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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
HARD TO CHEAT FATHER TIME
Wise Is the Man Who Appreciates
Value of Punctuality, and Great
Is His Reward.

A young Kentuckian has lost big
fortune by being 20 minutes late in
keeping a business engagement.
The cheerless old fellow with the
scythe always gets all that is coming
to him. And there is many bad scar
on our fortunes where he has had to
prod us up to the mark.
Time is cheap, and we are apt to
think we can fitch it as we will. But
it is always ourselves we rob, not time.
Maybe you can waste your own time
by being late in keeping engagements
and feel that the loss, if any, is your
own affair. But it is also the affair Of
the man you keep waiting. You waste
his time, too. IF your time is worth
less, maybe his is not. He may con-
clude that his time is worth more to
him than you are.
In many cases it may not matter
much. But one never knows until af-
terWard whether it matters or not.
And through false politeness we are
usually assured that it does not matter
even when it does.
Only the idle and careless, whose
time is of least value, can afford to
waste it by looseness in keeping en-
gagements.
It may be hard to acquire the fixed
habit of always being on time, but it
can be done, and it is worth while to
do it.
Great business men have this habit.
Men of great affairs, whose time is
most completely taken up, are usually
On time. 1t is they who know best the
value of time and the Importance Of
saving it by being prompt.-Christian
Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
Canton a City of Canals.

At Canton, the oldest city in south
ern China, the river is, in effect, canal
lied, and the shipping is heavy and
varied. The water is deep enough for
ships Of 1000 tons burden as far as the
city, but foreign boats come up only
as far as Whampoa, nine miles to the
southeast, where there are extensive
docks. Here the loading and unload
ing is done by native boats. Vessels
Of deep draft lie outside the bar. For
ty miles below is the Boca Tigris
Mouth Of the Tiger), and the water
widens into wide estuary. Water d.
vides the old from the new town and
surrounds the island and the suburbs,
where the Europeans live, so that Can
ton has an abundance of picturesque
water life, including a big houseboat
population.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
RUSSIANS SIGN PEACE PACT
TurkestaH Natives Battle BolshevikiN
Peasants in Polotsk Wage Guer-
rilla Warfare Against Huns.

London, March 16-Fierce battles
between soviet adhcrents and natives
have occurred in Turkestan, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Petrograd under Wednesdays
date. More than 10000 casualties are
reported to have resulted.
Petrograd, March 1G.-The peasants
fin the Polotsk district are conducting
guerrilla warfare against the Ger
mans. Polotsk is in the district be-
tween Dvinsk and Vitebsk on the
Dvina river).
Berlin, March 16.-Military opera
tf0ns are continuing in the Ukraine,
where the town of Bachmach, about
100 miles northeast of Kiev, has been
occupied, the war office announced.
Petrograd, March 16.-The all-Rus-
Sian cOngrass of soviets, meeting at
Moscow by vote of 453 to 80, de-
cided to ratify the peace treaty with
the central powers.
BY the peace terms Russia must
give up Poland, Courland, Livonia,
EsthOnia, and the Ukraine. In Asia
Minor the Russians are compelled to
retire from Armenia and to cede to
The Turks the Russian districts of
Batoum, Kars and Erivan.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
DUTCH SHIPS WILL BE
SEIZED BY THE ALLIES
Holland Notified by Britain and the
United States That Plan Goes Into
Effect at Once.

Washington, March 19.-Holland sub
mitted to the United States govern
ment a compromise proposal regarding
the use Of Dutch shipping by the al
lies. 1t was not satisfactory. The
ships will be taken over today.
The Hague, March 19.-The Dutch
government has accepted the allies
conditions for the use Of ships to carry
war munitions, Notwithstanding the
fact that the chamber Of deputies is
not in accord with this action.
Washington, March Is. - After
months of delay and unsuccessful ne
gotiation with the Netherlands, the
United States aid Great Britain have
decided to take over on March Is for
the allies use all Dutch ships in the
allies ports, unless the Netherlands
government accepts an agreement to
that purpose before that time.
This will bring practically a mil
lion tons of ships to the aid of the
allies at q time when they are SOrely
needed
In addition to being recompensed
for the loss of any of the ships, the
Dutch are to receive liberal cOmpensa-
tons in export privileges of bread
stuffs, which they need badly.
German pressure is expected to de-
ter the Netherlands government from
accepting the offer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
RAIN CAUSES S1,O02,O00 LOSS
Heavy Property Damage Reported in
Michigan-FIyers at Aviation
School Forced to Flee.

Detroit, Mich, March 15.-Damage
estimated at more than 100000 has
been wroght in lower michigan by
the tremendous rainfall of the last "a
hours. Eaton Rapids reported heavy
property damage. In the outlying sec
tons of Detroit flood conditions pre-
vail. Two bridges were swept away
near Ypsilanti and more than $25O,OOO
damage was wrought in the Jackson
Ypsilanti-Ann Arbor district. Interur-
ban and steam road traffic was seri-
ously affected. and wire communication
was intermittent.
Selfridge field, the government avia-
ton ground school near Mount Glenn
ems, is almost completely under water.
All officers and men have deserted the
field temporarily and taken up quar-
ters in hotels.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
CONVINCING TESTIM ONYI
Given BY Many Mineral Point
PeooIe

People.
Experiences told by Mineral Point
people
Those who have had weak kidneys
Who used Doan' Kidney Pills
Who found the remedy effective
Such statements prove merit
You might doubt an utter stranger.
You must believe Mineral Point peo-
pie.
Here's Mineral Point proof Verify it..
Read. Investigate. Be convinced.
You'll find why Mineral Point folks
believe in Doan's.
William Hammill High street, says:
Il had weak kidneys. The kidney Sc
cretions passed too frequently and
bothered me, especially at night. The
secretions were highly colored and
scanty too. used Doan's Kidney
Pills as directed and my health i'm
proved. The trouble with my kidneys
was corrected, too. Doan's Kidney
Pills are certainly fine kidney medi
cine"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mr.
Hammill had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
FOX, STATESMAN AND ORATOR
Brilliant EngIishman Will Be Remem-
bered as Firm Friend of Ameri-
can independence.

Charles James Fox, great English
statesman, who did so much for Amer
lean independence, entered parliament
as a tory at nineteen, and was made
lord of the admiralty at tWenty-one.
He incurred the lifelong enmity Of
George III by opposing royal mar
:iage bill, favored by the king, and at
the kings instance he was dismissed
from Office. Thereupon he left the
tories and joined the wing party,
whose chief he soon became, leading
them in their splendid opposition to
Lord North and the war which ended
in American independence.
Fox was kept out of office by the en-
nifty of the king during % of the best
years of his life Uord Grenville final
~ refused to form a cabinet without
him), but managed in spite Of this to
fight valiantly for many good meas
ures, including Indian government re-
form, better libel law and the abol-
ition of the slave trade. He risked
his life rising from a sick bed to speak
for the latter.
Gambling, which his father taught
him as a child, was Fox's besetting
sin. He lost thousands by it, but when
in 1893 his friends paid his debts and
settled an annuity upon him, he never
touched a card again.
Fox was one Of the greatest orators
who ever spoke in the British parlia-
ment. He is said to have possessed
"above all moderns that union Of rea-
son, simplicity and vehemence which
formed the prince of orators.''
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
GRANT FREIGHT RATE RAISE
Interstate Commerce Commission Act
on Eastern Tariffs Cents
on Anthracite Coal.

Washington, March 16.-General
commodity freight rate increases of
Is per cent asked by carriers in East
ern territory was granted on Friday
by the interstate commerce commits
sion. Increased rates Of Is cents per
long ton on anthracite coal also were
granted. The advance applies to all
territories not included in the general
rate increase granted last June. Com
modities benefting in the rate ad-
vance are coal, live stock, fresh meats,
petroleum, petroleum products, grain
and grain products, cement, lumber
and other stock commodities.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

line two American, engineers recent
captured in northern Hoonn, China
are being held for a ransom Of 70 rifles,
says dispatch from Peking.
The Southern Commercial congress,
which held a meeting at Baltimore,
Nd, will launch an active campaign to
increase the output at southern and
eastern shipyards.
The largest single draft Of sailors to
leave Great Lakes, ILL.,, for sea duty so
far in 1918 is on it's way to an east
ern port to be transferred to men O.
war, it was announced.
Ralph L. Simpson of Pasadena, Cal,
a cadet at the North Island Aviation
school, was killed when the airplane
he was flying fell from a height of
about 80 feet into San Diego bay.
Francis Elliott Langdon Of Boston, a
student observer at the naval aerOnau-
tic station, died at the City hospital at
Miami, Fla, Of injuries sustained when
his seaplane fell into Biscayne bay.
Two persons were killed and three
others badly injured at Auburn, ILL.,,
when a train struck an auto stalled
on the railroad tracks The dead: Pc
ter Mechelick and Charlotte Deca-
tOire.
Ralph F. Gray, his wife, Myrtle,
their daughter, Mary, and son, Ralph
j., all Of Anderson, Ind, were killed
instantly when the family's automobile
was struck by a passenger train near
PendletOn.
All bakers not using the required 20
per cent of wheat flour substitutes in
bread and rolls were ordered to cease
baking those products on March 20.
They will not be permitted to resume
until they are prepared to conform to
the regulations.
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, formerly
chief Of staff, was ordered relieved of
his command of the Seventy-eighth
(National army division at Camp Dix,
n. j., and placed in command Of the
camp itself, which is to be made an
embarkation camp.
number Of large Swedish traWlerS
and one of the largest Gothenburg
steamers have been captured by Ger
man submarines off the Skaw, the
northern extremity of Jutland, Den
mark, and forced to go to Germany,
says dispatch to London.
German army officers were reported
to be active in Reorganization work" in
Russia. According to information to
London from Tokyo, a German army
of nearly 10000 prisoners of war is be-
ing formed in Siberia, adding fresh
peril to the situation in the far East.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, vigor-
ously defended the loyalty of organ
lied labor in the United States in the
war against Germany in an address at
New York at meeting called by the
National Civic Federation to discuss
after-War problems-with particular
reference to labor and sociological con-
ditiOnS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
TRAIL SPY IN U. S. LINES
Sentry Shoots, but Fails to Hit Man
Discovered Signaling the Hun
Trenches.

With the American Army, March 10.
American intelligence officers report
evidence leading to the conclusion that
possibly a spy may be at work within
the American lines northwest Of Tuol.
Early in the morning an American SEN
try saw flashes Of a signal light from a
window facing in the direction of the
enemy lines. He fired through the win
dow and dashed into the house, but
failed to find anyone.
Four hours earlier important tele-
phone wires within the American lines
were found to have been cut,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
TITLED SPIES ARE
CAUGHT IN GOTHAM
Two Women and Two Men Ar
rested by u. S. Agents.
GIVEN CASH BY BERNSTORFF
Suspects May Be Turned Over to the
French Authorities Cable
Messages in Code
Found.

New York, March 19-Four persons,
two men and two women, claiming
French citizenship, but who both
American and French authorities say
have been intimately connected with
German espionage activities in the
United States, were arrested on Mon
day in their handsomely appointed
suites in prominent New York hotels
by agents Of the department Of Justice.
They will be turned over to immi-
grafton authorities for deDOrtatiOn to
France.
In making known the arrest of the
quartette, Charles +. DeWoody, divi-
sion superintendent of the department
'of justice, intimated their deportation
was desired in order to place them
under the Jurisdiction of French au-
thOrities, who may further their prose
cutiOn.
Watched Several Weeks.
The four spy suspects have been I'M
DER surveillance for several weeks, but
not until two of them, a woman styl-
ing herself Nine. DespinO DavidOvitch
Storch, and an associate, designated
as Baron Henri de Beville, departed
for Cuba a week ago after a mysteri-
Gus tWo-day junket to Washington, did
the authorities consider their appre-
henSiOn advisable
The other two suspects are known
Il
Count Robert de Clairmont.
Coded Cables Seized.
When Nine. StOrch and Baron de
Beville were taken into custody at Key
West, while en- rosie to Cuba, a half
bushel basket Of papers was seized
from safe deposit box in this city
which one Of them had rented. A num-
Der Of cable messages in code were
among these papers,
Received Money From Bernstorff.
Although each stopped at different
hotel or apartment, they were said to
have been associated in activities OBJ
jectionable to the government. Mrs
Nix is said to have admitted receiving
$4,000 from Count Won BernstOrff, al
though she claims it was a loan.
Nine. Storch, or Nezie, and Baron
de Bevillee were together in Madrid in
1915, where they were known as the
Baron and Baroness de Deville, fed
eral officials said, and were arrested
there accused of being spies for the
German government. Later they were
released.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
THE THRlCE-A-WEEK EDITION or
THE NEW YORK WORLD
in 1917
Practically Daily at the Price
of Weekly. No other News
paper in the world gives SO
much at SO low a price.
Fashionable Barb

The value and need of a newspaper in the
household was never greater than at the pres ut
time. The great war in Europe is now halfway
into its third year, and, whether peace be ak
hand or yet be far off, it and the events to fol-
low 1t are sure to be of absorbing interest for
many month to come.
These are world shaking affairs, in which the.
United States, willing or unwilling, is compell-
ed TO take part. No intelligent person can ig-
more such issues.
subscription price is only S1OO per year. and,
this pays for 156 papers. We offer this IN
equalled newspaper and The Iowa County
Democrat together for one yer for $500.
The regular subscription price Of the two
papers Is 1925.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
M Others,

Should see that the whole family take
at least or doses of a thoro, purifying, sys-
tenn cleaning medicine this spring. Now is the
time The family will be healthier, happier,
and get along better if the blood is given a
thoro purifying, the stomach and bowels
cleaned out, and the germs of winter, accumu
lated in the system, driven away. HOLSTER 8
Rocky Mountain Tea is one of the very best and
surest spring medicines to take. Get it and see
the difference in the whole family. Their color
will be better, they'll feel fine and be we'll and
happy. Ivey's Pharmacy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
FRANCIS ON WAY TO JAPAN
American Ambassador to Russia and
Allies ENJOYS Are Expected
at Seoul.

Tokyo, March 19.-The American
ambassador to Russia, David r. Fran
els; the japanese ambassador, Wis
count Ushida, and the diplomatic
representatives Of Great British and
France, are expected to arrive at
Seoul, according to advices from the
Oriental capital. They are on the way
to Japan.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
Purchase City PROPERTY.

Dodgeville Chronicle: W. J. Parry
and Hugh Parry have purchased the
new building and lots Of James Roberts
on Iowa street. The building, which
was erected last season, is not COM
pleted, but will be finished as soon as
possible. The building will be used as
a store and restaurant.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
PLYMOUTH CHEESE BOARD
Plymouth, Wis, March II, 1918.

Plymouth, Wis, March II, 1918.
Twenty factories offered 2,S88 boxes
of cheese on the call board today and
all except 1856 cases Y. AS. sold as fol-
lows: $50 twins at 24c, $50 cases
Young Americas at 24c, 1850 daisies at
Csc, 200 double daisies at 24ac, IS cases
longhorns at 244c, 1870 at 278c. 68 boxes
square prints at 278c, 100 at 274c, and
800 at 27c.
Sales a year ago today on the Ply
mouth board were: 65 twins at 245c,
10 cases Young Americas at Csc, 587
daisies at Csc, 70 cases longhorns at
244c, 318 ct 248c, and 902 boxes square
prints at 254c.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
Gold Found in Abandoned Well.

Youngstown, O., March 1S.-An iron
pot, containing $115,0OO in gold coins,
was unearthed in an abandoned we'll
on the Isaac Shaffer farm in Lawrence
county, near Hillsville, Pa, it became
known here
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
THE MARKETS.

May ........H-S1M .S4s4 81 .S45s
FLOUR-The United States administra-
ton Hour standards are as follows: Bar
ley flour So ID. cotton sacks, $3.50; corn
nour, IS ID. cotton sacks, $3.50; white rye
in jute, $500 per bbl., 9S h. sack basis;
dark rye, STATS; spring wheat in jute,
Sl0,6OQl0.So; special brands, $1,000; hard
winter in jute, $1O6001OS0; soft winter,
$10.60610.S0
BUTTER-Creamery, extras, 49c; extra
f1rsts, 421ac; firsts. 411a042c; seconds, 400
41c; centralized, 42@421ac; ladies, 35G351ac;
process, SSc; packing stock, 3O@33c.
EGGS-Fresh f1rsts. 36146361ac; ordinary
frsts, S5Q3513c; miscellaneous lots, cases
included, 3419G3512c; cases returned, $500
S412c; extras, 4O12@411ac; checks, 3O1hc; dir
ties, 311aG32c.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys 25c; old
roosters, &c; young roosters, 2SG31c;
ducks. 2S@51c; geese, 24925c.
CATTLE-Good to choice steers, $13. ESQ
14s75; yearlings, good 20 choice, s9000132 %;
stockers and feeders, sS50012.0 90; good to
choice cows, s9.O0@11.75; good to choice
heifers, S9.00Qn.75 fair to good cows, SITS
@S.75; Gamers, s6.506S50; cutters, $7.500
500: bologna bulls, ss.OO@9.6o; butcher bulls
$S75@10.50: heavy calves, $S.50@1200; veal
calves, S1350@1675.
HOGS-Prime light butchers, ST.. 25@17 so;
fair to fancy light, $17.OO@1775; medium
weight butchers. 2O0@240 lbs, $17.10@17.50;
heavy weight butchers, 24O040O lbs, s16.S
rough heavy packing, $1640@16.75; pigs,
fair to good, $16.00@17.00; stays, $175O9
1900.
SHEEP-Good to choice wethers, $1,000
145o; good to choice ewes, $11.00Q14c0;
yearlings, $1350G16.75; western lambs, good
to choice, s16.50G1s.40; native lambs, good
to choice. s15o0117.75.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
Oil Plant Sustains Loss

Bayonne. n. J.. March 19.-The Con-
stable hook plant Of the Tidewater Oil
company, sustained a $4,000 loss
when the plug Of high pressure still
was blown out.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
Four Hundred Army Horses Poisoned

Covington, KY, March 1S.-The toll
of dead horses, part of shipment of
726 government animals from Camp
Grant, H., bound for an Atlantic port,
reached approximately 400, and veteri-
narians, it is said, have no hope of saw
ing the remainder. 1t is believed here
that the death of the animals was
brought about by carefully arranged
poison plot.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-21
Daily Thought.

Conversation is the vent of character
as we'll as of hought.-Emerson.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-26
SCHOOL VACATION
WILL Be ELIMINAT TED
Thanksgiving and Christ
mas Also Expected, An
nouncement of Ellis.

Horace Ellis. state superintendent OF
public instruction. has announced that
il is proposed virtually to do away with
all holidays and vacations for the re-
mainder of the school year, except
Thanksgiving day and Christmas day.
in order to make up time lost by the
enforced closing of schools because OF
the influenza-pneumonia epidemic.
Pupils will be treated literally when
credits are affected by the closing. which
runs now into the third week AS has
been announced heretofore. school
teachers having contracts of the form
approved by the state department re-
ceive pay just the same when schools
ARE closed by such order. Other school
employees pay during the period de-
pends on the form of their contracts.
Janitors will In most instances receive
pay, but rural school hack drivers will
not in most instances, says Gilbert H
Hendren. chief accountant Of the state
board Of accounts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-26
LATEST NEWS
ELLA FLAGG YOUNG
DIES IN WASHINGTON
Noted Educator Succumbs
to Pneumonia Following
Attack of Influenza.
IBY UNITED PrEss1

WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.-Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young. Chicago educator died
here today Of pneumonia
Mrs. Young's death followed an at
tack of influenza. which resulted from a
heavy cold contracted while travelling
through Montana on a speaking tour on
behalf of the Liberty loan
Mrs. Young was born in Buffalo, y. Y,
in 1s45, the daughter Of Theodore and
Jane Reed Flagg. She was graduated
from the Chicago high school and from
the Chicago normal school. and married
to William Young in 1868.
Mrs. Young was engaged in teaching
school from 1852 to 1915. She became
superintendent of Chicago public schools
in 1909. being the first woman superin-
tendent of a metropolitan school system
in the United States. She received hon
orary degrees from the University Of
Chicago and University of Illinois. She
was the author of several books on edu-
cational matters and president Of the
International Educational Association in
1910.
During Mrs. Youngis administration
as superintendent she was the center of
one of the most bitterly fought political
contests in the history of the city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-26
MONON BRAKEMAN
LOSES HIS LIFE
Monon Trainman Met Death
Under Peculiar Circum-
stances.

LOWELL, IND. Oct 26.-EarI Hough
freight. was found dead on the railroad
track about half way between Pleasant
Ridge and McCoysburg.
Conductor Fred Ball reports that when
they left Pleasant Ridge Thursday even
ing Hough was standing on the platform,
on the rear OF the caboose. Ball had
closed the switch as they were leaving
Pleasant Ridge. This is the last he
saw of Hough.
Hough's absence was not noticed until
Friday morning when the call was made
at his home for him TO take his run
back to Hammond. AS he had not re-
turned to his home a speeder was at
once sent north from Monon and the
body was found between the rails at the
point indicated above
The remarkable thing about the acci-
dent is that seven trains must have
passed over the dead brakeman's body.
The body was badly bruised and mashed
but no members were severed.
When found the body seemed slightly
warm, indicating that the unfortunate
man had not died until sometime in the
early morning.
The deceased was 36 years of age and
leaves an invalid wife. He had been in
time and was in line for conductor. He
had made a number of trips as a supply
in that capacity.