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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
GUILTY PLEA GIVEN
BoWerman and Goldberg Were
Before the Court; Others
-, Appear Also

Oscar Bowerman of Decatur, ILL.,,
and Henry Colberg of Danville, ILL.,, ar
rested by Mankato police last week
on the charge of grand larceny in the
second degree. and later bound over
to await the action of the grand jury
on that charge, appeared before Judge
w. l. Comstock in the district, court.
Yesterday afternoon. 1t is understood
that both young men are willing to
plead guilty to the charge but have
no money with which to employ an at
torney to represent them in court. the
young men were given until October
"a, at ten o'clock to communicate with
their parents. Should they not receive
money from home, the state will fur
nish an attorney for their defense.
Meantime they have been remanded
to the custody of Sheriff Anton Os-
ten.
It will be remembered that Bower
man and Goldberg stole suit of clothes
a pair of shoes and other belongings
of Leonard Booth, colored porter In
Peck e. Jahen's barber shop, and sold
the lot to local see0ndhand dealers
p. G. Weber, arrested some time
ago by the Mankato police on the
charge of uttering a check on bank
without having funds there to meet it,
appeared in the district court yester-
day and entered plea Of guilty to
the charge. He was represented in
court by Attorney John Klaseus. The
defendant was sentenced to three
months at hard labor in the county jail
with the privilege of making appli-
cation for parole. In the meantime he
is remanded to the custody of Sheriff
Osten. d. A. Wyman of Vernon Cen
ter was the man who swore to the
complaint against Mr.. Weber
Clark Boucher, a former bartender,
at "Ben's Place" on North Front street
who was recently arrested on the
charge of selling intoxicating liquor
in violation of the Volstead act, also
appeared before the district court. He
was remanded back to the sheriff in
order to give him time to secure the
necessary bond of $500 for his release
until the November term of the dis
trict court. "s.-N h."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
DAIRY CENTER SAILS CONFAB ON STRIKE
Event AT the Livestock Rail Factions In Chicago
Pavilion On ss.sr., rs .uo1s ,os o.o Conferences
L SoqL
HELPING THIS COUNTY
Smoker Is to Be Held At, Saul
pauoh Hotel In the
Evening

The cattle are nearly all in Tor the
two day Dairy Center sale to be held
Thursday and friday in Mankato. The
balance viii be II late this afternoon.
A. H. Dahlke pf Austin arrived this
morning wiz oarload of good cat
tie. Adams Hf<s nfs Dwatonna brought
In Is head f4at<Were selected from
J. 1. clarI 81 lake Crystal is in
with two head. q. u. Lashbrook. Nels
Parsons, J. M.fzJatk, Overstrud Bros.
j. M. Pundersou. 81 Northfield, and
Edw. Fleckenste Of Faribaul, will De
in with two Car loads this afternoon
from Rice County.
There are same big, fine, heavy pro-
ducing cows IN the barn, also a nice
lot of ryearlinss two year Odds and
three year olds, and more coming
Many people from the city and coun
ty have been IT % view the cattle and
learn more abopt them, and all who
have not alre1{y seen the cattle are
invited to visit the sales pavilion on
the fair sroun&k This evening and to-
morrow mornirl$ The men in charge
will be, glad to rive any information
desired Sev6fai from the city have
remarked at thu courteous treatment
accorded them BY the breeders at the
pavilion. and the willingness with
which information Is given regardless
Of whether the visitors are interested
in purchasing auycattle or not.
~ Sale. MANS Much
:. This sale means much to Blue Earth
County and Mankato. Every merchant
and business man is invited to come
out and see these real dairy cows and
boost for this great Dairy Center Sale,
as each and every<Qne In business IN
this locality is directly interested In
the success OF the dairy business. and
business men and bankers have ex-
pressed ,thems6iT YES Fl s lc< hQpRd
remain Is 81 Lie EkFs6 eo6st
From the interest shown. a large
crowd will be present at the smoker
and get together meeting at the Saul
paugh Hotel tomorrow evening. Every
one is cordially invited to come, and
bring their friends with them. This is
real opportunity for the people of
Mankato to stimulate, by their CO.
operation, a greater interest in the
dairy business, which means more to
any community than any other one
thing. AS one banker put it. "our re :
cords show which customers are milk
ing cows and which ones are not"
Owing to the low cost of feed there
never was time In the history of
the country when there was as great
an opportunity to make large pro
fit from the dairy business as there is
today. Support Blue Earth county
Mankato, and the Barry business by
your presence at the sale and smoker.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21

propose to pass along to the public In
reduced freight rates. This puts the
situation up TO the public, which ex-
ercises the balance of control on the
railroad labor board. LII the public
wants reduced rates, its representa-
tives on the labor board have the OPP
portunity to secure them by granting
such wage reductions as will make re-
duced rates possible.
"The cuts in wages which the man
agements propose that the railroad Ia
Dor board shall authorize are these:
that wages of train service employees
be reduced sufficiently to remove the
remainder of the increase granted by
the labor boards decision of July 20
1920 (which would involve further
reduction in the wages Of this class OF
labor approximately ten per cent?
and reduction for all other classes
of labor to correspond the wages be-
ing paid for similar work In the ter
ritories in which the railroads operate
Public Should Understand
st Is most important ahat the pub
lie understand clearly the issue in
volved in the order for general rail-
way strike which has been formula
ted by the railway labor brotherhoods
"The issue is one of vital concern
.toxthe public. Railway arrangements
are not trying to escape their respon-
sibilities In calling attention to tina.
fact. We are conscious of Our obi
cations to the public, and we shall
make everykeffort to fulfill those obi
cations Should the threatened strike
take place. we shall do our utmost to
|Ipe 511esEi g VT izing TO the full.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
Getting Ready For
Antics of the Fliers

The merchants of .Mankato
are getting ready for three days
cut price sales they will run
simultaneously with the three
day aeriel carnival of the Veter-
an Fliers' circus that is billed to
appear in this October 81, %,
and 20. Captain Smith of the
circus is in the city today on
business for the organization
while other members of the
company are exhibiting in
Dows, Iowa, Hastings, Neb., and
Aberdeen, South Dakota. At the
time of the /Mankato carnival
all members will gather here to
make the Mankato show one of
finest ever staged. Wing walk
ing and parachute jumps by
George "Comet" Wright and
Farley Speed" Hennesy will
feature their programs. All
acrobatics will be performed at
an altitude not to exceed 800
feet affording clear view to all
spectators assembled in the bus
mess district.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
HEAR IRISH AFFAIRS
Northern Government Delayed
In Functioning ;Today's Prob
lens Before Body
lAssociated Press Dispatchl

London, October 19.-Irish affairs
will probably be discussed in the
house of commons next Tuesday,
through the declared willingness OF the
government to allot one day to the
Irish situation il the house should ex-
press general desire for such dis
cussion.
Charles Curtis Craig, representative
for South Antrim, declared in the
house yesterday, that James Craig, the
Ulster premier, and other Belfast min
listers had asked him to press the gov
eminent to give an opportunity to con
slider the position of Ulster. He said
he wished especially to take up the
delay encountered in handing over the
administrative departments of the III
ster government to the New Belfast
parliament.
Ulster men and their sympathizers
here are concerned over the anomalous
position of the northern government
which has as yet not begun to func-
ton, and is. in fact, merely paper
government
Bills For Unemployed
The movement to re- organize the
Ulster volunteers at Belfast, is said
in some unionist quarters here to
nave Deen 1nltlateQ from below, ana
no wise to have been Influenced by
the Ulster government.
Austen Chamberlain. government
leader in the house OF comons, was
ready today to introduce four bills
dealing with the unemployment sit
uation. One would concern export
credits and foreign exchange, another
would provide for small personal tax
would deal with taxes, while the thirl
which would create a fund for un-
employment insurance. The fourth
would concern the un employment sit
uation in Scotland.
employment situation In Scotland.
Prime Minister Lloyd George was
expected to appear beinre the house
today and outline the cabinets policy
relative to meeting the problems
growing out of business stagnation in
Great Britain.
Jobless Situation Bad.
The situation In England as re-
CARDS trade and unemployment, IL
worse than at any time since the
end of ire Napoleonic wars, declared
Prime Minister Lloyd George in the
house of commons today In outlining
the governments policy on these two
subjects.
AT present. ne said. there are L.
10000 persons unemployed. and
added that the greatest unemploy-
ment, to the extent OF IL Per cent,
wn< derrc~a'ivir~ z
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
Sixteen Students
Canned From "U''

ASSOCIATED Press Disratch.I
Minneapolis, October 1e.-Six-
teen sophomore men of the en-
cheering college of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota were notified
by Edward e. Nicholson, dean
of student affairs, that they are
suspended from the university.
The action of the dean student
affairs came after an investiga-
ton of reported hazing of fresh
men. II was found that the men
notified Of suspension today
captured several first year men
who were on their way to classes,
tied them to trees and painted
their faces. Under a university
ruling hazing is permitted only
one day when the authorized class
fight Is held. The engineering
sophomores were four days ahead
of the authorized time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
SHOW QUITE TAME.
Cowboys, So Called From
West Put On 'FIiWer'
HOLD-UP WAS TO LAUGH
"Punchers" Couldn't Twill
Lasso and the Riding Was
Some Punk Stuff

The three cowboys from Wy
oming who were in Mankato yes
terday, without laying any claim
10 being bad men or wild west
performers, were called upon 20
put on a frontier demonstration
and with more than, good nature
agreed to furnish amusement for
local citizens. II is hardly nee
essary TO add that everyoAe had
a good time at the party north
of the Saulpaugh and no harm
part was only to furnish a little
fun and II Is feared that the
event may have been taken too
seriously by, some people
Shades of Buffalo Bill and the other
celebrities of the pioneer days who
excelled in the manly arts of rough
riding, rope throwing, craftsmanship
and putting on mold up parties for the
purpose Of relieving coach travellers OF
their yaluables! The late lamented
Colonel Cody would have writhed in
his grave had he been able to see the
wild west performance" given here
by "Wildhorse Slim" 'Flapjack' Steel
and "Mulligan Pete" three men who
Jackson's Hole, Wyoming, and are
riding to New York city on freak
wager and are to arrive there before
J2udary /.
The show opened forty minutes late
Yesterday afternoon on the open
ground just north of the Saulptugh
with an attempted fancy roping act
by the redoubtable "Mulligan Pete.
The rope proved stubborn and after
repeated failures on sSe part of the
cowboy to get a sign of a loop out of
the hemp, "Wildhors Slim" dis
mounted from the poor old Dobbin he
was riding and took charge of, the
rope features.
Something Slipped Again.
Here the big crowd, assembled for
little taste of the life in frontier
days, edged up bit closer as the act
Continued On Page Seven.)
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
LIVING COSTS DROP
Statistics Have Been Gathered From
Thirty Two Cities
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1

Washington, ID. c., October H.
Based on statistics for thirty two
cities, the cost of living decreased
II per cent from last May to Sep
tsm ,aI and Isl from June, 1920 to
nounced today by the bureau Of lab
or statistics.
The figures showed the cost of liv-
ing in the country in September to
be 77.3 per cent higher than the av-
erage for the year 1913. The In
.creases yere itemized as follows
Food 53.1 per cent, clothing 92.1 per
cent; housing so per cent; fuel and
light 80.7 per cent; furniture 124.7
per cent, and miscellaneous 1918
per cent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
Husband Must Pay
Wife Big Board Bill

New YORK, october 1s.-Justlce
Asp. I IN tne Sroo Ky supreme
Robertson, Brooklyn, a verdict of
$10,475 the amount of family board
bill for $50 weeks rendered by Mrs.
Robertson. The verdict was grant
ed by, default when the husband
failed to answer an action brought
by her. The award represents the
amount Mrs. Robertson says she
spent for the support and mainte
nance of herself and her three child
rem over period of fifteen years.
Mrs. Robertson says that since jan
uary 1, 1906, her husband has given
Ter but $3.50 and that he abandoned
her October IL, 1909.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
COUPLE BOUGHT PLANE
Aged Man Purchased Flying Machine
For Young Bride
TIInitad PrasS DisDa tcf11

ST. Paul, October 19.-George Scher-
merhorn, aged fifty, brought his seven
teen year old bride to this city Tues
day on a shopping trip, They did not
buy mahogany furniture. not a kitchen
cabinet. but they did purchase an
airplanc The couple are from the lit
tie cross country town Of Predmore.
0lmstead county. Mrs. Schermer-
horn Is an aviatrix and. does a thrill
ing arop from a speeding airplane N
4 parachute Their machine was de
livered to them at Rochester, by Ray
Miller one Of the ayiators from Curtis
field.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
WILL AID RECALL

Governor Preus Will Help Defeat
Nonpartisans In North Dakota
United Press Dispatchl
st. Paul, Octaber Governor j..
A. o. Preus will leave Sunday night
for North Dakota to take part IN the
recall campaign now being conduct
ed by the independents Of that state
against the present state 0fncials.
against the Nonpartisan officer hold :
ers. He will speak Monday "a Il.
mour, Lisbon, Enderlin and valley
City; Tuesday at Steele. and lanes
town; Wednesday at Beedh. aud
Dickinson, and Thursday at 11andan
and Bismarck. 81
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
BRINTON WAS ASSAHED
Former Aid To Townley Has Band
ages Oter His Optics.

ages Oter His Optics.
Devils Lake, N. D., OCTOBER 81.
w. Brinton, ti-Nonpartisan league
lecturer, and former secretary of A.
c. Townley, arrived here wearing
neavy bandages over badly battered
right eye. He reports that just before
starting his lecture at Cando he
went into dressing room and that
bystander followed him, inquiring
his name When Brinton told him.
the stranger at once hit him in the
eye, he says. The men clincNed, but
were separated.
Mr.. Brinton says i~"uiry revealed
that the stranS<r who had hit him
was Carl Nelson, a former editor of
the Cando Record, a Nonpartisan, and
a brother of the famous Battling
Nelson" After the assault, Brinton
gave his lecture, and refused to
swear out a complaint against Mel
SON, but others did, with the result
that Nelson was arrested and fined
$50. He is understood to have ap-
pealed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
SCOTT AGAIN CHOSEN
Winona Man Heads Minnesota Re
tail Dry Goods Men
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl
Minneapolis, October I'm. N.
Scott of Winona was unanimous re>
elected president of the Minnesota
Retail Dry Goods Association, today
at its semi annual meeting at the
West Hotel, Minneapolis. A. F.
Young Lake City was reelected
treasurer of the organization, and c.
"A, Choate, ~of Winona was reappoint-
- secretnsv n Mr. Soott
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
TourIno Gar Stolen.

A Ford touring car, 1919 model, was
atolen sometime Tuesday night from the
west of Kiester. The car belonged to
Andrew Burkhow and was 10 have been
s2ld at the auction sale 6f the Btrkhow
ptoptfty ia the day following its disap-
Insane last June and taken 70 ST. peter
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
AUTO CRASH FATAL
One Killed and Three Severely
Injured In Minneapolis
Accident ~.
limited Press Dispatchl

UNITED Press DlSpatchJ ="
Minneapolis. October 19.-Gust Berg
is dead and three others severely I'm
jured following an auto crash in which
an eighteen inch telephone pole was
broken off. Those injured were: J..
o. Johnson of Minneapolis, Charles
Dowham and his sister, Mrs. Helen
Gustofson. Deputies siezed Johnson,
the driver Of the car, after finding a
quantity of liquor in the car. All four
occupants had been drinking accord
ing to the statements of detectives,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
STONE ASKS QUERY
Criticise Late Stand To Find Out
Usefulness Rail Labor Board.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

Z III
: Cleveland, October 19.-Why has
not the Washington administration
long ago taken the position that ii
intends to find out whether or not
United States labor board is a
useless public body" Warren S.
Stone. president of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers. asked to-
day in a statement in which COM
ment is made on press reports that
leaders and the board at Chicago,
tomorrow. is to develop the answer
to this question.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
JEWEL WAS LOST

Bride Is Minus Very Valuable Dia-
mond LavelIiere IN
AS Mr.. and Mrs. Osmand McCabe,
married yesterday were leaving the
Omaha station last night for q
honeymoon trip to st. Paul, the
a number of friends at the station
to bid the goodbye and in the rush
the trryo. roc lost.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
IMPOSE HUGE fine
Thirty-Three Fire Insurance
Companies Must Pay So, 500,-
600 To Mississippi
[Associated Press Dispatch

jackson, Miss. October 1s.--Chan.
cellor v. j. Strecker issued q decree
in the Kinds county chancery court
imposing, fines aggregating nearly 3d.
100000 on fire insurance companies
formerly doing business in this state
Thirty three companies were fined
$195.875 each. Others were lined
from $1,000 upwards.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
Belgium Accepts lnvltatlon
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatoh ]

WASHINGTON, D. O., 0ctchor IL
Formal acceptance by Bel8lum Of
at the opening Of the Washin& 81 o6a-
ference, was received today III 3{ke
state department s. s s. !: = y q q &
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
WINTER is PRESIDENT
Made Head of Old Peoples Home
Board, Belle PLANE

Board, beITc Elaine
The board of trustees OF the Luth-
eran Old Peoples Home at Belle
PLANE held it's annual meeting last Sat
urday. The following officers were
elected. President. Rev. Albert +.
Winter, Mankato vice president. Hon.
William Poppenberger, st. Paul; sec.
rotary. Rev. AID. Frey, Jordan; treas
urer Joseph Kulschek, Belle PLANE.
This home is the property of the Joint
Evangelical Lutheran synod of Wis
consin Minnesota and other states. ard
is in a very flourishing condition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21
TRAIN WAS HELD UP
Lone Bandit RifIed Safe On the
Dominion Fast
Express
rAssociated Press G;spatch.l

ASSOCIATED Press Iispatch.1
Moose Jaw, Sask, October ia
bandit today held up the Dominion
Express messenger on the Van Cou-
ver- Toronto express between Swift
Current and Moose Jaw. rif1ed the
safe and dropped from the moving
cars. Railway officials are checking
up 10 determine how much loot was
obtained.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-21

; Chicago, October 19.-The first of
a series of conference in Chicago at
which representatives of all fac
lions in the railroad strike situation
may decide the outcome OF the strike
cali issued by the big four brother
<..,a1S5s ffr f>olohar ii, nefssiil hare tr, =
The New York herald., 1921-03-18

preparations as compared to Britatn's It
Is idle 70 say that we are promoting hos
tility between the two countries, ne
said. II heard that sort of talk before
the war with Germany"
Then Sir Edward Carson interjected
bitter demand that if il was true that
Great Britain was taking second place
TO America she ought to tell the British
leople what is occurring. Tell the En-
pire," he said. Tell them there Is an
other naval Power which might interrupt
the great highways Of the Empire and
let them see what they will do TO pre-
vent the greatest catastrophe that could
ever happen"
But Lady Astor was more confident
She said that although there was some
suspicion as to Americas intentions. war
between the two countries was incon-
ceivable. She said that Great Britain
at the height of her naval supremacy
had shown wonderful spirit in refusing
20 build against America and suggested
that il was Americas turn now TO prove
that she was the righteous nation that
President Harding declared her to be.
The New York herald., 1921-03-18

on record as willing 10 see Great Britain
fall back to equality with the United
States in command of the seas or even
take second place.
Sir James Craig defended the naval
policy as already outlined, and an
nounced that one submarine and one
mine layer. both embracing the latest
features and newest experimental ideas
were included with the programme of
laying down four capital ships OF the
Hood type this year.
The Hood is an oil burning ba tile
cruiser Of 41.20o tons displacement and
Of 44,6o0 with a full load. Besides eight
15 inch guns, she carries twelve 5ia inch
guns and four anti-aircraft guns, four
three Founders and Ave machine guns.
She also has two submerged torpedo
tubes and four which are above water
The vessel has a complement OF I f,475
men.
Sir James said newspaper reports IN.
dicated that the United States also had
come TO the conclusion that the present
state of naval science did not warrant a
departure fro mreliance on capital ships
4. =. Would Excel Brita N.
Col. Archer-Shee, in moving for the
amendment instructing the Admiralty
70 plar TO equal any other Power, de-
clare5 that In 1925 the United States
viii have seventeen capital ships, which
vii, make Great Britains entire fleet
obsolete and "for the first time in CEN
turtles we would take our place as the
second naval Power of the world"
Discussing the possibilities Of con-
fiict between Great Britain and the
United States he alluded to the "propa-
ganda at present raging around between
US and America" at which Lady Astor
interjected
'rhe Irish Roman Catholics"
To this Col. Archer-shee answered:
Yes, | am sorry to say the church
TO which I belong is one of the offenders
in America, but II is only one"
Sir Frederick Banbury gave perhaps
the sharpest tone to the debate by re-
marking that he was a heavy holder Of
German per cents. at which Sir
Edward Carson interjected
Yes, you got out in time"
Yes, answered Sir Frederick IL
sold out because Germany was going in
for big naval programme. which con-
sidered would be directed against US.
and am afraid something of the same
sort might happen over again"
Mr.. Asquith, while attempting 10 mini
mize the possibility of friction with
America, declared it was not wrong to
discuss American preparation because
America had not nesitared to discuss her