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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-23
A VERY BAD RESOLUTION

Wisconsin State >urnal: The war is making align
ens 1t matters little how much partisans try to suppress
the facts selfevdent that political burrows be-
inc powed the field of political activity is being remade
Governor Philip and Senator La Toilette have much IN
common today. They had nothing in common last Novem
ber Governor Philip not heard volclng ringing Amer
can sentiments in Wisconsin today He IS not leading
great campaign in this state to swing it into line against the
most vicious foe that threatened right to rule
selves as an ltaxed and uroested independent democracy
Governor Philip the head of the State Council OF Defense
which is wagine vigorous battle in the of democracy
but marking time, doing that which it cannot we'll escape
doing, but by no means dong all that coulo ana Snou De
done.
Governor Philip reported to have recently made the
statement that of the people Of Wisconsin with La
Toilette today. If that is they stand with La Toilette
in his recent peace resolution which calls upon the United
States to contribute with the Allies restoring the devasta
ton of the ruthless forces of ghulness of the Imperial
power of GERMANY To reduce its substance this simply
means that BY this resolution Senator La Toilette asks the
United States of America declare MURDER plage
outrage and divers other crimes to be legal What
else can it mean? Individuals who commit such crimes
called upon bv what courts Of ustlce to pay
we're penalty for committing such crimes, and where possible
70 restore conditions When fellow steals, possible
to find the stolen goods anywhere they returned by law
Yet this resolution of Senator La Toilette asks all begerens
to raise Joint fund to repair the damage done Beg1un
France, Poland Serbia, and Armenia.
In other words, American working men and women are
to be taxed pay for the damage wrought by the German
assassins of Belgium.
Bv paving these damages the United States of course
RECOGNIZES the popy and legality their cause and sets
the seal of our national approval upon the invasion of
the burning of Louvan the outrage of Belgium and French
and young girls, the enslavemen of Belgian work
ng1nen and the deportation of young from their
homes to be the concubnes of the Prussian officer
The slaughter of babies and the starvation of adults alike
recognized proper.
Such is the law Payment of damages is recognition of
the Justice of the adversarys claims 1t is not
condonement.
Who wants to chip in pay these taxes for Germany
Speak up!
This La Toilette resolution is designed defend comfort
and help the greatest criminal the world has known
1t puts tax upon the American people, which unjust be-
cause it asks them pay the penalty of crime they have
not conmitted crime which they without Senator La Fol
lettes help trying with might and main to suppress
This resolution does not stand for justice as defined by
The statutes of this state and this country. 1t dis
tncty special privilege resolution 1t is not in keeping
with the spirit progressive democracy is not designed to
defend the justice of democracy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-23
Home Nursing May Be Studied by
Mail

Because the first responsibility OF
the home maker is to keep the family
in health and knowledge of home
nursing is necessary to women in all
households, the rudiments of this work
are now presented in IL new CORE
spondence course in home nursing by
tie University of Wisconsin Extension
division.
The subjects considered in the course
are nursing in which improving bodily
resistance is considered, care Of the
skin, elimination through the kidneys,
disorders of the stomach and intestines,
bad Air diseases including tuberculosis,
pneumonia, bronchitis, and anaemia.
and contagious diseases of childhood.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-23
Published every Thursday by
GEORGE CRAWFORD AND ROBERT M. CRAWFORD
ROBERT M. CRAWFORD. EDITOR
THURSDAY. AUGUST %, 1917.

hostile alliance with her. They impudently
denied us the use of the high seas and re-
peatedlv executed their threat that they
would send to their death any of our people
who ventured to approach the coasts OF
Europe. This flag under which we
serve would have been dishonored had we
,yitbheld. our hand. = WOODROW WILSON,
President of the United States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-23
"Whistie kothinq."

Willie, q Southern boy, was pIay'h2
in the back yard when he came INTO
possession of green persimmon. He
ATE it and it puckered his mouth III
most grotesque fashion. Becoming 'S-
cited over the situation, he ran mo
the house. where his little sister WIS
playing on the floor. oh. mother look
at Willie; think he is going TO Wills
tle )" shouted the little girl. Whistle
nothing" said Willie. Cant you see
I'm p'isened?"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-23

The military masters Of Germany denied us
the right to be neutral. They filled our
communities with vicious spies and conspi-
rators. They sought to corrupt our citi-
zens. They sought by violence to
destroy our industries and arrest our COM
merce. They tried TO incite Mexico to take
up arms against US and to draw japan into
Evening star., 1917-06-03
COSMOS

famous minstrel Of the old school,
George Primrose. with a company which
he calls his Seven Merry Men," will
head an unusually novel bill of vaude-
Vile at the Cosmos Theater this week In
an old-time Southern Darky Jubilee
featuring the fun. songs and dances OF
the blackface minstrelsy of years ago.
Mr.. Primrose was a famous dancer IN
his days and former head OF the nrh
of Primrose and Vests Minstrels
Another exceptional Offering Will pre-
sent Boutwell, Brown. the dancing ceieo-
rity of THE Passing Show. asslstea pS
Francis Young, in a series of Russian,
Egyptian, Arabian and Futurist dancins
FEATURES. Other acts will be the Adanac
Trio, three classic Canadian instrumentai,
lists with saxaphones, xylophones anu
brass Instruments; Jean st. Ange, q
wounded French soldier. who IS also
singer Of consequence; Alice Morley,
vivacious singer Of syncopated songs,
and the McCarty Sisters, the dancing
twins; Mclaughlin and West IN
pianolosue which features bizarre cos
tunes, and Credo-Bell and company IN
''The Tale Bearer" a iaughabie piayist
Edith Storey. in Capt. Alvarez.
yftagraph production; the Hearst-Pathe
News pictorial and some new picture
comedies will comprise the film features.
Todays performances, starting at
pm, will present 'The Six Merrfe Mer-
maids" in their diving feature and all
the other attractions Of last weeks bill.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Loew's Columbia.

'aThe World Apart" new film play
Of western mining life. will be shown
at Loew's Columbia Theater today. to-
morrow. Tuesday and Wednesday. Wal
lace Reid and Myrtle Stedman are pic
tured in the stellar roles, and were sup
ported in the Aim production by a cast
that included John Burton, Eugene Pal
lette. Florence Carpenter and Henry A.
Barrows. THE World Apart is an
original story by George Middleton, au-
thor of numerous successful photo
plays. 1t depicts the story of a young
mine superintendent who Is forced to
fight his employers son to save the
safe Of the mining company from bur
glary. A novel love story, woven into
the exciting episodes of the screen
pie opportunity for effective acting.
The program announced for the last
three days Of the week includes two
film plays. The first Is ''Freckles." a
screen adaptation of the novel by Gene
Stratton Porter. Readers of the book
of an orphan asylum waif. who runs
away to escape persecution. and even
tually becomes the watchman at the
Limberlost Swamp. mammoth timber
camp. All the scenes were filmed in
big swamp in the northern part of Cali
fornia that corresponded closely to
Miss Porter's descriptions OF the somber
"Limberlost Swamp" The second pho
toplay on the Thursday Friday -Satur-
day program is "a Reckless Romeo"
Fatty" Arbuckle in the title role. 1t
depicts the adventures of a bibulous
husband, who f1irts recklessly with
various pretty girls. Josephine Stew
Of the cast selected to support Ar
buckle.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
CHARGES U. s. SOCIALISTS
WITH BEING PR0-GERMAN
John spargo, Lecturer and Writer on
Subject, Says Party Here Is Great
est Obstacle to Cause.

NEW YORK. June I'm letter IN
which he declares the socialist party
here is the greatest obstacle 10 the
nrorress of socialism in America, John
Spargo, lecturer, worker in the cause
and a writer of many works on social-
ism. has resigned from the party. Mr.
spergo frankly states he believes the
orcanization Is committed to pro-
gram that is "unneutral. un-American
and pro-German.
..Now as always, i am socialist, an
fnternationalist and an anti-miltarlst
Mr., Spargo's letter of resignation said
II leave the party with which ] have
been identified from its formanon aha
IN which have been privileged to hold
the highest positions in the gift OF the
MEMBERS. because 1 am profoundly con-
WINGED that 1t has ceased to be an erl-
cient instrument for the advancement
of socialism"
Mr.. Spargo declared that the SOCIAL
list party as whole has been, with
notable uniformity, on the German
side" and added:
.Through the utterances and actions
of the national executive comm1ttee,
the national committee and our press,
the party has been placed in the posi-
tion Of favoring precisely the things
desired by the German foreign office
and of opposing the things the German
foreign Office opposed. We have re.
heated all the miserable evasfons ana
Apologies of German statesmen ana
been silent upon those questions on
which the German interests required
silence" ~,
Mr. Spargo intimated he VIII join
with others to form a new socialist or
eantzation, "re-orientation OF the 81
forces Of the country
upon q sound program OF democratic
public ownership.
Evening star., 1917-06-03

Bet She Could, and She Did.-Maude
Gray became a prima donna on a wager
This doesn't mean that Miss Gray,
who is to make her first bow with the
Aborn comic opera organization this
week, had no idea of being a singing
comedienne until somebody bet her into
1t. Not at all.
She was a member Of the chorus sew
eral years ago. her only possessions a
voice. good looks. some dramatic in
stinct and ambition-"principall am
bition." she says. modestly.
The girls in the dressing room used
to sing the songs and speak the lines
Of the principals while making up
for the performance. and 1t was noticed
Miss Gray could always correct those
who strayed from the correct text and
could supply the doubtful parts which
others could not remember
This became well known in the COM
pany, but the stage manager, who gem
orally learns everything last, did not
know It. So when Miss Gray, standing
in the wings one night, ventured the
remark that she knew every line In the
show. he declared he was from Missouri
and would be willing TO bet a box o.,
candy in order to be shown. Tho match
was arranged between matinee and
p1Ght- t-t6A StAGA- pn0nR9onr ho1din4 ~
Evening star., 1917-06-03
B. F. KEITH's

{ Attractions appropriate to the re-
nnisn Of tho Confederate Veterans are
anneunced ct 3. r. Keith's Theater this
week. First in rank will be Bernard
0ranville Of the Zeigfeld "Follies OF
1s1s. in q characteristic blend of songs.
Estories, and dances. with special
Eecenic investiture. Charles T. Aldrich.
|ecoonfric protean comedian. with comic
|eupport, will be the added attraction
E{Is was . special feature of the Hippo.
|Aroane production Hip. Hip. Hooray."
|9ha Misses Campbell will present their
|DEyening at Home In the South" Both
Fere from this city and their occasional
Eauoeerances in Keith vaudeville have
Ehee4 received with favor. Their roper
Efolre of southern songs includes their
EoNu "You're as Dear to Me as Dixie
|Waa 10 Lee" Souvenirs of these will be
gratis by the girls. Ralph
Epunbar's Maryland singers will special
- IN DfxieIand songs Other acts are
FXrdafh and llman's The Corner Store"
n bucoic farce: Rockwell and Wood.
No sssnut"- comedians: James and Betty
|6cxxen in . musical number: Lillian's
ESov BARRIERS: the pipe organ recitals
~ the Hearst-Pathe news pictorial.
"A AZ and 8:15 pm. today The Band
|6oT Revue," Claude Gillingwater and
Econs1any, "Ragtime" Reilly and last
fWeekse list will appear.
Evening star., 1917-06-03

manuscript, and a crowd Of chorus girls
standing by as judges. Miss Gray won
on the dialogue. but the stage manager
said, How about the music?"
II wouldn't say that I know 1t all. ;"
she replied. but I know the prima
lost.
A few days later. milady. the prima
donna of the company. climbed up on
her temperament" refused to come
down and defied the management. Then
the stage manager. put the chorus girl
in the leading lady's part. Miss Gray
made a hit and held the role for the
remainder Of the season.
Has Had Excellent Training-Cratg
Ward, who last week joined the Poll
Players. was born in Oakland. Cal.
and is a graduate of the University of
California.
1t was probably the influence of the
Greek Theater at Berkeley. he says.
which prompted him to seek the stage
for a career. He has played both in
the noted Mount Tamaulipas Cushman
Memorial Outdoor Theater and in the
Muir Redwood Forest Theater. where
Shakespearean plays, the ancient drama
of India and others were presented be-
thousands.
Mr.. Ward has just completed a three
seasons engagement with Sir Herbert
Tree in Henry VIII." Richard H."
Julius Caesar and THE Merry Wives
of Windsor" He has also appeared In
mann's THE Sunken Belr' and in a
number of George Bernard shaw's
plays. He should prove a valuable ac-
QUESTION to the local company.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
NEW NATIONAL

: At the New National Theater the
Aborn Comic Opera Company will en-
ter Its third week tomorrow night with
Victor HerDert's Naughty Marietta"
as the Offering for six nights, with
"wednesday and Saturday matinees. 1t
was in Naughty Marietta" that Emma
Trentini made her debut as a comic
Opera star, after a notable career In
grand opera, and her great success led
her to continue in the lighter Held
ever since. It offers one of Victor
Herbert's most tuneful musical scores.
for which Rida johnson Young wrote
q lfbretto replete with hunor and ro-
nance. in the picturesque atmosphere
of colonial Louisiana.
The cast for the coming week Will
Include . notable new arrival, Maud
Cray, who comes to assume the Tren-
TIM role. and Lillian Ludlow. who
joins the organization to assume the
comedy scle Of Lixette. Carl Haydn
will appear In the Harold role rs Capt.
.Dick." Mae Kilooyne as Adah; James
HcEihern as Simon. Charles H. Bow
ers as Etienne, George Shields as the
l7ieusenant governor, Harlan T. Briggs
as Rudolfo, Ralph Nichols as Sir
Harry and Philip Fein as Florence.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
RELASCQ
nHE third Of series Oh
glimpses of what the coming
season will have In store for
the playgoer will be offered

william A. Brady will present at the
Dslanco TheAter tomorrow night. for the
NYst t1me on any stage. play entitled
ssEva'o Daughter.'' The author, Alicia
Ramsey, IL an English writer hitherto lit
tie known in this country for her dramatic
wugk, but familiar to readers OF the popu-
lar magazines. Mr.. Brady feels that
there Is q certain significance attached
to presenting her first important work on
the American stage, and he has put into
tho play a cast Of unusually capable
EvSs Daughter is about spirited
RnGaish girl, Irene, whose father. partly
bocanss Of his religious convictions. partly
bscanss Of his middle-class narrowness.
has holA her in 20 that she could not
expresD even . natural. playful spirit
The drama shows the crises In her hfe; NE
me inherits $15. 900. and then when her
money has become exhausted and she
1tnds that she cannot gratify leg11mately
the habits she acquired. The play is ex-
With its characters of the English better
classes. The dialogue Is said to be excep-
tionaIly brilliant
Christine Norman, who played at the
Belasco Theater last fall in Upstairs
and Down." left It to take the role OF
irene in Ewes Daughter" She has in
the new play quite the best part she has
had yet on the American stage. Others
IN the cast are: Thomas Holding. lead
ing man with Pauline Frederick in
Famous Player films: Lionel Atwill. for
three years the leading man in London
productions of the late Charles Frohman;
Gypsy OBrien, a personal hit In
.Cheating Cheaters," the New York sue
cess this past season: Annie Hughes.
who played in Galsworthy's 1.-The F'ugf-
tive; Norah Lamison, from the Grace
.3eores Playhouse Company: Lionel Bel
moro. from "Somebody's Luggage: Flor
5enee wollersen, from Margaret Anglin's
|1o1nany; Langdon Bruce. Mrs. Copper
G1n1 j. J. Horwitz. Philip Loeb. Noel
zf1vsss, E1na Mold and Mabel Knowles.
The play has been staged by John Crom-
well. who staged for Mr.. Brady "The
Man Who Came Back" the dramatic sue
cess Of the New York season, still run
ming At the Playhouse.
NA4inees this week will be as usual on
"Wednesday and Saturday.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Mr.. VROOMAN DENOUNCES
SPECULATION IN FOODS
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Designates Price Manipulators as
"Vultures" and "Cormorants."

NEW YORK, June 2.-Denouncing
food Spectators as vicious recalci-
trant Americans, vultures and cormo-
rants who will be dubbed into submis-
sistant M It secretary OF Ihe United States
Department of Agriculture. addressed
the members of the MeUco-Psychologi-
cal Association yesterday:
In arrai igning the food Spectators,
Mr.. Vrooman said:
Yet there are people who look Ike
men and who feed well and wax rich
like vultures speculating with the ne.
cessities Of life. Let these vultures feel
the ioathing of every American. The
solution, when 1t comes, will be a uni.
fed public sentiment with which Con-
gress will club into submission these
vicious, recalcitrant Americans"
Continuing, Mr.. Vrooman said:
This country is called upon now TO
feed the civilian population and the
armies of the allies as well as our own
before the year is out demand vii!
come for US to feed not only the neuuM
powers, but the starving millions OF tho
central powers as we'll
I'm America each individual must 90
his duty to see how he can contribute
something helpful. Every state institu.
ton should produce food, but it IS I'M.
portant to create 1t at the point where
it is going to be eaten.
The transportation shortage is dp-
palline. 1t is the weakest link In the
whole chain. If the south does not 1eed
itself this year it will go hungry MOI
that there is not enough food prodnced
in the east and northwest, but the
transportation facilities to transport
the food are Inadequate Every com
munity has the same problem. new
England cannot feed itself
I'm the case of a general transporta-
ton tie-up the people Of the country
will have to do with two meals a gay.
There are more than So.ooo.ooo IN Ger
many who have had less than ono
SQUARE snang ea meal day for weeks. There is
not a country in Europe where the peo-
pie are on full rations; If the .s peopte 60 PIE
~ +ha nawspspers they will wake up
mben w ene one me-" Of the allies has had stab
in the back that will be fatal. They
will wake up when the boys now gong
to the trenches will begin coming hoihe
in little pine boxes.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Kennedy Shows.

Tomorrow night. with a concert at
o'clock, the Con T. Kennedy shows will
open a weeks engagement in this city
on the Union station plaza, directly in
front Of the big station. It is an un-
usually large and complete amusement
organization, with diversified list OF
attractions.
The show train is due to reach Wash
ington early this afternoon and the
work Of unloading and setting up the
tents will proceed without dalay.
Among the attractions are the mon
key speedway. miracle. Garden of AL
lah. autodrome, society horse show,
French and Belgian midgets, submarine
exhibit. busy city. Coney Island side
show, plantation show, Russian dane
ers. congress Of wonders. panorama
show. "carry-us-all." Ferris wheel and
Whip.
AS a special inducement Tuesday bar
gain matinees will be given, and children
will be admitted to any show for cents.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
James McElhern, Harlan Briggs, Ralph
Nichols. Phillip Sheffield and Others
"Joan the Woman"

Based on the life of Joan Of Arc, mo-
tion picture production in eleven parts.
entitled Joan the Woman" directed by
Cecil B. De Mile. with Geraldine Far
rar In the role of Joan, will begin an
engagement at the Belasco Theater next
week.
All the scenes of the picture were made
last summer in California Details in
volving historical accuracy of costumes,
armor. heraldry. buildings and personnel
were in the hands of former member of
the artistic star OF David Belasco. Mr.
Buckland and Mr.. De Mile for two years
have worked on the assembling of ma
terial for Joan the Woman"
The hero is played by Wallace Reid.
who was Don Jose In Miss Farrar's film
production Of Carmen" Others are Ho-
bart Bosworth. as La Hire: Theodore
Roberts. as Cauchon: Raymond Hatton,
as King Charles VII; Tully Marshall, as
Louiseieur, and Charles Clary. as La
Trenoille
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Crandall's,

1.-The Crimson Dove" with Carlyle
Blackwell pictured in the role Of a
fighting parson." is the photoplay at
Crandalrs today and tomorrow. 1t is
a story of young minister, who takes
charge of a small church in a rough
community and wins out in his fight to
bring the hardened backwoodsmen to
his church until his work is suddenly
undone by a strange twist of circum-
stances. when he almost loses his life
as a result of the loss of their good
will. June Elvidge Is pictured in the
cast. The stars will be pictured in
another photoplay. Her Life or His"
a drama of sacrifice with a modern set
ting. Tuesday only. The remainder of
the week the attraction will be Her
Greatest Love-" with Theda Bara pic
tured in the central roles.
Next week. Robert Warwick and Gail
Kane will be shown in THE False
Friend; Charlotte Walker. in Mary
in "A Million Bid"
Evening star., 1917-06-03
CALLED HEALTHY COMMUNITY.
Great Lakes Training Station Praised
by Illinois Physicians.

CHICAGO. June 2.-The great lakes
training station is one OF the healthiest
communities in the world. DR.. Frank Bill
ings. chairman of the health and SANTA
tion committee of the Illinois state
council for defense. announces aft
er making a tour of inspection of
the camp. Dr. Billings was accom-
panied by DR.. Arthur Reynolds. for
years health commissioner OF Chicago,
and DR.. E. j. Doering. formerly with
the United States marine medical
service.
Referring to a report that there had
been an inordinate number of cases of
spinal meningitis at the station. the doc
tors said they had found that less than
one-half of one per cent of the sailors
who have passed through the station have
been affected by the malady. At no time
had there been case OF typhoid fever IN
measles have visited the camp. but were
oliolkH stQpped
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Another New Play.

"Drifswood." n new play by Laurence
Eyre. will be given its first presentation
by William Harris. jr.. at the Belasco
Theater the week of June Is.
Laurence Eyre is one of the modern
school Of playwrights who goes to the
heart Of life in American cities for the
materials from which to weave his stories.
In "Driftwood" he has sketched one of
the many struggles that must inevita bly
occur whenever present-day American
ideals run full tilt against European ira
otions that have been inbred through
many generations.
William Harris, jr., who will produce
the play. is himself of the newer school
OF producers. He has spared nothing to
make the presentation adequate. A cast
OF merit, is headed by Fay BANTER, who
has been acclaimed by dramatic critics
the find of the year. Important roles
are assigned to Emanuel Relcher, Mac
Kay Morris and others almost as well
known