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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04
GernaaN Nanses are 1r0albl es0Y,e.

It now transpires that American
citizens having German names, no matter
how loyal they may be to this country
are not welcomed in the Red Cross
movement. This fact is made known
thru letter received a few days ago by
the directors of Red Cross base hospitals
from Col. J.. R. Kean of the United
States Medical corps, director of General
Military Relief.
Colonel Kean quotes letter from the
States Department, consequent upon q
report from Ambassador Page in Lon
don Of an embarrassing situation in re
gard to the St. Louis Red Cross unit.
The unit was prevented from proceeding
to France, because one of its members
was Marie spokesman, of German paren-
tage and the widow of German sub
iect.
Continuing Colonel Kean notes that
American citizens Of German, Austro-
Hungarian, Bulgarian or Turkish birth,
loyal as they may be to the United
States, have from the beginning of the
war been regarded with suspicion in
the United Kingdom, France and allied
countries. Their inclusion in Red
Cross units for service in those countries
is cause of anxiety and apprehension
to the officials thereof.
"a similar attitude is held toward
citizens of the United States who were
born in this country, but whose fathers
were born in Germany or allied coun-
tries" says Colonel Kean. ''The De-
partment understands that the con-
sular officers of France, Great Britain
and their allies have been instructed to
decline to honor passports held by
persons of either Of the classes men
toned" 9
Colonel Kean, on his own part, re-
quests Red Cross directors Ito exercise
the greatest care in the enlistment Of the
male administrative personnel of Red
Cross base hospitals, not to include
persons of the nationalities mentioned
and that chief nurses take the same pre-
cautions with regard to the selection of
nurses"
When the war broke out in 1914, the
United States government refused pro-
lection to native Americans with Ger
man names travelling in Entente coun-
tries. No matter how many generations
of American blood were represented,
our government simply declared nothing
could be done to make England and
France respect German patronymics.
If suspicion is attached to these
Americans when in the Red Cross or
the Ambulance service, how are they to
be regarded in the fighting line? Will
the Entente graciously permit the sons
of German-Americans to expose them
selves to the bullets of the enemy2
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04
UNNECESSARY ANXIETY

My, how particular farm labor is
getting to be. Cal. Stone, the gentle
manly passenger traffic manager of the
Great Northern railway, is quoted as
saying: Farm laborers want to know
if working conditions are fair and reason
able and that payment of wages be
guaranteed by some merchant or banker .
Farmers in Southern Minnesota do not
have to have any one guarantee that
they will pay for whatever labor they
employ and as a matter Of fact they are
the people that guarantee the existence
OF the merchant and the banker.
Napoleon Enterprise.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04
PASSED THE BUCK

The Minnesota Public Safety com
mission is composed Of high-minded,
patriotic gentlemen who have a great
work to perform, and they are going
about it in a thoroly businesslike manner.
You may be assured that what the COM
mission orders done is for the best
interests of the people of the state as a
whole, and that the commission is
actuated only by the highest motives.
Every good citizen will not question the
commission, but will cheerfully carry out
it's mandates. -Winmebogo Enterprise,
Very nicely said. But at that The
Free Press knows of one particular and
important instance when the commission
very gracefully ''passed the buck" to the
governor and the latter at once CLOSED
over the black spots which the commits
sion did not wish to look upon. The
commission was given an opportunity to
take hold with considerable vigor of a
matter that demanded just such action,
but instead of doing so, the 'sbuck was
passed. and the commission let slip a
duty which The Free Press feels that it
| should have handled without fear or
i favor. Mamkato Free Press.
It's up to the Free Press to let the
public know what it's grievance against
the commission is. The Safety com
mission should be no more exempt from
just criticism than any other body OF
public officials.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04

The pioneers of Renville county cele-
brated with a two-days' reunion at Frank
lin, Saturday, June %, There was
speech making, band music and couple
of ball games to liven up the program,
but the old settlers enjoyed the greatest
of all the two days spent in visiting and
recounting the events of the pioneer
days of this part of Southern Minnesota
The 1918 meeting will be held at Fair
fax.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04
Coal Mine Operators
AQree to Make Prices RlQllt.

The coal mine operators have agreed
to sell their products at a fair and
reasonable price. This was agreed to
by four hundred operators in both the
bituminous and anthracite fields. They
did so. however, after the government
had threatened to take over the mines
and operate them unless the mining
men would promise to play fair. Under
the agreement, according to the press
dispatches, coal prices are to be fixed,
with the approval of the defense coun-
cil's coal committee, by special COM
mittees representing each of the coal
companies. ..,-.. .. 49, W
These special committees are to con-
fer with the defense councils committee
to the end that production be stimulated
and plans be perfected to provide ade-
quate means of distribution
The latter feature is doubtless the
most important of all. The Review is
not sure but the whole problem hinges
on adequate distribution
The whole system of high prices under
which the country has been grooming for
the past few years, and which is con-
stantly growing worse, is due to the in
adequacy of distribution. Not only as
regards coal, but of all other COM
modities. Development in every line
marches on steadily, production keeps
pace with it, but distribution lags. There
is always an abundance of foodstuffs,
an abundance of cotton, wool, leather
petroleum, and coal, but in proportion
to the increase in the output of these
commodities prices have in recent years
gone up, thus upsetting completely the
traditional law of supply and demand
The coal mines are next to inexhaustable
the cost of production plus certain ad
vances in the wage scale, which coulc
be met easily by corresponding advances
in the sale price, and without imposing
any undue hardship on the consumer, has
changed but little during the past twenty
five years, yet the. price of coal to tn.
consumer in that time has increased MOI
less than 100 per cent.
The difficulty has lain, as it lies today
in the inadequacy Of distribution, TO
which inefficient and in many case
INSCRIPTIONS and dishonest management
is responsible. Some of the newspaper
:, have blamed the transportation system
Of the country for the constantly in
: creasing prices which the consumer i
E obliged to pay. It is more likely that i
is a combination OF all these forces. TIL,
, price Of coal, which is produced toda!
, at a comparatively small advance pc
ton over that of quarter OF a centur.
ago, could not have had enormous ane
J, exorbitant prices piled on it, between
the mouth Of the pit and the retailer
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04

The editors of LIE Sueur county planned
"a picnic at Elysian for Saturday, June
p, but it rained and the editors were
obliged to remain at home. 1t is said
the fish in the lake there breathed easier
when they found the editors were not
coming.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04

The Leader-Democrat, published at
lie Sueur Center, is now we'll started on
the thirty-frst year of it's existence. The
Leader-Democrat is a spicy newspaper,
is growing rapidly and the publishers
promise to install type-setting machine
at once. Prosperity is in the air.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04
ard, without the co operation and con-
livance of those handling the com

yard, without the cooperation and con-
nivance Of those handling the COM
modify.
There is as much coal in the mines,
for all practical purposes, as there ever
was. It is not commodity that is
planted, cultivated and grown at an
annual cost to the operators. Up to the
time it reaches the mouth Of the mine,
and is loaded on the freight cars, the
only charge against the product is labor.
Labor has not advanced in cost in any
thing like the ratio of the advance in
COAL Copartnership, once open, now
concealed, between the mine operators,
the railroads, with brokerage, manip-
ulation, excessive carrying and sales
charges, all saddled illegitimately upon
the simple business Of hauling and selling
coal, all account for the ballooning of a
reasonable to an extortionate price for
the commodity of the delivered ton.
It is plain to any thinking person who
may take the trouble to reason the
question out that simple agreement
with the coal companies to sell their
commodity at a reasonable price at the
mine, unless ways and means are pre-
scribed to handle the distribution prob
lem as well, the unfortunate consumer
is not going to be benefited to any
perceptible extent. The price of the
coal at the mine is not what interests
the man who burns the coal; it is what
he has to pay at the retail yard. That
he will not get justice in this respect is
certain unlesssthe government, thru its
recently organized defense council, the
Federal9Trade commission, or some other
board or authorized body, takes the
matter of distribution in hand.
What applies to the coal situation, also
has to do with nearly every other COM
modify that enters into the cost of living.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04

Springfield will celebrate the Glorious
Fourth in the most approved, up-to-date
fashion today. It is expected that
number of our citizens will go up and
help the citizens properly observe the
day.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04
The Mankato Free Press think

The Mankato Free Press thinks
Theodore Christiansen's plan for a two
period legislative session is only the
dream of a faddist. If the plan will
save lot Of time, and at the same time
allow the bills presented to be sifted and
the poor ones discarded, and afording
some chances for the good ones to pass it
would certainly be move in the right
direction. Why not give it a trial?
Sometimes ''fad' turns out to be some
thing worth WHILE ,..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04

man Colonel Buschers had to contend
while in the first years camp.
(To be continued next weekly
LOUIS G.. VOGEL.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21
BIG. CIRCUS SCHEDULED
HERE FOR MONDAY, JULY z
Al. G. Barnes To Bring Four Ring
Attraction With 81 Feature Acts
1000 Animals in Collection.

Fitting as the pleasures of the cir
Gus itself, the contract man of the AL.
G.. Barnes circus paid his annual visit
to Twin Falls h%urrying from city hall
to various offices, hunting
up grounds on which to place the
big top" %reserving billboard space
and attending to the thousand and
one things necessary to placing the
big amusement plan in our midst
o. Monday, June 2 is the day set for
the exhibit of this biggest and best
wild animal circus. The Barnes Cir
Gus has made a distinct place for it
self in the amusement world by adj
herring to a standard rule of having
only animals performing, hundreds of
people are required to carry on this
exclusive animal actor program, as
each set of animals must have a teach
er and helper. Pretty girls have been
chosen mostly for his work, as their
sensitive natures give them a clearer
understanding of the bruitishness of
the fiercest jungle beasts. They are
less prone to confusion than the man
and present a prettier picture. The
strength of wild animals is so ire
mendous that mere man strength is
nothing; it is the courage, fearless
ness and Self-assurance that counts
most, and these are the qualifica-
tons women seem to possess.
Over 1000 wild and domestic ami
mails are carried by this big animal
wizard and a program full of dash
and ginger is given in IS feature acts.
A brand new feature is a big animal
pageant by the entire ensemble A
Jungle nursery, where the baby ami
mails, of which h show has a num-
Der, are placed together. A person
ally conducted tour of the animal
tent, under the guidance of a compe-
tent lecturer and attendants, design
ed especially to give children and
teachers the big educational value,
such a number of animals. as only the
Barnes circus carries, are a few OF
the features that marks Barnes Cir
Gus as the "Show That's Different"
Food n equipment supplies are
purchased daily in the town the show
exhibits, the amount of which goes
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21
FORTUNE TELlERS REAP
HARVEST IN ENGLAND
Many Go to Ask Questions Regard
ing Relatiyes-Charges Depend on
Wealth of Clients.
BY j. w. Regler

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, June 21.-The old crys-
tai ball has been brought out OF stor-
age and polished up for new revela-
tons, and the ouija board and plan
chett have a new coat of shellac for
the clairvoyont business is booming
in London.
Soldiers, sailors and women are OBJ
served to form the bulk of the
trade Superstition, curiosity and
the %sneaking hope that the truth may
be foretOld before they go back to the
trenches or the turbulent North Sea,
drive hundreds of robust boys into
the mysterious, half-darkened parlors.
In Noting Hill the planchette riv-
ais the crystal ball in popularity. The
saloons are crowded n the charge
is as much as the traffic will stand.
Keen-eyed attendants quickly size up
the customers total net cash.
Adroit questions pump the client of
useful information before he is ad-
mitted to the mysterious trance par
Tor where the incense burns in the
shadowy corners and heavy %draperies
fall about the couch of the "profes-
sor."
Tommy wants to know whether he
will come back; perhaps he asks
whether he will receive a "blighty'
wound.
The fortune teller is willing tc
oblige. He can foretell the soldiers
fate in many ways-through the re.
vealing crystal. the Ouija or by read.
ing the clients aura. He charges
from so cents to IS for the informa.
ton.
A care-worn mother asks whether
her son is alive. Unwittingly she hat
already described the boy.
THE crystal is clouding over,
says the professor. Il see a move
ment of marching men-mud, rain
smoke. The scene changes. 1 see
FACET is your sons, blue eyes
straight nose, ruddy cheeks. He i
whistling as he marches to the real
Madame, the boy is safe"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21
NURSES, STAY At HOME"
SAYS S.sVANDERBILT
Head of American Ambulance HOspit-
al Says That They Should Remain
With Their Patients.
Omitted Pressl

Omitted Pressl
NEW YORK, June 21.-Mrs. William
K. Vanderbilt, Sr., head of the Ameri-
can Ambulance hospital in Paris
strongly urges public health nurses
in the United States to apply to their
profession the principles of selective
conscriptions during the war. She adj
vises them not to throw up heir po-
sitions here for the sake of undertake
ing work abroad.
zone OF the great needs of Amer
ica'' she said will be for public
health nursing. The organizations
which are engaged in this work, in
stead of being weakened by loss of
membership should be strengthened to
meet the increased demands which
will be mad upon them. Trained and
experienced nurses who are now TAX
eing care of women, children and tu-
b%ercular patients in their homes and
in dispensaries can do no greater work
for the country and for humanity than
by remaining on their jobs
"They must not consider themselves
slackers or feel that they are lacking
in patriotism if they stick to their
daily round of duties. On the con-
trary it would be absolutely wrong for
them to give up their work and jump
at liz 0AlaA0t Mnl1I OllCl0 lOl
war service abroad.
Somebody has to take care of the
women and children while the men
are at the front. 1t is irrational for
those who take care of them, and
who know and understand their needs,
to fly off to some other place and work
and leave them at the mercy of in
experienced workers. We all know
that war breaks down home condi-
tons. Sickness and poverty follow
in its wake and there are a thousand
and one ills, which have to be met
and overcome. Who can do this bet
ter than the public health nurse who
belongs to a well organized group OF
workers which is able to combat Just
such conditions? ?"
Mrs. Vanderbilt cited her own ex-
%perience in Paris at the beginning OF
the war when her first impulse was
to close the Vanderbilt Dispensary tC
women and children n devote it tC
the care of wounded soldiers.
con second thought" she said, g
realized that would be a mistake jus
because everybody was doing thu
same thing. l never regretted follow
ing my more mature judgment. In
short time our attendance increased
from lis to $50. 1 believe we saved
any number of the future citizens o
France by simply thinking twice ant
sticking to our original work"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21

Three Black CrOws-That two autos
containing Ii people had been precipi-
tated over the Blue Lakes grade Sun
day and that 10 of the number were
mangled corpses at the bottom, was
the exciting story circulated in the
City Sunday afternoon which brought
a large crowd to the top of the rim
rock. The facts in the case were less
exciting. A man on his way back from
Jerome with a horse and buggy met
an auto, the animal became frightened
and went over the declivity, turning
the buggy yer and spilling it's Occu-
pant, at a point where there was no
sheer drop. The man was bruised
somewhat and the buggy broken while
the horse escaped injury. The ia
nous case Of the three black crows
was recalled by some who went to see
the awful calamity and to help bring
in the bodies.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21
PERSONALS

Mrs. l.. G, Northam of Weiser is visit
ing here, the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Abt.
Miss Minnie Sanderson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas S~andersOn
of this city, returned for the sum-
mer from Seattle Sunday, where she
has been teaching in the public
schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Eldied, of Je-
rome, were over Saturday and Sun
day visiting with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G.. Taber and MT. and Mrs.
G. II. Eldied.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21
AMERICAN ADMIRAL is PLACED
IN COMMAND OF FLEET
English Appiint Vice Admiral Sims
to Take Charge of Allied Ships in
Irish WaterS.

WASHINGTON-A brief message
from LOndon brought the navy de-
partment its first news of the APP
pointment of Vice Admiral Sims to
command the allied naval orces in
Irish waters during the absence of
the commander of that district. The
department had no other information
as to the new responsibilities placed
upon h American officer. 60
The Washington government has
given Admiral Sims wide powers to
enable him to meet any situation that
may arise. Because of the distance
from Washington to the scene of OPP
eratiOns, no effort was made to ham
per the officer with requirements that
he report or orders. The admiral has
full authority to act on his own
initiative in disposing the forces at
his M so as to secure the
greatest cooperation with the French
and Britain navies and also the maxi
mum efficiency in the battle against
German submarines.
HOSTS Flag as Senior Officer
Much of his time has been spent
in London and Paris and Tuesdays
advices are the first to indicate that
he has been at sea with his ships.
h statement that Admiral Sims had
hoisted his flag as senior allied nav
al officer in Irish waters led to much
speculation as to what American war
ship he might be using as a flagship,
as presumably he would hoist his flag
only aboard an American vessel. The
only facts disclosed by the depart
ment as to vessels now in European
waters have been that destroyers have
been sent to British ports and the
naval collier Jupiter to a French port
with supplies.
Tremendous responsibilities have
been placed on Admiral Sims Shout
ders- The tale of torpedoed ships in
Irish waters is an oft repeated one
1t has been said that even without
the American vessels, the British
have a thousands of destroyers
submarine chasers of all sizes and
kinds, mine sweepers, aircraft and
every other method of combating
submarines posted in these waters in
the effort to keep open the shipping
lanes.
In some quarters, it was pointed
out that the announcement that the
American officer had been placed
even temporarily, in mma Of
British forces greatly superior t.
those under the American flag in
those waters might have a politica
effect in Ireland where the situation
is turbulent with the approach of tn,
Irish convention period. 1t Nigh
tend to show beyond question, it wa
suggested, that the British and Amer
lean governments we're in perfect &C
! cord.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21
Twin Fails Young People Marry

Twin Falls Young People Marry
Two popular young people of the First
Baptist church, Miss Laurel Weaver,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. WeaV-
er, and Elmer Buckley were married
Monday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at
the home of the brides parents on
Fourth avenue East, the day being the
twenty-ninth anniversary of the mar
riage of the brides parents. Rev. o.
T. Anderson, pastor of the Baptist
church, officiated. The ring cere-
mOny was used. The guests were a
few intimate friends of the couple.
Those present besides the family
were Miss Laura Younger, Miss Jua-
nita Dean, Miss Zorah Waters, Miss
Mary Douglass Mrs. o.. T. Anderson
and Mr.. Audber Henderson. After a
delightful dinner and music, Mr.. and
Mrs. Buckley left on the evening train
for IN extended trip East where they
will visit relatives at Washington,
Ind, and other points. They will
make their future home at Bull after
their return.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21

Was Frugal SOuI-A colored gentle
man with "blushing" fiance appeared
at the desk of the county auditor the
other day and asked for a marriage
license An assistant began filling out
the document and as he did so asked:
do you want one with a slip attach
ed emitting you to a divorce at the
end of six mOnths?" The benedit-to-
be hesitated, looked at his prospective
helpmate with a grin and inquired,
chow much more do it cost?"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21

The Ch%autauqua Movement is
thoroughly undenOminational and nom
political and people of all creeds and
parties co-mingle-it appeals to the
thoughtful and the cultured and seeks
to displace some forms of entertain
ment that are unworthy and fraught
with danger.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21

far past the thousand dollar mark,
while the big publicity feature for the
chosen city is worth hundreds of dol
lars as a drawing card rom the sur
rounding towns and country patron
age, which do an unusually mount
of purchasing circus day, forms some
of the reasons cities court the pat
ronage of the Barnes Circus.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21
Proved Good Marksman-Home

Proved Good Marksman-Homer
Youngs. now at the training grounds
at Preside, made a notable record
last week when he hit the mark 40
times out of a possible so at long
range with a rifle. Mr.. Youngs is
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Youngs
of this city.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-06-21
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to our loving neighbors and
friends for their kindness and beauti-
full floral offering during the death Of
u beloved brother ana uncle.
MIR. AND MRS. j.. A. FELTON,.
AND FAMILY
MIR. AND MRS. ]. M. DUNCAN
AND FAMILY
MIR. AND MRS. F. A. cox =.