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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01
lie hour for action is about

The hour for action is about TO
strike!
Only great vote for the Socialist
Party on November 7th can prevent
this nation from speeding on toward
disaster.
The Socialist Party cannot win
this year, but a great vote this year
will enable it to win in 1920, and a
great vote for the Socialist Party
this year will reduce the cost of liv-
ing at once, compel the repeal of the
Draft law, and stop our headlong
rush toward militarism.
The steadily and RAPIDLY increas-
ing cost of living has become a
great national peril.
If l were president of the United
States at the present moment, and
could accomplish my purpose in NJ
other way, / would use the Unite ]
States navy to blockade every Amer
lean port through which food is be-
| ing exported that the American peo-
Iple need.
l would not let a pound of food
be shipped from this country so long
as there were hungry woman, Q
hungry child, or a hungry man in
America.
1t is scandal and crime that the
people of this country, having great
abundance of food, are compelled /;
sit idly by while a few great specu
lators are stripping the country o.
its food and exporting it for theil
own private profit.
| President Wilson knows what i!
! going on, but does nothing about it
Mr.. Hughes knows what is going on
but says nothing about it, nor does
he criticise Mr.. Wilson for doini
nothing about it.
Both Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Hughes
represent the class that believes il
stripping America of its food for tn,
benefit of certain great members o
that class.
If Mr.. Wilson be reelected, tn,
stripring will go on, unless a grea
Socialist vote shall warn him to cal
upon Congress for an embargo upoi
food exports.
If Mr. Hughes be elected, nothing
4 except great Socialist vote viii
cause him to call halt.
A halt must be called or great dis
aster will speedily overtake thi
country!
Flour is now higher than it hal
been at any time since the Civil
War, and it will be a great dea
higher before next spring unless ex
ports shall be prohibited.
Our wheat crop this year is shor
I-if We keep it all, we will not hav
enough for ourselves.
We annually need 100000, 90
bushels We have produced thi
year but Gil, 100000 bushels.
Yet the astounding fact remain
that American exporters have al
ready contracted to export 100000,
900 bushels.
If these contracts be carried out
America will be left to starve!
Make no mistake-the cost of liy
ing, before next spring, will becom
so high that millions will suffe
from lack of food, and every work
ingmans family will be hard presse,
to nav for its living
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01
HIGH COST OF LIVING LAID TO
DEMOCRATS.

The high cost Of living is attract
ing the attention Of national leaders.
Under the Wilson administration
and the Democratic tariff law the
cost to the people of the United
States for fifteen articles Of food
alone has increased in the last four
years approximately one-seventh.
An American family under the
Taft administration that spent $500
a year for these foods is now paying
for the same articles under the Will
son administration $342 annually.
Figuring five persons to a family
this is an increase of $40 for every
man, woman and child in the United
States, or the stupendous total of
more than $S00,OOO,O0O.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01

Meredith was never the popular
choice of the democrats of Iowa for
governor. He was selected by a
small number of politicians at a pri-
vate conference held in Des Moines.
There were prominent democrats in
the state who would have accepted
the privilege of trying their chances
in the primary election, but the Des
Moines crowd froze them out of the
running. Meredith's big barrel
must have been the convincing argu-
ment in his preference. A Des
Moines report says that he will spend
5000 to 100000 of his own for
tune to gain the Office. A candidate
who is so free and easy with money
to accomplish his personal ambitions
will not be too economical with the
taxpayers money. If by any unfor-
tunate circumstance Meredith should
be elected, Iowa will start in upon an
era of promotion and money spend
ing such as it never experienced be-
fore, if Meredith can set some of his
visionary ideas at work. The road
bond issue is but one of the promo.
tions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01

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record For the inventive genius Pathe Brothers has
made perfect the recording of sound Moreover their records
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But the Pathe method the sound wave ON the bot
tom OF the record the special Jewel Point Box
that with each Brunswick Photograph conducts the vi
braons from the record avoids use of needles with these
records.
Pathe records made of new harder composition They
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Brunswick Photograph jewel ball slides gently over them 1t
does not scratch and dig into the record surface wearing
tearing the sound old style needles do
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01

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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01
Again.

Owing to cur successful Cheese
day last Saturday, we have recorder
ed a great many varieties of fancy
chess Ask for your favorite brand
of cheese this week.
FRED j. ROSENTHAL.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01

The U. S. is the greatest wool con-
Stunning country while Great Britain
is the greatest wool manufacturing
country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01

Nine cubic inches of water frozen
will measure ten cubic inches.
Night work in bakeries is now pro-
hibited in Spain.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
General Election
Nov. z, 1916.
For President.
Charles Evans Hughes of New York.
For Vice President.
Chas. w. Fairbanks, of Indiana.
For Presidential Electors at Large.
Bernard Murphy
Ralph Pringle
For District Elector.
j. w. Sandusky
For Congressman.
Gilbert N. Haugen
STATE.
Governor ,..... w. l.. Harding
Lieutenant Gov. Ernest r. Moore
Secretary of State. w. S. Allen
Treasurer Of State. z w. c. Brown
Attorney General 80. H. M. Havner
Railroad Com. John II. Guiher
COUNTY.
State Rep. .. H. P. Nicholson, Jr.
Auditor .... Oscar Winger
Treasurer .... l.. Z. Chrlsten
Clerk . .............S IS. j. Moore
Sheriff . ....... %. .. Elllngson
Recorder =. go. .Chas. A. johnson
Attorney . ......... C. n. Houck
Coroner ....... DR.. S. p. Dahl
Supervisor LIST Dist, o. G. Haugen
Supervisor I'd Dist. "A o. Flaskerud
SunarVigor Cd Dist Ole i Iin6p
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01

Vote for S. j. Moore for
County Clerk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-01

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This year development and places the Brunswick
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02
YOUNG THIEVES CAUGHT
Five Boys Arraigned Before Municipal
Judge e. n. Holden.


Following clue developed from the
last of several breaks at the !. E. Glib.
son grocery store, officers Hurley and
Brazil Wednesday rounded up five boys
between ~ and IA years of age and
brought the culprits before Judge Hol-
den of the municipal court. Several
of the boys parents were also before
the court
Little difficult was experienced In
obtaining confessions from the boys
who it was learned have guilty of a
number Of petty burglaries committed
during the past few months. There
have been several breaks, some which
failed at the |. e. Gibson store and al.
so attempts to enter the Bottom gro
Gerry on Main street and the Houran
grocery. The boys admitted that some
Of them were responsible for the break
at the Morrisey grocery at the corner
of Pleasant and North streets.
At least ralf dozen Of the resi-.
dentes OF summer visitors at Old Ben.
ninston. which have been closed for
the swinter. have been entered and in
eachl case the break was admitted to
havSbeen the work OF some of the five
in court or other boys who have been
associated with them in their pilfering.
The value Of the property stolen by
the boys is not large and not much
damage resulted to the buildings and
residences. A watch is missing from
one OF the summer residences but 1t is
expected that 1t will soon be recover.
ed by the officers. They have in their
possession small box OF coins which
they will return to the owner upon ap-
plication.
The officers are convinced that at
least Is different boys have been i'm.
plicated in the different breaks and it
is probable there will be another hear.
ing before the court either today or in
the near future.
The boys arraigned before Judge
Holden were placed on probation and
fined SIS each, They must earn the
money and pay it to the probation Off
Ger before May !. The boys must also
off the streets at'night and in case any
one of them violates his parole he will
be sent to the Industrial school. Only
their age saved them from the inflic-
tion Of severe penalty. Had any one
Of them passed the age OF 16 he would
have been likely to have received a
term In the state prison at Windsor.
Not little credit for the breaking
up of the system Of petty thieving is
due officers Brazil and Hurley. They
have been at work on the cases for
some time. nen - @psA 20 4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02
CONGRESSMUSTGO
| ON RECORD, SAYS
PRESIDENT
No Compromise Vote will Be Ac-
ceptahle to Wilson
LINES MUST Be DEFINED
Negotiations with Germany Suspend.
ed Until President Knows Where
Congress Stands.
LINES MUST Be DEFINED

Washington, March President
Wilson served notice on congress to-
night that he will consent to nothing
less than a record vote on the anti
administration resolutions to warn
Americans of armed ships of Euro
pean belligerents before he goes on
with the German submarien negotia.
tions.
No compromise, such as a vote of
confidence in the Presidents foreign
policy, will be acceptable. Such an
action, it Is held, might be construed
in Berlin as justifying the opinion
that the President lacks the support
of congress and his own party in his
demands for full observance of In
ternational law, while its only pur.
pose would be to afford members of
congress a way to avoid recording
their positions before the country on
the oit-and-out question.
President Wilson made his position
clear to congressional leaders tonight
in unequivocai terms as the climax to
a day of confusion, uncertainty and po-
litical maneuvering that marked the
opening Of his first real fight with con.
gTess.
AS If to emphasize that, the Presi-
dent absolutely refuses to continue
the negotiations with Germany until
the. attitude of congress is settled, it
was made known the United States
does not consider the latest assur;
ances from Count Won Bernstorff,, the
German ambassador, as broad nor as
satisfactory as those originally given
No further step will be taken, how
ever. while the President waits on
congress- iN' 20
,q4 Meanwhile the pending Lusitania
agreement will not be finally accept
ed. fN ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02
tEWsTIcKEr FlLED
Nominations Of the independent

Nominations Of the Independent La.
bour Party for Town Officers.
Nominations for town officers by
the Independent Eabour party have
been filed for the coming annual town
meeting next Tuesday. The nomina-
tions are as follows:
Moderator, Mortimer G.. Townsend.
Town clerk, Z. A. Booth.
Selectman for three years, John C..
Houran. sr.
Treasurer, Charles H. Dewey.
Overseer of the poor, Paul CALI
peau.
First constable, Legrand Colgrove.
Second constable, Martin Madigan.
Collector of taxes. Charles H. Long
tin.
Lister for three years. Charles Fras-
er. sr.
Lister for one year, John Watson.
Auditors, ]. l.. Harbour, John Gill
rain, Arthur Rickert.
Trustee of public money, George F.
Graves.
Town grand jurors, George Fleming,
James w. Kelley, George Harmon,
Trustee of cemetery fund-Charles
II. Dewey.
Town agent for prosecuting and de
Tending suits. Ernest D. Barber.
Tree Warden. Fred Silver.
Town committee, Charles Fraser,
John c. Houran. sr., John Gilrain, sr.
The petition for the filing of the
ticket contained the following sigma
lures: Hector l.. Gauthier, Charles
Carroll. F. l.. Stearns, ]. F. Murphy,
M. ]. Beldon, F. w. Spear, T. F. Slat-
terry. Clarence Wood, d. c. McCor-
mack, David Wright, Eugene Moulton,
Edward Baker, Joseph Clifford, R. w.
Houghton, ]. A. Houghton, Edw. L.
Bent, Edward Sweet, Luigi Sueramo-
yea, R. Danforth, Adolphus Bellmarre,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02
ALL FR[EMfN MAY
.yOTE TUESDAY ON
H$[fRLMDUNs ].
-"
Supreme Co4,t Decides in Favor Of
Delinquent Taxpayets
ATTY GEN. BARBER REVERSED
Opinion of Full Bench in Mandamus
Proceedings Brought BY Brook
field Voter.
ATTY GEN. BARBER REVERSED

Montpelier, March 1.-The payment
or non-payment of taxes is not a
qualification for voting OH questions
of statewide Importance in Vermont.
The constitutional rights of the citiz-
ems to exercise the right of suffrage, re-
gardless what the Legislature may do
in the way of enacting laws to the
contrary, are safeguarded in decis-
ion handed down late this evening by
the Vermont Supreme court. The de-
cision. prepared by Justice John NJ.
Watson, is concurred in by the full
bench.
Thomas Martin. who had not paid
his taxes on February Is of the pres
ent year, petitioned the Supreme court
to issue a writ of mandamus to com.
pei the Board of Civil Authority in the
town of Brookfield to put his name on
the check list The board had been
guided by an act of the Legislature
which would disfranchise delinquent
taxpayers.
In letter to Secretary of State Guy
w. Bailey two days too late to per-
nit voters to take advantage of the
opinion, Attorney General Herbert G.
Barber of Brattleboro held that failure
to pay taxes on or before February Is
disfranchised voters.
The Board of Civil Authority In this
city went on record as disregarding
the opinion of the attorney general
and the boards in other places an
nounced that non-paymenti of taxes
would not disfranchise a voter from ex
pressing his opinion. through the bal
lot, on the two statewide sreferendums
to be voted upon next Tuesday ss the
Perry prohibitory act and the direct
primary measure. 5af s'faw ,ssYs
A special session of the Supreme
court was convened Monday and argu-
ments were made for and against the
petition of the Brookfield man who
demanded that he be allowed to vote
notwithstanding that he was a delin.
Quent taxpayer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02
BUY AT HOMEl
Every Merchant should give this cam
paign his hearty cooperation, SO as to
have Buying Public and Business
People Cooperating for Good of All. 4

prices and whose interests like yours
are with Bennington, first, last and all
time.
A representative of The Banner will
call on the merchants and explain In
detail the proposition and arrange for
their cooperation. To the buying
public we say, Watch for the Buy-at-
Home Page with it's real values and
reasons why you should stick to your
home merchants. Announcement as
to its initial appearance will be made
in due time, and in the meanwhile let
us all keep uppermost in our minds
the boosting Of home trading against
the big catalogue houses and make
every effort to make things hum for
local prosperity. Boost Bennington
local prosperity. Boost Benning-
ton"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02

to extend. In word, the German Of
fensive is suspended, but not stopped.
1t would be risky at present to say
whether the pause is due to the fact
that the Germans realize that all ef-
forts to take Verdun are vain and are
simply confining themselves to defend
ing positions which they have SO dear
ly bought, or whether the German
troops are merely in need of rest
before being hurled forward again
to the assault, but the Havas agency
says, the German intentions will be
revealed before the end Of the present
week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02
INF AN TRY RESTS
BIG GUNS BOOM
NEAR v[RDUN
Artillery Alone Keeps Up German
Offensive
Observation-Disclosures
Several Hundred Germans Reported
to Be Cut or in Ruined
FortIfications. ~

London. March 2.-The Germans in
the battleswept region of Verdun con.
tinue their bombardments west of the
Meuse. in the region between Malan-
court and Forges, across the river east
ward about vaux and Damloup and
against French trenches In the
Woevre region, southeast Of Verdun.
But their big offensive. so far as in
fantry attacks are concerned, has
ceased, at least for the moment. No
hint as to whether 1t will begin again
or whether the Germans will rest con-
tent with the points Of vantage they
have gained is given in the official re-
ports from either Berlin or Paris.
Unofficial advices from Berlin
have stated that the German plan of
campaign has been primarily based on
the bombardment of sections they de-
sire to attain. and II is possible that
they may now be drawing up their
big guns to captured pasitions, with
the object of shelling points nearer
their objective-Verdun
The Havas agency of Paris 4 says
that the German attack on Nerdun
has made no further progressland Is
now dwindling according to lstest in
formation reaching Paris. The Ger
mans captured the village .Sof Nam
heulles but gained no strategic ad-
vantage thereby. since the whole re-
gion is being flooded. The French fell
back sIighn yss a strans line from
whicR thsylscan hold she village under
theirhfre. . {
The, ,bombardment to the north of
Verdpnd which continued withn great
violence during the precedingo night,
slackened Tuesday before the gigor-
ous response of the French artillery
and the desperate attacks which had
7 been made under cover of darkness
by the German infantry in the Douau-
mont region were not renewed.
French troops still surround the ruin
ed fort OF Douaumont, in which sever.
al hundred Germans are cut off The
line from Douaumont to Cote de
Poivre has been more solidly fortified
and is now in a condition to resist the
most violent attacks. The bend made
by the Meuse north of Verdun is
swept by both the German and the
French artillery and is untenable for
either side.
In Champagne. the Havas agency
adds, the attack which it was be.
lieved would assume serious proper
tions never got beyond purely local
operations and does not seem likely
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02

The Banner is going to conduct a
campaign along these lines and will
publish compelling. powerful, copy
righted stories showing Why it pays
to Buy-at Home.
When each one. down deep at
heart, determines that Greater Ben
nington shall be it VIII be. And the
working out of the Buy-at-Home idea
is all helpfulness. You are not asked
to put up with something you do not
like, Just to be loyal" Help every
thing helpful. Why send money far
away to catalogue houses never to be
returned to local circulation? Here
in Bennington merchants have been
helping people make homes, helping
people dress well. helping them in
their shopping with the best merchan.
disc and best service and lowest
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02
Al q r. 2 ~.
SHALL iWcMENivorE"
interestlns Debate at Grange Meeting
Us Wednesday Evening. $40

Bennington, Grange held a regular
meeting Wednesday evening. The de-
bate on the question Shall Women
Vote" proved interesting and enter
tanning. The judges decided the lady
speakers in affirmative gave the best
argument while gentlemen opposed
the best bluff" The new Suffrage
song and other solos by Miss Helen
Tompkins were much enjoyed.
The program for next meeting plan
ned by Mrs. H. M. Dunham, lecturer,
is to consist of papers or talks on The
ideal farm, ideal home. ideal town,
ideal Grange, ideal school ideal hus-
band and ideal wife. Music for the
evening IN charge Of ~ Miss Luells
HarrinESn and an, ideal lunch to be
served by Misses Carolyn Clark. Kath.
! crime Brnham and Ethel Rice.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02
SEVERE RHEUMATIC
PAINS DISAPPEAR

Rheumatism depends on an acid
N the blood. which affects the
muscles and joints, producing in
flammation, stiffness and pain. This
,cid gets into the blood through
some defect in the digestive process
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the old-time
blood tonic, is very successful in the
treatment Of rhenm matism. 1t acts
directly, with purifying effect. on
the blood, and improves the diges-
ton. Don't suffer. Get Hood 8 today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-02
MCCARTHY AND THE PIG
Will Be Feature Of Firemen's Parade
This Evening.

A pig is going to be feature of the
firemen's parade this evening.
Charles Mccarthy is going to do
something with his porcine highness
but just what is going to happen has
not been fully disclosed. 1t is rumored
that some one made bet with Z Nc
Carthy and that the pig is involved in
the arrangements which have been
made for the opening of the Bradford
Hooks fair at Foresters' half this
evening Adv. Me3e