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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
TOPPLED FROM WINDOW
CHARLES VOGTEL DEATH
DUE TO ACCIDENT
Believed To Have Suffered Faint
Ing Spell; Decision OF tho
Coroner
Associated Press Dispatch1

Minneapolis, November TO-
Charles Vogtel, wealthy miller of
New Ulm Mimi, whose body was
found in an alley. after he had fallen
from the ninth floor OF hotel here
met his death in an accident Coron-
er Gilbert Seashore declared today.
He was believed to have toppled out
OF window whise seized with q
tainting spell.
No PURPOSE Of Suicide.
The coroner's verdict was based
on ne tact that shortly before his
death Mr.. Vogtel had been writing q
letter TO his wife and In this he said
that he felt sick and meant to step
TO window to get some fresh air.
No evidence was found, DIR. Sea-
shore said to indicate a purpose OF
suicide.
George M. Palmer. president of the
Hubbard Milling company, this city.
was intimately acquainted with Mr..
Vogtel. He had known the New Ulm
miller for years and regarded him
as one Of the finest gentlemen en-
gagged in the milling industry. Mr..
Palmer never could believe that Mr..
Vogtel took his own life.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
) HONOR I6NAYAL HEROES SELLS DRAINAGE BONDS
This County Disposed OF Many
Thousand Dollars Worth
Late Yesterday

Sale of s274.O00 worth of drainage
bonds OF Blue Earth county were
disposed by the county board late
yesterday afternoon to the Citizens
Loan and Trust company OF this
city for $277,350 or premium OF
$3.50 on 51s percent bonds.
Members OF the county board in
vestigaied the petition of J. w. Pc
tiers and others for county ditch No.
81 near Lake Crystal, and dropped
the proceedings, because there is
doubt as to the signature OF one Pc
titioners. which IL Illegal would make
the number OF petitioners insufficient
to carry the petition. The matter now
will in all probability be referred TO
the district court for final disposal.
A resolution was passed asking the
highway commission to assign six
three ton trucks and one smaller
truck to this country for use on the
highways, owing to the fact that the
three trucks which were used by
the county all summer have been as
signd TO jackson county. The trucks
just ordered are much better and
discussed by the county board late
easier OF operation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
CORONER'S JURY IN MIL
CITY MAKING INQUIRY
Reported That Letter Spoke OF
Author Suffering From the
Dizzy Spells
United Press Dispatchl

Minneapolis, November 9.-Late
this afternoon the coroners jury in
vestigating the death Of Charles Vog-
tel OF New Ulm. prominent milled
who was found. crushed and lifeless
beneath a ninth story window OF the
Radisson hotel yesterday noon. was
sim gathering facts in the case and
had made no report. The contents of
the letter. sealed and addressed TO
Vogtel's wife, found In his room still
remained a secret.
The remains were to- be shipped to
New Ulm tonight for burial at that
place. Announcements az to the time
: of the funeral had not been made.
In New Ulm today 1t was said
that the letter which Mr.. Vostel ad-
dressed 10 Mrs. vogtel Informed her
that he had been suffering from diz-
zy spells and that it was necessary
for him to go TO the window to OBJ
tain air. II is suspected that while
Mr.. VogteI was suffering one OF these
attacks he went 10 the window OF the
hotel and losing his balance fell for
ward out OF the window TO the ground
below.
The Minneapolis Journal In It's story
of tire tragic end OF Mr.. Vogtel. said
tLat there were anger marks on the
window ledge showing that he had
hung on 10 the ledge before dropping
TO the ground. Mr.. Vogtel's many
friends in New Ulm are inclined to
believe that his death was accidental
Was To Have Gone to Chicago.
II appears that Mr.. Vogtel intended
10 go on TO Chicago Monday evening
and there meet William Silverson
head of the Eagle Milling company
Also a conference had been arranged
with Mr.. Eogtel at the Century Mill
ing company in Minneapolis al ten
O'Clock Monday morning, but short
time before that hour he telephoned
those with whom he was TO confer
that he was very busy and could not
meet TO engagemnt at the hour set
Mr.. Vogtel was anxious TO have
Mrs. Vogtel go with him Monday
morning 10 Minneapolis, but she has
returned from a trip to that city the
Fridsy previous and was not feeling
we'll, so she decided not 10 go, but
intended to visit Minneapolis To-Day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
JEWS SEEK HOME LANDS
Emigration To Palestine Has Gone
Forward Very Rapldly,

Forward Very Rapidly.
= Vienna. October 22-fCorrespond-
ence Of The Associated ess]-Emi.
grafton OF Jews to Palestine is in
creasing rapidly in Central and East
ern Europe, and the new Palestine
immigration regulations would allow
of a controlled immigration OF about
1900 Zionists Of the pioneer class
during the coming year, said &. Land
mann. secretary Of the Zionist .prganJ
izatfon, in an interview. !,
Mr.. Landmann, who is now In vi
emma, on a special mission in con-
nection with Jewish emigrants to
Palestine, said the selection of the
emigrants is being made by the Zion.
ist organization, which has established
Palestine offices In the important
Jewish centers. Preference Is given
to young people. strong In body and
determined in spirit, who have had
actual experience in agriculture or
other manual work and who know
Hebrew.
Several thousands of such mo-
neers-known by the Hebrew name
OF Chalitzim-have already left and
others are waiting In the large CEN
tiers until proper arrangements for
their transport can be made and un-
til new openings for employment in
Palestine are reported.
One OF the features of the pioneer
movement Is that It includes q fair
proportion Of girls of well. to do fam
lies who have decided to devote
their lives to the new Palestine. They
act as land girls and take care of the
domestic arrangements In the Jew
ish colonies.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
PROBE OF VOGTEL DEATH WOUNDED BY ROBBERS HO
David Pollock Was Shot While
Riding Taxi At kaseas,
City -
I.qo,vasld sssld pe,uIeossyl

Kansas City, Mo-. November e.
David Pollock. an overall manufac-
turer Of Oshkosh. Wis, was shot and
wounded here last night Robbery was
the motive for the shooting, police
said. Pollock was taken to q hospital
where his condition was said to be
erious.
Pollock is said to have come ia
Kansas City on business and was
eaving for home, according to the
,olice. He left his hotel shortly after
midnight and walked to a taxi cab
tand where he hired a car and told
he driver to take him 70 the depot
rhe taxi cab was overtaken by an
ther car containing three men. who
ccording to the police. shot Pollock
n AN attempted robbery. The taxi.
NIB driver Is being held by the Do
ice. who said that he was driving "a
he station by q roundabout route
which took them through a sparsely
ettfed district.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
MESSAGE GIVEN LEGION
COMMANDER CALBRAITHI IN
TRIBUTE TO HEROES
Armistiee Day Pictured A.
Greatest Event In All HUI
man History

New York, November 11-ICorres-
pondence of The United Press]-
National Commander F. W. Galbraith
Jr., of the American Legion, today
issued the following message on Ar
misIice Day.
THE swift triumph of our arms and
those of our gallant allies, which
two years ago gave US the victory,
the anniversary of which We cele- :
brate today. marks the high light OF
the present century in American
affairs. Victories such as Armistice
Day commentaries are not the issues
solely of clashes of flesh and steel.
They are finer quality than that.
They are the triumphs, as well, Of an
uncomfortable spirit.
mo victory, however complete.
long can survive the spirit that con-
ceived it. The annals of mankind
are replete with example. splendid
triumphs in behalf Of splendid causes
that have gone for naught because
the Spirit that made them ceased to
endure. -.l
Spirit 10 ImperishabIe
This Is only the second anniyer-
sary OF ArmistSce Day day des-
tined, IL we win, to keep company
with. immortals OF the calendar that
mark great moments Of history that
shall never die. Succeeding genera
tions will acclaim Armistice Day.
God grant they always shall acclaim
It in the spirit that made Land that
this spirit. like the day. shall be i'm
perishable.
with this prayer in our hearts.
let US renew each year our vows of
fealty. rerledge and keep unsuitable
our faith In the high ideals. the lofty
purposes. the unselfish aspirations
and exalted, holy hopes that fired the
hearts Of Americans In 1918 and
made ours q land, from whence cru
saders came. with souls aflame,
worthy OF their victory.
ITO this end the American Legion,
today and forever, solemnly pledges
its ALL
Posts Of the Legion in all parts of
the country are Planning Armistice
Day celebrations at which the gov
eminent Victory Medals will be dis
trfbuted To veferana q.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
COOKING ART NOW LOST
Excellence OF French Pasteries Said
To Have Passed.

10 1dV0 PASSED.
Paris, October 24.-ICorrespond
ence OF The Associated .Pressl-The
art Of cooking In France and the ex-
cellence OF the pastries are passing,
say some pessimists.
Apprentices, said speakers at the
recent convention OF pastry makers,
can no longer be found and "the art
OF pastry making is dead or will be
soon". This Is said also to be the
case with cooks Those who worked
for years step by step to the rank Of
chef are reported extinct. Brfllat-
'Savarin, whose Physiology of Taste"
a century ago, put cookery on the
Tine of an art and whose descrip-
tons were almost az satisfying as
tho food itself, did not forsee the war
with its social and economic changes.
Travellers from other countries
may not all agree that Frances re.
puted supremacy in the kitchen is in
danger but disconsolate makers Of
Gales and sauces seem convinced that
even when the days OF gray bread and
yellow fatted, stringy, frozen meat
are over. there will not be a revival
OF the "lost art" OF the pot and pan.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
CAUGHT THE B|GT ARP0N
President Harding Is En-
joying Himself Hugely At
Fishing
RAYMOND CLAPPER

Point Isabel. Texas. November 10.
Senator and Mrs. Warren u. Hard
Ing caught their first tarpon today.
fishing In the little bay OF this
coast. The senator was out all
morning but failed to land any OF
the Zig ones" This afternoon he
caught the first fish, measuring, four
feet and FIVE inches and little later
Mrs. Harding landed one measuring
Ave feet and nine inches.
The president elect Bottled with
his catch for all of fifteen minutes
and II was nearly half an hour be-
fore Mrs. Harding was able to pull
her tarpon aboard. Senator Fred
Hale Of Maine was in the boat with
Mrs. Harding and helped her land
the fish.
Yesterday Mrs. Harding refused to
90 on the water and 1t was only aft
or coaxtng that she set out today.
II don't know IL I'll live through
It," she said. laughingly. CO she
started. "but II I do I'll bring In the
biggest fish Of ALL"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
LARGE CORN crop
Second Biggest In the History Of I
State of Minnesota.


State Of Minnesota.
Gopher states 1920 corn crop is the
second largest in the history Of the
state. despite rather unfaporabie
season, the yield being 115,050, 900
bushels, 1t was announced yesterday
by P. H. Kirk, Minnesota agricultural
statistician, for the bureau of crop
estimates at Washington.
The report places the yield at 37.5
ushels an acre compared with 40
bushels last year when the total yield
was 11S.000,0 900. the high record. The
crop Is ninety one per cent OF nor
NAL: About ninety per cent IL Of
marketable quality.
The commercial potato crop is 3D.
600 cars, while the agricultural po-
tato yield is 27,918,0o0 bushels.
Quality is ninety per cent of normal.
While the apple crop is but seven
ty-fve per cent Of normal the total
OF 1.462,000 bushels exceeds that of
1855 900 last year. "A faic yield of
clover seed is recorded. the prelim-
mary estimate icing $4,000 bushels.
Buchwheat viii yield 100000 bushels
Y not Join the Y.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
POTATO PRICE BOOSTED
BENEFIT TO FARMERS OF
NEW EXCHANGE
FIattering Report Made BY n. j.
Hughes of the Aggie
Bureau

st. Paul. November 10.-"With ap-
proximately one fourth of the Mime.
sofa potato crop handled through CO.
operative associations and the Mime.
sofa, Potato Exchange. the savings to
the farmers Of Minnesota who shared
in the cooperation totaled approx
mately $274.000 this year. -
IF all potatoes had bsen shipped
through the association. saving to the
farmers would have been $1,096, 900
The cooperative associations obtain
ed an average of 9.3 cents a hundred
weight more for potatoes than the
non co operative associations. and
increased the price for all farmers in
Minnesota by providing competition
for other buyers"
Report Hy Hughes.
Fl. J. Hughes, marketing director OF
the Minnesota department OF agrf-
culture, made the foregoing state
ment this morning after tabulating
reports from thirty i've county agents
representing all potato producing
areas Of Minnesota. Twenty CO oper-
oS.'O OAShnhSoc ACPOi lou GA aFCt d6c
price of $101 1-3 hundred pounds,
while thirty five non CO operative
sales agents reported an average Of
81 40 cents hundred pounds.
The margin between the CO opera
tive and nom CO. operative prices
ranged widely. or. up to 80 cents a
hundred pounds In certain localities
The spread was smaller in vicinities
where the cooperative provided
keenest CO. operation.
Mr.. Hughes estimates the mer-
charitable crop OF the state at 49,
100000 hundredweight. This means
the potato crop which moved by rail
almost two thirds OF the total crop
is used within thexstate. The fore
going comparisons are based \on the
price level OF November /. Speci-
fic instances of the price spreads as
quoted by Mr.. Hughes follow:
THE Co operative price in Kittson
county-$1.06 hundred for potatoes
sacked. rs cents for potatoes In bulk
by no9t CO. operatives. The spread In
this case was 30 cents.
THE price for early Ohio's offered
by the co operatives at Lancaster
was $1.40 and the price offered by the
non CO operatives at Bronson which
Is nearby, was IS cents and at>Kari-
stad 81, which is spread OF about
40 cents"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
NOPARTY CLAIM CONTROL
League Says Thirty Legislators Un.
der Domination or Townley.

Associated /Fress Dispatch.l
st. Paul, November Incomplete
results from last Tuesdays election
for the Minnesota house Of repre-
sentative shows that thirty members
are claimed by the Nonpartisan
league as definitely pledged to its
program.
In the house two years ago, the
contest for speaker showed aspoll OF
twenty seven Nonpartisan' league
votes. with one league supporter alb
sent.
The results OF last weeks election.
based on pre- election claims OF af-
filiation of candidates made by the
Nonpartisan Leader, the leagues Of
fetal publication, show that twenty
two SO called rural members are def =
nllei1 a. ri With the league.
Two members for Hennepin are
claimed as avowed league supporters,
three from Ramsey are similarity
claimed and three from Lake. Cook
and st. Louis districts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12

- Paris November 11-[Correspon-
dence of The United Press]-
All France is today celebrating
jointly the fiftieth anniversary OF the
republic and the second anniversary
of the signing Of the ar1nistice that
ended me late war.
In commemoration of the joint
celebration, the above inscription
uniting the two dates has Just been
permanently inscribed on the Arch
OF Triumph at the Etoile.
In order to give special signifi.
canoe, however, II was decided not
70 chisel the dates on the monument
Itself along with hundreds Of thou
sands Of others, but to epgraye 1t In
center OF the great arch.
While the fiftieth anniversary OF
the proclamation OF the French re-
public occurred on September 4, the
celebration Of IL was postponed uEeil
today. The one celebration marks
the birth Of the republic; the other
its salvation.
Ceremony 10 Striking
BY far the most striking feature
OF today's celebration Is the removal
to and final interment of the Pantheon
OF the heart OF Gambetta, the founder
or t1e third republic.
TIE heart Of Gambetta was taken
from his tomb this week at the Villa
Of Les Jardis at Villa d'Avray and
placed In box Of wood, made from
the pines of the Vosges, which Gam
beta loved SO we'll. Last night the
sacred relic. placed on an artillery
carriage and escorted by military
rested for the night, surrounded by
troops and guards under the center
Of the Arch of Triumph and just over
the inscription given him above. en-
graved in the flagstones.
Then, today. for the final escosting
OF this relic to the Pantheon. Paris
Witnessed one of the most remark
able PROFESSIONS under the Arch of
Triumph that it has ever seen.
First of all there passed under the
Arch the battle flags of the entire
French army q 1t exists today-active
reserve, colonial, as well as all battle
flags taken from the French in past
wars but later returned by their
former victors.
Flags Were Carried
Scores Of the flags that passed
under the Arch OF Triumph today
were brought especially for the oc.
casion from thousands and thousands
or miles OF distance.
Each lagbearerA was escorted by
two soldiers from the regiment to
which the flag belonged.
In addition, there also particirated
in the procession. the survivors OF the
war OF 1870 and the mutilated OF the
present war.
This procession after passing under
the Arch OF Triumph continued its
way along streets lined on both sides
with troops holding their bayoneted
rifles at attention, until the square in
front of the Pantheon was reached.
At the Pantheon both a musical
and literary ceremony marked the
final interment OF Gambetta's heart
In the great monument where lie the
remains Of the greatest men OF
France. y
During the afternoon still another
ceremony was held at the Hotel de
Villa for the recertion of the delega-
lions from Alsace- Lorraine, as well
as the mayors of all the French cities
and villages.
This evening fouB- great military
PROFESSIONS will leave the Hotel de
villa marching out In four different
directions. one to Place de la Concord
one to Place de la Republidue, one
to the Lion DE Belfort and one to
Place de Ia Nation
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
RETURNS HIS THANKS
;Iifford L. Hilton Well PIeased With

Clifford L. Hilton Well Pleased With
Support Given Him In County.
Attorney General Clifford L. Hilton
has written q letter to DR.. c. ].
Holman. chairman of the republican
county committee in which Mr.. Hill
ton expresses his appreciation of the
support that was given him at the
recent election in this county. Mr..
Hilton is especially thankful to the
ladies for their assistance in his ell
ection.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
MANY LOST IN WRECK

Manila, November s.-Forty- eight
persons are believed to have persisted
when the coast wise steamer San
Rasilio was struck by q typhoon last
Wednesday. enroute to Puerto below
Eiyte island, south Philippines, ac-
cording to q survivor reaching here
today. Fifteen survivors reached
Cebu there were sixty four people
aboard the vessel
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
MYSTERY IN SHOOTING
CHICAGO Court Clerk And Police OF,
ficer Were Wounded.
[ Assoclated Press DlsL

chicago, November 10.-W. ]. Held.
court clerk at the Maxwell street
police station, and>Joseph Pijanowski.
a policeman, were probably fatally
wounded early today in gun battle,
with two men, fought under myster-
aous circumstances. Held, who has
not left his home at night for months
without a Iolice guard, went to a drug
store after midnight to get medicine
for his baby. A policeman went along!
Returning they found two men hid
ing under the front porch. a revolver
fight ensued.
Held asserted the men were robbers
and insisted his reason for asking a
police guard for several months was
fear of robbery
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
Twenty Professors At West Point
Will Meet Boy Wonder.

West Point, N. Y, November L.
Twenty professors and army officers
of the United States military academy
will match with chess, in twenty sim
Infamous games. against Samuel
Ryechewski, the boy chess prodigy,
who arrived in this country fBou1 Po-
crack chess wizards, where chosen to
play against the eleven year old play.
er, who has amazed Europe with his
skill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
FARM BUREAU UNIT

BIG Branch Has Been Organized Ia
ls Ray Township.
Organization of township unit Of
the Blue Earth county farm bureau
took place last night in lie Ray
township. and ID. E. Johnson was ell
ected chairman and Louis Loeffler
secretary. The next meeting of the
unit will be held December II. 1t is
planned to hold regular meetings OF
this unit throughout the winter, when
social features will be combined with
the regular Farm Bureau work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
TAKES OVER HEAT PLANT
Blue Earth City Will Own, This Yer,
Valuable Franchise.

Blue Earth, November 10.-Ths
city council at last evenings session
decided to take over the city heat
in system. The Citizens Heating
Corporation, which put in the sys-
tenn, and in joint session decided on
the transfer While the papers have
not been formly transferred at this
time, they VIII be passed in a few
days. The consideration is $34, 900.
This indebtedness VII be met at the
rate of $4,000 per year from the in
come of the system including inter-
est. The former owners have been
able to pay off about $4,000 during
the short time they operated the
plant and 1t looks as though It was
a money maker. =
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
WOULD OWN THE GARDENS
cultivators OF Plots In Vienna Want
Entire Possession.

Vienna, October 22.-ICorrespond-
ence Of The Associated Press --Cul-
tiyators Of the garden plot allotments
on government land near this city
are agftating to secure title to their
holdings, There are about $4,000 Of
these plots, each OF about five humid
red square feet on the slopes OF the
great Vienna forest and the cultivat-
CTS have organized to get title and
permission to build huts.
While expressing its sympathy with
to a great demonstration held the
other day that they were opening UP
10 who'a question OF land eXpropri-
ation,a delicate issue between the two
dominant parties. and one on which
the demonstrators themselves are
divided when Il comes to applying II
to private Sastates.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
DIVIDEND IS LOWER

American Sugar Refining Company
Cuts Extras On Quarterly.
New York. November 10.-Quarter-
ly dividends declared here today by
the American Sugar Refining com
pany were on the basis OF seven per
cent per annum& omitting the ex-
ira quarterly dividend OF ga sof ono
percent, which the company has paid
regularly since 1918.