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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Treaty Stoned With Denmark,

Washington. - Danish American
commercial and shipping agreements,
which have been the subject of nego-
tiations between the war trade board
and the special Danish mission in
Washington, were completed Wcdnes-
day and signed. Similar agreements
have been made with all European
neutrals except Holland.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
couore.. Asked for War Funds.

Washington.-Congress was asked
by the war department on Tuesday to
provide $7.347, 100000 In addition to
previous estimates for carrying out
the enlarged American military pre-
gram for the coming year.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
TRAPPED IN BURNING PLANT.
Eleven Perish In Factory Fire In New
Jersey.

Eleven Perish In Factory Fire In New
5f Jersey.
Newark, N. Trapped in a cloak
room on the top floor, eight girls, a
boy and man persisted here Tuesday
in fire which destroyed the plant of
the American Button company. An
other girl was killed, when, seeking to
escape from the flames, she leaped
from window. Nine other girls were
injured, several probably fatally.
The girls on the lower floors made
their escape. Most Of the dead and
injured were working in the carding
room at the top Of the building. 1t Is
believed tk-t. when they found escape
by means of fire escapes and stairways
cut off, they fled in panic to the
cloak room, where their bodies were
found later.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Shin Workers Start.

Portland, Ore.-Three hundred men
from middle western states, imported
to work in Portland shipyards, began
their labors Wednesday at the plant
Of the Columbia River Shipbuilding
company's yards. They are the adj
vance guard Of a gang of about 5000
men to be brought here from other
states to make up a serious shortage
In shipyard labor.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
sr'g. Gen. LittIeton W. T. Waller
mas been promoted to the rank Of ma.
Jor general In the United States Ma.
r'ne corps for gallant duty In Haiti and
In France. ~''~
Costly Gifts Scored

San Francisco.-The executive com.
mittee of the state council of defense
adopted a resolution Wednesday mt,
ting that body on record as being IN.
posed to the "giving of useless or or
travagant Christmas presents"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Peace Demonstration Ex,...

London. : 1t is rumored in Berlin
that when the reichstag meets there
Will be another peace demonstro t,on
similar to that Of July. 1917. ACCORD
ing to an Amsterdam dispatch to Tho
Exchange Telegraph COMPANY
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Food Scarcity Pinches.

Observation-Disclosures members of
the municipal council Of Berlin raised
the food question in the council meet
ing Thursday, according to the Tele-
graf. One speaker exclaimed: 1T
Is time the war came to an end"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
McAdoo Favors Rate increase.

Observation-Disclosures Genera y
Adoo has approved the applica''on, m.
the American Railway Express ~. wi
pany for further rate increases ss,
mated to yield $23,67O,Oo0, anu ,n nr
sent the proposal to the interstate w.
merce commission for final aciio"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Fined on sedjtion Charge.

Los Angeles.-Prince Hopk'a' wn
three associates. all Of Cnlifori''a' ,ors
recently pleaded guilty In the ,,an q
court here to charges of vioia" AZ
the espionage act, have paid INV
gregating $35,5O6.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Approves War EXCESS Tax.

Washington. - All of the principal
tax provisions Of the new war reve-
nue. bill were approved by the house
on Wednesday, with few minor
amendments, almost as fast as two
clerks, working in relays, could read
them.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Entente Diplomats Arrested.

Amsterdnm.-United States Minis.
ter vopicka and all entente ministers
who were at Jassy Capital of Ru.
mania), have been arrested by order
OF the soviet, 1t was learned here late
Friday.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
eu,o.r Forces Routed.

Observation-Disclosures rout ,.oIap
Bulgarian forces In the Mace' .o,i
theater of operations Is "h''o .,nos|
Thursday In an Official colh', .hl,,I
from SalOniki, made public at 'e
Headquarters.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
German Effort Now Defensive. :,

Paris.-Entrenched in the mn
lines of the Hndenburg sys'e" n
Germans along the front soulii"sI rss
Metz appear to have accepted wv ,nlor
situation. The tactics they are ei"p'''
Ing are wholly defensive ones.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Wounded Soldiers Returned.

Notwithstanding the week end
ed September IS, 1874 sick and wound
ed soldiers Of the American expedi-
tionary forces were landed in the
United States, the war department
announces. There were AT landed in
the preceding week.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
TURKS ON THE RUN.

General Allenby Advances " Miles
and Takes Many Prisoners.
London. ~ British forces in Pales-
Inc. under command of General Al
lenby, attacked the Turkish positions
on front of 10 miles on September
10. The British broke through the
Turkish lines between Rafat and the
sea and pushed forward for dis
lance of II miles.
Three thousand Turks were taker
prisoner by General Allenby's forces.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
FRANCE WILL FIGHT ON.

Premier Clemenceau Makes Stirring
Reply to Peace Plea.
Paris.-"Forward to victoryv" is
Frances answer to Austria, Hungary's
peace bid. Premier Clemenceau thun-
dered 1t in the chamber of deputies
late Tuesday. winding up one Of the
most eloquent and inspiring speeches
he has ever made. The whole house.
which had constantly interrupted him
with cheers as he made his defiant
speech, rose to its feet and wildly
acclaimed the "tiger," resolving unani-
mously to have his speech posted
throughout France.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Soldiers Killed In wreck.

Springfield, Mo. Twenty-Five SOL
diers were killed and between 30 and
60 more were injured when freight
train and troop train crashed to-
gether In a head-on collision one mile
east Of Marshfield, Mo.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Mailer General Wheaton plss.

Chicago. - Major General Lloyd
Wheaton. U. 8. A. died September II,
following an operation. He was so
years old and retired from active serv-
ice In 1902. He served In the Civil
war and the Spanish-American war.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
Amerlean.Mad Plane. In Drive.

Paris.-American made airplanes,
driven by Liberty motors, played an
important role in our reduction of the
st. Mihiel salient. The machines In
use were De Haviland tours, two
seated ciplanes.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23

U-Boat Sinks French Vessel.
Paris.-The French line steamship
Admiral Charner, bound from Bizerta
to Malta, has been torpedoed with the
loss of six lives, according to an Off.
cial statement. The passengers and
crew numbered 174.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-23
War Trophies on Loan Drive.

Chicag0.-War trophies, which for
two weeks thrilled almost two million
persons at the government exposition
In Chicago, have been assembled ON
two exhibition trains for tour of the
seventh federal reserve district.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
GIVEN BRAVERY MEDAL
However, Corporal John Evans
Did Not Think He Was En-
titled To One

mot much to get bravery medal
for" is the way Corporal John Evans
brother of Mrs. ID. M Jones of this
city, in a letter to his mother describ-
ed the act for which he was decorat-
ed by the British government.
Early one morning the order came
to the waiting men in the trenches
to ego over the top" They went, as
Corporal Evans charged the enemy
he was aware that his pals were be-
ing shot and were falling around him,
while he miraculously escaped, and
shot six Germans in succession as
they came out of their dug out to
face the British. After returning to
his trench Corporal Evans went
forth again and assisted in the rescue
of ten of his wounded comrades,
bringing them back to safety under
the fire OF the enemy. He stated that
he did not consider that he had done
more than any of the fellows would
do, and although he had been wound
ed slightly he was still able to be at
the front. He closed his letter by
saying. 81 am sitting on my little
straw bed in Belgium, and it is quiet
here just now, much better than the
trenches"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
LEGAL ADVICE BOARD
HOLDS DAILY SESSION
Young Men Can Have Question
aires Attended to Free of
All Charge

Young men who receive question
naires will be interested to know that
the legal advisory board is in session
constantly, the hours at the court
house being from a. m. until II a.
M, and from 1870 p. m. until 5 p.
M When not in session at the court
house, and at their offices, the mem
bers of the board will be ready to
render assistance on any question
naire. There will be no charges what
soever to young men for making out
or assisting in making out question
naires. The United States war de-
partment recently requested Attor-
ney Miles Porter to secure all mem
so to take up this work as a patriotic
duty, and they have done so with no
thought of remuneration. The ques-
tionnaire advisory board is composed
of Attorney Miles Porter, chairman,
and Attorneys William f. hughes and
Thomas Hughes, permanent members.
The associate members are Attorneys
C. o. Daley, c. E. Gilmore, A. c..
Edwards, c. j. Laurisch, John Tenn
pie, H. S. Golf, j. E. Regain, S. B..
Wilson, j. w. Schmitt, and Messrs
P. W. Pitcher and A. E. Quimby, and
Miss Theresa Balkenhol, Attorneys
Harry Johnson and A. r. Pau, Jr,
all Of this city, and George w.
Champlin Of Lake Crystal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
STICKS OF DYNAMITE
FOUND ON A G0hDOLA
Looks Like An Attempt to Blow
Northwestern Coal Sheds
At Rochester

Rochester, December 28.-Did Ger
man spies try to blow up the North
western Railway company coal house
here or was the attempt made by
members of the I. w. W.?
Freight Agent H. T. Banks yester-
day had in his possession, two sticks
of dynamite with caps and fuses, one
found in a gondola in the coal chutes
in the western part of the railway
yards, and the other found in the coal
already placed aboard a locomotive.
Strangely enough neither stick of
dynamite exploded. 1t was reported
last night that employees of the road
were in quandry as to what to do in
the matter. Not one-fourth of the coal
in the car in the house had meen un-
loaded and there was no knowing
how many more sticks Of explosive
were contained therein. Some en-
ployes suggested that the car be TAX
en- down the inclined track and re-
moved to a place in the open where
it could be unloaded carefully bit by
bit so as to remove any possible
danger of blowup.
The discovery of the dynamite was
at once reported to the division sup
erintendent who undoubtedly took it
l,p with Chicago officials of the road.
Beyond doubt they will send special
investigators here to try to discover
the perpetrator of the attempted
crime.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
EaeleLake

Roy Compton, who is in the employ
of the Twin City Transit company
spent Christmas with his people, Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Compton.
Francis jackson of st. Paul is spend
ing a few days with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. 0. F. Jackson.
Mr.. Henry Black Burns, the next
number of the lecture course will lee
ture at the Methodist Episcopal
church Thursday evening, January g.
This is one of the best numbers.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. J. L. Burgess Wednesday morn
ing.
Mrs. M. B. Cook has been confined
to her home the past week with the
1agrippe.
There are several cases of measles
in the village among the children.
Miss Edith Johnson, principal Of
the school is visiting her father at
Iona during her vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Swenson and
family spent Christmas visiting rela-
tives and friends at Winthrop.
Miss Marion Cummins, who is at
tending school at Owatonna, is spend
ing her vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. L. CumminS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
ORDERS FILED BY COURT
Judge w. L. Comstock Handed Down
Documents TODAY.


Documents Today.
Judge w. L. Comstock of the dis
trict court today filed an order in the
suit of the d. NJ Gilmore company
against w. N. Ballard and wife, John
F. Tyler and the Crane and Ordway
company, defendants, and BENJAMIN
F. McGregor, trustee in bankruptcy.
intervening defendant The Crane
and Ordway company was given
judgment in the sum of S245.79 with
interest from September 25, 1915. for
certain goods furnished by that con-
Germ for Improvement of the property
OF Ballard in Decoria The D. NJ. Gill
more company had claim of S697.13
of the same kind, for goods alleged
TO have been furnished through John
F. Tyler, merchant of Mapleton, later
adjudged bankrupt This claim was
turned down.
The court filed an order also in the
suit of George w. Cakes and Bethuel
). Cakes, partners as George W..
cakes & Co., against the Widell COM
pany, denying motion to remove the
action to Ramsey county. The motion
to move the case to Ramsey county
was based on the allegation that the
defendant company had a resident
agent in Ramsey county, but the court
neld that no such fact had been sus-
tanned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04

Harry Hanson and brother of Lake
Crystal were in Mankato yesterday.
They are brothers of Mrs. Waldemar
Scherer. Harry Hanson was former
ly connected with the Free Press
clerical force.
Albert Lea Tribune: Mr.. and Mrs.
John Martinson and three sons, Victor,
Harold and Arnold of Mankato spent
Christmas at the home of the formers
son, Fred and family, 315 Euclid
street. Victor is a volunteer in the u.
S. Aviation Signal corps. He was re-
Gently transferred from San Antonio,
Texas, to the Dunwoody Institute, Min
neapolis for special training.
Madison Lake Times: Dan Brown
arrived Friday to spend few weeks
at his old home here. He has been
working hard the past summer and
says that in August he shocked grain
for twenty-five days steady Crops
were not of the bumper kind this
year, but he is satisfied when every
thing is considered and will return
to New Rockford for the spring work.
e. M. Zuel has gone to Fergus Falls
to attend to insurance business.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
German Shell Dropped Into
Party Of Engineers
WERE WORKING INTRENCH
Two Men in Ranks Were Slain
BY Dropping of Teuton
Bombs
ASSOCIATED Iress Dispatch.l

From Fridays Daily.
With the American Army in
France, December 2S.-A corporal of
the American engineers was killed
and a private wounded Christmas
eve, when a German shell dropped
near party of American engineers
working in the trenches on a section
of the French front
With the American Army in
France, Thursday, December 27.-On
a recent moonlight night German
aviators dropped bombs near a GER
tain town and two American privates
In the camp in the wood were killed.
Moon Aid to Aviators.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l
With the American Armies in
France, December 28-Two Ameri-
can soldiers were killed recentlv =;
bomb dropped on moonlight night
by a German aviator The moon
shines so brightly that it makes the
American camp a very handy target
for aviators. To extinguish all fires
and lights seems to afford little pro-
lection, as the moon shines so bright
ly. The Sammies have been boyishly
hoping that some hostile aviators
would appear and relieve the monotony
of the drill and other routine.
American Surgeon Killed.
United Press Dispatchl
With the American Army in France,
December 28.-One American surgeon
was killed and another barely escap-
ed in the drive that the Germans re-
Gently made on General Byng's line
in the vicinity OF Cambria The
American medical officers were as
ISOLATED at the time with the medical
work of the British army.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04

Lieutenant Erwin Bruss, who was
home on short furlough over
the Christmas holidays, returned to
Camp Cody, Mexico yesterday noon.
James D. Balm, who has enlisted in
the United States navy and is taking
three months training at Minneapolis,
is home to spend ten days furlough
with his relatives and friends. He will
return to Minneapolis on New Years
day.
Miss Emma Kleinke has resigned
her position as saleslady at the j. B.
& D. Richards store, and has returned
to her home in Waseca.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. e. Davey will de-
part tomorrow morning to visit rela-
tives at Burlington, Iowa, and other
points in Southeastern Iowa.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
Who Needs the Article? Work
By 7. R. Smith
FARM BUREAU PLANS
What Is Being Done BY the
Promoters of This Great
Enterprise
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
R. r. Smith, appointed by c. +.
Bull of the university farm, was in
the city today comforting with At
torney S. B. Wilson, president of the
Blue Earth County Safety commits
sion, in regard to taking thorough
canvass of the county to find out who
needs seed corn, and who has seed
corn to sell. In this way it is hoped
to provide everyone with good seed
corn and insure a splendid crop next
season.
M. E. Teeter, organizing agent for
county farm bureaus, was in the
city today, and met with Secretary
E. F. Soaring and others at the Man.
kato Commercial club to discuss the
organization of the Blue Earth
County Farmers bureau. He reported
that F. o. True, temporary secre-
tary, of Indian Lake, had visited the
county superintendent office yester-
day and stated that in eleven town
ships of the county 232 members had
been secured. Six of the townships,
Danville, Sterling, Mapleton, Shelby,
Lime, and Mankato townships, had
furnished 160 of the 232 members Sc
cured. Lake Crystal has already Sc
cured about forty members. When
five hundred members are secured in
Blue Earth county meeting will be
held and the farm bureau will be or
ganized.
Business Men Should Assist.
Business men of Mankato should
assist in organizing this bureau by
taking memberships, and steps were
taken today to send out committees
to solicit for members.
The object is to obtain a county
agricultural agent. Blue Earth county
has donated $1,000, and the federal
government has appropriated $500
toward the cost of maintaining such
an agent, provided five hundred mem
bers are, obtained for the farm bureau
at $3.50 membership fees.
Minnesota now has eighteen coun-
ties employing, county agricultural
agents, and sixty counties are now
asking for such agents. The state of
Iowa expects to have an agent in
every county before March. The
great value to Blue Earth county of
having such an agent is easily ap-
parent.
1t is possible that Mankato business
men will be visited by solicitors to-
morrow, as it is hoped to gain one
hundred members to the new bureau
from Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04

Mr.. and Mrs John Willard of Ia
Der. Alberta, Canada. are in the city
visiting the parents of the former,
Mr. and Mrs. d. G.. Willard John
Willard stated today that people gen.
orally in Canada are pleased over
the results of the recent elections in
Canada. He is member of the To-
cal exemption board in Taber and the
plan of selecting men for the Cana
dian army is similar to the one which
is in vogue in the United States.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
HOW GRIFFITHs WAS GASSED
Shell Exploded in Front of Ammuni-
ton Outfit He Was Driving.

Shell Exploded in Front OF Ammuni-
ton Outfit He Was Driving.
The County Times of Welshpool,
Montgomeryshire, Wales, contains
the following account of the illness of
Dan W. Griffiths, formerly of this
city, where he was member of the
Orpheus club and the knights of Pyth-
las lodge:
Sergeant D. Griffiths of Newton,
Canadian Field Artillery, son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. Griffiths of Broad street,
Newton, has been gassed, and is now
in a hospital in France.
lowing to his battery being cut up
he had to take turn at driving and
gunnery. On the night of the 18th he
was conveying ammunition from the
dump to the guns when shell explod-
ed in front of his team, which became
FESTIVE and prevented him from get
ting his gas mask on. He has been in
France only few weeks"
An account of Sergeant Griffith's ILL
ness appeared in The Free Press
Wednesday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
Rapidan9

Paul Just of Minneapolis spent
Christmas at home.
Mrs. A. o. Lee, who has been quite
i'll for some time, is reported some
what improved. She is able to be up
and around some of the time.
Mrs. Guy Mendenhall and children
left Saturday for an extended visit
with relatives in Minneapolis.
Lille Weir is home from Mound,
Mimi, to spend the holidays.
Earl Duffield of Lewisville spent
Christmas at the Weir home.
Mrs. B. e. Mendenhall returned
home Saturday afternoon after spend
ing about two months in Minneapolis
and st. Paul.
Miss Roberts, who teaches school in
district No. 100, is spending her two
weeks vacation with her parents in
Mankato.
DIR. Franchere of Lake Crystal made
professional call at the H. Naylon
home Christmas day.
Leland and Lonnie Mcdonald en-
tertained a number of their friends at
their home last Friday night Cards
were played during the evening and
at midnight delicious oyster supper
was served.
Several of the young men here have
received their questionnaires and are
making flying trips to town obtaining
help to get them filled out properly
and sent in in the required time, sew
en- days.
The substitute is handing out the
mail on Route 1 these days as Mr..
Watts is taking his vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert ellison entertained
the latter's father of Wells, Mimi,
over Christmas.
A splendid Christmas program was
held in the Norwegian Lutheran church
Thursday evening.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
WAS LANDED IN JAIL

Charles Yoder, Who Made Insulting
Remark About President Wilson.
Lakefeld, Mimi, December 28.-
Charles Yoder, who has been en-
ployed on farm near Okabena, made
a remark which in effect was that
''Wilson Tor Uncle Sam,) the =
had got us into this war, now let him
get us out" This did not go with some
Of his hearers and his words were
reported to Sheriff Lee who promptly
arrested him for seditious remarks
and landed him in the county jail.
Saturday he was arraigned before
Justice Olson, at Jackson and bound
over to the grand jury and bail bonds
fixed at $1,000, not being able to Sc
cure which he still languishes in Jail
and boards at the expense of the
county.