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The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31
SCISSORED THOUGHTS

Chicago Daily Journal-The
negro who was burned to death
near Memphis yesterday was a
loathSome. british beast. But the
mob which burned him was "A far
more dangerous beast. a collee-
tive dragon whose breath of fire
threatens the whole structure of
civilization. No society ever was
destroyed by rape fends. but com
munineS far higher in the scale
than Memphis have beer wrecked
and al but ruined by mobs.
The legal penalty for the crime
this negro committed is death.
and rightly. The proof of his
guilt was overwhelming. No
SYM athy for him existed in any
quarter, nor was anyone seeking
Ia delay his fate. The men who
took him from the hands of the
authorities did not act TO prevent
a miscarriage of justice. They
struck to crafty a fury too great
10 b. satisfied with an orderly
execution a fury which must
needs rend and tear and torture
before it could be content. They
yielded to an impulse as savage
as that of the Seoundrel they muir
dered, and they have done more
harm to their state and city in a
day than Il hundred such brutes
as their victim could accomplish
in years.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31

"rhe girl without a home who
manages to lead a decent life on
So per week, as must hundreds OF
Milwaukee girls. deserves the
Victoria Cross, usually granted
Tor conspicuous valor in the tren-
cheS, " says Prof. Clinton NJ. Barr.
And still we spurn them if they
fall.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31

Editors Note The verses APP
pearing from time to time in this
column are selected less for their po-
etc merit than for the appeal they
make to the better side of mans ma
ture. They are in line with the aim
and purpose Of the Blade to give to
its readers good wholesome reading
matter.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31
OLD FRIENDS ARE BEST.

Old friends are best
Old forms, old hearts, old faces
That haunt the memory of the
passing years,
And seem to dwell among de
serted places,
Reproying us for all our name
less fears.
Old friends are best
The roses softly blowing
Close by the door, they always
seem 70 say
"Old friends are best. altho
we re never knowing
Where they are faring at the close
of day.
Old friends are best
Somehow the memory chnging
Brings back the faces we used to
know,
And in the winter of the heart
are ringing
The songs we loved so many years
ago.
Old friends are best
When autumn twilight falling
Brings respite from the daily toni
and care,
seem to hear their vibrant vol
ceS calling,
Although | know know they
are not there.
Evening Wisconsin
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31

Tennessee mob roasted a Ne
gro in tree. Reports fail to
state how many of the mob had
enlised to take the blessings of
western civilization to benighted
Europe, opines the Milwaukee
Daily News. OF course, that s
a horse of another color.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31

" President Wilson is deter
mined that unnaturahzed Ger
mans in this country shall not he
molested or Disseminated against
So long as they mind their OWN
business - says a Washington
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31

Address all communications to
THE WISCONSIN WEEKLY BLADE, 312
N. Henry st. Money sent by express
money order, or registered letter at
our own risk, otherwise at risk of the
sender.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31

If You would help the Blade be
come what YOU desire to see IT.
give our advertisers Your patron
age.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31

BE what you are, which, freely
translated, means don't pretend
to be what you are not.
Some men are uudervalued .
others overcstimated, but most of
MS are taken at our true worth.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31

new dispatch. What about ma
tive Americans of African des-
cent?
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31
SUBSCRIPTION:
NOTICE.

The D. G. l.. is not responsible
for any financial obligation of The
Blade.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31

Many a man has been ronhcd
hv his friends while watching his
enemies.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-05-31
YOUR PAINTING
l, JOSHUA HOWARD. /

I, JOSHUA HOWARD, hereby
agree to paint or yarniSh your
job as good as any one for amount
IN Contrart---------or no pay.
GIVE me a trial. How about your
houses, barns. fenres9 Some one
of them or something about them
will need painting this year. Re.
member | handle the best paints.
oils and varnishes. can Paint
anything from a chair to a church.
or a barn to baby carriage.
Don t wait until Summer when
everybody is over run with work.
C. JOSHUA HOWARD,
l55 Payne ST.. Lexington, Ky.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10
ICE. MINT ENDS FOOT MISERY

Here's Quick Relief For Sore Tired Aching, Swollen Burning
Feet, Painful Colns and Callouses.
Just Touch Stops Soreness Instantly the Feet Feel Cool
Easy and Comfortable. Try it!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10
THE COUNTY CHURCHES

At the Lamoille Congregational
church Sunday morning Secretary
Frank Harris. Of the county 7. M. G. A.
will speak. In the evening Rev. B. F.
Martin will preach on Gods Challenge
to the Young People Of Today"
At the Minerva Methodist church
Sunday morning Rev. M. c. Wilcox will
preach. In the evening Rev. Mr.. Will
cox will preach at union service to be
held at the Hartland Friends church,
and there will be no service at the
Minerva church.
Facing Ourselves" will be the morn
ing sermon subject of Rev. H. w. Cope
at the Hartland church.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10

trying the patients vision with spec
tacles having opaque plates and small
central Sits somewhat like those Of the
new protective movie device
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10
Bic Dat. Weld.

What is one of the largest If net the
largest. yield of oats heard Of IN the
county, has just been threshed on
Western Grocer farm No. 6, the Mer-
rift Greene farm, at the west edge Of
the city. A field Of eleven and one
half acres Of 103 oats threshad 1881
bushels, per acre yield of ninety
four bushels. In an adjoining field
just across the fence Russian oats
threshed out an average Of forty-seven
bushels to the acre.
An exceptional yie1dSof barley was
grown on the A. c. Thompson farm,
two miles northwest OF. the city. An
average of slxty-four bushels to the
acre was yielded. The plot Was only
Of seven or eight acres.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10

magic touch of Ice-Mint, they will feel so
cool and comfortable that you will sigh
shoes or long hours of standing have no
terrors for the friends of Ice-Mint Re-
solve to end your foot misery today. Do
not neglect those poor. tired, burning, corn
pestered feet any longer. for here Is real
"foot-joy'' for you at last.
No matter what you have tried or how
many times you have been disappointed,
Ice-Mint will give you just the relief and
satisfaction that you have been longing
for. Try 1t Ask at any Drug Store to-
little and acts so quickly and gently. it
seems like magic. You'll say so yourself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10

Here's real foot comfort for you at last.
Say good-by to your old corn salve. liquids,
plasters and other dope. The modern way
the sure way--to end foot troubles is by the
use of Ice-Mint-a creamy. pleasant. snow
white preparation. whose medicinal ingre-
dents are imported from Japan where the
people have the finest, healthiest little feet
in the world.
Rub title Ice-Mint upon any tender.
aching corn or callous. Instantly the sore
ness disappears and delightful. cooling.
soothing feeling Is impaired to the skin. In
short time the corn or callous will loosen
and may be lifted out easily with the
fingers. No humbug. If your poor, tired.
aching. swollen, burning feet ever feel the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10
IN the Police Court,

Mrs. August Busing. charged, with
disorderly conduct was fined s25 and
the costs by Judge Johnson in the mu-
nicipal court this forenoon. The case
may be appealed.
Sam Sloan. charged with. being drunk
and disorderly, was fined SIS and the
costs this forenoon.
A. L. Salomons paid hne Of 81 and
the costs for parking an automobile
too close to fire hydrant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10

A party Of forty two strike breakers
returning from Seattle, Wash, where
thew went about three weeks ago, were
in the city Thursday evening while on
their way to st. Louis, Mo-. from which
point they had been sent west. me
men were taken to Seattle owing TO
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10
To Protect Eyes at Movies.

In order to protect the eyes OF those
who frequently attend movie shows, a
special form Of spectacles has been de-
vised says the, August Popular Me-
chanics Magazine in an illustrated arti-
Gle It consists Of pair of Opaque
disks mounted in regular spectacle
frames, each disk having a narrow slit
or opening through which the weare'
peers at the pictures, while most Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10
COUNTY SECRETARY RESIGNS.
Frank p. Harris to Do Special County
Work With State Committee.

Work With State Committee.
Frank P. Harris, who has been coun-
ty secretary Of the r. NJ. C. A. since
Arthur R. Siebens left for foreign
work, has resigned the county secre-
tarysilip. and next week will go to Des
Moines to engage in special county
work under the direction Of the state
committee. Mr.. Harris will be sue
ceeded by Elmer NJ. Hursch, OF New
Haven, Conn. Mr.. Hursch is a young
man, and has been working under J1d-
son j. McKim, secretary of the New
Haven association.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10
r1aEsREPUBucAN MARsHALLTowN, IOwA AUGUST TO- 1917

the county fof its quota In the SECOND
national army. The fourteen who had
enlisted are:
1860. E. Stoffer, Marshalltown.
1850. M. Scott. Marshalltown.
2494-Ernest G. Rohde, State Cen
ter. =
S37-James C. Johnson, Albion.
676-Enos B. Hunt, Marshalltown.
2453--Frederick NB. Gilbert, State
Center.
42O-Marvin H. Tow, LeGrand
10s9-Ray Waltemeyer, Marshall
town.
s54-George w. Bergman, State
Center.
245S-John G. Gutekunst, State Cen
ter.
2S26-Hans C. Hill, Haverhill.
2S17-lMont A. Rucker, ,Marshalltown.
2695--Merle D. Conklin, Green Noun
tain.
21S6-George E. Milligan, Marshall
town.
More Examined Tonight.
The examining physicians will be ex-
aiming registrants again at o'clock
this evening in the east court room.
three regular days of the examination
have now shown up and others, who
have orders from their local board in
other states to be examined here have
applied for examinations. These will
be the ones the board will examine
tonight. The board will go to the Dea-
coness hospital this evening to examine
Archie c. Mason, patient there, who
could not report to the board because
Of sickness.
Allowances in Weight.
Additional instructions for the guild
ance of examining physicians regard
ing allowances to be made in weight
and other minor defects have been re-
ceived by the board. Up to the height
of sixty three inches the examiners
are not allowed to pass man because
of deficiency in weight but to those in
height from sixty-four to sixty-seven
inches. a deficiency of five to six
pounds is now allowed; from sixty
seven to sixty-nine inches. seven to
eight pound reduction is allowed: sew
enty to seventy -four inches a reduction
Of nine to ten pounds is allowed and
above seventy-ffve inches an allowance
Of twelve pounds in weight below the
standard Is allowed.
A reduction of one-half inch in the
chest measurement of men is to be al
lowed in those above sixty-eig inches
in height provided there is no disease
of the chest or of the organs it con-
tains
In cases where artificial treeth, or
crn -1rly xolr
ing teeth, so that proper mastication is
provided the examiners may now ac-
cept those so equipped And If dental
work will properly supply missing teeth
the man may be accepted. Certain al
owances are also ordered to be made
in cases of slight defects in both eyes
and ears. These new rulings may result
in some Of those being passed as de-
'icient for any of these reasons being
recalled for denomination.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10
Druooist Wants Permit.

B. A. Morgan, a druggist at 10, West
Main street, has filed an application
for a permit to keep and sell intoxi-
eating liquors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-10

EYE IL covered by the disks. The prins
cipie 10 that Of an old method OF test
ing the eyes for astigmatism. called the
"stenopaic' method, which consisted IN
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-31
HENRY FIELD GETS LICENSE TO !
WED-MAY GO TO WORK

WED-MAY GO TO WORK
From the municipal pier on the
east to the drainage canal on the
west, from the Onwentsia golf
grounds on the north to, the garbage
reduction plants on the south, let the
joybeIs ring!
And if anybody like Bert Williams
asks "Wut's the why and becuz Of
this, yere jubilation?" why just tell
'em:
To-day is~the day the second
prince of the realm of Cook county
gets his marriage license"
Henry Field, younger brother of
Marshall Field Ill, the second rich
est young man IN Chicago and the
middle west in point Of cash money,
real estate and stocks and bonds, to-
day bought a license in New York
city for his marriage to Nancy Keene
Perkins. She is a granddaughter of
Col. Chisweu D. LanghOrne Of Rich
mond, Va, belonging to the " F. F.
w." which is short slang for "the
First Families of Virginia"
Marshall Field III will be the best
man for his younger brother.
Bishop Patrick Hayes of st. Pat
rick's cathedral will perform the Ger
emony at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
Feb. T..
Honolulu, where the topaz sky
meets the sapphire sea-something
like that - win be the scene Of the
Field honeymoon.
Family relations Of the groom are
owners Of a castle in Norway and a
chateaux in Southern France and
one or two sea beaches in England,
but the noise and smell of the war
having spoiled Europe as place for
brides and grooms- to spend their
first joyous weeks together, the Field
couple are planning to go to the
home Of the hula-hula and the place
where the ukelele was born.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-31

When they come back from Homo
lulu is Henry Field going to go to
work and learn business and be a.
man among men, a fighter and
worker like his celebrated granddad?
The answer is nobody knows, but the
talked-Of plans are that Henry has
bought some 1000 acres near the
Langhorne home in Virginia and he
will ride ponies and play polo there
and keep away from work in Chi
cago.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-31

DOuSAI SOL4C H5OOO dCICS uSdt the
Langhorne home in Virginia and he
will ride ponies and play polo there
and keep away from work in Chi
cago.
SAYS JUVENILE HOME BREEDS
DISEASE AND VICE
A germ-ridden breeding place Of
disease and immortality.
The Law Enforcement league said
this about the Juvenile Detention
Home of Cook County in a petition
presented to Victor P. Arnold, pre-
siding judge of the juvenile court.
The petition alleged the detention
home is an insahitary Jail, a breed
ing place for contagious disease,
where children are forced to undergo
revolving physical examinations and
experiments and where acknoWl-
edged criminals and unfortunate in
nocents are herded together without
attempt at segregation.
Bad girls spread knowledge of i'm
morality among ones who were in
nocent, continues the report.
Every female child, reads a par
agraph Of the petition, mo matter of
what age, is placed upon a surgeons
table and Illegally forced to submit
to an examination, and evidence thus
forcibly secured is later used for the
purpose of conVicting the child, all
in violation Of the law and in dero-
cation Of the most sacred and in
alienable rights of said children"
The petition requests that Judge
Arnold or a committee of judges in
vestigate at once. Judge Arnold did
not accept the petition officially be-
cause it had not been fled with the
circuit court clerk.
Rep. M. L. Igoe will introduce bill
in legislature for identification Of
railroads in Chicago.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-31

Rep. M. L. lgoe will introduce bill
in legislature for electrifcation Of
railroads in Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-22
Minneapolis Halls
Closed to Pacihsts
Peace Conference Will Be
Held in Tents on 35-
Acre Plot

All public halls in Minneapolis have
been closed TO the pacifists seeking a
meeting place for their peace confer
ence. which will begin September L.
Louis p. Lochner, who went to the
Minnesota city to arrange the confer
ence, telegraphed to the Peoples
Council, 2 West Thirteenth Street, yes
terdav that the pacifists would be
forced to resort to the use of big
tent.
1--WE have obtained thirty-fve acres
for erecting a tent for the conference
and smaller tents for the committees,
Mr.. Lochner wired. at was impossible
10 obtain a hall. We are told thou
sands of pacifsts will come from miles
round II will be necessary to arrange
afternoon and evening open air meet
ings in addition TO the business pro-
gIamme.'
Max Eastman, editor of THE
Masses" who has been touring the Mid
die West to stir up paciiist sentiment
for the conference, telcgraphed yester-
day that thousands Of people in Chi
cago and Detroit had joined the move
ment.
A special train will carry the New
York delegates to the conference. IL
will leave on August 30 at 2 p. m. on
the West Shore road. The council an
nounced that delegates would be taken
on the train at sixteen cities en- route.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-22

ing for the cause of mankind; but we
are also, and most decisively, fighting
for the vital interest of our nation.
This war has emphasized the fact that
there Is a wide and deep abyss between
American Ideals and methods and those
of the Germany Of to-day. II is not
too much to say that in this war the
German government, seemingly with
the hearty backing Of the German peo-
pie, has practi.ed, and prided itself
upon practising, the most revolving and
scientific system Of savagery that 1t IS
possible 10 imagine.
1.-THE leaders or Germany to-day, the
men who are followed by the great
bulk of the German people, pride them
selves upon having turned Germany IN
TO a nation which practices this scien-
tfic savagery. They take from civil
cation only the things which enable.
them to devise efficient instruments OF
torture and destruction; and then they
revive, out of what we hoped was the
dead and gone barbarism of the dark
ages, those qualities of heart and soul
which make these scientific instru-
ments in their hands a deadly menace
to humanity. They used the resources
of science precisely as an oldtlme
Apache used a rife-as q weapon more
than his former savage weSp-
ons, and to be used with more than the
oldtime ruthless savagery."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-22
MARRIAGES

BIRCKHEAD-wA RD-On Wednesday, Au-
gust :, at Trinity Church. Newport. r. l.,
the Rev. Malone Hunter Brckhead 10
Frances Johnston Ward, daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. J. Montford Ward, Of
New York City, by the Right Rev. Julius
Atwood and the Rev. Stanley c. Hughes. =
COIT-DAvIS- By the Rev. Henry NJ. Laid.
OF Rutherford N. j.. at the home Of the
bride. on August 20. Estelle Headley Davis
TO Samuel Colt, both Of New York.
YEE-BALLARD-At Great Chebeague
Island Me, by the Rev. Joseph X. Duryee,
ID. D.. Captain Samuel Sloan Duryee. u. s..
r., Of New York, TO Mary salalrd, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Ames Ballard, Of
Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia.
HUTHsTEINER- KNAUIH-At the Church
Of St Sacrament. Bolton Landng-o n-L Lake
George, on August 20. 1917, Lieutenant
Louis Huthsteiner u. 5. r., of Schenectady
N. T.. TO Ursula Knauth. daughter OF Mrs.
Antonio Knauth, of New YORK, by the Rev.
Edward VI. Parrott =
JOHNSON RATHBONE On Monday, Az
gust 20. 1917. at IS East 18th st, by the
Rev. Harris Ely Adriance Anna Talcott.
daughter OF MIR. and Mrs. Albert Rathbone.
TO Robert Livingston johnson, lieutenant
o. r. c.. u. S. A. =
KIRwAN-HARRiMAN and Mrs. Or
lando II. Hartman announce the marriage
of their daughter, Zaidee. to Lieutenant
Arthur J. Kirwan, u. 5. r.. on August IS.
1917. of New York City.
L'HEUREUX- MADONNA Hackensack. N.
j., Monday. August 20, Katharine Brinck-
erhoff Mabon, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Scott Mabon 20 Lieutenant Alfred
j. LHeureux $. S. Adjutant Generals
Department, Officers Reserve Corps.
MCPHERSON - WEsTCOTT--on Thursday.
August l6, in Cleveland, Ohio, by the Rev.
Mr.. Luce Clara Afford Westcott, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Westcott,
of Youngstown, Ohio. 20 Lieutenant J.
Beverley Mcpherson, U. S. N. A. of New
York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-22
Vigilantes Arrest
Soapbox Orator
First Capture on Charge of
Sedition by Mofett's
Organization

The Vigilantes, formed under the
direction Of Cleveland Moffett to sur
press seditious speakers at street
meetings, made their first capture last
night
Luther S. Bedford was arrested while
he was addressing crowd at Broad
way and Thirty-seventh Street. Mr..
Bedford had remarked that he did not
approve Of sending United States
troops to France "to fight England's
battles" when Adrain NcCaskill, of SOL
West 169th Street, caused his arrest on
q charge of disorderly conduct.
In the night court, Bedford asked for
an adjournment until tomorrow
George II. Mann, a vigilante. who APP
reared as counsel for McCaskill, asked
that the bail be high 1t was fixed at
$1,000.
While McCaskill was striking the
first blow for the vigilantes, other
members Of the organization were hold
ng meeting at the headquarters OF
he American Defence Society, 3O3
Fifth Avenue, to debate on what action
should be taken to curb the traltorous
utterances OF agitators.
Lamar Hardy, Corporation CounseI,
who attended on invitation, suggested
that no action be taken until the Mayor
had made IN his mind about the mat
ter. Mr.. Mitchell, the Corporation
Counsel told Mr.. Mofett. is consulting
with police and legal authorities, IN
the hope Of finding a remedy. Tor me
situation. A statement from him Will
be forthcoming within twenty-tour
hours.
The Vigilantes will wait until this
has been published before taking any
further action.
Police Commissioner Woods yester-
day made public letter he wrote 20
Colonel Roosevelt in regard TO street
speaking. He said in part:
The right to hold meetings IN the
street is, of course, clear. People may
gather and speak their minds, ard the
police are bound 10 protect them IN
this right, so long as the gathering Is
conducted lawfully, not interfering
with the rights Of others, not blocking
the streets or sidewalks so as TO pre-
vent others from using them. and NOT
melting TO violence. The police Will
continue to permit lawful street meet
ings.
IF treason is preached in our streets
an immediate arrest will, OF course, be
made. And we have the United States
statute dealing with treason, which
provides the punishment Of death. But
the United States authorities have ad-
vised US that under this statute the
courts will hold only most serious
cases. which would justify the extreme
penalty. So far, no utterances OF any
street speaker that has been reported
TO me falls in this class and there is
no other Federal law that applies un-
less we can prove interference or at
tempt to interfere with the military or
naval forces of the United States"