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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

Thomas A. Smyser, the Grand Rap
ids draughtsman, who is being held
for shooting Bert Lewis of the same
town, while the latter was riding, it
is said, with Smyser's wife, has been
bound over to the circuit court charg-
ed with assault and intent to do great
bodily harm, and the aiming and dis
charging of loaded weapons. Self de
tense is the plea set up by SmyseT.
G. ID. Schirmer aged %, the veterin-
arian injured when snow pillow he
was watching from a caboOse near
Ashland, jumped the track and ran in
to the train causing bad wreck, died
in an Ashland hospital. Thirty-two
ounces of blood was injected into the
injured mans veins by means of
TRANSMISSION, but failed to save the
young mans life His father and
three friends sacrificed the vital fluid.
The body of a newborn child was
found buried in an Ashland hog pen.
The discovery was made by the own
er of a farm near the city after part
les who were tenants had moved
away. Upon opening a small box
labeled dynamite" he found the body.
He reported it to authorities who are
investigating the case to determine
whether foul play or simply ignorance
on the part of the child's parents i'm
PEELED them to make the burial there
Ernest A Stahl, a Milwaukee brick
layer, fell 160 feet from the tenth floor
Of the Waldheim building into the Mil
waukee river and escaped practically
unscathed. Stahl, who was working
on a scaffolding, attempted to move a
piece of cornice work and in so doing
lost his balance He fell backward,
but managed to turn in the air so
that his head struck the water, and
this undoubtedly saved his life. Stahl
went the bottom and emerged, then
feeling pain for the first time. He
swan to a dock where he was rescued.
Stahl's injuries consisted Of minor
chest injury and slight hemorrhage
of the mouth.
Henry Picotte, French-Canadian
lumber man of Walsh, employed near
OntonogOn, was found dead in the
woods about months ago with a
bullet wound in his head. His muir
derer went undetected. Two months
later Albert Thompson, aged 80 and
employed by the same company, gave
himself up to the sheriff, admitting
the crime and saying he could no
longer keep his secret. Thompson,
who is an Eastern college man, plead
ed self defense in his trial which re-
suited at first in disagreement. Tried
the second time he was last week
found guilty of murder in the first
degree. Thompson lived with Picotte
and his wife, and had been, it is said,
often upbraided by the dead man for
heavy drinking Domestic troubles
played a part in the affair.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

The maximum sentence of eight
years was melted out to Walter Noe
who pleaded guilty in the Oshkosh
courts of having assaulted an Off
Ger with premeditated design to kill
him. Noe has four previous cOnvic-
tions against him.
The sum of $3.50 was found sewed
in the coat of AdOlph Swenson, a
supposedly poor laborer who dropped
dead at his bench in the Kenosha fac
tory of the Simmons Hardware COM
pany The body was taken to Chica-
go where Swenson had his home.
A car driven by Clarence Scheiker
of Beloit, containing his wife and
five other passengers, turned turtle
while ascending a hill and pinned Mr..
and Mrs. Scheiker under the machine.
Their injuries were slight, and the
other occupants of the car escaped
without hurt
Aaron Schuster of Stughton, was
given a 80 day Jail sentence and a
fine of 500 for selling a bottle of
whisky. A stay of sentence was
granted because the case indicated on
ly technical violation. Schuster re-
Gently received a pardon issued by
President Wilson.
Coming to Wisconsin from ireland
sc years ago, John Morning at that
time aged 43, located near Chippewa
Falls and worked for the late Fred
erick Weyerhauser many years. Mr..
Morning was active and in full posses
sion of his faculties until this winter
whe he was seized with la grippe. He
passed away recently, aged 103 years.
Arthur Jones, a ST. Joseph, Mo-,
crook was arrested at Beaver Dam by
Chief of Police George Grolling, on a
highway robbery and murder charge.
1t is alleged that Jones with two COM
panions held up two negroes in St.
Joseph, December Is, and shot and
killed one of the men who resisted.
Extradition papers have been issued.
Fred Creuger of Beloit, Fairbanks
Morse employee, failed to draw the
curtains while he counted over his
savings amounting to a large sum,
ard pedestrian; outside had full view
of the action Toward morning Creu-
ger. awakened by sounds, searched
the house with revolver and almost
caught an intruder in the dining room.
The burglar fled by means of the win
dow he had gained entrance. but with
out the money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

"Dadda, dadda, papa, papa" called
baby Simmons to its father, Roy Sim
mons of EdgertOn, who stood before
the bar of justice in Judge Maxfield's
court in GAINESVILLE, and awaited SEN
tence for daylight robbery. The court
paused in the midst of the sentence
and placed Simmons on parole for
one year. Simmons was caught loot
ing a store at Fulton.
Emil Schultz of WalwOrth, Wis,
&c years old, patient of the State In
sane asylum at Mendoza, threw him
self in front of a nOrthbOund passen-
ger train on the Chicago and North
Western railroad near Mendoza sta
ton and was ground to pieces. He
was a helper in the asylum laundry
and was allowed the liberty of the
asylum grounds. He waited for the
arrival of the train and when it was
pulling into the station ran down a
steep embankment and threw himself
directly in front of the locomotive.
Hilmer Soderberg of Near Ashland,
sprayed his apple trees with Paris
Green last fall little thinking that the
poison would later injure his family.
Recently Mrs. Soderberg prepared ap-
pie sauce for the evening meal and
the family, consisting of father, moth
er, a 1O-year-old son and a visiting
relative partook of the dish. few
hours later all were in a critical con-
dition. Physicians attribute the i'll
ness to the apples not having been
sufficiently cleaned of the poison.
T. j. Cunningham, editor of the
Chippewa Falls Independent, was or
dered by Secretary of State Donald
to refund 500 received by Mr.. Cum
ningham for circulating the 1915 law
supplements. According to reports
Cunningham did not have the 300 sub
scribers required by law to make his
paper eligible for the circulation OF
the supplements. Cunningham, who
has been booming himself, it is said,
for the nomination of governor on the
democratic ticket, returned the money,
but is liable for prosecution on a per-
jury charge.
The importation of fustic, dye
used in great quantities in this coun-
try, has been curtailed by the war,
and DR.. Curtis Levi of Milwaukee, and
DR.. S. B. Kressman of the University
Forest Products laboratory, have
evolved a new substitute from the
Usage orange The Usage tree grows
profusely in the lower parts of the
Mississippi valley and these scientists
claim to have produced dye from
the fruit of this lowly tree that will
produce shades in orange-yellow, old
gold, deep tan, olive and chocolate.
The Pfister & Vogel Leather company
of Milwaukee, will utilize the new dye
and other firms are also preparing to
use it. The dye factory for making
this dye is located in Virginia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

Elizabeth Awerdick of Appleton, was
awarded $4,000 damages in her breach
of promise suit against John Lud-
Wisely She claimed that Ludwisey
and she became engaged and continu-
ed engaged sixteen years up to 1914,
when he refused to marry her. In
1910 she made ready her trousseau,
costing $125, she said.
Elmer Wilson is held at Stevens
Point, charged with stealing stock
of hay valued at $50 from a farmer
named Albert Sager. Wilson was
listening to the reading of a larceny
warrant last summer at Almond and
bOlted while the officer was looking
at the document. He was shot in the
hand and chased by posse for many
miles, but escaped.
Laboring under the impression that
Blackhanders were after him and de-
sired his life, Thomas Druml, an Aus
trian, threw himself under the wheels
of a North Western passenger train at
Madison just as it was pulling out. The
engineer saw the attempt at suicide
and stopped the train before the man
was injured. A medical examination
disclosed his insanity and Druml was
committed TO Mendoza.
Supposed "Black Hands" failed to
get $500 from Joseph Renna, Madi-
son italian, in response to threaten
ing letters, and left hole II feet
across in the Renna front yard as a
memento The bomb was hurled at
the house, but fell short. Every win
dow in the house was broken and Rem
ma was discovered still running half
an hour later, armed with revolver
and a sawed-off shotgun.
With outstanding orders unpaid, a
school teacher three months in arrears
on her salary, and affairs in gener-
ally muddled condition, the school di-
rectors of the town of Athelstane, near
Marinette, are searching for Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Fugate, clerk and
treasurer respectively, Of the school
board Mr.. and Mrs. Fugate beat
it," leaving note on the school board
desk bearing the word resigned"
A farmers wagon containing eight
persons, went into the raging waters
of French creek near Galesville, and
three of the occupants were drowned
in the stream The party was re-
turning home from Ettrick, and came
to the stream which was so swollen
that the bridge was covered. Oscar
Steenberg, the driver, relied upon his
judgment of location of the bridge,
and drove too close to the edge, throw
ing the party into the water. Matte
and Ole BuXrud, twins, aged IL, and
Matthew Steenberg, aged A, were
drowned. The horses swan to the
shore and the rest of the party chung
to the lines and escaped The bod
les were recovered later.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

Every time rich man dies some
one who hasn't dollar is sure to re-
mind you that shrouds have no pock-
cts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

The trouble with the man who
knows it all is that he can't keep it
to himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

Water on the brain isn't the result
of thirst for knowledge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

Clubs drive some men to matrimOny
and matrimOny drives others to clubs,
The sun., 1916-11-05

In part this accumulation has been
directly expended in the prosecution
OF the war. In part 1t has been ex-
changed for material obtained from
neutral countries. For instance, the
getting rid of American shares held
in Britain simply means that whereas
"a resident of Britain formerly owned.
say. a group of buildings in America
and received the rent thereof In Eng
land. he has now been compelled to
forego this rent forever in exchange
for "a number of shells the Americans
have made for him; which shells pro-
duce no further wealth in consump-
ton. and therefore, when consumed.
leave nothing in their place. The
British revenue drawn from America
has disappeared. 1t has disappeared
in those little puffs of white against
the gray of the Flanders sky.
Now the accumulation OF capital
during the long peace Of the West
VAS so enormous that the first two
years of this great struggle could be
"inanccd"-that Is, in plain English,
the coal. chemicals. the cloth and the
iron and the wheat, &c, could be OBJ
tained-without any form Of true on
fiscation. The possessurs OF these ac-
cumulations were for " years will
Ing TO give them up on condition that
the state promised them a certain
yearly revenue in their placc-which
revenue il could probably raise.
But this process after two years OF
war Is reaching its term. The great
accumulation of material stu remain
Ing available will hardly be obtained
In this voluntary fashion. The State
may try to obtain IL by promising
greater future rewards than II " ever
likely to he able to pay. but such in
ability will be patent TO those who are
| approached for n loan.
Therefore. IL the war should proceed
beyond a certain period-1 have sug-
gested some time in the third year as
the PR babe beginning OF the new
~phase-owners Of great wealth would
bc faced not merely with severe taxa
ton upon their current revenue for
short time but with an actual diminu-
ton OF their permanent
throughout all the future. They would
he faced with the beginning of a con-
~fiscation from private stock for the
public veal.
10 HEnt against tnlS ny quite ODNl-
Gus and direct means the masters OF
u ~plutocracy would no dare. But
TO fight against 1t by indirect means
they would and the most obvious in
direct means would be to spread the
inception abroad that further strug-
gle had become "imp~sible' on ac-
count Of some mysterious thing called
Financial exhaustion"
In plain cconomics Il would only
mean, OF course. that the price OF
victory was the reduction Of fortune.
But plain economics are always pre-
scented nowadays ae a mystery beyond
the ken Of ordinary mortals. II would
Ice cary To flood the public with the
techn.Calit.es OF the money market,
to ascribe to this "i~iulrCial cyhaus-
ton a.. rise in tho price of food. or
any other evil Of which the populace
as a whole VAS aCu'.ly conscious.
And the very men to do IL are the
men Of the "Marconl ramp" the Indian
The sun., 1916-11-05

foe but would have s,II,d thy ilrst
movements OF the struggle for the de-
vciopment of the fullest possible policy
of aggression. Finally. it would have
had no sort OF hesitation about the
end in View. 1t would have gone
straight for the total destruction of
the adverse Power mcnac.ng the state.
We may call such "A spirit I'M
s~crupulous and even Vicious II We dis
agree with II: hut We cannot deny that
1t would have been the most efficient
spiritual force for achieving the end
the salvation of the country.
\ democracy would In another fash
ion have been equally determined and
d%!rect. though perhaps less prompt.
ana certainly l-sS informed. II would
have worked more 10y instinct. II
would probably have made initial mis-
takes. IIut IL would hay" attempted to
correct them hy its later energy, and
above all II would have Nc doubt what
oyer Of tho piim" necessity to-day.
Every II among tho English people
is to-day agreed. The speech of all
in tho street ard In tho crowds is the
same. Those who with the terr.b q
necessities ot tho divert
themselves with "pac.iist" theories. or
who continue the old rubbish Of "T'eu-
tCnism.' are numerically quite insig-
nlfiCaDt and utterly out of tune with
tho masses round them.
Tho danger To England lies IN the
fact that what really ovcrr us is
plutocratlc. and that the a~ristocracy
is gonc and the ~populacc impotent n
act-not even concciying their action
possible, but ready 10 submit TO any
thing the rich impose.
There are three different ways IN
which this danger If a false policy
proceeding from the new %plutocracy
has manifested itself.
First. il has been clearly seen that
private interests in tradc-thc ad-
vantaGes Of private fortunes-have
been allowed to weigh. IL not against
the commonwealth, AZ n rate on a
par with the interests Of the com
m~onwealth. We have seen II. We Eng
fish. in the handling Of frcichts: we
have seen it in the exceptions Il
blockade; We have seen IL In the field
OF contracts, But this evil Is particu-
larry apparent in the hesitation shown
hy many when they discuss the COM
The sun., 1916-11-05

below. A second plate. placed still
higher up. Is exposed to II tube. thus
giving a different view. The two
plates are then developed and the com
bined image is truly ste~reoscopic.
The process may seem tn be a very
simple one. but In reality 1t Is complex
and attended by many difficulties and
even dangers to the operator. The
equipment and staff of one of these
field X-ray ambulances are necessarily
e elaborate, requiring skilled work and
great experience. There must be an
X-ray room. a developing room. at
least one surgeon. the N-ray operator.
orderlies and nurses. Then the cleo
trio power which generates the rays
in the u tube must be supplied.
All these things are costly, but every
effort Is being made by the allied Gov
ernments to supply them. for 1t Is real
lied that the X-ray pictures are OF
sufficient Importance to justify the
trouble and expense. photographs, as
they are called now. possess h dis
tinction Of being the clearest guide to
the we'll being and recovery Of the
wounded. There Ii nothing In surgery
more striking and interesting than to
watch tho development Of one Of these
pictures.
The scene they disclose is often not
destitute Of a certain fascination.
Patches Of lead with spikes OF dark.
almost black. metal break the monot-
ony Of transparent color, while the
less opaque fragments OF bone lying
here and there in the vicinity of the
wound present In their arrangement
and number a striking contrast to the
prevailing fray Of a simple, bullet
wound.
The two effects are shown In the re-
productions here. In company with
the dark spots . conspicuous group Of
very fans particles will be noticed on
the gray background.
The sun., 1916-11-05

two salutary processes OF eNCrction,
the a%rlstocratc or the democratic, was
at work. The "Marconi" men re.
mained In public life. and not only so
remained but were regarded by their
colleagues as peculiarly suitable to fur
ther and grsver responsibilities as a
consolation for their recent sad expe-
rience.
Why was this? II was due to effects
OF p%lutocracy working quite openly
and patent to the observation OF all:
the first an Indifference to right and
wrong-the chief moral consequence
OF p%lutocracy: the second the direct
power Of great wealth in a plutocracy
to govern to its own advantage It's
chief material effect.
As to the first. men told you upon
every side that 1t was q~uixotic and
fanatical to set up an impossible stand
ard OF purity In public life; hat there
VAS no great harm in such things:
''" i'''V NauS'' ~ 'iil Idlilfl
dirty action was probably fairly cum
ming or he would not have engaged
In II. and that cunning was the chief
requisite in an administrator and his
greatest claim to our reverence. ~
wisdom in contrast to cunning, OF the
fact that cunning Is the opposite and
corrosive of wisdom. as sloth and
luxury are the oppositcs and corrosives
OF good breeding. opinion In general
had become oblivious.
As to the second. 1t was simply a
question OF mechanism. There was
no organ OF expression that was no,
owned by the same %piutocratic forces
as had. in another aspect. worked the
"Marconi business" All the principal
newspape.s--almost in proportion to
their circulation first falsified and
then hushed up the issue. a peeragc
was given to one newspaper %vulgarian
,the second Harmsworth) a few other
honors and salaries to the lesser ones
and the thing was over
How does all this apply to the pres
ent crisis?
In the following manner:
England Is at the present time UNI
der the acute. imperative necessity of
The sun., 1916-11-05

dense glass. made Of bihorate OF lead.
Is also a barrier to the secondary rays
which irritate the skin. Both these
means should hc used to protect the
operator. but manufacturers have ap-
parcntly not thought II worth while to
make enclosing tubes OF dense glass.
Some OF the tubes are of very thin
glass, which Is broken easily, and causes
"A double loss TO the men working with
the N-ray. In France a great deal of
this American glass has been imported
and tubes have arrived in small pieces,
which affords "A good example OF the
commercial aspects Of war industry.
These dangers and the defects OF
N-ray tubes were the theme of
speakers at the meeting OF the
Roentgen Society Of London In June.
The president. Sir Pearce Gould.
pointed out the great Importance OF
these dangers at tho present time.
With so large "A number Of N-ray IN
stallations making their appearance
and being placed under the control of
men who had necessarily scanty expe-
rience. and who had to work under
conditions of great pressure and
strain. II was evident that new perils
confronted them. Lead rubber and
lead glass should be supplied. espe-
cially for those workers who have
to make examinations and exposures
with their hands very near the tube,
Warts and cancer OF the hands have
occurred, especially among those who
have had the habit OF using their
hands as test objects In such pic
lures a are here displayed.
There Is another difficulty. the
shortage OF glass and rubber. This
Is perhaps the reason why accidents
have taken a sudden rise Of late. At
the meeting of the Roentsen Society
the members declared that the atti-
tudc Of the average manufacturer OF
X-ray apparatus was that any kind
The sun., 1916-11-05

balances and the rupee scandal. ell Of
them actively in power.
Such is the second form Of the peril
Of a premature peace. the second way
In which the fact that the English are
a plutocracy may interfere with the
achievement OF complete victory.
But It may be asked by what instru.
ment the plutocracy could act thus
rapidly to pervert opinions in . matter
SO vital and 10 clear?
This question leads me 70 the third
way in which the peril Of II appears.
and that is through the plutocratic
control OF the press.
The people Of our great t~owns-that
Il, between four-ffths and nine-tenths
Of the population-have no informa-
ton save through the press. The
things they care for and discuss are
not real experiences. but phantoms
presented to them by tho press.
Now the press can to-day in Eng
land a very small number Of very
wealthy men. and on the patriotism
and the public spirit Of those very few
wealthy men depends tho r infor-
nation Of the people; upon their base
iN''' di'SV III oNoifNo VI NoW
ardicc-or all ive combined-depends
the malinformation OF the populace.
BY malinformation We may suffer 1--WE
are already beginning to suffer) the
weakening Of the national will and the
failure TO insist upon national success.
This handful Of rich newspaper own
ers is. like all other categories Of men,
diverse in character: and we fnd some
portion OF tho press resolved on victory
and refusing to spread panic, although
the resolution bids fair to impoverish
It's owner But you will ind another
portion. from whatever Of the i've mo-
tives I have enumerated land usually
from all five combined). playing the
traitor.
1t will probably bc the very news
papers which were most vuIgariy vio-
lent against weak opponents In the
past. which have shown tho most Of
fenslve lack Of chivalry in military
matters. which have shrieked the loud
est while opinion was still violent and
tenacious In the earlier phases OF the
present great war. that will try to
create toward the end OF It Q current
Of opinion leading toward an incon-
elusive peace.
That Is the third way In which q
plutocratic form OF government can
manifest itself. and 1t Is by far the
most effective OF the several ways in
which that form may ruin England.
Such then are the dangers besetting
the full achievement Of victory as I
see them IN the society TO which we
belong. Against them we must set the
fact that the marvellous effort the
country as a whole has made. and
made spontaneously. is a guarantee Of
something very different In the COM
monwealth, a resurrection OF forces at
which tho plutocracy under which we
have begun to live hardly guessed.
II Is possihlc-it Is to he prayed for
most earnestly-that these new pop
liar forces will. handicapped though
they are by the profound popular ig-
l"rance OF public men and public at
fairs. prove too strong for any anti