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The Washington times., 1914-11-11
GERMAN SPY SHOT
IN TOWER OF LONDON

LONDON. Nov. 11.-Carl Hans Lody,
who was tried on the charge of be-
ing a German spy before a court
Martial under the presidency of Lord
fCheyelesmore, and found guilty on
November 2. was shot TO death in the
Tower Of London on Friday last, it
was officially announced today.
The shooting OF Lody was carried
lout at dawn, and to the very end he
| n ain ntained the calm imperturbability
which characterized him throughout
|tae three days of his trial. When
fe cing the firing party he refused
to be blindfolded
The execution OF his sentence took
| p,ace ina miniature rifle range at
|the tower. Lody was removed from
" ellington barracks, where he had
been confined since his trial. and
zen accommodation in one of the
ard rooms.
fust before daybreak eight soldiers
3were reused and marched TO the rifle
|range, being followed Immediately
b, Lody, who walked firmly and calm
y He seated himself on a chair.
70 ling his arms and crossed his legs.
NJ leaned back.
re sergeant cried: Present! Fire"
~ eight rifles rang out with one report
! |nc Lody was dead. Subsequently his
.o4y was buried within the precincts Of
jh' tower.
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
High School Cadet Corps
Plans Officers School

A school for officers is the latest plan
of the military committee In charge of
the High School Cadet Corps. Assistant
Superintendent Stephen Kramer an
nounced today. Both commissioned and
noncommissioned officers of the corps
will be assembled and instructed in the
duties of the soldier.
Major waIlach A. McCathran, tho
mi itarv instructor. will assemble the
noncoms the latter part of this week
to instruct them in bayonet and other
drills and in the effective control Of
the men under them. The commissioned
officers will be taken on a hike" at an
taught the first principles of scouting
and participate in a general conference
on their duties.
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
OVERLOOKED TO GET SON BACK.

Ind from the looks of them they had
| indeed. Some hobbled out Of the cars
their arms IL slings or their heads tied
i UP, or a foot off the ground: others
came on stretchers to be transferred to
the channel steamer waiting at the
dock One soldier nmped out on the
platform. His head was bandaged all
around so voluminously that he couldn't
wear his cap. One arm was in a sling
the hand was bandaged in a way be-
tokening the absence Of one or more
fingers.
Nearby stood a woman She was
locking for some one. Suddenly the
much bandaged soldier saw the woman
and started. With an inarticulate sound,
partly smothered by the bandages, he
touched the woman.
She uttered a cry and searched eager
ly the bandaged face. Apparently her
mother love rather than her eyes told
her 1t was fier boy.
MY son! Ny SOM" she exclaimed en-
raptured. A Red Cross surgeon stepped
UP.
Madame" he said, your son un-
doubtedly will recover, but I must tell
you that most Of his jaw is shot away"
oh, I'm so glad! So glad" the
mother cried, tears streaming from her
eyes.
Relief From Anxiety.
II see that sort Of thing many times
daily" the surgeon said. When a
mother sees her boy march away to
war she gives him up for dead. She
scarcely hopes. even in her mother
heart Of hope. ever to see her boy alive
again. Always she lives in dread Of the
day when the brief announcement Of
the dead will contain the name Of her
The Washington times., 1914-11-11

| boy. So, at last. when her boy comes
back to her. it doesn't matter how ter
rioly he is shot up or disfigured. It is
the same with mothers everywhere. any
time"
There is another cause for a mother s
joy when her son returns. MANNED.
broken physically, but alive. She knows
hei boy cannot return to the battle
line, mark for bullets and shrapnel
that kill.
There is another strange thing to be
noted while talking to the wounded.
wounds about the face and head, much
preferring disfiguring face wounds to
lesser wounds in body or legs.
Wounds Badges of Honor.
A train Of wounded was on it's way
to southern France. When 1t halted at
the Boulogne those Of the wounded
who were able got out to walk UP and
down the platform. Among these was
one whose face could hardly be called
by that name. One eye was gone, the
other was badly swollen until he could
hardly see. Bandages covered all but
discolored parts OF his face.
You poor DEAR" sympathized an
English woman who approached him
timidly. You poor, POOR boy
Madam" replied the soldier with as
much pride and clearness as the band
ages would permit. don't pity me; pity
my friends in the train there, who
got it where it won't show"
The English woman couldn't under
stand.
''Why-why-why." she stammered,
"I thought you wouldn't like to be
disfgured.''
"Disfgured." the soldier replied. I'm
not disfigured, I'm decorated
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
Bertholf Brings Family
Home From War Zone

Captain Commandant Bertholf of the
Kevenue Cutter Service. who went to
Europe recently to rescue members of
bis family who were marooned byS the
war. reached Washington this after
noon. accompanied by his wife and
daughter and Mrs. Bertholfs mother,
Mrs. Innes. Mrs. Bertholf and party
were in Munich at the outbreak Of the
war. and found themselves unable to
leave Germany until Captain Bertholf
set government machinery in motion to
effect their release.
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
GERMANY'S BEER
SUPPLY IS SAFE

Germany will not face a beer
famine because of the war,
according to the Department
of Commerce today. Ameri-
can consuls in Germany de-
clare that the German brew
ers prefer Bavarian and b.
hemian hops to American
hops and barley and are cut
ting down their imports.
!. 1918, the demands for barley
alone in the United States bv
Germany amounted to 7,249,-
900 bushels, valued at S4,-
22l,05l. During the first six
months of this year only
f45,363 bushels were ex-
ported to Germany, valued at
Sl09.C0O.
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
Will Urge Civil Pensions
At Navy Yard Banquet

Committees are perfecting arrange
ments for a banquet to be held about
December 10, to be open to all employees
of the navy yard. This banquet Is to
be held to promote interest In the ques-
ton of civil pensions, and nationally
prominent speakers will lecture on va
rious aspects of the matter.
Every employe will be invited to at
tend and become acquainted with and
interested in this question. Each guest
Will be assessed 81 TO defray the ex-
penses Of the banquet.
A general committee, consisting of J.
w. Mcconnell. chairman: w. b. Smoot,
vice cha 'rman; Arthur B. Suit. treas
urer, and G. E. Reed, secretary. Is In
charge of the arrangements. and Is as
sisted by committees on finance. BAN
and invitations, and music.
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
Unlicensed PaWnbrOker
Charge Costs Him $50

The fact that transaction is re-
corded as a sale, when there is an I'M
derstanding that it may be redeemed is
no defense, ruled Judge Mullowny. in
the Police Court today. where Abo
Jockleson was arraigned upon the com
plant of Policeman r. II. Mansfield on
a charge of being an unlicensed pawn
broker. A fine of $50 was imposed upon
the man, and was promptly paid.
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
"CASCARETS" IF CONST|PATED, HEADACHY,
STOMACH SOUR OR BILIOUS DIME ABOX

decomposed waste matter and copsti-
patton poison from the bowels. Then
you feel great.
A Cascaret tonight will straiehten
you out by morning-a lO-cent box
from any drug store will keen your
head clear. stomach sweet, liver and
bowels regular and make you feel
bully and cheerful for months. Don't
forget the children-Alyt.
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
Federal Reserve Board
Members Get First Paw

Members of the Federal Reserve
Board. after working more than two
months without pay received their first
pay check last night. Each of the five
members received u c1eck for a little
more than s2Oe0. for the fraction. over
two months they were Oil the job. The
salary Of the board mmbrs is $1,000
year. oMney for tie payment was not
available until after an assessment had
been made against the Federal reserve
banks
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
Epen
WOunded,S Return
Mothers Who Give Up Sons for Dead When They
Depart for War, Glad to Get Them Back, Though
Shattered by Battle.
By WILLIAM PHILLIP SIlNMS.

CALAIS Oct. 1S-(By mail to New York).-xou
can't imagine the JOY of mothers and fathers when their
boys come back to them from the minus arm
leg other portion of their bodies Human nature
queer thing and brings this queerness into strong
relief
witnessed the arrival of Red Cross train here. The
cars were loaded with young fresh from the Belgian
border. soldier talked to said, awe gave them h-l
tell you-but we caught few pellets ourselves"
The Washington times., 1914-11-11

Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness. constipation. the sick.
sour stomach and foul gases-turn
them out tonight with Cascarets.
Don't put in another day OF distress
Let Cascarets sweeten ani regulate
your stomach; remove the sour, un-
digested and ferrnenting food and that
mlsery-making gas; take the excess
bile from your liver and carry off the
The Washington times., 1914-11-11

, Old Rescue Hook and Ladder Company
Of volunteer firemen assemble tooay
at tie Imperial Hotel to celebrate TIE
fortieth anniversary of the company's
inception. Old-timers from all parts of
the country arrived here last night and
this morning and exchanged reminis-
cences of the good old days before
fighting fire by machinery came into
fashion
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
Hit bV> MOTORCYCLE.

Oscar w. Reed. thlrty-eight. 455 Luray
place northwest, was knocked down by
a motorcycle at Sixth and + streets
northwest last evening and badly
bruised about the head and body. He
motorcycle, the police say, was ridden
by John Jackson, 1873 Fairmont street
northwest.
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
A Convenient Route.

Pardon me, but how can l get quick
est to the geological collection
Better get yourself uffed.''-Jugend.
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
Famous Niagara Fire
Company Celebrates

NIAGARA FALLS. n. Y, Nov. IL
One hundred survivors of the historic
The Washington times., 1914-11-11
What War MOUeS Mean
By ]. w. T. MASON.

future Developments. The Austro-
Germans should be able to dictate
the answer themselves. They have
in their rear a magnificent network
OF strategic railways, built not for
commercial purposes, but to permit
rapid concentration along the FROM
tier. The Russians must rely on
inferior lines for massing their own
troops. The situation, therefore.
seems to be reaching a point where
quick concentration of Germans
can force the fighting to accord with
German strategic requirements.
That the allies have reason to be
satisfied with conditions along the
western front is indicated by the an
nouncement from Paris that military
attaches and foreign correspondents
are to be allowed to inspect the bat
tlefields under official escort. This is
the first time facilities have been
i'iven to neutral observers to investi-
gate the allies positions. The find
ings Of the neutrals should contain
the most important information
about the past fighting that will be
rnown until the war is over
William Phillip Simms. the man.
aser of the United Press Paris
bureau, has been chosen as the sole
American representative in the Of
ficial party Of international news-
W-permen.
Marriages in England and Wales
FOR the quarter ending, October ], not
withstanding the departure of young
men to the war, were 1.2 per cent
greater than the mean rate for the
ten preceding quarters, the rate per
LOCO being ia. In the same period
the birth rate was 1.8 below the
mean rate of the period named, and
the death rate was G9 below the
mean average.
According to the latest Austrian
casualty list, published at Vienna.
the Hungarian aristocracy suffered
considerable loss in the battles
around Lille, France, to which dis
trict they had to aid the Germans.
The lists show that S67 Hussars be-
longing to noble families were killed.
The middle of East and West
Flanders increasingly resembles a
hospital, and the south q church.
yard" says an Amsterdam dispatch
received at London. "A farmer
blowing near Roulers ceased when
his plow struck the buried bodies Of
soldiers"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12
Alfalfa Hay for Horses.

| would certainly advise the intelli-
gent use of alfalfa hay for horses on
the farm. 1t is best suited to farm
horses where they get variety of
feed and are not subject to rapid mo-
ton. AS far as know alfalfa has
never been tried, nor has it been con
sidered suitable roughage for horses
in the city working at a rapid rate or
pulling heavy loads. | presume that
timothy hay will always hold first
place for horses under those condi-
tons.
Alfalfa is fed by many Wisconsin
farmers to work horses, where it is
supplemented with small amounts of
other roughage, which has a tendency
to overcove the loOsening effect of the
alfalfa. 1t has been suggested by some
that equal parts of alfalfa hay and
good Oat straw make an ideal rough
age for work horses. For idle horses
and brood mares alfalfa hay supple
mented with good straw and corn st0-
yer should make an ideal roughage.
For foals the first winter alfalfa is
considered Il most excellent feed. 1t
can be fed either whole or cut up and
mixed with the grain ration if the
grain be in the form of ground feed.
j. G. FULLER.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12
WHO'S WHO IN
WISCONSIN FARMING

Among the many who rightly think
that there are but few if any states in
the Union which equal Wisconsin for
diversified or all around farming,
there are none more enthusiastic over
the agricultural resources and oppor-
tunities of the state than James Mac
KenZie, secretary of the Wisconsin
state board of agriculture, nor does he
resort to high sounding praises to
prove his claims, but rather in his Off
cial notices gives the unvarnished
facts reported to him by his staff of
representatives. who, living upon
farms and familiar with the crop aver
ages and prospects of their districts,
are able to supply him with depend
able information.
So diversified is the farming of Wis
consin, so excellent it's climate and
soil, and SO superior the methods gen
orally followed by Badger state farm
ers, that while crop estimators in
many other states are often called up
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WITH THE EDITORS
.InuIHulIuInTlIluIInIulHIIlIInllIIIIIuIrIIIlTTln

Madison Democrat: A legislature
should be elected as will insure prompt
repeal of the plugugly law by which
the state gloriiies prizeiighting and
pockets percentage of the dirty money
obtained from it.
Platteville News: A real Progressive
liz Il citizen who is willing to assume
additional moral, financial, educational
and political burdens in the honest be-
lief that by so doing he will put his
country in II better condition for the
coming generation.
The Springfield Republican: Sending
common drunkards continuously to Jail
is an ancient travesty not unlikely to
disappear i'll the not distant future.
Pointing in that direction is the recon- =
mendation of the Legislative commission
appointed to study the subject re,
port which, it is to be hoped. will have
weight with the present Legislatures
Simple drunkenness in the light of
modern knowledge and experience, can
never be cured or checked by Jail sen
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12
BANCROFTS PARTISANSHIP.

Judge Bancroft said he was opposed
to turning the state over to the demo
Gratis as this would be going from the
"frying pan into the fire" "fhe
democracy, state or national" said he,
"offers nothing worth while
The above paragraph is quoted from
staff correspondence by George j..
Mathes in The Milwaukee Sentinel !;
and it is commended to the thoughtful
consideration Of those Democratic cdi
tors who reprint with evident Rladness
the lamentations of Hoard and the
railing accusations of Bancroft.
Happily, craftsmanship OF the Bancroft
sort is rapidly dying out. Were one
tempted to reply to him in kind it
might be asked. does he want the state
turned over to Bancroft, 30 that he
may play horse with the peopIe2 or
does he want the state turned over
to those. who compromised the treasury
cases, or their lneal descendants2 to
those who kept doodle book2" to
those who had their live stock shipped
free by express2 and SO ON to the end
of very long chapter of fragrant mis-
doings.
Democratic victories in state and
nation are invariably followed by
economy in the administration of
public affairs. But il tho people of
Wisconsin are wise in this generation
they will not turn the state over to
anybody. They will simply give II vote
of confidence to the Democrats, standing
for economy without + action.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12

at least Of which should be higher in
protein than the ordinary farm grown
grain. Wheat bran, dried distillers'
grains, gluten feed, oil meal, and sim
liar feeds improve the efficiency of
farm grown grains for milk production
when added to them.
Calculate rations which are least
expensive and at the same time eff
cicnt
3 Weigh the milk Of each COW for at
least a sufficient length of time each
week to know her average daily milk
production.
i. Feed each COW one-fOurth to one
third as many pounds of grain daily
as she produces milk. Cows yielding
milk of high per cent butter fat re-
Quire the larger amount Of grain.
5. Feed corn silase and Lay in such
quantities, in addition to grain, as
COWS viii eat without waste. In case
corn silage is not available feed roots
or other succulcnt feed in quantities
of 25-ID pounds daily.
6. Watch each COW in the herd and
correct if possible her tendency to be-
come too thin or too tleshy.
Z. Sell COWS which after a fair trial
fail to respond in a profitable manner
to the above system of feeding.
s. Salt COWS regularly and provide
water no colder than that from deep
well at least twice daily.
8. DO not keep COWS out in the cold
for longer time than they appear to
enjoy such an outing
10. Keep stables at a temperature
of about 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and
ventilate in IA manner to provide an
abundance of fresh air, which is as
Importance of feed and water.
GEORGE c. HUMPHREY
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12
a. C. ROETHE NAMED.

Collector Paul Hemmy has announced
the appointment of Arthur q. ROcthe
az inspector Of revenue. This is II good
appointment; and it will be highly
satisfactory to the Democrats Of south o.
west Wisconsin. Arthur has been an
early riser in every political campaign,
and very active party worker Hav
ing long been co worker with m' n
whose methods harinoniZed with those
of Mr. McCombs he was in the Wilson
movement from the start. He will
make u good officer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12
Sour Skim Milk for Laying Hens.

Sour skim milk has been found to
be of great value when added to an or
binary ration for laying hens, not only
increasing the actual egg production,
but it has also been found to be abso-
lutely safe from the standpoint of
"hatchability" and "livability" of the
chicks produced by eggs from hens
getting their animal protein from sour
skim milk.
In cases of dysentery in the flock
skim milk fed in clabbered condition
is found to be beneficial Much of the
bogus fowl cholera commonly reported
as cholera is benefited by the feeding
of sour skim milk.
Sour skim milk fed to baby chicks,
especially during the first few days, is
found to be great preventive of many
forms of white diarrhea Thousands
Of baby chicks and little poults could be
saved if they were fed clabbered milk
exclusively from the time they were
twenty-four hours old until they were
seventy-two hours old, From then on
the ration should be supplemented
with other things, as bread crumbs.
chick feed, rolled oats. bran, corn
meal, etc.
JAMES G. HALPIN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12

on to report entire failures, Mr.. Mac
Kennels reporters are never similarly
situated.
While Wisconsin has worldwide
reputation for its high yielding grains,
none of its leading grain growers fail
to recognize the necessity of keeping
up the fertility of the soil and so main
tain herds of cattle, droves of swine
or flocks of sheep to consume much OF
the roughage and considerable of the
grain produced upon their farms. The
Wisconsin farmer appreciates as do
those of a few states, the value Of silage
as feed for live stock. Mr.. MacKen-
zie has lately made close canvass Of
the state and has found that there is
a total of more than $4,000 silos in
Wisconsin. He estimates that approx
imately one-fourth of the farmers OF
Wisconsin are using silos and predicts
that double this number will have
their farms equipped to provide their
stock with silage within the next two
years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12
Mr.. Aylward's Stand.

The Milwaukee Journal John A.
Awkward takes tho only stand that is
possible for sincere Democrat belev
ing in the Democracy for which Wood
row Wilson stands, when he says of
the Karel candidacy for governor, lit
In challenge to the men who do not
believe in Standpat Democracy any
more than they believe in Standpat
Republicanism. 1t means the entering
OF another candidate whose record and
whose profession and whose principles
are in accord with the national ad o.
ministration of President Wilson"
In taking this stand Mr.. Awkward
reaches IL plane of real leadership. For
it il the basis of leadership to take
ones stand on principle and refuse 20
entertain the the idea of any com
promise which fails to recognize that
principle. What Democracy in Wis.
consul has sadly lacked is leaders who
recognized certain principles for which
Democracy stood and without which il
meant nothing. MIR. Alyward's state
ment says simply that if Democracy
does not mean the same thing III Wis
consin that it does in Washington, il
means nothing. Mr.. Awkward ha,
struck the keynote which must be tn,
rallying cry of Progressive Democrats.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12
For Non-Partisan Officials.

Assemblyman James Dolan in The
Platteville Journal What Wisconsin
most needs is men of intelligence, who
are willing to work for the benefit of
the state instead of any political party.
We have too many party leaders now
who are the narrowest of partisans.
Have not looked mp the Minnesota law,
but understand that in the future, that
state will not again elect II partisan
legislature, nor partisan county Of
ficials. The state officials, from the
Governor down, being all that are to
be designated ms the candidates of any
political party. Hou can put this down
as real progressive measure and one
that should be placed ON the statutes of
Wisconsin at the earliest possible mo
ment. Am not sure but that the state
officials should also be included in the
non partisan class.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-02-12
Some RationS for Breeding Swine

1t Is we'll understood that animals
under different conditions and ages
require different kinds Of feed Three
we'll tried rations are in use in the
university herd for the feeding of
swine at various ages These rations.
supplemented with skim milk when
available. have proved ideal. The only
objection to them is that they are per.
haps too expensive for long continued
feeding. Many substitutions can be
made from the various feeding stuffs
IN cheaper these rations, but the
Qualities Of their ingredients must
first be understood.