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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
THE RE|CHSTAC WILL
FORCE PEACE FARLEY
Coming Session to Be Devoted
to Challenging Kaiser.

Amsterdam, Sept. 4.-According to
the most reliable authority the next
session of the German reichstag will
be devoted exclusively to the question
of peace. The majority has decided to
challenge the statement of the gov
eminent regarding it's minimum peace
program, and it is said the govern
ment will yield with a view TO peace
negotiations before Christmas.
The German government, according
to this authority, favors the plenipo-
tentiaries meeting either at Tie
Hague, Berne or Copenhagen, but pre-
ferably The Hague
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
LINDEN

Thomas Caygill attended the M. E.
conference at Madison on Saturday and
Sunday Of last week.
The Misses Ina and Inez Hughes
spent the week end with their friend
Miss Elsie Heuer of Cobb.
Ella Barrett returned on Friday from
an extended visit with relatives in Hol
landale and Barneveld.
Maude Granville arrived here on Sat
urday from Wisner, Neb., for a short
visit before leaving for Menominee,
Wis. where she will attend Stout In
stitute.
Ruth Alton spent several days re-
Gently with her friend Marian Warner
at Darlington.
The Misses Emma and Dolly Tredin-
nick spent Wednesday and Thursday
with friends at Gratiot.
Mrs George Burns visited from
Thursday until Tuesday with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs Thomas Batten.
Miss Isabel Mac Kay of Platteville
was an over Sunday guest at the home
of her brother D. S. Mac Kay.
Stephen and Worth Gribble, who are
employed in Milwaukee, spent few
days here with their parents recently.
Mrs James Hughes and Mrs William
Richards of the Welsh Settlement were
guests at the Alfred Hughes home a
few days of last week.
John w. Taylor, Jr arrived home on
Saturday from Chicago, where he has
been attending summer session at the
University of Chicago.
Ocea Heethcock departed on Friday
for Chicago to take up her duties as an
instructor in one of the city schools.
Mr. and Mrs Bert. Hawke and family
of Montfort spent Thursday here with
relatives. 8
S. D. Jellife spent from Wednesday
until Sunday with friends at Madison.
Minnie Feathers was here from
Platteville a few days of last week. :
Mrs l.. Fl. Treglown of Livingston
spent Thursday here at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs T. j. Heathcock.
Mr. and Mrs E. A. Brean and chill
dren, Mrs FL. Eaton and G. Tasker of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06

North Chicago, ILL.,, spent a portion of
last week at the w. D. Cook home.
Fire Of unknown origin completely
destroyed the Mineral Point & Northern
cheese factory on the night of Tuesday
Aug. %. A large shipment CT cheese
packed and ready to be sent the next
day was also consumed.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Gardner and two
daughters and Ina and Inez Hughes
motored to Potosi on Wednesday of
| last week.
, Mrs Lulu Short and son Willie re-
turned on Monday from an extended
visit with her sister at Clark, S. Oak.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs Will
liam GoldswortAy on Wednesday. Aug.
49, but the life of the little one was of
short duration. The babe was buried
on Thursday and the parents have the
sympathy of the community in their
| loss
Henry Zweifel has gone to Hudson,
Wis. His wife, who has been there for
some time visiting her sister Mrs Thee
Baker, will return home with him.
Mr. and Mrs II. W. Springer went to
Platteville on Monday for a short visit.
Estelle Burroughs left for Reedsburg
on Saturday, where she will teach the
coming year.
Rev. and Mrs Fl. E. Evans returned
on Monday from Madison, where they
have been attending the M. E. confer
ence
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06

Whatever may be the sequel in tie
criminal courts of Governor Lowden's
sensational clash with Mayor Thomp-
son, it's political consequences are inn
portant and easily apparent. 1t means
the severance of the alliance between
the mayor and the governor. 1t has
been noticeably irksome to the state
executive for several months, and
now undoubtedly will be repudiated
by him and all his associates. Mayor
Thompson has collected only part Of
the reward whihc this agreement is
alleged to have guaranteed in return
for his support of the Lowden boom
for governor. He was to have been
made national committeeman, which
has been done; and also to be sup
ported by the governor for the United
States senatorship now held by Sena-
tor Lewis
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
Strong Wireless Signals in Winter.

A series Of tests lasting over two
years were completed some time ago,
with the object of finding out how
much stronger radio signals between
two selected stations would be in win
ter than in summer. The test signals
were sent nearly every day during that
time, and the amount Of power sent
and the intensity of signals received
were carefully measured. 1t was found
that the best time of year was from
November to February, and that then
the messages were about six times as
TO August.-Popular Science Monthly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06

The object of this war is to deliver
the free peoples of this world from
the menace and the actual power of
vast military establishment, con-
trolled by an irresponsible gov
eminent, which, having secretly
planned to dominate the world, pro-
ceeded to carry the plan out without
regard either to the sacred obliga-
tons OF treaty or the long estab-
Iished pradtices and long cherished
principles of international action and
honor; which chose its own time
for the war; delivered its blow
fierceiy and suddenly; stopped at
no barrier either of law or Of mercy;
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
BASEBALL RESULTS
National League.

At st. Louis-Chicago, S, II, 2,
Douglas, Aldridge, Prendergast and
Elliott, Dilhoeffer; ST. Louis, 5, 10, 2,
Doak, Watson Ames and Gonzales.
Second game-Chicago, 0, 7, l.,
Douglas and Wilson; ST. Louis, 2, 9, 0,
Goodwin and Snyder.
At tsburgh-Cincinnati, 0, g. En-
gel and Cueto, Wingo; Pittsburgh, s,
II, Miller and Schmidt.
Second game-Cincinnati, 8, II.
Schneider and Wingo; Pittsburgh, 5,
6, Steel and w. Wagner, Schmidt
At New York Boston, 0, a, Tyler
and Tragressor, Rico; New York, 7,
II, Perritt and Rariden, Onslow.
Second game-Boston 6, II, Nehf
and Myers; New York, 2, 6, r. John
son and Myer.
At Observation-Disclosures, 5, 8.
Alexander and Killifer; Brooklyn, D,
4, Vanguard, Russell and Miller.
Second game-Philadelph 8, IL,
Alexander and Killifer; Brooklyn. 3,
9, Coombs, Smith and Miller
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
NELSON WARRANT UNSERVED
Has Not Registered, Is Conscientious
Director, Now in Canada.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 4.
Although the warrant for the arrest
Of Byron Nelson, son of Congressman
John M. Nelson, on the charge of be-
ing Stacker, has been issued it has
not yet been served. Deputy United
States Marshal Lamont said that Uni
ted States District Attorney A. c.
Wolfe would soon have the requisition
papers.
Lamont has the warrant and will
proceed to Canada, he said, as soon as
all legal papers are prepared. Nelson
has not registered under the selective
draft law. Both he and his father are
conscientious objejctors, according to
a letter received from Congressman
Nelson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
WOMEN ARE SUCCESS
AS CROSSING GUARDS
Chief Of Force Says Competition
Keeps Men Sober.
Detroit, Mich, Sept. 4.

Eight women, employed by the
Grand Trunk railroad as crossing
guards in Detroit, have worked so
faithfully and well that John W.
Woznack, chief of the railroad police,
who is responsible to the company for
the safety of the crossings, intends
eventually to make the entire day
force women.
1t takes a staff of 125, working IL
hour shifts, to cover the railroad com
pany's crossings in Detroit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
Against Soldiers Counting Daughters

Mt. Clemens, Mich, Sept. 4.
Because Otto Singer objected to his
daughters going with soldiers, he is
now in Jail on complaint Of his wife,
who alleges he created trouble be-
cause she would not forbid the girls
from going with soldiers. Singer has
petitioned the probate court to de-
eide the issue and the case is still
pending.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06

Editor H. A. Wnipple, who is serving in the army
captain the Fourth Wisconsin Infantry, sounds this
note of warming in The Waterloo Democrat:
should
ihIe fOrit
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
DROP TONS OF EXPLOSIVES
Successful Air Raid by British Bird
men, Airdome Fired.

London, Sept. "A bombing raid
was carried cut by the naval air
squadron on the Ghistelles airdrome:
according to British admiralty state
ment.
Several direct hits" the statement
says, were made on sheds in the
southwest corner of the airdome, in
which vicinity fire was started.
Bombs also were seen to explode on
the adjoining Ostend-Thourout rail
way line. Many tons of explosives
were dropped All our machines re-
turned safely"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
SHANAHAN HITS SLACKERS
Speaker Declares Duty of Nation Is
TO Uphold President and Win War;.


Oregon, ILL.,, Sept. An the course
of his speech at the celebration given
by the people of Ogle county, in honor
of it's quota of selected men Tor the
national army, David E.. Shanahan,
speaker of the house of representa-
tiyes. raped the Stacker and the pro-
German of the Thompson type.
Some people scout the idea of go
ing into war and losing millions of
lives because a few hundred of our
citizens have been lost at sea-" said
The speaker But we must never
measure the quantity but consider the
honor and dignity of the country and
the duty we owe the humblest citi-
gen.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
Stabbed With Rabor by Footpad.
Flint. Mich, Sent

Flint, Mich, Sept 4.
Held up by two men On his way
home from work on the new course Of
the Flint Golf club, Glenn Fletcher,
forty-six years old, was slashed on
the right side of the face and neck
with a razor He is in a serious condi-
ton. A man, who gave his name as
James Thomas, is said to have con-
fessed the attack.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
Romeo to Have Sarnia Branch.

Port Huron, Mich. Sept. 4.
Senator Lyman A. Holmes, owner
of Romeo Foundry company, an
nounced that his concern would erect
a 100000 plant in Sarnia for manu-
featuring castings to be used by auto
concerns having Canadian branches.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
RecIuse Thought Insane.
Manitowoc, Wis, S.

Md1lIIUWUC, w To-, O6Pt' 4
Found in a shack two miles west
of Manitowoc, weak and emaciated
from lack of nourishment as a result
of self-imposed exile and life as a
hermit, Charles Kop was brought to
the Northern hospital for the insane.
1t is said that Kop had been wander
ing in the woods for weeks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
Coal Committee to Aid Small Towns.

ITO. get coal to small localities of
the state is the aim of the commit
tee," said Henry McMorran, head of
the committee appointed by Governor
Sleeper to probe the coal situation
in Michigan McMorran further said
that the committee was not going to
investigate prices Of coal, but to probe
supply and see that Michigan has suf-
ficient fuel to meet demands.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
Child Killed by Wagon in Alley.
Muskegon, Mich, Sept. 4

WuSKegOH, WICH., sept. F.
Run down by wagon driven
through an alley, the eighteen-months-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith
of Muskegon was killed Police have
been unable to find the driver of the
wagon, which rolled a heavy wheel
over the little lad.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
Divide State Insurance Tax.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 4.
Three hundred and thirty-two
cities and villages in Wisconsin are
dividing a s138,23549 fund as result
of the 2 per cent tax levied on the
total receipts of insurance companies
doing business in Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
RUSS ARMY FLEES
GERMAN TROOPS
Way Clear for Advance Toward
Capital city.
COSSACKS To MAKE TROUBLE

Roumanians Repulse Foes, Berlin Re-
ports Progress as PIanned-Rou.
mania Seizes All Corn in Frontal
Provinces-TroubIe With Cossacks
ProbabIe--crossing of Dvina Sealed
Petrograd's Fate.
Petrograd, Sept. 4.-The Russians
have abandoned Riga, the war office
announces An order has been given
for the abandonment of the Riga re.
gion on account of the threatening
situation.
Some Russian detachments volun-
tarily left their positions, the war Of
fee reports, and are retiring toward
the north.
Roumanians Repulse Foes.
In the direction of Fokshani the en-
envy attacked Roumanian positions
near Guerile and VarnitZa several
times, but was repulsed with large
losses.
Because of the great shortage of
flour on the southwestern front, or
ders have been given to commander
all corn in the provinces bordering
on the southwestern and Roumanian
fronts.
Berlin Reports Russ Retreat.
Berlin, Sept. 1.-The official report
from the eastern front says that the
German troops are making progress
in accordance with the plan mapped
out
Plan to Aid Royaist Plot.
London, Sept. 4.-The reason for
the German drive against Riga and to-
ward Petrograd was seen in the royal
ist plot uncovered in Moscow
The German plan apparently was
to lend aid to those who sought restor-
alton of the monarchy, while stimuli
taneously smashing through Russian
defenses in the hope of reaching
PetrOgrad.
If the internal plot failed, however,
the military drive was continuing in a
manner satisfactory to the Germans,
Petrograd official statements admitted
a twofold drive across the Dvina,
southeast of Riga, and further south
On the same general front, near Mi
tau. Gains were achieved by the enc
my on both places.
Predicts Trouble With cossacks.
London, Sept. 4-The Petrograd
correspondent of the Times predicts
trouble in consequence of the treat
ment of the Cossacks by the provi-
sional government, and cites the
statement that the rights and privi-
leges of the Don Cossacks, consecrat-
ed many centuries, have been cancel
ed, their peculiar elective Offices abol-
ished and government commissaries
substituted.
Crossing of Dvina Sealed Riga's Fate.
Riga, Russia's principal Baltic port,
has been abandoned to the Germans
under the threat of an offensive by
land and sea in which the deciding
stroke on the land side was delivered
by the Germans last Saturday.
The fate of Riga was virtually seal
ed when German troops forced a
crossing of the Dvina southeast Of the
city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
Investigate Train Wreck.
Adrian, Mich,

ADRIAN, MICH., Sept. F.
Investigation is in progress in
Adrian to fix the blame for the wreck
of Wabash freight train No. 81 at
Britton, near there. Two of the train
crew were killed in the crash.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06

" Labor's aims the aims of country,' saws
Samuel Gompers president Of the American federation Of
labor. The renewed confidence in which honest level
headed aborng men, organized and unorganzed hold the
government faithfully administered, is great of
strength in this awful crisis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
New Corporations.
Lansing, Mic

Lansing, Mich, Sept. 4.
G. S. & G. Machine company, De-
troit. ,0O0-David Greenspoon, Max
ccbrager. Edward GreensDoon
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
ORGANIZED LABOR Is LOYAL
"Workers Are Like Stone Wall Back
of Wilson," Says Deneen.

VOTNCIS ARC Like d otOHC w dl Dd(h
of Wilson," Says Deneen.
Boston, Sept. 4.-The loyalty Of or
gained labor in the presence of war
was reafirmed by James Duncan OF
Quincy, vice president of the Ameri-
can mission to Russia, in an address
at labor demonstration on Boston
common.
"The very large majority OF the
workers of our country, he SAID,
"stand as stone wall back OF ?resi-
dent Wilson and congress. Organized
labor not only will protect the democ-
racy of our own country, but demands
and is willing to fight that democracy
shall be extended to all the peoples
Of civilized countries.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
Asks Divorce on Wedding Anniversary.
Pontiac, Mich, Sept i.

On the eighteenth anniversary of
her wedding. Mrs. Bertha Foote
brought suit for divorce from William
Foote, charging cruelty.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06
The MiIwaukee Sentinel

Latest edition of the Morning Sentinel
3 cents at Hanscom's Book Store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-22

MACKENSEN
 From German Military Leaders" in the
 American Review of Reviews.
 One of Hindenburg's principal lieuten- ants in east Prussia had been August Won Mackensen; and to him was as- signed the leadership of Germany's next offensive. In May and June, 1915, Aus tro- German forces under his command met the Russians-who had ridden rough shod over the Austro- -Hungarians and were threatening both Vienna and Buda- pest-and swept them out of Galicia.
 No sooner had that task been accom- plished than Won Mackensen from the south and Hindenburg from the north be- gan a combined move which carried them not only to Warsaw but 200 miles beyond, occupying the whole of Russian Poland within two months (July 15-Sep- tember 15, 1915). German official esti- mates placed the Russian losses in the two campaigns at 300,000 killed and wounded and 1,100.000 prisoners.
 With no rest and little time for prepa- ration. Field Marshal Won Mackensen was biased in command of the main army which marched southward through Servia in October and November, 1915. conquer ing whole kingdom and opening way for the relief of Turkey. N
 tiindenburg remained the popular idol:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-22

set me down in Richmond with pockI ful of leisure and a trusty lens, and! occurred to me to seek the men a' women spared by time whose lives Il in any way touched the poets. I yi able to find only two people who col tell me anything, but had the friei ship of a bibliophile who owned the b| collection of Virginiana in private ham and he put me on trails which l follow to veritable pots O gold.
 'Lunching one day with this collect| I mentioned the $500 lecture. He nd rowed his eyes in delightful duizzi look that was often his Do you believ| he asked.
 T admitted that it had never occurI to me to doubt
 Poe never had s15oO at one time all his life he said, or the half of or the half of that!
 FI went to the state library to deT|
 The research flatly contradictedt ' story. T went" says MT. Pendlet| ITOHn the HpidAy NO my AAiSHu, tHS Fl Iector, with my news. He smiled | quizzical smile.
 |" Oh, yes, he said, you have prov that the tickets for "The Poetic Pri ciplev lecture were sold for 25 eel each, undoubtedly, but those who belle in the $150O story say that Poe repeat his lecture, and that the second til tickets brought $5 each. What are y going to do about that? But the seco quest was like the first. There was second lecture-no s5 ticket"
 MT. Pendleton says in conclusion:
 Greatly as one would like to belle that Poe's swan song was shower with gold, facts disprove the pret myth. Hear Poe's own words:
 Everybody says that II { lecture ags and put the tickets at 50 cents, I V clear $10O" F
 Then, again, on September IS:
 ''On arriving here last night from NJ folk I received both your letters. l, tured at Norfolk on Monday and clear enough to settle my board bill here the Madison house with g over. Ne Monday I lecture again here and exp' to have a large audience. On Tuesd start for Philadelphia.
 Again, in a fragment of letter to M Clemm, his aunt and mother-in-law, probable date of which was September
 My poor, poor muddy, I am still | able to send you even s1."
 Alas. poor poet! He had better be a cobbler! Better than either he h better been born with less ''tempel fnent.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-22

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 ITJ 60 past and win fame in it is an S unusual thing. William De Nor
 gan, surprising the world with novel of such scope and distinction that it recalled the masters of Victorian fic- tion, outdid the classic example of Cato learning Greek at 80. Yet the miracle is not incapable of explanation. He had lived for years in an atmosphere of art and literature as member of the Chel- sea group in which Rossetti and Burne- Jones were distinguished figures, and the fact that he devoted himself so long to illustration, work in stained glass and pottery did not preclude the existence of creative instinct of another kind. It was characteristic of that circle, indeed, to find more than one vehicle of ex- pression De Morgan was slower than some of the others to turn to the pen belated William Morris. It would be idle to deplore the circumstance. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and ge- nius chooses it's own time and place. The finished work of Joseph Vance" must have been in one way or another the re- suit of years of silent apprenticeship.
 With this novel and its successors, Somehow Good and "Alice-for-S Short" in particular, he caught and held the fancy of the public. He was compared to Dickens, to Thackefay, to Wilkie Col IL of
 cism But no writer was ever more him. self. The resemblances were superficial, the differences vital. His leisurely man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-22
ANOTHER MYTH EXPLODED

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 C7C1,HE poverty of literary men-espe-
 cially of poets-has been from time
 immemorial a favorite theme of cheap moralizers. Verse makers, like shoemakers. have to live. But verses are not as needful. nor yet as market abIes. as shoes. Nor is the poet as the cobbler. From vil1on to Baudelaire, from Chatterton to Poe. the biographers have had monotonous and tragic story to tell
 Naturally Poe has most interested American readers. Many tales more or less apochryphal have been told con corning him. That he was a ne'er-do- weel is obvious enough. How much of drunkard and how much crank is less obvious. spEung on the paternal side from a well known Maryland fam fly, his mother an actress whom his father, another ne'er-do-weel had found in a company of strolling players, his lot seemed to have fallen on hopeful lines when, an orphan, he was adopted by rich tobacconst of Virginia. From his youth onward however, his life proved a succession of unfulfilled prom ises-dropped from the West Point Mili- tary academy-doing little better in a German university-finally repudiated by his foster parents-he wandered an aim less vagrant until picked up unconscious in the streets of Baltimore. He died a few days later. He made many enemies and not many if any friends. A story has long been accepted that just before the end he came into possession of $500, the proceeds of lecture in Richmond, to which the tickets were sold at $5 each. Now Mir T. D. Pendleton explodes this in the following:
 When I began to study the life of the poet seriously and read in newspaper and magazine "reminiscences, one after another, that during his stay in Rich mond immediately preceding the fatal appreciated and enjoyed sort of ovation wherever he appeared in public, I expe- rienced the satisfaction at the happy end- ing that people always do experience, the world over. The lecture for which tickets sold at $5 and which netted Poe $500, thrilled exactly as did the poor young knights joining hands with the Princess Pulchrissima and sharing with her fathers throne. But alasl and alackaday! that $500 lecture will not bear daylight. It is stuff O dreams.
 "A little more than dozen years ago