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The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
CLAIM WARD INSANE
Efforts To Clear Wealthy Bakers
Son of Murder Charoe.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
New York, July 6.-Walter s.
Ward, wealthy bakers son, eharg-
ed with the murder Of Clarence
Peters, was not normal before the
killing, according Z to the testimony
OF his brother Ralph D. Ward. be-
fore the Westchester county GRAND
jury, made public today. The min.
utes of the grand jury were turned
over to Wards lawyers by court
order recently. When asked by the
jury il his brother was in good
health, Ralph Ward reported, ac-
cording to the testimony
No. l don't think he was; at
least he wasn't normal"
Mrs. Ward, wife of the accused,
whose testimony also was made
public, threw ligit on q newspaper
story written by Cornelicus Van
derbilt. Jr., to the effect that Ward
after being lodged in Jail. had vis-
tied his home one night before
being released on bail. In DENYING
the story, she told tae Jury, that
the young millionaire reported had
tried to interview her on a insanity
plea.
Vanderbilt sent in his card. ask,
ing if he could see her because he
was "in great sympathy with me-"
She said Vanderbilt was very Hn-
sistent upon seeing her hut she
positively declined to see him., Be.
fore the grand jury was discharged
1t handed UP a presentment deny :
Ing Vanderbilt'S story
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
RECORD FOR 1873 YEARS
Customs Receipts Past Fiscal Year
Highest In Long Period.

tAsSociaied Press pispatch.1
Washington, D. c., July 5.-Gen-
orally improved business conditions
in the country are reflected in in
creased customs receipts-the high
est during the past fiscal year for
1873 years. according to statement
issued tonight by Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Treasury Elmer Dover,
In charge of customs.
THE United States customs re-
ceipts for the fiscal year just end :
ed" he said. amount to 1856, 443. .3S7,
which Is an increase OF $48,418,2 2S5
over last year. The highest pre-
vfous year in the history of the
customs, covering 1873 years, was
1910 when receipts amounted to
1898, ,6S3, ,445, SO that the receipts for
this year are nearly $23, 600, 900 in
excess of the largest previous year.
This result may be taken as an
indication anu result OF a general
improvement In business. For sew
eral years our tmportations were
at the lowest ebb, but the arrival
Of business in this country has pro-
duced corresponding increase in
imp ortations. While this is sun-
dolbtedly the principal cause, some
credit is due to the reorganized
customs service which Is now at its
highest standard"
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
WILL BE SKY sCRAPER
Dallas Building To Be TaIlest In
World Of Reinforced Concrete
IASsociated Press DiSpatcl

lASSOCldleu fTSsS blSpdtSl.J
Dallas, Texas, July 3.-The Medi-
cal Arts Building, in process Of con-
struction, will be the tallest rein
forced concrete building in the
world, according to local architects.
The building will comprise nineteen
stories and basement when com.
pleted and will be for the exclusive
use OF the medical and kindred prog
fessions. The next tallest building
is an eighteen story building OF sim
liar construction.
The MedigaT Arts building will
have a maltese cross shape, which
is said by the builders to be the
first design of its kind in the world.
There will be only four rooms on
each floor having no outside view.
A circular light shaft twelve feet
in diameter running through the
center, will have four elevators
opening into this shaft, two of which
elevators will be built large enough
to accommodate large stretchefs for
carrying patients to and from the
surgical rooms. ..-
The first floor will contain drug
stores, the second hospital equip
ment and medical supplies, and the
third floor will be converted into
quarters for clubs with large au-
ditorium. Work on the building is
expected to be completed for occu-
pancy January j.
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
CONGO CELEBRATION
Belgian ConsoIand Will Observe
Thirty Seventh Anniversary
limited Press Dispatch.l

limited Press Dispatch.l
Bona, Belgian. Congo, July l.
Yellow stars and the blue ground
flags are, flying all over Belgian
Congoland today to celebrate the
thirty seventh anniversary of the
proclamation of the, Congo Free
State, which has, since, by deed of
gift of the late King Sovereign OF
that state, Leopold II. become a
real overseas possession of Bel
GUM.
1t would be idle to say that all
the native population share the Joy
of today's festival. Thousands up
on thousands of them hate the
white man and probably millions Of
them have good grounds for abhor-
ring a government which finds any
justification in the system of forced
labor-so many days work monthly
for the benefit of the government
which has gradually replaced the
slave trade
Though the days of "red rubber"
are gone forever, some of the war
like tribes of the Great Lakes and
other backwoods settlements where
white men are in negligible min
ority, are yearning for an African
'"Uncle Abe" who will make them
free in spirit as well as in letter.
Unlike the colored people of the
French possessions in Africa, the
natives of Congoland do not enjoy
political rights and are thus unrep-
resented.
The native reformers. who dared
champion causes that were unpopu-
lar with the European rulers, have
been rounded upon charges OF sedi-
fA
There is not Southern state in
the American Union where the
negro does not enjoy more political
freedom than in this vast Belgian
territory of Africa,
On the other hand. there is a
bright side. Lynchings are un-
known.
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
POVERTY CUT DOWN
Prohibition Has Been Big Factor In
This Change Is Report
IAssociated Press Dispatch.I

ASSOCIATED Press DiSpatch.1
New York. June 29.-Prohibition
has been a big factor in cutting
down poverty in families. according
to statistics just issued ~by the X
American Association for Organiz-
ing Family Social Work of New
York and the Boston Family We'll
fare Society. In ten of the seven
teen cities listed, how ever, there
were more families under care dur
ing. the dry year" than in the wet
year"
Mrs. William T. Tilton, chairman
Of the Boston society, declares that
figures in the survey which she
conducted, prove that there has
been reduction of IS percent in
cases where drink was a factor in
the poverty Of the families in
ciuded. ~
Such good results under partial
enforcement" she continued "are
significant of what we may expect
when the dry laws are properly
enforced. They are not just sta
tistics, but they represent human
beings made happier by the ab-
sence OF intoxicants from their
lives"
New York. according to the fg-
ures has shown a reduction of 64
percent, the years used being 1917
and 1921. Rochester's reduction is
81 percent, Newburgh's So. st.
Louis "a, Chicago S6, Boston 81,
Pawtucket 100; Atlantic City 80,
Newport, r.. l., 63. Portland, Me-,
95, Cleveland "a, La Crosse, Wis,
81, Portland, Ore. 40 percent in
ington, d. g., rs, and Providence, R.
l.. 95. ..s..
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
Paying Up Bills For
Big Time On Fourth
General Committee Settling Ac-
; counts; Fair to Clear
About $4,000.

Final meeting of the general COM
mittee in charge of the Mankato
Fourth of July celebration was held
yesterday afternoon at four o'clock
in the Offices Of the Civic and Com
merce association and at that time
all loose ends of business and un-
finished details were disposed Of so
far as possible but on account Of
the fact that there has not yet been
made full accounting, no accurate
fgureS are available. The approx
mate figures show net receipts to be
about $4,000 and the expenses about
$4,000. BY the time remaining bills
are paid and war tax deducted from
the paid admissions at the fair
grounds II is expected that the fgJ
ure as given for expense will pe ap'
proximately correct.
p On the theory that the public is
entitled to have full information re-
garding the affairs of the fair which
Is more or less public enterprise,
the committee decided that at such
time as all accounts have been
settled and the accounts audited by
w. e. Streater and c. w. Fisher,
the records shall be furnished The
Free Press for publication. It was
tns concensus that since II was the
public who made these ventures
possible, the public should be given
exact Information as soon as such
material comes to hand.
The committee passed a resolu-
tion thanking the townspeople the
boosters from the country and all
those who helped so generously in
making the affair the success that II
was. With almost $4,000 remaining
after the payment OF expense, the
association will be much improved
financially and 1t is hoped. on the
way to financial independence.
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
.RARESPEC|MENSOF
ART TONEXH|BIT|ON
SPECIAL SHOWING Is MADE
IN CHICAGO
LOANED TO INSTITUTE
Display Consists of Laces, Russ.
ian and other Paintings,
Etchings. Drawings
TAssociated Psess Dispatch. ]

Chicago, Illv July 4.-Visitors to
Chicago in the next three months
will have the opportunity Of seeing
at the Chicago Art Institute dozen
extensive loan exhibitions in addi-
ton to the permanent collection.
Mrs. Rockefeller Mccormick has
filled an entire gallery with one OF
the finest collections of old Italian,
French and English laces in exis-
tence. Mrs. Mccormick spent more
than six years in Europe gathering
these speciments of laceS. Then
under her supervision they were
harmonized and many lace workers
worked for two years and a half
stitching the pieces into the eigh-
teen large coverlets.
Filling three galleries Is the an
onymous loan of a collection OF
Flemish tapestries, old Spanish rug,
furniture and paintings. Among the
latter are st George and the
Dragon" painted half a century be-
fore the discovery of America. two
Goyas and the Girl With the Green
Eyes -
Show iaeovleH Work
There Will also be the first exhi-
bition held in America of the Rus
sian painter Alexandra Iacoylen.
Fifty paintings, water colors and
drawings by Iacoyleff will occupy
one gallery completely.
Among the loan collection will be
seven paintings from the home OF
Chauncey Mccormick. This group
is composed of "The Fountain" by
CASTOR La Touche; "The Amateur
Bull Fight" by Roberta Domingo;
''The Square de Malines" by Fran
cesco Luigini; The Beach at Sit
ges" by Mas Y Fondavilla; "An In
terror" by Frederick Frieseke;
Portrait of a. Lady" by Giuseppe
Boldini, the original being the well
and painting by Walter Gay
showing the interior Of his library
In Paris.
WinsIow HomeSs Pictures
Another gallery will be filled by
the collection of Winslow Homer
water colors owned by Martin Ry
erson. Mr.. Ryerson's American oil
paintings will occupy another gal
lery. Other well known Chicago
collections which will be shown are
those of Cyrus H. Mccormick, Paul
Saulze, Edward Butler and Charles
L. Hutchinson.
The print department is expect
ed to be a veritable mecca for low
ers of sketchings and drawings.
English drawings from the famous
Gurley collection. will be shown in
the Gurley Room. In the next gal.
lery of display OF forty illuminated
manuscripts of the 18th and 14th
centuries. Filling another gallery
will be the Wrenn collection Of
Durocs and Rembrandts, the Lath.
rop collection of Whistlers, and
the Buckingham collection of etch
ings by McBey and Cameron.
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
REACHES CENTURY MARX
Philadelphia Lady Recently Cele'
= brated One Hundredth Birthday

UNITED Press Dispatch.1
Philadelphia, July 6.-Pantellettes
peeping from under swaying hoop
skirts and curls dangling demurely
over the ears were just as shocking
to the matrons of 1922 as the pre-
vailing mode of bohbed- hair and
knickers are to conservatives OF
this day and generation, according
to Mrs. Mary Montague, of this city
who has just celebrated her one
hundredth birthday. ...r
Mrs. Montague has lived here
ninety three years, having come
here at the age of seven from Dublin
Ireland, where she was born. With
rosy cheeks and blue eyes, sparkling
beneath a halo of snowy hair, she
contrasted Philadelphia of yester-
year with the present. ."
much censored by my parents and
and knickered fiappes," she said.
"Girls of today are more capable
than they were in those days. Amy
career excepting marriage and es-
tablishing a home was out of the
question. | remember hearing of a
girl who went to clothing factory
to sew pants.
"A girl friend and decided we
would like to do it too, so we ran
away and went to see if we could.
l hadn't been there more than two
minutes when the manager wanted
to know what a girl with fluffy
golden curls could do. / had thirty
five or more on each side of my
head. So you see business ven
ture in those days was attended
with the same disbursement en-
countered by many bobbed heads in
business today.
1t is wrong to say girls are
light and frivolous because of this.
In reality 1t is an indication of
progressism. Little is accomplished
by the ever conservative spirit
that clings too long to things pas.
sed.
II should like to see girls wear
panatalettes as they did when I was
a girl, and. of course, knickers are
preferable to the extremely short
skirts they wear now"
Many beautiful gifts and, congrat-
ulatory messages have been receiv-
ed by Mrs. Montague. Among them
was cable from Pope Plus x1.
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
VISIT LARGER CITIES
Tourists In Germany Are Trying Te
Escape High Living Costs


Coblenz, June 12.-[Correspond-
ence of The Associated Press.]-
American and British tourists are
fiocking to the larger cities in the
occupied areas, OF Germany in order
to escape the high prices for living
now leveled against Allied nationals
in the interior of Germany.
Hundreds Of visitors on their way
to and from the Passion Play at
Oberammergau are making their
headquarters during their stay in
Germany In this city, and reports
from Cologne, occupied by the Brit
ism and from Mayence and Wies
baden, occupied by the French are
to the same effect In the occupied
areas they are protected against
proiteering by laws which prevent
German tradesmen from discrimin-
ating aginst Allied nationals.
Prices in the occupation zones,
however, have taken jump of
about seventy five percent since the
mark went very low a few weeks
ago aud its gain with the past few
days has had no effect whatever on
prices. All tourists returning from
the interior are warning their
friends not to place themselves at
the mercy Of the German pro6teers
who are charging visitors from 200
to 500 percent more than German
nationals.
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
PERMITS TO BUILD
FOOT UP $6O,255
THAT Is. THE JUNE RECORD
IN MANKATo
REPORT FOR COUNCIL
Short Session of City Body Held
Last Evening; Breadmak-
ers Seek Ordinance.

Members of the city council held
short meeting last night at which
few minor matters we've taken up
and disposed OF. Owing to the alb
sefce of Councilman Chris Steiner
from the city, no bills were allowed.
Mayor w. A. Beach wanted to
know what Councilman Alex An
derson had heard from the Man
kato Electric Traction company in
regard to the company making re-
pairs to the paving along their
right of, way on North and South
said that he had not received a
its attitude was in the matter.
At the suggestion of Mayor Beach,
Councilman Anderson today sent a
communication to President ]. o.
Schulze asking him for statemant
in regard to the repairs. The city
Is anxious to repair the paving out
side the right Of way of the com
pany on both ends of the street,
and wants the work to start at the
same time as the street car COM
pany commences its repairs.
Mayor Beach said that he had re-
ceived a request from certain bread
makers in this city asking that a
bread ordinance be passed in this
city for the purpose of regulating
the size Of the loaf, etc. The mat
Steiner when he returns to the city
for him to pass judgment on.
Mrs. Anna Krummell OF 1918
North Third street was granted a
soft drink licenxe last night.
Chief of Police Phil Landmark
reported that during the month
ending June 80, twenty one arrests
had been made, S264.20 had been
collected in fines, and ten men had
been housed in the city jail. -
Building Permits In June.
City Engineer Phil Comstock
flied a statement with the city
council showing that the following
building permits had been issued
during the month of June:
Sylvester Hutterer, one and one.
half story tile, $4,000, corner North
Mrs. Eleanor Pfeffer, new roof
asphalt composition. $50, 800 Block
North Front street. .
t Alec Berendt, remodel residence,
$4,000, $40 Pleasant street.
e. J. Brosnan, frame and stucco,
Sc, ZOO, 521 Walnut street.
Charles vogel. frame garage,
$125, 1923 North Broad street.
L. A. Goebel, frame two story,
$4,000, 104 North Fifth street.
Max Wishnick, tile and brick,
81, 900, 2l9 Washington Court.
H. Troast, frame garage. $3.50. 204
State street.
Chas. Smith, one and one half
story frame, $4,000, Sf7 lie Sueur
street.
j. Werdin. one story frame. y2.50o
420 East Rock street.
J. ]. Miller, tile and stucco, $4,000
116 North Fourth street
H. j. Ohler, frame and stucco.
Sc, 900, TIC North Broad street.
F. W. Hunt, frame and stucco,
81 4,00e, 313 West Front street.
Eddie Amundson, hollow tile, resi-
dence, $1,000. 1921 North Broad
street.
NJ. z. Zieske, frame residence,
81. 900, 631 West Front street.
Mrs. Clifford Sheldon, one and
one half story frame, $500, l27
Lewis street.
]. W. Getty, frame garage, $50,
1927 North Fifth street.
John C. Nelson, frame residence
and garage, $2.50o, SIG West Fourth
street.
These total $6o,255.
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
IRON RATIoNs POPULAR
German Laborinq People Have
Strong. Liking For Chocolate

Strong Liking For Chocolate
Berlin, June l3.-[Correspond
ence of The Associated Pressl-
Chocolate candy, the war time
iron ration" of armies, has become
increasingly popular since the war
among the laboring people of Ger
many despite the hand to- mouth
existence in which they are forced
to live because of low wages and
high prices. The workers here are
said to have now usurped the pre-
war position occupied by the mid
die classes as the greatest consum-
ers of this luxury"
simultaneously with comment in
the press on this anomoly in the
workingman's budget, figures are
announced which show that the
German laborer today is receiving
wages barely sufficient to keep him
and his family in the necessities of
life =.
Clara Bohm Schuch, Socialist
member of the Reichstag, reporting
in Vorwaerts the results of an in
tions, declares higher wages are
necessary and that the present
state of affairs is due to the prac-
tice of userers in agriculture, in
dustry, and trade. ~. =.
interviewing an industrialist. she
writes; she was told that diligent
workers In his establishment re-
ceived good" wages at about 1,150
marks a week, equal to about $4.00
in American money. She sought
out a mechanic and found that was
the exact amount Of his stipend,
and that he supported a wife and
child on it.
She cites also the case of a..bar-
ber's family of five, including three
children between 10 and is years
Of age, which lived on the mans
salary of 1000 marks week. In a
third family of four, the budget
was based on earnings of $500
marks a month.
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07

Myhre and Hazel were Mankato
and st. Peter callers Tuesday of
last week.
i Aitabel Cheadle spent Sunday
with Helen Diche.
Elmer Reeves, cousin of Mrs.
William Dickie and Ernest Adler of
Milbank, S. D., enroute fer Mason
City, Iowa by auto spent the Fourth
with the William Dicke family
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Davis and son
Ralph spent Sunday with the VIII
liam Dickie family.
Irene Dackie spent Sunday with
Mabel Cheadle.
Mabel Cheadle was quite i'll last
week from the effects of having
her tonsils removed but is much
better at this writing.
The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
DRY FIGHT IN AUSTRIA.
Large Portion People Are Against
Old kink Alcohol


Old kink Alcohol
lAsSociated Press Dispatch.]
Chicago, July 5.-Austria "is at
last awake to the necessity of a
great action against alcohol" Presi-
dent D. NJ. Hainisch of that coun-
try stated in letter to Virgil G..
Hinshaw, president of the Prohibi-
ton Foundation, made public by
the latter today. Mr., Hinshaw Wis
tied Austria last Octobey in the in
terests of the prohibition move
ment-
"T'he Federal Minister for Social
Administration has allocated the
sum of fifty millions for this pur-
pose" the letter continued. "And
the National Council will pass a
law in accordance with which this
money will be employed. A big
committee is In course OF forma-
ton to which most members OF the
American Austrian Committee will
al feeling at present in Austria is
favorable to the idea of ALCOHOLISM
being fought by means of public
I4Vo0u4
Large sections of the population
realize at last that a nation in our
present economic distress cannot
afford such a high rate of expensive
consumption of alcohol, and that,
therefore, all facilities for advancing
this consumption must be removed
or reduced.
~'T hope, by intensifying our pro-
poganda, thanks to the means put
by you at our, disposal, we shall
succeed in utilizing this favorable
feeling and shall pave the way for
@ comprehensive prohibition Of al
cohol or at least do the first steps
towards that goal.
Il am certain that now all agen-.
cies at our disposal will start work,
and l think / shall be able shortly
to report on the effect and success
of our activity In Austria.
'If my words which you publish
in the great American papers will
contribute to further the develop
ment OF the prohibition movement
in America this success will, / hope
be also to us a>stimulus to fight
most energetcally In Austria and
Europe Alcohol and its adherents."