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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
Lightning Currents Made
Most Spectacular Display

With a celestial display OF ire
worAs, far surprising in spectacular
Beauty any deslsns. ~, 9 ---- 4
man, was Witnessed by John Hol-
80 N lis oooryard SUNDAY morn
Ing at two o'clock. Mr.. Holberg of
Indian Lake gazed out OF one of the
windows OF his home on the awe
inspiring spectacle of a bolt Of
lightning striking q wire fence,
split in two currents, one going to-
ward the barn where 1t knocked a
hole in the corner of the building,
and the other passing on to the
well, where it ripped of the cover
Ing, struck large stone and shat
tered 1t throwing the pieces in all
directions, then ducking into the
aperature, descending to the water,
whore it took q drink. While this
was in progress there was red fire
IN the air everywhere in the form
Of flares, balls Of fire zigzagging tc
and fro like mad fiends in search of
something on which to wreck their
vengence. Some Of the ire Of the
lightning god was spent on a large
tree near the barn which was split
to pieces and scattered to the -four
winds.
When the display had subsidized,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
HUNT FOR Ed RUST
ALBERT LEA POLICEMEN
AFTER SUSPECT
Proved To Ee Man From State
Michigan; Were In Long
Search

Albert Lea, July 30-Police from
this c4ty and the county officials on
tri.ay aid not take into custody Ed
" IN aust, the man wanted at ADer-
uGen, s. D., Ior LAe murder Oh the
Drown county snerin, but they
demonstrated that tAey were on the
joo earIy ana l.Le anu did their duty.
from nine O'CLOCK In Lne morning
until nlne o'ciocK at nIgnt, seven
.ocal officials, In autos, armed Win
revolyers anu s..oLouAs, comDed the
lLsuwayS and DywayS o. the souln
part or the COUNT ana portlon o.
uUrthern Iowa III an edort to round
w tuis murIerer, VINO was believed
20 nave p-sseu through albert Lea
from Clarks oroVe, on his way 10
Iowa.
lie officers had just returned to
Albert Lea IN the evening When
harry lannon's of Emmons tele-
phoued TO the sheriff's otdce that ne
Leieved Rust was at farm home q
snort distance from Emmons.
In less than q half hour Sheriff
Otteson with two deputies, Tom
Jones and K. B. Porter, and Chief
Jensen, with Patrolman Ted Lifeson
and Truman Olson, were on their
way to E. 1ols. They reached the
farm home at nine o'clock and soon
found the man described by Mr..
Emmons.
After few minutes Of questioning,
the officers were convinced that
they had the wrong man. He stated
that his name was Mullin and that
he lived in Michigan. He admitted
that he had been in Albert Lea that
morning, and had purchased three
packages Of gum from Bert Narveson
at the Martin Oppegard store on
South Broadway. He said he didn't
know about the Rust matter.
A telephone message from Mason
City. Ia, was received by the Tribune
at one o'clock this morning. All
highways and railroads leading to
Mas City are being guarded by Of
fcers with shotguns. and all cars are
being searched. Two officers from
Aberdeen. s. D., arrived at Mason
City Saturday morning, and have
Joined in the man hunt
While the local officers believe
that Rust is not in this locality, they
are still roiog to keep a sharp look
out and will be ready to answer any
MESSAGE received from the surround :
ing territory and will matA an in
vesttgation at once.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
WILL SPEND SOME
TIME IN ST. CLOUD
Burt Wilcox Sent To the Re-
formatory There For
Two Years

Burt Wilcox, age twenty one years,
smiled a wide grin when sentenced
to two years at hard labor in the
Minnesota state reformatory at st.
Cloud yesterday afternoon by Judge
w. L. Comstock in Biue Earth dis
trict court. Wilcox was sentenced
following his own plea of guilty to
the charge Of grand larceny in the
second degree.
Burt was arrested at GAINESVILLE a
short time ago by a clever ruse. the
IoiIce onice promising him a Job
10 get him to jail. For over q year
Wilcox was at liberty after stealing
chickens from the premises Of s. II.
warrant for his arrest was at the
sheriffs office all during that time.
After the sentence Wilcox turned
away from the court bench and
walked to his seat with smile
Sitting down he remarked to Arth-
ur Honetschlager, another young
man awaiting sentence: Well that
means a little ride for me-"
Honetschlager was called before
Judge Comstock, who sentenced him
to serve five years at hard labor at
the state reformatory at st. Cloud
on his own plea Of guilty to a charge
Of grand larceny in the second de-
gree. The court ordered that com
mittment in the case OF Honet-
schlager be Withheld for two days,
case to be brought up again at z D.
m. Wednesday, August l. Honet-
schlager was charged with stealing
auto equirment from the Powell
Auto con-. cany.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03

the state university at that time
Professor N. H. WincheIl had the
meteorlte cut, and Mr. Richards
was given piece to anaiyze. He
.ound that the greater portion of
the piece Of star" consisted OF iron,
md Tie other ingredients wereH CO
bait, nickle, trace of tin and sill :
con. This analysis was made by Mr.
richards under the direction OF
Professor Pecham, who was then al
the head of the chemistry depart
ment OF the state university.
Mr.. Richards has photographs OF
the late Horace V. Winchell, when
he was small boy.
The meteorite weighed seventy.
five pounds, according to The Mimi
eapolis Tribune statement. and Il
was not until after long litigation
that it was finally secured as a spe-
cimen for the geological museum OF
the state university. In its passage
across the sky the luminous body
caused CONSERVATION in many places
in southern Minnesota, some people
thinking that the end Of the world
was approaching.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
David Richards Recalls
Instruction Under WincheII

David Richards and William n.
Hughes Of this city were very much
interested in an article in Inc
minneapolis Tribune re-erring to the
Ieath Of Horace V. Winchell, widely
-AoWn mining engineer and lorLner
sStdent OF Mlnneapoiis, VINO dled al
IS Angeles, Can't.
David Richards in q statement to
The FreeV Press To-Day SAID that IN
1873 he was u student At the UNI
versity of Minnesota and roomed
with Horace V. WinChell. The TrI-
bune article, Mr.. Richard says is
somewhat in error, in referring to
Horace V. Winchell as the finder OF
the celebrated meteorite Oh 1873
which fell at Forest City, Iowa. He
says that it was the father of Hor-
ace, V. Winchell the late N. H. Win
chell who went to Iowa and finally
secured the heavenly body and
brought it back to the state univer-
sity, while he held the chair OF ge-
oiogy in that institution.
Mr.. Richards says that he was q
member Of the chemistry class at
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03

ed his appearance Ito be the most
exciting experience one has had
since Kreisler burst upon America"
Telmanyi will open the new audi
torium of the Teachers College
January %. The auditorium will be
perfectly equipped up-to date
little theatre" and will seat 1000.
ture platform twenty years and is q
wonderfully fine speaker.
A novelty in the way Of enter
tainments will be the appearance OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Michitaro Ohgawa
February in a unique Japanese
program which includes old and
characteristic Japanese songs and
dances and a Japanese play The
Fox Women, which will, however,
be spoken In English. Mr.. and Mrs
Ongawa carry their own stage set :
ings, which are said to be exQuis
itely beautiful in coloring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
VIC. T. U. HEAD ELECTED
GAINESVILLE Organization Put New OF.
hGerS inIo Action Saturday

GAINESVILLE Organization Put New Of
hSerS ihIo Action Saturday
james llLe, JuAy Sl.--inG w. =. i
Y. az lis SAturu&y aAseruoCn meeting
al LAS nome or .1rs. August bSCcAS,
e4ecLSu OAIceTS lOr the snsuAs year
as follows: President, AIRS. IRvmas
savage, ST.; secretary, MAS. bessie
1Auppafo, Lleas1fuer, MISS PearIe
LAY. Ali the DAD oniCeTs were re-
tanned Tor anolner term, except the
1olmer president, MRS. "A. ID. SackeII,
VINO Would not be candidate again.
Judge OF PROBATE r. r. Brown of
Waseca, Came up Saturday evening
and spent Sunday in Jaesville.
Mr. W. &. Becke returned from
his eastern trip after THANKSGIVING
business In New YORK, Philadelphia,
buffalo and Detroit. he spent
several days duIing the past week
a. the guest OF MIR. and Mrs. Fl. %.
Ayars, and then with his wife and
two children started on the long
auto trap TO return to their Montana
home.
On Saturday Otto Ripe consum.
ated a deal whereby his grocery
business was sod out to Mr.. /.
Booth, who comes to this place from
LltGhhed, MINI. MIR. Booth is mar
cupy the miner residence.
ID. M. Walrath and family drove
to Forest City, Iowa, and returned
nome Sunday. While in that CITY
they visited Mr.. and Mrs. Fox, Mrs.
FOX being a daughter of the Wal
G: C. Hutchings and family drove
to Sleepy. Eye and back, SUNDAY.
visiting the mother of Mr.. Hutc6,
lngs. c. N. Watson the station
agent at Smiths Mil relieved Mr..
caso and North Western first tIiek
operator at the depot. ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03

The coming season promises for
Mankato music opportunities seldom
found in a city this size. The art
list course planned by teachers col
lege is by far the finest ever offered
TIE opening number, the Chicago
operate Trio, brings to the Man
kato public three prominent artists
/ the Chicago Civic Opera, Paw
loska, Forrest Lamont and Vergilio
LazzGri. with Isaac Van Grove, tn :
famous assistant conductor Of IL
o. era at the piano. Such an a
gregat!on Of ope. &c stars has me-
er appeared in Menkato and eve.
one will have the opportunity L
hearing the beautiful duets and tr-
os which are practically unknown eX
cept to opera soers. In br!ng!-
lh.s attraction here Octoeer
teachers college Is cooperating wit
e Sou -hern minnesota STATE
Teachers association.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03

"Telmanyi' is a name to conjure
within the musical centers Of Eu-
rope and this great Hungarian vic.
linist has now won his spurs in
this country, where he was heard
for the first time last season. The
New York Evening Journal declar-
In addition to these musical ev-
nts will be lecture November by
Hamlin Garland the famous author
and lecturer, who has done so much
to inmortalize the middle west
When Main Travelled Roads burst
upon the public in its stark real
ism twenty years ago, it was
epoch making, and his recent nov
els A Son of the Western Border
and A Daughter of the Western
Border are a delight to the older
who knew the western border and
fascinating history to the younger
generation.
Mr.. Garland has been on the lee.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
Dairy Industry In County
Will Be In At Big Shou,

County Agent L. E. Mcmillan is
busily engaged with merchants and
others Interested in livestock to
have Blue Earth county largely re-
presented at tn Northwest Dairy
Exposition, which will be held in
connection with the state fair, Sep
TENDER to 8.
The premiums for the dairy cattle
have been doubled, making them
very attractive to the exhibitors.
Blue Earth county is planning to
send the two best dairy club calves
in the county to the exposition, to-
gether with some of the high test
ing grade cows with COW testing
records.
1t is expected that a large num-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03

Der Of Blue Earth county stockmen
will be present September 6, Farm
Bureau Day, to hear Aaron Sapiro
OF California, the noted exponent OF
CO. operative marketing. speak. MIR.
Sapiro has a nation wide reputation
along those lines.
Minnesota already enjoys the re-
putation OF the largest number of
CO. operative creameries of any state
in the union This state has $50 of
the 1,50S CO operative creameries in
the United States. Minnesota. has
just started the plan Of cooperative
marketing Of eggs and potatoes.
There is a large field for advance
ment in those two new lines
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
Artists Course Arranged
Bv Kato Teachers College

Plancon has there been a bass voice
' hich received so much conilE"nt.
The day Il GLOWING his debut with
the Chicago Opera in the fall OF
1921, his rime was on the toaSu"
OF every tpera patron and music
lover. No one had ever heard such
gorgeous and resonant bass
I.azzsri is also singing with the
Ravinia CTera company.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
WOMAN UNDER ARREST
Said To Have Been intoxicated
While Driving An Automobile

WhUo LCiNiH9 An Autonoepe
Wtnona July 31.-Herman Roc'
eyed sixty two, is dead and -
Koch and Frsnk Zenk are
bruised as the result OF an a.
bile accident on the Manhrta
ne dixie when car driven :
Frank Schultz. 452 East "
street. crashed into the
machine broadside topnlinT =
q ten foot embankment irto
ditch.
Otto Koch. Mr.. Koch's son.
was driving the car. ~ -
!ured bv elm bing out OF the car
1t rolled over.
Mrs S"hnltz Is under ar-eet -
the city jail on charge OF d-iv'n :
an automobile while intov'c,.ea
She was arrested at her ho-ne AFT
er a warrant had been sworn ont
She denied being intoxicated and
declered she had been b,f-ded bv
the dazzling lights Of the Koch
machine so that she was Unable
to see when the crash occurred
police said she told them after he,
arrest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
MAPLEToN NEWS NoTATG..

George M. Palmer To Occupy
pit There Next S4nday
Mapleton, Mimi, July 81
w. F. Barchert. Lloyd and
Morrow and Robert Bis el
to Minnesota Lake SalG.4A
ing and assisted the bsad
their evening concert.
Miss Lara Chase Is alta
the Baptist Young Peoples
vention which Is being he's
Mound this week From there
win 20 to Fort Francis, Cana &
for visit with her sister, Mrs. s..
A. Biddeson
Threshing has begun here and
reports from the various fields Is
considered very good
An old TYNE barn dance will be
held at the Albert Krugel farm one
mile east and one mile south Of
Beaufort Corners on Thursday
evening, Aug. End. Music will be
furnished by Herzberg's orchestra.
Miss Mary McGuiggan of st.
Paul is visiting her uncle, P. J.
McGuiggan.
The Mapleton Concert band win
render one Of its popular and ap-
preciative concerts on Wednesday
evening. Come out and hear the
boys play. They enjoy playing be-
fore q large audience.
G. M. Palmer of Mankato VIII
fill the pulpit at the Baptist church
next Sunday morning. Rev. Gustav
Melby pastor of the Federated
churches has been granted O two
weeks vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. A. ]. Adams ana
daughter Override are visiting re-
latives at Walnut Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. r. Albrecht VIII
leave this week on an auto trim to
Dickinson and New England, ~.
Oak They will be accompanied BY
Miss Everitt who has been visiting
here.
Fred Rathstock Of st. Paul spent
the forepart OF the week here hav-
Ing been called to see his mother,
Mrs. A. Rathstock who is confined
to her bed
Miss Mildred schweer ia enjoy.
ing a visit this week from her
friend, Miss Esther Allen OF Wat.
ervflle. -
Mr.. and Mrs. H M. Berry and
children returned home Saturday
evening from an extensive tour
through the northern part Of the
state.
Melvin Hanson, the obltging
head Of the v. J. Greiner Clothing
department, Is back on the fob al.
ter short vacation spent in Chi
Sa~.sa., ,,.,~.-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
Postpone School CONSTRUCTION

Luverne, Mimi. July 31-Con-
struction of the proposed new high
school building here will be post
poned at least until next spring, &C
cording to action taken at the recent
meeting o. The Viters of the local
school distyict. Only twenty four
voters were present at the meeting,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
TAPPED OIL STATION
armstrong, Iowa, Filling Outfit Wa
Robbed of S2Ilo

Armstrong, Iowa, Filling Outfit Was
Robbed of 500
tairmont, july 31.-Burglars who
ISl4ed TO obtain any money after
they had broken into the Park
street filling state of the Standard
Oh Company shortly after one
O'Clock yesterday morning, drove to
Armstrong, where they are re-
ported to have Melted a haul OF 5000.
Everything was all right here at
] q. NJ" said Chief Serle. Half an
hour later, when made the round,
l saw the window on the south had
been entered"
Since the station was entered
about a month ago, the combina :
ton on the safe had not been re-
paired, and the safe was open, as
was the cash drawer. The robbers
left without disturbing anything
when they found the safe and cash
drawer empty. They did not succeed
in fnding the days cash receipts
and the coupon books, which were
hidden.
-Four bandits, travelling in a tour
ing car, robbed the Standard Oil
Station, at Armstrong between 2
and a. n. 1t is believed that it is
IAS oohAO 6ah6 tudI NlblL0u Inc IOCal
station last night, a month ago and
q year ago, and which has been
robbing Standard Oil stations In
this territory regularly for more
than year.
At Armstrong the bandits wera
surprised just as they had com
pleted their work by Night Watch
man F. +. Brown, who opened fire
on them, and continued firing una.
ne emptied his revolver. The ban
dts did. not return fire, and the
watchman did not know whether
his bullets found their mark.
The bandits got away with about
$500 at Armstrong, OF which soou.
$50 was cash, anG toe balance in
checks and coupon books.
Correct Answer
whats in your telephone? asks
an advertiser. Two million wrong
numbers and q boiler shop.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03

very small representation Of the
voters of the city, but it is believed
that the resolution adopted at the
meeting will be binding upon the
members of the board of education.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03

Forrest Lamont. of the Chicago
Civic Opera is one o. the NOE
tenors OF the day His debut was
made az the Adriano Theatre, Rome
Italy, where he was the delight o.
critical Italian audiences. He was
enga ged fer the Grand opera seasoA
at The Imperial Theatre in Moscow
Russia. but the war shattered Mr.
Lamont's plans as it did so many
others. He returned TO America anG
Immediately signed a contract wit:
the Chicago Opera company. So
great has been his success that b,
has Just been given a contract 70.
another three years. Last seaso
he achieved success in creatine
leading tenoy Wagnerian roles. Thi-
summer he is singing with tn,
Ravinia Opera company and tn
press has heen enthusiastic ats
every appearance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
Mad ENOUGH

England and France couldn't eet
much madden at each other u they
were baseball ulnpires.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
False Advertisement-

Many resorts advertise as the
playground Of the nation: when,
really, the front porch is 1t.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
Fined

Fined 49,.
In Paris, nine bankers were arrest
ed and fined some dough.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03

What's In q namef Mr.. Grinsav-
age of Sioux City. Ia. has just been
arrested for cruelty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-03
Correct ANSWER

whats in your telephone? asks
an advertiser Two million wrong
numbers and q boiler shop.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-14
Prison Commissioner
Brands Bride Story Of
Convict Eradication ?

"a fabrication out Of the whole
cloth" was Prison Commissioner E..
L. Raineys Characterization Thurs
day Of the affidavit by Mason Owens,
an escaped convict, to the effect that
he and a negro Iife-termer bought
their way out of the Brooks county
chaingang by paying Charles Young
blood. son of Warden YOungblOod,
$50 to take them in his automobile
to a point in Florida, where they
took a train.
Owens said in his affidavit that fif-
teen or twenty other prisoners es-
capped from the Brooks county gang
in a short period Immediately pre-
ceding his escape, and said convicts
in the camp generally understood
these escapes were bought.
"The records show there have been
no escapes from Brooks county in
a year or more except that of Owens
and the negro, and one other who
escaped with them," Commissioners
Rainey said. 1.-THE records give the
lie to that part of his affidavit. AS
to Warden Youngblood, I regard
him rs one of the best wardens in
the state. He is a man of high
standing in his community"
Some requests from citizens for an
investigation of the Brooks county
changing have been received by the
governor, and referred by him to
the prison commission.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-14
Illinois Guard Chief
Blames Staff Officer
For Herrin Killings

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April r.
Blame for the failure to send state
troops to Herrin to prevent the mine
massacre which resulted in more
than a score of deaths was placed
on the shoulders of Colonel Sam
Hunter, personnel officer of the state
guard, by Adjutant General Carlos
f. Black, testifying yesterday be-
fore the legislative committee inves-
tigating the affair.
Colonel Hunter was to appear be-
fore the committee today to give
his version of the events which cul-
minated in the attack on the Lester
mine near Herrin and the killing
of the non-union workmen and
guards.
General Black told the committee
that at 1920 o'clock on the morning
of the battle Hunter had reported
to him by telephone that he had
been to the mine at $50 and there
was no trouble.
Testimony at trials of persons in
dicted in connection with the kill
ings was that a mob Of several
thousand had surrounded the mine
the night before the fight, that
shooting had continued during the
night, that early in the morning the
non-union men surrendered, and that
they had been killed by their cap
tors between and 10 o'clock in the
morning.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-14
Big Power Plant
To Be Constructed
On Warrior River

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 12.-
The Alabama Power company plans
to build at once a large hydro cleo
trio plant at lock II on the War
rior river, near Tuscaloosa, it was
announced here Wednesday by r.
A. Mitchell, in charge of this branch
of the corporations activities. The
plant will be linked with the south
eastern super-power system, which
embraces lines running to the Vjr-
ginia line, it was announced.
Petition was today filed with the
Alabama public service commission
for certificate of construction of
power facilities and hearing has been
set for April %. The company has
also asked license for the improve
ment from the federal water power
commission.
The plant to be erected will be
modern in every particular, Mr..
Mitchell said, and work will begin
on the plant as soon as state ana
federal authority is granted.