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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30
LOCATING KERENSKY
Editor The Washington Herald:
Whatever has become of Keren-
ky? A WAR STUDENT.

Whatever has become of Keren-
sky? A WAR STUDENT.
It is not definitely known, and it
does not matter There were reports
of his suicide; also, that he'd fed
from Russia; also, that his successors
had put him out of the way. At pres
ent writing, Kerensky is certainly in
what is called oblivion" That's
where straddlers usually land.
The fellow who, in these stirring
times, is neither "for" nor against"
is in oblivion, be he statesman or
shOe-shiner by profession. In a period
of revolution, Kerensky, posing as the
whole wheel, undertook to turn only
part way around, and discovered that
he was only fly on the wheel, and
flew off into space when the wheel be-
gan to buzz. He tried to play part
Of the Russian people against another
part to the pleasure of both. He
thought revolution to be a fold of
harmless sheep, when it's a den of
hungry tigers. Trotzky and Lenine
are playing the same game, only in a
different way. They are playing the
whole of hungry, cropping, disorgan-
lied Russia against German might and
ruthlessness, and, sooner or later, as
Russia grows hungrier and more an.
archia1, they must fly off the wheel
into oblivion. One of the cures for
anarchy is more anarchy, for real COM
munal government, with law and or
der, are finally demanded and pro-
cured. Man will not go right on TAX
ing medicine that makes him sicker
and sicker Russia will finally be for
or against Germany. Meanwhile,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30
WEDNESDAY

4 o Q o n O @ O O O X
On Wednesday nigh prize hat was
offered by the Toneal Medicine COM
pany to the young lady who looked
the most becoming in the headpiece.
The contest was spirited and a num-
Der of beautiful Baraboo bellies wore
angelic smiles in a vain attempt to
win the trophy. The large audience
voted that Miss Emma Radel, by sew
eral points, was the winner and she
now possesses the treasured article.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30
o o o O Q Q @ Q o \
TUESDAY G
Q o o O O o O O o

On Monday evening at the Tonea1
show David Loomis of Lyons won
first prize by giving the renowned
speech of Patrick Henry in which oc-
cur the words, Give me liberty or
give me DEATH" Mr. Loomis pocketed
three dollars. The two-dollar prize
went to the little daughter of Mr., and
Mrs. Myron Knapp, who gave ercita-
ton. Mrs 1. M. Woodman Of the third
ward played lively tunes on the fife,
and others performed stunts that
brought applause. The event resem-
bled amateurs night at a theater. To-
night fine hat will be given away.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30

and beyond was that enjoyed last
Sunday by several supreme court
justices, a number of varsity profess
sors, and other good capital city folks
of scarcely less distinction! If there
be any sport that is better-well,
simply this, the walking enthusiast
never heard of it!
How happy is the leisurely, intimate
contact with nature, productive alike
of quiet contentment, appreciation of
Iife's deeper realities, and sense of
real social solidarity. Walking, un-
like golf and motoring, requires no
expensive eQuipment-merely some
plain clothes and a stout pair of
boots, thick-soled and comfortably fit
ting. Once in the country, remote
from the hurly-burly of the city Of
our daily life, the walk begins. Per-
haps it takes us along the course of
a winding brook, perhaps over rugged
hillsides, perhaps across verdant mea-
dows, beside a river, through a valley,
round the bluff.
We need not walk many miles. And
we must not walk fast. That would
rob us of our chief delights-quiet OBJ
servation of the country through
which we walk and quiet converse
ton.
We shall find plenty to talk about.
Themes will crowd in upon us, and
different from those associated with
the routine of life. Perhaps not at
first, but surely we shall be led to
raise our conversation to a far higher
level than is our wont.
We shall discover in our friends
ssibilities-ideals, ranges of thought
which we never dreamed they pos
sessed. We shall make like discover
les even with regard to ourselves.
Not exercise merely, but mental
Strengthening, spiritual broadening
that is what the walking club can and
should give us. And that, clearly is
of great significance in the successful
shaping of our lives. No pastime
equals it-and what sweet congenial-
ity it promotes! What superb ap-
petite! How wholesome the weari-
ness resulting, how wondrous the rest
when bed finally is sought!
There should be more walking.
Judges are better jurists for such an
outing, and professors wiser teachers.
Then, too, how really conserving
in time of war-no gasoline lost, no
chauffeur paid-nothing wasted-no
sport more truly patriotic! Madison
Democrat.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30

A Battle Creek woman danced three
times with good looking lieutenant
and then said:
Pardon me, sir, but your face is
strangely familiar. Haven't I seen you
somewhere before?"
: Eyes, madam, you have" the officer
responded. 81 was your milkman
more than three years."
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The leaders of the Socialist party,
in their recent convention in Chicago,
concluded not to hold a future con-
vention so long as the labor element
of the country was so periodically de-
termined in support of the war.
What a confession that is of the
real vital purpose behind this Social
istic organization. 1t is the same as
saying that if the labor people rae
loyal there is no chance for Socialism.
No doubt that is true. The Socialist
party lives, moves, and has it's being
in that discomfort that engenders
treason. They have no hope of con-
verting any man who is truly loyal to
our country and it's flag. 1t is we'll
for us all to get clear definition in
our minds of what Berger and other
Socialist leaders purpose to do. They
are a band of disloyalists to start with.
Former Governor w. D. Hoard in
Fort Atkinson Union.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30

nnes will go Whizzing off into un-
known space.-Washing Herald.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30

While the national prohibition
amendment is pending, saloons and
breweries are going out Of business
at a great rate, indicating very fully
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30
! J. + !

There is a hue and cry against the
large number of able-bodied men Of
draft age, mostly sons of politicians
with a pull, holding down desk jobs
at Washington, while sons of less in
fluentiaI men are being drafted to fill
the places some Of these pampered
darlings should be filing. The pro-
tests are also on the ground that
many of these men are doing work
women could do as we'll. The admin
istration promises to remove most Of
these men of homb-proof jobs, but it
remains t be seen whether it will or
not.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30
THE BEST SPORT

What joyous walk to Devils Lake
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30
Tits and T60f

1t is strange how absent minded
some people are. A few days ago,
while o. D. Brandenburg of Madison
was a guest at the Warren house in
this city, some unknown individual
wore away his hat and overcoat, leav-
ing others strange to him. This is
often done, not Intentionally, but
makes an awkward situation. Women
have the advantage in that they usual
Iy keep their hats on.
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Albert w Blanck, who is on the
expert staff at the Mueller garage,
says that man from North Freedom
told him the wind blew so hard on
Tuesday evening west of Baraboo a
COW landed in a tree. Blanck vouches
for the statement that the man told
him the COW was eating leaves when
he came by in his automobile.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30
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The bee enthusiasts of Sank county
will be interested to know that New
Zealand has 1891 registered apiaries,
representing more than $4,000 col
onies of bees.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30

John NJ. Nelson, who says he repre-
sents this district in congress, is to
be candidate again this fall. Much
opposition has developed against John
the past several months and he will
have a real fight on his hands when
the time comes. Above all things,
we wish John would tell the people
of Richland county just what he has
done for them in the halls Of congress.
And John is getting real generous,
inasmuch as he has subscribed for
about every paper in his district for
six months.-Richland Center Observ-
nrr
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-30
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Getting electric power from a long
distances does not seem to be pop
ular down at Fennimore. The Times
says: "The narrow gauge is obliged
to come to a stop sometimes to give
a COW time to get off the track. But
that's nothing. This morning the
Times had to stop while under full
steam printing this issue until they
got barn moved down in Platteville.
The electric power was shut off until
the darn thing was got in place. And
as a consequence, a thousand sub
scribers received their papers day
late. Great service that power plant
gives; ought to be sued for damages"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19
Gipsy Smith a Veteran.

Argonaut: Gipsy Smith, the
evangelist, has gone through four
big gas attacks; he has seen three
years service in Y. NJ. c. A. work
at the front and the king Of England
has decorated him for the work he
has done in keeping up the spirits
of the men. lie is in America for
short time. making a tour of army
camps to talk on things just behind
the firing line in France. He puts
the basis Of the American alliance in
no unmeasured terms America and
Britain are so closely allied in blood.
breeding, faith and religion that they
must stand together to the end for
the freedom of the world. What he
is doing now is to him "the biggest
piece of work" he has ever UNDER
taken.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19
THE HUN AT WORK.
Men, Women and Children OF Lou
vain Treated Like Dogs by
Kaiser's Brutal Soldiers,

Everybody's: Brand Whitlock
writes that some of the scenes he
has been familiar with in Belgium
simply appall the imagination. Those
who read his description of Lou
vain's fate will understand his point
of view.
"All over the city the soldiers be-
gan firing wildly at the facades OF
the closed houses; the soldiers beat
in the doors, turned the people into
the street, shot them down, set fire
to the houses. There were riderless
horses galloping about; a mad, 4
blind, demoniac rage seemed to have
laid hold on the Germans, and they
went through the streets, killing,
Staying, burning and looting, tor
turing and massacreing, and for
three terrible days the vast and aw-
full tragedy was enacted.
"The people were assembled in
tragic groups between the tottering
walls of burning houses; marched
through choking, suffocating streets
that were strewn with the dead
bodies of men and of the horses, the
women and children weeping,
screaming, imploring and the sol
dierS compelling them to walk with
their hands up, or making them
kneel, or run, or kicking them, or
striking them with their fists or
with the butts of their guns, herd
ing them through the streets, in the
midst of the smoking ruins; while
other soldiers, with wine bottles un-
der their arms, went reeling past,
crying out at the captives: Humid
Schwein Schweindhund!
"And SO, for another day and an
other night the madness went on,
the murder, the looting, the sack
ing, the riot and the burning and the
lust; with soldiers pillaging the
houses, bearing the wine in great
baskets out OF the cellars, to be guz-
zled in the street, while men and
women and children were shot down
and their bodies left to lie in the
cutters, or on the smoking ruins, or
thrown into foul cesSpools.'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19
NOTICE.

On January p, 1913. l was con-
victed in the District Court of Car
ter County. Oklahoma, of cattle lar
ceny and sentenced TO five years i'm
prisonment in the State Peniten-
tiary; and, on September IL, 1917.
I was convicted in said court, Of
assault with intent to kiH. and SEN
fenced TO three years Imprisonment
in said penitehtiary. On September
10, 1918. at the office of the Par
don and Parole Officer, in Okla
homa City. Oklahoma. / will apply
for a pardon in case of both of said
sentences All persons interested
are notified to be present.
w. a. MERRIOTT.
This August II, 1918 l5-lmo
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19

population in the German posses
sions dwindled. 1t was depleted b.
overwork and flogging, by diseas'
and by war. Constant rebellioni
had to be put down with that mailed
German fist. And, wherever it wa;
possible, the natives emigrated into
the French and English colonies
where there was some hope of jus
tice and life.
From this Africa that German,
had made a horror hymn of praise
for liberation goes up. The blood
of millions of unnamed, uncountco
victims of Prussian greed and lusf
cries for vengeance. Will America
white or black, ever let Africa o.
any part of it, be handed back tc
Prussia and so thrust down agair
to living hell?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19
WHERE WERE THE U-BOATS?

Many OF the details OF the capture
or sinking OF German submarines
are necessarily kept from the public
After the war is over we may hope
to know more OF the work of the
Allied fleets in their war against the
U-boats. but for the present patriots
are will to forgo the thrilling facts.
There are some signs, however.
which the ordinary citizen can read
for himself. One. of which we are
perhaps most proud. is the successful
transport of troops from our shores
to the war zone. unharmed by the
U-boats. Another is brought out by
simple statements from the food ad-
ministration.
England has been able to lift her
restrictions on the consumption OF
bacon. Why? Pork exports from this
country amounted to l6o.05l. 900
pounds. Our allies ieceiv ID S5.5 per
cent of that. For the three years
preceding the war our average
monthly expectation of pork was
about 4l,s3l.S67 pounds.
The June beef record is interest
ing. too. Before the war monthly |
average of three-year period was
l,O66,000 pounds. In June of this |
year was exported o2,73,OOO pounds |
of beef, of which 95 per cent went to
France. Belgium and the British |
Isles. Beef and pork do not yet
travel through air or by wireless.
This report should furnish fine
food for thought for the German
people. But the German govern
ment gives them substitutes for
facts as well as for the rest of life's
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19

There Is more cdtarrl. III this Sec
ton OF the country than all other
diseases put together, and for years
it was supposed to be incurable.
Doctors prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure by
local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Catarrh is a local disease
greatly influenced by constitutional
conditions, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca.
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, is a
constitutional remedy, is taken in
ternally and acts through the blood
on the mucous surfaces of the sys.
TEN. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that
Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cura.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Tc,edo, o.
Halls Family Pills for constipa.
ZION.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19
HONORS EVEN.

The Saturday issue of The Okla
homan printed the announcement
that Charles w. Boggs, general
manager, secretary and treasurer
OF the Oklahoman Publishing Co.,
publishers OF the Daily Oklahoman,
the Oklahoma City Times, the Far
mer and Stockman," had been ap-
pointed a colonel on the staff of
Governor Williams. Sundays Ok
lahoman printed more than a col
umn editorial on the public record
and attainments in behalf of the
state of Governor Williams. Pub
licity and honorary commissions
come high, but we must have them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19
NO FUTURE WAR WITH
GERMANY.

In little shel!-torn village wher,
my battery was quartered', write:
Corporal Osborne De Varila, "livec
a young French mother with hel
two-year-old son. Just before thi.
son was born she was taken prisoner
by some German cavalrymen, and
sent to hospital in Germany. When
her child was born it was taken from
her and returned two weeks later
with its sight destroyed.
"1f your child had been a girl,
explained the british German SUR
gone, we would not have done this.
But we of the fatherland must make
sure that the French will never
again take up arms against Ger
many"
with her face full of woe and
tragedy. the mother told me this
story, and | swore vengeance against
the Hun as the tale split from her
trembling lips. Nestled in her lap
was the living evidence of the crime
the poor little two-year-old who
is doomed to 90 through life sight
less because of German Kultur."
The Germans needs no longer be
afraid that the French--or the Eng
lish-or the Americans-or any
other of the allies who now number
twenty-four, with additions expected
every hour-wll ever again. after
this war, fight against Germany.
They won't have to.
There will not be enough left OF
Germany in a military wav to go on,
for a squirrel. The nation
which can commit such crimes must
be DESTROYED.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19
Back to Nature

Life: "Why is it, Sam, that one
never hears of a darky committing
suicide?" inquired the Northerner.
"Well, you see, it's disaway, boss
When white pusson has any
trouble he sets down an gifts to
studyin' bout it an aworryni'. Then
frs thing you know les done killed
hisse'f. But when nigger sets dowri
to think bout his troubles, why, he
.es' nacherly goes to sleep"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19
By Harrison Rhodes of The
Vigilantes.

Vigilantes.
During the years when the Ger
man propagandists were workin
with the colored people of America
trying to make them disloyal to thei
country and their flag, they con
stantly hinted that the kaiser's low
for the negro was so great that il
by some happy chance, he were eve
to come into possession of thes
United States he would hand a few
states or more over to negroes anc
see to it that they lived there il
complete liberty and happiness. L
any answer were needed to this pre-
posterous claim it would be the
conditions of slavery and suffering
in which the unhappy native inhab.
itants of the German colonies in
Africa lived until the great wal
finally rescued them from their OPP
pressors.
1t is not possible in the length OF
this article to give the complete doc
umentary evidence of German crime
indeed the monstrous story would
take volumes. But such evidence is
in hand, and it has not been neces-
sary to trust to any but German
witnesses. Speeches in the reichs-
tag and articles in the German press
tell the story, for the cruelties Of
German colonial government reused
even Germans to Indignation, though
not to any effective reform. How
indeed could reform be hoped for
when the colonial administrative
were such excellent places to send
military and aristocratic gentlemen
about whom scandal at home was
too great to allow them to remain
comfortably in Germany? When
Herr Won Puttkamer, for example,
governor of the Camaroons. was in
danger the home authorities did
everything to shield him was he
not the son of a minister of state
and a nephew of Bismarck? Yet
it was under his regime that Ger
tain Captain Dominik on an eXpe-
dition against recalcitrant tribe,
after he had captured village and
all the inhabitants ex-
cept 81 children, conceived the
pretty idea of placing these children
in wicker baskets made by his sol
diers and then showing them into
the Nachtigal rapids, where they
perished miserably. Herr Won Putt
kamer was informed of what had
taken place, but took no steps in
the matter.
The labor of the negro is the only
hing wanted from him in a German
,olony. Education is definitely and
thought detrimental to his
'alue as worker. But good hard
abortion most farms the roll call
vas at 4 a. m., and they continued
work without break for food until
4 or noon then after an hours
est they were driven till dark, 6:30
" 7 p. m.)-this was thought to be
If cultural value" and to bring the
native more closely in touch with
he civilization of central Europe
Is indeed it did.
Voluntary labor was out OF the
question on the German planta-
ions; almost universally forced
abor or slavery, if you prefer the
more old-fashioned word, took its :
lace. This was legally very easily ;
ffected in several ways. In some :
# the colonies "hut tax was i'm ,
osed, too high to be paid by the
atives, who were then forced to /
york it out for the authorities. An
ther way was to make it by law in /
on natives to work a GER t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-19
How the Germans Treat
the Negro In Africa


year, for white men. If card
proving this amount of service could
not be shown the native was forcibly
seized and put to work, And even
here the delightful humor of the
Teuton was at play, for it was a
common custom with planters IN
making out these cards to count
one days work as cnly one-sixth
of a day if any trifling offense on
the workers part could be alleged.
But on the whole the system in es-
sence was simply that the planters
notified the authorities how much
labor they needed and native sol
diers under Prussian officers were
sent out to bring it in. The labor,
good deal OF which got killed or
tortured or flogged or mutilated in
the collecting, was brought in
chained or roped together by the
neck. And anything that could work
was useful. In one German colony
it was not unusual to see boys of
from s to 10 heavily chained togeth-
er working on the public improve
ments.
For keeping negroes at work the
Germans found nothing SO satisfac-
tory as flogging, preferably with a
lash of rhinoceros hide. Sometimes
when squeamish people at home OBJ
jected a ruling would be made that
only the rope should be used. But, |
bless your soul, if good rope is re-
peatedly dipped in tar and dried and
then tipped with sharp jagged metal
it is almost as effective 'persuad-
er" as the rawhide. All through |
Africa the German colonies are
known as the lands OF the Twenty
Five, meaning the Is lashes which
it is legal to administer to black.
There might have been protest
from the more virile Huns against
his sentimental minimum, but the
25 lashes could be repeated the same
lay or the next, and indeed Is could
DC made to cause permanent dis
lblement, total nervous breakdown
md even death if properly laid on
he victim. The rule was that the
whip must ''sing" as it came through
he air, and if the whipper failed to
make it Sing" he was himself
tripped, bound hand and foot, and
veil flogged. Prussian efficiency!
AS to the treatment of native ,
women and even of little girls of 8
r 10 and of native men who dared |
o protest against this treatment the +
acts are almost unprintable. They !
cal with bestiality and nameless
1t is chapter which
ould be understood in Belgium
ere in happier land such human :
epravity is almost unbelievable. :
ven the German courts were
orced to attribute much to ''the
train of tropical climate" but this
as thought quite sufficient ex-
use.
The Social Democrats in Ger |
lany and some of the other leaders
Bebel and Erzberger are among
lmiliar names) protested, but the
lost advanced pan-German thought
as firm hat African natives existed
,r the benefit of Prussia not Prus-
a for the benefit of natives. The :
My negroes who received any con- :
deration were soldiers-and here, =
) is right according to German
andards, a soldiers word was al
ays taken against anything a civil
II might swear to. This of course
ade labor hunting better sport.
The only objection which a, Colo
al junker could find with the sys