The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-30
GERMAN DAY AT new
!. ULM WAS A SUCCESS

| New Ulm, Mimi, August 26.-Ger-
man day, celebrated in this city yes
terday, proved fitting climax to a
! weeks celebration commemorative
the fiftieth anniversary of the In
dian massacre. This date was set
apart many months ago and the af-
| fair was given under the auspices
! of the German-American Central
Society of Minnesota and the Junior
Pioneers of New Ulm.
! Early in the morning thousands of
people began pouring into the city
from neighboring towns with teams
and autos, there being over thou
sand of the latter. At ten o'clock
the streets and walks made one
think of circus day. Toward noon
the Minneapolis and st. Louis and
| Northwestern railways ran five eX-
cursion trains to this place. Each
was packed, swelling the crowd to
at least $4,000. 1t was the largest
number ever brought here on Sun
day.
Big Parade Is Appreciated.
At / p. m. grand civic parade,
composed of four divisions, marched
through the principal streets to
Hermann Heights, where the pro-
gram was carried out. With the
exception of the Fort Smelling troops
the parade was similar to the one
of Wednesday. In addition to six
Hermann warriors CARRIED in the an
cient uniform of the Teutons, the
Deutscher and Austrian-Hungarian
Krieger Verein, accompanied by fife
and drum corps, were features
worthy of note.
The Second Regiment band, ST..
James Cornet band, Sleepy Eye Cor
net band and the st. Paul Cornet
band furnished the music. German
societies from st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis, Mankato, St. James, LIE Sueur,
Shakopee, Henderson, Hamburg and
Young America participated in
body. The vast throngs found en-
tertainment at various picnics. The
Brown county agricultural societies
had arranged for horse and motor
cycle races and baseball games.
Floyd Barlow, who was to have
made an aeroplane flight, wired he
had missed train connections in
South Dakota.
Wants German Customs.
At Hermann Heights Mayor L. A.
Fritsche welcomed the visitors, ex-
tending to them the freedom of
the city. He presented large key
to julius Moersch, president of the
German-American Central society.
Mr. Moersch, in response, expressed
the hope that German customs and
traits would be perpetuated by sons
- h. No hnf hn
German language would be spoken
in each home.
The principal address was given
by Representative Albert Pfaender
of this city. He recounted the part
taken by the Germans in the early
settlement of this country in the
seventeenth century, and the many
deeds of valor performed by them in
the Revolution and Civil wars. He
said their opposition to slavery was
made known to William Penn and
King George III was petitioned to
abolish human bondage. He paid
high tribute to the German
mother, who at ali times, he said,
is the queen OF a well-governed
home.
Foreign Representatives Speak.
Hams Won Grunow, the German
consul in ST. Paul, spoke of efforts
which should be made to perpetuate
friendly relations between Germany
and the United States.
Edgar Prochniki the AustroHun-
garian consul of st. Paul, spoke in
similar vein, dwelling upon the
close relations between Germany
and Austria Hungary. He said that
his country has materially aided in
developing this country by sending
many of her sons and daughters
here, and that they have become
good and patriotic citizens. The
various speeches were, interspersed
with songs by a male choir.