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The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
AIRCRAFT PRIMED
FOR RACES TODAY
World Speed Contests Are
Staged At St. Louis
EVERY TYPE THERE
..- -.
New Flying Field Will Be Dedi-
Gated First; Foreigners.
.. y Entered
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch ]

st. Louis. Mo-, October 4.-With
fair weather prevailing and ST.
Louis field In good condition the
airplanes were primed, today, for
the beginning Of the international
air races which were postponed
from Monday on account of rain.
The initial days program included
an elaborate ceremony OF dedicating
the field, which has been construct
ed recently, to army, navy, mail
service and civilian pilots, three
speed events, a. salute of twenty one
guns TO Assistant Secretary of War
Dwight Davis, who is the personal
representative Of President Cool
idge at the races, and four demon
strations. ,-@es.....
The racing events are the flying
club of ST. Louis trophy race, which
is for civilians plotting planes of
less than ninety horsepower en-
gines, the Mitchell trophy race soi
official army type pursuit machines,
and the Liberty engine builders
trophy race in which a sharp contess
is expected between army and navy
craft. ~ 90
Smallest Ri Plane In World.
Demonstrations of the smallest
bf-plane In the world, weighing 600
pounds, arrival Of squadron of
eighteen air mail service planes,
exhibition OF bombing planes in ac-
ton and demonstration Of how
mail Is carried on the transconti-
mental route at night by the postof-
fice aerial service completes the
program.
With the visit Tuesday of the
ZRS /, the largest airship In the
world, the presence of the Darling,
bomber, the mightiest heavier than,
afr craft ever constructed, and the
Successful trial tight Yesterday of.
the RNvl, the worlds biggest nom
rigid airship, virtually every type or
aircraft known to the world has
been or is concentrated here for the
races. .Es..
Government officials, attaches of
foreign embassies and prominent
aircraft builders and designers, who
are here for the events, declare the
races will surpass any, previous avi-
alton meet held in the. world The
races continue through Saturday.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
kELS JAILED ON
MURDER CHARGE
California Butcher and Cattle
Man Scouts Idea of Plead
ing Insanity
tcontintsed On Page u
| Associated Press Dispatch

Stockton, Cal, October ALEX
Kels, the respected cattle man and
butcher OF Lodi, whose supposed
funeral was attended by 600
friends, was booked at the county
jail here today on a charge of muir
dering the unidentified stranger to
whose bier the countryside came
to pay tribute.
When brought here last night
from Eureka. where he was arrest ;
d, kels expressed some satisfac-
ton OF being back again among his
friends. He gave his age as thirty
nine, and recalled that yesterday
was his birthday. sf
Officers again questioned Kels
and he reiterated many of his for
mer statements concerning his
crime and travels afterward.
Has No Regrets
kels has expressed no regrets
and has not asked to see his wife,
although he did make REQUEST to
see his twelve year old daughter.
He expressed satisfaction at being
captured by Sheriff w. H. Riecks
by saying that he was not now
afraid that someone would be look
ing for him. He said that his suicide
attempt was not prompted by con-
science but by the tt/.r of having
someone always looking for him.
He said that he applied for a job
in San Diego and was promised one
in a butcher shop, but when he
went TO work he found that the pro-
prietor was an old friend. Kels has
tily disappeared. Everywhere he
went he said he, was constantly en-
someone whom he knew
and this worried him. ..
He secuted the idea of planning to
plead insanity at his trial Officers
here believe him sane.
Mrs. Kels, an expectant mother,
is reported critically Ill and has not
been told OF her husbands return
from his supposed grave.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
SCHOOL BUDGET
TOTAL $196,OoO
Board Fixed Figures At
M eet Last Evening
YEAR LEVY Is MADE
Directors Take Up Number of
Matters; Committees Are
Appointed

The 1924 school budget adopted
last night at the meeting of the
board of education is practically the
same as that OF 1923. The board
adopted the complete report made
TO the finance committee by Secre
tary +. F. Soaring, asking for a
levy OF $196.000. which carries with
II tax levy OF twenty eight LlilIs.
Twenty mills is asked for the cur
rent fund and eight mills for the
special fund. The resolution to
adopte the budget prepared was Of
fered by General Gustav Widell.
DR.. NJ. R. Coulter spoke TO the
board members and offered a free
clinic to all children in the schools
of Mankato under the age of eight
years. The board enthusiastically
accepted the offer made by DR..
Coulter.
The demand for clinics in schools
all over the country in recent years
has been very great" said Dr.
Coulter, DIR. c. p. Peterson and i
haye furnished special office where
we can take care of these children.
We will do the work on Tuesday
and Thursday mornings. Free ex-
aminations will be given to all chill
dren OF the city up to eight years of
age who are sent there by either
the school nurse or the superin5
tendent"
DR.. Coulter stated that about
eighty five per cent of the school
children examined at the Mankato
Teachers college had had their
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The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
RECORD OF GUARD
GIVEN HIGH n'Aff
Fifth Regiment Has the
Big Credit Marks
LENGTH OF ACTION
Fine Entertainment Will Be
Held On Next Monday
Evening ' -

Not contented with gaining the
highest laurels granted 10 any Ma
t.Cnat Guard regiment IN Ine UnlLed
States when recently inspected a.
camp by federal army oHIcels, mem
bers or The Fifth inIanLry are 10 be
put through a more advanced meth :
Oh ol training 10 MAKE them a dig
ger and better unit Ihan ever &C
Cord1ng to the plans formulated by
a recent conference OF all officers
OF the regiment held at st. Paul
The Filth regiment at the Fort
Smelling encampment where they
nCers OF the United States Army and
by federal army inspectors, the regi-i
ment was ranked as the best and
.eitesC- ueYeioped regiment in the
United States. This is In keeping
win the TACT that the regiment
hoics the senior ranking in length TO
service, dating from the time OF
service. .'. .'..' ~ E
Regiment Is Enthusiastic
The regiment as whole feels
highly enthusiastic over the recog-
milton given it, and inspired the or
ficers at the two days conference
III st. Paul to further raise the
standard OF the regiment. p
HStS H. MdukdIO the training
Will be far more advanced than
here to fore. A great deal OF thought
and attention will be given to the
entertainment of the enlisted man
this winter said Colonel Walter S.
when interviewed.
The work OF officers during the
coming year will be studies which
will take them through the various
stages of mobilization he said.
The federal government has re-
Gently formulated new mobilization
plans and they are to be tested out
by the regiment next summer. The
FEDERAL army officials plan to test
the mobilization OF regular
army, national guard and reserve
army troops at about the same time
next summer 800
Study Map Problems
The work of the officers win in
clude study OF map problems and
war games. These games and con
:, 'ts will be held sometime during
the year of Mankato and St.. Paul
batween the officers OF the Fifth
regiment and the Sixth gimenf a
s---,<-rsfc son s,.T. ~ ssa-.ss5rss
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
BURIED ALIVE NINE
DAYS AND RESCUED
Scottish Coal Miners Saved
After Being Trapped; Cigar
ette First Request
ASSOCIATED Press OispatchI

Falkirk, Scotland, October A.
Buried alive for nine days, tVe OF
the forty one miners entombed by
an explosion in a coal pit near here
were rescued today. They are
brought to the surface in fairly good
condition and their remarkable es-
cape has raised the hopes of the rel
atlyes oil the others imprisoned.
are redoubiing their ef-
forts. T..
The first thing the rescued men
asked for was cigarettes. They said
all they had to exist on was water
afters the first day, when the supply
Of bread gave out. The pit they
were in was flooded by the explo-
sion but they crawled to a ledge and
found a passage where they got a
current of air. There they stopped
except for occasional trips for water
until they we're rescued.
Seventy men were entombed, but
twenty nine soon escaped through
a disused shaft. Virtually all hope
for the remaining men had been
given up. -
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
DAIRY DAY EVENT
DATED FOR TOWN
Butterfield Will Celebrate On
October as; Mcmillan
Speaker

Kietzer Brothers closing out sale
held at their farm near Vernoi
Center yesterday was success i
every way. Everything sold for good
prices. The Holstein cattle listed
for sale attracted buyers from very
large area. The top priced COW was
purchased, by George E., Austin O
Lake Crystal at 1896. She is Lad.
Beeline Queen Fobes, with lon.
line of butter fat producing apces
tors. Other animals sold equally
well. The sixteen head of Hoisteins
including many small calves nette,
Kietzer Brothers S1,Sl2. Mullins &
Lyons of Mankato were the auc-
tioneers, and the Minnesota State
Bank Of Amboy clerked the sale.
Hog cholera now exists in the east
side of Garden City township. Far
mers are urged to watch their
herds and keep their dogs tied up to
prevent carrying the disease. There
has been a smaller percentage OF
hog cholera this season in Blue
Earth county than for years and It
10 hopSu tudI lhio ouIpi DO
confined to a small area with little
loss. ,-s -
Business men end farmers of But
terfield have completed plans for
putting on a Dairy Day. at that
village on October 6. 1t will be re-
that last year larfN
group Of farmers went on a trip Wis
ting different dairies and stock
arms. They were entertained at
Inner as the guests OF Mankato
business men. Butterfield wants to
,eturn the compliment and has ex-
ended an invitation to come to that
,lace Saturday and partake of their
County Agent L. E. Nc,
William will Judge the cattle on ex-
libition at the dairy show and will
leliver talk on Feeds for the
Dairy Cow" ..rr>$ss 80 ..
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
BRUSH AND PEAT
FIRES ON INCREASE
Grave Situation Exists In Many
Sections North State;
Fighters Busy =
[ Associated Press DispatchJ

st. Paul. October "A grave sit
uation exists in many districts as a
result OF the thousands OF brush and
cat fires throughout Minnesota, it
was announced by A. II. Pimley,
chief Of the fire fighting forces of
the state forestry department, al
though he said at present the situa
lon is well in hand.
In the northern part of the state
the rangers have large forces OF men
keeping peat bogs in check in the
forest areas, he said. Is
A sudden rise in wind velocity
would cause several fires to unite
into one which might prove threat
ening to adjacent territory, forest
ers said
"The, peat is tinder dry said Mr..
Pimley, Il wish we could impress
the danger ON persons who are
driving through or tramping over
peat land. ] believe fully rs per cent
OF the present fires have been started
unintentionally, by smokers" Fires
are reported by rangers in practical
ly every Minnesota county north of
the twin cities.
Reports From Duluth q
Duluth, Minn., October 4.-The
brush, peat and forest fire stu
alton in Northwestern Minneso-
ia is unchanged today with emer-
aency guards controlling scattering
blazes, said Ranger G.. S. Lind, at
the local district office Of the state
toiest service.
The fire fighters working under
ihe supervision Of rangers and pa
trolmen, are taking every precau
tion possible te cllard against an
reak in the event of high winds
A mild, damn MInd blowing from
lT Lake Superior today enabled the
guards to hold the fires, said Mr.,
Lind.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
CIVILIAN DICTATOR
MILITARY SUPPORT
New Plan of Rule For
Germany Proposed
CABINET HAS QUIT
President Ebert Invited c ham
ceIIor To Form Another
Ministry ..>
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch ]

Berlin, October with the re-
'tirement of Chancellor Stresemann's
coalition cabinet, there is talk Of
the establishment Of civilian die
tator supported by martial law. DR..
Stresemann himself is spoken of in
some quarters as well fitted to take
over such an office in view of his
experience in economics and finan-
ces. Meanwhile he had been invited
b. President Ebert to form another
ministry.
The resignation OF the cabinet
came last night after the four SO
eialist members had withdrawn fol-
lowing their rejection of a coinpros<
mise propesed by the chancellor on
the eight Sif65is lsw. Fife- bourgeois-
members voted to retire in a body
and authorized DR.. Stresemann to
apprise President Ebert OF their de-
cision. >-f
Received The Edictors b..
The chancellor returned from a
visit to. the executive soon after
midnight, and Immediately receiveU
the German edictors to whom he re-
NlcWCu luC cNoulS lfdUiIlS Up lO lIlt'
retirement Of his ministry.
II is noteworthy that although
cabinet members among themselves
this concurrence OF opinion was
lacking in the individual. parties
whom the ministers represented.
The views of the people at
large" said the chancellor, mo long
er coincide with those of the parties
and If ii were not for the prevail
ing conditions of unrest, the best
solution of the whole problem would
be new Reichstag elections"
Proposes Smaller Cabinet
The chancellor proposed that he
have a smaller cabinet, as he is no
longer Obliged to consider the par
tisan wishes of each party, as was
the case in the retiring ministry.
This statement is construed as in
dicating that Herr Stresemann
wishes to construct a cabinet that
will represent as closely coordi-
mated ministr" 30. q NJ ex-
traordinary powers" r..
Although the coalition govern
ment has found it impossible to ef-
feet reforms acceptable to all four
parties represented, the belief is
prevalent that the ministry might
have heen held, together had Prem
Ter Poincare been responsive to the
termination Of passive resistance.
Interest In Munich /
Munich, October 4-Public in
terest here is centered in the ,cabi
net crisis in Berlin on which the
next developments in Bavaria de-
pend. -
Governor circles hope that the
new cabinet will be formed from
the right parties, without the partj-
cipation of the socialists. Only such
q cabinet it is argued, can restore
the confidence OF the country and
with such a ministry 1t will be
much easier to come to an agree
ment with France.
Communist Press Suppressed.
Berlin. October 4.-The military
commander in chief in Saxony has
suppressed Indefinitely the com
munist press of that state because
of a manifesto issued by the COM
munist partv in which. were CON
tanned insulting references to DR.. |
Wilhelm Sollmann and Dr.. Rudo1ph
Ho'ferding. minister Of the interior
and finance, respectively, in the re-
firing cabinet. r.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
NEW STEAM ENGINE
General Election Company Machine
For Mercury Vapors


Chicago. October "A new
steam engine whose power will be
nearly double that OF present types
with the same expenditure of fuel
by the use of mercury vapors, is
being developed by the General Elec-
trio company. it became known yes
terday.
In the new boiler, fire would be
placed under mercury instead OF wa :
ter. and would be heated to 675 de
grees fahrenheit, a boiling point 463
degrees higher than that OF water.
The vapor, passed into a low pres
sure turbin. would retain heat ener-
gy lost in water vapor.
The exhaust mercury would pre-
serve it's neat by being passed
through water in a steam boiler
/ heating the water TO steam, which
is then transmitted TO a steam tur-
bin. The steam boiler is used as a
condenser for the mercury, which
is returned to it's own boiler and re-
. heated to vapor again.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
RATE SLASH OPPOSED
Head Great Northern System Con
ferred Today With President
Associated Press Dispatch]

Washington, d. c.. October A.
Railroad and agricultural conditions
in the northwest were discussed
with President Coolidge today by
Ralrh Budd, president Of the Great
Northern railway, the second exc
cutive of the northwest to have a
conference this week with Mr..
Coolidge.
Mr.. Budd advised the president
that any reduction in freight rates
such as has been proposed as a
means of relief for northwestern
farmers. would mean the cost OF de-
reased service. Unlike Howard Ell
llott, chairman OF the, board Of the
Northern Pacific, who saw the pres
ident Tuesday. Mr.. Budd saw little
danger OF a car shortage on lines
west OF the Rocky mountains.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
MISSOURI RIVER HIGH
Unusual Heavy Rains In Wyoming
, and Montana Is Cause.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch
Ricrnn arnL N IL Onfnhor

Iio5ONiHISU Z DIopIIOHl
Bismarck, N. d., October a
tana tributaries, of the Missouri
river have caused an unusual rise In
the river here. According to an
announcement made at the United
States weather bureau here the
river has risen four feet in the past
two days. reaching total rise of Sc
feet early today.
Reports from o. W. Roberts, OBJ
server at Williston declare the river
is also rising fast there. No damage
is expected to result in North Da-
kota however. 1t is said, as the
food stage IS fifteen feet.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
TEACHERS AT MOORHEAD
More Than Four Hundred Attend
Northwest Central Meeting

IASsUCIdItU INbo IFoP1tS1J
Moorhead, Mimi. October a
More than four hundred teachers
members OF the northwest central
division of the Minnesota Education
association assembled here, today,
at the opening session Of the six
teenth annual convention at the
Moorhead State Teachers college.
The morning session was, spent in
observation OF class work at the
Moorhead public schools. Several
speakers will address the conven-
tion this afternoon and at the
evening session o. T. Corson, = Of
oxford. Ohio. and J. M. Mcconnell
state commissioner of education will
sneak
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
Teacher For Every Child Is the Plan
. % w. sssI Advocated By Prof Dwight B. Waldo
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Gratz Defends
Young Flapper
= Before League
ASSOCIATED Press DispatchI

ASSOCIATED Press DispatchI
Watertown, S. o., October
4.-The modern fiapper Of
, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen
was defended against the
modern fiapper Of forty one,
fifty one and sixty -one by Or.
w. e. ]. Gratz Of Chicago,
secretary of the department
Of Institutes and life work OF
tho Epworth league, before
the annual Dakota conference
of the Methodist church here
. today. Or. Gratz declared
the youth of today and the
ideals Of modern youth over
which their elders profess
regret are but the natural
result of the expression, lit
erature, art and drama spon-
sored by men and women Of
middle age and beyond.
Dr.! c. p. Hararaves, foreign
superintendent Of the board
Of Sunday schools, declared
the world can be saved only
by carrying the word of GOD
through the organized church
to every corner of the globe.
l"The world cannot be saved
by force of arms" he con-
tinued, certainly not by the
force Of arms OF the small
Anglo Saxon section of the
worlds life. All means thus
far proposed can be used by
men Of sinister purpose to
aid it's destruction" .l sr
+ The annual reports of the
district superintende Of
Dakota conference are being
read today.
Bishop William r. Oldham
of euenos Aires, South
America, will arrive tonight
and address the conference
Friday night. -.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
Entertained Ladies' Aid

Mrs. George H. OFT was hostess to
the Ladies Aid society Of Tiyoli at
afternoon The afternoon was spent
in quilting and visiting, and al five
o'clock a delicious luncheon was
served to thirty 4seven guests by
the hostesss,After this the guests
departed for. their homes loud 81
their praises OF Mrs. ott as royal
hostesss
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
SHANGHAI LEADS CHINA
Custom Revenues For 1922 Largest
OF Any City Of Nation

~
Shangai, September l-ICorres
sponaence of The Associated Press
More than a third Of China's GUS
toms revenues was derived from
entries through the port OF Shang-
hal, according to the annual trade
report for 1922 just issued. The gross
collection in the year was 2l,s2S 900
taels.
Great Britain, including the Brit.
ish dependencies and Hongkong,
still maintains big lead In the
gross value of Chinese trade, but
the United States leads all individ,
ual countries, followed by Japan.
A report issued by. the American
consulate shows that declared ex-i
ports from Shanghai to the United
States in the halt year ending June
80 last amounted to $3.50, ,2ll IN
increase of more than eight million
over the 1922 figure for the period.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
NEW AUTO COMPANY
G. A. Lexis incorporated Recently
Formed In Mankato.


The G. A. Lewis Incorporated is
the name. OF a new Mankato com
pany recently incorporated under
the la1s OF Minnesota, and which
will carry on a general automobile
business in Mankatd-buying' own
ing: selling, dealing in and exchang
ing Of autos. as we'll as accessories,
and equipment, at both wholesale
and retail.
The capital stock Of the company
is $4,000. 90 divided into five hun
dred shares at 500 each.
The incorporators are G. A. Lewis,
A. p. Krost. J Arthur Johnson and
Eva II. Lewis, all well known Man
katoians. The business location, is
the Minneopa Garage, corner Second
ad Cherry streets, which building
was erected some years ago by Mr..
Lewis
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
New German Cabinet.

I AsSCClatPD PreSS UISpdLCh
London, October 4.-The new Ger
mani cabinet will consist of four min
listers says a Central News dispatch
from Berlin this evening-Dr
Stresemann. chancellor and roreign
minister; Herr Mjnolx, minister OF
economy and finance; DR.. Otto Cess
Ter. minister of home affairs, and des
fense, and Heinrich Brauns, minis
ter of labor and food.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
MAGNUS IN CHICAGO
Senator Elect From Minnesota To
Address Executive Club

Associated Press nispatci
Chicago, October 4.-That Presi-
dent Coolidge is pleasant fellow
and claims common ancestry with
Mrs. Magnus johnson, but that az
ricultnral needs more drastic relief
than the measures recommended br
the president, was the opinion e.:
ressed by the senator elect frcm
Minnesota hnre, today. Mr.. Joha-
son arrived today TO keep b.s an
pointment to address the Execu
Iiyes club tomorrow evening.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
PREUS UNABLE TO SPEAK
Minnesota Governor Scheduled To
Address Lutheran Brotherhood

. Associated Press Dispatchl
Madison, Wis, October 4.-The
Lutheran Brotherhood of America
opened it's fourth biennial conven-
tion here last night, with a number
Of short addresses given before a
mass meeting OF $500 delegates and
guests gathered in the university
gymnasium. ~.
Following the speech of welcome
by Attorney General Herman L.
Ekern, Governor Blaine made a
short adress stressirg opposition oil
the state to amy organizatin which
fosters, racial hatreds, hatred be-
cause Of the differences in church.
affiliations or hatreds because of
foreign languages" -. ~s@ q
Governor j. A. D. Preus of Min
nesota. who was scheduled to give
the principal address, was unable to
attend. e.A-... g.. f {.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
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This viii Take
JOY Out of Ride
Gas To Advance e
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl

ASSOCIATED Press DispatchI
Chicago, October Gas
oline will cost more this
winter and will be still high
er in the spring, according
to opinions expressed at the
convention here of the Am
erican Oil Mems association.
Supporting that belief rea-
sons advanced were: BY
February I, production Of oil
will be 100000 barrels a day
lower than II is now; pre-
sent surplus stocks will be
wiped out by the close of
1924 unless there is a quick
change in tho situation:
small Independent producers
whose surplus production
tends to keep prices down.
will be out of business by
winter II the depre ssion In
the oil industry continues.
a .