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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-10-14


business Tuesday.
%. E. Human, of Preston, was
down on business Monday.
VIM. Mccormick returned Mon
day from his trip to Dakota.
Miss Katherine Meyer was home
from Milwaukee a day or two last
week.
Frank C. Meyer returned home
Monday afternoon from his trip to
Dixon, Ill.
L. H. Stephens went to Madison
yesterday on combined business and
pleasure trip.
Ora Garthwaite left Thursday
for Austin, Mimi, where he is en-
ployed on farm.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Philips, at Porrer's Bridge, on Wed
nesday, Sept. 30, son.
The two little children, Martha
and Theodore, of Mr.. Boardman
Cooley, arrived last week for a visit.
Mr.. ]. ]. Lewis, of La Crosse,
came Tuesday for visit with his
mother, Mrs. Isabel Lew is and
daughter.
The ladies' aid society of the
Congregational church will meet on
Friday afternoon with Miss Abbie
Phelps.
Mrs. R. B. Showalter has been
appointed member of the press COM
mittee, national association Ladies of
the G. A. r.
Mrs. John Hogan and little son
of Platteville, arrived Monday night |
for few days visit at the VIM.
Mcmahon home.
The Lancaster Rebekah lodge |
will hold special meeting Tuesday, |
Oct. 20, 1914, at 80 p. m. By |
order of the N. G.
Mrs. VIM. Dyer Sr. arrived
home Monday night from Fennimore
where she has been visiting Rufus
Jones and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Sitter re-
turned home Monday night after
spending very happy honeymoon at
Daily Lake Mccartney.
Mrs. Frank Oschman and daugh
ter Roxey, of Montfort, returned
home Tuesday after visiting here
few DAYS with relatives
Mrs. John Horsfall fell at her
home Monday, resulting in sprained
wrist. DR.. Hassell attended her and
she is a little better.
Miss Dorothy Smith of Chicago,
who has been visiting at the Frank
Webb home, left yesterday for a
visit with relatives at other points. |
L. A. Clark gave a delightful
stag party to number of his gen
tlemen friends at his new home in
the second ward, Monday evening. |
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hoffm an, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Pink, and Mr.. Joe
Pink attended the funeral of Mrs.
CdCOU w lSulIldilIl d. 1 OlOSl, ldS1 Ill
day.
The manual training class of the
Lancaster schools will hereafter
operate in the rooms over L. Ats
store formerly occupied by the Coun
try Club.
jerome Servis, of Lacrosse, who
has been in Oshkosh during the past
few months, is here on a visit to
his mother, Mrs. Isabel Trow Servis,
domestic science teacher in the Ian
caster schools.
Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Hurlburt re-
turned home Friday from their visi t
of several weeks with relatives in
Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. They
had a fine time but Mr.. Hurlburt has
not been we'll since his return.
-Messrs. Ned Walker, LaVerne
Edwards and Doris Jerrett returned
home Monday night from the fairs at
Richland Center, Gays Mills and
Viola where Mr.. Jerrett took num-
Der of premiums on his horses.
Clyde Suttle, clerk in the Lam
caster postofice, was married on
Thursday, Oct. 8, to Miss Ruth
Gerhardt, of Fennimore. They will |
at once begin housekeeping in the
house formerly occupied by Mrs. M.
D. Bell, at 585 South Adams street.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-10-14

-Messrs. Ned Walker, LaVerne
Edwards and Doris Jerrett returned
home Monday night from the fairs at
Richland Center, Gays Mills and
Viola where Mr.. Jerrett took a num-
Der of premiums on his horses.
Clyde Suttle, clerk in the Lam
caster postofice, was married on
Thursday, Oct. 8, to Miss Ruth
Gerhardt, of Fennimore. They will
at once begin housekeeping in the
house formerly occupied by Mrs. M.
D. Bell, at 585 South Adams street.
The Wisconsin supreme court
last week affirmed the decision of the
circuit court of this county in the
case of Mayhem vs. the Wisconsin
Zinc Co., which finally settles the
matter and Mayhem will now get the
damages awarded him.
DIR. and Mrs. J. A. Gault re
turned last Friday afternoon from
their visit to Bassett, Iowa, where
they were cal led on the previous
Monday by the dangerous illness of
his eldest brother, A. E. Gault, who
died on Monday afternoon of this
week, aged 70 years. DR.. Gault will
leave again for Bassett this afternoon
to atten d the funeral.
The Christian Endeavor conven-
tion for the purpose of recognizing
the southwestern district of Wiscon-
sin will be held here Oct. %, "a and
10Th. Delegates are expected from
the following places :-Dodgeville,
Darlington, Potosi, Platteville,
Bloomington. Hurricane and other
surrounding towns. The Endeavor
here is doing everything possible to
make the convention success.
Speakers will be present dates that
will be mentioned later. Everybody
is welcome to attend all sessions.
Watch for further announcements.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-18

virtually all of these homes there
is an abiding sense Of the need of
protection against the abuses OF
the liquor traffic, especially for the
young. In constantly Increasing de-
gree there is abstention from the use
of liquor for the sake Of the young.
There 10 haunting fear that from the
first indulgence, the young and un-
formed character may uneonsciously
drift into an uncontrolled and des-
tructive habit of excess"
THE Record Herald's announce
ment is believed to carry much sig
nificance regarding the drift of SEN
timent on the liquor question in iili-
noise" is the comment which the
Fourth Estate makes on the Record
Herald's announcement. Let us thank
God for that much, and look ahead to
the day when other papers, now in the
service of the liquor interests, see
duty above dollars.
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One of the Spectacles

The amusing attempts Of such as the
Hon. Walter C. Emerson and the Pro-
gressive newspaper trumpet to con-
vince the public that the Republican
platform is not what it seems, and
that some of those who urged a strong
and unequivocal stand on prohibition
once stood for resubmission, reminds
a Kennebec Journal correspondent of
the habitual remark of a celebrated
disputant, I don't care what he said
faint sou
The present editor of the Lewiston
Journal once stood for resubmission,
because he thought, as did Hon. John
A. Peters and Hon. William T. Haines,
that the time had come to find out If
tire new gneration had outgrown the
doctrine, as the rum trust and its CO.
horts claimed hourly.
We had resubmission, not on the SEN
timent of Maine as to the worth of the
law itself, but hypocritically according
to the cunning and deceit of the rum
trust and the politicians it owned, up
on the question of whether or not the
law belonged in the constitution. On
that low-lying and wholly deceitful
and treacherous ground they then
claimed that prohibition had been
narrowly saved" Yet during all the
Galf
ment" lovers had argued that vote
to take the law out of the constitution
would not hurt the law itself. and
many prohibitionists were fooled by
this into voting on the wrong side.
Governor Haines and Congressman
Peters stood for resubmission that the
matter might be settled ror genera
ton, and, now that it IS settled they
want more prohibition and rigid en-
forcement of the law.
Thousands of the most radical pro-
hibitienists in Maine have gone
through precisely the same desires
and experiences. And again there are
radical prohibitionists who at one time
have been high flying boozers; are they
to be forever tainted with that by the
carping sharks who have nothing to
lose or defend?
The Republican platform speaks for
itself. Every man has the right to read
1t and to decide whether these pretend
ed critics are sincere or are simply
waving their arms and shouting wild
" in the hope of deceiving a few and
thus making the election of DEM
ocrat possible.
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Coming Events

April IA to 2o-Maine Methodist Confer
ence, Pine Street Church. Portland; Bish-
ops John W. Hamilton presiding.
April 1S-Portiand n. e. League opens
season. playing Toronto of international
League.
April 1s-20-State Post Office Clerks As
ISOLATION annual meeting: Congressman
Thomas H. Reilly of Meriden, Ct, guest
April p to 27-East Maine Methodist
Conference, Pressure Isle; Bishop John
w. Hamilton presiding.
April 22-Torpedo boat destroyer Nc
Dougal launching. about 11.3o A NJ,
April 25-Bowdoin- Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology dual track meet.
Brunswick.
Nav 6-Commandery of the state of
Maine. Military Order Loyal Legion OF
the United States, annual meeting, Port
land.
May 6-1o-Junior week at University of
May e-Bates-Maine dual track meet at
Orono
May 11-Launching of racing yacht De
fiance. candidate to defend America
cup, Bath.
Nav 12-Knights of Columbus State
Convention. Ellsworth.
May 16-Maine intercollegiate track
and field meet, Lewiston
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Compulsory Education.

Although six states in the Union are
still without compulsory school-at-
tendance laws, and four others have
laws that apply only partially, definite
progress during the past decade is re-
ported in a bulletin just issued by the
United States Bureau Of Education.
Since 1905 eight states previously
without compulsory laws have adopted
them and it is thought to be a matter
of only few years when compulsory
school attendance will be in effect in
every state and territory of the
United States
The six states still without COM
pulsory school laws are: South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and Texas The four local
option states, where the law is in eff
feet in certain counties only, are
Maryland. Virginia, Arkansas. and
Louisiana
The bureaus investigation of the
subject reveals a close connection be-
tween lack of compulsory attendance
laws and illiteracy. The states rank
in percentage, of illiteracy very much
in accordance with the length Of time
compulsory schooling has been in eff
feet and the completeness with which
it is enforced
The states vary widely in number
of years and amount of attendance
required each year. The period of
compulsory attendance is from to IL
in North Carolina and Virginia. In
most states it is to IA or 10. The
present tendency is to raise the upper
limit of compulsion. In II states the
compulsory age limit is 16 years or
above; in Idaho it is IS. AS a general
rule, however, children in all these
states are allowed to leave school at
IA years of age If they secure employ
ment or have completed the Sth grade
in school. There is constantly in
between IA and Is years of age, the
period of special importance for the
vocational preparation of most chill
dren.
AS little as IL weeks of school at
tendance during any one year may be
required in Virginia, Oklahoma, Della
ware and Nebraska, while in Vermont
and other states there must be $50 or
more days of actual school attendance
every year. Many states require at
tendance during the full time school
is in session." which may mean any
thing from Al to 1874 days. Some
states secure attendance during long
ter8s by conditioning state appro-
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given their ballots to Lawrence, be-
cause they had been told and believ-
ed that he alone could win against
the Democratic candidate. The result
of the election both surprised ana
pleased them, but they were angered
when they remembered that they had
been fooled into voting for the eandi-
date whose opportunity vas too slight
to be considered.
The facts of the campaign and the
results of the campaign are known
all over Maine and all over America,
for that matter. The voters of Haines
will not be fooled again this fall. Men
who do not wish to see Democratic
governor elected will vote for the Re
publican candidates, and the only
Progressive votes thrown will be
thrown by the remnant of the body
OF 55S delegates to the Bangor conven-
ton. The Progressive" vote may be
tabulated, but we would not be sur
prised If the election record ended with
something like this: Scattering 1s3-
chiefly Progressive"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-18
Saturday, April ts, 1914.
The Sky Serapers.

CITY after city sees the need Oh
stricter rules and supervision of the
erection of SKY scrapers' ana are
making them. Boston, Baltimore, In
dianapolis and washington now limit
the height of buildings and Los An
geles. Minneapolis and Milwaukee are
divided into districts for business anu
residential buildings. New York CITY
is working on the problem and hopes
to arrive at some decision WHEREBY
the grave danger from the enormously
high buildings already erected and In
prospect in that city may be done
away with. The height of buildings
advisory committee has recommended
that the city be divided into eight
classes and among the important sug-
gestions are the following:
How New York may meet its prob
lem is shown in the report of the
height of buildings advisory commit
tee. which recommends building dis
tricts of eight classes. In class II
areas, suitable for two-family houses
of two stories, height is limited to
thirty-six feet. Glass A buildings
may rise to twice the width of the
street, with mansard or step" roofs
retiring one foot for every four feet of
further height. Courts grow larger
as height increases, so that on ordi-
nary streets, class A, the economic
limit is from IA to II stories; but lib
eral provision is made for towers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-18

LEGISLATURE it becomes law unless
10000 electors file petitions in the office
of the secretary of State within 80 days
after the recess of the Legislature, re-
auesting that 1t be referred to the peo-
pie the same as any act that Is initiated
by the people. Now the electors may pc
tition the governor for a special election
upon such measure and he shall call a
special election to be held not less than
four nor more than six months after
such proclamation, otherwise. it shall be
voted upon at the next general election
held not less than 80 days after the re-
cess of the Legislature to which such
measure was proposed.
This legislation cannot be vetoed by
the governor for in Section IS of Chap.
121 of the Resolves of the Legislature OF
the State of Maine of 1907, we find the
following:
1.-THE veto power of the governor shall
not extend to any measure approved by
vote of the people, and any measure IN
itiated by the people and passed by the
LEGISLATURE without change, II vetoed
by the governor and if his veto Is sus-
tanned by the Legislature shall be re-
ferred to the people to be voted on al
the next general election
Now, to you Mr.. Travellingman, Mr.
Farmer. and Mr.. Businessman and to ali
others interested, if 12,0O0 of you will join
in a petition ! will see that it is present
ed to the next Legislature asking for a
two-cent mileage You have 1t In your owf
hands. / would like to hear from every
person interested in this matter in the
various towns of Maine, that you may
join in a move to initiate legislation upor
this subject and disregard all parties and
politics In general and have this become
a law. l would like at least one man ir
each town to write me that he will see
that the petition is circulated and names
obtained thereon. asking for such iegis
lation / will forward petition to the
first man that writes from the town and
all he will have to do is to obtain sigma.
lures and return to me.
realize as we'll as anybody that the
Republican party has made errors and
IL you are interested in this one / viii
call your attention to another error that
the Republican party has made and that
no party has ever tried to remedy ano
that neither Democrats nor Progressives
have ever seemed to be interested in. al
though 1t has taken away one of ths
greatest rights that the people have
But this will be subject for further
discussion,
Now, Mr. Voter, get busy.
Respectfully
E. S. CLARK.
Bar Harpor, Me-, April IL, 1914.
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priations upon the number of days of

priations upon the number of days or
actual school attendance.
A variety of exemptions are found
in the laws of the different states.
Connecticut and Arkansas will not en-
force the compulsory attendance law
IF the parent is not able to provide
proper clothing for the child. Physi-
cal or mental incapacity is a general
exemption another customary exemp-
ton is remoteness from school facili-
ties. Occasionally exemptions are
made on religious grounds. Thus the
Michigan law exempts children from
compulsory attendance between the
ages of IL and IA while in attendance
at confirmation classes for a period
not to exceed months in each of the
two years.
Necessary factors in the enforce
ment of compulsory attendance laws
are summed up as follows: An annuai
school census taken by the school
authorities; prompt reports of unex-
cused absences by teachers in public
and private schools; properly qualihed
attendance officers; state agents to see
that the laws are enforced; special
schools for truants and pupils irregu-
lar in attendance; relief for INDECENT
parents having childen of compulsory
age: a definite annual period of at
tendance; well-enforced child-iapor
laws; employment certificate made out
to the employer; and proper penalties
for all concerned in the enforcement
of the law.
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Editorial Comment.
You Cannot Fool Maine Again.
Fairfield Journal.)


In the Third district election in Sep
TENDER, 1913, John A. Peters of Els
worth was elected to Congress after
a hard fought political battle. e. M.
Lawrence Of Lubec received a few
thousand votes which, had they been
thrown for Peters, would have made
his election easier and the campaign
would have been less of a strain on
the Third district leaders had it not
been for the knowledge that these
votes would be turned to Mr.. Law
renee. 1t was not expected that Mr..
Lawrence would be elected or even
in second place, but 1t was feared that
he might poll enough votes to rob Mr..
Peters of the Office to the pleasure
of the Democratic candidate.
After the election and when It was
found that Mr.. Peters had been sue
cessful against almost too great Odds
large part of the voters who had
voted for Lawrence were much cha
grined to discover that they had been
fooled. Several thousand voters had
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One great victory in the crushing
of an honest man leads to hope of
stiffening the backs of congressman
who wavered" in the service of the
rum trust, because of the handwriting
on the wall written by the hand of an
indignant and long suffering public.
With Hobson out of Congress an
actual gain has been made by the
forces of rum evil and allied vices.
Now to turn all the booze forces
against some other who has dared defy
the dragon. The Cincinnati Times
Star has voiced, editorially, the joy in
the liquor interests camp. All the
rum trust supporters will follow suit.
One after another certain Maine
papers will re-echo the glad tidings.
But there are papers in this coun-
try which are awakening TO their
moral responsibilities. They see the
doom of the liquor traffic and their
convictions are understood and voiced
by the leading magazines. as well. The
other day we referred to the position
assumed by that great newspaper. the
Chicago Record Herald. 1t will print
no more liquor advertising. 1t has
seen the light. 1t announces that in
illinois that class of advertising is
Legitimate" but that liquor ad-
vertising does not discriminate be-
tween its use and abuse. and that the
Record Herald can no longer assume
the responsibility for promoting the
acknowledged evil. 1t says that the
advocacy of the use Of intoxicating
narcotic poisons should rest with the
family physician rather than the fam
ny newspaper. 1t says:
"Ths Record Herald goes into
many thousands Of homes. In
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The square Dealv ExempIified.

The Lewiston Journal is standing
fer the Progressive things for which
il has ever stood, and for which it
will continue to stand without hesita-
ton. where human betterment Is in
volved. We stand in particular for
such sheriffs as have made good in
stead of for such sheriffs as Haines's
sheriff at Bangor, and we hereby no.
iiEy Cur fellow sinners that this news
"a ar Will stand for sheriffs who have
aaa COED, Ike the Democratic sher-
~ Somerset. like the Republican
ssser sagasahoc, and like the In
Gepa sQat sheriffs of Androscoggin
a4G cumberland, who are not party
mes ut constitutionalists of real fl
Ire Is there anything therein to re-
quire bromide treatment 2-Lewiston
Journal.
Every day the Lewiston Journals
editor refers to the ''Haines sheriff" in
Penohscot county. Odd, isn't it, that
he NEVER mentions the "Haines
sheriffs" of Androscoggin, Cumber-
land and Sagadahoc? And yet with
the Penobscot "Haines sheriff" their
commissions were all signed by the
same hand.
We wonder if that is an Armageddon
principle, square DEAL principle,
Damascus Road principle, or if 1t
is a part of the Lam -holier- than-thou
creed of men who constantly COM
plain of tie unfairness, the bad politi-
cal methods and the general dishon-
esty of all other men than those I'M
der the Bull Moose flag.
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Editors Letter Box.

The publication of a letter in this
department is not to be taken az
an endorsement Of its view by the
Eennebec Journal. This column
Is maintained for the discussion OF
matters OF general public interest
when kept within bounds OF rea-
son and not OF libelous or abu-
sive nature,
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Liquor Interests Find Comfort,

Having defeated Hobson, the liquor
interests are already rejoicing ana
sending out announcement to those in
their service and those cravens who
fear their power. Here is headline
over an article sent out by the rum
trust press bureau:
HOBSON,S DEFEAT
is CONSTRUED
AS LIBERAL
VICTORY.
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Beating Bertillon.

(New York Telegram.)
When an attache of the Identified
ton Bureau attempted. to take the
finger prints of suspect a few days
ago, he was puzzled to find they left
nothing but a smudge.
BY treating the tips for ten days
with alcohol, turpentine and other
solvents the fingers were restored to
their normal condition and the man
identified as burglar with at least
four arrests to his credit.
What worries the authorities is the
discovery that criminals have found
a way to beat Bertillon" and prevent
Identification.
Only way to meet this. II seems,
will be to impose longer sentences al
the start. When man with four con-
victions behind him is found proving
around. wearing out his young life and
the tips of his fingers to destroy his
identity, it's a reflection on the courts
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JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. 8.
Meetings at 7.30 o'clock every second
and fourth Tuesday. Tuesday, April Is.
work In Royal Purple degree; Banquet
]. r. TOWNSEND. G: p.
c. E. STEWART. Scribe.
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CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at s o'clock.
G. s. PEASLEE, Capt.
RAY NJ. BURNS. Clerk.
DIFF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-18

QUEEN TEMPLE. NO. 70, PYTHtAN
Sisters, meets in X. of P. hall the sec
ond and fourth Tuesday evenings OF eacn
month, at 7.30 O'clock
BERTHA B. STEARNS, M. e. G.
ADELAIDE NJ. PAGE, M. Of r. and G.
LUCIE p. LEWIS, NJ. of +.
fu-th- sat. If
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congressman Who Wavered in OPP
position to National Prohibition
Amendment are Expected to Take
Heart.
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ODD FELLOWS HALL.

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70, REGULAR
meeting Friday evenings at 100 Friday
evening" April II, work in Initiatory de-