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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-02-14

Some people seem to go to church
for the purpose of obtaining a new
supply OF gossip.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-02-14

1t is jealousy in women that makes
them say mean things behind your
back. but in men it is pure cussed-
ness.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26
Spe cial Fixed And Nc
.vable w God Furni-
ture. M u nici pa |
Building, New Ul1n,
Minnesota.

Sealed bids will be received up to
2:30 o'cIock,.P. M, Monday, April Ia,
1919, and are to be addressed to Vim. P.
Backer, City Clerk, New Ulm, Mime
sofa. Each bid must be accompanied
by a certified check for FIVE (51 per cent Of
tae amount Of the bid or proposal, made
payable to VIM. P. Backer, City Clerl.
New Ulm, Minnesota as a. guar antee
tina if the bidder is awarded this con-
tract, the bidder will enter into write Il
cont act to furnish and equip the aboy :
Municipal Building as herein set fort. 4
and will also furnish a surety bond at
his own expense, Of HI amount Of the
contract to guarantee the faithful p..ss-,
Torrance Of the contract in every par
stsauiar, The City Council Of New Ulm.
Minnesota, hereinafter called t, 8
OWners), hereby reserves the right to re-
'ject any or all bids Or proposals and award
the contract to he party whose propos 7
ton is most desirable for the City Of New
Ulm, Minnesota. sAs
Da ed at New Ulm, Minnesota, March
IS h, 1919.
& w M. ACKER,
CIT u Clerk III and d Or the City #
ssS New Jim, Brown G outty, M Minnesota.
4S..5
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26
SCHOOL n FUND FOR
MARCH ANNOUNCED
TOTAL AMOUNT APPoRTIoNED
IS $s,sso.7o AGAINST
$1,000 in 1918. 4..S
NUMBER OF PUPILS DROPS FROM
4ol6 TO 1909 AND RATE
IS 20 CENTS LESS

County Auditor Louis G.. Vogel has
made public the school fund apportion-
5ment for March 1919. The total for
all schools in the county amounts to
SIS, 990.70. This is $1,149.3O less than
last March when $lO,O40:O was appor-
toned to the different schools. The
reason for this falling off is to be found
in the smaller number Of pupils this
year and also in the fact that the rate
allowed for each child is 20 cents less
than last year, having been reduced
from $3.50 to $3.50. The number Of
pupils last year was 4,Ol6 while this
year it dropped down to 1900, a. de-
crease of lO7 pupils.
Some Large Districts.
Some Of the school districts are very
large. Those with more than 800
pupils are district No, 1, with 844
children; district No. "a, with 379 and
district No. "a, with 341 scholars.
|, This makes the amount apportioned to
district No. almost reach $1,000
Following is a full list OF the appor-
|, tionment for March 1919:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26
HIGH BIRTH RATE IN BROWN
COUNTY.

The official figures of births and deaths
in Brown county during the year 1918
have been compiled by the State Board
of Health office at the Capitol and then
sent to the Clerk of Court at New Tim.
The following table as given out for
publication by the clerk shows a con
siderably higher birth rate over the
deaths in all towns and villages, with
the exception of New Ulm. Here the
number Of births was 148, 8 less than
the number of deaths. Prabably the
fact that a large number of the older
people from the farming community
move to the city may explain this dis
crepancy, Also the families are usually
somewhat larger on the farm and in
smaller communities, but the main
reason seems to lie in the fact that
many outsiders de at the hospitals and
in the Alexander Altenheim.
Following is the full List of births and
deaths in Brown county for the year
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26
UNION HOSPITAL NOTES.

-x = 81 /. = l. b
Mrs. Chas. stuebe underwent an
operation last week. At this writing
she is getting along fairly well. Her
many friends are looking forward to a
rapid recovery 8
John Hauenstein has been patient
at the hospital since Monday
JEANETTE DaIlmann, of Fairfax, suE-
rnitted to an operation on Monday
Her &C ndition is inn rowing.
Herman Siege Of Nicollet; Arthur
Dirks of Fulda and: Rosa Javin offspring
field underwent operations last week.
Caroline Guggisberg Of Gibbon; Mrs.
Fred sOrsh Of Morton and John Meyer
Of Arlington are taking treatments It
the hospital.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26
OBIT UARY
MRS. CATHERINE LIESENFELD.

= - 2 /.
Sunday afternoon, March Is, Mrs
Catherine Liesenfeld passed away at her
home-in Sleepy Eye. Death was duesto
old age and the result Of an injury which
she suffered about a year ago.
& The deceased, whose maiden name
was Catherine Krebsbach was born in
sCoblenz, Germany, February 9, 1881,
and came to the United States in 1856.
One year later she was united in marriage
to John Liesenfeld in McHenry County,
Illinois. Here they remained until 1859
when they came to Brown County and
in 1864 settled on a farm in the town Of
Sigel. When the Indians went on the
war path the Liesenfelds were at work
in the hay field near their home and they
fled to New Ulm which they reached
after tedious and trying trip. lasting
all night After the Indian outbreak the
family returned to their farm in Sige
township where they continued tore
side until 1882 when they moved to
Sleepy Eye and Mr.. Liesenfeld went
into the livery business. Mr.. Liesen-
field passed away December 1, 1908.
OF the eight children born to them
only three survive. They are: Mrs.
Mary Groebner Of st. Paul; Mrs. Anna
Schade and Mrs. Kate Fischer of Sleepy
Eye. The funeral was held from st.
Mary's church a week ago Tuesday
morning, Rev. Klein officiating, and
lnterment was made in the Catholic
cemetery.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26
FARMERS, CLAIMS I
NUMBER over 200

$500. to the Red Cross $iOs for auto
expense and SIS. to the Farm Bureau.
Herman Fritsche had sold his wheat.
almost two months before WYE got busy
here and had his money when wye, in
one Of his round-ups, accidentally dropped
into the Fritsche yard and asked him
about his wheat and ordered him to call
at Sleepy Eye. This Mr.. Fritsche DID
after he had consulted with a local at
torney. WYE then asked him what he:
meant by ceiling on an attorney and
forced him to pay 500. to the Red Cross.
To get quick action one or two men,
bers from each Town adjacent to New
UJlm who had taken a keen interest in
having justice done to the farmers were
called up by phone Friday and told to
pass the good news along to everybody
interested.
Dempsey Makes Statemet.
Attorney Dempsey sta IS that lie
was consulted by d ite a nu 1ber Of
farmers at the time We vas ID the
height Of his glory and that Re felt a
that time and has felt since that to
farmers had been unjustly treated
Alter Wye had left, tn Sc p rites kept
calling on him and he finally decided
to do what was in his power to get the
money back which had been Wrongfully
taken from the farmers The first OPP
/! p rtunity presented itself when some
parties from Nicollet County who had.
hauled Their wheat to market but had
| refused to turn over the wheat checks
called on him for advice. He appeared
| for them when they were summoned to
appear before a board in ST. Peter during
| t ne month of December. In the I e gE-
borhood of about so were SUNNI, ID
and all Of these with the exception of the
IS represented by Mr.. Dempsey made
some kind OF settlement with the b; a ID.
In these cases the testimony of the
parties was taken and forwarded to the
department Of Justice and it was ex-
pected that they would be arrested and
brought to book.
When nothing came Of it, Mr.. Demp-
= BECAME more convinced than ever
that tt e government had no case agai st
| the farmers and he decided to alta h.
moneys in two of the Nicollet County
banks which belonged,to his clients and
had not been turned over to the Red
Cross and thus force the issue Before
doing this, however, he decided to have
a personal talk with State Food Admins
traitor Wilson and he found this gentle
man ve,y agreeable to do anything and
everything in his power to do justice to
the farmers, admitting frankly that al
gross injustice had been done to them
It was he that suggested that the Red
Cross be induced to return this money
and all subsequent actions were taken
along these lines. Mr.. Dempsey says
that there's never WIS an agreement that
a commission of 80. per cent should be
paid him, but that the. matter was simply
LETT open, it being left to the committee
to say what his firm should have in case
they were successful This was before
Mr.. Wilson had taken hand in getting
the money returned to the farmers and
that since then he has been doing COM
mittee work without any thought of
ppttinU anv lapa com nnnsation
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26
$s,990.70

Total 1909 So 1890. 70
State Deficiency Aid.
Auditor Louis G. Vogel a so appor-
TONED the state deficiency aid for the
high, graded and semi-graded schools
OF Brown county Tbs apporti
is for the two school years 49, is and
s1915'16 and totals $3.50. The action
is based on a new legislative prov ioa
passed by. the present Minnesota legis-
lature. According to the statement
of Mr.. Vogel, the local high school re-
sceives s1,52O Of Il iiss amount the high
school at Sleepy Eye 81, 40 and Spring
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26
WELL-KNOWN CERMAN-AMERI-
CAN is DEAD IN NEW YORK.

CAN IS DEAD IN NEW YORK.
Joseph P. Frey, president of the
German Roman Catholic Centralverein
Of North America for the last seven
years, died in New York Sunday, ac-
cording to a telegram received by May or
Willibald Eibner, president of the state
organization of the Centralverein. M.
Frey Wss known as an able and success
full leader among his associates and
The funeral will be held
next Thursday at which undoubtedly
some Of Minnesotas representative Ger
man Catholics will be present.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26

N. Mccoy Of Sleepy Eye died at the
.L.oretto hospital last Friday Of ailments
common to the aged. The deceased
was born in Ohio in 1885 and had lived
in this vicinity the greater part OF his
life. He was an unmarried man. The
remains were sent to Sleepy Eye for
burial
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09
DREW
DIED TODAY
Well Known Actor Passed Away This
Morning from an Attack Of
Uremic Poison
inq.
Greetings to sovlets.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servfce.1
NEW YORK, April 9.-Sidney Drew.
well know actor, died this morning
at HIS home here after a short Ill
ness. Physicians diagnosed his all
n1ent as urenic poisoning He was
stricken In Detroit where he was aD-
pearing with his wife in Keep Her
Smiling" recently.
Death came at seven a. m. Four
doctors had made vain efforts to save
him. His physicians were DR.. Louis
Fisher, Dr. Walter D. James, DR.. Chas
Beck and DR.. Brown, a specialist or
Detroit
For some hours before he died.
Drew was unconscious. He lapsed
into this condition from stupor In
which he did not recognize his wife.
Drew was a brother Of John Drew
and the father of s, Rankin Drew, the
aviator who was killed In France
while fighting with the lafayette es-
cadr11le. The young aviator was the
son of Drew's first wife, daughter
OF Mckee Rankin, prominent actor
in his day. She died in 1914. Drew's
second wife was Lucille McVey, mo-
ton picture actress. with whom he ap-
peared in many screen comedies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09
American Commission, Repre-
senting Peace Delegates
Has Gone on Investiga-
ting Trip.
TO STUDY CONDITIONS
Lieut.. Col. WarrIck Greene and Five
Other Officers to Visit Finland.
Lithunla and Lett.
land.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON, April "a special COM
mission, representing the American
peace delegation, has begun an inves-
tigatton Of conditions In northwestern
Russia, a News Agency dispatch from
Helsingfors reported today.
Before leaving for Ltbau, the COM
mission, composed of Lieut.. Col. War
issued the following statement:
THE United States considers that
no world peace is possible until the
Russian problem Is solved and sat
isfactory governments established IN
Finland and the Baltic provinces.
With the object of facilitating the
work of the United States peace dele
cation in Paris, special commission
has been appointed to visit Finland.
Esthonia, Lettland and Lithuania, to
study political, economic and military
conditions.
The British war office today reported
successful operations against the boil
sheviki in northern Russia by anti
soviet Russians. The north Russia
rifle regiment occupied the village of
Gspnavalok, on the eastern shore Of
lake Vigozero, capturing a bolsheviki
patrol, it was stated. Finish troops
attacking post south of Segeja, were
twice repulsed.
A wireless dispatch from Moscow
announced that bolshevik forces have
captured Odessa.
The latest bolshevik official com.
munique stated:
Following artillery preparation, we
launched a decisive attack Thursday
against the Notifications Of Perekop
Con the Crimean isthmus) and after
violent fighting captured the town
The next day the enemy withdrew to
Arm mjanskibasar Pressing the enemy
we entered Armjanskibasar, the enemy
fleeing in a panic toward Sfmferpol
abandoning machine guns and wound,
ed. The road into the Crimea Is now
OPEN
A dispatch from Warsaw, dated Mon.
day reported the execution Of thirty.
three alleged bolsheviks at Pinsk.
They were accused of plotting an up
rising for the purpose of overpowering
the garrison and selling the city
American, British and French officers
are investigating
Col. Francis Fronczak. former health
commissioner of Buffalo, who repre-
sents the Red Cross In Pinsk, said
that 200 alleged bolshevik plotters
were surrounded, but all but seventy
escaped. They were later marched In
to the market place, he said, where
every other one was shot. Fronczak
counted thirty-three bodies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09

LEGISLATION
California Assembly Requests Peace
Conference to Aid In Prevent
Ing Free Coming OF
OrientaIs.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SACRAMENTO, Calf, April 9-In.
terest in the anti-Japanese fights in
the California legislature shifts to the
assembly today, following passage by
the senate of proposed joint resolu-
ton requesting the peace conferences
to oppose covenants removing inml.
grafton control from the various ma.
tions.
Receiving no reply to a cable ask
ing President Wilson If such legisla-
tion would embarrass the peace con-
ference, the senate acted on the as
sumption that the bill would cause no
difficulty at the conferences.
The resolution after asserting that
..the free-coming Of non-assimilable
oriental immigration would make
California and the Pacific coast an
oriental colony, undermining civiliza-
ton and institutions" carries the fol
lowing request:
'sThat the American delegates to
the peace conference be memoriahzed
to oppose any policy that will inter
fere with the right of the several ma
tions for themselves, to control the
subjects of immigration and exercise
such discretion as they may see fit
to preserve population, dts racial de-
yelopanent and their domestic insti-
tntfons to the end that doubt, agita-
tion and consequent irritation be pre-
vented and International peace be re-
utnrad
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09
German Potash.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON April 9.-Western
senators today were moving to halt
the dumping into this country of thous-
ends of tons of German potash at the
most critical stage in the life OF
the new American potash industry.
Arrangements have been made, Sem
ator Hitchcock of Nebraska, has been
informed, for the exchange Of Amer
lean food for part Of the vast store
OF German potash which was mined
during the war partly by American
and allied prisoners Of war and by
women.
Potash producers Of Nebraska and
other western states report they have
on hand 100000 tons of potash which
they are unable to dispose of despite
the pressing need by American farm
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09
SIX KILLED
IN CYCLONE
Train of Thirty Cars Blown From M.
X. G. T. Tracks During High
Wind Down in
Texas.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
SHERMAN, Texas, April Six
people are reported killed and a
score injured in severe wind storm
which approached the cyclonic pro-
portions ct Trenton, Texas, early to-
day.
Reports received In Sherman by
way of Denison said train of thirty
cars was blown from the M. X. and
It. railway tracks near White Wright.
Wires were down and communica-
tions with the stricken area cut off.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09
FARM HANDS ENVELOPE
WILL BE MUCH F'AIIEk

share with the hired man the IN
creased prosperity that came TO hlll
last year and is promised by a great
est in history" wheat crop TINS year,
In pre-war days the hired hand
earned approximately s50O,OOo,ooo, or
abont half what he is expected to re-
ceive this year. Reports to the de-
nartment of agriculture show that
last year farm wages had Jumped
eayentv-two percent over those of the
ave years from 1909 to 1913.
Millions of persons Will share the
sattened pay envelope. There are
q III 0(l0 farms in the United States.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09
R|D|CU[E
FISHING
L|CENSE:
Amendment Offered to Include
Taxing Boys Who Swim
and Thus Scare
Fish.
ONE RIGHT OF MAN
Iowa Legislature Has Three Automo-
bile Bills Up for Debate
amonc Other Itema-
ONE RIGHT OF MAN

LUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
DES MONIES, Ia, April "a bill
by Van Alstine, of Humboldt county,
which proposed to license fishing,
was defeated In the senate late yes
terday.
The bill aroused much opposition
and ridicule.
Senator Brookhart introduced an
amendment to include swimming
with fishing in the license provision,
on the grounds that small boys did
more harm to the fish by going In
swimming than they did by fishing.
"F1shing is one of the inalienable
rights of man. We now tax every
thing but the right to die, and the
undertaken looks after that" was
Senator Frailey's argument against
1t.
Motor Vehicle Bill.
DIES MONIES, a.. April e.-Bither
the motor vehicle bill which passed
the house yesterday or one OF two
other such bills introduced in the
senate will come before the upper
house 10y tomorrow.
A wild debate which started yes
terday evening and was resumed this
morning resulted in the senate adopt
ing resolution which sent the house
automobile tax bill to the joint judi
ciary committee.
The other two bills are the product
of the motor vehicle committee and
Senator Kmball.
These bills had been previously
rasorred to tho Judiciary committee
for redraft into composite bill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09
TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR

BARRIERS Barrage.
MOLINE, III. April 9.-Moline's
Victory loan quota may be considered
guaranteed. Every barber here has
pledged himself to talk of nothing else
while on duty.
Self Defense.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 81
Frank j. Rady was six feet tall and
weighed 212 pounds. His wife weigh
ed 10. Rady pleaded self defense
when hauled into court on wife
beating charge.
UP to Date Youth.
PORTLAND, Ore, April 9.-Melyin
Clark, 81, tried to enlist In the ayla-
tion service and GO overseas. He
didn't know the war was over. 4!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09

agreement will be reached BY Easter.
La Liperte openly declares the british
ahd French are in agreement and that
ie only remains for Wilson to approve
the decisions reached by the big four
during his Illness. American dele
gates have been totally unable to find
any OF the decisions said to have
been reached.
The general movement toward an.
nouncing complete understanding is
regarded as having all the aspects Of
q drive against the Americans 1t is
plainly evident the spirit Of the Amer
lean delegation is not one of I'VE are
going home unless you play our game" !"
hut that OF bending every effort to
bring about agreement on details prev
iously accepted under the principles
laid down in the armistice terms.
The meeting scheduled for last
night was postponed.
The French censors were busy yes
terday handling the Paris editions OF
the Chicago Tribune and New York
Herald as a result of the present ten
sion in the conference.
A headline In the Tribune read:
Peace conference (blank) says VIII
son; George Washington coming"
The second blank OF the head was
complete blank. At intervals II the
news matter appeared blank spaces
with such notes as "thirty-flve lines
censored" ''twenty-nine lines CEN
sored," etc.
A big white space appeared In the
middle Of the Herald's story Of the
conference.
Wilson Does Not Agree.
[By Carl D. Groat. United Press Staff
Correspondent
PARIS, April 9.-Despite British
and French assertions that the peace
settlement is nearly completed, it was
stated senni-officially today that Presi-
dent Wilson does not agree this is
the case. His position was said to be
that the conference must get back to
the fourteen principles and the arm
istice terms which he feels have been
disregarded lately.
Even more emphatically than on
Monday, 1t was declared that the
president will quit the conference
only as a last resort, In case the other
delegates fail to get together.
Ordering Of the George Washington
to Brest does not necessarily mean
that he is quitting, but it was repeated
that he will return home III neces-
sary"
Persons close to Wilson added there
Is no threat or bluff in this statement.
but that he is fully prepared to make
good"
Summed UP. the presidents position
lis that of letting his colleagues know
that "grab-all' policy is untenapie
and that a peace must soon be mace
that win be just and honest.
Insist Work Is Nearly Completed.
rBv Lowell Mellett United Press
staff Correspondent
PARIS. April 9.--The British con-
tinued today to insist that the peace
work is practically concluded, An
official who is in the closest toicn
with the deliberations of the big
four" told The United Press that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-09
Nlnety-nfnth Meeting.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
PERRY, Iowa, April 9.-Practically
all of the Presbyterian churches in
the south central Iowa district are
represented by ministers and elders
at the ninety-ninth meeting of the
Des Moines Presbytery conference in
progress here.
This mornings sessions were occu-
pied with reports from the various
departments and with addresses from
prominent members OF the church.
The commissioners to the general
assembly which meets at st Louis in
May are to BE chosen tonight.