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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-26

THE library has afChristnas pres
ent for all interested in golf. III Is
The Golfers Magazine. This paper
contains articles about noted golf
players, instruction in playing and
methods of keeping the links in good
condition. The latest number will
always be in the Reading room and
back numbers on file.
When PATRONS are making their
New Years resolutions will they
please resolve to get their books
back on time or renew them. A book
may be renewed in three ways: by
telephone, by mail o. by coming to
The library. If the book is renewed
by phone or by mail be sure to give
three things; the number of the
book. the number of the card and the
day. the book was taken out.
Information about civil service ex-
aminations and positions may be OBJ
tanned at the library Notices come
fegilarly in regard to the time and
place oil, an examinations, The posi-
tons open and the salary.
A Merry Christmas to all.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-26
Held at Angel island.
TUnited Press Dispatch

Scn Francisco, December 1S.AV. K.
Vocdmctrotf. claiming to represent
2No90e0a people in soviet Russia, on
his yav to Washington, was held at
ARIEL Island for investigation BIZ lrl-
nfig,atinn eoRlmissiope-s today. s
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-26
Woman May be Insane.

Atlantic City, December 1e.--Mrs Es-
Their Miller Blake. charged with murder
ing her five year old son. James by
throwing him into the ocean. wfll be hold
for the grand jury unless alienists find
her insane. county officials declared to-
day. following the coroners jury verdict
declaring her responsible for the boz s
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-26
LIBRARY NOTES

me library will be closed from
SIX 10 nine Christmas eve and all day
Christmas. So = -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-26

'ssociafed Press Dispafchsl n
g'a Aiag.ons December 1a.Lrhs eoft
yboducti9n reached nearly eight per
Efozf normal December 10Th the tail-
" administration announced.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-26

Amboy, December 2S.-Program OF
tho Amboy literary high school which
w.s held at the opera house Thurs
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-26

A Merry ChrIstmas to am.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11

would be given grace and strength
and wisdom to solve these momentOus
world affairs.
In this matter of personal decision
he said that God did not force any of
his creatures to make this decision.
This is how he put it: Il can't make
you take Jesus into your heart IL
you refuse to meet Him half way. |
can't make folks come to this tent
even though | were to stay here un-
til next Christmas. You folks must
do your own classifying and all |
can do is point the way to salvation
which way is none other than through
Christ Himself.
Right at this point Billy began to
feel the heat, it being necessary to
keep down the tent walls because OF
the rain. So in an instant off came
his coat. The audience appreciated
and showed approval by applauding,
The evangelist went at his work again
hammer and tongs.
For the purpose of comparison as
between the protesting Christian and
the non-Christian Mr.. Sunday made
one of the best points of the address
Asking the question, Are the peop't
who accept Jesus fools?' He men
toned a long list of the worlds mos
distinguished men and women Viii
son, Roosevelt, Gladstone, Taft, Queer
Victoria. Cleveland Harrison. McKin
ley, Lincoln, Lee, and a host of 9th
ers. Then turning the other side h'
asked in scorn Are they who mocl
at Jesus the cream Of our country
Not on your life. +"
Then he mounted the old kitchei
chair which is part OF the platform
property" and made a direct ant
stirring heart appeal for eonseeratloi
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
FIRST CONVERTS HIT THE
TRAIL AT SUNDAY MEETING
.Colored Singers from DIR. Golfers In
stitute Delight the Congregation.
st, Augustine Record.) J

The first converts to travel the ia"
nous Billy Sunday sawdust trail took
the decisive step in their lives at the
Thursday night meeting in the big
tent on Valencia street, that nights
great meeting was novel in other re
spects. First OF all the weather was
anything but agreeable; steady
downpour that would ordinarily have
kept almost everybody indoors who
was not compelled TO be out on the
streets, did not deter multitude that
well night filled the tent. Billy could
not help an expression of qualification
over this tribute of loyalty to him and
to the cause of the Christ he seeks tc
honor and serve. And the choir
never did better singing than at this
meeting. The attendance was away
ahead of that which might have beer
expected, owing to the weather ana
It is simply marvellous to note the
Improvement in the few nights the
members have been engaged in this
norton of the services. Everybody
Is full of praise for Director Homer
Rodeheaver, who is always ready with
smile and a glad word of encourage
ment. Then another member of the
organization is always at his post
and that man is Pianist Matthews
II there is anything he cannot do
with that piano it would be difficult
To discover. Incidentally Mr.. Mat
thews says Professor 7 Morley Har'
vey who plays the other piano, for
there are two in the battery, is real
artist and a good fellow.
But the first event of the evening
that captured the hearts of the crowt
was the clever work of Homer Rode
HEAVIER. He walked up to the corner
of the platform nearest to the sec
ton occupied by the colored singers
from DR.. Golfers Institute and toll
a story Of life in the army camps al
he had seen it. Said he: One nigh
7 was going the rounds of duty an
came across a bunch Of colored fei
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11

I'D part of the day. one Detroit,
Mich, private told the Associated
Press correspondent. "You see' ne
added. "they only let them out in the
morning to police the kitchen That $
easier than sweeping out.
The Russian family's side Of all
these houses is alright. It is bitter
ly cold up here in the forests during
the six months winter, and the peas
ant doesn't believe in wasting heat
His windows are sealed up tight and
never, never opened. He doesn't
mind the resultant odor,
But the American does and opens
tho windows in his side of the house
and the peasant shakes his mead
eravely and worries for fear his
strange khaki,clad guests will eaten
cold. =,
Rnt the American doesn't catch cold
and neither does the peasant, for tha'
matter in his alright rooms botn
systems seem to work equally we'll
Since the cold weather has really SCI
IN the soldier and civilian popuia'
t;ors have both been Surprisingly
healthy. -.
One peasant habit which the amer
ican makes countless jokes about =
nc time honored and unswerVaoi'
,mong the Russians as it is strang'
n the Americans. That is, sleeping
- tho stove. The Russian viilag'
,toves are built of brick or clay o
noroe,ain They are about as larg
as an ordinary American bathroom
and fat on top. except where IN
br;ck chimney pokes through On
s+o,es them once or twice day unt'
III tbs wood is burned out, am the'
closes them up. letting the heate
hriots radiate their warmth. The ma
tons Of these stoves are bed space'
for the eldest or most honoFea 90 :
iba families. American officers nav
..nr,.oa many peasant hosts by d'
c,ining invitations to use these ehOl'
est of all beds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11

including the value of feed grown up
on the farnf or the labor of the tax
payer. Where farmer is engaged
in producing crops which take more
than year from the time of planting
to the process of gathering and dis
posaI, expenses deducted may be de-
termined upon the crop basis, and
such deductions must be taken IN tho
year in which the gross income from
the crop has been realized
The cost of farm machinery and
farm buildings represents a capital
investment and is not an allowable
deduction as an item of expense
Amounts spent in the development OF
farms, orchards and ranches before
the time when the productive state
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
ANOTHER PROPOSITION is
ADVANCED TO BUILD GOOD
ROADS TO GEORGIA LINE

Jacksonville, March 11.--Deter-
mined to secure good roads from
Jacksonville through Duval and Mas
sau counties to the Georgia line, the
Jacksonville Auto Club is not resting
on the prospects Of putting through
one plan.
The Duval county commissioners
have agreed and are now fixing the
bad four and one-half miles of high
way on Kings road to the county
line, the Jacksonville club members
assisting by raising one-half of the
money necessary.
The Miami Motor club also desires
to assist in this work and there has
been correspondence and meetings Of
officials of the Jacksonville organiza-
tion and the Miami autoists.
Another proposition advanced Is to
organize an association, not for prof
IL, to be known as the Florida East
Coast Road Association, selecting a
president from a town situated along
the East Coast, about Melbourn as an
illustration. and have one director in
every own, large or small.
Begin by March Is or thereabouts
and raise money by popular subscrip-
ion. Confer with the State Hotel
Mems Association which Is to meet
next month at Daytona In regard to
the proposition.
State and federal aid money and
funds from Nassau county can be Sc
cured and other means provided by
the counties along the East Coast of
Florida This plan can be carried
out rapidly and every weak link In
the Dixie highway can be built to
Jacksonville.
1t is contemplated to hold big
roads meeting in Jacksonville some
time next month, likely after the state
hotel men complete their conference
at Daytona.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
INSTRUCTIONS TO FARMERS
In REGARD TO MAKING OUT
INCOME TAX RETURNS TOLD

Washington, March 11.--Instruc-
tions to farmers for making out in
come tax returns, issued by the Bu-
reau Of Internal Revenue, explains
what outlays may be regarded as ex-
penses and deducted from gross in
come to determine net income which
is taxable.
The cost of ordinary tools of short
life of small cost it is explained,
such as shovels, hoes and rakes, may
oe included The cost of feeding and
raising live stock may be treated as
an expense deduction, insofar as the
cost represents actual outlay, but not
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
FORMER KAISER
TO Be BRANDED
CRIMINAL BY
Al! AL! Nations !!!l ions;
AND HIS own
C0UNTRYNEN
THIS Is PRESENT PLANS OF MA.
JORITY OF THE PEACE COMMIS.
SION ON RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE WAR
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, March 11.-Former Emperor
William will be branded for all time
as an arch criminal by the solemn
declaration of all nations assembled
at the peace conference to which ev-
en- his own country may be called up
on to subscribe in the peace terms,
according to the present plans OF
what is believed to be majority OF
the commission on the responsibility
for the war The report of this com.
mission will be ready within few
days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
ever achieved.

also is reached, and amounts spent in
purchasing draft work animals or
live stock either for resale or for
breeding purposes also are regarded
as capital investments. not deduct
able.
The purchase price of an automo-
bile even when used entirely in car
rying on farm operations, similarly is
Tot deductable. The cost of gasoline,
repairs and upkeep of an automobile.
however, il used entirely on farm
business, is deductable as an expense
If used partly for business and part
ly for pleasure or convenience, the
taxpayer should determine to what
extent it is used for each, and deduct
only that part charged to business
purposes
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11

to the Master. Almost the entire au-
dience rose when he put 1t to them IL
they were on the side of Christ. 1t
would be most difficult to describe the
scene that followed the invitation to
hit the trail and come forward for
hand clasp and promise to lead
better life. Scores pushed their way
through the aisles and took their
seats on the front benches. Billy
jumped through the trap door and
was right there when the converts
arrived, greeting each one cordially
and seeing to it that his name and
address was secured by the assist
ants appointed for that purpose At
the close of the meeting both Nr. and
Mrs. Sunday expressed satisfaction
at the good start made in the saving
of souls in old st. Augustine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
RICAN SOLDIERS MARVEL
RUSSIAN PEASANT CUSTOMS
(By Associated Press.)

tBy Associated Press.)
p American troops in North
p, March 1.-THE habits and
Rns of the North Russian peas
Pc sources of unceasing wonder
F American soldier. The peas
pre- primitive and are content TO
! where the average American
wife would roll up her sleeves
spend many days in scrubbing
4 she would live. In this wood
log huts hundreds of Yankee
#rymen and enginefs are bill
this winter.
Americans. generally speaking
y one half of the house and the
the other. The Americans
as clean as constant policing
make it. But as for the other
here are chickens. husky" dogs
arctic type. and from two to
generations of peasants wan
more or less miscellane0uslS
their one or two rooms.
they keep the chickens coopet
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
Artillery And Mine
ThrOWerS DemOliSh
Spartacan Strongholds

lows tired from a hard duty per-
formed. They were gathered around
a camp fire and one of them was
singing this old song, Down by the
Riverside. Rode started to Groom
that song and in an instant he col
ored folks picked it up and carried
1t along just as they used to do in
the good old days back yonder on the
plantation. The applause was SO in
sistent that Rode came back with an
other story which ended in the start
ing of "Not My Brother Nor My Sis
ter, But It's Me, 0 Lord, Standing in
the Need of Prayer. Like a flash
came the refrain, sung with pla!ntive
sweetness as only these folks down
South can sing MA" Sunday waxed
enthusiastic, smiled her approval and
helped her distinguished husband ap-
plaud the singing. All this made ev-
erybody happy and expectant, even
though he rain kept up sort of fail
ing of the canvas
His sermon was from Matthew
27:22-"What shall / do then with
Jesus which is called Christi II was
a straight out-and-out appeal for a
personal decision, made as only Billy
Sunday can make such an appeal. He
said 1t was for every man and woman
to decide just as 1t had been up to
PLATE to do, to decide whether it was
Jesus or Barabbas. Poor. despiseG
old PLATE was held up and ridiculed
as a man of putty, scheming politi-
clan, a coward, a self-seeker. But he
said people are much the same today
as they were in the early days when
Jesus walked among men, same old
devil same old temptations, same hu-
man nature, same big bunch OF fools
to fall for Santa and his tricks The
cowardice Of so many protesting
Christians was pitilessly held up tt
seorn and derision. yes" said he
there are Pilates on the earth to-
day, net in name but in nature
Thank God people have had SENSE
enough not to name their offspring
either PLATE or Judas, who were COW
ards. trimmers, sneaks, crooks.
Leaping across the platform HI
shouted so that none might misunder
stand, "You can't have both jesus
and sin; you must choose one or tn
- other. In the recent world war i
was either Uncle Sam or the Kaiser
: If you are tired of living just get u
and yell three cheers for old Bill Ho
henzollern and see what will happel
to you
As to how to decide, it was nut u
: to each one as a personal matter
: And here Billy worked in referenc
: to the proposed League of Nation
5 which he styled as being strictly
| non-political affair, not by any mean
; party question. And he added tina
t be had never seen such conflict 0
4 public opinion but prayed that Presi
sdent Wilson and the nations leaders
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
(By Associated Press.)

London, March Government
troops in Berlin made further prog
ress Saturday and Sunday. demolish-
ing the Spartacan strongholds in the
northern and eastern sections of the
city, according to a German wireless,
To avert unnecessary loss, the troops
used artillery and mine throwers,
thus being able to force back the in
surgents without exposing themselves.
A dispatch says that terroristic meth
DDS have caused a revulsion Of feeling
ing in favor of the government every
where.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
BRITISH WOMEN EGlNEERS
FORM TRADES UNION

London, March 11.-Women engi-
neers, one of the discoveries of the
war, have banded together in the
Woman's Engineering Society, a trade
union, which has decided upon what
the women term a forward" move-
ment
Admission to the Amalgamated So
ciety of Engineers, to become mem
bers of Institutes of Civil Engineers,
naval architects, iron and steel and
other bodies now closed to women,
to serve on the boards of universities,
and to become eligile for technical
branches of the higher civil service.
Women have no desire to take
mems places" is the way they put
their position. But there will be
need for engineering products through
out the world, and there will be work
for women as we'll as for men,"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
CAPT. JOHN JACOB ASTOR
AND LADY VIOLET AST0R
AT THE PONCE DE LEON

St. Augustine, March 11.-Arriving
On belated honeymoon today at the
Ponce de Leon are Lady Violet Astor
and her heroic soldier husband, Cap
tain John Jacob Astor, Of England.
Captain Astor lost part Of his leg in
the war. Lady Astor was Lady Marine
Minto daughter of the fourth Earl of
Mimic and widow of Major Lord
Charles Marine, son of the fifth Mar
ouis of Lansdowne, who fell on the
battle field at Messines Ridge, Oct.
e7, 1914. Captain Astor and Lady
Violet were married at Christ church.
London.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
GERMAN
FORTS ON
Rhine MUST
Be DESTROYED
IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF
BE ABOLISHED, ALL OF
: ICH FORCES MILITARY GER
EY OUT OF EXISTENCE
(By Associated Press.j

IS. Monday. March 0.-s-(De~
Military Germany will go out
|tence as the result of the adopt
! the supreme council tonight
btary terms of German djsarm-
as they go in the peace treaty
terms provide for the reduction
German military establishment
loco men. The army to be re
b by the voluntary system for
bd Of twelve years. This limits
(ny's military strength to less
bwitzerland's. Other provisions
THE arms and munitions Ger
|may possess to a quantity sufti-
tor 100000 men. All the re-
|er must be surrendered or de-
b. German forts along the
also must be destroyed The
Ial general staff will be abol-
b favored voluntary enlistment
conscription plan providing for
D men serving one year terms
/ give Germany a trained army
million in ten years.
sress made with the framing OF
eace treaty insures its compile
" March 20. The present pur-
S to call the German delegates
fsailles soon after that, and the
(ent will then be delivered to
[ermans. In case they are not
bed to sign Immediately they
/ given an opportunity to return
fmany to consider 1t and return
e formal signing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
(By Associated Press.)

eva. March 11.-Disorders in
hine towns not under Allied oc-
Jon are continuing. The Ger
And Austrian consuls have been
rswn from Lake Constance ter
on account of the hostile atti-
bf peasants.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
NATURALIZATION
o. austria
IS Up FOR
DISCUSSION
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, March II. While the posi-
BILE naturalization of Austria has not
yet come before the "big five" in a
formal manner, it is being discussed
here, certain socialist elements In
Austria striving hard to prevent neu
tralization, but other influences are
anxious to see it effected as it would
give Austria protection similar to
Switzerland.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
ACE TREATY WILL Be READY
h SIGNATURES ON MARCH q:
GERMANS ALLOWED ONLY |
100000 men IN army
SABBATH BOOT BLAckING TO
BE DECLARED UNLAWFUL

Albany, N. Y.-March 11.--Blacking
or shining shoes on Sunday after 3
p. m. If done as business would be
a misdemeanor if a bill introduced by
Senator John j. Boylon of New York
becomes law. The measure, how
ever, would not apply to hotels of a
certain room capacity o. to ferry
boats.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
Of
EXEMPTION OF
PROVISIONS
INCOME TAX
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, March 11.--An important
extension of exemption provisions of
the income tax law in a ruling by the
commissioners report, made public
here today, provides that exemption
for wife or children covers the whole
year 1918 even If the wife was wed
or children born on the last day of
the year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11

At a recent meeting OF the British
Cotton Growing Association, the
chairman, Sir Henry Birchepough,
said: "It Is necessary for capital.
labor. and everybody to pull together
in this matter, because sooner or lat
er there will not be enough cotton to
go around"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
SEC. DANIELS TALKS
over $50 NILES
By RADIO; IS
new RECORD
(By Associated Press.)

Washington. March IL. Secretary
Daniels talked today by radio tele-
phone with the navy aero, enroute
from Washington to Norfolk. The
established was more
than distance of $50 miles. the
longest transmission of radio tele-
phones and signals with an airplane
ever achieved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
(By Associated Press.)

enhagen, March 1.-THE re-
reported recapture by the Ger
of Riga is denied in a Berlin
ch. The German troops, it Is
| are still a considerable dis
from Riga.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MARCH II. 1919
FIVE YEARS WILL
Be REQUIRED
TO Tunnel UNDER
ENGLISH CHANNEL
(By Associated Press.)

London, March 11.-Five years will
be required to complete the proposed
tunnel under the English Channel
from England to France. According
to an authoritative estimate the cost
will be nearly one hundred million
dollars.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
(By Associated Press.)

|in, March Encounters with
are reported from the Silesian
legion where the miners strike
leading.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-11
AMELIA BARR
NOTED AU1A0RESS
IS DEAD

(By Associated Press.)
New York, March 11.--Amelia Barr,
the authoress, died last night here.