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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
WILL SELL PLANT
CHANCE FOR PARTIES TO BUY
Machinery For Little Money

Winona October 1.-THE COM
plete factory at Owatonna of the
bankrupt New Owatonna Manufact-
uring makers of grain drills and en-
silage cutters, with heavy stock
holders in Winona county, will be
sold in the federal court room at
Winona, October 81, under authori-
zation of Referee in Bankruptcy
Herbert NJ. Bierce, 1t was announced.
The highest bid for the property
which was inventoried at $161, 900,
and has been offered for sale the
past six months, was $13,500. 1t was
said by Trustee in Bankruptcy Jul
ius A. Gernes.
Letters were miled by Referee
Bierce to creditors OF the bankrupt
concern whose claims total approx
imately S145, 200, notifying them OF
the bio and calling upon them to
show cause at a meeting in the fed
erl court room October u, at 1:30 p.
m. why the offer should not be &C
cepted and the property sold.
Efforts to dispose OF the factory
have been in progress since last
SpIluSs IOlo6 law bCCh ooAA@ASO0 W
Trustee Gernes from numerous firms
and individuals. The highest bid re-
ceived was for 81, 500 made by L.
+, Peterson Of Owatonna. Unless an
objection is made by creditors or
other interested persons at the fed :
eral court hearing OF the sale at that
price, or unless other bidders appear
10 make higher offers, the factory
viii be sold for the above mentioned
sum.
II is understood that other inter
ested parties plan to appear at the
hearing an dsubmit bids. The prop
erty will be disposed of under auth
erization Of Referee Bierce to the
highest bidder.
Whether a movement launched by
v. E Firth of Lewiston, president oil
the bankrupt concern, for the pur-
chase of the property by the stock
holders, will result in rehnite action
has not been indicated.
Possibilities-of the creditors real
king on their claims, totalhng ap-
proximately $145 900 are believed by
those in touch with the situation 70
be slight unless q higher bid than
S13.500 is received at the hearing. IL
is said that the $13, 500 would do lit
ludn 1ooSA NA<-@A4@~'
pay back taxes, and meet expenses
of administration during bank
ruptcy.
The property is offered for sale
subject to all mortgages and liens oil
record. A mortgage for $l2,5oO Is
held by the National Farmers bank
: Owatonna, Purchase OF the prop.
erty for $l3, 500, with a mortgage OF
$4,000 to carry would make the act
tal cost of the factory SIG, 900, 1t was
pcinted out. The factory was tnven :
ioried last spring $161 900, al.
though 1t was said that the actual
valuation would be considerably low
er than the inventory figure.
The bankrupt concern was capt.
tAlized at 1000, 900, but only $500.
600 in stock had been sold. OF this
amount, a large majority is held in
Winona county, principally by farm
ers and by residents Of Lewiston
wfnona and Minnesota. The stock
represents . total loss to the holders
unless unexpected developments oc-
cur, according to those familiar with
the situation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
SERVED DELICIOUS SUPPER
Ladies of Baptist Church Appeased
Peoples Appetites

Mapleton, Mimi, October 21.-The
ladies OF the Baptist church served
chicken supper in the church par
loIs Wednesday evening from o:30
until all were served. A most delic
ious and appeuzing supper was en-
joyed.
Gavin Young of Spring Valley
spent the past week with his fam
ny at this place.
Mrs. Kenneth Snortum of Mimi
eapolls is visiting her parents,> Mr..
and Mrs. Judd Cornell.
M. B. Fairbanks spent few days
the past week on business in Mimi
n. ]. Waddell returned the first of
the week from North Dakota where
he spent some time looking after his
farms in that state.
The tickets for the Lyceum Course
are now on sale and can be secured
of the Legion and Auxiliary menD
bers. The first number will appear
on the evening of October 26.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Healy spent the
past week at the Calvin Young
home. ..
The many friends of Mrs. Charles
Hanna of Wood Lake, Nebr. will be
sorry to hear of her illness. She is
now at the hospital in Rochester re-
ceiving treatments. 1t is hoped for
her rapid recovery.
Miss Lundberg's Sunday School
Class enjoyed picnic supper and
wiener roast at the Taylor Hill
Tuesday evening. Each member was
entitled to bring guest and 1t goes
without stating that a most enjoy
able time was spent
Miss Esther Kreuer and Lyman
Jensen of Mankato called on friends
in the village on Tuesday.
Miss Lydia Priebe, one of the
well known residents, passed away
at her home in the village Monday
evening following an illness of short
duration. The funeral will be held
from the family home On Saturday
afternoon with interment in the
Union cemetery.
Mesdames A. B. Borchert, C.. T..
Schweitzer and J. F. Albrecht spent
Wednesday afternoon with friends
at Good Thuder.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
Thomas Breen Was Killed At Wa.
When Hit BY Car

Waseca, October, II. Thomas
Breen was hit by an automobile
driven by Mrs. Henry Hagen, at the
corner of Wood and second streets
and injured SO seriously that death
followed shortly afterward.
There were several people who
witnessed the tragedy and their
testimony is very confusing. AS far
as we can learn Mr.. Breen was
crossing the street with Anton Mel
son when Mrs. Hagen started to
cross End street gong down Wood
street Mr.. Nelson says he saw the
Hagen car coming and he stopped
ahead and called to Breen to watch
out. He declares that Breen be-
came bewildered and did not know
which way to move and the car hit
him. According to Mr.. Nelson wi,
perhaps was the closest to the ac-
cident of any of the witnesses, Mrs.
Hagen did not sound the horn until
she hit Mr.. Breen. Several people
testify that Mrs. Hagen was comm
down Wood street at a slow rate OF
speed and they point out that a
person would naturally cross Sec>
ond street slowly for their own pro
lection. Mrs. Hagen declares that
she sounded the klaxon just as she
saw Mr., Breen crossing the street
and then he stopped. She says
that she then started the car and
was going to cross and Mr. Breen
beagn to walk and stepped in front
of the car
Mr.. Breen was knocked down and
dragged twenty five feet. The doc
tors found that three of his ribs
were broken and a big cut was
made In his skull when he fell to
the pavement. None Of the doctors
who attended him believe that the
car passed over his body but that
his Injuries were the result OF the
crash and being dragged. When the
car stopped Mr.. Breen was found
directly under the oil pan.
The deceased was born Inc Frank
lin, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin.
December, 1856, and was the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. N. J. Breen. He was
one of the resident of Waseca who
spent the greater part of his life IN
this city.
In 1891 he was married, to Miss
.Lo Ellen Callaghan of st. Mary and
to them four children were born,
Mrs, Upgreen Of New Prague Mimi,
Marguerite Breen Of Milwaukee,
Rosemary and Jane Breen OF Vase
"a Two brothers and four sisters
survive him, John and Francis
Breen of Waseca, Mrs. ]. Moonan::
Margaret, Agnes and Alice Breen OF
this city.
He was buried Thursday morning
at nine o'clock. Services were con :
Quoted at the Waseca Catholic
church
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
MADISON LAKE NEWS

Madison Lake, October 12.--Mrs.
Joseph Fasnacht and daughters
Mary and Ida of Wisconsin arrived
here Saturday to visit relatives.
MI. and Mrs. Paul Fasnacht, who
had been on their honeymoon for
the past month in Denver, Colo, ar
rived home Saturday.
A number of young girls and boys
went out on a wiener roast Tues
day afternoon to Lake Balentyne.
A class of ninety three were con-
firmed by Rev. Hebron of Winona
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Henry L. Hoehn Of Stanley:
Wis, arrived here Friday to attend
the wedding of her daughter, MISS
Agnes Hoehn.
Dan Brown, who has spent the
past six weeks on his farm in Da'
kota. arrived home Friday.
Melvin Oasn and Leo Muellerlelle
motored to the cities Sunday, re-
turning the same day.
Mrs. John Rathke returned home
Saturday after spending the past
three weeks with relatives
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
NATIONAL AIR men
MEET IN DETROIT
is PRELM TO AREO CON-
GRESS AND RACE
AREONAUTICS DEVELOP
Under Federal Supervision ALI
Branches Aviation Boom;
Races Today

Detroit, Mich, October 12.-De-
velopment Of aeronautics in Amer
lea is possible only under federal
supervision and regulation of fly
ing, speakers representing all
branches of aviation declared today
in addressing the national air in :
stitute here.
The institute was preliminary TO
the annual meeting of the second
national aero congress, that opens
here tomorrow in conjunction with
the national air races.
Licensing of pilots and aircraft,
supervision OF landing places and
insistence upon emergency landing
fields, education of the business
and general public to the safety and
desirability of aerial development
and regulation of the legal rights
and liabilities of aircraft, all under
federal regulation and supervision,
were among the suggestions of the
various speakers.
The speakers included Charles F.
Redden, Of New York, president of
commercial aerial line, e. P. War
ner, OF the Massachusetts institute
of technology; d. Joseph S. Ames,
Johns Hopkins university; J. Row
land Bibbins, manager of the de-
partment of transportation of the
United States chamber of COM
merce, Lewis E. Pierson of the lrv-
ing National bank, New York, and
second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Paul Henderson.
Mr. Warner declared that con
trary to reports America is not be-
hind Europe in the matter of COM
mercial aerial development. He
said the American air mall service
alone had made mo- mileage dur
ing the last year than all the com
mercial aircraft OF France and Eng
land combined.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
ATTORNEY BADLY HURT

o, ]. Finstad Was Attempting To
Hold Man; Slips, Hip Fractured
Window, October 12-What turn
ed out to be q rather serious t-acus
occurred at the east steps OF the
court house Friday noon when o. j.
Ffnstad, county attorney, and WIZ
liam Chaffin. living just west OF
town, were the main persons In &C
ton. Mr.. F1nstad was attempting
TO hold Chaffin from making get
away after he had been ordered to
iaii and was dragged down the
steps with the result that Mr.. Fin
stad sustained q dislocated hip joint
and other bruise, which will lay
him up for some time.
II seems that Chaffin, from whom
his wife has recently secured d.
yorce, has not paid her the alimony
which she was allowed at The time
of granting the decree, in which in
stance papers were served on him
and Judge Nelson ordered the attor
ney to issue q commitment and to
iail the defendant until the money
was forthcoming. -.
This was done and the sheriff
summoned by phone to come and
lake MS L1hu- IL AO'SA 6o W Je-t'
Chaffin asserted, and at that he
started out the door, Mr.. Ffnstad
following him. AS they reached the
outside of the court house the at
torney caught his man by the coat
collar Just as he made a desperate
lunge down the stone steps. This
threw them both off their balance
and they came down in a heap to-
gether with the result as stated
above. The mad crazed man pro-
ceeded to beat up his pursuer as he
YES still held fast. As soon as he
gained his freedom he ran to his
car standing at the curb and imme-
diately was on for a get away to
the north of town. Traffic Officer
Irving Mahowald, who had come up
catch the man and bring him back
and he lost no time in doing so. In
spite of slippery roads and his man
considerable in the lead, he over
took him three miles north Of town.
Chaffin, when overtaken, did not
attempt to resist the officer but was
ready by that time to take his med
icine and went to jail, where he was
detained for several hours, but was
finally released after paying the
amount of the alimony.
Mr.. Ffnstad does not hold any
hard feelings toward the man. He
says II was just case OF where
Chaffin was desperately mad and
not knowing that he, Mr.. Finstad,
was hurt, was making one final ef-
fort to get away. No charges were
preferred against Chaffin.
Mr.. Finstad's injuries are very
painful and it will be some time be-
fore he win be around again.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
UKRAINE EXPECTS
HEAVY CROP YIELD
NATIVES LOOKING FOR
WARD TO 1928 HARVEST
FOOD IS LACKING NOW
Field Returns For This Year On
ly About Sixty Per
Cent of Normal

Kharkov, September 6.-[Corres-
pondence of The Associated Pressl
Poverty and plenty today run
hand in hand along the railroads in
the Ukraine, country once known
as the granary of Europe. There are
bullying warehouses of grain at some
stations, none at all ut I others,
beggars besiege the passenger trains
at every villge.
The Ukraine this year as last
cannot produce enough food for its
own people. The grain crops for
1922 are only about sixty per cent of
normal, and Soviet officials frankly
admit that outside aid from relief or
CARNATIONS is necessary until next
sprlng at least. especially among the
children in the villages. The peas
ants, say the officials are quite able
to take care of themselves, except
ing in the scattered districts where
there was crop failure due to
drouth or lack or seeds last season.
There are splendid crops this year
in few districts in the northern
part of the Ukraine-equality as
good as in normal times. But in the
south great stretches of land were
effected by hot weather and there is
uut nearly enough bread stuffs to go
around. UkrainIan officials say that
with the aid of the central Soviet
government they are making ar
rangements to transport 100000
pools of grain from the north to the
south.
Many Besoars In Larger Cities
From districts where food has
been scarce even in summer, people
have been hocking to the towns. AS
result there are as many beggars
in the larger places as last year,
when there was crop failure Some
of the beggars are almost plump,
while others are as thin as can be.
They resemble the pictures of hun
CRY natives of India. and appear
barely able to move about In the
poorer districts the village dogs, too,
have become -beggars, like the dogs
OF lndia-gaunt, NANCY creatures
that eat ravenously even the can
teloupe and apple Feelings thrown
from the car windows.
in the North this season, the
Ukraine has produced also about
100000 pools of beet sugar, three
times more than last season, but
barely enough for the 10000, 900 in
habitants of the Ukraine Soviet re-
public itself.
Ukrain1an officials say they have
pientyNof potatoes this year, and that
from present indications of the fall
planting there are prospects of
nearly a normal grain crop for 1929.
This. they believe would put the
country onlfts feet again
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
SCHNEIDER BREAKS DOWN
Youth That Accused Clifford Hayes
of Double SlaYinu

Somerville, N. J., October L
Raymond Schneider, detained as a
material witness in the Hall Mills
murder case, today collapsed in the
Somerset county Jail. A physician
who worked over him nearly half
an hour before he was revived,
stated that he was suffering from
a severe nervous breakdown after
the grilling to which he had been
subjected.
1t was Schneider's accusation
that Clifford Hayes had slain the
Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, in
mistake for another couple, that
led to the arrest OF Hayes on
charge of murder.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
BOND ISSUE PROPOSED
Waseca Council Has Number Of I'm
provement Projects.

Waseca, October 1z.-Monday,
October %. was set by the council
as the date for holding a special
city election for the purpose of vot-
ing upon proposed bond issues for
three purposes. viz: For the build
ing of a sewerage disposal plant and
an outlet southwest to the LIE Sueur
river, a drain to the northeast, and
for the purchase of a tract of land
on Winters hill for school and park
purposes.
Last evening was the date set for
the receiving Of bids on the two
proposed sew erage and the north
east drain projects. There were
twenty bids submitted.
The lowest bid on the southwest
sewerage project complete was $685.
1880. and accepted subject to vote
on the bond issue. The bidders were
Ward & Weighton of Sioux City on
disposal plant, $19,720, and Reinert-
son & Patterson of Springfield on
balance of work $6S438.SO. These bids
call for complete system clear to
the LIE Sueur river including sewer
IN west part Of city and disposal
plant west Of city. There was a
wide range in the bids the highest
bid being >about $4,000 higher than
the above figure for the complete
Job. The above bid is, about $15,-
600 lower than the estimated price.
The lowest bid on the northeast
sewerage project was $4,000 and
the highest was 100000. After
cor sidering the bids carefully a mo-
ton was passed favoring the south
west project, as II was felt 1t would
be the most economical and the
best In every way in the end. It is
a gravity system, while the north
east project calls for a power lift
The lowest bid on the drain pro-
ject was $11,777.50 and was sub
mitted by Rofdal & Curtis of Med
ford, MINI. It was accepted, sub
iect to vote on bond issue. This
contract calls for a drain with AZ
inch tile across north slough and to
the Cleland ditch and an open ditch
from that point northeast.
With the above two propositions
it was decided to submit the ques-
ton of a bond issue for the pur-
chase OF tract of land on Winters
hill for park and school purposes.
The price for this land is approx
mately $4,000.
AS the city now has about $25,-
00N IN its sewer fund, the amount
needed for the southwest project
would be 63,15S.S0, which with the
drain and the purchase of land on
Winters hill would make a total of
about $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
PROBING KNIFE AS CLUE
New Lead Discovered In Ne"
Brunswick Double Staying
IAssociated Press Dispatchl

Associated FTeSs DiSpaCSnI %
New Brunswick, n. j., October IL.
New Jersey officials investigating
the murder on September IA Of the
Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, rector
of the Episcopal Church of st. John
the Evangelist, and his choir iead
er, Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills,
sought today to identify a potato
knife found some distance from the
snot where the slain bodies were
discovered, and turned over TO the
local police yesterday, Detectives
considered it possible that the knn III
Was the one used in slashing Mrs.
Mills throat. There were spots on
the blade which may have been
caused by blood. An analysis Is to
be made during the day.
Possibility that Governor 70,
wards may send the state attorney
general to New Brunswick to take
charge: of the inquiry was express
ed here today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
DRY GOODS MEN ELECT
state Association Meeting Held u
&c pouI Yesterday.

State Association Meeting Held In
ST. Paul Yesterday. -
H. E. Hart of Long Prairie was
elected president of the Minnesota
Retail Dry Goods association at the
annual meeting of the organization
Yesterday at the st. Paul Athletic
club. Mr.. Hart succeeds N, M.
scott of Winona, who had been head
of the association for several years.
other officers elected were: ?. j.
Nelson, Slayton, first vice president;
George A. Gray, Duluth, second vice
president; c. c. Peterson, Grand Ra-
-pids, secretary; and j. j. Fandei, st:
Cloud, treasurer. The new board of
directors consists of w. S. MacGre-
gor, Minneapolis; B. M. Lipmann,
Hibbing; w. S. Brown, Waseca, and
George A. Gray, Duluth. Hibbing was
picked as the place for the 1928
convention. Organization of feder-
alton of all retail mercantile organ
izations to hold one big general
meeting each year, was suggested in
a resolution.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
HOOKWORM HABITS

Porto Rican Scientists Are Work
ing On, Control lnfactioh
San Juan, Porto Rico, September
26.-lCorrespondence of The Asso-
ciated observation-disclosures of the
international Health Board of the
Foundation, studying the
habits of the hookworm in Porto
Rico, have ascertained two things
about this parasite which they con-
slider of great Importance. One is
that the larvae are shorter lived
than had been supposed, and the
second is that they possess only
limited powers or Iocomotion.
The scientists are located at Ut
uardo, In the heart of the coffee
country. Some of them permitted
themselves to be irioculated in or
der better to carry on their york.
They declare that a life span for
the larvae of from two to three
months is probably the average,
except under most favorable condi-
lions for Longevity. Ordinarily the
larvae do not move Of their own az
cord more than a foot or so from
their base unless they are seized
with an ambition 10 work up
through a soil covering of consider
ably more than one foot. The larvae
seem to have greater capacity or
inclintion for altitude than they do
for cross country travel.
The studies which are now being
made were undertaken, with the
hope that they would lead to i'm
proved methods of preventing the
spread of possible infection and,
while the work - has not yet been
the discovery of the
relatively short life of the larvae
has convinced the investigators
that the possibility of infection
from any given locality can be very
much reduced provided new
sources of infection are not intro
dncpd
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
Joined "Un Eraternities.

Among those who were recently
taken into Minnesota university
fraternities, Mankato was represent
ed by Fred Just, who became a
member of the Pi Kappa Alpha
Steuhen La Due, who joined the Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon, and Jack Spencer
though a recent Minneapolis resi-
dent is we'll known in Mankato, hav-
ing lived here all his life, who tom
ed the Phi Sigma Kappa.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
MONEY SHARK VICTIMS
Thousands st. Louis Workers Are
Preys of Cash Lenders

tAssociateo. Press Dispatchl
St Louis,I Mo-, October 12.-Due
to industrial strife, thousands of
workers in st. Louis have been vic
timized by money lenders, accord e.
ing to the st. Louis chamber of
commerce.
In an investigation conducted by
the chamber, it was announced that
an amazing assortment of schemes.
oral understandings, purchases of
accrued" salaries and renewal ar
rangements making the borrowers
unable to meet, interest payments,
were disclosed.
Judge Arnold, general counsel for
the chamber, declared that the var
ious strikes caused the workers to
find themselves in financial straits
forcing them to borrow from the
money sharks"
A number of informations charg-
ing violation of the usury laws have
been filed, The chamber of com
merce is assisting the prosecuting
authorities in investigating the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
NORTH DAKOTA HIGH
State Champion In Agricultural
Students Stock Judging Contest

Associated Press Dispatch
Hamline, October 12.-Nolth Da :
kota carried off honors in the agri-
cultural students stock judging
contest at the National Dairy Show
here today, winning the sweep.
stakes prize for the judging OF all
breeds. Oregon was second and
Iowa third. Highest individual score
in all breeds was made by Oliver K.
Reals of Oregon, with H. ]. Brush
of North Dakota a close second.
Governor Preus, in welcoming the
visiting delegations, reviewed the
progress of the dairying industry in
the northwest and forecast even
more rapid development as the "fe-
suit of the exposition here.