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The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20
A PRAYER

In future years. when men shall
OF valiant deeds mid stress and
fire;
How they swept ON, when cHH-
radcS felR
That Freedom $ name might
still inspire
When IIomc-ward they shall
march again
From hard fought field, and
from the sea
And Music swcllS grander
strain
O God grant Thou this boon to
That ! may JON in that high
speech,
Telling the wonders Of the
fight;
How that | too. did help to teach
That Truth must triumph over
Night
On that great day point me Il
place
Among the heroes of the line,
That may bring my waiting race
Bright jewels. on each brow to
shine.
Unfettercd. and man at last.
Grant me to walk amid the
throng,
Unburdcncd by shamc-6lled
To sing the new-Writ freedom
song.
Let those who hear my story told,
And see the sears the denied
blade,
Know that the hated things of old
Will rise no more to make
afraid.
Let Prejudice, and Greed. and all
The blight of hope. | We known
before,
BE haniShed with ii Dcspot 5 fall
Let Nalor find an Open Door.
God give me power to do my part.
Help me perform the deathlesS
deed.
Grid me with strength. set firm
my heart
In this dread hour the call to
heed
And Il be not there to tread
The Nictor's way with glory
drcSt.
Somewhere among the silent dead
Where ragged the battle, let me
rest
r G. ,Iamisou in X. c. Sun.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20
Creanville IS. CO. News. :

Gre9nvllle Is. % News. -
The course Of the Negro race has
been highly creditable in this
war. Upon barren soil fell the
seeds of sedition and Instruction
disseminated by German agents
and pro-German newspapers in
an attempt to lncite the Negroes
to uprising against the United
States So far as we have OBJ
served, Negro leaders have been
conspicuously free from treas
enable utterances. Drafted Ne
groes have gone to the front as
cheerfully as any other set of
men and, if history repeats itself,
they will fight with signal BRAY
cry. The patriotism of these
people will not be forgotten and
should ever be kept in mind and
taken into account for full credit
in the adjustment of racial prob
lens.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20
Milwaukee Daily News-Thcrc

Milwaukee Daily News-Thcrc
is superstition that American
mob violence is in some way a
different thing from the mob VIC
Hence of other countries. The
Turks kill the Armenian inf
dclS the Russians killed the
Jews because they killed
Christ the Germans kill the
RclgianS who resist invasion
African cannibals kill and eat
their enemies; degenerate Ameri-
canS Kill negroes. In every ease
the real reason is the same.
People who are sufficiently bar
harouS never see any objec-
tion to killing anybody they do
not like.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20
RICHMOND PLANET

We have no respect for a SER
vile, cringing colored man. He is
of more service to his people I'M
der the ground than he is on top
of it.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20

Kansas City Sun-Let's help
win the war Let's be unselfish-
ly patriotic. Let's hope. Loyal
devotion to that which is true,
right and just has never been
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20
NOIiCi'.

T.ie ID. L. L. is not Responsible
fer any i;Gancial obligation Of The
BLADE.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20
B L A D E L E T S
Very many thanks.

Very many thanks.
BE willing to accept nothing
shorter than man S right
Nagrancy is the ali-embracing
refuge of a policeman in doubt.
In spite of her shortcomings.
this is the only country we know.
Wine. Women and Song
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20

Kansas City Sun - Now that
the Dear Ole Southern Nam
my is dead, peace to her loving
memory, let the adoring white
chillnn' whom she nursed and
loved show their continued affec-
ton by sympathetic and help
full attitude toward cole Nam
my s. children and grand chill
dren. Help make a way for these
to live dcccutly, to maintain
their moral dignity and self-re-
Spect. Let them have the same
chance i'll life that has been ae-
orded to YOU through the unre-
Ioultcd labors and trials of poor
"Ole Nanny"
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20

will get" any fellow who dallies
with them long.
If your business is blacking
boots, black them better than the
other fellow
The sum total of some men 5
patriotism is in the little button
they wear. Let them lose that and
their patriotism is lost.
Glow easy it is to hate man
you have wronged", opines the
Milwaukee News. Perhaps that
accounts for the southern white
man 5 hatred Of the Negro.
IF we cheerfulJy support our
common country in this greatest
war of all ages, we may hope to
participate in the rewards which
justly follow upon services well
rendered.
1t is no small matter to give up
ii son or husband TO this war s de
mands. and the women who do so
cheerfully are no less Of heroic
mold than the men who lead the
warning hosts.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20
The (Austin) Herald -

The (Austin) Herald - Better
be poor, honest, and be able to
sleep we'll at night than to he
rich, dishonest and troubled with
nightmares Money is not the
thing that makes happiness. IL
YOU would he sure enough happy.
line mp with God. 1t is an humble
course to pursue. but smiles will
play upon your face like dia.
NondS upon the brow of a peer.
less beauty if you'll wall the
narrow way.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20

American Baptist As the
ChriStion grows old. as he draws
toward the close of his long life.
he is less and less inclined to
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20

will get" any fellow who daIlies
with them long.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20

If your business is backing
boots, black them better than the
other fellow.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-12-20

Wine. Women and Song
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-12
The War Today

Military news is still oYershad-
CWed IN Importance by the Has-
sian internal situation. whieH r.
mains complex with definite
conclusion not iii sight
PetTograd's provisional govern
ment expresses optimism ean-
corning the situation IN general.
Ne further news has come
through regarding the reported
clash between h0Tnilon's troops
and these of the government. Il
was reported, however. that gsen=
Crai korHiloG's march on petr0-
grad had been checked. In Hos.
cow the trouble Is apparently ac-
Ceutuated, as martial Laws has
been declared there.
The constitutional democratic
party has offered To participate in
the creating Of a new ministry. IN
order that civil war may be avoid
ed.
The recent disclosures regard
ing messages sent 10 Berlin
through Swedish diplomatic chan
nels hy C0nnt Luxburg. German
charge at BuenoS Aires. has led
the Argentine government to send
Count Luxberg's passports to the
German legation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-12
SUIT on CLOTHING STOCK.

The case of Miles s. DiEisr rs James
IL Notsoyotos. which is being tried in
Justice a. A Niles court ia East Rio
line was continued until tonight AZ =
o'clock The suit Is brought by the
Niles s. DiXler company 10 collect
damages ON broken contract The
company charges Mr.. Eotsoy01os. who
operates clothing store in East Mo
line. bought d stock of goods and that
he refuses to pay for it, 5Ir. Kers0-
vctos. in turn. claims that ne did not
purchase the stock, bur that he agreed
TO sell the stock ON commission He
admits that ne did sign a contract. but
that be did not read the part which
referred to his being q purchaser. At
t0rney A. r.. Johnson appears Ter the
plaintiff while tine defendant is rep
resented hy Attorney j a. NrCura
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-12
0TTEs PROTEST. CHANCF.

Springfield, III Sept. I2-C0mmts-
sioner Walter Shaw of the public util-
tiles commission today has under ad-
visement the protest of the cities of
Danvtlie. Bloomington. Decatur, Cham
paign and Urhana against the propos-
ed plan of holding companies of the
Illinois Traction system to change
from the fat rate to the meter system
OF CHARGING Tor steam neal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-12
CORNERSTONE WILL
BE LAID TOMORROW

The cornerstone for the new East
Moline d. e.. A building has been
found. Where the stone has been
that il could not be located until nov
is unknown. but II has been found
II will be laid tomorrow night al :
G CHICK IAa program for the LAYING
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-12

august BeHooEer. who has been i'm
trouble recently vas AGAIN brouzhr
before the court 81 Justice Dan Mac
ee4t "a Ea5E Moline on the charge Of
etaefsE conduct lie was placed
ais'teE 4-o0 peace bond which he is
@t5etti pitng - raise eeBoover is al
ies47 70 nave threatened to XIII his
aI5sz ana tae warrant states that be
ana aeat aeF AMI break considerable
4EEnl6 e he IS represented in court
by Attorney J. A McCune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-12

All the ne~s all the tlule-Tle
Arena
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26
In The Days kews

William Dennison Stephens, governor
OF California, whose home was re.
Gently made target for attack. pre-
sumably by persons opposed TO the Gov
ernor's strong attitude OF loyalty to the
nation, celebrates his fiity-eighth
birthday anniversary today Governor
Stephens held the office OF lieutehant
governor when he automatically sue
ceeded to the govetnorship on the res
ignation of Hiram Johnson, Previous
to his election to state office, Mr..
Stephens had record OF six years OF
service in congress, A native Of Ohio
he taught school and engaged in en-
gineering work before taking up his
home in Los Angeles In 1887 In the
southern California metropolis he frs,
made his mark by his championship OF
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26
QUEST|ONNA|RES
BEING RETURNED
Draft Clerk Announces Regis
trantS Held Responsible,

Many questionnsires sent to Oklaho'
ma City men arc being returned, marked
unclaimed According to l. J. Sartm
clerk focal Board No, |, the nuu,-
Der will amount to several hundred be
fore the work of sending out the QueS.
tionnaires is completed QUESTIONABLE
addressed to the following registered
men have been returned to the board,
and in all cases the government is hold
ing the registrants responsible for thar
failure TO I'LL out the queStlonnaires sent
them .-
James Evander Cox, sos West Third
Smss sheldon Foster, $40 North Harvey
barton Warren Miller, SlS West litni
Daniel Alvin Albright, sl?m n, Broad.
way; James Andrew Miller lio Wes.
Sixth; Warren e, Barnes, 7Oen Norh
roadway; George Brown, as West 10th
George Edgar Tobey 2leh North Broad,
way; Eugene Francis Hamilton, 1917
North Broadway; Louis G. Chace, lOVs
North Broadway; ColumbuA Fred stone
Sllh North Broadway; Clarence Ear,
Orpheus Biafock. ,iG North Harvey HaE.
~ " Hanson, 1904 West Eighth: Walter
N. Stubbs, Si0h North broadway Glen
| c. Hartmann, sos East Ninth; George
Lawrence Gray, 2027 West Tenth Jas
per E. Biddy, Az West si9th; WiIllo
| H. II. Prince, Sl5 North Broadway Her
man Rodin, Sleh North Broadwayi
Gregory c. Groh, 1917 West Third Gro
yer Bullion. 2ih West Fifth; Thomas #,
stoner. 100 West Second; Eugene E. Yer
million. sit North Robinson; Jesse j.
ICornett, 3lI West Fourth: James H. Bo-
| len, 220h West seventh Robert Bruce
Flaniken, e0ll West Fourteenth; Arthur
Martin Lowry, iO3 West FIFTH; John Gil
bert. a95 West Second; Barney JarmsI-
klewicz, 20 West Park place; John Dill
lon Pierce. 1871 West Eighth; John Les
| lie Martin, 5l6 West Third; james G,
| Tracy, 3l6h North Broadway Toney
Mosley, $40 West Thirteenth; Emmett,
Coulson. 81 Eiest Ninth; Charles p
Chillress, 1917 West Tenth; Coy Lester
Brown, 32l West Twenty second; John
Dies Felley, 2l2 West Eighth; Samuel u
Holt, llS West Tenth Louis George
! schnotter, 40s West California; {. l.
Daumwart. 'li6 West Thlrty-first.
"My wife watches the sugar market
closely"
"Speculating|
"In a small way, She botrowS When
is high and pays back when rs
! low
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26

WASHINGTON. Dec, 2o.--Investi-
cation Of the railroad situation under
the Cummins resolution will begin be-
fore the senate interstate commerce
committee Saturday with Chairman
Hall and Commissioners McChord,
Clark and Atchison, Of the interstate
commerce commission, as Witnesses.
Some people continue to feed the
house pups. while the little children
across the sea stretch their feeble arms
to us and cry for bread.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26
EMBARGO
IS LIFTED ON ALL
LOCAL FREIGHT
Lines May All Be Cleared by
January |,

The Frisco embargo on local freight
was lifted last night, according to notice
received by the state corporation com
mission but the ban on accepting freight
for through shipment still Is In force
Great progress is being made toward
clearing the Frisco lines OF congestion,
according to J. NJ, Gayle, traffic ex-
pert OF the commission. The enbargo
on through freight probably will remain
In effect until January |, and by that
time Mr. Gayle believes the Frisco lines
will be in good shape to resume gen
eral business
There is serious congestion on the
Missouri. Oklahoma and Gulf lines, ac-
cording to information which has come
to the commission in the last few days
The freight tie-up on this line is worse
between MuSkogee and Calvin.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26
FACTS ABOUT THRIFT
STAMP CAMPAIGN

N ALES campaign officially opens
- January 7, 1918, Sales forces
organized
Campaign slogan, "Stamp ou, the
war with war savings stamps
The stamps are baby bonds There
are two kinds. Thrift and War Saw
ings Stamps
They are issued in two denomiaa-
tions, Is cents and S..
They bear interest Of 4 percent
compounded quarterly
Four dollars and II cents will
buy a stamp with maturity value OF
S..
They can be redeemed before ma
turity 1929 for the amount paid
in, plus interest OF a little less than
) percent.
After January 81. 1918, they will
increase in cost and value | cent a
month.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26
Cargill Is Fined
on Assault Charge

o. A, Csrgill was fined $40 and costs
by Judge W, 0. Mitchell OF the mum
cipal court today when he was tried
on a complaint filed by W. H, Hinton,
Of Brjtton charging him with assault.
Cargil went to trial, without the
presence of Morgan Blake, assistant
county attorney who, he alleged, was
one OF his material witnesses, and after
the other testimony was given in the
case, he requested Judge Mitchell to
reserve decision until Mr Blake re-
turned TO the city and could give his
testimony. Judge Mitchell refused.
Cargill alleged Hinton hit him sew
cral weeks ago, following the trial oI
a case in Judge Maupin's court
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26
what Kind Of Lite.

"Mhy do you live in the country,
Smith,
$50 as TO save money"
FOOD cheaper, eh, p
"N6, much saved that way"
How. thep"
We'll, no thesters. $50 a year; no
swell restaurant dinners 500 a year
no nxicab fares, $50 a year; no dis.
fractions Of any kind, more saving. Get
lhe ideal"
"Um, yes. Bu, look here. old man,
couldn't you save money Il YOU died"
Florida Times Union.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26
Why Try to Fool Thsml

MY dear ! am surprised that you
should aceue me Of being intoxicated
last night Did | not sit up an hour
after | got home. smoking and read
ingI' asked he,
ives; and do you know what you
we're smoking IL was one OF my curl.
papers"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26
Japanese Lantern
Only Reminder of
Christmas Time

One OF the few cases OF destitution
not found here until yesterday was at
a house near the Fair grounds where
there was a man and his wife and six
children The pantry shelves were
empty, the man was suffering from an
injury sustained while working several
weeks ago, and the one reminder that
the day was Christmas was a small
japanese lantern.
z. z. Wallower, president of the
Skirin Operating CO.. pany found the
family, and they were made happy by
Good Fellow" OF the Rotary club
who carried toys to the children and
basket OF food, while the Skrvin
hotel sent eight Christmas dinners
TO the home
Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
Many Americans are not substituting
foods while their allies starve.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-26

progressive measures while member
Of the school board. Subsequently he
served a. mayor and as member OF
importani CITY commissions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Effect on
Railway Credit

The effect Of all these factors upon
railroad credit is reflected In the
prices Of outstanding railroad secur-
tiles and in the inability Of the
roads to raise new capital. For sew
eral years it has been practically
impossible to float new railroad
stock, and even railroad bonds have
not been well received. Short-term
notes and borrowing at high rates Of
interest have offered the only posi-
bility for meeting pressing needs.
In other words, the railroad In
dustry has had 70 transact almost
all Of its new business on borrow ID
money, which has increased fixed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
State Rule
Means Waste

Frank Trumbull, chairman of the
Railway Executives Advisory Com
mittee, representing over 90 per cent
Of the country's railroad mileage,
said before the Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce, House
of Representatives, Washington,
D. c., in February, 1916: 1--WE are
quite willing to sit down at the table
with you and help you draft secur-
tiles law, provided you emancipate
us from the states. Millions Of dol
lars are going over the dam in waste
every year because of Implications,
discrimination and litigations aris-
ing out of a division of authority
over railroads between the states and
the Federal government"
That the railroads have substan-
tial reasons for their desire to be
released from state control is not to
,e doubted. AS pointed out by Mr..
Trumbull, waste, discrimination,
duplication and litigation are the
fruits of state railroad regulation;
while railroad development and eff
cheney have suffered. Real railroad
progress must ever be impossible
under a chaotic, divided authority,
and that is what our present system
actually is. Private railroad enter
prise cannot thrive longer under
existing conditions. The present is
too exacting; the future, to say the
least, too uncertain and uninviting.
Under a single constructive author
ity, with a policy of absolute equal
ity and fairness, railroad develop
ment should progress amazingly TO
meet the ever increasing demands Of
commerce.
But there are other problems
which the Interstate Commerce Com
mission faces which nave made IL
difficult to deal fairly with the situa-
ton presented under its limited au-
thority. One of these, briefly, is to
make rate scale which will be fair
TO the weak roads and yet not too
liberal to the strong roads. All over
the country these two classes of
roads can be found in the same gen
eral territory, and the riddle Of MAX
ing rates which will be Just TO the
carriers In one instance and not un-
just to the shippers in the other has
been thus far too much for the COM
mission to solve.
This difficulty is intensified by the
antitrust laws Of the country, both
state and national. which prevent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
By Francis n. Sisson

Vice-President Guaranty Trust
Company Of NeC York
TT obvious that the railroads Of
1 the United States are facing
the greatest crisis in their his
tory in their urgent need for reve-
nues sufficient to maintain efficiency
and credit. The justice of their de-
mand for living wage is apparent
to all who are willing to see. Yet it
must be admitted that the popular
tendency TO blame the present ext
gencies in which the railroads find
themselves entirely upon the Inter-
state Commerce Commission for its
sins Of omission and commission is
not fair.
Whatever may have been the
shortcomings Of the commission, or
its lack of vision concerning the rail-
road problem, it can properly be held
1eSpOnSlDlS lOI OIiiy a pOA biOh VI WV
plight Of the railroads to-day. Both
the commission and the roads are
the victims Of a situation they did
not create and cannot control.
This is a fact which the average
business man and casual critic seem
utterly to ignore, and yet, under
analysis, the contention is easily sus-
tanned. AS in many such situations,
the causes contributing to it are nu-
merous and, for the most part, in
herent in our form of government.
Our rather loose-jointed democracy,
with its forty-eight state govern
ments in addition to the Federal au-
thority, through the failure Of the
latter to exercise its constitutional
rights, presents a problem of rail-
road regulation which is really at the
bottom Of all railroad troubles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

: the railroads themselves from fol-
lowing the ordinary, economic ten
dency to merge and coordinate,
which would, in itself, go far tow
ard a solution. These artificial and
unnecessary laws, in a business in
which rates are fixed arbitrarily by
public authority, are doing much not
only to complicate the work of the
commission but to delay the clear
ing up Of the whole railroad prob
lem.
Fortunately, the public attitude
on this question seems to be chang
ing. In the face of great national
emergency, the railroads, by their
own voluntary act, are being oper-
ated practically as a single system,
and are permitted, under govern
ment protection and sanction, to dis
regard laws and rulings which long
have bound them and prevented
them from reaching their highest
efficiency. With only slight in
crease in equipment, they have
shown a % per cent increase in
transportation service, simply
through being permitted to operate
their properties, by agreement
among themselves, on a national in
stead of on a sectional or a local
basis.
If this happy state of affairs can
only be made permanent, and the re-
strictive laws which prevent it be
abolished, long step toward reduc-
ing the cost of transportation will
have been taken. 1t would then be
possible for the stronger roads to
absorb many of the weaker lines and
to unity and standardize service over
wide areas at lower costs. The SER
vice of the weaker carriers is just as
vital to the communities they reach
as that of the stronger systems, and
from the public viewpoint and the
public interest no distinction can be
made.
Moreover, the companies which
through wise management, proper
financing and advantageous location
are able to realize a larger return
upon the investment made in them
are entitled in some degree to the
rewards of business foresight and
efficient management in the railroad
business as much as in other activi-
ties. 1t certainly does not not seem
fair that the people who invest in
such roads and those who manage
such properties so as to give excep-
tional public service should be penal
lied by restricted returns, through
rates made so low that they do not
even provide a living wage for
others.
Upon a rate basis which would
provide this living wage for the
weaker lines, the government will,
under the present tax laws, take its
share Of excess return from those
who profit above the average; and
the suggestion is made that perhaps
some cooperative or partnership
plan elaborated after the war would
help furnish the answer to the per-
picking question the commission has
faced in attempting to make this
difficult adjustment.
Effect on