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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-02-06
Sound Government Society
Organized In State
CORRESPONDENCE
Strong Principles BY the Asso-
citation; Fight Reds and
Bolshevism
The Sound Government association

The Sound Government association
has been organized in Minnesota. DR.
Cyrus Northrop was made president ;
Major o. J. Duane, st. Peter, vice
president; Frank E. Putnam of Blue
Earth, secretary; and Henry Won Der
Weyer of st. Paul, treasurer. The
object is to fight reds, bolshevism and
kindred evils.
The statement of principles adopted
by the Sound Government association
of Minnesota follows:
Believing that certain sinister in
fluences are at work to overthrow the
present form of government in the
United States and to establish in its
stead the rule of radicalism, com
munism and other forms of interna-
tionalism, and -.
Believing further the surest and
most effective way to overcome this
menace is by and through an inten-
sive organization that, without regard
to politics and without distinction as
to party, race, creed or class, will find
all the facts and present them fairly
and honestly to the people OF Min
nesota;
We, citizens of the state of Mime
sofa in mass meeting assembled, do
hereby create and form the Sound
Government association of Minnesota
voluntary association of citizens OF
this state, and we invite all our fell
low citizens who believe in the prin-
ciples herein enunciated, to join with
us on the following platform for the
protection and preservation of our
government:
First. We believe in the American
system of government as established
by the founders of this republic both
nationally and as embodied in the
constitution of the great state O.
Minnesota.
Second. We believe in equality of
opportunity and equality before the
law without any restriction or special
favor to any class of citizens whatso-
ever.
Third. We are opposed to all leg
islation of the character now being
urged and fostered by socialistic
leadership organized both within and
without the state We believe it the
duty OF every citizen to bring the
facts concerning these things to his
neighbors by all means at his COM
mand. and to urge their opposition to
all such legislation.
Fourth. We are opposed to all un-
necessary and unwise extensions Of
governmental functions coming out
side the true realm of government as
established and practised in this
state since statehood, and to all So
cialistic experimental enterprises now
being urged to be established and
financed from the treasury of the
state = -
Fifth. We oppose and condemn as
dangerous and unwarranted the op-
preston of any legitimate business,
be it agricultural, manufacturing,
commercial or professional, and to
establish in its place socialism and
communism. We condemn such the
cries, from whatever source they
emanate, as destroying the equality
of opportunity and the initiative OF
the individual, be he laborer, farm
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-02-06

spectre of a repetition of these hor-
rors."
President C. II. Cooper of the state
normal school introduced DR.. Greys.
He declared that the meeting last
evening was called in the interests
of one CT the greatest philanthropic
movement of all time. At the close
Of the meeting he said he hoped that
the eloquent appeal of DR.. Greys
would bring ready response in the
drive next week. =.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-02-06

The st. Clair Telephone company
held it's annual meeting at the Pow
ell building Friday evening. About
twenty stockholders were present.
Among the various questions brought
before the meeting and discussed was
one that has been before the stock
holders for some time, whether to
charge a higher rate for the tele-
phones in the business places than for
private home. 1t was decided in
the affirmative and left with the
board of directors to set the price.
other questions of importance that
could not be decided at the present
time were turned over to commit
tee consisting, of Messrs. Charles
,n,Connor. Henry Lubke, Andy, Quinn,
Charles Pagenkopf and George, Hub
ner, and will be taken UP more fully
at q special meeting in the near fuT
ture. g8b09s aat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-02-06
HIGER PRICES FOR FURs
Fifteen Million Peits Valued At $25.
100000 On Sale.
Associated Press Dispatch

Associated Press Dispatch.
st. Louis, February 2.-Prices Of
furs will be decidedly higher next
winter, according to buyers attending
the winter aution OF the International
Fur Exchange which opened today.
Fifteen million pelts valued at SIS,
000, 900 are on sale.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-02-06

Mr. and Mrs. Frank McComb and
erilarcno We're visiting with relatives
In the village Saturday. s. 81, III,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20
Prisoner Gets 60 Days From His Mother

cided to give him sixty days in the
county jail"
Judge Fitzpatrick raised his eye
brows at the emphatic announcement
of the determined little gray-haired
woman.
"You have decIded?" he said
Eyes. your honor I have decided
that sixty days will do him good"
well" replied the judge with
smile, ''if you have decided, then there
apparently is nothing left for the court
to do but concur In your decision"
At this there was wall from the
dock, and an eager face pressed
pleadingly forward.
"Aw, ma" said the pleader, mot
sixty days-make it thirty"
mo, Joey, you need lesson, and
you're going to get sixty days, so
there's no use arguing"
"But sixty days-that's an awful
long time in jail"
, you'll have good chance to think
things over and decide to mend your
ways"
Then the little woman turned to the
court.
"Sixty days goes. your honor
Sixty days goes" said the court.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20
Earthly Remains of Her Late Husband'

nENvER.-Mrs. Nathan Messenger
u of Roxbury, wrote to the Central
Jewish Aid Society here for informa-
ton concerning her husband 1t is
no wonder she wrote. She had re-
ceived an urn filed with ashes and
an anonymous letter which conveyed
the information important if true.
that the urn contained the ''earthy re-
mains of her late husband" Mrs. Mes
senger also stated that she and her
husband had frequently quarreled. and
that after their last domestic spat he
had departed for parts unknown. Nat
urally, therefore, she suspected a
plot"
The Jewish society here got busy
and found Nathan Messenger alive
and well. He was arrested at 2370
South Adams street by State Humane
officer Harry Richter. and is being
held at the city Jail pending further
investigation.
81 didn't know thing about my
1eath," he declared, until some one
told me it was in the newspapers. 1t
oeks to me like practical joke some
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20

the little mother. and more secret
bounty for her children. And thus
it continued, night after night.
Mother Love was conquering both
Pride and Poverty-but how? The
question infuriated the husband. His
wife's silence famed the fires of jeal-
ousy within him. He accused her
again. When she persisted in her ST.
lence, he ordered Alice to take the
other children out for a walk.
When the children returned they
found their mother dead, with bullet
through her head And their father
lay dying beside her body. His hand
clutched revolver.
The children told the police of his
accusations against the mother De-
tectives investigated and discovered
she had been working nights at the
factory of Strauss & Schram. 1135
West Thirty-fifth street.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20
H. c. l.; Poverty; Pride; Murder Most Foul

HHICAGO.-For many months Pride
~ waged warfare against Poverty at
1900 West Twentieth street. II. C. l..
sat on the sidewalk, grinning fiend-
ishly.
1t was a little home, but it housed
big family. Walter Wasulewski.
the father, worked hard as factory
laborer. His wife pinched every penny.
But try as they would. there was
never enough to go around. Amy,
Wanda, Alice and Walter, Jr., always
were hungry and lily clothed.
She begged her husband to let her
work in the factory. But their pow
erty could not overcome his pride.
II could never face my friends"
he told her, "if they knew I could
not support my family. l would rath-
er we all starved"
One evening before her husband re-
turned home the little mother went
out alone. And she did not return un-
til past midnight.
She refused to say where she had
been. or what she had been doing.
Jealousy seized him. He beat her
and sent her to bed weeping. But
next day when he had gone to work,
she produced mysterious supply of
money and gave her children boun-
teous meal.
The next night she crept forth
again. Another beating followed for
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20

AXE FOREST, lila touring
car, containing two men and a
woman. was struck by an autotruck
near the Sacred Heart station at night,
hurled in front of a north shore cleo
trio train going at a speed of so
miles an hour, carried a distance of
80 feet by it and pitched back into
the roadway upside down.
And all three persons crawled out
from under the twisted, splintered
pile of wreckage uninjured, save for
few cuts and bruises and bad
shaking up.
Both coaches of the limited train
were derailed by the force of the i'm
pact, and the front car, bearing 40
girls from north shore towns to
Knights of Columbus dance in Lake
Forest, bumped completely off the
right of way and swung around across
the automobile road without upset
ting
The three automobilists who passed
practically unscathed through the
freakish accident are Mr.. and Mrs. w.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20

body is trying to put across on me"
Messenger is unable to read or
write and was about to go back to
Massachusetts to rejoin his wife and
seven children, the oldest of whom
Is twenty-one years old.
Il was in poor health, so decided
TO go to Denver he said THAT was
a little more than month ago, and
when left home told my wife that
l would be gone maybe two weeks.
maybe four weeks, and that, knowing
l could not write, she should not
worry over me, That is all i know
about It"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20
Automobile, Truck, Fast Train-and Fate

G. Dettmann Of 1927 Vliet street, Mil
waukee. married only three weeks be-
fore, and Mrs. Dettmann's father f.
G. Gronsets Of 2619 North KimbalE
avenue, a clerk in the Chicago post
office.
Half an hour later in the Highland
Park hospital they We're calmly tell
ing reporter how it all happened
Dettmann was driving his car south
IN 4Waukegan road, which parallels
the Chicago. North Shore and Milwau-
kee tracks for distance of two n,..
through Lake Forest and Fort Sheri-
dan, when he saw the northbound
truck approaching. The truck, owned
by the Great Lakes Fruit company of
Waukegan, was being driven by II. G.
Shales.
Dettmann says Shales did not give
him room to pass He drove up as
closely to the tracks as he could but
the truck struck his car with such
force that it was hurled squarely in
front of the train.
Many women on the train became
hysterical as it jolted over the rails
and out into the roadway, and some
had to be assisted out through the
windows. Some of the girls in the
front coach received slight cuts and
bruises.
The load of fruit on the truck was
not even disturbed, and Shales' helper,
John Schwartz. and a fifteen-year old
boy, Henry O'Neill, who were asleep
on the load, were not jolted off.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20

GAN FRANCISCO, CAL-"Joey'
y Foster forty years old, is naughty
boy and Is facing a 60-day term in
the county jail, the punishment infiict-
ed by his own mamma.
"Joey" appeared before Police Judge
Fitzpatrick to answer charge of be-
Ing drunk in public place. He was
arrested and when "Joeys" case was
called his mamma arose in the court
room.
"Your honor" said Mrs. Celia Fos-
ter, "since the saloons have been
closed joey has been drinking wood
alcohol. He goes to the fisheries in
Alaska every year, but if he keeps on
drinking this wood alcohol, I'm afraid
there'll be no fisheries for him He's
making fool of himself, and I've de-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-20

HARLES w. ELIOT. president emeri-
tus of Harvard university, made an
address not long ago before the
Harvard Teachers association, in
which he severely criticized the
United States Military academy at
West Point as an educational insti-
tuition.
Now, West Point is an Institution
of supreme national Importance. II
DIR. Eliots criticisms can be sus-
tanned, it is the manifest duty of
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26

ready for early movement the follow Ing morning to make up the total mum per called for from the division to go as replacements to some combat di- vision.
 Down in central France the Fortieth aivIslon was functioning as the Sixth depot division. Scattered all through the beautiful farming country, a com pany here, a platoon there in barns, empty store Buildings, schoolhouses or Tn prlyate homes. soldiers were every Where Some of the original members of the companies as they had arrived III Trance only a couple of weeks be- lore had already gone. And now 2000 more were under orders 10 move the next morning. All attachments were 10 march to Nerondes for entrainment. Some must go few kilometers, others IS or 70, which meant that many de- tachments must be up way before day hght. All was excitement among the men. The question uppermost in their minds was who would go and who must stay. At evening retreat forma- ton the names were read, and all dur ing the evening those to go were mak- ing ready their equipment for inspec- ton.
 The Order
 Headquarters 9th Depot Division
 American Expeditionary Forces, A
 F. O. 7Ss, September 15, 1918.
 Special Orders No. %. Extract:
 T. Pursuant to telegraphic instruc- tions G76-G-D Commanding General $. o. S., dated September 10, 1918, two thousand (2,000) enlisted men from or ganizations listed below Covered by forwarding roster No. 4) are trans ferred to the 2Sth Division, and vii proceed by train Gin two sections) or September 16, 1918, from Nerondes tC join their organization via St. Dizier:
 1875 men from the 157th Infantry.
 The following named officers ano ennsued men are detailed to accompany the second section:
 1915 men from 15Sth Infantry
 375 men from 159th Infantry.
 1915 men from 160th Infantry.
 First Lieut.. Rolin W. Shaw, 15Stf Inf, commanding.
 First Lieut.. Vincent w. Shut, 160tf Inf.
 First Lieut.. Louis J. vanDalsem 159th Inf.
 First Lieut. Edward H. Diehl MO 15Sth Field Hosp.
 sgt. Benjamin K. Hooper (1622706) Hq. Co., 18th Sanitary train.
 Upon completion of this duty tn, officers and enlisted men accompany ing these troops will return to theil proper station. These troops will carry
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26
TWO YEARS AGO TODAY
s '" SHAW, FORMERLY FIRST LIEUTENANT 1ssTH INFANTRY AND 11TH INFANTRY

The greatest battle in the history of m erlcan arms began two years aeo ,a .nts morning at 5:30 (September 26 lslo. One of the most terrific strug- S.e5 s.as;a or the whole war occurred in the region between the Argonne forest ana the Mouse river during the closing weeks of the war
 Preparations for the battle had been made with the utmost secrecy 0rlv a few days before the Americans had taken over from the French the sector . .leHi Lai1arazee, In the Argonne for The First corps (Seventy- seventh I"enty-e1ghth and Thirty-fifth divi- sions) held the line from I.aHarzee to NauQuois. The Fifth corps (Ninetv- fiist. Thirty seventh and Seyenty- ninth dlvisions) extended to a point fourth, Eightieth and Thirtv-tf,ird dlvlsions) covered the remaining dis lsnce to the Mouse river. Thus nine ulVislons in line made the simultaneous al ltack, following artillery preparation mat had made the latter part of the preceulng night a rocking, ear -shatter- Ing, flaming hell. It might be of in terest to note here that of the nine di- visions attacking the opening day of tae drive one was regular army, four were national army and four were na- tlonal guard.
 NS,5 in all over 600Q00 Americans; the total casualties were over 12O,000, over 15,- 900 of which were killed outright in action.
 Into the opening attack went 5000 of the boys from Camp Kearny-the tortieth division-that were never Nnown as such in the reports of the battle They had lost their identity py being transferred to fill in as re- placements for those lost as casualties at Chateau Thierry and the St. Mihiel offensive.
 As an incident showing the manner of getting fresh troops to fill in those divisions is given the story of a train load of such going to the front during the few days immediately preceding the attack.
 It was the 16th of September, 1918 All the men knew was that they were going to the front. What part of the front they did not know Neither did hey realize how soon they would see real action. Troop movements were carried on those days with the utmost secrecy. Verbal orders received the day before in all units of the infantry regiments had announced the number of replacement privates from each reg iment in the division that would be
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26

Official returns from Apache county were received by the secretary of state yesterday, which completed the lists from the fourteen counties of the state of the primary election held on Sept. '.
 While the unofficial totals were available at the state house, R. F. Me Gillen, assistant secretary of state, de- clared that until the figures were checked the totals could not be termed official He said, however, that the figures were in all probability correct
 According to the records, H. s. Ross leads Charles De Sales Wheeler for nomination for secretary of state by 35S, although for several days after the primary Wheeler was regarded@-es the nominee. To mo. Foster leads G. H. Bolin by 416 for state mine inspector, while Frank Luke and E. A. Hughes lead over M. A. Murphy and c. M. Zander for the tax commission.
 The result of the election, according to the 'unofficiaP' figures. follows:
 Democratic Candidates
 Presidential electors: Billingsley, B. F., 21,OS3; Craig, May Belle, 21,244; Southworth H. T., 21.0S1.
 United States senate: Norton, John w, 2651; Smith, Marcus A. 10,910; Stanford, R. C.. S409; Worsley. A. A, 7474.
 Congress: Hayden, Carl, 25,963.
 Supreme court: McAllister, A. G.. 13, 0S9; Nealon, Thomas w, 6471: Pat tee, Samuel L., 9011.
 Governor: Simms, Nit, 17,o23; Win sor. Mulord, 18TH.
 Secretary of state: Carroll. E. A. 3757: Hayward, Nellie A, 7756; Ross Harry &. S704; Wheeler, Charles De Sales. S346.
 Auditor: Munch, P. J.. 22,216. State treasurer: Earhart, R. R. 13.930; Webb, Sam F., 12,5S5.
 Attorney general: Hardy, Leslie c. S763; Jones, Wiley E., 12,S24; Whitney Louis B., 7211.
 Superintendent of public instruction Case, c. O.. 13.777: Peterson, A. c. 14.037.
 Corporation commissioner: Adams, I c. E SO16; CasheI, T. D., 645S; Vaughn, Loren. 11,33S.
 Mine inspector: BoIin. G. H.. 6312;
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26

left toward morning they were still coming and I knew then that a big drive was due soon.
 A week later the news of the won derful attack launched as the begin ming of the now famous "Argonne drive mentioned the splendid work of the ssPennsylvania boys of the Twen- ty-eighth division. We knew that two thousand of them at least were not Pennsylvania boys-from the old For tieth at Camp Kearny. I have never seen one of them since but I know they held their own with their Penn sylxania bunkies.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26

Maddock, Thomas. 2194: Robison, Ed ward NJ. 563.
 Congress: Dunseath, James, 775.
 Supreme court: Flanigan, Edw. J., SAP.
 Governor: Campbell. Thomas E., 10.549.
 Secretary of state: Hall, Ernest R, 9074
 Auditor: Fairfield. Charles w. S766
 State treasurer: Estin, J. w, SIPS.
 Attorney general: Galbraith, w. J., S669
 Superintendent of public instruction: Pratt, Linwood &, 3454; Toles, Elsie, 6316n
 Corporation commissioner: Reed. J. C., 556.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26
OFFICIAL APACHE RETURNS COMPLETE STATE FIGURES ON VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

Foster, Tom C., 672S; Hanson. Charles F., 2984; Massey, Edward, 5974; O'Hagen, Ed, 2154.
 Tax commissioner: Hughes, F. A., 10,45O; Luke, Frank, 14.195; Murphy M. A, 10,290; Zander, c. M., S762
 Republican Candidates
 Presidential electors: Boyle, James P. 6963: Gust, John L., 6370; Smith, Joseph w, 6941; Stewart, Frank R.. 7046.
 United States senator: Cameron, Ralph H., 45S7; Clark, E. S.. 3941;
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26
scIEMTIEIC WORK

The Judge-Do I understand you to say you once held public employment under the state as a geologist.
 Prisoner-Yes, I made a study Of rocks for 90 days.-Detroit News.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26

Mine inspector; NelIgren, '. c. 2430; White. John r., 6637.
 Tax commissioner: Kuchler. Ru- dolph, 74S4: Parker, Frank H., 4S2
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26
EAsILY IDENTIFIED

The New Stenog-I forgot to initial them letters. Shall l do 1t now
 The rrespondent-Don't bother about it. I'll know they're your work by your fingerprints.-Defr News.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-26

two days travel and two days reserve rations
 The transportation department will furnish the necessary transportation and the quartermaster corps the nee essary subsistence. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. By command of Major General Strong:
 r, IT UrARNTTAI
The Washington times., 1920-09-05

TVRoY, New York, is making ready to cele
brate the Centennial of the Great American
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
Why Men Tip Their Hats

~ you know how it came about that a man
j takes off his hat when he meets lady he
- knows? In the olden days, when knight
arrived at neighboring castle, he took off his
helmet to show his host and friends that he did
not suspect them of Interior motives, and did not
anticipate a bang the head with a sword or .
mace. To enter hemeted amounted to saying
that he preferred to risks. From this has
come the custom Of man barring his head as
greeting 80
That should take off his right glove be-
foI shaking hands witS woman comes from
the same period, when travellers wore iron gaunt-
let's, which were removed to avoid injuring
covered hand.
The custom of firing artillery salutes comes
down from the time when guns were first used.
1t then considered polite and courteous to any
great parsonage who happened to arrive at your
castle to load all your guns with shotted rounds
not bank-and to fire them off he arrived
at your threshold. The reason for doing this was
to how you trusted your guest ny empIyl@g
all the guns just before he came into their rang
This practice not kept up very long. -Biark
rounds were soon fired instead of real ones. I'll
not dangerous!
The origin of sa!utlng the quartcr-docS
one boards man-of war is that in da;;s
The Washington times., 1920-09-05
The Montague House, the Home of the
First Collar, Still Stands at 129
Third Street, Troy.

eialized that it has put Troy on the map the
Collar City.
In the days Of Hannah Montague there was
no such thing as collar button now know
it. Nor had the sewing machine been developed.
But that didn't hinder the resourceful dame a
bit. She tied the collar to the shirt band; and
for years thereafter it was known the "string
eollar"-a name not familiar to this generation.
Orlando delighted with the contrap-
ton. Daily he stopped his forge and left Dobbin
to wait for his footwear in order that he
might display his neckwear to every Trojan who
passed that way. 1t was nine-day wonder; and
each new enthusiast slapped his leg and
claimed in whatever was the stately lingo of that
\period: "Ill tell it to the worldl"
One of these converts the Rev. Ebenezer
Brown, a retired Methodist minister. The Rev.
Mr.. Brown, having retired from the ministry.
was running general store in Troy, at 2S5 River
street.
He surveyed Orlando's string collar from all
kngles. He even tried it on Then, he went hot
oot to Mrs. Montague and persuaded her to make
few dozen Of those collars and let him offer
hem for sale
She did. and he did, and the collars went like