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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
S|EFERT UNDER ARREST
DENIES THAT HE HIT OFF,
GER LOUIS LILLE
Relates Story of the Suitcase
Incident; He Resents All
lnsinuations

Mike Seifert of Madison Lake, who
was arrested this morning by Deputy
Sheriff Eli Klugherz on the charge d
resisting a police officer, says that he
did not hit Officer Louis Lille on the
"tummy" with suitcase full Of moon
shine. Seifert when arraigned before
Judge Hiram S. Golf in the municipal
court entered a plea of not guilty tc
the charge in the warrant, and his
hearing was set for March 10. at IL
A. NJ. He put up bond of $500 fol
his appearance on that date.
In statement to The Free Press
Mr.. Seifert said that he was not at al
pleased with the letters sent from
Madison Lake to The Free Press in
regard to his adventure with OFFICER
Lille. He intimated that these letters
aad been written in a spirit OF spite
and that there was nothing to the
statement that he left Madison Lake
for Mankato with a suitcase full OF
booze.
. .. Statement of Seifert.
The following is the statement d
Mr.. Seifert:
Did Officer Lille meet you at the
depot?"
Il don't know Officer Lille, but some
short heavy set gentleman came over
asked me if the satchel was full Of
moonshine, and if l was peddling L
i told that / was not peddling booze
but that l had some booze in the sat
chel for myself. The man never plac-
ed me Under arrest or showed me his
star, and never told me that l was un
der arrest. He said come back with
me to the hotel"
You are sure it was not the pc.
lice station, the officer said?"
No, sir, it was the hotel he said
/ kind OF thought that he was po-
lice officer, but he never told me ne
was. We started toward the hotel
and after We had crossed the tracks
l dropped the suitcase, which / was
carrying at the time and ran away III
the alley. He shot either at me or in
the air, but kept on running"
Denies Madison Lake Statement
Those people from Madison Lake
made the statement that / had suit
case full OF booze with me when
left Madison Lake for Mankato.
had no such thing. No one ever look
ed into my suitcase, for l went to the
depot just about five minutes before
the arrival of the train and go
aboard. So you see they could no
tell whether / had moonshine, bricl
or pair of old socks in the grip"
Where did you get the stuff"
IL got it here in Mankato, but d.
not know who the fellow is. i asked
him if he knew where fellow conld
get a drink, and he asked me what
do you want?" He first wanted 8
Sc a quart, but finally said that he
would sell me five quarts at So q
quart. / gave the man my suitcase
and he soon afterwards came back tC
the same corner and handed me the
satchel, containing the moonshine
Yes, drank some of it, but l did moi
make it," said Seifert.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
BOOKINGS FOR DIPLOMAS
Ninety-One Who Will Graduate
At June Term; One In the
Summer

Seniors at the high school have
been checking up their credits with
r. c. Pickett the past week or so and
the list OF those who will graduate in
June is about completed. There are
ninety one who will graduate then
and one who will graduate at the emo
of summer school. OF this entire list
who will not be eligible for entrance
to college without examinations
This means that very few students in
the high school take courses that will
not enable them to go to college il
they change their minds and decide
to go at a later date. College en-
trance requirements have changed
the past few years so that student
from Mankato high school may enter
any of the universities of the middle
west with the following credits
Four years of English, one year OF
Algebra, one year of Plane Geometry
one year of physics or chemistry, and
enough additional units to make a
total OF fifteen. These additional
units are restricted somewhat, but
practically all Of the graduates here
can meet the requirements. Eastern
colleges are much more exacting sc
that students who expect to go east
the very beginning.
Following is the list of the various
candidates for diplomas:
Academic Course-Alice Octavia
Aherns, Gladys H. Baker, Arthur J
Berndt, Iona M. Bertschi, Virginia C.
Brady, Helen M. Buckley, Dorothy A
Coffin, Frances M. Demaray, Herman
e. Drill. Ester M. Durenberger, Mar
quis Fuller, Marie 2; 'Gerlich. Kathe-
Beulah Adele Herrstrom, Martha A
Holden, Marie l. Holden Eleanor
Holbrook, Anna o. Hillbrand, Flossie
E. Jorgenson, Myron o. Jovaag
Elzada F. Juliar, Edith Kelly, Walter
+. Kuehne, Bessie M. Lampart, Belvs
M. NARROW, Kathleen Morgan, Clinton
Morse, ]. Wesley Nelson, Harriet B
Nerboyig, Carl H. Nordgaard, William
T. Paden. Robert Pau. Harold W
mond Scherer, Arlene Snyder, Twyla
Stansfield, Brett M. Taylor. Leaf
Taylor, Norris E. Truax, Trygve T. o
ETrasevig, Stella l.. Ward Mildred
Alice Wagner, Margaret Wise.
! Domestic Science Course.-Ferr
Aul1e, cecil A. BARBER, Helen Boacn
Ester M. Carlson, Ruth E. Drysdale
Mildred Freeman Florence Hartig
Helen Jones, Amanda Kleist. Clara
Kleist, VIOLA Lockwood, Evelyn G.
McGovern,. Aileene Madison, Anna o
Monson, Elmyra L. Nelson, Eliza Mae
Pearson, Averil Prince, Doris Almarie
Scott, Ester e. Stark Evelyn Thomas
Corda B. Weller. E
Industrial Course.-Louise Ander
son, Roy G. Anderson, Ralph H. Cog
geshall, Alice Ellingson, Alfred L.
George, Edwin C.. George, Edith E.
Jones, Martha l.. Kellogg, Walter J.
Swanson, Mark F. Walker, Chester
w. Wood, Sidney E. Wright.
Commercial Course-Walter H
Drewes, Frank s. Endicott, Lawrence
H. Fower, Lynn NJ Geyer, Kenneth
Gollmar, Marvel Jessup, John Klein,
Arnold ]. Martinson, Max j. Smisek,
Ester G. Volk.
Manual Training Course.-Thomas
L. Jones, Herbert L. Kleinschmidt,
Harlow Lack, Verne M Randall.
Mabel E. Johnson enjoys the dis
tinction of being the ony one to grad
uate at the end of summer school this
summer. She will finish the indus
trial course at that time. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
entire CITY WILL move
FLOOD DANGER IN MIAMI
VALLEY THE CAUSE
Town Has $50 Buildings and
Dwellings; The New
Location
[Associated Press Dispatchl

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1
Osborn, o., February 24.-On July
1, If present plans are followed out,
this town of ESQ buildings and dwell
ling will gather up its belongings,
pack up its buildings and start NOV,
ing mile and a half distant. Motion
pictures cameras will grind away,
preserving the unique record of a
whole town sliding away on rail-
road tracks. ~
Osborn has to move, because OF
the danger from flood In the Miami
Valley. 1t had its troubles finding Q
new home as most househunters do
these days. The town Of Fairfield
wanted the plat Osborn had picked
out, and sought an Injunction pre-
venting the latter town from NOV,
ing in.
Judge Hartley at Xenia, however,
the other day dissolved the injunc
ton, and as far as anyone konws
now, there Is nothing more to pre-
vent Osborne from changing its
location.
New Osborn Will Adjoin Fairfield.
The new Osborn will nearly ad-
join Fairfield. Probably Fairfield's
jealousy will extend so far that 1t
will crowd to its windows when
Neighbor Osborn's goods start to
move in and criticise them. Maybe
1t will sniff disdainfully at the color
of some of Osborn's buildings, and
point out with superiority that If it
had to do the moving it certainly
wouldn't move such looking things.
Osborn's people are enthusiastic
about their town, and feel new
lease on life for it, when it gets
moved Business men and officials
are busily planning ways and means
to bring new industries, and start
the building of larger and more
modern. town.
An expert is being sought to sup
ervise the plating of the new site,
which is to start March 1. Three
concerns are seeking the job of re-
moving Osborn. A contract is to be
awarded soon. Plans now provide
for the laying of railroad tracks be-
tween Osborn's old and new home,
and transporting the buildings and
dwellings on specially built railroad
cars.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
Asks For Correction; Given

Fairmont, Mimi, February 81 1921.
TO The Free Press: ! read in your
last weeks paper a piece and / wish
you would rectify 1T when you receive
this. The piece was of death that
occurred at the home of Fred Buck at
317 Franklin street. The piece said
that the woman who died there was a
cousin of Fred Buck, which Is a mis-
take, as the woman was no relative
whatever to him. ! have been MARI.
ed to Fred Buck twenty years and
never knew of this woman only as
girl he went with. Now ask you to
let the readers of The Free Press
know that the woman is no relative
of his or mine, although she had been
living at Mr.. Bucks home around
nine weeks. ] have not lived with
Mr.. Buck or at my home for two
years. The dead woman's name is
May Erickson.-Yours respectfully,
Mrs. Fred Buck.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
MATT coNLEY KILLED.
He Was Struck On Heart As Auto
Went Into Ditch.

He Was Struck On Heart As Auto
Went Into Ditch.
Glendale. February 24.-Matt Con-.
ley of st. Paul was killed instantly
when struck by limb OF a willow tree
over his heart as the Ford car he was
driving left the Jefferson highway
and went into the ditch by the Eber
Randall farm Tuesday afternoon at
five o'clock.
His death occurred instantly. DR..
ErteI was called and the coroner, DR..
Eelby. of Blooming Prairie summoned
and made examination. DIR. Melby
determined an inquest was unneces-
sary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

Baby Girl Born.-A baby girl was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. e. Judd of De-
troit, Mich, Thursday, February 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judd are former resi-
dents of this city. Mr., Judd was an
employee of The Free Press. Mrs.
Judd was formerly Miss Tamborin OF
LeSueur.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

Where Peanuts Come From.
Alabama. Texas and Virginia FUR
nished more than one-half Of the pea
nuts; Wisconsin and Illinois a por
cent OF the clover seed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
SOUTH STATE STORIES

There will be farmers CO opera
tive elevator at st. Peter In the near
future, of which the growers will
have complete control. The need fol
such warehouse win become ap-
parent when the CO. operative grain
marketing plan goes into effect which
is now being formed by the National
Farm Bureau Federation and other
similar farmer organizations.
Eddie M. J. Mortenson of Sioux
Falls, S. D., an Omaha passenger
brakeman between Worthington and
Mitchell, S. d., is now being held al
Luverne, charged with the theft of a
$500 draft, which it is Claimed he
succeeded in cashing through for
gerry. ~
John Longnaker of Hawarden, Iowa
who was charged with stealing a
horse and buggy owned by E. M
Hanna of LuVerne, was sentenced
Saturday by Judge l.. S. Nelson OF
Worthington to an indeterminate term
in the st. Cloud reformatory after
he had entered plea of guilty.
William Marvin Glenwood Carlgren,
thirteen, arrested a week or ten days
ago by Chief of Police w. e. Nc
Naughton on the. charge of robbing
street, saltwater, of small articles,
appeared III juvenile court before
Judge A. E. Doe late Monday after
noon for examination after which he
was ordered committed to the state
training school at Redwing, he being
taken to that ns/ution by Sheriff T.
II. Maher Tuesday morning.
Troy E. Zimmerman, who conducts
the Hotel Fairmont, is going to ask
julius Reihs of Madelia, owner OF
the building, to put on an extension
of twenty rooms on the rear of the
hotel this year. due to growth OF
business.
Hannah Wagner has procured a
divorce of Paul Wagner, which was
given them by Judge Dean. Judge
Dean allowed alimony to the amount
of $4,000 each year. The Judge will
be asked to modify this as Mr. Wag-
ner has shown the court that he
can't raise that amount.
A Shrine club will be organized in
Fairmont. So far thirty three have
already pledged themselves. If fifty
candidates can be obtained Zuhraf,
temple Of Minneapolis will be there
and put on the work.
Miss Ruth Beckjordan, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Beckjordan Of Fair
mont, bookkeeper for the Independ-
ent Grain and Lumber company
to visit her sister. When she re-
that she was busy getting married
at st. Paul, February 81.
At special session of the county
commissioners Of Nicollet county al
the court house Thursday 1t was de-
cided to cut the wages of county
road workers ten cents an hour. The
wage per hour for man and team the
coming year will be sixty cents and
for the man thirty cents.
For the first time a bowling game
was staged at st. Peter Friday by
women. They state they enjoyed
the game very much, and although
somewhat fatigued when It was over
vowed they were going to become
regular fans.
Killed BY Falling Tree.
Lake Benton, Mimi, February "a
William Miller, forty years old, died four
hours after he suffered a fractured skull
when a tree he was telling struck him
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

Troy E. Zimmerman, who conducts
the Hotel Fairmont, is going to ask
Julius Reihs of Madelia, owner OF
the building, to put on an extension
of twenty rooms on the rear of the
hotel this year. due to growth OF
business.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

Hannah Wagner has procured a
divorce of Paul Wagner, which was
given them by Judge Dean. Judge
Dean allowed aIimony to the amount
of $4,000 each year. The Judge will
be asked to modify this as Mr.. Wag-
ner has shown the court that he
can't raise that amount
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

For the first time a bowling game
was staged at st. Peter Friday by
women. They state they enjoyed
the game very much, and although
somewhat fatigued when 1t was over
vowed they were going to become
regular fans.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
Killed BY FALLING Tree.

Lake Benton, Mimi, February "a
William Miller forty years old died four
hours after he suffered fractured skull
on the head.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

At special session of the county
commissioners Of Nicollet county at
the court house Thursday 1t was de-
cided to cut the wages of county
road workers ten cents an hour. The
wage per hour for man and team the
coming year will be sixty cents and
for the man thirty cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

Miss Ruth Beckjordan, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Beckjordan Of Fair
mont, bookkeeper for the Independ-
ent Grain and Lumber company
asked for a few days of last week
to visit her sister. When she re-
turned she Informed her manager
that she was busy getting married
She was married to Lavere Leonard
at st. Paul, February 81.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

A Shrine club will be organized in
Fairmont. So far thirty three have
already pledged themselves. If fifty
candidates can be obtained Zuhrah
temple Of Minneapolis will be there
and put on the work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

John Longnaker of Hawarden, Iowa,
who was charged with stealing a
horse and buggy owned by e. M.
Hanna of Luverne, was sentenced
Saturday by Judge l.. S Nelson of
Worthington to an indeterminate term
in the st. Cloud reformatory after
he had entered plea of guilty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04

Eddie M. J. Mortenson of Sioux
Falls, S. D., an Omaha passenger
brakeman between Worthington and
Mitchell, S. D., is now being held at
Luverne, charged with the theft of a
$500 draft, which it is claimed he
succeeded in cashing through for
gerry. -
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
new DRY RULING out
Limit Taken Off Amount of Liquor
Physician Can Give.
Attorney General Gives Whisky, Beer
and Wine Legal Standing Under
Prohibition Laws.

Wasllington-The government is
without authority to prohibit the man.
ufacture and sale of liquor wines or
beer for nonbeverage purposes, accord
ing to a ruling made by former Attor.
ney General A. Mitchell Palmer and
published by the internal revenue blu.
reau.
The opinion, one of the most com.
prehensive delivered with the question
of prohibition, expressly states there
must be no limitation on the use of
liquors for nonbeverage purposes ex.
cept that prescribed by congress in
limiting the sale of s%pirituous liquors
to one pint for 10 days. The question
of limitation thus, the opinion said, it
left to the good faith of the physician.
Subject to this limitation" the
opinion continued, obviously there
has been committed not to the judg:
ment os the commissioner Of internal
revenue and the secretary of the treas.
ury but to the professional judgment
Of the physician, the question of the
quantity of liquor that may be used to
advantage as a medicine in each case.
las to this question, I think the in
teution was to leave the physician I'm.
fettered by governmental control, but
subject to be dealt with criminally;
and by revocation Of his permit if he
acts in bad faith"
The opinion, existence of which be,
came known Sunday, was signed by
the then Attorney General Palmer, and
was dated March 3.
Commissioner Williams in making
public the opinion did so without com
ment, say that he had not had oppor
tunity to discuss the subject with Pro
hibition Commissioner J. T. Kramer
and therefore had prepared no regula
tons to carry out the construction O.
the law by Mr.. Palmer. He said, how
ever, that the bureau would give the
matter it's immediate attention and ex
pected to prepare some regulations a
an early date.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
URGES RIGID ECONOMY
Mellon Appeals to Nation to Avoid
Extravaganza.
National Budget System Is Vital, Sec.
rotary of the Treasury Asserts
in Statement.

MISUNDERSTANDING Mellon of
the Treasury, in his first official state
nent in the form of a letter to bank
ers, appealed to "the people general
ly" to stand for rigid economy in gov
ernmental expenditures and urged the
immediate establishment of a national
budget system.
The new Treasury secretary in his
letter discussed the nations financial
conditions, declaring that the show
ing made in the last eight months
had been particularly encouraging"
There are, however, heavy drains to
come on the Treasury this month and
next, he said, and these require the
fotation Of more short term certifi-
Gates of indebtedness, announcement
Of which he made .co-incident with
the letter to the bankers.
"Country's Finances Sound"
THE nation cannot afford extravag-
ance," Mr.. Mellon asserted. Figures
on current operatings Of the govern.
ment show that the country's finances
are sound but that the situation calls
for the utmost economy.
"The heavy requirements of the gov
eminent on account of necessary ex-
penditures, including interest and
sinking fund on the public debt, and
the maturity Of $500, O00, 900 in short
dated debt in the next two years or
whereabouts, make it imperative that
the greatest care and economy be ex-
ercised in matters affecting govern
ment expenditures.
The people generally must become
more interested in saving the gov
erhment's money than in spending it.
A thorough-going national budget sys-
TEN must be established and the gov
ernment's expenses brought into rela-
ton to its income
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
ATTACKS PREMIER'S POLICY
Labor Member Challenges Lloyd
! Georges Stand Toward Germany.

London-The decisions of the SUI
preme Council were lengthily dis
cussed in the House of Commons.
Main interest centered in a duel be-
tween John Robert Clynes, Labor mem
Der and former food controller, and
Premier Lloyd George. Mr.. Clynes, in
behalf of the Labor party, challenged
the premier's change of attitude in
having previously declared that repara.
tions were only possible by restoring
Germany's economic position. but now
agreeing to military coercion, "a pol,
icy which could only mean greater un
employment, greater debts and greater
taxation
Mr.. Clynes %contended that the Allies
acted precipitately in refusing to grant
Germany delay to make fresh propos.
ais. He thought they might have in.
.voked the aid of the United States as
.arbiter in a matter of this kind.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
HERRICK TO GET PARIS POST
Henry Lane Wilson is Mentioned for
Ambassadorship to Itaty,

Westinghouse the new administra-
tion settles down to a working basis
both President Harding and his chief
advisers are giving increasing atten-
ton to the country's foreign relations.
The nearest approach to an actual
diplomatic choice is understood to be
Myron T. Herrick of Ohio for ambas-
sador to France, a post from which he
resigned early in the first Wilson ad.
ministration. Another who is regard
ed as virtually certain to return to the
service is Henry Lane Wilson of In
diana, former ambassador to Mexico,
who is mentioned most often in con
nection with the enthusiastically to
italy.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
Meeting Will First Be Held With
Employees In an Attempt to
Reach an Agreement.
May Be LEFT TO BOARD
If Roads and Workers Are Unable to
Compromise on Reduction the Dis
putes Will Be Allowed to Go
Before U. S. Labor Body.

Chicago-Wage reduction proposals
affecting thousands Of men were Off.
cially announced by practically every
Western railway with headquarters in
Chicago. among them being the Santa
Fe, the St. Paul, the Chicago Great
Western. the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific, and the Chicago & North
Western.
The roads will first hold meetings
with their employees in an effort to
reach some agreement regarding a re-
duction in wages. If the roads and
workers are unable to reach agree
ments, the disputes, it was announced,
would be allowed to go before the
United States Railroad Labor board.
"Wages Must Come Down."
Wages must come down." said A.
G. Wells. vice president of the Santa
Fe system. Everybody knows that.
We will in a few days, as a start in
a general readjustment, ask represen-
tatives of maintenance Of way and
shop workers, especially the unskilled
workers. to come to Chicago and agree
to a more seemly wage SCALE"
The Rock Island line sent letters to
labor representatives of its mainte-
nance of way and shop employees ask.
ing that they meet with officials of
the road here March p to discuss a
readjustment of wages. Officials said
that they had not determined the per-
centage of decrease they would pro.
pose.
The Chicago and North-W Western
likewise notified its maintenance of
way employees to meet here March 10
for a discussion of wage readjustments,
1t being announced that the railway
officials would enter the conference
with flexible proposals in the hope of
obtaining an immediate agreement for
a readjustment.
The date of the Great Western rail-
road meeting will be announced later.
N. Y. Central to Cut Pay.
The New York Central railway an
anounced that beginning April 16 it
would revise downward the wages of
approximately $4,000 employees. 1t is
understood the subsidiary lines, form
ing a system which employs 174,000
men, or almost one-tenth of the rail-
way workers in the United States, soon
will follow the lead of the parent or
g%anization.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
Five Year Program Nears End.

The 1,416.1 miles of highway built
and projected for North Dakota for the
hve-year period from March, 1917, to
jane, 1922, represent an expenditure
of $500, 773.32.
Six hundred and two-tenths miles
have been built with state and federal
aid, 1916 with state aid, 20s.3 are re-
quested projects, and preliminary esti-
mates have been made on 56S miles,
One hundred thirty-four projects are
reported in various stages of compile
ton. The q completed represent a
cost Of $$3,o4s,O5O.75.