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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
MUELLER CONSULTED MEDIUM
Minneapolis Bank Teller Was Look
inc For WaY Out of Trouble.

minneapolis Bank TcIlcr was LOOK
ing For Way Out Of Trouble.
Winona, September 19.-Conscience
tortured, nerve racked and sleep
less from remorse. Robert Mueller,
defaulting teller OF the First Ma
tional bank, Minneapolis, under ar
rest charged with embezzlement of
$4,000. two days before his arrest
invoked the aid Of Spiritualist
medium to advise and save him from
arrest and disgrace.
Mrs. Kate Ehmke. fifty, Spiritu-
alist medium of Winona friend of
Mueller's from boyhood and friend
of his mother told the story to De-
tective John Faltico.
Mrs. Ehmke said Mueller came to
her home at midnight reused her
from bed and induced her to con-
duct a seance after he had made a
complete confession to her and had
asked her to take charge of $1,000
in cash and $4,000 in Liberty bonds
he had taken from the bank
Mrs. Ehmke refused to take the
money she said and following the
seance admonished Mueller to take
the money and securities back to the
bank
Returning to MinneaDol following
the seance. leaving Winona at a..
m. Mueller reported for work the
following day. His hagsard face
and worried manner attracted at
tention and resulted in his arrest.
In desperate efforts to stay the
inevitable result of his alleged dis
honesty Mueller had appropriated
checks from tellers working next to
him in the bank. causing them worry
and placing them under suspicion. it
became known today. The stolen
checks were used in the kiting op-
erations by which he successfully
evaded detection for months.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
MRS. OLEsEN ON TRAIL
Democratic Candidate For Senator
In Minnesota Covering state

IN MINNESOTA SONSttuA SSNsS
Associated Press Dispatch.1
September 20-Whatever else she
she NAV accomplish in her campaign
for the United States senatorship,
Mrs. Anna D. Olesen, democratic
nominee, will be well known to MINI :
esota at large when the November
election day rolls around.
Easily the pacemaker in the three
cornered contest for the office now
held by Frank B. Kellogg, Mimi
esota's Junior senator. Mrs. Olesen
has just entered on the second phase
of her campaign, which will not end
until the day before election.
For six weeks she travelled over the
state in small automobile, donated
by friends, and after rest, she a
gain has taken to the highways for
further intensive campaigning.
During the six weeks Of her cam
paign for the fall election-she also
campafgned before the June il pri.
mary-she visited ninety five small
cities and towns in forty counties.
delivering an address in each munic-
On this extensive trip, she covered
more than 5000 miles. She was &C
companied by her husband, Peter
Olesen, superintendent of Cloquet
city schools, and her fourteen year
old daughter, Mary, who alternated
at the wheel.
Mrs. Olesen is enthusiastic over
the reception she has received.
When she started out. she told the
Associated Press she thought she
would "be doing we'll if she talked to
fifty people at each meeting" In
stead, she has been hard by crowds
many times that number, some OF
them turning out early In the morn
ing or meeting her late at night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
NOTES FROM TIvoLI

Tivoli. September. 19.-Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Whiting returned home
the later part of the week from their
honeymoon trip to different parts OF
Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. orval Kemp Sheldon
and Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Christensen and Alyce and Paul,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Crowley and
Ivonne were guess of Mr., and Mrs.
q. G. VonHelmst Sunday
The Ladies' Aid society meets
Tuesday with Mrs. Walter Wilkin-
son.
Carol Ford of Wells visited at the
Ford and Wilkinson homes few
days the past week.
The Farmers club met Saturday
evening with a fair attendance. The
main feature of the evening was a
talk by Mr.. Mcmillan, county agent
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Jesse, Ken
meth and Claude were guests of Mrs.
Phalin over Sunday.
Herman Buckholtz was Mankato
caller Friday.
Mrs. Phalin and Frances called at
the Christensen home Sunday ev-
ening.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
JOHN FiERs WAS INJURED
Manual Training Instructor at Ro
chester Is Put To Bed.

Manual Training Instructor at Ro-
chester Is Put To Bed.
Rochester, September 19.-John
Fiers, instructor in manual training
and mechanical drawing in the Ro-
chester high school, is in his home
today at 923 East Center street,
suffering painful injuries on the legs
and hips resulting from his bicycle
colliding with a Ford touring car at
the intersection of Second Avenue
Sc and Center street on last Satur-
day evening.
Fiers was thrown forward over his
wheel and dragged for nearly fifty
feeS when his bicycle struck the
Ford. The Rochester instructor was
riding to his home on his wheel, GO
ing east along Center when the
t,uring car driven by M. Fuller friend
and a neighbor. swept up Second
avenue and turned onto Center
street. The right front wheel of the
Ford struck the light bicycle, twist
ed it and entangled tn rider in its
frame work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
RoADMEN WEAR STARS
Workers On Main Highways Can Be
Properly Identified.


ON state trunk highways-so-
called Babcock roads-serving Man
kato and vicinity and all other Sec
tions of Minnesota, the patrolmen
are using new stars, which are ex-
citing much curiosity. The state
highway bulletin this week ex-
plains the purpose of the badges
the official highway department yell
low stars of small size mounted on
iron rods.
The stars are mainly to identify
the partlonen. says the bulletin.
When a highway caretaker is NOV
ing gravel on his beat the star is
posted nearby that the passer may
know the gravel is not being stolen.
When the patrolmen< leaves their
section to go to the gravel pit, lum-
Der yard, or blacksmith shop, the
star is left behind with a note at
tached to inform the superinten-
dent, forman, or other interested
party of his whereabouts In these
and many other ways the scheme is
establishing its value.
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September 22-2s- October g.
FOR HEARING ON Fl.
NAL ACCOUNT AND FOR DIS.
TRlBUTI0N.

STATE OF, MINNESOTA, County OF
Blue Earth. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Walter
A: Plymat, Decedent:
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the final account and
distribution of the estate of. said de-
cedent: The representative of the
above named decedent, having fled in
this Court her final account of the ad
ministration of the estate or said de-
cedent. together with her petition
praying for the adjustment and allow
ance OF said final account and for dis
tribution of the residue Of said estate
to the persons thereunto entitled:
Therefore. You. and Each Of You, are
hereby cited and required to show
cause. IL any you have, before this
Court at the Probate Court Rooms ia
the Court House. in the City of Man
kato. in the County OF Blue Earth.
State of Minnesota, on the 18th day OF
october. 1922; at ten o'clock a. m:
why said petition should not be
witness, The Judge Of said Court
and the Seal of said Court, this 18th
day OF September 1922
(court seal) HARRY A. JOHNSON.
Probate Judge.
Attorney for Petitioner.
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Cseptember as-2s-octoser IS

CITATION FOR HEARING ON FEr,.,
TON FOR PROBATE OF WILL.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF
Blue Earth In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Minnie
kopischke, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the allowance and
probate of the will of said decedent:
The petition Of Walter Kopischke be-
ing duly filed in this court. represent
ing that Minnie Kopischke, then a
resident Of the County Of Blue Earth,
State of Minnesota, died on the ard
day of September. 1922. leaving a last
to this court with said petition. and
lowed as the last yill and testament Of
said decedent, and that letters Of ad-
miinistration with the WIN annexed be
Now Thstefore. yon. and each Of you.
cause 4 any you have: before thia'
the tn p Court House in Mankato. County
the 18th day of October, 1922. at ten
o'clock a.. M. why the PRAYER of said
petition should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable Harry A.
johnson, Judge of said court, and the
seal OF said court, this 1lth day Of
September, 1922.
Court seaD HARRY A. JOHNSON,
H. L. & ]. w. schmitt & H W. Voik.
Attorneys for Petitioner.
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tseptember 22-2s- October s.l
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEARING
THEREON,

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of
Blue Earth, In Probate Court
In the Matter Of the Estate Of ArabelIa
r. Nutting, Decedent
Letters of Administration this day
ting.
1T Is Ordered; That the time within
which all creditors of the above named
decedent may present claims against
her estate in this court, be, and the
same hereby. IS. limited to six months
from and after the date hereof and
that Saturday. the nth day Of March
1928. at ten o'clock a. M. in the Pro-
bate Court Rooms at the Court House
at Mankato. In said County, be, and
the same hereby is fixed and appointed
as the time and place for hearing upon
and the examination, adjustment and
presented within the time Aforesaid
let notice hereof be given by the
publication OF this order in The Nam
kato Free Press as provided by law
Dated septennber IA. 1922.
probate SeaD HARRY A, JOHNSON
Thomas Hughes
Attorney. ~ : Il ~ & -
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sian Soviet government sees in the
present NeaI Eastern situation an
opportunity to obtain recognition
from the powers. Russia proposes,
the newspaper says, to act the part
OF mediator between the Turks and
the Greeks, hoping thereby to esta5-
llsh popularity Of the Soviet re
public among the peoples of Moham
medan Asia and compel the entente
powers to revise their attitude to-
ward her.
Many Destitute in Smyrna
Smyrna, September 2l.-Although
eight days have passed since fire OBJ
life in the greatest disaster in Asia s
remain exposed on the quay, desti-
tute, distracted and abandoned. No
allied vessel has offered to sal
wage this last wreckage of human
life in the greatest Disaster In Asa's
history.
Nearly a dozen warships remain
in the harbor but none show a dis
position to aid the wretched popula-
ton except the American destroyers.
Deportations continue and Turkish
soldiers are beginning to carry of
the Greek and Armenian girls, leav-
ing their parents in frantic state.
-, Sporadic shooting and thefts con-
tinue. Smoke is still emerging from
the ruins. The Turkish authorities
explain that this is due to the burn
ing of human bodies, Dr. Wilfred
Post of New York, medical director
of the Near East relief, has urged
the Turks to bury their dead, in or
der to prevent pestilence. He also
has appealed to them to vaccinate ev
eryone in order to guard against
cholera and smallpox.
What Or. Post Says
interviewed by The Associated
Press today, DR.. Post said: 1T is re-
grettable allied ships did not do
more in salvaging human life. The
work of all the vessels on the night
of the fire was magnificent but on
the succeeding days when the i'm
pulse of the great disaster disappear
ed there was lull in their energy
and spirit.
IF we had kept up the work there
would now be no evacuation problem
and thousands would have been sa-
we'd which might otherwise be de-
ported or killed. Even before the
fire there was indiscriminate killing
and footing There are SO many bod
les in the streets that had on one
occasion, to alight from my auto
mobile to lift the corpses out of the
oath of the car"
British Withdrawal From chanak.
Paris. September 21.-There is
no question OF the immediate with
drawal of the British troops from
Chanak on the Asiatic side of the
straits of the Dardanelles, it was
authoritatiyely stated in British Of
ijcial circles here today. The latest
reports received in British quarters
RON the Near East indicate that
the sisf fbei are no N ros Gahger n 81
there are indications that the sol
dlers will remain in Chanak pend
Ing the pescc conference.
Mustapha Kemal Pasha is now
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
HAS WRENCHED BACK
Frank Hartley Was Injured In

Frank Hartley Was Injured In An
Automobile Accident
Frank Hartley Of Fountain City is
lying in a Lewiston hotel today with
a wrenched back and bruises and
brasions about his face and body as
a result of injuries sutained in an
automobile accident Sunday,
Hartley car went over a twenty
foot embankment, turned three SOM
pened Sunday afternoon on the
Stockton Lewiston road near the
arches
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
CAR WAS ABANDONED

Roadster Stolen Last thursday
Night Found In Nicollet County
The Ford roadster belonging to H.
B. Donovan of Sioux City which was
stolen from Main street last Thurs
day night, was found yesterday near
Nicollet abandoned along side of the
road. Sheriff Charles Norman of St
Peter identified the car by cards
sent out from the Mankato police
department, and reported the fid-
ing of the car to Chief Landmark OF
this city, who in turn notified the
owner of the car who is expected to
arrive In Mankato this afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
Kicked In Face BY Horse.

Especial to The Free Press.l
mer Brunk. seven year old son of Au-
gust Bs,nk, sustained a broken jaw
when he was kicked in the face by a
horse. Young Brunk was driving sew
eral horses to the pasture when sud.
denly one of them turned and kicked
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
Flaht AaaInst Rats.

Especial to The Free Press
Jeffers, MIMI, September 19,-In an
effort to rid this place of the hundreds
of rats with which 1t is infested. the
Boy Scouts have planned a war on the
those killing the greatest number of
rats will be banquet by the other teams.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
SETTLED OUT OF COURT

Case Of Van Thuyne Has Been
Agreed To BY Parties Interested
!, Settlement has been reached In
the lawsuit of Leo Van Thuyne
damages and the suit has been dis
missed in Blue Earth county dis
trict court. The suit was fled after
the Van Thuyne boy lost a leg In
an accident in which the Carlstrom
automobile and the Van Thuyne
coaster sled collided at the corner
of Main and Broad streets.
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steele County pioneer Dies.
Owatonna, September 20.--Frederick
Wicklow, an aged resident OF Steele
county, died after a fourteen month
Illness. He was almost eighty-seven
years old.
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FRENCH AND ITALIANS

Tcontinued From Page II
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teytained all of the children IN tne
neighborhood.
o. On the day that the dog fight
occurred, were you at home! A. !
was, 1t was after our evening meal
between six and seven o'clock.
Q. Where were you? A. In the ID
@. Then what happened? A. !
called Mr.. Brandrup's attention to
the dogs fighting. could see tne
dogs fighting from where / STOOD
near the library window.
@. Then what did you observe
A AS he went down the corner out
side / heard him say. stop hitting
INV dog, hit your own if you want
to-" Then | glanced across the street
and saw a man running across the
street in great excitement toward
Mr.. Brandrup. AS this man came he
raised up his hand with cane In 1t.
Mr.. Brandrup grabbed the cane,
Then they whirled around. The next
I saw was Mr.. Hughes going down
the street rubbing his face. Mr.
Brandrup went across the street to
the dogs, and separated them, but
the Airdale went after our dog
again, and Mr.. Brandrup called Mr.
Hughes to come and get his dog into
the house.
q. Did you see the blows strucki
A. did not.
The Gross Examination
9. Did your husband wear a coat'
A. Yes.
@. Did Judge Hughes wear .
coat? A. / don't remember.
@. Did he have gloves on? A.
don't think that he did have glove
on his Left hand, for saw him rub
bling his face with his bare hand.
@. How fast was Judge Hughes
running? We measured his strides
later. Mrs. Brandrup was interrupted
here by an objection. and the answer
was struck out.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-05-25
THE BLACK CANYON DAM

In view of the precarious condi-
tion of the irrigation system in the
Emmett Irrigation District, the con-
tinued delay in starting work on the
Black Canyon dam is causing worry
and alarm to the settlers in the dis
trict. The signing of the contract
last year by the government was TAX
en- to mean that the work would be
undertaken at an early date and push
ed vigorously. On that ground only
repair work has been done on the
present irrigation system in order to
conserve the finances of the district
owning to the need for economy, and
as the physical condition of the irri-
cation system is at low ebb, alarm
is felt for the future unless relief is
afforded at an early date.
Here is a project that has reached
a complete stage of reclamation and
development. Vast sums of money
have been spent by settlers in improv-
ing their farms. 1t is one of the most
highly developed irrigated tracts in
Idaho or the west. Today it is fac
ing disaster and possible ruin through
delay in appropriating meager
sS00,000 to insure a supply of irriga-
ton water. 1t seems strange that
sucn condition should exist, when
millions of dollars are being appro-
priated for much less worthy purposes
The other day the dispatches told of
! probable appropriation of IL mil
ion dollars to blow up fleet of dis
,arded battleships-1t million dol |
ars for destructive purposes-while
! half that sum is begrudged for (
.eaily constructive purposes. 1t is
passing strange. 1t is more than
hat; it is a shame.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-05-25
PUNCTURES
PRUNEPICKERS
Costly Errors in Opening Inning
Costs Emmett Game
II to 4.

Sundays game might well be called
a Comedy of Errors" if it were not
for the tragedy that obscured the
comedy. The actors bobbled their
lines, forgot their cues and so gener-
ally balled things up that the large
audience viewed the performance with
/ awe and dismay. Emmett's air cas-
ties vanished in the twinkling of an
eye, almost, and Payette's took form
and became a reality. y
The balloon went up in the first
inning, when the usually reliable Lew
Otkins overthrew first, and before it
could be brought back to earth seven
Payetter's had chased each other in
merry -go-round fashion around the
circuit
From then on the invaders were
held in check, scoring once in each
of the second, sixth and seventh inn
ings, and two in the ninth, total
of II. Payette's hitting was hard and
timely and Southpaw Graves offer
ings were puzzlers to the home guard
The Prunepickers started the run
getting in the third. Clay was out
on a fly to center, Erwin's single
through third landed him on first, |
went to second on passed ball and
scored on Shafer's muff of Joe
Browns grounder. Then Brown stole
second and scored on Harold Browns
hit to center. Lockwood was out on
fly to center and Brown was caught
at second.
Otkins scored in the fourth on a
three-base clout and Coffey's long fly
to right.
Otkins again scored in the eighth.
the box score tells the story in de-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-05-25
Message from w. R. c.

AS a special favor and honor for
the boys in Blue and Gray and also
the boys who gave their lives that this
land might still be called the land of
the free and the Home of the Brave
the boys of the World war-let the
people of Emmett unite in making
Decoration Day hallowed to their
memory by strewing flowers on their
silent tombs. We ask as a special
favor that places of business be
closed from 9:30 until IL noon; also
let US decorate our homes and places
of business with the Stars and
Stripes; let Old Glory swell the
breeze Let US maintain true ale
glance to the United States of Amer
lea, inculcate lessons of patriotism
and love of country among our child
rem and in the communities in which
we live, and encourage the spread of
universal liberty and equal rights to
all.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-05-25
And Why Nnt2

Now here's fellow, signing him
self "A Baseball Fam" who wants
baseball games during the week
wants the Twilight League to func-
ton again. It's good idea. Twi-
light games have always been popu-
lar in the past, and besides providing
good sport, has given an opportunity
to develop baseball talent in the young
fellows and a chance for the has-beens
to learn they are not as young as
they used to be. But here's his let
ter:
Say, Mr.. Index, what is the matter
with the Twilight League this year
1t was the most popular pastime go
ing last summer; why stop the good
work? The Moose, Bench and High
school already have their teams and
are just rarin' to go. Then there are
the American Legion, Has-Beens,
Slope, BARRIERS and Merchants. We
ought to get six teams out of that
bunch and have three games a week,
charging 10 cents admission to cover
1t would be good practice
for the league team and create a lot
of baseball interest. Start some pro-
paganda in The Index this week to
start 'em goin'.
In order to test out the sentiment
for Twilight ball, meeting will be
held in Commercial Club rooms Mon
day night at s o'clock. If you are in
terested, be there on time.
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Woodmen Have Big Time.

The Gem County Class adoption of
the Modern Woodmen Of America last
Monday evening was "howling sue
cess" as any one passing the hall
during the introduction Of the eight
new members would surely testify.
Sweet camp was represented By
twenty Of her real live choppers" and
Montour by ten. Several visiting
neighbors from other camps were pre-
sent to swell the numbers to 66. Re-
freshments were served and general
good time had until the time indicat-
ed that the meeting was tapping over
into another day.