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VOLUME
PROHIBITION GETS
ATTENTION TODAY
}f AMENDME
HOUSE
COMES UP IN THE
)R CONSIDERATION
HIS MORNING.
BREWERS OF STATE THROWN
DOWN FOR THOSE OUTSIDE
INTERESTS.
The state-wide prohibition bill has been
made the special order in the House of
Representatives of the legislature for
this morning. If it passes in the House
it will be taken up the Senate as soon
as possible and there is said to be a
general feeling around the State Capitol
that it will be soon disposed of that
body.
Bill Comes Up Today.
Prohibition has been the big topic of
conversation among the law makers
during the past week. The framers of
the original bill were for a "bone dry"
state, but with an amendment that has
been tacked on due consideration seems
to be taken for the brewery interests
outside the state, but with a view to
putting the men of this state who have
their money in millions of dollars in
vested, out of business. By leaving out
the word "transportation" the House
Temperance Committee has laid itself
W to criticism by all parties. Just
why the brewery owners of Minnesota
should be discriminated against has not
so far been explained.
Following is the amendment as it will
go to the House this morning:
"The manufacture, sale, barter, gift,
disposition or the furnishing, keeping
and having in possession for sale, barter,
gift, disposition, or the furnishing of
intoxicating liquor of any kind, in any
quantity whatsoever, except for sacra
mental, mechanical or scientific purpo
*~-.^ses, or medicinal purposes upon the
written prescription of a duly licensed
and practising physician, subjectto,such
regulations and restrictions as the legis
lature may provide, shall be forever
prohibited within the state from and
after the first day of January, 1920, and
this amendment shall be self-enacting.
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The legislature shall enact laws for the
enforcement of this section and shall pro
vide suitable penalties for the violation
thereof."
Warner Changes Front.
Charles H. Warner of Aitkin, who was
a prominent candidate for the Speaker
ship of the House, has appeared as one
of the authors of the bill providing for
a tonnage tax on iron ore. Mr. Warner,,
who is one of the oldest members of the
legislature, has heretofore been an ardent
foe to tonnage tax proposition. He
denies that the failure of Duluth and the
iron ranges to give his candidacy for the
speakership has anything to do with
his change of heart. He says the present
bill is so different from the former ones
that he can conscientiously give it his
hearty support.
Suffragettes Disagree.
There is dissension in the ranks of
the suffragettes over woman's suffrage
The Minnesota Equal Suffrage asso
ciation is backing a bill introduced by
Senator Sageng and Putnam giving
women the right to vote for president
jv which can be done without amending
the constitution. The Minnesota Equal
\& Franchise league, on the other hand, is
supporting a bill dropped into the hopper
of the legal grist mill by Representative
A. M. Peterson of Coleraine—the good
old bill providing for a constitutional
amendment giving women the same
suffrage rights as the men from president
down to coroner. Both factions are
standing pat and both sides may win,
as the two bills are not necessarily in
conflict. It is apparent, however, that
if both factions joined forces in favor of
one bill they would be more likely to win
out.
Dissension Among Farmers.
•fc --There is also dissension among the
/farmer legislators as to grain legislation,
A. F. Teigen has launched a terrific
attack against the Farmers' Co-operative
Equity Exchange, charging gross mis
management which has resulted the
loss of thousands of dollars to farmers
who have shipped grain to the Exchange
at St. Paul. He demands that the Ex
change be investigated, together with
the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
-.jiad the Duluth Board of Trade, which
Jpfe investigated, flayed and crucified
K^f Teigen and others in the session of
1913. The Exchange brands Teigen's
charges as libelous and courts the fullest
investigation.
Public Hearings Prominent.
fr
Public hearings have become a promi-
nent feature of the session. The house
committee on the re-organization of the
state government and the senate com
mittee on civic affairs have been hearing
arguments for and against the Public
Domain bill and the bill divorcing the
grain inspection department from the
Railroad and Warehouse commission.
The senate and house committees on
education have had hearings on the bill
proposing military training in the high
schools. The house temperance com
mittee has held hearings on the pro
hibition bill.
Whether the arguments brought to
bear on the committees at these public
hearings have any effect is doubtful, but
the fact that the Solons give the citizens
(Continued on last page.)
GREATER MILITARY
TRAIMIMIS URGED
OFFICERS OF NATIONAL GUARD
ANXIOUS FOR UNIVERSAL
ARMY WORK.
NORTH DAKOTA COLONEL SAYS
UNITED STATES BORDERS
ON WAR.
There is evidently a wide feeling among
the officers of the various state guards,
returning'from the Mexican border, that
too much is expected from the National
Guard, and that military training
should be universal.
Major Albert Pfaender has been very
emphatic on that score, since his arrival
from Texas a week ago. To the Review
he said:
"I have been in the National Guard for
fifteen years, and I am more confident
now than ever that it does not fill the
bill.
"While I have not given consideration
to any particular plan that I think would
be better, it is certain that a change
will have to be made the near future.
Universal military training will be
necessary if this country wishes to be
equal to other nations in its defense. I
believe every boy of 17 or 18 or over
should have six month's constant mili
tary training,
tr^year^weuld'be1betterv
Of course all school boys now have drill
practice, and all those things, but that
is the very least of a military training,
such as is necessary. I am certain that
some plan will soon be worked out."
Guard Does Too Much
Colonel John H. Frane, commanding
the First Regiment of North Dakota,
who has recently arrived at Fort Snelling,
told a Minneapolis newspaper man on
his arrival at the fort that this govern
ment is riding the national guard to
death, and that compulsory, universal
military training is necessary for this
country's welfare.
"I am not criticising the government,"
said the colonel, "but the fact remains
that it was the guard that gave the
border its protection during the past six
or eight months.
"But the men feel that no permanent
good was accomplished. They spent
six months down there at a financial loss
to themselves while their neighbors took
their jobs and their competitors won
their business. They were sent down
there because they had spent time in
preparation. They feel that the burden
ought to be more equally distributed.
"The only way to share the work
equally is by compulsory military train
ing. It would not take a great deal of
time. Every man ought to be willing—
but willing or not, he ought to be com
pelled—to put in one evening a week
in some Armory, and one month every
summer in a military camp for at least
three years. Those who were officers
or non-commissioned officers would of
course, have to put in much or more time
as is necessary.
"That would require moTe armories.
In the larger cities where there are but
one now it would be nece&sary to have
four or five. The men would not have
to be paid. Men do not do this work
for money, But they shauld not have
to stand the expense."
Colonel Frane does not believe Con
gress will pass a compulsory military
training law, because the/people will not
stand for it. The pubhfc attitude is to
"Let George do it," he paid
Thinks War Is At Hand
Colonel Frane told another Twin City
newspaper man that jhe believed this
country would be involved war before
the end of Aprd.
"All of our wars hawe started in April,"
he said. "I'll risk tfche prediction that
before next April is/ past we'll be in
another war. The Mexican trouble
never will be settled until we go in there
and police that counftry. It wouldn't be
a day's job, but we mid do it that is we
Could have until thci troops were with
drawn. The regulars couldn't do it
alone, because there are not enough of
New Ulm is glad to have her soldier
boys back. The whole town demon
strated that fact when the Minneapolis
& St. Louis special, bringing the members
of Co. A, the Machine Gun Co., and a few
of the Second Regiment Band, arrived
about 7 o'clock Wednesday evening.
Thousands of people lined the depot
platform or the streets as the boys
marched to the Armory, headed by the
Ex-Regiment and the New Ulm Con
cert Bands. The boys were also wel
comed by several salutes from Burg's
famous battery, which has done like
service for many former New Ulm troops
in the past fifty or sixty years.
People Throng Streets
It had been announced earlier in the
day that the train from Fort Snelling
would arrive at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, and the M. & St. L. station began
to be thronged long before that hour
with people who wished to catch a first
sight of the boys when they arrived,
most of them waiting through the long
hours, even after it had been announced
by the depot officials that the train
would be several hours late. The deep
snow and cold weather had caused a
long delay in getting the train from the
fort to the M. & St. L. yards in St. Paul.
Instead of making up time the train had
rather lost it in making the run, and it
was three hours after the hour first an
nounced when the special, composed of
a baggage car and two coaches pulled
4nto^e a and,
the people shouted as the train approach
ed. The waiting throng scurried around
in the darkness, in an endeavor to dis
cover a relative or an acquaintance
among the arriving soldiers, while the
committee in charge of the home-coming
welcome, together with the officiers were
forming the men in line for the march
to the Armory.
The soldiers had been to the border,
done their duty, to a man, and every
body was anxious to show their apprecia
tion and thefrrpride inthose who hadmade
so many personal sacrifices in the ser
vice of their country. That the ther
mometer registered several degrees be
low zero failed to lessen the ardor of
the waiting ones.
Armory Handsomely Decorated
The Armory had been handsomely
decorated lor the1 occasion, flags and
bunting being/^everywhere in evidence.
Especially artistic were the decorations
of the stage, the Ruby Theater Orches
tra being seated tirnong a forest of flags.
The soldiers were lined up in the rear
of the assembly room, and marched
with military precision to their places at
the tables which were stretched nearly
the entire length of the long hall, with
the speakers' table flanked at the end
near the stage. At the latter table were
seated several of the officers, the com
mittee in charge of the affair'and re
presentatives of the press.
Sixteen boy waiters, specially trained,
marched to the tables with the various
courses, to the strains of music by the
orchestra. The menu consisted of the
following:
Frappe, fruit salad, olives, celery,
pickles, roast spring chicken with cran
berry sauce, early"June peas, creamed
potatoes, French rolls, assorted cake
ice, cream, coffee following which
cigars and cigarettes were passed.
Sheeches To Be Short
Philip Liesch, who presided as toast
master, said previous to introducing the
speakers, that as the hour was late and
the boys were anxious to get to their
homes, the addresses would be short,
and they would not be detained longer
than necessary. He assured the soldiers
that New Ulm was glad to see her boys
back, and declared that a kind Provi
dence had certainly been with the boys
in their long campaign in Texas, when
it was taken into consideration that not
a serious illness had befallen any of the
hundred and more troops, which was
considered remarkable when the great
change of temperature, between Minne
sota and the almost tropical climate of
the south was taken into consideration.
He attributed this largely to officers who
had guarded well the health of the
soldiers. y. -v's*?^-
NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31,1917.
Rousing Welcome Given To
New Ulm Skiers On Return
THOUSANDS THRONG STREEJTS AS TROOPS MARCH
TO THEARMORY WHERE
TJHEY
AND TOASTED BY FRIENDS.
MAJOR PFAENDER REC|VES LOVING CUP.
WERE FEASTED
Welcomed By Mayor Fritsche
Mayor L. A. Fristche was the first
speaker on the program and he gave the
boys a most hearty welcome. He de
clared the citizens of New Ulm were
celebrating the event through pure joy
at the return of her soldiers. In his
address the Mayor recounted some of
the exploits of New Ulm as a military
center, declaring that what is now
Co. A, wasfirstorganized in 1871. That,
he said was thefirststate military organ
ization in Southern Minnesota. He
said he wouldn't offer the boys the key
to the city, because they already had it.
•Zt
a or 8 a id at a 8 he
?the
°y
an early
re
tired and hungry, having been all day
oa
road, with scarcely a
breakfast' andbi^ato
most of them were anxious to get to their
aomes, where loved ones were anxiously
awaiting their return he would make his
talk short. The mayor said there had
been a great deal of "mental telepathy"
unknowningly practiced between New
Ulm and the Llano Grande camp in the
Past seven months. "When a big
gray-back crawled up a soldiers
leg, way down on the Mexican border
somebody in New Ulm 'scratched' but
never knew exactly why."
Speaking of the service on the border
the mayor said:
It has been a valuable experience to
you.^ It is one you will never forget.
Military training, in my opinion, is
en,r 'I have said so repeatedly and*
did so when you went away seven months
ago, and on the occasion of the dedi
cation of this building." The mayor
said the present system for military
training was wrong, in that a part of
these qualified to go were called upon to
make the sacrifices, while many others
escaped.
Following the mayor's address E. A.
Stoll, New Ulm's popular soloist sang,
"Somewhere a Voice is Calling," ac
companied on the piano by Miss Hen
reitta Hauenstein.
Thousand Dollars For Armory
Ferdinand Crone, chairman of the
Armory Board, was called on to render
an account of the stewardship of the
building, which he did in a short talk and
in a most satisfactory manner. Mr.
Crone, who has ever been active in the
military -affairs of this city, assured the
boys that their interests in the building
had been faithfully guarded during their
absence. He said that $1,000 had been
placed in the treasury since they left it
seven months ago. The people of New
Ulm, he said, had responded nobly to
the requests for financial aid, made by
the hoard. He was given a hearty
cheer by the boys.
The Hofmeister boys, young sons of
Capt. Joseph C. Hofmeister, played a
piano duet, which brought forth con
siderable applause.
Captain Groebner Tells Experiences
Captain B. Groebner, in detail related
the experiences of himself and the boys
from the time they left New Ulm until
their return here Wednesday evening.
He declared that the members of Co. A
had the reputation of being in the best
health of any soldiers on the border.
He paid high tribute to the company sup
plyofficers and said thatdueto their work
the company was acknowledged to be the
best fed and at the least expense of any.
Captain Groebner thanked the New
Ulm folks for cthe Christmas packages
sent them at that time and declared that
the act did much to endear the boys to
the folks back home. He also expressed
ueep feeling for the boys for the hearty
reception accorded them on their return.
Captain Groebner said the captain
was "the father of the company" and
held responsible for the health and the
acts of its members. He told of the trip
to Rio Grande, how on their arrival there,
tired and hungry, and in the hottest
weather that any of the soldiers had
ever experienced, their campjng place
was pointed out, which was a spot
covered with brush and logs, it was a
discouraging sight. But within a* re
markably short time they had the
ground cleared, their tents up and a very
passable company street cleared and
g»4ed. For the remarkable health of
he had to thank the thoughtfulness of
Ferdinand Crone.from "way back home,"
who had sent on a lot of cots, which had
given the boys a place to sleep off of the
ground. Sleeping on the ground, he
said, was the cause of more sickness than
any other one thing.
Made Remarkable Records
Recounting some of the maneuvers
and practice marches of the company the
captain said the New Ulm boys made
some remarkable records. The twelve
days' maneuvers, around BrownviUe,
Tex., engaged in by some 23,000 troops
wasthe greatest military movement of the
the kind ever held in the United States.
He said that, knowing the great strain
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COMMUNITY SINGING
IS GREAT SUCCESS
MOVEMENT FOR VOCAL MUSIC
PROVES POPULAR FOR NEW
ULM FOLKS.
OLD TIME AMERICAN AND GER
MAN SONGS ARE SUNG BY
AUDIENCE
Community Singing in New Ulm was
proven a success last Friday evening.
The meeting for that purpose was held
at the High School Auditorium on that
evening. While the attendance was not
so large as had been anticipated, those
present entered into the spirit of the ac
casion with real zest, and the auditorium
rang with the old time American and
German songs.
Rev. C. G. Hohn presided and intro
duced President G. A. Ottomeyer of the
Commercial Club, which together with
the Current News Club, had inaugurat
ed the movement for Community Sing
ing in this city. Mr. Ottomeyer de
livered only a short address, in which he
expressed pleasure that the project was
starting off so auspiciously.
Community Singing Old Practice
The Rev. Mr. Hohn, in explaining
the object of the gathering, said that
Community Singing was not new, but
thatrthfe^praicticeli&d
years. He declared, in fact that it• was
many centuries old, and was practiced
back in King David's time, when the
songs sung were the Psalms, and now
that it was being revived he thought it
would be along time before it would die
out or slacken in interest. The ancient
Israelites sang the Psalms when they
gathered for worship and otherwise.
In the older days, Mr. Hohn said, when
there were fewer large cities than now,
there was much more community sing
ing.
T""
il
Interesting Program
The singing was under the direction
of Miss Louise Pederson, musical in
structor at the High School, while Miss
Henrietta Hauenstein presided at the
piano.
The program opeaed with "America,"
which was sung, the audience standing.
This was followed by "The Old Oaken
Bucket," all present expanding their
chests and making the hall ring with
their vocies.
Then followed two of the most popu
lar songs published in the German
language, "Heidenroeslem" and "Die
Lorelei."
Then came "Old Folks at Home,"
and the program was closed with "The
Star Spangled Banner."
Miss Pederson had some difficulty,
on the first night of the Community
"Singing, in getting satisfactory rhythm,
and on two or three occasions requested
theAudience tdrepeat a verse. -*.
Mrs. C. G. Reim, of the committee,
at the close of the program, requested
an expression as to the next meeting.
It was decided to leave the matter in
the hands of the committee. Meetings
will be held every two weeks, prob
ably Friday evenings. The exact date
of the next gathering has not been de
finitely decided.
MAJOR QUANE PROMOTED.
Major O. J. Quane of St. Peter, was
last week elected Lieutenant Colonel of
the Second Minnesota Regiment, M.
N. G., just before the members of the
regiment were sent to their homes from
Fort Snelling. He succeeds Colonel
Charles H. Danforth, who was returned
to duty as a captain in the regular army
when the second regiment was returned
to Fort Snelling from the border. Major
Albert Ffaender was in line for the pro
motion, but was not a candidate. Colo
nel Quane saw service in the Spanish
American war as a private and non
commissioned officer in Company D,
Fourteenth Minnesota Volunteers. He
isist present editor of the St. Peter Free
Press, and was at one time editor of the
Keview. gH*
HISTORICA! fe
SOCIETY K*»
NUMBER 5
FARMERS' LEAGUE
TO INVADE STATE
NORTH DAKOTA LEADERS WILL*
LAUNCH BIG DRIVE IN MINNE- |fc&
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SOTA POLITICS.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ARE
TO BE ESTABLISHED IN S\.
PAUL SOON -r
Minnesota is to be invaded by the
Farmers' Non-Partisan movement,
which is now in control of the adnunis-"
tration of North Dakota. This informa
tion was brought from the Twin Cities a
few days ago. James Manahan, former
Republican Congressman-at-large from
Minnesota, before the new Tenth dis
trict was formed, and one-time De
mocrat, is the advisor of the organi
zation in the Flickertail state, and has
warned the old parties of the Gopher
State that the "Non-Partisans will get
you if you don't watch out."
tw^in-*ecenfrj^n«idattoftir as to -^diaateB~ foTlegW
lative, state and congressional office.
"Minnesota is to be only one of five
states to be organized this year. The
league will soonholdthebalance of power,
in national politics,"
Now A Non-Partisan
Mr. Manahan declares himself to be
an out-and-out Non-Partisan Leaguer,
with no ifs or ands about it.
"The old parties do not mean any
thing any more," he declared. "They
have outlived their usefulness. Now
we have a party of producers with a
strong and constructive nmgrrmi
"North Dakota wi»l soon have a new
constitution, and there i» BO possible
way for the senate of that state, whicn
is still partisanly Republican, to block
it."
"If the members of the senate attempt
to delay or block the plans now being
worked to bring about a new constitu
tion," he continued, "more than one
thousand farmers will march on Bis
marck in a body. Those senatiors
wiH hear the voice of the people."
Meets Farmer Legislators
Mr. Manahan has been conferring
with leading farmer members of the
Minnesota legislature, who are known
to be partial to the Non-PartisanLeague.
These men jnc'ude Magnus Johnson
of Kimball, Stearns county, who is
especially active during this session in
framing legislation in the interest of the
farmers of the state. He declares that
he expects to spend a considerable of
his time this winter in assisting the
farmer members in framing and further
ing laws'that will be of benefit to their
constituents.
When the Non-Partisan League gets
into power then we will haye real far
mers running this state."
'M^
if
Headquarters
now looking for
and says
Open National
Mr. Manahan is
suitable offices in St. Paul,
headquarters will be opened in the Capi
tal City of this state early next spring.
He has just spent ten days hi North
Dakota in the interest of the organiza
tion, and was in close touch with the
leaders in that state. He was commis
sioned to make all preliminary arrange
ments toward getting the movement
under way in this state. He was in
North Dakota for six weeks during the
campaign last fall.
"The league will open headquarters
here as soon as possible," Mr. Manahan
is quoted as saying, "We shall be in the
coming, state fight. We'll have our
organizers at work this spring and sum
mer thruout Minnesota.
"When the next election rolls-around
it will be found at the Non-Partisan
League will be on the job with recom-
3&t
-t
Another Minnesotan who is just now
flirting with the Non-Partisan League
is Frank A. Day, editor of the Fairmont
Sentinel. He has been in. St. Paul 4
lately conferring with farmer members
of the legislature.
"I am in the same class as Mr. Mana
han," he told some of the Twin City re
porters recently. "I have been in both
of the old parties and am now ready to
join the ranks of the Non-Partisan
League, which I believe wiR sweep the
Northwest.
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The following officers havebeen elected
by the Comfrey Rural Telephone Com
pany: President, A. W. Pederson vice
president, Oscar Thor treasurer, G. W.
Schaffer, secretary, H. D. Reed manager*
C. F. Schwejger direct©**, A W Peder
son, C. F. 8chweigertlJ!pil AKennatt,
M. G. Krnnaroek, C.^B. Armstrong, G.
W. Schaffer and Fred Reed.
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