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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
The Militarist Spirit.

When accused of advocating mill
tarism advocates of preparedness deny
the charge, and say they only wish a
military to protect us from the insolent
militarism of foreign nations. But UNI
fortunately for this denial many Ameri-
can militarists will insist on speaking or
behaving in a manner that shows the
same spirit of arrogance as in European
militarist monarchies, and the same con-
tempt for democracy (. Thus in an adj
dress on August II to the business men
taking a months military training at
Plattsburg, New York, General Leonard
Wood is reported in a militarist paper
to have said:
Il hope that when you gentlemen 60
away from here you will use your in
fuence, as good American citizens, in
contrast to the ignorant masses, by
whom you must not be influenced, and
you will do all in your power to help
obtain sane, good legislation for the es-
tablishing Of an adequate armament" .
It is to be hoped that General Woods
feeling toward the ignorant masses
| is not due to the recollection that these
are the people who employ him; and pay
by far the greater share Of the taxes from
which his salary is paid. How he feels
about the right OF the majority to rule is
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
FAIR AND HARVEST FESTIVAL.
Big Showing of Farm Exhibits and
Variety of Anusements at
Mankato

The tenth annual Mankato fair, har
vest festival and Blue Earth County
Agricultural exhibit, will be held on the
fair grounds, Mankato, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16, II and
IS. Fast and exciting races are sched-
uled, large showing of farm products,
acres Of exhibits, and a great variety Of
amusements. A band will furnish music
daily, and ball game is scheduled for
each afternoon; $1,000 to be paid out
in premiums, and $500 on every horse
race. Many state fair exhibits will be
displayed at the Mankato fair. A large
new barn with a fine show ring has been
erected this year for the departments,
all to be filled with interesting displays.
Street cars and buses run direct to the
fair grounds. Three days of education
and pleasure, Sept. 49, II and 10. y
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
TERRIBLE AUTO ACCIDENT.

Running at terrific rate of speed
along the St. Peter raod coming towards
Mankato, an Overland runabout Sun
day evening about $50 o'clock approach
ed the little bridge over a creek at the
the Dan Patch crossing about quarter
of a mile from the Mankato city limits,
struck spur track that runs into q
Fneighboring quarry, and then, turning
q little to the left missed the bridge by
about ten feet, shot upwards over a rise
of ground, sailed over the tops of the
trees that filled the ravine, and landed
with terrific force against hillside away
beyond the bridge.
There were three young men in the
car. One was killed outright. Another
was so badly injured that it was feared
that he would die. The third was some
what cut bruised and stunned.
All three were from Pemberton,
Mimi, Percy McKibbin, aged nineteen
was the one that met death instantly.
Newell Nelson, aged twenty, was hurt so
that it was thought that he could not
survive. Clarence Ofterdahl, aged nine
tene, was the most fortunate of the three.
-Mankato Free Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
More Traditions Broken.

A news dispatch from Chicago says
chat when the next Methodist conven-
zion meets at Lennox, ILL.,, attending
ministers will be given practical
demonstration of how to operate a movie
machine, how to install one, and how
70 make a proper selection of pictures.
Che work, in charge of Rev. O'May,
IS an attempt to solve the Sunday even
ing church problem. The day of the
pastor who did nothing but preach is
gone. But the use of movies as an aid
coward church attendance is novel and
a somewhat unwelcome idea. Yet it is
but an attempt to bring people and
church together, and the novelty of the
idea is in itself nothing against it. The
usefulness of movies as an aid toward
better teaching in the public schools has
cong been recognized and with this in
mind the builders of the New Ulm High
School building provided a movie booth
TO meet this demand.
It may be that moral lessons may be
taught by means of the movie screen as
well as lessons in science, and of course
the valus Of pictorial representation Of
Bible history can readily be seen. We
aust agree with Calico that the "world
do move, and nowhere faster than in
she movie business.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
vANDALS GET BUSY.

Somebody with weird sense of humor
tried to experiment with the resisting
power Of the threshing machine on the
Herman Albrecht place recently. While
the machine was in action piling UP the
years financial returns for Adolph Oachs,
the man who is renting the place, an
explosion occurred in the insides of the
separator which sounded like call from
the first line of Belgian trenches.
Upon investigation it was found that
one cylinder tooth and one concave tooth
had been sacrificed in the attempt to
chew up several railroad spikes which
which had found their way into thu
whirling cylinder. Later on two more
railroad spikes were found in one of the
bundles.
The threshing machine belongs tc
Golnick and Loefelmacher, but it is not
known whether the act of vandalism
was directed against the owner OF the
grain or the owner of the separator. In
either case the deed secures the most
hearty thanks of the threshers for the
good job done. The skill and efficiency
displayed in concealing the spikes il
the bundles is worthy of a place on the
new board Of strategy for the U. S. navy
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
OILED STREETS FOR REDWOOD

The city council of Redwood Falls,
at a special meeting last week, resolved to
order the use of oil on the streets where
ever petitioned by the property owners
to do SO. The expense will be assessed
against the property benefited as in the
the case of the water and sewer systems.
Residents of single block can petition
to have their streets oiled, but it is de-
sirable that several blocks be oiled in
roder to get the best results and econo-
mize on the expense. The oil costs about
three cents gallon, and can be secured
cheapest in carload lots.
During the deliberations of the coun-
Gil, M. B. Martin, of Mortified, who
has had experience in oiling streets, was
present and gave the council the benefit
of his experience in solving the dust pro-
blem by the use of oil.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
A Tennis Tournament.

Redwood falls is in the final throes of
a fine tennis tournament this week.
In New Ulm the semi-occasional out
bursts of interest in the noble game have
died natural death. AS Hamlet once
said: 'There is something wrong in
the Kingdom of Denmark What has
happened to our sport loving public?
Has all the energy been used up in dis
eussing the war, and cussing the English?
Or are we taking ourselves and our trou-
hles so seriously that we cannot find
time to play?
For the un-initiated let it be explained
chat tennis is game, and a delight. 1t
Is played out in the open, by both men
and women, boys and girls, where there
splenty of pure air, health, optimism and
happiness. 1t is game which does not
call for broken noses or snapped shin
bones; it requires no referee nor animal
Gamer to keep order. The Bible says
you cannot add a cubit to your stature,
but every time you play tennis you add
a few days to the natural length of your
life, and a little to the happiness of your
family.
Yet tbs true that we cannot find time
to play tennis here. Redwood Falls
or Mortified may have their tourna-
ments. But there is SO much depending
on our keeping a sober face and an ali
of extreme BUSINESS, that we cannot fore
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
Official Paper of Brown County.
Found Its Niche.

New Ulm seems to have found the
solution Of the problem, what to DO with
the army when it is not engaged IN Its
business of producing crop OF widows
and orphans. Last Tuesday, Chief
Klause enlisted the assistance OF the
bcal. Soldier boys inkeepins peace and
order while Southern Minnesota favored
New Ulm and Ringing Brothers with its
presence. To say that the boys acquitted
themselves with credit would be repeat
mg an old story. Not single auto &C
eident marred the day. Even the
several thousand thirsty visitors, who
were bound to absorb enough to last
shem until another circus day or the
next change of administration, were kept
within the bounds of law and order.
It is a splendid idea; and one which
will be extended, until at some distant
age it may even percolate through the
che obtuse craniums of 'the powers that
6e'' in Europe. When enough OF the
manhood of Europe is put under ground
20 make the soil fertile for several gen.
erations, perhaps the crowned, or un-
crowned at that time,- heads of Europe
will realize that the only use for an armed
sorce is in keeping order and enforcing
che observance of law. There is no
denying that force seems often necessary;
out that this force is to be used in con-
structive, and not destructive, warfare
IS the idea that finds so little favor IN
Europe. At present it is still an idea,
saut by the time the Kaiser is forgotten and
ehe: New Ulm Armory is a ruin, this
fdea: that worked so successfully on a
small scale in New Ulm may be the one
shat will rule the world.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
CELEBRATED 25TH ANNIVERSARY

Last Sunday it was twenty-five years
since Rev. H. Strasen of the Lutheran
Church of CORTLAND entered the min
istry. In honor of the event the members
of his congregation planned a surprise
for their pastor which proved very sue
cessful. While on his way home from
church in CORTLAND where he had de-
livered sermon in the afternoon, Rev.
Strasen was induced to step into the
CORTLAND Lutheran Church in the coun-
try and when he opened the portals of
the building he was indeed surprised to
find the members of his congregation as
sembled there. He was Immediately
conducted to a place of honor. Rev.
Cloeter delivered an address and was fol-
lowed by Prof. John Meyer of the DR..
Martin Luther College who expounded
the reasons why the jubilarian is held in
such high esteem, not only by his congre-
CATION but also by his fellow preachers,
and conveyed to him the hearty congrat-
ulations from the Lutheran ministry OF
the state. Rev. M. Winter who has
charge Of the Lutheran parish of James
vile, Mimi, where Rev. Strasen was
pastor before he came to CORTLAND, pre-
sented greetings and congratulations from
his former congregation, some of whom
were present in person, having made the
trip by auto. Rev. F. Koehler of Nicollet
read the letters of congratulation and
kilograms that had been received. Prof.
F. Reuter- played the pipe organ. After
the speeches had been concluded, Fred
Rengsdorf, President of the congregation
congratulated Rev. Strasen in the name
of the congregation and on their behalf
he handed to the jubilarian purse con
tanning substantial sum of. money.
Rev. Strasen thanked the congregation
for their kind words Of appreciation and
all others who had contributed to make
this fest such success. After the church
program had been disposed of, the ladies
Of the society prepared a SUMPTION.
lunch outside which was thoroughly en-
joyed by everybody.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING.

The first meeting of the Commercial
Club will take place at the club rooms
next Monday, Sept. 6. This will be
the first regular meeting after the sum-
mer vacation. Several matters of gen
eral interest will be taken up, but the
most important will be the central heat
ing proposition. The club is planning for
another year of activity which will COM
pare favorably in it's results to the work
accomplished last year.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
WILL HOLD OLD SETTLERS FEST

At a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Junior Pioneers held We'd
nesday afternoon, it was decided to have
an old Settlers Picnic this. year as was
done last year and the President was
directed to appoint a committee to make
the necessary arrangements. The Pres
ident was also instructed to appoint q
committee to make the arrangements for
the annual meeting Of the Junior Pioneers
and the banquet which they will tender
the Pioneers at that time.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
COUNTY OPTION ELECTION RE.
Suits IN MINNESOTA.

The first official figures on the results
Of county option elections In Minnesota
were given out last week by Julius A.
Schmahl, secretary Of state.
In the fifty-one counties that reported,
q total Of 92,546 votes were cast In favor
of eliminating saloons for three years and
1916 electors showed they preferred
the licensed saloon. The figures by
counties follow herewith.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01

60 our dignity and stoop to the disgrace
full status of children! We must curb
our natural tendencies toward .'kiddish-
ness! We must save our time to dis
cuss our neighbors; and conserve our
spiritual dignity so that we may not be
found out for what we are. Play ten
mis-? Tell that to those upon whose
shoulders the cares of the world rest
not so heavily. But for us Tempter,
get thee behind us!
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
Community Singing.

Here is another idea,,- as fresh and
unspoiled by worthy service as the dove
of peace, an idea which has been pa
tiently waiting to have itself projected
upon the music-loving public of New
Ulm. It is the idea Of community sing
ing. To a people who have been trained
in chorus singing, as the German people
have, it should not be Herculanean
task to get together with that elusive
spirit of brotherhood and join in singing
folk-songs and old-fashioned melodies
that every one knows and loves.
Recently the Regiment Band in one OF
it's concertsvery appropriately attempted
to play some old Irish melodies. AL
though there was slight mishap, as the
dates for the con cert and for shower
became confused and conficted, the
intention may survive till later day.
In the meanwhile, would it not be pos
sible to get the crowd, on that night, to
join in singing these old Irish melodies?
OF course if that were necessary the song
fest might end up with die Wacht Am
Rhein,'' to safeguard against any ill
after-effects, and to make it truly n.y.
phenated again the singing might start
with America.
Not of very high order from the
point of view of the musical highbrow
is this chorus singing, but it carries with
it something infinitely richer and nobler
than technical excellence, for it comes from
the common heart of the common people.
And like all things common it thrills
and throbs with real human sentiment
which lifts it to the level of the greatest
music in the world. Not "Siegfried's
Sword Song but 3'Tipperary'' comes
from the heart of the soldier in the
Belgian trenches as he laughs at the
shrapnel that tears him to pieces; "The
Girl I Left Behind Me- has probably
inspired more heriosm than all of Verdi's
wonderful melodies. And that is why
the common songs ola common crowd
songs of home, of childhood, of school
days, of college and camp-are beautiful
and wonderful and worth while. And
perhaps the circle of individual selfish
ness would widen after such song-fest,
perhaps few hearts would be brighten
ed because it does not matter really
whether people cry, or sing, or work to-
gether. 1t all leads to better commu-
nifty spirit, a spirit of helpfulness and
mutual understanding. And to sing
oneself into such a spirit is far more plea
SAINT than to be pushed there by mis-
fortune
They tried this idea in Philadelphia
some time ago. Some seven thousand
men, women, and children joined in fol-
lowing the band along familiar tunes.
And now they are going to have "sing
night every week. Duluth tried it
out; Mortified got in line few days
later. Why not in New Ulm? AS a
substitute for war talk and gossip at the
band concerts it will be at least harmless
and perhaps even beneficial.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01

To thwack child over the head be-
cause he does not get his lesson, is about
as wise as it would be to rap watch
with hammer because it does not keep
good time. AS our worthy, semi-vir-
tuous contemporary, Life, remarks:
Education by assault and battery is
getting sadly out of style.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Several Of New Ulm's many visitors
who came to welcome the advent of
Ringing Bros. Circus, came also from
their arid territory to assuage their
burning thirst in ways not welcome to
the city officials. Besides acting out a
very self-evident proof that prohibition
is necessary in the places they hailed
from, they tried to carry off an oversize
load to sooth their outraged appetites
for several generations.
William Mccartney, Of Lamberton,
was brought before Justice Buschers on
the oath, on the charge Of drunkenness,
was fined SIS. and costs and told to 60
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01

shown in his urging Of his hearers to OBJ
tain what he calls sane. good legislation''
regardless Of the wishes Of the masses.
Thus Is the militant spirit displayed
while the army Is comparatively small.
What will it be when the advocates Of
preparedness have their way? The Pub
lie.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01

ute $500 and costs to hi share Of the
Single Tax" on circus day.
All these men belong to the ranks Of
prohibition workers, but their definition
Of . prohbitionist Is one who, when he
sees q schooner Of the "Staff Of Life"
prohibits It from going any farther.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01

back where temptation Is legally pro-
scribed.
Ed Rovick, "circus-sooner" was AZ
rested on the same charge on the 23rd.,
fined $500 and costs, and told to sin
no more.
Wenzl Lampl was asked to contrib
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01
Totals

Nine counties were voted into the
wet column. They are Blue Earth,
Crow Wing, Goodhue, jackson, Martin,
Olmstead, Pipestone, Sherburne, and
Steele. Most Of the northern part Of
Crow Wing county is dry under the In
dian lid clamped on by the Federal
officers.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-01

Anew definition for an optimist: The
man who still bets that St.Paul will see
Hst place again this season.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-28

oil. When plane has located sub
marine it signals the hunters where
to go. But before they arrive squall
may have hidden the track. A sub
marine may be known to be in a GER
tain region and be lost and seen and
then lost and seen again. Submarine
hunting is tireless game of hide-and
seek. Naval ingenuity has invented
no end OF methods Of location and OF
destruction. Experiment has proved
some to be effectual, and some useless.
Strictest kept of naval secrets these.
Very thin is the skin of a submarine
and very fragile and complicated its
machinery. 1t does not take much of
a shock to put 1t out of order or a
large cargo of explosives to dent that
skin beyond repair.
"The difficulty Is to know when you
get them," an officer explained; for
it Is in the nature of the submarine to
sink, whether vitality injured or not.
1t may have gone to the bottom to
stay in fifty fathoms of water. or 1t
may have submerged Under a choppy
sea and made safe it's escape. We
have been hunting them for year
now, and no doubt we are getting the
better of them. We have not only
learned how to keep them off from our
great ships, but how to destroy them. .
II oil and bubbles come up for a
long time in one place or il they come
up with a rush, that is considered
fairly good evidence Of success. There
is no escape for the crew. They can
not make the submarine rise or get
out Of it. It becomes steel casket, in
a watery grave. No nautical mind is
required to realize that by casting
about on the bottom with grapnel
you will learn If an object with the
bulk and size of submarine is there;
and the death" of submarines is es-
tablished in this way.
1.-The admiralty will not accept any
guesswork about it," said an officer.
1--WE may have put an explosive right
into one or rammed it in a way that
must have broken its back; but that
is not proof enough. The record goes
down on the chart as supposed de-
stroyed.'"
With Admiral Crawford. the CORE
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-28

spondent went to see the submarine
defenses OF harbo9. Cruisers and de-
stroyers and auxfliaries are going and
through which they passed were
closed instantly they were BY.
At one naval base the correspondent
saw a number of destroyers lying
moored to quay as close together as
fish in basket. They had just come
in from a tour at sea-
Here today and gone tomorrow"
said an officer. What time they
had last winter! And they are in for
another winter of It. You know how
cold the North sea is-no. you cannot
unless you have been out In Q torpedo
boat dancing the tango In the teeth Of
that bitter wind. with the spray whip
ping up to the top of the smokestacks.
In the dead OF night they would come
into this pitch-dark harbor. How they
found their way Is past me. It's trick
of those young fellows who command"
II q destroyer gets on the track OF
submarine 1t has thirty knots against
the submarines six or eight. There
is no difficulty in keeping up; her
wireless brings swarms of assistance
Every ship on the blockade from
Iceland to the British channel is also
part Of the system of submarine
hunting. They show no lights.
1T gives one an idea of England's
maritime resources" said an officer,
when you consider that we have g..
300 trawlers and other auxiliary ships
on service"
The trawlers plod over plotted sea
squares with the regularity of moving
machines cutting harvest. on their
way back and forth sweeping up mines
They were fishermen before the war,
and are fishermen still.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-28
KEEP PUREBRED FOWLS
No Branch of Farming That Pays
Better Than Poultry.
Progress Made by Farmers In Greater
Part Of Country Is Encouraging
Attention to Details Es
sentiai to Success.

The progress made by the farmers
raising poultry in the greater part Of
the United States in the past few
years Is not only remarkable. but Is
very encouraging to those who are
trying to establish this very impor-
tant branch Of farming ON q broad
er and more profitable basis than 1t
has heretofore occupied. But still there
is plenty of room for further prog
ress and advancement. Some Of the
occupants Of farms who raise poultry
being rather slow in learning the diff
ference between haphazard methods
and inferior stock, and careful. meth
odical work with purebred fowls. you
can easily see from the returns OF
their efforts that the state experiment
stations are doing much to overcome
this sort of poultry work and to show
these farmers who have neglected
poultry altogether as not paying that
there is indeed no branch of farming
that pays better, when equal attention