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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
PUBLIC GOODBYE RECEPTION WILL BE
RENDERED REV. AND MRS. RIA. JENSEN

Preparations have been completed
for rendering Rev. Ralph A. Jensen,
pastor of the First Baptist church Of
this city, farewell reception on
the night of May Is, at Mankato ar
mory, which. will be participated in
not alone by the members of his
congregation, but by the public In
general Popular with members Of
the Civic and Commerce association,
the Kiwanis club and many other
organizations in this city,.the mem
bers have requested to be permitted
to pay honor to Rev. Jensen and his
estimable wife on the date men
toned.
Rev. Jensen has been called to the
pastoFate of the Second Baptist
church of Chicago, and il is the wish
Of the people here to do something
in appreciation Of the activities OF
Mr. Jensen In this city In both
church and civic circles
George M. Palmer has been named
general chairman of all of the COM
mittees appointed to perfect the
plans for the reception. The organ
izations which will take part in the
function are: The Kiwanis club,
Board of Education, Ministerial clup,
Masonic lodges. Y. M. c. A.. Man
kato Civic and Commerce associa-
ton, Social Science club, and the
congregation OF the First Baptist
church.
The Kiwanis club will be repre-
scented by committee consisting of
George NJ Palmer and G.. w. Fisher;
Masonic lodges by NJ A. Nichols.
Lyle Soaring and F. V. Morse;
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11

Board Of Education, Gustaf Widell
and Evan Hughes; Civic and Com
merce association. M. d. Fritz and
G. 9 Mayer; the Y. M. C. A. by
w. .. Willard and DR.. J. 8. Hol-
brock; Social Science club by Pro-
fessor John A. Hancock and Walter
Santorn; Ministerial club by Rev,
William Weiner and Rev W. e.
Evans; the First Baptist church by
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Palmer and
Mrs. c. A. Pepper.
Special invitations Issued.
Special invitations have been Is
sued TO every church In the city to
take part In the reception. The IN :
yitations will not be confined alone
to the clubs and other organizations
but to the entire public of this com
munity, who are cordially invited to
attend.
H. r. Hammer VIII have charge OF
the arrangements for music; Mrs
George M. Palmer and Mrs. C. A.
Pepper head the committee which
has been appointed to look after re-
freshments; G.. X. Mayer will see
that the event is given the proper
publicity.
Three speakers have been select
ed for the after dinner addresses.
They are: Charles r. Butler. repre-
senting the Civic and Commerce as
ISOLATION, and the general public;
Dr.. John A. Hancock, lodges, clubs
and board of education: George M
Palmer, the First Baptist church
Charles K Mayer. president OF tine
Mankato Civic and Commerce asso-
citation. will preside at the gathering
and win introduce the speakers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
BRITONS ARE DUE
FOR STORMY TIME
Government acing Several
Serious Problems
NOTE TO MOSCOW
Liberal Press Strongly Con.
dennis Tone and Provoca-
tive Demands
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. I

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl
London, May 1o.-The Brit
ish warship HarebeiI has been
ordered TO the Thurman coast to
prevent further soviet interior
IL 9 iss-s.s With British we sxcis acuts =
side the three mile limit, and to
use force IL necessary in per-
forming this mission, the House
of Commons was informed to-
day by the under eeretary for
foreign affairs, Ronald McNeiil.
London, May 10.-Between the
controversy with Russia and the sit
uation created by the success of Art
O'Brien's appeal for writ of ha-
beas corpus. the government is
clearly in for a stormy time. The
laborires, most of the liberals-both
Lloyd Georgian and Asquithian-and
even some of the conservatives, it
is said, disapprove of the ministiy's
handling of the dispute with Russia,
and it is predicted in some quarters
that next Tuesdays debate in the
House of Commons may prove awk-
ward for the ministers If they are
unable to get the solid support Of
their followers.
The liberal press today strongly
condemns the tone and ''provoca-
tive demands of Lord Curzon's note
to Moscow. These newspapers agree
that Great Britain had solid and i'm.
portant grounds for complaint, but
they condemn the threat to termin-
ate the trading agreement as worse
than blunder.
Position Is Difficult.
The governments position with
respect to O'Brien is considered at
least as difficult and as full of COM
pications. There is a general belief
that the House of Lords will confirm
the appeal courts ruling, in which
event Home Secretary Bridgeman
must deliver O'Brien to the English
courts. II he cannot do so he must
show a~reason satisfactory to the
judges.
This places Mr.. Bridgeman and
Continued On Page ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
WEATHER

Hanksto: Maximum tempera-
ture for the past twenty four
hours, sixty above; minimum,
forty above. Local barometer
hand today indicated a move
rnent toward rain. Direction OF
wind east; condition clear To-
morrow the Sun will rise at $50
A. ~. and will set at 7:3o p. NJ.
Minnesota and Iowa: Partly
cloudy and somewhat unsettled
tonight and Friday: not much
change in terneratuTe-
Upper Michigan: Generally
fair tonight and Friday; cooler
in extreme northwest portion to-
night. :
Wisconsin: Partly cloudy to-
night and Friday: cooler in
north central portion tonight
end IN extreme cast portion Fri
day.
North Dakota: Unsettled to-
night and Friday. probably rain:
somewhat warmer in east and
central portions tonight.
South Dakota: Unsettled to-
night and Friday, probably rain:
not much change in tempera-
ture.
Montana: Unsettled tonight
and Friday, probably rain: cold
or Friday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
TALK OF OUSTING
SENATOR kNABB
i
Possibility of Action Is Dis
cussed In Florida
PROBE NEARS END
Committee Has Reached Crest
Of Authority; Results
Attained
Associated Press nt.nateh. !

ASSOCIATED Press btsDa tch.
Tallahassee, Fla, May 10.-The
Joint legislative committee which is
investigating the alleged bruta'
treatment of prisoners in the private
lease camp operated by Senator 7
J. Knabb convened again today TO
decide whether TO call any more wit
neSSes.
Great surprise was expressed in
legislative circles when il became
known yesterday that the committee
was considering calling a halt in the
investigation. Members of the com
mittee are being urged to continue
with the same thOrOughness they
the investigation of the knabb case
did the case of Martin Tabert OF
Munich, y. u.
Senator John p. Stokes. chairman
nf the committee. declared that the
committee had reached the crest of
its authority. having recommended
the abolition of the lease system
and corporal punishment;' the dis
missal of certain county officers;
expulsion of one doctor from the
Florida medical fraternity and the
discharge Or prison supervisor.
There was some talk today of ex
cling Senator Knabb from the
tate legislature, Senator W. n. Ma
poles Yesterday discussed this pos
sibility.
The house postponed indefinitely
movement originating in and re
ceiving the approval of the senate
for the legislature to recommend
that the administrative officials
abolish corporal punishment Of pris
oners in this state as A trial meas
e and if it proves successful that
he strap be forever abolished"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
FLAMES ARE MOVING DOWN THEIR
VICTIMS IN THE LONE STAR STATE
CHINESE BANDIT LIFE IS
:: Barred BY TWO PRIESTS

New York, May i0-China has
practically no professional bandits
IN the sense understood in western
countries. .
1.-The occupation is one which ordi-
narily peaceful, law abiding far
mers take TO, without considering
they're doing anything out OF the
il impossible for them 10 live, 10.
A season. off the land. ...
Food lmpeIling Factor
throughout very large districts
he country produces. under norma
'onditions, only just enough u
cantily support the, populate Ii
nere's an extra large crop, there
nay be a small surplus.
If there's a partial failure. cor
responding number of people must
starve. unless they overflow into
other districts and forcibly take
whatever they need. s.
A regular army of bandits could
be stamped out But it doesn't work
that way. One year banditry will be
rife in some particular section OF
the country. The next year there
svOn't be any Of it at all there, but
/ will be rampant somewhere else.
Since civil troubles began, this
condition has been aggravated BY
The presence of large bodies OF SOL
liers, scattered over the whole
country. An army will be recruited
say in Yunnan province and sent to
Hupeh. far to the northward.
Troops Unable To Cope
The necessity for its presence 10
Hupeh having passed, it's simply
disbanded on the spot and not the
slightest thought is ever given by
those who organized it to the prob
lem of getting any of the soldiers
home.
Naturally they stay in Hupeh,
where they can live only by yio-
lence. since the province already
has as large a population as it can
support. Or, if they go home, they
can do so only by living on the
country they travel through.
Policing China, to suppress out
lawry of this sort, means havinI.
forces sufficient to cone with arms
soan1s often nuih19rinS, lionsands..
almost anywhere at almost any
time. This, too is in country
lacking means for the rapid trans
portation of troops, with popula-
zion around 0O,000,o00 and an area
nearly the size Of the continental
United States.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
DEATH IN STREAM
AFTER THE PLUNGE,
Twenty-Five Bodies Have
Been Recovered
NOTE TO POWERS
German Feeling Over Court
Martial Sentences Grow
ing Bitter
[Associated Press pispatch. j

Berlin, May 10.--A telegram from
Saint Goar, Rhenish Prussia, says a
train operated by the French plung-
ed into the Rhine and that twenty
nine bodies have been recovered from
the water The report is based ON
the statementsl OF travellers arriving
at Saint Goar who add that the
French have cut off access to the
scene of the accident. Saint Goar
is near Bacharach.
Protest Court Martial
The German government has sent
a note to the powers having no part
in the Ruhr occupation protesting
against the Werden cosirt martial
which resulted in the conviction of
DR.. Krupp Won Bohlen and other
Krupp officials. The note accuses
the French of making the blowing
OF the sirens the basis of "a sense
less charge that secret plot was
being engineered against the French
troops, with the object of shifting
responsibility for the murder of
fourteen workers to the Germans. -
The note adds that the French
had never objected to the sounding
OF the signals.
AS protest against the sentences
OF the Werden court martial, the
Essen local trade unions COMMITTEES
has appealed for complete cessa
ton of work tomorrow.
Feeling Very Bitter
Whatever may be the nature OF
the British reply to the German
note relative. to Preparations and the
Ruhr, there is a pronounced convic-
fInn In hist. .syf
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
PICKED FROM ST. CLAIR
Lutheran Congregation Is Having
Its Building Remodeled

Its Building RemodeIed
st. Clair, May 10.--The stockhofd
ers of the Farmers elevator held a
meeting in the hall Thursday even.
ing. Lawyer Moonan of Wasecs
vas present
The members of the Lutheran
church are having the building
known as the old Congregational
church, which they purchased, re
modelled. Among the changes being
made will be the closing of the
nortl: door An entrance will be
made on the south and windows oil
more modern date will replace the
old windows. Mr.. Grawaunder is do
ing the work.
Mrs. Albert Juliar is spending the
week with her daughter, Mrs. Stuck
lsle.15 n5sIi n 'utts.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Kopke, who
have eeeii visiting at the home OF
their son John, returned home Sun
day.
Ernest Proechl is having build =
ing constructed on the Fisher pro-
perty on Main street, which he will
rse as garage. He also rented part
of the lower floor of Frank Fishers
building, which he will use in con
nection with his work.
A number of men in the village
are planning on a fishing expedition
on the opening day, May Is. Just
where they will drop their line has
not at present been decided.
At the community meeting Thurs
day evening. il was decided to turn
the next meeting into a picnic. Coun
ty Agent l.. z. McMillen of Mankato
and Prof. Billings Of the university
were present and gave some very in
teresting talks on the hog question.
Because of the unfavorable weather
the attendance was not as large as
usual. ....-
Emil Sac rs working in the local
garage. E.,. ..@
Will Gekeler is dealing with the
local garage man Jerry Lynch for a
Chevrolet coupe. His old car Max
we'll, is laid UP for repairs at the
home of his son Henry.
The cold snap caught number of
people in the village without coal
and the local coal dealers were well
patronized, Tuesday. q,
The play, THE Minister'S Wife's
New Bonnet" which was to have
been given by the ladies' Of the
Methodist church of Mankato at the
town hall Wednesday evening of
last week, was postponed because
of the unfavorable weather and bad
roads. .=.
Mr.. and Mrs. Precht entertained
friends over the week end.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
SCOTT DENIES STATEMENT
if-ad Ncsthwesserc Bnisarsisy Re
flutes Charges
IAssociated Press Dispatch. ]

flutes Charges
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.
Chicago. May l0.-Presidept Wal
ter pil Scott cf Northwestern uni
Aersity today told the grand jury
rvestigatiny the disappearance and
lCeth or ICi~hI'E Nounts North
western Sud ~ '".r he had moi
iOid stWdsR: .ators TO drop
the search g." mt, who disap-
peared folio" .,.. the September,
1921, class ITsh.
]. Allan NILS. a leader OF the
freshmen in tie class rush, had
suggested that the search be dis
continued after several days o;
,fruitless inquiry.
Mr.. Scott insisted that he had
not ordered anyone to disist from
the search and produced clippings
from the Evanston News. quoting
statements prepared by himself and
J. L. Mount, the boys father, in
collaboration al the newspaper of
fee. u the statement signed by the
elder Mount, it was asserted that
the university had done everything
in its power to ala in the search
for the missing boy. whose skeie
ton was found several days ago un-
der an Evanston pier.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
REPORT EROMRLR TIA TRAIN LEI s:s=KTO THE RIVER REA
MankatO s
GreatNeed

NJ. J. O'Brien, Manager Of
the Value store: "Mankato's
greatest need right now is
more and larger factories
than we have at the present
time. Msnkdto is an ideal
center for manufacturing, be
Ina centrally located. A beet
SUGAR factory should do
thriving business here, and
Il would be a great help TO
the farmers, as the product
yields q far greater income
than corn or small grain.
Freezing does not 6etract
from the value Of the sugar
beet, and for that reason il
cen be-worked into the fin
ished product in winter, when
work for the labcrinq man,
especially in this immediate
vicinity is scarce. This would
result in a source of income
for many men VINO have to
lie idle here in the winter
months. In summer the rails
ina Of the beets would give
employing to q great many
people. Mankato should also
have better n1arketinq} factlt-
ties, for the farmeT. We
should CO. operate with him
in getting all he can for hts
products. Seautify Manksto
and make the Van Rr0nt
slough into a beautiful! lake"
Attorney Frank E. Morse:
"My belief is that manksto
needs more factories, II we
ever expect the city to in
crease in population to any
extent. other towns the size
Of Mankato have good fac
tories, why not "Mankato"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
NAMING MEMORIAL BOARD
Governor Preus Announces Appoint
nents On State Commission
IAssociaI ed Press Dispat

lAsS0cialed PreSS DISPATCH.
st. Paul, May 10.-Governor j. A.
o. Preus today announced that he
will ask C. X. Blandin of the St Paul
dispatch and Pioneer Press TO act
as chairman of the Knute Nelson
memorial commission, which is be-
ing organized to collect public sub
scription at 81 each TO nay for cree
ton OF memorial to the late sen
ator on the plaza OF the state CAPT
toll.
The governor also announced three
additional members to- the commits
sion. Mrs. Namely Fosseen. Mime
apolis: d. w. Lawler, st. Paul; and
Archie Chisholm, Duluth
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
HIGH HONORS FOR BUSCH
Bishop St. Cloud Made Assistant a

Bishop st. Cloud Made Assistant al
PontifaoaI Throne in Rome
Associated Press Dispatch
st. Cloud, MINI, May 10-News OF
the appointment OF Right Rev. Joseph
r. Busch, bishop OF ST. Cloud, an
assistant at the pontifical throne
has been received here. II consti-
tutes the bishop member OF the
papal household and gives him the
right to be in attendance on the per-
son of the sovereign poutif on the
occasion of the great Roman cere-
monies.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
New York DAIRY

New York, May 10.-Butter hrm;
receipts 1867; creamery, higher than
extras, .44c IA to .45c; creamery OK
tras, 90 score, .44c creamery hrsts,
SIS to 81 score, 43c to AZ 3-4. Eggs
weak receipts 60.11S; fresh gathered
extra firsts, % 1 -2c}to 20 IL; ditto
firstst, .27c to 2Sc; ditto seconds %
I-2c to .26 %; fresh gathered stor-
age pack extra firsts, 30 to 80 | &c:
ditto firsts. 2S IL to 20 lie Cheese
steady; receipts S7,7s7 pounds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
several Traffic Law Offenders

A number OF traffic offenders were
placed under arrest shortly before
noon by Mankato police. Chief
Landmark arrested Fred Wockworth,
transient on the charge OF pass
ing a street car with his automobile
while the street car was unloading
passengers. The defendant was SEN
fenced by Judge William Stradt-
mann to pay a 6ne Of SIS. Emil
Bochert, A, J. Scheblin and Mrs. B.
I. Mcclellan, arrested by Traffic Off
Ger Henry Kachelmyer on the charge
of operating their automobile with
out the proper license tags. were
each sentenced to pay fine of 81.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
SAVED LIVES FROM FIRE
Cleveland Man Rescued Families
..-a From Apartment House
tAssociateu Press DispaLch,l

[ bsSOctateU PreSS BISpaIch,I
Cleveland, Ohio, May 10.-AfteT
rousing mem bers of four families
occupying an apartment house when
a blaze threatened destruction OF a
two story frame building here early
today, John Cracium made several
trips into the burning structure car :
ried out seven of nine children res
cued and broke in a door so one of
the families could escape.
Cracium carried out five OF his
children, his wife rescuing their
sixth. a six months old baby. He al
SO assisted Mrs. Anna Marian and
her two children to safety.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
SEEDING is PROGRESSING
Operations Expected Generally Com
ple4ed BY Next Week

lASsocieteo Fress Dspatcn.I
st. Paul, May 10.-t Is expected
wheat, in the Red River Valley will
be completed this week. according
to o. P. B.. Jacobson, chairman, Min
nesota roilroad and warehouse COM
mission who received reports from.
throughout that district today.
More fax is being seeded than In
previous years as a result OF the late
season, but the potato acreage. ac-
cording to early reports, will not be
as extensive In that district as was
true In 1922.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
ORDERED TO QUIT RUHR
Chief Railway Inspector Wirth Must
Leave Occupied Zone

ASSOCIATED Press DisNa tch.
karlsruhe. May 10.--Chief Railway
Inspector With. a member of the
Badenese diet and brother of the
former German chancellor. has been
ordered to leave the occupied area,
according to advices from Alley.
Herr Wirth and another chief in
spector were given until Sunday to
depart. each being permitted to take
not more than 100 Kilograms of bag
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
Officers Of Women Voters

WATERFOWL, S. d., May fO.-Mrs.
John l.. Pyle Of Huron was re- elect
ed president of the South Dakota
League of Women Voters at the fin
al convention session here this af :
ternoon Mrs. 8. X. Way OF Water
town was elected vice president !:
Mrs. Fred Hoffman OF Sioux Falls.
secretary and Mrs. r. +. Wilson of
Huron, treasurer
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
GoMPERS CASE DISMISSED
Action For $4,000 Damages Was
Brought BY Former Editor.

Brought BY Former Editor.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
Washington, ID. c., May l0.-The
s25, 900 damage suit brought against
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor. and
other labor leaders by p. J. Ryan,
former editor Of the Plate Printer
was dismissed today in District of
Columbia supreme court. ...
Mr.. Ryan, who was vice president
Of the Harding democratic club,
charged the federation head had
ordered the local plate printers union
10 Gust him from membership after
Ie had given out an interview as :
serting Mr.. Gompers could not
swing the labor vote to Cox In the
1920 campaign.
On the witness stand Mr.. Comp
ers denied he was engaged in par
san politics.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
Re.urned Mine IndIetmen.s

IAesociated Press lD1spatch.I q
Aberdeen, 8. D., May 10,-ln the
federal court this forenoon, the
grand jury which had been in ses-
sion since Monday, presented to the
court it's final report and was dis
charged from farther attendance
upon the term. The grand jury re :
turned nine indictments at this time
in six cases which IT had considered
and reported no bills of Indictment
In six cases which 1t had considered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
Pierre Dupont Resian.

lAEsoc.aied Press DtspStcn:l
New York. May 1o.-The General
Motors corporation today announced
thu resignation OF Pierre s. Dupont
as president and Chairman of the
executive committee. Alfred p
SIoar. Jr., was elected as his sue
ceSsoI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
OUerNIght
WireTaIeS


Paris. MAJ 10. Herr Schiogetter
was convicted of sabotage and sen
fenced to death by a French court
martial: AT Dues sPldUrf, ACCORDING
To a HAYES dispatch.
Wilmington. Del, May l0.-"Who
ever discards the virgin birth Of
Christ must first discard the proph
cts and the whole Testimony Of the
New Testament, . Pegysa '1or' Fs--7s
Ming said.
Detroit. May 10 Emmanuel 7.
Berger. Detroit lawyer, said Ia have
been the representative o. Henr-
Ford in a s106. 1905. 900 stock deal. is
being sought by police on :. charge
concerning worth, checks IL.
vnlvinG total Of $4,000.
washington. D. e.. May 10.-Re
cent returns from Municipal cleo
tiops at baltimore, Chicago. Detroit
and cities of lesser size plainly show
that democrats are again united.
TIE democratic national committee
said
st. Paul. May 1o.-Jane BTogan.
=. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William
Progan. killed when she darted in
front Of automobile TO recover rub
Der bali.
Nossomin. Sask.. May 10.-Vic-
tory Mason found guilty OF murder
icf Jean. Leone and Marie Chauvelon
last February 16, and sentenced to
hang August 10 at Regina
Louisville. XIV. May 1e.-"Bo" Nc
MILAN won over four other Ken
ltucky derby entries in the annual
running Of the Blue Grass stakes at
Lexington
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
slew YORK liberty Bonds

New York, May 1o-U. s. Govern
ment bonds closing: Liberty 8 las,
sI0f.2; first As. 1910 i'd; second As
1910 bid; first 4 As $97.13; sec
ond las, $97.13; third 4 las.
SOS. 10: fourth 4 las, s97.19 uncal,
led Victory 3-4s. $100.1; United
States government 4 las $99.30.