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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-24
ANNULS HASTY MARRIAGE
Judge Olsen Clears Way For Pro-
batting of Estate Left BY
Nicollet Farmer

Several Nicollet people were in the
city last week attending a hearing in
district court chambers concerning the
proposed annulment of the marriage
entered into by John Micke, a farmer
near Nicollet, who committed suicide
a few days after the ceremony, because
his spouse had left him stranded in St.
Paul few hours after they were married
The marriage took place in St. Paul
on March 10, 1914, and was the result
of an advertisement in St. Paul paper
by the woman proposing correspondence
with view to matrimony. The woman
came to Nicollet, drove out to the Micke
farm, but stayed only few hours, but
exacted the promise of Micke to meet
her in St. Paul few days later. Micke
followed instructions, went to St. Paul,
got marriage license and the ceremony
was performed by Rev. Carl Koch. The
bride then induced her husband to give
her his pocket book containing about
$3.50, and on the pretense of visiting her
sister, left him for a few minutes and
failed to come back. He then returned
to CRANKY and, becoming respondent,
committed suicide by shooting himself
in the head. He owned a farm valued
at $4,000 and personal property valued
at $4,000. AS the probate court could
not adjust the estate without taking
cognizance of the marriage, an action
was brought by the administrator, Ed.
c. Johannes, to annul the marriage, and
the matter was heard by Judge Olsen in
court chambers at New Ulm last Thurs
day. There was no appearance on the
part of the defendant.
The order of the judge declares the
marriage null and void, and of no force
and effect whatever, and that the defend
ant, Hedwig Micke, has no right, title,
estate or interest in or to the real estate
and personal property of John Micke, and
that she is barred from claiming any
right title or interest in the property.
The entire estate will now 90 to the
seven children
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-24
REDUCES FREIGHT RATE
Court Rules Roads Cannot Apply
Interstate Rate From Duluth
To So. Minnesota

Under ruling handed down by the
Supreme Court Of the state, Minnesota
shippers will annually save all of a
quarter of a million dollars in freight
charges, according to railroads and bust
ness men who are informed on the sub
ject. The ruling is to the effect that
where railroad can ship from one
point to another by intrastate commerce,
but actually does carry the goods by
interstate commerce, no higher rate shall
be charged for the interstate service than
would have been charge for the intra-
state service.
The case in hand involves shipments
of coal from Duluth over the Northern
Pacific through Wisconsin via Superior
to Southern Minnesota points. The
Northern Pacific has been shipping coal
in that way, charging interstate rates
because the coal goes through Wisconsin,
whereas, if the coal were shipped over
the same company's line entirely in the
state of Minnesota, only an intrastate
rate could be charged.
Just where the saving comes in to
shippers in this section of the state seems
rather vague, as most of the coal shipped
from the Lake Superior terminal to New
Ulm does not come under the head of
interstate shipments. Announcement
is made that the rate to the Twin
Cities from Duluth would be approx
mately $500 per ton, but the rate on
soft coal from Duluth to New Ulm al
ready is $1.85 per ton and on hard coal
$2.O5 per ton. 1t may be, however,
that the distance tariff will be revised
and the shippers benefited thereby.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-24
NEGLIGENCE CAUSES DEATH OF
LITTLE CHILD.

Deputy County Coroner Weiser and
Sheriff Julius were called to Springfield
last Saturday upon the request of the
authorities of that village to investigate
the death of newborn child, whose
demise, it was suspected, had been
accelerated. An examination of the re-
mains by the coroner exonerated the
parties suspected, however, and the
sensational stories in circulation last
week. have failed to materialize as true
Death of the child was caused by negli.
gence due to ignorance of the mother
rather than criminal intent, according te
DR.. Weiser.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-24
ATHLETIC MEET OF TURNER'S
JUNE II.

Members of the three societies of the
Minnesota Turnbezirk will hold their
annual athletic meet in Minneapolis
Sunday, June IT, the arrangements for
securing the park where the exercises
are to be held being left to the St.
Anthony Turnverein of Minneapolis.
1t is expected that large number OF
the New Ulm athletes will participate
in the meet and also that the passive
members of the local society will &C.
company them. An excursion train
over the M. & St. L. will be arranged
for and it is hoped to secure particular.
ly low rate for the round trip.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-24
PREPARING CITY'S BEAUTY SPOT
FOR VISITORS

All of the buildings in German Park
have been reprinted and repaired dur
ing the past week and put into condi-
ton for the reception of the summer
visitors. The Sunday night band con-
certs will no doubt begin as soon as the
weather warns up sufficiently to make
those who attend comfortable. Con-
certs in former years always were greatly
en- joyed and appreciated by the public.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-24

ROSTER OF HECKER- POST
NO. 48, C. A. r.

Arhart, ]. F. Manderfeld, J.
x Doehne, Geo. Moll, H.
y Dingler, J. Marschner, B.
x Fortwengler, Hy. Memo, N.
Frank, Wm.. Pfefferle, R.
Grebe, F. Penning, P.
X Hartmann, Vine. Schneider, Geo.
HUBERT, A. Schneider, Jacob
Hegmann, A. Schlumberger, J.
\ Kruger, Schapekahm,J J.
Klossner,J. Schwede, F.
* Lauden, John J. Vogel, J.P.
Zoller, E..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-24

When we hear a person say that he
always calls spade spade, we feel like
saying, 20, Shovel''
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21

in the spring it was determined that
the gifts would be fed on self feeders
as soon after weaving as possible.
Accordingly about the middle Of
June ~forty-eight gifts in one feed lot
with rape pasture, about evenly divid-
ed as to the above named breeds. were
started according to the self feeder
plan. Shorts in one feeder. tankage in
another and oilmeal in still another
We're supplied. Salt was supplied nd
libitum also. Shelled corn was fed by
hand twice per day. In other words,
the corn was limited. It was intended
to keep the gifts thrifty, but not too
fat.
About the LIST of October new corn,
mostly soft, was fed instead of old
corn. On Oct. 10 these gifts were sort
ed. making two punches, one of twen-
ty-one to be kept for the breeding herd
of the college, and the second bunch of
t~Wenty-seven We're intended for sale
purposes. The entire bunch on Oct.
% averaged in weight $50 pounds. The
bunch of twenty-one kept for the col
lege herd averaged in weight o4O.. All
have been fed the same since division
was made. These gifts are thrifty,
growthy and not too fat. To date the
methods employed have been satisfac-
tory.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
Offer New Plan For Mails.

Washington, Feb. pa substitute
proposal that the Interstate commerce
commission shall determine what the
government shall pay to the railroads
for the transportation of the mails
was made before the house commit
tee ON postotficcs by railroad officials
appearing in opposition to the post
office department plan to change the
existing system of payment.
The p%ostottice department. is advo-
eating legislation that would require
the railroads to handle the mails on Il
space basis rather than by weight.
This recommendation, generally oppos-
ed by railroad interests, was met with
the countersuggestion that the matter
of pay be left to the interstate COM
merce commission, with proviso that
the pay shall be continued on the
weight basis ard the mails shall be
weighed yearly instead of quadrcn-
nially.
Ralph Peters. president of the Long
Island Railroad company, reminded the
house committee that the railroads
were related to the problem of nation
al defense. Mr.. Peters and Vice Presi-
dent w. b. W%orthington of the South
ern Pacific system presented the side
of the railroads in the mail pay con-
.trovcrSy.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
Heals by a New Process.

Paris, Feb. 27.-Dr. Pierre RouX, di-
rector of the Pastcur institute, an
nounced to the Academy of Sciences
recently that a remarkable advance in
serum therapy had been made as the
result of a discovery by DR.. Bassuct.
BY the Bassuct method, DR.. RouX said.
it was possible to cleanse automatical-
ly wounds which hitherto had resisted
treatment.
DR.. BasSuet employs the %polyvalcnt
serum discovered last year by Drs. Le-
clainrhe and Nallce. DR.. liouX said
400 wounded men who had been in
hospitals from six to fourteen months
were treated according to DR.. Bassuet's
method. AS Il result the infection
seemed to revive in the wounds. Alb
sccsScS formed and burst spontaneous
ly. eliminating bits of bone. splinters,
bullets, pieces of clothing and even
drains and silver threads left in the
in~cisions by mistake.
After this had happened. DIR. Roux
said. the wounds healed quickly in
most cases, and mcn who had been
living helpless for months were dis
charged cured.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
Prize Puzzle In Pediqrees,

Washington. Feb. 2S.-Onc thousand
dollars is offered for information that
may show how evolution takes place,
in an announcement by the American
Gcnctic association. There is no longer
any o for doubt that evolution does
take place. according to this body OF
scientists. but there is still debate on
the question of just how it works.
The information sought is believed
by {. l.. ltedtield. a Chicago member,
to he in the hands of gcnealoyists, live
stock breeders. college students and
naturalists. and in order to enlist the
cooperation of these people he has Of
feed, through the Journal of Hcredity.
organ of the American Genctic ~associa-
ton, five rewards of 5000 each.
Mr.. lsedticld will pay $500 for evil
dence that any one of the 1000 or3.OOO
intellectually great men or women of
history was the product of an ancestry
which represented, on the average.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
AGlance att Current Topics and Events

lo"r generations to Il century. He will
pay another 5000 for evidence that any
ohe or the POO or 800 extraordinarily
great men or women was the product Of
all ancestry which represented, on the
average, three generations to a cen
fury.
Ihe prize donor holds that intellec-
tual greatness cannot occur in conjunc-
'loh with IL series of early %reproduc-
'l"l's' M these offers are intended to
uraW out information on that point.
of the American Gcnctic
ASSOCIATION have been Investigating this
question and have found that most
great men come of old parents. They
nave c able to discover but two
cases OF eminent men where the ances-
try represented, on the average, as lit
Tie as thirty-threc years to IL genera
ton. Ihese are William the Conuueror
ana Frederick the Great. If there are
any other great men in the history of
the world who We're the products of
several generations of early reproduce
ton Mr.. Redfeld wants to find u tho
circumstances.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
Postage Stamps Ljohter.

Washington. Feb. 2S.-Eycn when
one sticks OH a postage stamu one
races a shortage in German dyes. This
was admitted by Director Joseph +.
Ralph of the bureau of engraving and
printing when his attention was called
to Il statement in the North Gcr,,,,
Gazette that lack of German dyes had
caused n change in the colors of some
American postage stamps.
One billion stamps are printed Inv
the bureau every month.
1T is true" said Mr.. Ralph. "that
the lack OF German dyes has resulted
III a slight change in the color OF onr
stamps. The red two cent stamps
are lighter. The eight cent stamp.
which used to be olive green, is vel
lowish green. Slight color variations
may De noted i in other stamps, as we
nave been without German dives for
about eight months.
1--WE have been forced to usc what
you might call adultcrnted colors. OIL
Their imported or domestic. These cost
more II are not so good. | rcccntly
paid in New York ST a pound for
reds whereas this color could he mr.
chased a year ago for about ~ cents.
The new dyes have only about one
fourth the coloring strength Of the Did.
expect to get in a shipment of
4 ' VVNp ~ tS.~,
weeks. Both England and Germany
have agreed to let this shipment come
through on the understanding that it
is strictly for government use. When
his is received the postage stamps
will brighten up in appearance"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
Jew Is Home Secretary.

London. Feb. 2S.-I'or the first time
in her history of nearly 1000 years
England has a protesting jew in the
role Of principal secretary of state to
the crown
True, Benjamin Disraeli attained the
dignity Of premier and died as the Earl
Of Beacons1ield. But he was a member
of the Church Of England, like his
father before him, whereas Herbert
Lewis Samuel, who recently succeeded
Sir John Simon as secretary Of state
for the home department, has remain.
ed a strict adhcrcnt to the faith Of his
forcfathers.
Nor is he the only member of his
creed in the cabinet, for in the shuttle
following the retirement of Sir John
Simon owing 10 his objections to the
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
Will Transfer Quarantine,

Washington. Fob. %. - Governor
Whitman of New York has taken steps
for the immediate transfer to the fed
cral government of the state uuaran-
tine station at the port of New York.
President Wilson has received from
him a letter requesting the immedi-
ate assignment Of a federal officer to
the post OF quarantine physician. made
vacant by the recent death of DIR.
OConnell. Although the price to be
paid by the federal government to the
state of New York for the quarantine
station is to be determined at Il con-
ference of representatives of the ma
tiOnal n state governments. it is said
that the transaction will involve the
payment of $4,000, 600 to New York.
President Wilson has directed Sur
geon General Blue to take over the
station at New York. and he has dcs-
ignatcd DR.. l.. Il. Golfer to take charge.
With this transfer the quarantine sta
tons at all American ports, except
Baltimore, will be under federal SUPER
vision. a change. officials here believe.
which will be of great value in guard
ing the public health after the war.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
War Cost s73,ooo,ooo a Day.

Paris, Feb. 2S.-After prolonged study
Of all available statistics Alfred Ney-
marck, French economist, finds that
the daily cost of the war to five of the
bclligerents has attained $4,000, 900,
divided as follows:
Germany. including advances to her
allies, $4,000, 900; France, S16,OOO,OOO;
Great Britain, $4,000, 600; Russia, S13,-
100000: Italy, S5,OOO,OOO.
ltaly's expenses must rise to over
$G,OOO,OOO daily, however. for by the
end of July she will have spent $1,000
OOO,OOO altogether. The belligerent war
loans to the end of last October totaled
S24,OOO,OOO.0 OO. of which the United
States supplied 5000. o $1,000. The al
lies have borrowed $4,000, 900, 900 and
the central empires S1O,OOO,OOO,O 1000.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
China's Army 100000 strona.

Denver. Feb, 27.-China now has an
army Of 100000 men under arms. &C.
cording to Captain Cushing A. Rice.
L. $. ~, retired, who has returned to
the United States after a long stay in
the cast.
within the next ten years, Yuan Shi
kai plans, China will have Il standing
army of 100000 men and a reserve of
lo,oGo.OOO,' Captain Rice said. Glow
ever, l see no cause for alarm i'm this
country. Neither do | see cause for
alarm about our relations with japan.
The Japanese are really friendly to
the United States. but they have cm-
parked on an aggressive trade policy
which makes them appear inclined to
rivalry with us.
"Arc the Filipinos ready for inGc-
pendence: They are not"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
Congressman Frank Buchanan, From
Illinois, Indicted In Pro.German Case.

ago, at the time that some of it's men,
bers We're imprisoned for a series of
dynamite outrages throughout the
country. He became president of La
boris National Peace council upon it's
formation last April. but resigned Aug.
II. At a meeting of Labor's National
Peace council in Washington, June 90,
1915, Mr.. Buchanan presided. At that
meeting the council outlined a project
for the government to take over the
manufacture of all arms, ammunition
and munitions of war and put a stop
to all foreign shipments of arms and
ammunition. 1t also urged all organ
lied labor bodies in this country and
Europe to work to bring about a ccs-
sation Of hostilities; that the govern
ment should acquire all patent rights
to wal munitions and that an extra
session of congress should be called to
promote universal peace.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
KEEP THE TESTED SIRE.
Bulls Of Proved Worth Should Be r.

Bulls OF Proved Worth Should Be Re-.
taired In Service.
The following advice. which is an
plicable to other breeds of cattle as
We'll as to Shorthorns, ome from the
Shorthorn Breeders association:
Many inexperienced breeders make
the mistake Of going it blindly from
year to year in their use of herd bulls.
They keep eternally changing, using
one a couple OF years and then SUPER
seding him with a calf. On the other
hand, the constructive breeders rely
mainly on tested sires. mostly quite a
bit OF age. Indeed. such breeders have
been known to buy entire herds, which
they did not want, merely to acquire
the old bulls at their heads. A Short
horn bull that has proved satisfactory
as a getteA should he kept in service
until death or impotence ends his use
fulness. When fully matured bulls
often get hard to do with and too often
for this reason are bundled into the
cars and shipped to the shambles. A
big loss is sustained each year by such
unnecessary and uncalled for sacri-
fees. The wise breeder goes mighty
slow with the use of any untried calf
until he knows what the youngster
can do.
New bulls must be introduced into
every herd, but there is never any oc-
casion to make the change suddenly.
dropping one outright and using an
other to all the breeding females. A
very little ingenuity will enable the
breeder to discover what the chosen
II is going to do. 1t doesn't make
much difference in what herd Il bull
succeeds. Every good getter should
be allowed to live out his allotted span
of life begetting calves after his kind.
The wise breeder has always in use a
bull on which he can rely for trans
mission of true Shorthorn character,
conformation, weight. substance and
flesh. He never goes it blind in his
choice Of bulls"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
limburger Cuts Death Rate.

Monroe, Wis. Fob. 2o.-physicians
or Gfeen county. which had the lowest
death rate in the state last summer.
attribute the healthy condition of the
community to the eating Of limburger
cheese.
Last year 3.O41. AGO pounds of this
cheese We're produced in the county,
and as a staple of food it largely dis
placed meat.
The quarterly report of the state
board OF health recently issued gave
Green county Il death rate of 70 Der
900 compared with % for the state
at large.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
PURE DRINKING WATER.

other than the shallow wells. some of
them open. that are found near many
houses. The water obtained from deem
wells has percolated through sands and
other material for SO great Il distance
that its impurities have been removed
by filtration, and it possesses Il SAM
tary value that cannOt we'll he ovcrcs-
timated, for such water is free from
the bacteria causing typhoid fever and
the protocol causing amocbic dyscn-
terry. and its use obviates the necessity
for shallow wells that may serve as a
breeding place for Anopllelcs, the mos
quito to which malarial infections is
ARCHAEOLOGICAL Survey Bulletin.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
To Register Grade Cows.

For the specified purpose of sccur-
Ing the Improvement of the grade cow
and advancing her owners interests.
the American Dairy Record association
was recently organized 1t Salem, O.
The new association is to establish an
official register for grade COWS of dis
tinctive breed characteristics and of
good dairy conformation. provided they
attain Il certain minimum produc-
ton that can be certified to by we'll
conducted COW testing associations or
other responsible authority. Entry into
this new registry will not be by the
right of birth. but by right of produce
ton of the cow herself. Bulls from
grade COWS are not eligible to registry.
and breeders must use pure bred Sires
In order to rccord the female produce
of their foundation stock.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
Picking Drake and Duck.

the spring the wholesale price in the
large cities in the east and on the Pa
citic coast for stock of this kind is
sometimes as high as 80 cents a pound.
The feed cost of producing such Il duck
has been estimated at from ) to 6 cents
a pound. Later in the year the prices
are much lower, and it is not uncom-
mon for a farmer to market his ducks
in the fall for less money than he
would have received for the birds in
the spring. Since the demand for
green ducks. however, at good prices
is limited it will be We'll to invcsti-
gate the market possibilities before in-
vesting heavily in the industry.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
FEEDING THE LAMBS.

Silage fed once Or twice daily to
lambs being fattened for market re-
duces the cost Of finishing and adds to
the net profit.
Silage should be fed with great care
or lambs will go off their feed,' and
profits will be reduced.
Shelled corn, clover hay, cottonsecd
meal and corn silage make an excel
lent ration.
C~ottonseed meal is an excellent feed
to put a quick ''tinish' on the lamb.
Oats have been found a food far in
ferior to corn as a lamb ration. Corn
alone is better than mixed corn and
oats.
An open shed is better, as a rule, for
fattening lambs than eve a we'll VEN
tilated barn, bringing higher prices on
account of their superior appearance.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-21
Archie Roosevelt Drills Rockies.

Cambridge, Mass. Feb. 2S.-Corporal
Archie Roosevelt had his first taste
of Harvard military life recently when
pany 4. II of the adjuncts to the
newly formed Harvard regiment, he
devoted an hour in drilling members
of the awkward squad.
Quentin Roosevelt also is a corporal,
being assigned to Company G. Twelve
New York undergraduates arc officers.
They ire: Sergeant j.. Is. CUMMINGS,
Corporals y. {. Baker. l.. G.. Ham
mcrslcy. &. II. Pendlcton. +. NJ. War;
burg, II. NJ. Benjamin. +. j. Dcvcau,
j. X. ELEPHANT. ID. Moffntt. II. Lilien-
thai, {. MacVcash and l.. c. Mac
Neagh.