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VOLUME XL.
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CHANGE IN RULING
WILL HEAN DELAY
MEN ALREADY CERTIFIED FOR
SERVICE MAY NOT BE
CALLED AT ALL.
NEW CLASSIFICATIONS WILL
CHANGE STATUS OF MANY
REGISTRANTS.
If certain high draft officials are cor
rect in their interpretation of a ruling
from Provost Marshal General Crowder,
received Friday, registered men already
certified for military service, but not yet
sent to camp, may not be sent for several
if at all.
These certified men will be required to
fill out the questionnaires that are being
sent out, the draft officials also asserted,
it also is considered possible that all
quotas to be filled after December 15
will be filled from the available regis
trants in Class 1, as the ruling says it is
desired to fill quotas as far as possible
irom Class 1.
The Ruling.
The ruling as received reads:
"In accordance with Section 2, Se
lective Service regulations, registrants
who on December 15 stand selected for
military service under the old regula
tions shall remain liable to be inducted
into service to fill deferred percentages
of the current quota of any local boards
and quotas of any future call until it shall
""f appear that there is in Class 1 a sufficient
number of men to fill such quotas after
December 15 from Class 1 evolved under
new systems, but since military necessity
is paramount, quotas must be filled, and
whether they are filled from first class or
not depends entirely on the expedition
with which local boards place enough
men in Class 1 to fill their present and
future quotas."
,s Those in First C!«sfY -Sig^fe
Those to be included in the first class
single men without dependent tela-
family married man dependent on wife
for support married man, with or with
out children or father of motherless
ihildren, not usefully engaged or family
:uppoited by income independent of his
tabor unskilled farm laborers registrant
ttTVor
re
whom no deferred
classification is claimed or made regis
trant who fails to submit questionnaire
and"all registrants not included in any
other division.
These new regulations have been de
signed to cover all possible contingencies.
By proper filling out of the questionnaire
draft officials say registered men will
automatically classify themselves into
one of the five groups.
A large number of rulings were given
out by Provost Marshal General Crowder
for the information of registrants who
are to receive the questionnaires and
also for the local draft officials.
Austrians Cases Held Up.
Austrian subjects or declarants will
not be permitted to entrain for canton
ments or training camps until further
^Notification from Provost Marshal Gen
al Crowder. This notice will cause
jpP^y local draft boards throughout the
*st«de to call for ard examine another
class of registrants in order to fill the
9*ancomplete quota of the first draft if it
i5is called into service within the next two
,hs.
Claim for deferred classification must
made by any registrant within seven
lays after receipt of the questionnaire or
no appeal may be made from the decision
of the local board and registrant shall
be placed in Class 1.
All men placed in Class 1 shall be
examined physically immediately upon
their notification of their class in order
that a sufficiently large number of men
.may be available at all times.
Students in suiy approved technical
engineering school may, under Such
regulations as the chief of engineers may
ttculty
rescribe, be named by the school
for enlistment ^h the enlisted
reserve corps of the engmeer department.
If they do enlist their local board shall
i" place them in Class 5 if they present a
certificate of enlistment to the board.
.Enlisted Men to Fill Blanks.
Questionnaires must be sent to all
men who have enlisted in any branch of
the .service in order that their status
jj^y foe definitely determined. Many
tered men who enlisted have been
arged by the army or navy or ma
corps for various reasons and are
still on the records of their local draft
boaids as heing in military service.
Whenever a registrant who has
listed shall be discharged from military
or naval service it shall be the duty of
the officer discharging him immediately
to notify the registrant's local board
of the action taken and the local board
shall at once re-classify the registrant.
If his class and order number has been
reached he shall be physically examined
and if found qualified shall at once be
inducted into military service.
A pilot or mariner on the Great Lakes,
if-ffis employment is interrupted by clos
ing of navigation owing to weather con
ditions, shall be discharged by his local
board if he files an affidavit from his
employers with the local board to the
effect that he has been employed during
the past season and will in all probability
be employed his former capacity the
coming season.
Within the past week legal advisory
boards have been appointed for eaeh
County in the State. For Brown Coun
ty Judge I. M. Olsen, Attorneys W. H.
Dempsey and Alfred W. Mueller have
been appointed. These legal advisory
boards are primarily to advise registrants
and aid them in making proper and
truthful answers to the questionnaire and
in securing such proper supporting
affidavits as may be required in particular
classes of cases. This service they are
expected to furnish gratis. Their duties
do not include advice to local draft
boards as these members and the legal
(Continued on Page, 6.)
NEW ULM MEN1BQY
MINNEAPOLIS MILL
LOCAL CAPITAL INVESTED
IN
4000 BARREL PROPERTY
IN CITY
P. A. MURPHY CHOSEN
GENERAL MANAGER AND
-SECRETARY
AS
l&ew Ulm citizens have become in
terested in another milling proposition.
A deal which gives them* the control of
&ve» married man, with .or jrpfrftJ&* 6****? OrfnriS&afiBai-of Minnas :£&%* aWti&ti&**FheesmiS&
cnfldren, or father of motherksg children,
who has habitually failed to support his
apoliswas closed last week and the new
owners will take charge of the property
between the first and fifth of next month.
This milling property has a daily capacity
of 4,000 barrels, altho at the present time
the machinery installed is able to pro
duce only 2,000 barrels on a twenty-four
hour run. The milling property is situ
ated in Northwest Minneapolis, is of
bnck construction and in appearance
resembles the mill at Sleepy Eye. The
mill has been in operation for the past
15 years under the name Century Milling
Co. and there will be practically no change
in the name except that the corporation
will be known as "The Century Milling
Co." with an authorized capital stock of
$1,000,000.00, most of which will be
owned by local capitalists.
Eagle Mill People Will Direct
The principal stockholders will be
Chas. Vogtel, John H. Siegel, H. L.
Beecher, P. A. Murphy and H. C. Vogtel
from here WilliAm Silverson from Shel
byville, Ind., Franklin Edwards of
Marshall and Mrs. Catherine Silverson
of- Minneapolis. The first hfard of
directors will consist of Chas. Vogtel,
John H. Siegel, William Silverson, P.
A. Murphy and H. C. Vogtel.
P. A. Murphy Chosen Manager
The officers have as yet not been select
ed, but it has been definitely decided to
make P. A. Murphy general manager
and H. C. Vogtel his assistant. This
means that Mr. Murphy will remove
with his family to Minneapolis a very
short time.
Sure Of Success
New Ulm will regret to lose the Mur
phys but are pleased at his advancement
which is certainly well merited. It is
a hard matter to keep a good Irishman
down and Mr. Murphy has proven to
the satisfaction ofNthe people who have
now selected him for the important posi
tion of manager'of a big milling propo
sition that he has the ability to make
good and what is about as- important,
the necessary energy and stick-to-it-ive
ness- -This "Pat" has}and his friends
predict for him a most successful carreer
in the new enterprise.
According to present plans machinery
will be installed for a 1500 barrel barley
flour mill. Probably only one half
as much machinery will be required
to manufacture Wrley^ flour as wheat
flour. As soon as conditions are normal
again enough more machinery will
be added to increase the capacity to
4,000 barrels of wheat flour in 24 hours.
With the same brains back of the new
milling concern which have made the
Eagle Roller Mill Co. such a big fi-
JfEV ULM, BROWN COTJMTY MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19, 1917.
SOLDIER BOYS ARE
BADLY DISAPPOINTED
CHRISTMAS FURLOUGHS WHICH
HAD BEEN EXPECTED N O
FORTHCOMING. ^^L
$*
DRAFTED MEN MUST CONTENT
THEMSELVES WITH CAMP^
CHRISTMAS.
Clouds of gloom overhang Camp
Dodge over the latest ruling of Gen
eral Getty, Division Commander, who
says that the boys who can't get home
without using steam transportation will
have to get along without the expected
furlough. The order was issued Thurs
day and cancels automatically all fur
loughs which had previously been grant
ed so there will be a number of sorely
disappointed lads who had their hearts
set on tasting a good meal from mother's
^able. But that is a part of war, and
the men are accepting it like soldiers.
May go Home by Auto.
While nothing was indicated in the
order regarding soldiers living within
trolly or driving distance, it is believed
that men who can reach their homes
by auto or electric lines, will be given
that privilege for the holiday leave.
It is unofficially believed at Division
Headquarters that the order frcm Wash
ington to discourage leaves and fur
loughs is the forerunner of one ordering
the next draft of 24,000 men to proceed
to Camp Dodge. *1
Must not Impede Traffic.
The reason given by the war depart
ment for its orders is that traffic con
ditions on the railroads at Christmas
time must be impeded as little as pos
sible by comings and goings .of soldiers.
More Men to Camp
The order seems to foreshadow a
huge movement of drafted men and
the next increment of soldiers may be
ordered to Camp $odge during^ the
holidays.
in many organizations for sen
the men to their homes, the revocations:
of leaves was disappointing to the
soldiers. It was first broken to them
Wednesday night by news dispatches
from Washington which stated that
no furloughs would be granted ex
cept to men living within trolley dis
tance of various camps. -(u_
It was pointed out that under the
ruling there would be discrimination
favor of those soldiers who lived
even as far as two or three hundred
miles away. Those whose families were
the possessors of motor cars could
call for them with their ten day leaves
and return them to camp while those
not so fortunate would be required to
remain in camp. A similar situation
is involved in the cases of men who
live perhaps one hundred miles away
whose homes happen to be situated
on electric lines radiating from Des
Moinesi
This question probably will be ad
justed within a few days.
CAMBRIA PLANS
TREE
MUNICIPAL
-The enterprising people of Cambria
are determined that their little people
shalt not do without any of the Christ
mas joy that they can provide for them
and they are "going ahead with plans
for a municipal Christmas-Tree Cele
b-ation to be held in their hall. The
children will have a program and the
exercises will be held Monday evening.
On Chnstmas Day there will be a series
of servicer at the Congregational church,
occupying most of the day. In the
morning there will be a business meeting
of the church members and in the after
noon and evening there will be song
services with recitations and other forms
of Christmas entertainment. »&
SKAT PLAYERS ATTENTION.
There will be no *kat tournament
Monday evening, Dec. 31st. These
two days every skat player is expected
to spend in the bosom of his family.
The annual meeting of the skat club
will be held Monday, January 7th,
beginning promptly at 7:30 p. m.
New_ officers will be elected for the
ensuing year. At the last tournament
the first prize went -to John Backer
who- scored 15 net games. The second
prize was won by Joseph Glaser
with 468 net points and Emu" G.
Hage won the tLIrd prize with a club
solo against 4 matadores. John
nancial success, there is every reason (Backer also won the special prize put
to believe that the new concern W -up by the Schell Brewing Co. for th*
MAS SERVICES IN
CITY'S CHURCHES
MUSIC DIRECTORS
PASTORS,
AND MEMBERS BUSY
PREPARATIONS
WITH
CHILDREN'S HAPPINESS WELL
ASSURED*"BY THEIRS
PARTICIPATION
Christmas services in the churches
are being arranged by pastors and mem
bers, of the congregations and Sunday
Schools. As the Review will not reach
our 'readers again until after Christmas
Day is past the list of entertainments
must be given in this week's issue al
tho, not quite complete at this writing.
At the Congregational church the
older members of the congregation
offered then* contribution to the solemn
joy of the Christmas tide by render
ing fthe beautiful cantata, "The Christ
Child" at the hour of the regular morn
ing Iservices last Sunday. The early
observance of the Christmas festival
in this way was necessitated because
a number of those taking solo parts
are 'members of the teaching force of
the city schools and they will leave
for their vacations before another Sab
batft
Cantatas Next Sunday
Iir the Cantata Sunday there were
nuirierous solos, duets an'd trios which
were sung by the leading voices in
addition to the chorus which was
rendered by some twenty five voices.
Mrst Shrammel, and the Misses Street,
Pedfrson and Irene Stamm sang the
sop^mo solos, Mrs. Minium, contralto,
and? Mis. Poynter, alto, and the tenor
ancHbaritone solos were sung by Mr.
H. 'F. Krook and Mr. Geo. Bromley.
The music was greatly ehjoyed by all
who could possibly be present to hear it.
The children'sentertainment will come
next Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock
the entire Sunday School wfflJ
&1Sart m^*e^Ma''The~Sto^j-yrtam'gateti'
of the Star/' The Christmas -Tree
will be lighted then and happy voices
will carol the beautiful Christmas songs
and it will be hard to tell who will en
joy it more, the children or their parents.
Special Musical Program
At the Friedens church also, Christ
mas music is in course of preparation.
The children are getting ready for their
festivities which will be held Christmas
night at half past six. The following
program wil be rendered at that time:
1. Fest March ."Tannhauser"
2. Himmlische Freude "Lucrecia"
3. Heilige, Geweite Nacht "Rigoletto"
4. Em Kind Geboren 7 "Wilhehn Tell"
5. Das Weihnachtsfest "William Tell"
6. O, Nun Bist Du Wieder Da
"II GiuranSllito"
7. Heil'ge Nacht '"II Trovatore"
8. Glockenlied O. R. Barrows
9. Seht die Lichter Donizetti
In addition to the music there will
be declamations and an address by the
pastor, Rev. Mayer. The music will
be in charge of Mr. Fred Boock, or
ganist at the Friedens church and Miss
Olga Mayer.
The first of the Friedens Christmas
services will be at Essig on the 24th
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon when the
Christmas sermon will be deliver
ed by the pastor. The Christmas
sermon in the local church will be
delivered at 10 A. M. on Christmas
day and will be followed by the Sac
rament. The Nicollet congregation will
have their festival services on Wed
nesday, on the 26th, at 10 the mor
ning. _*-»
I Pageant At Methodist Church,
At the Methodist church, the young
people are busily engaged in preparing
the "Pageant of Bethlehem" which tells
the story of the Nativity in song and
picture. The girls and boys of old
Bethlehem appear in their quaint cos
tumes and tell of the wonderful star
that has shone the heavens, the
shepherds come with their queries and
the wise men with their gifts? Col
ored lights will be used to heighten
the effect of the scenes of the little
town of Bethlehem, lying among the hills.
The tiny tots who can not have a
part in the pageant will have their own
little mixed program which will precede
the "other. JBoth"~will be given as an
accompaniment of the Christmas' Tree
festivities on Christmas^ eve, the
24th, at" 6:39 o' dock. I-
The Christmas service's are to be held
Christmas morning at 10:30 and Rev.
BZohn will deliver, the sermon.
At Stl Peter'a Episcopal church the
services. The children's program will
be given Monday evening at 7 o' clock.
TJjere will be a tree and a program of
songs and recitations. |pj4r
At the St. Pauls Lutheran church
the little folks of the Sunday school
will have their Christmas Tree cele
bration early Monday evening, at 6:30
to be exact. A program of Christmas
songs, stories and recitations is all
ready for the delight of the youngsters
and their papas and mamas. f*-i*° j|
The Christmas sermon will be de
livered Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
and the Lords Supper will be observed.
There will be services also at the same
hour on second Christmas Day, Wed
nesday mmumg. Rev. Albrecht will
deliver the sermons, ^^"k^^^x*
Special music has been prepared
by the mixed choir of fifty voices which
has been in training by Prof. Renter
for several months. They will sing
at the Christmas services.
Masses All Day M. Trinity
At the Holy Trinity church there
will follow the usual succession of
services with which -this congregation
always observes the season. 'Long be
fore break of day will"be heard the pas
sing of feet carrying their owners to
Solemn High Mass at 5 o'clock. At
9 o'clock there will be an English sermon
and again at 10:30 Solemn High Mass
will be celebrated. At 3:00 P. M.
(Continued on page two) *,
EXPECTEDAGCIDENT
FINALLY HAPPENS
•^r
DRIVER
OF DELIVERY WAGON
GETS SURPRISE OF HIS
YOUNG LIFE
3.39 NORTHWESTERN TAKES
HAND IN CHRISTMAS
DELIVERIES
Alfred Kopetski who drives the de-
a to
tfee
Front Grocery
tU'BuiueUihig um in tlw
way of an experience last Saturday
afternoon and for a minute he thought
he had developed wings and was going
"over the top" in fine shape. But
whatever goes up, must come down as
he found in a few moments, when he
landed again on Mother Earth and
picked himself up for an inventory.
He found himself intact but his delivery
car, that was a different story!
Takes One Chance ~V"
Kopetski was just about to cross
the railroad tracks near the cereal
mill of the New Ulm Roller Mill Co.
A string of cars obstructed his, view
of the main track and while he is or
dinarily a very careful driver he took
one chance, and missed.
., .. Nothing Left of Car.
The front part of the car was across
the track and all going nicely when,
Whoof! something hit the hind wheels
and Alfred started his flight. It was
the east bound afternoon passenger
on the Northwestern line which so
suddenly swooped down out of no
where and scattered the deliveries
and the spokes and tires and steering
gear, and other important parts of
the Ford to the four winds of heaven.
In other words, there was scarcely enuf
of the car left to tell the tale but the
driver was unhurt. Alfred is now driving
old Dobbin and the Christmas deliver
ies are being made just the same in
spite of that evil tempered Three Thirty
Nine.
4
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MAIL DELIVERIES
DAY.
CHRISTMAS
Postmaster Pfaender announces that
mail deliveries for Christmas Day will
be made as follows: City Carriers, one de
livery each. Rural carriers, will deliver.
Carriers and General Delivery windows
will be open between 8 and 9 o'clock in
the morning.
JSt
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PROGRAM AT TURNER HALL.
Prof. Herman Hein is getting ready
for the Christmas program for the Turner
Hall kiddies and it goes without saying
that the youngsters *will enjoy their
usual big tune when the day comes,
Wednesday evening, the 26th. Mr.
Hein has not yet announced what form
the program will take, but it will be one
that will satisfy the children, that is
sure, for the Hall is one place that they
NUMBERS!
INSURANCE PEOPLE
MUS PAY mm
JURY DECIDES IN FAVOR OF
%WJDOW. ASSURED DIED
WITHIN YEAR.
4,
PITCH CASES NOW
hurt him. Hughes plead not guilty and
was admitted to bail in the sum of
$1,000.
Jos Rosmusz is the 19 year old lad who
admitted to the police having stolen a
gold watch .from a man while asleep in
the Sleepy Eye depot. He was indicted
for grand larceny in the first degree and
was permitted to plead guilty to grand
larceny in the second degree and on
Saturday Judge Olsen sentenced him to
the county jail for sixty days.
William Kropp and Ernst Schultz were
bojh indicted for selling mortgaged
property to J. A. Glasman in the Town of
Prairieville on the 8th day of August
this year. Ernst Schultz has disap
peared. All these defendants plead not
guilty and their cases will be reached
this week, as the County Attorney has
given notice that he will move the crimi
nal calendar as soon as the first ditch case
which was started Friday of last week
has been disposed of. .-jx—**
Stuebe Bros. Get Off Easily
No indictment was found against
Stuebe Bros., who were charged by the
game warden with having game birds in
their cold storage plant or contrary to
law. It is rumored that the attention
of the grand jury was called to what were
said to be disloyal utterances which
appeared in the New Ulm Review, but
nothing was done because the members
of the grand jury were convinced in then
own minds that the manager of the
Review is a good and loyal citizen.
The first civil case that was tried was
that of the State" Bank of Sleepy Eye
against R. A. Kahn and Cora Kahn.
Judge Albert Johnson of Red Wing
presided in this case because Judge
Olsen as a stockholder of the plaintiff
corporation, felt that he was disqualified.
The plaintiff sued the defendants on a
prcmiscry note for the sum of $720.00
which they had given to Edward Berkner
as commission for selling their farm. It
was understood between the parties that
Berkner should have everything over
and above $108 per acre for then* 80
acre farm. The purchaser was to pay
$1,000 down, assume a mortagage on the
place for $5,000 and pay the balance
March 1, 1916. Berkner sold.the ^farm
for $117 per acre to Emil Kleinschmidt
who paid down the sum of $760.00 ancl
also assumed the mortgage. When the
time came tor paying the balance due
Kleinschmidt did not complete the deal
and defendants claimed that for that
reason Berkner was not entitled to any
commission and the the plaintiff should
not recover. ?TBey also claimed: that
they did not know they were signing a
note, being under the impression that
was merely a writing to show the
agreement between the parties. The
^Continued on page 2)
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OCCUPY'
ATTENTION OF DISTRICT
COURT.
W 0
S S S W
When thetrand jury'malelheir imaf
report to Judge Oben Wednesday noon,
they had returned seven indictments in
all, had made an inspection of the county
buildings and had visited all the county
officials. This is certainly record work
and the members of the grand jury are
to be complimented for the rapidity
and dispatch with which they completed
all the work to which their attention had
been called.
In their final report they placed their
stamp of approval on the courthouse
decoration work which has just been
completed and recommend that the stone
arch leading to the interior of the Court
House be also repaired and renovated,
sathat the exterior will better harmonize
with the improved interior. They also
recommend that new flags be pur-,
chased for the Court House and the
County Jail. These-recommendations
will be submitted to the board of County
Commissioners at the.next_meeting.
Grand Jury Indicts Six
In addition to the indictments found
last week against Anton Schreiner of
Eden Township and T. M. Sharp of
Iowa, indictments were found against
William Hughes, Jos. Rosmusz, William
Kropp and Ernst Schultz. One other in
dictment was also found, but this has
not been made public. -y-
William Hughes was Indicted for as
sault in the second degree.- During the
summer Huges had an altercation with
Ad. Klause at police headquarters and it
is charged in the indictment, that Hughes
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