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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04

allies violated neutrality because he
expressed his convictions. Neutrality
is not such pathetic silence regarding
the issues Of the war as we have seen
in the senator of our state. Neither is
it lettering of the government, an
impossible delicate balancing OF the
interests of two warning countries.
Neutrality is correct action in accord
ance with International law.
Lansing could not agree to "modify
the rules of international law on &C.
count of special conditions. In fact,
Germany, having entered the war un-
der we'll known rules, made at the
start what the world regarded as
foul lunge on Belgium, with no UNI
pire to call her down, and then wanted
the rules changed during the course Of
the game With cheek characteristic
of recent German diplomacy she asked
it in the name of neutrality
Pacifsts have argued that even if
| legal and neutral, it is still not moral
| to allow the expectation of instruments
| to kill. But where can one draw the
| line between the sale of firearms and
| the expectation Of copper, nickel, cot
| ton, and other materials WhereWlth to
| make them? In modern warfare pc
| troleum, clothing, food, are all ammu-
milton. To stop their expectation
would have brought our working
classes great industrial distress. Our
government would not have been NOR
ally justified in doing this. In fact, II
| the sale Of munitions is questioned on
| the score of neutrality, we must then
ask and answer the question whether
| it would have been moral to withhold
| our aid to an outraged humanity.
Above all, the sale of munitions was
wise. The whole world was atlre.
| There was danger that at any moment
some unforeseen circumstance, such
as the sinking of the Lusitania, would
drag US into the caldron. Our army
| was puny, our congress was Inactive,
our peace-loving president opposed to
preparedness. The increase Of our
munition factories was our only prepa-
ration for black emergencies. TO have
suppressed it would have been suicidal.
If the right to trade in arms with
neutrals is abandoned, each nation
must depend upon it's own supply OF
arms. Victory will go to the side
which makes concealed preparations
and springs unexpectedly upon its foe.
| The small nation, no matter how CIVIL
lied, will lie helpless before the big
one All nations will be forced to keep
armed to the teeth Military service
will become universal and the organ
ization of the world will be based upon
might.
Such militarism is an abomination
to our people. 1t is recession from
principles of mercy and forbearance.
| 1t reverts to the law of the jungle. In
the New World we have lived in peace
for century with no military line be-
tween US and Canada. European poll
! cies have fenced each country with
military border. Shall we allow the
military lines of Germany to touch our
shores?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04

Austrian premier, admitted to Col. S.
S. Mcclure that Austria believed that
its attitude toward SerVia made the
chances Of RuSsia's interference about
fifty-ffty. Yet her diplomatists kept
assuring the world that there was no
danger whatever of war. Viviani, the
French Prime Minister, declared on
Aug. 4, 1914, that the Austro-H unga-
rian government had repeatedly given
assurance that it's demands on SerVia
would be extremely moderate. Aus
tria even deliberately deceived one Of
her own allies. Berchtold, the Aus
trian foreign minister, while he was
preparing the provocative note to
Servia which brought on the war, as
sured the italian Ambassador at vi
emma that the situation was not grave.
These are not the actions of a nation
with just cause. They constitute a
criminal plot to spring a European
war.
Germany knew all along that she
was going to force a general European
war out of the Servian crisis. On
Kronprinzessin Cecelie, received a
ken out with England, Russia anC
France. Return to New York.. The
message was sent out four days b
fore England came into the war an
while Germany was ostensibly maxim
every effort to avert general conflict
Austria had wished to "settle" I'll
Servian question as early as the au-
tumn Of 1913. Then she suggested to
GiOlitti, the Italian minister of For
ei3n Affairs, that his country join he
n an attack on Servia. Italy declined
nd Austrian statesmen were com
}elled to wait for such an excuse as
he murders at Serajevo gave them
Long before this crime, Germany
1ad decided that the day was to come
sometime during the second part OF
1914. The year before she had bought
one-half of Americas output of cop
per. In the same year the German
Imperial Bank had made an extraor-
binary increase in its purchases Of
gold. In 1911 it was 174 million
marks; in 1912, 173 million marks,
but in 1913 it was 81 million
marks. In May and June, 1914, she
called her reservists back from Asia
and Africa. In June arms for cruis-
ers were sent to Buenos Aires. On
June Is contracts were let in Americi
for coaling cruisers at sea in August
and September.
The murder Of the Austrian Prince
was Germany's opportunity. The Kai-
ser and his military advisers dared
not miss this chance. So small
group OF men sat down together ano
planned row a murder committed b.
an irres. ibla fanatic could be mad
to emb u. Ia So dire an exc
else OF ~-lvc-.t4o power the mode1r
world ue.u- seen. That counc
cynica ling dis ater and deaf
-. mon itocracy
sat ca Is fghr-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
KEEPS MEN COMMENTED
Canteen Service of Red Cross
Has Good Influence.
Soldiers Are Given the Home Touches
and Little Attentions That Mother
Understands.

Washington. - Canteen service as
for our soldiers in France is one of the
most potent influences for keeping the
men cOntented and in the right frame
of mind to smash the Germans, says
Mrs. Jean Hull, who is in this country
on two months leave.
ga canteen is a long shack where
the soldiers are served coffee, sand
WicheS and more substantial food, as
we'll as sweets. Here soldier may
get his clothes mended, may have
them cleaned after the filth Of the
trenches, and if he is homesick may
pour out his heart to one Of the Amer
lean women in charge"
In other words, the canteen fur
nishes that hOmelike touch which
means so much to man three or four
thousand miles from his family and
friends.
Mothers with boys in France or in
training to go to France will be made
happy in knowing that such care is
given to their sons by the Red Cross
The American women who have vOlun-
teered to run the canteens are among
the nations most cultivated women.
They are enduring conditions which
are in marked contrast with the sur
roundings Of their own homes.
'Lots of times an American soldier
will come into the canteen," said Mrs.
Hull, with a spell of the blues. He
has been out in the mud, is tired and
hungry, and most of all wants sympa-
thy. When he sees US women cheer
fully washing in mud puddle, Sleep
ing in cold rooms and working long
hours on a stretch, he gets ashamed
of his feelings and braces up. They
are mighty glad to see woman from
home and find our reading room, music
and chatter most alluring. We have
to run them out at times, they are so
eager to stay even after regular
hours"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04

The right to buy arms is absolutely
vital to the safety of a peace-loving
people The less q nation thinks and
plans for war, the more necessary it
is to import arms in time of sudden
trouble. For this reason shipment of
arms to warning nations by the citizens
of neutral country has been univer-
sal usage and has become an accept
ed principle Of International law. This
right was expressly stated in 1907 in
the seventh article of the Second
Hague Congress of Nations and was
ratified by the United States, Ger
many, Austria, and twenty-five other
states.
The United States has both prac-
tised and preached this doctrine, be-
ginning with Jefferson in 1893. 1t
has always depended upon the right
and power to purchase arms in case
OF foreign attack" AS our Secretary
of State, Lansing, said in his master
full reply to the Austrian note Of pro-
test: "This right which it claims for
itself, it can not deny to others.
Germany's practice has been exactly
like ours. Her factories sold enorm-
Gus quantities of munitions in the
Russo-Japanese and Balkan wars.
They even supplied Turkey in its war
against Italy although Italy was then
the ally of Germany, and was bound in
a triple alliance. Our one-sided sale
of arms to England in the present war
is exactly matched by Germany's sale
to England in the Boer war. The
Beers were shut off from the seas
MI t01r a
mans are today. Who ever discovered
that the Germans on account Of their
one-sided sale of arms had the slight
est hesitation in helping England win
the war?
With this past record in selling mu-
nitions it is no wonder that Germany
used Austria as her cats-paW in an eff
fort to stop our sale Of arms. In her
protest Austria admitted the legality
of our trade but because it had be-
come one-sided and enormous, chal-
lenged it's neutrality. This was a
strange attempt to make it appear that
our country became unneutral when 1t
exercised it's neutral rights. Germany
could not risk fight at sea and wish
ed America to counterbalance this
weakness by withholding food and mu-
nitions from her enemies.
Nobody can claim that we did not
sell to Germany as long as we could.
Copper she imported in enormous and
unprecedented quantities during the
two years just preceding the war. We
know now why. About year ago the
submarine Deutschland made its IA
NOUS trip to New London and sailed
away from our harbor loaded with a
cargo of nickel.
Much popular confusion exists as to
what neutrality is. Neutrality is an
attitude taken by the government of a
nation. 1t does not mean suspension
Of judgment by it's people. Before our
entrance into the war neither the Pro
German nor the sympathizer with the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
HEALTH
From the Extension Division of the
University Of Wisconsin.
n. e. DEARHoLT.. NJ D., DIRECTOR
FROM SPORT TO HEALTH
BY LOUISE FENTON BRAND

BY LOUISE FENTON BRAND
"But l can't wear low healed shoes, ;"
said the business woman. Goodness
knows. I've tried to and they simply
tire me to death and just about kill my
back. You see, have high arch and
have to wear high heels
81 used 20 Say the same thing" re-
piled the out door enthusiast. ''Then 1
took up golf, and inasmuch as the rules
of the putting green prohibit high heels,
had to find low heeled shoe that
could wear and then learn to wear it,
To be sure, had to learn to walk all
over again, and if | had been doing it
under the spur of common sense instead
of fun, I'd have quit at the end of the
first day. l hobbled around like a Grip
pie, but if golf never does another thing
what it has taught me about feet and
shoes and how much the comfort of the
entire body depends upon them.
when l used to walk with my feet
tilted forward at al angle of forty five
degrees my less were about as much
use to me as a pair of stills. | walked
on my toes with all my muscles tense,
with my knees stiff and all the jar going
direct to my hips. When [ began
walking III sport shoes and exercising
muscles that hadn't been used since I
was child, they naturally rebelled but
had to Keep at it or quit golf. So /
stuck, and when [ had learned to walk
with free knee action and free muscular
| play, | was amazed to find what Il diff
ference it made in my back. Sore
muscles across the lower part of my
back and in the back of my neck disap-
peared and an ugly, constant ache went
with them. AS for my feet, | scarcely
know | have them, they give me so little
trouble. And how they did ache and
burn once, spoiled all my pleasure at
many a dance, and kept me in agony at
many a theatre.
"And here's a tip for you that I've
learned by costly experience. Low
heeed shoes can DE just as bad AS high
heeled ones unless they are made right
but now days you can get them made
right, well balanced, as we'll as we'll
shaped, modish in appearance, as we'll
as comfortable in feeling. Perhaps the
war has been responsible for the vogue,
sible shoes. The army last is as attraC
tive on business and working women as
it is on fighting men"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04

The world at last knows just how
and when Germany decided to launch
this stupendOus war. On July 5, 1914,
a small group Of German and Austrian
autOcrats met in Berlin and decided
on war in Europe within month.
They agreed to seize the murder OF the
Austrian Grown Prince at SeraJeVo on
June 20 as their opportunity to win
German World-pOWer.
The most direct evidence Of this
meeting comes from Turkey. Early in
July, 1914, Herr Wangenheim, the
German Ambassador at Constantine
pie, was hastily summoned to Berlin.
When he returned on July Is, he told
the Italian Ambassador, Signor Car
roni, the purpose of his journey. He
had attended a meeting of German dip
lomats, military men, and fnanciers,
at which European war had been de-
cided upon. Signor GarrOni asked him
what was to be the provocation. He
replied that the Austrian note to
Servia on the SerajeVo murders was
to make impossible demands. All this
the Italian Ambassador has reported
officially to his government.
Our own ambassador at CONSTANT
nople, Mr.. Henry L. Morgenthau, re-
ceived a similar statement. Herr
Wangenheim told him that at the con-
ference in Berlin the date of the war
had been positively fixed. The Kaiser
had presided. Moltke, the chief OF
staff, the sinister Admiral Won Tirpltz,
the leaders Of industry, the directors
of railways, the bankers, were all
there, - everyone who could aid the
he
All answered in the affirmative except
the 1nanciers. They asked for two
weeks in which to unload their foreign
securities and arrange their loans
This comes straight from an eye-Wlt-
ness.
Direct corroborative evidence comea
from the Reichstag. Herr Hasse, the
socialist deputy, in speaking OF the or
igins of the war, said, 1--WE do not toT-
get the conference in Berlin on JulJ
5, 1914, and the activity of Won T1rpltz
and Falkenhayn in those days. rms
statement fixes the date of Herr wan
genheim's conference.
There is abundant circumstantlal
evidence. From July 10 to July 70,
1914, all the great stock exchanges IN
the world experienced an acute and
mysterious depression. Experts then
could not explain the decline. Now we
know that the German bankers were
unloading their foreign securities.
German owned stocks were quietly
pushed into the market. Prices tunl-
bled
German and Austrian diplomats dur
ing those two weeks acted like men
about to spring trap. They dellbeI.
ately lulled everyone into a sense OF
false security. The Kaiser went TO hls
yacht in Norway. The Chancellor lett
Berlin for a rest The same ulch Wa
turned in 1870 when Bismari VS. p-e-
pairing to strike ! nee.
Austria practi 49,.
tive deceit. Count Tjsl2.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
WILSON LAUDS BRITISH ARMY
President Congratulates Haig for
Stand Against Hun and Predicts
Final Allied Victory

Washington, March 2G.-President
Wilson on Monday cabled Field Mar
shall Haig, cOngratulating him on tho
British stand against the German of
fensive and predicting final allied
victory. The presidents message read:
"NIay | not express to you my warm
admiration for the splendid steadfast~
ness and valOr with which your troops
have WithstOOd the German onset and
the perfect confidence all Americans
feel that you will win a secure and
final victory"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
Meets Tragic Death.

Hollandale Review: John 0. John
son. highly respected farmer who
lived near the Yellowstone Lutheran
church was accidentally shot last Sum
day afternoon by the discharge OF a
gun held in his own hands. William
Granberg was out riding in his Ford
car Sunday afternoon and overlook Mr.
Johnson who got into the car for short
ride, the gun, which was loaded dis
charged. striking Mr. Johnson under the
chiu, killing him instantly.
Johnson was about SO years old
ana, aves wife and several grown up
cai IN to mourn his tragic death.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
COL. D. M'ARTHUR WOUNDED
Chief of Staff of the Rainbow Division
Severely Injured During Battle
in France

Washington, March 2G.-Gencral
Pershing's casualty list contained thir-
teen names. One died Of wounds, three
died Of disease, three from causes I'M
known, one man severely wounded and
seven slightly wounded.
Colonel Douglas Macarthur, chief OF
staff of the Rainbow division, was Sc
verely wounded.
Colonel Macarthur formerly was the
war departments censor here and re-
Gently was decorated for bravery.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04

NOTICE or FINAL ACCOUNT AND TO DETERMINE
INHERITANCE TAX.
COUNTY COURT Iowa County, Wisconsin
S-In Probate
In the mattero Of the estate Richard N. James
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at a special term
of the county court to be held in and for said
county at the court house in the city of Dodge
Vile in said county on the third Tuesday (being
the 10th day OF April A. D., 1915 at the
opening Of court on that day, the, following
matter viii be heard and considered:
The application of Richard ID. James eXecu-
tor of the will of Richard n James
deceased, late of Mineral Point, in said
county, for the examination and allowance of his
final account, and for the assign nent of the
residue of the estate of said deceased to such
persons as are by law entitled thereto; and
for the determination and adjudication of the
inheritance tax. il any, payable in said estate
Dated March 10Th 1918.
By the Court,
ALDRo jerks, County Judge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
EVERY CITIZEN SOLDIER
ON DUTY AT HIS HOME

. Everyone must help if we are
: to win. The soldier must obey
. orders or there will be no army.
The people must be one or there
will be no nation. So that we
win, all Of us must follow direc-
; tons.
This is your war guide for use
; in your home.
. 1t tells you what foods we
: must save to provision ourselves
. and our allies; it tells how we
can stretch our supplies so
: everyone will have enough
without any hurt to- your health
or your strength.
Your government does not ask
) you to give up three square
meals a day-nor even one. All
) it asks is that you eat less of
the foods we need to keep the
; armies going and eat all you
want of the other things that we
; have in plenty.
Eat plenty-keep up your
strength and your vim to help
win the war. You have dedi-
Gated to the nation, everything
that you have; YOU are asked
now to give up-just some hab-
: it's Of the kitchen and table.
America and her allies must
; not run out Of wheat, meat, or
fats. If we let that happen,
; Germany will win the war.
We must save sugar, use
; every drop of milk, and-we
must learn to follow directions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
LEGAL NOTICES
Fielder 81 Fielder, Attorneys.
NOTICE TO PROVE WILL AND FOTICE TO
CREDITORS

State Of Wisconsin, County Court, Iowa
~ County-In Probate.
In re estate Of Margaret Johnston; deceased;
Notice is hereby given, That at the special
term OF said court to be held on the third
Tuesday of April, A. ID. 1913 at the court
house in the city Of DOdgeville, county Of Iowa
and State of Wisconsin, there will be heard and
considered, the application of Edward Johnston
and Herman Johnston to admit to probate the
last Will and Testament Of Margaret John ton,
late Of the tOEno Of Mifln in said county, deceased,
and for the appointment OF an executor.
Notice is hereby further given, That at the
regular term of said court to be held at said
court house, on the first Tuesday Of August
A d. 1913. there will be heard, considered and
adjusted, all claims against said Margaret
Johnston deceased.
And notice is hereby further given. That all
such claims for examination and allowance
must be presented to said county court at the
court house in the city of Dodgeville in said
county and state, on or before the 18th day Of
July, A ID. 1918 or be barred.
Dated Mar h 18th, 1913.
BY the court,
ALDRo JENKs. Judge
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
FIGHTING ON ITALY'S FRONT
Latins Drive Back Patrols at Sew
eraI Points and Eject Austrians
From Position.

Rome, March 23.-Fighting is be-
coming more active along the whole
front, the war office announces. Tho
Italians drove back patrols at several
points on the front and elected an
Austrian detachment which had forced
it's way into an advanced post in the
Frenzela valley sector.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
~

STATE of Wisconsin, Iowa County, In County
NJ Court:
John James, Plaintiff
David w Jones, William Henry Penhaleg
Joseph f.. Jones, Jones his wife and all
persons whom it may concern, Defendants.
The State of Wisconsin: To the said Defend
ants and each of them:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service. and defend the
aboy" entitled action in the court aforesaid:
and in ease of your failure 50 to do Judgment
demand of the complaint, of which a copy is
herewith served upon you. This action is
brought to quiet and establish in the plaintiff
title to the following described premises stu
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
Hard to Get Over Road.

Memphis, Tenn.-Restricted travel Is
not confined to those who speed across
the country in trains de luxe and up
holstered Pullmans. Hobos and other
species Of migratory humanity com
plain that it is becoming increasingly
difficult to "get over the road" because
Of special agents employed by the rail-
roads to guard against I. W. w. activi-
les.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
HARRIS
AND
LEAGUE
MINERAL POINT
The IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT
Statement of the Ownership, Man
agement, Circulation, Etc,

agement, Circulation, Etc.
Required by the Act of Congress of
August "a, 1912, OF The Iowa County
Democrat published weekly at Mineral
Point, Wisconsin, for April /, 1918:
State of Wisconsin, County of Iowa-ss.
Before me, a notary public, in and for the
State and county aforesaid, personally appeared
Robert NJ. Crawford, who, having been duly
sworn according to law, deposes and says that
he is the editor of the Iowa County Democrat,
and that the following is, to the best of his
knowledge and belief, true statement of the
ownership, management land if a daily paper,
the circclation), etc, of the aforesaid publica-
ton for the date shown in the above caption,
required by the Act of August p, 1912:
That the names and addresses of the publish
er, editor, managing editor, and business man
ayers are:
Publishers" George Crawford and Robert NJ
Crawford, Mineral Point. Wisconsin, Editor,
Managing Editor Business Manager, Robert M.
Crawford, Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
That the owners are: George Crawford,
Robert M. Crawford.
That the known bondhoders, mortgages and
other security holders owning or holding per
cent or more of total amount of bonds, mort
cages: or other securities are: None.
That the average number of copies of each
issue of this publication sold or distributed,
through the mails otherwise, to paid sub
scribers during the six months preceding the
date shown above is 500.
Signed ROBERT N. CRAWFORD,
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th
day of March, 1918.
SEAL EMMA WHALEN,
Notary Public, Iowa Co., Wis.
MY commission expires Oct. q, 1879
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04
Munday Found Guilty.

Morris, ILL.,, March 25.-Charles B.
Munday was found guilty by jury of
wrecking the La Sale Street Trust
and Savings bank of Chicago, one Of
the LorirAer chain of banks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-04

Wisconsin men invented the Babcock
test, the Hart casein test, the Wisconsin
moisture test for butter, the Wisconsin
curd test, the alkaline tablet test, the
milk sediment test, and the process of
cold curing of cheese.
Look over the Want column.