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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
PLAN OF SUNSET
HOMES IN STATE
Details Are Presented To The
Knights of Columbus
HELP FOR AGED FOLK
Proposition Discussed BY Rev. E.
c. Teachout, Head OF State
Committee

= Rev. E. c. Teachout, pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal church at Far
ibauIt. and chairman of the Sun,
Ter Homes Committee" appointed
Nv Governor J. A. A. Burnquist and
continued in office by Governor j.
4. o. Preus, was the speaker be-
ore a large gathering of Mankato
knights Of Columbus last night In
his city.
Iress said that there is S24,o0e,OO9
Ipent each year on education, ana
he considered it q very praisewor-
Inv thing. Besides this a number
NJ private Institutions are spending
thousands OF dollars on education
which is also a very commemorate
Undertaking. Thousands Of dollars
are being spent on the improve
ment Of livestock and millions on
the improvement of good roads,
which are all very good IN their
place, but nothing is being done 10
provide for old age. AS soon as q
man or woman reaches the age or
sixty-five and meets with reVerses,
there is nothing left for him but the
poorhouse, the Little Sisters or the
Poor, or some Jewish home for the
aged. -
and object OF the Sunset Homes bill
Il to provide a home for the aged
where they can be Independent and
still retain their selfrespect. Rev.
Teachout said that twenty seven
nations had already adopted plans
OF this kind. Among them is Ger
many, Norway, England, France,
Spain and Austria, but the United
States has not taken any steps In
that direction. The speaker said
that this is a state wide proposition
and deserving of the attention OF
everyone. The object OF the com
mittee at the present time is TO
awaken sentiment in favor of pro-
will solve this all important ques-
ton in a practical way to both the
taxpayers and the beneficiaries.
This is to make It possible Tor the
Did folks Of every creed and nation
Aity to finish their early careers In
comfort.
The tax for the construction OF
the proposed Sunset Homes the
speaker said is not to exceed one
mill on the taxable property, and
no county, township, or village
funds are to be paid for the support
OF any paupers in any OF the Sun
set Homes.
The Proposed Sunset Homes bill
was brought up before the last SEES
sion Of the Minnesota legislature,
but did not pass owing to a strin-
gency in state. finances. 1t will
when the next legislature convenes.
The Mankato knights endorsed
the plan proposed by Rev. Teach
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
PARIS PRESS VIEWS
GIVES EXPRESSIONS row
ARD GERMANNOTES
"HaIf Loaf Is Better Than None
Their Attitude; london Folks
Are Pleased
TAssociated Press Dispatch1

{. ASSOCIATED PreSS zDlSpatch
Paris, November 22-The attitude
OF Paris newspapers toward the
notes which the council ~0r anibas
sailors has sent TO Germany may be
summed up in the old adage: half
pers agree that the notes were only
feeble productions, but they also
point out that the allies preserved
a united front In a word, observes
LIE Journal, in its comments on the
notes, the military has been left to
settle the difficult questions that
threatened for time to disrupt the
entente.
s Feeling In London
London, November PIT h e
agreement by which France and
Great Britain once more present 81
common front to Germany is heart
lily welcomed here and not the
least by the politicians who are glad
to be freed, even If the relief
should prove to be only temporary,
from menacing trouble while the
domestic electoral fight is in prog
ress.
Some quarters credit Premier
Poincare with having taken a more
complacent attituds because of a de-
sire not to embarrass Prime Min
ister Baldwin during the election
campaign.
The texts of the notes to Germany
were not available here until a
late hour last night and the only
press comment this morning Is fur
nished by the Daily News which is
hostile to both the British govern
ment and the French premier. This
newspaper contends that at is OBJ
Vtous Premier Poincare is begin
ming to feel the effects nf a growing
moral isolation" and 1t scores the
British government for its weakness
and vacillation in handling the sit :.
uation in the past. =,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
OVERSEE BURIAL REPORT
Survey Made Condition American
Military Cemeteries IN Europe

Survey Made CONDITION Amertcan
! Military Cemeteries In Europe
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1
Washington, d. c., November %.
AN official report on the condition
OF American military cemeteries In
Europe submitted by Major III. L.
Green. constructing quartermaster,
and made public today by the war
department, shows that everything
Is going on most satisfactorily" In
Improvement and construction In
the VARIOUS cemeteries overseas.
eThe only lettering factor" the
report says, IS the makeup OF the
French contractor. who does not or
ganize and force his work In the
same way as the American contrac-.
tor. Consequently work Is necessar-
tly slow, while much Of 1t is entire
ly controlled by the season Of the
year"
Major Green says. the improve
ments to be made In the appear
ance Of the eight cemeteries win
cost $1,D60.000. and adds that a fin
al concentration of the 10000 bodies
OF the soldier, dead has been COM
pleted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
FORGER GOT AWAY
WITH THE DUCATs
He Slipped Several Checks
While In Mankato
MONEY WAS REALIZED
Old Game Of Buying Articles, Get
ting Balance Of Paper In
Clear Cash. b

After passing forged checks
amounting to $111-20 Saturday
night, short, dark cOmplexioned
man seems to have shaken the dust
OF Mankato from his heels and de-
parted with the bulk OF that amount
In cash and valuable goods which
he had obtained from local mer-
chants.
This forger's particular scheme
was 10 80 into several stores In the
business rush between seven and
nine o'clock Saturday night and
present check made out on q Ma
tional Citizens Bank counter check
with the name "A Neubert Lumber
Company" stamped on with rub
Der stamp. The name OF A. Neubert.
head Of the ,Neubert Lumber com
pany Of North Mankato. was forged
to each check.
! At the Red Owl store. the dapper
little man purchased some groceries
and presented q check Of $3.50 and
got the balance In cash. He evf-
IDENTIFY crossed the street to the Con-
surners Wholesale Supply company
and there made small purchase
and had 1870 checked cashed. At
the Flo; Hanson & Brockmeyer store
. small purchase OF groceries was
made and the forger walked out or
the store with the bulk OF s25. Rob-
erts ana fitzgerald. meat dealers on
South Front street said the forger a
small amount OF meat and gave him
the balance Of q $27 check in cash.
People Were Suspicious
II would appear that the last place
the man tried to work HIS game.
people got suspicious OF him, and
seeing this the wielder Of the pen
beat IL" out, OF the store and has
not been seen since, This was at
the, Albert Gender grocery store on
North Front street. According to
the statement of Mrs. Albert Gend-
ler to The Free Press a short dark
man came into the store and made
q small purchase OF goods and pre-
sented q check OF $22.70 for II.
Mrs Gender says that she became
suspicious and went to the tele-
phone and called ND the Neuhrrt
lumber comnany, but this hc;-~
about 1880 IN the evening she d'd
not get = renly She WINS abnr+ "a
'fake b risk an TIM paber yr w-ss-r's
NM to the front parf nj tha 1900.
hut the You're msn had r,cda N'-n
self scarce. She row f"s tSa ho---s
f.uhcN as u souvenir NJ nCvt ~
she came to giving out hard cseh I,
a crook.
AN Of the bus'ress rIores --o--
toned describe the mrr p t>'-e
short. dark compieyioned and foi--
Nv well dressed. On all Fhe chcn'-s
he cashed he ardrrsed tbar, viii,
rhe name Albert Peterson. for All ~
the checks were written in favor of
that name.
The Neubert lumber COMPANY In
a statement to The Free Press yn--s
that Il has no man on It's nav rolls
by the name of Albert Peterson
and has had No m-n answering the
Dissertation OF the foreer in its EN-
.nloy. That company thinks that Il
was some stranger who learned Mr..
:Neubert's name and forged 1T on
bogus paper in order to get easy
money. No rubber stamps are miss
ing from the Neubert Jnmber com
pany's office, so Il is thought that,
the name Of the firm was set up in
large loose type and then stamped
on the checks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
STOKES MIXUP AT END
Domestic Troubles Settled Through
Separation Agreement Reached.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispa tch1
New York, November 22.-Finis
to the domestic difficulties of w. E.
d. Stokes, wealthy hotel man, and
his wife, who is half his age. will be
written today when a separation
agreement is made effective. In
court o.. - $3.50. r (
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes signed
the agreement by which the wife
obtains alimony and custody of the
two children, who, however, Mr..
Stokes is to be permitted to see
occasionally at Mrs. Stokes moth
er's home in Denver.
The agreement was described as a,
victory for Mrs. Stokes on top of the
two 1decisive defeats her husband
received in attempts to divorce her
on grounds of infidelity. Her tenn
porary alimony of $4,000 a. year is
understood to have been increased
to six per cent on the $3.50 600 trust
Mr.. Stokes settled on the two. chill
dren.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
UNITE FORCES PLAN
POLITICAL MOVE ON FOOT
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Democrats and Farmer Laborites
May Join In Selection C.andI-
date For President. s
[Associated Press Dispatch.l

iAbbOCldLeQ fTS6S DISpdICusJ :
Sioux Falls, 8. D., November 22.---
With move afoot to unite the dem
ocratic and Farmer Labor parties or
this state insofar as selection of a
presidential candidate is concerned.
interest in the choice was intenst-
fed last night by the assertion OF
J. F. Houlihan of Watertown mem ;
Der Of the democratic central cori.
William G. McAdoo, would be the
standard bearer of the democrats.
Mr.. Houlihan was jointly endors-
ed by the democratic and Farmer
Labor proposal conventions Tuesday
in Codington county for the post of
democratic state chairman, and In
this was seen evidence of the ten
oency to cooperate. Is
II mutually acceptable planks on
agricultural policy and transports
ton can be mailed into their com
mon program, leaders of both the
democratic and Farmer Labor par
ties agreed that unification for the
presidential campaign was q pos
sibility. HI ..
Conferences Are Held.
Already the Farmer Laborites OF
Miner and Minnehaha counties have
conferred with the democrats to
discuss national issues informalll
with view of finding commor
meeting ground. The Hughes coun
ty democratic proposal convention
passed resolution urging coalition
with the third party.
Although 1t was announced by
leading democrats that McAdoo had
received an overwhelming delega,
tion to the state proposal convention
in Pierre, December 4. Mr.. Houli-
han last night quoted figures Il
show that Ford will have 1888!
pledged proposal men at the state
democratic convention to 1921 whit
will vote for McAdoo.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Hold 70 Grand jury !.

: - IAsSOciAt''if Press 11's"NtcnI q z
St Cloud, Mimi, November 81
e. C. Cooper, arrested in Minneapo-
lis by Sheriff Ben Schooner Of
Stearns county, on charge OF sell
ing stock in this part of the state
without obtaining a license> today
pleaded not guilty at a preliminary
hearing and was bound over to the
grand Jury on $4,000 bond. Cooper
bond. III
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
RHINELAND PACT SIGNED
Industrial Agreements Reached Starts
German Plants In Operation.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl
Dusseldorf, November 22.-The
agreement recently signed between
Representatives of the Rhineland dye
industry and the inter allied high
commission at Coblenz involved
$4,000 workmen. Together with the
reaching Of other industrial agree
ments this will serve greatly to IA
eilitate resumption of work on the
west bank of the Rhine, according
to French authorities here.
The dye plants, II is stated, agreed
to deliver dyes to the allies on re-
paration account, and in return
their export taxes were temporarily
reduced so that the plants could
rehabilitate their finances.
Other agreements reached by the
commission were with shoe manu-
featuring plants employing 10000
workmen and the French state that
other groups of Rhineland indus
tries are negotiating.
A Paris dispatch last night carry
ing an announcement by the German
war burdens commission of the
reaching Of the dye industry agree
ment, said particular importance
was attached to the German COM
munication because 1t appeared to
imply indirectly recognition by the
Berlin government Of agreements
between its nationals and the occu-
plying powers. The German an
nouncement was made In a note by
the war burdens commission to the
inter allied PREPARATION commission.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
TRIO SHOT TODEATH
GUN FIGHT STAGED IN
TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS
- - =
Father Killed Son and TWO Boys Of.
Neighbour; Bodies Found In
Yard Home.
[Associated Press Dispatch.l

Cookeville, Tenn. November a.
Three men are dead and another
seriously injured as the result ofta
gun fight between John Buckner and
his son and Joe Woody and his son,
according to a report received here
from the mountainous section of
Fentress and Cumberland counties.
1t is reported that .Buckner, mistak-
ing his own son for young Woody.
shot and instantly killed him, after
having killed the. two Woodys.
Buckper himself is reported to be
seriously injured.
| Sunday morning .Woody's grown
son came to Buckner's home, and
Buckner shot and killed him. He
staggered a few feet and fell across
the body of his father in. Buckner's
front yard.
4 The bodies of the three men lay
In Buckner'ss yard until Monday at
ternoon, the nearest neighbors
knowing nothing Of the tragedies.
John Buckner was shot in the face
by young Woody whom he killed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
win Try Morehouse Gases

New Orleans, La, November "a
Judge Fred NJ Odom OF the sixth
judicial district. will try the re-
mainder Of the Morehouse parish Ku'
Klux Khan misdemeanor cases, the
supreme court today. with only one
dissenting vote, having refused to
take steps requested by the de-
Tense which would have disqualified
the iurfst. -.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Norhack out Eor Hiram

. 81 IFsSDt ldISu Pv6sS UISpdtcHJ
Waterfowl. s. D., November %.
~. S: Senator Peter Norbeck to-
Dakota politics by announcing that
he favors the nomination of Hiram
iohpTon for the presidency by the
,'enublicsn marty, according to the
Public Opinion OF this city which
announces receipt Of the statement
nver long distance telephone from
Pierre where the senator is today
Sure. I'm for Hiram; have been for
q year" Is the essence 'of the sen.
ators statement 7
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Given sec, GOO Verdlet
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch,

= IAboUCIdIEU FICSS DISpdICU =
Benson, Mimi, November 22.-
Phillip Stemper, of Dubuque, Iowa,
was granted verdict of $50, 900
damages against the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St Paul railway by a
jury in district court here today;
Stemper was injured February 90,
last. when passenger train on
which he was the engineer crash
ed into the rear end of a freight at
Gordons Ferry, Iowa. He alleged
that defective airbrakes were re-
sponsible and sued for $780, 900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Rmnor Is Ealse

Runor to the effect that the came
preserve covering a large portion of
Swan Lake had been declared omen
by the state game and fish corurnis-
sion and other state authorities. Is
false. There il no Intention on the
part of the state OF lifting the ban
of hunting in that preserve. II. has
feen set aside 90 a haven of rrotec-
tion cor wild wafer fowl and fiJrz.
bearing animals, and no shooting Of
any kind will be allowed there. 4
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Erlahtened Ycuna Lady,

A young lady Of this city was
greatly frightened last night by
some young man following her. She
says that he was about five feet
seven inches tall, wore q brown ov-
ercoat and was smoking cigarettes.
the young lady tried in several ways
to to avoid ~. the mashe esa but ne follow
home. Had the father of the young
lady gotten to the street in time to
see the fellow, he would be. under
doctors care today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
TWO CHICAGOIANS HELD
Everett p. Leonard and Son chara-
ed With Threats To Kill
ASSOCIATED Press DispatchJ

Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago, November 22-Charged
with making threats to- kill, Everett
p. Leonard, president of the Serviet-
tie company Of Chattanooga, Tenn,
and Willard, his eighteen old year
son, are in jail here accused by
Roger Naylor, president of the San
tex Products company of Chicago,
of having kidnapped him in Chicago
on October 13 and holding him a
prisoner in Chattanooga FOR twenty
six days. fE
The Leonards were arrested yes
terday near MAYORS office after
Naylor called for the police protec-
ton. They carried three pistols, a
store OF cartridges and pair of
handouts, police said. Everett p.
Leonard told the officers he and his
son had come to collect $4,000 due
them from Naylor, who admitted,
the police said, that he owes the
debt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Sentenced To Attend School

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1 -.
Minneapolis November PA sem
tence to attend school to learn how
to drive an automobile wGs impos-
ed on Reuben Tomquist Of ST.. Paul,
when he was arraigned today in
traffic court before Judge Levi Hall
on a charge of violating the traffic
regulations. He was ordered to at
Tend Dunwoody Institute here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
EIectured IN .Indne I.

Elmer Krantz was arrested yester-
day afternoon by Traffic Officer
Henry Kachelmyer on the charge
Of speeding. When arraigned before
Judge William Stradtmann in tht
municipal court. the defendant was
owing to the fact that 1t was his
second offense within the past few
months. He was sentenced to pay
flne Of SIS. tki
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
BORAH SEEKS PRESIDENT
Idaho Senator Conferred With Ma
tlon's Chief On Tax Revision

Iioh SHicI vi Tax nCNis'0H
Washington, D. c.. November %.
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho,
vision. g..
The proposal Of Secretary Mellon
for a reduction averaging rs per
cent in income taxes and OF so per
cent In surtaxes was talked over at
length, but the Idaho senator de-
clined to discuss details OF the con-
ference. He indicated he would
make a statement later.
Senator Ernst. republican Of Ken
lucky, also called at the White
House and announced that he
would favor reduction OF taxes along
the lines of the Mellon plan, or any
other. feasible plan. He said he was
unalterably opposed to soldier
bonus legislation. s
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Closing Soft Drink Places

Minneapolis. November 22.-La-
Fayette French, Jr., United States
district attorney, today took steps
TO close one hundred soft drink
places and clubs" in Minneapolis
under the federal abatement act.
Abatement actions against these
places mean that they will be
closed for a year and one day. at
is the beginning Of an intensive
campaign to clean up places in.
Minneapolis where Illicit liquor is
sold" Mr.. French said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Auto and Booze Seized

- -IASSUCIdItu 'FTSSSf DIS pdICHJ
Madison. Wis. November 22.-
The first step in the drive against
a bootlegging ring believed to have
been running liquor into this city
from Chicago, was taken here last
night whom an sptamot lie contain
ing liquor at $1,000 and bearing an
Illinois. license number was seized
BY policeshere.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Injured In Train Crash.
/ Associated Press Dispatch.

IASSUCIdItU TT6SS DISpdICH.J
Parsons, Kans., November 22.-
Eighteen persons were hurt. three
seriously, when two Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas passenger trains
crashed head-on last night near
Beagle, Kansas. John Morris, Min
neapolis, who suffered a broken
shoulder and possible internal injur-
les, was the most seriously injured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Seeks Damages For injuries.
IAssocia ted Presa Dispatch. ]

Virginia, Mimi, November. 22.-
Damages of $4,000 are asked by
Emil Ola, in a suit filed today
against Frank Lepisto of Eveleth
for injuries received when the plein-
tiff fell down the cellar stairs OF a
soft drink establishment operated
by the defendant, August %. last.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
SESSIONS END TO-DAY.
Red River Valley pairymen Close
Successful Convention
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl
Crookston, MINI, November 22.--
The twentieth annual convention
of the Red River Valley Dairymen's
association was nearing a close this
afternoon, following business ses-
sion and an anniversary luncheon
at the northwest school OF agricul-
ture this, noon.
NJ. Sorenson; Pelican Rapids, told
of advantages and. disadvantages OF
marketing poultry and eggs through
creameries. Albert Anderson. Err
skine, discussed the adyisability of
making the creamery building and
grounds attractive while III. r.
Searles. dairy extension specialists
Of St Paul, outlined for the dairy
men the breeding and grading up of
a profitable dairy herd.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Shot At Wrong Man
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1

Associated Press DlSpatcnJ
Terre Haute, Ind, November %.
-Four members, of volunteer
posse organized to search for sup
posed bank robbers. were shot and
seriously wounded by a pose head
ed by Sheriff Herman Weber Of
Clay county, in gun fight at Cory,
early today. Sheriff Weber, think
ing he had been ambushed by ban
dts opened fire. The volunteer
posse returned the fire, but none Of
the sheriff's party was injured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
New Medical Society Launched

Milwaukee, November pa new
national medical organization. an
offshoot of the American Medical
society, was formally launched here
today. under the name Of the
American Progressive Medica, as.
ISOLATION, with headquarters in Mil
waukee. according to DR.. Theodore
Hubert Larson, president. He gave
as the reason for division a desire
Ito counteract. the autocraticism OF
the long established medical dicta-
t0r - 49, H sss,.. ~ 30. So = (.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
Set Dates Of Hearings
4 Assnciated presa nisnatnh1

J ASSUCIdItu ePreSS DISpatchJ -
Washington, d. c., November 20.
Additional dates were announced
mission hearings in the inyestiga
ton into railroad rates on grain
and grain products. On January 3
the commissions representative win
take testimony at. Atlanta; on Jan
usry ct Chicago, and on January 81