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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
Keep Steady, and Invite Repose
of Mind.

Springfield Republican: The wis
dom of the appeal which the president
of the United States made to the Amer
lean people last August for the preser-
walton of neutrality has been amply vim
dicated during the nearly year which
has since elapsed. Impressively peril
nent to the situation which now exists
were these words
1t will be easy to excite passion and difficult
to allay it. Those responsible for exciting it
will assume a heavy responsibility; response
bility for no less thing than that people IF the
United States, whose love of their country and
whose loyalty to its government should unite
them Americans all. may be divided into
camps of hostile opinions, hot against each 9TH
err and involved in the war itself in impulse and
opinion, if not in action.
1t is not to be expected that citizens
of the United States, who are happily
outside the war zone that has been in
creased since President Wilson wrote
these words, will refrain from holding
individual opinions regarding the great
conflict and those who are engaged in it
but everybody ought to understand how
important it is for the present and flu
ture that the United States preserve its
neutrality in all the breadth which the
president asked for. No other country
in all history has done SO much to bind
up the wounds of conflict in which it
was not directly concerned. So we are
meeting in splendid way the demand
which the times make upon us. With
in our borders are very many people of
European origins who of necessity feel
deeply regarding the war and its pro-
gress. Men of their blood are among
the dead and wounded across the water
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
PRESS POINTS

The Dairy Market Reporter, Sheboygan Falls,
characterizes the skim milk cheese bill as a
nefarious measure which ought to meet an
overwhelming defeat.
Berlin Courant: Our Tory friends have
played politics to such an extent that the state
is getting onto their ways, and sorry time they
will have of explaining their business admin
istration" when it comes to making campaign
in 1915.
Waukesba Dispatch: Governor Philip
seems to have raised hornets nest about his
head in respect to this central board business
Baraboo Democrat: We note with interest,
that the political arbiter of The Milwaukee
Journal has rated us with the progressive Dem
ocrats. Very well, Mr.. Journal. Glad you've
found US out at last.
Oconto Enterprise: 1t will take something
more horrifying than the lingo yell to scare the
will out Of Wilson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
TRINITY CHURCH SERVICES


Friday, 1880 p. M, prayers and
meditation. Choir practice at 500
p. m.
Sunday, Holy Communion at 8 a. m
Morning Prayer, Litany and Sermon,
at 1920 a. m. The Rev. James J.
Crawford of St. Adams Church,
Spooner. Wis, will preach at the 1920
service.
Sunday School at 1900.
Evening Prayer and Sermon, 7:3O
p. m. Sermon, Divine Compassion, :"
st. Mark, VIII, 2.
All are cordially invited to worship
with US.
WIN. FREDERICK PHILLIPS. Rector.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
STANDS UP FOR WISCONSIN'S
SCHOOL SYSTEM.

DR.. G.. c.. Gratiot Of Shullsburg is a
man in whom is firmly fixed the good
old habit Of saying something whole
some on public affairs. The admins
trations central board Of education
bill, which would make the state s
public school system the football Of
politics, is not to his liking; and he
says so in the following communica
ton to The Darlington Republican
Journal:
Mr. EDIToR:-A criticism was recently made
in The Republican Journal of Hon. julius M.
Engebretson for voting against the central
board of education bill which does away with
the board Of regents of the University, board
of regents of the Normal Schools, trustees Of
the Stout Institute, and board Of the Mining
Trade School at Platteville Mr.. Engebretson
is quoted in The Republican Journal as stand
ing for "as economical an administration as
efficiency in state affairs will permit" For
over halfa century the University and Normal
Schools have been directed by individual un-
paid boards, under whose guidance our higher
schools have developed into educational in
situations of the highest national rank. Some
of Wisconsin ablest and most representative
men have devoted their time and experience to
service on these boards. 1t is now proposed to
replace the separate unpaid boards by one CEN
trail board of education composed of fifteen
salaried members. Central boards have been
tried in other states and found unsatisfactory
as compared with our present system. In Wis
consin central board would have charge Of
the University, eight Normal Schools, Stout
Institute and the Mining Trade School. The
varied needs and interests Of these different in
situations are sufficient to overwhelm one
board. Under the present system, the require
ments of each institution are studied by separ-
ate boards of competent men. Could we expect
such men as Elk Senator VIM. F. Villas, John G..
Spooner and Governor Hoard to devote their
time to service on the proposed central board
at a sala. Y of So 100 day? The guidance Of our
higher schools would therefore be taken from
our foremost citizens and be given into less
competent hands. Considering the advantages
of our present system and the dangers of the
proposed central board, we cannot fail to see
the wisdom in Mr. Engebretson s voting. Wis
consin is noted for its proficient school system.
Every father and mother in the state should
thank our assemblyman for voting as he did.
Most respectfully, c. G. GRATIOT, M. D.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
GUNNERS CAN TELL
KIND OF SHELL FIRED
Many Saved by What Is Cali
ed ARTILLERY Ear."
3erlin.-The war has developed "

Berlin.-The war has developed W
might be termed an artillery ear,
especially among the soldiers in this
branch of the service, which enables
them to judge accurately what kind
of shell is being fired at them and
whether or not it is aimed at their bat
terry or at some other spot. Many lives
have been saved by this gradually de-
veloped oral alertness.
The artillerist, explains an officer who
has been in the field for months, Is
able almost instinctively to tell Wheth-
err a shell is headed for his battery or
not. The men have learned to pay
that gives off the peculiar sound indi-
eating that it is aimed at some other
battery or position. Because Of the
confusing noise of the artillerist's own
battery the squad tending it usually
is divided into two groups, one OF
which listens for the shells of the op-
ponents and gives the warning to dive
for the shelters back of the guns. The
men learn to talk with pauses between
each word, listening meantime for the
telltale whistle of the dangerous shell.
Only in the case Of the small field can
non, fired at range Of, say, 1000
yards, is it impossible to hear the shell
in time to dive into the security of the
sheltering understand" Those shells
have reached their mark about as soon
as the sound Of their discharge.
The twelve centimeter, fat trajectory
guns, on the other hand, give just
enough warning SO that the men can
make one dive. There isn't one frac-
ton of a second to be wasted, but by
quick action the artillerist can save
himself The big howitzers, however,
give nearly half a minutes warning.
AS the officer puts it, one can hear the
shells from these guns and still cut off
a slice Of wurst and take a swallow
from ones field bottle before seeking
shelter. The shelter in this case must
be a genuine shelter, consisting Of
about three layers of heavy wood and
two yards of earth and stone, else the
shelter and artillerists are gone.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
Entertain Mothers.

One of the pleasant events of this
week was reception and entertain
ment given Monday evening, July IL,
at the Epworth Hall, by the Young
Women's Circle of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, to the mothers Cf the
members of the circle. The dainty re-
freshments served and the genial social
entertainment were much appreciated
by the esteemed mothers and was cred
liable to the young ladies of the Circle.
About thirty five ladies were present.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15

and the ties of home and family bind
them as they do us. The emotional
strain upon everybody, including the
native born, is very great. We all need
to be on our guard, lest in the stress of
feeling we forget the larger considera-
tions which we, no less than the presi !
dent, need constantly to bear in mind.
craftsmanship must be restrained. No
good end is served either personal Or
public by discussing the war with pas
sion
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
Spread of Mothers. Pensions.

0PTGd0 VI tf0tnCIS
Milwaukee Journal: When Wiscon-
sin passed her mothers pension law in
1918, the measure was termed in many
quarters another piece of freak legis-
lation fathered by an element which
did not care how much their notions
cost the taxpayer. Since 1913, score
of states have passed mothers pension
laws. No other piece of social leglsla-
ton has spread SO rapidly as this meas
ure which only few years ago was
secuted as a fad.
New York, a state which is second to
none in conservatism, has enacted a
mothers pension law which goes a
great deal farther than the Wisconsin
law in giving aid to widowed or desert
ed mothers with dependent children.
The speed with which over half of the
states have written mothers pension
laws on their statute books is proof
positive that these people who have held
for years that an institution is no place
for the child whose only offence was
being born into poverty stricken
home are right.
The report recently presented to the
legislature on the working of the Wis
consin law aptly defined the attitude of
the public toward mothers pensions
when it declared that the question is no
longer: Shall we have mothers pen
sions? but How shall we administer
the law to get the best result?"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15

Wisconsin law makers who support a
policy of militarism towards public ed :
ucation and who vote to repeal the cor
rupt practice law have only themselves
to blame when public sentiment
throughout the nation turns against
them. It is folly for them to say that
they have been traduced by men who
only want them to do the thing that is
right and stand by all the schools and
against the use of money in elections.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
MAIL BY AUTOMOBILE.
Proposed That Minimum Length of
Runs viii Be Fifty Miles.

Washington.-"Rural mail service by
automobile will begin on a large scale
Aug. o. says statement by the post
office department Thereafter, under
orders thus far signed by Postmaster
General Burleson, 105 machines carry
ing mail will traverse more than $500
miles of rural post roads daily except
Sunday.
t'The first dispatch Of rural mails by
auto was made July 1. Two pioneer
routes radiating from Quarryville, Pa,
the one 55.1 and the other 56S miles
Additional orders are pending provid-
ing for numerous other motor routes,
and it is probable that many more will
be approved in time to. become effec-
tive in August.
Preparatory to the introduction of
this service wherever it will be advan-
tageous to the rural public, surveys Of
special needs and conditions in every
state are being made. Rapid increase
of automobile mileage in the r. F. D.
is certain during the coming fiscal
year. Prospects are that the rural
mail auto will soon be as familiar in
the great farming sections of the coun-
try as the present box-like rural car
riers wagon. Where roads are good
the automobile promises to effect
huge economy of time and labor and
vastly to enlarge the postal facilities
of the districts served.
"The routes now about to be operat-
ed by machine are from fifty to sixty
miles long. Time schedules vary from
six to eight hours. In some cases the
new auto routes represent the extern
sion Of present wagon routes, but for
the most part they are combinations of
two Or more routes now served by sep
arate carriers, each with a horse drawn
vehicle In the same or less time than
is required to do a twenty-five mile
route by wagon the auto will serve a
fifty or sixty mile route. The machine
will have from four to five times the
carrying capacity Of the wagon"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1915.

IF this legislature is to accomplish one fourth
of the reforms the people expect, work must be
substituted for windjamming and there must
be less cIappsrclawing over non essentials
The Madisonian.
Doesn't the editor of The Madisonian
understand that windjamming has not
as yet become a regulated monopoly.
The orators in the legislature are simply
following the bad example set before
them by the prophets of the Home Rule
league.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
SUNDAYS A "DAY OFF,"

For Prisoners In Kansas City Jail
Colony.
Kansas City, Mo.-Prisoners who
have families and who are confined at
the municipal farm at Leeds are to be
allowed to go home to spend Sundays
with their families, provided they can
be trusted.
The Sunday paroles will be granted
by J. o. Stutsman, superintendent at
the farm. The men who will be paroled
will go home after finishing their work
on Saturday and will return in time
to begin on Monday morning.
The paroles will depend entirely on a
merit system. If the plan works sue
cessfully it may be extended to trust
worthy men who are not married
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
Last Sigh of the Moor.

A rocky eminence on the outskirts
Of Granada, Spain, is known as Eel
ultimo sospiro del Moro" (the last
sigh of the Moor, because, accord
ing to the legend, Boabdil, the last
Moorish monarch, took leave there of
the land of his birth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
Carp Comes When Called.

Sandusky, O.-Theodore Sharp, fish
erman, claims to be the owner of the
only educated carp in existence. Sharp
says the carp, which weighs nearly
forty pounds and when out of the wa
ter resembles to marked degree fat
hog. will come to him when he whis-
ties. that it will eat out Of his hand
and that when he is out in bout will
follow him around, swimming close
astern near the surface.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
Cause of His Pessimism.

Orator-"On the surface things are
often right, but it is when we explore
the depths of things that we see the
receptions of our fellow creatures"
One of the Crowd-"Guv'nor, you've
been buying barrel of apples, haven't
?'-Tit-Bits
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
Had to Take a Brace.

Once upon time" said Uncle
Eben, "dar was a man dat tried to
please everybody, an he KEEP gittin'
crowded along till he landed on can
nibal island an he jes naturally had
to brace up an make a stand"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15

Who defeated some of the worst
features of the central board of edu-
cation bill2 Senators Staudemayer,
Bichler, Bossard, Skogmo, and others.
And by reverse action on public senti
ment that vexatious publication Every
body's Business helped some.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
AS to the Courthouse.

The courthouse was not instituted
entirely as means of providing pun
ishment for evil doors; indeed, it's chief
business seems to be to house men who
collect taxes and punish people who do
not pay up promptly.-Ed. Howe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-15
Looking on the Dark Side.

The Optimist-"That boy will be
president some day" The Pessimist-
THAT boy will be vice-president some
day."-Puck.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-12
AMERICA FIRST AND NO HYPHEN,
IS WILSON'S CAMPAIGN SLOGAN

construction. the most subtle. delicate
and difficult of processes. There is
not a single individual opinion that is
not OF some consequence in making up
the grand total and to be in this great
cooperative effort Is the o stimulat-
ing thing in the world.
"a man standing alone may we'll mis-
doubt his own Judgment. He nay mis-
trust his own intellectual processes. he
may even wonder If his own heart leads
him right in matters OF public on
duct but II he finds his heart part
OF the great throb of a national life.
there can be no doubt about IL. II that
10 his happy circumstances then he may
know that he In par OF n of the
great forces of the world.
~ would not feel any exhilaration in
belonging to America IL I did not feel
that she was something more than a
rich and powerful nation. I should
not feel proud TO he In some respects
and for n little while her spokesman II
| did not believe that there was some
thing els than physical force behind
her.
~ believe that the glory Of America
is that she is a great spiritual con-
ceptlon n that In the spirit Of her In
stitu.ions dweils not only her distinc-
ton but n~r power: and that the one
thing that the world cannot permanently
resist Is the moral force Of great and
triumphant convictions"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-12
CYCLIST, AUTO VICTIM;
THREE OTHER INJURED
Two of the Victims Run Down
by Cars Driven by
Women.

Warren Crane. "A broker of 2y1 Mag
nolia avenue, Jersey city. was Instantly
killed last niIht at Deacon avenue and
the Boulevard, Jersey city, when AN
automobile driven by Harry Spcitz, "a,
OF 100 Glcnwood avenue, crashed into
his motorcycle.
Riding with Crane was Leslie TriaulN.
%, of 1873 Bowers street. and the lat
ter suffered II fractured skull. lie was
removed to the city Hospital and is
expected to die,
The automobile struck the motorcycle
at a turn IN the road, In the automo-
bile was also Andrew SpeitZ of - Bald
win avenue, father of the driver. The
elder Speltz was badly cut. Young
Speitz was arrested and taken to the
Oakland street police station, where
he Was charged with manslaughter.
Two men wcr" hurt yesterday by au-
tomobileS driven by women.
Bartholomew Maypney. 40. OF 1910
Third avenue Mas run down by an au-
tomobile a. he waS about To pick up a
d,ocketbook at Broadway and 2O1ti
street. He was bruised and also in
jured internally. The ear, which wa.
driven by u woman, didn't stop, III,
car is said to have borne the license
number 1899. The police We're told tina
Alvin W. krech, IA banker, In who's,
hame the license had been issued, ha,
sold his car
Nathan EbU, 90, Of 2oi Eldridgc stree
was run down at IHnoX avenue an,
l42d street by "A ear operated by Mrs
William T., Kline If Tappan, y. Y. Mr.,
Kline took tho man to IN" Harlem Hos
pttal, "ll"i" ne waA treated. LII thel
went home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-12
BURIED UNDER TONS OF COAL.
Eircn,en Rescue MRn Who slipped
wv u Chute.

For three hours fremen Of hook and
ladder company No. 10 worked yesterday
afternoon - extricate Henry O'Connor.
who fel, into tine se.f-fccdins coal bun6r'
of the Knickerbocke- Ice Compan-'-
plant at 5ia East SEVENTEEN street.
Although he was buried under almost
AFT tons OF coal he suffered only
decorations of the body.
D'Connor Vas sent to the tlfth story
of the building to adjust the feeder for
the furnaces and fell into one of the
tap.ring chutes. An appeal for aid
Was sent tn Police Headquarters. which
was transmitted 10 the hook II ladder
company. When the iiremcn arrived
Lieut.. Gibucy ,rdered the flow OF Goa.
TO be stopped while his men boarded
up the bunker. They shovellcd the fuel
diligently FOR some time before they
saw O'Connor's hand protruding above
the shifting surface. O'tounor watched
the work az the tiremcn as they dug
frantically in an EFFORT to save him from
sliding further into the chute. where
they W. uld have been unable to rescue
him. lie was given IA hose through
which ne brcathed and took a small
quantity Of brandy administered by Dr.
Hughes Of the Reception Hospital.
FINALLY "A rope wac put aroun the
mans body and he was lifted to the
surface.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-12

dearest ties of human life in order TO
come to a new land, take n new rootage.
begin a new life, and go by self-sacrifce
express stheir confidence In a new
principle whereas 1t cost us nothing OF
these things.
w were born into this privilege we
were rocked and Graded In 1t: We did
nothing to create It and II Is therefore
the greater duty on our part to do a
great deal to enhance 1t and preserve II.
81 am not deceived as to the balance
OF opinion among the foreign born citi-
zens of the United States. but | am In a
hurry to have an opportunity to have
a lineup and let the men who are think
Ing first OF other countries stand on one
side-Biblically 1t should be the left
and all those that are for America hrst
last and all the time on the other side.
Now. you can do Il great deal in this
direction. When | was a college officer
] used to he very much opposed to haz-
ing not because hazing Is not whole
some. but because sophomores are poor
judges.
II remember a very dear friend OF
mine, a professor OF ethics on the other
side ~ the water. was asked IL he
thought Il wa ever justifiablc to tell a
| lie lie sail yes. he thought IL was
sometimes Justitia BILE to lie, but, he said,
| II Is SO difficult a. Judge of the Justifica-
lion that l usually tell the truth
II think that ought to he the motto Of
lie sCphctnorr. There are freshmen who
need "a he hazed. but the need is TO be
Judged 10y such nice tests that a sopho-
moro Is hardly old enough to determine.
hut the world can determine them. We
APO not freshmen at college. bat we are
constantly ha;ed.
would Il sgcit zeal rather be obliged
to draw pepper up my nose than to OBJ
serve ne hostile g%lanccs OF N neigh
burs. ( would u great deal rather he
! beaten than ostracized. 7 woul "a great
deal rather endure any sort of physical
hardship II / might have the affection Of
my FELLOW mcn.
I'VE constantly discipline our fellow
citizens by having an opinion about
them. That IL the sort of discipline We
ought now to administer to everybody
who is not TO the very core OF his heart
an American.
Just have an opinion about him and
let him experience the atmospheric et-
fects OF that opinion. And | know Of
ru body Of persons comparable to a body
oi ladies Tor creating an atmosphere of
opinion. have myself In part yielded
to- the innucnc" uf that atmosphere for
81 took me a lou~ tim" % observe how |
was going 80 va" in New Jersey.
$50 IL has seemed to me that my
: priyileg. this afternoon was not merely
"A privilege OF courtesy but the real
privilege Of reminding YOU, for I am
sure | am doing nothing more, of tho
grea, principles which We stand as
soCiated 10 promote and | for my part
rejoice that We belong TO a country IN
which the whole business of government;
* 81 difficult.
I'VE do lot take orders from any