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The sun., 1918-10-06

ton is going TO war and now nothing seems
out of the way.
"Well, if you won't tell me when the
war is going to end, perhaps you will say
what its effect has been on the English
vocabulary" suggested, and this time l
was more successful
A War of Words.
"The effect has been material" DIR.
Vizetelly said. "The boys at the front
have appropriated great many words
from the French and have given us good
round number Of their own. Among the
latter are: ace, Amaze, barndook, pill-box,
Blighty, blimp, camouhage, coOtie, grou-
ser, poilu, Stacker and tank.
"Poilu is being commonly misused for
French soldier instead of for one who has
seen service in the trenches. The popular
name for the French soldier is pioupiOu.
From a rough approximation l judge
that we have derived from all branches Of
the service during the war several thou
sand words, five or six perhaps, which will
have to be inserted in new dictionaries,
exclusive Of the personal and geographical
names that have come into prominence
during the military operations
The sun., 1918-10-06

line with Pope. Believe me- is frequently
found in Shakespeare and was current in
the United States in Washington's time,
for writing home he said, 4 heard the bull
lets whistle, and, believe me, there is some
thing charming in the sound
II am asked very often what my ex-
PLANTATION is for the general difficulty in
learning to spell correctly. The explana-
ton is that English spelling is bereft Of
all reason-that we need a new alphabet.
That priceless inheritance of ours, as it
is so often called, has too much to do with
only twenty-six letters to indicate forty
sounds. But We won't have a new one
until the phoneticist can be induced to
forget his symbols, the photographer a
few of his dots and dashes and the simpli-
fer his schemes for simplifcation. If
they would act jointly with few praeti-
cal typographers and men with Journal
istic sense we might soon have an alpha
bet that would win public favor" And
when you consider that ibis is the opinion
Of a king among Simplified Spoilers, it
has double weight.
That DR.. Vizetelly is a humorist in ad-
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dition to being all these other things one
knows from the illustrations which he
uses in his Desk Book Of $1,000 Words
Frequently MiSpronounced and in The
Preparation Of Manuscript for the Printer.
They are all given with double pur-
pose, not only to illustrate his point
Of view but also to show something Of
what was passing through his mind at the
time he made the book, and they are de-
lightful proofs that true humorist can
worm humor into the most unexpected
places.
He Will Spell the Germans Down!
| asked when the war would end, as
every one does every one else, and got the
usual noncommittal answer. But if it
doesn't end soon there is grave danger
that DR.. Vizetelly will go. When he went
to Canada last fall he found his sixteen
year-old nephew, the last Of seven, Just
about TO enlist SO he brought him back
TO New York, where he keeps him fast at
work in his Office, and he says that if an
other member of his family goes he will be
that member We all know what bows of
16 are, and so it may be only question of
days. And after all, why not7 Chester
The sun., 1918-10-06
Old Slang and New Spelling.

81 am constantly struck by the truth of
the adage, There is nothing new under
the sun Much Of our modern slang, for
instance, is TO be found in Shakespeare,
Pope, Dryden and other English classics.
There's nobody at home was a favorite
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
SAVE The PEACH PITS
They Can Be Used. to Make Gas
Masks; Help the Soldiers. .

lney Can Be Used to Make Gas
Masks; Help the Soldiers.
To make gas masks effective we
must have carbon; and carbon is now
made from peach pits or stones, april
cot, cherry, plum, prune, and olive
pits, date seeds and nut shells. Two
hundred peach stones or seven
pounds of nut shells. will make car
bon enough for one mask-think of
that! And then know that one mask
will save an American soldiers life.
Cocoanut shells have furnished the
needs for such carbon but, the supply
OF such shells, is wholly inadequate,
therefore it has been stated that the
above are the best substitutes for the
cocoanut shells now being imported.
under great difficulty.
In Germany five years before that
country started the worlds greatest
war, practically all school children
and thousands of men and women
were gathering seeds of pits and nuts
from which the Kaiser's cohorts were
able to make carbon. Carbon being
absolutely necessary in making gas
masks
In America thousands of patriots
are now doing this work in America
Tor American gas masks. Your help
is needed. BRING your peach stones
etc. to the store who have made ar
rangements to receive them. In
every store in America enough stones
or pits should be deposited to make
hundreds of masks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
CARING FOR THE BOYS
american Women Are Doing That
Over in English Isles.


London, August 19-[By Mail. J.
American women are busy looking
after their soldier boys.
More than 600 are enrolled in the
care committee" which has SUBJ
committees all over England, Scotland,
Wales and Ireland.
Every American soldier who returns
to England, his temporary "blighty,'
sick or wounded, is visited and sup
piled with comforts of various Kinds
gifts of flowers, fruit and delicacies, as
well as articles of clothing.
!, These American women work un-
tiringly. They assist men who have
run out of funds, organize picnics,
river trips and sightseeing excursions,
as well as write letters home for those
of the boys who are unable to do so
themselves.
This work was begun before Amer
lea came into the war, for even at
that time there were many Americans
enrolled in British and Canadian leg
iments. Some of them are now dis
charged because of wounds and in
such cases, the care committee pro-
vides them with facilities for re-
turning to their homes in the states.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
INJURIES PROVED FATAL
Joseph PiItz of DanviIIe Died at Six
O'Clock This Morning.

Joseph Piltz of Danville, who last
Saturday while moving grass was
seriously injured, died at six o'clock
this morning. The team which he was
driving became frightened and ran
away, throwing him on the sickle of
the mower. Several bones in his
shoulder were broken and his arm
severely slashed.
Mr.. Piltz was single man and
lived with his mother, Mrs Bertha
Piltz, and sister, Lizzie. He was born
in Danville some forty years ago. His
father was the oldest settler in that
section
Mr.. Filtz was patriotic American
and donated literally to all the war
drives. At a recent Red Cross auction
sale held at Danville he donated a
horse which sold for $11O. His sis
ter, Miss Lizzie, i spresidert of the
Red Cross unit. He is survived by
his mother and two sisters. Lizzie
PiltZ and Mrs. George Williams, all
of Danville. He was member of the
German Methodist church from which
the funeral will be held Monday at
two o'clock. Rev. Carl Kruger of
this city will officiate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13

through Greece, Egypt and the Holy
Land.
DR.. Harrington was prominent
figure in the early days of Mankato.
He served onsthe old board of alder
men, and was member and served
as president of the Minnesota Valley
Medical association. He was also
connected with the State Medical as
ISOLATION and American Medical So
ciety. In January, 1903, he was elect
ed president of the Mankato State
bank, and served in that capacity for
number of years, retiring on ac-
count of advancing years, He was
for years vice president and a di-
rector as well.
DR.. Harrington was united in mar
riage on October 20, 1874, to Miss Ju-
liza e. Robbins of Chester. Vermont,
who died May II, of this year.
DR.. Harrington was a splendid citi-
zen and in the practice of his profess
sion was tireless worker. He was
one of the early day physicians who
rendered such magnificent service
during the early days when the small
pox and diphtheria scourges visited
this section. He was kind hearted
man, charitable and thoughtful of
others.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
FARMERS IN OLD JAPAN
PILING UP The WEALTH
Many Who Were Burdened With
Debt Now Live On Easy
Street

Toxic, August 10.-[By MALL
Japanese farmers have long purses,
well filled, as a result Of war pros
perity which has come to them since
last autumn, according to G. Shi-
mura, president of the Hypothec
bank of Japan.
A year ago, these farmers seemed
inextricably burdened with debt,
owing their banks an aggregate of
$500 100000, and being compelled to
pay yearly iterest of $7,500000,
Shimura said. Today the farmers
have taken up $12,500,0O0 of these
loans, are making almost no further
requests for loans. and are buying
heavily of Hypothec bank debentures
of the smaller denominations. From
being insistent borrowers they have
become transformed into investors.
For three years, the Japanese en-
ployed in industries reaped the chief
gains from the war; Last fall, the
tables turned Prices of rice, raw
silk and. tea were lifted upward by
the war demand, and have stayed up.
The result is the unparalleled pros
pelity of Japanese farmers. On the
other hand, these high prices have
created heavy demand for small
loans in industrial communities, as
factory workers have felt the pinch
of the higher cost of living.
Since prosperity has attended the
life of farmers, deposit rates of banks
in the provinces have become much
lower than those of town banks. De-
posts with cooperative clubs in
agricultural districts also are increas-
ings with astonishing rapidly, Presi-
dent Shimura said. With farmers so
well provided with funds, and with
prospects good for even greater in
come from the coming harvests it
is expected that the greater part of
any issue of government bones, SUCH
as to meet expenses of the expedi-
ton to Siberia, will be purchased by
the rice, silk and tea farmers of
Japan.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
WAS HEIR TO AN ESTATE
Lee BisseII Was To Receive Several
Thousand Dollars

New Ulm, September According
to H. H Pullman, cousin by marriage
of Lee Bissell, who was killed on the
Northwestern tracks, by being hit by
a passenger train early last Friday
the deceased had an estate
of several thousand dollors await
ing him at his former home in Pala-
tine, Ill.
Mr.. Pahlman came to New Ulm to
take charge of the remains and an
inquest was held in Buenger's morgue
Saturday afternoon. Peter Eichten,
M. E. Schu5Ler, H. A. Bingham, Chas.
ST., Harold Reineke and
Louis Buenger, ST., acted as the cor
oner's jury and returned a verdict of
the deceased meeting his death
through accidental agencies. The
remains were shipped to Palatine, ILL.,,
Sunday morning for interment Bis
sell was about forty years of age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
RAISING FINE APPLES
Charles 6artch Is Making Record
For Excellent Cron

Charles Bartch Is Making Record
For Excellent Crop.
The Free Press contained an tom
few days ago in which was roted
the scarcity of apples in the many
apple orchards of this county. Gem
orally speaking this statement is
true, but Charles Bartch whose
orchard and farm adjourns the poor
farm, east of the city, is the apple
king this year, for ne has about two
thousand trees, many of them.
OF the wealthy variety. All are
heavily loaded with fruit. He will
nave at least one thousand bushels
this year. The Wealthy orchard is
surrounded by timber and the buds
were not nipped by the frost.
MI. Bartch is getting a good price
FOR his apples this year owing to the
scarcity of them. The price will
range from five to six dollars a
barrel.
WealtIies are from nine year old
trees, and are pretty sight now
Plckers are packing and sorting them
ready fer shipment in a few DAYS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
KEEP YOUR LIBERTY BONO

Keep your Liberty bonds. Be es-
pecially on your guard against letting
them get into the hands of sharpers.
Do not trade them for stocks or bonds
of little or no value. If you must dis
pose of them, deal through re-
putable bank or bond house.
That paragraph sums up. an ap-
peal which has been issued by the
Associated Advertising clubs of the
world, received here today by the
Mankato Advertising club which is
affiliated with the Associated Ad
vertising clubs, and is part of
campaign which the Associated Ad-
vertising clubs have been waging
against the advertising of specula-
tive securities, especially oil stocks.
The appeal to the public also takes
account of another source of Loss to
Liberty bond owners which has re-
Gently come to the attention of the
National Vigilance Committee of the
advertising association.
In view of the proximity of the
next Liberty Bond drive, some facts
the committee has gathered are of
especial interest and importance.
1t has learned that in several
communities, the promoters of get
quick enterprises, especially of
oil companies have specialized" on
the owners of Liberty Bonds. A
semi official check up, which was
made in one county recently, di-
vulged the fact that s15,OOOOO0 Of
the $30,000,0O0 of Liberty bonds the
people of that county had bought had
promoters, mostly in tie oil fields.
The promoters promised big re-
turns, convincing the unsuspecting
Liberty band owners that they could
not afford to accept the returns the
Liberty bonds afford when they might
have larger returns from Oil stocks.
AS a matter of fact, the vigilance
committee has found that most of
the oil stocks are worthless. It does
not seem that many of the Liberty
bond owners who were then induced
to trade thought to ask why the pro-
motors were willing to accept Liber-
ty bonds, with their conservative and
safe rate of return, for stocks which
would pay suoh large dividends as
the promoters intimated could be
expected from the oil Stocks
The vigilance committee brands
such operations as not only dishonest,
but unpatriotic, for people who,
through their own ignorance, are
convinced that something else is so
much better than Liberty bond may
be prejudiced against future issues,
unless, in the meantime, they make
an investigation and realize they
have been hoodwinked.
The committee also brands as un-
patriotic the practice of men who adj
vertised for Liberty bonds in the
want ad" department of newspapers,
giving their home addresses. They
bought only from those who did
not know the true value of the bonds.
Most of those who responded were
ignorant of financial matters, or
they would have known that it was
unsafe to deal with unknown people
in such matters. The committee
calls attention to the fact that some
of the State Councils of Defense
have rendered the public valuable
service by suggesting that people
consult an established bank relative
to any transaction involving their
bonds,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
WOULD START REVOLUTION
"Blue Card Birds" Caught UP In
Carver Count.

Waconia, in Carver county, has
been the centre of great deal of Pro-
Germanism according to reports and
The Northwood Times tells of strange
happenings there of late. A stranger
speaking very poor English but very
good German, came to the place and
lost no time in getting acquainted
with people whose attitude was
known to him through study of the
index system where the "blue card"
birds are tabulated. 1t is said that he
secured financial support in sums up
to $3.50 to state revolution in Texas
and when his work was finished he
suddenly became a fluent talker in
good English and said he would hate
like the dickens to be in the boots of
the men who signed up for the rev.
fund. The fellow was a
secret service man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
Of PR|hA !.
DONAS TO WORKERS
ENLARGED WAGE SCALE PAID
IN THE STEEL MILLS
Office Boys Gathering in the
ShekeIs; Sheet Rollers
Getting Rich
,associated Press Dispatch

Chicago, September 10.-The whis-
lie of freight train shrieked, switch
es were thrown, and the long string
of cars pulled out of South Chicago
at dusk laden with war materials de-
stined for the battle fields of France.
1t was one of many such trains that
crawl out of Chicago and vicinity
every week with part OF the one
billion dollars of war orders placed
by the army ordinance department
alone. There are still other contracts
with the navy and the aircraft de-
partments that help to keep scores
of big and small steel plants, iron
works, factories, stores and shops
running day and night.
War contracts in the state Of Ill
inois alone are estimated at more than
two billions of dollars, according to
the Illinois Manufacturers Associa-
ton, and additional contracts are
being placed daily. Shell castings,
gun parts, steel for shells, steel
plates for ships, gun carriages, gas
engines, wagons, airplane parts, brass
shells, blasting caps, electrical equip
ment, field desks for use in France,
shoes and clothing are some of the
articles being turned out in greater
quantities than ever before in the hist
DRY Of the central west.
Many Men Employed.
The concerns so engaged each en-
ploy from 100 to 10000 men, women
and boys, and most of them are making
strong efforts to extend their facili-
ties and increase the output.
In the meantime work is being
rushed on the new factory of the
Symington Corporation, which will be-
gin operations in about sixty days
and will be able to turn out, among
other commodities, some eleven
thousand 1856 milimetre shells a day.
it is expected TO be one of the largest
shell producing concerns in the coun-
try. Practically all of the larger
firms are devoting all their. facilities
to government contracts. Unprece-
denied wages are being paid to skilled
and unskilled labor in many of the
industries, and men with years of ex :
perience in various painstaking tasks
are demanding the salaries of prima
donas.
Drawing Big Checks
Former office boys, messengers and
grocery boys have leaped from SO to
$25 a week, and those displaying a.
lertness and capability in the big
war plants have been, paid as much
as $40 week. For common labor the
average wage is 55 C. uts an hour in
many of the factories Phenomenal
wages have been made by some en-
ployes doing piece work. A sheet
roller employed by one of the largest
steel companies here made $500 last
month, while other sheet rollers cash
monthly checks of from 5000 to $500.
Spoilers, men who relieve workers
in various lines, are receiving from
81 to SO day. A coal miner who re-
Gently obtained job in one of the
steel plants now is capable of machin-
ing from 10 to lis shells day at 10
cents each. Most concerns are paving
double time for overtime.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
DR.. z|NA G. HARRINGTON, PIONEER
PHYSICIAN, DIED THIS MORNING
LONG IN PROFESSION
HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM
Once President of Mankato
State Bank; Citizen of
Prominence

DR.. 2. G. Harrington of 526 South
Second street died at his nome this
morning about 9:10 o'clock, after a
lingering illness, due to general
weakening of the faculties caused by
advancing years. DIR. Harrington was
one of the most popular among the
older set of physicians of the city,
and made his home in Mankato since
1871, having many friends and ac-
quaintances here.
Tina Goodell Harrington was born
at Londonderry, Vermont, August 20,
1880. His parents, Emery and Cayl-
sta (GoodelD Harrington, were natives
of Orange, Mass. When deceased was
about thirteen years old the family
moved to Bennington, and he received
his. education at Westriver Academy
and Bennington Seminary. After
three years spent teaching at places
in Delaware he began his medical
studies with DR.. L. G. Whiting of Ches-
ter, Vermont, and soon afterward en-
tered the Albany Medical school, from
which he graduated in 1857. Returning
to Chester he was there associated
for fifteen years with DR.. Whiting in
the practice of his profession.
Was School Superintendent.
During this period he served as
superintendent of the Chester public
schools for number of years. In
the spring of 1871 he came to Man
kato, and was actively engaged in his
profession in this city for many years,
excepting for the years 1900 and 1901
which he spent abroad, passing much
of the time in the great hospitals and
medical schools of Europe. Before
returning home Dr. and Mrs. Harring-
ton extended their trip, travelling
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13

In order to buy wool to be made in
to socks, the Red Cross of Clinton,
Mimi, has opened salvage store.
On the opening day this store was the
most patronized business in Clinton
having undoubtedly the greatest va
riety of articles to offer. The stock
included everything imaginable from
1000 cedar shingles to string of
beads. The poultry counter where the
choicest of dressed fowls were dis
played proved an attraction irresist-
able.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
PUT SLACkERS TO DEATH
Hens That Do Not Do Their Duty
Must Die on Block.

Must Die on Block.
Three million Stacker hens have
been condemned to death by state
and federal poultry specialists, aftef
conferences with county agricultural
agents of northern Minnesota. The
specialists plan to show poultry own
ers how to find the nonlay;ng mems
and eliminate them from their flocks.
Winter is coming on. and mems
will have to be fed expensive feed.
so elimination of the slackers is held
important.
w. E. Stanfield, department of
agricultural poultry specialist; N. e.
Chapman, poultry man of the Uni
versity of Minnesota extension diyi-
sion, and A. c. Smith, poultry expert
at University farm, are heading the
drive.
Based on tests with average fiocts.
they estimate there are 5000 900
slackers~ among the northern Mime
sofa hens. The killing off will add
substantially to the states food sup
ply.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
WOUNDED ARE ILL-TREATED
Huns Show Barharous Attitude To-
ward Their Prisoners.
TDnftrd Press Dispat

The Hague. September 9.-Wound-
ed British soldiers arriving here from
German prison camps tell of the ter
rible treatment British and Ameri-
can soldiers receive in these places
From six o'clock in the morning until
six o'clock at night they were obliged
to work for months carrying heavy
iron rails behind the lines. If they
were i'll, German bayonets proded
them on to fresh endeavor and if
they rebelled rifle butts knocked
them into Inconsistencies. One SOL
Gier died under this harsh treatment.
Food consisted of thin soup and one
slice of black bread a day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
themselves
ENLARGE THE AIR SERVICE
That Will Be the Program in This
Country Next Year.

UNITED Press DfSpatch.1
Washington, September 9.-Enlarge-
ment of the air, medical and trans
portation- systems of the United States
will take place during the coming
year, Secretary Baker announced to-
day. With the forming of an army of
100000 men these departments will
have to be measurably larger. Sec
rotary Baker will take representatives
of each department to Europe with
him when he makes the next trip of
inspection.