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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
DAIRY EXPO
STATE FAIR Event
Meeting Will Be Held In Man.
kato Next Saturday
Afternoon

A booster meeting for the North :
west Dairy Exposition which will be
held at the state fair from Septem .
Der l to 8, will be held in Mankato
Saturday, August IS, at two o'clock
In the basement of the Mankato
State bank, according to an an
nouncement made today by County
Agent L. E. Mcmillan. F. ]. Conner,
a farmer. will be the speaker repre- =
senting the Northwest Dairy Exposi-
ton committee.
Farmers, merchants, bankers and
creamery men are invited to attend
the meeting Saturday, according to
Mcmillan. The meeting is for the
purpose Of sending delegation from
Mankato and Blue Earth county to
the state exposition. Similar meet
ings have been held all over the
state. Thirty-tw delegations have
already pledged themselves to at
tend.
Aaron Sapiro. CO. operative leader
vill be one of the principal speakers
at the dairy exposition. According
70 announcements the Northwest
Dairy Exposition will be as big as
The national show. Nearly a thou
sand purebred cattle will be shown
at the exhibition. There will be forty
county exhibits and sixty boy and
girl calf club judging teams at the
ahOw
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
BOOST IN GASOLINE
LOOMED UP TODAY
Action In South Dakota
May Have An Effect
FIXING new PRICES
Directors Standard Oil Com
pany Considering Matter
In Chicago
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. !

Associated Press USpatcn.
Chicago, August 16.-Prospects Of
increases in the prices of gasoline
which were recently reduced, doomed
today with a meeting Of the board
Of directors of the Standard Oil com =
pany of Indiana called to consider
the action Of Governor W. H. Nc
Master Of South Dakota in raising
to 20 cents effective Saturday.
The whole gasoline price question
reyolves about the South Dakota sit
uation just as 1t did when the origi-
nal reduction made on Monday was
followed by cuts in price in all parts
of the country in the opinion of
Colonel r. w. Stewart, chairman of
the directorate. He declared the ac-
ton of the South Dakota executive
proved the contention of the Stan
dard Oil company Of Indiana that
consequences had not been consid
cred nor expert advices asked when
Governor McMaster cut prices from
26 to 16 cents. He intimated that
the company may take advantage Of
Governor McMaster's action, which
came after conference with indie
pendent producers yesterday, and
set prices higher than 20 cents.
Reduced Rates General.
With the exception of the extreme
western states. every section of the
country had gasoline at reduced
rates today. New England and the
Atlantic seaboard joined tine mid =
west and south and Idaho and Mon
tana in the Rocky mountain section
were added when reductions of two
cents in each were made effective.
Dealers In Boise, Idaho, were I'M
able to account for the reductions,
which put new prices of % IL and
q cents on gasoline. The Standard
Oil company in Ohio and indepen-
dent producers in that state cut
prices to 20 IL cents.
Cuts in eastern states brought the
retail price to an average Of 20
cents a gallon.
Heavy sales Of the motor fuel in
Chicago where auto owners are ELL
ing every available container In
CONTINUED on Page II
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
DRUGGISTS At ABERDEEN
South Dakota Association Are Hold
ina Annual Convention.

IASSOcl3LGu IrerS LIE it@Ei.
Aberdeen, S. D., August 16.--
Druggists of South Dakota today
heard Of the Kansas plan Of organic
ing at their state convention here
when state Secretary ]. w. Kelly
told of the success achieved there In
solving business problems and upon
the report of committee may adopt
similar plan here In the election
of a successor to Secretary z. c.
Bent.
Officers will be elected and choice
made between the Black Hills and
Madison for the meeting place next
year. Enrolment increased today to
800. Tomorrow the day will be a
trolic as guests Of the travelling
mems auxiliary.
At the annual meeting OF the
Druggists Mutual Fire Insurance
company a year of satisfactory
growth was reported and Secretary
Scallin in his report stressed the
need of greater conservation OF for
ests from fire. Officers were chos-
en- as follows:
President, y. G. Stickles, Mellett:
Vice President, H. A. Sasse. Henry;
| Secretary Treasurer, s. H. Scallin,
Mitchell; Directors, H. A. Sasse,
Henry; George C. Lohr, Estelline !;
| p. o. Walrath frttnhAll
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
BULLETS WHlZzED
RIOTINC IN STREET
Outbreak At Steubenville,
Ohio, Last Night
ARRESTS ARE MADE
Trouble Started Over Masked
Men Using Flags To
Decorate Autos
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch
SteubeuVille. Ohio. August 16.-A
tense situation prevailed here today
and police were prepared for quic.
action TO prevent a repetition OF the
outbreak last night against the Ku
&lux Khan which eliminated in a
pistol fight between Darwin L. Glib.
son, said to be one of the local khan
officers, and a group OF men who
fred upon him as he was driving
along a darkened street Earlier in
the evening a group OF about one
hundred men. said to be members
OF the Ku KluX Khan from nearb.
towns, was attacked in one Of til,
downtown streets and a score badl:
beaten and several automobiles
wrecked.
Gibson has been active in prohi-
bition enforcement and was :.
upon, he told police. as he was on
his way home. He returned the fir
and three OF his alleged assailants
were wounded, but he fell with a
SuIlet lodged in the base of the
brain. Gibson was taken to a hos j.
pital in q critical condition as was
John Disentis, who was shot through
the left eye. The other two men
under arrest who received minor
wounds gave their names as Domi
neck Spinetti and Frank Velta. d.
Cause Of Trouble
The riot followed shortly after
twenty five automobiles from Ches-
ter and Weirton, w. Va, and East
Liverpool, decorated with Ameri-
can flags and bearing electrically
lighted crosses on the radiators
parked along one of the principal
streets and the members OF the
party went to an adjoining hotel 70.
a meeting.
The disorder started, police were
told, when a bystander voiced his
objections to the American nag be-
ing used to decorate the automobiles
and words quickly led to blows.
A riot call sounded hy four po-
cornen on duty at the time, brought
a score Of additional officers, who
were able to restore order but not
until a score or more had been
beaten and a number Of automo-
biles wrecked.
Last nights disturbance came the
day after an exciting election cam :
paign IN which the candidate for
mayor, reported to have had the
,aoking OF the Khan organization
was defeated by close margin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
|STANDARDOIL men
/ Will AID NJ MASTER
Tender Help In South
Dakota Gasoline Probe
NO CHANGE PRICES
Further Developments Awaited
Before New Quota tons
Announced
[Associated Press Dispatch

Chicago, August 16.-Directors of
the Standard Oil Company Of In
diana today telegraphed Governor
McMaster of South Dakota tender
ing him any information or assist
ance In the investigation he said he
would make into the cost OF dis
tribution in his state. Telegram fol-
lows:
In the newspapers this morning
you are credited with having made
the following statement:
1t is impossible to arrive at an
accurate basis of cost of distribu-
ton in this state on the figures
presented. However, searching in
yestigation OF the matter will be
vigorously carried forward
This company tenders to you in
any SUCH investigation which you
may conduct all information in its
possession toward the end of as
sisting you In arriving at correct
determination of this fact"
No Further Action Taken
Aside from the decision to send
the governor the telegram the d.
rectors took no action 1t was un-
derstood that any steps toward in
creasing the price OF gasoline after
the drastic cut through the territory
OF the Standard OIL company of
Indiana, would await further de-
velopments.
Governor McMaster on August Z,
ordered gasoline, then selling at
26.6 cents In South Dakota sold to
the public at 16 cents by the state
oil depot. Early this week the
Standard Oil company reduced its
prices, not only in South Dakota
but proportionately throughout its
territory. although stating that the
new price was much below cost
Yesterday Governor McMaster de-
cided at meeting with independent
OIL men to raise the price to 20 cents
effective Saturday. 1t was indicated
today, that before the Standard Oh
company would post new prices fur
Their DEVELOPMENTS In South Dakota
would be awaited.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
tIIBBING fLKDOM
ENTERTAINS HERD
Members of Order Gather
There From All Parts of
Minnesota

Hibbing, Mimi, August 16.--Elks
were gathered here Wednesday
from all parts Of the state for the
nineteenth annual convention of the
Minnesota Elks' association which
opens Thursday to continue through
Friday. At least $500 Elks are ex-
pected, together with a large num-
Der Of their ladies'.
The Twin City special, carrying
Elks from the Twin Cities and 9th :
er southern Minnesota towns. viii
reach Hibbing Thursday morning and
will officially set an elaborate pro-
rying delegates and other members
of the order poured In this after
noon.
Minneapolis Elks will support
Tom Wilson, past exalted ruler Of
lodge No. A, for the state presi-
dency at the annual election Fri
day. James Regan Of Mankato is
another candidate. Several other
candidates are predicted and a spir-
tied contest is expected. John P.
Murphy, past exalted ruler Of the
ring lodge is now president.
James G.. McFarlane, grand ex-
ed States, will come from his home
in WATERFOWL, S. D., to talk Thurs
day. Included in the entertainment
program Is a trip through Hibbing's
famous iron mines Thursday morn
ing. Many Of the delegations are
coming with their bands and drum
corps and there will be contests for
these. Every hour from the opening
Thursday until the convention pa :
rade and the grand bail Friday eve
ming and night is filled with activi-
ties.
Mayor Victor L. Power of Hibbfnr
lodge No. 1922, will officially wei :.
come the Elks Friday and the re-
Spouse will be made by Mayor
George e. Leach of Minneapolis
lodge No. A. Mayor Arthur Nelson
Of st. Paul lodge No. So, will speak
on THE Average Citizen"
Hibbing is In gala array, the pur-
pie and white of the Elks fioatin~
from every building and across all
streets. Officers expect the mast
successful state convention In the
history of the order. Present offtc-
ers Of the association, in addition to
Mr.. Murphy are: w. G. Zamboni
Owatonna, first vice president;
John e. Regan, Mankato. second
vice president; DR. ]. d. O'Brien. st.
Paul, third vice president: Lannie
G. Horne. Minneapolis, secretary and
w. w. Rooms, st. Cloud. treasurer
Trustees are A. r.. Robert. Crook
ston; Fred Hadley, Wfnnebago, and
Thomas J. Griffith, Minneapolis.
An elaborate boxing program Is ia
be staged Friday night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
MARY WINTERS AGE
Father contradiets Statement Tn,
Is Attributed To him at dallas

10 ~ ~ Sast@S
[Associared Press DlspaIcn.I
Los Angeles, CAL, August 16.--a
statement purporting to nave beef
made at Dallas, Texas. by Homer o.
Reilly, father of Mary Miles Minter
movie star, that his daughter is
thirty years OF age, and not twenty
one, as is generally believed. was
fatly contradicted, today at the
lome OF Miss Margaret Shelby, SIS
ter OF the actress here. Miss MIN
ter's birthplace and date of birlE
were given as Shreveport, La, Apr.
/, 1902.
Dallas, Texas, August 16.-The
correct age of Mary Miles Minter.
movie star Is twenty one years, j.
H. Reilly, her father, said today. He
confirmed the statement Of her sis
ter, Miss Margaret Shelby at Los
Angeles that Miss Minter was born
In Shreveport. La, In 1901 He aI1o
denied that he had made any stata-
ments to the effect Hiss NInter V6e
thirty years old Reilly & enplco@
on the paalas News. J.
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Overnight
Wire Tales

Cincinnati, August 16-Secretary
hughes declared that the United
States government will exercise
utmost care 10 protect the interest
or Lieutenant Hooven GriffiS". II
Germany anu viii attempt TO bring
back Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
wealthy draft evader, whom Eriths
tried % hlulap, in a telegram to the
DlsuU!eu Veterans OF the word war.
Indianapolis August ,16-Negotia-
lions nave been completed Tor the
taking over OF Valparaiso university
by the hU kluX Khan, it Was an
nOuncsd mere, and The purchase
price as announced at SS5O, v0u.
Canton, August 1.-THE head
quarters staff OF the consututionalist
forces declared that the report OF
the retreat or those forces recently
was without iounG2uon, and that
Sun Vat sen had OrGsreo tour new
aIrpiaIes 10 proceed 10 the front for
duty.
Washington. d. c., August Is
President Coolidge approved the is
suarce OF a memorial stamp bearing
the likeness Of President Harding,
IL the Two cent denomination and
printed n black.
Landau, bavaria, August 16-Eight
dirt-cOrs OF a Badenese aniline SODA
factory at Ludwigshafen were SEN
fenced 70 eight years imprisonment
and fined 13U,0G0,000 marks each by
ii French court martial The cen
viCted include the entire executive
and professional staff of the plant
ind they were charged with refuging
IL assist ia delivering nitrogen fer
tilizer reQuisitioned by the French.
Paris August l6-France and Bel
gium have agreed TO make separate
reniies TO the note OF Lord Curzon, the
british foreign secretary regarding
reparatons.
New York, August l6-The British
library OF information made public
the text OF Ambassador Geddes' re-
port on Ellis Island in which he was
quoted as saying that he would pre-
Ter Imprisonment in Sing Sing ratn :
er than incarnation on Ellis istano.
Pierre. S. D.. August 16-Governor
McMaster. who started present gaso-
line war" retreated from original
position when he approved increas
- Ing prtsers price "a 20 cents. follow :
ing conference with committee rep
resenting independent oil jobbers- OF
the state.
Fargo. August 16-Goyernor Mes
tos announced determination TO in
vestigate factors which determine
wholesale price gasoline in North
dakota.
Fargo. August 16-Fargo selected
as next meeting place North Dakota
Optometric association, which also
adopted resolution favoring state
vide eye conservation week.
Wahpeton. n. D., August l6-Reso-
lutions adopted by American Legion
convention ask Veterans Bureau
established state headquarters ID
various states TO supplant district
beadouarters system now In vogue.
Buxton. y. D., August 16.-Austin
Asbeim and his son. Austin, Jr., as
phyxiated when they entered oio
we'll on their farm and hnute
brother of Austin, met similar fate
when he attempted rescue.
Anoka. Mimi. August 16.-T. II
Boyd. seventy, arrested after Franz
Leferrier, forty, was shot and killee
following alteration.
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VIII consolidate Banks,

iAsSociated Press D.sNatch.
st. Paul, August 16.-Authority to
consolidate the Farmers State bank
of Beltrami. with the First State
bank Of Beltrami, was granted today
by A. ]. Veigel, state superinten.
dent of banks. The consolidated
bank will be known as the First
State bank Of Beltrami. T. o. Hol-
dahl is cashier. $50
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
HUGE BOOZE PLOT
HALTEDIN GEORGIA
Eighty-Four Arrests Made
At Savannah
MORE ARE COMING
Federal Dry Officials Report
Most important Bootleg
gers Raid -
Associated Press Dispatchl

Washington, August 16.-With
eighty -four persons already under
arrest at Savannah, Ca, under the
conspiracy section Of the prohibition
enforcement act, departments Of JUS
lieved they finally had rounded up
one of, If not the largest bootleg
forces in the United States.
Other important arrests were fore
cast and Il was stated that indict-
ments would be sought not only
under the Volstead act but also un :
der customs laws against smuggling
statutes making it unlawful to trans
port smuggled goods.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
TFUTON SITUATION
STILL PRECAn1!91'Isl
Strikes Nearing End But
Stree. Clashes Continue
LEIPZIG is In DARK
City Without Gas and Electric.
ity On Account of Labor
Troubles

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1
= Paris, August 1.-THE inter-
allied partition committee Tor
maily notified Germany today
that reparations constitute a
PRIOR CI~Im on the resources
which Germany has expected to
utilize to guarantee her new gold
loan.
Berlin, August 16.--commun-
lists today stormed tho city hall
at Osrtein, nineteen miles north
east of Essen, disarmed the po-
lice and took possession of the
town, says the Central News.
Militia which was summoned
from a neishboring town, also
was disarmed. Many casualties
occurred on both sides. ...
Berlin, August 16.-Although the
communist strikes in Berlin have
ended, the situation, elsewhere is
precarious, ACCORDING to reports
reaching the capital.
The. communists are said to con-
troll the town OF Helmsledt, having
disarmed the police. Many persons
are reported TO nave been injured in
a clash between nationaiists and
communists at Arnstadt.
Leipzig is without gas or electri-
city in consequence OF a strike of
municipal workers. - Ill. - s.
Eighty arrests were made at Hal
lie following fight between nation
alist and communist factions and on
Tuesday the police at Herne were
obliged to withdraw before riotous
mob. The forces of occupation re-
stored order. - s
Situation In Saxony.
The situation in the province of
SaXony is reported as threatening.
The strike situation in the pro-
vinces has somewhat improved and
it is believed that the general strike
of the communists is on the verge of
collapse. Order has been restored st
ZeitZ, the Prussian industrial cen
ter where the communists attempted
to get possesston, or tbs actpTies-
The strike In the central German
Ignite district has been settled and
work resumed but the ports OF Ham
burg and Stettin are at standstill
because of the idleness of the dock
workers.
Dusseldorf, August 16.-The Mine
Owners associationNin the Ruhr, &C
cording to the German press, have
issued an ultimatum saying that il
the miners do not cease by tomor-
row their practice of reporting for
duty without doing work they will
all be locked out.
simultaneously the communists
organizations are beginning a cam
paign to extend this form of sabo-
tage to all classes of labor.
Belgian authorities, it was an
nounced, have imposed a fine of
three billion marks on Dusburg as a
penalty for the bomb explosion on a
train near that city in June. Ten
Belgian soldiers were killed and two
score others injured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
Appealed Cases hlaher

IAss0Clated Press DlSpatch.I
Denver, Colo, August 16.-Six-
teen members of Denver's so-called
million dollar bunko ring" con-
victed here last March and sentenc-
ed to serve penitentiary terms, filed
notice Of appeal with the Colorado
supreme court today. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
Won Newspaper Prize

TAssociated Press DfspatcE.i
Chicago, August 16.--Francis
Tidrick OF FRESNO, 8. D., won the
first prize OF $1,000 In the Chicago
Daily News contest for the most
complete solution of its mystery
story, Tile Thin Stiletto' the
Iewsparer announced today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
First HEAVY FROST Season

tNSbuCttlSu EtUl' Dtr"@'+-St'. . ~
Saranac Lake, n. Y, August 16.--
The frst heavy frost OF the season
hit the Adirondacks last night. In
some localities the mercury drop
ped to thirty degrees. Farm and
garden crops were severely dam
iged.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
Toronto Gets Meeting.

Atlanta. Ga. August 1S.-Toronto
todav was selected as the 1924 site
for the convention of the Interna-
tional Typographical Union. The
vote was 148 to 10S and was reach
ed by secret ballot. Hibhing and
Virginia. neighboripg cities in Min
nesota, had extended joint invita-
ton and had been the only other
contestants.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
RAIL LABORER LASHED
Texas Man Kidnapped BY Group and
Terribly Flosged

NEV-"' x
Amarillo, Texas, August 1s.--E.
E.. Mcdonald, railroad iaborer. Kid
mapped by five unmarked men last
night, returned to his home early
today bearing fifty or sixty slashes
on his body. He telephored the
police for assistance and was hur-
ried to a hospital where his condi-
ton is said to be serious. Two men
are being detained and other ar
rests are expected, officers said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
FavorabIe Trade saIanee

Washineton. d. c., August ia
fayorable trade balance of $2I. 00o,-
200 is shown by the official figures
on the country's exports and imports
for July issued today at the depart
ment OF commerce.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
HUGE DAMAGE TO COTTON
aoiI Weevii and Drought Have Re
duced This Seasons Crop
Associated Press Dispatch.

New York, August 16-President
r q. Bartlett, Jr., of the New York
cotton exchange in q statement late
today. declared that the boil weevil
and drought SO far this season rep
resented damage to the cotton crop
based on present prices of approx
mately $3.50, 100000. He said that the
rayages OF the weevil unless effec-
lively checked within the next few
years woald threaten American su-
nreuacy as cotton growing nation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
Acnultted of Murder
ASSOCIATED Press Dispa

AsSociated Press Dispatch
Frederick, Md, August 16.-B.
Evards Kepner, business man. today
was acquitted of the murder of his
wife, Grace Simmons Kepner, who
was found de<9 lrst June Is.
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proIldewe6Lntrv

The value OF farm crops and live
stock in Great Britain last year was
~ nAn. nn0. coo
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-30
TO BURY VETERANS OF WARS
Not Exceeding 500 to Be Allowed
for Interment of Participants in
American Conflicts.

Information has been sent to all
posts of the American Legion concern
ing the payment of funeral expenses
for INDECENT World war veterans by
the United States Veterans Bureau.
A sum not exceeding $100 will be
paid where it, is shown that the de-
ceased did not leave sufficient funds
to defray expense of burial.
In addition to this payment trans
portation charges will be paid by the
government from place to death to
that of interment, if 1t is within the
continental limits Of the United States.
Burial in national cemeteries will fol-
low if requested.
Proof that the veteran is INDECENT,
that no money or property is due him,
and that relatives refuse to provide
such funds is required.
This ruling will relieve many posts
Of the Legion frequently called upon
to pay funeral expenses of war vet
Grams dying in their locality, without
funds The ruling applies to veterans
of all American wars.