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The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
ENJOY BIRTHDAY PARTY
Social Affair In TivoIi News of That
Neighborhood.

Neighborhood.
Tivoll, July 14.-Mrs. Charles
Hilton. Mrs. John Crowley and Lot
tie Bennett entertained a number
OF relatives at supper Wednesday
evening at the home of Mrs. Crow
ley in honor of the birthday ami
yersary of Pearl Buchholtz. The
table was decorated tastily for the
occasion. A bouquet of lilies, a gift
or her niece Ivonne Crowley and a
large angel food cake decorated
with candles, formed the center
piece. The afternoon was spent In
social manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Won Helmst visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Kemp at Mankato Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Jessie and
sons Claude and Kenneth, who have
been the guests of Mrs. Phalen for
a few days have returned to their
home at st. Paul.
Ed Jensen assisted Mr.. Ditburner
In haying the last of the week.
Leilah Harvey and Stephen Har-
Vey autoed to Lakefield Sunday
morning. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Mckenzie and Mrs. Hazel
Harvey and daughter Marguerite,
who will make an extended visit at
the home Of Mrs. Hameren. Leilah
and Stephen returned to their home
here Sunday evening.
! Next Thursday the Holstein Breed
ers association will hold a picnic at
! the Tivoli picnic grounds on the lake
bank Of the LIE Sueur river.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Jensen and
daughters Jessie May and Esther,
Mrs. Ethel OFT, Mrs. Won Helmst,
Mrs. Sadie Buchholtz, Mrs. Belle
i Thayer and Mrs. Grace Schweder at
tended the picnic of the Blue Earth
county demonstration society in sew
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c..
r. Armstrong near Good Thunder,
Wednesday. The ladies report a
most enjoyable time
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Buchholtz
and daughter Helen and Mr.. and
Mrs. Aaron Jessie and sons Ken
meth and Claude and Mrs. Phalen
autoed to the lakes Sunday and en-
joyed a picnic supper.
/ Charles Hilton of ST Clair assist
ed John Crowley cut winter wheat
the last of the week.
The ladies ai6 was held at the
home of Mary Phalen Wednesday
afternoon. mere vas a good at
tendance and the afternoon was
spent In sewing and after the usual
business meeting lunch was served.
Announcements have been receiv-
ed this week of the marriage of
William Musser and Marguerite Ella
Lee on Saturday June 13 at Greeley,
Colo, Mr.. Musser was formerly
resident OF this place and has a
number of friends here who extend
congratulations to the newly weds.
William is a rising young business
man of Greeley, having been employ
ed in the post office at that place
since his discharge from the army
at the close of the Worlds war. Mr..
Musser has purchased a nice home
In Greeley, where Mr. and Mrs. Mus
ser will be at home to their friends.
Robert Huehl has brought out the
Mankato Produce company at Man
kato and will be glad at any time to
see his old friends at his place of
business. Mr.. Guebl was formerly
resident of this place and his many
friends extend their best wishes for
his success in his new work.
Alice Whiting was a guest at the
home Of her brother and family,
John Whiting at Mankato, Wednes-
day
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KILLED ON THE TRACK
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Unidentified Man Run Over BY Rock
Island Train at Owatonna

Owatonna, July 16.--An unidenti- =
fed young man was killed by a
northbound Rock Island freight on
the track Just south Of the bridge
over Straight river near Bridge
street early Sunday morning. The
train was coming into the city when
the engineer noticed a man laying
on the track with his head over the
rail- He set the air brakes and
whistled but the train ran over the
PROSTATE man, severing the head
from the body. Coroner o. r. De-
Groat was notified and took the re-
mains to his undertaking parlors.
The body was so badly mutilated
that Identification is difficult, there
being no papers on the man. He had
on blue work shirt and his pants
and shoes were nearly new. A small!
sum OF money was found In lis
pocket.
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production increases, more men Will
be needed. The outcome OF the
matter will be known definitely early
next week.
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Secretary of State Mike Holm, has
advised the Civic and Commerce AS
sociation, that the state automobile
examiner will probably not be able
to visit Mankato again this summer
for the purpose of holding examina-
tons for chauffeurs licenses, and
that 1t will therefore be necessary
for those who wish to take the
examination to go to St. Paul to do
so. A supply OF application blanks
nave been furnished the association
by the secretary Of state for free
distribution to interested parties.
y
Recognizing the importance of
having citizens vote in the coming
senatorial and school board cleo
ton, the directors passed q resolu-
tion urging all citizens to vote in
both elections.
In response to an inquiry sent to
the state highway department, rela-
tive to having Trunk Highway No.
80 gravelled between Mapleton and
Minnesota Lake, Charles M. Bah
cock, commissioner Of highways,
has written the Civic and Com
merce Association, stating that the
question will receive immediate
consideration and that some means
will no doubt be provided to put
this important road in passable con-
dition.
L
Reports have come TO the asso-
citation that vandals have been
shamefully destroying some Of the
Mankato cast iron road signs. These
signs were put up at a. great ex-.
pense for the accommod alton of
tourists and others travelling over
highways in this section of the
state The probabilities are that at
the next meeting of the board of di-
rectors, rewards will be offered for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the guilty cul-
prits.
Last year the Civic and Com
merce association paid the expense
for having pictures taken of numer-
Gus boys and girls club workers
gardens. w. E. Durbahn, boys and
girls club leader, recently mounted
set Of some Of these pictures and
presented them to the association.
The mountings will be hung on a
wall in the rooms of the associa-
ton.
The new membership roster has
been prepared and will. be ready
for publication next week. Now is
the time for parties to join the as
sociation, who have not already
done 50.
The primary election for nomina-
tions for directors Of the Civic and
Commerce association is now being
arranged for, and will be conducted
without doubt next week. Six d.
rectors are to be elected, four for
three years, one for two years, and
one for one year. w. r. Adams. G.
w. Fisher and J. c. NARROW retire
and are not eligible to re- election
according to the~by-la having
served as directors continuously for
more than two years. George Atchi-
son and President c. X. Mayer, also
retire, but are eligible to re- elec-
ton, as they are now filing vacan-
cies on the board A successor to
Ralph A. Jensen, of whose term two
years remain, is also to be elected.
Officers are elected by the board Of
directors.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
AUSTIN MAYOR APoLoeIZED
Bess Pardon of Representative Har
ry Howard of that City

Austin, July 16.-Mayor Hirsh
isn't given to appoIogizing, he had
rather scrap back. But below will
be found an apology from his honor
The other day before county board
he made a statement, in fact sew
al statements in a jocular manner
concerning the election of men to
the legislature and also to the Of
fee Of mayor, stating among other
things that the best man did not al
ways get into either office. Repre-
sentative Howard came back at the
mayor and now his honor, "begs
pardon" as follows:
VERY sorry that the Honorable
Harry Howard takes exceptions to
my remarks at a county commits
sioners' meeting" that the oppon-
ents of the road bond issue were
equally as brainy as the opponents
Of the same" My remarks were in
tended to have reference in general
and not to individuals, fully realizing
that some persons were endowed
with greater mental faculties than
others. There is no one who recog
nizes the intelligence of our repre-
sentative more than the writer"
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
BoARpERs FOR RICE COUNTY
Federal cuIprIts VIII Stay at the
Jail In Farlhauit

fGQCrdt SUlDTIIS WIN SIay al IhC
Jail In FarlbauIt
Farfbault, July 16.-Ffve liquor
law violators sentenced by Federal
Judge John F. McGee in United
States district court at st. Paul this
week began their terms In the Rice
county jail. Possession of liquor was
the charge on which the five men
were committed one of them being
given four months and 500 fine or
three counts including possession.
From the nature of sentences 1t Is
believed that the five are all old Of
tenders.
The men with their respective
sentences are:
Peter Miller possession, ninety
days
Sam Memo possession ninety days
Mike Sablak possession selling,
maintaining nuisance, four months
$400 fine.
Christ Jaworski. s4oo, thirty
days in case Of failure to pay fine.
August Pullman, $500, thirty days
in case of failure to pay fine.
This is the first time that federal
prisoners convicted on liquor charg-
es have been committed to the Rice
county Jail.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
Mysterious Attack On Boy

Austin, July 16.-EVidence Of a
mysterious and brutal attack on a
boy by a grownup was disclosed
when Make Mercuris found boy ly-
ing in the lawn at the st. Olaf Luth-
eran church shortly before eight
o'clock in the evening. The boy was
unable to explain why he had been
struck or to give a description OF
the assailant. Mr.. Mercuris said the
boy appeared to be in a daze. He
was unable to tell where he lived.
Another boy who happened along told
youth and agreed to take him home.
The name of the youth was not
learned.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
Owes Life To Boulder
r rCAfoI ma ThA L,.nn Drnco

Tracy, Mimi, July 14-W. J. Davoy
a travelling man, owes Is life to a
ditch on highway two indies south
Of here. The rock held up one corner
Of Davoy's car when it turned over
at the side of the road, otherwise
he would have been crushed to death
by his over turned machine. Davoy
was driving to Pipestone from Min
neapohs when he suddenly struck a
bend In the road. He was unable to
make the turn and his car went over
pinning him beneath. Twenty min
rites after tourists came along the
road and seeing the burning lamps
Of Davoy's car freed him. One Of
the mans hands was badly injured
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
Picked Up Alleaed Piekpoeket

Rochester, July 16. The third
series Of robberies by alleged pro-
fessional dips ended at the Great
Western station here, in the arrest
of Morrel Wray Of Minneapolis, who.
police report, was caught In the acr
of stealing the pocketbook of Jack
Krall Of Minneapolis. Wray is
thought to be one of a gang Of clev-
er pickpockets who have been work
ing the city the last week and one Of
a ring Of st. Paul dips. This is fur
ther borne out by a telegram sent by
Wray to the twin cities soon after
his arrest for the assistance Of a
we'll known criminal attorney.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
Was Badly Burned

Owatonna, July 16.-Ben Beede
622 east Broadway, was badly
burned about the hands, arms anu
left shoulder at Medford while at.
tempting to fill drag line engine
with gasoline with the engine run
ming. AS he yas holding a five gallon
can Of gasoline and starting to emp
ty the contents into the engine, the
gas caught fire from the heated en-
gine and blazed up, burning his left
hand, forearm and part of the shoul
der. His right hand and forearm sui
fered the same injury. 81
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
Flax Wilt Loss

Austin, July 16.-The fax wilt will
ost the farmers of Mower county
OF only the loss of seed tnat cost
YER a thousand dollars but means
le loss OF from $4,000 to $4,000 in
respective crops. The seed the
rmer sowed cost from S4.00 to $3.50
bushel. The farmer whose fax did
OF wilt are already contracting for
he sale OF their crop at $2.56 a
pshel.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
New School BuIldina Opposed

Luveme, Minn., July 16.-By de-
cision that lacked only one vote of
being unanimous, The Luyerne Tax
payers league went on record as
being opposed to the Luverne board
of education attempting to let a
contract for the proposed new school
building before next spring. This
decision was made, it is said. be-
cause Of the high price Of material
and skilled labor.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
New Banker at EssIo

Essig, July 16.-R. E. Shaskey,
formerly cashier of the State bank
of Thorpe, near Bird Island. has been
elected cashier OF the Essig State
bank, to succeed F. q. Rolloff. who
recently resigned.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20

Thursday afternoon in Janesville on
business.
The dance at the GAINESVILLE pa
villion Thursday evening was fairly
well attended with a good orchestra
furnishing music.
The Mankato free press., 1923-07-20
Mems EQUALS

Women will not be mems equals
until you can slap one on the back
and borrow a dollar.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
KEITH'S-"Creole Fashion Plate" F"

AS the magnet of chief Importance for
next week Keiths will present karyl
Norman. 1.-The Creole Fashion Plate" in
Something Different" with music by
Irving Bibo and Leo Woods, Edwin
Weber conducting. Norman is known
as one of the most accomplished femi-
nine impersonators and fashion de-
lineators on the vaudeville stage. He
comes to keiths with new array Of
characterizations as well as new and
startling wardrobe, especially designed
for him by Nine. Kiviat and executed
by Lester of Chicago.
The added attraction will be Victor
Moore. recalled for his Kid Burns in
"Forty-five Minutes from Broadway"
and Emma Littlefield. in Change Your
Act or Back TO the Woods" Completing
the bill there will be Maude Powers and
Vernon Wallace, two of the finest of
two day entertainers, in their own
conception of Georgia on Broadway; :;
Helen Slower. noted coioratura soprano.
who makes her vaudeville debut here
Marjorie Thomas and Lillian Acker,
with Phil Sheppard, in a symposium of
melody. mirth and terpschorean oddi-
ties; Fred Fenton and Sammy Fields,
in Appearing in Person: Leo Don
nelly. with Marjorie Dalton. in ''Tis and
Tisn't." by S. Jay kaufman. the well
known newspaper paragrapher, and
the Yong Wang brothers. late of the
Orient. in a new and sensational Far
Eastern Offering.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
TopAY,S ADJUSTMENTS.

BELAsCO - Captain Applejack."
satire melodrama, at 2:30 and $3.50
pm.
PRESIDENT-"Abie' Irish Rose"
comedy, at 2:30 and $3.50 pm.
GAYETY-"Talk OF the Town."
burlesque. at 2:15 and s:15 pm. and
IL midnight
KEITH'S-Louise Lovely, vaude-
Vile, at 2:15 and Sis pm.
STRAND Newman's Orchestra,
vaudeville, at 2:45, $3.50 and 8:45 pm.
COsMOS-Miriam Cooper. in THE
Girl Who Came Back" photoplay. at
l, 3, 8. and 9-last feature, 9:45 pm.
POLTS-"Only a Shop Girl" at 10
a m. until IL pm. continuously.
RIALTO-Reginald Denny. in The
Abysmal Brute" at 80 am. 1880,
$3.50, $50. 1880 and $50 pm.
PALACE = Jack Holt, in THE
Tigers Claw" and the Sidney Drews.
am. 80, 3:2O. 5:15, Z, $50 and 1926
pm.
COLUMBIA-"The Four Horsemen
Of the Apocalypse" with Rodolph
Valentino, at 10 am. and 1915, 2:35,
4:55, 7:15 and 9:35 pm.
METROPOLITAN - Richard Bar
thickness and Dorothy Gish, in The
Bright Shawl" at 1925 am, 1:25,
a:3O. 5:25. 1880 and 9:45 pm.
CENTRAL-Milton Sills, in why
Women Re-Marry. at l1:25 a. M. =
3:35. Sis. $50, S:25 and 1905 pm.
UNION STATION PLAZA-Shrine
Rodeo. at 2:30 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
OUTDOOR ADJUSTMENTS,

Glen Echo Park, one of the finest of
its kind in the country. reached by
cars of the F street line. offers all
varieties Of park entertainment, in
cluding picnic grounds. thrillers and
dancing. The admission to the park
is free.
Chevy Chase Lake. reached by
transferring from the 14th street cars
to the Chevy Chase cars at 14th and
L streets. offers dancing in two big
open-air pavilions, with all sorts Of
the best music.
Great Falls Park, reached, in
Georgetown. by cars that leave the
terminal al 36th and NJ streets, with
a delightful ride. offers dancing on a
pavilion overlooking the famous
Great Falls. together with boating.
fishing, kodaking and pretty picnic
spots.
Chesapeake Beach. an hour from
Wa shington. reached by the II street
cars connecting with the Chesapeake
Beach railway offers saltwater bath
ing. together with dancing and
Coney Island attractions.
River joys may be had on the
steamer St. Johns. which leaves her
wharf. at 7th street. for forty-mile
moonlight trips daily at pm, re-
turning to the city by IL pm. The
Evening star., 1923-06-06
C0SM0S-Douglas Fairbanks
Robin Hood"

No screen production in the history
of the art of the photoplay surpasses
in magnitude, in scenic beruty and in
popular love for its story the Doug
las Fairbank masterpiece of Robin
Hood" Never before was the inter-
esting story of the merry outlaw of
Sherwood Forest and his jovial crew
of freebooters presented with so
much of artistic charm and genuine
beauty as in this photoplay. Its pro-
ductton in America was quickly fol-
lowed by demands for it in Europe
and even in far-off Australia, where
this lovable romance of early days of
merrie old England finds as ready a
response as in the British Isles them
selves.
Douglas Fairbanks Robin Hood"
VIII be the outstanding feature Of en-
tertainment at the Cosmos Theater
next week. 1t will return, not like
an old stage favorite, after it's beauty
has faded and its scenery has become
worn and tattered, but in all the
freshness of its original charm and
beauty
Evening star., 1923-06-06
CRANDALL'S-Thomas Meighan
in "The Ne'er Do Well"

Thomas Meighan. in Paramount's
screen version of Rex Beach's THE
Ne'er Do Well,' will be the offering at
Crandall's Theater the first three days
of next week. beginning Sunday after
noon. Lila Lee has the leading feminine
part. The story deals with the expe-
rience of young man who had lost his
grip on himself but who managed to
recover it and carve a place of i'm
portance in the business world. The
picture was filmed in Panama 1.-The
Mouse Catcher" a new Aesop Fable.
will be shown also. Wednesday and
Thursday, Paramounts picture of Wal
ter Brownies morality play, Every
woman" will be shown, with Violet
Heming and Wanda Hawley in leading
roles. The story outlines the life quest
OF every woman for love and the pit
falls and snares into which the search
leads her The laugh-maker will be
Judge Rummy cartoon. THE Matinee
ldlers.' Friday and Saturday Agnes
Ayers and Richard Dix will be pictured
in Racing Hearts" a motor car ro-
nance. with collars and Cuffs" a
comedy, and other short-reel pictures.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
ADJUSTMENTS
PRESIDENT-'Atie's Irish Rose.

Anne Nichols inimitable comedy
"Abie's Irish Rose" has caught WASH,
ington again with a fresh hold ana
will be held over at the President for
the second week of its current en-
gagement, beginning next sunday
night at $40 o'clock. The over
whelming good nature of this laugh
ing success. which resulted in It's
previous record breaking engagement
of twelve weeks here, seems anout 10
be duplicated Kay Hammond ana
George Barnes have retired from the
cast. and Evelyn Nichols and David
Herblin will be the new Rosemary
and Able, respectively. Lew Welch,
Miss Henrietta Vaders and George
Henry are furnishing fine support.
Others who are again assuming roles
they played during the first Washing
ton run of the piece are Robert Lowe,
Guy D'Ennery and Harry Shutan.
The story centers about the clan
destine marriage of a Jewish boy and
an Irish girl and the family war that
followed the discovery.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
METR0POLITAN-"The Isle of
Lost Ships"

Milton Sills and Anna Q. Nilsson.
next week, will be featured at Gram
dalls Metropolitan Theater in Maui
rice Tourneur's screen version of
Crittenden Marriott's story, THE Isle
of Lost Ships" Louise Fazenda will
supply the vein Of comedy in Gold
Chills."
THE Isle of Lost Ships" is an ad-
venturous story of the burial ground
of lost argosies in the Sargasso sea-
From the survivors of many ship
wrecks has been created a strange
community, subject to it's own laws
and sufficient unto itself without out
side aid or interference. To this
colony of derelicts come a young
heiress, a New York detective and
his prisoner criminal, sole sur
vivors of another tragedy of the sea-
1t is a law of the outcasts that any
woman coming to their settlement
must choose a mate within twenty
four hours and that the husband so
chosen must protect his wife with his
life, if necessary. The settlement is
ruled over by physical giant who
is not accustomed to have his word
disputed. From this situation Mr..
Marriott has constructed a dramatic
narrative that abounds in action and
unfolds a quick succession of aston
1shing climaXeS
Evening star., 1923-06-06
STRAND-"Queen of Syncopa-
tion.

queen of syncopation," Nanny
and her "Gold-Dust Twins" in twelve
minutes of poppy fun and song. will
headline the vaudeville at the Strand
Theater next week beginning Sunday.
Others will include Holden and
Graham in Versatile Originalities'; !;
Charles Martin. The Sentimental
Cowboy Baritone: the Fay Nash trio
in an original laugh skit, AT the
Race Track" and Wilson and jerome
In odds and Ends"
What Wives Want" will be the
pfotoplay feature. presenting Ethel
Grey Terry, Margaret Landis. Vernon
Steele, Niles Welch and Ramsey Wal
lace in the featured roles. 1t centers
around present-day marital prob
lem that is said to be largely respon-
sible for the grinding of the divorce
mill
Evening star., 1923-06-06
C0LUMBIA-"The Exciters."

Loew's Columbia Theater next
week will offer Paramount's fine
screen version of THE Exciters," the
stage play by Martin Brown, in which
Bebe Daniels and Antonio Moreno
have the roles of chief Importance.
The Exciters" played a week at
the Garrick Theater last autumn just
prior to the Broadway opening of the
play. Miss Tallulah Bankhead, the
Washington star, then had the chief
feminine role. This role Bebe Daniels
will assume in the picture version,
which was adapted by John Cotton
and Sonya Levien.
THE Exciters" was directed by
Maurice Campbell. the author-d -direc-
tor, who wrote Sweet Kitty Bel
1airs," the famous stage play, and
who also wrote Mistress Nen,"
a play in which his wife, Henrietta
Crosman, starred for several years
The story concernes Ronnie Rand, a
society girl, who lives on excitement
and who is obliged to marry on a Ger
tain day or lose rich inheritance.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
PALACE-"Sixty Cents an Hour. ="

The attraction at Loew's Palace
Theater next week will be sixty
Cents an Hour" the amusing and ro-
mantle Paramount screen comedy, in
which rotund and jolly Walter HERS
and the enchanting Jacqueline Logan
have the roles Of chief Importance.
This great attraction will be sup
plemented by a new Snub Pollard
comedy, Where Am II" as we'll as
the exclusive showing of motion pic
lures of the Shrine parade.
sixty Cents an Hour" Is an adapta-
tion of the story Frank Condor. 1t
was scenarized by Grant Carpenter.
In 1t Mr.. HERS is seen as a humble,
suburban soda jerker who loves the
daughter of the town banker. loses
his job and gets the banker to let him
sleep in the bank as night watchman.
When yeggs rob the institution the
hero is brought under grave suspi-,
cion. He foils the yeggs in making
away with their loot, loses 1t later
through hole in the floor of his car,
but gets the girl by cornering her
Aapksr.parept in = business deal
Evening star., 1923-06-06
York.

Sunday and Monday, Gloria Swan
son in "Prodigal Daughters; Tues
day. Katherine Macdonald in Ref
uge" and Johnny Jones in Wanted.
a Story; Wednesday. Milton Sills.
Marguerite De La Motto and John
Bowers in What a Wife Learned
and Neal Burns in Hot Water" :
Thursday, Clara Kimball Young in
The Woman of Bronze and Jimmie
Adams in Traffic; Friday, Lulu Nc
Grath in Wonders of the Sea-
George O'Hara in Fighting Blood
No. 5, and Lige Conley in Kick Out;
Saturday. Helene Chadwick and Rich
ard Dix in "Quicksands' and Our
Gang" comedy, The Cobbler."
Evening star., 1923-06-06
Olympic.

Sunday. Colleen Moore. in The Nth
Commandment Broke" and Topics
of the Day: Monday, Colleen Moore, in
THE Nth Commandment" Tuesday and
Wednesday, Barbara La Mari, in Poor
Mems Wives; Thursday. Jack London's
Burning Daylight; Friday, Helen
Holmes. in "One Million in Jewels" also
Buster keaton, in "The Balloonatic': :
Saturday, Pola Negri, in Mad Love-"
also Don't Flirt"; Pathe News: THE
Jungle Goddess" No. ).