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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19

tatesman from Nebraska, who had Q
reat desire to run for president, but
then member OF the cabinet, with
rev when he feared America would
,e drawn into world events"
This man, he said, forever pointed
The advice of Washington TO avoid
II entangling alliances. This advice
bishop Mitchell said. was good in Its
ime. Today we have outgrown the
iced for-such advice.
I'VE were q little baby nation
Using the bottle then" he said, 'and
Washington told us. not as eloquently
S ! put it, but nevertheless he said
just you tend to your knittin' and
;ou'il grow to. be a great man Any
low, did you ever see baby pass
he bottle around We have grown
o be a great nation now and we can
ford to aid the weaker nations To
row to that strength which we have
ttained."
America Comes Into Her Own.
America came into her own as a
yorld power, the speaker pointed out,
yhen the Spanish American war was
ought and later when President
roosevelt brought peace between
russia and japan. He ridiculed the
dea that we wsht to war to free the
offering, pleading Cubans."
For years .h2y had stretched thei,
beading arms toward our shores" he
aidP and we never answered. Then
ne dark night the Maine was sunk
N JIarann harhHr Than
war. you bet we did, they hit us
there we lived-in our pocketbooks. .
Gradually from this time forward.
conquering the Philippines. in the
Boxer rebellion, in turning back the
Boxer indemnity to China and in the
ettlement of the Russo japanese
var, the speaker traced the growth OF
america to a world power 1t was
% wonder, with this progress, he de-
Jared, that America went to the aid
IF the allies in the great war just
ended, and fought with all her
strength for the cause of humanity.
No Time For Idiots.
In closing he said, "This, is nc
line for little Americans. Ii is no
ime for idiots, or Hneal descendants
If the original idiot: This is no time
o say we have no part in world af-
airs. We cannot forsake the right
IF the small powers overseas. Ameri-
;ans, regardless of party. are ready to
stand and to fight. for those. same
light now at stake in Europe. for
which Americans have always fought
and died"
Two excellent selections were
rendered by the Commercial College
Ilee club. under the direction of Pro-
lessor r. c. Wilson, before the adj
dress by Bishop Mitchell. The selec-
ions met with hearty applause. A
'arGe audience greeted the speaker
asst evening, those in attendance be-
ing chiefly college students. Bishop
Mitchell was introduced by ]. r
Brandrup. head of the college.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
NAMED AS A CoNSULIOR

Wirona, December 1.-THE Rev.
Bernard Kramer, who for several
years has been pastor of st. Marys
)aI ish in the West End, has been as
icncd by Bishop Henron TO have
charge of the Catholic parish at Con-
option This parish has mission
4 Hickman and both main church
md mission will be served by the
Rev. Kramer. The Rev Louis O'Day,
WHO has teen an assistant priest at
Rochester, is assigned to st. Mary's
church. in Winona. Prior TO becoming
he priest in charge of St. Mary's
parish the Rev. Kramer was assistant
at St Joseph.s church in Winona.
Ri Rev. Msgr. Otto Zachmann.
astor OF Adrian. has been selected
s a consultoEof the diocese of Win
ma. Monsignor Zachmann takes the
lace of the Rt. Ref. Msgr Wurst,
'astur OF Wabasha. deceased. /
The consultors Of the diocese of
tjnona are the following: Rt Rev.
dsgr. Edward Ii. Devlin. Austin: RI.
rev, MGgr. J. Pacholski, Winona; Rt
lev. Msgr. Otto Zachmann. Adrain;
rev. s Maddox. Chatfield; Rev.
tobert Hughes, Mankato; Rev. John
leier, Winona.
4 new deanery has been formed
Win Pipcstone as the center and
ommising the several parishes OF
he district. Rev. Joseph Mangan,
pastor OF Pipestone, is dean of the
istrict.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
Responsible For Car Taken
From His Building
RULING OF HIGH COURT
Action For Liable In lie Sueu
County Upheld Blythe
Tribunal

St. Paul, December 13.-Garage
owners cannot limit their liability for
for the theft of cars by posting signs
reading, mot responsible for cars
stolen or damaged by fire or water"
the state supreme court ruled.
The decision affirms verdict for
$500 awarded Rudolph Hoel. 1895
Wentworth avenue, Minneapolis, for
the loss OF his automobile from the
pubic garage of the Flour City Fuel
and Transfer company, 211 West
Lake street. The company appealed
from directed verdict in the Henne-
pin county district court
When an automobile is stolen from
Il public garage according to Abe
supreme court decision. written by
Judge Homer b. Dibell, the garage
keeper must prove to the jury that
the loss did not come from his neg
ligence.
Machine Had Been Stolen.
Hoeps car was left at the Flour
City garage in June, 1917, and a week
later, when he called for the machine
il was conceded that it had been
stolen.
The company offered to proved that
two signs quoted above were posted
in the garage. The supreme court,
however. upheld the trial court in
excluding the proffered testimony,
and found no evidence that Hoel had
seen them or that his attention was
called to them.
$500 Libel Verdict is Upheld.
An appeal in the $4,000 libel suit
of Albert Herdlicka, rural mail
carrier of Elysian, against NJ. A.
Warner of the same town, the state
supreme court affirmed $500 verdict
awarded Herdlicka in the lie Sueur
county district court.
Warner wrote to the postofrice de-
Dartment false charge that the mail
carrier was threatening the boys of
draft age along his route that they
would be sent to France if they
joined the Nonpartisan league.
The supreme court upholds the
trial court ruling that the charge was
libelous of itself, and further rules
that the evidence of actual malice
justifies punitive damages
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19

age. potatoes. beef stew, pudding,
ereal. coffee or tea. Chinaware,
shich suffered considerably from
ough handling by patients, Is being
!eplaced with aluminium, The bak-
'ry. laundry and dormitories were
ound in good condition, and the
ielp of the hospital it was found en-
yaged dn a concentrated attack on
caches, who invaded the place, dur
ng the preceding three months, when
Roach doom" could not be obtained
n the market.
4 general review Of the inspection
~ the board of visitors as presented
n their report to the GOVERNOR seems
indicate that the state of Minneso-
Is still unfolding it's liberal penal
,olcy, for which II has become ia
nous throughout the United States
nd abroad. That reformation not
unishment is the aim of our penal
Institutions is clearly brought out In
he following quotation from the re-
ort of the board of visitors to the
governor.
Reformation Is Urged.
Punishment. without the consider
.tion of the moral and economic gain
Be had in the reformation of the
Convicted man, was the sole aim of
,enal institutions in days OF old. Re-
'ormation, including instruction in
,onest and skilled industry during the
necessary Incarceration, is the more
,appy view of modern criminology.
That he who served may be led
rom the shadow of regretted past
nto the lift of useful and enduring
>ood citizenship.
This policy has ever been the COM
nendable aim of the Minnesota penal
Institutions"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
PLANS FOR THE JUBILEE
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
TO CELEBRATE
During 1920 Historic Event OF
Order Will Be Fittingly
Observed

Plans for pcrfecting a special pro
gran. for the year 1920, golden ju
hhcc year o. the Knights of Pythias
in Minnesota, was discussed at 1
meeting of the grand council in tn,
Athletic club Minneapolis. The frs
ledge. Minneapolis No. /, was init
ated February !, 1870 .-' ..
The meeting was attended by til,
following grand lodge officers: Char
les l.. Conger. grand chancellor; Her
Der; NJ. Bierce, grapd vice chancel
Tor; Il. e. Neaenschwander, grant
prniate Pliny w. McAllister, grant
keeper of records and seal; Charlie
A. Greenwood. grand master o
cXcnequer; John Albert Johnson
GlanG master of arms: Carroll S
'Ea,tram, supreme representative
Will J.. Scism,, state deputy: Jane
Robertson. past supreme representa-.
tive: Charles s. Bradt and James L
Studujenmayer, grand trustees
l':2dCricll s. Atwood. supreme pre-
late, and Fred T. Wheaton, suprem,
keeper of records and seal.
Meeting of Supreme Lodge.
In addition to commemoIation o
the semi centennial epoch, the su
ErCme lodge will meet in Minneapoii
in August, 1920, as well also tn
suTlolle temple Of Pythian Sister
ard other kindred Pythian bodies
This will be. the first tine in the his
tory CT the order that its interna
t;onal governing bodies viii assem-
HE in The state. The supreme lodg
will bring TO Minneapolis larg
|ashering of Knights and their lad
los from ali parts of the Unite,
SLatos and Canada representing Z,
o2o lodges and 1,000.00Q members.
During 1920 six GOLDEN jubilee dis
trict conventions will be held in vari
U'iS PARTS of the state. District con
veptiCns in January will be held il
Luverne, Tracy. Staples, Morris, Du
luth and Chisholm. Every Pythia:
community in Minnesota will observ
anniversary. exercises on Februar.
IS, the fifty first anniversary OF III
order n
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0RMAN The HEADLINE
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the contest. Henry ought to start /;
handsomest man contest. He shoul
win. The ladies certainly would vol
for him. know they would. Ill tie
the world all OF that.
Say, Editor. IL | had my wa
about this homeliest man contest
would eliminate-that's the word,
guess-about all the contestants eA
cept few-say, for instance, Bill
Spornitz. "Bill'' Schwender, A.
Lack, he of the Brynic cast of coun
tenance; Joe Reynolds and JAG
Martin. ...
No doubt Wally Andersen coul
qualify also. He admits that b
would not win prize in beaut
SHOW, and ] am inclined to agre
with him. Understand that JAG
Martin is peeved because he receive
but one vote. He insists that he
about the homeliest man in town an
his name should be at the head o
the list with so many votes to hi
credit that no one could possibl.
catch up with him.
| would suggest, Mr.. Editor, that {
committee OF ladies be selected L
pick out the homeliest bunch OF me
in Mankato and that these be voteC
for to the exclusion of lot of goot
looking fellows who have WORKED
their way into the contest. Tain
q fair to lot OF homely critters whit
are on the waiting list, but who's,
extreme modesty prevents them from
getting the right kind of publicit.
dope. Homely, but modest, is thei
motto. I'm telling it to you.
Say, Editor, that Reynolds fellow i
so hOmely that his face must ache
He is the original nature faker an;
ought to have his physiognomy mani
cured daily. That might help some
Say Old Scout, is it true that Jo'
hustles into basement every tim
he wants to laugh?
Another suggestion, Old Scout
Why not start LATEST man contest
Know lot of fellows who could ste
right into the middle without an,
effort on their part They woul'
not be forced to solicit votes, either
They are so lazy they would not ever
in these grape juice days respon,
TO an invitation to drink a high bal
with a stiff mixture of Bourbon. Blu
so long, old boy, yours till next time
Felix McCusick.
One of the professors at the Com
mcrcial college today announced tina
G.. y. Ball. a member of the faculty
WAS eligible to enter the contest an,
. that he would no doubt receive
large number of votes upon his en-
trance therein.
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PASSENGER WRECKED
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injured about the body but his in
iuries are not regarded as serious.
William Van Horne, of Winona
baggageman, is confined at the hospi-
tai at Tracy. r. F. Hughes, water
supply man for the Northwestern
road. had his shoulder dislocated, and
b. Carroll. his assistant, was injured
about hte head and arms. Both were,
able TO proceed 10 their homes at
Sleepy Eye. One man named Ire
beech of Sleepy Eye also suffered
bruises and cuts Stafford Pease Of
'Brookings. S. d., was bruised and in
jured in the wreck.
Numerous other passengers, TWEEN
ty-one in ALL were injured in more
or less serious degree
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
BREAD PRICES CLINE

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pound loaf which is selling at Is cents
will be IL cents. Just what the other
bakers are going to do % not know,
but we want to remain in business in
'Mankato aud in order to do so the
increase in price was necessary"
Statistics as to Food.
st. Paul. December 1.-THE state de-
partment OF agriculture today issued
statement regarding tie amount of food
held in the state on November So Inc
report Shows that more than 4O. coo, 900
pounds of foods are now held in the
state.
Among the leading items in nineteen
warehouses are: s.799, 6S4 pounds of fresh
beef: more than 100000 pounds of veal:
100000 pounds of mutton: 25D.n00 pounds
Of lamb and 1.o0O.e0Q pounds of pork:
sll56.0o0 pounds of Cured meats; $500
Geo pounds of fish. 3.sSS.00O pounds of
game; 1.SS2.e00 pounds az creamery but
ter and l0S.0a0 cases of eggs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
DEAN GRANTS AN EXTENSION
Townlcy and Gilbert are Favored BY
Judge at Fairmont.


F:;ii mont, Mimi. December IT,
District Judge T. G. Dean granted an
extension OF one month TO Attorneys
for A. C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert
late Yesterday TO file their briefs to
support their motions for new trials
for the two Nc2nartiFaa league lead
CTS who were convicted at Jackson,
MINI. last summer, o. having con-
spirc.! % teach lislcYalty. 1t was an
noulcad that the extremely long re-
cord of the case as turned out by the
the court stenographers was not
completed in sufficient time 10 enable
the attorneys to make their argu-
mcnts today When Judge Dean pass
ed sentence on Iownley and Gilbert
he gave their attorneys until Dec
ember Is TO make their motions for
a new trial.
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STORY OF ELLIS ISLAND
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workers including inspectors who
board incoming ships.
Where They Get First Glimpse.
Ii seems an incongrUjy that Ellis
Island, which in summer. gives the
foreigner his first glimpse of the
wonders of the new worlds metro
polls. a pleasing view of beautiful
lawns and flowers, well kept build
ings and fine harbor with the mar
velous skyline of New York in the
distance, should have metamorphos-
ed during. the war TO big detention
place for political criminals and the
foes of organized government.
The fact is, Ellis Island, according
to the authorities, was not intended
as a prison for such offenders. Fed
eral judges, in the past two years,
acting under the authority vested in
them, liberated 557 so-called dan
gerous aliens" either upon their own
recogniZance or in the custody of
their lawyers. according to Represen-
tative Isaac Siegel a member of the
house immigration committee which
is investigating the Red peril. Dur
ing the same period 697 anarchists,
bolshevists and other radicals have
been sent from various parts of the
United States TO New York. OF this
number eighty five are now in GUS
tody of Acting immigration Commits
sioner Byron G. Uhl, the successor to
Frederick c. Howe. who until re-
Gently. and since 1918 had served as
commissioner
Four of the Buildings.
A representative of The Associated
Press was permitted to make a tour
of the Ellis Island buildings.
Nine hundred immigrants were be-
ing fed in the large dining hall at the
time. Not only did there appear TO
be ar abundance of food of whole
some kind bat the tables and dishes
were clean. Fresh white paper in
long rolls was used as table cloths"
The menus for breakfast, dinner
and supper, for four successive days,
| for instance, showed the following
variable diet: Breakfast: Farina,
cornmush, or boiled rice with milk;
stewed prunes or peaches; bread and
butter (substitutes) coffee. Dinner:
soup, (split pea, farmer style, mock
| turtle. English beef, and lima bean; J
/ Irish stew With vegetables: baked
! Goldfish la Italian; French roast
with bordelaise sauce; kidney stew
with rice: cold. slaw; bread and but
ter (subsiitute;) rice or liberty pud-
ding; coffee. Supper: Salisbury
steak with onion sauce; roast beef
hash with green peppers; ham with
macronia; baked pork and and
beans; bread and butter Substitute; }
apple sauce or blackberry jelly; tea
or coffee.
! 1t should be understood that the
menus given constituted the variety
| for more than three meals. An in
teresting feature of the dining hall
was "koshep" table set apart for
the Orthodox Jews.
l. Fed BY Contractor.
| The aliens are fed by general
contractor who is allowed profit of
! five per cent above cost by the gov
eminent According to Commits
sioner Uhl meals have been served
for as low a price as twenty two
cents and recently for thirty six
cents.
When the immigrants arrive at
Ellis Island, after having undergone
medical inspection, they are ushered
into large room filed with twenty
lines of benches. Inspectors and in
terpreters, after examining each ali
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
PROBE OF THE BREAD PRICES
Investigation Will Be Started BY De-
partment of Agriculture.

ST. Paul, December 11.-1ncreases
in the price of bread effective in 81
paul today, will be investigated by
the state department of agriculture.
n. ]. Holmbergs head of the 6orart
ment,. announced today.
Mr.. Holmberg expects to * : -
inquiry of the milk situation IN. ~
nounce conclusions in . .t{.o.i :,
end of the week.
THE department has no intorma
ton to indicate --'h0+''"r "r'--'ct thf
increases f'crl p % 30 c. at7 II justi-
fed" said MI hclmbCrg. The cost
of -four has been increasing"
Bakers yesterday said that another
increase might have TO be made to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
Slaughter Of Elk.
Press Dispatch.l

Giss0ciated Press Dispatch.]
Livingston, Mont, December IL
Final figures Indicate that at least
2.Oo0 elk were slaughtered in this
vicinity during the hunting season
thus far. The elk are again being
driven down into the valleys. by the
deep snow.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-10-30
CLEVER COMEDIANS COMING

Headed by that premier funster,
Charley Gano and corps OF clever
and capable endmen, dancers, singers
and comedy chaps the big show at the
Lyric Theatre on Next Tuesday night,
Nov. a, when j. A. Coburn's Ministries
make their annual bow to their friends
here should be and is said to be the
best ever offered by that popular or
..ization. Gano's ability as a singer
and funny man, producer and general
cut-up is in class by itself, while his
courteous and genial personality has
made him hosts Of friends both on and
off the stage. Tot Young, the Banjo
Wizard and old-time darkey imper-
senator from the western states, Cnar-
lev Vermont, that long, noisy, singing
and dancing legmanian, Eddie Horan'
endman and one of the finest solo
dancers in mins.relsys Nate Mulroy'
the Irish Mistrel with the speedy loot
work. and persistent patter, Jimmie
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-10-30

that Whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap
"If We sow the seeds of mob law,
the generations that are to come will
reap the awful penalty of state Of
lawlessness and insecurity of life and
property. Labor and capital have
sown the seeds of greed and selfish
ness and hence the industrial turmoil
and unrest of today"
bishop Green stressed the fact that
it is the business of the educated man
today to lend a steadying influence
TO this period of unrest and i'm
patience.
The educated men are the in
terpreters fon and leaders of the mass
es, and as such, should sow the seed
OF service to mankind that will rlpen
INTO a better world tomorrow"
This address was well received and
made strong impression on all who
were fortunate enough to have been
present.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-10-30
BISHOP GREEN
SPEAKS TO Y. nj. c. A.

Bishop William Mercer Green OF the
Episcopal Church, who now resides III
Jackson, Miss, favored the 7. M. Z,
A. Sunday evening with an excellent
address. Bishop Green is an alumnus
Of one Of our neighboring institutions,
Sewanee, and is thoroughly ac-
quainted with the problems that con-
front the college men Of the south.
lie paid an exceptionally high tribute
to the University Of Mississippi, and
expressed the regret that, since 1T has
fallen his lot to live in Mississippi, he
did not take at least a part Of his
course here. The Bishop is very
prominent figure in the Episcopacy OF
Mississippi, and has extended his in
fluence to other fields Of endeavor out
side the church.
Bishop Green's text was that me-
morable passage of scripture what
soever a man soWeth that shall he al
so reap" and he dealt with it in
mastery way. His theme was the
"Duties of an Educated Man," and
he showed clearly his idea of an edu-
Gated mans part in the sowing Of prln-
ciples and ideals today, that will ma
ture into the social, economic and po-
litical conditions of tomorrow. He
indicated that it was the narrowness
and selfishness of the church laymen
of America that caused them to pro
hibit any money or missions being
sent to China. Instead they advocated
the spending Of this money and work
in our own country. AS result, hor-
rible conditions prevailed in China,
there being many instances where a
dozen or more people would be crowd
| ed together in one little unsanltary
hut. It was here that the germs OF
influenza were bred, and waited by
the winds of human intercourse to
foreign shores. "And yet" he said,
"some peoples faith in God is shaken
and they can't understand it, when IN
fluenza plucks the fairest and purest
| flower from their homes. It is mere
Ily the working Of that irretrievable
! and inevitable law Of compensation
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-10-30
THE Y. M. c. A. PURIFIES
THE IMPURE.
The Y. NJ. c. A. Work at the Univer-
sity Goes Forward With Remark
able Success.

1Oi LiIc kjaoL 4i,oiiL4l Lllere has DecIl
CaulneU ana council. These meetings
nave recently SHOWN that they are ~
ing d greaC WORK Tor botll the Y. M. =.
"A. members and the University COM
nlunity, tor one hears the constant
nunmng OF biblical conversations ana
references made to My Glass;
mus as result of the almost night
ly meetings of the Y. M. c. A. leaders
there have been several classes formed
for The purpose of bringing Christ be-
. : non-believers, to direct the foot
righteousness. To augment the mem
bers of believers in Christ is the
noble purpose of the Y leaders.
AS a further word concerning the
invaluable work Of the Y. M. G. A. it
will not be amiss to mention the fact
that it has overcast the minds Of some
students so much that they desire to
have a class that they can call my
Class" whereas heretofore they have
attended church not more than three
times per year for the past three
years.
For it's work in soul saving and
recreation of individuals all should fell
froud of the Y. M. c. A. and do every
thing in their power to further the
commendable work so zealously begun