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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
The Most Miserable Man.

The most miserable man in the
world lives on the outskirts of
Spokane, Wash. He is Antonio
Volcano, an Italian laborer, and he is
serving life sentence in solitary con-
finement, although he committed no
crime He is a leper who for over a
year has been living in solitary con-
inement.
Antonio Volcano was just a COM
mon lahorer. All his life he had
worked hard-mighty hard for the
minimum wage. But in his own
way be was happy. He had a wife
and two dark-eyed children. None of
them knew any other life. They were
all happy. Then one day the city
health officers came and took the hard
working father away and told him he
must not have anything to do with
his family or with any other human
being. The health officials were
right, but it was hard for Antonio
and the wife and the two little babies.
Now all day long. Antonio, unable
to read, unable to get sufficient
exercise sits and thinks. There is
nothing else he can do and it is ter
rible to think when there is no hope.
He is denied the joy even of good
thoughts Always there is that grim
spectre perched on his shoulder peck
h iC
over the lives of his two little dark
eyed kiddies. To him every day is a
year-a year filed with torture of
soul in the bottom of the inferno
Antonio is not emotional. The hard
life he had lived has no place in it for
emotion and the past year has Slapped
what little there might have been.
When there is no hope emotion is an
empty thing-just as Antonio is an
empty man with an emptY-wors9
than empty future.
A specialist in the employ of the
government is going to look at
Antonio and arrange to have him
taken where he can be taken care of.
1t wouldn't make a great deal of
difference. His life may be dragged
out little louger-the rack given a
longer lease on his tortured mind and
body.
What's the difference WHEN a man
has gone through what Antonhio has
in the past year2 He is not afraid to
die. Why should he be? It is the
thoughts that are warping the soul of
Antonio that makes him afraid-that
will drive him crazy before the un-
clean thing that is gnawing on him
gets to his heart and merciful Cbliv-
ion is granted him. dubuque Times
Journal. I'll
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
LIMITS FOOD PARCELS
THAT MAY BE MAILED
Postmaster General Issues Regulations
on Shipping Perishable Articles
by Parcels Post.

Washington. Dec. 13.-According
to the regulations covering the
parcels post system. promulgated by
Postmaster General Hitchcock perish
able articles may be sent through the
mails only under specific restrictions
ss to their containers and the distance
they are to be sent. Butter, lard,
fish. fresh meats, dressed fowls,
vegetables, fruits. berries and similar
articles likely to decay quickly may
be sent for short distances when
securely packed.
Eggs will be accepted for local
delivery when packed properly IL a
container. and for any distance when
each egg is separately packed in
perfectly secure manner. No restric-
tIon is placed on the mailing of
sailed. dried. smoked or cured meats,
but fresh meat will be transported
only within the first zone.
Fragile articles. including mil
linery. toys. musical instruments and
articles of glass in whole or in part,
must be securely packed and marked
fragile. -
Articles that may not be sent by
parcel post include intoxica ting
liquors of all kinds, poisons, poison
GUS animals, insects or reptiles, ex-
plosives of every kind, inf1amnable
articles, including matches, Internal
machines. pistols or revolvers, disease
germs, any obscene, defamatory or
scurrilous matter now prohibited by
law; live or dead animals, or birds
or live poultry /; raw hides or pelts; or
anything having bad 1dor
Books and printed matter may not
be forwarded at parcel post rates. but
only at the pound rates or third c lass
matter.
A committee of railroad officials
today petitioned the House postoffice
COMMITTEES for Encouragement of
weighing and pay for transporting
mails since present contracts do not
contemplate carrying the parcels post
The officials declared that as matter
of contract they were not obliged to
accept packages weighing more than
four pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
Calumet Guarantees Baking Economy

Have you ever stopped to think
just what economy in baking
really means? Some folks seem to
have the idea that saving a little on
the cost of the materials-the flour,
eggs, etc.-is economy. Others are
Of the opinion that they have been
economical when they buy the low
priced baking powder, and save 10c
to 25c. But both are wrong. For
the real economy-the economy that
counts-consists in doing away with
the failures that so often waste far
more than is saved in buying low
priced materials
And that beyond a doubt is the
reason that Calumet Baking Powder
is the favorite of millions of cooks.
1t absolutely prevents failures-and
guarantees success which in the end,
is the same thing as economy.
Calumet is unfailing-it makes
every baking good-more tasty, more
delicious, more evenly raised-simply
because it is not only pure and
wholesome itself-but so uniform in
quality that you can always depend
upon it. Two Worlds Pure Food
Expositions-one at Chicago in 1907,
and the other at Paris, France in 1912
have officially pronounced Calumet
the best baking powder made
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
Surprise Party at B. J. Petty's.

Saturday evening Dec. IA, about
forty closest neighbors Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Betty gathered at their farm
home at Hurricane. This was MANNED
as a little surprise for the Pettys as
they expect TO leave us this week and
move to their new home at Lancaster.
The first part of the evening was
pleasantly spent in games, music and
social intercourse. Afterwards a
bounteous supper which was brought
in baskets by the ladies and was
served by them as part of the sur
prise and was enjoyed by old and
young. Before they departed the
company presented a beautiful rock.
ing chair to Mr.. and Mrs. Petty as
token of the love and esteem they
feel toward them as friends and
neighbors,
MIR. and Mrs. Petty have lived
almost twelve years among us and
they and their family of young people
will De greatly missed by US in our
school, church and little social gather
ings. We wish for them all that is
best and sincerely hope their new
home will be as full of happiness
and contentment as the old one they
leave at Hurricane. A Guest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
Civil Service Examination.
CLERK p. o.


An examination for clerk will be
held at the post Office in this city on
SATURDAY, JANUARY II, 1918.
Age limit, Is to 45 years, on the
date of the examination
Married women will not be admitted
to the examination. This prohibi-
tion, however, dues not apply to
women who are divorced or those who
are separated from their husbands and
support themselves, but they are
eligible for appoIn tment only as clerk.
Applicants must be physically
sound, and male applicants must be
not less than 5 feet 4 inches in height
without boots or shoes, and weight
not less than 125 pounds without over
coat or hat.
For application blanks and for full
information relative to the examina-
ton, qualifications, duties, salaries,
vacations, promotions, etc., address
Immediately
CARRIE HOWELL,
Secretary, Board of Civil Service Ex-
aminers,
Postofice. Lancaster, Wisconsin,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
BUTTER COMBINE
SUED AS TRUST"
Government Alleges Illegal Fix
ing of Prices.
DECLARES PUBLIC is MISLED
Complaint Charges EIgin Board Is
VioIator of Antitrust Law and
Asks for Its Dis
solution.

Chicago, Dec. 16.-The Elgin Board
OF Trade, popularity known as the but
ter trust" and the American Associa-
ton of Creamery Butter Manufac
turers were attacked by the federal
government in a civil antitrust suit
filed here for the dissolution of both
concerns.
Sweeping charges of a conspiracy to
fix arbitrarily the price of butter in
the interest of big manufacturers and
cold storage concerns and to the detri-
ment of the farmer, other small pro-
ducers and the consuming public are
made by Attorney General Wicker
sham against the so-called trust.
Prices Are UnIawfuIIy Enhanced.
Butter making has drifted to the
large manufacturers, the natural in
crease in volume of business has been
curtailed and prices to the people of
the country have been enhanced, espe-
cially during the winter season, by
the operations of the "conspirators, .
according to the governments petition
in equity.
ants:
Elgin Board of Trade; Charles H.
Potter, Elgin, ILL.,; H. c. Christians,
Richfeld, Wis; J. P. Mason, Elgin;
Colvin W. Brown, Elgin; A. G. Haw-
ley, JerseyvilIe, H.; American Associ-
alton Of Creamery Butter Manufac-
ter manufactures, known as central
Walker, Chicago; George E. Haskell,
Lincoln, Neb.; William D. Hoard, Fort
Atkinson, Wis; George L. Mckay,
Chicago; E. H. Forney, Abilene, Kan;
Henry Bridgeman, Duluth, Mimi; Jo-
seph H. Rushton, Omaha, Neb.;
Charles Harding, Omaha, Neb.; Ar
thur S. Hanford, Sioux City, Ia; Carl
w. Kent, Kansas City, Mo-; Henry
a. Page, Toledo, O.; Samuel Schlosser,
Plymouth, Ind; William A. Tilden, st.
Paul, Mimi; Samuel p Wadley, Du-
buque, Ia, and w. T. Sherman White,
Chicago.
What Uiited States Demands.
Aside from the dissolution of the
two organizations, the government
seeks to enjoin the defendants from
appointing price-fxing committee,
from fixing prices, from quoting or
publishing figures purporting TO be
market prices" unless they are based
upon bona fde sales of butter; from
demanding that the Elgin price be
used as a basis in making contracts
for butter, and from making fictitious
or wash" sales of butter to mislead
as to the actual price at which butter
is being sold.
The price of butter fixed on the FL
gin exchange, the government main
tains, is not the result of free and
open competition regulated by actual
bona fide sales under the law of sup
ply and demand. The price-fixing COM
mittee of the board is dominated and
controlled, it is alleged. by large but
turers (unincOrporated; James A..
izers" and by cold storage concerns.
1t is charged that the American AS
ISOLATION of Creamery Butter Manu-
facturers, composed or about forty-six
firms and individuals, is used by the
"conspirators" to maintain these sea-
sonal differences in prices without re-
gard to trade conditions decomposition.
All members of the association are re-
quired, it is alleged, to use the price
thus established as the basis of their
contracts for the purchase or sale of
butter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
A Newspapers Merchandise.

The advertising columns of news
paper are its chief asset. but there
are many people who think otherwise.
There is no concern doing business
that gives away so much of its asset as
the newspaper. There is not a char
liable or philanthropic institution but
gets valuable publicity free. That
is one of the tenets of the newspaper
profession which is religiousIy OBJ
served. Yet if these same institu.
tions desire hall to exploit some
charitable project, or wish bill
posters. ETC., in nine cases out of ten
they will have to pay for them.
Publicity is what newspaper has
to sell. 1t is a commodity marked
the same as any other ware, but it
never enters the head of some people
that such is the case. It never occurs
to them that the publicity they seek
and which they think the newspaper
ought to publish free is costly in
editorial work, composition use of
metal, printing pressees,. etc. There
are men who think they ought to have
the use of the columns Of newspaper
free on any and all occasions who
would be the last in the world to give
something for nothing themselves if
asked to do so. The man who would
refuse to give away so much as a
handkerchief is not adverse to a news
paper giving away columns of valuable
publicity. Dubuque Times Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
ANOTHER TEXAS EXCURSION.
Mrs. B. Bowers, Agent For Vaughn
Land Company Conducting Party
to Inspect Southern Lands.

The following Grant and Iowa
County parties left Dubuque yester-
day IN the companys private car
and will enjoy $50 mile ride by
autos over the company's lands on
their arrival in Texas: Mrs. Beth B.
Bowers, General Agent; John Ben
ner, Will Snyder and Theo Spease
of Lancaster. John Martin, Bonnie
Reed, Harry Pauley and Eugene
Hall of Burton. James johnson of
Mccartney, George Lampe, III. E..
Miller, j. E. Tregannlng and Steve
Stenson of Cobb.
Date of next excursion Jan. 9TH,
1918. Do not miss seeing the sunny
south.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
Emmanuel Church.

The Christmas services at En-
manuel church are as follows:
Christmas eve Midnight celebra-
tion of Holy Communion with an
address and Christmas music.
Early celebration of Holy Com
munion Christmas day, at Z O'clock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
CARD OF THANKS

Mr.. aud Mrs. Hartman wishes me
to thank the friends and neigh bors for
the acts of kindness shown Cora dur
ing her long months of sickness, also
the help extended her during her
trouble and for the beautiful flowers !;
also wish me to thank the sing ers and
organist who SO kindly rendered their
assistance. M. nj. P.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
R. A. M. COnvOcatiOn.

Grant Chapter No. ~, Royal Arch
Masons, will hold at their hall in
Lancaster on Saturday evening;
December 81, at s o'clock, special
convocation for the comforting of the
Royal Arch degree. By order of the
E. 81. p. F. e. Rafferty,, Secy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
Mother of Kidnapped Baby Dies.

Philadelphia, Dec. 16-Mrs Sarah
Ann Ross, the mother of Charlie Ross.
who was kidnapped SO years ago, is
dead, aged 78 years. She was the
widow Of Christian K Ross The fate
of Charlie Ross, who was stolen when
he was four years cid, has never
been learned. .....
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18
Different Arrangements.

Grant, Maud Myrtle Burrows: WYalus-
ing.
Walter E. Knebel. Platteville and
Emma L. Mueller, Town of Smelser.
Holly G. Bryan, Platteville and
Edith g. Wellman, of Ellenboro.
STRAY SOW-Strayed from my
premises on Bart Stoll place ak miles
south of Lancaster, one black sow,
weight about 300 pounds. Reward
for recovery. JOHN LANGKAMP.
Route 2, Lancaster, Wis. 40tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18

FOUND-W. R. C. pin. Call al
this office.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-27
Stephenson's
 Money Stuck To
 Managers Hands

Washington, March 27-Hinting that most of the s107.O00 which Senator Stephenson expended in the Wiscon- sin Senatorial primaries never left the hands of campaign managers. Senator POmerene of Ohio, today, declared to the Senate that he would vote to seat the aged solon.
 Senator Stephenson has said re- peatedly that when he started in this campaign he cautioned his managers to keep within the law" Pomerene asserted He was an old man of great business cares. He paid little attention to his canIt ign and in fail. ing to do so he was at fault. We would come near to the truth if we said the greater part of this money never left the hands of the manag- CTS. Failure to properly account for disbursements is referable rather to the fact that they did not dfsburse if than to the fact that 1t was disburs- ed illegally.
 "The primary cost Senator Stephen son $1.89 for every vote he received That this was an extravagant expen. allure of money and that the law ought not to have permitted it no one will deny.
 q shall not hesitate to place re- sponsibility for the extravagant use of money in elections in great part where it belongs and that is here in Congress and the Wisconsin Legisla, ture, where legislators. cognizant of these evil practices, failed for so many years to enact laws to prevent them'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-27
Parsons Denies
 Conspiracy To Tie Up Rival

New York, March 27-Positive and emphatic denial was made on the witness stand, today, by John E. Parsons. the veteran former head of the sugar trusts legal department, that he ever conspired to get posses sion of the plant of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company. He insist ed that every charge made by the government against him was false and that the transactions with Adolph Segal were ordinary business ones. money being loaned on adequate se> curity.
 Parsons explained that in making the loans through Kissel he acted be- cause he did not want Segal to go to other sugar men and sell them his plant. which Parsons insisted, was built purely as a speculation on the assertion that the sugar trust was anxious to keep the Pennsylvania Company out of the market. Parsons stated that he had tried to force Kis- sel to include the minority stockhold> CTS of the Pennsylvania company in the loan negotiations, but that both Kissel.and SegaI told him the minor ity holders paid nothing for their stock. and were merely dummy shareholders He said that. in his dealings in connection with the loan, he acted simply as the legal adviser of H. O. Havemeyer, president of the sugar trust and he insisted that there had never been any conspiracy to tie up a rival concern as the government alleges.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-27
Edison Of Steel Describes Union
 Of Tube Plants

Washington, March 27.-The or ganizing of the National Tube Com pany and the raising of prices were recounted, today, to the Stanley Steel Committee by Julian Kennedy, Pitts burgh millionaire structural engineer known as the Edison of steel" Ken nedy said he was J. Pierpont Mor- gan's agent in appraising the steel tube plants of the country. He said Morgan's reorganization secured con- trol of practically all the plants and that prices were quickly raised.
 "TOo high tariff resulted in demor- alization of the steel tube industry, was a Chinese walP in protection of the industry but the competition re- suited in nobody making money"
 Kennedy said he would rather not give the figures at what he appraised the tube plants for Morgan.
 II could give you the figures, sug- gested Kennedy. ''But MT: Morgan stays in Egypt or some other inac- cessible place." Stanley complained. '.Mr. Morgan had nearly all the tube business in the reorganized company, said Kennedy. T should say he con trolled about 90 per cent. of the total business"
 Twelve large plants. the witness said, were the nucleus of the National Tube Company. Asked if he consid- cred the tube trust" economical in dismantling some of the plants after the combination, Kennedy declared the combination "saved money He said, however, that over production and financial losses were suffered by result of the amalgamation. Chair man Stanley plans to call other wit nesses probably next week when it is hoped to continue the public hearings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-27
SCARLET FEVER
 SITUATION WELL UNDER CONTROL
Health Officer Mcclellan Says There's no Occasion
 For Alarm

Health Officer Edward A. Mcclellan M. D.. said today there was no oc- casion to take alarm at the recent outbreak of scarlet fever in East Bridgeport. The death of little Da- vid Lane, a pupil at St. Charles school, yesterday, is the only recent fatal case. The school has been thor. oughly fumigated by the Health de- partment, and the number of cases on record with the department is on the wane. Four new cases were re- crossed off the books. This leaves nearly score of cases on record, but the situation is we'll in hand.
 The outbreak of the disease among pupils in St. Charles school resulted in prompt measures by the Health department, and the closing of the various rooms for Immigration is be- lieved to have prevented more ser lous condition. The new cases this week were from Arctic street, High land avenue and Lexington avenue.
 Health Officer Mcclellan says this IS the time of the year the depart ment expects cases of scarlet fever. and that he doesn't believe the pres ent situation is so serious as to cause any alarm.
 widow of Patrolman Thomas A. Ivers, are seriously ill of scarlet fever, at the home of the mother. 504 Arctic street. The patients are Catherine and Mar garet, both school children.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-27
Paterson Silk Workers Strike
 Nearly Complete
Special from United Press.)


 Passaic. N. J., March 27-With scores of deputy sheriffs on hand to aid the regular police, further riot ing was imminent, today, as the re. suit of the strike of the silk and wool mill employees. The Industrial Workers of the World, in charge of the strike, insist that before the end of the week all of the North Jersey mills twill be tied up. They asserted, today, that only loo of the weavers of the Botany Worsted mills remain at work and that they have been held virtual prisoners in the plant ever since the trouble started
 The Botany company officials say they are feeding and providing beds for the faithful employees in the plan, because they fear they would be mur- jered if they attempted to go to their homes. They also say that they will import strikebreakers and keep them in the mills until the strike is declar- ed off. The charge that they con- template violence was refuted by the l. w. w. officials, today.
 They declared that they can win their strike without it and that the tt will be cheaper to pay the advances demanded than to stand the damage that will result from the efforts of the inexperienced strikebreakers
 The mill owners have formed an as. sociation and agreed to stand to. gether in opposition to the demands of their employees. They say to give In now would bankrupt them as they have contracted for most of their out put at rates which promise only the smallest margi nof profit.