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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
DOZEN MEN, EVERY JOB
Ore Shipments at Head of Lakes
Light, Many Unemployed.


Duluth, Mimi, June 21.-Only 800
men have been provided with work on
lake treighters compared with 1000
places by June Is, at the local offices
for the largest employment agency on
the Great Lakes. Altogether last year
this agency handled 5000 men for the
lake freighters. Less than 500 will
be handled this season, in the opin-
ion of the local manager
IF we were able to supply one or
two men to boat this time last year
we considered ourselves fortunate,
but this year there are dozen men
for every job on the freighters," the
employment agent said. During June,
1920, the ore shipment from the
Head of the Lakes was just striking
its best stride of the record season;
at the present time movement of ore
from Lake Superior ports is extreme
ly light, and this accounts for the
great difference in demand for sea-
men, according to employment men.
Scarce as the Jobs are. many of
the men, who were fortunate enough
to land berth two months ago when
navigation opened. are back on shore
again, and once more now are seek
ing work, said the agent. Mostly
cases of stake bound" explained the
landskipper, now have developed
into full sized cases of flatbrokitis."
This veteran of the sea- going en-
ployment business, who has weather
ed many summers skippering on the
Great Lakes, says it is amazing at
the number of men who will deliber-
ately desert job after so long
time, even when they are aware of
the fact that work on the lakes is
usually slack just now Two months
on the water gives them ample time
to acquire capital sufficient to guar
antee a two-weeks good time on land,
he said
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
STORM LOSSES HIGH
North Dakota Section Was
Swept Quite Clean
Passenger Trains Marooned At
Small Villages Since Last
Friday
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1

ASSOCIATED PreSS D1SpdLCHJ
Beach, N. D., June 21.-Details OF
|, the destruction wrought by the heavy
rain and windstorm asst week in which
three lives were lost west of Medora
. continue to reach this point. Public
and private losses are tremendous,
the reports state. Dozens of barns
, were blown down or burned after be-
ing struck by lightning. Many head
of livestock also were drowned. Ev-
cry bridge and culvert in the northern
half of Golden Valley county is gone,
while wires are Frustrated and Dads
impossible. West of here, according
to reports thirty miles of railroad Is
washed away.
Fifty New Bridges Ordered.
Fifty bridges have been ordered by
the Northern Pacific for use between
Sentinel Butte and Medora. The wat
through Beach following the railroad
drain, taking bridges and culverts
away and dividing the city in twain.
The railroad yards at this point suf-
fered heavy damage from the torrent
and were badly washed out
Although railroad officials and
crews are bending every effort to
officials say it will be ten days to two
weeks before trains can be operated
on the Yellowstone division of the
Northern Pacific.
Passengers marooned on Fridays
train No. of the Northern Pacific
are enjoying themselves in many
ways, having held dances at local
halls Friday and Saturday night. 1t
will be several days before no one
can proceed west, because the engine
of freight train, pulling slowly over
the water covered tracks toppled into
the ditch.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
CAMPMEETING OF THE
SEVENTH DAY ADVEN7ISTS

C. c. Johnson and family have
returned from st. Cloud where they
attended the annual camp meeting
OF Seventh Day Adventists. A num-
Der OF families were in attendants
from Mankato. Most OF them went
by auto. The meetings were held
in one Of st. Clouds suburb parks,
located on the banks OF the Missis-
Sippi river. The grounds were well
lighted and the location ideal. The
mayor of st. Cloud and the presi-
dent of the Commercial club came
out to the grounds and gave short ad
dresses. In their remarks they said:
I'VE freely donate The use OF this
park, light and water. and hope you
can return next pear" Elder Charles
Thompson, treasurer of the general
conference, thanked them for their
kindness in assisting in so many
ways.
10 make the meetings success,
there were two hundred fifty family
texts and as many rooms as could
be secured near by. The daily atten
dance averaged about nine hundred
during the ten days. Five large pa
wilton tents were used. One for
English speaking people, one for
the Scandlnavians, one Tor the Young
People, TWO for the children. Meals
Were served at the dining tent on the
Cafeteria plan; a good meal could be
had for fifteen to twenty five cents
as it was strictly vegetarian.
Among the speakers from out of
the state were Charles B. Thompson,
E. l.. Russell and R. L. Numbers
form Wash. d. c. Professor Ben
son from Lincoln Nebr., and from
the Northern Union E. T. Russell and
Z. NJ. Oberg. Aside from these there
We're fifty Ministers, and Bible work
ers in the State. Elder Oberg gave
daily studies TO the Evangelistic
Colporteur class numbering sixty
five. R. L. Numbers gave instruc
tions TO the church officers, educa-
tional lines conducted by c. l.. Ben
son. The value of Christian educa-
ton was impressed unto the minds of
the Young People to fit the more
efficient service. Elder Russell con-
Quoted the young peoples meetings.
His instructions were timely, a call
TO holier life. He said in part:
People who believe in the soon COM
ing Of the Lord cannot afford to live
Indifferent or careless lives They
will not be found in questionable
places of amusement, the dancer; and
card tables will not be found in
Christian homes. Men will live
clean lives, no honest bills will be
unpaid we must be one hundred per
cent Christian. The modern dress
which has such a demoralizing effect
on the minds of men will be replaced
by simple modest dress" With this
strong appeal sixty five candidate
presented themselves for baptism
Elder Muderspauch, head of the pas
torial training and Danish depart
ment of the Hutchinson Theological
seminary. preached his first English
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
Disclaims All
Responsibility For Assault

H. c. Rollins of Pemberton drove
to this place Wednesday morning
last and was a passenger to Mankato
on the flyer. Before leaving he talk
ed relative to the assault on a school
teacher in that town the details of
which were exploited in a daily paper
and have been the topic Of discus
sion for several days, says The
GAINESVILLE Argus.
According to his statement a con-
dition exists at Pemberton that is de-
cidedly deplorable. He let it be
known that the community does not
stand for any such occurrence as an
assault upon teachers or anyone else.
With one accord they repudiate the
assault AMI disclaim responsibility
The fair name of the town will not
and cannot be besmirched by a few
ruffianly characters. Neither the
town nor its citizens are responsible
and the attempt to cast cloud upon
the people is without foundation and
wholly without warrant. Neither the
town nor people are responsible for
the disreputable acts of one or two
degenerates who possess neither the
common decency that ought to be ex-
emplified by men or the just concep-
ton or courtesy due 10 the gentler
sex.
1t would seem that the trouble was
mountain growing out OF a mole
hill. There had been some little fric-
ton relative to matters frivilous in
their nature. Lack of tact, good
judgment and a display of ordinary
common sense helped to fan the fric-
ton into a flame and to spread it out
over the community to its detriment,
elimination in an inf1amed condition
of mind in one or two individuals who
lacked the ability to assert their man =
hood under the temporary stress and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
PRICKLY PEAR CURSE
Organ lied Fight Scientists In Queens
land and Now South Wales

lana ana NOW SOutn wales
Sydney, June 21-Some very inter-
the organized fight Of the scientists
against the prickly pear curse of
Queensland and Northern New South
Wales were made last week by Pro-
fessor Harvey Johnston, Professor of
Biology and Scientific Controller at
tached to the Commonwealth Prickly
Pear Board. The professor is just
back from America, where he was
sent to make arrangements in con-
nection with the prickly pear fight.
The Professor said that he lett one
was now collecting material in
Southern Florida, Texas, Southern
California and Central Mexico. He
was seeking chronological and bot
anical specimens which showed dis
position to attack the cactus, and
these would be sent to Brisbane and
carefully tried out.
Another officer had been left in the
Argentine, and he was making inves
legations among the foothills OF the An
'des and he would also visit Uruguay,
OF the prickly pear was very limited
in those countries, but two definite
fungoid enemies of the plant both very
destructive have been found. Asso-
ciated with these fungoids were certain
insects, the operation of which seem
ed to make the work of fungi more
rapid and effective. Experimental
work with these fungoids and insects
has already commenced in Queens
land. The professor said that he had
brought also, from England, certain
equipment which it was hoped to
carry out a destructive incubation
of the prickly pear plant. He had
high hopes of this process, but 1t was
only in its experimental stage as yet
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24

excitement growing out of the fric-
ton. But amidst 1t all there is not
the slightest excuse for drawing in
the town or the people. With the
substitution of good horse sense for a
little jealousy the matter will be-
come adjusted. To this end probab-
ly the personnel of the school faculty
will be entirely changed. In any event
the town and the people resent the
imputation that the community is re-
sponsible for the trouble.
If the people of Pembertok are not
disposed to upheld the conduct of
those responsible for the assault ON
the school teacher, they will readily
and cheerfully lend their assistance
to the authorities who are endeavor-
ing to bring the guilty parties to
justice. The fact remains that a
teacher employed in the. Pemberton
school was the victim of ruffianly
tactics on the part Of roughnecks who
were in Pemberton one night not
long since. The teacher was lured
from her boarding place by a fake
telephone call. While she was on
her way to the telephone exchange
other missiles. She fell and injured
herself. Somebody is responsible for
the assaults. Are these parties go.
ing to be apprehended, tried, con-
victed and punished-or is the affair
going to be looked upon as a joke.
1t is possible that the grand Jury
when 1t reconvenes July Z will take
up the Pemberton case for investiga-
ton. The grand jury should leave no
stone unturned to find out all the
facts. They should break "the con-
spiracy of silence" that seems to
have been organized by certain peo-
pie. Blue Earth county must be
made safe place for school teachers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24

sermon at the camp meeting. He
came from Denmark less then a
year ago. He speaks the English
language more tluently than some
who have been more than score Of
years.
Several addresses were given by
Elder G. B. Thompson of Washing
ton, d. c., who recently returned
from a five months trip from South
there were four in the company.
America in the interest OF missions;
Elder G. B; Thompson's district to
visit was the land Of Inca which
comprises Peru, Ecquador, Bolivia
and Lake Titicaca: he spoke of the
difficulties to travel in those coun-
tries. One of the problems is the
exchange or money, no two coun-
tries have the same value in ex-
change. He visited the Peru mis-
sion field and found many strong
churches and good live interest
shown Ecuador is new field, there
are four missionaries from America
way. The people Of Bolivia are eager
to hear the Gospel; and the workers
are having good success. A large
number OF books are being sold, and
the people will soon be self sup
porting. Over seven hundred converts
were added in these mission fields
in the year 1920. A school has been
started at Lima, Peru. to train ma
tive workers. Lake Titicaca was the
most interesting field; the people
are all Indians and live high up in
the mountains; 1t was very cold
while Elder Thompson was there;
He had to wear heavy winter cloth
ing, but one strange feature, the
white people must wear large hats
or the sun will scorch their faces.
Among these Indians the Adventists
have twenty seven mission stations.
with over two; thousand converts
and schools where the natives can
learn to read. The first thing these
Indians do when converted is to clean
up, and when you meet them a more
kindly and hospitable people you will
not find in another country. The
Stahl Of Winona, MINI. Elder
Thompson said before leaving for
the state he visited the grave OF
Elder B. G. Haak, who now sleeps
beneath South American soil. The
Minnesota conference released Elder
Haak about seven years ago, to be
sent to this mission field. Elder
Haak was reared in Mankato, and
Adventist church.
Hard times did in no way effect
the attendance at the campmeeting,
nearly half of the members, repre-.
senting seventy five churches, were
present. The people were liberal in
their offerings. Two collections
were taken for foreign missions the
amount was over $4,000, beside hun
dreds of dollars given for local
work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24

Commander Galbraith and to fulfill his
last wish, every Minnesota Legionaire
will lay friendly hand upon the shouI-
der of buddy on July Fourth and Sign
him up" according to an appeal issued
+ to all Legionaires of the state by the
Department Commander. A. II. Vernon
a member" drive will be launched all
over the nation July 4th in accordance
with with, plans rse issued by Commander Gal
Of the new national commander. John G.
Emery of Grand Rapids. Michigan.
In an urgent message to Minnesota
Legionaires to help organize units and
gain new members for the Legion Auxil-
a ar y;,o State President DR.. Helen Hughes
privilege to belong to the Legion Auxil-
airy: Let all eligible women in your
sS9 ng5vmGgd know it. You tell them
and daughters. Tell them there are
soldiers dying without help or comfort
from their. own because there are not
enough units or members of the Legion
Auxiliary to cover the whole field.
"TeH them there are soldiers who
fought lou for law and justice who are turn
neglected by the people whom they serv-
ed. Tell them the women Of Minnesota
are mobilizing in the, Legion Auxiliary:
hope. Tell them to come when the work
is beginning and not to be like the men
who wanted to enlist when the enemy
we must strain at task always grow
Ing. There will be no stacking, Let
your women relatives know of our work.
Death and disease take no vacation.
Have them join us now"
The Legion Auxiliary at Jasper Minne-
sofa believes that actions speak louder
than words. So when the fifteen mem
bers of the unit realized 500 from the
sale OF Memorial Day Peoples. they
promptly sent 1t to Legion Auxiliary
brief note. please place this 500 in the
fund which you are using to bring cheer
and comfort to the sick and wounded
We are happy to be able to send it, and
we hope to do better next time" Not
SO bad for unit in town OF 700 popu-
lation, with just fifteen earnest mem
bers.
Captain George Mallon. one of PERISH
ings 100 heroes and candidate for 1t.
ton, who has returned from Kansas.
states, you have heard the statements
tia the the American Legion tarred and
Those statements were lies. The men
who created the disturbance were thugs
hired by interests who wrapped them
Honored by his country for which he
made the supreme sacrifice, honored by
the country in which he laid down his
life, revered by all who knew him. the
body of Private Elmer J. McDonough of
kellogg. Minnesota was laid to rest with
military funeral. Father William
Harrington. Legion State. Cha plain and
Chaplain of the 151st F. A. Rainbow Dr.
vision, in which Elmer McDonough so
nobly served. officiated at the funeral
service and took for his text the words
of st. Paul 81 have fought a good fight
and have finished my course" adding.
From this flag-draped coffin we may
learn the lesson of loyalty to God and
country, Elmer J. McDonough fought
And so. tenderly. with all the honors
that could be bestowed upon him. his
grave decorated with peoples. sprigs of
evergreen. and the flag of his country
the remains of Elmer J. McDonough
were laid to rest in his beloved home
soil.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
BLUE EARTH NEWS
Walter Bell Cine Very Near Losing Life
Earth Caved On Him.

Earth Caved On Him.
R,ust sP ssiab To n The ., Free Pressl
will celebrate two days, July and 5
and besides the usual program there will
be good races and ball games.
The military funeral of Sidney McGin-
ness was held at the court house grounds
on Sunday afternoon, June 10. in Blue
Earth. This young man died in hos
ital in France on September. 2S. 1919,
Walter Bell came near losing his life
on his farm near Blue Earth when a
deep ditch in which he was working,
several minutes beneath three eut feet of of
dirt before being rescued by his fellow
workmen. He was badly bruised and
nearly dead from suffocation.
Flag day, June IA, the ladies of the
Woman's Relief corps, gave the old SOL
diers and their wives of Blue Earth and
vicinity a big dinner on the lawn at the
Clark
The Blue Earth district Sunday school
convention was held in the Methodist
church in Blue Earth on Wednesday. and
sionary as we'll as laymen were on the
program.
. A new garage will be built on the
the use Of the county officials.
declamatory contests will be put on in
Blue Eartn Dy the w. Z. Il. u. on
Thursday evening, June %. A gold medal
contest will te put on a little later.
A business mems credit association has
been organized in Blue Earth; office
rooms secured and a stenographer, Miss
Melissa Scott, employed.
Crawling on the highway for twenty
miles between Blue Earth and banks on
the Albert Lea road will soon begin and
the state estimates the cost of this to
be $50, 900.
The Mankato district Standard Bear
ers convention will be held in Blue Earth
on June % and %, and delegates will be
James. Amboy and other places. A
banquet will be served to $50 members
and guests on Tuesday by the ladies of
the Methodist church.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
Mr. and Mrs. William Mayer, GIL North

Mr.. and Mrs. William Mayer, Gil North
Second street
GAINESVILLE Argus: H. A. Comstock
took day off and in company with
his daughter, Miss Hattie, journeyed
to Mankato on the noon train Friday.
They visited Mr.. and Mrs. c. L.
Kennedy while in the city. 1t is
gratifying to note that Mr.. Comstock
is improving in health after an ILL.,
ness of six months or more. =
Miss Hellebo and Miss Eliza
beth Nicholson were members of the
class graduated from the Mankato
normal school last week. Both have
contracted to teach during the school
year beginning next September, Miss
Hellebo art Mazeppa and Miss Nichol-
son at Jackson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
DECISION IN JOYCE CASE.
Whether Peggy Will Go On Stand Or
Not To Be Decided.
ASSOCIATED Press DispatchI

ASSOCIATED Press DlSpatchI
Chicago, June 21.-A decision as
to whether Peggy Hopkins Joyce is
to be ordered to Chicago to testify
in her petition for ten thousand dol
lars month temporary alimony and
one hundred thousand dollars solicit
tors fees filed following James Stan
ley Joyce's action to have the mar
riage annulled, is expected to be
handed down by the court tomorrow.
Joyce's counsel assert that if Peggy
is placed on the stand they will
bring from her admissions that she
never dreamed would reach the light
or day" Four women, according to
the attorneys, are now ranged on
one side or the other if they are
asked to testify. Two are on Peggy's
side, it is asserted, and two on
Joyce's. ..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. julie Bauch and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Schultz of Spring.
field were guests at the Fred Nelson
home Sunday.
County Commissioners T. H. Foley
and Matt Sanger with State High
way Engineer Joe Hruska, went to
lie Sueur Center this morning to con-
fer with the county board of LIE
Sueur county on the matter of i'm
proyement Of the road along the line
between the two counties in the vici-
nifty of Lake Washington. A num-
Der of cottage owners at Lake Wash
ington accompanied the Blue Earth
county delegation. 1
j. r. Lloyd of San Jose, Carr, is in
the city as the guests of relatives and
friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
JURY ACQUYTS GIRL
Myrtle Larson Charged With Killing
Babe Found To Be Insane.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl

ASSOCIATED Press DispatchI
Winona, Mimi, June pa YER
dict of mot guilty because insane
at the time of commission of the
act" was returned by jury in circuit
court at Whitehall, Wis, last night in
the case of Myrtle Larson, twenty
three years old. charged with man
slaughter in connection with the
death of her new born child at Strum
on April 2.
Miss Larson was committed by
Judge Higbee to the state hospital for
the criminally insane at Waupun fol-
lowing the verdict. She was to be
taken to Wsupun today by her
mother and Sheriff Ed. Erickson Of
Trempealeau county.
The defense maintained that the
girl mind was an absolute blank
during the period at Which the infant
met its death by suffocstion in an
clubhouse. The jury was out four
hours
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
HAWAIIAN IN SEATTLE.
Harbor Commissioner Investigating Con,
ditions Of Filipino Laborers.
ASSOCIATED Press Ddspafchl

Manila, p. l., June 21.-Francisco Var
ona,, harbor commissioner to Hawaii. who
is now in Seattle investigating the con-
ditions of Filipino laborers in the north
west. has been ordered by the secretary
of commerce of the Philippine Islands,
to proceed to Kansas and there study
its laws on industrial relations.
His report on this subject will be SUBJ
mitted to the legislature of the Phil
ippines where a bill on industrial rela-
session, but failed of passage. Mr.. Var
ona in report tot the secretary of COM
merce, recommended the establishment
OF labor agency in Seattle for the pro-
erS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
INSANE MAN SHOOTS THREE
Farmer Held Main Street Oakfeld,
NJ. ", With Gun.
IAssociated Press Disnatcf

tASSUCIdleU fTeSS DlSpdICHJ
Buffalo, N. Y, June 21.-Three per-
sons were wounded today when Frank
Fisher, farmer held the main street
OF Oakield for an hour firing with
a rifle at pedestrians and storekeepers.
He was captured after he had used
all his ammunition.
Fisher was released from state
hospital for the insane a year ago.
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RESUME PUEBLO TRAFFIC.
All Restrictions Against Tourists Have
Been 4 E

Pueblo, Colo. June 22.-An restrictions
on tourist traffic through Pueblo by train
military authorities. The action was
taken at the request of city authorities.
Passes are still required. however. to be
upon the streets of the city between
dark and daylight.
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Probe Open Price -A.soeiatIons.

Washington. d. c., June 22.-Nation-
wide investigation into activities of open
price associations, resulted in establish
ing case against one organiat ton in
New York Attorney General Doughterty
announced.