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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-16

LII : ~ II " tIlNll SNiIbOlS ID ! IL
for the beautifying of the location.
1t stands alone like sentinel on
guard, a monument to the progress
siveness of the people of the COM
munity, an example of the present
I day standard in providing the best
there is to be had for the education
of Young America.
The new high school building is
of IT" shape, two stories and base
ment. constructed of brick and tile
on a stone foundation. The old
high school building was made use
of in providing this new temple of
learning. two wings being added to
either side of the building with an
extension on the north side, max
ing a building which provides ac-
commodations and room sufficient
/ for many years to come. The brick
/ facing is of soft red with cream
colored stone trimmings and the
building is provided with an abund-
ance of windows, giving lots of
light in all the rooms, gymnasium
and auditorium. The roof of the
old building was taken off and a
new roof laid over the entire build
ing, the new roof being of modern
construction, fiat, but provided
with special system of drainage,
the roof sloping so that drainage
leads into several pipes located
within the building. The building
faces Poplar street with frontage
of ia feet. The extension on the
north side is 164 feet. There are
three entrances to the main part of
the building, one on the south side,
one on the east side and one on the
west side. In addition there is an
entrance to the gymnasium on the
1 east side and 1lso an entrance on
the same side to the boiler room,
/ through which access is also given
to the gymnasium.
The building has a full basement
with concrete floors throughout and
cream colored plastered walls A
corridor extends east and west the
full length of the building. The
first room on the left hand side of
the east entrance to the basement
is the domestic science room
equipped to provide instruction i'll
this most important part of public
school work. The domestic science
room has dimensions 33x23 feet
and opposite this room is the sew.
ing room of the same dimensions,
which is now equipped with four
tables, two sewing machines, lock
ers, etc. Adjoining the domestic
science room is a we'll proportionec
room which will be made into {
, model kitchen. Leading from the
kitchen is a dining room 23x2,
feet. On the west side of the build
ing on the left hand side as you en-
ter the basement from the east ar,
| two large rooms which will be useC
/ for manual training, one for F;
wood working room and the othe
! as a machine shop. These room
have not been equipped yet. Be
tween these rooms and the HON,
economics department are located
the vault and vacuum room Th'
latest style vacuum cleaning sys
/ tenn has been installed. every room
having a pipe to which can be at
tached the vacuum cleaning hose
A mechanical drawing room, sup
piled with an abundance of light
J is located opposite the manual train
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-16
DEDICATE new
| HIGH SCHOOL
Large Gathering Present at
Exercises Tuesday Even.
ins. New Building Is
Modern and Up-to-date.

An exceptionally large crowd of
people from Hurley and vicinity
gathered at the new high sChoo'
building Tuesday evening OIL the
occasion of the formal dedication
of the building. 1t was probabl,
the largest crowd ever assembled
at public gathering in Hurley
The large auditorium was unable
to accommodate all those in attend
ance and many were unable to gel
inside the auditorium at all. II
was a fitting tribute to the occasion
and helped materially in making j
a success. The new building ha.
been named the Lincoln buildin,
in honor of that great America,
statesman and patriot, Abraham
Lincoln, and it was quite appropri-
ate that the dedication exercises
should be held on Lincolns Birth
day.
The exercises opened with an
overture by the orchestra, followed
by the singing of America, " after
which a few remarks were made by
Edward J. Gibbons, treasurer of
the school board, who paid fitting
tribute to his colleagues on the
school board, Messrs. Goodman and
Davis, on whose shoulders fell the
brunt of the task of looking after
the many details connected with
the construction of the building as
the representatives of the tax-pay-
ers, and admonished the people of
the community to take greater in
terest in public school matters and
to show their interest by attending
meetings of the school board.
A song by the High School
Chorus followed Mr.. Gibbons talk,
after which the speaker of the ev-
ening, Prof. Thos. Lloyd Jones of
the University of Wisconsin, was
introduced to the audience by Supt.
Murphy. A resume of Mr.. Jones
speech is given below:
He opened his address by quoting
the educational clause of the ordinance
of 1887 which stated that in this great
northwest territory schools and means of
education should forever be encouraged
and said that the very fact of this build
ing being erected almost 200 years later
was evidence that the spirit and zeal for
education which animated the American
patriots and statesmen of revolutionary
times was still alive in the people of Hur
ley He made no apology for the fact
that one-half of the taxes was being spent
for educational purposes, claiming that
the money spent for such purposes could
not be regarded as money spent but as
capital invested, which would bear the
finest kind of interest in the high type of
young men and women which the schools
tur ed out. He congratulated the Hur-
ley people on their splendid achievement
in completing the building. He pointed
out how the former graduates of the Hur-
ley high school had almost without ex-
ception met with success in the many and
various occupations and professions in
which they are engaged and that we
were proud CT then. and their record. He
particularly emphasized the pride we
must feel when we consider the many
Hurley high school boys who have donned
the uniform of their country and are now
defending the great cause of democracy.
He paid tribute to the boy who had al
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Central Park West
A Menace, Says Straus
He Urges Hylan to Remove
or Relocate the Street
car Tracks

Chairman Straus, of the Public Ser
wee Commission, in letter to Mayor
lHylan yesterday, urged speedy action
by the city to remedy the dangerous
traffic conditions on Central Park
West, due to the location of the sur
face car lines on the park side. He
declared that the tracks should be re-
moved or relocated. He pointed out
that the Public Service Commission
could not move until the Board Of
Estimate acted.
The matter VAS before the Board of
Estimate on March /, when a resolu-
ton was adopted authorizing the
Mayor to file a formal complaint with
the Public Service Commission, re-
questing the commission to determine
whether the present operation of the
surface lines on that thoroughfare
constitutes a menace When so deter
mined. the Board of Estimate has to
designate the manner in which the
tracks will be relocated and the pro-
portion of cost to be borne by the
New York Railways Company and by
the city. Mr.. Straus urged the Mayor
to file his complaint so that the mat
ter might be started and possible liti-
cation, expected to follow, settled as
soon as possible
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
N. Y. Wife of Suicide
Says He Was a Spy
Detroit Polica Investigating
Record of Helmuth
Schmidt

DETROIT. April 26.=An accusation
that Helmuth Schmidt was an agent of
the German government and had spent
some time making sketches of fortfica-
tlons in New York harbor was the
latest development to-day in the case
OF the man who killed himself in jail
last Tuesday after being arrested for
murder in connection with the dsap-
pearanca of a girl who answered a
r1atrlmonial advertisement IN a New
York newspaper.
Mrs. Adele Ulrich Braun. who said
wood. N. j., 1914, as Emil Braun"
made the accusation in statement to
officials working on the case. She came
here to claim the body of the man who,
soon before his suicide, told the police
that Augusta Steinbach, of New York,
who came here year ago in answer to
his advertisement for a wife, killed
herself when she learned he already
was married.
Mrs. Braun said she also met Schmidt
through matrimonial advertisement,
and charged that after they were mar
rled Schmidt took from her $500 as
we'll as several hundred dollars worth
OF jcwelry. Schmidt, she said, then dis
appeared.
No trace has yet been found by the
police of 1rma Pallatinus, who, they
say, came here from Lakewood, n.
j., as his housekeeper and disap-
peared while in his employ. Detectives
to-day began excavating at the house
where Schmidt lived. Cut into the brick
wall Of the basement they found the
words, "Wife and child innocent"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
One Writer Insists 1t Is No
Time to Start Internal
Controversy
Some Favor Wine
And Beer Basis
Labor Official Tells Why
Workingmen Oppose
Prohibition

The liquor problem, centre of
many heated arguments, is discussed
in the seventh instalment of opinions
which The Tribune presents to-day
Who is unpatriotic? Is it the
man who uses or encourages the
use of grain for brewing and dis
tilling when our entire crops are
needed for food? Or is it the man
who seeks to divide the American
people when unity is essential and
who solicits their funds for prohibi-
ton propaganda when every spare
dollar should help finance the war?
Take your choice, as John ]. Splain
has taken his:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Whatever may be the truth con-
cerning the values of prohibition--and
there is surely no authority in the
Anti-Saloon League to say what those
values really are-it is no time to di-
vide the American people on an issue
of such vastly conflicting and essen
tally antagonizing elements. It is
tIIic wien CNSlS AmSIiSAH WIN Is
interested in the safety and perpetu-
ity of American institutions and
ideals should be left free to de-
vote his energies to their protection
and not be disturbed by contentious
over domestic problem that is preg-
nant of violent personal antagonisms.
1t is time, too, when Americans should
not be asked to contribute vast sums
OF money to propagate wholly con-
tentious domestic issue, when every dol
lar that America can raise is needed to
force rightful decision on issues that
involve the very life of the Republic
itself.
Any man who is 100 per cent
American will find it mighty hard
to justify himself for urging a
propaganda that sets American against
American and American state against
American state at a time when
every ounce of harmony is needed
to bring out the very best energies OF
the American people. And any 100 per
cent American who, to push an end
lessly contentious propaganda. diverts
money that ought to be turned to car
ry the essential cost of a war that can
not be won without vast OUTLAWS Of
money is doing something that only a
very elastic conscience can justify him
in doing. JOHN J. SPLAIN.
New Haven, Conn. April u. 1913.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Question Of
Personal Liberty

Why not constitutional enact
nent requiring semi-annual visit
to the dentist? That would be no
more violation of personal liberty
than the deprivation of drink, and
DR.. Osler is reported to have said
neglected teeth do more harm than
booze, suggests a man who fears
Tor the freedom of mankind:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We cheerfully will hand over
our liberties TO the government (in
trust, however) so far as may be neces-
rsy srasry to win the war for liberty itself
ms prevalent feeling Of selfsacrifce
Tor patriotism is being taken advan-
lage Of BY zealots Of several sorts to
procure enactments abridging personal
merry permanently, go that at the end
v. me war for the freedom Of mankind
we may find our own country the least
ifse Of any civilized nation.
among the promoters Of this Fed
efai amendment there is evidently a
feeling that it will not bear calm and
aeifoer&te examination by thinking
men, and they show feysrish haste
70 Jam 1t through Without allowing it's
merits or denerits TO be canvassed and
public judgment formed The peo-
pes minds are so engrossed at this
Inie with the vast subject of the world
gar that they can hardly take this
question INTO the serious consideration
~ deserves. The reformers who be-
heye people can be made good by law
seizs upon this situation 10 put the
and Of the free and brave into q
straltjacket in its sleep.
III bone dry prohibition" (sugxes~
.iys of Il skeleton, dead, AeshIess and
eloodiess) goes into the United States
Constitution the door Of that sacred
templs will be open for the promoters
81 hundred other opinions az TO peo
pes daily lives and how they ought to
be regulated by Fundamental law. TO.
oa<co, coffee. tea, hot bread, ice water
and various other things are all
strongly condemned In sornc quarters.
Men and women Of eminence have de-
nonneed each Of these things nv great
eviIs. A very eminent scientist, DR.. o.
aess bas said that 1t asked which was
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27

solved crimes on the books of the
police department of every city in the
country Imagine a drunken burglar
trying to blow safe! Or tipsy man
trying to pick pocket! Or pass a
bad check!
So far as the evils which in my
opinion would flow from such sup
preston, the chief one believe would
De general and far reaching discontent
Man is naturally a creature of habit
Interfere with those habits and you
have disgruntled man and an un-
happy man. Discomfort in an ind;-
vldual is not necessarily a serious mat
ter. Discomfort in the mass is. On TOP
of this you will find men looking for
some substitute for the innocent stinu-
liant they have used as their fathers
did before them. 1t may be chop" or
any one of the many drugs that the
state and nation is trying to combat.
That is not desirable.
answering your final question, let me
say that If | thought for one moment
that prohibition would in the slightest t
degree increase our national efficiency
and mental and bodily vigor, | would
pe WIN 1T In minute. l am for any
thing that will do that. 1t is because
know porhlbition cannot do it anC,
because | know that men cannot be
made over by act Of Congress or i'm
perlal rescript that | am opposed 10
THIS proposition.
Would this have been a better
world without "the curse of drink?
Perish the thought, comes the con-
vincing reply from New Canaan,
Conn. The world owes it's progress,
its greatest sacrifices for liberty, to
the liberal consumers of wine and
beer and ale" we learn from Michael
Monahan.
TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: One of the most potent and SAL
lent lessons of hstory-so clear that he
who runs may reads that the drink
ing races, the liberal consumers Of
wine and beer and ale. have always
been in the vanguard of human prog
ress and have made the greatest sacri-
fees for liberty. We have only to
think of the stout English barons.
their valor none the worse for being
supported by generous draughts of
mead, who compelled the grant of
Magma Charta a-England's great charter
OF llberties-from the unwilling tvrant
John; OF the ale-fed yeomanry of
bIltaln, tne VlctOrS of CrecV and Agin-
court and a thousand other fields; Of
the heroic neloving Celt, who has
shed his blood for freedom in every
land OF the gallant warriors Of
France, their veins filled with the blood
of the vine, who under the spell Of
their mighty Revolution shattered the
thrones of Europe and proclaimed lib
erty for all the world; lastly, of the
sons of these* chivalrous races who
fought to free this country and to
keep it free.
Against this splendid array of valor
and patriotism, OF all that glorifies his
tory and exalts humanity. the fanatical
wine-hater can only adduce the exam
pie of the "unspeakable Turk" Yet it
is notorious that the Turks, while gen
orally complying with the strict letter
of their Prophets inhibition touching
wine, are more or less addicted to
opium and other narcotics, to brandy,
and to coffee in it's most highly con-
centrated form. The Turkey of to-
day." says Jerome K. Jerome, "is the
outcome of teetotalsm"
MICHAEL MONAHAN.
New Canaan, Conn.,, April 10, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Why Labor Men Are
Anti rohibitionists

Ernest Bohm, secretary of the
Central Federated Union of New
ork City, is at one with other anti
prohlbltlonists from the labor ranks
IN pointing out the serious effects
"hlcn prohibition would have in dis
locating the industry of the country
and throwing thousands of men ont.
to work:
0 the Editor of The Tribune
olr: stand with organized labor
on the question of prohibition a..
ganlzed labor is opposed to nrob;h;
tion because it believes it will incraaso
neither the good health nor the han
pIhess OF the nation, but will tend r.
decrease both. 'e'o ~
y, anything which like prohibition un-
sonai Ht.aoly lnterferes with the per
tens OF thousands of men OUT of 'worL
ana winch cannot but create disorcani
1a'lon is not good for the individual
as such OR for society as whole AN''''
los Perlence, ;covering a reasonably
long and busy life in which have
come INTO contact with all classes of
people, but for the most part with the
'ns masses, leaVes no doubt in nv
nllnd, or any room for possible doubt.
eaat the use of fermented liquors does
an9rd ;d to great many, perhaps the ma ma.
Jori5y OF people. not only solace but
solid comfort. BY and large tho worL'
ing ing masses have none too many com
for for's, none too much pleasure, and l
tnose VINO would deprive the workman
or tor that matter, any man of his
g!ass of wine, his stein of beer, or
If he prefers it, highball.
Now as to the matter OF crime ;,.
sanity and i'll health credited to alcohol
oy u,;,, the a suppressionists. Their claims
| know. OF course, that as thev saw a
canvass OF any prison will find the ma
lor1ty for OF prisoners blaming their down
1ail 1 to drink. Of course, thev will.
Why wouldn't they, when by so doing
they please the prison chaplain who
quizzes them and help themselves along
bit! IT it were true that criminals
are always, Or nearly always hard
drinkers, there would be fewer un
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Letters to The Tribune Show There
Are Many Sides to the Liquor Issue

sne s greater and more widespread evil,
aIcohol or neglected teeth, he would
answer .a.Ssr unhesitatingly, NEGLECTED d
.eeth' 1t would. therefore, be quite
as reasonable to propose an amend
ment to the Constitution making semi
annual visits to a dentist the duty of
every citizen under very heavy penal
ues as one for bone dry" prohibition.
NO one more than l can deplore the
TACT that there are persons morally
1eebie or physically diseased who are
naol.ual or occasional drunkards. This
number has very greatly diminished
during my lifetime. Public opinion.
educated by, true reformers who did
not invoke laws but inspired self-re-
sPect and self-control, is dead against
the abuse of alcoholic drinks.
ny, then, need example and pre-
cept confess failure and resort to com
Pulsion? That was the method of the
oarbarous rulers of ancient days. when
'hey ordered their subjects to embrace
a new religion and be baptized in pla-
ICONS. That was Charlemagne's wav of
converting the Germans, and we see
even to this day how superficial the
conversion must have been.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Light Wine aad
Beer Favored

Here is compromise appeal for
light wine and beer. There has ap-
peared to be a division in the wet
ranks. with comparatively few to de-
fend whiskey and its distillers:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew,
in an interview quoted in The Tribune
Sunday, urges a compromise measure
on prohibition, to permit light wines
and beer. say. up to 10 or Is per cent
of alcohol. and to prohibit whiskey, gin
and all other liquors containing more.
Every reasonable man must see that
the world of which the prohibitionist
complains is not the world of light
wine and beer
On the other hand, the government
which limits the forms of alcoholic
drink does not prohibit. 1t may modi-
fy but it does not deny personal free
dom in the use Of liquors. The whole
psychological atmosphere is different.
If ask for Scotch highball, shall
certainly be grouchy if I am offered a
glass of water instead, but l can't
seriously object if 1 am urged to take
glass Of wine. l am then not made
subject to moral wet-nurse. To drink
Or not to drink is still up to my con-
science.
If crave spiritual release from
my troubles, consolation for my
wounded ego. can find it delightfully."-
in bottle of Sauterne. 1t is physi-
cally possible, / don't doubt, to become
dead drunk on light wines, but it re-
quires a positively Puritan patience
and endurance NJ.
New York, April 25, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Hates to Leave Prison
Sing Sing Blacksmith to Take
Pigeons With Him

OsSINING. N. Y, April 26.-George
S. Greenless, for twenty years pris-
oner in Sing Sing, packed up his things
and departed to-day. He ran the prison
blacksmith shop and was the owner of
the pigeons that made their home in it
and Of the nondescript dog that
drowsed on the floor.
Twcnty-one pigeons and the dog left
with him. His sentence. imposed in
1898 for killing his mother-in- law. ex-
pircd to-day. He is hfty-four years
old.
81 shall miss the old prison.. he
said: at has been home to me. III
have to keep close watch on these
pigeons, too, or they'll be flying back to
tbn htscksmith shop"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Backhre Causes 5 Deaths
Auto Starts Blaze in Build
ings at Brookline. Mass.

BROOKLINE, Mass, April 26-Fivc
men were burned to death in fire
which destroyed the bakery of H.
Blewett & Son and the home of Mrs.
Eugene V. Blewett here early to-day
The fire started in the packing room Of
the bakery, a two story wooden struct
ure, and spread to all parts of the
building after the explosion of a gaso-
lene tank.
The men killed were working in an
upstairs room. All escaped safely, but
returned for their personal effects and
were trapped. The charred bodies We're
found huddled near the door
Robert A. Rose, driver of an auto
mobile truck, was arrested on a charge
of manslaughter late to-day, the police
investigation indicating that the back
firing Of his machine started the blaze
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Two Sentenced to Prison
On Forged Check Charge

Michael J. Delahunty and Lester
Wink lcman, who were indicted on
charges of forgery and grand larceny
in in obtaining check for $1,000 from
Walter J. NJ. Donovan, of 80 Broadway,
on the pretense that the money was to
be applied to a fund for the dependent
families of the old "Fighting Goth" Reg
iment. now in France, were sentenced
yesterday by Judge Grain, in General
Sessions. to Sing Sing Prison for not
less than three and not more than six
years.
Delahunty testified for the prosecu-
ton. Winkleman was convicted a week
ago. Judge Grain refused to deal leni-
emily with Delehaunty, declaring that
he was the brains of the conspiracy.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
German Nj. E. Conference
Adopts Pledge of LOYALTY

NEWARK, N. j., April 26.-The
Eastern German conference of the
Methodist Church was held here to-day
at the Emanuel M. E. Church. Minis
ters from sixty parishes we're present.
The most important action taken was
the presentation and adoption by
unanimous vote of loyalty pledge by
pledge declared it was taken not only
through sense Of duty to the coun-
try but because of a genuine love for
the nation
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Fire Record

-
/ 5000 I'd ave unknown slight
7 7.05--Pcasant and l23d ST owner unknown
slight
900 l577 Madison ave. ". Power h Co slight
! .00-l4l@ Washington ave. The Bronx: Samuel
Schmatt; slight
! | ,2N---i 1871 "a ave. Laiis Vrhsr; unknown
/ / .35-~SG Union ave Maris Iegcr. .rifing
l. ~
1 O5---s4& West liSrh ST. Joseph CoidErld; slight.
il0---2a3d vi and Nc"t""n ave: rfv N rubt sh
unknown. no damage
40 is5 Fast l2.d st. McColer Bock trinlng.
Z 22s Enst Houston at Peter Docigcr triding
g25~s1l East 4ih ST Sarah Garoscc: $3.50
S!t5~2lD East 9Th u. Max Singer. trifing
/ 60~~.5J4 i1tli ave. fRsr Birik irnna
s.2o---G2 West 9th ST.; Joseph Afcili: trining.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Archb;shop Ireland Better

gT. PAUL, April 2s. ~ Slight improve
ment was noted to-day III the condition
OF Archbishop John Ireland, Of st. Paul,
who has been seriously Ill
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Dr.. William A. Moore

BfNGHAMTON, N. Y, April 2s.-Dr
William A. Moore. surgeon with n
national reputation, died at ms homo
here shortly before midnight. he was
fYty<ninc years old.