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=, VERY war of conquest in Europe
has sent on the road new tribes
of rypsies. The original gypsies
- wore. il is believed, wanderers
fr.. central India who were driven
n. heir home land by war and by
d.. uuerers Certain it Is that stu
4, If words find in the Romany
u .. " pure Hindu origin.
..., original gypsies taught defeated
r.... JOS how to avoid the rigors Of de-
r.. nd lost home lands, and from the
tt,.. ~ their appearance back in the
g., '. century down to the war In the
T.t..ns. wars have sent on the road
3 .U- # wanderers recruited In the land
~ tra defeated or from among the
f.t..j Of the overtaXed.
.-, war of conquest waged by Fred
.. The Great sent Silesian and Boz
s, ID gypsies on the road about the
.. $50. and following the annexation
~ ....cc and Lorraine in 1871 by Ger
,...v French gypsies began to appear
. .tmhors among the caravan people
Oh. Iuropc. During the Napoleonic wars
.... ~ thousands of gypsies went forth
r. n the war torn districts and their
d.. .cndants remained long upon the
T..I some OF tneln lOllOWlub lhS HIbh-
" rs until this day.
81 the European nations have at
',uptcd at various times to discover
..r many of these wanderers exist
...I.n their borders. They have re-
...t.i,v counted them, and countries
.. Germany. France and Russia try
,. Keep strict surveillance over them
.. means of passports and permits. But
admitted that at best the census
is not trustworthy.
Lands where the oppressor's hand is
..c heaviest send forth the most gyp-
s.,s The turbulent Balkans contain
more gypsies than other countries for
the reason that conditions there have
h.,n So hard on homemakers and land
oil .ers that the wagon life is easier
Turkey has driven tens of thousands OF
people into caravans, and the troubles
of Hungaria have resulted in vast num-
hers turning to the gypsy life. Curl
ouslv enough. no sooner do people OF
any nation set forth on the road
than they begin to learn the Romany
dialect and the road signs. They give
a.,giance to the gypsy government
with its chief. queen, princesses ano
other authorities. In two or three gen.
,rations they have become thoroughly
gypsy.
The most accurate estimate of the
number of gypsies shows more than
million in civilized lands. with an un'
known number in central Asia, parts OF
Africa. back country Brazil, &c. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

bands are Catholic, having taken to the
road because of religious persecution.
In America there are several great
clans of gypsies, each of whom gives
allegiance to a king" The leaders of
the clans have meetings in the spring,
commonly in April. and there the coun-
try is routed" and the bands are
scheduled" so that the gypsy bands
have each their own itnerary covering
the whole summer.
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battle array. The gypsy band was
broken up and driven into the Black
Forest. They were from the mountains
of the Balkans.
The Countess Wilma Festetics, of the
most exclusive Hungarian social cir
Gle, eloped with Nyary, "A gypsy musi-
clan, in 1907. Her act created great
sensation in Budapest and throughout
Hungary, where she was well known,
her father being Count Paul Fcstetics,
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numbers Of gypsies. They seem in fact
to thrive and multiply under persecu-
ton and the ravages of war. One
inevitable resultant of the war in
Europe doubtless will be a great in
crease in the number of gypsies.
Nowhere to the extent as in Russia
have the gypsies acquired such an in
fuence in every walk Of life. The
Car himself is regarded as a patron
OF the gypsies, and many famous
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livery Conquest in Europe Has Sent Wandering Tribes
Gypsies Recruited in Defeated Countries, to Strange
Iands-Cermany Tries to Keep Track of Her Bands

Vialtseva Is said to have had more
than 1000 rubles tossed at her feet by
admirers at one performance.
Gypsy music, gypsy songs, gypsy
dancing have spread across the face
of Europe. Spanish dancing shows dis
tinct evidence of the gypsy grace and
abandon. The merry making of the
Balkan States-there is little enough
of it now that the local wars are over
and the contlnentwide ones are on
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
Do You Want 4
Real Farm Home
In North Dakota?

If you are going to buy a farm
away from here you should not do
so before looking over the Des Laos
and Mouse River Valley Lands in
Ward County, North Dakota.
We own our own lands. Save
money and buy direct from us. We
can show you some of the best land
in the State and can sell you well i'm B
proved farms under cultivation with
good buildings for $500 to $500
per acre or wild lands at lower
prices. Land is as good aud crops
as sure as anywhere in the State.
Only the best of soil black
loan and clay subsoil. No crop
failure when soil is reasonably cuf-
tivated.
Prices in our Country are far
lower than further south or east. We
invite you to investigate.
Land seekers rate for round trip
from Minneapolis to Kenmare every
Monday and Tuesday only $lI.75
for four or more parties.
Now is the time to buy. Land
is. going fast and prices will BE
higher next year. Land will double
in value in few years. 71
Write to
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
Kenmare,
Ward County,
Or write or see FREDW. FRIIS.
Vice Pres. Of said Bank.
Now at New Ulm, MINI.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
NEW ULM GRABS SKAT PRIZES

At the skat tournament held in the
gymnasium of Turner. Hall last Sunday
the local players landed the greater
portion of the prizes. Some fifty skat
enthusiasts were at the tables. A dele.
cation of about twenty came from Man
kato to participate in the tournament
and Golden and Gibbon were also repre-.
sented.
Two sessions were held. At the after
noon session, j. P. Graf won first honors.
Second place went to Otto Schneider,
third to C. w. Borchert and fourth to
Otto Pullman. Joseph Miller of Man
kato won first place in the evening play
ing with John Becker, second; William
Thiedemann, third; and Ed. Guggesberg
fourth.
The visitors were entertained by the
local skat players at a luncheon and re-
freshments were served during the play
ing.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
Help Well Placed.

When the war came on, last year, and
the market for cotton practically closed,
many of the parents of students attend
ing the Agricultural and Mechanical
College Of Texas, one of the greatest
educational institutions in the South,
and largely patronized by farmers, were
unable to pay for the board, clothes and
medical fees of their sons.
Facing the alternative of closing the
college doors to these deserving youths,
the board of directors took the unse-
cured notes of $50 boys aggregating
$4,000. At present but $500 remains
unpaid and all of that will likely be paid in
in September.
The result of this radical innovation is
that Texas is voting on constitutional
amendment authorizing any county to
loan public funds to worthy youths fol
the purpose of defraying their expenses
while attending state educational insti-
tutions.
If this isn't simon-pure, blown-in-the.
bud philanthropy, nothing is. Hats of
to Texas and the men who started the
ball a-rolling- Minneapolis Daily Netcs'
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
ELEVATOR NEARLY COMPLETED.

The new elevator erected by the
Springfield Milling Company is rapidly
nearing completion. The sheet metal
siding is being put on and the interior
work is being rushed.
The elevator is 81 feet square and 81
feet in height. 1t has fifteen large bins,
eight of which reach from the top Of the
building to the basement, and seven
from the top to the runway. The
capacity will be about 100, 900 bushels.
In the basement is the immense hopper
scales, with chutes leading from each bin.
The new building is connected with the
brick elevator by shaft house in which
the machinery for running the elevators
is also connected.
In the center of the new elevator is
the imam lift device which has q little
platform on which man can stand and
be raised to the top Of the building. This
new addition to the Milling company's
property will enable them to store
thousands Of bushels Of grain and also
adds to the appearance Of the property.
Springfield Adoaace. ii
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
INTERNATIONAL PRESS CON-
GRESS A SUCCESS.

r. 81 fE Z / . / H Z b il. =
The International Press Congress held
at the Panama-P Pacific International Ex-
position at San Francisco, July 9Th to
10th, was, in personnel and program, the
largest and most notable assembly ever
held of persons interested in journalism.
The enrolment was 957 delegates, ac-
companied by 1890 visitors, a total Of
2l37 persons in attendance. This en-
rollment represented 20 nations and as
states Of the United States. Of the
delegates 697 or three fourths, were from
outside California, and 1913 from outside
continental United States. They in
Guided representatives Of Australia, Aus
tria-Hungary, Argentine, China, Cuba,
Canada, Columbia, Denmark, France,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
But The Horse IS Stolen.

Chicago, Aug. 6.-At least six per-
sons will be indicted by the federal grand
jury investigating the Eastland disaster.
United States District Attorney Clyne, so
reports about the federal building today
said, was drawing up the indictments.
The bills probably will be returned when
the jury meets again Tuesday.
City harbor officials today were pre-
pared to test the stability of every lake
liner that enters the Chicago river or
docks on the lake front. Rush orders
were placed today for bars of iron, which
will be used in weighing down the boats. .
So read the United Press wires from
Chicago, in regard to the investigation
of the Eastland horror.
1t will not by any particular comfort
to the darkened homes of Chicago to
know that 1aOaO proper steps are to be
taken to test the excursion steamers.
Such measures can not bring back the
loved ones who sank in the turbid waters
of the Chicago river.
Perhaps it is only by means of such
catastrophes that reforms can be made.
But it sec MS sCch q useless waste and
sacrifice.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
FINE LOCKERS FOR ARMORY.

Lieutenant Adolph Klause is having
his troubles these days picking out a
style of locker to meet the needs of New
Ulm's military organizations. He has
plenty Of material to choose from as
many big locker companies are after the
contract for the big armory. It is
planned to install 164 steel lockers so it
means big contract for some company.
The locker the local officers have about
decided upon, is an all-steel affair, 10
inches wide, 20 inches deep and " inches
high. They will be locked with key
as the combinations have been found
to be an endless source of trouble. Be
sides individual keys, there will be two
master keys that will fit every locker in
the list.
Special lockers will be furnished for the
officers who will have double compart-
ment locker on one side of which they
may keep their official papers and files
and on the other side their equipment.
A special steel cabinet for the head
quarters stationery will also be provided
! The boys hope to get into their new
home by the first week in October il
there are no further delays in the work.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
The Blindness of Justice.

The headlines of the Minneapolis
Daily News last week contained scath-
ing arraignment of present-day justice
that is we'll worth little consideration.
One Edward Martin stole an automobile,
sold it and gave a bill of sale for it and
was only arrested after sensational
chase thru the down town business
streets. He was tried on the charge
of "tampering'' with car that
didn't belong to him and given 80 day
sentence. N
At the same time farmer who had
hired a horse and failed to return it be-
cause he became intoxicated was bound
over to the grand jury on the charge of
grand larceny.
In the very next column of the paper is
the case of a Spaniard arrested in the
city on the charge of stealing $40 from
the pocket of man at the Eagles car
nival. There was no direct evidence
against him and he was convicted on the
statement of the man who lost the money
and the fact that he had forty-five cents
in his pocket at the time he was arrested.
No one suggested that he might simply
have tempered" with the pocketbook.
And this sort of thing is so common.
Martin had friends and so he had only
tempered with the automobile when he
sold it. The other poor devils were
without friends and had to take the
limit. They were not bit guiltier.
It is this sort of justice that makes our
courts joke and criminality simply a
matter of "getting away with it. All
men may have been born free and equal
and all may be equal in the sight of the
Law. But the sight of big bank roll
seems to change the perspective of the
blind goddess a lot and it is certain
that that same bank roll is little in
clined to make the scales of Justice
wabble a bit.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
Prosperity For Farmers.

1t would take confirmed pessimist
among the farmers of this community to
60 around with long face these days.
The corn is working twenty-six hours a
day and Sundays in an attempt to catch
up with itself. And in spite of the
croakers, there seems to be no great need
of worry as to the crop if the frost stays
off till reasonable time this fall. Much
of the corn is beginning to show signs
of silks and tassels. King Corn is not
down and out yet-not by long ways.
And wheat-say, you should see some
of the fields around here. The shocks
are standing so thick that one wonders
who the farmer swiped all the straw
from. All about New Ulm are seen
fields ripe and heavy with grain. Quite a
bit OF the wheat is already cut and nearly
all will be in shock by Saturday night.
1t has been long time since the farmer
has had so much to be thankful for in
the way of wheat. It stands tall and
rank with big, well-flled heads, all of an
even height and good for twenty to
thirty bushels. Velvet chaff seems to
be the best yield this time. There seems
to be an unusually heavy acreage Of
small grain this year and if wheat stays
at above dollar bushel every farmer
in the country will be buying car if he
hasn't already done SO.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
SONS OF HERMANN MAY COME.

The Sons of Hermann who hold their
lodges in St. Paul and Minneapolis may
journey to New Ulm in the near future
and hold meetings beneath the shadow
of their Patron Saint on the heights west
of the city. Such was the suggestion
made to the local lodge by Grand Presi-
dent Henry Suess and Grand Secretary
Chas. Anker when they met with the
New Ulm fraternity last Sunday to talk
over the improvements being made on
the statue and monument. If the plans
materialize land it is thot that they will,
the twin city lodges will make the trip
on the 26th Of September. They will
be accompanied by large number of
friends and the day will be an important
one in the annals of the local lodge.
At that time the repairs to the statue
will be completed and the official in
spection will take place under the
direction of the grand officers. Some
eight hundred dollars is being spent to
restore the statue this summer The
plastering has been completed and the
decorations are well under way. When
the work is completed, the statue and
grounds will be in perhaps the best shape
they have ever been in.
The Sons of Hermann are in a very
forishing condition and the Commits
sioner Of Insurance has complimented
the organization upon its splendid
financial condition. In spite Of the fact
that they paid out $4,000 in death
benefits last year, the fraternity had q
surplus of $4,000 to add to their already
large reserve This condition is due to
the fact that only one officer Of the lodge
receives any pay.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
Hood N1Qht D0bb1m!

If Henry Ford can accomplish what
lie has promised and can turn out a
satisfactory gasoline tractor from his
great automobile works for $500 he will
rave revolutionized farming and the
transportation of farm products. The
ordinary tractor is too costly to be used
IN the average farm of 100 acres but a
tractor that can be purchased for the
price of one good horse and which can
do the work of three horses is a thing
that the average farmer will not lose
much time in getting acquainted with.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the
horse; is going to become obsolete Old
Dobbin will still be able to hold his own
in many kinds of work. But the heavy
hauling. the blowing and the reaping
an be better handled by a tractor if
G price and weight make it a feasible
:Mece of machinery for the average
:armer.
Such tractor would mean big i'm
zrovement in the country roads. 1t
could interest the farmer in good roads
IS much as the capitalist. Much Of the
hauling of produce to market would then
Sc handled by the Ford tractor. Alto
zether, it looks as if Henry Ford was in a
gosition to get just about what he wants
4 he can produce the goods in his new
Hoiect. And we are backing Henry if
lie sets out to do it.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
Eke Factory TOWN.

New Ulm is the prettiesj town in Min.
iaesota from the standpoint of natural
Ieauty. We take second place to nc
.own in the state in this respect.
But in this age of cold commercialism,
.1:itakes more than mere beauty to stir
7he pulse of the average man. The
nan whoa IS contemplating moving to
New .Ulm4 wants to know what we are
hing in business way. What are his
lhances of getting job in this town.
he can't enjoy the bluffs of the Mime
sotaaaif haf has to worry about next
Month grocery bill.
What has New Ulm to offer, then, for
5hs middle class man whose primary need
i good, steady job? The answer is,
srergthing. If you want job in New
t isa easy enuf to find it. New Ulm is
anusallyGwA supplied with factories for
Z town itssize How many people know
shatathe city is the home of the third
largest flour mill in the world. The
Eagle Mills give employment to large
number of men. Three hundred and
izwenty-four names appear on the pay
NIL of this one concern. 1t is impossible
~ estimate the number who are Deepen
tent. upon these 1924 breadwinners en-
aIoYed by only one of the many manu-
featuring concerns. The other New
Jim milling concerns, while not 50 large
also have big pay roll.
But altho we are prone to always put
our~mills first, they are by no means oul
only manufacturing concerns. The tile
factory, the breweries, the overall facto
aery, the various bottling works, the
produce plants and host of other con
serns give employment to large amount
al help when taken in the aggregate
Take the factories and mills away, anc
and what would be left of the city? On
s. inclined to wonder what other town.
not SO generously supplied with fact
Mes have to offer as an attractive center
Ear location.
With all these plants here and NOR,
coming, New Ulm is bound to grow. L
can't. help it. The rapid expansion o
the residence section of the town thai
has caused over hundred homes to b,
built during the past year is no boom
leading to an undue imitation of rea
estate prices 1t is healthy growtl
directly traceable to the residence de
uand Of a healthy, hustling and grow
ing factory town.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11

Greece, Germany, Guatemala, England,
Portugal, Ireland, Switzerland. Hondu-
ras, Italy, Java, India, Japan, Mexico.
New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Alaska,
Hawaii and the Philippine Islands. The
official proceedings will appear in the
Book Of the Congress to be published by
a committee Of which Jason Rogers, pub
Usher of the New York Globe, is Chair.
man.
The Congress voted unanimously to
form Permanent organization with two
vice presidents from each nation, an
executive committee, secretary-treasur-
er, and president. The invitation Of
the Government of New South Wales to
hold the next Congress in Sydney was
accepted.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
Where Are The Water WAGONS?

One of the most conservative business
men of the city was heard discussing the
dearth of water on our city streets last
Sunday and he was very emphatic in his
opinion that the tax payers Of New Ulm
are not getting what is coming to them
in the care Of the city streets. He was
Of the opinion that when the property
owners pay out their good money to get
the streets sprinkled they ought to be
able to sit on their own front porches
without having to choke in the dust of
every passing auto. And it does look
as tho he had some grounds for his
hearty kick.
Last Sunday there was an unusually
large number of outside cars in New Ulm
attending the Jubilee of the Lutheran
church. The occasion and the fine
weather brought a large number of
tourists to the city. What opinion of the
city did those people take away with
them after eating our dust for few
hours? With cars passing and repassing
at frequent intervals every street in the
city was filled with a swirling cloud OF
duts. And it was just as offensive to
townspeople and pedestrians as to the
tourists And the townspeople are
paying perfectly good money to avoid the
nuisance. One could hardly blame the
above conservative business man for
handing an Irish blessing to the city
council, the street committee, the sprink-
ling force land all others in authority"
as he wiped the dust from his eyes last
Sunday. And he is one of the heaviest
tax payers in the city, too.
How many noticed the thickness of the
dust on the sidewalks in the business
section of the town last Monday morning.
Every shop boy who had to sweep the
sidewalk in front of his store will testify
that it was plenty thick enuf. And this
was in the paved section of the city, at
that. There seems little excuse for the
dust nuisance on paved streets.
The excuse for such dusty conditions
seems to be that the city water supply
is inadequate and that it is necessary to
conserve the water in every way possible.
That man be true, but there are other
methods Of laying the dust that the city
would do well to investigate. Crude oil
is used with marked success in many
towns. It is no more expensive than the
water system and is more lasting.
Properly applied, it will solve the dust
problem for the summer. Certainly
some such method is worth investigating.
For if the water supply is so low that we
haven't enough to lay the dust, we must
find some other way of abating the
nuisance. New Ulm citizens are tired
of their dust diet.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-11
OVER 800 ATTEND CATHOLIC
CONVENTION
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and delights in the climate of Minnesota.
He read telegram from the holy father
sent by Cardinal Gasparri, the ,papal
secretary. It read: ION the occasion
Of the sixtieth annual convention of the
German Central Verein, the holy father
is pleased to take cognizance of your
far-reaching achievements, and prays for
happy issue of your deliberations.
At the close of the meeting the big
audience arose in body and sang the
national anthm. Such fervor was
thrown into the singing as should con-
vince the most sceptical of the loyalty
of the great body of German-Americans
that was represented by ten thousand
delegates.
And SO the sixtieth annual convention
of the federated German Catholic socie-
ties was opened. It saw as splendid
a demonstration of the loyalty of the
German Americans to church and state
as one could ever hope to see. The
delegates to the meetings held their first
regular meeting in the palm room at the
St. Paul and the meetings will continue
for several days.
The New Ulm delegation which &C.
companied its delegates to the conven-
ton to take part in the sixtieth Jubilee
returned by their special at about one
o'clock Sunday night.