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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
An Apparent R6f
Contradictory Statement.

IT should be very glad to have the 81 ,000, 000
but I have not recommended it now"
TORPEDO NO. S-The United States Navy
Book for 1914 shows that the German warship
R.recher. which sunk in the recent North
Sea battle. was five nautical miles an hour
slower than any other one OF the line big fight.
ing ships eneaged. The Bleucher could not keep
up to her colsorts, SO she fell prey to the fast
British dreadnought cruisers. Yet this same
slow Bluecher. which was sunk because she
could not keep up with her consorts. was faster
than the fastest of the big fighting ships in tho
whole United States Navy In the entire $500
words Of the Secretary's letter to President
Garfield. not single allusion is made to the
counts in my indictment which relate to the
slowness Of our capital" ships.
TORPEDO NO. 9-Admiral Strauss declared
in his last annual report (November, 1914 that
all battleships constructed previously to the
battleships Nevada and Oklahoma are
equipped with short range torpedo. which
may be considered obsolete for the battle
feet" 1nasmuch as neither the Nevada nor
the Oklahoma has yet been completed, this was
the Admiral's gentlemanly way OF calling At
tention to the fact that all our battleshin.
available at the present time are eoutpped
with obsolete torpedoes.
Furthermore. last October. before lock1av
broke out in the Navy Department. Admiral,
Strauss told me that less than sixty lonsranpa
torpedoes had been completed up to that date.
although provision had been made for the man.
ufacture or purchase Of from 500 to 600 more.
The Secretary cheerfully informs President
Garfield that the Administration is going for.
waro IN the matter OF torpedoes, but when
telegraphed to him asking whether the state
ment in Admiral Strauss report as to the
faulty torpedo equipment in our battleships still
holds good, the Secretary modestly draped him.
self again in the veil of secrecy
TORPEDO NO. 10-Admiral KNIGHT. chic, of
the War College, testified that there is no co.
operation between the War College and tina
neet and that we have a complete lack OF naval
policy. Less than eighteen months Ago tho
General Board of the navy called Secretary
Daniels's attention to this same lack of naval
policy and declared that it was resulting in tha
increasing inferiority OF our navy. The SAre
tary Is silent as to my indictment based On
Admiral Knights letter. This is strange. for
Admiral Knights letter was written in re
Spouse to Secretary Daniels's own telegram
The telegram was sent at the time that the
Secretary was trying to substantiate his asser.
ton that Commander Yarnell's gold medal
essay. entitled THE Greatest Need OF the At.
lantic Fleet" was wrong in indicating that
there was no teamplay in the management Of
the navy.
BY the way, one of the pregnant sentences in
Commander Yarnells essay is worth quoting.
Here it is:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
Some ''Torpcdoes" Mst ~
For Daniels to Answer.

Tiara are the counts IN my Indictment against
Che navy. Is which our ge5!a; fr:c.d makes no
reply. Here - a round d3so2 OF lS torpeooes
which no las dextrously lodged:
rrRpEDo NO. 1-Adm!-a! Fiskc cher OK
>,ors+ions IT the +eet testified that 1t would
ave ave years to At The navy to meet an ell
.,,,, ,o-eiyu zoo. The Secretary answers by
..r.nv attention &C The magnificent exhibition
.v.,nst the Southwest Wind of Vera Cruz
TORPEDO NO. 2-Thc United States Office
~ Naval Intelligence. IL It's latest bulletin
Univ 1 1e14 declared that the United states
had fallen down to iov,th place in warship tdn'
mage built and building. Even France had
nassed US. As for Germany. her warship ton
maze. built and building. had grown to over
100000 tons. wl'le ours was less than 100000.
Great 1ritain's warship tonnage. built and
huildirx, by the way, on July last. was half
million tons greater than that Of Germany and
the United States combined.
The Secretary, in his annual report, under.
takes to meet tie situation by expressing a
hope that When peace smiles upon this war.
torn globe there may be reserved for America
the coveted honor OF initiating a movement
which will make possible q redu> lion Of fight.
ing raft"
TORPEDO NO. 3-The aforementioned latest
bulletin Of the United States Office Of Naval
lntel!Ieence declared that on July l, last, Great
B:itail's ureadnought and dreadnought cruisers.
bail. and building. numbered forty-six. while
Ge.msnys numbered twenty-eight and Uncle
6aai'a numbered twelve Tho Secretary must
:a~e overlooked ths bulletin as we'll this
count ~ :ae indictment which I brought against
:he ravy. At oil events he makes no comment.
TORPEDO NO. 4-Assistant Secretary Roose-
welt tect::ed that IT would take from three
months t. a year to get into lighting trim any
81 the 1O1 sxeseels which the Secretary tells
US a.. :a,d Up In the various forms Of scrap
heap, which he supheunistically describes al
s"In reserve I'm ordinary" and "Uncommis-
eacned." To reply to President Garfield says
that these vessels would be available In time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14

Of war. QUERY: Available when tho wax
begins. or when the war is overr
TORPEDO No. 5-Commander Stirling, CHIEF
OF the Atlantic submarine hotilla testified that
Admiral Fletcher on November last oroereo
him to mobilize all available submarines IN
the North Atlantic Except the Canal Zone
submarines). The commander stated that he
succeeded in reporting at the rendezvous at
Hampton Roads, with the modest command
OF ono single submarine 1t for manoeuvers at
sea of the coast. The secretary dismisses
this trivial incident with the masterpiece OF
under-statement that some OF our submarines
are not perfect as they should be-"
TORPEDO No. 6-1 have publicly asserted
that Secretary Daniels administered sting
ing rebuke to Commander Stirling for re-
specially calling the attention OF tho Navy
Department to its incredible neglect OF our
submarines. The secretary, with his delicious
sense OF humor. observes that his professional
training journalist has taught him to en-
courage free speech in officers.
TORPEDO No. 7-Captain Bristol chief OF
the air service OF the navy. testified that at
the beginning Of the war, according to our
best information, France had % dirigibles and
1.40o aeroplanes: that Germany had 40 dirigi
bles and 1000 aeroplanes, and that the United
States, army and navy combined, had no dirigi
bles and % aeroplanes. The general board OF
the navy, composed OF the very best officers,
recommended this year the appropriation OF
$4,000 900 for aircraft. The secretary writes
President Garfield that he has appointed q
Board Of Aviation and that Congress, on his
earnest recommendation. has appropriated the
extravagant sum Of 100000 for airships.
BY the way. earnest search OF the secre.
tarys annual report and earnest examiaa.
ton Of his own estimates sent to Congress-
fails to reveal any such earnest recommen Ia.
zion whatever. On the contrary. Representa-
tive Roberts. in the hearings ON the naval BILL
suggested the appropriation Of 100000 for
a:rships. The secretary's earnest recommends.
tioa made at the time this:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
Bv Auaust. P. Gardner, Congressman from 1.,,,,,.t

DREs1DENr GARFIELD. Of Williams Col
- lese. recently wrote to Secretary Daniels
4 asking for material to meet the state
ments made BY Representative Gardner. OF
Massachusetts," Tho good secretary answered
IN a fourcolumn letter Of $500 words without
meeting 4 single ono Of my statements.
Instead he instituted = very ingenious com.
parison between what was done tor tho navy
in the last two years Of tho TAFT administra'
ton, and in the nrst two years OF the Wilson
administration, greatly to the advantage OF the
latter, from the point OF view OF wicked MILL
tarists. All very interesting. no doubt, II the
public cared 4 rap whether it was Roosevelts
administration or Taft's administration, or
Wilson's administration that was responsible
for cur inadequate and ill-managed navy.
While the secretary was making his COM
porison, BY he way, it might have been just
as we'll for h!n to call attention to the tact
that during the last two years OF the Tart ao'
pninistration, ,i.c period which he chose for
comparison, the purse-str1ngs were held by q
Democratic House Of Representatives.
President Garfield wants to know what sort
OF a navy we have. The secretary answers. "A
.-- sight better one than under Republican
administration"
The public wants to know how the Navy De-
partment is being run, and whether Secretary
Daniels is dt for his job. The secretary re-
plies that no is q good deal litter than Meyer
thought OF being.
II we ask how cur warship tonnage CON-
rarcs with that OF foreign nations, the secre'
,ary replies that Va have 336 vessels. big and
little obsolete and modern. OF which 100 are
laid aside in cold storage. with half crews.
skeleton crews. no crews at all; but he
doesn't answer cur question
II we ask whether the expert officers OF tho
navy think We have sufficient ships and mea
70 make VI safe, We are humorously told that
the general board Of the navy is composed OF
naval statesmen" but W. are told nothing OF
the fact that they reported to him that the in
adequacy Of our naval policy has placed US In
4 position Of interior:ty, rs compared to for
elm nations, and tina: this inferority is con-
tinual:y on the increase.
II We ask whether the navy is prepared %
r,eet a hrst.class enemy. VIC are trtumphant'y
aole that las: Spring it proved its prepa1 edoess
n Aeht Huerta when the second Mexican war
broke out
II We ask the secretary to give Tho numbers
n. torpedocs and mines IN possession OF the
savy ana the contract speed for its dir:gible
al, sh;ps. in orce: to check Of the secretary's
r~uberancc, the secretary says. Hush! Naval
6. csets!"
I. wa ,sr che secretary to make good MS
~.or6s that man for man. car crews are SUI:
g.. an "a ,he standard Of cthe. cavies, the secre'
.ary tells US about THEFT scholastic accomplish
,osn,s hut hs refuses tho records .: their tar
get practise. ---.-----.---'
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11

Of antin the whole popuIstion Of clown
land will swing into view.
This season the funny fellows have
coneoeted more stunts" than ever be-
fore. They are busy all the time with
comicaI limitations and parodies which
poke good natured fun ct timely
topics and well-known personages. No
matter how thrilling or daring the per-
formances IN the rings or tent-top, these
humorists effect to take all things lightly
and 30 temper the program with constant
Haerriment- They ride in their famous
asship, the Sky SKINNER" shoot each
other from big wooden cannons and
commit all manner of Tom-fooiery 50
dear to the hearts Of the youngsters. In
addition to their two-legged clowns,
Ringing Brothers are this season pre-
sentiug many dumb comedians in their
vast trained animal department. This
innovation occupies an entire number
in what is BY far the most novel program
ever devised by these famous showmen.
Here are found the clowns of donkeyland
beariand, ponyland, dogland and all
the rest Of the testers which master train
ers have developed in the animal king
dom.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
SALTS # KIDNEYS
OR BLADDER BOTHER
Harmless to flush Kidneys and neutral
ize irritating acids-splendM
for system.

Kidney and Bladder weakness result
from uric acid, say9 q noted authority.
The kidneys filter this acid from the
blood and PASS it on 10 the bladder, where
it often remains to irritate and infame,
causing g burning, scalding sensation, or
setting up an irritation at the neck Of
the bladder, obliging you to seek relief
two or three times during the night.
The sufferer is in constant dread, the
water passes sometimes with scalding
sensation and is very profuse; again,
there is difficulty in avoiding it.
Bladder weakness, most folks call Il,
because they can't control urinatiou.
While it is extremely enjoying and some
times very painful, this is really one Of
the most simple ailments to overcome.
Get about four ounces of Jad Sa1ts
from your pharmacist and take table
spoonful in q glass Of water before
breakfast, continue this for two or three
days. This will neutralize the acids in
the urine 80 It no longer is q source OF
irritation to the bladder and urinary or
gans which then act normally again.
Jad Salts is inexpensive harmless,
,, and is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon Juice, combined with ithia, and
is used by thousands of folks who are
subject to urinary disorders caused by
uric acid irritation. Jad Salts is sp1en
did for kidneys and causes no bad
effects whatever.
Here you have pleasant, efervescent
Whitewater drink, which quickly relieves
bladder trouble.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
rs FEW or THE FIFTY FAMOUS
CLOWNS WITH RINcLINC
BROS. CIRCUS.

Headed by the dean Of all sawdust
comedians, AL Miaco, q whole army d
/ -splitteEs are due here when RingIine
Brothers circus comes to New Ulul
Tuesday, August "a. Miaeo Is rs years
(old and he is chairman Of the eonven-
! ton which the merry band hold twice
daily under the circus main tent. Old
as he is, this veteran funmakeE is q
agile as the youngest of the fifty sky
larkers who clown in the hippidrome
track.
There was time when the clowns
opened the circus performance. SO do not
conclude that they have missed their
train when they fall to appear at the be-
ginning of this seasons program First
will come the spectacle of Solomon and
the Queen of Sheba, with its cast of more
than 1000 people, its regiments Of cap
arsoned horses and caravans. But
hardly will the curtain have fallen ON the
last act of this gigantic production when,
with = burst of merry music and galaxy
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
GOLDEN GATE.

DR.. Welcome of Sleepy Eye was 3
business caller at his farm near here
/ Friday.
Edward MCGOWAN visited with his
brother George, near Morton one day
! last week.
Miss Frances Cutting of Sleepy Eye
spent Saturday at the Matt Bertrand
home.
Mrs. H. Werring and son Henry OF
Minneapolis spent the past week here
visiting relatives, also looking after her
farming interests near here.
Roy Palmer and wife and Frank
Palmer of Sleepy Eye were guests at the
home of their brother Chas. Palmer and
family on Sunday.
Holgar Jensen of Sleepy Eye has been
demonstrating his Little Giant" oil
tractor on the VIM. Cutting farm in
cutting grain. It seems to be giving
general satisfaction.
Miss Amelia Peterson visited with
Evan friends last Wednesday.
Ottos Banker transacted business al
New Ulm Thursday.
Miss Ellen Robertson of Olympia
| Washington has been here the past
week visiting with friends Miss Robert,
son has been teaching in the West for the
past two years and is very favorably i'm
pressed with that country.
Floyd Werring had the misfortune tt
! have his binder badly smashed last
Saturday when one of the lines broke
and the horses became uncomfortable
Fortunately nobody was injured.
Charles Wiltscheck is having tubular
we'll put down on his farm by the Kie]
Well Drilling Co.
Fred Koehne of Sleepy Eye Cement
Works was business caller here the first
of the week.
! Rueben Marti spent Sunday with
| New Ulm friends.
Harvesting is general in all sections o.
the country. The rainy weather Of thu
first of the week put stop to all farm
work. With another week of GOOD
weather all grain will be in the shock.
Henry Hartman spent Sunday Will
Mankato friends.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
i INSANE, CALLS ON sssERIrF's
WIFE.

Walking into the Office Of Sheriff
Osten at the county Jail at Mankato
about eight o'clock Tuesday evening, a
strange man sat himself in chair; The
sheriff was out at the time, and Mrs.
Osten was at home alone. Mn. Osten
noticed that the man had Wild, un-
natural appearance, and she went to the
telephone to call up the police.
Don't you dare to can up the police, .
said the stranger. II want the sheriff
to take charge Of this case. come from
st. Peter, where escaped. Can up DR..
Basket at St. Peter
Mrs. Osten did as the man had said.
1t was. found that the man was John
Berns, an escaped inmate of the insane
hospital. DR.. Basket said the man
should be held, and he would send a
guard to come and get him. Berns was
about forty-fve years old.
1t was about nine o'clock when the
sheriff came home. He Immediately
took in the situation, and locked up the
man with little trouble. II thought you
would show me in when you got here, :"
said the unbidden guest. II came here
from Rochester I am afraid Of the
police and came to you for protection.
| know l am crazy. There is no use
denying it,
The sheriff asked Berns where he lived,
and the other said he lived wherever he
hung his hat.
A guard from the asylum came to the
jail the next morning and took Berns
back to the institution.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
INSANE MAN CAPTURED
SPRINGFIELD.

Sunday evening while Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Winkelman were in town attend
ing the picture show at Springfield, their
children sent word by telephone that a
crazy man was on the farm. Mr.. and
Mrs. Winkelman Immediately drove
home and found the demented person
lying in the mud along the road near the
X. E. Mo farm west of Springfield. They
talked with him and soon ascertained
that the man was out of his head. Upon
arriving home, they telephoned to Mar
shall Foster Of Springfield, who in COM
pany with A. A. Paffrath and Ferd Bott,
Jr. drove out to get him. On arriving
at the place described by Mr.. Winkel-
man, the man was not to be found, but
they traced his tracks in the mud until
they came to him in the Mo pasture.
He was loaded into the car and brought
to town and taken care of by Marshal
Foster at the village lookup. He was
wet and covered with mud and his feet
were very sore. That night he talked
quite irrationally but it was learned that
he had escaped from the St. Peter asylum
where he had been employed on some
road work. He said he was not well
fed there and wanted to get back home.
He gave his name as Oscar Albertson OF
near Lamberton.
Monday afternoon the unfortunate
man was taken back to St. Peter. It
was learned that the man had left St.
Peter Friday, intending to walk to- his
home near Lamberton. He passed
through Nicollet and went through New
Ulm in the night, circhng around all the
other towns in order to avoid capture.
He labored under the illusion that two
fellows were after him. After his nights
rest in the lookup. he appeared more
rational Monday morning.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
CAMBRIA.

! Mrs. A. C. Astrup who was guest Of
Mrs. VIM. Edwards has returned to hel
home at Madison, Wis.
E. Evans and son Roger, autoed here
from Garvin, Mimi, and called on OLD
| friends.
Miss Esther Bowen who has beer
teaching in one of the public schools G
Duluth, Mimi, is spending part of hel
vacation visiting her brother, David E.
Bowen and family.
Miss Irene Deopre who underwent ar
operation for appendicitis at Union
hospital, New Ulm, last Wednesday, is
getting along as well as can be expected
Mrs. Evan Evans of Mankato was q
guest of her sister, Mrs. Tom Davis, last
! week.
Miss Emma Luedke who has been at
tending the teachers summer school at
Mankato visited at the home of Mrs.
VIM. j. Evans before she returned to her
home at Garvin, MINI.
The Misses Stella and Gwennie Evans
and Gladys Owens are visiting friends
and relatives near Tracy.
Mrs. Nellie Newton who underwent an
operation in Minneapolis hospital re-
turned home to her mother, Mrs. Tom
Jones, last Thursday and is convalescing
nicely. She will stay with her mother
for a while to recuperate strength before
returning to her own home in South
Dakota.
The Gordon and Wilbur Opera Cos"
entertainments at Woodman Hall last
Friday and Saturday nights were well
attended. The first night they gave
Bought and Paid For" with specialties
between acts, and the last night they
played Under the Law. They carried
their own scenery and their costumes
were very pretty.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
NATIONAL FORESTS TAKE IN
$500, 900.

The National Forests turned into the
U. S. Treasury during the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1915, nearly $2,5O0.0O0,
an increase of more than $4,000 over
the receipts of the previous year, ac-
cording to a statement just issued by
the Forest Service. The timber sales,
which amounted to 81, 900. yielded
on account OF the depressed condition
of the lumber industry about $4,000
less than those of the previous fiscal
year, but the gain was made possible by
lager revenues from other sources. The
grazing receipts, which totaled 81 ,125, 900
increased $127 900 over last year, and
the water power receipts. which amounted
to not quite 100000, showed an increase
of nearly $4,000.
The decentralization of the turpentine
industry on account of the wars curtail-
ment of the naval stores market caused
the receipts from the sale of turpentining
privileges on the National Forests to.
drop to about $4,000, as against nearly
$4,000 last year. The sale of special
use permits, under which all sorts Of
enterprises, from apiaries to whaling
stations, are operated on the Forests,
yielded nearly $4,000, an increase of
$4,000 over last year. There was a
decrease of nearly $37, 900 in the revenue
derived by the settlement of trespass
cases in which Government timber had
been cut without intent to defraud, the
revenue from this source being only a
little more than $4,000. More than
1000, however, was collected from
other timber trespass cases. Grazing
trespass cases yielded nearly $4,000, an
increase of about $1,000; occupancy
trespass cases, which occurred in only one
! Of the seven forest districts, turned in
something less than $3.50; about $50
was derived from turpentine trespass
cases, and $500 from fire trespass cases,
the latter being more than $1,000 less
than the amount collected in the previous
fiscal year for damage to Government
property through fires carelessly or will
fully started in or near National Forests.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
TIRED OF CONCERNING MAN.
KATO Lookup.

State Inspector of Jails, Donahue, of
St. Paul while in Mankato a few days
ago, was very much displeased upon
visiting the city hall to see that the
conditions of the city lookup had not
been improved since his last visit. Mr..
Donahue was very outspoken in his
denunciation of the inactivity Of the city
officials in this respect, who, he said,
had been notified repeatedly that the
city lookup is an unfit and dangerous
place to house prisoners. In case of fire
the cells on the upper floor of the hall
would be regular fire traps. The ones
on the first floor are not much better,
and the sanitary conditions are far from
being what they should be.
Mr.. Donahue before taking his de-
parture for the twin cities, stated that
he was tired condemning the city Jail
here, and would now take the matter up
directly with the attorney general and
institute legal steps against Mankato to
compel it to better conditions.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11

Two men covered with the CRIME of
guilt were arraigned before Magistrate
Marsh charged with stealing coal. They
denied the charge, and doing some light
work laughter, declared that it was all
a joke.
"How far did you carry it?'" asked
the Magistrate.
Eight blocks
That's carrying a joke too far. III
hold you both" said the Court. Silence,
Magistrate; these are hard men who can
not cry.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
ALONG ROUTE THREE.

The binder is kept pretty busy these
days The velvet chaff and marquis
wheat are mostly cut and it promises
good yield. Oats is somewhat light.
but long in the stem.
Many folks from out here attended the
Golden Jubilee of the Lutheran Church
last Sunday. Others took the morning
train for st. Paul where they attended
the Diamond Jubilee Of the St. Josephs
Society.
The corn will need some more warm
weather and late fall if we may expect
any crop.