action
of Joseph Laner, the car conductor,
who Immediately stopped the car, the
boy would have been run over and
killed. He was picked up and placed
on the car to be taken to the Man
kato clinic but someone in the car
recognized him, SO Conductor Laner
backed the car to the Rosquist home
and he was taken there.
Manager A. Mueller of the Electric
Traction company summoned DIR. J..
S. Holbrook, who examined the in
jured boy and gave him medical at
tention. 1t was found that the in
juries consisted of a sprained left wrist.
right hand and elbow badly cut, and
hip and ankle badly bruised Lucki-
ly there were no broken bones. The
boy recovered consciousness rapidly,
but is still suffering from his injuries
and the nervous shock
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Police Picked Up Mankato Man Dur.
ina the Forenoon.

John Gacke, a former barber in
Mankato, later an auto salesman, was
reported to have been taken into
custody in Minneapolis this morning
as he was looking over an automo-
bile. Chief of Police Ed Ario re-
received word to this effect from the
Minneapolis police authorities.
Chief Ario states that Mime
apolis detective informed him that
Gacke admitted he was going to pick
up car. The chief was also inform
ed he stated that Gacke registered at
a Minneapolis hotel with woman un-
der the name of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul.
Chief Ario stated today that to-
morrow morning he and Henry Kruse
will go to Minneapolis to interview
Gacke relatives to the disappearance
of the Kruse Car.
The Minneapolis detective inform
ed Chief Ario that Gacke had an
auto license tag in his possession.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
DENIED He IS CUNNAN
HARRY RILLA NOW CLAIMS HE.
HAS KILLED NO ONE
He Declared Today That Stuff
On Back of Picture Was
Huge Joke

"That was all written on my photo
graph for a joke" remarked Harry
,'Rilla this morning when questioned
as to why he was carrying around a
photograph with apparent incriminat-
ling evidence on it. Rilla is the man
(who was arrested by the police in a
local rooming house yesterday with
thirty eight caliber revolver and con-
Fsiderable ammunition in his posses
sion
In the mans inside pocket was a
photo and on the back of it had been
written "This is Harry Rilla" with
several aliases and that were the
photo lost it should be sent to one
doc Oakum" at Minneapolis who
would pay reward for it as the
bearer Harry Rilla) was wanted for
shooting two Austrians at James
town, North Dakota
Was Dead Drunk.
"It was all foolishness and anyone
might have known it," Rilla said
when interviewed this morning. 81
was dead drunk in one of the saloons
here and some fellows thought they
would be smart and wrote that on
the picture. l don't know what all
they put on it."
Rilla claims he came to Mankato
from Mitchell, South Dakota where he
was cook at the Club lunch. Before
this he said he was a cook at the
Gladstone hotel in jamestown, N. D.,
and he said anyone could wire there
and they would find that his reputa-
ton had been o. k. He stated that
he never carried the gun he had in
his possession, but that he always
cooked nights ard kept the weapon
on a shelf in the kitchen where it
was handy. Rilla denied that he had
ever been in an argument with any
Austrians regarding the war and
laughed at the idea that he was sus-
pected by the local police of shooting
two men,
"If l shot anyone l should think the
police would know l wouldn't carry
all the evidence around in my pocket"
he said.
Rilla was aTaigned before Judge
Temple in the municipal court this
morning on a charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons He was sentenced
to ten days in the county Jail and in
the meantime his case will be in
vestigated 4 Nothing has vet been,
heard from the Jamestown Iauthoris
ties who were notified of his arrest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
That Should Be Aim of Reconstruc
ton in France and BeIuMno.

London, November 21.-The aim OF
reconstruction in France and Belgium
will be to restore the means of pro
duction. asserts DR.. Christopher Addi
son British minister of reconstruc
ton.
"The textile trades in Germany" he
said, may have counted upon the
advantage which the destruction OF
looms would give them in the markets
of the world. The burden of the res
toration of the machinery must fall
upon those who destroyed it,
1t would be within the power of the
allies, said DR.. Addison, to withhold
from Germany cotton or other goods
until the Germans had made good the
machinery they had destroyed. In
the economic weapon. he pointed out,
civilization had great means for OBJ
tanning international justice.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Danv1He

The "fu" patients in this neigh
borhood have all recovered 81, saf.
Rev. Carl Kruger, pastor u of the
'DanVilleH Methodist church, is i'll at
his home in Mankatose an, 10 M
Emil $ and Louis oHSchubbe ap.were
callers at thee. Bolinger home Mon
day afternoon. 80 s. eah11tit4 80,
IL Anderson spent Sunday, p after
noon with his son Ora and wife.
Miss Esther Klaus helped Mrs.
George Williams cook for threshers
Friday.
Mrs. Ed Thompson is helping care
for the Bruce Piltz children this
week, Mrs. Piltz being called to Illi-
nois by the death of her sister Mrs.
Edith Sutton.
Mrs. Omer Bolinger and Miss Della
Bolinger spent Thursday afternoon
with their sister, Mrs. Alfred Thomp-
son.
Mrs. William Minks spent Friday
at the hone of her brother Edward
Thompson and family So
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Frank Gustafson Struck on Head BY
Piece of Iron.

Frank GuStafSon of 23T West
Eighth street, who is employed as car
rerairer by the Omaha railway. euf-
fered painful injuries this morning,
while al work. He was 'akiny an
iron down from the ceiling of the
car shop when a heavy piece of iron
became lcesened and fell. striking
him on the head and infiicting a bad
scalp wound. He was taken to the
Mankato Clinic where the wound was
treated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Kasota

School will re-open next Monday
having been closed for the past four
weeks on account of the influenza
epidemic.
Miss Leona Moulton, who was called
home because of illness in the family
returned to her school work at
Brewster last Sunday.
Mrs. F. G. Babcock of Mankato
spent last week end with Kasota rel
atives
Frank Edwards of ST. Paul. was a
visitor at the w. B. Pulver home the
fore part of the week
j. T. Sanger of Worthington was a
guest of friends here from Saturday
until Sunday last
Miss Hannah Berquist visited with
relatives in Mankato last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zibe Mason moved
their household goods to Pennington
Tuesday where they will make their
home for the present.
Mrs. G.. N. Warrant returned to
Minneapolis Sunday after a weeks
visit with relatives and friends here
Oscar Anderson, who has been a
victim of the Influenza, is being treat
ed in the Field hospital in st. Peter
Raymond Peterson and Elmer
Swenson left last Saturday for st.
Paul to seek employment.
F.. The Larkin club was entertained
last Thursday evening by Mrs. George
Larson.
John Nerbcvig has moved his fam
lily into the C. N. Warrant cottage
recently vacated by Frank Komers
and family.
Charles Leverson of Odin was a
guest last week at the home of Hell
mer Leverson and family.
Mrs. G. w. Babcock and daughter
Marian were callers in Mankato last
Monday.
Mrs. NJ A. Ostrander is spending a
few days of this week at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cheadle in
Cleveland
Harry Kirby and family spent last
Sunday at the home of Mr. g. Leaf.
II is reported that C. v. McGraw
has bought the William Moses farm
and will take possession in the spring
Mr.. McGraw will sell his stock and
farm machinery at public auction on
his home farm next Tuesday, Nov
ember 26. :
Miss Jessie Pitmon left last week
for Elbow, Saskatchewan, Canada, to
visit indefinitely.
Six members of the Ewett family
are recovering from an attack of in
fiuenza.
Miss Lucy Moses returned to her
school work at Worthington the first
of the week. rom. r )
Miss Lillian Frazier OF, St. Peter
was visitor last Sunday at the home
of E. Rob9rts and family. ga.
Mrs. r. D. Fawcett and Miss Ruth
Buell. were among the !, Shoppers in
MAJ kato last Saturday. ia.r s
Miss Mary Turrittln, . who teaches
in Minneapolis resumed her school
work the first of the week. '4'i
Mr. land Mrs. Harry Volk, who have
been visiting relatives here for the
past week, returned to, their home in
Tuesday. 80. p'Ae
, Emil SwensOn came, from South
Dakota where he has been at work
for several weeks past, last Saturday.
and visited over Sunday, with his.
family. He left again . Monday, for
Devils Lake. N. D.. to be gone indeff-
n1Uely "ts}ioi 'asl z91uug? rs sf,
Mrs. Susan Ewing, who has been
making ner home with her niece,
Mrs. J. Livingston for the past few
months, died last Thursday fol-
lowing an illness of several weeks
from infirmities due to old age. Had
she lived until November 26 she
would have been eighty three years
old. A private funeral was held Fri
day from the Livingston home and
interment was made in the KaSota
cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Allies to Serve Notice Because Of
Violation of Neutrality.
TAssocisted Press Disnats

LJlSnatChI
Paris. November 21.-The allied
government have decided to send Of
fetal protest to the Dutch govern
ment against the violation of Hol-
lands neutrality as the result of her
permitting German troops to cross the
Province of Limburg in the retreat
from Belgium, according to Echo De
Paris.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Announcement BY D. p. Jones, Head
Of Hennepin Committee.


Definite announcement that the
vote on the state prohibition amend
ment will be contested was made by
D. P. Jones, chairman of the Citizen
Dry Amendment committee at Hen
nepin county.
/ Information as to mistakes in Off
cial returns already have been re-
ceived by dry leaders, sufficient to
indicate that the narrow margin by
which the amendment lost can be
overcome.
I'VE have been informed that in a
number of cases votes of women were
included in the total vote cast" said
Mr.. Jones. :.'In many precincts the
total number of votes cast is ident-
ical With the registered vote. This
will be looked into"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Admitted That He Stole Turkeys From
Alfred Miller. limetoWn.


Emil Strobel, the young man ar
rested yesterday by the police and
who later admitted that he stole
three turkeys from Alfred Miller of
Limetown, was arraigned before
Judge John Temple in the municipal
court this morning, on a charge of
petit larceny. At the request of the
county attorneys office Strobel was
given Jail sentence being sentenc-
ed to serve thirty days at hard labor
in the county Jail.
Judge Temple gave the young man
severe calling down when he i'm
posed the sentence. The police de-
pariment and the county attorney are
of.the opinion that Strobel is the mani
who has been stealing chickens about
Mankato during the summer and
fall. Strobel is a married man and
it is understood that his family will
be dependent on the county while he
is in JAIL
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Nancy Takes No interest In Worldly
Affairs: Is Hibernatinn

King Winter has arrived at last i'll
the prophesies and the forest lore Of
the Indians and the early settlers
here is to be depended upon. The
bear at the park has retired for "a
long winter nap" When the bear re-
tired for his four months snooze the
indians were wont to believe that
winter had come to stay and Manka-
TO people maynow look forward only
TO the worst from the elements.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Resident of st. Clair Died At Aber-
deem, S. D., Funeral Tomorrow.

The remains of Bertram Leonard of
st. Clair who died at Aberdeen, S. D.,
were brought to Mankato last night
and were accompanied by his son
George. He was seventy three years
of age at the time of his death and is
survived by Ills wife, five sons and
one daughter. They are Paul and
George of Hettinger, N. D., Frank with
the United States forces in France,
Glenn and Harry at home and Mrs.
William Scho1n of Decoria township.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning at pine o'clock from st. Peter
and Paul's church. Interment will be
made in Calvary cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Retreatina in ereat Disorder.
TUnfted Press ntenatch.l

7
Geneva. November 21.-Swiss fed
eral authorities h0va been informed
that the German armies on he west
ern front are retreating in great dis
order. Swiss authorities say that
civil authority has disapp cared in
western Germany.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29

Washington. November 21.-The
war department issued a casualty
list today in which 1871 casualties
were reported. The Minnesota men
are as follows:
Killed in Action, Private A. Beske
Hector; Private Floyd P. Newton
Waldorf; Private Edward Becker
Client; Private Ed Evenson, Akley;
Private Harry o. Buth,, Sabin; Pri
vate Oluf o. Finstad, New London;
Private Arthur. L. Calvin, Worthing
ton; Private John P. Huberty, Wat
kins; Private John Roddewig, St
Paul.
Died of wounds, Private Conrad G.
Jensen, st. Paul; Private Lewis j
Ward, Princeton.
Died of disease, Private Ray O.
'beardsley; Minneapolis; Private Geo
Flakne Flaming; Private Nat Gappa
Parkers Prairie; Private Ludwig Han
son, Red Top; Private Emil Jorgen-
son, Caledonia; Private Lewis Lar
son, New London; Private George
John Friauf, 8 Hutchinson; Private
Harry jacobson. Fergus Falls; Pri4
waite Geo. E,yJ ohnson, Jackson; Private
Martin Myrem, Watson; Private Adj
iolph Nelson, Mcintosh. p.
Wounded, degree :, undetermined
Private Martin Anderson, Belgrade;
Private David G., Dalager, Lake Park ;
Private Lawrence B. Gilman, Excel
sier; Private Axel R. Linden, Garfield;
Private George W. Moore, Mountain
Island; Private George W. Schneider
Springfield Private Vim. e. Thomp-
SON., Minneapolis; Private Helmer
Wanberg'gW Wheaton; Private Joseph
!, Wounded severely, Private George
A.. Redpath, Wayzatta. ~. . IS q9
slightly, Private Henry E
,Lecour, Minneapolis.
81 Missing in action Private Wolfgang
Kohlers sWinsted; Private James u.
pine City; Private Emil c.
Hogberg, Argyle; Private Paul M.
Rommel, Rochester; Captain Henry
A. House. Duluth; Captain Orren E.
Stafford, Minneapolis; Private Walter
B. Quaman, Peterson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29

have been intrusted with the prepa
ration of teachers for the public
schools are the most 3penuriously
supported and the least attractive to
ambitious youth.
Nor can these normal schools with
their inadequate support supply more
than a fraction of the teachers an
nually needed for the public schools
Their total output each year is
scarcely enough for the needs of the
urban communities, leaving the rural
and village schools almost entirely
dependent upon unframed recruits
Shortage of Teachers
In a typical state-a state that is
perhaps midway beween the most
progressive and the most backward
educationally-eig per cent of the
rural school teachers this year are
boys and girls fresh from the eighth
grade OF the common schools-and
even under these inadequate standards
this state reports shortage in teach
ers, so keen is the demand for their
oSINICSS III OtltI OCCuUdtlOuS.
For the national government gen
erously to cooperate with the states,
first in meeting the emergency which
is drawing so many teachers away
from the schools, and then in sup
porting institutions and agencies for
the preparation of competent teach
ers, would be to raise at once the
status of the teaching profession and
thereby enhance the efficiency of the
schools throughout the land With
out encroaching upon the autonomy of
the several states, CO operation would
recognize in most effective way
the dependence of the nations well
fare upon the public schools and the
of the teachers service
to the nations life
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
King to Enter Brussels.

IFFn1ted PreSS IJlSr"f"hI
( Paris, November 21.-King Albert
and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium will
enter Brussels tomorrow, Bruges
dispatch states. The government has
been moved from Bruges to Brussels.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29

F. A. Franz of Camp Grant, ILL.,,
spent yesterday in the city.
Carl Ingwalson, secretary of the
Widell company, arrived home from
Chicago this morning.
Miss Frieda Gale has returned
from Elmore, Mimi, where she spent
some time with her relatives.
Sergeant A. w. Hack, who is sta
toned at camp near San Francisco,
Cal, is home on twenty seven day
,furlough.
Dr.. J. Vaughn of Winnebago, who
recently hCke his arm while crank
ing a car was in the city today hay-
ing the a, m dressed.
Albert Kitz of Estherville, Ia,
travelling salesman for the Armour
company, was in the city over Sun
day visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Minnie Hubbard returned
Tuesday evening from several days
spent in the twin cities visiting
friends and attending to business af
fairs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
christmas Boxes Given Out.

Boxes in which to pack Christmas
gifts for soldiers overseas were given
out today to many callers at the Red
Cross headquarters in the Odd Eel
lows block. One box is allowed to go
to each soldier.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-29
Killed in an EXPLOSION.
fIrrited Press n,snatch ]

fTfrited Press D'spatch
Amsterdam, November 21-Two
hundred persons are reported to have
lost their lives in Cologne when a
factory there exploded.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-13
INDUSTRIAL TEAMS
WILL HAVE LEAGUE
Meeting Next Monday Night TO
Organize Various Plants OF
City in Baseball.

An industrial baseball league will
probably bc organized in this city through
tho efforts Of Jack MCGOWAN and J. a
oliver Several teams have already
eiCniticd their intentions Of Joining the
new organization and 4 meeting will bc
held ncxt Monday night for the purpose
OF organization
-Four clubs have already gotten into
line for the new league and they include
tho du Pont Experimental Station. PuSey
And ,I6leS Harlans and Eden The
membership of the league will not he
limited. but II Is the purpose Of the or
ganizcrs 10 ct under way If only four
clubs enter the race
several influential business men arc
back of the move 10 organize the league
aud invitations IL JOIN Will bc sent out
10 alfof the industrial plants and athletic
a~~ociatIonS III " lmpgi0u and the
ncighborlng towns h-idc from the clubs
drcadv mentioned Representatives from
the following are expected N tho meeting
in TIN. office Monday night RancroftS,
Continental Fibre Of Newark. Delaware
Hard Fibre, American Nulcanizcd Fibre,
+. r. X W II r, Electric Hose and
Rubber. UagIcy, New Castle Leather.
Pullman Car ~hop~ First Battalion Ff-
iicth Infantry Bell 7 .ephone.
Il ! expected that tho league vll
Is. fully organized Monday night and
.uv teams. industrial al otherwise wish
ing 10 enter should have representative
~ the meeting The names already sue-
Ce>;cd for the new circuit arc Industrial
League and CltN League The meeting
vii tie open and any one interested III
baseball Is invited 10 attend
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-13
BOWIE FIRE.
Seventeen Well-known Thorough
breds Burned to Death in Race
Track Conflagration.

Bowie. Md, April l3 "A typical Friday
card of strictly overnight events all Of
the claiming or selling variety, was the
Offering ut Bowie Yesterday afternoon. and
although cheap horses contested for thf,
purses, contention was keen and good
afternoons = sport was the result.
Only two favoriies succeeded in scor-
ing and the talent suffered severe SET
backs IN the defeat of Nilcv, Flora Finch
and Rcd Post. which were the M ost heav-
ilv backcd choices of the afternoon. \
small band of regulars, seasoned To nd
verse weather conditions on racetracks,
and a representation of local sport devo-
tees. which were numbered. witnessed TIVE
performance of the thoroughbrcds.
The best race of the afternoon was
the fourth, in which fair assortment
of patcrs faced the starter. Baby Sister
bv reason of previous good efforts, was
installed favorltc and lived up to cxpcc-
tations by scoring handily over Huda \
brother. The latter went to the front
Immediately after the break and set n
fast clip. Rodriguez took the Arthur
oclding IN hand and rated him to n
ncetv. and, when challenged on the
stretch turn, he still had run left, for
he disposed Of Or Charcot handiy, but
could not withstand the rush OF Baby
Sister, which closed with tremendous
burst of speed in the final furlong and
drew clear nj the end DIR 'hnrcot
which won earlier in the week ut an ex-
ccllcnt price, was a keen factor until the
stretch was reached, where he gave up
the ghost
\ con0agratlon believed to be Of incen-
diary origin, DESTROYED II well-known
thoroughbrctle AT Bowie racetrack early
Yesterday morning The blaze. which was
driven bv high wind wrought havoc and
devastation. although attempts were made
~. fight II, and not one thoroughbred IN
the stable which was d .stroyed could be
led 10 safety This IS the third fire 81
Bowie within he past two wears
The entire Calumet Stable, the property
of 4 VI Garrison. wns wiped ont light
racers of note were lost from this estab-
l4hmcnt AIooechcad and George "
Avery, which was returned winner on
his first start N tins meeting. were lost
G. G Winfrcy suffered the loss Of three
If hl, best runners Woodward. Eaglc
and Jcn died IN the flames
The most valuable thoroughbred l0st
was Walter House Fragonafd, for winch
House recently refused Sl2000 offered
E.yc Glas4 related to \ l. Aates' good J
Ncar-old I've I.ld, also pcrlshud The
others were 2-Ycar-ods which have never
faced barrier