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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-10-11

plant on the south was in much
danger. The Fame Company roll
ed out many barrels Of oil from
the store-room. A building 50
feet from the tanks caught on fire
several times but the flames were
checked. A broken main limited
the water supply and some Of the
engines pumped direct from the
Christiana.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-10-11
Double Track Delaware Railroad

The double tracking of the Del
aware Railroad is to be extended
as follows: from Harrington to
G. eenwood, 7.44 miles; Green
wood to Bridgeville, sos miles and
Seaford to Broad Creek, 3.34 miles
The whole line will when this
work is completed, be double
track except for a mile and half
through Seaford. New interlock-
ing signal plants are to be located
at Harrington and Greenwood.
Bunk houses have been located at
Harrington and Seaford, and
about 200 hands are at work on
granding for the new track.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-10-11
WINTER EGGS IN DELA WARE

A. NJ Pollard gres the fifth Of a serie, of practical
articles Eggs and Hon to Get Them on The ordinary farm
under ordinary conditions This article tells hour guard
against Broodiness and discusses the elimination Of
strains and ueak members.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-10-11
Alpha Process Plant Burned

Boys playing ball on Sunday al
ternoon of last week noticed
smoke coming from the plant of
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03
INSPECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR IN.
STALLED.

Last Sunday evening. Rev. Martin l..
Wagner was officially installed as in
spector and professor at DR.. Martin
Luther College and he entered upon his
duties Monday morning.
The celebration took place in the
chapel of the college and was attended
not only by the student body and the
instructors at the college but by great
number of people from the city, who take
an interest in the institution.
Prof. A. Ackermann, director of the
college, gave an address appropriate to
the occasion, welcoming the new in
structor and Inspector and giving, an
outline of the work which has been ac-
complished by the institution and work
which is expected to be done in the future.
The male choir, under the direction of
Prof. F. Reuter-, rendered two selections
during the evenings proceedings:
Prof. Hugo Mosel, the present in
spector, expects to retire after years OF
labor as an instructor and will sever his
connections with the local institution
at the end of the present school year in
June.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03
WARM MEETING OF
CITY COUNCIL

-Rumors to the effect that several of
the local saloonkeepers would be jerked
up on the carpet of the council at last
evenings meeting have been circulating
about the city for the past few days and
predictions have been freely made that
several of them will lose their licenses
as the result of charges to be preferred.
Just what these charges consisted of
was not reported, but it is surmised
that the most serious was the sale of
LIQUOR to minors.
Several of the aldermen we're seen by
a representative of the Review Tuesday,
but none seemed to know just: who
started the rumor or what was going to
happen at the meeting. The police re-
ports do not show any infractions of the
law and the council probably will be
guided in any action that may be taken
by these reports.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03
e had previously enjoyed the best Of

: y" = .
she had previously enjoyed the best Of
health. l. -"-* D..
Mrs. Niemann, whose maiden name
was Henrietta Zeisig, was born Septem-
Der 26, 1884, at Ragnit, East Prussia,
Germany and was married there in 1859
to Fritz Niemann, who preceded her in
death in 1898. The couple came to
America in 1895, at first coming to St.
Paul, where they resided a year, then
removed to Turtle Lake, Wis, and after
six years residence there moved to
Canada, to reside at the home of their
son, Edward. About seven years ago
they came to New Ulm and have since
then made this city their home. De-
ceased is survived by six children: Fred
Niemann, Turtle Lake, Wis; Mrs.
Friedrich Kruger, New Ulm; Frank
Niemann, New Ulm; Mrs. Henry Renan,
Hamburg, Germany; Edward Niemann,
Burns, Mont; August Niemann, Spring
field, MINI. She is also survived by
four brothers and sister still living in
Germany, and 81 grandchildren and one
great grandchild. -
Funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon at 100. o'clock from the
Kruger home on North Washington
street and at 2 o'clock from the M. E.
church, Rev. C. Holm officiating. In
terment will be made at the city ceme-
terry.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03
NEW ULM REMEMBERED.

A lady from New Ulm recently wrote.
to some. former New Ulm ladies, now
living in the Cities, asking aid to assist
IN grading and identifying the hospital
grounds. Two of the ladies responded
with contributions and one of them
writes as follows: t'Your letter received.
Enclosed find check for $25.OO for the
Union Hospital. I did not know New
Ulm. had such an institution. There is
a good deal of wealth in the town and it,
ought not to be hard to raise the money
you need. I would like to see all the
good people up there mad hope it may
be possible that I can get to New Ulm
this SUMNER z s, : : - : ~.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03
DEPARTMENT RE.
CEIVES COMPLIMENT.

The commercial department of the
local high school recently received "a high
compliment from the Gregg Publishing
Company's Examination Department.
A few weeks ago shorthand examina-
ton papers were sent in to the Exami-
nation Department of this company
for the purpose of securing certificates for
accuracy and word was received last
Friday that every member had qualified
for the certificates. These examina-
lions are held under the auspices of the
publishing company for the purpose Of
attaining greater speed and accuracy
among the writer's of Gregg shorthand
and those that qualify receive certifi-
Gates for accuracy and medals for speed.
A portion of the letter received from the
department reads as follows:
Indeed, you have reason to be proud
of the good results you have secured
this year. The papers are all excellent
and we are able to grant certificates to
every member of your class. may
say that this is quite unusual, especially
for the first set of papers submitted
from a school.
1--WE wish to give honorable mention
to the splendid papers submitted by
Mabel Hansen and Lydia Hoehne."
Mr.. Viergever, the commercial teacher,
is to be complimented on the way he
is handling the class, which according to
the present outlook will be able to secure
the next two certificates this month.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03

Messrs. Mueller and Puhlmann, the
local contractors, we're in the Twin
Cities several days of the past week to
confer with dealers in building mater
ials to be used in structures either con-
templated or already in the course Of
construction.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03

Messrs. Otto Triton and Jacob Kiefer
of Sleepy Eye drove down Tuesday to
call upon local friends and to transact
business. They report the roads in
very good condition, considering the
recent rains.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03
MRS. HENRIETTA NIEMANN.

After an illness of less than day,
Mrs. Henrietta Niemann passed away
Monday evening at o'clock at the home
of her son-in-law, Friedrich Kruger,
1926 North Washington street. Cause
of death was apoplexy. She was stricken
suddenly after dinner last Sunday and
from that time on sank rapidly, although
Evening star., 1916-02-20

mixes prestige of the tourist type and
witness of American success.
We have no need to use the German
methods. which the Germans SO long
resented.
"A German firm of Nuremberg" he
says. shipped 10000 marks worth of
merchandise to a jobber in Helsing-
fors, Finland. against accepted bills OF
exchange at six months. Naturally. the
Nurembergers obtained cash payment
by having them Immediately discount
ed by Russian bankers-it is the prac-
tice. and the bills bear interest for the
purpose. BY the Germans own fault,
the acceptances were weak and the
bills went to protest. What did the
Nurember2ers do? They appealed at
once 10 the German consulate at Hels-
ingfors, which acted. with superior
energy, as bill collecting solicitor. 1t
speaks for itself. / saw several such
cases in eight years. Each time the
German creditor got satisfaction-as il
were. by military pressure-while other
creditors had to wait. Naturally, Rus
slams remember it.
The confidence of Germans that their
consuls could bring pressure and
ina Ike combinations" led them to tempt
weak firms and inexperienced beginners
with credits to make Bradstreet smile.
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star., 1916-02-20

Scandinavian-Ameri for Scandi-
navia, etc. But if there be any doubt
of their Americanism. best stick to
plain Americans. though ignorant of
the languages. They can always find
the useful commission agent to accom-
paf1y them. not only as interpreter. but
Is agent to secure business. In par
ticular. he remains on the spot. able
to adjust any difference which may
arise after the American representa-
tive has passed.
These commission agents." says the
experienced American. "are, as rule,
capable and esteemed business men,
having their own offices. paying their
own expenses, and representing many
responsible foreign firms permanently
in their cities. For compensation. they
receive l per cent to 5 per cent on
sales. In many lines, they can save
the American manufa cturer all Office
rent, except at his distributing center"
The European commission agent is an
excellent coadjutor. but he cannot take
the place of an American selling staff.
And there you are.
The American salesman is welcomed
as a superior being. He stands for
superior goods, superior ways. superior
manners. the gentleman in business.
European experience Of great firms has
confirmed this reputation, in which
Evening star., 1916-02-20

notable facilities for a yet vaster ter
ritory.
Such things are not announced, Off
cially, in the midst of war, but those
who prepare to act on them will have
reason to thank their foresight. Make
your inquiries by letter. Here are the
addresses. II the first replies are not
complete, write again. say. in two
months-discretion is the watchword
Vast new development of trade is
shaping. and the Russian door has this
advantage: they offer us golden key
The first address is Constantin Med
zikhovsky. commercial attache of Rus
sia in the United States. care of the
Russian consulate, New York
The second address is the Russian
East Asiatic Company. No. 20 Rue
Morskafa. Petrograd. 1t is the power
full transport line favored by the Rus
sian government, which, only a year
before the war. esta blfshed a direct
steamship service between New York
and Baltic ports. After the war this
service will be resumed to the public
and increased; and. furthermore, a
direct Odessa New York line will be
inaugurated, via Constantinople. Do
you grasp 1t?
The third address is A. S. Postnikoff,
1133-1135 Rookery building. Chicago, an
American of Russian antecedents, who
long represented the international Har-
Evening star., 1916-02-20

sales. 1t was not so. German quality
and workmanship became apparent to
the wearer after his first experience:
so. in buying a second pair. the better
class consumer returned to u.s.
Americans who desire this great
trade must organize to get it. or. at
least. ojin a permanent selling corpo-
ration similar to that in which Postni-
koff and Kalamatiano seem to have
interested the Chicago Association of
Commerce.
My American suggests the following
campaign as inexpensive:
To esta a center, in free port
by preference. consisting of an mex
pensive Office and moderate stockroom.
"ln a short time. the results would
obviously justify the small outlay"
Now, as the Germanic free ports can
no longer hope for Russian favor. but
the contrary-this entire American bid
being corollary TO the move against
them-one should plan for Petrograd
in the north, with an eye on Odessa in
the south. pending that the Russian
parliament shall meet and vote the
new port laws, and the end Of the war
usher in the great development.
To establish a selling staff. Six men
would be more than ample, but they
must be Americans. One might send
Observation-Disclosures for Russia proper,
Evening star., 1916-02-20

rough life in the open would be such
a necessary experience in preparing
him for the future. Yet Washington.
who afterward learned to dare stole
ally discomforts that would have ap-
palled any military chieftain since
Hannibal, is found complaining OF the
early rural life in the vicinity of Fred
erick. and referring to the partici-
pants as barbarians.
Washington's letters to his mother
were rare. One of the most interesting
and typical was written when he had
received private assurances that he
would be placed in charge of a military
expedition to the Ohio river, and his
mother had written him in an effort to
dissuade him. The letter reads:
ITO Mrs. Mary Washington, Mount
Vernon. Aug. IA, 1855.
"Honored Madam:-If 1t is in my
power to avoid going to the Ohio again,
shall. But If the commission is pressed
upon me by the general voice of the
country and offered upon such terms
reflect dishonor upon me to refuse; and
that, / am sure, must, or ought to,
give you greater uneasiness than my
going in an honorable command, for
upon no other terms l will accept of 1T.
At present / have no proposals made
to me, nor have I any advice of such
an intention except from private hands.
II have the honor to be your most
obedient son.
Washington's ironic opinion of him
self during his early years as soldier
Evening star., 1916-02-20
Special Correspondence of The star.

Special Correspondence of The star.
PARIS. February :. 1916.
q HAVE seen Michel Botschef, the
new commercial attache of Russia
in Paris. Great things concerning
q American business prosperity are
in the air.
I have not been told. officially. that
a Baltic port of Russia is to be made
a new bonded warehouse or free harbor
district. copied on Hamburg-to super
sede Hamburg-i.e.. to give Germany:s
before-the-war quasi of Rus
sian trade to others.
I have not been told. officially, that
Russia plans to make Odessa such an
other free harbor district. where Amer
leans can leave their goods Indefinitely,
and even set up factories. all in bond,
free from formaiities. to finish off, put
together. etc., kind of no mans
land on the threshold of big business.
! have not been told officially that
Constantinople is to be the Golden
Gate of east and west. where Ameri-
can firms will flock TO set up their re-
ceiving and directing Offices and enjoy
Evening star., 1916-02-20

for the soldiery. or the money with
which to procure the same. Accom-
panying this official document, how
ever, there was a personal note which
Washington suggested that Jefferson
send "a quantity of liquor" to him.
The men are deserting by hundreds" !"
he added. Then. jestinsly: IF some
forthwith I myself shall be tempted to
desert Also
II any one had told the nations first
President that the highest magistracy
Of the land awaited him when he ran
for the Virginia house of burgesses, he
would have considered it an ill-timed
pleasantly.
Long before the days of the revolu-
tiop Washington entered as a candi-
date from Frederick. against one Hugh
West and ono Capt. Thomas swearin-
gen. In an expense account found
among his papers Washington states
that West received 271 votes, Swearin-
gen 260. while he himself got only 40.
astrous campaign are recited by him
self as follows:
To 20 gals. of rum at shiIlinss pence per
To is gals. Of wine at 10 shillinss per GAL
Dinner. for friends-s pounds.
pGsaa ana < pt.: Of brandy at shilling pence
13 gals Bear (beer, at 1 shilling pence
8 ats. eyder Royi at 1 shilling pence-1s
shilMngs.
Punch-s shillings pence.
To 80 gals. Of strong Bear (beer) at pence
per gall pound.
To hid. and bbls. Of punch. consisting Of
26 gals. of best Barbados rum-6 pounds 10
shil1ings.
12is pds. g. Reid. sugar-1S shillings pence
gals. hest Madeira wine-3 pounds.
To gals. 8 qts. Of Bear tbeer) at 1 shilling
per GALS shillings pence.
10 bowls of punch at 2 shillings pence each
1 pound ehfliings.
9 half pints Of rum at ~ pence each-5 shilI-
ings ~ pence.
/ pint wine-1 shilling pence.
Following the sad counting of the
ballots, Washington sat himself down
Evening star., 1916-02-20

vester Company in Russia At the same
address you get in touch with X. B.
kalamatiano agent of the ]. ]. Case
Threshing Machine Company in Rus
sia before the war.
You might also write to the Chicago
Association Of Commerce and learn
the names of several Chicago banks
which are studying the question-not
difficult, BIB will be seen - of Russian
credits. In New York a powerful syn
dicate headed by the Guaranty Trust
Company is already in relation with
six Of Russia's strongest banks. and
the National City Bank. after under
taking a Russian loan, has made con-
nections reaching out into the great
development.
TO this should be added the new
Odessa New York telegraph service.
via Poland and London. on the one side.
and Teheran and Calcutta on the other.
which will be receiving messages be-
fore these lines are printed.
If, from Paris, l can tell you these
things of America. you may imagine
the stir which the matter is making.
In a word, the thing is out.
Russia is determined to throw off.
permanently. the quasi si-monopoly Of
merchandise which Germany enjoyed
before the war-and give it to US.
You ask. why us? What about her
allies. France. England and italy?
That is all right. We have the goods;
Evening star., 1916-02-20
Letters of Washington in the Virginia State

gave them Part. it elevating there
spirits. put them In ye humor OF
Dauncing. of whom We had War
Daunce. There manner of Dauncing is
as follows viz: They clear a Large
Circle & make great Fire in we mid
die. Men seats themselves around 1t.
1e speaker makes a grand speech, tell
ing them In what manner they are to
daunce. After he has finished we best
Dauncer jumps up one awaked out
OF sleep, & Runs Il Jumps about ye
Ring in most comicle manner. He is
followed by ye Rest. Then begins there
musicians to Play. Ye musick is Pot
half full of water. with a Deer Skin
stretched over it as tight as 1t can. &
a goard with some shott in 1T to rattle
& a Piece of an horses tail tied to it to
make it look fine. Ye one keeps rat
Ting and ye others strumming all ye
while ye others is Dauncing."
Though the terpsichorean exalta-
tations of exuberant Indians amused
Washington, he found the work of sur
veying a hardship, If one is to accept
his letters to his friends. Not long
after the incident of the war dance he
wrote to A friend in Virginia whose
surname has vanished in the mists of
as other than George Washington's
friend Richard. In this letter-a
hastily scribbled reply to a lengthy
epistle which Richard evidently had
sent to him-Washington says:
The receipt of your kind favor of
the second of this instant afforded me
unspeakable pleasure as l am con-
vinced l am still in the memory of so
worthy friend-a friendship I shall
ever be proud of increasing. Yours
gave me the more pleasure as I re-
ceived it amongst a parcel of barba-
rians and an uncouth set of people.
The like favor often repeated would
give me pleasure altho' I seem to be
in a place where no real satisfaction
is to be had
Since you received my letter in Oc-
tober last I have not sleep'd above
three nights or four in a bed. but after
walking a good deal all the day, lay
down before the fire upon little hay,
straw, fodder, or Bear-skin, which
Evening star., 1916-02-20

Frankfort. employing 1000 hands-he,
the American exporter to Europe! He
continued to export from New York
via Hamburg. The war found him in
this situation. Now he is anxious to
be among the first to export directly
from New York to Russia and beyond.
This American. of course. knows the
trade intimately: and he Is willing,
under the circumstances. to talk free
ly.
ANY real American product may
say. anything that bears the name
American-wfll sell in all these coun-
tries. If properly represented" he says.
THE Germans covered the market by
personal call of their representatives.
In addition. they set up stockrooms
travellers were afable, but aggressive.
and. to conclude a transaction, offered
what might seem a miracle to Ameri-
cans, namely, six months, nine months
and twelve months for payment. but
bills of exchange. readily discounted by
Russian banks, on which the rate of
6 per cent interest prevails. They pay
these notes at maturity. and Dun and
from Riga to Smyrna. The merchants
give long credit. and feel they have a
right to demand it"
The curious thing is that the German
statesmen who procured the business
were consistently underpaid. Not
tenth of them earned above 10000
marks per year. most received guar
anteed salary and small commission.
Men earning from 10000 to 10000
marks were looked on as geniuses in
salesmanship, and spoke several lam
guages. but l should add that most of
these German travelling men had al
foreign countries. including outlay
for entertainment, at which they are
mo mean scholars"
He told of the representative of an
sob ID
sought to close contract involving
100000 rubles in Warsaw He enter
tic, The Athletic. The Newport ETC.
tanned the Russian customers as guests
the bill of expenses was 900 rubles,
practically l per cent of the amount of
business involved. He got the con-
tract, but he might have failed to get
1t. And the beauty Of it was that the
profits justified the risk"
from such practices. even in the day of
Germany's power in Russia. The proof
is that they had to undersell u.s.
AN American shoe firm, excellently
organized, has had huge trade The
German firms. being ever on the alert,
adopted not only the American last,
but also American names. The Artis-
TIC, Inc AtHietiC, Inc Newport, etc.
1t appealed to Russian buyers. be-
cause most of them were led to believe
them really of American origin, while
"a pleasing detail-they were cheaper
The American shoe retails for 10
rubles. easily realized by shopkeepers
The German shoe could be retailed as
low as 8. or 10 rubles. At
that moment. some three years ago,
another American firm opened a num-
her of branch retail shops. OF course
their shoes were dearer, from thirteen
rubles up 1t might seem that the
German cut prices would have hurt our
Evening star., 1916-02-20

country's first President was little
faulty in his spelling and clumsy in
his sentence construction. AS he grew
older these faults disappeared from
his epistles. So different are his later
manuscripts from this early diary that
il is difficult to believe the same man
wrote both.
Morgan Poiteaux Robinson. Virginia
state archivist. is authority for the
statement that all of these documents
came from Washington's pen. 1t is he
who called attention to the wonderful
mental development indicated by
Washington's writings in the decade
following the first entry in his diary.
This first statement reads:
''Raind tell about o'clock & hard,
when we were agreeably surprised at
We sight of thirty odd Indians COM
ing from war with only one scalp We
had some Liquor with Us of which We
Evening star., 1916-02-20

George Washington entered this mem
orandum in his diary:
ITO have me a coat made by the fol-
lowing directions; to be made a frock.
with a lapel broad: the lapel to con-
tain on each side six button holes and
to be about five or six inches wide all
the way equal, and to turn as the
breast of the coat does; to have it
made very long wasted and in length
to come down to, or below the bend
Of the knee: the waist from the arm
pit to the fold to be exactly as long.
or longer. than from thence to the
bottom; not to have more than one
fold in the skirt, and the top to be
made just to turn in and three button
holes: the lapel. at the top. to turn at
the cape Of the coat, and bottom to come
parallel with the button holes; the last