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The Washington herald., 1920-04-25

UNCLE WIcGnY WENT WADING IN THE MUD PUDDLE.
THE GOAT AND MONKEY BOYS HID HIS SHOES FOR JOKE
BUT JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT OH, MYi
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
GOOD ROADS TALKS

They Were Made BY 3. e. GiIkinson
and John Hohmann.
Enthusiasm for better highways was
displayed at three meetings held In
this neighborhood Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights. On Monday
night B. e. Gilkinson and John Hoh-
mann addressed a large number of
people at Waterville On Tuesday
night splendid meeting was held at
Cleveland and 1t was addressed by
Mr.. Gilkinson. Last night Mr.. GIL
kinson and Mr.. Holman spoke to a
large gathering at Madison Lake.
At each meeting the Babcock
amendment was thoroughly explained
and considerable light was thrown on
the proposition The improvement to
the branch roads was dwelt upon. and
this phase of the good roads question
appeared to interest the farmers who
turned out to the meetings in large
numbers. Mr.. Gilkinson is field man
ager for the Minnesota Highway as
ISOLATION and Mr.. Hohmann is a dir.
ector Of the association.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
WORKERS ARE BITTER

Transit Lines In Brooklyn Are Facjnp
LONG Tieup, Is, s
Company emp16ye3 BAL ha6[ . -
crippled service on It'd e1il s. 3GI
waited and surface lines ID B{J III s.
since last Sunday. appeared TO have
evolved today into a deadlc i. with
considerable bitterness in evidence
between the strikers and 5000 strike
breakers, brought in by the company.
Little hope of peaceful settlement was
seen by the strikers, the company and
the would-b riding public.
The company has announced. it's
intention of further increasing service
on all lines, with additional strike
breakers, who were reported to be
arriving in large numbers. Their ar
rival was admitted to add further i'm
pediants to amicable settlement, as
one of the first demands of the
strikers is that the company dis
charge all strike breakers.
A few sporadic skirmishes between
groups of strikers and strike break
ers and the stoning of a few elevated
trains were reported early today, but
there was no serious disorder.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
ADVANCE FOR TEACHERS
ALL SUBSTITUTES WILL RE-
CEIvE HIGHER WAGE
Action Was Taken BY Board Of
Educatlon At Meeting
Lal Evening

Mankato public schools will open
for enrolment September Z, accord
ing to the agreefnent reached at last
nights meeting of the board of edu-
cation. Owing to the fact that Mon
day is Labor day, the opening was
put OF until next Tuesday. The sal
airy or substitute teachers was in
creased 80 per cent of the minimum
wage. Instead Of So per day in the
lower grades the minimum daily wage
of substitute teachers was increased
to S. per day. and in the seventh and
eighth grades from $3.50 per day to
$3.50 and in the upper four grades
from 81 per day to IS per day. 1t was
explained by board members that the
wages paid to substitute teachers last
year would not permit of securing
any one to. substitute. and therefore
the advance was necessary.
superintendent Selle recommended
the increase In tuition for outside stu
dents of the school in order to help
meet some of the added expenses of
running the school. After consider
able discussoinsit was decided to in :
crease the tuition of outside students
in the grades below the seventh from
81 to 81 per m0nh and in the seventh
Continue On Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
FIRST RIOTING CASE
Henry Stephenson Tried In Duluth
For Negro Lynehina.
lAssociated Press Dispatch.

IAoooSidICu C6o DlSD6IC0.I
Duluth, Minnesota, September g.
Henry Stephenson, first of twenty
one men to be tried In district court
on murder and riot charges, as an
aftermath of the jail delivery and
lynching OF three negroes June Is,
probably will learn his fate late to :
day.
While Stephenson's trial is draw :
ing to close In Judge Bert Fesler's
department, state attorneys in ad
joining court rooms are amassins
evidence in the case OF Leonard He'd !.
man and William Rosen, also charged
with murder and rioting.
Witnesses late yesterday included
members of the Duluth police depart
ment and speakers who faced the
lynch mob in vain attempts to dis
snade the law breakers from their
purpose.
Alter two days. in which the pros
ecution presented It's case against
Stephenson, seven witnesses took
the stand to establish an alibi for
him. Stephenson was ton the stan i
when court adjourned. He ia ex-
.pected. TO be called again today to
submit TO o Cross examination at the
hands Of the state attorney.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
PARADE IN NIGHTIEs
Thirty five Girls In GAINESVILLE Add
Zest To Demonstration

Thirty-H five Girls In GAINESVILLE Add
Zest To Demonstration
Janesville's home coming celebra
ton which commenced yesterday and
will continue throughout to-day, and
this evening is proving to be grand
success.
The celebration was opened yes
terday with street parade in which
there were thirty five highly decorat-
ed floats. During the afternoon yes
terday there were some very good
horse races, and an exciting base ball
game between GAINESVILLE and Water
Vile, the contest resulting in a vic
tory for anesville by score of / to
0.
Last evening very attractive
parade was held when thirty FIVE
pretty girls of GAINESVILLE marched
down the street dressed in nigh
ties"
The program to day consisted OF
speaking, and other amusements.
Those in charge of the celebration
are deserving of much praise for its
success.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
Observation-Disclosures
JOHN TILL STARTS SOME
THING ON HIS FARM
doctor" Battles With Author
tiles Aga inst the Quaran-
tine Posters

doc" John Till has many patients
in this section who will be interested
in the following thrilling story, pub
lished in The st. Paul Pioneer Press
this morning:
You can't tear those signs down. -
expostulated V. A. Gudex, deputy
state health officer to Doctor" John
Till, plaster doctor" OF North Hud-
son, Wis.
We'll, / am. What are you going
to do about it?" retorted Till as he
ripped down the quarantine signs as
fast as the health officer tackled
them up.
Then the majesty of the law was
invoked to keep the signs in place
and the quarantine enforced. Ropes
were strung around the palatial
grounds, which used to be the Gala
had school for boys, and guards were
stationed to keep visitors out and the
patients in. -
Then Till took matters into his own
hands and fiourishing horse pistol
of by gone days invited the guards to
abide by their orders.
That day Till treated more than
100 patients.
of dtphtheriaS developed by--the ssix~-
year-old daughter OF Mrs. e, M.
Rush, waitress in THIS institute.
Charges Are Threatened.
Till, not being a licensed physi-
clan, has employed DR.. w. A. Synon
as his assistant" DR.. Synon Is IL
censed under the laws of Wisconsin.
But Gudex tackled quarantine signs
on the offices occupied by DR.. Synon
and Doctor" TILL
Just for that Till and his assist
ant have breathed dire threats of
filing charges of malfeasance, mis-
feasance" and perhaps nonreasance
of office against Gudex.
In the meantime the quarantine
orders hold, since they have not been
revoke. DR.. G. F. King, city health
officer of Hudson, late. yesterday met
Till in downtown drug store and,
pounding with his cane on the floor.
demanded to know, John Till, amt
you going to abide by the law"
Statement Is Repeated.
Till grunted something that sound
ed like go near a bell" and walked
out
You'll be arrested then" shouted
DR.. King after him.
The bell" statement was repeated.
Then DR.. King announced to the
world in general that unless the
quarantine was respected he had au-
thority to impose quarantine on the
village of North Hudson and might
invoke 1t.
AS an evidence of the sticking
qualities" of Doctor" fills treat
ment, when the quarantining party
began their sign posting last Monday
afternoon Till and his aide, DR.. Sy-
non, clarioned the battle cry and
about fifty Of the patients rallied to
the rescue.
Discretion being the better part of
valor, the posting party departed
post-haste.
In the meantime, the innocent
cause of the merry mix-up is under
quarantine with her mother in q
residence in Hudson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
CASE HAS FALLEN FLAT
CHARGES MAiNsT JACOB
HOY MERE DISMISSED
Complaining Witness Failed To
Appear; False Story BY Girl
Renstrom

The case of the state of Minnesota
against Jacob L. Hoy, which was
brought by Mrs. Amanda Renstrom
some. three weeks 6go, was dismissed
this afternoon IN the municipal court
before Judge Hiram Golf on motion
of County Attoru&E G. =. Phillips.
The grounds fef dismissal were
based on investiSa<1Dns which have
been conducted 81 County Attorney
Phillips, which tisfed him that
whatever occurrs 4 anything, was
-n.adessbs The dan Ter Of Mrs Rem
strorri " - r 'r--.-s
The girl now states that the acts
charged in the complaint wer not in
fact committed by Mr.. Hoy. Mrs.
Renstrom and her daughter failed to
appear In the court this afternoon as
she had promised and in answer to
the subponea issued.
It is understood that the mother
admitted to the county attorney that
she does not believe that Mr.. Hoy was
guilty of the acts charged, and that
her daughter had greatly exaggerated
what had occurred.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
NEW PLANT IN CITY
Truth Tool Company Has Located o
North Second Street.

Truth Tool Company Has Located On
North Second Street.
A. e. Cowden. proprietor of the
Truth Tool company, which was for
merly located in Glendale, Mimi, but
which will now be located on North
Second street opposite the Mankato
armory, arrived in the city last eve
ming. This new enterprise was Sc
cured for Mankato through the ef-
forts Of the Mankato Civic and Com
merce association, which will assist
Mr.. Cowden In every way to get his
factory in running order. The Truth
Tool company has already gained an
enviable reputation in the manufac-
ture Of high class automobile tools,
which are already in great demand
for work just as soon as possible.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
THREAT IS FROM MOORE
CLAIMS EVIDENCE OF SLUSH
FUND is STRONG
He Proposes to Turn 1t Over to
Department of
Justice
UNITED Press Dispatch]

Chicago, September 1.-The senate
campaign investigating committee can
dig up proof of all the facts that Gov
ernor Cox has stated or else there
will be a number of people to keep
Senator Truman H. Newberry com
pany," said E. H. Moore, Governor
Cox's pre- convention manager, in a
statement upon his arrival here today
Moore declared that II the senate
committee did not see fit to act upon
the evidence which the governor was
ready to submit, 1t was the intention
ofNdemocratic leaders to hand all their
data over to the department of JUS
tice and demand prosecutions. Moore
asserted that the republicans had a
professional money raiser" on their
campaign committee and a complete
staff OF assistants.
Blair Is Named.
Henry M. Blair, assistant to Ma
tional Treasurer Fred Upham, was
named as the money raiser" Moore
said 1t was his intention to submit
evidence that the republicans had a
money raising organization with s're-
gional directors In various parts OF
the country.
Let the committee call in these
regional directors and hey win IND
out how much each state Is supposed
to raise" he said. They have been
given allotments of over SIS 100000 to
raise"
That the statement of National
Chairman Will Hays regarding the
quota of $4,000 for the state OF
Georgia was false, was the claim of
Moore. He said this was the amount
for Atlanta alone.
That was simply the quota for the
city of Atlanta" said Moore. at was
raised before June IA and l know the
man who raised it. He was SO dis
gusted when Senator Harding was
chosen that he threw up his Job"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
HOSTLERS ON STRIKE
Rail Line In Northern Minnesota AZ
fected BY WaIkout,

Duluth, September 2.-One hundred
locomotive hostlers, employed in the
roundhouse of the Duluth, Missabe
and Northern Railroad Company at
Proctor, left their work this morning
TO await action on demand for an
increase from fifty to sixty cents an
hour, the addition to be retroactive
to May /. According to union Off
with a railroad brotherhood and are
not employed by the railroad directly
but through a contractor.
I'VE do not anticipate trouble or
the changing OF schedules as result
of this strike" w. A. McGonagle,
president OF the railroad said
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
MORAL Tone IS better
POLITICS IMPROVED SAYS
Mr.. POINDExTER
This Is Agreed to BY Senator
Reed; Cox to Furnish
Fund Data

Chicago, September 2.-Members Of
net senate committee, investigating
campaign expenditures and contri-
buttons, expected to leave the data
on which Governor Cox based his
raising $16,000.000 campaign fund.
e. H. Moore Of Youngstown. Ohio.
San Francisco, was enroute here
with documents furnished by Gov
ernor Cox, according to word re-
ceived by the committee. Senator
Pomerene, q member OF the commit
tee, also was present at the confer
ence at Columbus yesterday, when
the democratic presidential candidate
decided to turn over his Information
to the committee.
One Of the other witnesses the
committee the expects to call today
Is Senator at Harrison, chairman Of
the democratic speakers bureau
Probe Year Book.
Further Investigations into the re-
publican year book, being prepared
by William Barnes of the Albany
Evening Journal will be undertaken
by the committee next week In Pitts
burgh, It was announced today by
there will devote particular atten-
ton to charges that liquor interests
have contributed to various campaign
funds, Senator Kenyon said. Mr..
Barnes, whose book was mentioned
yesterday by democratic Chairman
George White and Marsh yesterday
as an example of sinister interests"
supporting the republican party. will
burgh melting 1T was announced.
be subponaed to appear at the Pitts
burgh meeting, it was announced.
Poindexter On Stand.
Miles ]. Poindexter OF Washington,
recent candidate for the republican
presidential nomination and chair
man of the republican senatorial com
mittee. told the investigators today
that the $4,000 which his committee
sent E. O. Weller, republican candf-
date for the senate from Maryland,
was not an example Of the general
practice of the committee
There Is no fixed rule or system
by which candidates are helped, ex-
planned Senator Poindexter. We
supply funds for campaign executives
upon which we have agreed with the
candidate or his campaign organiza-
ton.
Explain the System.
Senator Kenyon brought ont f1g1<
the senatorial commit = 8
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
SHIPPERS CLAIM THEIR TOLL
FIRED INTO DENSE CROWD
Hodgson viii Deliuer
Keynote at Fairmont
/ Associated Press Dispatch

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
ST. Paul, September 2.-Dem-
ocrats Of Minnesota will Join in a,
grand jubilee at Fairmont on the
evening of September 22, when
Mayor L. Hodgson of st. Paul
will deliver his keynote speech In
his campaign for the governor
ship. Special trains will be run
from northern points and one
from Minneapolis will stop at
Mankato to take on a party Of
boosters. Another special train
will be run from Albert Lea.
Large delegations from twenty
two southern counties being
planned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
GERMANY TURNED DOWN
OFFERS MADE BY SOVIET
Cox Will Enforce Dry
Law, Says Mrs. Oleson
Especial to The Free Press.l

Mortified, September 2.-0ov-
ernor James NJ. Cox, IL elected
president will see that the fed
eral dry statute is rigidly en-
forced Mrs. Peter oleson OF Clo-
quet declared today in. a speech
before the sessions Of the Fed
Grated Women's Clubs In this
city.
Mrs. w. J. Carpenter Of Min
neapolis presented flag to the
organization in honor Of The sue
cess of suffrage and Mrs. Mar
aaret >Evans Huntington Of North
field offered a thanksgiving pray
er for the "deiiverance of women
to their human rights"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
SHARP GUN BATTLE
Sheriff Has Leg Shattered In Fiah,
With Whiskey Thieves.
Aasnciafad pracc Dicnntnh -

Peoria, ILL.,, September 2.-Sheriff
Robert Clay of Tazewell county is In
a hospital with a shattered leg, while
Leo Schneider, we'll known Illinois
prize fighter, Is believed dying in a
Pekin hospital today, and four others
are in the same hospital suffering
from wounds. The men were wound
ed In pistol battle early this morn
ing. when the sheriff and three depu-
ties came upon Schneider and four
others with a truck containing seven
barrels of alcohol valued at $4,000,
which had been stolen from a big
four train at Wesley City.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
IS IN UPROAR
OPEN CLASHES FEATURETHE
NIGHT AND DAY
Continued Fighting Gives Way
To the Guerrilla Type of
Warfare

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch]
Belfast, September 2.-Dripping
skies canopied Belfast this MORN
inc end the rain was greeted with
relief by the military, In the hope
that IL would discourage riotIng.
The soldiers were posted in door
ways and other vantage points to
deal with snipers.
The death list in the p, e:ent
rioting was increased to twenty
seven during the night. Soldiers
shot one Of their own men while
chasing a sniper, the pursuer be-
ing mistaken for the man he was
chasing. A civilian, wounded DUR
ing the Tuesday riots, died.
Belfast, September 2.-Snipers fired
into q dense crowd shortly before
eleven o'clock last night near the
Crumlin Road jail, and for time pan
lie reigned In that section. One civ.
ilian was fatally injured by bulle
fired by one of the snipers and al
though soldiers were rushed to TIT
scene, the man who did the shooting
made his escape.
During small riot in Dover Street
one man was seriously wounded. A
eleven O'Clock, the hour at which the
curfew ordinance is effective, tn,
streets were almost deserted.
Feeling Is Tense.
Yesterday several persons Vere in
jured by snipers, in the northern par
Of the city. There were no pitched
battles as on Monday and Tuesday
but feeling was bitter between thu
factions and at times onl,
the opportune Intervention of police
or soldiers averted serious conflicts
Many dwellings and stores were loot.
ed during the day, and rumors of new
attacks made by the respective fac
tons kept the city in state of ex
element. Several of those wounded
during intervals of fighting were on.
lockers, who unfamiliar with tn.
streets, found themselves IL
the line of fire.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
ST. CLOUD is 1878.
Population Figures Given Out Today
BY Census Counties.
[ Associated Press Dispatch.l

IEh5bOOIsI'SU IIVSS IJISUdICJI.I
Washington, September 2.-The
census of Benton county places Foley
at SS7i Rice, 315; Robbery, 76j Sank
Rapids, 2,349. Total for st. Cloud in
Benton, SherburRe and StearHs coun-
ties, 1873. There are 1,7s3 people
belonging to st. Cloud, whe reside in
Beaten county,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
BIG TIME FOR FREE SWIM BOYS.
IL Will Be The Event At ~" Build
t1n Eetdsu

ing Friday.
Friday will be the last day for the
free swim boys. The season, will
close with a swimming meet. Fancy
diving, under water swimming, and
short distance races will comprise
some of the events.
The Y. M. C. A. wants every boy,
whether he can swim much or not,
to come and enter In some OF the
events. II you have learned to swim
this summer, tell the man all about
1t, II you have't learned yet, tell him
Every boy In town should know how
to swim
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
Oscar Hansen Winner.

lASsociated Press DiSpatch1
Omaha, September Oscar Han
sen OF Fremont Nebraska, state cham
pi0n won the western special at the
Prairie Zone handicap tournament.
breaking onS hundred straight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
PROMISE BY cox
onlnee Says He Will Give "Dirtn

Nominee Says He Will Give "Dirt"
Farmers Recognition.
UNITED Press DispatchJ
Columbus, September 2.-"The
time has come for more good, old,
hard header farmers to have ther feet
under the table when problems of ma
tional Importance are determined,
Governor James M. Cox declared to
day In speech before the National
Board of Farm Organizations.
He promised that real dirt farm
ers" would be appointed to all offices
dealing with the problems of the
farmer, If he Is elected president
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
DANGER is NOW PAST

IRaIns Have Removed Menace of For
est Fires.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1
st. Paul. Minnesota, September g.
Rains near Baudette, Big Falls and In
the Rainey River district have less
Tened the danger Of serious forest
l-fres.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
Bouts Are Postnoned.

New York, September Tex Rick
ard, boxing promoter, announced that
resumption OF boxing bouts in Madi-
son Square Garden had been identely
postponed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
Strike In Alabama.

indianapolis, September John L.
Lewis, president OF the United Mine
Workers Of America. issued an order
for general strike in the anthracite
coal fields in Alabama
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
MUST SHE TELL AGE
Right Of Woman to Keep Secret Is
to Be Determined.

to Be Determined.
UNITED Press Dispatch1
Portland, Ore, September 1.-THE
question Of whether or not a woman
has the right to keep one secret
that of her age-may be determined
by legal action here. Mrs. Ernest
Mailman, wife of a prominent bust
ness man was denied the right to
register when she refused to tell her
age.
As a result 1t is probable that ac-
ton win be taken before the courts
to determine the courts to determine
whether or not women are obliged to
to state their age before being per-
mitted to vote.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
Republican, club Nicotine.

All those interested In the organi-
zation of republican club will meet
with others at the council chamber,
city hall, Friday night at eight
o'clock Ladies are invited to be
present.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03

Marriage License Is,ued.
Clerk of Court Krost this morning
M Evans and Miss Irene 4. Dtvpre
of this county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
INCREASE DEBT OF NATION.
Guarantee To Railways Caused
Growth In The Amount.
[Associated Press Disnatch. 1

IASSOc1atod Pr6sS DlspatCh.I
Washington, Setember Federal
guarantee of railroad earning result.
ed in an increase in the public debt
of SOL, 755,000 during August, ac-
cording to treasury figures Issued to-
day showing the nations gross debt
to the $24,324,672,00.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
FAIR GREAT SUCCESS.

WICoTIct OoUHty SnOW was WcV Paf-
Ronized This Week.
The st. Peter. or Nicollet county
fair, was a decided success, SO parties
from Mankato who attended stated
today The attendance at the fair was
large and the exhibits many and OF
great variety.