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The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
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tSDeclal 10 the Free PreSSI
Butterfield, Mimi, December 26.-
Manley Peter, chief of police. and
w. A. Wilke Of Lewisville, were ar.
rested here Thursday charged with
disorderly conduct. Peter was fined
$40 and costs amounting to $47..85,
and Wilke, SIS and costs, amounting
to $3.50. The men drove from
Mountain Lake, where they we're
working, and when near Butterfield
had car trouble. The machine was
hauled back to the Ulvestad garage,
and Peter ordered it fixed immedia-
tely. The garagemen were busy and
told him IL would be few minutes
before they could get to it. Wilne
started a fight, and knocked down
several men. A general milee ensued
before two men We're arrested
and locked up. Justice Hubin found
them guilty and neayy fine fol-
lowed ~ 10y
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
New Cow Testing Association.

heoWood Falls, December ga
new Cow Testing association is in
the process Of development at pres
ent. Mr.. Max Steinlicht of Delhi is
securing some cooperators in the
Delhi community and the list will
soon be in the hands of some dairy-
men In the Redwood Falls territory.
ONE association is now in success
ful operation in the Morgan com
munity and there is demand for one
in the Walnut Grove and Milroy ter
Fitory. Work will be started there
soon. The Morgan association has
conceived the splendid idea of hold
fns regular monthly meetings to
study their association work and
get more out of the facts that are
continually being revealed to them
through their tester Mr.. Stiles.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
MISSING AIRBOAT
BELIEVED LANDED
Paris Reports the Dixmude
Safe At Biskra
TOLD TO STAY THERE
Twelve Officers and Thirty six Men
On Board Is Corrected List
Sent Out
Associated Press Dispatch1

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1
Paris, December 26.-Officials at
the ministry of marine said today
that although they had received
many messages reporting the pres
ence of the missing dirigible Dix
nude over various parts of Tunis
and the seacoast, they considered
that the latest trustworthy news
was the official dispatch from Bisk-
ra last Friday announcing her ar
rival there. 1t was at this point
that the Dixmude was instructed by
wireless to remain in the south be-
cause Of violent storm along the
French coast.
The message in question was sent
at eleven p. M, Friday, at which
hour the dirigible was seen twelve
miles from Uled Jellal, thirty three
miles from Biskra, which is about
125 miles south of the Mediterran-
can coast. The Dixmude was then
proceeding southwark.
Regarding the food on board the
dirigible, it is stated that in addi-
ton to fresh meat and other per-
ishable foods sufficient for three
days, she carried an eight day sup
ply of biscuits and eleven day stock
of preserved meat, together with
$50 gallons Of water, three day
supply, and her twelve tons of wat
er ballast.
A revised statement of the num-
ber of persons on board given out
today says the total was forty
eight-twelve officers and thirty
six men.
Paris, December 26.-At $50
o'clock this morning the minister OF
marine was without information as
to the whereabouts OF the great
French dirigible Dixmude, which
for several days has been drifting
over Tunis in helpless condition
with fifty-tw men aboard. -.
Search of land and sea by French,
British and Italian naval and mill
tary units continues, while one
hundred feet footed natives scour
the mountainous region around Med
inin, Tunis, where the ship Is re-
ported to have been sighted Sunday
night. However, it is generally be-
lieyed at the ministry that the frag-
mentary rumors of the airship's
presence over the south Tunisian
frontier were really only supposi-
tions, and therefore, in the words OF
the official statement "the great un-
certainty reigns as to the present
situation of the Dixmude."
Naval officers familiar with the
operation Of dirigibles point out that
such a craft as the Dixmude cannot
be landed without the assistance OF
an expert personnel and a receiving
apparatus, 1t must also be shelterd
in a hangar, otherwise it is exposed
to sudden gales Of wind, which mean
disaster.
"If therefore it's engines fail above
the sea or land" said one officer,
nothing but a miracle can save it
from destruction and its passengers
from death.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
FINDS RACE IMPROVES
Physical Conditions of Our People
Declared Getting Better
rAccnniatad prnnr ninnntah1


Berkeley, Cal, December 26.-
Our race is becoming better physi-
cally with every passing year, in the
opinion Of DR.. o. R. Moody, asso-
ciate professor anatomy at the
University of California.
Physical disabilities are becom-
ing less numerous and less danger
ous," said DIR. Moody. "Deformities
are being studied and their causes
found and uprooted by improvement
in the modern scientific methods Of
preventive medicine.
People are beginning to be more
inclined to pay doctor to keep them
we'll than to wait until they are Ill
and pay twice as much to be made
we'll"
In the popularity Of musclar
exertions ON the Fairgrounds DR..
Moody sees evidence of a more
hardy generation.
Compulsory physical education,
baby clinics, child welfare work and
adult well clinics" he points to as
promoting better race, and he be-
lieves there is no evidence Of race
deterioration in amp physical form.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
SHIPS! WERE LOST
STORM SWEPT PART OF
PACIFIC COAST
British Columbia and Washington
State Center High Wind; Two
Steamers Disabled
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1
Seattle, Wash, December 26.--
After a Christmas eve and Christ
mas day in which the Pacific coast
in the vicinity of British Coluln-
bia and Washington was lashed by
furious gales causing death toll OF
five and the loss of two ships and
temporarily disabling two others the
storm swept section was recovering
today with weather conditions con.
siderably improved.
The storm apparently centered
about Grays Harbor, where the wind
reached velocity of eighty miles an
hour. At Port Angeles, on the south
side of the strait of Juan de Fuca,
and at Tacoma and Seattle the wind
ranged from forty five to sixty miles
ali hour breaking government wealth
er bureau records in some instances.
The fatalities as result of the
storm, included four members OF the
Canadian tug Tye, which was wreck
ed on the rocks at Pedder bay, near
Victoria B. c., and Gus Quarnstrom
of Aberdeen, Washington, who was
hltiCu ny IL 4OA13 q AoAAOh S1SN'
trio power wire. ss
Many Windows Broken
In many cities the gales smashed
windows, tore down power lines,
throwing entire communities into
darkness on Christmas eve, unroofed
buildings, interrupted telephone and
rail communication and drove many
small boats in exposed ports or
ships upon the rocks, where they
sank. ....
The steamer Dawn pounded TO
pieces at her dock at Lake Wash
ington here. The steamship Author,
with a crew of forty five men, was
making slow progress according TO
latest reports received here,S after
being disabled by heavy seas Mon
day night, and escaping crashing on
the rocks off the Washington coast
only by emergency repairs to her
IN
The schooner Thistle, after being
lost by the steamer towing her and
buffeted by heavy seas Monday
night, spread her sails and made
Port Angeles harbor yesterday in
safety. ....-. ..
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Died From Auto Accident

Austin, December 26.-Miss Mary
O'Leary, sixty two, was fatally in
jured Saturday night, when she was
struck at the intersection Of Ken
wood avenue and Grove street BY an
automobile driven by ]. P. fischer
Jr., 314 south Kenwood. Miss O'Lea-
ry died as she was being carried in
to the hospital, where she was rush
ed following the accident. With Miss
OLeary at the time of the accident,
was her. cousin, Mrs. Kate Bradley,
with whom the deceased made her
home. The two women were return
ing home from town when the acci-
dent occurred at about nine O'Clock.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Christmas and Birthday Dinner

Mrs. A. NJ. Stein was hostess at
family Christmas and birthday
dinner at the noon hour yesterday
at her home, 722 South Broad street.
it being the occasion of her daugh-
ter, Miss Hermein's birthday. Covers
were laid for eight guests, the out
Of town guest being Mr.. Leonard
Sawyer of Nashville, Tenn. Tie ta-
BILE was lovely with a center piece
of roses and narcissus, while the
same flowers were interspersod
throughout the rooms among the
Yule tide decorations.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
poIitIeaI cjrcIea STIRRED.

The decision Of VeniZelos to visit
Greece has stirred political circles.
The liberals naturally are graft
fed, believing Venizelos can be in
dueed to take up once more the
refas Of government. The republi-
cans are perplexed, for they do not
yet know the real purpose of his
return. -r r..
The royalists allege that Venizelos
has long been pining to return to
Greece and that his repeated affir-
nation of his determination. to alb
stain from. politics, as we'll as tele-
graphic appeals. to his, patriotism,
were staged in order to facilitate his
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
WARS ON ELEPHANTS

Uganda Colony In Central Africa
viii Try to Eieminate Animals
Nairobi, Central Africa, November
5. Correspondence OF The Asso
ciated Press] "A number Of Euro
pean hunters are to be appointed Of
ficial elephant hunters in the Uganda
colony, in view of the frequency OF
elephant raids upon native cultiVa-
ton.
In making this announcement, il
is explained the hunters will be ex-
'pected to drive off the elephants in
different districts and to shoot If
necessary, but the ivory will be the
property OF the, government.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28

Wells, Mimi, December 24-One
young man, William Stevens, lies
dead with a broken neck, another
is crushed and suffering from inter-
nal Injuries and with little hope OF
recovery, while a third is suffering
from a sprained back and three
broken ribs, as the result of fast
driving, Sunday. Just how the acd-
fdent occurred is not known as nei-
lther of the survivors can tell.
The three young men, William
IStevens, August Weitzel with Jake
;Gorsch driving a Studebaker road
Ister, left Wells about 1880 to drive
TO Easton. At the turn of the road
about a mile this side Of Easton the
car went into the ditch rolling over,
young Stevens was killed instantly
and the other two were caught be-
meath the car, where they were held
untii strangers passing released
them. .....
Coroner Was Called
! A coroner was summoned. The
injured men were brought to town
land taken to the home Of Fred
Ghode where they roomed. The dead
boy, nineteen years of age, formerly
a ward of the state school, has been
iemployed in John Parks pool hall
for a time. He was a. pleasing Young
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Sch el-
man and for eight years made his
lien at Plainview. Since his eight
'eenth birthday he has been earning
his own living. His parents are
dead, he is said TO have one brother
diving in Iowa, but his whereabouts
Us unknown. His body was brought
to Hansen's undertaking parlors
here about noon. The badly wrecked
car was towed to town, Sunday aft
ernoon. August 'WeitZel has a broth
Ier living near town, both are fine.
hard working young men. Young
lGorsch, owner Of the car, sa baker
in Ghodes' restaurant.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
VIEWS OF MR.. MELLON
Treasury Secretary Discusses lara.
er Coast Guard To Stop Liquor

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1
New York, December 26.-Rein-
forcement of the coast guard rum
blockade with shipping board craft.
navy destroyers, eagle boats, or
submarine chasers would be i'm
practical and uneconomical, Secre-
tary of the Treasury Mellon says In
a letter received today, by H. M.
Crist, managing a editor oofps The
Brooklyn Eagle. ,ls-
The government contemplatea
strengthening the, coast guard, Mr..
Mellon says mot only, for work in
connection with the prevention OF
smuggling, but also for relief and
rescue work at sea-" He expresses a
belief, however, that new and spe-
cially designed craft must be built
for that purpose.
Mr. MELONS letter was in reply to
a suggestion he received from Mr..
Crist that vessels of the navy or
the shipping board not now in use
might be turned over to the coast
guard, for use in stemming the illeg-
al flow of liquor from the sea-,
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
GLADDEN. PEOPLES HEARTS
No One Permitted To Go Without |
EatabIes In Mankato Yesterday

NO VIC FcIInlIISO o SO "tInOuI
Eatables In Mankato Yesterday
The Relief society and the Saliva
tion Army gladdened seventy-nine
homes in Mankato yesterday, who
probably other wise would have lad
no Christmas dinner at all except
ing the actual necessities of life.
The women of the Relief society met
in the basement of the Methodist
church Monday and packed thirty
four baskets. Where there were
large families, two chickens were
given, with all the trimmings for a
real genuine dinner. Even jelly and
cookies and other sweets were plac-
ed with the veletables canned goods
coffee and sugar. The Eiks club dis
tributed the baskets for the Relief
society while the Salvation army
distributed its forty five baskets.
All of the families seemed very
grateful for their donations and
were more than profuse in their
praises and thanks of these socie-
ties. t -
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Died From Injury To Head

Rochester, December 26.-William
d. Duell died at the Colonial hospi-
tai as the result of skull fracture
received in a fall down the base
ment stairs of the Carleton hotel
Mr.. Duell received the fall which
brought injuries resulting in his
death. when he ran up the stairs
in the dark, struck his head on a
beam above and thrown backward
on the cement floor. A physician
was called and he ordered the in
jured man taken to the hospital i'm
mediately where his injury was
found TO be serious. He was N a
semi conscious condition practically
all the time until he died. He had
gone to the hotel to call on his bro
ther, Fred DUEL. who is employed
there.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Injuries Resulted In Death

Especial To The Free Pressl
Trosky. Mimi, December &c.
Fred Miller, a farmer living west OF
here is dead from injuries received
when he was thrown from his wagon
while driving to his home from Jas
per. Miller's team became unman :
agable on the country road and
finally went into ditch throwing
Miller out on his head. Tourists
passing found the man at the side
Of the road and he was taken back
into Jasper and later was removed
to a hospital where his death oc-
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
STEPS FOR RETRIAL
Francis kluxen May Face Court
Again on Murder Charge

Morristown, N. j., December 26.-
Efforts are being made to retry
Francis Kluxen, sixteen year old boy
who a year ago last July was ac-
quilted of the murder Of Janet Law
renee, a school girl.
County Prosecutor James II. Bo-
litho has filed with the Morris county
clerk an application for records OF
the trial as a preliminary step.
The prosecutor said today that the
Jury had been summoned from the
wrong county and therefore Kluxen
would not be in jeopardy twice for
the same offense, in the legal sense,
If he should be tried again.
After his acquittal Kluxen was
taken under the patronage OF Mon :
del Sayre, wealthy. Madison, N. j.
bachelor, who last Friday filed papers
for his adoption. On Sunday Mr..
Sayre stated that the rector and
w strymen of Grace Episcopal church
of Madison had closed the church to
the boy because of his past. This
was later denied.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
WILL LIVE IN LUXURY
Romance du Luxe Will Be Provided
Tourists In South Seas

ASSOCIATED Press DiSpatchl
San Francisco, December 26.-
Romance du luxe is promised $50
tourists who will leave here on the
steamship Buford on January Is,
bound for the South Sea Islands,
according to an announcement by
the Alaska Siberian Navigation
Company.
For sixty days the tourists will
wander in and out of the Polyne-
sian islands. Living in luxury aboard
the ship, the more hardy among
them will venture up rivers explored
by few white persons and into tro-
pical hooks bizarre to the Occident-
al mind
The company says the cruise is in
the nature of an experiment and
may, be repeated annually.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
BODY is IDENTIFIED

Man Burned In Superior Fire Mon.
day Lived At Virginia, Minn.
Superior, Wis, December 26-
oscar Wickman. thirty seven. Vir-
gtnta, Mimi, who, with two other
men. John Delcor, sirty-fiv and
John Deck, forty. was burned ia
death in a fire Monday night. was
positively identified by a sister late
yesterday, Coroner q. A. Downs an
nounced last night.
Papers found in the shack and In
the clothing Of the man though to
be John Delcor gave no trace of any
living relatives. A letter to John
Deck, thought to be the third man,
from Grantsburg. Wis, was found
and Coroner Downs notified friends
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Hearings Started Today

ASSOCIATED Press DlspatchI
Washington, D. c., December 26.
were begun today by the
house immigration committee on
to take the place Of the
present quota law which expires
next June 80. Chairman Johnson has
introduced a bill which would pro-
vide for selective immigration, with
quotas fixed at per cent. Based on
the number Of persons each nation
ality here under the 1890 census.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
MAILS SLOW BUT SURE
Takes Long Time For Letter. T
Reach Destination In Arctic
Associated Press Dispatchl

lASSOcldteQ HTeSS DlSpdtCuI
Minneapolis, December 26.-Four
years ago Roald Amundsen, the ex-
plorer, mailed letter in the far
North to a friend in Minneapolis.
After various adventures the COM
munication reached its destination a
few days ago, bearing on its face
worlds edge.
an epic of the postal service at the
worlds edge.
Eskimo carriers and dog teams,
who started with the letter, had
succumbed to cold and starvation,
and their mail pouch lay for nearly
four years preserved by ice and
snow until last summer, when a
party of Russians discovered 1t.
They sent the letter to Amundson's
home in Norway, where his brother,
Leon, forwarded it to the Minnea-
polls destination.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Newspaper Man Dies OF Injuries
Especial To The Free Pressl

Montgomery, December 26.-W.
l.. Sery, for sixteen years connected
with the Montgomery Messenger as
one of the publishers, died early
Sunday morning as result Cf In
juries sustained in a hunting acct
dent which took place nine weeks
ago. At the time of his death Mr..
Sery was forty three years of age.
The accident which caused Mr.. Sery's
death took place while he was hunt
ing near Kilkenny. His gun was ac-
cidentally discharged, inficting a
wound in the shoulder.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
SUBWAY TRAIN IS WRECKED
Several Hundred New York Passen.
gers Grcped Way underground

Associated Press DispatchJ
New York, December 26.-Seyeral
mmmm mdgti ffunArf nm mmm
hundred passengers on a subway
train were forced to grope their
way under ground for several blocks
between tracks, skirted by a third
rail, when two cars of the long train
were derailed near the Atlantic av
enue station in Brooklyn early today.
No one was injured.
Picking their way in the semi
darkness of the subway tube most
of the passengers were covered with
CRIME and dirt when they reached
the street. Police reserves were cal
led. but reported little confusion.
The accident tied up the main
line subway service for Ave hours.
An emergency shuttle service was
operated until the tracks were clear
cd ..'-r y
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Death Of w. o. McHush.

[Associated Press DispatchI
Omaha, Neb., December 26.-W.
D. McHugh, general counsel for the
International Harvester company,
eral Judge during the administration
of President Cleveland, died at Chi
cago today according to word re-
ceived here by his son, w. d. Nc
Hugh, Jr. A throat ailment was
given as the cause for death.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
EVERETT TO KEEP POST
st. Paul Man Withdraws ResiQna
ton Democratic Committeeman
.ated Press Dispatch1

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1
st. Paul, December 26.-Howard
Everett of st. Paul, democratic ma
tional committeeman for Minnesota,
today withdrew his resignation from
that office ito avoid a bitter politi /.
cal fight within the party" II was
announced today. Mr.. Everett an
nounced his resignation two weeks
ago.
Two factions within the demo-
cratic party in Minnesota had en-
gagged in a bitter fight to control the
selection OF a successor to Everett.
The fight now will be postponed un-
til June, 1924. One of the factions
represented in the fight is supporting
Joseph Wolf Of Staples and the
other julius Thorson of Benson.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Baseball At Rochester

Rochester, December. 26.-Somes
thing unique in the annals of Mime
sofa at this season of the year was
pulled off in this city yesterday,
It was a baseball game between
two picked teams. Swede Risberg
played shortstop for one of the
teams. =
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
New Duluth Corporation
TAssociated Press Dispatt

ASSOCIATED Press D'spatch1
st. Paul, December 26.-Articles
the office of Mike Holm. secretary
of state, by the Homesite Investment
company Of Duluth. with a capital
stock of 100000. The incorsorators
are H. r. Kohagen. o. S. Andersen,
and Albert Norain, all Of Duluth.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
PLANK WAS REJECTED
south Dakota Farmer L Laboritec
Oppose Part Of Ayers Platform

south Dakota Farmer aboritea
Oppose Part Of Ayers Platform
Associated Press Dispatchl
Mitchell, S. D., December GA
hve-year moratorium for South Da
kota farmers, which has been made
the principal plank in the Candidacy
OF Tom Ayres, proposed by the ma.
1orlty of the Farmer Labor proposaI
meeting at Pierre, December for
united States senator. was rejected
6y the Dawson county Farmer.I,a-
Dor proposal meeting here this
morning. By a margin of two votes
this plank was voted down. and the
minority took control of the conyen.
ION. The Ayres faction will put IN
lts own slate for county offices.
Nm wniie the other group will fuse with
the democrats on the county ticket.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Mail Pilot Died.

[Associated Press Dispatch1
Cheyenne, Wyo., December a.
James F. ("Dinty'O Moore, mail pi-
lot, whose plane crashed to earth
near Burns, Wyo., this morning, died
in a Burns hospital few minutes
after the plane sent from here and
carrying DR.. C. Y. Beard. reached
Burns from Cheyenne.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Sick Short Time; Died
TSpecial To The Erae prass

lSpeclal 10 The Free Press1
East Sveadahl, December 26.-
August Blom died early Sunday
morning at the Mcknight Hospital.
death was due to obstruction of the
bowls. He worked until Wednesday
and called doctor Thursday. An
operation was deferred until Friday
evening, but all that medical science
could do was not enough to save the
life
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Death of Well known Author

IASSOClated PTeSS DlSpdtCuI
Denver, Colo, December 20
Samuel j. Lewis, state printing
newspaper man of the state, died
here today. He was a story writer.
many Of his stories having appeared
in various magazines of the country.
He was nephew Of Alfred Henry
Lewis noted writer. who died a few
years ago.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Woman Was Jailed

Fairmont, December 26.-Florence
Madsen is in Jail here on a com-
plant sworn to by her husband,
Hans Madsen. charging her with In
fidelity. It is said that the father
and mother of the woman have ex-
pressed a willingness TO testify
against her in the face of her de-
NAL of the allegation made by Mad
sen.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
Death In ButterieId

Especial To The Free Press1
Butterfield, Mimi, December &c.
Leonard WiIsie, aged nine, died here
as a result Of illness with scarlet
fever. He was i'll only since Monday.
This is the second death from scar
let fever within six weeks in the
county.
The Mankato free press., 1923-12-28
coIIeae Head Broke Leo

New Ulm, Minn., December 90
President E. r. Bliffernicht of Luth-
er college Of this city broke his ieft
leg above the ankle while skating
on the Cottonwood river In compa-
ny with some students from the in
stitution, -.