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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
SAUK COUNTY CASES AT LA
CROSSE,

The Indictment of a number Of Sank
county residents at La Crosse evi-.
IDENTIFY we'll illustrates the action OF
impulse over the intellect or better
judgment. In the eyes Of the govern
ment these persons are out Of har
mony with the sweep of the times
and they are now under a cloud.
For the indicted the situation is
serious. The United States govern
ment does not take forty or more wit
nesses from this county to La Crosse
at great expense without due deliber-
alton and assurance that an offense
has been committed. During the past
year or more many persons have been
indicted in Wisconsin on espionage
charges and these same persons have
either been sent to- prison or paid
fines. The worst of all, some have
lost their citizenship and without
action by the president at Washing
ton they can neither vote nor hold
office again. They are without a
country. Why? Because they OBJ
Structed the draft, because they OPP
posed the Liberty loan or stamp sales,
because they stood against the Red
Cross or other war activities, OF be-
cause they gave utterances which
clearly showed that while their bodies
were in Wisconsin their souls wee
in Germany, the outlaw nation OF the
world. For some of @the above rea-
sons the Sank county citizens have
been indicted at La Crosse.
These indictments are NO justice
court fines of one dollar and costs
no hocus-pocus. They mean a dark
valley; they mean that each has built
wall in front of his own door. They
not only mean /, that these persons
would permit the Sank county soldiers
to starve in Europe, or the wounded
and sick to suffer because of failure
to do their just part, but, unless ac-
quilted, they mean q trial, sentence
and punishment for each. The trou-
BILE does not end there; the odium
will dog to the grave. Some of these
! people have been kind neighbors,
have been generous in other ways
than war ways, but have been carried
away by the wrong impulse. If all in
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
TOWN AND COUNTRY MORALS

whenever a country boy or girl
goes to town he is warned against
the wickedness which will surround
him and do it's best to drag him down."
saws The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
HE is told that God made the country,
man made the towns and the real es-
tate promoter made the suburbs, and
that the only simon-pure part OF the
earth is where there are few people.
A writer in the Unpopular Review has
set out to refute this fallacy. Wise
man to choose a periodical SO approp-
riately named in which to combat a
popular heresy! He reminds us that
the cities furnish far more than their
proportion of the taxes, soldiers and
churchgoers, while the rural districts
lead in homicides, suicides, divorces
and congressman. 1t is he and not
we who includes congressman among
the misdeeds of the country. But many
a mother who has gone from the city
to the country to find pure moral
atmosphere in which to bring up her
children has fed back to town, where
she can keep a closer watch on what
her children learn"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
AN EARLY DUTY

Especially this year should every
enc make his Christmas purchases
early. The number Of packages to the
soldiers in France has been limited,
but no doubt many gifts will be sent
to those in this country. All pack
ages by mail should go early. In many
of the stores there is a dearth of
clerks; help the merchants along by
purchasing early and at other times
tha.. the rush hours. This bit OF
thoughtfulness Wilt be of great salts
faction to yourself and an aid to the
business men. Especially this year is
it a duty to do Christmas shopping
early.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
umph of political justice over Prus-
sian greed. -Providen Journal.
MERCY AND JUSTICE

Thoughtful men must know that the
peace which is to come will not De
lasting peace if it's terms are written
in anger or if revenge, rather than
the desire for strict justice and the
underlying good, is the underlying
motive of those who are charged with
the grave responsibility OF drafting
the greatest treaty which this world
has ever known. think it is sum-
Gent in these days of toll and strug-
gle. while the beast controlling the
neoples of the central powers is still
at large, to assert that the peace
which will come. when the world Is
safe will be peace founded on justice
and righteousness. Let us not for
get that. while stern justice without
mercy is un-Christian, mercy which
destroys justice is equally un-Chris-
tian.-Robert Lansing, secretary OF
tsaa
state.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
ALSACE-LORRAINE

The people of AIsace-Lorraine were
filed first with establishment and then
with grief, when they heard, in 1871,
that as a result of the fortunes of war
they were to be transferred to Ger
many In 1874, when the region was
permitted to send members to the
reichstag, the entire deputation of
fifteen united in a protest against the
annexation and declared their attach
ment to France. The Berlin govern
ment of course paid no heed to the
protest. In 1872 all citizens of Alsace-
Lorraine who were unwilling to take
the oath of allegiance to the kaiser
were forced to leave their homes, and
accordingly a great exodus began
which continued more or less steadily
throughout the years up to the opening
OF the world war. It is estimated that
half million persons thus abandoned
their native places rather than yield
their French citizenship. Bismarck
brutally said at the time, addressing
sthe people of the conquered territory:
eft is not in your interest that we
conquered you, but in the interest of
the empire" But now the cruel work
of nearly half century ago is to be
undone. The provinces are to be re-
STORED to their rightful owners. The
French tricolor will wave over them
once again, in token of the final tri-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
NEVER TAKE TROUBLES TO
BED

/ know a man who is aging rapidly
from his business and family worries.
I frequently travel morning and even
ing to and from the city with him, and
instead of looking fresh and rejuvenat-
ed in the morning, he actually looks
older and more careworn than he
did the night before. This is because
ne takes his troubles to bed with him
and falls asleep worried and de-
pressed Instead OF practicing mental
chemistry and neutralizing or driving
them out by the peace thought, the
harmony and love thoughts, he lets
these vicious mental devils, which are
playing such havoc in his life, work
all night in his brain. And, Of course,
they poison his blood, daplete his Vi
tally and cut wrinkles deeper and
deeper every night.-FrOm Loves
Way, by Orison SWEET Marden.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07

Delays and waste OF the production
program, the reports declared. we're
due chiefly to the defective organiza-
ton of the work of aircraft produc-
ton and the serious lack OF competent
direction of that work by the respon-
sible officers of the signal corps"
! No fault is found in the management
of aircraft affairs since the reorgan-
ization of last May which placed John
D. Ryan in charge. The civilian per
sonnet of the aircraft board is exon.
Grated of any wrong doing.
Attorney-General Gregory, in a let
ter transmitting the report to Presi-
dent Wilson says he is in "substan-
tial accord with the findings by Mr..
Hughes.
The report finds no graft" in the
generally accepted term, but makes
recommendations for proceedings
against army officers held guilty of
dealing with corporations in which
they are interested.
Large Expenses Gave No Result
The chief loss from the original ap-
preparation of $691, 1851 1866, the report
says, was in the event of the aban-
donment of two types of airplanes-
one OF them the Bristol-and a fail
ure to secure salvage, aggregating
about $24,000,000. The figures show
that last May of the great appropria-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
K O O . . . y o G O y
Q WEDNESDAY Q
D o 0 o O y o O @

James O'Keefe, brakeman ON the
branch line, was thrown from the pas
senger train Thursday night last ana
that he escaped with his life seems
miracle. While coming into town
O'Keefe opened a side door just as
the train gave a violent lurch round
ing q turn. O'Keefe was thrown
headfrst from the car One leg was
broken and his shoulder thrown out
of place by the accident. Others in
the car saw him fall and stopped the
train. He was given prompt medical
aid and at present is resting easily,
considering the injuries received.
Although Christmas seems long
way off, people are urged to buy their
holiday gifts now, restricting them
selves to the purchasing of useabie
goods only Every store is requested
by the government to start a cam
paign of buying now in order to avoid
the great rush about holiday time.
We urge our readers to do their
Christmas shopping soon and not
wait
The Federal Community War Labor
Board, Madison, Wis. having super
vision over the counties Of Dane,
Green, Sank, Columbia, Marquette
and Richland, in cooperation with the
Federal employment G service, seeks
to secure for essential war industries
sufficient help to carry on these in
dustries and supply the government
with the necessities so urgently need
ed. Those engaged in non-essentials
this time to seek employment in es-
sential industries, and thereby assist
the government in carrying on and
winning the war. 1t is duty owing
to the government They should vol
unteer their services,
The Spring Green Home News
states that Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Ketcham received a letter from their
son, Lieutenant Harry Ketchum, who
is now located near Archangel, RUS
STA. This port is closed by ice eight
of the twelve months in year, and
this, the writes thought, would be the
last mail out before next June. Lieu
tenant Ketcham is adjutant to the
British commanding office and has
charge Of one hundred men, There
is but little trouble except with refu-
gees he states.
Newspapers that do not pay any at
tention to the government ruling are
apt to be brought UP short. The gov
ernments asks as patriotic duty that
their orders be obeyed. Uncle Sam
is goire to see that his orders are COM
piled with, as he will use post-office in
spectors to check up newspaper lists.
We have done all that has been asked
of us and will continue to do SO.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07

w j. Power, chief of the local fire
departmnt, has received a circular
letter which says that before a per-
son can construct a new building per-
mission must be obtained from the
United States war industries board.
If the building is non-essential per-
NIT is not granted. A permit must
also be had for repairs on old build
ings if the cost exceeds $4,000. All
permits are obtained through the state
council of defense.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
Say Something Good

Pick out the folks you like the least
and watch 'em while;
They never waste a kindly word, they
never waste avsmile.
They criticize their followmen at
every chance they get;
They never found a human just TO
suit their fancy yet
From them / guess you'd learn some
things, if they were pointed out,
Some things that everyone of us
should know lot about,
When someone knocks" a brother,
pass around the loving cup,
Say something good about him, If you
have to make it UP.
..te. Boston Transcript.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
Air Graft Prob Rep 3rf
Laid Before President
Wilson at WaShinQf0H

ton, $134,000,000 actually had been
disbursed and that up to October
the expenditure had reached about
$14O, 000,000 for all aviation purposes.
This did not include expenditures of
the sales department that buys ma
terial and resells it to the manufac-
turers and for advances for building
plants. The figures are given in an
swer to the general charge that the
sum had all been expended with prac-
tically no results.
The attorney general concludes in
his letter of transmittal that mo such
profits have been allowed as to justi-
fy a charge OF bad faith"
Colonel e. A. Deeds. the storm GEN.
ter about whom ragged most Of the
charges which brought on the investi-
CATION, the report recommended should
be brought before court martial for
sending confidential war departments
information of the aircraft situation
to former business associates in Day
ton, Ohio, and for being responsible
last February for grossly mislead-
ing statement" to the effect that "the
first American built battleplanes are
today enroute to the front in France"
Urges Prosecution OF Army Officers
Criminal prosecution of three army
officers is recommended on the ground
that they transacted business with
corporations with which. they are fl
nancially connected. They are Lieu
tenant Colonel j. G. Vincent, former
vice-president of the Packard Motor
Co., now in charge of the air plane
engineering division Of the air craft
production bureaus; Lieutenant Col
onel Gerry w. Mixter, a stakeholder i'll
the Curtis Airplane and Motor corpor-
alton, production manager Of the air
craft bureau; and Second Lieutenant
Samuel B. Vrooman. Jr., inspector of
propeller lumber and stakeholder in
the S. B. Vrooman Co., of Philadel-
phia, which sold mahogany to the
government for airplanes.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
ADDITIONAL. RSTEF' rrS

J. J. Brooks, who has been with the
Ringing show during the season, is at
home and will remain here during the
winter. He says the circus is now in
winter quarters at Bridgeport after
season of strenuous days. Mrs.
Brooks and daughter have been at
Chippewa Falls with relatives for
some time. They will be in Baraboo
during the winter. The family likes
this city very much and have no de-
sire to go to a new location.
Mrs. j. S. Griggs has returned from
Pontiac, ILL.,, where she visited her sis
ter for several weeks. The ''f1u" has
the whole section about Pontiac in it's
grip, more than half the citizens being
i'll with the disease. On farm near
the town all of the members Of the
family were i'll or had died.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
A Call to Prayer

Although churches remain closed
because of this awful epidemic. yet
we must not neglect the hour of wor-
ship and prayer. Hence shall we not
gather around our family affairs and
observe the hour? For the coming
Sabbath let us consider the thought Of
"the ever present Christ" our scrip
ture lesson being ST. John 20:19-30.
Although the doors of the churches
are closed and the doors Of the home
shut, yet that need not hinder His be-
ing present with us, as we become
conscious Of HIS presence we shall,
without doubt, hear Him speak to our
hearts, "Peace be unto you" God has
called America and the church to a
great task The world is crying out
for peace, but there can be no lasting
peace unless it be a righteous peace.
We dare not compromise with the foe;
therefore pray for the triumph of
righteousness and that the church
shall be endowed with the divine Spirit
to so respond to the needs of mankind
that we shall not be slackers, but
take our proper place and render full
service, now and during the recon
struction period that shall follow after
we win this We,
w. M. PHILPOTT.
Pastor M. E. Church,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
She Got the Cash

did your husband leave you any
thing?" asked the white woman of
the colored lady in mourning who had
consented to do her washing.
''No'm," answered the bereaved
"Ah suppo'ted him all the time we
been married Even paid his lodge
dues. But the lodge done we'll by me
They give him gran funeral an pays
me fo'ty dollars month alimony."
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
Peace

Here lies the Hun.
Within the sun,
"Tis not the place he wanted;
He drowned in gore.
BY him no more
The fair world shall be haunted,
The sun and rain
And moon in vain
Shall drive in his direction;
And none would weep
II he should sleep
Beyond the resurrection!
Chicago Daily News.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Thursday, November 7, 1918
IT'S COMING

Germany awaited "der tag" when
she could plunge the world into q
4rightful orgy of blood and destruc-
4ion. The allies are pressing forward
to the day" when reparation for this
crime against civilization snail De
made .-Washington Star.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
Col. E. A. Deeds Accused Of Send
ing Confidential Information to
Former Business Associates

The tong awaited report on air
craft investigation conducted in
the last five months by Charles &.
Hughes and Attorney General
Gregory, was placed before Pres
ident Wilson yesterday.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07

A flea met fly in f1ue;
Let US fly said the fly,
Let us fly said the flea,
Butsthe flu caught the two in the fiue.
Exchange.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
LIOoD'S sARSAPARltLA IS a

] lcompound extract of just the ingre.
dents that many physicians prescribe for
impure blood and Pr =uMaTiSM
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07

Pastor M. E. Church,
North Freedom, Wis.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-11

;Pt. Harley Neal, Battery d, LAG +. A.
I A. E. F., France, via New York.
Pt. Frank E. Driscoll, Co. F., 18 En-
gineers Ry., U. S. Army p. o. 7O5
A. E. F., France, via New York
Pt. Fred Phillips (same as above)
PIT. Lyle Johnson, Co. A., 1S Eng. Ry'
(Same as above)
PIT. Odin T. Staley, Co. B, 161st Inf.
A. E. F., France, via New York
PIT. F. W., Bremmer, Co. II, 161st Inf.
A. E. F. France, via New York
PIT. P. L. Mooney, 161 Reg. Supply Co.
Newport News, Va.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-11
POTATO GROWERS
WANT GUARANTEE
Another Meeting to be Held in
Seattle May %, by Pr0tec-
tive Association

The potato congress which was held
in Seattle on March %, was attended
by delegates from twelve counties.
The reports received showed that
ther, were still in the hands of the
producers il this state total of 49,
842 tons Of potatoes, the larger share
Of which will be without market un-
less means are found to utilize them
in ways other than domestic con-
sumption.
The whole question was ,threshed
out by the practical potato growers
present and by representatives of the
state and of the federal department
of agriculture and the federal food
administration. It developed that no
practical help viii. be extended by the
federal government to secure the es-
tablishment Of driers and potato flour
mills and that it is up to the farmers
themselves to create these agencies.
Existing facilities are sufficient in
some places providing an assured mar
ket can be found for the product. In
other places it is proposed to estab-
Ish small plants, forming companies
of limited capital for the purpose.
Committees were appointed to take
this matter up and report OF the next
meeting.
So far as the crop for the current
year is concerned, the concensus of
opinion was that planting would be
light; so light, indeed, as to make ia
mine conditions possible, unless the
farmers could get some assurance that
the government would keep its hands
of and permit the law of supply and
demand to regulate the price. Many
expressed fears that if they did plant
and there was short crop, the food
administration would fix an arbitrar-
lily low price so that they could not re-
coup on the coming crop for the losses
on the one harvested last year. Among
the resolutiors passed was one asking
the food administration to give assur-
ances that this would not be done.
1t is certain that if assured a mar
ket for potato flour the entire surplus
crop of the state can be utilized in that
form and at price which will at least
return to the farmers the cost of MAX
ing the crop. This is the matter which
will be settled at the next congress,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-11

which has been called for May %. At
that time reports will be received like
wise from the committees engaged in
establishing the desicating plants.
In the meantime, the Farmers Pro-
tective Association, which called the
congress, will keep up the work with
the federal authorities and others, In
the attempt to make certain a market
for potato flour at a rernunerative
price to the miller and to the potato
grower.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-11
DON'T FORGET TO WRITE TO THESE BOYS

PIT. Tom A. Swayze, Co. A, ITO Eng.
35th Nat. Guard Div, Camp Doni-
phan, Fl. Sill, Okla.
Corp. r. M. Spaulding, Co. 6, 166 De-
pot Bgd, Camp Lewis, Wash.
PIT. Clarence Appenzellar, Co. X, lend
Inf, 41st Div, Camp Mills, N. Y.
PIT. Clarence Copeland, Motor Co. c.,
BIG Am. Train, Camp Lewis.
PIT. Walter w. Rich, Bat. ID, 346 f. A.
Camp Lewis
Corp. R. A. Boldt, Bat. ID, 346 F. A.
Camp Lewis s
Pit. John H. Smith, Hdqt. 346 f. A,
Camp Lewis re aaa'' 81
Clarence Ennis, LIST Co., A. S. S. G.
Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver, Wn.
PIT. Logs Taylor, End Inf, Mch Gun Co.
Honolulu, II. ].
Corp. VIM. Cooper, Co. F, 4th Eng,
Camp Green, N. C. ltiF s<'
Lieut.. G. G. Griffith, Co. C, 308th
F. s. Bat, Chillicothe, Ohio.
Lyle Smith, Bakers School, Preside,
San Francisco, California.
Roby Akeridge, S46 Sup. Co., F. A.
Camp Lewis
Clyde 7. Smith, Co. F., 3l6 Am. Train
Camp Lewis
Sgt. Arthur L. Bliss, Motor Truck Co.
No. 345, Camp Grant, Rockford, III.
Harry Hanratty, Bat. b, End F. A.,
Presidio, San Francisco, Cal.
Pit. F. M. Danford, Bat. E., 146 Fla.
Co. 1, bet. service, Camp lill,
Newport News, Va.
PIT. E. C. Gaurdeau, Bat. E., 146 F.A.,
(Same as above)
Martin C. CARRIER, Blk. R., Bar. a.
Aux. Remount Depot 1913, Camp
j. E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla.
PIT. Ernest A. McWhenney, Co. F., 18th
Eng. Ry., A. E. F., u. S. Army p. o.
7O5, France, via New York.
PIT. Phil Schireman, Bat. d, 346 T. A,
Camp Lewis, Washington.
Frank S. Shaughnessy, U.S.S.Illinois
Care p. M, New York, N. Y.
Sgt. Will j. Shaughnessy, Co. C,
21st Engineers, A. e. +. France.
Greed C. Meyers, Co. G, 21st Inf.
Camp so, California
Charlie Hunt,
Fortress Monroe, Va.
Navy
Eddie j. Regnier, U.S.S. Wyoming
Brooklyn, New York
Aaron Meyers, Rec. Ship
Ellis Island, N. Y.
Frank Morain, u. s. S. Illinois
Care p. NJ, New York
Bernard Slaugenhaupt, Radio Dept,
Mare Island, Vallejo, Cal.
Henry B. Rich, U.S.S. Huntington,
Care p. NJ, New York
Charles Hunt, U.S.S. Utah.
Care p. M. New York
Albert w. Stevenson, U.S.S. Aeolus,
Care p. M. New York.
Albert j. Simpson, U.S.S.America
Care p. NJ, New York
Walter Panamarkoff, US.S. New Or
leans, care p. NJ, New York