T" I JK t5 Wtt V«S -l": (&!.*•«& -V* &*r- JBT-VV/ ty„.t.- SUCCESSOR TO MOWER TRANSCRIPT-REPUBLICAN. i{ "•fjWfe «i- Volume 58. Nuftiber 16. ssued Semi Weekly AustiitlJ^nJ©ta/%hursday,Aufe^24,1922. %v ,"-J ••••a,/A HUS i&i TOO •r Wagner Murder on OperiingDaysof the-Fair Superintendent Nevein re­ -Makes Announce-meiits. PROTEST AGAINST,, CLUBWINNERS WRITES CONFES- IDEAL WEATHER •4 NEW ATTENDANCE In ONLY. ONE DAY LEFT. RECORDS. -'fA Z" "Only one day remains, Friday, SEWAGE IN RIVER ARE ANNOU FULL TEACHING FEATURES FAIR um Yesterday's attendance at the during whica residents of STAFL ELECTED fair exceeded 6500, according to Mower county-can avail themselves -••rs? of our special fair week J. Z. Rogers, who is in chi?ce '•Sv Blue Ribbon Hoftors are Objection Made to Delajr of the admissions. This figure subscription offer. .^The response committed Deed on July Splendid Exhibits and Eighty fnstriictoi Awarded to Boys is nearly double that on the to this offer has been To Have Charge In Building Dis-'rr?^ 12, Instrument Amusements Draws 1 Of opening day last year ^hen far above our expectations and in PpbliCi,-.Here..^&p?iS. arid Girls! fPosal Plant. -3,188 were admitted. States. we are happy to welcome so Praise. Indications early today pointed many new Mower dfounty folks' KEEN to record-breaking crowds, into The .News' family of subr The following boys and girls, members Protests against alleged damage to Hardly a. 4pzen days remain before DEPUTY SHERIFF INTEREST IS Mr. Rogers said. 1 scribers. of Mower county club teams, property south of the city by. the the opening of the' Austin public GETS STATEMENT Yesterday- was Lyle, Grand" To those who have not benefited SHOWN BY COUNTY were blue ribbon winners at the Mower sewage dumping into the Cedar river schools, which is scheduled for Tueswere by the offer of, a year's Meadow and Brownsdale Day county fair in their respective uncovered at a meeting of the day, "September 5i|: Forc6ful evidence subscription, new or renewal, at and the Lyle-St. Ansgar band classes, County Agent F. L. Liebenstein city council Tuesday night'when E. of the closeness of the end of v^caF. Pleads Over-powering Hatred Caused almost half the regular* price, made a real hit for the southern announced today: Peck and Soren Peterson appeared tiori was' brqt out in the announcebefore Community Exhibits, Boys'Vnd Girls' By Misjudgment as Motive we urge you to- avail yourself and eastern communities. Baby Beef Contest. the council to object to the de? merits made by "Superintendent S. T. Work, Schools, Industries, For Crime. .... of it tomorrow, Austin and Everybody's Today is Adams and Le Roy Junior -Yearling—1st prized Floyd lay in the construction of the sewage, Nevein today regarding the opening r? and Farms Pictured. Day at the county^ Day and tomorrow is Austin Kirkwood, Dexter. Also Grand Champion disposal plant. of the schools* fair. 7 and Everybody's Day. Pleading that he was overcome by Baby Beef. Members of the council "gave as- Mr. Nevein has compiled the foi- Featured by ideal weather, Mower 4 t* vr,v a hate born of nTisjtfdgmeijt for 1 'j r- Calf Class—1st prize, Lloyd Vermilyea, surance that the delay?was caused le- lowing statement, \yhich will be of county's fortieth annual county fair I crimes he never committed, August Dexter: cause of vthe difficulties encountered interest to all Austin school cKi1 opened yesterday with an attendance 1 Austin Golfers Are F. /Dettloff, held in the county jail, has Purebred Breed Contest. in^'determining the t^fMe of plant^Wst and' their parents Miss Mahachek to" T. that J. W. Hare, secretary, estimated made a written confession of the murder -1st Prize—Roger Cochran, Lansing. Invited to Winona suited to Austin's needs. •a,- would exceed that established last ''i, Opening of School. Teach In Faribault of his wife's parents, Mr. and Dairy Calf Contest. year. Request for permission from wthe The Austin Public Schools will open 4 Mrs. John Wagner, of Grand Meadow. Junior Class—Junior Holstein Heifer, council by W. W. Walker and M. Ousley The secretary, despite the fact that Tuesday, September 5th./. Elementary An invitation has been extended to Dettloff made the confession of the purebred: 1st prize, Everett Helgeson, Ruth Mahachek leaves next to move the Cottage Apartments he has been the busiest man in Mow- $ pupils who attended the Austin Austin golfers to take part in a crime to Deputy Sheriff Ira Syck on Grand Meadow.-Junior heifer was referred to a committee consist- we^k for Faribault, where she will er county for the last few dagg^had schools last year should go at once tournament at Winona Friday and August 10, when. Mr, Syck" accosted calf, any .other breed, purebred* .-ist have charge of the physical training i# the and c^ty attorney for gr^e and building to which a few minutes time at leasT*t^Sfe"T| of payor Saituxday, wKen the Southern Minnesota' to tbe him with the accusation that he was prize Violet Bragg (Guernsey ). instruction in the state schools. Mi§^ further consideration, when it was an optimistic expression of thechances they weed promoted and assigned last Golf iraiociation holds its annuaf not telling the authorities the trtith Junior heifer calf, any breed grade: Mahachek graduated in Jtfne from brot opt' by Mayor Hirsh that city of this year's exposition. Mr. spring. The dj|£ricta will remain meet. Austin, Albert Ziea^fiairilea^lni^'Winona, about' his whereabouts on July 12r dst prize, Ralph Browning, Brownidaie. the State Teachers' College at Cedar ordinances forbade moving any building Hare pointed to the ideal weather, sgs§ practically as l^ey were last ye^r when the murder is said to have been: Falls. This summer she has been in within the fire limits unless it the fine exhibits, the large crowds, |s| with the exception of a slight change Rochester, and Manknto are the cities committed. Dettloff is then reported Senior Class-7-Senior Holstein' heifer^ charge of the playground work in .had stone' or brick walls. and the exceptional amusements aai,..' which will be anftbunced later. included ift the assoria^tin. 4 to have asked for time to think it purebred: 1st prize, Lloyd Vermil.yea, Great Western Replies. A listing indicating that the fortieth will be Pupils who havfe just moved to Austin over. A short time later he asked M.W.A. Dexter. Also Grand Champion. At City Attorney Hughes announced CONDUCE Mower county'^ greatest county fair. must come to£hes superintendent's vtu uiuob wiuc ouyvi iuvvuu^iv a WILL SCHEDULE for a piece of paper, and wrote out his Senior heifer calf, any other breed, tljat he had received information Qff|ce before school opens to get their Program for Final .Day. confession, his si^ifature to the instrument ffefj purebred: 1st prize, Stanley Hillier, from the Great Western railroad that '8S8ig^mentto grade and weather conditions hold gbod the proper being witnessed by Deputy Brownsdale (Jersey). Senior Heifer prospects are that tomorrow, the final it was favorable toward the proposed Jhey i^ust bring-their last building. Sheriff Syck, Mrs. Syck, and Andrew Calf, any breed grade: 1st prize, storm sewer that will be erected along day of the fair, ^will draw the larg'est year's report ca*fl to the office. Nelson, a prisoner in the county jail Stanley Hillier, Brownsdale.^ the right of way to prevenf flooding crowd of the week at the fair Beginners do /£ot need to Nsome to w? at that time, Single Pigv Contest. of nearby property. 'iJ'C grounds. It is Austin and Everybody's the office for assignment, but should Twenty-one New Members Austin Fans Will* Again Best'4 Market Barrow—1st Withheld for Evidence. prize, A change permitting trains to Day and those Austin stores, go to the building in the proper-district. MarVin Ziemer, Waltham. Brings Local County Attorney Otto Baudler said operate^at fifteen miles an hour thru -JiiSee.Eadcersln of which the owners are members of BeginnerjLmust be, six years ^Purebred Poland China Sow Pig— yesterday afternoon that the confession, the city rather than tha six miles the Businessmen's ^association, have of age when enter schooHdr to 475.' Action: which has been in his possession Ist"- pruse,_ ''"Srceir ^ndevston. Roie provided by an old ordinance, was announced that they will close at reach six years by the first of March. creekr..^ since the day it was made, had been passed by the couptfil. noon. •,. V- A new beginning class* will be formed -While the, League season ends with Purebred Duroc Jersey Sow Pig-— withheld from the public in-order to -The afternoon program, which begins Twenty-one candidates were inducted next spring. a gam6 with Owatonna here a Week Rose Creek Peti-'*' 1st prize, Marold HJlmes, Spring. Valley. enable the county attorney's office to at one o'clock, will be headed by into the Austin lodge of the Modern Students living ,in ^Minnesota in a from Sunday, Austin baseball fans secure further evidence along a line tions Annexation 'Woodmen of America Monday concert by the Austin Municipal district not furnishing high school instruction will have plenty,of interesting contests that had been decided upon. Purebred Chester White Sow Pig— Band under the baton of Dr. Rayman. night at ceremonies in the K. of C. are' not required' to pay during the fall. Assurances Mr. Baudler said that Dettloff, who 1st prize, Lloyd Vermilyea, Dexter. The special amusement features including their own tuition, as State Aid is provided tt ,. w. 1 hall which were attended by nearly were given this week by Thos. Geraghty, Ti2Jd been surprisingly ready in his A hearing is, being held before the Purebref Hampshire Sow Pig-lst the free acts, the horse races, to equalize educational opportunities. four hundred rsons Packer manager, that there board of county commissioners today explanations of his whereabouts and DTOe^Vman Cochin, Lansmg. Ampns the camps represented were and Boy Scout demonstration will be But the ^tate will not pay would be a number of out of town on the petition of the Rose Creek emphatically denied any knowledge of further augmented tomorrow afternoon of Sargeant, Hayfiefd, Lansing, high school tuition unless the pupil teams here this fall. consolidated district to annex District the crime, was shaken .with the absolute by a thrilling jnotorcycle race, p^Me, Le Key, London, has finished all eighth grade subjects, Of course, the -final outcome of No* 56. The Rose Creek district identification of the shoe prints four),—1st prize, Leonard Anderson, Qakiand. the grand stock parade, and a doll and the battle for the title in the Southern is represented by S. D. Catherwood on the Wagner's bed with those of Rose Creek.r*' ti buggy parq.de, wfiich is always such ... /, Following an interesting street Minnesota League is occupying the shoes taken from him when arrested. and the respondent's attorney is F. G. Duroc Jersey Litter: (best Utter of ROOMS FOR TEACHERS, a pleasing feature, of parade in wUcJl the centcI of interest the attention of the fans at present.. Sasse. All people "who wish-to opeif four)—1st prize, Harold 7Scott, Elk- aS a capricious, and wild,eyed goi^, A band concert, the amusement With that disposed of, however, there W The "county attorney's office announced ton! their-homes to teachers for either J34 acts, the bowery dance, and a grand To Open Goble and a corpse to symbolize the benefits looms up, as possibility for something the confession yesterday room or board, will please Chester .White Litter: (best litter of display of fireworks will conclude the of the Woodman Insurance, the initiation interesting, two games with Adams when it became known that knowledge \r* Addition Sept. 9 four)—1st prize, Lloyd Vermilyea, notify the Superintendent's cfr program of the fair tomorrow night. ceremonies were held in the K. on Labor Day.-. Other "games with of its existence had crept out. Dexter. fice giving name, address, cn^ Judging Finished Today. of C. hajj. strong out-of-town teams^ %will also It was withheld, Mr. Baudler said, to The Goble addition to Austin on Duroc Jersey Special. veniences", and terms. Judging in all departments was fin- 1 The class of twenty-one candidates, be arranged, itv was_announced.On "N confirm certain evidence that had Boars—1st prize, Harold Scott, Elkton. West Freeborn street will be opened ished this forenoon and the list of 1 -f one of the largest taken into the lodge Tuesday, Austin Packers travel been secured. Saturday, September 9, when J. H. winners filed with the secretary. Unusual here, brings the total membership of to Delevan to take part in a small or whose district provides instruction Again Recognizes Confession Waterman of Fort Dadge will place Sows—1st prize, Harold Holmes, exhibits in many departments tfie. Austin camp to 475. tourney there. Farimont has scheduled in high school subjects. Spring Valley. When asked ^yesterday whether he "twenty lots on the market for sale at brot praises from the judges. a game each with Austin and Pupils attending the Austin schools had made. the confession of his own auction. Sheep Contest. ROTARIANSBAN- Mrs. Eunice L. Rice, pounty superintendent New Richland at Delevan. "... below the ninth grade and living outside free will, Dettloff declared that he Best Lamb—-(ewe or Wether)—1st of schools, is the superintendent ACTO CRASHES IN- V.MILLER DIES of the Austin, school district are bad. He said that when he entered prize, Lynn Ziemer, Waltham. of a. department—the school required to pay tuition, as well as the Wagner house, ijohn Wagner was exhibits—that is meeting with great W high school pupils living outside of asleep, but Mrs. Wagner tvas awake. praise on the part of fair visitors, "j TO BUGGY MONDAY the state, or in any district offering After that he said he didn't remember The exhibits in this department are BIG SCHOOL TERM high School subjects. what he was doing. the most complete array of school exdibits Go-operation 'is Keynote The tuition is $5.00 a. month foi Even if Dettloff pleads guilty to the that have ever been siiown at Found Dead Thig'Morf^ the first six jgrades $7.00 a month When Civic Clubs •charge of murder he cannot be tried William Ingleman Is Injured a county fair here, according to Mrs. for the 7th and 8th grades and $10*00 or sentenced until a grand jury formally ing at Hagari Farm University of Southern Gather. Rice. Visitors,y who have seen other In Accident a month for the 9th to 12th grades indicts him, the county attorney county fairs this year and other At Dexter Minnesota Opens inclusive. Tuition is ^payable for/three said. .'\Near Austin.^TMM years, declare that the school display Mr. Baudler said he did not think irnonths in advance. Sept. 12. Placing special emphasis on the here is outstanding and far above the ?r\z it-William ^jAll Senior and^lunior Higlh School value of -co-operation -between the that a special grand jury session C. V. Miller, for many ytars a merchant g^SS«? average. would be called. k^-ci pupils will register next week. £upUs Ingleman was injured two organizations 'and pointing to 2 at Dexter and for several Comprehensive plans. that" call foi1 Every school in the county, no matter wio do not attend to registration by Makes Confession Public. Monday night when the buggy in their opportunities for genuine civic months owner of the Self Serve gro A much greater activity during the howssmall, is represented by some Following is a verbatim copy of the which he was riding on Brownsdale service to Austin and the Austin community, eery in Austin, was found dead this ?h\en? °.fVexttw«k ,dela,ycd coming school year are going forward exhibit, and the type of workmanship confession, which is now in the hands avenue was struck by an automobile, nearly a hundred Austin Kiwanians morning at the John Hagan farm near iln ».» V** at the University of Southern is excellent in every particular. Maps, of the county attorney: The buggy was Splintered. and Rotarians met at the Dexter. Mr. Miller's death occurred ?ed act""] ^.ho°!"ork 40 Minnesota preparatory to the fall drawings hand-made articles, in fact "N. Nicholsen, Ira Syck, Austin,' The accident occurred about eight v. .Country Club Monday evemng at a last night it is believed, and was due ?ay with UtUe at opening of the school which is slated u.. anything one's fancy might look for, Minn. o'clock Monday night, a mile from tlie banquet given by the Rotary Club-in to heart failure" jloss of .-time as possible, and pupils for September 12. is there. The manual training exhibit who have not registered for work be- "I am not condemning, not blam- Country Club, only* a few feet from compliment to the newly organized He.went to the Hagan farm yes- U. L. Mackey, superintendent, an- from, the Rose. Creek schools is ing anyone, and those that have pass- Ingleman's home. Mr.' Inglem&n was Kiwanis Club. terday for a I visit, and when Mr. Ha- I Tuesday be coimted as^ ab- fore September 12, ev- Will being praised especially as ar6 the nounceg that be ed the great divide let them rest in from his brother's farm and Pep songs by each club and toasts returning g?n saw his car in the yard last night, credit eitter/fterything will be-in readiness for the displays entered by Joint District No. peace. It is I that is guilty of crime was riding with John Brinkihan ofr by several speakers representing the 1* thought that he had retire*. We have never 72 and the Sargeant village school. but not all that I have been accused Red Rock. He was leading a horse jtwo groups featured the evening ti-. rning, however, Mr. Miller was sc.,1°larship- Every,., recitation, lost better position to take care of a ,. ., The booth displayed by the Opportunity +c of. In the past I've been accused of behind the wagon. _. ,. which marked an important mileounen found dead'in fhe barn on the Hagan J'w»l.m®an of students and prospects have ,, ,. grade of the Austin school won a farm.. Pupils planning to attend the AusIn crime by ones that v^ere dear to (me). According to reports the igagon to he os re at on be never been, better for fine attendanc4" the first premium, outpointing '.the But God as my witness I was innocent was well to the right side of the road failing health Mr. Miller School for the first ^twhe tween the two ofgamzationsi^, he, said' exhibit entered by the normahtrain-,,, of them. It was'more'{him I bear, when an automobile driven by A. D. the Self Sierve Grocery about a ^egiateE-as early as pc«§ib^ The" Commercial schobf building i*^ The speakers included J. N Nichol^ ing department. And little by little was fanned within Swenday of Adams crashed into it.' pfo because .of his health^^****'% being thoroly cleaned from basement GaLvl? ^,mf *Btesldftf Tjjt Community Bopths Praised. my heart a hatred until deep into my Mr. Swenday was .blinded the iuing to Austin two. year% ago* xrom the school last a^-i to' attic. The large busiiess room i«otary.'^ In the ilorat building three attract bate was born towards ones that wer^ lights -of an approaching car and did^ operated a general gtorc^at^Dexteif'^^^1^^1" PuP*^s shoiild bripg being rt^orated tto attractive J-J" Ma^n A NHpleaaibgcolors.J tive' TOmmunity' boolhs are on display. once were dear to me. I cannot re^ not see tte rig ahead. (Conthmed on Page 5) for y^ars. He was forty-eigat, yeai All office equipment' C-P'Mc,?r"th' C' S,00^ The Dexter and Windom Farm Bureau late the details but on July 12, 1922j' rjazeii, Irifeleman \?as^taken to tlie old.^. 1 such as typewriters, adding machines, Xi 0 units are showing some unusual at the hour of 11:00 p. m. I entered gti Olaf's hospital, where he was carthe Surviving Mr. Miller fiid %idow ormer "Mimeoyraph, Multigraph, are in don' Mus,cal nurabcra were onder agricultural. displays," while th«r home of Mr. and M?s. John Wag- ed for by Dr. G. E. gertel. the direction of Dr. ~G. Gillam and and three children,v Frances, Mar-' state of fine repair. Adaiufi Farai Bureau Women's club Preach Here Sunday Tier and I was blind, crazed, helpless Mr, Ingleman is said to have ftgurto N guerite, aid Willard. The thre#'l«^ge engineering bu3d- .Rotary and beautiful exhibit emphasizing resist any evil I failed to perceive, ed in several other accidents in which a He was welt' known thruoutrthe Pm are litortse receiving a thor. A nrdck tnal I and I killed them both with an ax. he suffered severe-in juries. Several county, and ^especially in the Dexter ^.^Mfired Gosgoiy, former pas-' going over. Equipment i^ being rej E. W. Anderson, who judged the God, in that hour, it never came to vears ajgo he fell from a- windmill, commnnityr where 'he was in businessv tor J& ^Gongregational. church^" in paired ^and .replace^ in aU departhad charge of jplacingth^ me that it wau foul murder. Since Last year he was in a runaway, preath jat the seryices mentefej. Everything ^omK^efectric. awards in the horticultural and afirritural my mind^is now clear I am ready to A child of Mr. ingleman^ brother, Funeral services 'fot: departments pay the ^penalty for the crime that, I Daniel Inglemar^, was killed in a bugCommitted. will be held at the home Sunday showing disappointment But my life has *now smashup on the .Brovrnsdale roafl ternooii, will hortaftuIturO,