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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10
PAPER PRICE PUT
HIGH BY COMBINE
PUBLISHERS AVER

Charges that the price Of news prinS
paper has been forced up exorbitantly
by a combination of manufacturers
were made by publishers and denied
by representatives of the manufact.
urers at a hearing at Washington
yesterday which concluded an exhaus-
tive inquiry into the subject by the
federal trade commission.
Frank P. Glass, vice-president OK
the American Newspaper Publishers
association, told the commission he
was morally convinced" there was
collision among the manufacturers
and expected to be able by October
1 to present legal proof Of it. P. T.
Dodge, president Of the International
Paper Co., declared present high
prices were due to an enormous in
crease in demand, and insisted that
the manufacturers were not making
fair return on their capital.
The commission undertook the in
gressional resolution and will begin
work Immediately drafting a report
Members said tonight one would be
submitted at the earliest possible
moment.
Mr.. Glass said his association
viewed the situation with extreme
alarm, and had recommended re-
trenchment in consumption by small
er editions, abolishing returns, and
circulation inactivity. Increases Of Is
to IS per cent on contracts and some
times 100 per cent on emergency or.
ders, he declared, had destroyed the
profits of most newspapers and ale
ready driven some to the wall.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10
fin Ode 90
An Auto

Something has happened on Second
street
In the motoring line that's hard to
beat.
The natives decided to send to the
press.
And give the public chance to guess
Why a man should try, with all HIS
might
To climb a tree at dead of night!
Did anyone ever hear or see
A car invented to climb a tree?
Pray tell us were you asleep and
dreaming of Mars,
And supposed you could get there
with motor cars?
Or was it because of a dizzy brain,
You imagined you rode in an aero
plane?
I'm sure when we say 80 you will not
wonder
That your crash put an end to our
peaceful slumber.
If these few lines you should chance
to scan;
Or if it should come to the ears of
the man,
would like to caution him in the
future,
Have nothing to do with such a ven
ture.
If you try to mount you'll surely de-
scend,
Come to grief and have bitter end.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10
BOY HAD WAITED
FOR HIS CHANCE

A distinguished theologIan was in
vited to make an address before a
Sunday-school The divine apparent
ly forgot the nature of his audience
and spoke for over an hour, his re-
marks being of too deep character
for the average juvenile mind to COM
prehend.
At the conclusion the superinend-
ent, according to custom, requested
someone in the school to name an ap-
propriate hymn to be sung.
"Sing Revive us Again." shouted
a boy in the rear of the room.-The
Christian Herald.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10
Cost Of War
Staggering

On the second anniversary of the
start of the Great War, August 1, the
direct money cost to all the bellig-
erents had reached $55, 100000.
This is the concensus of financial
opinion in New York. Estimates six
months ago were slightly lower, but
the daily cost has mounted steadily
and the figures given are considered
conservative.
The direct cost does not include
the losses by destruction of property,
by the disorganization of civilian in
dustries, by the death and Gripping
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10
KEEPING GOOD ROADS GOOD

The entire country is converted to
the good roads movement. In Wis.
eonsin alone, over $1,OOO,OOO will be
spent in improving highways. In
time, splendid highway system will
extend to every part of the state. But
when the good roads are finally made,
will there be provision for keeping
them in good condition? Will a Ger.
tain amount of money be set aside
for their maintenance?
At present we have no established
system of maintaining our roads once
they are improved. Worn spots are
permitted to become holes; surfacing
which shows a tendency to crumble
is seldom replaced until it is entirely
gone, and damage is done to the foun-
dation of the road. Instead of filing
up each crack and hole as it appears,
we wait until the whole road or a
considerable part of it is worn to
shreds before we make repairs.
In England and on the continent,
where as much attention is given to
maintenance as to building roads, it
is a rule that all roads must be kept
in first-class condition. Stated sums
are set aside for maintenance, and
for every six or ten miles of road,
there is road master whose sole duty
is to keep his bit of road in good
repair.
If this system were adopted here,
it would mean a great saving. There
is no longer need to argue the advan-
tages of good roads. Our work is to
keep our roads good and to see that
provision is made for the maintenance
of those roads which are to be built.
Milwaukee Journal.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10
SEND A LETTER
HOME TO MOTHER

SEND A LETTER
HOME TO MOTHER
(By J. Alex Killingsworth, Author of
Sparks and Cinders," in Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen's
Magazine)
Send letter home to mother
She is watching every mail.
Do not disappoint her further;
Write a letter without fail.
It may be the last you'll ever
Have a chance to send her, so
Write it early; have it ready
When the mailbags forward go.
1t will make her glad to know that
You are thinking of her still.
Fill it up with news for mother,
And each page with love-thoughts
fill.
Send letter home to mother,
She'll be proud and happy, too,
When she gets it, for she's thinking,
Ever thinking, boy, of you.
1t is wrong to let the opstman
Pass her by from day to day
AS she comes to get the letter
She was sure was on the way.
Soon the years will take her from
you
Take your best and truest friend,
Then she'll not be here to answer
Any letters you may send.
So just make a resolution,
This before the close of day,
That a letter to your mother
Will at once start on it's way.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10
HUSBAND SAVED
HIS WIFE
Stopped Most Terrible Suf-
fering by Getting Her lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Denison, Texas. =" After nv little
girl was born two years ago | began SUI.

ferlng with female
trouble and could
hardly do my work.
l was very nervous
but just kept drag
ging on until | as t
summer when / got
where / could not do
my work. / would
have a chill every
day and hot flashes
and dizzy spells and
my head would al
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10

What has become Of the old-fashion-
ed horse that used to show uneasiness
w&en passing an automobile.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10

One sure way to reduce the cost OF
gasoline is to build and maintain hard
and smooth roads.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10

Poet who tried to rhyme embargo"
wsth Chicago evidently has swallowed
q few western burrs.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10

An Elroy man was convicted and
paid fine and costs for refusing to
turn to the right of the center of the
beaten track of the highway. The
district attorney of juneau county
made the complaint.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10

have a saying: "a man ia weel or
woe, as he thinks himself So"
MAY every morning seem to say:
There's something good on the way,
and God sends his love TO you.' -
The Milwaukee Journal.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10

In the event of war on this con-
aaMent who would be Americas Lloyd
@Sorge?
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10

Born to Rev. and Mrs. G. E. MaveS
a daughter on August 4.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10

Total, Central P'rs$1S, $50 900, 900
GRAND TOTAL ------$55, Tic, O0O, 900
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03
AMERICANS GAIN
GLORY IN EUROPE
Members Of Ambulance Corps Cited
for Bravery I'm Battle by
French Army.

PARIS, Aug. 2.-G2:3O p. Ask
members of the American field am
bulance were cited today in the orders
of the day of the French army.
Brook Leonard Edwards of Phila-
delphia, is mentioned as having shown
''the greatest courage and coolness in
seeking the wounded in the advance"
His ambulance was damaged by
bursting shells'', continues the citation,
in crossing a violently bombarded
zone. He repaired his machine and
fulfilled his mission completely, con-
veying wounded beyond the danger
zone"
James Hilton Sponagle Of Glou-
cestor, Mass, is cited for his re-
markable coolness in repairing his
motor on the road under violent
bombardment and transporting woun-
ded during a period Of intense she'll
ing"
Thomas Potter of New York,
Everett Jackson of Colorado Springs,
Co. Walter Wheeler Of Yonkers, N.
Y, and John Clark of Flushing, n.
Y, are each cited separately for the
calm intrepidity and devotion with
which they carried out their duties
amid perilous conditions. All the
men named are working in the Ver-
dun region.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03
Fire Station, Waterworks
and Incinerator Issues
All Carried.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE
Mayor and Commissioners
Announce Intentions
in Matter.

NHUNICIPAL bonds in the total
lVl sum of 100000 for waterworks
improvements, new fire station on
the south side and new incin-
orator plant. were authorized at
Tuesdays election by majorities of
approximately five hundred votes in
each instance. All four issues car
ried in every precinct.
The bond vote was canvassed late
last night by the county election
board and the official results an
nounced The mayor and commits
sioners probably will canvass the re-
suit some time this week and for
ward the bonds to the attorney-gen-
eral for approval at the earliest pos
sible moment.
The fire station issue is for S35,0O0
and will provide station for the
southwestern portion Of the city, to-
eether with equipment for the same.
Additional Mains.
Fifty thousand dollars is provided
for additional water mains, includ-
ing another large main from the
pumping station to the business dis
trict, that will relieve the strain on
the present l4-inch and two 1O-inch
mains
For the purpose of installing a
filtration system for the treatment
and clarification of Arkansas river
water the sum of s1sO,OOO was voted
The fourth issue provides $4,000
for the construction Of modern in
cinerator plant to replace the present
antiquated structure
The official vote on all four issues
was as follows;
Fire station: Yes. 1,196: no. III.
Additional water mains Yes. 1921:
no, 747.
Filtration plant: Yes. l.17S; no. sic.
Officials Jubilant.
City officials expressed their salts
faction over the victory in the follow
ing statement:
'The victory for the bond issues Is
a victory for Tulsa. 1t shows that
the progressive people of Tulsa have
confidence in the administI alton and
1t shall be my purpose to personally
SIT ervise the expenditure Of the
money voted and to see that the peo-
pie of Tulsa receive 100 cents for
evcry dollar spent in Improvements" "
Mayor John H. simmons.
ut was just another instance Of
the people Of Tulsa making known
their desires for n program of i'm
prcvemcnts in the waterworks. fire
and filtration departments That the
bonds carried in a general election. in
stead OF through a special election.
indicates that II is the desire Of all
the people that the improvements be
-Ade." Commissioner c. s. Younk-
man.
THE results Of yesterdays election
show that the people of Tulsa have
con 'dence in the businesslike admin
istration and il also shows that in a
general elecuon the people gave their
consent to the spending Of the 5000
600 for these needed improvements
II was the expected display of Tulsans
faith in the future Tulsa. Commits
sioner A. u. Walker"
81 am highly pleased with the way
the people Of Tulsa put tn In shoulder
against the wheel and signified their
intentions Of building greater Tulsa
the victory Of the bond issue is a page
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03
SCANDAL TRAILING
MAYOR SEBASTIAN
Los Angeles Executive, Incurably Ill,
viii Fight Charges Made
against Him.

Los ANGELES. Aug. Although
advised by his physicians that he will
not live eight months, unless he gives
up his office Immediately. Mayor Sc
bastan will not resign under fire OF
persons who have revived the Pratt
case, In which Mr. Sebastian when
chief Of police was accused Of miscOn
duct by minor girl, according TO
Earl Rogers his attorney
The mayor has assured me-" said
Mr.. Rogers, that he will never quit
under fire"
Mayor Sebastian, however, admit
TED that he had considered resigning
because of intimation that there
might he a revival Of the Pratt case.
lie declared that his physicians had
ordered him to go away on trip.
He is suffering from Brights disease
in its most malignant form.
Attorney Rogers said the mayor
had told him tina. the same persons
who tried to drive aim out of office
more than a year ago have revived
scurrilOus stories about him in an at
tempt to force him to resign
Chief of Police Snivciy is also re-
pcted ready TO resign. On account Of
strike troubles in the city
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03
ANGLO-FRENCH REST
FOR FRESH ATTACKS
ARMIES IN THREE GREAT CEN
TIERS LET UP IN FIGHTING
FOR TIME BEING.
French Capture several Trenches
Only Artillery Ducis on Rus
sian Fronts.

The armies in the three great cen-
tors of recent aCtivity-the Sommc
region of France, Russia and Galicil,
evidently have let up considerably in
the violent fighting in which they
have been engaged and are indulginS
IN a breathing spell preparatory TO
further attacks and Counter-attacks.
The official communications dealing
with the operations in these theatcrs
Wednesday tell Of no single impOr-
tant engagement or of any notable
changes in the positions of any of
beligerents.
Attacking in Echelon on three
mile line from the Mouse river to
Flcury, north of Vcrdun, the French
have captured several German
trcnchcs and organized points of sup
rort. In the engagement six hum
dred Germans were made prisoners
and ten machine guns were captured.
on the Russian front Petrograd re-
ports merely artillery duels and in
tantry attacks on the Stokhod ana
Turia river fronts and of local Rus
sian offensivcs on the Stripa river in
.ialicia, all Of which were repulscd.
Attacks by the Austrians against
the Italians at various points, includ-
ing Monte Cimone, Monte Seuggio
and Castelatto, have been repulsed
with heavy casualties, according TO
Rome
The Russians are keeping up their
advance against the Turks in the eau
casus region.
The Germans have carried out an
~ otV raf lgta
ties of England-their third during
tho week
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03
Americas Suggestions APP
pear Favorable but No
Need to Hurry.
MAY ACCEPT, MAY NOT
Any Consideration of Inter
nal Affairs Must Come
From Mexico.

WAsHINGToN. Aug. 2.-officials
w of the de facto government Of
Mexico have been favorably i'm
pressed, according to information
reaching the state department today,
by Acting Secretary Poik's note ac-
cepting the suggestion for a iont in
ternational commission to consider
border problems, but no definite in
dication has como as to when General
Carranza's reply may be expected.
At the Mexican embassy 1t was said
the reply might be received tomorrow,
although officials would not disclose
on what information the statement
was based.
At neither the state department nor
the embassy would any official pre-
dict what position the de facto au-
thorities would take in regard to the
American proposal that the commits
sion be authorized to discuss other
matters than the military situation on
the border. 1t was made clear by
administration officials. however. that
the suggestion did not contemplate
discussion of acquisition of territory,
Of claims of one government against
the other arising out OF the losses suf-
fered by Americans in Mexico, on the
one hand. or damage resulting from
the occupation of Mexican territory
by American troops on the ether: or
the processes which brought the de
facto government into power.
Speedy Report Desired.
Great stress was laid on the fact
that speedy report was desired from
the commission by both governments
This alone. 1t was said. would pre-
vent any discussion OF financial claims
or consideration Of the dispute over
a small strip OF land in the FL Paso
region which has REQUIRED at various
intervals for many years. So far as
the status of the CarranZa government
goes, it was added, the United States
has extended recognition to it and
can not go behind that act.
Officials would not say what mat
ters in addition to the military stu
alton II was desired that the commits
sioners take up. Any consideration
Of the internal affairs of Mexico, il
was said. must arise on motion of tho
Mexican government itself If the
economic and financial situation of
the southern republic were deemed by
the Mexican commissioners to be
material to discussion at any point,
the American members doubtless
would be instructed to undertake it.
The possibility that from such a dis
cussion might be developed a plan
under which American bankers could
60 to the aid of the de facto govern
ment. it was pointed out, would rest
wholly upon the initiative of the Mex
leans
Private advices today from Mexico
indicated that new problems are
pressing on General CarranZa with the
spread of labor troubles. No details
were given. but IT was reported that
discomfort was spreading among
Mexican railroad employees ard that
an extensive tic-up of the lines was
threatened The state departing
had no reports on .his subject. The
Mexican embassy had heard some
thing NJ the trouble. but had no def
mite tnowleige OF II
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03
Democrats, in Gloom Of De
feat, See All 9 Amend
ments Killed.
WATCH COUNTING FOR
CROOKED EJACULATION
Result of Election Repudi-
ates Governors $4,000
Special Session.

NBLAHOMA CITY. Aug. RE
~ liable returns from 500 out of
$500 precincts in the state had been
received by Chairman Arthur II.
Mcisocr OF the Republican state
committee this EVENING", which show
that the same ratio being carried out,
the literacy test amendment voted on
at the primary yesterday will be de-
feated by from $1,000 to 10000. The
vote against the amendment is con-
sistent. and the returns are spread
out tc every section OF the state. re-
fleoting in general the sentiment rel
ative TO the measure. In some sec
tions the returns show a small margin
against the measure while in other
sections the difference against it is
mere than normal. In Haskell coun-
ty, one of the complete counties heard
from today, the amendment had been
defeated by more than three to one.
The majority against the litera cy
test has been Increasing since the
first returns camc in. There was no
slump one way or the other Some
times the gain was small, but always
a gain, until the eight hundred pre-
cincts show the measure is certainly
losl by we'll defined majority. The
biggest vote polled against 1t comes
from the country. For instance. in the
city of Ardmore the measure carried
by a small majority but when the
vote came in from the country it
overcame the city majority and
showed tina. county as a whole much
against it.
Socialists Claim 10000.
The Socialists claim the literacy
test is defeated by from fifty to sixty
thousand They say they have heard
frcm practically every county in the
state, officially and unofficially. In
structions have already been sent out
to the Republicans and Socialists 10
watch the tabulation closely and see
that the same results are placed on
the tally sheets that haye been voted
and counted. The other eight amend
ments which were fathered by Gov
ernor Williams and which he tried so
hard to have adopted, were showed
under so badly that they are scarcely
mentioned. The result of the cleo
tior is taken as reputation of the
governors $4,000 special session OF
the legislature. for these amendments
comprise practically ;ol the legislation
done during the session. the literacy
test being the principal thing. and in
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03
MEAT CUTTERS GO
AFTER BIG PACKERS
Send Word to Retailers Throughout
st. Louis They viii FIJI
All Orders.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. striking meat
cutters from the packing houses on
the Missouri side Of the river today
MAILED to retail meat dealers through
out the city circulars announcing the
union would fill all orders. and ask
ing them not 70 buy from the pack
ing house against which a strike has
been declared The union leaders
claim that four thousand men are on
strike here. The packers claim that
not more than $500 are out.
The East st Louis packing houses
are not affected. as the men on strike
there returned to work Tuesday.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03

NEW YORK. AUG. after a con-
terminals in Jersey city here today
1t was reported that the railroads
would fight the resolution adopted
yesterday by the board of commits
sioners of Jersey city designed to pre-
vent "A recurrence of the Black Tom
island explosion 10y prohibiting the
shipment or storage Of high explosives
within the city limits. The report
was that the railroads would apply
jointly for an injunction restraining
the city commissioners from carrying
their order into effect
There was another explosion scare
among Jersey city officials late to-
day when a smoldcring fire from tons
of sugar stored in five warehouses
was reported spreading to two freight
cars loaded with high explosives The
cars had been buried under debris
and could not be removed TO a place
of safety.
Tho blaze, while serious, was gotten
under control.
Tho fire and water poured on the
fire have turned thousands of tons
of the sugar into a syrup that spread
over much of the island.
Shrapnel shells in the piles of debris
were exploded by the intense heat in
such numbers that more than fifty
laborers working near the fire were
ordered away and a dead line" was
established. under police supervision.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03

WHAT the men may expect to
w experience in the Mexican war
as members of the ambulance com
Iany which is being recruited in
Tulsa by Major Hugh Scott was
graphically related by survivors of
the Verdun fighting in mass meet
ing held in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms last night, during a
discussion of the merits of the op-
poI tuuity which is offered through
the organization of this company in
Tulsa.
X. l.. Howard who was a member
of the American ambulance volunteers
and who saw service with the French
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-03
EXPECT IL CENTS
FOR EARLY COTTON
Reported Shortage I'm Other Southern
states Is Given as Reason
for High Price.

Special TO Inc word
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 2.-Local
cotton men believe cotton will open
the market this fail at not less than
12 cents a pound. owing to the report
ed shortage in other southern states.
This being true Oklahoma will reap
another harvest augmented by good
prices for the raw material 1t is
estimated that Oklahomafs produc-
ton will be at least one million bales
Ahis year. and so far indications are
that the quality will be better than
for several years past. Practically no
bon weevil has been discovered in
the cotton. and the dry weather, al
lthough uncomfortable in other re-
,spects, insures a splentdid cotton
crop. Cotton men here believe that
the crop this year will make the rec
ord. not 50 much in production as
In quality