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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
Kerns

The state examinations will be
given Thursday and Friday of this
week at he school house in district
Nc. 81. A number from District No.
Is will take the examinations. Their
names will be given next week.
Mrs. F. e. Jefferson returned from
ST. Paul last Saturday evening. Her
daughter, Mrs. viii Carter and little
children came with her to make a
visit.
Tom Hanson and Leslie Lindsay
took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
Michels Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Loucks attend
ed the play given by the Dramatic
club at the Mankato high school FRI
day evening.
Mrs. Harry Parsons spent the week
end with relatives in North Man
kato.
Fl. A. Hanson bought some corn
from Joe Manns.
Mrs. Charlie Lind was sick the lat
ter part of the week. Her daughter,
Mrs.->A. P. Anderson of Nicollet was
with her.
were last week.
\ number of neighbors spent Sun
day evening at the Burnett home.
The pleasant occasion was in honor
Of the birthday anniversary of Harry
Burnett
Fl. A. Hanson drove to the A. Chap
man farm beyond Mankato Monday
for three hogs.
G. w. Johnson bought horse from
party in North Mankato Thursday.
Paul Sharp has purchased a house
on Nicollet avenue, North Mankato
and is nicely settled there.
Mrs. Joe Grice and sister, Kate
Smith walked out to the Goodridge
farm Thursday and spent the day
with their sister, Mrs. II. Goodridge
Ed. Sears and couple of men OF
Lake Benton were on their way home
from Minneapolis Thursday night
with a new Ford car which they had
purchased in the latter place. They
spent the night with g. W. Johnson.
They found the roads very bad.
{. II. Loucks shipped two loads of
hogs and steer through the Equity
Friday. Chester Purrier and G. w.
Johnson helped 10 take them to Man
kato.
Last week S. Batcheller received
the following letter from his son
Claude, who was in Coblenz, Ger
many. Two OF your letters on hand
Will try and write you a few lines
today. received your letter and
Christmas card some time ago and
that the helmet had arrived o. X.
was cerainly glad to hear that for
thought it had gotten lost in the mail
Now | will send you something else
an iron cross or something like that
l Will enclose one of my pictures
How do you think l look in uniform,
with my TWO gold stripes: l should
have waited until next month then
. would have had three stripes and
! that menas eighteen months in this
country. Oh that's not very long il
you lay it quick. 1t doesn't seem
i ike more than that any years. First
with the froggies and now with the
| Heinies, but even so we are being
treated better by these people than
| we were in France. We don't give
thcm chance to treat us any other
way. We always keep an open eye
: on them, IL they make a crooked
move, well hate to tell you what
happens. / haven't the slightest idea
when | shall start for home, but
hope it will be soon.
| Claude is with the Forty Second
division, Rainbow division, so is
/ probably on his way home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
OlDGLORYOvER GRAVES
Stars and Stripes TO Wave
Above the American Dead>
In France

Paris, March 20.-[By MALL
While decision is yet pending in con-
gress as TO whether American dead
buried in France shall be returned
to America. more than four thousand
men and officers are engaged in re-
moving from isolated graves to A. f.
F. cemeteries the bodies of men who
were buried where they fell. and
completing a careful registration OF
all American graves in France. 1t is
expected that at least half of the
American dead will rest in France
by the desire of their families.
In the meantime the Graves regis
tration service is digging up lonely
graves. prying into old shellholes and
dugouts, sometimes forced to wear
gas masks where the poisonous gas
still adheres, searching bodies for
some mark of Identification, carry
ing the bodies to the nearest ceme-
terry, burying, marking, reporting
them.
At Poisy on the Aisne more than a
thousand isolated bodies were gath
cred and buried in plots of 2O8 graves
each. When the regulation crosses
were put up and gravel walks laid
the work, as called for by or
ders, was completed. But the men
engaged were not satisfied. They
found a large number of iron rails,
obtained cement and put an attractive
fence about the cemetery. Then
they went into a nearby forest, cut
down the tallest, straightest tree
stripped it and painted it white
Around the base they planted flowers
and from the mast swing the Stars
and Stripes.
Poisy is the largest of the battle
field cemeteries; next in point OF
numbers are Nantillois, Vaubecourt
fishes and Froides.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
FARM LANDS INCREASE IN VALUE

Washington, United steadily
y,
Mississippi $255
II. and 49,. by state
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Purrier of
Madison Lake were visiting friends in
the city yesterday.
Mrs. T. S. Johnson of Burlington,
Ia, was in the city yesterday, calling
on friends.
L. Fl. Leland of Oshkosh, Wis, was
& business caller in the city yester-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dover of Win
ona were guests in the city yester-
day
W. d. Judd, J. d. Nonis and p c.
Roush of Des Moines, Ia, were in the
city yesterday attending to business
matters.
Charles Winters of Omaha, Neb.,
was in the city on business yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Condo of Wal
nut Grove visited friends in the city
yesterday.
T.. w. Andrist went to the twin
cities yesterday, and will attend the
undertakers' convention.
Mrs. Dan Boyen of Lake Crystal
was shopping in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Ray Clark of Gilmore was cal
ling or friends in the. city yester-
day. A.
! Owatonna Peoples Press: C. J.
Olson Of Mankato, arrived in the city
last Wednesday and has taken up his
new position of manager of the Cedar
Rapids Oil company.
John Weber ard family, formerly of
Window have moved to Mankato, and
are occupying the residence they
recently purchased on Broad street.
, Mr. Weber is retired farmer.
Mrs. Barbara Eastwood was called
to Minneapolis early this morning
Mrs. A. Hazefden left this afternoon
for Kasson to be present to attend
the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Frank
RenTiing. The funeral will be held
Sunday
| by the serious illness of her mother
Mrs. Mary Menten. Mrs. Menten was
| a former resident of this city and is
known to large number Of people
here
Wilbur Clark of Minneapolis and
Miss Belle Fowles of this city spent
Tuesday evening at st. Peter. Mr..
Clark was net by his sister and
brother in law, DR.. and Mrs E. Mil
Ter of Duluth there. DR.. Miller has
just returned from France. The doc
; tor and his wife with Mr.. Clark left
, for Duluth Wednesday morning.
Miss Margaret Geddes and mother
of Window are spending several days
with frieNfs before departing for
their future home in San Diego,
California
/ Terrence Walker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. o. w. Walker, who has been
in service on the U. S. S. Kansas
for the past sixteen months, landed
from France last Tuesday, and in a
telegram to his parents stated that
he will be horne Friday. He has
made the trip TO France and back
four times since entering the service.
! Faribault News: The Daily News
foree-and others-are enjoying a
visit this week from Walter j. Vogel,
! formerly it's first linotype operator,
who enlisted in the air service in
: December 1917, and who. reached
New York on the way home from
France last month. Mr.. Vogel went
first to Texas. and afterwards to
Camp Custer, Michigan, where he was
trained for several months and was
sent to France in June last year. An
expert mechanic, he was in the 1S4th
Aero Squadron, and saw service in
/ France from the time of landing I'M
, til after the armistice was signed. He
has been visiting with his parents in
i Mankato for the last week, and will
| be in Faribault for several DAVIS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
REV. MAX WURST DEAD
Former Dean of lie Sueur and Sibley
Counties Passes.

Wabasha, Mimi, April S.-Right
Catholic circles of Southeastern Min
nesota, is dead. He had been pastor
of St. Felix parish, Wabasha, since
1887. He was ordained priest in 1878
and two years later was made the
first resident pastor of LIE Sueur. In
1886 he was appointed dean of LIE
Sueur and Sibley counties by Arch
bishop John Ireland On Jan. %,
1911, he was made domestice prelate
to the papal household by Pope Bene-
dict with the rank of monseigneur.
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday at 10 a. m, at st. Felix
church. %
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
STORM STRIKES DULUTH

Duluth. April 8.-The storm con
tinued last night and early today
There was heavy snow, lightning
thunder and fifty mile wind. Plate
glass and signs are wrecked. Three
inches of slush covers the ground
The gale has abated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
issuance Of Road 6onds.

By a vote of forty three to four
teen. the state senate Saturday au
thorized county boards by unani
nous vote of their members to issue
bonds. not to exceed $25o.000, fo1
road buildings By four -fifths vote
OF the county boards, bonds may be
issued for not to exceed SIZE, 900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
Caring for Children.

IUnlted Press Dispatch
st. Paul. April 4.-Young ladies of
the University of Minnesota home
economics department are to get first
class experience in handling chill
dren through plan inaugurated by
Miss Mildred Weigley chief of the
division.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
Limb of Tree Blown.

A large limb off an elm shade tree
on the A. r. Pau lawn on Clark
street was blown off during the gale
this morning. The, limb fell across
the street car track ard 1t was ,neces-
sary to remove it before the car could
pass.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
BODY OF INFANT FOUND
Dead Baby Discovered in the Waters
of Lake Pepin.

The nude body of an infant was
found in the waters of Lake Pepin
at Lake City yesterday, apparently
having been in the water for several
weeks, according to the opinion of
A. c. Fitschen.
The body was that of a little
girl, and might have been two weeks
old or less. 1t was found by George
Hines near bath house point on the
lake shore. No evidence was found
on the body where violence had been
used, and it is thought by local per-
sons that it is a "war baby" and
was thrown into the waters of the
lake by the mother.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
WALLACE SENT TO PRISON
Former Mail Clerk Was Convicted of
Theft of SIS 600

Sioux Falls, S. d. April S-Frank
e. Wallace of Pierre, former rail
way mail clerk who entered plea of
guilty in the United States court here
to an indictment charging him with
stealing $4,000 package from the
mails. was sentenced to two years in
the federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth, Kan. Wallace was railway
mail clerk between Pierre and Man
kato, Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
MAN FOUND DEAD

A. F. Egaard; Patient at ST. Peter.
Died in Commissions.
A. F. Egaard. forty three, patient
st. Peter state hospital for the in
sane, was found dead in bed Thurs
day, the state board of control was
informed. An autopsy was performed
but no conditions were found to war
rant investigation. The nan was
paranoiac and died in a CONFUSION,
according to tire report. Mfr. Egaard
was a former resident of ST. Paul.
He was Sent. to the hospital in 1916.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
Letter Companies Arrive.

New York, April 4.-Twenty-eight
offlcers and 1345 men comprising all
the letter companies and the medical
detachment of the 337th infantry.
Eighty fifth division, former national
guard, arrived from Brest on the
Cruiser Frederick.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
Arrival of Soldiers.

I Unlted PreSS IJlSpa ten
Boston, April THE giant steamer
Agamemnon, third OF, the big trans
ports, bringing troops home arrived
here today with 5000 men and Of
fieers of the Twenty sixth division. :
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
Collier Myolo Foundered,

lUnlted Press DiSpa tch.
Sydney, New South Wales, April Z.
The collier Myolo has foundered
just outside the Sydney Heads, ac-
cording to dispatch reaching here
today. Four men are said to be miss
ing
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
WIND STRIKES OMAHA
Considerable Damage Done in Ths
City BY Tornado.

y
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl
Omaha, April Heavy property
damage resulted from a tornado
sweeping across the western section
of Omaha last night. Many homes
were unroofed and some houses were
practically ruined.
Lincoln dispatches say that wire
communication in parts of southwest
ern Nebraska is crippled. The most
severe damage was done at Elmwood
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
Snow Has Fallen.

UNITED Press DISPATCH.
Lincoln, Neb., April From three
to nine inches of snow fell this morn
ing in Eastern Colorado and West
-ern Nebraska.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
F. W. W00LWORTH DIES
Owner of Chain of Stores Passec
Away This Morning.

SiItcoN tSS DISpdtCH
New York, April ST. w. Wool
worth. sixty seven years old. owner
of the Weolworth building and a chain
of five and ten cent stores through
out the country. died at his home at
Glencoe, L. l., this morning. Wool
worth listed his capital at SOS, 900, 900.
He started at IS week as common
clerk.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
MATT MILLER IS DEAD

Former Resident of Mankato Passed
Away at Wells.
Word was received in the city to-
day OF the death of Matt Miller of
Wells. a'former resident of this city.
Mr.. Miller died IF pneumonia follow
ing an attack of influenza. About
two weeks ago his daughter died
from the same cause. Mr.. Miller
was a teamster when in this city and
was known to large number of
friends and acquaintance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
BUILDING OPERATIONS.

Architect H. C. Gerlach is prepar-
ing plans for State Bank building
to be erected at La Sale. Mimi. The
r'ructure will be 24x54 feet. one
story high. estimated cost $4,000. II
will be constructed of brick, with
stone trim. tile floor, hardwood in
terror finish. The j. B. Nielsen
Construction company of this city
will construct the building
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11

New Postmaster at Madison Lake.
Leonard Bresnan was appointed
postmaster at Madison Lake Friday,
April 4. He took his examination
here in November There were three
applicants.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-24
American Illiteracy Should be Removed
In 1910, 100000 of s,5ooooo immigrants and

they are In 1910, 55000o0 Of S500o00 immigrants and
native ierate persons 10 years OF could not
read write English. OF the 1552256 drafted
by the department. 3S613O either wholly
ilterate could not the simple tests These men
from all parts of the country. One curious fact
brought out is that most Of the oreignborn who can't
read and write English can't read and write their
whereas the educated foreign usually read
English well their language. Another unex-
pccted fact is that in States ieracy is
among the whites than among the negroes South
Carolina to bear the palm of illitecy. In spite
Of its great foreign population, New York
paratvey good record.
While not too much structure OF theory be built
statistics arising from standards and classfcations
not sufficiently positive and clear, probable
indicated in 1910 that the amount Of iliteracy
the United States is gigantic shameful dangerous The
country has many great and instant problems settle
The construction reconstruction OF sound American
citizenship is the least OF them Millions Of citizens
who cannot read newspaper who know nothing Of our
constitution and laws of the and present OF the
United States, except what they told perhaps by
demagogues interested to misead and deceive them
how they take useful how they be prevented
from taking often a malefcent part in government?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-24
| When Vas Nation
0lR0adFirsfReadv
ForHeavy Travei?

. The first record of travel along the
old trail which is now the National
Road is in 1907, when one of the three
first settlers, George Holman, travelled
back from what is now Richmond to
the Miami valley to give accounts of
the Promised Land along the White
water.
Until 1884, accounts of the old stage
lines which passed through Richmond
are the only record OF road, but in
that year, the government surveyed
the National road. eighty feet wide
and with bridges to cross every
stream
In 1850, the road became the proper.
ty OF the Wayne county turnpike COM
pany, which did not relinquish owner
ship until 1875, when the road was
made public highway.
From the year 1917, there was con.
slant stream OF covered wagons. car
rying immigrants into the new, undis-
covered country At night campfires
were kept burning for fear Of wild
beasts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-24
Said by Washington:

To the efficacy and permanency of your union
fectual means of preserving peace.
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influ.
ence the jealousy of free people ought to be
constantly awake.
The name American must always exatF the
just pride of Patriotism.
Give such encouragement to our own naviga-
ton as will render our commerce less dependent
on foreign bottoms.
Every attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of our
country from the rest should be Indignantly
frowned upon. ~
The very idea Of the power and right of the
people to establish government presupposes the
duty of every individual to obey the established
To tn efficacy and permanency of your union
a government for the whole is indispensable.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-24
Plans Nonstop Flight
From Chicago to East
(By Associated Press)

MT. CLEMONS, Mich, Feb. "a
Major Norman J. Boots, commanding
officer at Selfridge Aviation Field near
here, who already has two long dis
lance flights to his credit is soon to
| undertake nonstop trip fro Chicago
to New York.
The attempt will be made in De
Haviland plane. equipped with 12-cyl-
inder Liberty motors. Preliminary
work OF preparing the plane for the
fight already has been started. An
extra tank has been installed which
will give a total fuel supply Of 200
gallons of gasoline.
In order to make the flight without
landing, Major Boots will me COM
PEELED to travel 900 miles in ten hours,
the fuel supply being sufficient for but
little more than that length Of time in
the air. The plane, however, is de-
clared to be capable Of 100 miles an
hour
Last summer Major Boots piloted a
DeHaviland plane from Selfridge field
to the outskirts OF New York, cover.
ing $50 miles in hours and 81 min
utes without landing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-24
From the New York Times.

ONE curious figures about illiteracy In the army
have been compiled by the surgeon generals office
~ 1t appears from the records of the Wer depart
that almost rs cent Of the draft could not
read or understand newspaper write letter. In
days nothing be done without the aid of psy
choogy The Section Of Psychology found that two sorts
of psychological examination necessary one for
those could read and write English another for
those who could Then that masterfu science had ito
evolve procedures separating these groups 1t is not
given laymen understand the mysteries OF psycho
ogy. 1t that there examination alpha.
which you had read English to and examina
ton Beta devised especially for foreign and iliterate
groups" The between Alpha and Beta, between the
sheep and the goats ability to read and understand
newspapers and write letters home" In some cases.
however educational qualification added. and in
some camps only educa tional qualification was used
Thus the standards the basis Of comparison not
wholly uniform.
Those OF the OF 1910 scarcely more exact
A literate person who could write his own name.
Ills ability speak English depended upon his own opn
ion AS test OF that ability nothing could be more in
exact or humorous But have to take the figures as
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-24
Berger and Others

Apropos of the discussion aroused by the
anti-German bill pending in the legislature is an
editorial in the Chicago Tribune showing the
menace in permitting men of pro-German SYM
pathy to occupy important posts in our govern
ment. Says the editorial:
Victor Berger and his associates have been
sentenced to serve twenty years in the peniten-
tary for violating the espionage act and for con-
spring to obstruct the United States in it's war
against Germany.
We wish this point to be perfectly emphasized
in the minds Of all Americans The defendants
Berger, j. Louis Engdahl, William F. Kruse, Adj
olph Germer, and Irving ST. John Tucker-were
found guilty of breaking the laws of the United
States. They were not in the remotest sense
tried as to their political beliefs.
A great attempt has been made by the defend
ants and their supporters to obscure the issue in
fog of so-called political rights. Political free
dom has never at any point in the contention of
the government entered into the prosecution.
It is true that Berger and his co-defendants
are members of the Socialist party; have been
diigent in it's affairs Berger congressman-elect
on the Socialist ticket. But it cannot be alleged
that their political beliefs, except insinuated
by themselves, have been permitted the slightest
expression in the federal court.
Two chief accusations were made by the gov
eminent 1t was charged that Berger and his
colleagues openly violated the espionage act by
expressing contempt for the government at