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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
Hunters Find Body
Old Hermit In Woods
Mystery Surrounds Death OF Old
Man Who Lived BY Self In
New Jersey.
tAssociated Press Dispatch /

Egg Harbor, N. J., October 25.--
Two duck hunters today found the
body Of John Ditch, an eighty year
old hermit, whose life, since he NOV
ed into the woods near here almost
q half century ago, has been . lnys.
terry pitch's death ID equally rnys.
terious. Two deep cute IA the
wrists are the only marks on the
body. These cuts, In the opinion Of
the police, were not serious enough
to cause death OF themselves. They
suggest that the hermit may have
been struck by An automobile or at.
tackled.
In the trousers pockets the hunt
ers found 1856 In worn paper money
and small amount OF silver. A
pocket OF the worn coat contained a
bank book which showed the hermit
had q $500 balance. He spent his
time IN wood chopping and working
for the saw, mills near his home.
In winter he hunted, picked holly
and sold cranberrfes.
Ditch spoke French and English.
A saw mill boss from Canada occa-
sionally had long talks with the her
NIT in French. From the talks it
developed that Ditch (which the saw
mill boss said was not the hermit's
right narne) had become involved in
some sort Of an affair while an OIL
Ger in the French army after the
war of 1870,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
Minnesota Voters
Urged To Register
Chairman Adams Issues Appeal For
FulfIllment Of Duties, As
Citizens.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch,l


st. Paul, October 25.-Chairman
Charles r. Adams of the republican
state central committee today is
sued the following statement ap-
pealing to voters to register for the
November election:
1.-THE great danger in this cam
paign IS apathy. IT is a startling
fact that $4,000 taxpayers of Min
neapolis have not registered for the
general election of November Z.
These we know of and we do not
know how many more thousands
who are not on the tax rolls may be
also delinquent.
1.-THE same, situation prevails in
other Minnesota cities of the first
class which require registration in
order that the citizens may voteH
THE radical forces which threat
ened to capture Minnesota in pre-
vious campaigns are Just as active
as they were two years ago and are
conducting just as powerful a drive
for the elective offices of Minnesota.
Apathy on the republican side is
their greatest weapon.
THE first duty of every citizen at
this time is to register, the second
to vote on Tuesday, November T."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
NEW VOICE SYSTEM
Dumb People Taught To TaIk
Through Use Piano And Bass Drum

Dumb People Taught To Talk
Through Use PIANO And Bass Drum
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Jacsonville, Ill.,, October 90
Voices FOR those born to. silence
are being developed through a new
system including the use of a piano
and a bass drum at the Illinois
State School for the Deaf here, &C
cording to Col. 0. G. Smith, man
aging officer. Col Smith, who in
troduced the system said that pup
even those of their own voices, are
taught to speak by, feeling sound,
and that the school Isl graduating
pupils VINO can speak as well as
persons who can hear.
by getting Impressions OF SCUM
vibrations to the brain through the
sense of touch" Col Smith explain
ed, "and establishing the association
between feeling and the tone and
its PRODUCTION, variety and tone
COL. can be perceived, with the
YotsHf sounds whichs are the music
OF speech, while the consonants are
the noises
First exercises which awaken the
sense of tone in the deaf, as ex
planned by Col. Smith, are perform
ed by having the pupil stand by the
piano or drum and place his hinge
tips lightly upon the instrument.
Then high and low chords are
struck for the purpose OF raising
and. lowering the voice. ThiY gives
pitch. 49,.
The pupil receives the idea OF
rhythm by vibrations felt through
the piano case, the drum and als"
through the floor. The idea of &C
cent comes by heavier or lighter
viba atoms, the regular beat in mus :
ical measure compared to the &C
cented beat forming a basis for &C
cent in words.
From these primary beginnings
the pupils are advanced to wher"
infection. phrasing and continuity
are peEceived. They learn rhythms
FOR skips, runs, marches, simple
dances and songs, and advanced
pupils can read poetry aloud with
smooth rhythmical accent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
COURT AT WAsEcA
Number of Liquor Cases To TAX,
Up Time of Tribunal

Number of Liquor Cases To Take
Up Time Of Tribunal
waseca, October 2S.-An unusual
case will be tried in district court this
fall when the grand jury returned
an indictment against Clarence
Oftedahl from near Pemberton and
Otto Lang Of Blue Earth county,
charging them with conspiring to
transport and sell intoxicating H.
quor in Waseca county. 1t is
claimed by the prosecuting off
Gals that the liquor was made in
Blue Earth county by Otto Lang
and was transported into .Waseca
conviction can be had on these
ditions new grounds will be broken
legally and 1t will strengthen the
hands Of the prosecuting attorney
who is trying to enforce the law in
his county and>who must meet with
the traffic coming in from other
counties
The grand Jury returned six 9th
er indictments last Wednesday ev-
ening. Raymond Anderson was in
ticted for selling liquor to Lloyd
Manthes June II, 1922.
Art Westphal from near Pember
ton was indicted for selling liquor
to Herbert Fratzke at a dance at
Waldorf June II, 1922.
An indictment was turned in
charging Walter Stavenau' with
grand larceny In the first degree
ana charges him with stealing $50
chickens from Mrs. Adams on Au-
gust 8.
Elmer Wobschall is charged with
grand larceny in the second de-
gree.
The grand fury returned en- in
dictment against William and John
Mcclure. They are charged with
perjury in connection with liquor
case in the last March term OF
court.
The case Of Mrs Caroline Larson
against the Northwestern Railw;
company was settled out Of court
for the sum OF $500. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Larson was
killed in railroad accident last
sTnmAr
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
Big Postal Spindle
Nipped In The Bud
Man Arrested In Minneapolis BY
Federal Agents And Letters
Containing $4,000 Seized

b<>Ar%S~~t-SSA a fSSS ASsopHeSaAsl 81
Minneapolis. October 25!--With
the arrest of Joseph Schwindemann
and the seizure of letters containing
$4,000. in checks( and money or
ders, r. M. Hugdal. postal Inspector,
believes he has nipped an aiieges
swindle that in a few weeks might
have grown to vast proportions.
Schwfnd emann, he said, will be
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud
schwindemann, 1t Is alleged.
out thousands of circulars to auto
mobile owners throughout In
United States under the name of
the Ddlnnd Tire company, alleged to
be bankrupt, Offering various makes
Of tires at greatly reduced prices.
The tires, the circular said, would
be SHIPPED on approval but as an
evidence OF good faith, prospective
customers must send 81 a tire to
cover the cost Of Grating. Orders
were limited to six tires to a Gus
toner.
when Mr.. Hugda investigated
he reported. he found the man fair
iy buried nj mail, most of the let :
tiers containing enclosures Of mo
ey orders or checks, but there were
no tires to be seen. Schwindemann
was arrested yesterday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
FRIsKEY TELLS HER STORY
Declares That He Did Not Drink
From Proffered Bottle

Declares That He Did Not Drink
From Proffered Bottle
o. w. Friskey of st. >9fair takes
exception to the statement that Of
ficer Frank Bienapfl of the Mankato
police force caught him drinking
from a battle on Front street in this
city at three o'clock Sunday morn.
ing. According to the statement 4
Mr.. F,riskey to The Free Press a
bootlegger came along just as
Friskey and Ray Fitzioff arrived
from a dance and handed pop bot
tie containing moonshine to Fitzloff
who took drink of the liquor and
then offered the bottle to Mr.. Fris-
key, but the latter, SO he claims.
threw the bottle to the curb. He
did not drink any Of the c6litclt
so he said. Just about that. tim
Officer Bienapf1 hove in sight and
arrested Fiiskey and Fitzloff, but
the moonshiner escaped, stated
E'riskey. Neither of the young men
knew the bootlegger. The young
men were not intoxicated, so Mr..
Ffiskey claims, and Mr.. Friskey y
not drank any intoXicants. The dis
orderly charge was based on TIE
fact that Fr.iskey had thrown bottle
ON the street, and in order to
avoid further trouble the young men
pleaded guilty to the charge prefer
red and paid fines.
There is city ordinance at the
present time which forbids the
throwing of glass on the streets,
and a punishment for the offense A.
provided
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
MANKATO FREE PRESS
Winona Man Is Held
For Shooting Brother
Quarrel Between TIVE Started In
Soft Drink Parior, Which led
Up To Use Gun
Associated Press ptspatch. ]

Winona, Mimi, OCTOBER sS.--Joe
Elk, twenty six Alderman, is held
without charge today by gWinona
police while tiey investigate lcir :
,cumstances surrounding the shoot.
ing of his brother, John Elk thirty.
seven, q yardman q the Chicago
Northwestern railway division
shops in this city shortly before
midnibht last night John Elk Is In
the hospital with shotgun wounds IN
his right forearm and side. His In
juries are not believed serious.
Police said that Joe Elk told
them that he had been beaten up
by John in Q soft drink saloon ear.
lier in the evening and that he had
obtained a shotgun and laid In wait
for John a. his brother was on his
W ay to work at midnight.
81 am the one that shot him and
I'm not sorry for 1t either" Joe. is
alleged to have told police. HE
beat me up first for nothing and I
meant to kill him"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
CHARGE POLITICAL MIXTURE
Albert Paefender Claims He Ia
NOTHING TO % With Manaeement,

ALBERT Paefender Claims He Has
Nothing TO % With Manassment.
New Ulm, October 26.--Declaring
that the inclusion OF hfs name as
one Of the defendants in the abate-
mert proceedings to close the Motor
Inn, 10 South Minnesota street, Is
but political trick, Albert Pfaehder,
city attorney, denies that he has ever
had any part Ia the MANAGEMENT Of
the place, in an answer fiied in dis
trict court Monday to the proceed.
ings instituted by w. T. Eckstein, as
couny attorney
was brought against Helmuth Rein
Ike, proprietor OF the Motor Inn; VIII
liam Rosenbrook. owner of the prem.
er Of q chattei mortgage, tlpon per.
sonal property in the building, and J.
p. Gran, holder of a shAriifs ceftiti-
cate on mortgage foreciosufe sale.
The complaint, which wae filed on
October is, described the place as 4
public nuisance where LIQUOR was
kept and sold and asked the. court to
close Il. II.
In his answer Mr.. Pfaender says
that he holds mortgage upon cer4
tain hotel and pool room fixtures in
the Motor Inn but alleges specific
ally that his mortgage does not Gov.
er any bar, bar fixtures, vessel, Jug,
container or receptacle Of any kind,
or~any still, apparatus, implement,
machine, device, contrivance, or ma.
terial OF any kind or nature, whether
liquid or solid, contained In said
Motor Inn, which was designed or
intended for use in connection with
the manufacture or sale OF intoxicat.
ing LIQUOR, or in violation of any
provision OF the Constitution Of MIN
nesota or OF the United States relat-
ing to, Intoxicating liquor, which fact
said relater, w. II. Enkstein, at all
times knew and now knows.
Mr.. Pfaender says that he believes
he has been made defendant in the
action for political effect as hts part.
ner, George d. Erickson, is a candi.
date. for county attorney at the No
vernber election against Mr.. Eckatein.
He denies that he has at any time
had or exercised any control OF Mo.
tor Inn. Bat he alleges that there is
being wrongfully attached in the
place under court order one ice box,
one cash register, one pool table and
six chairs which are covered by his
motgage and which he asks to be
released. He demands that the ac-
ton against him be dismissed.
A hearing on the abatement pro-
ceedings will be held Saturday be.
fore Judge Olsen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
SEWER BOND CARRIED
But Park Site At Waseca Was De.
feated by Voters

Waseca, October 26.-WaSeca Vo-
tiers endorsed the sewerage bonds
and voted down the park site pro-
position. The park site proposal was
defeated by a majority OF $50 votes
while the drainage proposal receiv-
ed bare majority. There was sew.
epteen votes cast improperly and
these would legally count against
the proposal. Even If these votes axe
counted against the drainage bonds
they will receive majority of four
votes. A recount was made but it
did not change the vote at all. The
vote on park site was: For 1902;
Against, $50. Sewerage system. for,
5SS; against 562.
Many feared that bringing the
question of q school site in at the
same election with the sewer drain
age question would defeat both pro-
posals. It now looks as if this is
what pulled 1t across. OF the 302
votes IN favor OF the park site, only
three voted against the sewerage
proposition. IL the school site had
not been OH the ticket large mum
Der of these people would never
have voted while he opponents OF
the sewerage would most likely
have come out anyway.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
Dalton s Third Trial
Staged For Chicago
Chicago Youth Again Faces Court
FOR Stealing Bank Funds Amount
ING To $772,oO0.
/. .tAssociated Press Dispatch. I

=
Chicago. October 25.--Willie Dali
ton. seventeen years old, former
bank messenger, laid down his
school books once more today to
face his third trial for stealing $772,-
900 in bonds from the Illinois Trust
and Savings bank In February, 1921.
In the frst two trials the Juries dis
agreed.
Young Dalton, whose flight with
the stolen bonds made him the quar-
ny. Of q nation wide search, was cap
tured in country pool room by a
village marshal at Heyworth, ILL.,,
fiea- Bloomington. The boy carried
the stolen bonds in satchel, which
he tossed carelessly into a corner
while he engaged in a game of pool.
A reward Of $4,000 was given to his
captor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
Teachers Held Meet
Carry Out Program,
Interesting and Instructive conven-
ton Was Held Last Week
Willow Creek

Willow Creek, October 25.-The
teachers convention OF Southwest.
eTn Minnesota was in session here
last week. The following teachers
were present. G. Taggatz, Lake
field; Theodore Wachholz, Della,
field; K. Traugott, South Branch
c. A. fMaTquardt, Truman; A. w.
Banke and Frank Peters of Fair
mont; G. Kolander. Fulda; H.
Metz, Northrop; John Robinson,
Fairmont; Miss Knief, Ormsby; w.
Schroeder, Fairmont. <
, Last Thursday evening the
Young Peoples society entertained
the teachers at the Lutheran school.
The following program was render
ed.
Address of Welcome, Herbert
Kietzer.
Selection by choir.
Vocal duet, One Fleeing Hour,
H. Tom, Lester Schwarz.
Piano solo, Matilda Cloeter.
Selections by several members of
Duet, Whispering Hope, Matilda
Cloeter and Frieda Bode.
Tom. (
Monologue, Entertaining a Minister,
Gertha Pap.
Vocal solo. You Better Ask Me,
Gertrude Ludtke.
Defamation, Arnold Winkelvied,
Frieda Bode.
Forsaken. by choir.
Vocal solo. Hast Du Gebetet,
Mein Kind, H. c: Bode.
, Quartet. Des Madchens Klage.
Rev. o. Cloe:er, A. Richter, H. c.
Bode, August Schwartz, Leonard
Tabatt and Gust Tom attended the
meeting at Amboy to discuss ways
and means to raise money for the
seminary buildings at Fort Wayne
and ST. Louis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
BURNED MEN ymPkovE
Elmer Sutton And SHERMAN Sven
Still AZ New uInn Hoanifai

Still At New ulna Hospital
New Ulm, October ,2e. Elmer
Sutton and Sherman Swenk, the
two moving picture operators who
were severely burned on October
16 when a chemical tank exploded
in the Woodmen hall at Cambria,
are improving at the Loretta Hos.
pital where they were brought i'm
mediately after the accident. SUIT
ton who was burned deeply about
the head and shoulders. however,
will be . patient at the hospital FOR
some time while Swenk with less
serious injuries, can be discharged
In the near futrue.
The explosion happened while
other men were engaged in install
ing their machine Tor, an eVenin :
performance. The explosion was
followed by a Are which destroyed
the Moodnian Hall and burned tie
adjoining lumber yard OF Dan Har-
ris. For q time It seriously nienaced
the village Of Cambria.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27

New Vim. October 5s-Ahflss Margaret
Kunz, 923 North Spring street, u In
Loretto Hospital With q sttsousiy ffac-
tured hip as the rssult Of an auto.
mobile accident last saturday night
George Kunz, ran on the road between
Klossner and Swan Lake into a Ave
foot ditch. The machine turned over
and Miss Kunz was pinned beneath 1t.
the automobile, Miss Lydia Fehlhaber.
220 South Franklin street, and Miss
Rose Witscheck, 507 North Minnesota
street escaped with bruises and minor
injuries.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
REoUEsT FoR RELIEF!
North Dakota Mayor Appeals Tc
AdiutAk1t General Of State.
IAssocla.sd ress DlspaISIhI

bismarck, n D., October 2S.-Ad-
iutant General Angus Fraser receiv-
ed telegram today, signed by Mayor
simon Of Westhope, requesting the
immediate shipment of twenty rifles
and i've hundred rounds of am1nu-
milton to protect the city" The
telegram requested that he be mott
ned If 1t was impossible to. ship the
guns Immediately.
The adjutaft general does not
have a supply OF rifles at his disposal
but can send troops armeSs wTtn ri
fes If the occasion warrants.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
JOHN EIK-Is SHOT.
His Brother, joe Elk, Was Being
Held by Wlnona Officials.

winona, October 26.-Joe Elk,
twenty six years old, a fisherman,
was held without charge by Winona
police while they investigated cir
surrounding the shoot
ing Jof. his brother, John Elk, thirty
seven years old, yardman employ
ed at the Chicago and Northwestern
railway division shops in this city,
residing at 675 West Third street,
shortly before midnight John Elk
is at the Winona General hospital
with several shot in his right side
and a number of shot in his right
forearm. His injuries are not be-
heved to be serious, according to the
physician, although there
was said to be a. possibility of i'll
effects to the arm. .r j
John Elk was shot when near the
corner of west Third and Ewing
street, while he was on his way to
work. He Is employed on the shift
from midnight to a. IA.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
FINGER Torn BY Dynamite.

Hills, Mimi, October A.-Yictor
fingers of one of his hands torn OF
and his face injured when a. dynamite
cap with which he was playing ex-
ploded The boys little sister who
was standing near BY when the ex-
plosion occurred. was slightly Injured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27
Waseca Woman bleg.

Waseca, October 26.--Mrs. NJ
Davidson, prominent in this c1r. aEed
tuesday morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-27

JItneys First Seen In West.
Jitneys first appeared in Los An
geles In 1914.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-02
(First published In the Abilene Weekly
Reflector october 26, 1929
SHERIFF'S SALE
Case No 1929
The Wyandt Mortgage & Investment
Company. a Corporation, Plaintiff,

The Wyandt Mortgage & Investment
Company. a Corporation, Plaintiff,
Vs.
Maggie Gipe: Cloyd Gipe; Nettie Small
ley and Frank Smalley. her hus band
John Bringman and Mamie Bringman,
his wife; Jay Bringman and Edith
Bringman, his wife; Dele May Bring
man Iantha Bringman, a minor; Roy
Forney; Effie Forney, a minor, and
Myrtle FOrney, minor, Defendants.
Under and by virtue or an order of
sale issued by the Clerk of the District
Court Of the Eighth Judicial District,
within and for Dickinson County, State
of Kansas, in the above entitled case,
and to me directed and delivered,
will on Monday the 27th day. of Novem.
Der. a. Ia 1922, at 10 o'clock a. m., OF
said day at the front door of the court
house in the City of Abilene, Dickinson
County, State of Kansas, without ap-
praisement sell to the highest bidder,
for cash in hand, the following real
estate to-Wit: Lot one (D, block seven
% Rice & Bonebrakes Addition to the
City of Abilene, in Dickinson County,
State of Kansas. The said real estate
will be sold pursuant to the Judgment
of the court in said cause recited In
said order o. saIe.
Witness my hand this Goth day of
October, 1922.
G. A. SHERMAN,
Sheriff Dickinson County, Kans.
P. Fl. ROVER, Attorney for Plaintiff.
10-26w5t
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-02
VOTE
IS MAJORITY
STATE TOTAL
Attorney General Rul-
ing on How Amend
ment Is Settled

An opinion rendered by the attor
ney generals Office states that the
soldiers compensation measure which
Ia to be voted on November 7. must
have q majority Of all the votes re-
ceived by the state office receiving
the highest number Of votes In order
to insure its passage. This IL an In
terpretation Of the constitutional
provision relating to passage Of such
an act.
Donald II. MacIvor, executive
secretary Of the American Legion's
state compensation committee, has
issued a statement to post compensa-
ton officers Of the Legion through
out the state urging them to make
every effort to see that all electors
who scratch the state ticket also
vote for or against the soldiers
bonus. MacIvor explains that per-
sons who vote their state ticket and
do not vote on the bonus proposition
automatically cast half vote
against the bonus.
The ruling from the attorney gen
erals office on the bonus measure
was issued following receipt Of num-
erous letters putting forth these
questions:
81. Will 1t require majority Of
the total vote cast In the state, or
"2. VIII 1t require majority Of
the total vote cast for specified
state officer, or
"3. VIII it be determined by a
najOrity of the total vote cast for
md against the amendment"
The opinion says: "There is no
question but that will require a ma
Ority Of the total vote cast at the ,
lext general election to secure ap- {
roval Of the issuance Of these bonds
to cover payment Of the bonus).
he result will be determined by. the
otal vote cast for the state office re- t
Giving the greatest number Of
ntcS - IN