The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-28
HOSPITAL PATIENT
I BROWNS QUICKLY
A. r. TYLER, ST. PETER, RAN
HALF MILE TO RIVER
DEATH IN THE STREAM
Eluded Watchers and Bottled For
Minnesota; Church Is To
Celebrate.
IsDeciaI to The Free Press

English Lutheran church OF this
city will celebrate its Both anniver-
sary on Sunday, May IA, according
TO the announcement OF Rev. p. n.
Sjogren yesterday. Arrangements
are now being made to stage q
home coming as the main Ieature
of the celebration and more than
80 former communicates will be is
sued invitations.
DR. C. G. Schultz of st. Paul.
northwest director of reconstruc-
ton work Tor ex-service men, and
q former member q the church viii
be the principal speaker. DR.. ]. p.
Uhler, vice president of Gustavus
Adolphus college and one of the
oldest members of the church, will
also Contribute a historical sketch.
Other numbers will be arrange1
later.
A class of ten young people will
be confirmed at the morning serv
ices on that day. At noon, it is
planned to hold basket dinner in
the home coming program will De
staged. DR.. Mathew N. Lundquist
director Of music at the local col
lege, will arrange some special mu-
steal numbers for the program.
The local church was founded
thirty years ago by DIR. John San
der now Of Lindstrom- The present
church quarters were built in 1894.
II now has a membership of 301
communicates.
Miss Lael johnson, contralto OF
s.. Paul, was the soioist at the
meeting of the St Peter musical
club which took place this after
noon at the home of Mrs. William
A Ritz, 20 Walnut street. The
program was as follows: piano duet
Miss Viola Knoll and Mrs. James
Nutter; group of songs. Miss Lael
johnson; piano solo, Clarence
Johnson; solo, Miss Lael Johnson.
and group OF songs by the same
singer. This was one of the most
the club and Miss Johnson.s rendi-
lions were highly praised.
Professor J. W. Kaufman and the
members of the St Peter high
school debating team will leave to-
morrow for Duluth where they are
scheduled to meet the Central high
school to decide the championship
Ut Minnesota The championship
trail high next Tuesday evening.
The St Peter team will uphold the
negative side Of the question:: IRE
Should Control the Price OF Coal
~~Dnring Peace Times. Constitution
atty Granted" The local team
now holds the Southern Minnesota
championship. They won this title
three weeks ago when they defeat
ed Springfield. In the semi finals
they defeated Spring Grove.
The OrioIe club of Augustana col
lege, Rock Island, H., will appear
tonight at a concert at Gustavus
Adolphus college. This is the first
trip by the famous girls choir of
the sister school ever made to this
city.
DR.. A. Greyman, assistant super
intenjent of the Anti Saloon Lea
cipa speaker at the Methodist
church here tomorrow morning.
Owing to a fight between bar
bers, the price of haircuts were
reduced from so cents to 40 cents
today, and shaves from rs to 20
cents. This is the first drop taken
since the break of prices, locally
August LaCroiX was the first to
break the old price rulings and all
Of the other shops are expected to
follow his lead
Euding the pursuit Of attendants
A 2. Tyler, q patient at the St
Peter state hospital, ran half a mile
to the Minnesota river and plunged
TO his death before he could be ov-
ertaken, yesterday forenoon. Al.
though the river has been combed
RnnfinnQllv nf
body has yet been found.
Tyler, in company with a large
number Of patients, was being es-
corted about the grounds for the
customary morning exercise. When
near the east end of the grounds
he bolted through a gate and made
for the river with several attendance
hot In pursuit. He succeeded in
reaching the banks Of the swollen
stream north of the railroad bridge
ahead Of his pursuers and jumped
far OF into the water where he
sank like a stone in his heavy win
ter clothing.
The man. whose home is in St
Paul, has been confined to the local
asylum for some time and had al
ways been considered a model pat
lent. He had never manifested sui
cidal intent and his act cannot be
explained by his attendants. No
blame for the suicide is laid to any
OF the employees.
This is the first suicide among
the inmates of the institution this
year. Nearly every year one or
more unfortunates Is fshed out OF
the stream
A boat was secured Immediately
after the suicide and a searching
party has been combfng the stream
since for the temperance of the
body. The man was dressed in
heavy clothes and wore an over.
coat which acted like a weight to
pull him under quickly. 1t is be.
lieved that the body is still near the
spot where the accident occurred,
and a watch is being kept at the
tends. Relatives of the men have
been notified
More than 700 people attended
the home talent play, Just Molly
presented last night at the opera
house under the auspices of the st.
Peters Parish Guild The play was
directed by Mrs. G. T. Weibezahn
and the caste comprised the fol-
lowing local people: Mrs. Dave
Lloyd, Miss Ethel Erickson. Miss
Evelyn Wingstrand, Mrs. Jos. Brady
Ernest Hallander, Arthur Peterson.
William Haesecke, Matt. z. Shee
han, George Lamberton, Maurice
Laumann, Frank Martin, Miss Pearl
Johnson, Irene Thomas, Anastacia