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CITY CAN NOW PAY
ITS $20,000 BONDS
WILL NOT NEED NEW ISSUE TO
REPLACE THOSE FALLING
DUE NEXT SUMMER
SOLDIERS OF NEW ULM WILL
BE PRESENTED WITH WAR
MEMORIALS
After a lengthy discussion by the
Council at their regular/meeting held
Tuesday President L. B. Krook ap
pointed a committee to investigate
the matter of presenting each of the
men in service from the city of New Ulm
with a suitable memorial. The mem
bers of the committee are Mayor Eib
ner, Councillor Christ Filzen, and City
Attorney W. H. Dempsey. They will
secure the necessary data and arrange
for the purchase of suitable memorials
and will submit to the council at the
next legulai meeting a report of their
efforts
Listing the Soldiers
While this matter was under dis
cussion Herman Held, chairman of
the War Welfaie work told the Council
that his committee was preparing a
list of the men from Brown County who
were in the service, including not only
those who had been drafted into th^
service, but also those who had volun
teered which list was also to contain
the names of all the nurses of Brown
County who are in the service. As soon
as this is completed it will be at the
disposal of the City Council.
Arrange Military Funerals
A committee from the Commercial
Club, consisting of Herman Held, A. L.
Booek, and Phihp Liesch appeared be
fore the council and suggested' the pay
ment by the city of the sum of $90
incurred in securing Captain Hofmeister's
band which officiated at the funerals of
John Helget, John Saeckl, Jr., and Otto
Hermann, Ji who had died in the
service and whose remains were brought
here for interment. The bill was al
lowed and Mayor Eibner is hereafter to
ai range for military funerals, should any
more deaths occur among the soldier
boys from* New Ulm and, their remains
be brought here for burial
Can Pay Bonds
The council rescinded their former
action taken at a recent meeting look
ing towards refundment of the bond
issue of $20,000 which matures July 1,
1919 It appears now as tho the city's
finances would be such condition
that the bonds can be paid when they
fall due and this is proposed to be done.
Upon estimates furnished by the
supervising architects of the new City
Hall, the contractor was allowed the
sum of $10,852.60.
The city clerk was instructed to turn
over to the County Auditor an assess
ment roll giving the names of those
who have failed to pay their assess
ment for street improvements so that
the amounts due can be extended upon
the tax books.
Fire Dep't. Matters
Chief Engel's appointments of Jos.
Groebner as first assistant and Fred
Pfaender as 'second assistant chief of
the fire department were approved and
the Chief's request for new hose was
referred to the proper committee for
investigation and report.
In view of the fact that New Ulm
will not have a paid fire department
for several years, Chief Engel recom
mended that tre steel tubing which
was to be placed in the building to
enable the firemen to slide from their
bunks from the second floor to the first
floor, be dispensed with at this time.
The recommendation received the ap
proval of the Council and thereby a
saving is made of $483 in the cost of
the equipment. It appears that some
of the employees of the electric light
and water works have been ill and the
matter of adjusting their wages during
such illness was referred to the proper
committee, with full power to act.
WINDOWS ATTRACT ATTENTION
Fine displays of yuletide finery are
making the windows look pretty and
are attracting the attention of the
people. A little over two weeks and
Christmas will be over, and the earlier
the Christmas shopping is done, the
better for all concerned. Those who
wait until the last few days to make their
purchases will be disappointed because
they will not have so good a choice or
chance of obtaining good values for
their money. The New Ulm merchants
are nicely stocked with a choice supply
VOL. XLI. NEW tJLM, BROWN COUNTY, MI
of Christmas goods. Shelves and count
ers are filled with varieties of useful
articles, which are the popular gifts
this year. Various toys for the chil
dren are also attractive features, and
now since the world is at peace once
more and the spirit of helpfulness is
reigning in the land, many homes will
be made happy by Old Santa this
year.
The interiors of some of the stores
have been beautifully decorated with
Christmas novelties and the Christmas
goods as well as the regular stock have
been so attractively displayed that the
Christmas shopper is tempted. Articles
for the home, beautiful silverware, cut
glass and china, furniture of all kinds,
modish wearing apparel for the women,
children and men to say nothing about
the innumerable and wonderful toys
furnish an assortment large enough and
with a range of price to suit every purse.
FIRE DEPARTMENT PLANS
FOR THEIR ANNUAL FROLIC
The New Ulm Fire department is
arranging for the annual ball to be
held New Year's eve. It is hoped that
the influenza will be extinct by that
time so that the usual merry crowd may
assemble.
DRAFT OFFICIALS
GIVEN NEW ORDERS
SHERIFF JULIUS ORDERED TO
KEEP LISTS OPEN PENDING
INSTRUCTIONS
PROMPTNESS AND EXCELLENCE
OF LOCAL BOARD'S WORK
COMMENDED
Tuesday morning Sheriff W J. Julius,
Chairman of the local Draft Board
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got a wire from the Adjutant General's
office directing mm~not to seal his
records and that detailed information
would reach him by mail.
Several weeks ago orders were issued
that the local boards should go out
of existence on December 10 and they
were instructed to seal up everything
and have the Chairman attach his
signature and then send all his material
in to headquarters. What this new' Kea
order means no one seems to be able
to state with any degree of certainty
but it will have the effect of keeping
the office of the local board open and
Secretary Herman P. Jahnke on the
job until such time as orders are received
to seal up the records and send them
in.
Adjutant General's Compliments
During the latter part of the month
of November the local board sent in
its final report to the Adjutant General
giving detailed and complete informa
tion about the work done by them from
the time of their appointment until
the end of the war. They were the
first board to file their report and it
was fixed up in such admirable style
that the Adjutant General sent them
a wire commending them for their
promptness and the excellent character
of their woik.
Limited Service Men Leave
Joseph Kuehn of Minneapolis who
has been rendering clerical assistance
to the local board and Fred Lieske of
Henderson who has been Secretary
of the Doctors' Advisory Board but who
has spent most of his time helping
on the clerical work of the local board,
left yesterday afternoon for St. Paul
where they will have to report not later
than 5 P. M. today at Hotel Sherman.
From there they will proceed to Camp
Dodge, la., to be mustered out. No
doubt all the limited service men of the
state will be mustered out at the same
time and the limited service men from
New Ulm and Brown County who num
ber at least seven, will soon be mustered
out and return home
NEW STORE OPENS
P. A. Becker from St. James will
open a Variety store in the Hummel
building on Minnesota Street. The
stock is being arranged now and the
store will be open to the public Sat
urday. His announcement appears on
Page 8 of this issue.
Nothing has so far developed this
week to interfere with the plans of the
young people who are preparing a
patriotic play for presentation next
Sunday evening at the Catholic school
house. A synopsis of the play appears
on another page of this issue "Mrs.
Tubb's Does Her Bit." 'Do yours by
buying a ticket to help the C. K. War
Fund.
PETERSON CASE I if
FINALLY S Ef LED
SUPREME COURT AFFIRNHPJtiE
VERDICT GIVING DAMAGES
TO PLAINTIFF
KAERCHER ESPIONAGE CASE IS
AGAIN RETURNED TO THE
LOWER COURT
Among the cases decided by the Supreme
Court last Friday was that of Anna
Peterson vs The Mystic Workers of
the World, appealed to the highest
tribunal of the State from an order of
the District Court of Browji County
denying a motion for a new triaW The
Supreme Court's decision affirms the
verdict of the lower court.
to an in a
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Lower Court Gives Verdict
This case was brought by the plaintiff
as beneficiary to recover the sum of
$1,200.00 due on an insurance policy
held by the plaintiff's husband in the
defendant association and was originally
tried at the May 1917 term of the District
Court of this County The jury re
turned a verdict in favor of the plain
tiff for the full amount stated in the
policy and accrued interest.
Upper Court Sustains Lower
A new" trial was granted by Judge
Olsen on the ground of error in the
admission of testimony, and the case
was again tried and resulted in a verdict
for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,320
Upon being at the December term of
the District Court, denied a new trial,
the Mystic Workers of the World ap
pealed to the State Supreme Court with
the above result, thus losing and for
the third time.
Kaercher Case Again Up _~
Another case decided by the State
Supreme Court Friday, which is of
general interest, was the Kaercher
appeal from an order ovenuling his
_nak.
on of he a of 1 9 1 7 a re
ing it unlawful for any*person to in-1
terfere with or discourage enlistment in
the United States army or navy. The
Supreme Court holds the act valid in
its entirety and afFrms the order of
the Big Stone County Court overruling
in A a on
Attacked Law in Demurrer
charges against him, both resulting in
jury disagreements, attracted wide at
tention. After the second trial he de
murred to the indictment on the ground
that the facts stated did not constitute
a public offense, and attacked the law
contending that section three, prohibit
ing persons advocating citizens should
not aid in prosecuting the war, was
not within the act.
The indictment charging Kaercher
with violation of section 3 of the law
accused him of questioning the right
of the government to send men over
seas and of asserting that it was "not
the people's war, but the war of East
ern influences."
All Three Sections Upheld
Ruling that the purpose of the law is
clear, the opinion, written by Judge
Quinn, points out that section 1 makes
it unlawful to publish printed or writ
ten matter advocating that men should
not enlist that section 2 prohibits ut
terances at meetings of more than
five persons, and section 3 makes it
unlawful to teach by written or printed
matter whatsoever or by oral speech
that a citizen of this country should
not aid or assist the United States in
prosecuting war with its public enemies.
Having upheld the first two,sections
in earlier decisions, the supreme court
then makes a like ruling in section 3.
The case is remanded for further
proceedings in the lower court, ^m.
INFLUENZA STILL VERY BAD
While New Ulm has not yet been
badly hit by the scourge of disease there
are still a good many more eases than
are agreeable. The doctors are all
kept very busy, particularly with pa
tients in the rural districts but there
have been no deaths here during the
past several days. This section is
truly fortunate in the infrequency of
fatalities and also may congratulate
itself on the excellent and untiring
medical aid our physicians offep as
well as the care to be had at the local
hospitals. It is also probably true
that a lack of fear for disease and a
normal state of mind and reasonable Sleepy Eye Walter Anderson, Prairie
precaution have had much to do with ville Otto J. Tjaden, Milford Olai
1^|our escape from worse $ Gulbrandsen, Linden.
*TA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1918
COURT GRIND NOW
IS GOING FORWARD
TWO DAMAGE SUITS SETTLED
BY LITIGANTS BEFORE
SESSmN Q££NS
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ELEVEN CASES WILL BE TRIED
fe BY THE COURT BALANCE
BY JURY
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Monday morning the December term
of the District Court of Brown County
convened at the Court House at 11
o'clock. Of the twenty-three grand
jurors summoned only twenty-two re
ported for duty. Wm. Hamann of the
town of Cottonwood was excused on
acrount of sickness and the Sheriff
reported that Charley Buggert, formerly
of the town of Sigel^ had left the town
and state. None of the jurors who
reported for duty were excused.
Of the grand jury five are from New
Ulm. one from Sleepy Eye, one from
Springfield, one from Albin, one from
Bashaw, one from Cottonwood, one
from Comfrey, one from Eden, one
from Home, one from Leavenworth,
one from Lake Hanska, two from Lin
den, one from North Star, one from
Sigel, one from Stark and one from
Stately
B. Krook was appointed foreman
of the Grand Jury and Alfred Marti
was selecte'd Clerk upon their retiring.
Capt. Jos. Hofmeister is/bailiff of the
Grand Jury and Fred Prahl and Joseph
Weisenborn are the other bailiffs. George
Hogen is again on duty as deputy clerk
This is the first time for almost a quarter
of a century that John Schapekahm
did not appear and serve as bailiff of
the grand jury.
iForty-one civil eases had been noticed
trial and upon the preliminary
P- of the calendar the following
disilfcition was made:
Settled^ •OA^.^W'
Vineenz Zemler vs City of Sleepy
E a
es Stuehg and Gustav Stuebe,
vs. The Minneapolis & St. Louis Rail
road Co. State Bank of Cobden, vs,
Anna Golnick.
v.f Court Cases
rr «. Albert Anderson Adelia Horn
Kaercher is county attorney of Big[ Hornburg, Jr. In the
Stone county, and two trials of the
In the Matter to Enforce Collection
attorney Trom OrtonvillI °J Taxes Delinquent on'the first Mon-
day of January, 1917, Brown County
a of he E a of a a
deceased In re Claim of Louise Feist,
Appeal from Probate Court State of
Minnesota vs. Stanislaus Sperl Lucy
A. Kiefer et al, vs. Wm. G. Frank,
Administrator et al Gustav E. Lamb
recht, vs. Barbara Domeier etal Lena
Schluck vs. Joseph Schluck Floyd
Keyser et al, vs. Emil G. Hage et al
Katherine Laway and Andreas Laway
vs. Robert A. Fiemeyer and Lucy Fie
meyer William Timm versus Anton
Steffen et al Catherine Defiel, vs.
Anton Steffens et al.
Jury Cases
Henry Hartmann vs. Edward F.
Berkner Edward Wegner vs. Chicago
& Northwestern Railway Co. Farmers
Co-Operative Packing Co. vs.« John
F. Strassburg Farmers Co-Operative
Packing Co. vs. H. A. Alfred Farmers
Co-Operative Packing Co. vs. R. P.
Johnson Farmers Co-Operative Pack
ing Co. vs. Frank Gross Farmers Co
Operative Packing Co. vs. W. P. Remu3
Farmers Co-Operative Packing Co. vs.
Joe F. Kloeckl Farmers Co-Operative
acking Co. vs. Wm. J. Lendt Farmers
Co-Operative Packing Co. vs. Henry
Hartman Farmers Co-Operative Pack
ing Co. vs. Wm. Trebesch Julius
Strosche'n vs. William Metzsn Farm
ers Co-Operative Packing Co. vs. Otto
Orth Farmers Co-Operative Packing
Co. vs. M. H. Altermatte Farmers Co
Operative Paeking Co /vs. Mat. Ber
trand Farmers Co-Operative Packing
Co. vs. H. F. Dohrmann Milford &
Cottonwood Dairy Association vs. Arthur
J. Janka Jacob Hauer, vs. George Gug
gisbejg State of Minnesota vs. Gustav
Polzin Noel C. Hoffmann vs. E. W.
LaGow M. L. Johnson, W. S. Johnson
and W. H. Evans vs. Jacob Klossner Jr.
Monday afternoon the case of Fred
Aufderheide et al vs. Maryland Casualty
Co.. of Maryland was tried to the court
and several motions were heard. In
addition to that, applications for citizen
ship papers were heard, the Federal
Government being represented by Joseph
G. Greely. -'The following were granted
citizens papers: Alfred Bigot, Spring
field Soren Peter Nielsen, New Ulm
Julius Bogatka, Sigel Hugh Morrison,
On account of the conflicting orders
the number of citizens made at this
term of court is considerably smaller
than it would otherwise have beenr
Under the present rules and regula
tions there are several classes of ap
plicants for citizens papers and on
account of a misunderstanding and
confusion of orders quite a number
whose applications should have been
heard at this term were given notice
that their applications would not 'be
considered at this time and that they
need not come in. Later this order
was changed but it was too late to reach
the different applicants'.
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Of the petit jurors who were'sum
moned to report Tuesday morning fiv^
failed to put in an appearance. Three
of them, Chas. Bernloeher of Albin,
Albert Durbahn of Sleepy Eye and
F. E. Schotzko of Springfield were ex
cused by the Court on statutory grounds,
Fred A. Ohlsen of Springfield has joined
the colors and Adolph Schmidt of Stately
could not be found.
The first case called for jury trial
was that of Henry Hartmann vs. Edward
F. Berkner and this was being tried
when the Review west to press. One
jury case, that of Julius Stroschein vs.
William Metzen has been settled and
dismissed since Court convened.
CHRISTMAS DRIVE
FOR MEMBERSHIPS
RED CROSS ROLL CALL WILL
..INCREASE ORGANIZATION'S
EFFECTIVENESS
PRESIDENT WILSON URGES ALL
TO BECOME MEMBERS
THIS YEAR
The Christmas Red Cross members,
ship roll will be called nexty week all
over the country and the chapter for
the east end of Brown County is pre
paring for it by getting committeemen
appointed and lining up the work this
week. Rev. C. G. Hohn is in charge
here and has appointed the following
to conduct the work outside of New
Ulm:
Milford—E. A. Geisler. Cottonwood
—Wilbur Strate Linden—Theo. Thor
modson. Lake Hanska—T. C. Hovde.
Albin—Paul Svenstad. Hanska Village
—H. Anderson. Sigel—Jno. A. Zellmer.
Dr. O. C. Stnckler is chairman for
New Uim and his assistants will be
Wm. P. Backer, Captain of the First
Ward, Geo. D. Erickson, Captain of
the Second Ward and John H. Forster,
Captain of the Third Ward. Each cap
tain will choose his own team members.
New Ulm has some eight hundred
members of the Red Cross and it is
hoped to increased the number materially
by making a thoro search of the city
for candidates. Last year twenty-two
million persons joined the Red Cross.
That was one fifth the population of the
United States. Thus it will be seen
that the New Ulm membership of eight
hundred does not come up to the nation's
percentage. There must be at least
twelve hundred members of the -Red
Cross here if New Llm is to take its
proper place in this work.
By enrolling as a member of the or
ganization and paying a dollar at this
time you will be paying in your chare
of the fund which the Red Cross must
have to continue their work during the
winter. President Wilson before he
left for the Peace Conference issued a
call to his people which will be found
on Page 2 JBe sure^to read what he has
to say. a
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THREE MORE MISSING INACTION
Last week brothers and sisters of
Joseph Schardt received a message that
he has been missing in action in France
since October1w 17. He is about 30
years of age and"was a member of the
contingent which left New Ulm for
Camp Dodge June 25th. Here he was
in training for several months before
he was sent overseas. His parents are
both dead. His brothers and sisters
live in the Schardt home on North
Minnesota Street near the Northwestern
tracks.
AnotherUrown County~*boy reported
missing in action is Andrew J. Schons
of Springfield. A telegram to that
effect reached his relatives^last Wed
nesday.
Nic Jungers, from our neighboring
city of Sleepy Eye, and who is well
known to many of Jthe New Ulm rjesi
dents recently wrote to hfe parents that
he^ had been wounded while in the
front line trenches. He lost an eye
and his right arm was broken and shat
tered by a shell,* ji*
NUMBER 50
AUTO THIEF SHOWS
XCELLENT TASTE
CHOOSES ONE OF THE EEST TO
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*CLEAN GET-AWAY
EARLY HOURS KEPT BY•s DOCTOR-r
MAKES HIM EASY VICTIM
ft*-? OF "RUSTLEUS"
When Dr. George B. Weiser got
up last Friday morning his wife told 1
him that the garage door was open and
he immediately ventured* the remark
that someone must have entered the **L»
garage during the night and stolen 7
bis car. He dressed in a hurry and! ,*
went to the garage where he found Ms
suspicions verified. The car was gone
and an inspection of the premises prox
imate to the garage failed to locate it. „f
Took Their Time
According to the Doctor the thief
or thieves went at the job methodically
and deliberately and did not seem to
be in a big hurry to get thru with it.
There is conclusive proof that they had
the electric light turned on, because
the one light was hung on a hook in
a different fashion than the Doctor
is in the habit of hanging it up They
were not satisfied with taking the car,
but appropriated the chains which were
lying on a bench. They also inspected!
the gasoline tank and found that there
wasn't enough gasoline in the car to»
take them any distance, so they located I
an old tank which had not been used
for about two years, from which they
secured enough gasoline for their im
mediate needs, because the can which
they used to transfer the gasoline from I
the tank to the car was left nearly
»half^ full^ They also took a can of
lubricating oil,
The police and sheriff were imV-?
mediately notified. They got on the
job at once but have so far been unable
to locate the car or to obtain any clue
which might lead to its return. No
doubt the thieves had a handicap of
several hours and by this time the *,
beautiful maroon of the doctor's car
is probably a shiny new black in some
faraway city.
The car stolen was'an Oldsmobile
roadster which the doctor had purchased
about six months ago. It was con
servatively worth $1600.Q0 at the time'
of the theft. The doctor put the car
into his garage as usual fhurjsday nigfet
and it was there yet sat 10 o'elock V"
the evening because he saw it there.
He had not locked the garage on *te \&
theory that if anyone wanted to~st*tel
the car he would be able to get feto
the garage even if it were locaked
Mrs. John Kuehn, a neighbor, heard a £&\^. *$
noise around the Weiser garage about L^SPf^
midnight but paid vsry little attention?
to it, because the doctor has been iru
the habit of coming and going at almost,
any time of the day or night.
That same night some party or
parties got into the Fred Radtke garage
on the alley back of Washington Street
between Second and Third North Streets,
backed the car, a Buick, out of the
garage and pushed it over to Second
North Street and then to State Street
where they abandoned it in front of
the Lutheran church. This happened ^jj»
shortly after 10 o'clock in the evening
About the same time the fellows who
had stolen the Radtke car were trying
to get it started a Ford eame up State
Street from the South and stopped op
posite them and Henry F. Schrader
who lives diagonally across the street
from the Lutheran church overheard!
some of the conversation that took
place between these peopje. From what
he heard he is of the opinion that one
of the men was back of the steering
wheel working the starter and the
other man was pushing the ear. There
was considerable laughing and joking:
and it was nearly half past ten when,
he overheard one of them say that they
were going to "get her" and shortly
afterwards the parti had disappeared,
leaving the Radtke car -in 'front «of 4&e
church where the owner found it the
next day. ^_
Several Suspicious Characters
Two suspicious looking fejlows were
noticed all day Thursday chasing up»
and down the streets with a Ford «u\.
Two other' suspicious-looking feHows
were also noticed at the Hotel Hall.
They arrived Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock and stayed in their room
until the next morning *aj 10 o'clock.
They then got up and sat around the
hotel and occasionally one would go»
out and then come back and then thv
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