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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
EXEMPTION BOARD
GETS new ORDERS
WORD RECEIVED TO HASTEN
EXAMINATIONS OF ALL
DRAFTED. MEN
MUST COMPLETE coUNTY,s
QUOTA FROM THOSE IN
CLASS ONE

Yesterday morning the local draE
board received a copy Of a telegram which
was issued from the Adjutant Generals
office at Washington, D. C. on the 4th
OF February. According to this tele-
gram approximately $500 white men, all
those remaining of the current quota,
are expected to entrain for Camp Dodge
during the period beginning February
%. This will mean approximately sixty
men from this county. The local board
is requested to make every effort to
complete Brown County's quota from the
men already classified in Glass /. and
they are urged to expedite the physieaf
examination so that sufficient number
OF Class I men can be secured. Thee
examinations may be conducted under
the old regulations until the new reg
ulations arrive. New regulations per-
tanning to the physical examination Of
the drafted men have been mailed and
will govern as soon as they are received
blythe local draft board. Il
In conformity with these Instructions
the local board has decided to, keep
on with the physical examinations up
to and including Saturday. No more
men will be called for physical examina
ton until the new regulations are received
and then orders for examinations will be
issued in conformity with such new
regulations.
The physical examination was COM
menced last Friday and ever since that
time the medical officer of the board
Dr.. Geo. B. Weiser, has examined in
the neighborhood of twenty men liz
case Of doubt as to their physical fitness
these are referred to the Advisory Com
mittee. Not until Saturday will the
board pass all those who in the opinion Of
the medical examiner are physically unfit
for the service.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
YERDICTS DIFFER
INSANE ''.l QUESTION
DELAY IN PAYING PREMIUM
INVALIDATES POLICY
IN ONE CASE =
IN SECOND CASE, DELAY IN
I. PAYMENT is OF. NO
CONSEQUENCE

The Minnesota law, Of 1918 providing
for suspension Of accident insurance
during periods VIXEN premiums are due
and until paid operates with opposite
results in separate suits to recover on
policies, under opinions given Friday by
the state supreme court. @ :
In one case the court rules that re-
covery is barred because the insurance
was suspended at the time Of the .acci-
dent by an express incorporation of the
1913 law in tie policy, and in the other,
that absence Of such provision together
with the practice of accepting delayed
premium payments, constituted waiver
of suspension. +. -. ..-.-,~.rs..s.-.sss.s
Hurt by fall October /, 1916, while
employed by the St. Paul Dry Goods
company, Abe Ward demanded $50 UNI
der his accident policy in the Merchants
Life and Casualty company. Contest
ing tie claim, the company maintained
that it's liability was suspended at the
time of the accident because the premium
due October was not paid until October
TO-, and that clause in the policy stated
that the insurance would not be in effect
when premiums were in arrears. :.
Judgment obtained by Ward in. the
st. Paul municipal court is reversed by
the supreme court opinion Friday sus-
tanning the company's contention.
TIE second appeal was that Of the
United Commercial Travellers from a
Judgment for $6,297, which the Lyon
county district court awarded Carrie r.
Suits as beneficiary named in the ac-
cident policy carried by her husband,
David M. Suits, who was accidentally
killed March 20, 1915, at Huron, S. D.
The insurance organization defended on
tie ground that the policy had lapsed
because of non-payment Of dues. Tkis
contention is over-ruled by the supreme
court, affirming Judge Olsen's decision
before whom the case was tried, because
Of evidence that acceptance of late pay
ments Of dues was the established prac~
tice Of the company and it was not shown
that notice was given in suit Of it's dis
continuance.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
EssIG GARAGE SOLD.

K. W. Setter who has been the pro-
prietor OF the Essig Garage for the past
six months sold out his interest yesterday
to Val. Knees and p. E. spelbrink.
The building did not belong to Mr..
Setter and the sale included stock and
equipment only. Fred Neissen who has
been with the Garage ever since it was
opened will remain with them and Mr..
Knees will continue the business. Mr..
Setter still has a couple Of weeks work
in Essig but beyond that he has not
made up his mind what he will do as
he is merely awaiting the result Of his
examination for military service.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
NAN FALLS Fl ! THIRTY
!. FEET ] U.NINJURED
WORKER AT EAGLE MILL HAS
..LUCKY ACcIDENT'. GETS
&. A DAY LAY-OFF.
TAKES TUMBLE FROM A BOX
CAR AND THROUGH THE
N. w. TRESTLE

One Of those lucky accidents which
eometimes happen befell workman at
the Eagle Mill last week, with the
result no worse than a days lay-off
prdered by the Doctor, who could find
absolutely nothing wrong with tie man
Iwho met with the accident.
The workman, VIM. Theil, is en-
ployed at the elevator. and his duties
are to unload grain. He was climbing
up on a box car to release the brake.
The car was large one Of the sort used
for shipping automobiles, and was stand
ing on the Northwestern trestle. Theil
had just about reached the top when he
missed his hold and fell directly on the
trestle and passed thru the railing,
continuing his descent to the ground
below. This made fall of some thirty
feet. He picked himself up but could
not find any broken bones, due probably
to the fact that there was quite snow
bank under the trestle and this acted
as a cushion. He reported to the Mill
and wanted to- go back to work, but it
was thought best to have him looked over
by a doctor and this, was done. The
Doctor told him to take a day off to
recover from the scare and he is now again
on the job with apparently no bad results
from the shake-up.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
RAPlDAN POWERC0.
EXTENDING LINES
WILL CONNECT MANKATO PLANT
WITH TAYLOR'S FALLS
STATION
CREW OF MEN WORKING OUT
se FROM NEW ULM FOR
THREE WEEKS

Cold weather has hampered the work
of the crew of men who are stringsng
the wires for the Northern States Power
Company from Taylors Falls to St.
James. The Northern States Power
Company owns the plant at Rapidan
and supplies St. James, Madelia, Butter
field and Lake Crystal with power from
that plant but on account of the danger
of possible breakdown at Rapidan, they
are putting in what they call cite
line" between the Taylors Falls plant
and the Rapidan plant so that in case
anything happens to either location to
put it out of commission, tie power can
be switched around to the other line
for consumers.
The Northern States Power Company
has it's offices at Minneapolis and has
another plant in Minnesota, located at
CT mon Falls besides the two above
mentioned. This last plant supplies
Faribault and Northfeld.
T. Judd and J. Aldrich are in charge
of the work on the section which goes
thru here. They have a crew of four
teen men from Minneapolis and three
men from New Ulm. They have been
working two years on the line from
Taylors Falls to St. James. All the
poles are now up and the crew here is
pitting up the wires. The towns of
Waconia, Young America and Franklin
have already taken on the power from
this line and other places farther away
also secure their electricity from the
Northern States Power Co. They are
following the M. &. St. L. R. R. from the
Cities down quite closely but branch
out at various places, as at Franklin.
They expect to 60 into Essig and Sleepy
Eye and extend the line there as far as
they can also. They have been working
on this section all summer and are hurry
ing the job thru as much as possible in
order to take advantage of the spring
foods. They expect to get thru to St.
James some time in March. The Rap
idan plant at the present time is running
on coal and that is pretty expensive this
year so every effort is being made to get
the lines connected to take advantage
of the spring water power. b,
The crew of men have been stopping
at the Setter House in, New Ulm for the
past three weeks and expect to be here
for three or four days longer if the
weather continues moderate. They
have been held up by the extreme cold
which was too severe to permit work on
the poles several times lately.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
NEW UIM BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY, FEB .
SOCIETIES HAVE
CAT HOME" AFTERNOON
Edelweiss Club Entertains Their
Elders With Amusing
.. Program.

Tie members of tie Turnverein and
Ladies Society were the guests Of the
Edelweiss Club who rendered very fine
program at Turner Hall Sunday after
noon. The program was interesting and
entertaining and diversified enough to
satisfy everyone. The following were
the numbers:
German Recitation Robert Fenske
Recitation ....... Thelma Rinke
English Reading Clarence Herzog
Chalk Talk Willard Vosel & Clarence
Pfaender So
Violin Solo. &. - Dorothy Helm
Humorous Reading .Blancf Burg
Original German Selection Laurie Mayer
L oulel -. Elsie AelseF
After the program supper IVES served
to more than hundred folks and then
the young folks enjoyed dancing until
10 o'clock in the evening. e.
It was decided to have another social
afternoon in March and the Zoeglings
Verein was delegated to prepare and
furnish a program.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
sPoERHE.AsE BUYS HOTEL.

Last Thursday as.deal was CONSUME
mated whereby Fred Spoerhase became.
owner OF the Setter hotel, which he has
SO ably manage for the past eight years,
says tie Winthrop News. Since the.
hotel passed out Of the hands of the
Setter management it has been in the
hands Of three different owners, the last
transfer being made to Andrew stenseth.
of Albert Lea Of whom Mr.. spoerhase
purchased his interests. During the
greater portion Of this time however,
Mr.. Spoerhase has been in active man
=aeem ent.
TIE Setter hoteI is popular with
the travelling public and has become
well known to the commercial men
who travel over the M. &. st. L. r. r..
Some years ago a slogan was adopted
Like Home which proved to be a
head liner from an advertising
point Of view. To this end the present
manager has endeavored to make the
slogan a realty in which. lie has well
succeeded.
rs We. are glad that Nc spoerhase and
his good wife are to remain at the helm
Hofthe Setter hotel and thus We are assured
that inthrop S hotels will be kept well
in the foreg ground. 8.
The Setter House has the past year
been remodeled to considerable ex-
tent and possesses many Of the more
modern onveniences. Mr.. spoerhase
] informs US that he will from time to time
improve tie property 50 as to give the
best possible service to his patrons who
sIare legion. sss.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
LOSES RIGHT HAND

A week ago last Thursday Charles
Helle, an employee Of the "A. C. -Ochs
Brick & Tile Company Of Springfield
was the victim of serious accident
which resulted in the loss Of his right
hand. No one else was present at the
time Of the accident and Mr.. Helle can
not state how the accident really hap
pened. He was in the act of cleaning the
crusher in the old plant and he thinks
that aschunk Of clay from above dropped
down on his hand and forced it into the
crusher, injuring it SO badly that it was
necessary to amputate it at tie wrist
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
BOYS AND GIRLS WILL COMPETE

All boys and girls Of Brown County
who are interested in tie raising of live
stock on their fathers farms have been
asked by Sen. L. d.. Potter Of Spring
field to join in contest to promote tie
production of beef. Any girl or boy
over 10 years and under 10 years Of age
is eligible to tie contest which will be in
char of tie Brown County Agricultural
Association.
In oroer to have a contest in Brown
County, at least 10 contestants must
enter and tie winners are to receive
money prizes and in addition will be
given trips to tie MINES ota Live Stock
Show at St. Paul in tie fall Of 1918. TIE
cash prizes amount to $4,000 and are
divided into 10 individual prizes Of $780,,
S25, $40, SIS and six each Of $40.
Tie calves which are entered for TIE
contest must he born after October /,
1917 and may he grades of any breed.
Aid will be given TIE youthful stock
raisers by representatives OF tie Live
Stock Breeders Association who will visit
the contestants and also printed PAM
phlets, ETC. will he sent to them.
Theodore Thornodson Of Hanska,
Herman Pfaender Of Milford, R. M.
Potter of Springfield and the Agricul-
,tural teacher Of the Sleepy Eye schools
the contest.
The plan is part Of tie Government
effort to produce more meat during the
next year but it is likely that it will be
continued after tie war is over since
there is no better way.to improve farm
products than by teaching the young
people now on the farms how to do things
well.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
HEAD OF COLLEGE
FORCED i TO RESIGN.
SAFETY COMMISSION DEMANDS
CHANGE OF DIRECTORS
AT D. M. Z. C.
ACTION RESULT OF NEW ULM,s
PROTEST AGAINST THE
SELECTIvE DRAFT

Like a bolt from clear sky came. the
ouncement last Wednesday that Prof.
Ackermann had resigned his position as
director of the DR.. Martin Luther Col
lege the day before. A meeting Of the
trustees of the College was held at st.
Paul Tuesday and at that time Rev. J.
A. Bergman, presiding officer Of the
joint synod who resides at Fond du Lac,
Wis. requested Prof. Achermann to
resign.
4 Rumors had been current for some
time that the State Public Safety Com
mission Lad determined that Prof.
Ackermann should be removed as di-
rector. of the college and it was the
pressure from this source that was
brought to bear upon the board Of trustees
which caused them to ask the resigna-
Ition Of their director. .
b The charge made against Prof. Acker-
mann is that he spoke at several meet
ings, especially the one in New Ulm
July 25th 1917, and the one at Gibbon,
at which petitions were circulated asking
Congress that only such young men be
sent to European battlefelds as volun-
teered for that service. At that time
it was universally believed that the citi-
zens OF this country had a right to
petition Congress and the President
upon matters which they felt were Of
vital concern to them. Special stress
is laid upon the fact that the Gibbon
meeting was held in spite Of the wishes
of the members Of the Public Safety
q commission who had appeared there
by representative and wanted the
meeting stopped.
IKE College board of trustees would
never have taken the action that they
did if pressure from above had not been
brot to bear upon them and it is currently
reported that citizens from here kept
the matter alive and that even if the
Public Safety Commission had wanted
to forget their plans to have Prof. Acker-
mann ousted they were prevented from
doing so by activities from here.
Prof. Alderman has been connected
with the colleg fortWenty-four years, the
last ten years Of which he was at the head
Of the institution. For the present,
Prof. r. F.. Biefernicht is acting as
temporary director until such time as
the board Of trustees may decide to fill
the vacancy. n.
Prof. Ackermann has no plans: for
the future and will remain in New Ulm
with his family for the present to await
developments. He is taking advantage
of his enforced idleness and has gone to
the Union Hospital where he submitted
to a minor operation which will lay him
up for a week or ten days. :a e.s#
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06

H. There will be a Lincoln's Day program
at DR.. Martin Luther college next
Tuesday evening at 1880. Prof. Wagner
will be the speaker of tie evening and
the program will be in the nature of a
loyalty demonstration. =
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
WILL BUILD PIONEER LODGE
IN THE TURNER HALL PARK.
Court House Square Not To Be
Available For The Proposed
Building.

At an adjourned meeting of the New
Ulm Turnyerein held Sunday afternoon.
two new members were accepted into
the society and permission was granted
the Junior Pioneers to erect the log
house memorial on the Turner Hall
Grounds. Last Friday the committee
who has charge Of the matter Of erecting
this log cabin came together and it was
reported that the site that had been
selected at the annual meeting of the
Junior Pioneers was not available and
the committee then decided to ask the
New Ulm Turnverein for permission to
erect the log cabin on the Turner Hall
grounds.
Julius Krause, John F. Neumann and
August Puhlmann We're elected as a
committee to determine site where the
tcabin is to be placed. If the Turnverein
had refused to grant tie request of the
committee, the building Of the log cabin
would simply have had to be abandoned.
|: With the site assured the committee
will Immediately take steps to get the
necessary logs SO that nothing will inter
fere with the erection of the memorial in
the spring of the year.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06

Prof. Herm. Hem has been quite i'll
with very severe cold the past week
and was confined to his home for several
days, being unable to conduct his classes.
At this writing he was able to smoke a
cigar and that must mean that he is on
the road to recovery. s3:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06

:
". a. Butler, state agent Of the State
Board OF Control was in the city yester-
day for the purpose Of securing informa
ton which will guide the State Board
OF Control to determine whether sor not
the relatives Of inmates Of State Hos
.pitals Tor the insane living here should
pc called upon to contribute to Their.
support The last legislature passed a
law which makes it obligatory for the
relatives to pay part Of the expense Of
the care and maintenance of such in
mates, il financially able to do SO. Mr..
Butler says that they have the most
trouble in getting assist ance from rel
! atives who are really we'll do.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06
NJ. c. NJ. A. MOVES

The Minnesota Commercial Mems
Association which has had offices on the
fourth floor Of the Palace Building ever
since they moved from here to Mir.
neapolis have changed quarters and are
now located in the plymouth Building
on the third floor. The change was
made to secure more and better fooe
space to accommodate the increasing
business Of the company Tie last
year OF the Association was avery sue
cessful one and showed net gain of
about 1000 certificates.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-06

The Missionary Society of the M. f.
church will meet with Miss Ida Kohn
this. week.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-13
Todauia confan en-
los subma rinos
los alemanes

LONDRES. Enero 12.-Alenaaia
todavia esta confiando en- sus subma-
rinos para derrotar al ''peligro anne
ricano," V traer la guerra a Tn fin,
Tornado a sus enemigos a aceptar
una paz alenIana, segln los declara
el "Tageblatt" de Berlin, TN ~ejemplar
del cual ~periodicso Sc ACADIA de re-
cibir en- esta capital.
"Todas las e~speranzas de Ia enten-
te, dice Ell periodico aleman de refe-
r~encia, estan ahora puestas en- III es-
perada ayuda de los Estados Unidos.
81 los americanos pueden ~proporcio-
mar un ejercito combatiente, en- can
tidad suficiente para que traiga una
decision en- ell campo de batalla; 81
pueden suministrar el numero de bar
cos necesarios para el transpor-e de
csc e~jercito Y 81 podran iuego pro-
porcionar las proviSioneS neccsarias
de boca Y guerra para ell sostenlmlcn-
to de csc cj9rcito, son cuestiones que
Sc discuten Y sobre las cuales so ha-
LA dividida la opinion publica. Pc
no no hay duda de que los esfuerzos
de los americanos deben tomarse Sc
riamente en- consideration. Las es-
peranzaS Ge una paz temprana de-
pendc cast ~enteramente de Ia eff
cicncia de nueStros submarines"
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-13

perial aleman, Condo Won Hertling.
Me refiero, dijo, a Ia parte de la
declaration del Condo von Hertling,
ia que hizo el Canciller ante la Co
mission permanente del Reichstag,) en-
la que hizo referencia ademas a las
intenciones justas de Alemania y 4
la posicion poderosa del lmperio.
"La delegation rusa nc puede ne
gar, Y no intenta negarlo, que su
pals debido a la politica de las classes
que estuvieron hasta hace POGO en- e.
poder, ha sufrido un gran debilita-
miento; pero Ia posicioa mundial de
IN pals no esta determinada por su
aparato tecnico tan solo, sino tam
bien por sus probabilidades y posi-
bilidades inherentes, como en- efecto
Y en- verdad, la fuerza Y vigor eco
n6micos de Alemania, no podrian
juzgarse por su condici6n actual Y
medios de aprovisionamiento.
"Er gobierno russo, sin embargo,
cscribio Ia palabra paz a la cabeza
dc su p-ograma. Las grandes sim
patias de los pueblos rusos por los
! pueblos aliados, fortalecen cl deseo
de ~alcanzar Ia paz 10 mas pronto po-
sible, basada en- un entendimiento
entire los pueblos.
Para remover o guitar de Ia cua-
druple atlanta (los aliados teutoreS,)
! cuaIquicr pretexto para d~estruir G
romper las negociaciones de paz por
zen tecnicas, Ia delegation rusa
proponc ia continuation de esas mis-
mas negoeiaciones."
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-13
Cruzaron 81 PiaYe VafIaS
gatiuII3S GXDIor2d0Eas
iRg|esas
EiectuarOn c! pas0 Ell YarIos
guHt0s de esa Inca de bataila
causand0 aIarfna entire las
trOpas enemigaS

ROMA, Enero T.. Las patruIlas
irg.esas que haccn e ~Scrvicio de Vi
| gilancia q g largo de! Piavc, han
: vvelto 4 cruzar d;cho tic scgin dice
In irfo-mc Official rubl;cado en- "sta
capital. Los ingles@S icr"atoa 81 pa
50 or d:fcrcnte; rlntca ~causaNdo a
larma entire las liucas cnemig&s. II
texto del informe Official DC ~rcicSen-
cia, es COMO Sigue
Entire Praso : Cimego, On la &c.
zion del Vale Girdivarig, Sc ian cS-
tado Iibrando r~eciprocos homDar-
deos de artilleria = tiroteos entire los
dcstacamcntoS a~yarzados. En- "a re-
zion del Zugana y en- cl Vale del La
carina ha habido tamhaca dCelos de
art;lcria, hab;cndo jugaio iii inpoc-
tantc papcl CT esas acclones las Ua-
texas de calibre medic. En- IN pla-
nice del Asiago nuestras baterias cS-
t~u-ieron bombardeando con muy
bucn cxito los t~yansportes y las tro-
pas eremigas en- Marcia dctras dc
las lincaa dc batalla.
Los dcstacamcntos cXploradores
tambien han cstado dcsplcgando gran
actividad. II nortc de Costa!unga,
varias partidas austriacas fueron O.
bligadas = rcti.arSc siendo p~ersegui-
das en- un buen tramo por nuestras
patrulaS que lc h;cieron a enemigo
varios p~risioreros. Entire el vale del
Frcnzclla Y del Brenta, nuestras ba-
tcrias e~stuvieron dirigicndo I'm vio-
lerto bombardeo contra las posiciones
enemigas, hahiendo contestado csc
fuegc los aust-o-alemanes con gran
iatensidad.
Las posicioncs del cncmigo y las
areas que Sc hallan atras. IN el sec
tsr comprendido entire Vidor Y Pon-
te GsTa Fr;uli, han sido reretida-
rents bomb2-d4adas con magnificos