New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04
TO HELP CHILDREN
IN CENTRAL n R !. /. EUROPE ] , B
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APPEAL MADE AT MEETING IN
TURNER HALL FAyoRBALY
RECEIVED.
LADIES TO ORGANIZE CENTRAL
BODY FOR CHARITABLE
RELIEF WORK.

BODY FOR CHARITABLE
RELIEF WORK.
Help the starving children of Cen
trail Europe" will be the slogan Of new
organization to be formed by the ladies'
societies of this city at a meeting ar
ranged for next Friday, February l6,
at Turner Hall. The appeal for more
centralized relief work was made by
Rev. Edward Niemann and Capt. Albert
Steinhauser at a meeting held at the
Lecture Room in Turner Hall, Thurs
day, January rs. Rev. Niemann pic
tured the needs of suffering Central
Europe and Russia and asked his hearers
to stretch out their helping hand and
|savelife and health Of their fellowbeings
It was then proposed by Capt. Stein
hauser to urge the ladies societies Of
this city to take the matter up and 60
at it{in a systematic way. His proposal
found ready response with representa-
tive members Of several societies present
Mrs. DR.. I. G. Bell stated that the
Turner Ladies already are doing some
relief work of this kind but that they
would be wiling to act jointly with
others. Mrs. Ben Juni Of the Ladies
Aid of the Friedens church then prom
ised assistance and the same was done
by Mrs. Alex Schwendinger in the name
Of the st Elizabeth society. Repre-
sentatives Of the other Ladies' societies
will be asked to come to the meeting
next Friday when a central organiza
ton is to be formed.
Help Needed.
That help for the children and other
suffering people in Central Europe is
urgently needed was shown by Rev.
Edward Niemann in his lecture which
was attended by large number of
people. The speaker referred to the
newspaper reports about conditions in
European countries and said that they
are true, that they are not made up to
appeal to the sympathies Of the American
people but that they are recording
actual facts. He related some instances
from personal observations particularly
mentioning the most terrible effects
of the English American blockade upon
the physical condition Of the children
and women and old people. Once he
and his wife saw a number of German
refugees from Russia who had been
held there as civilian prisoners. They
were in such a pitiful condition that
Mr.. and Mrs. Niemann decided to adopt
one of their children tosave it from the
clutches of hunger and death.
Card System Explained.
The speaker explained the card sys-
tenn introduced by the imperial German
government under the old regime and
he praised it as one of the best moves
made by that government because it
helped materially in checking the worst
effects Of the blockade such as are wit
messed now in parts of Russia and IN
happy Austria. Samples Of these cards
were shown by Rev. Niemann. The
shortage of many commodities and
necessities was very great, he said.
On passing through Hamburg on their
way back to the United States they
were forced to eat half-raw food because
Of lack Of fuel. In East Prussia, where
Mr.. and Mrs. Niemann lived for almost
three years like in most parts of Germany
the bread ration was half a pound pei
week and the butter allowance was
40 grams which is about one-twelfth Of
a pound. Rev. Niemann also referred
the many substitutes that were in use
during the last years of the war. Paper
and wood was extensively used in the
manufacture Of many articles. a paper
towel was shown by tie speaker as a
sample Of these goods.
3s5 us Smuggling.
Smuggling was to be found every
where The many restrictions, high
prices and great scarcity Of goods were
too great a strain on. the minds Of the
people, the speaker said, and they
began to disobey the law in every pos
sible. way.
III conclusion Rev. Niemann urged
his hearers to continue their relief work
for the hungry people in Central Europe
and advised them to send goods or
parcels to individual addresses if posi-
bic. soprano solo BY Mrs. Niemann
was very much appreciated BY the
audience. 3
Mrs. Olga Brandt and daughter,
Misc ElMra, returned to- New Ulm last
Wednesday, from ! whit Of ! few days