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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-28
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PASSED BAD CHECKS
Martin Hanson Used the
Pen In ST. James
NABBED BY OFFICERS
Coughs Up His Story to Police
Is Awaiting the Court
~ Action

st. James October 21.-Martin Han
son, age twenty two, claiming Wal
nut Grove. Mimi. as his home, is in
jail in st. James awaiting the action
of the courts. Hanson's troubles, all
developed last Tuesday as the result
of his efforts to get something ior
nothing. The Independent says: Ac-
cording to the young mans story as
given to Deputy Sheriff Gibbs and re-
peated to the editor of this paper
when we interviewed him at the city
jail Tuesday evening, Hanson was
born. and raised at or near the village
of Walnut Grove where he attended
the third year OF high school Last
September he LEFT home, going to
North Dakota to seek labor. Return
ing home a few weeks ago he again
set out, visiting Kansas where he
worked for short time in a restaur-
ant at CoDeyville and later coming this
way through Iowa where he also die
some little work. He never was in
trouble before and never committed
any crime but yielded to a touch OF
"wanderlust" that kept him on the
LuONC duQ SSu6Idl UIUhS.
Was In Mankato
The early part of the week he ar
rived In Mankato and finding no woc!i
there he came to Madelia. While in
that village he conceived the idea Of
raising funds by passing some checks
and he sought the village Of Lewisville
as likely place to put over the job
Securing few blank checks at the
Lewisville bank he proceeded to- the
telephone office where he looked over
the directory to select some name to
use and he made the selection OF the
name of Carl Vale. He lthen pro-
Marvin Nelson and signed by Car
Wolfe and one of these in the sum of
S. he passed at garage. Another In
the sum of $2.50ywas passed at the drua
store, one for $40 at the dry goods
store and one for $3.50 at a. variety
store
With his ill gotten gains totaling
$25, which included some small pur-
chases made in passing the checks, he
departed for Madelia paying his fare
on the train and with MankatO in view
as his destination. He reached Ma
della and bought a ticket to Mankato
and /was awaiting the arrival of pas
senger train No. when Percy Lewis
and Harry Haycraft of Louisville, whu
had gotten wise" to the bad checks
drove up and hailed him. He accom- :
panied these gentlemen to st. james
where he was turned over to the sher-
IFS office and here he made the state
ment about as given above. The mon.
ey and articles purchased were re-
turned to the rightful owners ano
Hanson is held to answer to the
charge of issuing false and fraudulent
checks. e.
Hanson is a blight, clean looking
chap and apparently comes. of 9
good family. His father, so ne says
is janitor at the school at Walnut
Grove, having retired from the farm
he owned and operated near that vi
rage for many years. He has brothers
and other relatives residing in thai
vicinity. He told his story In q
straight forward manner that indicates
clearly that he does not belong to tfal
class known as professional crooks
but he seems ready to pay the PEN
atty for his transgressions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-28
PICKED UP IN kAsoTA.
Mrs. Hattie TurrittIn Returns Error
Edmonton. News of VILLAGE.

MRS. Hattie Turrittln Returns From
Kasota. October sa.-Mrs. Hattie Tur-
rfttin mas returned from Edmonton.
Alberta, Canada. where she has been
tine p Mth
Joseph Settler and family of Oshawa.
Elmer Peterson of Tracy spent SUM-
day last with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. w. G. Moses will hold an auction
sale OF household goods next FRIDAY.
Mrs. c. w. Babcock, Mrs. H. w. clamp
and Mrs. isabelle Trowbridge were call
ers in Mankato Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larson and baby-of
Blue Earth spent the forepart of the
family.
Ben PETERSON and family of Winthrop
were guests last Sunday OF Mr.. and Mrs
The, Kasota Firemen will give dance
in the village hall next Friday evening
Mrs. Harry Gibbs. Mrs. Emil Kopp and
st. James, were visitors last Sunday at
the. home of Zibe Mason and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. silas BENJAMIN are i'm
The knights Of Pythias lodge menu
hers of Mankato will visit the local or
c. v. McGraw and wife and John Koe-
men and wife are planning to spend the
winter in California.
Mr. and Mrs William Jardine drove
to Medford last Sunday and, spents the
day with their son Robert and wife. y
The Missionary society will meet No.,
Wednesday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. John Livingston.
Mr.. and Mrs; Raymond ofenloch. ac-
companied by Mrs. L. o. Nervig of Min
neapolis. left Thursday on a motor trip
to Sioux City. Iowa. to meet Miss Ner-
Wig of Sacramento, Cal, who has beg
spending several months in the cast
Mrs. C. r. Swenson and son Donald
were business callers in Mankato last
Mr.. and Mrs. Gates Youngren and chill
dren. made a trip to Lake Crystal last
Sunday.
George Hull injured his hand quite
badly while at work in the quarry last
Monday
Donald Swenson was confined to his
home by illness a few DAYS this week
Mrs. Phillip Koenen, who was~taken
seriously i'll last week. is being cared for
at Mounds Park Sanatorium in st: Paul.
Mrs. G. r.. Anderson was visitor in
Msnkato Friday afternoon.
Miss Ellen Swenson of Jordan visited
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. p. Sven
son and family from Thursday until
Saturday Of this week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-28
Tsneciai IN Tba r.rsa orass !

Redwood Falls. Mimi, October 2i-Tne
odore Enestvedt, residing near Belciew.
The young man attended dance on a
farm near Sacred Heart on the night OF
Searching parties have been formed but
no trace OF the missing, man has been
found.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-28
Aids Farm BUREAU.
ISpeciaI to The Free pres

Monteyideo. Mimi October 2o.-After
two unsuccessful attempts of the Chip
pewa County Farm Bureau, to secure n
nancial aid from the county commissions
.ers, that body has finally voted to in
clude 81 geo in its 1922 budget for the
Farm Bureau association.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-28

Gilbert Legionaires and Auxiliary
members recently invited every citizen
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-28

Theodore Roosevelt was the friend of
every buddy who wore the uniform dur
ing the great war. II he had had his wish
he would, Have fought and died at our
side. Sixty three years ago, on October
eth, Theodore Roosevelt was born. So
post in America will organize a celebra-
ton of its own, or take part in any local
celebration that may be staged by other
bodies. National Commander Emery urg-
es every Legionaire to honor the memory
of Theodore Roosevelt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-28

Requests for hotel accommodations al
Sans kansas ely sn .h pc sent 70 d meglS S
jutant, or direct. Minnesota headquarters
has made reservations for twelve hun
bred, but more than this number may
attend, so get request in without delay.
Duluth alone will send sixty Legionaires
in addition to the 81 Legion members who
comprise the Official Minnesota Legion
Band from Duluth's David Visited Post
pie of Virginia, Mayor Quinn of Fari-
hault, Mayor Maertz Of New Prague and
Mayor Essling of Eveleth are among
those who will attend. Our old friend
and former state adjutant Dad Will
more, will be there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-28

Crookston Legionaires will combine
their Armistice Day celebration with a
eseq 70 ies and Mintsr pI.ns
Washington County Legion reunion on
.Armistice DAY. including a chow army
leading to some of the best rations thmy
men ever attacked. At Mora, Minnesota,
the service men and their relatives viii
enjoy banquet and dance. Wadena,
Mapleton. and Wabasha have similar
plans. So has Pine City. Practically
every Minnesota Legion post IL busy with
Armistice Day plans for rejoicing.
The Washington times., 1921-06-19
LETTER CARRIERS
WILL HOLDFROL|C
AT CHESAPEAKE
Distinguished Company Of
Guests Invited to Thursday
Outing at Beach.

Congressman J. J. German of
Illinois, and high officials of the local
Postoffice VIII be the guests of honor
at the annual excursion of the Letter
Carriers Association, to be held
Thursday at Chesapeake Beach.
The guests will make the trip 70
the Beach on special car. which will
leave the District Line station at
o'clock In the afternoon. In addition
TO Congressman German, the guests
viii include M. o. Chance, City Post
master; w. H Hsycock, Assistant
Postmaster; c. e. Schooley. super
intendent of mails; Fred Sillers, as
sistant superintendent OF mails; Il. p.
Otterback, cashier of money ordersS
John III. Muirhead, assistant superin-
tendent OF mails In charge of carriers;
III. b. Sherwood, superintendent of
stations; VIII Sherwood. former pri-
vate secretary TO the postmaster; and
Charlie Long, newspaperman-
Smokes and refreshrnents WIN be
served on the car.
The Washington times., 1921-06-19

81 900 ,oeo. 900 worth of building per-
mits on tho city books. while for
months not n nail has been driven
and not q saw has been heard The
othes day Judge Landis settled a dis
pute and 10000 builders went back
to work. he continued. "rhat means
that other men go back TO making
building materials and supplies. n
means that we arc again building
homes for thrifty Americans. II
means that thousands Of others over
the country will be checred and
quickened by the noise In that one
industry"
The Labor Secretary said that n
was utterly ridiculous TO think of a
people as rescurceful and as daring
as ours to allow themselves to stick
long In the depths of depression.
-Hard work and lots of IL lice
ahead he added. II see the day
The Washington times., 1921-06-19
.GRUESO|ME RITUAL
|. OF MED|CO'SFRA
ON ALL THIS WEEK
ri Epsilon Rios to Celebrate at
77th Annual Meeting Of
Homeopaths.

ri Epsilon Rho fraternity, the old
est national medical fraternity In the
country will hold Its forty-fifth snn-
versary this week In the Hotel Will
iaro In conjunction with the seventy
seventh annual meeting OF the Amer
lean Institute of Homeopathy.
Although the inside workings Of tie
order are veiied in the closast secrecy.
u ts known that the Pi .Upsilon Rho
Ifraternity and the former Ustion So
ciety ritual has no parallel In all the
world for gruesomeness.
In the past II has been Whispered
that every member Of this fraternity
when he dies will give his body after
death to the knives of his fraternity
brothers for dissection for the ad-
vancement of science, and after that
his remains shall be cremated- Wheth-
er this is stu = part of tho modern
ritual II not known. nor can, IL be
verthcd. because they are all sworn to
absolute secrecy.
DR.. Ralph Bernstein, professor OF
dermotology, Hahnemann Medical
College OF Philadelphia, 10 national
secretary-treasurer. and as well the
editor of the quarterly journal. The
National Bulletin of the Pf Epsilon
Rho Fraternity"
This fraternity elects annually to
its brotherhood a. honorary fellows
men who are prominent In the homeo-
pathic medical profession. which
means that they must be clean In
their private lives, ethical in their
practice and xeaious In their study OF
the science of medicine
The Washington times., 1921-06-19

when not only returned prosperity
will be with us- but a new and better
spirit in our national life. / see the
day of . more friendly feiiowship
between those who work and those
who employ. ! believe the day IA at
hand when organizations OF men win
nne or fire the shirier out OF exist
ence and his trade card win be
honored everywhere like the doctors
diploma believe the day is at
hand when the employer will feel
disgraced without the good will OF
his men.
"And 80. Inspired today In the
State that gave us President Nc
Kinley and President Harding. i say
again to every worker. every employ
err and every good citizen with the
interests OF his country at heart. get
together and pull together In har-
mony.s
The Washington times., 1921-06-19
FIGHT RETAILERS
WHO OVERCHARGE,
PLEA OF Farmers
Predict Winter of Suffering Un-
Iess Immediate Effort Is
Made to Readjust.
~ i.s@r..tis..I New. service.


A winter OF suffering win come II
there is no genuine effort toward
business readjustment during the
summer months, according to predic-
tions made last night in q Joint state
ment issued by the National Grange.
the American Farm Bureau Federa-
tion and the International Farm Con-
gress.
'"rhe farmers are justified in cali
ing upon all others to join them in
speeding up production and avoiding
waste. the statement declares. World
competition must be met An ineffi-
cient nation is soon as hopelessiy die
tsnced an an inefficient Individual"
Warning was given that unrest win
multiply and savings win be ex-
hausted" unless there are real steps
toward readjustment.
Establishment of parity between
farm and commercial products is most
essential to q. return to normalcy, the
farm organizations declare. The fol-
lowing program is suggested as q
remedy for high prices of manufac-
tured products:
1. Elimination of unnecessary over
head expenses.
2 Restriction of output, except In
case of overproduction. should be un-
heard of.
3. Attempts to maintain wages az
or near inflated war-basis should be
discontinued
4 Retailers should adjust their
prices to meet reduced. Wholesale
prices.
8. Rents and interest charges should
be substantially reduced
Until these things are done the
farmer will not buy, and when the
farmer does not buy depression in
business follows, the statement con-
cludeS
The Washington times., 1921-06-19
D. c. Wins MEDAL
AS WHITE COLLAR
CHAMPION OF us.
just s3,5o7 Of 'Em in U. s.
Service Alone Never Garry
Dinner Pail or Soil Hands.
washington l. : white cola

Washington u . white collar
town.
The home OF the yedsrai service,
Washington empioys moro clerks
than any city in the country accord
ing to the Civil Service Commission.
Thore are S3,5o7 OF 'em, in the Gov
ernment departments alone
Did you ever stop to think how
large those ngnres really aref II all
the clerks In Washington, and that's
not counting those In private cm-
pioy. were stretched out In . straight
line they would be 80 miles long.
They would stretch from here to
Harpers Ferry. Va and Fred
orick, Nd, and practically to Balti-
more. 20 milos away.
New York comes next IN the num-
ber OF clerks and then Chicago, ami
Boston third The large Internal
Revenue Bureau and postoffice
branches give New York city sec-
ond place
ness concerns that employ more
workers. than the total number of
clerks In Washington. but those en-
ploycs are not clerks. they are fac
tory hands and put their city in the
class of factory or ''pail and bucket
towns"
Washington is the greatest ~whfte
collar town" in the United States
There are few factories here. The
matter of earning ones living
Is highly refined and gentlemanly.
The total payroll of-ail the Govern
ment clerks in Washington Is over
8. 600 900 annually, according to an
estimate made by the bookkeeping
and warrants division of the Treasury
Department That IL only . rough
estimate
The men and women employed as
clerks here have the advantage over
all other classes of employees, says
the Civil Service Commission. They
do not have to put mp with the smoke
and CRIME OF a manufacturing town,
but have the most beautiful and eIe-
waiting surroundings in one OF the
worios most beautiful cities as their
working place
The public buildings, which arc ia
nous on the Continent for their beau
ty Of architecture. and are the scene
OF many Sightseeing tours by visitors,
are their actual offices and place OF
work. says the commission. They come
In daily contact with high Govern
ment officials the public knows only
by pictures. They have the beauti-
full parks and shade trees that line
the streets TO view on their way TO
and from work instead of sky-scrap-
per buildings and factory whistles
At least the clerks In Warrington
have something to be thankful for.
The Washington times., 1921-06-19
BERLIN HAS
WHIP OVER
CREDITORS
Indemnify Payments in Goods
Means Allied Economic
Rout, London Realizes.
By fnter,.tionaI News Service.

ny international News Service.
LONDON. June 18.-Germany,
now set for the greatest trade drive
in history to meet her indemnity
obfgations. Is preparing for com
merrial struggle to take all the
world markets away from Great
britain, according to-the Daily Ex-
press.
Tho Daily Express views the fu-
ture with undisguised alarm, declar-
ing that the British working men
are going to suffer keenly from the
industrial competition.
INDEMNITY Is KEY.
Before the war the total export
Of manufactured and partly manu-
factured goods of all countries in the
world was thirteen hundred millions. /"
says the Daily Express, -If Germany
is to pay the war indemnity as II is
now fixed. she must export over
soo.000,ooo of goods-more than the
total export Of the world before 1914,
and twice the pre-war export of
Great Britain and Germany combined.
NThe payment OF the indemnity In
the form In which the allied powers
have now arranged-that is, in the
form of cash. which equals manu-
factured goods--is causing consterna-
tion In the city and In the great
manufacturing centers. II Germany,
AS our commercial rival. Is able to
pay. she can only do so at the price
OF running the export trade of Great
Britain. II She sells over 81 500, ,0oO,-
200 worth OF goods to the world at
large. the British export industry, by
which we all live. may as well put
ND its shuttersi There will be moth
ing left over for us
Low EXCHANGE is FAVORABLE.
And this may well happen. The
Germans are working furiously at
low rates OF wages and with the
whole balance of the rate of ex-
change in their favor to capture the
markets of the world. II they sue
ceed in paying the indemnity In this
form. receipt OF the payment will be
curse and not blessing. No cash
can compensate Great Britain for the
loss OF its export trade
The view of the great financial
experts Is that the allied statesman,
and certainly the British representa-
lives, on the supreme council have
way to collect tho indemnity from
was to gather 1t In the
form OF raw material--iron ore. coal,
wood. wood pulp. potatoes. and all
the other products OF the earth and
the depths under the earth.
The Germans would no doubt reply
that IL they accededs to this demand
their own industries would go short
In the raw materials for production.
That a. Ix Il q
ter for us that the German export
trade should be handicapped by
loss of raw materials which would
come to the British workmen for
manufacture, or that II should cap
ture the markets of the world at the
expense of the British emplrel
Every man who advocates a bigger
Indemnity payment from the German
empire today on the cash payment
system II supporting q policy which
will increase unemployment In Eng
land
The Washington times., 1921-06-19
RAINBOW DIVISION
VETS URGE DRAVO
AS COMMANDER
D. c. Delegates to Vote for Old
Sixty-Ninth Officer as
Association Chief.

Camp Rainbow, the summer home OF
District Chapter. Rainbow Division vet
Grams. on the Virginia side Of the Po-
tomac. between Chain and Aaueduct
bridges. Is being used this weekend
for special n,ting of In vts Tn
stead Of the Chapter Dugout on II
street Vice President Elmer a.
Neagle, Past President Edward J. Ma
han. and ]. Bentley Mulford. recently
| elected delegates TO the second annual
convention and reunion of the Forty
seconders at Cleveland, July IA to is,
win receive their final instructions at
the meeting at the Dugout June "a.
Washington representatives at the
convention win put up a strong figh.
for tn lotion of Coloni A. Dravo.
rormr commanding otfIcr of tn IsSth,
New York's old Sixty-ninth, as new
national president Neagle. head of the
District chapter will be nomina ted for
rational secretary, and Muiford for
first vice president
PATIENTS GET OUTING.
Yesterday afternoon Homer Pryor,
chairman of the camp committee, took
to camp a number of the Forty-second's
patients from Walter Reed The pa
tents had been granted overnight
leave so that they might spend the
entire weekend under canvas when not
In the Potomac Among these world
war patients already enthusiastic over
the river home Of the ID. C. chapter arc
Corpl- John Il. Doyle and John Ellison
Doyle. who was severely wounded in
his right arm andleg. Is an efficient
swimmer In spite Of his injuries.
Among the Washington girls who
made nandiaH and col f,x
seconds patients this week were Mis-
Mary v. George, Mra Raymond v.
Robinson. MIRA Mary K Carpenter. and
Mrs Mary L. Galloway. A generous
contribution Of candy boxes to the chap
ter was mace by Stanley Lansburgh
with the compliments Of Lansburgh &
Bros
ARRANGE SUMMER PROGRAM.
The local Rainbow vets are carry
ing on through the hot summer
months In order that the new res
idents or Washington who served in
the Forty-seeond Division may be
able to contact with this chapter ].
Bentley Mulford Is preparing for
wide circulation a series OF Illus
trated posters. Dick Mansfield, the ef-
hcient cartoonist for The washing-
ton Times, has prepared with his
veterans. an illustration to be used
on the nrst of the series OF posters.
h z. Andrews. the president OF r.
r. Andrews Co. has furnished a large
quantity of card board for their
posters.
Miss Alice Robertson. the Okla
homa Congresswoman, recently gave
to the District OF Columbia Rainbow
men her photograph upon which she
had Inscribed: with the wish had
the power to do all that's In my heart
Tor the boys" The veterans will
frame Miss Alioe's" valued picture
and hang IL on one of the wallis of
their dugout Tho only Congress-
woman OF this session OF Congress
she has long been Interested In the
Forty-second Division as her State
was represented In the Rainbow unit
by an ambulance company from
Tulsa.
The Washington times., 1921-06-19
BOY SCOUT TROOP
NO. 1O4IS VICTOR
IN DRILL CONTEST
Winning Outfit Is Presented
Trophy by Ex-Navy Chief.
Camp Starts Saturday.

After tying for FIRST place with
Troop 1o1. Boy Scouts, Troop 1o4
drilled for the second time and de-
feated the boys of 1o1. winning their
annual competitive drill yesterday
morning on the Eliipse. The win
ming troop was presented the trophy
cup awarded by ex-secretary OF the
Navy. Josephus Daniels.
Troop 80, of which Paul CARRIER II
acting scoutmaster. the winner of
the 1890 competition. received third
place with rank of 90 per cent
Ralph Thomas Is scoutmaster of the
winning troop, and Frank Sherwood
scoutmaster of Troop 10l. The
judges were Assistant Superiutend-
ent Of Police Sullivan. Captain Doyle
and Captain Lord.
Today large party of scout
masters win go on the annual out
ing to Camp Roosevelt, on Chesa-
peaks Bay. to inspect the summer
camp of the Washington Boy Scouts
The camp WIN open next Satur-
dny for six weeks season, L. G.
Drake, assistant executive OF the
washington scouts. being In charge
He VIII be assisted by Field Scout
Executive James ID. Hail, serving as
quartermaster and director of the
eommissary. Harrison Matsinger. of
state College, Pa, will be in charge
OF activities. A good army cook
and doctor viii take caro- of the
boys.
The camp has a capacity of 100
scouts week and present indica-
uons are that II win be filled TO
capacity throughout tho season. II
therefore oehooves all scouts. who
are planning to attend camp to
make reservation at the local scout
headquartors In the Davidson build
ing at once.
The Washington times., 1921-06-19
BOY, INJURED WHILE
WATCHING ATTACK DIES

CHESTER, Pa, June 1s.--samueI
Deitch. fifteen years old. son of Jacob
Dcitch. local business man. died
IN the Chester Hospital yesterday
from injuries sustained when struck
py fragment of shell while wit
Messing bomb attack" on the cam
pus OF the Pennsylvania Military Col
lege last Monday night.
Deitch was member Of the grad
uaung class of the Chester High