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c,nnY INSURANCE PROTECTION

More people are killed and injured by
Automobiles than through any other
cause but war
Peerless Automobile Accident Policy,
for owners, chauffcurs hho
individuals men and women
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
WOULD SETTLE STRIKE
Disagreement At Proctor Is
Seen As Menace To
Northwest
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

The situation at Proctor is said to
be critical at this time and all work
men are said to be waiting the out
come of the conference between the
union business agents and the COM
pany offic.ns. The union men claim
ed this afternoon that the controver-
sy may drag all Of the six craft en-
ployes of the two Minnesota range
railroads into the fray, thus curtail-
ing If not ending ore shipments.
Duluth, Minnesota, September To-
R. A. Hsnning and n. Adams Of st.
national Machinists Union, are in
Proctor, Minnesota, today for the pur-
pose of attempting Q settlement be-
tween the Duluth, Missabe & North
ern railroad and members of the Pro-
cotor local of machinists union. The
agents will attempt to have the men
reinstated as employees Of the COM
pany, according to statement made
by members Of the union, who were
discharged recently.
That q genI.al shop strike cloud
hovers over Proctor. which officials
Of six railroad crafts claimed today
northwest, is asserted by craftsmen.
Union officials said that although II
is illegal to strike. the demands will
be enforced by The men being called
on to quit their work and seek en-
ployment In other than railroad shops.
Vote Was Taken.
A sympathetic vote, which union
labor leaders ever can be converted
into q strike vote, was taken Monday
night. 1t was learned here today. The
vote was ninety 1--we per cent In fav-
or of the workmen, 1t Is said. The
crafts voting were the machinists,
boilermakers, sheet metal workers.
blacksmiths carmen and, electricians,
numbering 450 at Proctor shops.
The controversy Is an aftermath Of
a. strike by the wipers at the Proctor
shops. It is claimed that fifty mach :
inists employed on tricks No and
8, were discharged by the company
for alleged insubordination. Follow
ing the discharge OF these men sew
eral machinists In trick No 2 quit or
were discharged for refusing TO do
work assigned to men OF No and
No 8.
Increase Ore Tonnage.
Shipments OF iron ore from the head
of the lakes district during this sea-
son are now expected BY ore dock
officials to exceed those OF year
ago. More than 100000 tons were
shipped down lakes prior to Septem-
Der and 1t is predicted that ship
ments from September to the end Of
the navigation season on the Great
Lakes will be from 100000 to u.s.
O00, 900, tons. making total ship
ment for the season of about $780,
600 tons over last year. Demand for
the ore at low lake ports is reported
great. Many of the blast furnaces
are reported looking for winter of
unusual activity. Ore shipments are
being rushed from mines. and all that
may hinder the expected big tonnage
during the remainder Of the season
Is the possible needs Of tonnage for
grain shipments or strikes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
HONORS PAID TO DANTE
Italy VIII Celebrate the Birth
Of This Noted Master
Of Poetry

Rome, August 29-[Correspond-
ence of The Associated Press]-Pre-
parations are being made to cele-
brate in 1921 the six hundreth an
niversary of the death Of Dante ALI
ghieri in Rome, Florence and Raven
ma but disagreement already has
developed as to the expense of the
proposed celebration.
Sem Benefit. poet, dramatist and
deputy, has introduced in the cham
2, 1000, 10000 lire to cover the cost OF
lectures, commemoratfons, fliumina.
lions and other forms of tribute.
This proposed expenditure, how
ever, Is opposed by Benedetto Croce,
the newly appointed minister OF in
struction, himself q distinguished
poet, critic and author, who declared
that In these hard and serious times
he disapproved on the principle OF
this form Of honoring the memory OF
Italy's supremely great writer.
fellow countrymen to celebrate the
sixth centenary Of Dante's death by
rereading the works Of the great poet.
Some approved of this suggestion
while others were indignant.
. The poems of Dante, even in Italy,
are more talked about than studied
and It Is to be feared that few will
do more than take down and handle
with reverence the much thumbed
copies of the poet who gave the first
great impulse to modern European
literature.
Dante was born in Florence in May,
1865 and died September IA, 1921 at
Ravenna where he lies buried.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
SESSION BY THE women
IT WILL BE HELD AT MAPLE
TON TOMORROW
Mrs. II. A. Patterson Is to Adj
dress Gathering; News
Notes Gathered

Mapleton, September 10.-Mrs. H.
A. Patterson, county chairman of the
League of Women Voters will be at
Mapleton Saturday at p. m. A
meeting WIN be held at the public H.
brary to which the women OF Maple
ton are invited. She will speak to
them on this important topic. Come
and bring your friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Coggeshall
drove to Kasota Sunday and saw the
overturned car by the roadside which
was the scene Of a bad accident that
day:
boys delivering the Free Press TO
give up the work and the subscribers
can now secure their papers at the
drug store anytime after the p. m.
train. This gives you the news the
day 1t ID printed.
Mrs. Horace Bagley and daughter
Harriet left Thursday morning for
her home in Towner, N. D.. after
spending several weeks visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Cornell.
Mrs. Ives Johnston OF Minneapolis
with her children are guests at the
p. H. O'Conner home.
Mankato where she VIII take q COM
mercial course.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ Quinn, Mrs.
Clara Davis, Mrs. II. Hanson and
Mrs. John Johnston motoFed to Kato
Thursday.
Miss Sophie Borchert entered the
Emmanuel hospital Monday. She win
take q course In nursing.
Mrs. Louise Saunders returned
Friday from her extended visit In
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Carey went to
Miss Laila Quinn spent Sunday
with her Iarents. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Mr. and Mrs Willis Henning left
on Monday for the state fair They
Will visit relatives before returning
as this 10 Mr.. HenninEs vacation
Mrs. T. M. Hamp Is visiting in the
cities and taking In the fair.
John =. Sutton Of Mapleton, who
is again making an exhibit Of New
Zealand red rabbits at the state fair,
has cleared many. prizes including .
ouSeE Cup hWoopotdhS ne mas LnlT-
ty rabbits In his exhibit with much
competition, but was awarded three
first prizes, one second and three
third prizes. He has won champion
ship for two years. There were
about three hundred rabbits exhibit
ed at the fair.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Howieson and Mrs.
benedict are keeping house for Mrs.
John Sprague while she il in the CT
ties. Mr.. Spragus has. the best OF
care during her absence.
Mrs. William Strobel went to St.
James Thursday to visit ct the home
of her brother Claude Brooks and get
acquainted with her new little niece.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17

Deal Did Not Go.-Mapleton Enter
prise:-R. ]. Skarlaken Of Bruce,
South Dakota spent few hours In
Mapleton last Sunday morning com
ing here to explain that 1t was I'M
possible for him to make good his
part of the deal for the State Bank
stock. Mr. Skarlaken had bargained
from B. r. McGregors residence
property last week Wednesday. He
returned home that evening intend
ing to come back to Mapleton as soon
as he could close up his affairs. On
returning to Bruce, he found that the
money needed to swing the deal was
tied up and he would be unable to
fulfill the contract. He felt very
much disappointed at his failure to
come to Mapleton as he had been
we'll impressed with our community
and felt here was where he would like
to live.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
SERVE LONG TERM

Henry Epstein Given Fifteen Years
For Killing italian.
Bismarck, N. D., September Is
Henry Epstein, alais Henry Jackson,
known in the northwest for the past
few years as an l. w. W., organizer,
j. A. Coffey at Jamestown to fifteen
years in the state penitentiary for
the murder Of Angelo Nego, Italian
farm laborer, began serving his SEN
STEMS confessed accomplice in the
shooting Of Nego, was sentenced to
twelve years.
George Brohen, arrested with Ep-
stein and Latham was given sixty
days in the county Jail for CARVING
concealed weapons, while the others
implicated In the shooting were re
leased.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
INDIAN WAR MOTHERS
NORTH DAKOTA HAS FIRST
CHAPTER OF KIND
Mrs. Alice French Starts Form
alton of Post At Stand
ing Rock
UNITED Press Dispatch.1

lOult0u ITSoS blopoISA-l
Bismarck N. D., September 10
The first chapter of Indian War
Mothers has been organized at
Standing Rock as a part OF the Amer
lean War Mothers. This was the re-
suit Of a plan formulated by Mrs.
Alice French, national war mother,
on her recent visit to Bismarck and
carried out by the women of the
Bismarck chapter OF the organiza-
ton.
One hundred and eighteen young
Indian braves enlisted in the United
States army at the outbreak Of the
war from the Standing Rock and
Fort Yates districts. They went
overseas and several distinguished
themselves for bravery in the Argon-
ne fighing.
Home OF Sitting Bull
Standing Rock Is Sitting Bulls old
agency. It was from here that he led
his warriors to the Custer massacre
on the Little Big Horn in 1875. Here
from his long exile in Canada and
here he was killed by Indian police
during the ghost dancing excitement
Of 1889 80 which reached its climax at
the battle of Wounded Knee.
Within the memory of the Indian
mothers now united by the war with
the white mothers Of the nation the
Sioux we're deadly enemies Of the
whites and visited with fire and death
the only settlements on the prairies
where now the homes of immigrants
present q picture Of peace and pros :
perity. With the war path forgot
the Standing Rock Indians are learn
ing the customs of civilization and
have acquired considerable farm
wealth. Many of the later generation
are we'll educated and a number OF
the young men and women are col
lege graduates.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
WOULD ESCAPE LAWS
Mennonite Colonies In Manitoba Seek
Friendly Province

Mennonite Colonies In Manitoba Seek
Friendly Province.
Winnipeg. September 16.-M n =
MONTE colonies in southern Manitoba
and Saskatchewan are turing their
eyes toward Quebec, to escape strict
school laws In this province.
In practically all their private
schools they teach largely in German,
and Manitoba laws forbid the use of
any except the English language in
all classes unless dnguist.
The orthrdox colonies had COM
templated moving enmasse to Missis-
sippi but the legislature in that state
blocked the move. They contemplat-
ed moving to Brazil for a time, but
that plan was abandoned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
GIVE RIGHTS TO COPS

UNITED Press Dispatch] ;.
Birmingham, Ala, September 16.-
Gamblers OF Birmingham are liable
to be subjected to nocturnal calls
from the police without the Formally
of the Officers being compelled to
present their cards at the door, under
the provisions of an ordinance just
enacted by the city commission Po-
lice are empowered by the ordinance
to break down" doors Of houses in
which gamblers are suspected to be
holding forth, and 1t will not be nee
essary for the cops to carry with
them a search warrant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
BARRED' FROM COURT

Jacob Marooils Cannot Practice Law
In Allegheny County.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1
Pittsburgh, September 16.-Judge
J. d. Shaffer in common pleas court
here today handed down an opinion
nd an order disbarring Jacob Mar
golis. accused of being an anarchist
and prohibiting him from practicing
law in the courts OF Allegheny
county.
Mems Club Mestin.
Members of the Lutheran Mems
club will hold q meeting at their
hall, 12l South Front street this ev-
ening at eight o'clock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
BANK WILL PAY BONUS
NicolIet Institution Agrees To
Aid Soldier Boys In
Vicinity
rAssociated Press pIspatch.1

st. Paul, September 15.-Dmployers
of former soldiers joined in the cam
paign to speed up payment Of the
soldiers bonus today. Olav Nelson,
OF Hagen and Nelson, Pine Lumber
distributors In Minneapolis, conferred
with M. J. Desmond, executive off,
Ger Of the bonus board, and offered
payment Of $4,000 claim, due to an
employee. Other employers are con-
sidering purchasing OF bonus bonds to
assist their employees.
The Farmers and Merchants State
Bank Of Nicollet. Minnesota took the
matter Of financing payment of bon
US claims to former soldiers in that
vicinity, in letter from Cashier g.
M. Hanscome to the bonus board to-
day
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
BACK FROM RoLLA.

A. n. SpauIding Tells Of the Crop
Yields In That Section.
A. H. Spaulding Of the Buckeye farm
has returned from two weeks trip
to Rolla, N. D., where he had been in
the interest of his farm. The wheat
crop promised a yield Of twenty to
twenty five bushels to the acre, but
hail caused a loss just before the crop
was ready to harvest: Improved farms
are selling there at about $65 an acre.
Threshers in North Dakota are charg-
ing $50 an hour for their work and
harvest hands are paid 81 and SO a
day. Rolla is q charming little city
that lays at the foot of the Turtle
In Rollette county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
SESSIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS.

american Roentgen Society Discussed
Development OF xrsy,
Minneapolis September ib-Mam.
bers OF the American Roentgen 40.
ciety opened the business sessions a,
their annual two-day convention here
today. '' A .s
The discussions, which were led on
by Dr.: John P. Murphy of Toledo
show by their highly nature the re.
suits which has developed recently in
the use Of X-ray. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
WOMEN AS JURORS
Tasted Bitter Fruits Of citizenship

Tasted Bitter Fruits Of Citizenship
For First Time.
Bristol, -ICorrespOndence OF The
just served at the Bristol sessions
for the first time.
Counsel prosecuting In the first
case paid them . warm tribute. II
congratulate you on at last taking
our proper place In the Jurisdiction
Of the country he said "and con-
The women Jurors. however. were
not quite certain how much congrat-
ulation they required. One OF them
was apprehensive about her three
children whom she had to leave un-
attended, and another had been
Obliged to close her shop to serve on
the jury.
This was probably their first taste
of the bitter which has to swallowed
with the sweets of sex equality.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Workers Are Seized and
Hauled Off In Auto
Precinct Captain Felt the Sting
Of Bullets; Thompson
Regime Scored
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl
Chicago, September 15.-One

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl
Chicago, September 15.-one
man killed, three kidnapped, sew
eral beaten and a half dozen ar
rested on charges ranging from
election fraud to assault to COM
NIT murder, marked the baIloting
In chIcaso's primary election to-
day.
Michael Fennisy aged thirty
five, a precinct worker, was shot
and killed at q seventeeth ward
polling place by a policeman.
Detectives. who arrested the STAY
or, said he had been drinking.
John SmokIa, a political work
or In the twenty ninth ward, was
kidnapped by five armed mon,
who afterward robbed him Of
IeweIry and 500. 90 and severely
beat him.
Two other politicians, who
were kidnapped, have not been
found.
In a free -for-aII bout In a Sec
ond ward polling place, a police
man was beaten Into uncon-
seriousness and a deputy sheriff
kidnapped by a band of armed
men, who attempted to vote twice.
The kldnappsrs fed In an auto,
on which they displayed a "Len
Small for Governor" sign, accord
Ing to election officials.
Sergeant John coyne, the pa
trolman who was beaten, may die.
Chicago, September 16.--voting i
Illinois state primary today opene
briskly In Chicago during the morn
Ing hours with indications that tn
total vote cast here might reac
100000 considerably more than hal
Up 10 eleven o'clock, one precinc
captain had been reported kidnappe
by the opposition, four arrests ia
been made and one Of the speeds
deputy sheriffs, sworn in by Shert
Peters to guard ballot boxes, ha
been ousted by city policeman. Tn
threatened trouble between police an
deputy sheriffs, which leaders {
both sides predicted would lead I
failed to materialize o
any alarming scale.
AS the day wore on reports OF con
flicts grew more frequent. Thre
loads of armed men kid
naped an election worker at Q poll
ing place in the fourth ward. bes
q precinct captain in another pollin
place and shot up a saloon. Both tn
man kidnapped and the one beaten ar
anti Thompson workers. according
Sheriff Peters.
Police and q special deputy sheri
clashed in the second ward and LIE
Thorelon, a colored deputy sheriff
was arrested, charged with assault I
commit murder, after he Is said I
have drawn q gun and threatened I
Kill detective Antony Nagel
SwItchman 10 Killed.
Michael Fennesy, switchman, wa
shot and killed by q policeman In a
argument said to have started owe
the election.
tered about charges Of "Tammapyism
directed at the Thompson admins
tration by the friends OF Governo
Lowden. The anti Thompson force
charged the mayors administering
with extravagance and asserted n
was seeking hold on the state gov
ernfnent through the nomination G
Len Small for governor.
The mayors friends have countere
the charge with charges that Gov
ernor Lowden charged his persona
hotel bills. while maintaining presi
Dental campaign headquarters her
10 the state, and that his persons
valet IL on of the national guar
pay roll at q salary Of $500 yearl,
s16O more than lieutenant colone
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
o'coNNoR TO ASSIST.

Democratic Boss Will Help Tan,many
Hall, New York City.
r. T. OConnor, democratic boss in
st. Paul, will join the Tammany
.Hall forces in New York temporarily
and win help in the New York cam
raign.
OConnor is reported to be enroute
from Europe to New York and will
spend three or four weeks In New
York.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
MCCORMICK TO SPEAK

Senator From Illinois VIII Deliver
Speech Here In October.
Senator Medtll Mccormick of Illi-
nois will probably speak in Mankato
the fore part Of October. The date
has not been set. County Chairman @.
senator would be sent here to deliver
a republican speech.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
POWER MAKE PROBE
Mayor OF HIbblns Says Taxes Ar,
Much Too Low

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Hfbbing, Minnesota, September 16.
Property in "Hibbing proper con-
tanning 100000 tons of iron ore, Is
assessed at only $1,000, according to
Mayor Victor L. Power, who has, he
committee of one to investigate a
plan for reassessing all property with
In the village.
The property with so mnch iron ore
recently taken over by the Oliver
Iron Mining company, Mayor Power
stated, should be assessed at 5000, 900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
OPIUM SUPPLY SEIZED.
Raid Made In Minneapolis On Chimes,
Drug Store.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch
!, Minneapolis, September 15.-The
source Of supply for opium users
among the Chinese population of Min
neapolis is believed to have been tap
ped last night in Joint raid by fed
eral and oity agents on a Chinese drua
store at 242h Fourth Avenue South
resulting IN the capture OF twelve Jars
OF opium. valued at $4,000 and four
complete outfits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
ENTERS GUILTY PLEA
Robert L. Meads Must Serve Fifteen
To Twenty Years.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

IAEB0ClaLeu fItbS DlSVatCH'1
woodville, N. H., September 10
Robert T. Mends, Of LaGrange' III.
Dartmouth college Junior, who shot
and killed Henry q. Maroney Of Med
ford, Mass, a fellow student, after a
drinking bout In a college dormitory
last June, pleaded guilty to man:
slaughter today. He was sentenced
to serve fifteen to twenty years at
hard labor in the state prison.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
CHARGES OF DEFRAUDiho.

Federal Indictment II Returned In
New York Case.
: New York, September 15.-Con-
spiracy to defraud oil stock investors
OF 100000 is charged aainst one
corporation and nine individuals in q
federal Indictment returned last Au-
gust and unsealed here today. r.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-17
PROTEST OVER RENTS
London Tenants Reported Successful
In Their Efforts

London August 31.-lCorrespond-
ence of The Associated Pressl-The
movement to organize rent strike
as a protest against high prices ar
ranged by the National Union of Ex-
Soldiers Is stated to be making pro-
gress says The Times. The union is
at present engaged In getting people
to sign pledge forms that they will
cease to pay rent on the issue of the
strike proclamation until prices are
down by four shillings in the pound.
The number of pledges required has
been Professionally fixed at 2,000, 900.