New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
COUNTY TREASURER BERG SUES
FORTSCHRITT

AstoI Al4uioudy dlIeELOOH papers were
served on e. j. Buehrer and Friday
on Carl o. Weilandt, vice president
of the Brown Co. COOPERATIVE Pub
fishing Co. in $4,000 libel suit which
is instituted against these defendants
by Henry J. Berg, Co. Treasurer of
Brown Co. The plaintiff is represented
by Pfaender & Flor of this city. This
suit is the outcome of an article which
was published some time ago in the
Fortschritt under the caption Wanted
to levy Taxes on Church Property.
By way of introduction the complaint
pays it's compliments to Editor Buehrer
and sets forth that he is incompetent
and undesirable as newspaper man,
financially irresponsible and a poor
financial manager, that he is cratic,
inconsistent and unreasonable, and that
he has used the newspapers with which.
he has beer. connected, to great extent
for expressing his dislikes of persons
who happen to appear Objectionable
to him, that he has proceeded to criticize
them with no foundation therefor and
that in the publication of such news
papers he has adopted a corresponding
policy with respect to persons and
public affairs. The complaint goes on
to state that the Brown Co. Co-Opera-
tive Publishing Co. knew of this and
still permitted him to carry on this kind
of newspaper work. .
The pith Of the libel suit is con-
tanned in the allegation which sets
forth that the articles published in
the Fortschritt, wrongfully, falsely and
maliciously charged and insinuated,
that the plaintiff as public official
of said Brown County does not and did
not do his duty as such public official
and then and thereby charged the
plaintiff as such public official with
having acted partially, with malice,
and unfairly and improperly in the
administration of his office and thereby
held him up to public contempt, scorn
and ridicule.
The defendants have engaged the
services of Attorney H. L. Schmitt of
Mankato, and unless the matter is
disposed of in some way before then
the case will be brought on for trial
at the May, 1915, term of the District
Court of Brown County. Defendant |
attorney has already served papers
on the plaintiffs attorneys, asking
the Court to strike out certain allega-
lions in the complaint. This matter
will be heard as soon as Judge Olsen
returns from Ivanhoe, where he is at
the present time holding the spring
term of Court of Lincoln County. 1t
looks as tho Plaintiffs attorneys are
afraid that Mr.. Buehrer might leave
the city, because they subpoenad him
to appear as a witness in the libel suit,
demanding his presence in Court on
May Goth, 1915.
COMPANY WILL BUY
SITE.
At the regular monthly meeting of
he directors of the New Ulm Rural
Telephone Co. the question of new
Central Office was again up for discus
ion. The committee, consisting of |
Henry P. Bastian and Joseph Wiesner,
eported that several sites had been
'fered them. The matter was disposed
i by giving the committee authority
0 purchase whichever site they thought
,est suited for the business interest of
he Company.
Peter Manderfeld Of St. Paul was in
own one day last week looking after
business matters and making comments
On the passage Of County Option.