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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
NOT FUSED OVER MONEY
San francisco Boy IL About To
Receive $4,000 From Estate


limited Press Dispatchl
San Francisco, March 21.-Valli-
mar Gilbert, aged sixteen, is about
to receive $4,000 and does MT give
a hang,
What's the use of me worrying
over that $4,000 when 1 don't
have the cash yet" he said discus
sing the Inheritance which has
been awarded him in New York
from the estate Of Jay Monchief.
Pm not through school yet. I've
got lots to do Besides, there
seems to be lot Of you folks ready
to n d1 my w y ri for me me" ,,.s
who was adopted by e. A. Grape,
a hardworking marine engineer,
when a mere child in Los Angeles,
after the death of his parents.
Grape said he had no knowledge
until few days ago that "the boy
stood In the way Of a fortune"
Vallimar's claim on the Moncrief
estate comes through the distribu-
ton Of the $4,000 to his mother,
long deceased. The money was
awarded Vallimar by New York
court in deciding several compli-
Gated points Of law.
The lad has more interest in
wireless than in money.
II like my wireless set, bout the
best Of anything" he said. II made
it myself. Nav, I amt goin' to
buy one of them fancy sets when
! get the money. They're no good.
I wouldn't get one no matter how
much money I had. The kind you
makes yourself is best. Oh, maybe
I'll buy a new audion, SO can get
longer calls, but that's about all I
want"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
DANCING MASTER
FACED HIS HONOR
R. RocKvAM IN COURT AT
FAIRMoNT, MINI.
Henry Johnson, Charged With
Arson, Pleaded Guilty; Said
He Didn't Have Attorney;
Declines One; indictments Re-
turned To District Tribunal
There Late Yesterday.

Fairmont, March 17.--Five per-
sons were arratgned on six fndicr-
ments before Judge e. c. Dean late
yesterday.
Henry Johnson, who has been in
jail for several weeks, pleaded gull.
ty to an Indictment charging arson
in the third degree. Johnson ad
mftted setting fire to an uninhabited
cottage at Fox Lake November Is,
1921, Claiming that he was hired to
do so by r. Rockyam, Eox Lake
dancing master.
Arraignment of the following per-
sons took place this afternoon:
George Keeney, charged with SELL
Louis Keeney, selling liquor.
Darrell Dale, abduction.
r. Rockvam two indictments ar
son third degree.
Henry Johnson. arson third de-
Johnson was the only man to
plead guilty. He will appear for sen
tence later, and will be used as a
Witness against Rockvam. He did
not have an attorney and informed
the court that he did not want one.
keeney Says He's Not Guilty
The Keeney Bros. pleaded not
guilty and waived reading OF the
indictments against them. Frank b.
Dougherty appeared as their attoi
ney. George Keeney Is at liberty
under continuing bond and Louis
Keeney .was released on his own
recognizance until Friday noon
when bail of $500 Will be furnished.
Darrell Dale, charged with having
abducted a sixteen year old girl a
month ago for the purpose OF mar
rying her, said he was not ready to
enter a plea. Dale was wlsn.It
means, and the court appointed Mr..
Dougherty as his attorney.
George Keeney will be the first
tried when the petit jury meets
Monday. Louis Keeney will follow
then Darrell Dale and Rockvan.
Rockvam appeared In court with
out an attorney. He paid close at
tention to previous arrangements,
and when he was called he informed
Judg Dean at the correct moment
that che waived reading OF the IA
dictments.' Then he gave the Gag Or
audience a whitening look when l.
was evident that they would no.
learn the exact charge against him.
Have you procured coInsel7"
asked Judge Dean.
"Hows THAR" asked the PROBES
sor putting on puzzled look.
Have you got a lawyer?
"oh, yes-but you see he isn't
here"
County Attorney Cooper then sz-
planned the Rockvam's counsel had
made arrangements for his Glen
to enter his plea.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24

N. L. Bacon, a former employee
of the city of Mankato, driver of a
sprinkling wagon on the streets Of
this city, this morning at ten o'clock
filed the long talked of recall petit
ton asking for the removal of Mayor
w. A. Beach, Councilman Chris
Steiner Councilman Anderson. Coun-
Gilman A. G. Lack and Councilman
Gust Kleinschmidt. The preamble
of the petition which contains 965
names, cites general extravaganza
on the part of the present mayor
and city council in the administra-
ton Of the city's affairs. Out Of
the outstanding features of the pre-
amble is the charge Of extravaganza
in regard to coating the block paw
ing with tarvia and gravel. which it
is claimed washed off with the rain
into the cutters and catch basins
and caused the city a great deal of
unnecessary expense.
Names Must BE Checked.
According to the terms of the
city charter, City Clerk F. w. Bates
has ten days in which to check up
the names on the petition to see If
they are legal voters. After this
checking has been completed if the
required number Of signatures con-
petition, City Clerk Bates will pre-
sent the petition to the city coun
ell, ana that body shall call an cleo
ton not less than thirty five days
thereafter, and not more than forty
five days from the date of the
city clerks certificate that suffi-
cient petition has been filed. If by
the city clerks certificates the Pc
tition is shown to be insufficient, it
may be amended within ten days
from that date Then the city clerk,
shall ten days after such amend
ment, make a like examination of
the amended petition, and if his GER
tificate show the petition to be in
sufficient, it shall be returned to
the person filing 1t, without preju-
dice, how ever, to the fling Of new
petition to the same effect.
Provisions of Charter.
Chapter ", Section 81 of the
charter of Mankato stipulates that
the holder of any election office may
be removed at any time by the cleo
tors qualified to vote for success
signed by such electors, equal in
number to at least twenty percent
of the entire vote cast for all can
didates for the Office of mayor at
the last preceding general munich
pal election.
The entire vote cast for all can
didates for mayor at the last gen.
eral municipal election was 4749.
Twenty percent of that amount is
$50 in round numbers, so that the
965 names filed is above the actual
number required for the recall pc
tition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
LOVELY time HAD
NOT RIFT IN Lutte
Charles O'Connor Held
Gavel; Committees
RASTUS WAS ON HAND
Everything Worked Smoothly
As You Please; No Hitch
In Cogs

Preliminary business of the Blue
Earth county democratic organiza-
ion was transacted this morning
when the convention was called To
order at 1920 o'clock The only
business handled at the morning
session was the formation of q
temporary organization and the ap-
2ointment of committees for the
formulation of the afternoons work
When the session opered there
we're eighteen democrats in the
council chamber of the city hall but
before the end of the early meeting
here were more than thirty.
In the absence of c. D. OFT, coun-
y chairman, who has removed to
Pipestone since his election. the
convention elected Charles O'Con-
nor Of st. Clair temporary chair
temporary secretary. Mr.. Leonard
objected, saying that he was not a
delegate to the convention and
therefor not qualified to sit as an
officer, but his doubts were Quieted
by Erastus V. Waters who told Mr.
leonard to 'goon up there and sit
town."
Committees Are Named.
Temporary Chairman O'ConnoI
proceeded to name the committees
rs follows: Resolutions, ]. E. Regain
chairman, Mrs. George Kendall
Henry Theilman, George Keith and
John D. Duane. permanent organiza
ion, W. G. Costley, chairman, Et
Mountain and W. G. P. Smith In
lieu of a nominating committee the
chair appointed a committee whose
iuty, as he explained, is to chose
delegates to the state and distric,
conventions, composed Of the fol
owing delegates: L. L. Champlin
chairman, Victor Greiner, Frank
Chase, c. C. Francis and Bert Cole
For the avowed purpose of max.
ng sure that there are no republi.
cans sitting in a democratic con.
Tention, the chair appointed a ere
ientials committee in spite of the
act that the list of delegates al
certified by the county auditor wa:
yiRg on the table and they are a:
ohows: Paul McGuiggan, chairman
:. o. Daley. Mrs. Grace E. Ander'
ION and D. P. Hayes.
There were but two women dele
gates present in the convention thi!
morning and both appear in the lis
If committeeman.
Following naming OF the commit
ZEE the convention adjourned unit
80 this afternoon when all com
nittees will report, delegates to the
:wo conventions named and a plat.
'orm adopted. ,.
Resolutions Scored Everybody
Resolutions adopted by the dem
,cratic county committee this af
ernoon included condemnation o
President w. G. Harding for hi
Itand on the soldiers bonus law
lis stand on the farmers bloc; ant
lis appointment Of George Harve!
o the court of st, James in Eng
and Governor J. A. o. Preus wa
scored for his stand on severa
Itate issues. The present conven
ion law came in for a scoring
md Senator Gust Widell was con
iemned for his stand and vote OIL
he state tonnage tax. Mr.. Regal
,arcastically stated that the onl.
undisputed right Minnesotian
nave at the present time is to. pa!
axes.
The convention went on recort
unanimously in the Endorsement o
he candidacy of Frank ]. Mahow
aid as a candidate for county com
missioner Of this county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
LEGALLY WED, he CLAIMS
General Semenoff Makes Statement
Before Federal Commissioner.

Van Couver. B. c., March d.
General Gregory Semenoif, Siberia
cossack leader, has denied before
United States immigration officers
the charge that he is not legally
married to Madame Seinenoff, who
accompanies him on his mission to
the United States and Europe.
This became known today In the
course of developments In the In
vestigation which the, United States
Immigration department is conduct
ing into the fitness Of General Sem
enoff to enter the United States In
search of financial assistance for Il
new Siberian regime.
When confronted with the story
that his former wife had turned up
In Japan, claiming to be his legal
wife, Semerioff stated that he was
divorced some years ago from the
wife in question.
Leo J. Smith indicted.
AUSTIN MINI. March 17.-Leo J.
Smith, son of a. farmer living q few
miles from Austin, was indicted this
afternoon by the grand Jury on a
charge Of attempted murder Ia the
first degree. He viii be tried FRIDAY.
It is alleged that Smith <abandoned a
newly born infant on the river hank
near his fathers farm. The infant
was found In time to save its life.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
LUERIBBONCOWS
ON DRESS PARADE
BRENTWOOD SALE OPENED
TODAY
Sons And Daughters World s
Champion Pure Bred Mixers
Will Be Sold Under Hammer
At Philadelphia; From All
Sections United States Prize
Winners Are On Display.

Philadelphia, March 20.-Sons and
daughters Of some OF the worlds
champion pure bred milk cows. par
ade before the auctloneer here to-
day In the Brentwood National Sale
and Show. A number of state blue
ribbon holders are also cared to 60
under the hammer ana the eyes OF
the dairying industry in the United
States will be focused on the prices
obtained for significant reason.
If the prices are good dairymen
claim it will place the stamp of ap-
proval upon the effort to Introduce
the pure bred into all the diaries
of this country while If the prices
are disappointing, the same men ad
NIT 1t will mean that their efforts
to improve the industry along these
lines will have received q decided
setback.
From the Pacific Coast come a
son and daughter of the world q
champion milk producer, Segis Piet-
900 lbs, Of milk in one year is one
Of the wonders Of the dairying in
dustry. Leading Canadas offering
at the sale. will be the son of the
worlds champion butter producer of
all ages and breeds, Bella Pontiac,
producer Of 1857 pounds Of butter
In one year. Canada also sends
grand daughters Of May Echo Syl-
via, the only cow in the world TO
produce 1000 pounds of milk In
days, yielding Il pounds Of butter.
There will be a number Of COWS
who have produced, under official
test, up to SO pounds of butter in
seven days and up to 1900 lbs OF
butter in one year. Then there
will also be a number of sons ana
daughter Of cows with lesser YET
enviable records, made under Of
fetal tests. =
The Awarding of Prizes
At the show valuable prizes will
be awarded the grand champion COW
and the runners-up to her. The
show and sale will last four days
and 200 head of the best breeding
stock of the Holstein dairy cattls
will go under the hammer. These
cattle come from nineteen states
and Canada and sixty five of the
leading establishments will be repre-
scented by animals.
According to records Of the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
there are approximately 1900 head
which only $4,000 are pure bred. OF
these so percent are holsteins. Ac-
cording to the departments records
the average dairy COW yields 16C
lbs Of butter fat and about 1000 lbs
Of milk year.
In more than thousand tests un
der official supervision of Agricul
tural Colleges. the pure breds aver.
age more than 500 lbs OF butter faI
and $4,000 pounds of milk, accord
Ing to the records of the Holstein
FTiesian Association OF America.
Leaders in the movement insist
that the only way improvement in
the milk and fat production car
be worked is through infusian OF
MIRA hInc,d ,,nnn ,,n4;ua .a,nir
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
DIED OF PNEUMONIA
Mrs. Mary Rose Died Sunday Morn.
inc At Local Hospital.


ing At Local Hospital.
Mrs. Mary Rose, wife of George
7. Rose of 105 Dickinson street
lied at one of the local hospitals
Sunday morning at one o'clock from
he effects of pneumonia, from which
she had been a sufferer but a few
lays. Mrs. Rose was taken to the
hospital Tuesday and passed away
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Rose was the daughter OF
Mrs. Henry Leiferman of Beauford
Mimi, where she was born on No
Tember %, 1887. She is survived by
Ter husband and three children
She is also survived by her mother
Mrs. Henry Leiferman Of Beauford
The following brothers and sisters
lIso survive: Henry, John. George
and Leo Leiferman OF Mapleton
frank Leiferman of Perham, Mimi.
and Joseph Leifermanand Mrs. Kate
Never and Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer OF
Dent, Mimi, and Mrs. Arthur Barn
aardt of New York Mills, Mimi.
Mrs. Rose was a member Of the
married ladies sodality of st. Peter
and st. Paul Catholic church, from
which the funeral will be held to.
morrow morning at $50 o'clock and
he remains will be laid to rest IN
Calvary cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
PREACHER WAS SICK
Therefore, No Sermon at Church In
Mapleton Last Sunday.

Therefore, No Sermon at Church In
Mapleton Last Sunday.
Mapleton, Mimi, March I'll
Mesdames Sam Evans and James
Emerson spent a few days the
forepart of the week with relatives
! and friends in the Twin Cities.
Misses Louise Borchert and Ar
line Greiner who are attending Mrs.
Woods Academy in Minneapolis
short vacation.
Miss Dorothy Argetsinger, who is
attending Commercial college at
Mankato, visited over the week end
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. u.
G.. Argetsinger. s.
H. c. Hotaling came down from
st Paul Saturday afternoon and
spent Sunday with his family at
DR.. Lester Mccarthy of Mime
apolis spent a few days the fore
Fart Of the week with his father, G.
Mesdames Merll Bell of Walnut
Grove and Clint Fernald of Amboy
returned to their respective homes
Saturday morning after spending
the week at the A. J. Adams home.
The st. Patrick's Day dance held
was attended by very small
crowd. Owing to the condition of
the roads and other difficulties kept
the crowd from attending. Sixteen
numbers were sold.
Two divisions Of the Congrega-
ional Aid society will serve supper
at the church parlors on Thursday
afternoon, commencing at p. nj.
Everyone Is invited. y III
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Treadwell
returned Friday evening to their
home at Bemidji after spending a
few days visiting relatives at this
place.
Mrs. A. B. Friedman spent sew
eral days last week with relatives
and old friends In the village, She
left Saturday. morning for. st. Clair
where she will visit relatives for a
home at Moose Lake.
Owing to the illness of Rev Gus
tay Melby there were no preaching
services at the Congregational
Church on Sunday. Sunday school
was held at the usual hour and was
largely attended 1t Is to be hoped
that by next Sunday the regular
services may be held. -
Mrs. Isaac Lownes and children
arrived on Saturday from Omaha,
Nebraska. Mr.. Lownes arrived sew
veral months ago and has had
charge of the Equity Elevator. They
have rented the Landsteiner house
on Fifth street.
The Missionary Society was en-.
tertained at the home Of Mrs. Ed
Annis last Thursday afternoon. A
large attendance was present and q
very pleasant afternoon was spent.
Messrs B. r. MeGregor, J. E.. Al
brecht, Judd Cornell, T. B. Taylor
were the delegates from the village
to attend the. Republican Convefi-
ton, which VS. held at Mankato on
Saturday. B. F. McGregor and James
VIII were the delegates chosen to
attend the state convention rrom
the fifth district.
A special movie will be shown at
the Pastime theater on Thursday
evening. This. Is being given I'M
der the auspices Of the Woodmen
Lodge. Other entertainment will al
50 be given. Everyone u invited.
Evarvfhin0 IL FREQ,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
ANNUAL CROW HUNT
Watonwan Game and Fish Club In.
terested In Killing EN-

Watonwan Game and Fish Club In
terested In Killing EN-
Watonwan Game and Fish club Is
seeking cooperation from all coun-
ties adjacent in the annual crow
hunt that is held there from April
% to May /. Bounties are paid on
crows, their young and also for eggs
when they are brought to headquar-
ters Of the contest The first prize
will be for the greatest number OF
old crows and will amount to $1U.
1t is said that crows in this part
Of the country cost the farmer vast
sums of money each year through
their preying on song birds which in
turn thrive on insects. The nests
are filed with young and with eggs
the last week in April and 1t is ex-
pected that at that time the most
effective crow hunting of the year
can be done.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
Cost Less to Run Towns.

= IOptCIHT 10 ING FT66 PTGSS.I VT
Window, Mimi, March 21.-That the
business of townships was not as ex-
tensive fifty years ago as It is today, Is
evidenced by an old record of fifty
years ago which w. H. Carey present
town clerk of Amo township, Cotton
wood county, has found among the files
OF his office. The record is in the form
of report of meeting held on March
IL, 1872. when the township board at
its annual meeting prepared a budget of
expenses for the coming year declaring
ut is estimated that the sum of $34 so
will be a sufficient amount to meet the
expenses OF the town the ensuing year"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
MUST REFUND TAXES
Statement Made BY Internal Reven'
ue Collector Blair
TAssociatod Press DiBpatch,l

lASSOCiaLSO fTeSS llbpdICn.
Washington March 21.-Millions
of dollars in income taxes collected
by the government must be refund
ed. according to an Interpretation
by Internal Revenue Collector Blair
of the supreme court decision in the
case Of Smietanka, collector, against
the First Trust and Savings bank
of Chicago, officials said today.
The supreme court hsld that in
come held and accumulated by a
trustee for the benefit of unborn or
unascertained persons was not tax
able. The bureau, it was explained
had been holding such income tax
able and as such cases generally in
volved large estates 1t was believed
that the refunds made necessary
would run into millions. -,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
Denies secret UNDERSTANDING

washington, c.arch 2i.-Secre.
tary Hughes today sent 4 letter to
Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts,,
republican senate leader, denying
charges made yesterday In the sem
ate that. a secret understandable"
was entered into by the United
States and Great Britain during the
arms conference as to future act
TIM IN $ha parifa
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
FIRST HOG PEDIGREEs
They Were Written In 1875 For Pc
land Chinas At Ohio Farm
[ ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Blue Ball Ohio. March 21-

Blue Ball. Ohio, March 2l.-A
monument is to be erected here to
commemorate the beginning of the
practice of writing pedigrees for
hogs. The first such pedigrees, old
est records show, were written in
1875 for Poland China hogs on the
farm owned here by w. z. Hanktn-
son. Part of the necessary funds for
the monument have been raised by
the Ohio State Poland China Breed
ers Association and the HanKinson
estate, which still owns the farm,
has consented to the erection OF the
monument on the property. The
monument Is to be dedicated in Aug
ust.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
BORN CASE DISMISSED
He Had Action Against Mankato
Ice Company For $4,000

Ice Company For $1,000
The case of Carl Born against the
Mankato Ice company to recover
$4,000 for alleged personal injuries
received by the plaintiff while he
was in the employ Of the company,
was dismissed this morning in the
district court on the grounds that
the plaintiff had not established the
burden Of proof of his allegations.
The London Guarantee company
with which the ice company carried
liability insurance, fought the case.
Attorney c. o. Daley appeared as
attorney for the plaintiff.
The plaintiff alleged in his COM
plant that while working for the
Mankato- Ice company at the com
pany's ice houses on February 8,
1921 that a horse stepped on one of
his feet injuring him to the extent
Of $4,000. Mr.. Born stated to The
Free Press this forenoon that he
will appeal the case.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
Jack Harris Wanted

Sacramento, Cal, March IL
Jack" Harris. held with Gus
~schaeffer at Oakland as a fugitive
rom justice, is wanted in Minnea-
oolis for the alleged murder of a
.axicab driver in December, 1920, 1t
became known today with the ar
-ival Of requisition papers at the
,ffice OF Governor Stephens from
he governor OF Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
Profitable Flock OF Hens.

ISpeclAI 70 TIC Ffen Tf'SS.
Jasper, Mimi, March 21-Mrs Leo
Dhoemers. residing near Ihlen, has the
most profitable flock OF hens in this
section of the country. Yesterday she
sold to one OF the local stores eighty
eight dozen eggs which had accumu-
'iated IN less than ten dave
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
THROWN OUT OF COURT
Seventy-Fiye Thousand Dollar Dam
ace Suit In Wisconsin
IAssociated Press Disnafnb

IAssociated Press Dispatch.l
Winona, Mimi, March 21.-The
SIS 900 damage suit brought by Ro-
bert e. Peterson of st. Paul against
R. c. Field of Osseo, Wis, for al :
legged alienation Of the affections of
Peterson's wife was dismissed to-
day by Judge Higbee in Trempeal-
eau county without circuit court at
Whitehall, Wis, for want of prose
cution. The plaintiff failed to ap-
pear and is said to have given no
explanation Of his inability to be
present at the time the case was
listed for trial. Peterson was for
merly resident of Osseo.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
Father Of Waters Rising.

[Associated Press Dispatch.I
Memphis. Tenn March 21.-The
Mississippi river at Memphis reach
I'D a stage of thirty six feet four
inches on the guage this morning
and is rising rapidly. All levees
between the Missouri state line and
ne mouth of the st. Francis river
in Arkansas are being patrolled.