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VOL. XLII. 1 ^-^fy-'l 5i# LUNDEEN ARRAIGNS FOREIGN ELEMENTS NO PLACE IN, THIS COUNTRY FOR PRO-BRITISHERS, HE SAYS. ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE HEARS ARGUMENTS AGAINST LEAGUE. An enthusiastic reception was ten dered to Former Congressman Ernest Lundeen when he spoke before a large audience at the local Turner Theatre, last Sunday afternoon. Coming so close after the reported abominable treatment accorded him by Sheriff John Gowan -r,. 0 of Big Stone county at Ortonville, Mr. Lundeen may feel assured that the citizens of New Ulm and vicinity do not approve of such raw and un-American mob action, but condemn it in the spirit they have always cherished in regard to the American institution of free speech. In his speech, Mr. Lundeen made a strong attack on that portion of the American press which is taking an un American and pro-foreign stand in regard to many vital questions affecting our domestic and international life. He referred to a statement recently made by Senator Hiram D. Johnson of Cali fornia, in which that staunch defender of American rights and independence said it was very unpopular with certain newspapers in this country to talk Amer icanism. The. speaker therefore wel comed the arrival of the Minnesota Daily Star, the farmer-labor daily, which is soon to be published in Minneapolis, by the Northwest Publishing Company. He also asked his hearers to lend their support to those local papers which, without fear or favor, defend their rights!TWIN as American citizens. That the Brown County Journal was not included in this commendation may be seen-frorft--the* interpretation he placed upon a headliner that paper used in reporting his de portation at Ortonville. The speaker said that he remained "in cold storage" temporarily but that so far as the League of Nations covenant was concerned he hoped it would be put in cold storage permanently. Mr. Lundeen did not favor putting the publisher of tne Journal in' "'cold stor age" as this action might cause an ice famine, owing to his portly figure Nevertheless, it was not entirely impos sible that the "cold storage" method would be applied to the Journal's "weighty" publisher, should his attitude warrant such action, the speaker asserted' League of Nations Covenant. Mr. Lundeen's main topic was the League of Nations covenant Jbrought over by Mr.. Wilson on his return from Paris. The speaker characterized the league, as proposed by the Paris Peace conference, as the British-Wilson league. He explained that it deserved this name because the covenant was written by three Englishmen and the President gave it his full endorsement, calling Article 10 by which English supremacy in all her conquered lands is to be upheld, the heart of the treaty. He quoted a statement by Senator Knox, former secretary of state, in which he said that contrivance should be thrown over board and the war declared at an end. He illuminated the. uncertainty of the present situation by ^referring to Presi dent Wilson's recent statement re garding the status of the country. In vetoing the prohibition measures, Presi dent Wilson said, "The war is o\er." A few days later, in urging the miners who threatened a walkout, to remain on their jobs, he declared "The war is in still a fact." "What are we to think of the present status of the country, if the highest executive is so uncertain about it?" "Mr. Lundeen asked- This sudden change of mind in this and other question of importance to the well being of the. country is responsible for the appellation "Wobbly Woodrow,'' the speaker explained. the men in America who had been en-' with accounts telling how the American trusted with the protection of the country Farm Bureau Federation went on" record and its citizens have betrayed the people as opposing the League. These state of the United States and that the whole ments have absolutely no foundation .. British Preponderance, fl., Mr. Lundeen reiterated his conten tion that-the giving of six votes in the assembly of the League to Great Britain and only one to the United States w. an insult to the American people who a 3 placed on the same footing with several nations of real insignificance in intsr national life. If the colonies and do minions of Great Britiain are to have one vote each, there is no reason why the (Continued on page 8.) SPECIAL SERVICES? $ ., via*. Local Churches To Observe Thanks giving Day, Tomorrows As in former years, the local churches have announced special services for Thanksgiving Day which will be observ ed tomorrow throughout the nation. All these services will be held during the morning, namely as follows: St. Paul's Ev. Luth. church: 10:30 A. *M., special Thanskgiving services and sermon. ir- Hqly Trinity Catholic :churcti 9 A. M., special high mass, with sermon. Congregational church: 10:30 A. M., special services with sermon. Methodist church: 10:30 A. "VM., Thanksgiving services. ,'f Bethel and Friedens church, combined 10:30, Special services. Rev. Mayer will deliver the sermon and Rev. Juedes will assist him during the services. There will be no services in the local Episcopal church, the congregation being -n TV/ without a minister at present. Rev. Chas. a o{ a a in services here last Wednesday will come to New Ulm the first of the new year and take up the position as pastor of the local Episcopal church. STUDENTS TO RENVILLE. Sixteen students of Dr. Martin Lu ther College of this city have been engaged to furnish music, both vocal and instrumental, at two homecoming celebrations in honor of the returned World war veterans at Renville, tomor row. The first event will take place in the Lutheran church during the fore noon, and will be for the young men of the congregation who have seen service overseas and in this country. In the afternoon a public celebration will be held at the village hall for all of the re turned doughboys of the community. Prof. Fr. Reuter, the efficient musical instructor at the college, will aecompahy the students to Renville.' CITY DAILIES I ME TRUTH BOLDLY MIS-STATE FACTS CONNECTION WITH FARM IN BUREAU MEETING AN EXAMPLE OF CORRUPT FLIM- FLAM FOISTED ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC At a meeting held in Chicago on No vember 12 and 13, the American Farm Bureau Federation was formed. This meeting was attended by delegates from nearly every state in the'-Union,'and as is natural in any such large gathering, there were numerous differences of opinion. During the course of the debate one delegate from Kansas made the state ment that he hoped the organization would not be political in nature fend that it would have nothing to do with the Non-Partisan League. Bold Mis-Statement of Facts. .This was a choice morsel for some of the newspapers and was seized upon with great glee by Twin City reporters. The net result was that a number of the Twin City dailies, which seem to delight in bucking the Farm Bureau, came out in fact, since the statement made on the floor of this meeting was just the personal feelings of one delegate. Kl Real Attitude of Meeting. These same papers have failed, in a large measure, to call attention to the real att'tude of the meeting, as it was evidenced by the following resolution:1 "Whereas, Minneapolis, and St. Paul dailies have carried reports to convey the impression that the American Farm Bureau Federation has gone on record as opposing the Non-Partisan League, when, as a matter of fact, the basis of the report was a passing remark- by a delegate and was not any action by the delegates, Therefore^ O "Be it resolved: That the American Farm Bureau Federation does not go on record for^ or against any political organization, but welcomes the co operation of all farmers, irrespective of their ^political affiliations." ^#lfe Stands For Square Deal. Ife The Farm Bureau stands, and Jalways has stood, for a square deal to all farmers, regardless of. ancestray, color, religion or politics. It is the one great organiza tion where everyone can drop all differ ences he may have with his neighbor and. boost for bigger and better agricul ture for his county, state and nation. FINANCIAL AID ASKED OF COUNCIL COMMERCIAL CLUB COMMITTEE MATTER T- BRINGS To Cdst"Abour$40,00^.,:^||||S Mr. Olson explained that the project as worked out by Mr. Minium, city engineer, would cost in the neighborhood of $40,000. This sum excludes the work to be done on this side of the river. Some people being of the opinion that the Babcock law regarding^ the building of hard surface road to the extent of about 8,000 miles in the state of Minne sota would do away with the deplorable situation of the river approaches Judge Olspn said that it was hardly probable that the law would affect the road building in this part of the state in the next six years. He pointed, out that the law as passed by the legislature does not pro"vide~for the raising of the accessary funds. After the adoption of the plan NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26,1919 Jb' ™--l Htif i\*j»FINDS SUPPORT^ it r5* *J SENTIMENT IN FAVOR OF GET- 'i TING ROAD 4k BRIDGE $L WORK DONE. The members of tfae NeV Uln£ Ci£yVi Council at a special meeting held last Saturday declared themselves to be in favor of giving support to 'the plan of improving the river crossing so as to make it passible at all times of the year. The matter was brought up by a committee of the local Commercial Club consisting of Messrs. Olson, Ochs and Boock.£They reported ori the progress the movement has so far made stating, that the Commissioners of Brown county had given them assurance that the county would defray part of the expense in raising the river approaches^ Judge Olson gave a vivid description of the work contemplated. The Mueller hill was referred to as the most logical road way as an approach to the city of New Ulm. 'v: ^v^gy^ by a prebiscite next year the legislature le, also the woman's building will have to pass again, on the matter, he stated: This would make it impossi ble to. do any road work at all in 1921 since it would take about half a year to go through the formalities of issuing the bonds voted by the legislature in February or March of that year. After that the question will arise: Where will they start to build? According to the opinion expressed by Judge Olson there is no doubt but that the first work will be done on the roads centering in the Twin Cities. Preference would be given to the following four, he said: The well-known Jefferson road, 2. the main highway from Minneapolis to Duluth, 3. the highway leading from Minneapolis to Watertown, S. D., 4. the highway from Minneapolis to Crookston. It would take all of four years to build these roads, Judge Olson said and a period of at least six years would have to elapse before anything would be done to the roads coming into New Ulm. This would be too long to wait, he said. Council men In Favor. NEW GRAND STAND FOR FAIR.GROUNDS BROWN COUNTY AGftlCULTURAL SOCIETY FOR ERECTION &> feOF BUILDINGSI **l$r "SI a .~* ', tl ANNUAL MEETING DISCUSSES OTHER MATTERS OFv 'iV A a me a a a if r' Several councilmen expressed their willingness to have the council go on record as favoring the project and the general sentiment seemed to be to assure the committee of the city's firfancial aid. Although no resplution was passed the committee was promised the full support of the council. Final action will be taken at a special meeting this week Friday or at the regular monthly meeting next week Tuesday.--/,., :*,.' Up To Commissioners. .' The roads in question being on the east side of the river Nicollet County will be expected to defray part of the expense. Half of the cost, it is hoped, will be covered by the State and the other half will be divided between Nicollet County, Brown County and the City of New Ulm, according to the plan of the committee. The Commissioners of Brown county already have voted (Continued on page 2.) |gff New Daily Iinpe^-atiye. The bold mis-statement, of. facts by the Twin City dailies, as.sej-forth in the above timely "article by County Agent F. M. Bane of Sleepy Eye, again'dem onstrates the great necessity of estab lishing in the state's big population centers a daily newspaper that ^will print the truth about farmer and labor movements and activities. Such a news paper will shortly issue from Minneapo lis under the appropriate name of Minne sota Daily Star. It's object is to publish tha news of state, country and the whole world impartially and truthfully. Every farmer and laborer should give this new paper his financial and moral sup- 5i,*if At t*he annual meeting of the Brown County Agrieutural Society held at the Commercial Club rooms Tuesday eve ning, Nov. 18, it was defnitely decided to build a concrete grand stand this year and President Ferd. Crone was empowered to appoint a committee consisting of himself and 6 other members of- the Association to look after the building project^A woman's building is also among the improvements contem plated but no-definite action was taken by the Associatiottat the annual meeting. Itcis, understood, however that if the finances of the Society warrant this improvement also that the directors have|aV woman's buildmg erected this year,a lso. 'MMSM^MiW&ff^^ Cost $18,000. ¥H$W'" According to Pres. Crone the new grand stand will cost in, the neighbor hood of $18,000. It is to be built of concrete and will be 160 by 48 and have a seating capacity of7 2,000. As the total cash available asset of the society is on% a trifle over $8,000 it will: be ab solutely necessary, to raise it at least $10 6op more to pay fof the grand stand and if such sum should be raised then the,directors will be encouraged to also seriously consider the building of a wo man's building to be comp^eteid, for the next annual Fair which will be the S0th annualFair held by the Brown Coun ty Agricultural Society. Because the next i^the:'-50th ai^uaV'F^V'special 'efforts mtt, a 6 one and alsor to erectiand complete by Raise Stock to $15,000. To raise this additional $10,000 it was decidted to increasethe capital stock of the Society to $1&,000 .and as only $4,320 worth of stock has been sold so far it is hoped that by concertedand united efforts an additional $10,000 worth of stock be placed so that the expense of the grand stand will be taken care of. To. dispose of this additional stock a committee of 6 is to be appointed by the President who are expected to go to work at once witha will and get the stock subscribed. It is believed that the committee will not meet with very much difficulty^ because no stock, has been sold in the city of New Ulm for upwards' of 20 years and there should be a large number of citizens found (not only in New Ulm but also in the sur rounding country). who have no stock at all and who are willing to help along a proposition which has proven its worth whiteness. For the purpose of helping along the, sale o^ stock the matter of issu ing an admission ticket for each share of stock held by the stockholders of the Society was discussed at length*but voted down. This matter, however, will be again considered at a subsequent direc tors'' meeting and if it should develop that it would be a good plan to offer that inducement to' stockholders the directors may adopt such a resolution.^ Townships Exhibits Encouraged. In the matter of plans for improving the Fair it was suggested that town ship exhibits would be a great drawing card and this matter was referred to the Board of Directors for final action as also was the naming of the second day of theFair 'Pioneers Day' and giving to all of the Pioneers of New Ulm and vicinity a complimentary ticket,to attend the fair on that day. The matter of having a rest room for women as a special feature for subse quent fairs was also discussed and was favorably considered as was also the proposition of having, a rest room for, men. It was also considered a good idea to have a chemical or two at the grounds during fair week as a fire pro tection the same to be in charge of the New Ulm Fire Department. All these matters were merely discussed and will be considered in due time by the board of directors. ,, Best Attendance in History.'' From the-report of the secretary ap pears that the 49th annual fair held at the fair grounds August 25,26 and 27 of this year was the. best attended fair ever held by the assoeiatiomi'There was a total paid, attendance of 10,105 and the total ol gate and grand stand (Continued on paj* S,) *•, SHIPMENTS TO GERMANY^ Restrictions Removed By Berlin Gov eminent on Relief Parcels. ^. ^-^1"/-" Postmaster Fred Pfaender is in receipt of a communication from the Post Office Department at Washington ad1 vising him that all restrictions on parcel post packages to Germany have beer) removed by the German government. The communication reads: as follows "With reference to previous notices concerning certain restrictions imposed by.the German government on.•• the* imRortfttion in$o Gejanany^^th*$ugh the parcel post fmerchaiidjise and food* stufjfeDoMmasters areih^iie^aMj^oriaecl to, accept without Gerrapt import li censes, packages of. foodstuffs, not perishable, and articles for the personal use of the addressee, up to a weight limit of eleven pounds, the restrictions of a two-pound and a five-pound weight limit imposed on certain articles and the prohibition against the acceptance of certain foodstuffs as set forth in the notice of October 27, no longer being applicable." A BLAZE THREATENS LANDMARK. The old Forster building on North Broadway, one of the sturdy landmarks of the pioneer days in New Ulm and a staunch haven of refuge for the valiant defenders of this city during the Indian massacre, was threatened with destruc tion by a blaze of problematical origin Sunday evening. The fire department was called out and discovered an insi pient fire in the attic of the building, which is occupied by the Chas. Schroeck and Peter Feller families. Owing, to the prompt arrival of the fire laddies, the blaze was extinguished by the use of chemicals and there was no need of turning on the water. Consequently the damage was not very great. The alarm was sent in just at six o'clock.^ RESTRICTIONS IN *M' jy.V. ,K$43* STATION AGENTS AND LOCAL DEALERS RECEIVE IN- STRUCTIONS. NO MORE BITUMINOUS COAL TO CONSUMERS WITH WEEK'S SUPPLY. 'Further restrictions have been placed on soft cpal deliveries in the North west. Local railroad agents and coal dealers are in receipt of communications from the Northwest Regional Commis sion, Federal Fuel Administration, con^ taining instructions regarding the hand ling \of the bituminous product. One of them addressed to F. P. Starr, station agent of the N. W. line, was received on Monday. It stated that it is no longer possible to release to dealers particular grades of coal, which their trade de mands. 'vy^- •'-.-• '••'.%'] -.. \ri V, In regard to deliveries to local con sumers the statement says that no more coal should be delivered to con sumers who have one week's supply on hand.iv The communication read as fol lows:' 1 t( NUMBER 48%Mm: PHON^COMPANYi '?,-'/ W BOOST RATES APPLICATION MADE FOR LARGEL ft INCRAESS ON ALL SER- '-'-'VICE LINES. HEARUSC SEX FOR TUESDAY^, DEC 2 AT- CQMMERCIAL^ S|®|R?CJL^%,R^OM«,^ 'f •Jftt ,:*•••'Uiif ^.iiyl-V V*.i ,f" -f ~"t A hearing has been rsetby the* Minne*-* sota- Railroad and- Warehouse Com- mission in the matter of an application?' for higher telephone rates made by the? New Ulm Rural Telephone Company It will be held at the Commercial Club* rooms in this city on Tuesday, December 2nd, at 9:30 a. m. A .member of:the?« Commission will be present to conduct the hearing, The increase in the rates for Busihessr lines will not be as high as in the casesv just quoted. The old and proposed. new rates.in these cases arer rii-tV'-vexceedingly 1 \feJ$gx *i "It isnecessary to place further restric tions on deliveries to retail dealers and their deliveries to consumers. It is no longer possible to release to dealers particular grades which their' trade demands. Retail dealers must refuse to make deliveries to consumers having on hand one week's supply." I A S Mik*' Suggest Conservation! 1X° %JJkr &tM>* In order to meet all needs and relieve the situation created by the strike as much as possible, the following sugges tions as to how fuel can be conserved have been made by the Northwest Re gional Commission in a communication to Mr. Starr:- ,^f "All public instit.tions,' office build ings, Hotels, department stores, churches, schools, theatres, flats, ftsidences and other, structures using heat or light are hereby requested to .conserve fuel ,and we suggest the following rules:5" 1. Do not waste hot water. ,Every gallon wasted was so' much fuel. 2. Turn off radiators in all rooms not in actual use. 3. Wasts of light is waste of fuel. Turn out lights not in use.^1^ 4. Ventilate properly, but do no waste heat.- ,^j "{These instructions should be so constructed, as to in no way cause suffering or hardship.' S-C JThe application of the New Ulm -, *t Rural Telephone Company asks for~ the authority to increase' its rates for business service as well, as for residence and rural telephone service.: All lines~ are affected by the proposed increase-) 100 Per Cent Higher. *, In the'case of residence. and rurair'' service new rates proposed are just 100*-'* per cent higher than they are now~_ The' present individual residence rate is:- , $1.00, the proposed increased Tate* is'i $2.00. The two-party residence- fine1 rate will be increased from $0^75 to $1.50^ if the application is acted upon favorably Rural mult-party linerates are now $IJQ0_ The new proposed rate is $2,001. ,,. Individual business line, $2.00—$3100:-. Two-party business line, $1.50^.75 $2.00. v:'..\-/- "•'.' .'.'. \t A copy of the order for hearing has- ..^ been filed with City Clerk. Wm. secretary of the Railroad & Warehousei Commission. ABOUT 95 TEACHERS ATTEND INSTITUTE^ Interesting Talks Given by. NormaE Teachers.—Conductors Well. Pleased With City.,» The institute for rural school teachersv which opened at the local Armory„ Monday morning, is proving a decided success. The sessions will close, this noon. There are about 95, teachecs= present, including about a dozen raafe instructors in the country schools of the county, and all are takeing an active interest in the work. ,. ., The. institute is in charge of Prof." Geo. F. Howard of St. Paul, assisted by Miss Jessie Wedin of Grantsburg, Wis~ Both are employed by the Minnesota State Department of Education and are* well versed in teachers' institute work The former gives instruction in interme diate geography, while Miss Wedra teaches intermediate history. Both are* difficult studies owing ,to the events and changes wrought by the* 1 World war. Interesting educational talks, contain- $ ing much good advice for those attend ing the institute, were given by Miss it Ida Koch, in charge of the normal, department, of the local high school,, as well as by Miss Virginia Wales, who fe engaged in the same work at the Sleepy Eye high school. jf. &• Prof. Howard and Miss Wedin are *«3' f-* greatly impressed with the grandeur of New Ulm, being especially impressed by the many beautiful homes here,- fA They were eloquent in their, praise ofcT, the spacious armory and its eompfetec modern appointments for meetings like? the teachers' institute. The new muni cipal building and other public strue- -, tures also found favor with them. Their stay in New Ulm has been a pleasant one, as they remarked to the Retieicz' reporter. \r' CLOSED ON THANKSGIVING DAY^ All barber shops in the city will be closed all day tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day. The meat markets, banks, city and county offices also will be closed. The postoffice will be open from 8 to 9 in the morning, but there will be no maff^ delivery on that dayw "*y"'y rr-*-'** Miss Elsie Englund of Brainerd was* visiting with Huldah Grusaendorf last week. Miss Englund is commercial teacher" at the Brainerd Commercial College where, a year ago, Miss Grusaen dorf also was a teacher. l*y$ tJ