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The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
Grandma Boehland of Mankato were
guests Sunday at the e. L. Vernon

Grandma Boehland of Mankato were
guests Sunday at the e. L. Vernon
home.
Glen Swenson, c. Paschke and Ar
thur Mittlestedt of Blue Earth spent
Sunday at the Otto Swenson home.
Misses Eva and Ethel Swenson
were Mankato visitors on Wednesday.
Mrs. A. P. Nelson and daughter
Esther of st. Peter called on Kasota
friends Tuesday of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Stearns and
children of Eldendale spent the week
end at the Skipton home.
Mrs. Alma Denker and Mrs. j. C..
Johnson arrived home Tuesday even
ing after an extended visit to Will
mar relatives.
Mrs. c.. M. Nielsen and daughter
Ruth of Chicago visited friends here
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Beecher Of
Rochester are expected to arrive soon
for visit with relatives.
A surprise party was rendered Her
man Birr, Jr., who recently arrived
home from overseas at the family
home in the country on Tuesday
evening. About two hundred and
fifty friends and neighbors were pres
ent to welcome home this returned
soldier and the evening was delight-
fully passed in social way and fine
refreshments were served.
Eignar Swenson leaves the forepart
of this week for Champagne, H.,
where he will work for his brother
Adolph.
Raymond Hanson of Pennington
was at home few days the forepart
of this week.
Reports are that William Kirby is
very seriously sick at the home of
his son William Kirby, Jr.
Charles Johnson began work here
Monday with the car repairers.
Marie and Georgia Pulver of Wa
SEGA spent week at the home OF
their grandmother, Mrs. Marie Peter
son.
Miss Florence Aim returned home
Monday after a weeks visit with Mr.
and Mrs. C.. j. Aim at Worthington.
T. 8. Martin of Slayton was a bus
mss caller here between trains Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Huginin were
New Ulm visitors Monday.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
MRS. O. E. BENNETT DIES
Well Known Resident Of North Man.
kato Passed Away Last Might.

Well Known Resident Of North Man
kato Passed Away Last Night.
Mrs. Kate Cook Bennett, widow of
the late o. E. Bennett, died at the
Wheeler home on Wheeler avenue,
North Mankato. about eleven O'clock
last night after a lingering illness,
death being caused by complication
Of ailments. Deceased was born In
Canada, and was seventy i've years Of
age on May 25. Her maiden name
was Kate Cook, and she was married
to Mr.. Bennett at Stockbridge. Wis,
on February IA, 1869. They came to
Mankato the following fall, and con-
tinued to make their home here. Last
February they celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary, the affair being
a social event in /. o. O. F. circles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett were estimabie
citizens, and had many friends, Sur
viving relatives are the son r. L.
Bennett Of Wrenshall, and sisters,
Mrs. A. L. Wheeler and Mrs. Meldora
Bennett of Wheeler avenue. The son
is expected to arrive home, this even
Ing. Funeral announcements will be
made later.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
0. N. BROWN ARRESTED

Representative Of Oil Company Lods-
ed in st. James Jail.
Sheriff Bermel went to Minneapolis
Friday and returned little later with
o. N. Brown whom he arrested on
bench warrant issued this spring,
following Browns indictment by tho
>Watonwan county grand Jury Brown
is charged with grand larceny in the
second degree, says The st. James
Independent.
He came here last fall as the rep.
resentatiye of the Mid Continent
Petroleum company, a Kansas oil con-
Germ. It is reported that he sold con-
siderable stock, the value of which is
probably doubtful It is alleged that
BROWN sold certain stocks to Henry
Michel, son of Herman Michel of the
Diamond restaurant, and that the
young man failed to receive his stock.
1t was upon this allegation that the
Indictment was returned and the
second degree grand larceny charge
was preferred.
Brown left st. James some months
ago and efforts to locate him, fol-
lowing the action Of the grand jury,
were futile until short time ago
when Sheriff Bermel learned that
his man was living in Minneapolis.
Accordingly he visited that city last
Friday and had little difficulty In
landing him. He was brought to st.
James and lodged in jail where he
is confined as this article is written
Wednesday afternoon.
County Attorney Lobben got in touch
with Judge Comstock and the Judge
fixed the bail for his appearance at
the October term Of court at $1,500
but up to. this time he had been un-
q bIe to furnish the hond
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
DISTURBED THE LILIES
Two Illegal Seiners Were Easily
anded at Winona By Warden.

Two illegal Seiners Were Easily
Landed at Winona BY Warden.
Winona, Mimi, August 11.-Fra-
grant water lilies were the cause Of
the arrest of two illegal seiners on
the Mississippi river by game war
dens today.
The wardens. making their patrols,
discovered that the lily beds had
been disturbed. Investigation con-
vinced the officials, who are familiar
with the habits of seiners, that seines
had been drawn there. On that cir
cumstantial evidence, they hid, be-
lieving that the seiners would re-
turn.
The were rewarded when Henry
Fischer and Archie Schormerharn ap-
peared and set out two nets. They
were arrested, their boats and nets
confiscated, and the men were taken
to Caledonia where each paid fine
of $50 and costs.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
AUTO BADLY WRECKED

Overland Touring Car Rolled over
On the Lake EIysian Road.
(. Rolling completely over. after leav-
ing the road between Madison Lake
and Elysian an Overland touring
car belonging to c. A Russell a
farmer living near St. Clair, was
badly wrecked Saturday night. Part
les who passed the scene of the ac-
cident yesterday morning reported
that the car was lying down at the
side of the road with the top crush
ed and the machine otherwise badly
damaged.
Reports from st. Clair today were
to the effect that neither Mr.. Russell
or anyone riding in the car was in
jured in the smashup. What should
have caused the tipover is not
know. 1t was stated that the car lay
to the side of straight stretch of
highway, without ruts, bumps or
other causes for an accident.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
DID NOT RECEIVE $500
Story About Christian Schmidt Of
Truman Denied BY Officials.

Reports have come from Truman
and vicinity that Christian Schmidt
OF that village, a German reseryist
who was interned during the war as
an alien, enemy, received $500 from
the government upon his discharge
from a federal penitentiary a few
months ago. The Fairmont Sentinel
made inquiry Of the United States
department of justice and is assured
that the report is a fabrication.
The letter from the department of
justice says: "He did not receive a
bonus of $500, nor did he receive
any salary while interned. The only
compensation Schmidt, or any other
interned alien received, was his
transportation back to the place from
which he was interned. He is now
under $500 bond and required to re !.
port to his superior each week."
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
PRICE FIXED ON FLOUR
Grain Corporation Puts Schedule at
$10 and $40. 25 Per Barrel.

IAssociated Press Dispatch.I
New York, August 8.-Restrictions
placed on wholesalers, jobbers and re-
tailers in the United States Grain
Corporation plan to sell flour at $40 a
barrel became effective today. Flour
will be sold in 140 pound sacks on
the basis of SO in the territory west
of Indiana and Illinois and west OF the
Mississippi from Cairo to the gulf. IL
will be sold at $Io.25 to the rest OF
the country. Retailers must sell at
an increase of not more than Sl.2o
Of the retail price.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
RUM0R FACTORY BUSY
Many Reports of Food Hoarding Prove
to Be GrcundIess.

Many Reports OF Food Hoarding Prove
to Be GroundIess.
st. Paul, August lit. E. Camp
bell, special agent of the federal de-
partment of justice, today began in
vestigation Of food boarding and prof
iteering in st. Paul.
Alfred Jaques, United States dis
trict attorney, returned Friday from
Duluth and with MIR. Campbell form
ullled plans for the invest .gasion.
$50 far there is nothing of conse-
quence to report in the food investi-
CATION" Mr.. Jaques said today. "Re-
Lorts have been received al this, of
fee of food hoarders and food profit
GERS, and these are being looked into
as rapidly as possible. Some reports
already have been shown to be un-
founded rumOrS."
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
BOUGHT FINE RACE HORSES
eIooded Animals Were Taken Over ey
Business Men In Waseca.

Business Men In Waseca.
Waseca, August S.-A number of To-
cal business mon dubbed together this
week and bought string of fast horses
comprising part of the large number
owned by the Boynton estate on the big
farm near Truman. MINI. The pur-
chase comprises five fine animals. list
ed as follows:
Hedgewood Patch, Ganetta, George
Gano. Ruby Rion and Hedgewood Belle.
-Four of this bunch are PAGERS and one
trotter. Several of them have been
seen on the local track in years gone bv
end all have good records. Hedgewood
Patch is pedigreed stallion and con-
cidered very valuable animal He and
two others were brought here Tuesoay
They are now at the fair grounds psrns
where they will be trained. The other
two r~n on the circuit It Is expected
that they will all be entered in the
races during the county fair.
In addition to those named above
several other horses were bought indi-
vidually from the Boynton estate by To-
cal men. e. L. thinner bought Count
ess J'' fleet stopper, and e. M. BEN.
nett. L. r. West and Herman Isker
bought colts which promise to make a
record in time.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
DUNN FARM IS SOLD
Big Real Estate Deal Took Place at
Winnebaqo, MINI.

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Doubtless>the largest real estate
deal that has been made for some
time, was when the 399 acre Dunn
farm, two miles west of Winnebago,
was sold for $4,000 $4,000 cash, of
which $4,000 was spot cash and $10,-
600 to be paid March 1, 1920. says The
Winnebago Enterprise. This includes
all growing Crops and the cut crops,
all live stock and machinery. also in
cluding sixty seven head of cattle,
twenty five head of horses and about
800 hogs. This was sold to the john
son Bros, Peter Johnson of Winnie
bago, Frank w. Johnson of Fulda,
Mimi, and Oliver A. Johnson Of Kan
kakee, Ill. This sale was made by
S. c. Moore, of Winnebago.,
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
FISH Die IN HOT WATER
Reason Given BY Old Timers For
Death of Crappies.

Game Warden William Polzin stat
ed this morning that conditions at
Washington lake. relative to small
crappies dying. are greatly improved
He says that the past two days
scarcely any dead fish have fioated
to shore. At Madison Lake also the
conditions are improving. Many
thousands Of the fish have died this
summer.
Mr.. Polzin asserted that after talk
ing with number of old fishermen
about the lakes he has come to the
conclusion that the crappies died be-
cause of the hot. shallow water they
were in. He said that old fishermen
declare the small fish often die in
the summer after the lakes have had
but thin ice through the winter.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
Mill CITY Flyer Killed.

Lieutenant w. H. Tillisch of Min
neapolis was instantly killed vester-
day at Ellington flying field, Houston
Tex. when an airpana In. which he
was riding fell 100 feet to the ground.
He was a brother OF Mrs. D. J.
Hughes Of Waseca.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
Death of w. A. Manthei.

W. A. Manthei, formerly Of Good
Thunder, who-had been receiving
treatment for chronic trouble at u
local hospital for some time past,
died yesterday noon, aged fifty seven
years. Funeral services We're held this
afternoon.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
More Bodies Are Found.

INssnclafed Press nfscatch1
Montreal. August 11-Search among
the ruins Of the mystic Mill" des-
troved by fire at Dominion park yes.
terdav. uncovered two more bodies.
bringing the total to nine. None were
identified.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
TAKEN TO ABERDEEN
Fred Lehman Must Answer to Charge
of Auto Theft.


Of Auto Theft.
Deputy Sheriff Anton Geiser of
Aberdeen, s. D., left Mankato this
morning with Fred Lehman in his
custody. Lehman is suspected of
having stolen an automobile at Alb
erdeen. He is reported to have de-
MED to officers here that he took the
machine and states he has been con-
fused for his cousin.
Lehman was held at the county
Jail aere on charge Of stealing a
machine also, having been arrested
at Bismarck, N. D., in possession of
a Ford belonging to- Andrew Humid
of MApleton. He was released from
custody here upon his bonds Of $1,000
being approved yesterday.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
DISCUSSED POTATO GRADE
Gathering At Equity Warehouse On
SATURDAY. For Purpose

Potato growers held a meeting at
III" Equity warehouse Saturday. about
twenty being in attendance, and dis
cussed potato grading. In conse-
quen"e of the neeting M. R. Benedict,
county agricultural agent. F. O.
True. and H. c. Young went to St.
Paul today TO attend a hearing in
the old canitol building on the ad-
visibility of establishing state potato
grades.
The Mankato free press., 1919-08-15
R0BBERIEs AT REDWOOD

od'e III 0drsce ampered With;
Dentists Office Is PiIfered.
Redwood Falls. August IA thief
stole SIPS from the safe of Fred Car.
ity in his Ford garage, and the thief
or thieves got away with it without
having a clue to the perpetrators of
the job.
A thief gained entrance to the
dental parlors of DR.. 7. w. Inglis.
over the Farmers State bank, and
stole gold filling to nearly the amount
of $50.
The Press., 1919-01-02
THEIR TRIBUTE T0 G!Gi.TER
Spontaneous E&p:, ic1s of Admira- ton From Coon ais at s.qht of
 Gallant American Destroyer.

The next sunrise found us anchored at the entrance to an English harbor. Ahead and aStern. as far as the eye could reach, stretched a line of ships waiting to carry food into England. That is how Englaad is being starved by Germany. And that is how the British and American navi.s are dO- Ing their work
 After several deeply loaded ships had shot in past us we got our pilot and joined the procession. Bound out in the opposite direction a powerful destroyer of the latest type swept up, three black plumes trailing from her tunnels and great white bone in her teeth. She was the very spirit of dash and daring. with tinge of swank.
 "I say, that's a tophole," Look at that" "Absnlutely It," "Ripping,' was choruSed in the English of the isles A big South African nudged me.
 "Yank, look at that flag"
 It was the Stars and Stripes.
 More than all the speeches I had heard on the significance of this war to the AnglO-Saxons meant the quick glimpse of that fine ship under that flag outward bound to defend the shores of England.
 Come on, Springboks. good one for the Yanks," yelled the big colonial, and the men who had licked the Ger mans in East Africa and who were going to lick them in France roared the Zulu war cry.-Gregory Mason In Outlook
The Press., 1919-01-02
HARVEST FROM UNDER OCEAN
keIp ;'as Been Proved of Suck Value in Industry That It Is Nov ere
 fully Gatherej.

good deal has been written about th" use of thA >eaEeed. keip. ini the produce ion Of potH*h, and 2 good t,'a nl eXtravaganl dreaming has been in dulged in. HOwe\ CT the kelp induSlr! n;i> pul itself on a solid and prosper .uS foo,in@, and gold in the shape of ihe Indispensable potash Is hein. har vested IOn the waters of the Pacific The cutters or harveSters are ocean going ho; Is and stay out al sea all tn, lime. white the harges cary the m;ic. eratcd kelp back to the Y hart. where il is pumped from the holds Into fer menting tanks, Foreign matter such as boliS, nuts, etc" brought in with the kelp are removed by electrOma@net> before the pumps are reached.
 Harvesting consists in cutting lhe. of the water. It has actually been found that this treatment improves tli" growth and stand of the beds to such ,'n extent that they may he cut Ovei about every go days. The area cut ar present eXlen'S from Point Conception south to the Mexican line.
 The potash iS all used for chemica! purposes. owing to it's unique purity and there Is nol enough of il 10 sup ply this demand, The total 1u"nrity oi the pure product i% not great enough iO be considered Ser,OuSIy for fertilize, purposes. There are, however. mum her of reSisiueS produced containin: potash which au,nunt to quite ton mage,
The Press., 1919-01-02

A food map of Europe today shows not 8 single country In which the fu- ! ture does not hold threat of serious difficulties and only I small part which Is not rapidly approaching the famine point. With the exception of the Ukraine only those countries which have maintained marine commerce have sufficient food supplies to meet actual needs until next harvest, and even in the Ukraine, with stores accu- mulated on the farms. there is famine in the large cenIers of population.
 Belgium and northern France. as well as Serbia, appear on the hunger map distinct from the rest of Europe because they stand in a different rela- ton from the other nations to the peO- pie of the United States. America has for four years maintained the small war rationS of Belgium and northern France and is already making special efforts to care for their increase |, after-the-war needs, which, with thuS. of Serbia, must be included in this must have immediate relief.
 The gratitude of the Belgian nation for the help America has extended t0 her during the war constitutes the strongest appeal for us to continue our work there. The moment the German armies withdrew from her soil and she was established once more in her ONss.
The Press., 1919-01-02
NOW SHORTAGE OF CANDLES
British Food Ministry Seeks Method ty Which 1t Lay Be Enabled to
 Regulate Supplies.

News is coming from many parts of the country that the shortage of candles Is increasing owing to the fac, that many people who did not use them before are now supplementing theig gas and electric light ratiOns by theia use. It is hecOming more clear ever( day that some means must be adopted to insure that householders in rural districts. where there is no gas or elec- tricity, have an adequate supply of illuminants. Important national indus. tries which cannot well be carried on without an adequate candle supply must also be protected. A scheme for controlling candle supplies is engaging the attention of the ministry of food.
 During and since last winter there has been a candle shortage. The oils and fats branch of the ministry of food, within whose view this matter comess have received numerous complaints from rural councils and individuals of the difficulty of getting supplies and of retail prices going up by leaps and bounds. There is evidence of new demand having sprung up within tlA last six weeks, accentuating last wAr ter's shortage and making canOA famine imminent.-Manches G,ELa. ian.
The Press., 1919-01-02
DIDN'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT
Douohboy Had Good Job Behind the Lines, But He Hated to Miss the
 Big Show.

He was an American in France in a uniform trud"ing along toward the front. husky chap wearing a worried look on his face.
 ''Say. do y,nI know whcre the Nlhiy- nth iS?' he asked.
 toward Germany"
 Not through h.:h1ing yer. are thFY!' he Nueried anXiou>,y.
 "N0pe: they're never through"
 'I0u've said it, HO. You see. I kind of hatted out of luck. They sent me off to school. and I've uniSScd l"l of the show. fn on permission now. hut l figured I'd come up and fi-ht awhile with thc old crowd instead Got six days more before l report for ;he new jOb,"
 ''What kind of school did you % tO?"
 'Horseshoeing school. graduated first class hOrseSh0er. Not bad work. but too far back TO gei an: toches. That's the reason I'm spending pelinis. sion with the old outfit. heard they're going right after the HeineS, so ] came out to gel ia on the party. I gotta heat it along. So long"
 He trudged along the dusty road, speeding up in spite of his pack, to catch up with the .'outfiI" before The show was all over.
The Press., 1919-01-02
LIKE OTHER ORIENTAL TOWNS
JopPa Since Earliest History Has Been More or Less the PIaythina
 of Conquerors,

In the tribute lists of Thothmes III, king of Egypt, who held his court on the banks of the Nile, some 1900 years before the Christian era, there figured the town of Joppa. Thothmes III was @ mighty warrior. He fought no fewer than seventeen successful campaigns In Syria, twice captured Kadesh and was one of the greatest builders and administrators Egypt had ever known, So, although nothing is certain about the matter, he probably captured ,Iop- pa and laid tribute on the inhabitants, who then, as today, built their houses over the "rounded hillock" which, from the sea, forms q gracious landmark. That was 3,40O years ago. and every now and again during all those cen turtes, the old city. which looks out over the Mediterranean toward the coast of Africa. away beyond Egypt, has stepped into and out of the history of the world,
The Press., 1919-01-02

seat of government the little nation < first thought was to express heI grHli- Jude to the Commission for Relief in Belgium for preserving the lives of millions of her citizens.
 Germany, on the other hand. need not figure in such a map for Ameri- cans because there is no present indi- cation that we shall he called on al all To take thought for the food needs of Germany. Germany probably can care for her own food problem if she iS given access to shipping and f> enabled TO distribute food 10 the cities with dense populations. which are the trnu- ble centerS
 Engldnd, France. the Netherlands and Portugal. all of which have been maintained from American supplies. have sufficient food to meet immediate needs, buG their future presents Seri nuS difficulties The same i> true of Spain and the northern neutral coIln- lries-Norway. Sweden and Denmark whose ports have been open and who upon foreign supplies
 Most of Russia k already in the thrOeS of famine, and 4000O. 900 people there are beyond the possibility of help. Before another spring thou sands of them inevitably must die This applies as well tn Poland anG practically throughout the Baltic re-
The Press., 1919-01-02

gionS, with conditions most serious In ! Finland.
 Bohemia, Serbia. ,Roumania ana Montenegro have already reached the i famine point and are suffering a ht aN> toll of death. The Armenian p"pul:; 1 lion Is faIIin" each week as hunger lakes its toll, and in Greece, Albania and Roumania so serious are the food shortages that famine iS near. Al | though starvation is not yet imminent. Italy. SWitZrrlHnd. Bulgaria. and Fur key are in the lhroeS of serious st"in @encieS.
 In order to fulfill Americas pledge in world relief we will have to export every ron of food which can be han died through our ports. This means dl the very least u minimum of 20,OOO,OOO tons compared with G,OO0.OOO tons pre- war exports and 1l.S2O,OO0 tons eN- ported last year,. wIten We were bounI by the ties of war to :the European allies
 If we fail to tighten the black Sp' :; portions to become darker the very peace for which we fought and ble,l will be threatened. Revolt and anarch! inevitably follow famine. Should this happen we will see in other parts of Europe repetition of the Russian de hacle and our fight for world peace will have heen.in vain.