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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
FATE OF P0sTMAsTERs
PRESIDENT ELECT POWER
CHANGE WILSON ORDER
Congress May Act Next Month;
Other Federal Jobs In State
TO Be Filled

Those discussing things political
are wondering whether postmasters
will be brought into politics again
when Sen. Harding becomes presi-
dent next March. says j. A. Peterson
in the st. Paul Daily News.
Under a proclamation issued by
President Wilson March. 81, 1917,
postmasters In first, second and third
class cities were taken out or politics
and put under civil service Another
proclamation last Oct. % provided
that If postmasters are not filed by
examination the postmaster general
shall SO certify to the civil service
commission, which shall hold exami-
nations.
So far congress has failed to enact
these provisions into law, and unless
this is done during the coming ses-
sion the. proclamation of President
Wilson can be revoked by Sen. Hard
ing when he takes Office.
Revert To Politics.
This will throw the postmasters
back into all the politics connected
with their positions before 1917.
The three posmasters Of first class
cities in Minnesota are those in ST.
Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth. z.
A. Purdy, Minneapolis, has two years
left to serve of his second four year
term, but the term OF Otto N. Raths,
st. Paul, expired last February. He
has continued In office while await
ing either reappointment or the NAM
ing Of his successor.
Mr. Raths became postmaster April
8, 1915, under a recess Appointment.
His regular appointment dated from
Feb. Is, 1916. for four years.
Under the civil service provisions
he undoubtedly will be recommended
by the postoffice department for re-
appointment.
May Delay Approval.
II such action is taken the question
of approval will come before the SEN
ate converting next month
In the event the appointment is
made and confirmed, Mr.. Raths will
have another four years to serve. but
II Republicans decide to put postmas-
tiers back in politics, confirmation OF
the appointment OF Mr.. Raths and
other postmasters may be delayed un-
til new senate comes into power
II Harding revokes the proclama-
lions of President Wilson, selection
of postInasters will be left to the ma
tional committeeman in each stats
representing the party in power.
In Minnesota postmasters would be
picked by I. A. Caswell. Republican
national committeeman. Sens. KEEL
logg and Nelson would then aid In
getting appointment approved in the
senate.
All federal appointive positions in
Minnesota, such as United States dis
trict attorney, United States marshal,
collector of internal revenue, and col
lector of customs, will also be filled
by the new Republican administra-
ton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
ASKS REELECTION
Minnesota House Speaker Will Be
Glad To Serve Again.

SiaO o o0TSS fNHdIUs a...g....
Minneapolis, November i!3.-Volun- :
election of w. I. Nolan as speaker of
the Minnesota house have been re-
ceived from more than so members
elect, Mr.. Nolan announced on his re-
turn yesterday from Wisconsin and
Illinois, where he has been investiga-
ting the workmen's compensation
systems with a special interim com
mittee OF the house.
"Thers probably are some more
messages OF the kind in mail ] have
now had chance to see yet" Mr.. No
Ian said. II am not making any effort
to be re- elected, but / would be glad
to serve again and I think by the
end of the week there will be enough
pledges to insure my election"
There are 131 members of the
house, sc being majority, but 80 or
more are expected to caucus by them
league candidate for speaker. A com
mittee of members probably will call
q conference of the INDEPENDENT mem
bers Of the house to meet In a week
or two and settle the organization
matters.
G. M. Bendixen of Redwood coun-
ty, tonnage tax champion, has sent out
some letters asking support George
w. Grant of Cottonwood county also
is said to have been looking things
over with view to running for speak
er.
Hennepin county members OF the
house met yesterday at the Hotel
Dyckman to organize the delegation.
A resolution was offered to indorse the
Nolan candidacy
Members of the special house com
mittee have finished their investiga-
tion work end will meet next week
to begin Formulating their report. Mr..
Nolan said. They may meet later with
a similar committee from the senate
which now is in the east finishing its
Investigation. The two committees
were at Madison, Wis, together. last
Tuesday and investigated the Wiscon
sin commission rlan The house com
mittee also visited Illisois, completing
its tour Of the states having compen-
sation systems worthy of study.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
ASSURED OF ELECTION

Election OF w. l. Nolan of Mime
apolis as speaker OF the Minnesota
House OF Representatives. and pass.
age of a program of legislative &C.
ton. along the lines of CO. orerative
marketing Of farm products were as
sured yesterday.
More than half of the 131 members
OF the House had signed up at p
M. yesterday as supporters of Nolan
Oscar Swenson of Nicollet county
prospective opponent for Nolan
Withdrew in Nolan's favor and signed
call for a House members caucus
on the speakership for next Friday
at 2 p. NJ. at the st. Francis hotel
st. Paul.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
IndIcted az Fairmont.

Fairmont, November 13.-Chris Juhl
was the first man to be arraigned un-
der indictment by the recent grand
jury. He was brought into court yes
terday morning. He was indicted on
two points, the first, the theft of dt-
amond ring on April %, 1920, belong
ing to the wife of DR.. Marken. The
second, that on May 14th, Of the same
year, he stole valuable ring from
Mrs. Fred Boyer. The time set for
the accused to answer TO the charge
was 1870 today.
The balance of the forenoon was
consumed in the trial of the No. IS
judicial ditch case
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
Burglary Is Charged.

Walter Moses. w. II. Curry and
Ivan Wengert have been brought back
to ST. James. On October war-
rant was issued for the arrest OF
Moses and Wengert, charging them
with third degree burglary. Another
warrant for the same two and w. II.
Curry charged them with grand lar
ceny in the second degre They were
out on $1,000 bonds and had been adj
vised not to leave the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
PRICES ARE STILL HIGHER
Comparison Of Prices Paid In Fair
mont Market Back to 1898.

A Fairmont man acclaimed loudly
in The Sentinel Office today that pric
es paid for farm products at this
time are lower than before the war.
We disagreed with him and just for
curiosity looked up the figures. They
are interesting enough for publication
and comparison, says The Fairmont
Sentinel.
They show that corn is higher now
than in November of most years be.
tween 1893 and 1916 and that oats, at
SO cents, is slightly higher than any
years in the same period except 1907,
1908 and 1911.
In November, 1912, hogs were
worth 81 hundred in Fairmont. BY
1916 the second year of the war, they
had risen to S9.25, reaching $3.50 in
November of the following year. The
price at this time is $11.50.
The grain prices were obtained
from the records of the Ripe Mill
ing cnm many and are as fnIlnmc.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
Bull-CroweII

Wells Mirror: Allen d. Bull and
Miss Luretta E. Crowell were married
at the Methodist parsonage on Wed
nesday of last week. Rev. H. +. Ack-
ermann read the marriage service OF
the Methodist church The young
couple We're accompanied by Ralph
Harper and Miss Bessie Croweu as
best man and maid of honor. The
bride is daughter. OF Mr.. and Mrs
10. w. Crcwell, Of West Wells. The
bridegroom is from Mankato, but has
been working on farm west OF town
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
REDUCE BREAD PRICE
Minneapolis Dealers Announce Cut
Take Place Shortly.
ASSOCIATED Press DispatchJ

Minneapolis, Mimi, November 10
A general reduction of one cent a
pound In the price of bread will be
made in Minneapolis by wholesale
bread bakers, Monday, November 10.
1t was announced today. Marked
drops in the prices Of wheat and flour
are responsible for the change. an
said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19

Ninety Quarts Were Taken In Raid
at Northfield.
ASSOCIATED Press DispatchI

AssOcfated PresS DlspaJchJ
Northfeld, Mimi, November a.
Ninety quarts Of whiskey valued at
$1,000, said to have been brought here
by q man named Alvin Anderson of
Grand Forks, N. D., has been confis-
Gated by federal agents aided by local
police. The liquor is believed to have
been brought here by two agents of
Anderson's In an automobile. No ar
Yssts have been made. Anderson dis
appeared shortly after the raid
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
WilI BANQUET Judoe Olsen.

number of New Ulm attorneys are
arranging a compliment dinner to be
given for Judge L. M. Olsen at the Da-
kota house Saturday evening. The event
will be in honor of the splendid victory
of the judge at the recent election In
vestigations have been issued to the bar
OF the district to attend
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
MAKE ARTIFICIAL ICE

Movement On Foot to Organize New
Company In Mankato.
1t was learned this afternoon by
the Free Press from reliable sources
that a movement is now on foot In
this city to form company for the
of artificial ice. 1t is
proposed to capitalize the new Arm at
$252,000. Complete details Of the deal
will be given out in few days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
IRISH LEADER rs DEAD

Dublin Nationalist Served Long Term
In Prison For Deeds.
Dublin, October 25.-LCorrespond- :
ence of The Associated Press Jack
Nolan, once well-known Dublin
nationalist figure has just died here.
In 1900 he was arrested in Canada
with two others on charge of at
tempting to blow UP the lock on the
Welland Canal and was sentenced to
penal servitude for life. After serv-
ing sixteen years OF his sentence he
was released and later no returned to
Dublin, Ireland
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19

Mrs. c.. l. Wigen, lsit Iasl evening
for Waukegan, ILL., TO visit her SON
in law and daHghtar. Mr. and Mrs.
" s Gary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
DROWNED AT ST. CLOUD
Father RcnauId Schmidt OF st. Johns
Faculty Lost Life.

Faculty Lost Life.
ASSOCIATED Press Disratch.1
st. Cloud. Mimi, November H.
Father Ronauld Schmidtz, student
member of the st. Johns faculty, was
drowned at Collegeville at 1880 yes
terday afternoon, when he broke
through the thin ice on the Watab
river, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
Schmidt Of 613 North Fifth street,
Grand Forks N. D., are expected to
arrive at the university today. The
funeral service will be held at the
o'clock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19

Rev. ]. d. Mccormick, president OF
Parker college. Winnebsgo, was a
mong the slt or town visitors in the
city yesterday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19

Miss Dorothy Comstock, student
at the university Is home for 49,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19

Prices of farm products are too low
hen compared with what DIT costs
o produce them and what the farmert
as to pay for the necessities of life
ut it is cheerful news - find that
hey are not as low rs In the normal
I'm &c rri0y. RI 1914
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
Oats Corn Wheat

For the next eight years, we have
included hog prices instead of wheat,
of which there was little raised in
Martin county during that period:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-02
G0MPERS AND ALLEN CLASH
ON INDUSTRIAL COURT LAW
Debate in Carnegie Hail. New York City, Shows Differ
ence Of Opinion Between Head of the American Fed,
GRAFTON Of Labor and Governor of Kansas.

ross that has been made by organized
labor through its solidarity, and am
glad for the legitimate progress Of
every labor union organization in the
United States today"
Governor Allen then referred to the
statements alleged to have been made
by union leaders in the past, nclud-
ing Mr.. Gompcrs, that 'if you take
away the right TO strike We will find
some other way"
Before the debate ccacss tonight, ;
he said, 81 implorc Mr.. Gompcrs in
behalf of the country that is waitin,,
to know, what other way he has in
mind"
Governor Allen outlined in detail
the organization and operation of Tie
industrial court system in effect in
Kansas. Speaking OF its effect upon
the industrial world he said:
1--WE have taken away nothing from
labor, We have provided protection N
all thc industries, we have forbidden
convict labor to come in competition
with other labor, VIC have established
free employment service, we have
provided an Industrial welfare COM
mission, we have provided that no in
junction, whether intcrlocutory or per-
mancnt in any case between employer
and employees or between employer and
employees or between persons en-
ploycd, or persons seeking employ
mcnt, growing out of dispute con-
corning terms, conditions, ETC., Shall
be issued without previous notice ana
an opportunity to be heard in behalf
of the party cnioincd.
I'VE have established liens to pro-
lcct workers, We have established the
cight-hour day in the mines, we have
established everything that has been
established in the history of the prog
rcss of this great industry"
He denied that the Kansas law de-
MED the workmcn the privilege Of col
lcctivc bargaining, he said, but il gave
the miners that right whether they
were members Of unions or not and
protects the sanctity of the contracts.
Governor Allen then assailcd Mr.
Gompcrs' political activities. Refer
ring to Mr.. Gompcrs' alleged orders TO
organized labor to see that no man
goes to congress who is not in lavor
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-02
BETTER COTTON WEATHER.
Crop Showing Improvement. Says
Onici,l Bulletin.

Sfop SHOWING ImpfOYcment,. Says
Ohiri,h Bulletin.
Washington, May 27-Wcather con-
ditions during the week ending yes
terday were more favorable for cot
toa, and as result the crop is show
ing an Improvement in most sections,
according to the national weather and
crop bulletin Of the Department of Az
riculturo.
Moderate temperatures prevailed
except in the moro eastern sections Of
the belt, where it was rathr cool.
Rainfall was light to moderate except
In the northwestern and southeastern
portions, where some heavy rains oc-
CURED. East Of the NIissssippi River
the weather showed CONSIDERABLE inn
provcment over the preceding week,
and as 4 result cotton made better
progress generally in that area. To
the westward conditions were favor
able except in the northwestern por-
tion Of The corn belt.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-02

cent profit above cost although Mr.
wood claimed the profit proposed by
the company for its 1920 business was
twelve and Onc-half per cent. The
amount of profits which the company
was realizing, he said, exceeded "on
an average from 300 to 100 per cent
those Of 1919"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-02
Garncr Hill, Gladstone, n. j., Sells
Rnt.SNAP, lie Saws.

| sell and use RNr-SNAP. Like to
look any man in the face and tell it's
the best. It's good" People like RAT
SNAP because it docs" kill rats. Pet
rifles carcaSs-leaves no smell. Comes
IN cakes no mixing to do. Cats or
dogs won't touch it. Three sizes, 25c,
30c, Sl.0O. Sold and guaranteed by
la'ircns Hardware Co., Putnam's Drug
Store, Kennedy Bros.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-02


Samuel Gompcrs, president Of the
American Federation of Labor and
Governor Henry j. Allen, of Kansas,
met to debate the merits Of the re-
Gently enacted Kansas industrial cour,
law and kindred subjects. Judge Alton
Is. parkcr, Of this city, presided ana
introduced the speakers.
MI GompcrS said he wanted 10 Law
down few fundamental princip,cs
and one Of his executive committees.
Mrs. Sarah II. Conboy, read the fol-
lowing statements:
The fact that voluntary organizo-
'iohS OF inc wage workers arc de-
cared by the courts to be trusts ana
combinations in illegal restraint of
'faoc does not necessarily so consti-
tntc them, in fact, the unions of work
ers arc not such. None of their achieve
ments in behalf Of the tolcrs or soci-
ely at large can be confused with tha
selfish and pcrnicious activities of tbo
illegal trusts.
INC trust even at its best. is an
organization of few to monopoliz,
production, and control distribution of
material products. The voluntary as
SCclatlonS OF the wage workers for
mutual benefit and assistance arc cs-
schtlaily Inherent. The fact must not
DC lost sight Of that the power of Ia
otn
Ihere can be no trust in anything
which is not yet produced"
Rcsumng his address. Mr.. Gompers
said:
There is a common error in the
minds OF large number of our pooplo
and people Of the whole world who
confuse the term labor and capitar
as being in exactly equal position TO-
ward each other. The fact OF tho
matter is that capital is the product
Of labor.
The difference between a slave ana
freeman is that the slave must work
When his master or owner directs and
Wills. The freeman may stop his worl,
ana uh,tovo, o
inc ,hot n,,v ~
icrlnS and suffering Of no one else.
lhc right Of freeman to dispose of
himself, or his labor and his lohor
powor 10. hoo, 80, e,
court dcclSlon, an opinion read by tho
thcn associate Justice Of the supreme
court Nr IJuohos :; .,,,.,
cinlo s cnt ro,th a,na,,.
is free nm, ;,vo,u,,.
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ottcmnt 10 ou,Io
ticn. dcnnnd uno, :, vo,r m,
futile ana vnu ,,iu sin,,l,,
inols ana l,whroolor. or n,,.,
arc honest n,,riotic o;,;,nn,
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which anv justification ,,, ~ ,,,,
cd 10 tin mon to thoir ioh, ~,
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-02
Stomach ills

permanently disappear after drinking the
celebrated Shiyar Mineral Water. Positively
guaranteed by moncyback oVcr. Tastes
me; costs ,riNc. Dc'iycrcl a.,v.,,e.. ";
>GI 81 ianrcns Agents, J. G.. Smell & CO.
Phone liam
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-03
GASOLINE TURNS THE EARTH
Motorboats Are Replacing oondoIas In
Venice, and Even the WlndmlIls
In Holland Disappear.

Motorboats in Venice, replacing the
gondolas are not the only mechanical
proclamation that is coming in to dlsap-
point future American travellers In Eu-
rope. A letter from Amsterdam tells
US that the Dutch windmills are being
replaced by mills operated by steam
and electric power. Every year some
of the old windmills IRE burned, and
they are not regretted. Time may
come when a few windmills will be
treasured as relics In Holland; Just as
similar structures are still preserved
on Aquidneck and Nantucket islands
for their curious interest, says the
Boston Transcript. Already windmills
Of American construction, with steel
fans arranged in wheels, instead Of
the picturesque old wooden arms, had
begun to make their appearance, even
In Holland. The metallic windmill
with the revolving wheel, Is more pic
turesque than the ordinary steam or
water power mill, but II Is not so pic
turesque as the old wooden affairs.
tall windmills, with their big metal
wheels spinning high in the air, are
indeed a fine feature In the mon0t-
onous landscape, but even they are in
danger Of yielding to the process Of
pumping water by means Of gasoline
motors. The power Of the wind, to
be sure, costs nothing, while that Of
the gasoline motor may cost n good
deal, but there are times when no
wind blows, and the householder tires
Of waiting for 1t to rise. Less and
less we are content to attend upon
forces Of nature. The beautiful sails
are vanishing from the seas, to be re-
placed by belching smokestacks. On
land windmills give place to structures
operated by steam and electricity. The
stalwart oxen are no longer seen at
the farmers plow; 1t is gasoline that
turns the earth now. Homeward the
unweary motor barks its way!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-03
He Was Proprietor or The Town.

Not long ago. the story runs. a travelling
salesman visited certain small town and
sold the proprietor Of It's general store an
order Of jewelry. When the jewelry ar
rived II was not as represented, and the
merchant consequently returned IT, But
the wholesale house nevertheless attempted
to collect the bill. and drew a sight draft
on the merchant through the local bank.
which returned the draft unhonored. The
wholesalers then wrote to the postmaster
about the financial standing Of the mer-
chant and the postmaster replied lacOn-
ically that 1t was o. X. By return mail
the wholesalers requested him to collect
the account and they received the follow
ing reply THE undersigned Is the mer-
chant on whom you attempted to palm of
your worthless goods. The undersig ned is
president and owner Of the bank to which
you sent your sight draft. The under
signed is the postmaster TO whom you
wrote. and the undersigned Is the lawyer
whose services you sought to obtain fOr
your nefarious business II the under.
signed were not also pastor OF the church
at this place he would tell you to 90 to
hell"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-03
FAMOUS CHIMES RING AGAIN
Bells Of st. Clements, In Old London,
Appeal to Children, as In
the Olden Days.

"Oranges and Lemons rang out on
tho old bells of st. Clements on the
last day Of March on On evening as
fine as any during the finest winter
London has ever known. The bells
rang, but few heard them, prevented
by the roar of the Strand traffic. 1t
was the first time the old nursery
rhyme had been rung out from the
steeple for a very long while. Some
hundreds of school children. who had
been invited to attend the church, filed
out at the close In small professions,
pilOted across the streams of traffic by
the London policemen. Every child
carried an orange or a lemon, gift
which made up to them for the faint
tones in which the voices of the old
bells reached their ears Down the
streets with the historic names running
from the Strand to the Thames, St
Clements music was more audible, the
sound carrying over the noise and roar,
and into the Offices where anybody,
with turn of mind for antiquity, has
but to throw open his window to hear
the sound Of bell cast in the year Of
the Spanish armada.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-03
unnecessary to Graft Skin.

When much skin is destroyed in
burns, common resort is skin graft,
applied either in small isolated patches
to grow gradually over the surface, or
in pieces up to two or three inches
square to cover large portion or oil
of the wound. At recent medical
meeting, Dr. II. G.. Beck Of Chicago
called attention to process Of culture
by which skin may be made to grow
without grating, even over large sur
faces. AS the wound heals the granu-
latlons at the edge of the spreading
fresh skin place an elevated barrier In
It's way and IL these examinations are
removed as often as every "a hours
the patients own skin Is given a
chance and may be watched spreading
over the entire surface. A protective
covering Of paraffin often promotes the
replacement of skin without grating