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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-27

private industry, and as such, it is an
appeal for reconciliation from the
murderer to the family Of his vic
Tins; it is an appeal for conformation,
on the lines of the Pope's suggestion
that all nations were very much alike
IN the present struggle, for this is the
only basis which makes conformation
a possibility; it is an appeal for the
friendship of other nations with Ger
many, for the friendship, for instance,
of the French men and women whose
wives and daughters and children
were dragged to German factories and
into the German mines, to make am
munition to slaughter their husbands
and brothers, at price for them
selves of every known indignity and
outrage; it is an appeal for brother
hood to those Belgians who saw their
fellow citizens standing before the
firing platOons, for no other reason
than that they had resisted the out
rage of their neutrality by the ally
sworn to defend it, and who witnessed
their wives and daughters being driv-
en- toward the allied ranks as a fir
ing screen for the German regiments
marching behind them. Such an ap-
peal may be made to Mr.. Wilson, but
it will be made in vain. Tt is made
partially, no doubt, with the idea OF
causing dissention in the ranks OF
the Allies, but it will be found that
the snare will be set in vain before
the eyes of the President. DR.. Soil
appeals to the President as the
spokesman of the Allies, and there
is only one answer that the Presi-
dent can return to him, in the name
Of the Allies, and it is this, that such
subterfuges will not do.
Now this does not mean, in the
least, that the Allies are going to treat
Germany as Germany treated them
They are not going to take advan-
tage of their power to bomb German
hospitals or to murder German chill
dren. They are going to protect the
German wounded and to assist the
German children. But they are not
going to mesmerized into believing
man crimes is the work of one man
now a fugitive, and fugitive solely
by reason of his failure. When the
German armies appeared to be
marching to victory, the German peo-
pie associated themselves with the
kaiser and proclaimed his greatness
This paper. like every other paper, nc
doubt, is in possession of dozens OF
letters from private German citizens
filled with abuse of the Allies and OF
every one who supported them, and
filled with eulogy and defense of the
German kaiser and the German gov
eminent, and the German Government
measures. 1t is useless, therefore, al
this time of day, for the German peo-
pie to attempt to dissociate them
selves from the German Government
Their guilt is written down in mil
lions of private letters. The crime OF
the kaiser and Crown Prince, it must
never be lost sight Of, was their fail
ure, not their successes. AS has been
pointed out dozens of times in these
columns, the kaiser himself is mere
ly the personification of the German
ideal of kultur. The manifestoes OF
the German professors, the utteranc-
es of the German commercial classes
are an unimpeachable evidence OF
this. Is there any human being who
imagines, that King George or Pres
ident Poincare could have called the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-27

the course of events at the moment
when the threatenings of war became
critical. 1t was alleged that this
young man of 80, acting behind the
scenes, was the real deus ex macnlna
of the whole drama: that he, the idol
of the army. had imposed his will and
that of the officers corps on MS
father, while the latter's mind was
not vet made up. The Crown Prince
deserves Nor such wild honor nor
such brand of shame.
"In physique, ne Is an officer OF
light infantry; slender Of waist and
narrow of chest, he cuts smart fig
ure. especially on horseback. He
does not in any way resemble the US
ual HohenzolIern type, with its broad
shoulders and regular features. His
face is extremely youthful, with
certain vagueness in its outlines; his
forehead recedes; his eyes show no
sign of lively intelligence and his
body has look of suppleness rather
than of strength and fitness for war.
Appearances in this case, are decep-
tive The Prince is a tough soldier
and ardent sportsman. Polo, tennis,
football, hockey, golf, yachting
is no sport that he does not practice.
Before the war he liked to initiate the
English and posed as German An
glomaniac. His father had to forbid
him to ride on steeplechases, because
an heir apparent must on no account
run the risk of a dangerous fall, but
was unable to prevent him from go
ing in for aviation. OF all William
TT :. DIT, n
be the most soldiefly; but this does
not mean that he will ever make a
capable army leader.
"At first glance he does not seem
to bear any resemblance to the form
er Emperor, but after a time one
finds out several parallel traits in
their characters. Less well-infOrmed,
less cultured, less versatile, but just
as self-willed, the son has inherited
his fathers inpetuous spirit and in
durable propensity for freely utter
ing his thoughts. A line of impulsive
leaders, very different from their an
cestors, is what the modern Hohen-
Zollerns have given Germany.
'The former Crown Prince has the
soul of fighter, or, at any rate, he
prides himself on that quality. At an
official dinner, where he sat next to
the wife of an ambassador from one
of the Entente Powers, he could not
think of anything more clever or gal
liant to say than that it was his cher
ished dream to make war and to lead
a charge at the head of his regiment.
"The relations between the former
Emperor and his son ceased to be
very cordial from the day when the
young Prince, trimming over with
ambition and desire for popularity,
tried to get himself talked about by
dabbling in politics. His first open
interference in state affairs took place
in 1911, at the meeting of the Reichs-
tag where Herr Won Heydebrand, the
spokesman of the Prussian Junkers
delivered a trenchant criticism of
German policy in Morocco, of the
Franco-German treaty of Nov. 4, and
of the ways in which the Chancellor
had defended the interests of the En-
pire. During this philippe, the Crown
Prince, sitting by himself in the i'm
perial box, made repeated signs of
approval. After that he became the
hope o fthe reactionary party and of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-27
DIR. VAN HIsE, PRESIDENT
OF WISCONSIN u. DIES.

DR.. Charles r. Van Hise, president
of the University of Wisconsin, died
Tuesday morning, at S:5c O'Clock.
Death was caused by meningitis sec
ondary to nasal infection.
DR.. Van Hise was not seriously i'll
until Monday morning. He had suf
fered for years with nasal trouble,
especially during his recent trip to
Europe as a guest of the British gov
eminent He had done a great deal
Of hard work since his return and
was physically worn out On the adj
vice of physicians he went to the hos
pital for treatment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-27
JUDGE LANDS SENDS
STACKER TO PRISON.

Rev David Gerdes of Whiteside,
ILL.,, pastor of the Brethren flock, was
given ten years in federal prison by
Judge Lands at Rockford, last week.
Gerdes admitted that he had endeav-
ored to dampen his followers war
enthusiasm. Members of the congre-
cation called to testify for Gerdes,
said that they would not protect their
daughters from the assaults of a Hun
ruffian. This made the judge very
angry. John Manus who wrote a dis
loyal letter to newspaper, was
handed three years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-27

pansion, superior to the decadent ma
tions that surround her must go forth
resOlutely to conquer Europe, and at
ter that to dominate the world.
"Such, | think, will be the flatter
ing verdict that future German his
torians will pass on William II. In
the world outside Germany the Bel
gians, at any rate, will hold differ
ent view. They will not subscribe to
the accuracy of the idealiZed portrait
which omits the hitherto unsupported
features that the war has brought to
their notice. In one who had motives
for watching him during the last
years before the catastrophe, the En-
peror aroused a sense of perplexity
and fear, like some mOmentOus rid
die that no man can read. Today we
cannot study his character without
reference to the actions that have
displayed it in a CHASTITY light. His
dramatic figure is lit up for the vic
tins by the flames of Louvain and
other ill-starred cities, and in that
same lurid glare they behold their
country writing beneath the blows
that his insensate rage has dealt it.
Belginas will say, monarch mighty
in rank and power, effusively cordial
to strangers whom he wishes to
charm and dazzle, but liable to dis
appoint those who were rash enough
to trust in his kindness of heart; al
ways able to give the impression of
complete frankness, and using this
as a means of seduction; really ad-
miring nothing but strength, and
ready to abuse his own; looking with
utter contempt on small states and
petty princes, yet never lOath to fiat
ter them when occasion demanded; ;
a wooer of public opinion, especially
that of other countries, but resolved
to defy it in order to attain his am
bitions; a ruler who enjoyed a false
reputation for chivalry, while he has
shown himself relentless in his mall
ice; of faith that was sincere, if
superficial, yet did not prevent him
from setting his interests above his
most solemn engagements, and ruth
lessly tearing up any treaty that had
become inconvenient; always care
full to play his part and clever in
staging its effects; accustomed, un-
fortunately, to seeing everything bow
to his will; such spoilt child of for
tune that he came to the point of
thinking himself infallible; one whom
Nietzsche might have called super
man and the Romans demigod
1T has been asserted that this dem
igod' was merely an exalted type of
the Unbalanced or decadent man
What a mistake! He was in full pos
session of all his faculties when he or
dered that hasty mobilization which
made the cataclysm inevitable Some
have maintained that he was, beyond
all question, the tool of caste and a
party for whom war was the sole
means of consolidating their power
He did, indeed, listen to their advice
but only because their views were in
harmony with his own. Without any
will make him answerable for the
disasters that have overwhelmed Eu-
rope" Of the former Crown Prince
Baron Beyens had this to say:
For some years past the Crown
Prince has been talked about a great
deal, fact which has certainly not
been displeasing to him. He has been
credited with decisive influence on
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-27
GERMANY'S YELLOW PRESS.

London-The Weser Zeitung, which
was responsible for information that
the British fleet, flying red flags, had
appeared at Wilhelmshaven and was
exchanging brotherly greetings with
the shore, announced Friday that
Marshal Foch had been murdered,
that King George had abdicated and
that diplomatic relations between
Japan and the United States are very
strained.
Putting up upper story windows
proved disastrous for @. H. GrondahI
of Stoughton, who fell IA feet His
spine was fractured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-27
10Y Cattle 10Y

As yearlings, mostly white faced !;
80 head 2-year-olds with quality that
nobody has got any better; 10 COWS
ranging from 3 to 8 years old; four
2-year-old heifers; q ripping bull
calf)i; IA spring calves.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26
TRYING TO KID ITS READERS

The present political among the Demo- crats, which threatens to smear all the win
 dows in the Territory and all the dirty
 linen of that party, is just about reaching the
 stage when some innocent bystander is going
 get hit in the eye. Be careful how you root
 and who you root for It is the rooer that
 generally gets soaked. At all events, the Demo
 cratic politicians who have been procaliming for
 months that the Wickershamites the dis
 turbers will have to admit Wickersham is going
 to quietly slide into the Republican nomination
 next Tuesday without discord and strife. and
 the distressing part of it is, from the Demo-
 cratic standpoint that every Republican legis
 lative ticket will be lined up solidly behind him
 to put friendly, united Republican party
 in the Territory tDispatch)
 Now, don't! You cant kid your readers into seeing things! The voters of Alaska, Democrats and Republicans, know all about it. This political is not Democratic row at all The whole thing is q Strong -Wckersham frameup
 The Dispatch knows that IF AN HONEST-TO- GOD REPUBLICAN, HAD FILED FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, Strong and the cotere of his petty office holders who ostensbly behind Maloney would not have brought the latter in the Under that circumstance they would have known that Wick ersham would need all of his strikers to aid him in capturing the Republican nomination.
 The Dispatch knows that it is only because ii and other Wckershamites promised to deliver ali their strength except "ONLY ONE VOTE" to the at tempt to debauch the Democratic primaries that there is contest for the Democratic nomination at all Il sure-enough Republican had filed for the Repubi can nomination for Delegate to Congress the Wicker shames would have needed tber strength in order to steal the Republican party nomination, and the would have been contest in the Republican party between Wickershamites and the Republicans instead of contest in the Democratic party between the Wckershames and Democrats. AS it is the Wickershames counting on the advice of Che Justice Daily Dispatch and the Strong petty office holders that ONLY ONE VOTE is all they need to steal the Republican party, and that the rest of the crowd be used in attempt to debauch the Democratic primaries.
 We'll, they might get fooled. The Dispatch has proved that it is much of a lawyer awgiver and to be wrong is rule of action with the Strong petty officeholders.
 Real lawyers say that voter HAS RIGHT TIC WRITE IN THE NAME OF HIS CHOICE FOR 4 NOMINATION if he does not want to vote for any whose is printed the ballot and he HAS A RIGHT TO HAVE HIS VOTE COUNTED
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26

hard. A g;rI often ge,s a life sen- tence at hard labor because she stole a mans heart.
 The reason why we have never joined any of the Anti Everything Societies or Vice Commissions or Community Butt-In Committees is because we never expect to get so peeved at the world in general that we will regard everybodys business as our business.
 There is always hope for a man until he has choked his conscience so often that it is afraid to speak to him.
 If she wasn't afraid of being inn modest, any girl could tell fellow that the time to ask for kiss is after you have taken it.
 When you get into a crowd on the street do you get the impression that you are the only one who is in hurry to get past? So do we.
 It isn't hard to get rid of your fair weather friends. All you need do is get into trouble.
 Just for a change, why do the fashion publications not print plates showing how the new styles will look on a Corn Fed girl and pass up for one issue that long, lanky fe- male who always demonstrates what is to be worn?
 The funniest joke a man ever hears is the one the Boss tells in the mans hearing just before the man hits the Boss for a raise.
 It doesn't matter how many can didates are running for the same of flee, every candidates will get prom ises enough to elect him by safe majority.
 When mans wife is making it hot for him he goes around signing that it is a cold world
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26

The telegraphc dispatches yesterday brought the news that three committees of Congress meet ing within week to consider legislation that gate Suzer is proposing for Aaska-all of it i'm portant One of these committees, of Public Lands, at his instance already had put through a measure eliminating the assessment work mining claims for the years 1917 and 1918, and it allowed him two whole days to consider Alaska oil lands, and him everything that he asked have placed in the oil lands leasing bill Chairman Carter Glass, of the committee Banking and Currency, had already assured him of his support of the provision the farm loan act provisions Alaska
 In addition to this consideration from the three committees mentioned, the committee Territories has had several sessions his bills, recommended for passage the bill granting Seward the privilege of issuing bonds for money protect herself against danger from floods. There has been hearing on his full Territorial form of government bill and fur ther consideration is promised.
 Besides this work in the House of Representa- tives MT Sulzer has had pronounced in curing favorable action the part of the Senate on matters in which he is interested was at his re. quest that Senator Key Pittman, acting Chairman of the committee Public Lands in the absence of Senator Henry L. Meyers, the Chairman introduced and put through the bill permitting the town of Sew ard to issue bonds for $25000-the bill referred yesterdays dispatches.
 Still further than this Mr Suzer secured $100, ,0O0 additional money for the improvement of the mail
 
 Posoffice Department first. and secured a request from the Department for the additional allowance and then pressed the matter before committee on Post offices and Post Roads, of which he is member.
 That this is remarkable progress for a Delegate to Congress in the first year of his work Wash ington ought to be admitted It will be so regarded by all fair
 But it is only a part of accomplishments of this tireess worker for Alaska. Mir. Sulzer has been as busy with the Departments with the committees of Congress He has established friendships in all the Cabinet Departments at Washington, and is daily do ing some service for the people of the Territory in one another of them He secured place in the second officers training camp for twentysix Alaskans more than allowed the State of Nevada for instance and he has been instrumental in secur- ing commissions in the army for lot of capable Alas Alaskan homestead enres He has secured hearings on freight rates and other transportation problems for Alaskan shippers and others who interested He has done hundreds of beneficial things for hun. dreds of citizens.
 And Mir. Sulzer has accomplished this in spite of the circumstance that Judge Wickersham who for eight years Alaskas Delegate Congress- has remained Washington and used all of his know ledge of the ropes there and his experience to em be from doing anything for the good the Territory He has tried 10 play the dog in the manager at every turn
 When the people get such Mir Sul they should retain him.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26

In the last analysis the Delegateship contest i of whether have Australian ballot law have not. If Wickershams contention is right w' have not If have not, there is not single safe guard about the suffrages of the people. If we have not, have condition where the crook with great summing win elections, and we have not popu lar government at all. Whether Judge Jennings technically right wrong is matter for Congress decide but whatever the decmsion, he morall. right. Even Gov. Strong said the law ought of righ to be what Judge Jennings decided that it is.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26

and knew not whom they voted except that this man that fixed" their ballots. and also allowing him count the in those precincts where they violated the Australian ballot law. Delegate Sulzer the election easily far the moral issues are involved, and the enough lawyers who have into matter agree that legally he also.
 The Courts in Alaska ARE NOT CROOKED, and the people know it. matter what be the snars from Strongs petty charlottesville fellows who are mad because they not the Federal payroll
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26
SULZER WON THE ELECTION

Don't let the Wickershamites fool you about the contested election If count the votes that excluded by the Wckersham election board at Craig. Suzer had more votes than Wickersham even allowing him count all of the uncivized Indians of the Westward country. who admitted under oath they had not severed their tribal relations. could neither read nor write English any other language
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26

It was simply trying to make it legal to utilize ships engaged in trans oceanic traffic to the fullest extent, something it was already doing with out authority of law
 The Shipping bill only extends ov- CT the period of the war.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26

It is noticeable that the Maloney campaign com mtee wastes little space breath boosting Maoney They spend it all in knocking those who devotn{ long hours strenuous energy and fine abilities to th development of Alaska. The for this is no obscure They not interested in Maloney. The are for Wickersham
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26

It is a matter of plain business for all classes O Alaskans workingmen, businesss men, miners, fisher men, farmers and all who have interest in the Ter rory's welfare to retain team of such Sul ger and Riggs in the public service. Both young vigorous, anxious to accomplish and thorough Alas kans and they personal friends in harmony witt the administration
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke McLuke
 -:- Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Ruv A Rond 1

Buy a Bond! That bond you buy Will take a man across To fill a gap, To stop Hun attack, To keep Kultur out of Paris Mayhap to keep the swine Out of your own home In this, your land. Have you sent your man across? Where's your bond?
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26

There are people in this country who search for the facts. They let dream thing for them to think, and of these always read to dream that Wickersham and the petty politician and the agitators real. Fortunately they do no constitute a majority.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26
Luke McLuke Saws

Tfe only time some people think of putting their best foot forward is when they think they have a kick coming.
 And many man of pronounced ideas goes through life mispro- nouncing them.
 The way of the transgressor is
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26
HE IS OR HE ISN'T
Douglas Island News)

There are thousands of long time friends of Gov ernor Strong in Alaska who will be greatly surprise and who will very much deplore that his Amerca citizenship has been questioned. If Governor Stron is an American citizen, he has been most shamefull maligned and injured man If he is not an American citizen, these longtime friends have been impose upon Alaska has been imposed upon and the author ties at Washington have been imposed upon. While Governor. his reign is practically ended hope for the sake Of Aud Lang Syne, that he be ablS to remove the stigma which attaches the charge masquerading all these long by proving that hs is what he has claimed to be and what his friend supposed him to bean American citizen
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-26

There seems to be quite lot of mining activity in the neighborhood of Talkeetna and when the olC Kaiser and his braves are all back on the reservation and things have gotten themselves in normal cond. tons, a mining boom will be up in that localit, that will make all heretofore Alaskan mining excite ments look like quilting bee affairs (Anchorage Dem ocratO