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The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
TROUBLE OVER MONEY
Attorney J. r. Jensen Former Resi-
dent, Back In Mankato Again

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Attorney J. r. Jensen Former Resi-
dent, Back In Mankato Again
Attorney J. r. Jensen, former
secretary of to Mankato Retail Mer-
chants Association. was arrested
yesterday at Hudson, Wis. on in
tructions from Sheriff Edward Ario,
who holds a warrant sworn to py
DR.. w. T. DeCoster; of this city who
charges the defendant with grand
larceny In the first degre, for the
alleged appropriation to his own
use OF $525, which DR.. NDeCoster
allege he had the defendant collect
from an estate in the probate court
of LeSueur county last January IS.
The defendant was taken in css
tody by Deputy Sheriff Edward p.
Kelley, an accompanied that officer
to Mankato without the necessity
Of obtaining reQuisition papers. Last
night upon reaching Mankato, Mr.
Jensen furnished cash bond Of
$500 for his appearance this morn
ing at ten o'clock in the municipal
court before Judge William Stradt-
mann. Through his attorney G. j.
Laurisch. the defendant asked for
q continuance of the hearing until
two o'clock this afternoon. His bond
was continued until that time, when
he appeared again in court. 1t Is
understood that for the greater par1
of the time since Mr.. Jensen left
Mankato in July he had been living
with his wife and family In Cali
fornia, but recently returned to
Hudson, Wis, and was living with
a brother-in law at the time of his
arrest -st,y5
The difficulties which caused Mr..
Jensen to leave 1t Is alleged arose
out of trouble arising not Of the
alleged collection Of monies, while
the defendant was acting in the
capacity OF secretary of the Man
Kato Retail Merchants association 1t
from statement by appear DR.. De-
Coster, he gave Mr.. Jensen a note
of something over five hundred doi7.
lars to collect from an estate. Re-
cords of the LeSueur county pro-
bate court It is alleged, show that
defendant collected the money on
OF about January 18. 1928 but Mr..
Jensen claims that he had no right
to turn over the amount to DR. De-
Coster until such ime as the court
approved the accounts Of the ad-
mfnistrator of the estate In ques-
not been made on the accounts OF
the administrator Of the estate
when Mr., Jensen left Mankato. At
the time of his departure 1t Is
alleged that an argument arose be-
tween DR.. DeCoster and Attorney
]. R. Jensen as to the amount of
fees Mr.. Jensen was to charge for
his services In the collection of
the $500 note and other legal SER
vices. According to the statement
of Mr.. Jensen he claims to have a
lien on the amounts he collected
for DR.. DeCoster, until such time
as settlement for his legal services
for the complainant has been sat
isfied.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
MANY ACCIDENTS
CHARGEDIOAUTOS
Fourteen Thousand Lives Lost
/ In 1929; Twelve Million
Motor Vehicles

A report made at the last annual
meeting OF the National Highway
Traffic association opens with the
statement that during last year IA
900 lives were lost In this country
In automobile accidents, says the
Scientific American. The present
registration shows that there are in
the United States l., 100000 vehi
cles, and the manufacturers esti-
mate that the increase this year will
3e 100000 additional. The report
says that the risk to safety lies in
the fact that ninety per cent or
these vehicles are congested upon
ten per cent of our roads. Fourteen
recomm endations are made by the
committee, all designed to reduce
the CHASTITY slaughter which Is now
going on, and which, unless some
thing is done to check it, will con-
tinue to increase!
The more important recommends
tions come under four heads; first,
90 secure good designs for new
roads: second, to promote adequate
Improvement OF old roads; third, to
insist upon reconstruction of exist
ing roads at places which have
proved especially dangerous, such,
for instance, as grade crossings and
approaches to bridges; and lastly,
to improve the location Of the CEN
ter line on dangerous curves and
elevations. Particularly urgent is
the call for standard practice
throughout the country in respect
TO the location OF danger signals,
the elevation and banking of curves,
and the widening of the roadway
with regulation OF traffic on curves.
On the completion of transcontin
entail routes there will be an In
crease OF interstate traffic. and
when a driver passes into a new
section OF the country. where the
regulations, signal posts, ETC., differ
from those in his own state. he is
liable, without intending 1t, to break
local state rules, thereby becoming
a danger both to himself and
others. Hence, the need for stand
ardized rules and so far as possible,
standardized constructions from one
end OF the country to the other.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
FIGHT. VOLSTEAD ACT
Moderation League Is Organized Al
Meeting In Minneapolis

Moderation League Is Organized Al
Meeting In Minneapolis
With a view to fight for broad
ening of the Volstead act, the Mo-
deration League of Minnesota was
formed Monday night at meeting
in Minneapolis.
The Minnesota league will be pat :
termed on the Manitoba Moderation
league which recently was instru-
mental in winning an amendment to
the Manitoba provincial temper
ace act at the polls. The amend
ment provides for the sales of IL
quor under government supervision.
Horace G. Whitmore Of Minnea-
polls chairman at Monday nights
meeting, said that Moderation lea
CUES are being formed In eighteen
other states.
The Minnesota organization plans
a goal of 100000 voluntary mem
bers by January 1. 1t will use its
influence at the next Congress in
conjunction with the efforts of
other organizations opposed to tn.
present terms of the Volstead act
to obtain legislative changes in the
law.
DR.. Edward Klaveness of Mon
ticello. was elected president. Dr.
Klaveness formerly was national
medical advisor for the Sons o.
Norway,
James A. NOVEL;, st. Paul. pro-
minent in political circles here was
named first vice president. Other
officers are e. w. Diercke Mimi
eapolis, second vice president; Al
fred P. Knaeble. Minneapolis trea-
surer; Lincoln Ekman. Minneapolis
auditor and Mr.. Whitmore secre-
tary.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
mill IN ST, JAMES
RAz[D BY FLAMES
Fire Destroyed Property
Valued $45, 600
EARLY HOUR BLAZE
Spectacular Scene Witnessed |;
Building Sixty Feet High
In Ruins
Especial To The Free Pressl

LPpcCldl 10 Inc cTt6 FE6SSI
st. James, Mimi, September "a
The St. James Roller mills with all
its contents was burned to the
ground here early yesterday. The
building was valued at $4,000 and
contents $4,000, which consisted
OF four cars of hour and a quantity
OF grain. The building was insured
for $26.600 and $1,000 carried on its
contents. &
The fire Was DISCOVERIES at two
o'clock in the morning. It was seen
that the building was doomed 30 the
entire fire fighting apparatus Of the
city was used to protect adjacent
structures. The Great Western
elevator is situated across the road
to the north and tho 8, Hage Lum-
ber Co., yards joins this on the
west. A strong south wind threw
a mass of sparks againt the eleva-
tor. This building and adjoining
sheds were covered with a sheet Of
water for more than an hour and
was saved. 3
The fire threatened to spread to
the Omaha railroad lumber supply
yards to the south Of the building.
and 1t took strenuous efforts on the
part Of the firemen to save them.
The high power Line of the North
ern States Power company, passes
to the north of the mill Current
from the east was shut off at Ma
della and St, james and power was
supplied this city from a line west
of town. Part of the electric current
Of the city was cut of when the
wires went down.
Was Spectuiar Scene
The building stood sixty feet high.
One/of the spectular scenes Of the
fire was the falling Of. the huge roof.
The crash sent a shower OF burning
timbers across the road on to the
elevator. fr.
Excitement was also tense when
the smoke stack went down. The
base of the seventy five foot stack
was warmed to white heat. The
guide wires held the stack upright
80 when the bottom gave way 1t
went down straight and twenty
feet off the top broke off and tipped
into the road. No one was injured
The fire lighed up the whole city
and nearly every resident was out.
The whole north half Of the city was
seriously threatened for time. The
valiant efforts Of the fire fighters
and the use of new. pressure
pumping fire truck which made II
possible to throw stream OF water
to the top OF the elevator saved 1t
from destruction. A switch engine
from the Omaha railroad was $50 J,
around onto the Minneapolis and
st. Louis tracks and pulled string
OF box cars to safety. Had the eleva-
tor caught fire, the lumber yards
would undoubtedly have gone and
the north side OF the city might
have been wiped out.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
SAWED PRISON BARS
Two convicts Made Their Getaway
From Shakopee Jail.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl
Minneapolis, September 24.-Two
prisoners sawed bars of their cells
in the Scott county jail at Shakopee,
MINI, early today, climbed through
the windows, dropped to the ground,
stole the sheriff's automobile and
escaped. Shakopee Is twenty miles
southwest of Minneapolis
The prisoners were Harry Gibson,
aged twenty two, and Russell Doyle,
aged twenty two, both held for the
next grand jury on a charge Of grand
larceny. ."s ..
Confederates smuggled saws to
the prisoners, according to Sheriff
J. c. Weckman and the escape was
made between one and two a. m,
today.
Gibson and Doyle figured in an
automobile stealing case at Staples,
Mimi, last kJune and narrowly es-
capped capture, firing FIVE or six shots
at the chief Of police, Al Streitz.
Streitz was not wounded. All Of
the shots, went wild. From Staples
the pair fed to Jordan and then to
Minneapolis, where they were cap
tured and turned over to the Scott
county. authorities.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
FREIGHT TRAIN HIT AUTO
Car Was Hurled Twenty Feet At
MapIeton This Morning


Judd Cornell and his granddaugh-
ter Gladys of Mapleton narrowly
escaped death this morning when
the automobile in which they were
riding was struck and hurled
twenty feet by a freight train at
the Equity elevator crossing at
Mapleton. Both occupants. of the
machine escaped uninjured. e.
Although the two wheels on one
side of the car were smashed and
the other side of the car was badly
damaged, windows in the Ford Sc
dan in which the two were riding
were unbroken.
The accident occurred about six
thirty o'clock this morning, when
two trains approached the crossing
at the same time. Cornell waited
for the north bound train to pass
and started across the track not
hearing the other train coming. The
machine was struck at the front
fender and radiator and it bounded
along the side of the track for
twenty feet.
New wheels were placed on the
Ford and the car was driven to a
garage on it's own power, the engine
being undamaged.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
FAIR AT REDWOOD FALLS
1t Opened Today and VIII Continue
~ IInfII EridaN Nirhf

1t Opened Today and VIII Continue
- Until Friday Night.
The Redwood county fair, said to
be the greatest county fair in the
state, opened at Redwood Falls to-
day and will continue until Friday
night. Secretary, w. A. .Hauck re-
ports the largest exhibits in all
departments in the history of the
association with attractions never
equaled before. There will be a
four day race program, starting
Tuesday, September %, with two
running races every day. The har-
ness races include the Tri county
pace or trot and 2:25 pace for
Tuesday, a 2:20 trot and 2:16 pace
for Wednesday, 2:25 trot and 2:20
pace for Thursday and a 2:14 trot
and 2;10 pace for Friday, all for
purses Of $3.50 and added money.
Fifty six of the best race horses in
the northwest have been entered
and visitors to the fair will be given
q treat such as is rarely seen in
this section. H. B. Everett is clerk
and c.. G. Croker, superintendent
of speed.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
CALVIN |. BROWN
FOUNDDEAD TODAY
Chief Justice Supreme e
Court Stricken
Came To MinnesotaWhen Year
Old; Was Born In New
Hampshire
[Associated Press Dispatch


st. Paul, September 24.-Chief
Justice Calvin L. Brown of the state
supreme court died yoday.
Chief Justice Calvin l.. Brown of
the Minnesota supreme court was
found dead In his bed at ids home
In Minneapolis, this morning by his
two daughters, it was announced at
the state capitol today.
The chief justice retired last ev-
ening, apparently well. His failure
to arise, at the usual hour tsday
prompted the daughters to make an
investigation. He had apparently
passed away during his sleep and
without suffering.
In Chambers Saturday.
Chief Justice Brown was in his
chambers Friday and Saturday
morning. Hts\ associates noticed
nothing unusual in his health and
were greatly surprised this morn
ing when informed Of his, sudden
death.
Flags on the state house were
lowered to half mast soon after an
nouncement of Chief Justice Browns
death was received.
Before his election to the chief
iusticeship In 1912. Judge Calvin l.,
Brown had served the state for a
dozen years as associate justice of
the supreme court.
Prior to his ascension to the SUI
preme bench, he had earned re-
markable record for efficiency as
Judge Of the sixteenth judicial dis
trict.
Born In New Hampshire.
Born In Goshen, N. H., April 26,
1854, Justice Brown cande to Mime
sofa with hds parents when he was
one year old. He attended the pub
lie schools OF this state previous to
reading law and being admitted to
the bar ID 1875.
Three years after his beginning
In the legal profession, he married
Miss Annette Marrow He at once
began to take an active interest In
the politics Of his section, and six
years after being admitted to prac-
tice he was elected county attorney
Of Stevens county, position which
he held until his appointment to the
district bench.
During his last year as county at
torney he was appointed to the Of
nee Of district Judge OF the sixteenth
judicial district by Governor McGill
In 1857, serving in that capacity for
eleven years.
Lind Appointed Him To Bench.
Governor Lind appointed him to
the supreme bench In 1898, and the
.--Sr Of entire Minnesota voiced its
approval. During his incumbency as
associate justice he had occasion to
sit upon contests OF marked impor-
tance. The supreme court OF the
United States made extensive quo
tattons from his opinion in the Min
nesota gross earnings tax case.
Justice Brown was a member of
the Loyal Legion Of Minnesota;
Sons OF the American Revolution; a
member Of the American and Min
nesota State Bar associations: a
thirty second degree Mason and was
grand master of the Minnesota grand
lodge A. F. and A M. during 1895
and 1896.
The Survivors
Chief Justice Brown Is survived
by one SON. Montreville j. Brown
assistant attorney general. who is
1t White Sulphur Springs, w. Va,
attending conference Of inheri-
tance tax executives; and three
daughters, Mrs. Alice Brown Bran
ton Of Willmar Mimi. Miss Mar
garet Brown and Miss Edith Brown.
who was his secretary. Mrs. Brown
lied In 1913.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
HAD NARROW ESCAPE

Auto Driven by Percy KimbIe
Turned Turtle Near Decoria Bridge
While driving on the Mapleton
road Saturday night Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy Kimble had an experience
they would not care to repeat. Their
Dodge roadster skidded from the
road road = near the pecorta bridge and
ed the fracture Of collar bone and
q broken arm. Mr.. Kimble luckily
escaped with a few slight bSuises.
The car was badly demolished AS
Kimble is nowL doing as nicely es
can be exSected
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
NANS WERE BARRED

Halls Denied Representatives Mask
ed Body at Jasper, Mimi.
Jasper, Mimi, September 22-Two
Representatives of the Ku Klux Khan
who came to Jasper expecting to
hold a meeting were disappointed
when they found that they were un-
able to rent any of the halls here.
Considerable literature concerning
the organization was distributed
about the town but the organizers
left when they found that none of
the hall ownerT would permit them
to hold a meeting.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
MADE STATE HIGHWAY

Pipeston High School VIII Have
Designated New Road To Mankato
New Ulm, Mimi, September 22.-
The county commissioners have
designated the old road on the New
Ulm side of the river leading to
Mankato a state highway and It
will be improved and probably grav-
eled at later date. With the plac-
ing in shape OF this highway two
good highways will lead from New
Ulm to Mankato. This will greatly
alleviate the heavy traffic ON
Trunk Highway No. Z.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
TEN NEW RESIDENCES
Building Residences Keeping Up At
Redwood Falls.
Especial To The 7 1e Press1 I

, Especial To The J ae Press1
Redwood Falls, Mir , September
22,-In the eastern section of the
residence district of Redwood Falls
a crew Of thirty carpenters, stucco
workers and painters are rushing
the work on the ten new residences
being erected there. It Is expected
to have the structures all enclosed
before cold weather comes. The
houses are being erected by an or
ganization of citizens in an effort
to relieve the house shortage here.
The contract price on the ten struc-
lures was $4,000.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
Freight Terminal at Edqerton.

Especial To The Free Press]
Edgerton,, Mimi, September Ia
lished here by the Milwaukee rail
way. Freight crews coming west
from Jackson, as well as those COM
ing east from Madison, S. D., now
tieup at this station, continuing
from here the following day.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
UNCOVERED STILL ON FARM
Prohibition Agents Made Raid In
Nelahhorhood Of OWatonha

y
Owatonna September 25.-Pro
hibition agents uncovered q farm
house distilleyy near OwatOnna
Saturday In their Investigation TO
break up the transportation and re
distilling OF body rub. throughout
the Northwest. II, l. Duncan, prohi-
bition director for the Northwest
announced Monday,
Seizures OF large quantities of the
redistilled product and cases OF
body rub" followed the arrest of
three men who are alleged to have
operated seven stills on the Darn
The raid was staged By Sheriff
agents and the Owatonna pciice.
q Joseph Svod4 William SHERMAN
and Emerson Bell. the three men
arrested In the raid. were question
ed at Owatonna late Monday ~
gArd1ng the 'sbody-rub.-
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
HOLLISTER WON MONEY
Bet He Would Be Married In Twen
ty-Four Hours, and Was.
Especial To The Free Press
lnah mora MINI Sanfann her

Especial To The Free Pressl
Rushmore, Mimi, September 22.-
While talking with friends, Harold
w. Hollister, local meat market
proprietor, jokingly offered a. wager
of SIS that he would be q married
man within twenty-four hours.
Louis LietE, one of his listeners,
thinking he saw chance for some
easy money, called Hollister and
the wager money was posted. Then
Hollister stepped to his telephone
and called up Miss Beulah Tuttle of
Jackson, telling her that he would
be over to see her soon. The fol-
1were married at Royal, Iowa, and
they got back here In time for Hol-
lister to collect his wager money.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
FOX LEAVES THE HOSPITAL
Young Man Who Was Hit BY Ball
Will Completely Recover.


Billy Fox, Jr., Minneapolis, pitcher
for the Mankato Blue Sox, who was
struck by a pitched ball on July 22,
in a game between Mankato and
New Richland and his skull frac-
tured, was able today to leave St.
Joseph's hospital in this city.
According to the statement Of
Billy Fox, Sr., his sons condition is
very satisfactory, and it is expected
that he will ultimately completely
recover. The ballplayer feels very
grateful to Mankato Baseball asso-
citation, the sisters at st. Joseph's
hospital and the attending physi-
clans and surgeons for the excellent
treatment received at their. hands.
He accompanied his parents to Min
neapolis at noon today. He expects
to resume his studies in the law
school of the state university in
January r.. --r.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
BURNS PROVED FATAL
Little Girl Trapped In Shed She
HELPED To Set On Fire

Little Girl Trapped In Shed She
\ieIped To Set On Fire
[Associated Press DispatchI
St. Cloud, September "a Helen
Pracas, aged three is dead as a re-
suit OF burns suffered when she was
trapped in small shed set fire to
after she and her older brother had
been playing with matches. The
accident occurred in Sauk Rapids
Sunday afternoon about three
o'clock. Straw and refuse on the
floor became ignited.. When the boy
saw the flames. he rushed to the
house and told his mother. She hur-
ried to the barn to find it in flames.
AS she neared 1t the roof fell In.
Ffremen arriving a. moment later
found the girls body charred be-
yond recognition. She was the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Pracas. There were nine children
IN the family. Funeral services
were held for the chile this morn
Ing. ,-'.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
STUDENTS AS EDITORS
PIpestone High Sehooi7 WIFI Have
Two Regular Publications.

Especial TO The Free Pressl
Pipestone, Mimi, September 22.-
The editorial and business stats OF
the two regular publications. Of the
Pipestone High school have been
chosen by the students. Burns
Taylor has been named as editor of
the Winnewissa Ripples the semi :
monthly school paper and Erwin
Grabschefd Is the business manager.
Lloyd Sweet viii be editor Of the
school annual. The Pipestone",
and Clifford Plank the business
manager.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
Celebrate Golden AnnIver.ary,

: ISpVotaI TO The Free Pr6BBI
Tracy. Mimi, September 22.-Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Johnson of this city
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversaiy ct their home.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
EIeRed .FIre ChIef.

Worthinaton, Mimi, September
22.-S. e. ST John has been elected
chief of the Worthington fire depart
ment for the coming year.
The Mankato free press., 1923-09-28
The Truth

( Roses are red, violets are blue;
noses are both when hay feyer's
due.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-08-23
WINS CooLIE LABOR BATTLE
American Legion In Queens County,
New York, Obtains Deportation Of
imported Workmsn.

The coolie labor question hns always
been considered as one affecting the
Pacific coast alone. But this Is not the
case, according to recent newspaper
accounts. Had It not been for post
Of the American Legion, such cheap
labor would be turning out goods in q
Long Island IN. ~ factory.
For long time two hundred Chinese
had been employed In certain factories
in Long Island City, but the Legion in
Queens county. headed by the Bliss
Vile post, brought pressure to bear on
the federal authorities 80 that the,
swooped down on these factories, ar.
rested the men, and placed them on
Ellis Island, where they were later to
be deported.
This action BY government officials
eliminated years fight by the for.
mer service men, In the face Of ad.
verse circumstances. Newspaper col.
umns were closed to this gross viola.
tion Of the federal law, but the daunt.
less Legion men kept hammering away
until their point was carried and the
men were on their way out Of The
country.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-08-23
Paintings Of Winter Wheat and Rye

Washlngton.-The area which will
be sOwn to winter wheat and rye this
fall will be considerably less than last
year, according to the report of the
United States division Of crop and live
stock estimates. 1t Is estimated that
the area s0wn to winter wheat in the
entire United States will be 8i.5 per
cent Of that sown last year, and that
of winter rye 9l per cent Of last year.
The probable area to be sown in the
most important wheat producing states
as compared with last year is as fol-
lows: Pennsylvania. 9S per cent; Ohio,
R; Michigan, 96; Indiana, SO /; Illinois
so; Missouri, Is; Nebraska, Is; Ran
sas, so; Texas, 81; Oklahoma, IS;
Colorado, 80; Washington, 1O5, and all
others, 02 per cent. The revised esti-
mate Of the area sown to wheat last
fall is 48,379,OOO acres compared with
f,Gl1,000 in 1921 and 44,S95,OO0 ip
1920.