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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
AWOKE IN THE FLAMES
WALTER MITCHELL WAS
AROUSED BY FIRE
House AbIaze Early Today;
Otto Throdahl Suffers Leg
Fracture

Mankato fire department was call
ed out at 2:35 o'clock this morning
to the residence of Walter Mitchell,
men arrived at the scene, the frames
had spread to all parts of the house.
1t was totally destroyed. Owing to
the elevation of the ground but little
pressure was obtained. Mr.. Mitchell
was sleeping alone in the house, his
wife and child being absent in Ma
della. The first intimation he had
that the house was afire was when the
plastering and flooring of the upper
rooms began to fall. He barely had
time to escape from the building.
The cause of the fire is unknown
The building and contents were partly
covered by insurance.
Otto ThrodahI Broke Leo.
In responding to the, call to the
fire, Otto E. Throdahl met with a
serious accident which necessitated
his being rushed to Emmanuel hos
pital. In going down the slide pole
in the station, the heel of his rubber
boot caught in the edge of the floor
and caused him to lose his balance
and plunge eighteen feet down to the
tile floor below. The fall caused
him to fracture his right leg between
the knee and ankle. Otto was cheer
full when seen at the hospital by the
Free Press, owing to the fact that he
will now be in care of the pretty
nurses of that institution for several
weeks, but he does bemoan the fact
that May Is is approaching. and he
will not be able to take in the open
ing day for black bass.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
RETIRE FROM CHOICE

instructors Who Have Resigned
From Mankato Teachers College
The following teachers are retir-
ing from service in the MankatC
Teachers College, all from their
own choice land in accordance with
plans which have been made for a
long time.
Miss Mary. Dougherty, who has
been at the head Of the primary de-
partment for two years, plans to en-
ter upon another line of educational
work in the line of research.
Miss Lilly Engelsen came to Man
kato on a special engagement for one
year as she planned from the outset
to go-on with her university course
and secure her degree.
Miss Josie Manderfeld came into
the college as substitute when
Miss Flory Wise became i'll, and has
remained through the year at the
urgent request of the president.
Miss Alice Frymir resigned some
time ago to accept an election to a
position in the Battle Creek institu-
ton for the training of teachers of
physical education from which she
graduated before going to New York
for special further training in that
field.
AS stated in the presidents report
already printed, Mrs. Alice Goss re-
tires from the position of dean Of
women to take a rest after the
strenuous demands of her difficult
position, which she has carried for
three years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
ARTHUR ECKLUND DIES
His Death Was Due to Pulmonary
Tuherculosis


.a- Tuberculosis.
Arthur I. Eck1und, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Ecklund, 1858 Eighth
avenue, died yesterday morning at
9:15 death being caused by pull
monary tuberculosis.
Arthur Ecknnd was born August
%, 1891. in Mankato. He attended
the public schools Of this city and
grew to manhood here. He enlisted
in the United States army at Min
neapolis February. 1917. He saw fif
teen months service in France with
Company B, 32nd Engineers. While
in France he suffered an attack of
influenza which developed into pull
monary tuberculosis.
He Is survived by his parents and
the following sisters and brother,
Walter Ecklund, Imperial Valley,
CAL; Mrs. C. Leland, Oakland, CAL:
Mrs. Jessie Kendall, Mankato and
Miss Julia Ecklund at home.
The funeral will be held Sunday at
1880 D. m. from Johnson Boman fu-
neral parlors, 412 South Second
street. and from the Swedish Lu-
theran church at two o'clock. The
services will be in charge of Lorentz
Post No. II, American Legion. Rev.
o. J. Arthur will officiate and will
be assisted by Rev. w. H. Wiener,
chaplain of the local post. Inter
ment will be made In the Swedish
cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
HALL GREEN FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
Jury At Redwood Falls, MIMI,
Raturns Verdict In First
Degree

Redwood Falls, Mimi, April 3d.
Hall Green, colored, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree by jury
which sat on his case. The jury
reached it's verdict after five hours
deliberation late last night.
Green was indicted for the murder
of Leslie Joslin, white Both men were
paying attention to the same girl
Miss Hazel Humphrey, aged sixteen
One morning recently Joslin's dead
body - was found near a highway
Green was suspected and placed I'm
der arrest.
Green did not go on the stand in
self defense. The Green family for
merly desided at LIE Sueur.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
LOOK OVER DITCH ROUTE
County Board Members Spent Some
Time In Thee County

tInc IN neg IOunty
County board members yesterday
held short meeting at the court
house and then looked INTO a number
of road matters. The Good Thunder
road was gone over with Sthe view OF
making improvements on that high
way this summer.
During the afternoon the members
of the board went over the proposed
route of judicial ditch No. So in Dec
oria and after slightly amending the
amount of benefits to be derived de-
cided to order the improvement made.
The proposed ditch will reclaim in
the neighoorhood of 1900 acres. The
estimated cost of the ditch is S32, 900.
The board decided to hold meeting
on May and 4, for the allowance Of
bills and taking up of routine business.
All bids for improvement of the
Madison Lake road were rejected ow-
ing to the fact that thatroad has be-
come trunk highway under the Bah
cock plan, end no one except state OFF
Gals can let the contract for its i'm
provement. 1t is hoped, however,
that the state Officials will soon let the
contract for the work
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
TRIAL OF WAR CRIMINALS
German Reiehstag Hears Reading
Amendment to Statute.
fAssocia1 I'D Press Dispatc

: ASSOrlaT I'd PTeSS DlSDa tCn.1
Berlin, April 29.-The reichstag to-.
day accepted the second reading OF
the amendment to the statute cover
ing the trial Of war criminals. The
amendment directs the states attor-
ney ito give the widest publicity to
has established the innocence of men,
the names of whom were on the orig
inal lists furnished by the allies, and
also those who may be acquitted at
their trial. The amendment was pro-
posed on behalf of alleged war GRIM
inals in view, Of the wide publicity of
their names In enemy countries.
The third reading Of the amendment
was postponed owing to objections
coming from the communists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
ANNUAL MARKING DAY
Observe The Event On Black And
Yellow Trail May t6.

Observe The Event On Black And
Yellow Trail May IS.
A new bulletin issued by the
Chicago, Black Hills and Yellow
stone Park Highway association In
forms The Free Press that this or
ganization in the several counties
through which the Black and Yellow
Trail passes from Chicago to Yellow
stone Park will observe May 16 as
an Annual Marking Day along the
entire route of the trail. Every county
under the supervision of the county
chairman Of the organization will
mark or remark the trail on this day
with each town dividing the distance
between 1t and the next town. The
organization is beginning the distri.
button of advertising material and
from the number of inquiries received
at the headquarters office in Huron
it is predicted that tourist travel over
this trail will be greater than in any
past season.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
STOP AMERICAN LABOR
Influx of Unorganized Workers Will
Re Halted In Russia,

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch
Riga, April 29.-Admission to SOW
let Russia of workmen from America
will be permitted only when the SOW
let government has been able to es-
tablish an immigration bureau in the
United States, says The Petrograd
Krasnia Gazette.
The executive committee Of the All
Russian Council of trades unions, the
newspaper asserts, decided in this
manner to halt the influx of morgan
lied workers from America and the
admission of American emigrants to
Russia henceforth will be possible on
ly by the consent of the national com :
missionaries Of labor. ALI persons
departed from the United States and
emigrants from that country now in
Petrograd have been centralized in
one building, the newspaper says. APP
parently this action was taken in or
der to permit the authorities to exer-
else better control over them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
EVENT AT BLUE EARTH

Naturalization Of Glass; Patriotic
Addresses Were Delivered
Fairmont, April 30-Judge E. C.
Dean was in Blue Earth yesterday
where he presided at the natura,iza-
ton of a class of forty who received
final citizenship papers. This is
the largest number to be naturalized
in this district for many years. Blue
Earth arranged for several patriotic
addresses to feature the session. The
public was invited and the city made
holiday affair of the event.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
FIRE AT oWAToNNA.
Hiah School Building Totally Des.
troyed This Morning.

I IASSOc1ated Press D1SpatchI
Owatonna, Mimi, April 29.-Fire of
unknown origin totally destroyed the
old Owatonna High School building
early this morning. The fire was the
ksecond during the school year, the
building was partially wrecked by a
blaze in December.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
May 9 Is Mothers Day

st. Paul, April APPROXIMATION
have been issued by governors of
several central northwest states des-
Day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
MILO D. GATES DIES
He Was Former Resdnt of Mankato;
Passes at Pine City

Passes at Fine City
Milo d. Gates, an old time resident
Of this city, died at his home at Pine
City, Mimi, Thursday, according to
word received by relatives in this city
The body will be buried at Window,
MINI. Funeral services under the d.
Tection of the Masons will also be con-
Quoted at Pine City. Mr.. Gates is sur
vived by Mrs. w. A. Beach of this city
a niece; Mrs. c. f. Sweet, Minot, N.
D., also niece and a sister, Mrs. j.
NJ. Markham at Minotk
Mr.. Gates was for many years a
merchant in this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
Fred sehwaab Died Teday,

st. Paul, Mimi, April 29.-Fred
Schwab, thirty nine years, who shot
himself Wednesday IN a vacant lot
near his home. 1016 Linwood place,
as the result of quarrel between he
and his wife, died today in a hospital.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
Marriage License I.

Marriage License Issued.
Clerk of Court George Krost issued
a marriage license this afternoon to
Paul G., Blumer and Pearl L. Roettger
both of this county. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06

The natural gateway to Caribbean
and South American ports, II Is thu
nearest by many leagues to the At
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06

Deneatn IN the clear waters OF which
may be seen many kinds of big fish,
upon its surface, is sight never to
be forgotten. Once In the air there
comes a sense Of safety and giving
ones self over to the CONS etc enjoy
ment Of the glorious panorama is a
natural consequence. Me for the all
route over the water every time
where possible and can afford it.
Back in Key West once more we
settled sad down for several %eeks
enjoying rest and a visit with the
children there has been much for us
to see and do in this old town where
the "manana" habit has almost as
firm a hold as 1t has in Havana
Ask native to do something for YOU
or to tell you when he can do 1t, and
his answer is usually "manana" to-
morrow. This far southern city is
the most foreign of any in the states
and listen to the incessant jabberins
of an unknown language. oHe might
easily think he had left this home
land Of ours. Even one of the signs
on the only bank in the city reads
LEI Primer Baco Nacional." This
use Of the Spanish language does
not appeal to me for, as my friends
i
American language for Americans
It will take years for the Spanish
language and Cuban customs to dis
appear from Key West, for the early
settlement was all Spanish, 1t is a
near neighborhood to Cuba, and has
an extensive commerce with the port
Of Havana.
The city has a population of about
1900 and has recently erected a
new modern high school building.
These fine new buildings are credit
to the city and will give fresh i'm
petus to education. Really It Use hard
to believe that only the span
of a few years lies between now and
the time. when this island city was
the rendezvous Of all the pirates Of the
seas.
The natural gateway to Caribbean
and South American ports, 1t Is the
nearest by many leagues to the At
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

the cultivation OF the plot asslgneu US ny tnS
Power that gave us life.
Before you can bring the fruits OF peace con-
tentment, and righteousness into the hearts OF
others you must have sown, cultivated, and mar
vested those plants in your own soul.
We can not give that which we DO not possess.
beautiful lamp may suggest brilliant light,
but when night brings that lamp its hour OF OPP
portunity, it will fail to shine if it has not oil, a
wick, and is lit.
An unlit lamp may be an ornament in the day
time. but it is a most worthless incumbrance
during the hours of darkness.
So it is with men and women. They are the
light of the world when they function as the Gre
ator intended, but they are worse than worth
less incumbrance when they have not within
them the light of hope and joy and truth and viz
tue.
A Flameless lamp going about among other
lamps, admonishing them that they must let
their light shine, would be laughing stock, but
not more so than crook preaching righteousness.
That lamp fulflls its mission that keeps its own
light burning and thus iun1ines whatsoever its
power penetrates.
Men and women are just like lamps. They
have their light and they have their circle. Some
lamps are larger than others, and some lights are
more powerful than others. The more powerful
the light the larger the circle it will illuminate
The influence Of personality is measured by
the power of that personality.
It is not enough to yearn for influence. There
must be power to exert it before it can be realiz
ed.
It is no doubt very wholesome ambition to
want to WELD a large influence let your light
shine within the largest possible circle-but am
bition alone will never do it. The ambition must
be backed with sincere, genuine effort.
And SO it all comes back to the first propo-
sition of making the individual the thing that he
wants to radiate
If it is your ambition to drive rascals out Of the
Temple of the World, make sure first that you
have succeeded in driving your pet rascal
out Of the Temple of your own heart.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

The state of Minnesota is over-run with
so-called "crop experts" some employed by
the state and some by private concerns.
From the time the crop is planted In the
spring until it is harvested these experts"
voice opinions through the daily newspapers
as to the prospects for crop and upon their
say so the market is juggled up and down.
If these men were each placed upon farm
and made to work it would be better for the
farmer and aid in reducing the number OF ex-
pensive non-producers. Herb Sherwood
So say we all of us!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

What is the use of moralizing about Thomson,
the man whose thefts reported to reach over
a million dollars? Certainly his offense against
the law cannot be condoned. Were it to be over
looked others who might follow his crooked path
way would expect the same kindly consideration
from the authorities The transgressor must be
given to understand that honesty is the best policy
after ALL 1t may be. inconvenient at times, but
in the long run it is the better line to follow 1t
does not lead to prison cell.-Mankato Free
Press
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27
summer season.

A minister at ST. Paul announced that on
the next Sunday he would talk on 1iars" and
advised his audience to read the seventeenth
chapter Of Mark. When the time came he
asked all who read the chapter to raise their
hand and every hand present went up. "Now,
he-said, you are the ones wish in my audi
ence. There is no 18th chapter of Mark"
IS. No newspaper men were in the audience.
1 lie Sueur News.
Now just what does that prove? That news
paper men are not liars or that they don't go t.
:hurch?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

Goodbye, beer. The congress of the United
States has passed bill preventing the sale OF
beer, with more than one-half of one per cent
alcohol even to sick folks. 1t is estimated that
there were many millions of sick folks in the Unit
ed States before the bill passed and now there
will be more, who sick They will have to
get sicker over something else from now on
Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

Glad Uncle Billy Taft has reached his goal.
Also pleased that the highest judicial position
in the world is filled by who loves
peace, hates war and is in favor of junking
all the implements that were made for the
killing of human beings.-Frank Day.
To put it briefly, Frank likes to see the heavy
weights in the high places-and "Uncle Billy
sure does qualify!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

We don't wonder that most people come home
from their vacations more used up than when they
went away. Most of them pay no attention to
balancing their rations of food, sleep or mental
recreation and it is a wonder they don't come
back in an even more lop-sided condition than
they do. A little common sense, well applied is
a good thing even in the frivolous and foolish
summer season.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

With only the commerce of the Great
Lakes to draw from, 25,0OO,OO0 tons Of shipping
now pass through the locks of Sault Ste. Marie
annually. This gives an idea of the Importance
of opening up seaway through the ST. Lawrence
-Luverne Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

We take it that man who crabs at his
neighbors, crabs at the merchants, crabs at
the city council, crabs at the school board,
crabs at the crowds attending street shows,
and crabs at everything else, is a crab. But a
crab never gets anywhere-he just sits and
crabs-Carl Eastwood.
Sure! That's why he Classics as one of those
ornery, backward-slidin' critters!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

We heard story the other day about an editor,
having to be carried home on stretcher as the
result of having received kind word over some
thing he had printed. The shock simply unnerved
him. But just as he reached his home some one
gave him good cussing about another article he
had printed, and he got up and returned to work.
jefferson County Republican.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

Rev. Dan Brummitt told the Chicago ministers
why religious daily newspaper down there fail
ed "If were able,' he said, ITO command the
resources of Ford Rockefeller bank and the per-
sonnet of New York Times think / could make
Christian daily paper which, after ten or twenty
years of million dollar deficits, might begin to
break even on its finances" This man has had
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

The doctrine of Glowing one another" is beauti-
full in theory and would be delightful in practice
if it would work successfully, but object to
the United States disarming in order to prove to
the rest of the world that we are the original
easy marks. Let Some of the European countries
get busy on that Glove one another stuff for a
season or two before undress our naval forces.
st. James independent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

A business man in nearby town put out a
box with slot in it and sign on top which read,
"For the Blind" Of course everybody wondered
why he was soliciting money for the blind people,
but they subscribed literally. The next week his
store was greatly improved by the appearance of
new-blind for the show window.-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

During his lifetime Andrew Carnegie, the laird
of Skibo, gave away sixteen times as much money
as he left when he died, which is evidence that
he possessed great deal more altruism than
those who attacked him so viciously because of
his weath.-Princeton Union.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

The American Institute of Bankers last week
in convention, discussed the stabilizing of the
American dollar. If those boys will just hand
us over few of those handy little articles, we
haven't a bit of doubt but what we can give
them mighty good demonstration of "stabiliz-
ing"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

A great free people owes it to itself and to
mankind not to sink into helplessness before the
powers of evil-Theodore Roosevelt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

There are several other things about the con-
stitution Of the United States beside the eigh-
teenth and nineteenth amendments, but it is hard
to make many men or women believe it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

We wonder if Volstad knew how hot it was
going to be when he pushed that 18th amendment
over the goal-St. James Independent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

Here is one thing that all of us should remem-
ber-a chicken doesn't quit scratching if it fails
to find worm.-Belle PLANE Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

The stability of this government and the unity
Of this nation depend solely the cordial support
and earnest loyalty Of the people.-Ulysses S.
Grant.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

After you borrow this paper, and read it please
return it to the one of whom you have borrowed
it. He paid fer it and wants it.-Le Sueur News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

The real sport these days is the chap who
can find the silver lining in his own particular
cloud.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

Voting right may help some in purifying the
world, but living right will help great deal
more.-Olivia Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

ABOUT the only thing wrong with our gover1i-
ment is that it is altogether too lenient with adde
pated individuals who criticise it-St. Peter Her
aid.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

l speak as one who is od-fashioned enough to
believe that the government of the United States
of America is good enough for me.-Warren G.
Harding
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-07-27

Every community in the state needs the
broadening leven Of higher education. "-Ex-
change
And young Americas conception of this "broad-
ening leven" is the mighty football squad.