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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

He never shaved again. Lewis Jain
is one of the sturdy old pioneers of
North Idaho. AS he was about to
leave his old home in Wisconsin forty
seven years ago for the west he was
shaved by Robert M. La Toilette, then
boy handy with razor and scissors
and now much discussed senator of
the United States. That shave has
sufficed to the present time and Jain
declares it will not be disturbed to the
end, eyes, SIR" the veteran farmer
said, Bob" La Toilette shaved me
and cut my hair. 1t was Sunday and
we were to start for the west with OK
teams the next morning. We were
near neighbors of the La Follettes
back in Wisconsin and spent that last
Sunday at the La Toilette home Bob
shaved us all around and cut our hair.
That was my last shave "-Idaho
Statesman.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

that the trampled ideals of love and
brotherhood could be resurrected to
save and bring the human race to-
gether.
You Germans proclaimed those
ideals long before the war. You pro-
claimed them loudly. The Socialists
of your country promised their COM
rades of different nations that you
would not lift your sword for the con-
quest of imperialism. You have not
kept these promises.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
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BeIie';ed in Signs

IN elderly farmer hitched his team
60 a telegraph post.
"Here," exclaimed the policeman,
'you can't hitch there!"
rCanT hitch!" shojted the i1'a,te
farmer. 'Well, why have you sign
up, Fine for hitching?'"
Promises Not Kept
Count Iva Tolstoi, in a New York
paper says:
To you, the thinking people Of Ger
many; to you, the leaders Of the So
cial Democratic party, and to all citi-
zens of Germany whose conscience is
not yet dead, address this appeal.
I believe that if my words are true
nobody will be able to stif1e them, and
that they will reach you.
The answer must come not to me,
but to the whole world.
accuse you of the most heinous
crime that can be committed by
man. | accuse you of abusing and
trifIing with the highest humane
ideals.
So long as you followed the law Of
Moses, an eye for an eye and tooth
for a tooth, and were running millions
of lives inventing terrible weapons
for warfare and murder; while you
were inhumanIy killing fellow men and
you yourselves were dying fanatically,
both you and your victims were to be
pitied Humanity might have taken
the wrong road; but there was hope
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
THE JUDICIARY

By re-electing Judge Rosenberg as
justice Of the state supreme court the
citizens of the state can scotch the
political serpent that has crept into
the bosom of the judiciary and trust
ed by clever manipulation of votes to
place a boastful, scheming politician
upon the high court tribunal in the
state. Not only to rebuke such an at
tempt should you vote for Rosenberg
but you should add to it that casting
your ballot for Justice Rosenberg,
you can rest assured that you are
electing man whose training, in
stincts and associates amply fit him
for the ermine. He now honors the
seat he holds, and his reelection
should be complimentary and not DO
litical. The choosing of the man best
fitted for the position and not the Gift
Of politicians.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

No More Sea Baths bx Rail

For more than generation London
ers DESTROYS of bathing in genuine sea
water were always able to procure an
ample supply for the morning tub"
due to a remarkable trade carried on
by the Great Eastern railway. To turn
an honest penny" the company under
took, for the modest sum of sixpence,
to deliver large can of sea water to
any address in London, calling next
day to recover the empty can. The
company however, has notified it's
hundreds of patrons that it is no long
er able to oblige them with the matu-
final dip" The news has doubtless
caused CONSERVATION in many a house
hold of the ''best tubbed people in the
world. "-Christian Scinrce Monitor.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
One SYMPTOM

Looks like spring is just about
yur," said a neighbor.
Il reckon So" replied Gap Johnson
of Rumpus Ridge, Ark. 81 notice my
fourteen children are beginning to
Itch
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
Slipping, Slipping!

La Toilette is slipping-slipping bad
ly. Over the precipice into oblivion
he soon will CO. 1t was inevitable.
Thompson's reputation clearly is the
beginning Of the end 1t was a des-
perate chance he took, but one for
tunately that he could not dodge.
Now the handwriting plainly is on
the wall-MadisOn Democrat
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
THREE DECADES

We are indebted to the American
Economic League for the suggestion
that political platform urging these
reforms would have seemed Utopian
thirty years ago:
I. Substitution of a leasing sys-
tenn for sale or gift of public land.
2. Government operation of rail-
ways.
8. Direct federal taxation.
a. Direct election of senators.
5. Woman suffrage.
6. Australian ballot.
7. Direct primaries.
8. Initiative and referendum.
g. Recall. q
10. Preferential vote.
II. Proportional representation.
IL. Home rule in taxation.
13. Exemption in whole or part of
labor products from taxation.
II. Municipal ownership and oper-
alton of public utilities.
IS. Commission government for
cities.
10. The city manager plan.
II. SeIf-government for cities.
Of course several of them are not yet
realized. Woman suffrage is on the
way. The preferential vote proper
tional representation, home rule in
taxation and exemption of labor prod
ucts from taxation are only begin
ming. The city manager plan has got
a fair start.
But it is agreeable to look over
such a list now and then. Progress
is slow. But the world doesn't stand
still
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
Don't Kill Hens, Says He

I heard a hen a-cackling yesterday.
| listened close to what she had to say
And to my ears it sounded this-a-way:
Observation-Disclosures,
Thank-thank- thank-you,
Thank thank-t
Mr.. Hoover!"
-IOSHIIA LOTT
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
Harken! Sprinu Is Near

We find this cheerful news in The
Charlotte, N. c., Observer:
"The trailing arbutus boldly
thrusts it's petals through crannies
in the leaves. The peep frog
sends up a note of victory over
winters ice, and with it all comes
the soft, sonorous and quantity
trilled music of the bluebird-the
bIuebird, most beautiful of all the
feathery family, with the mellow
sheen of it's radiant wings defying
the very grandeur of the heavens
above"
From which we judge that spring
is really on it's northward way.-Prov-
idence Journal.
t + / /
Onions are becoming cheap and plen-
tifu1, but man cannot live by onions
there be those who say
he ought to live alone if he is addict
ed to onions, remarks an exchange.
+ / + +
Some bank balances grow rapidly,
but they are easily checked"
+ + i +
'Women seldom have much faith in
a doctor unless he has whiskers."
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THE WAR AFTER THE WAR
Germany must count as accom-
plished the fact of economic war after
the war and control by Great Britain
and the United States of sea borne
traffic in raw materials, declares the
pan-German Taeglische Rundschau of
Berlin, according to dispatch from
The Hague to The Daily Mail. The
Taeglische Rundschau adds:
Germany must, therefore, ex-
plot Persia and Siberia, Bremen
and Hamburg, which SO long have
strained their eyes earnestly sea
ward, must for some time turn
their gaze Iandward. Germany
must make up her mind to exploit
the countries available to her, and
these are the Balkan and Black
Sea districts, followed by the Cau-
casus, the trans-Caspian district,
Persia and Siberia"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
Ousted the German

In Illinois the civil service commits
sion has decided not to require Ger
man at the examinations. Another
blow to the kaiser.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

It i S told of one of our school
ma'ams who three years ago made the
mistake of pinning her belt with
needle instead of safety, and the
needle couldn't be found. Just the
other day it was discovered coming
out of the arm of one of the school
officers who had been keeping COM
pany with her at the time of disap-
pearance. We don't know how the
needle was recognized unless by the
expression of the eye. How it got
from the young woman's waist into
the school officers arm is mystery
that battles science.-Broadview In
dependent.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

A Baraboo woman says she baked
cake that was wheatless, sugarless,
eggless and BUTTERFLIES. 1t must have
been fearfully and wonderfully made.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

Keep the Home Fires Burning"
and do not forget the back yards
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
S0Tmagundi

Noting that oats jumped several
points the other day, Barabooan re-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

An Irish soldier coming out of ether
in the hospital ward after an opera
ton exclaimed audibly, THANK Cod!
That is overt"
Don't be so sure" said the man in
the next cot, they left a sponge in
me and had to cut me open again"
And the patient on the other side
said: why, they had to open me, too,
to find one of their instruments"
Just then the surgeon who had oper-
ated on the Irishman stuck his head in
the door and yelled: HAS anybody
seen my hat?"
The kaiser says Napoleon was his
ideal soldier Has the kaiser heard
what Russia did to Louis?
Germany merely asks as a basis
Of peace" SAYS the Philadelphia
North American, that she may be per-
mitted to keep al she has won and
get back all she has lost"
At a snecia1 meeting Of the stock
holders of the German National bank
of Beaver Dam it was unanimously
decided to change the name to the
American National bank. There is
something in name.
A Handy Tobacco Pouch, Anyway
We are asked to send to the IL
brary war service all books for which
we have no further USE How would
pocket books do?-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Women Who Should not Wed
A Swedish professor characterizes
the woman who should not marry. In
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
Oh, JOY!

"WhiIe auto tires are high" sait
Glenn;
"And prices make you sore;
The air that you pump into them
Don't cost a blame cent more"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

marks they must have been feeling
themselves
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

John M. True writes that he has
gone from Brookland, D. c., to Glen
Dale, Md, for the summer. Glen Dale
is in Prince Georges county, not far
from Washington. Mr. True is with
the family of his son, and the winter
has been enjoyed in the capital sub
urb.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

Is Ill TIluCo GoOISGS County, not lar
from Washington. Mr. True is with
the family of his son, and the winter
has been enjoyed in the capital sub
urb.
Roll call has been abolished in the
bolshevik army. When the roll had
been called from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
anoffovitchowskieff to Zebanskizenof-
Observation-Disclosures the whole day
had been consumed and there was no
time left to fight
Twenty-eight states give no protec-
ton to the rabbit. No wonder he
scoots at sight!
The Iron Hand has put down the
German strikers, but will it be able
to keep them down?
1t is like pulling eye-teeth to ex-
tract interesting news from the Kali
ser's American dentist.
There was once hop crash in Sank
county which some still distinctly re-
member In Oregon, too, hops are
playing hob. At Salem, that state, in
formation has been received to the
effect that the great Horst brothers
hop ranch near independence, said to
bethe largest in the world, will be
converted largely into vegetable
ranch and -that dryers will be used for
evaporation Of vegetables. 1t is stat
ed that 400 acres of the ranch are to
be leased for vegetable growing. Hop
raising is said to be no longer suffi-
GENTLY profitable to justify it's contin-
uance, due to the encroachment of
prohibition.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04
Women Who Should not Wed

A Swedish professor characterizes
the woman who should not marry. In
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

The kaiser says Napoleon was hi
ideal soldier Has the kaiser heard
what Russia did tC Louis?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-21
New Offensive by Austrians
Along Brenta River Expected
Efforts in Piave Region Have Faied-Failure to Renew
Drive Would Mean Acknowledgement of Defeat
Say Officials in Italy.

lulls during which the only distrac-
ton of the armies is watching the
bombing operations of the rival avia-
tors. sFte
The fighting on the Montello pla-
teau continues to be very severe since
it is felt by the Italians that the loss
of this position would be more inn
portant than the withdrawal from a
few kilometers of ground along the
bad.
Owing to the woods which are
crossed by seventy-two ravipes, each
one Of which construes a separate
line Of defense. Many Of them are
still strewn with dead, an indication
Of the intensity of the Austrian re-
sistance as the enemy. was slowly
pressed back from points he had won
on the first rush.
The Austrians early in the often
sive had almost half the plateau but
now they have only about one-third,
including many Of their best positions
such as the town Of Nervesa, which
has been set on. fire by the Italian
artillery.
Austrians Will get there. The corre-
spondent, on visiting the city, found
an absence Of excitement and there
was no intention to leave on the part
which the American Red Cross has
had on hand In Venice for the last
few months have proved most use
full to the italian wounded. A NUM-
ber Of cases have been, turned over
to the British Red Gross at the re-
Quest Of Lord Aonson, British Red
Cfo0o missioner. lS sse S y
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-21

Italian Army Headquarters, Thurs
day, June 2o.-(By the Associated
Press) The second phase of the
Austrian offensive featured by attacks
to the right and left Of Valstagne.
along the Brenta river and in the
mountains, should logically begin
soon. now that the effort on the Piave
has failed. 1t is felt that If the Aus
penetrate to the plains through the
Brenta region and taking Monte
Grappa It would be an acknowledge
ment Of defeat
The situation. however, is still re-
garded as very serious and all prep
arations have been made to meet any
new offensive.
Along the Piave the Italian posi-
tions are virtually unchanged. The
Austrians are fighting well. accord
ing to the Italians, but the latter are
outclassing them. It IL believed that
the Italians would have driven the
sAustrians back across the river be-
fore this but for the nature Of the
open fighting. which an American on
this front said reminded him Of In.
fighting and bushwhacking methodl
are necessary. although they are not
favored by the military authorities
because Of the confusion and danger
OF firing upon their own men, espe-
cially where large bodies Of troops
|sro ensaged. Another difaculty haa
been the similarity in color betweer
tho Italian and Austrian uniforms
Tho Austrian losses have been OK.
tremely heavy. Although there q
much sharp fighting there are many
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-21

Newton, Mass. June 21.-sergeant
David E. Putnam. IN the French fly
ing service, credited with having
brought down five German planes in
a day. is only 20 years old. He is the
son Of Mrs. Frederic II. Putnam Of
this city. ..
4Bs, gaa4s 81 t'pn, as ..G4th &,
he Increased willie freshnna ~ at
Harvard. In March, 1917, he aston
ished his mother by saying that he
was leaving for France in thirty min
utea. Il.
He made the voyage abroad in a
cattle ship. AS soon as he arrived
in France he enlisted in the foreign
legion. He served in the trenches
through a summers campaign and
was then transferred to an aviation
section.
On April % he received the Croix
de Guerre for distinguished action
while esalone on lpstEols sssi, ae. sent d9wsn
ffe6 ~ tssAfMla atros anhtnSa
and put two more TO flight.G rhe, fol-
lowing day he attached two tKe-men
machines, one of which he sent down
in flames.
He is direct descendant Of. Cen
eral Israel Putnam, who fell at Bun
ker Hill 143 years ago.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-21
NO IMPORTANT
CHANGES IN
MINNESOTA
Burnquist Still Maintains
$4,000 Lead Wheaton
is Ahead. r.

y st. Paul. Mimi, June 21.-No inn
by precincts which reported returns
from Mondays statewide primary
election. Governor J. A. A. Burn
quist maintained a lead of nearly
$4,000 for the Republican" nomina-
ton and Fred e. Wheaton of Min
neapolis was holding a lead of more
than 400 for the nomination for gov
ernor on the Democratic ticket.
Returns from 1885 out of 3,119
precincts gave Burnquist 1s5,o15 and
Charles A. Lindbergh 1929. .
Wheaton polled 1862 votes in o.
952 precincts and Judge w. L. Com
stock Of Mankato received 1926.
On the face of almost complete re-
turns Irving A. Caswell, Republican,
was defeated for denomination as
clerk Of the supreme court.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-21
RUSSIA CANNOT
GET GRAIN FROM
SIBERIAN CROP
Czech-Slavs Have Cut all
Communications Be-
tween Countries.

Moscow. Friday. June 14.-tBy the
Associated Press. )-Czecho slovak
control Of sections of the trans-si-
berian railway has completely cut all
rail and wire communications be-
tween Siberia and Russia and has re-
suited in depriving European Russia
of the Siberian grain supply.
The Czecho-S -Slovaks now control
the southern section Of the trans-Si-
berian railway from Samara, on the
Volga river to Tchleyabinsk. and the
Siberian main line on the east to Novo
Nikolayevsk; also the northern
branch from Tchelyabinsk to Yeka-
terinburg.
The conflict between the Czecho-
Slovak forces and the Soviet govern
ment began May 26 when the Soviets
attempted to enforce the order Of
Leon Trotzky, minister Of war, to dis
arm all the Czecko-Slovak forces ION
their way to Vladivostok for transpor-
tation overseas. Clashes occurred at
Penza, Samara, Sighlane, Tchelya-
binsk. Novo Nikolayevsk. Omsk and
several other points.
The Czecko-Slovak organizations
originally numbered about 100000
men. OF these nearly 10000 reached
vladivostok. The remainder involved
in an effort to resist disarmament, are
chiefly centered about Tchelyabinsk.
War Minister Trotzky has ordered
the mobilization in the Volga region
Of all men Of the last five military
classes to move against the Czecko-
Slovak forces. ,s,ss.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-21
Baseball Playing Nonuseful
t. Work According to Order
Rulings For Work Fight Order Regard the Draft
Are Issued by Provost Marshal
$ General Crowder Today.

washington, June z1.-New regula-
ton issued today to draft boards by
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
govern application Of the work or
fight order, do not rule specifically
upon the status Of professional base
ball players or other classes which
may be affected, but emphasizes the
section of the order placing games
and sports among the occupations
classed as non-useful
In an oral. statement announcing
the regulations officials of General,
Crowder's office said: "At present.
the occupation Of q baseball player
is regarded as non-productive but un-
til q case had been appealed from a
local board there would be no ruling
on the subject"
Local boards will consider cases Of
withdrawal Of deferred clasinca-,
ton with common sense," General
Crowder's instructions says, and they
name illness. vacations. the irnpossi-t
bility Of securing productive employ.
naent without change Of residence IS
reasonable grounds for waving the
general order. Travelling salesmen
will be conSidered as engaged in pro-
ductive employment but automobile
salesrnen in cities will not. 1t was ex-
planned.
Local boards are asked to assist
resistrants to obtain new employ
ment through the federal employ
ment service and are given power to
postpone action while effort V being
made to place men in occupations
held productive. "a
Is when It has been determined that
q person in deferred classihcation is
an iA1Ar oY.sie An1aRAd IN non n.uroduc-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-21
Forest Fires Are
Assuming Dangerous
Proportions In North

washington. juno 21.-Fires in
national forests located in western
Montana and northern idaho are as
Stunning . most dangerous aspect, ac-
cording to reports today to Chief
have suggested Asking the war de-
partment for men from army camps
nearby TO assist during the emery
ency.
Seven nres in the Blackfoot, two in
the Coeur d'Alene, and others out Of
control In the Pend Oreille and Kan
iksu forests were reported. Fire
lighting patrols have .been doubled
usually dry season hAs made the
guard Intellectual "A
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-21
AMERICAN ACE i.
MISSING AFTER
FIERCE BATTLE
Fought Four German Air
planes But Fails to
Return.

Paris, June 21.-The leading
American Ace in the French hying
corps. First Lieutenant Frank L. Bay
lies, Of New Bedford. Mass, is miss
ing after fight with four German
On June II, Lieutenant Baylies
with Sergeants Dobonnet and Macari,
Of the Stork Escadrille had finished
several hours patrolling and were
about to return at twilight when they
sighted four single-seater airplanes.
They paid little attention to them be-
lieving them to be British
1t turned out the machines were
German and all of them seized an op-
portunity to attack Baylies simultane-
ously. Baylies attempted to take the
offensive against the Germans but his
machine caught fire and fell after
few moments. about six miles within
the eGerman lines. s;,},ts.:- VI. ~ :.
tenant Baylies may have had a good
landing IL he escaped death In the
flames Of his burning machine.
Washington, June 21.-American
soldiers are now holding the fighting
line for distance of 38 miles on the
western front, according to informa-
ton given members Of the House Mil
itary committee today at the weekly
conference with Secretary Baker and
General March. chief Of staff.
This mileage is held by 'All-Ameri-
can forces under command of Ameri-
can officers, located at six different
places along the fighting line. Other
Americans are at the frontsWith Brit
ish and French units.
Members Of the committee were
told there was no thought Of dimin-
ishing the movement Of troops across
| the Atlantic.
I After the conference Representative
Caldwell Of New York said as far as
America is concerned "the war will
begin next September" BY that time
materials now being manufactured
will be ready in great abundance for
making the presence of American
troops felt by the enemy. and the
! fighting planned for the United States
soldiers will have begun. IN s.4: IA;
1 1Ffghting on the Italian front war
EdistUss. a ID a. 11i1ita aut de:
| clareds 1t has not reached 4 stage 10
be- considered serious for the allies.
"A sufficient number of rapid fire
guns now are being manufactured
here to supply the needs Of American
| tr0ona II was aaid