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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
TO SHOOT 1. ". W. ACITATORS IN
 AUSTRALIA
Drastic Law is Passed That May Put Stop
 To Disorders in
 Kangarooland

MELBOURNE, July 23.-The House of Representatives today passed a measure bill which will suppress the activities in Australia of the Indus trial Workers of the World. The measure provides for their arrest and upon conviction they will be put to hard labor under guard and will be shot for the slightest in fraction of the rules governing their incarceration.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
STEAMER ALASKA
 NOW ON THE WAY
 NORTH TO JUNEAU

SEATTLE. July 23.-The steamer Alaska sailed for the north at g o'clock this forenoon with good list of passengers, including tourists and the following for Juneau: Ray Anderson and wife. John Hill. Mrs. M. P. Barron. John Rustgard. Mrs. F. w. McGinnis. John J. Crowell and Miss Ruth Griffin.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
TROUBLE AT TACOMA

OLYMPIA, Wash, July 23. = State Attorney General w. V. Tan ner has notified the Public Service Commission that it has power under the law to ask the Superior Court for a writ to force the Tacoma Railway and Power Company to fur nish adequate service over the street car lines. He says that he is willing to go to Tacoma and start the case.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
EAST AFRICAN HUNS SURROUNDED BY THE
 ALLIES AND KILLED

LONDON. July 23. - An official German statement says that the Ger man troops in German East Africa attempted to make stand last week against the Allied forces. Gradually they were surrounded and heavy fighting took place. The Germans suffered heavy losses.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR
 AFTER COAL DEALERS

CHICAGO. July 23.-Gov. Frank 0. Lowden, of Illinois, appeared be- fore the state council of defense, and, asserting that coal prices were too high, stated that if necessary to correct the situation, he would call a special session of the Legis- lature to empower the council to take any action needed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
EXEMPTION OF THE
 DRAFTED MEN NOW
 ENGAGES ATTENTION

WASHINGTON, D.. G., July 23.- With ten million men listed in. the order of their 1iberality service, the Federal government began today it's task of preparation for organization of the selective draft army and to determine those who are exempt.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
FAMED AVIATOR HAS
 SHELL IN HIS BRAIN

BALTIMORE. Md. July 23. = Capt. Malcomb Bell-Irving of Van couver, B. C., a member of the British naval flying corps, has ar rived in Baltimore and will enter the Johns Hopkins hospital for an op- eration to remove piece of shrap- nel from his brain.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
TWO THOUSAND IN COLORADO MINES
 OUT ON A STRIKE

LEADVILLE, Colo, July 23-Two thousand men belonging to the In- ternational Union of Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers, struck today Eff ty men are left to guard the mines and to keep the pumps in operation
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
WOULD RAISE CAR FARES

BUENOS AIRES, July 23.--The railway companies have decided to increase their tariffs 22 per cent. The government has decided to ex- anime the situation before author iZing the higher rates.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
FORTUNATE DEAD

LONDON, July 23.-The spectre of hunger is stalking through Ger many. "The dead are indeed, fortu- nate," says one neutral writer. re- garding the appalling conditions in the city of Berlin.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
THE IRISH CONVENTION

DUBLIN, July 23.-The National Convention will assemble on We'd nesday in the Regent House of Trinity College. The Chief Secre- tary of Ireland, H. E. Duke, will preside until the convention eho0s- es its own chairman.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
sToGIEs WANTED.

CHICAGO. July 21.--Letters received here from American soldiers in France indicate that a few stogies would be much appreciated gifts by the men at the front. Pipe tobacco and cigarettes are available. but says one letter we are really suf- fering for good old U. s. nickel cigars.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
IS SENT
 TO A DANISH POST

PARIS, July 23.-A Zurich dis patch to the Petit Parisian says Count von Ecrnstorff has been ap- pointed German minister at Copen- hagen in the place of Count Brock dorff-RantZau.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
APPROPRIATION BILL UP

WASHINGTON, July 23. The Senate began today upon the dis cussion of the Rivers and Harbors appropriation bill.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
NEW MINISTER OF MARINE

ROME, July 23. - Vice-Admiral Delbono has been appointed minis ter of Marine to succeed Vice-Ad- miral Triangi.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23

Blsbee, Ai.iz., where HOO I. w. w. members were seized and deported, is shown in the illustration above. At the right is c. W. r. Hunt, formerly Governor of Arizona and now President Wilson's mediator in the. copper strikes. At the left is Brigadier General James Parker, U. S. A., in command of the troops at Fort Sam Houston, who has been appealed
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
RuMAN1AN CROPS GOOD

BERLIN, July 23.-The crops in Rumania this year are the best ever. Ninety to ninety-five per cent of the produce will be ex- ported to Germany.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
BILL GOES TO PRESIDENT
 WASHINGTON. July 23.-Thl

aviation measure for $640.000. 900 which passed the Senate early Sat- urday night. was sent to the Presi- dent today for his signature.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
STRIKE IN COURTS

SEATTLE, July 23.-The strike on the Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Companys systems will probably be taken into the courts before the day is over. The city will make application for a receiv- CT for the street car system, and this will be heard if the company ;s unable to resume traffic in the twenty.four-hour period given the company in a writ served upon the company officials.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23
Ship Builders May Walk Out in Sympathy With Car Men and BuiId-
 ing Trades
LUMBER IS NOW SCARCE
Car Strike May Go Into Courts Today-System Officials Refuse to
 Treat With Men

SEATTLE, July 23. = Under pressure of the Federal government, Seattle business men today started to attempt to settle the Seattle street car strike and also the strike of the employees of the lumber mills in Western Washington.
 The federal officials are interest ed in both. The street car strike threatens to involve the ship -build- ing industry through a sympathetic strike of the Building Trades Coun- cil.
 Because of the strike in the lum- Der camps and mills the construc- ton of wooden ships for the govern ment and for private concerns is also thseatened as the timber and lumber is now far s1iort of the de- mands.
 Today the Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company officials refused to deal with the Amalga- mated Association of Street Rail- way Employees and the lumber and mill men of the northwest insist on a ten-hour day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-23

Everybody reads THE EMPIRE.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
ITO bubble about what might have

ITO bubble about what might have
been when the fate of our country is
in the balance is to divert our ener-
gies from our main task and confuse
the issue Our soldiers are on their
way to the trenches, and it is up to
every man and woman to prove that
we who are left behind are worthy
of the heroic sacrifice which they are
about to make in our behalf. To
give them luke-warm or half-hearted
support borders upon that form of
treason described as giving aid and
comfort to the enemy.
"In Wisconsin we have been fight
ing fol. twenty years to make the mill
Of the people the law of the land. We
are now entered into a larger contest
for the same principle, and we shall
never subscribe to the doctrine that
the will of the kaiser shall be the law
Of this land.
"In our hour of trial, devoting our.
selves to the cause of our country,
we turn in condemnation upon those
who seek to make fortunes from our
misfortunes. We demand that the
burdens of financing the war shall be
put upon those best able to bear it.
But our attention should not be given
only to those who are financially
"profteering." There are men who
think they are politically ''profiteer-
ing" by preaching dissension to our
people, and they are to be condemned
equally with those who are self-seek-
ers in other ways.
"There are some who are advocat-
ing peace at any price. They mis-
take the temper of our people. Our
country never has entered into war
except to defend the principles upon
which our national existence is
founded. It never has concluded a
war by a surrender of principle, and
when peace comes to us again it will
be upon the same terms as Washing
ton granted to CORVALLIS, and Grant
gave to Recommendations surrender
In this war the terms will be uncon-
ditional surrender of kaiserism and
autocracy to democracy and human
liberty"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
HOW GERMANY IS FOOLED

"Germany's claim that she imports
nothing, buys only of herself, and SO
is growing rich from the war, is a
dreadful fallacy," said Herbert G.
Hoover, chairman of the American
Food Board.
Germany he went on, lis like the
young man who wisely thought he'd
grow his own garden-stuff. TIL S young
man had been digging for about an
hour when his spade turned UP quar-
ter. Ten minutes later he found an
other quarter Then he found dime.
Then he found quarter again.
By gosh he said, 1--WE struck a
silver mine, and, Strengthening up, he
felt, something cold slide down his
leg. Another quarter lay at his feet.
He grasped the truth: There was a
hole in his pocket. Wash 'ngton
Star.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
THE LOCAL EXEMPTION
BOARD

The men on the local exemption
board never faced harder task than
when they came face to face with the
long list of names upon which they
must pass. Shall this young man go
or stay? In them the government
vested the power of deciding subject
to appeal-whether or not those draft
ed shall join the co1ors or remain at
their tasks in Sank county. The same
problem confronted the boards in ev-
cry county and city all over this
broad land.
Tremendous is the power given by
the government to these exemption
boards. 1t is satisfaction to know
that little discretion is left with the
board in most cases-the duty of
each and all being plain. Although
most of the exemptions in a way were
fixed in Washington, yet such trans
act ons as these are the ones which
try mems souls.
Every young man selected to fol-
low the flag should do his duty, his
whole duty. In no other way can the
autocracy across the sea be. crushed
and democracies, such as we enjoy,
be permitted to live. The divine right
of kings belongs to another age, and
it is the duty of the world in this war
to forever end the existence of the
idea The world has moved into
new atmosphere, one that recognizes
the local exemption board 6*- 6*H6
more and more the polit cal equality
of all men,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
THE INCREASE OF HIGHWAY
TRAVEL

Except those who have given the
subject adequate thought, few com
prehend the tremendous increase Of
traffic over the rural roads. The adj
vent Of the automobile has revolu-
tionized travel in the past fifteen
years. Not long ago it required three
hours for team, with great labor, to
cover the distance between Baraboo
and Kilbourn. Note the tuation now.
Cars make the trip across in thirty
minutes. An observer notices auto
mobiles from every state in the union
fitting along, thus wearing out the
roads many times faster than fifteen
years ago. In this connection the
following statement from the Iowa
Experiment station is both instruct
i've and suggestive. During a ten-day
perion in June the station kept a rec
ord of the traffic that passed over the
Ames-Des Moines road at certain
point and found that 1919, 456 pounds
passed the road, including 1895 We
hicles Of the total, SAT vehicles rep
resented farm traffic, 1927 town and
city traffic and 121 tourists. Until the
automobile came but few people liv-
ing in towns, comparatively speaking,
cared to tour the country by team.
Now their autos are flying in every
direction.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
CALL 1T TREASON

At New Ulm, in Minnesota, the first
of the week, three citizens were ar
rested ard charged with treason-one
for taking his money out of a bank be-
cause the president expressed himself
against g. handful of Germans in that
place who are in open defiance against
the national interests, and the other
two for stopping the local newspaper
that took a like stand The govern
ment is determined to wipe out a class
doing everything in their power to dis
rupt and hamper the efforts Of the ma,
ton. 1t seems strange that a class of
people who owe all they have and all
;hey are to this great country will
vt this time do all they can to destroy
it. Before this war is over this class
of citizens will be asked to leave this
country.-Ch ppewa Falls Independ-
ent.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
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become frightened to cause such a
scene. Now these are the reasons
offer why almost no one ever saw the
phenomenon. No history of snakes
tells of it. BUT l DECLARE Posi-.
lively THAT WHAT l SAW IS A
FACT. The unexpected is all IT,
while happening, in spite of all human
ability.
] read short time ago of a, bird
Matching brood in nest near To a
precipice, at the bottom of which was
a body Of water. When the young
birds began to fly from the nest or
little fellow flew over the precipice
and seemed to feeble to fly back.
The mother bird saw his plight and
flew quickly out and lowering close
under him, he lit on her back and she
brought it safe home. Think you ev.
cry bird would have done it?
BENZ. SIMONDS.
Baraboo
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
JOHNNY CAKE ON THE SPOT

After all, it seems, the important
thing is to be ready to do ones duty
when the call comes for action. When
the people of Belgium were without
bread, and no one in all the stricken
country eemed to know how to make
use of the corn meal which had been
provided, it is related that negro
from the United States, who had wan.
dered in some unexplained way into
Belgium, volunteered to assist one of
Herbert G. Hoover's aids in teaching
the people to make corn bread and
corn pone. Thouands of rations were
issued daily, and, in a few weeks such
food was everywhere popular. The
negro's name was Washington Smith,
but he was not hero because of that
fact His chief claim to distinction
IS that he was ready to Edo his bit, .
and did it. That, in the end, is the
real mark Of the hero, in all walks of
Christian Science Monitor.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
HOME GUARDS

Reedsburg, Madison and other cit
les have formed home guard organi-
cations to continue in activity until
after the war. The military compa-
MES are leaving for the front, and
there should be organizations to fill
their places. In the case of great
fires, community troubles of any kind,
or general disturbances, such organi-
cations are invaluable. 1t would be
well for Baraboo and other cities to
join the home guard movement.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23

Herbert Kelley, the actor who fixed
on the masculine world the fashion OF
wearing creased trousers, is dead, says
the Pathfinder He deserves to go to
the place where no trousers are need
ed, as punishment for seeting such a
fashion. 1t is to be hoped that tn
stern realities of war will put stop
to this as well as other silly customs
of the sort. In earlier days men would
not be caught dead in pair of
creased trousers, for creases indicated
that the pants" were ready-made
Then Kelley reversed the style and
forced all the dudes to spend half their
time keeping the creases in their
trousers intact. The idea was that
creases were a sign of aristocracy.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
Addressing Mail to the Soldiers

AS to addressing NAL to the sol.
diers, Captain M c. West, First Wis
consin Infantry, writes
The postal service of our regimen
will greatly appreciate your co-opera
ton in the effort to have the mail
properly addressed. Mail should be
addressed containing the rank of the
ind 'vidual; for instance, Private, Cor
poral, Sergeant, Lieutenant, ect; COM
pany A, B, ETC.; also regisent LIST, End,
3rd, etc: also branch of service, II
fantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Field Hoe
pital, etc.
Where any of these items is omit
ted there is considerable delay and
sometimes it is impossible to delive'
the NAL. There are nearly ten thou
sand soldiers at Camp Douglas.
M. c. WEST.
Captain 1st Wis. Infantry.
Adjutant.
* Camp Douglas, Wis.
Editors Note: Letters in the flu
ture should go to Waco, Texas.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
Snakes

| am pleased that the editor of The
News called for further explanation
concerning my snake story, as it gives
me a chance to say a few words more.
1t is true that all snakes do not lay
eggs. The Pine snake, Bull snake.
Milk snake, Black snakes and many
others do, but a large number do not,
but give b.rth to their young, and, ac-
cording to natural history, those that
give birth to their young are not con-
fined to the poison varieties but
classes, the common striped or garter
snake, and water snake, as giving
birth TO their young This can be
verified by referring to book on
snakes in the Baraboo l brary. Now
it was the two last mentioned snakes
that | saw their young run down their
mothers threat. Now these little
snakes / saw were no doubt only a
few hours old, and my sudden appear
ance caused the singular action. If
they had been much older they would
have run away to hide. In the case
of the water snake crossed that lit
tie bridge every day going to my
work, which bordered the river, and
every day for over a week / saw that
snake on the bridge and no young
with her The day we three crossed
t was Sunday, and it was the first
time any little snakes were with her,
showing they were very young, and
we, appearing suddenly caused the
strange act of their running down her
throat. Of course, if they had been
little older, they would not have done
so. Now the shortness of time and
the exceeding rare opportunities to
even see wild snake with her young
renders it marvel easily denied, be-
sides those who take care OF confined
snakes in museums would never see
such a thing, for snake would not
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
Baraboo Street Names

Concerning the article by City En-
gineer III. e. French on the streei
names of Baraboo, published in pre-.
vious issue Of this paper, o. D. Bran
denburg, former resident of Bara
boo and editor of the Madison Demo
crat, writes to Mr. French as follows
Mr.. H. e. French, Barsboo, Wis.
My Dear Mr. French: l have just
finished reading your paper on Bara
boo street names, and with very grea
interest indeed. 1t is a most usefu
compilat on historically and highly de
sirable to have placed On record pei
manently. The city has done nobl-
to commemorate so many Of it's pic
neers, and / am especially pleased t.
note that an honest attempt was
made to honor Mrs. Peck and he
but is it not to be regretted
that Rosal'ne is used instead of Peck
Blake, Crawford, Barker, Remin.
ton, Moore, Maxwell, Wood, Wheeler
Mills, Warren, Potter, Withingto.
Clark, Dryer, Case, Tyler, Hitchcock
Waldo-these are all fitting; b
where is Garfield street-Canfeld dis.
tinctly entitled to inclusion in your e
cal. nomenclatures above almost any
name that may be suggested? AM
in future designations / should hops
sincerely that you will not fail to re
member DR.. Coles, pioneer physician
who kindly permitted many a part,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23


along parallel lines. SO they procured
a flag, the good old Stars and Stripes,
and told his he could show his loyalty
by kissing that emblem of the great
est nation Gods sun ever shown on,
or take the consequences. He was
too darned cowardly to even make a
show of resistance, but kissed it at
once. That's the sort of stuff these
DIRECTORS and agitators are made of.
They are as destitute of backbone as
a dishrag, and when their bluff is
called they. wilt, just as this fellow
did. 'Rah for Boyd and her patriotic
citizens.-M Madison (Ind) Press.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
ORGANIZE HUNT FOR THE So

And Indiana woman was peeling po-
tatoes. She cut into one that was
hollow and insite it found note from
the southern farmer who had raised
the potatoes. The note read:
I got sixty-nine cents bushel
for these potatoes. How much did
you pay for them?
She wrote back:
/ paid 81 per bushel.
The farmer sent her just one more
letter. 1t said:
I got sixty-nine cents for those
potatoes. 1t could not have cost
more than thirty-one cents to
carry them to you. Who got the
other So? I am going to try to
find out.
That was the end of the correspond
ence, but not the end of the matter. A
farmer in Texas set out to look for
that So, and a woman in Indiana set
out on the same search. They are typ.
icaI of thousands Of producers and con.
sumers in these United States.-New
York Mail.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
Pop! Goes the Dollar

You all know that old-fashioned song.
With easy tune to foller--
You simply change the words bit,
And, pop! goes a dollar.
Now in these times of h. c. l.
Who is each day getting taller,
It's every time you turn tround--
Pop! goes dollar.
You may think you will economic,
And make expenses smaller,
But while you're figuring on a plan
Pop! goes dollar.
'+jEI
If you go in butcher shop,
1t will almost make you holler,
For if you buy bit of steak
Pop! goes a dollar.
If at a little restaurant
You chance to be a caller,
And treat your family to ice cream
Pop! goes dollar.
~, 49, :, ), ..... ), ~. -
You wish to take a swaller,
You'll find that these take money, too,
Pop! goes a dollar.
You step into a dry goods store,
To get tie and collar,
And when you come to pay the bill
Pop! goes a dollar
And even in ten cent store,
Where in bargains you may waller
Before you travel very far
Pop! goes dollar.
OF course these are real popping times
But there soon will be much
SquallOr
Then there will be a diffrent song
Than Pop! goes the dollar.
NJ G. ABBOTT.
Eureka Sprinks, Ark
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-23
A GOOD WIFE---EER PRICE Is
ABOVE. RUBIES

General Rochambeau, who COM
manded the French forces sent to aid
the colonies in the War of the Revolu-
ton. at the close of his life wrote
the following tribute to his wife:
my good star gave me such a wife
as I could desire; she has been for me
a cause of constant happiness
throughout life, and 1 hope on my
side to have made her happy by the
tenderest amity which has never va
ried for an instant during nearly
sixty years."