The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26
Claimed President Has Assumed
Unneutral Attitude
Big GATHERING AT MaPlEToM
Special Train Carried Large Delegation
From This City; Collection Taken
For Red Cross

All that could possibly get into the
Mapleton opera house attended the
German-American rally held there
last evening. Hundreds were turned
away at the front doors. Several
prominent MankatO visitors were ad-
mitted at the rear door to the stage,
as there was no other way to get
them in. The gathering i'm the hall,
made up OF MapletOn people and Wis.
itors from Mankato.. Good Thunder.
Wells, Minnesota Lake and many
other places, is estimated at twelve
20 fifteen hundred. A Red Cross col
lection was taken up. the total dona.
tion amounting TO $l45.3O. besides
about S35 which some young ladies
made for the same fund by the sale
of iron rings.
The special Milwaukee train that
left Mankato shortly after seven
O'Clock for Mlpleton had both coaches
packed before reaching the village
Fifty Boarded the train at MankatO
sixteen at Rapidnn and ninety-seYen
at Good Thunder. The passengers on
the train at the time of leaving Man
kato were ]. y. Deglm8nn. Mayor A.
G. Meyer. Frank Simon OF Mapleton,
Rev. G. KreuEer. Rev. J. J. Hoffman
Of st. Paul. Professor 4. n Acker.
mann of New Tim, Louis Bishman.
Miss Lynda Billet OF Good Thunder
Miss Flora Hayes. August Blissen-
bach. Louis Stuemke Of Coed Thur
der. Mrs. w. II. Stuemke Of Good
Thunder. W. II. Stuemke of Good
Thunder. Mrs. Mic Wernemant, Mrs.
Ed. Weber. Emil Schirrschmidt, Mrs.
Ed. Schumacher. Mrs. {. Resin. Julius
Reich OF Good Thunder. Miss Mary
Bllssenbach. Miss Minnie Wolf. ]. 4.
Wagner. Richard Bohn. Gustave Fit
zenmeier, h. +. McGregOr OF Maple
ton, John Lex. Henry Meyer. a. J.
L'ppert. II. F. Neubert. Otto II.
Schmidt, VI. J. Bekke. George G. krcst
Me Harris. Doc" Paul Brockmeier.
August Armenian. Adolph Rindelaub.
William Popken. John Dineen. Adolph
popken. Ed Schumacher. Gottfried
Kruse. Charles LentZ. Walter StrobcI.
Herman Bishman. Walter 4. Plymat.
Chris Polchow. n. J. Nolan. c. -.
Caldwell G. +. Schmitz and David
.O'Brien.
Met by the Band.
The train was met at the Mapleton
iepot and the passengers were es.
corted by q band TO the Mapleton
opera house. where the rally was
held under the joint auspices OF the
'erman.AmeriCans Of MapletOn and
Minnesota Lake.
The hall was beautifully adorned
with red. white and blue bunting and
American flags in profusion. At the
an hn 81 La
flag. and there was a German flag
also OH the left side of the stage
md an Austrian flag OH the right. On
he stage were grouped the speakers.
singers and others.
Rev. Paul Elsel. pastor of the I.uth.
eran church at Mapleton. chairman OF
he meeting. extended I'm German the
greetings OF the village OF Mapleton
o the visitors. thanking them for
making the trip they did from other
cities and villages and observing that
his must have meant sacrifice on the
Dart OF many OF them for the good of
the cause that the meeting repre-
sented.
The two speakers on the program
were both present. These were DR..
'. j. Hoffman. superintendent of the
German Methodist churches of the 81.
Paul district, and professor a. A. Ack.
erman. director of the German Luther.
an college at New Ulm.
Spoke in German.
DIR. Hoffman spoke i'm the German
language. but much of his address
vas interspersed with quotations
rom VARIOUS writer's and speakers in
fnu ~
the audience. that did not readily
follow him in both languages, as
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