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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
PRESIDENT WILSON
WILL PLACE FACTS
BEFORE CONGRESS
HEAVY FIGHTING AT THE GATES
OF BAPAUME, HOURLY Elk.
PECTED TO FALL.
ANOTHER ship is SUNK
Ministers Of Duma Are Arrested And
lmprsoned-Duma Refuses to Ad-
journ at Demand of the Czar-Great
Battle Expected.
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Presi
dent Wilson will present all of the
facts covering Germany's submarine
action to Congress when this body
convenes in extra session next month
This will include record of all as
saults of American rights deal with
every single instance of Germany's
ruthelssness in waging her submarine
warfare, where American lives have
oeen endangered or where they were
lost and the loss Of property.
Congress can then decide what ad
ditional steps shall be taken. The
sinking of the Algonquin, in the opin
ion of some officials, was an act OF
war upon the part of the Germans, but
official expressions regarding it will
be withheld until the President de
ines the position Of Congress.
In laying the matter before Con
3ress President Wilson will go into
very detail and point where the Ger
nan government has committed these
,utrages against the peace and dignity
If this nation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
FIRST TRUE Bill
FOR VIOLATION Of
THE BONE DRY LAW
is RETURNED IN MAURY COUNTY
BY THE RECENT GRAND
JURY.
CIGARETTE DEALERS ALSO HIT
Several Are Said To Have Been In
dicted, But Names Are Not Revealed
Will, However, be Given Out
Later-Other Offenses.

Notable in the list of bills returned
by the grand jury, which closed its
session and was discharged by Judge
Turner on Tuesday, was the first ever
eturned in this county or this judi.
cial circuit for violation of the bone
dry" law, which prohibits the convey.
ance of liquor into the state. No de.
tails of the work of the grand jury
could be obtained for many of the, de
PENDANTS have not been arrested, but
it was learned that among the bills
was one for violating this law.
1t is also said that several parties
were indicted for selling cigarettes In
violation of the law The names OF
the sellers were not given out, bur
will later be furnished to the press
1t is said that not only in Columbia
but in some other places of the coun
ty this law has been somewhat fla
gravity violated by some dealers.
There were fifty-five bills returnet
by the grand jury, the smallest mum
Der in some time. The jury also mad
a splendid record as time savers anf
money savers for the county. being II
session and paid for only sixteen days.
Probably no grand jury in recent
years has been in session for short.
er period.
In the number OF bills filed were
those for almost all of the minor of.
lenses, selling liquor, selling ciga.
rettes. bone dry law. housekeeping
and larceny. assault to kill and one
FOR murder
In discussing the grand Jury, Judge
Turner thanked the members and ex
pressed high appreciation of thsi.
services to the state and county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16

tisement carefully creased and folded
and told him that was the farm thew
wanted. He Immediately took them
to the place and they did not hesitate
long in coming to terms.
This is the second time that Mr..
F1guers has sold the same farm with.
in the period that he has been en-
gagged in the real estate business in
Columbia. He sold it several years
ago and again today.
This sale demonstrates the value OF
advertising when it comes to selling.
farm. Mr., Figuers attributes muck
OF his phenomenal success in making
sales of real estate to his liberal use
of printers ink.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
MAKES SALE ANOTHER
LARGE MIDDLE TENNESSEE FARM
TWO uuMnprD no,rc ~ .,. ~
W. 1oNoneo ACRES OF LAND IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY ARE
SOLD AS A DIRECT RESULT OF ADVERTISEMENT INSERT
ED IN THE DAILY HERA LD-sEcoNp TIME SOLD

Another big Middle Tennessee farm
was sold by the Figuers Realty COM
pany when Moseley Brothers bought
from Dudley West, formerly of Maury
county, his farm near Franklin.
This farm contains 210 acres of land
and is located on the Liberty pike,
hree miles from Franklin. 1t is an
deal stock and grass farm, being well
watered and slightly rolling. The
price was $1S,500.
The sale of this farm was directly
1ue to advertising in The Herald, Mr..
tiguers stated. He said that the pur.
chasers came to his office with a copy
OF The Herald containing his adver-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
BETTER COOKING IS
NEEDED At COUNTY
GRAND JURORS
FOOD SHOULD BE PREPARED BY
A COMPETENT COOK, SAY
lNQUiSlToRS.
SANITATION At WORK HOUSE
Only Complaint Registered Against
That Institution-FuIT and Exhaus-
tive Statement Concerning County's
Institutions.

One of the strongest, most exhaus-
f tive and detailed reports ever submit.
ted by a grand jury in Maury county
was that made by the grand jury of
| the present term of the Circuit Court
! to Judge Turner on Wednesday after
noon. 1t was signed by Andrew Dale,
| foreman, and all of the members of
! the jury and goes into a full discus
sion of conditions at the Jail, the poor
house and work house. Many recon-
mendations are made, showing that
the grand jurors did not make mere
perfunctory investigation, but ascer-
tanned conditions as they were.
Touching the poor house, it is earn
estly urged that better arrangements
be made for preparing food for the in
mates and that they be each provided
with a separate bed. Generally speak
ing conditions at the work house were
satisfactory, but the sanitation could
be improved upon.
The following is the report in full:
1--WE, the members of the grand jury
for the February term, 1917, respect
fully report as follows:
1--WE have examined the county jail
and find it as clean and sanitary as
We think it's condition will admit. On
account of the construction of the Jail
in which prisoners are kept, very lit
Tile sunshine can possibly enter and it
is absolutely necessary to have plenty
of sunshine in order to keep any liv-
ing and sleeping premises clean and
wholesome as should be done. This
condition could not be we'll improved
with the recent structure. We would
make the following recommendations
THAT a shower for hot and cold water
be installed on both floors in connec
ton with the bath tubs, for the use
Df all prisoners and that plenty OF hot
Mater be supplied for same. We be-
eye that the use of bath tubs in
which all the prisoners battle is un-
sanitary and liable to transmit dis
base and that showers should be in
Stalled for this reason. These install
lations can be made at slight cost to
the county. We also recommend that
additional bed clothing be supplied all
prisoners during cold weather, as we
think the present supply is inadequate
Except when the weather is mild and
~e also recommend that during very
Gold weather additional heat be fur
hshed il possible as present heat does
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
AND RAILROADS
CANNOT REACH AN AGREEMENT
erruAroN GLOOMY, HOPELESS DEADLOCK SEEMS
ONLY RESULT CONFERENCE BEING
HELD TopAY-sTRIKE EFFECTIVE SATURDAY.

to call a nationwide railroad strike
unless they are given what they are
asking for, and the executives will
stand firm, insisting that the Supreme
Court must pass upon the Adamson
eight-hour law before they can make
any concessions to employees.
Unless some agreement can be ar.
rived at II looks now as il the strike
will go into effect on eight Of the big
railroads Of the nation at six O'Clock
Saturday evening, March 18th.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
ANOTHER SUBMARINE VICTIM.
British Steamship Sycamore, With
Two Americans on Board Sent
To The Bottom.

BOSTON, March 15.-The Warren
inc steamship Sycamore, flying the
British flag. has been sunk by sub
marine, according to announcement
'eceived at the offices of the owners
here. The Sycamore had tonnage of
i've thousand tons. There were two
americans aboard the Sycamore when
'he went down. Both men are from
Boston.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16

not seem sufficient inside the cells
when the weather is very cold We
recommend that inside doors for the
cells in the lower story of the Jail be
installed for the use of the jailer in
order to confine insane patients and
obstreperOus prisoners when neces
sary. We think the idea of Maury
county combining insane persons in the
Jail in connection with prisoners is q
barbarous practice and should be abol-
ished as soon as possible. We be-
lieye it is unfair and wrong both t.
the prisoners and to the insane pa
TENTS, to be confined together, and
we recommend that some steps be
taken by which all insane patients be
lncarcerated, when necessary, at some
other place than the county Jail.
"Our committee has also visited and
examined the county farm and poor
huose, and we beg to report on the
premises belonging to the county, live
stock and provender as follows: z
sows. 81 shoats, 7 milk cows, IL cows
and heifrrs, one bull, steers, 6 suck
ling calves, 5 weaned calves. Also 2
cribs of corn, and smoke house with
an apparently sufficient amount of
meat, and barn containing a small
amount of hay Also about 6 head OF
work stock, and sufficient implements
for farming purposes. We find at the
poor house the following inmates: 3
white males, 7 white females, 10 col
ored males, 5 colored females; total
% inmates. We find conditions in
the houses of these inmates as clean
and wholesome as could be expected
pder present conditions, as the keep
er of the farm has insufficient help
! for this purpose, and we think is do
ing all he can be expected to do under
present conditions. We think 1t de-
plorable that so many imbecile and
physical incapables should be placed
on the poor farm, without giving the
| keeper of said farm more able and
efficient help to assist in caring 10
said inmates. We find that imbeciles
and those mentally incapacitated-
also cripples and deformed persons
must necessarily do the domestic
work and wait on each other. tOgeth
er with the sick, as best can be done
! as the county does not furnish any
persons for this purpose. We thinf
that the keeper of the farm should be
busy most of the time attending tc
! the farm and raising provisions suff
/ cient to take care of the inmates, live
stock, etc. and it is manifestly impos
sible for him to attend to his outside
] duties, and also give necessary anc
unremitting care to the cripples, sicl
and imbeciles under his charge. We
, ma tHdl uledlS are uelHS CoohCu ~
these inmates by an incompetent
| cook, partly crazy and we think thu
county should furnish competen
cook for this purpose AS we fount
meals served to inmates cooked in {
way hardly fit for human beings tt
eat, and certainly impossible to b.
eaten by sick people. We recommend
and urge that competent cook b.
furnished by the county for the pnr
pose of cooking food for the inmates
on the poor farm.
I'VE find the farm proper with goot
fences, one old barn and good new
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
TWO AMERICANS DETAINED.
August Henning, Of Chicago, And
James Moore, Member of Nor
Weqan Steamer.

Special to The Herald.
AMSTERDAM, March 15.-August
Henning, of Chicago, and James
Moore, member of the Norwegian
steamer Storskog, that was sunk by
4 German submarine, two Americans,
are being detained in Germany. &C.
.ording to advices being received here
rom German sources.
Henning was book-keeper for the
National Radiator Co.. and had head
quarters in Berlin; Moore was one OF
he crew of the Norwegian steamer
Storskog, which was sunk by a Ger
man submarine some time ago. No
reason is given for detention.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
SAFE.

What are you playing there7"
Solitaire"
Looks like slow game to me-"
Maybe so, but you can't lose much
at It,"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
Special to The Herald.

special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, March 15.-Today will
Pc the crisis in the fight of the Bro
fherhoods for an eight-hour day scale,
Fhen four big chiefs of the Brother
Foods and the National Railway COM
omission meet about the table at the
firand Central terminal 1t seems now
Fiat the outcome can be nothing but a
hopeless deadlock.
The Brotherhoods' chieftains will
present demands backed by the threat
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
GERMANS AT BAPAUME.
Fall OF City Is Hourly Expected BY
The Brtish-Stubborn
Resistance.

Special to The Herald
LONDON. March 15.-The German
'orces are putting up savage resist
nee against the British advance at
he very gates of Bapaume. A dis
patch from the front today asserted
hat the British are pressing rapidly
forward, and that the fall of the city
is believed to be only matter of
hours. The belief is general that one
of the greatest battles of the war is
near at hand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16

To feel strong, have good appetite
and digestion, sleep soundly and enjoy
life, use Burdock Blood Bitters, the
family system tonic. Price, $780,
(Advt)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16
DEMANDS AUDIENCE
WITH THE KAISER

sernstorff May Confer With Wilhelm
Today-May Result in
Changes.
Special to The Herald.
LONDON, March 15.-According to
dispatch from Amsterdam, Bern
,torff may hold conference with the
Kaiser today 1t is said that immedi.
tely upon the arrival of BernstOrff
in Berlin. that he demanded that he
be given an immediate hearing before
the Kaiser Wilehlm. The report
states further that Bernstorff's talk
with the Kaiser may result in some
ministerial changes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16

After many failures. Italian army
engineers have bored the first sue
cessful artesisn well In Tripoli.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16

BERLIN. March ia state OF rev
oultion exists at Petrogrsd. The
duma has defied the Gear and taken
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16

Agnew, Walter Faris. M. Bailey Scott,
s. w. Cook; J. W. Goad, W. L. Lucas.
G. B. Fox, M. Rippey, ]. H. Sharp, E.
7. Galloway, J. L. Petty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-16

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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-08-08
STATE. FAIR is OPEN AT NIGHT;
TO Give FIVE MAMMOTH SHOWS
Gordon's $4,000 War Spectacle In Fireworks Bird
Man Gertson Looping-th Loop, Twenty-Five Vaude-
vile and Circus Acts and Parades Will Be Seen,
Four Bands Will Be Heard Each Night.

Milwaukee, Aug %. = During FIVE
nights Of state Fair week. Sept. 10 to
10, beginning Monday Mig the State
Fair will not only be a city Of light,
but each night mammoth program Of
entertainment equal to any to be seen
in America this year viii be presented.
An idea of the magnitude of the pro
gram each night may be obtained when
1t is said that there will be twenty
two acts by the highest class vaude-
vile and circus performers-Louis
Gertson, daring aviator looping the
loop with his machine a blaze of light;
half a dozen parades passing the grand
stand while other entertainment goes
on; four bands playing at one time, the
whole to conclude with the $4,000
Gordon's War Spectacle in fireworks,
including 300 people.
To handle the acts alone requires a
corps of twenty-four trained stage
hands
Lighting in front of the grand stand
TO enable performers to present their
acts aud the crowds to see alone costs
1920 for the FIVE nights.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-08-08

Many restaurant and concession build
ings have been repainted.
Streets have been recovered with
crushed stone and oiled
Drainage has been so planned that
there is solid ground upon which 10000
automobiles can be parked free OF
charge.
Every automobile owner IN the state
is invited to come to the Fair in his
car. While he is seeing The Fair good
care will be taken of his automo-
bile.
Next year the mammoth concrete
stand will be given another $4,000
section. There win be seating capac-
ity at popular prices for 1880 people
this year.
The great State Fair is planned this
year to be of greater than usual edu-
cational value along its many lines Of
inspirational work, and the entertain
ment features will not only be numer-
Gus. but Of the highest class and, above
al, clean above reproach.
Tbs years State Fair will be worth
twenty times the admission fee.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-08-08


What is the meaning Of military lu-
risdiotion3'
There are under the constitution three
kinds Of military jurisdiction one to
be exercised IN both peace aud war,
another 60 be exercised in time OF for
eign war without the boundaries OF the
United States or In time of rebellion or
civil war within the states or districts
occupied by rebels treated as belliGer
ents ana third 10 be exercised in time
OF invasion or insurrection within the
limits OF the United States or during
rebellion within the limits of states
maintaining adhesion to the national
government when the public danger
requires It's exercise.
The fi.st Of these may he called in
risdiCtion under military law and s.
found h. acts Of congress. prescribing
rules ana articles of war or otherwise
/ providing FOR the government Of the
national forces! the second may be lis
tinguished as military government, 81
| perseding as far as may be deemed ex-
! pedient Tie local law and exercised hy
! the military commander under the di-
! rectlon ~ the president with the OK.
press or implied sanction Of congress
while the third may be denomlnated
martial Jaw proper.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-08-08
PPoDuGTIoNsoF A CELEBRITY
NeIs Darling to Gives Series of Arti-
cles for This Paper

We have made arrangements with
I Nels Darling, the lecturer and CON-
/ munity problem man, who so closely
! held the attention OF his audience re-
Gently at the chautauqua, to furnish a
series of articles on subjects pertain
/ ing 70 community building and eel.
/ fare.
I Mr. Daring will write a series OF ar
ticles entitled Talks TO the Business
Man. He vii discuss the pros and
cons of newspaper advertising for the
retail merchant. The first series viii
be followed by a second" Talks on Ad-
vertising.'
At first thought some Of our readers
will ask themselves. "What interest
have / in these matters? | am farm
er and not interested in advertising .
The farmer who does not count him.
self business man makes Il mistake
We are all business men and in the
selling game. whether We sell the
products of our soil, our factory, our
brains or our hands If you wish to
sell YOUR farm. your stock, YOUR ma
chinery. your household goods or any
thing else, advertising will help you.
If you wish 10 hold an ice cream social
one of the first essentials to success is
TO know how to tell about il.
In his articles The Home Town. :"
he will deal with problems that are
common in every community of the
size and character of Viroqua.
Darling knows how towrite the pull
ing. get-the-bu business type OF advertis-
ing. He knows how and he knows
how to tell others how. He uses the
short-arm iab and lands with punch
He rings the bell every time ne takes
a shot He tells why we read some
advertising and give some only pass
ing glance.
We have gone to considerable ex-
pense in securing these articles from
the pen of The Town Doctor. 'believ-
ing they will prove to be helpful and
interesting.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-08-08
STATE FAIR CROWDS TO BEHOLD
MANY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS
View $4,000 Poultry Building, New $4,000 Water
and Drainage System, New Wire Fences Solid
Ground Upon Which to Park Free 10000 Automo-
bileS Among important Changes Since the 1916
Exposition.

Milwaukee, Sept. 3.-When crowds
gather at the great Wisconsin State
Fair next week many pleasant sur
priSes await them in the way Of i'm
prOvements.
The Fair itself, its entertainment fea-
lures and its racing programs viii be
by far the best of its sixty-seven years
OF history, but that isn't all.
This year new $4,000 Poultry
Building has been built.
The fourteen horse barns have been
repaired, reroofed and painted colonial
yellow trimmed with white
The big Stock Judging Pavilion has
been repaired and reprinted.
New wire fences have been erected
on the western and northern bounda-
ries of the grounds. c ~npleting the new
fencing
New fencing added this year exceeds
5000 feet
At a cost of S25 600 a new water and
drainage system has been insts lied
one creek having been Placed in con-
crete flume 1000 feet long and being
entirely invisible.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-08-08
SIX FULL DAYS OF RACING At
THE WISCONSIN STATE FAIR
Four Days of Harness Racing. Includes Two
$4,000 Stakes-Professional and State Auto
Drivers Will Be Seen During Friday and Sat-
urday In Championship Events.

Milwaukee, Aug. 2O.-Followers of
harness and automobile racing will find
plenty worth their patronage at this
years State Fair, Sept. 10 to 10. There
will be four days of the trotters and
PAGERS, Sept. 10, II. u and Is, and two
days of the auto speed demons, Sept.
Ii and 10.
The star race on the opening day will
De- the $1,000 2:06 pace. On Tuesday
the 2 :0S trot and the 2:09 pace will be
the features. On Wednesday, State
Day, the $4,000 Plankinton Hotel PIP
pace will be raced. and on Thursday,
Milwaukee Day. the $1,000 Chamber of
the $500 Free-for-all pace viii be star
events.
Although harness racing at the Wis
consin State Fair has attained a high
plane and is easily of Grand Circuit
callber. it remains for this years Fair
to present the banner program of its
sixty-seyen years of history. The great
Fair is able to accomplish this because
members of the Chamber Of Commerce
and the owner Of the Plankinton Hotel
have guaranteed the two big $4,000
stakes.
Many uotters and PAGERS will come
from the Grand Circuit TO compete for
money hung up at the State Fair. and
the Milwaukee track is the only west
ern track that will see these horses
this year
The free for-all pace, for instance. is
expected to have among its entries
William, Hal Boy and Ben Earl, all
racing sensations.
Automobile racing viii be furnished
by fourteen professional drivers, head
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-08-08

The general admission at night win
1 be % cents.
The aim in presenting the mammoth
show each night will be to conclude so
that crowds may be on their way
downtown at 1890 o'clock. Each
nights show will open with a display
Of the largest American flag ever seen,
while the crowds sing a patriotic air,
led by the bands
The entire Fair will be open and run
ming full blast each night until 1890
O'Clock, so that the special entertain
ment is provided for those who have
spent the day among the exhibits and
have waited until night for rest and
recreation.
All who saw the tremendous pro
gram given the night of Milwaukee
Day last year viii have a keen appre-
citation of what is in store each night
this year
Ruth Laws amazing feats in the air
last year will be excelled by the in
trepid Gertson, who will use a brand
new military aeroplane.
GertsOn is one of Uncle Sans star
flyers