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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
Golf Club Officers
Selected For Year
S. 3. Wilson Is Made President
Committee Are Named
Also

Board of directors Of the Mankato
Golf club met in business session
yesterday afternoon in the office of
P. M. Ferguson for the election of of
ficers ana appointment of chairmen
for committees. S. B. Wilson was
elected president of the organization
for the ensuing year, p M. Ferguson,
vice president and f. e. Crandall,
secretary treasurer.
H. E Carney resigned from the
board of directors on account of lack
of time and enforced absence from
the city. His place was filled by Mr..
Crandall.
Committeeman appointed were as
follows: H A. Patterson, chairman
of the house committee; G. A. Lewis,
chairman greens; C. R. Butler, chair
man entertainment; T. C. Edwards,
chairman sports and pastines, and
]. r. Snow, chairman grounds.
Other members of these committees
will be announced when they are ap-
pointed later.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24

charter in the alternative, and let the
people decide.
e. V. Waters, chairman OF the
committee to look into the number
and duties of the city commissioners,
said that the committee was not ready
to report.
On motion of W R. Hammett it
was voted to make time or holding
election. - ppec1aI orCer OF BUSINESS
at the next meeting Of the charter
commission.
Rev. Kruger Made Report
Rev Carl Kruger was the only
member of the committee on police
woman to make report. He stated
that after studying the charter came
TO the conclusion that ii, amply pro-
vides for the appointment Of either
male or female police, and for that
reason he did not see why the time
of the commission was taken up with
the question. There is this about the
charter, however, and that is that it
does not now make i mandatory up.
on the mayor to appoint a policewo-
man but he may. The following sec
lions of the charter were voted by
Mr.. Kruger in support Of his con-
tention:
ITO the Chairman and Members of
the Charter Commission: Gentlemen
Your committee appointed to inyesti-
gate and report as to the matter Of
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
DOUkHOBORS HEAD
WILL BE ARRESTED
Threatening Life of Chill
dren Causes Action
...
Terribly IS BLUFF, CLAIM
Latvlan Consul At Vancouver
Gives Religious Views
OF Sect
[Associated Press D,spatch. !,

Vancouver, B. O., February 23.-As
result of Peter yeregin's alleged
threat to kill women and children a.
a protest against taxation, the pro-
vincial police Authorities have been
instructed to arrest him on chargc
of threatening life. the arrest, it i.
expected, win be made tomorrow.
V. E. X. Weldie. who. as I.atviaI
consul here, represents ; part of the
former Russian empire, and who rep
resented the Doukhobors in recent
troubles in this city, stated TO-DAY
that he considered Peter yeregin's
threat to kill the women and children
nothing more than hluH
THE religious views Of these PEG
pie" he said, ARE largely based on
the teachings of the tate Count Tolls,
tot, the principal features ct which
are simplicity and Communal owner
ships, but above all hey ere vcge-
tarians because they do not believe in
killing animals How much more,
then, would they object 10 the mpr.
der of human beings argued the
consul.
Fighter OF The atosf
The name Doukhohor means Hhgh-
ter of the ghost, u1e4nitx to imply,
he said, that they are iIiine e. 70
TO any length except 'aiIrdzr IL
the cause Of the Holy hoat. and
tearing that ,l,Sl
they live on seeds and fruits. even
going to the length OF not destToyins
the bushes or trees on which this
fruit grows, lest they kill even that
form OF life knowing Peter Feregin
the Latvian consul places little faith
in his threat.
Recently the government of this
province insisted on the Doukhobors
sharing in the taxation of the coun
try, but as these people left Russia
to avoid taxation and succeeded to a
large extent in Manitoba, those in
British Columbia their last ground
taken from them unless they put up
big fight, it is said, and have there
fore made the threat with the itlea oil
frightening the government into fore
going taxation. AS evidence that the
government does not intend to be init
Undated, the provincial police author
tiles have been Instructed to arres'
Veregin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
Russian Jails Filled
With Starring People
Leon Trotzky Admits Terrible
Conditions; Glad To Turn
Over Inmates
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch
Moscow, February 23.-"We shau
gladly turn over all the people in our
prisons to foreigners, if they will take
them away" said Leon Trotzky, So
Wet war minister, in an interview
with a foreign correspondent, VIII }
said he knew that prisoners warS
starving and dying Of disease in 80
Wet jaiis. ...,..
I'VE have our own way of dealirs
with prisoners" he went on. "ln
the United States they electrocuIe
them. We don't. Also, Americans
who wish to realize what happens To
prisoners during revolutions should
remember their own civil war"
AS for foreign war prisoners, we
have not peace on our frontier yet.
"Petlura, the Ukranian is sitting
in a hotel at Tarna plotting against
us, and there are many others. Any
way, in or out of prison, people are
dying of hunger. Our famine on tie
Volga was partly caused through the
region being ruined by --.enak and
the Czechs financed by foreign pow
ers,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24

In 4 statement TO The Free Press
today 2. NJ. Ferguson, manager Of
the Citizens Telephone company OF
this city stated that the damage
suffered through storm condition In
the last two days by his company
is the worst In the history OF the
organization.
He stated that practically all
the damage was done on the coun-
try, toll lines and rural lines being
down in all directions out Of Man
kato. According to Mr.. Ferguson,
1t will be at least three weeks before
the lines can be put in the former
condition and establish. regular
services. ....
SLEET OF YESTERDAY
The sleet of yesterday which
froze wires, together with the high
wind Of last night, caused the
greater part of the damage although
some portions Of the pole lines
went down the night before.
Repair work on country lines is
very difficult at this time owing to
the constantly blowing and drift
ing snow which makes many of the
country roads impossible. Ice COM
pIeteiy covered the clothing Of re-
pairmen and linemen of the COM
pany yesterday while they were
engaged in restoring service and
the work" was most difficult owing
to their inability to move freely on
account of the ice sheath covering
them. - ~
PATRONS MUST BE PATIENT
Mr.. Ferguson said today that
telephone patrons will necessarily
exercise patience until the repairs
are made. All possible speed will
be used in getting the work done
and service restore just as soon as
is humanity possible. 49,.
The Mankato company was not
the only one affected. The Tri-
State and Bell companies report
the storm as doing the worst dam
age that has been done their lines
in many years. This morning there
was only one line to the twin cities.
All other points were cut off.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24

STIRRING PATRIOTIC ADDRESS
DELIVERED BY REV.R.A.J JENSEN
Temple Last Night Appropriate Washington
Day Program Is Carried Out

His representations were made the
more realistic by his makeup, that or
woodsman anu during his sketches,
the illusion OF woodcraft was carried
on with MIR. Healy's byplay with axe
and milestone. This entertainer was
also recalled by an audience that
would not be denied another sketch.
Miss MaDle Hanson OF this city,
soprano, gave three numbers which
were also well received Miss Han
son was also recalled for an encore al
ter she had rendered her group con-
sisting of The Nightingale Has
Tyre. of Gold by Whelpley, Rain by
Pearl Cnrran and as an encore, What
the Old Cow Said, Chinese Mother
Goose tale. Sustained applause fol-
lowed each selection of this popular
entertainer.
Youthful Dialect Poem
Robert Chesbrough, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. M. II. Chesbrough was the only
Juvenile on the evening program ana
he scored decided hit with LAS
ington followed by Bats" an unpu3
lshed poem of the late James Whit
comb Riley. In addition to his liberal
share OF applause Master Cnesbrougn
was presented with decorated
Ratchet, a replica of the engine Of
destruction employed by the Illus
trous Washington in telling the cher
ry tree.
Glenn Shoemaker, baritone. follow
ed with two numbers, the second of
which made the biggest kind of hit
with his hearers. He sang Rose OF
My Heart by Lohr and Three FOR
Jack by Stevens Mr.. Shoemaker
took several bows but was forced to
return for a second time by the coli.
tinued applause following Three for
Jack
For all musical numbers the ac-
ETurn to page Z; Column 81
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rAssociated Press Dispatch. ]


Superior, Wis, February 23.-One
building was totally destroyed. an
other partially burned and the stocks
in four others damaged by smoke
last night in a fire that for a time
threatened an entire block in Super
ior's business district Fire depart
ment officials estimated the total loss
at $50, 900. The fire Is believed to have
started from an overh Gated furnace
Goody Shop, which was destroyed.
Two fremen, A. Corcorln and John
Schaefer, were overcome by smoke
but were revived.
The places damaged by fire and
smoke were: Hopkins Goody Shop,
building and contents destroyed, $780,
600; Louis Guthier cigar shop, build
ing damaged $4,000; Tower avenue
Clothing company, $4,000 smoke
damage; Tony Lund, sporting goods,
$4,000; Joseph A. Landowner cigar
store, $4,000, and John Bronco cigar
store, $500.
Another Report of Fire
Superior, Wis, February 23.-Un-
able to battle the raging elements,
fire departments were virtually help
less early today when flames destroyed
three business buildings in Superior
on Tower avenue. The Hopkins
Goodie Shop, the Otto Itund sporting
goods store and the brothers and
Gilsdorf Darper was totally destroyed
with an estimated loss Of 100000.
Because Of the raging storm fire.
men and equipment were unable to
reach the scene until the flames had
Quilted virtually the entire contents of
the buildings. Families living above
the stores escaped with difficulty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24

Mankato lodge No. II, A. +. & A.
M, entertained some six hundred
Mankato folk at two parties i'll com
memoration of George Washington,
father of his country and first grand
master in the United States. In the
evening when there was an elaborate
entertainment for the adults, four
hundred visitors attended and in t:le
afternoon at party exclusively for
children of Masons there were two
hundred youngsters who enjoyed the
hospitality Of the Blue lodge; Yester,
days parties, coming in long line
of similar annual affairs, are said t
to have been bigger and better than
anything yet attempted by the local
body and In spite of the weather con
ditions OF last night there was the
largest crowd of any year since the
custom was instituted in this city.
At $3.50 O'Clock, DR.. Il. T.. Kelly,
master of Mankato lodge called III
attention the crowd which packed
every available nook in the lodge
room. Invocation was said by the
Rev. Ralph A, Jensen and the au-
singing of the Star Spangled Banner
and the placing Of the colors.
Music Leads Program
Alexis ParioVa, violinist OF ex-
ceptional ability, opened the musicaI
program with three numbers and fol-
lowed that VIVA an encore in answer
to the sustained applause that fol-
lowed his selections. He playeo
Schubert,s Serenade, Mazurka ~
Wienoush and Gypsy Dance by
Natchez. His encore number was an
of Old Folks at Home.
E. w. Healy followed the violinist
with several inimitable Morse imper
sonations that brought down the
house. He told several dialect stories
to the birthday that was
celebrated yesterday and gave sew
eral sketches OF humorous nature.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24

REVOLVER
TAYLOR MURDER
ARREST HARRY FIELDS
Discovery Is Made At De-
troit, Mich.
Man Claims He Drove Auto
That Carried Film Direc-
tors Murderer
ASSOCIATED Pres Dispatch !

Detroit, Mich, February 2S.-What
he claimed to be the location of the
pistol used to kill William Desmond
Taylor in Hollywood, Cal, three
weeks, ago was disclosed to Sheriff
Irving j. Coffin late last night by
Harry M. Fields. who declares he
drove the automobile that carried the
film directors slayer to his home.
Fields is in custody here charged
with forgery.
Fields also told the sheriff last
night that the man who paid him
$500 for driving the automobile had
changed a $1,000 bill at Los An
geles bank the day Taylor was killed
The money was received from one OF
two men driven with woman to
Taylor's home, Fields said.
Fields was identified tonight by
Deputy Sheriff Carl Brooks, as an
internal revenue agent who worked
in the vicinity of San Diego and Los
Angeles in 1915. The veracity OF
Fields statements is being checked.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
MacMider s Plea For
Religious Tolerance
National Legion Head Publishes
Letter In the Washington
Protestant
ASSOCIATED. Press Dispatch


Indianapolis, Ind. February pa
plea for religious tolerance, has been
made by Hanford MacNider, national
commander of the American Legion in
a letter to the editor OF The Protest
ant, published in Washington, d. e.,
it was announced today.
This country" the letter says,
"was formed by men who sought re-
jgious tolerance and IL is that spirit
which has made 1t free, fine ann
worth living in. l happen to be a
Protestant and attend a Protestar I
church, bat as a member OF many
TTa2onic bodies, OF which have taA-
en- a more or less active part, have
at admiration Tor that institution,
the Roman Catholic church. Its staEd
ard teachings for the preservation OF
the integrity of our lawful govern
ulent were well exemplified in heroic
deaths of men who served in my
command"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
Claims John D. Has
Not Giuen Consent
Friends Oil Magnate Declare
Granddaughter's Marriage
Yet To Be Approved
Associated Press Dispatch.l

Daytona Fla, February 23.-
John q. Rockefeller, ST., grand
father of sixtesn year old Math-
iIde Mccormick, whose engage
nent to Max Oser, Swiss riding
academy proprietor, has been an
nouneed by members of the Nc
cormick family has not given his
conse ut to the marriage, accord
inc to close friends here Of Mr..
Rockefeller. Mr.. Rockefeller now
is at The Easements, his winter
home at Omanda Beach near
here.
Harold r. Mccormick, recently
divorced by Mr.. RockefellePs
daughter and father of Miss
MathiIde Mccormick, will visit
Mr.. Rockefeller at Omanda Beach
II was said here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
Action Sim Feiners
Causes Satisfaction
Conventions Preservation Unity
Source of Qualification In
Southern Ireland
rAssociated Press Dispatch.1


Dublin February 23.-General sat
isfaction seems to, be felt in South
ern Ireland over yesterdays surprise
decision Of the Ard Fheis for a three
months adjournment at the end of
which the people would be asked to
vote on the constitution as well as on
the Anglo Irish treaty. This opinion
is not unanimous, however, many
heartily endorsing The convention s
qualification at the preservation Of
the Sim Fein's unity, but some
staunch supporters of the treaty are
disappointed and inclined 10 agree
with John Entee's declared opinion
that 'the agreement was clearly a
republican victory"
One question much discussed in
some quarters is what Is going to hap
pen to the treaty bill now before the
imperial parliament, which it is con-
tended is shattered to a great ex-
tent by the Ard Fheis decision.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
WEATHER FOR TOMORROW

Mankato: Maximum tempera-
ture for the past twenty four
hours, twenty mine above: min
imum, three above. Local baro-
meteor hand today indicated
chanaeabIe weather. Tomorrow
the sun will rise at 6:42 a. m.
and will set at 5:46 p. m.
Minnesota: Snow in east por-
ton this afternoon and generally
fair tonight and Friday; colder
in east portion tonight, slowly
RISING tempe nature Friday. strong
northwest winds diminishing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
Nine Persons Injured.

Winnipeg, February 23.-Nine per-
sons were injured, although none OF
them are considered serious cases,
when the Continental Limited, crack
way derailed at Melville, Sasktche-
wan at one o'clock this morning.
Storm conditions are blamed for the
wreck,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
FIRE AT FORT WILLIAMS
Canadian Pacific Station and vaIu
able Records Destroyed
ASSOCIATED Press DISPATCH.
II NIIiIIinr Dat LNoA

!. Z" ASSOCIATED Press DISPATCH.
Fort Williams, Ont, February %.
Fire of an undetermined origin
this morning Quilted the local yard
Office Of the Canadian Pacific rail
way and many valuable records are
believed to have been destroyed. No
estimate of the loss Is available.
Telegraph wires which passed
close to the building are confused
tangle and communication with easts
ern and western Canada has been ser
iously interrupted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
WILL BOOM MAYOR LEACH

Meeting To Be Hsd In ST. Paul To
Start Senatorial Candidacy.
st. Paul, February ga meeting
will be held at the old capitol build
ing in ST.. Paul Saturday night at
eight o'clock to perfect an organiza-
ton for Colonel George Leach Tor
United States senator. Colonel Leach
is mayor of Minneapolis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
Fire SC0eeps Business
Section of Superior
Six Buildings With Stocks In
Flames, One Totally
Destroyed

Edmonton. Alta, February %.
Fire caused loss of between
$4,000 and 100000 TO buildings
and stocks in six different busi-
ness houses in the center Of the
retail district here this morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
MUST BE "PEPTIhIIsT"

Poppy New Word Coined BY C. w.
Fisher of Mankatc
The period of retrenchment. after
the. high price era. was reviewed BIZ
G. W. Fisher. Mankato, president or
tho Minnesota Retail Clothiers' as
ISOLATION, at the session in st. Paul.
THE slogan for the year Is: Not
an optimist. not a pessimist, but a
peptimist.si he said
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24

Although steam trains in this sec
lion witllStood the effects of ice and
rain yesterday. they. succumbed last
night to the ravages of the blizzard
and snow storm and as result from
midnight last night to this time serv-
ice is impaired and trains are late on
al steam lines into this city Tha
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-11
BIRkHEAD CASE
MAY END TODAY
Former Mississippi Gov
ernor Sought as De-
fense Witness

OXFORD, Miss. Dec. 10r-ox-
ford rested today after a strenuous
week with the all-absorbing topic
the question as to whether Theodore
G.. Bilbo, former governor, would
be on hand tomorrow In time to tes-
cify in the damage suit OF Miss
Frances c. Birkhead, stenographer,
against Lee NJ. Russell, present state
executive.
Mr.. Bilbo summoned by the plain
tlff, was among the absentees when
the witness roll was called, and a
court order issued directing the
United States marshall to locate
him with a peremptory summons.
Word from Popularvillc. his home.
was that Mr.. Bilbo was on an auto
mobile trip. Mir. Blibo was governor
and Mr.. Russell was lieutenant gov
ernor at the time OF the alleges Incl
dents on which Miss Blrkhead based
her plea for damages IN a charge Of
seduction and other allegations.
The testimony Of Mr.. Bilbo and
one other witness and the presenta- b.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-11
STATES |. T. u. STAND
Delegates to Progressive Conference
May support Third party-Nant
No Wild Eyed Radicnli,m

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. l0.--Repre-
scntatiyes OF the International Typ
oRraphical Union Of North America,
attending tho progressive" confer
cnce lu Cleveland. tomorrow and
Tuesday, are prepared TO support any
program, third party or otherwise
which promises a fair deal and equal
rights for organized labor" accord d.
ing TO j. W. Hays. international sec
rctary.
Crude cynlcism. half baked theo-
rios, wlld-eyed Illusions and most OF
'ho fsWs' that have bobbed up in
gatherings OF similar character in
the past should have no consider
at,on," said Mr., Hays 'If princi-
p,os are enunciltcd that will appeal
to the intelligent public conscience
there ls an opportunity for a. new po-
lItical party 20 assume command. Ing
proportions IN the Immediate future
but should the reverse be the case
'he sponsors viii gain little support
especially from mombers Of the In.
tcrnauonal Typographical union"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-11
Final Arrangements Made
For Plane Flight Around
World by British Aviator

carry a sending and dlrectionul wire
less set. This will permit asking for
relief In event OF accident and also
the collection Of weather informa-
tion from ships along the water
front.
After leaving Japan. practically all
landings Will be made on water The
amphiblan type OF plane doubles
tho number OF landing places over
those that were available whom Sir
Keith and his brother, tho late Sir
Ross smith, negotiated their flight to
Australia. u Is practical 20 descend
on water for repairs.
Sir Keith, another officer and a
meChanician. will make UP the crew
for tho long flight. The route will
be tho same as followed on the Aus
tralian trip as far as Siam-over
France, Italy, Greece, Egypt. India
and Siam. From Siam the flyeds
viii proceed to saigon, French Indo-
Chinese; Hongkoug and shanghai
China; ToHlo. Japan: Rural Islands
Kameuatka, Aleutian islands, Alaska
and Vancouver From Vancouver
the flight viii be made across Can
ada To Toronto TO New York, from
New York to st, Johns, Newfoun-
land.
Decision Will then be made as TO
the route across the Atlantic.
sir Keith has Just come from
China and Japan. whore he made all
necessary arrangements for landing
places and petrol supplies. He has
collected a mass OF data on weather
conditions, prevailing winds and
ocean conditions from which he
maps his flight. Ha will go from
here TO washington whore hydro
graphic records OF the United States
government will be studied TO OBJ
tain further information on Pacific