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VOL. XLIV. CLEAN-UP SQUAD COMING TO KATO INJURED SOLDIERS WILL BE EXAMINED FOR TRAINING AND COMPENSATION. EIGHT COUNTIES INCLUDED IN DISTRICT DESIGNATED BY DIRECTOR. All exrservice persons of the late World war, who are in need of hospital care and attention, or who are entitled to compensation, are to be assisted in securing their rights through a new Clean-up Campaign, which has been formulated by Colonel C. R. Forbes, director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. It is Director Forbes' de sire that every ex-service man and woman may be apprised of their rights under the War Risk Insurance Act to ass'ist disabled ex-service persons in {securing compensation, medical treat ment and hospital care to inform and assist all claimants regarding the pro cedure necessary in filing a claim for compensation and insurance to assist those whose claims are pending in se curing final action, where additional evidence is necessary to connect their disability with the service, or other data required by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, and to provide for immediate physical examination, where necessary, and promptly furnish hos pitalization for urgent cases. Must Locate Men. The first step of the plan is to locate all ex-service men in the district, who ai in need of hospital care and medical attention, who desire to make appli cation for compensation or have their claims re-considered or expedited. This information will be gained by re vising the files, by an advertising cam paign, by the aid of various American Legion Posts and by representatives of the Red Cross and other ex-servica men's organizations. Having located these men, personal letters will be written to each one, notifying them of the plan of the in tensive campaign, which is now on, to see that they secure whatever govern ment aid th?y ?r? need of and en titled to. Clean-Up Drive Arranged. Arrangements are now being made for a clean-up dri\'e, which will be carried on simultaneously by four S IS Hi StfltSfl Of sota, North and South Dakota and Montana. These squads will be com posed of a medical examiner, a com pensation and insurance claims contact examiner and a third member selected from the office force of the district office, together with a representative of the American Legion and the Red Cross. Necessary Instructions. All Red Cross representatives and Legion Posts have the necessary forms and instructions to enable them to as sist ex-service men to make applica tion for compensation in order to se cure free transportation and sub sistence. This application must be placed in the hands of the district supei visor in order that arrangements may be made in advance to send the ex service men transportation to go to the place where the clean up up squad will be in session. Those who do not leceive transportation, but who go in and sign a claim for compensation and are in need of medical treatment, will be furnished with transportation and subsistence. In MankatoOct. 20. Word has been received that the traveling squad of examiners will come to Mankato, Thursday, October 20, and will remain there until Saturday, October 22. The hours of examining the ex-service men will be from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. on each of the three days. The district of which Mankato will be the examining center is composed of the following eight counties: Faribault, Martin, Watonwan* Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur and Sibley. Marshall will be the examining cen ter for seven counties, as follows: Red wood, Renville, Chippewa, Lac qui Paile, Yellow Medicine, Lincoln and Lyon. The examining squad will be stationed at Marshall only one day, Saturday, October 29, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. HUNTING SEASON OPENS. The local nimrods are making final preparations for the opening of the hunting season tomorrow (Thursday). Many of them will depart for the lakes, ponds and sloughs in this vicinity this evening to be on hand bright and early tomorrow morning. Wild ducks are not very plentiful, but there is* apparently an abundance of prairie chickens, according to reports, 'CASEY'S" ELECT. St. Patrick Counc.il, K. of held its annual meeting and election of officers, Monday evening, the latter resulting as follows: Grand Knight Frank W. Kosek Deputy Grand Knight, M. J. Buchl Chancellor, Joseph B. Groebner recorder, Carl P. Manderfeld financial secretary, Charles Herzog advocate, Albert D. Flor, warden, Henry Ranweiler treas urer, Robert Fesenmaier inside guard, Frank Willinger, Jr. outside guard, Henry Forst, Jr. The newly-elected Grand Knight will appoint the chap lain and the lecturer. County Treas urer Henry J. Berg, who has been Grand Knight for the past eight years, declined re-election. During his ten ure of office the Council has made ex cellent progress and accomplished much good. ASK FUNDS TO HIRE IDLE MEN ROAD OFFICIALS PLAN FALL AND WINTER WORK TO REDUCE WANT. LOCAL CITIZENS AND CLUBS ASKED TO URGE DOUBLE APPROPRIATION. In a nation-wide movement to re lieve the unemployment situation, re ported to be steadily growing more serious, by continuing extensive high way improvement work through the fall and winter months, Charles M. Babcock, as state highway commision er, this week issued a statement asking for the active co-operation of the public-spirited men and women of Minnesota. Both individually and through or ganizations, citizens are requested to petition their representatives in Con gress to double the 1921 Federal high way aid appropriation to enable the State Departments to enlarge plans and meet the emergency, Like ap peals for public co-operation are being made by highway executives in other states, it was announced, in an effort to legister public sentiment on this important subject before Gangressi Follows Hoover Proposal. Herbert C. Hoover, former food ad ministrator and now secretary of com merce, recently urged State Highway Departments to push plans toward" tir ploying i»a»YH?rsBi mHafetnt °ih men and preventing a winter of want for their families. Later he was directed by President Harding to ar range a national conference on the un employment situation. Anticipating that Secretary Hoover's proposal to continue public road opera tions will feature the conference find ings, and appreciating the need for funds, the state highway officials are campaigning to impress Congress with the necessity of passing the desired legislation. To emphasize the serious aspect of the matter, Commissioner Babcock pointed out that, although lumbering and other like industries in Minnesota this winter will afford little employ ment, the pending proposal in Congress is for a Federal highway aid reduction of 25 per cent which would cut the Minnesota apportionment to $2,130, 000. Commissioner Explains. "The public, apparently, is looking to state and other public departments to take the lead in this important matter," Commissioner Babcock said of the winter highway employment plan. "Much road work can be done with economy and to advantage during cold weather, and the highway officials of the several states are uniting in an effort to do their part. "Several hundred men of families will be employed on Minnesota high ways this fall and winter if funds are available. The Highway Depart ment some time ago made plans in that direction, expecting that at least the usual $2,840,000 apportionment of Federal aid would be forthcoming and that it would be able to anticipate collections of state funds. "In spite of the unemployment situa tion and the public demand for high way improvements adapted to winter construction, however, advices from Washington were that a 25 ,per cent reduction in federal aid was proposed. Fight for Funds Next, ,, I "Then this movement to obtain necessary funds was decided upon. Relying on the public to assist and Re lieving that members of Congress will realize the far-reaching effect of the relief plan, we are hopeful of the result. "But the first essential is the prompt co-operation of every good citizen." The commissioner said that a postal N 4*f j(Continued on faga NATIONAL FIRE.. PREVENTION DAY 3 50th ANNIVERSARY OF GREAT CHICAGO CONFLAGRATION OCTOBER NINTH. 1920 FIRE LOSSES OF NATION .OVER $5,000,000,00d 15,000 LIVES. In 1920 the fire loss of the United States was over $5,000,000,000. This staggering pioperty loss exceeded the total production of gold in this country and its possessions, including Alaska, for the past three years, according to the Minnesota Fire Marshal's Bulle tin. Think of it, a daily property loss cf approximately $1,370,000. An Absolute Loss. A fire loss is a loss no matter how it is figured no matter how much in surance is carried. The partial relief that insurance gives, adds but another item to our tax burden. The savings of a life-time, possibly priceless pos sessions are destroyed. When fac tory or business burns, men and women are thrown out of employment. The plant is forced to suspend operations while it is being re-built. During this time, the business that it has required years to build up is taken care of by a competitor and may never return. 15,000 Lives Lost. Property loss can, in a measure, at least, be regained, but a human life, once lost, can not be regained. Fire took a toll of over 15,000 lives in the United States last year. This is an irreparable loss and one that can not be figured in dollars and cents. Many of these lives could have been saved with adequate fire prevention methods. Minnesota Increases Ash Heap. Minnesota has contributed her share to the national ash heap each year. It is about time that we awake to our responsibilities in the matter of pre venting this needless waste and that we set about to stop it. No Time Like Present* Fire prevention means a thoughtful study of the numerous causes of fire, a persistent safeguard against it and the removal of the causes. Now is the "or a no- is me organize a campaign against this evil. Sunday, October 9, which will be ob served throughout the nation as Fire Prevention Day, will soon be here and the campaign this year should be made Begin Preparing Now. City and Village officials are urged to begin preparations at once for the observance of Fire Prevention Day. Civic and school organizations should get back of this campaign and then every man, woman and child in Mm nesota should participate in it. Let's rid the home, town and state of fire hazards! AUTO AND TEAM COLLIDE. A serious accident occurred on the Linden-New Ulm road, Wednesday evening, when H. A. Hanson of Lin den drove his JFord car into a team and wagon. All occupants of the auto were injured, except the baby. Mr. Hanson received several bad cuts in the hand and Emil Lodes had several ribs fractured, while Miss Lenora Evenson was thrown through the windshield, sustaining severe cuts that necessitated the taking of several stitches. Mrs. Hanson also received severe injuries. All of the injured are recovering nicely. MISSIONARY ORDAINED. During special services conducted at the Courtland Lutheran church Sunday evening at 7:30 o'.clock.Mte sionary Bernard Strasen, son of Rev and Mrs. H. Strasen of Courtland township, was ordained and delegated as a missionary among the heathens in India. The impressive ceremony was performed by President Rev. Meyer of Lakefield and a number of Lutheran clergy from this vicinity, including Rev. C. J. Albrecht of New Ulm, were in attendance. Prof. Fr. Reuter of Dr. Martin Luther College presided at the organ. The services were largely atterMed. ^MC & ft WINS BICYCLE. i« til* t» The $60 bicycle offered to the boy or girl selling the largest number of packages of Nichols tooth paste, handled locally at Backer's Pharmacy, was won by Harvey Haeberle, who disposed of 145 tubes of this dental preparation from Saturday until Mon day. The seiond prize, a fountain! pen, was awarded to Charles, Veeck for I selling 71 packages. ^rfoet^iUii- to New Ulm last week. Jf NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1921 MILITARY FUNERAL. i3 Private Swen M. Johnson,' the sec ond Nicollet county bdy to lose his life in France during the World War, was laid to rest with full military honors at Lafayette, Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of the American Legion Post of that village1. Funeral ser vices were conducted at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Johnson, Revs. S. H. Swanson of St. Paul and F. Lundquist of Winthrop officiating, and the remains were laid to rest in the Lafayette cemetery. Private Johnson entered the mili tary service September 20, 1917, and received his preliminary train ing at Camps Dodge and Pike. He sailed for France with his unit in May, 1918, and was assigned short ly afterward to the Fourth Division. He was killed in action, July 21, 1918, at Chateau Thierry while a'member of Company H, 58th Infantry, Fourth Division. The young man was born at Skaraborg, Sweden, November 19, 1894, and came to this country with his parents when a lad. The family has resided in Lafayette ever since. Besides his parents, deceased leaves three brothers and four sisters. NEW BRIDGE COST STILL PILING UP CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENT AT THE ALWIN BRIDGE LET FOR$888.40. NOTHING WILDLY EXCITING AT REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL. Routine matters chiefly occupied the attention of the city council at their regular meeting last week Tues day. Several bids were examined: one of them for improvements at the new Cottonwood river bridge, which took the place of the old Alwin bridge. It is necessary to build up the highway approaching tbc. nepr bridge and bids were asked gome time ago for tm& work. Puhlmann Brothers offered to make the improvementstor $1,622, but their bid was nearly twice that of Anton Brand- who wag awarded the contract at a price of .$888.40. Mr. Brand expects to have the work com pleted before winter sets in. ,„• Miscellaneous Matters. A new sewer is neded for North Washington atosst- between Gsnter and Inforsi North. Charles Emmerich bid $1,^84 on this job, but the contract has not been let as yet. Electric light service was ordered for four families on North Minnesota street and Fourteenth North street. Charles Lindmeyer, who is at present landlord of the Commercial House, formerly the Seiter House, asked for a soft drink license which was granted upon his promise to "be good." Band Boys Present Bill. The Hofmeister Band presented their bill for $1,000 for the park con certs. There were" ten concerts and after adding the amount realized from the refreshment stands and deducting the director's salary, the average amount earned by each musician at each concert wou be $2.50. The bill will be paid in November. Both C. & N. W. and M. & St. L. railroads were ordered to repair all their crossings in the city, as many of them are in poor condition. This means chiefly that the planks must be replaced at the crossings. Those at Third North and First South are the worst. The city has two Sprinkler wagons for sale since they use only one at the present time and there were formerly three in service. An inquiry has been received from Gibbon and it is expected a committee from there will call to look over the wagons. The council gave the street committee power to negotiate the sale. The new electric light and power plant is to be made safe for visitors by the placing of railings aboutthe^ machinery. [tils'**£* A 3g| Auto Camp Planned. Another matter occupied the, at tention of the councilors and that was the establishment of a City Auto Camp, such as may be seen'through many other sections of the country. The councilmen were to meet, yester day, and make a tour to select a location for such a camp. Elsewhere in this issue of the Review will be found accounts of-similar camps es tablished in other states. "Billy" Wersal, Jolm Maurer, and "Cellie" 'Sellner qf Sleepy' Eye were State Fair visitors the past week. Miss Verna Miller, who was visi ting at the home of-her uncle, Col. E E Miller, at St. Peter, returned1 W PROfilEMS Of, DAY O W 0RKERS WHAT'S TO BE DONE WITH THE IRREVERENT YOUTH OF THE LAND. J. 4 CHURCHES, SCHOOLS. HAVE ALL FAILED THEIR DUTY. HOMES IN, Representatives of Sunday Schools at Springfield, Sleepy Eye, Comfrey and New Ulm met in Annual Session at the local M. E. Church Sunday to consider ways and means of further ing the interests of thier institution. It was the generally expressed idea that this age of the world is marked by a declining interest in things spiri tual and the chief question up for consideration at the convention was: "What are we going to do about it?" There were some two dozen dele gates present at the convention which held three sessions, begmmng Sunday morning. President James Bradley de livered the morning address, speaking chiefly on "Religious Instruction"—or the lack of it—in the present day home and community. Rev. Bradley blames the home for shifting its responsibili ty. He made the statement that the Juvenile Court records show that most of the young offenders come from homes in which formerly a religious training was given but which have become very lax in such matters. Sunday School in Alaska. At the afternoon session Rev. Holt meirer of Springfield gave a talk on his experiences as a missionary among the Alaskan Esquimaux. He said the Sunday School was an agent of greater good in that far away land than even in the church because the teachings of the school are more easily understood than the sermons and services of the church because of the limited under standing and experience of the na tives. "Let-George-Do-It" Age. ^,JPhe Community and its Children" was the subject of the talk by State Superintendent Garrison who gave a vigorous delmeation of existing condi tions. Mr. Garrison calls this the "LQt-GeorgQ«do-it" age of the world and says the Home, the School, the Church, the Sunday School, are all sidestepping their duty—the most im portant duty of every generation, the education of the next He said the wen eaaoitea mannauai must QE= veloped symetrically, his education must be spiritual, social and physi cal. The question is how to secure such well rounded development. Mr. Garrison said each of the agen cies for education must supplement and compliment the work of the others. Each must bear its share of the bur den. He said the Church was with drawing too much from its pre-emi nent duty, jthe home is shirking its re sponsibility, and the community is encroaching on the time of the youth so that he has no time for religjous growth because of his absorption in the hundred and one community or ganizations that demand his time and attention. He said the church must awajken to its duty of making the borne religious, and of providing spiritual nurture. r* -»*,' Sunday Observance!* }^T' "How do Brown County girlsftand boys spend their Sundays? What are Brown County homes doing to over come the destructixe influences of the Sunday auto, the Sunday ball game the Sunday movie?" asked the speaker. It is time for the home to get busy on a program of expression, not repres sion. More time and better equip ment simply must be provided by the Church. In the evening the same speaker talked along similar lines, pleading for the larger vision, a building for the future. He sketched the history of the Sunday School from its beginnings into the future as it must develop if it is to be a moral force in time to come. Rev. Walker also spoke at the eve ning meeting, his subject being "Stewardship." He outlined the duties of stewardship, of time, of talent, *of money, and, deplored the lack of reali zation today oik the obligations of the stewardship of the Church and schools. Officers Re-elected. At the business meeting the officers were elected to continue as follows: President, Rev. Bradley. f* Secretary, Mrs. Ora* Trautmann. Treasurer, Henry Berkner. The next convention will be held at Springfield a year from the present time., Mrs. *M. E. Payne, who "had tfeen visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Al bert Steinhauser--for the past several HRjjg**? PRAISES PLANT. H. A. Hildebrandt of Minneapolis gent Wednesday visjting his cousin, Henry F. Schrader, and family on. North Washington street. Mr. Hil debrandt is superintendent of build ings and grounds of the University of Minnesota. During his stay here, he inspected the new municipal electric light and waterworks plant in com pany with Mr. Schrader and was very generous in his praise of the excellent building and equipment. He stated to a representative of the Review that the local plant is on a par with the best in the state and was pleased to learn that the $250,000 bond issue needed to erect and equip the plant had been floated locally, without the assistance of outside capital. He lauded the public-spiritedness of our citizens for this noteworthy achieve ment. ., AMERICAN LECION CONVENTION HERE THIRTEEN COUNTIES TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO DISTRICT MEET. LADIES' AUXILIARY ON THE JOB OF DISPENSING HOSPITALITY. When the American Legion of the Second District met at Worthington last spring, Walter Wiedenmann of this city presented an invitation to hold the fall convention of the Legion at New Ulm. This city has become well known all over the state as a conven tion town and there was little difficulty in securing the vote of the organiza tion to accept the hospitality of \jhe New Ulm boys and their home town. This convention is to be held at the end of the first week in October, the 7th and 8th. The convention, will, of course, be held at the Armory and wwU be under, he '-direction of the Ben. J. Seifert Post of the American Legion. Entertainment Plans. As a part of the hospitality, they will offer the visitors and their ladies an auto trip about the oitp Auto owners of this city will furnish the cars and a regular tour will be mapped out. It is expected a big banquet will be held Friday evening with a program of toasts. Saturday evening the sol dis? hops will gfifcartaiR at a Cpnnt Ball. Those who will be present will come om 13 different counties and no doubt many of them will bring ladies with them so that there will be several hundred visitors here „at the time. The entertainment committee con sists of Jos. Epple, Ferd. Ochs, and Alfred Wiedenmann. These young men are particularly busy at the present time looking for housing accommoda tion for the visitors. Any one who can give sleeping rooms and is willing to do so will greatly oblige the boys by reporting to them not later than Sept. 25.^ s- *V Meals at Armory. vThe* entertainment committee ^will also be ably assisted in their efforts by the Women's Auxiliary of the Le gion. The ladies have already planned to establish dining room service at the Armory during the convention and they will also serve the banquet. All this will keep them pretty busy but if the ladies make up their minds they can do it, there's no question it will be done. The Auxiliary does not hold its district meeting at this time. That will come later in October and will be held in Madeha. •*. ij-%. et„ t* FAMILY REUNIONS all of St2 Paul, present.^ weeks, left Saturday for her home in I were guests of Miss Elizabeth New I Minneapolis, A -'ior^ in. West Newton, Saturday, cm) The Pfaender and Fritsche families all gathered at l^he Herman Pfaender farm home in Milford township, Sun day afternoon, for a family reunion. Mrs. Hein. Loenholdt and little son Erich, of Lindau, Lake Constance, Germany, who arrived liere last week for a visit with relatives, were guests of honor. Mrs. Loenholdt has not been in New Ulm for nine1 years. 'A mong others that were present from out-of-town werei^'JMr^"* and Mrs. Douglas Cownie and son, Douglas, of Winnipeg, Canada Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hauser and son, Carl, Mr. andf Mr£. Walter Albrecht and son, Wal ter, Mr. and Mrs. Voll/ Mrs. G. Sfamm, Miss Josephine-Pfaender, Ar min Albrecht, and Miss Lydia Koch, Attorney and Mrs. H. N. Somsen and family, accompanied by Miss Ida Koch, Mrs. Jacob Klossner, Jr., and grandson, little Billie Mather, €4WaW£SOTA fUlStORSCAJL :J0iP *-iKL44! NUMBER 37 SCHOOLS EMPTIED WIN RECORD TIME 545 CATHOLIC PUPILS VACATE BUILDING IN ABOUT ,&i FIVE SECONDS. 4 *4 p1 w*^-A QUICK N FIRE DRILLS BY THE CHILDREN OF LOCAL SCHOOLS. That the voluntary fire drills con-i ducted at the local public and parochial schools by those in charge of these in stitutions are well worth the time and effort necessary, was strikingly demon strated during the past few days, when Deputy Fire Marshall J. B. Forster called at the various buildings unan nounced and conducted official fire drills as a part of his regular ^chool in spection duties. Emptied in Five Seconds. Holy Trinity Catholic school holds the record for the shortest time re quired to empty the building. All of T" the 545 pupils had vacated the struct ure in exactly five and one-fif£h seconds after the alarm had been sounded^ \The orderly precision with which they accomplished the fire drill, which took place Monday, is a singular credit to the children as well as to the instructors in charge. The discipline left nothing to be desired. Other Schools' Good Record. ^On the same day, Mr. Forster con ducted similar drills at the Washington and Lincoln buildings. T,he former was vacated by the 144 pupils' present 40 seconds, while the children in the latter structure, numbering 95, had all reached the outside in 34 and one-fifth seconds. Mr. Forster states that the discipline of the scholars in both build ings was also splendid.^ -4. High and Emerson. At the high school and in the Emer son building fire drills were conducted by the deputy fire marshall Friday. The 222 high school students vacated the building in 12 and four-fifths seconds, whilp the 2S6 children in the Emerson bchool reached the outside in 26 and four-fifths seconds^ The orderliness displayed in the other buildngs was conspicuous by its ab sence in both the high and the Emer son school, and this respect the older pupils have considerable to learn from their younger schoolmates. In Excellent Condition. Mr. Forster also made a thorough inspection of all of the local school DmifimfB intmaraf BD» raui'D BTI Lutheran school and the new addition now nearing completion. He found them all to be in excellent condition, as far as the absence of fire hazards 3 and dangers are concerned. The rea- son no fire drill was "conducted at the Lutheran school was because this -r^ structure is not quite completed, so the exercise was .postponed until a future $ date. „, A Splendid Record. In view of the fact that the maimum time limit fixed by the fire marshall's department for vacating school build ings that are not absolutely fireproof is three minutes, the record attained by all of the local schools is very satis factory and demonstrates what can be accomplished along these lines by frequent fire drills. Local schools have always held an enviable record in this respect. While they are not absolute ly fireproof, the danger from a con flagration is very remote, owing to the splendid discipline maintained. Protection at High School.*^' Last year, Engineer August Schu macher appointed four boys as emer gency firemen in the high school build ing and they performed their various duties' in a very creditable manners Mr. Schumacher is at present ar ranging for similar voluntary service by a quartet of high school students and the same proficiency will no doubt prevail this year,,. if MUST STAY IN JAIL. Gust Gifferson, a fbrmer Spnhgfield saloonkeeper, bound over tp the grand jury of the December term 6f court on a charge of having issued a check in the sum of $142.38 to the August, Schell Brewing Co. this city without having had'ftjiids in the bank on which the check was drawn, must remain in.' the county jail here until court con-» venes on Monday, December 12, un less he is able to- obtain bail. At a heaiing in district court chambers, last Tuesday, Judge I. M. Olsen denied to order 4 There were about.50 r" *»j 9 if 12 JtiS Gilferson's release on Tia"beaa corpus ^proceedings instituted by'' the defendant's attorneys. Miss Elizabeth Schott of Franklin, underwent a minor operation on the nose at the Union Hospital, Wed nesday afternoon. Miss Schott "veV turned to her home at Franklin,