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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
What If Germany Should Win?
By WILLIAM H EICKHOFER Associate Professor Economics
University of Wisconsin
Published under direction Of Wisconsin

however great the sacrifice that
mas already been made, and stagger-
ing the price that we shall yet have
to pay, it will cost US incomparab bly,
less to win this war than to lose it.
There Is no nation today, not even
England, which Germany hates as she
hates the United States Of America,
The kaiser's naughty threats, re
peatedly made to Mr.. Gerard,
America had better look out after
this war" and Il shall stand no non
sense from America after the war, "
must never be given the slightest
chance of translation into action.
Consider the price of our defeat.
Our dead would have died, and our
wounded would have suffered in vain;
billions OF treasure would have been
spent to no purpose; international
law, upon the recognition Of which
the safety of every nation in the
world depends, would have been over
thrown; might would have triumphed
over right, and terrorism would rule
the world. There are at least four
consequences of paramount impor-
lance to every man, woman, and
child in America that would follow
a German victory.
First, German victory would
mean the perpetuatlOn and extension
Of Pan-Germany, the gravest possible
menace to the independence of the
United States. Pan-Germany already
exists. Austria-Huhgary, Bulgaria,
and Turkey are today vassals, not al
lies, of Germany, and she intends
that they shall so remain. In 1914,
the German military machine con-
trolled 68,000,000 people; today about
10000, 900 people are under the dom
ination of that machine. Can we af-
ford to let an INSCRIPTIONS military
| class keep control of population
that could furnish an army of 100000
900? Kaiser Wilhelm might send
them forth as in 1914 he sent forth
his Army of the East:
Remember that you are the
chosen people! The Spirit of the
Lord has descended upon me be-
cause | am the Emperor of the
Germans. / am the instrument of
the Almighty. | am his sword,
his agent. Woe and death to all
those who shall oppose my will!
Woe and death to those who do
not believe in my mission! Woe
and death to the towards! Let
them perish, all tue enemies Ol
the German people! God demands
their destruction, God who, by
my mouth, bids you to do His
will
If Germany wins, there is not the
slightest shadow of a doubt that she
will seize the fleets of her enemies.
Then Pan-Germany need no longer
confine herself to Europe and the
Near East Instead the German octo
pus can extend its tentacles and
seize the trade routes, lands, and
riches of the world.
Soones or later We should clash
with he's over the Monroe Doctrine
Ge.manS has never officially assent
ed to this policy, and more than once
has sought to impair it. The estab
lishment of German colonies in South
| America. the desired acquisition of an
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
kenosha Man Dies in West.

Ken0sha, May lone of the long
standing mysteries of KenOsha has
been solved by the receipt of news that
Nicholas Biseniu is dead at Oregon
City, Ore. Biseniu left KenOsha %
years ago for the West. He was last
heard from aboard q steamer on the
Pacific. Search was made for him in
vain. He left a fortune, it is said, and
members of the family left KenOsha on
Monday faE Oregon City to claim the
property. Biseniu was planning to re-
turn home in the near future to sur
prise his friends and relatives, but he
was hurt In an accident and died as q
result of his injuries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
Training Ships for
New Merchant Crews

National training ships for merchant
crews are a novelty in this country,
the only work done in training mer-
chant seamen, that is, men for cargo
and passenger vessels, before the war
having been on a few scholarships
maintained by two or three Atlantic
seabOard states.
Now the country has a whole feet
of training ships, recently put into
commission by the United States Ship
ping Board, as part Of the country's
war equipment. On the vessels young
men from all parts of the country will
make their first acquaintance with a
sailors life.
National headquarters for this fleet
of training ships is at Boston, but this
port is not the only one at which such
ships are based. Philadelphia recently
had one of the ships in port a month,
taking on 500 apprentices who volun-
teered to serve at sea rather than in
their country's land forces.
San Francisco is fitting out a large
SeagOing ship, the Iris, to accommo-
date the recruits for the merchant
marine from the Pacific coast and
mountain states.
New York has a receiving ship, the
steamer Dorothy Bradford.
New Orleans is expected to have a
station ship on Lake Pontchartrain,
that broad arm of the sea near the
city, where young men of the Southern
states will have preliminary training
before going aboard one of the cruis-
Ing training vessels.
Home Base of Ships.
Boston, the home base of the ship
ping board training service, will re-
ceive men from the Eastern and Cen
trail states. 1t has as a station ship,
on which recruits are received, the for
mer Atlantic liner City of Berlin
Cater the transport Meade), a super
greyhound in her time, and holder Of
the transatlantic speed record, both
east and west, in 1875. Though now
forty-four years old, the Meade is a
handsome and habitable ship. She was
refitted for the special use of the ship
ping board recruiting service at New
port News, Va, in the spring of 1913.
She has capacity for about one thou
sand apprentices.
Two cruising ships based at the Bos-
ton training station are the Calvin
Austin and Governor Dingley, modern
steel twin vessels, nearly three hun
dred feet long, formerly in the coast
wise passenger service. Each has a
capacity for 60 apprentices.
All the training ships are specially
equipped with accessories to healthfuI
living. Each has a modern hospital,
with a doctor and nurse in attendance.
There is a generous steam heating
plant for use in the cold months. Sleep
ing quarters are well ventilated. Gal
leys ana messrooms are kept scrupu-
lousy neat. There are ample shower
baths and modern plumbing.
Course in Sea Training.
Under strict but kindly discipline, a
young man is as well cared for here
as at nome, and he associates only
with young men Of his own type, and
INSTRUCTORS OF character and expert
enee.
Inc length Of the course Of training
Tor an apprentice on the United States
Shipping Board training ship may vary,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
MAN THE SHIPS.
SAYS GOV. Phillip

Madison.-Gov. Emanuel L. Philip
has put the moral force of the state Of
Wisconsin behind the Q. S. Shipping
Boards efforts tc enroll men for crews
Of the new merchant ships on which
the execution of tie country's war pro-
gram now depends.
The governor has received the fol-
lowing telegram from the Z. S. Ship
ping Board:
Men are urgently needed in our
Merchant Marine. An announcement
by your eXcellency that the Z. S. Ship
ping Board recruiting service is seek
ing $4,000 between the ages Of tWen-
ty-one and thirty to train as seamen,
hremen, oilers, water tenders, cooks
and walters, will aid materially in the
present work of this service in select
ing superior material for filling the
ing ships. We believe the interior
states should share generously in the
present broadened phase of the ma
TONS seagOing life and wish to make
clear that we accept men without sea-
going experience who In view of the
urgency of the situation are exempted
by special regulation from military
duty. Applicants for training may APP
ply to any one Of nearly 200 enrolling
stations now established at drug
stores In your state.
"HENRY HOWARD,
Director of Recruiting Service, q. S.
Shipping Board"
In response to this message the gov
ernor has issued the following state
ment:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
Injured in Fall,

Sturgeon Bay, May 1.-Sheriff Eli
Stegman was perhaps fatally injured
in fall from a rapidly moving auto
mobile when he vas attacked by an
insane woman whom he was escOrting
on the running board of the car when
the woman attacked him with a hat
pin, jabbing the instrument into his
face and neck and the hand with which
he was holding on to the car. He fell
to the pavement and was rendered I'M
conscious.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
State House, Madison, Wis.

State House, Madison, Wis.
Wisconsin, for the first time
In her history, has been invited
by the national government to
supply men for service in the
Merchant Marine. Many citi-
zens of the state already are en-
pl0yed in the commerce of our
inland seas, bearing a heavy part
Of the countrys war burden, but
others are ready to help In the
greater ventures Of the ocean
that lies between US and our
troops in France.
The plan of the q. S. Shipping
Board TO open large number of
neighbOrhood recruiting stations
In this state, where young men
between twenty-one and thirty
may enroll for service in the
merchant marine, is commend
able, as 1t brings one of the
country's greatest needs Of the
hour very close to the people.
Without thousands Of young men
to go into the crews of the mer-
chant ships now being rushed to
completion, we cannot carry out
our program for supplying cur
army and our allies with the
sinews of war.
Registrars not yet called to
service may exercise their choice
of entering the Merchant Ma
rine. During the period that reg
tstrants who make the choice
remain in the service Of the U. S.
Shipping Board they will not be
liable to military duty under the
selective service law.
Every citizen Of Wisconsin
free TO go into this branch of
the government service may do
so with the assurance that he is
choosing a place Of the first I'M
portance and the highest honor
in the war work of his country.
Official recruiting stations are
being established in drug stores =
In the larger cities and towns in
the state. Anyone wishing infor-
nation regarding this service or
who desires to enlist can obtain
particulars at such stations.
EMANUEL L. Phillip,
Governor Of Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02

according to circumstances, from a
minimum of not less than a month to
probably not more than three months.
The training is practical, with a whole
some system of instruction and exer-
else lasting eight hours day, and
proper intervals for rest and recrea-
ton.
Particular attention is paid to the
routine of life on shipboard, to boat
drill and to fire drill. The apprentices
who are to become sailors are drilled
also in seamanship, lookout, knowledge
OF the compass and the handling and
splicing of ropes. Firemen are drilled
under trained men in the art of ham
ding fuel and making steam. Cooks
and mesSmen are given actual instruc-
ton in galley and messroom under ex-
perienced instructors. Each instruc-
tor, so far as practicable, is in charge
of only ten men, which insures indi-
vidual attention TO each of the appren-
tees in his charge.
The inexperienced man trained bv
the course Of instruction thus provided
will become qualified in the shortest
possible time to serve his country in
its merchant fleets.
Chances for Promotion.
When he has finished his training as
an apprentice he will take his place in
actual work at sea beside experienced
men who will respect his legal status
among them. Not only the sailors, but
the firemen, coal passers, cooks and
messmen that come off the training
ships will start in their tasks at sea
with the knowledge that they are
wanted and welcome on the new YES
sells of the merchant marine
The young American merchant sailor
knows that after a total of two years
sea experience he may enter a ship
ping board school in navigation to fit
himself for an officers license; that in
three years he can pass upward
through all three grades as mate
third, second and first in order and
that his next step in promotion Is to
the command of a ship.
An apprentice who chooses the en-
CINE room branch of the service may
advance from fireman to oiler or wa
ter tender, and after two years serv-
ice become eligible for q license as
third assistant engineer, a step in pro-
motion towards the position of chief
engineer.
All Merchant Marine apprentices are
exempted from all Navy duty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02

island in the West Indies, or coveted
control over the Panama Canal,
might at any time in the future pro-
woke another conflict unless Pan
Germany is now decisively defeated
Sooner or later we should clash over
the rights of trade and industry We
might even expect an invasion of our
own territory. While we were still
neutral, Germany invited Mexico to
make common cause with her, to in
wade US, and to seize Texas, New
Mexico, and Arizona
Second, a German victory would
mean the continuance of militarism
and the certainty of another war. If
the militarists of Germany win this
war, they can justify themselves to
their people by pointing with pride
to all that armed force has brought
to Germany
But if Germany remains militaristic
all the rest of the world must arm in
self-defence. Unless we are willing
to devote billions of dollars of our
national income to the construction
Of the greatest navy and army in the
world, and accept the harder condi-
tions of life which this expenditure
will necessitate, unless we are willing
to face future wars of even more
speechless horror, we must fight on
now, though we fight alone, until mil
itarism is crushed forever.
Third, a German victory would in
the end mean the death of democracy
Why? Because Germany's victory
will prove that more slowly moving
democracies can be no match for a
highly organized autocracy. And
what is more, because the German
autocracy to protect itself will sys-
tematically undermine popular gov
eminent everywhere, corrupting the
press, substituting speakers, control
ling education, encouraging eXploita-
ton, and always promoting the reac-
tionaries into industrial and political
power.
Fourth, a German victory would
mean the imposition of 2 staggering
indemnity upon the United States. If
the war lasts until next August it
will have cost Pan Germany fifty bill
lions Of dollars. II this sum could be
collected from the people of the Unit
ed States Il would take approximately
one-fifth of the per capita wealth of
the country to pay it.
There is not the slightest doubt
that NSIIHdAy Will 1uIpOSS al luuelu-
nifty if she can. In June, 1915, Pc
tition signed by 1,341 leading intel
lectuals of Germany sent to the I'M
perial Chancellor as a confidential
document, declared on the subject of
indemnities:
Should we be in the position
of eXacting indemnity from Eng
land, which has always been so
to the war. no Amount Of money
that could be exaeted would be
sufficiently large.
| The United States has twice the
| wealth of the British Empire, and
Germany hates US more. What would
not the German Imperialists do IL
they could lay their heavy, blood
soaked hands upon the fabulous
wealth of America?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
QUIT SNEERS AT AMERICANS
German Press Begins to Sound Warn
ing to Win Before Full Yank
Force Arrives.

Geneva, Switzerland, May 1.-The
German newspapers which last year
ridiculed American intervention in the
war now have begun gradually to ill.,
form the German public concerning
the danger Of present and future
American Intervention on the western
front. For instance, the Zeitung Of
Constance, says:
I'VE must hurry to obtain solid
victory by arms before the full Ameri-
can forces arrive"
The Vienna newspapers are taking
the same line as those in Germany.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
SAYS Foes Are Within,

Plymouth, May 1.-"WisconSin' foes
are within, not without the state" de-
clared Frank l.. Fawcett of Milwau-
kee in his address at the dedication of
the honor flag awarded Plymouth for
oversubscribing its quota of the Third
Liberty loan by ~ per cent. Mr.. Faw-
cett recommended education rather
than force as the means of winning
over those who, through ignorance,
are not wholly in support of the gov
eminent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
Waukeqan MARRIAGE Licenses.

Waukegan, May 1.-Marriage IL
censes have been issued here to these
Wisconsin parties: John Baumbach
and Elsie Dittmore, Martin H. Gregory
and Marguerite BarusOn and Erwin
Backhoff and Erma Raabe, all from
Milwaukee; Chauncey S. Carpenter,
Jr., Milwaukee, and Ruth Fraser, Ev-
anston; Charlie Kilelhut and Blanche
Schaufel, Kenosha; Paul c. Bonnie,
Vandalia, Mich, and Leona Leach, She
boygan Falls; Theo. de Freez and Ma
rion Kurtner, Racine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
la Crosse Man to Eurone

La Crosse, May DIR. Edward B.
Evans will go to Europe in May for
the Red Cross, it was announced. Doc
tor Evans was recently rejected for
regular army work because he is past
fifty-five years. A daughter, Mary, is
waiting orders to sail to Europe with
the Red Cross. A son, James, was
wounded as an ambulance driver and
won the Croix de Guerre. Another SON.,
Arthur, is in the Italian army.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
! News Of the
" Badger State
Observation-Disclosures

Kie4-Mrs. Eliza DeMunck, ga years
old, was arrested here on a warrant
charging first degree murder, follow
ing the death Of her husband, Abra-
ham DeMunck, 81 years old De-
Munck, farmer, died at Greenbush at
the home of his son, William De-
Munck. Distinct traces of poison were
found in his stomach by Sheboygan
physician, according to Charles
Weight, district attorney of Sheboygan,
who conducted the investigation.
Eau Claire-After a heroic battle by
firemen here the Eau Claire house,
one of the city's two largest hotels,
was saved after $4,000 damage had
been done to it in a $175000 fire II
was the worst blaze in f ty years.
. The fire originated in and 1pletely
destroyed the Continental clothing
store. The origin of the fire is mys-
terry. Guests in the Eau Claire house
were dSiven from their rooms in night
clothes.
Madison = The Wisconsin commit.
tee Of national defense, medical sec
ton, Of which DIR. Rock Sleyster Wau-
pun, Is secretary, sent out an appeal to
physicians for enlistments. Wisconsin
already has given literally of her med
zeal men. The state stands second in
the nation in the number Of physicians
enlisting. in percentage to population.
Pennsylvania being the only state with
a better showing.
Sturgeon Bay = The first Great
Lakes transport built under govern
ment supervision for service on the
Atlantic ocean, was launched here be-
fore huge crowd Miss Eleanor VOL
ter, daughter of one of the builders of
the vessel, christened the transport
the sturgeon Bay" The vessel is 261
feet long and has been in the process
of construction for over nine months.
Kenosha Kenosha has issued a
challenge to 5ery city in the nation
in the adoption" of fatherless chill
dren of France. Up to da.e Kenosha
people had adopted 220 of these chill
dren. A hundred were adopted by the
city as a whole. One family anony-
mously adopted fifty and the remain
der were provided for by individuals,
clubs and organizations.
Wausau-The first Junior Volunteer
company of Wausau has been organ
lied with boys under q years of age
as members. The purpose is to bring
a feeling of cooperation with the gov
eminent, in every possible way; keep
up home spirit, and to prepare the
boys for military duties in the future
II needed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
CHICAGO Herald Sold

Chicago, May 1.-The Chicago Her
aid, it was announced, has been sold
to the Illinois Publishing company,
and will be consolidated with the Elk
aminer The transfer is to take place
tonight. The name of the paper will
be the Herald-Examiner
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
Saves Woman From GaIIows.

Hartford, Conn, May Mrs. Amy
E. Archer Gilligan of Windsor under
sentence of death for murder of Frank
lin r. Andrews, was granted a new
trial by the supreme court of errors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-05-02
PRIMER FOR RECRUITS.
Questions Are Answered for Would
Be Merchant Sailors.

The U. S. Shipping Board Service
issues little book called primer"
containing 60 questions that are usu-
ally asked by would-be merchant sail
ors at the Boards drugstore recruiting
stations, and answers to them.
Among the important answers are
the following:
If you have reached your twenty
first birthday and have not reached
your thirtieth birthday, you are eligi-
bic to enter the training service Of the
Merchant Marine.
II you are registrant, and have not
received a pink card calling you to
camp, you are free to enter the Mer-
chant Marine training service, and
will receive exemption on SO doing.
Your exemption will begin as soon
as you go on board training ship Of
the Z. S. Shipping Board.
This service has no connection with
the navy.
You do not enlist, but sign contract
ing the war.
Promotion In the Merchant Marine
is rapid to men with an aptitude for
sea life. Jobs will be permanent after
the war.
The government does everything pos
sible to give its recruits in the Mer-
chant Marine a thorough working edu-
cation in the business Of sailor.
Previous experience is not necessary
to enter the training service.
II you do not know where the near
est recruiting station Of the Merchant
Marine is, ask your druggist. He will
know the nearest druggist conducting
an official station, and will be glad to
tell you.
There are 1854 Of official enrolling
stations In the country.
Beloit = Liberty Loan committee
passed resolutions, demanding that
teaching of German in public schools
be abolished, petition to that effect
being generally signed. German is
taught only in the Befoit High school.
Green Bay-Explosion of dynamite
caps during a fire at the Morley Muir
ply Hardware company warehouse
here could be heard for miles The
fire loss is estimated at $780, 900. Two
boys watching the fire from box cars
were blown off by the force of the
blast and both suffered broken limbs