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The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
BELIEVE ST. CLOUD
MAN LEGGER VICTIM
Theory Advanced That Arm.
strong Killed In Wisconsin
BY Whiskey Runners

St. Cloud, Mimi, September 20. -
That Edward S. Armstrong, st.
Cloud mystery man. came to his
death near Sevens Point, Wis,
through confiiotion with gang OF
whisky runners was the theory ad-
yanced today by Wisconsin deputy
sherfffs attempting to track down
men said to have hed to Milwaukee
after staying Armstrong two weeks
ago. and concealing his body in the
cellar of a deserted farmhouse near
which Armstrong; expensive auto
mobile was found wrecked In q
ditch
Identification of the slain man
was definitely made by DIR. Q. P.
Brick Of St. Cloud at Stevens Point
last night. DR.. Brick, brother-in n
law, proclaimed the remains as
those OF Armstrong after examining
the dead mans teeth, on which he
bad done some work last spring.
St Cloud relatives Of the murder
victim believed today that the man =
rail for hunting the slayers Of Arm
strong should begin at Minneapolis.
They suspect that he drove into Wis
consin with acQuaintances who at
tackled him in his car near the de-
serted farmhouse Robbery and not
revenge ts given by relatives as the
motive for the attack. They be-
lieve that Armstrong, unable to pro-
parly defend himself while driving
the machine, resisted as best he
could, but was struck or shot in the
head by one Of the assailants be-
heved to have been sitting in the
rear seat.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
HOOVER PLANS TO
FORSAkE ROWING
FormerDuIuthC Champion
Makes Statement
NO FUTURE PLANS
Claiming Shabby Treatment
From Zenith City Boat
Club Lately
IAssociated Press Dispatchl

Duluth, Mimi, September 20.-W
M. Hoover, who lost the Diamond
sculls at the Henley regatta on the
Thames this summer and the Phila
delphia gold challenge cup, emble
matte Of the worlds sculling cham
pionship, here last Monday, is plan
ming to forsake rowing, he said here
today.
At present Hoover, who is me-
chanical engineer, is engaged in a
business promotion which, If sue
cessful, will require his retirement
from sculling because of lack of
time. .,
In any case the oarsman who
learned to row in Duluth is through
with the Duluth Boat club so long
as certain officials remain in charge,
ne said.
~ Had Sore Arm.
Hoover asserted that he had a
sore arm, had done little training
and was fifteen pounds overweight
when w. e. Garrett Gilmore of Phil
adelphia beat him by four lengths
here Monday. ~ r .-
Il have no definite plans for my
III b41S tO"AAo WOAAoS ocSAO
Mr.. Hoover I'm my present frame
of mind / am through. II l am in
Duluth next year or in some other
city where there is rowing course,
/ may resume training and take part
in the Olympic trials next June
when they are held on the Schuyl-
kill River at Philadelphia. But this
is very vague. AS a matter of fact
l think have been in the rowing
pastime too long as 1t is. have had,
to make great sacrifices each season
to train, travel and race and, in to-
tai, these represent the loss of lot
of money which could have earned.
Had Shabby Treatment.
"One thing is certain, will never
row under the colors of the Duluth
Boat club so long as certain mem
bers of the directorate Of that club
are In power. l received some very
shabby treatment from several OF
them and have hidden them a per
manent farewell l gave my reasons
at a special meeting Of the directors
held about ten days previous to my
race with Gilmore. resigned at
that meeting and will not seek re-
instatement." t~s p.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
R|OT!NGINDETROIT
OVER GIRLS DEATH
Angry Mobs Are QueIIed
BY Officials
PROBE is STARTED
Father Young Miss Claims
Abuse BY Police Was
Cause
ASSOCIATED Press DispatchI

Detroit, Mich. September 20.-
While three physicians appointed by
Coroner James E. Burgess today ex-
amined the body of Gladys Lava
Lorenc, thirteen years old Polish
girl, who her father alleges died
Saturday as result of mistreat-
ment by police while under arrest
on a charge of grand larceny, police
are on guard in the vicinity of the
girls home to prevent any demon-
stration.
Two riot calls were sent to police
headquarters last night and early
today as a result of alleged demon
strations. John Lorenc, father of the
girl, says his daughter told him just
before she died that police had
abused her and forced her to take
ice baths in an attempt to make her
confess to the robbery of 500 from
Joseph F. Anderson, who lived in
the same building. He says there
were bruises on the girls body when
it was brought from the hospital
Report of Police
According to the report of James
Sprott, assistant superintendent OF
tember IL, and sent at once to- the
juvenile detention home. The follow
ing day she was removed to a hos
pital and died Saturday as the re
suit of acute pleurisy. The report
says the girl was delirious when
she talked to her father and the
marks on her body were the result
of hypodermic injections and of an
autopsy performed with the fathers,
permission.
The fathers story of police abuse
resulted in hundreds Of persons,
many of them Polish and other fore
igners, coming to view the body.
Last night a mob estimated by po-
lice to number between 1000 and s.,
900 packed the streets, yards and
porches for two blocks In either di-
rection from the home where the
body of the cir, lay. One of the mob
threw q brick at a policeman at
tempting te keep order. Whep Tsthe
man was arrested several hundred
persons charged the police, three Of
whom were slightly injured. The
police backed away from the mob
and riot call was turned In.
Dispersed Crowds
Shortly before midnight police
the crowd around the
house. Two hours later information
was telephoned to police station
a few blocks from the scene of the
that a mob, armed with shot
guns and rifles was assembling
around the station. A second riot
call wer sent In and police armed
call were sent in and police armed
the night but no further
trouble was reported.
A meeting has been arranged by
a Polish newspaper for tonight to
raise funds to press the Investigation
into the girls death. The coronef
has announced an inquest will be
held after the report of physicians
who examined the body today is re-
ceived.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
MOTIVE FOR AXE
SLAY|NGUNSOLyED
Police Are Working On Alex
andria Tragedy; Funeral
Victims Sunday
[Associated Press paspatchl

Alexandria, Mimi, September 20.
Inquiry by police which continued
t .roughout the night failed to re-
veal any motive for the killing of
! IS. ]. Willis Knox and her TWO
q lighters, Dorothy, aged ten and
' rginia, aged eight, by their father,
who attacked them with an axe
while they, lay asleep In the family
e here some time after mid
y ght Wednesday,, and then COM
Lifted suicide by hanging.
he tragedy was not discovered
until late Wednesday morning when
E neighbor called at the Ill -fated
L Ome. After repeated knocking at
t door, the neighbor heard faint
groan, and calling assistance forced
an entrance. Mrs. Knox was found
dead in one bedchamber, with an
ugly wound In her head, and the
t 20 girls were found in an adjoin-
! room, Dorothy dead, and Vir-
z MIA, fatally injured. She died sew
e al hours later at a local hospital.
1lhe search then disclosed the life
] ss body of the father hanging
+ ON a beam in an unfinished room
s. the second story of. the home.
7 lie axe, with which the victims
] ct death, was found slowed away
ila corner of the basement.
Miss Madora Knox, sister Of
] 7ox, lives at Fargo, N d.
funeral services for the family
J. obably will be Sunday from the
I .ngregational church.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
FIND ABANDONED AUTO
CLEVELAND BANK BANDITS
QUILL PENS PASSING
!lse'sssgi ( ! ws|sIas ssss s:ss.l, msss ]

implements Writipg Used Maa3
I 3 sEs ss;t gsss1
London, Sertember Corres-
pondence OF The Associated Press
Gull pens have been abolished Al
Southwark county court. This breaks
a tradition Of $50 years, and deprives
barristers Of an implement Of many
uses.
Quill pens in skilled hands have
been known to be useful for other
things than writing. They are waved
to drive home arguments. They were
fourished to distract attention from
some specially obvious f1aw in rea-
soning. Stubborn and -timid wit
nuesses often were impressed by a
quill twirled in time with the legal
twitch of the eyebrows.
The last quill pens have been re-
moved from the court and chea per
steel pens substituted.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
STOLEN FORD GAR
INNORTHMANkATO
Was Left There Early
Tuesday Morning
THEY LOST NO. TIME
Robbers fastened To This
City After Terrorizing
Village

That the Cleveland bank bandits
after looting the First State Bank of
Cleveland, Mimi, Tuesday. morning,
and getting away with $4,000 came
directly to Mankato, is now evil
denced by the fact that the Ford car
stolen from George BALI by the DAN
Its in which to make their getaway
rom Cleveland was found in North
.Aankato the morning of the ROD
berry abandoned at the corner OF
Lyndale and Monroe avenues The
only objects found in, the car out
ylde the side curtains and the tools
were two heads of cabbage and two
pennies which were lying on the
cushions on the rear seat.
James Maher, going to work
grading on the streets at an early
1our Tuesday morning found Ford
ar abandoned at the intersection
of Lyndale and Monroe avenues. He
reported this to Chief of Police Ed
Wiese of North Mankato, and that
officer had the car removed to the
North Side garage. Yesterday af-
rnoon about four O'Clock, Chief
Wiese went to the police station In
This city and notified Chief OF Po-
lice Phil Landmark that an aban-
loned car had been found in North
Iankato.
Was Stolen Car
When Chief Wiese read off the
number off the license tag on the
car, Chief Landmark informed him
that 1t was the car which had been
stolen from George BALI by the
Cleveland bank bandits. The Lloyd
Scott Auto company kindly furnish
ed one Of their four wheel brake Bu-
icks to make the trip to the spot
where the car had been abandoned
mark, County Attorney Frank e.
Morse and a. Free Press reporter
over to North Mankato. At the cor I
ner of Monroe and Lyndale avenues
the track was still visible where the
bandits drove little to the side Of
across Main street bridge thence
the road in abandoning the car. Ap-
parently the car had been driven
north on Lyndale avenue and was
facing west on Monroe avenue when
found. ..-- -a
Bandits Lost No Time
Laborers firing a. brick kiln in the
learned, saw the car standing at
the intersection of Monroe and
Lyndale avenues between three
thirty and four o'clock Tuesday
morning. This would indicate that
the bandits lost no time in coming
to Mankato, for they did not get out
of Cleveland until close to three
O'Clock. Yesterday morning Just
about daylight laborers in the Stew
art brick yards saw three men ap-
proach the corner of Lyndale and
Monroe avenues, stand there
while and then go across lots to.
ward the Minnesota river north of
the village Of North Mankato. Chief
Ed Wiese of the North Mankato po<
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The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
RAIN HALTS FESTIVAL
Dolngs At MapIeton Will Take Place
Tomorrow And Saturday

Doinss At Mapieton viii Take Place
Tomorrow And Saturday
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather the harvest festival, which
was to have commenced today at
Mapleton with a very good program
Of street sports and display of
farm products has been called off
until tomorrow.
Rain the greater part of the fore
noon caused the committees In
charge to decide to hold the festival
tomorrow and Saturday, If the
weather will permit.
The principal feature OF tomor-
rows entertainment will be a snap
py game of baseball between Yer
non Center and Amboy at the Ma
pleton baseball park. Saturday the
winner Of tomorrow's game will
play the Mapleton team. The pro-
grams as published will be carried
out
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
BIG FIGURES FOR .
BANKERS REUNION
Many Will Attend the
Atlantic City Meet
PASS HIGH MARK
ParticuIarIyWeIl- -RoundedPro-
gram Speakers Has Been
- Arranged Il
Especial To The Free Pressl


New York, September 20 AID
vance registrations for the annual
convention of the American Bank
ers Association at Atlantic City, N.
]. September "a to 27, Indicate an
ATTENDANCE of over 5000, a figure
considerably in excess Of all pre-
Vious meetings Of the organization
with the single exception Of that
held in New York last year.
1t Is recognized that the New
of special causes, drew some 11,50U
visitors including the banker mem
bers Of the association and their
families and guests. will long stand
IA one of the greatest convention
gatherings of all kinds ever held in
the United States. The previous
high mark for the bankers asso-
citation was established at the Chi
cago convention in 1908 when there
were 4600 registrations. The asso-
citation has met twice before at
Atlantic City onece in 1907 and a.
gain in 1917, when 300 attended.
This years is expected to win sec
ond place in the record.
A particularly well rounded pro-
gram Of speakers to bring out full
discussion of present day business
conditions and problems Is, present
ed in the completed program as
now announced containing a num-
Der of important additions over pre-
vtous announcements.
Beck VIII Speak
James M. Beck, Solicitor General
Of the United States, will speak
before the general session of the
convention Thursday morning. Sep
tember 27. His address, "A Rising or
A Setting Sun? will deal with
the maintenance Of established
American institutions from con-
stituttonal viewpoint,
Plans for, making a forum on the
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
SOLVE MYSTERY DEATH
Autopsy Reveals st. Cloud Man
Shot Through Heart

Shot Ihrou9h Heart
st. Cloud, Mimi, September 20
That Edward Armstrong, St. Cloud
mystery man" was shot to death,
that his murderer Is known and
that his arrest Is expected was. the
word brought to st. Cloud by tDr.
Othmar P. Brick, brother in law o.
the murdered man, who returned
from Stevens Point this afternoon.
At the autopsy performed yester-
day the coroner's physician discov.
cred that the bullet which killed
Armstrong had entered his left
breast. penetrated the left lung,
shattered a rib and was lodged In
the right elbow. I..
County Attorney Carpenter and
the coroner will conduct an inquest
on Friday of this week %
Armstrong; funeral took place at
Stevens Point yesterday afternoon,
services being conduced by an Epis-
copal clergyman and interment
made at that place.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
Small Explosion at Fargo.
preas Dfiana fcb

Fargo, N. D., September 20.-A
small explosion in the boiler room
of the Union Light and Power com
pany of Fargo this morning shat
tered almost every window IN the
ceiling. No one was injured, a
check up of the company's employees
revealed Excess steam pressure
was given as the cause of the ex-
! plosion by the company officials.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
FESTIVAL IS POSTPONED

Program At Lake Crystal Set For
Today VIII Be Given Tomorrow
The two days harvest festival
which had heen planned for today
and tomorrow at Lake Crystal has
been postponed. Owing to the rain
It was decided this forenoon to hold
but one days festival Saturday,
when a very elaborate program OF
entertainments and street sports
will be held. The festival will be
held under the auspices of Roth
Post American Legion and the alix-
iliary Of that body. Fhe festival
will be brought to a close Saturday
night by a dance
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
WILL DEFER ACTION
Juco SIav Cabinet Decides
Await Flune Proposals

y IAssociated Press DdspatChI
Belgrade, September 20.-The Ju-
GO Slav cabinet, after considering
every phase of the Fiume situation,
has decided to defer action until 1t
receives from Premier Mussolini
detailed proposals which are to
furnish basis for actual negotia-
tions.
Thus the F1ume incident appar-
emily has been definitely removed
from the acute stage that endan
gered peaceful settlement OF the
controversy.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
senator Johhson no spsak

Redwood Falls, MINI. Septenn
ber 20 Senator Magnus johnson
and A. G. Townley, president Of the
National Producers Allianc. win
be the speakers at q mass meeting
of farmers and BUSINESS men to be
held at the armory here on Sat-
arday evening. September %.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
TRIAL OF DE VALERA
rIsh Leader VIII Face Court at An
Early Date
Associated PrasR

IAsSoclated Press D1spatchJ y :
London, September 20.-Eamonr
)e Valera and some OF the other
eading Irish republicans Will be
rought to trial at an early date
ocording to a report in Dublin
,uoted by the Daily Mirror. The
ewspaper adds that DeValera is
eing continually removed from one
y ilitary prison to another In order
p avoid the possibility Of an at
einpt to rescue.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Hager. Wis, September 20.-Ha
eel Woods, nine, daughter John
Woods, near here, kidnapped. sup
posedly by mother. who is said to
have resided in North Dakota re-
Gently.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Ishpeming, Mich, September 20
Four armed men held up State bank.
at Republic and escaped with 10000
In cash and negotiable securities.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Vermilion. S. D., September 90
Clyde Keppart. Clay county farmer,
with bullets in neck and left arm,
found on road near Meckling. He
will recover. Sheriff search
Ing for Martin Shotpaw, farm hand.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Culbertson, Mont, September 20.
-Extradition of Harry Howden,
Cecil Morris and Steven Morrison,
held here and wanted to jamestown,
n. D. for alleged automobile thefts,
granted by Governor Dixon.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Belgrade. September 20.-An at.
tempt to overthrow the Zankoff
government in Sofia is reported
from northern Bulgaria from where
communist uprisings were also re-
ported.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

- Crookston, Mimi, September 20
John Davies, third Of the nine Cana
dian aliens who escaped from Polk
county t2il, recaptured.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Washington. d. C., September 20.
Two hundred Russian refugee
immigrants, detained at Seattle and
Vancouver as being in excess OF
the September quota, will not be
returned to Japan from where they
came because of conditions follow
ing the earthquakes and fires.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
DAIRY FAIR POSTPONED

TWO Days Program At New Rich
Land Tomorrow And Saturday
Heavy rain last night and through
out the greater part of the fore
noon at New Richland, caused the
committees in charge Of the two
asg s. dass stv which weGe ass to Ds aea
to be postponed one day. Friday and
Saturday the Dairy Days" will be
celebrated with an elaborate pro-
gram
J. G. Marlow Of Mankato will be
the Judge of the dairy cattle at that
city.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
Over Mght
Wue Tales

Allahabad, British India, Septem-
ber 2O.-A severe earthquake was
experienced at Buinurd, Persia ON
Monda morning according to dis
patch TO The Pioneer from Meshed.
Nj details were reported.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Grand Forks, n. D., September 20.
Emerson Tuttle charged with kid
naping six year old son from sister
in-law. arrested here and VIII be
taken back 10 Devils Lake.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
Ponnla NOT lnelusled

1-~erA politician wants TO make
the wpr:d safe for somethipx. for
anything except people.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Wheaton, Mimi, September 20
Representatives of Tri- State stabil :
ization conference will join with
ninth district bankers committee to
call on President Coolidge to urge
need for special session congress to
discuss farmers ills. Halvor Halvor-
son, Minot. named to select two
others from South Dakota. Mime
sofa committee includes T. e. Cash
man, Owatonna; G.. c. Jewett. Min
neapolis; and C. H. Marsh, Litch =
field.
Lamberton, Mimi, September 20,
Andrew Larson, fifty, farmer re-
siding near here accidentally shot
and killed himself while hunting
when gun discharged while he was
= crawling through fence.
Fargo. N. D., September 20
Iver Bolser, seventeen, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. H. e. Bolzer, Fargo. killed
at Standpoint Idaho when he fell
from freight train.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Makes Them Kin
One touch Of prohibition makes
Bacchus and Croesus kin.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Pay the SFlddler
When cncl men fall out the people
lpRy the hddler.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Washington. d. c., September 20
President Coolidge and his advis-
ers will be occupied Tor the next ten
days in seeking solution of the
agricultural situation in the west,
Senator Borah OF Idaho, announced
AFTER a conference with the presi-
dent.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

Chicago. september 2e.-Three
gunmen entered q Jewelry store
robbed a salesman of $3.50 in un-
set diamonds. took $4,000 from the
proprietor and escaped,
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

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The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

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Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29
RIFLE CLUB ORGANIZED
 BY SEWARD SPORTsMEN

At the offices of the Alaska Steam ship Company last night, the Seward Rifle Club was organized with a membership of about twenty, and half hundred more ready to join All American citizens over the age of 16 years are eligible to membership, due being fixed at $3 per year with s1 initian fee. The club will affiliate with the National association, and as soon as this is done requision will be made upon the government for guns and munitions. The government allows two Springfield rifles regula- ton model and two 22-calibre rifles, with targets, etc.
 The club proposes to install traps and indulge in clay-pigeon matches at the same time.
 Officers elected to head the Seward Rifle club are J. H. Flickinger, presi- dent; G. c. Henderson, vice-presi- dent; Harold Painter, secretary; Mar tin Banbury, treasurer; R. V. B. Dun lap, executive officer.
 No site has as yet been designated for the rifle range, but it is stated that the mouth of Lowell creek can yon is being considered, as it is close to town and the mountains will make good background.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29

Extensive repairs have been made at St. Peters Episcopal church and Gerhardt Johnson is now at work erecting brick fireplace in the base ment of the church. The basement will be fitted up to be used for church sociables.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29

PARTIES LEAVING TOWN to gc out on jobs may leave their clothes at JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE; the, will be cleaned and pressed ready tc wear on their return. JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE. S5-tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29
s. S. ELDER IN PORT

The steamship Elder, with Dr. Gil bert aboard, arrived in port yesterday afternoon. Dr. Gilbert has been in- vestigating the propagation of salmon at westward points.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29
LIGHTNING SETS FIRE TO
 TWO STANDARD OIL TANKS

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.-Light- hing set fire 10 two tanks of crude oil on the Standard Oil Company tanks farm near San Pablo today.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29
cosGRAVE ELECTED PRESIDENT

DUBLIN, Ire, Aug. 29.-Michael Cosgrove was elected president of the Dail Eireann on the first preferential vote from Kilkenny today
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29

LISTEN.
 Everybody is doing it now. WI.at? The Turkey trot to Dryden's Grocery. Why? Because the prices are right; the more sales the lower the prices. His stock Is small and fresh on every boat. Service day or night Fox trot delivery.
 Phone Madison 62. If
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29
FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN
 IN WASHINGTON IS DEAD

OLYMPIA, Wash, Aug 29.-James w. Chambers, "A, the first white child born in the State of Washington is dead here. He was born in Cham bers Prairie in 1849.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29
BASEBALL SCORES

American-Washin 10, Detriot 9; no others scheduled.
 National-Cincinnati 4, Boston 1; Chicago 4, New York 1; St. Louis s, Philadelphia '.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29

Andy Novak is taking advantage of the dry weather to place a new roof on his cottage
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29
EVANS DUE TOMORROW

The steamship Admiral Evans will be in port southbound some time to- morrow. There are many reserva- tionS.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29

Miss Clara Manthy left on one of
 the last boats to visit for a few days in Latouche.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-29
STARR DUE SATURDAY

The steamship Starr is expected to arrive in port in time to connect with the Northwestern.